Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Jiang Xinghuo recorded the numbers and continued: "In the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty, Xiang Wu Da'er and others visited western Yunnan. The Burmese army sent troops to fight, but the Yuan army defeated them and conquered successfully. Finance -10, national luck +10. "

Hearing this, Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu looked at each other again, and coincidentally saw the joy in each other's eyes.

The attack on Japan failed, and the attack on Champa also failed. This time it was finally considered a success.

If they failed again, Li Jinglong should have doubted whether the Mongols, who were said to be invincible in the world, were too damned good to go up and lead the troops to fight by themselves? How can you defeat everyone and fail?

Just when Li Jinglong was thinking from the perspective of the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty, Jiang Xinghuo's voice sounded in his ears again.

"Two rebellions occurred in the same year. Should they be suppressed?"

After expanding and conquering western Yunnan, the financial value had dropped to 50, but the national luck value suddenly reached 90.

At this time, not only Li Jinglong kept shaking his head, but even the bellicose Zhu Gaoxu began to hesitate.

The national fortune value is too high, so high that one feels very safe, and even to the point of being a bit wasteful.

Moreover, since one of the purposes of the game is to extend the time of [currency change] as much as possible, on the premise of ensuring the national destiny, one must pay attention to the financial values.

In the end, the two exchanged glances and rejected the suppression together.

In the secret room, Xia Yuanji asked curiously: "Will Your Majesty make the same choice?"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he shook his head and just said: "If this is reality, no matter what the financial situation is, I will definitely suppress every rebellion."

Xia Yuanji understood the emperor's meaning, and the implication was that if it was in this text simulation game, then Zhu Di also felt that the national fortune value was a little too high and the financial value was a little too low, so he also made the decision to follow his second son The same decision was made, choosing to give up suppression.

After all, if two consecutive suppressions are carried out, the financial value will drop to 40, while the national fortune value will still be 90.

The problem is, whether the national luck is 90 or 80, there is actually no difference. They are both very safe levels.

But the financial value at this time is different. Half is 50, which is actually a hurdle for most people.

50 and 40 sound like they have fallen down a large step.

And if the finances are too low and some emergencies directly trigger [Currency Change], causing the game to be terminated early, doesn't that mean that their money-playing skills are not as good as the Mongols?

This is unacceptable to everyone involved in the game.

Therefore, when the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty in the simulation game ends, in the pen of the clerk in the secret room, the finance is 50 and the national fortune is 80.

What can you say about the format in simulation games so far?

It can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad.

After all, "My Dayuan"'s national destiny still has a full 80 points, and the finances are still at half the level of 50 points. Although it seems a bit dangerous, no one thinks that this danger will expand to endanger the survival of the country. situation.

Even Xia Yuanji didn't realize what was about to happen. Only Chai Che, the upright young official with a Chinese character in the secret room, seemed to vaguely recall something.

After confirming that his memory was correct, even though Chai Chexuan was a little pale, fortunately, his expression had always been dull and was not noticed by other people in the secret room.

Only his familiar companion Guo Jing looked at him strangely and signaled him with her eyes.

Chai Che just shook his head inconspicuously, indicating to his companion that now was not the time to communicate.

In fact, except for Jiang Xinghuo, who hosted the game, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu and his son had not read many history books, and they did not know much about Yuan history.

Xia Yuanji is a high-ranking official in the imperial court, so he should understand it, but his personal ambitions are not here. When I read the "History of the Yuan Dynasty" compiled by Song Lian, I just looked at the food and goods records, as well as rough biographies, and specific details for each year. Things passed by at a glance, and now I can't remember them clearly.

Therefore, just when everyone was slightly relaxed, two cold historical facts suddenly popped out of Jiang Xinghuo's mouth.

"In the 21st year of the Yuan Dynasty, King Tuohuan of Zhennan and Li Heng and others made a false route to Annan to attack Champa for the second time and failed. Finance -10, national fortune -10."

"A special event occurred in the same year - the earthquake in the capital!"

"In September of the 21st year of the Yuan Dynasty, there was an earthquake in the capital. Hundreds of thousands of houses were damaged. The soldiers and people were suspicious, and the signs were unknown. The fate of the country was -10."

After a while, when Jiang Xinghuo didn't speak, Li Jinglong asked again: "Then what? What else happened this year? Is it just pure bad luck?"

Because according to the previous rules, the order of occurrence was historical conquests, rebellion decisions, and special events, but this time there were only the first and third, and the second was skipped.

"you guessed right."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, and then used a branch to record it on the ground in the sand field.

"The financial balance after the settlement this year is 40, and the national fortune is 60."

Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu looked at each other with serious expressions.

This time, they finally felt the danger.

Li Jinglong opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

If he didn't believe that what Jiang Xinghuo said were historical facts, he actually wanted to ask Jiang Xinghuo, did this bitch deliberately mess with us? How could it be so unlucky?

Could it be that the Mongols caused too many murders?

Just when Li Jinglong was already cursing his mother, the time in the simulator also entered the next year.

Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu both stared at Jiang Xinghuo nervously, fearing that Jiang Xinghuo would continue to bring some bad news.

Fortunately, a good start restored the vitality of "My Dayuan" who was in danger.

"In the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty, a special event occurred - grain shipping."

"The grain that was originally transported by water was transported by sea. The loss was greatly reduced, and the finances were +5."

"A special event occurred in the same year - the beheading of Lu Shirong."

"Lu Shirong, the transporter of Jiangxi Tea, was beheaded, his huge family property was confiscated, and his finances were +5."

"A special event occurred in the same year - a great harvest."

"Some grain-producing areas have a good harvest, and finances +5."

"A special event occurred in the same year - the Zen position turmoil."

"The Censor of Jiangnan Xingtai suggested that you abdicate and give the Zen throne to your Crown Prince Zhenjin. In anger, you purged the princelings who had received Confucian education since childhood and therefore united a large number of civil servants. Crown Prince Zhenjin died on the 10th day of the year." In February, he became worried and died of illness. But fortunately, you have many sons, which has little impact on you who hold great power. Instead, it consolidates your rule. National Fortune -5."

"The fiscal year after settlement is 55, and the national fortune is 55."

Hearing this, Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu, who had just raised their hearts, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the country's fortunes have suffered a bit, the finances have improved.

From the looks of it, last year was just pure bad luck!

That's right, since there are times when bad things happen, that means there will always be times when good things happen.

Just as people cannot always memorize words, the same is true for countries.

Next, there will definitely be good things happening one after another!

It would be better to have a bumper harvest for ten consecutive years or something.

"I don't think it will always be this bad. Look at the 22nd year of Zhiyuan, isn't it pretty good?" Zhu Gaoxu said.

I don't know if his "very good" refers to the fact that the Yuan Dynasty Crown Prince Zhenjin, who looked very much like his elder brother Zhu Gaochi, was deposed by Kublai Khan who also looked very much like his father, Emperor Yongle.

If this is what he is referring to, then it is indeed good for him.

Li Jinglong didn't think about it that much, or he did, but he knew that Zhu Di might be listening. Li Jinglong didn't intend to dance on Zhu Di's back, so he pretended not to understand.

Li Jinglong said: "In short, there were also difficult times in Ming Dynasty, but most of them were good or not bad years. They can definitely survive."

In fact, these two people had such simple thoughts that they tasted some sweetness and began to fall into a blindly optimistic fantasy time. It was purely because they had not suffered a severe beating from God.

They still don't understand what it means. As long as a person starts the first game and tries his best, he will kneel down for a whole page.

In other words, failure always runs through life.

"In the 23rd year of the Yuan Dynasty, King Tuohuan of Zhennan failed to attack Champa for the third time. Finance -10, national luck -10."

"A special event occurred in the same year - the Yellow River burst its banks."

"The Yellow River embankment collapsed, causing 15 disasters in Kaifeng, Xiangfu, Chenliu, Qi, Taikang, Tongxu, Yanling, Fugou, Huchuan, Weishi, Yangwu, Yanjin, Zhongmou, Yuanwu, and Suizhou. The area stretches for thousands of miles. The finances of several provinces were severely damaged as a result, and millions of people in the Yellow River area were displaced and resentful. The finances were -20, and the national fortune was -10."

"What?!"

"Mr. Jiang, stop joking!"

In the secret room.

Zhu Di looked back and asked the two clerks: "What are the current values ​​of finance and national fortune?"

"Finance 25, national destiny 35." Guo Jing replied hurriedly.

Zhu Di and Xia Yuanji looked at each other and saw the heavy expressions in each other's eyes.

In just three years, two large-scale foreign military deployments failed, coupled with the Yellow River bursting its banks, the finances that had seemed to be relatively weak before were instantly bankrupt, and the national fortunes plummeted.

It can be said that the situation took a turn for the worse, and the situation instantly became extremely bad, and everyone was no longer optimistic about the situation before.

"Xia Shangshu, you read a lot. I want to ask, was the Yuan Dynasty really so unlucky?"

"It should be so. During the Yuan Dynasty, the Yellow River broke its banks so many times that I can't even count them. I really can't remember them." Xia Yuanji said helplessly.

Inside the wall is the old man with his crooked neck under the tree.

Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu were dumbfounded.

"No. Mr. Jiang, you don't play tricks on people like this, right? If you just come here like this, how can you continue to play?"

"Yes, Jiang Lang, is this too difficult? There are only 35 left in the country's destiny. If we don't want to destroy the country, we have to make a choice to reduce finances to protect the country's destiny. Doesn't that force us to [change currency]?"

Li Jinglong collapsed and began to doubt life.

Facing the two people's protests, Jiang Xinghuo suppressed his smile and explained seriously in a serious tone.

"You feel that a lot of bad things have happened in succession, the game has become more difficult, and the values ​​have fallen below your expectations, so you are dissatisfied, right?"

The two nodded.

Jiang Xinghuo's tone suddenly became a little heavy.

"In the 23rd year of the Yuan Dynasty, when their houses, cattle, fields, seeds, neighbors, and relatives were all washed away by a huge flood, millions of people in the Central Plains, Huaibei, and Shandong should also feel that this year Are you having a hard time?"

"If you are dissatisfied and feel that the difficulty of the game has increased too much for you, you can tell me."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed and said slowly: "Then if these people are dissatisfied, who should they complain to? To the Mongols who hold the butcher's knife high against them?"

"You must know that the historical facts that pass through our mouths are the ordinary and miserable lives of countless ordinary people."

As soon as these words came out, the air instantly became quiet and silent.

In a daze, everyone seemed to see the people who were struggling in the Yellow River that year, and their bodies were so soaked that they were swollen into floating balls.

Only then did they realize it deeply.

They are simulating a word game, but all the historical facts that appear in the game are real and cruel facts.

Those people who died tragically were real people!

They are alive and have flesh and blood!

It is living life!

After listening to Jiang Xinghuo's words, everyone fell into deep thought for a long time.

"Ashamed!"

After a long time, Li Jinglong finally said: "I think I have understood the ultimate purpose of this game."

"This so-called text simulation game is actually to make us understand that every choice the country makes about finance and national destiny will lead to thousands of people heading for completely different destinies. Therefore, every decision we make must be more careful. cautious."

"Mr. Jiang, I was wrong, and I understand what you mean."

Zhu Gaoxu also said.

"No no no!"

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head instead.

"What has happened in the past cannot be changed. This is only one of the purposes, not the main purpose."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't express any particular emotions, but his tone was a little low.

"Just one of the purposes?" Li Jinglong was slightly surprised.

"The first purpose is of course to let you know the suffering and suffering of the common people."

"A grain of sand in the tide of time is like a heavy mountain to ordinary people!"

"In this text simulation game, you play the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty. What is the destiny of the country, isn't it the popular sentiment of the people? The popular sentiment of the people is related to the stability of the country. Your choices determine the future of the country. development. If you make one wrong decision, it can deviate the development trajectory of the entire country, which may change the direction of history, or it may repeat the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty and lead to destruction."

Jiang Xinghuo finally said what he wanted to say at this time.

"——But you have to know that it costs money to keep the people's hearts and maintain the country's destiny!"

"Spending money means lowering the finances!"

"The other purpose of this game, which is also the main purpose, is to let you know how the rulers made step-by-step decisions in order to maintain the destiny of the country, that is, the survival of their country's rule, and went to the point of [changing currency]. There is no way back.”

"You think the Mongols broke the banknote trick because they are stupid."

"It's not that they are stupid, it's that if they don't save the finances through [changing currency], the country will perish!"

"Only by immersing yourself in the situation will you understand how hyperinflation occurred during the Yuan Dynasty."

"And it is only through this in-depth introduction to the game that you can understand what inflation is and how it is generated."

"And, why do I say that only 'silver banknotes' can save the inevitable inflation in the future of the Ming Dynasty to the greatest extent. And then save the people whose wealth has been ruthlessly harvested by the court using [banknote]."

"That's the purpose of this lesson!"

"Instead of leading you to play games here."

"Of course, the game hasn't stopped yet, let's continue."