The emperor is supreme, and he is rich beyond measure. As the saying goes, "All under heaven belongs to the emperor, and all the people are his subjects." The world belongs to the emperor, so how can he be poor?

Although there was an emperor Chongzhen who died of poverty in history, that was because he was not cruel enough. The officials, dignitaries, merchants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty were all rich, but he was the only one who was poor, and only the court was poor. If it wasn't because of him, what else could be the reason?

However, it is not entirely accurate to say that the emperor truly had an endless supply of gold and silver. If the emperor could freely use any money, it could only be the inner treasury, or private money.

If one does not indulge in extravagance and only spends normally, the treasury is sufficient. Moreover, it can usually be increased and accumulated.

For example, Wanli, who was known for his greed for money, left his descendants more than 10 million taels, which was enough for the carpenter emperor to waste. But by the time of Chongzhen, there was little left.

Therefore, the emperor was not thinking about how much money to leave for his descendants to enjoy, but about investing the treasury to earn greater profits while accelerating the recovery and rise of the Ming Empire.

For example, the Ping Liao Debt, the Jian Liao Debt, and the establishment and expansion of the maritime merchant group in Borneo all involved the emperor's investment.

The benefits that Yingzi's family could enjoy, such as buying sheep and horses on credit, were all due to the emperor's investment and the emperor's efforts.

That’s not all. The emperor also obtained investment from the royal family and powerful nobles, or you could say it was equity, and invested it in many aspects of national economy, people’s livelihood and territory expansion.

According to the emperor's vision, the investment should be a sure win. Even if there is a loss, who would dare to ask the emperor for a debt?

"Additional investment? Or just give me the money for free." The emperor pursed his lips and put Prince Fu's memorial aside.

Prince Fu's purchase of my mother's five hundred thousand silver coins did contribute to the emperor's campaign to pacify the Liao. The emperor also treated the princes who contributed money well and gave them shares in the royal workshop.

Glass, glass mirrors, perfumes, soaps, and other products are becoming increasingly popular in the market, mainly for export, and glass mirrors, perfumes, and soaps are making huge profits.

Therefore, after the pacification of Liao, the emperor, seeing that funds were available, decided to distribute dividends to the princes who had invested in the company. However, Prince Fu was quite interested and submitted a memorial of humility, declining both the dividends and the share capital.

It seems that when Prince Fu took the money, although the emperor said that he wanted to raise funds for investment, he did not take it seriously. He just regarded it as a gift to the emperor, so that he could bring his mother back and have peace.

The emperor always wanted to reduce the burden on the court for the vassal states, especially the princes, but letting the princes support themselves was obviously more difficult than for ordinary vassal states.

But if we change our thinking, letting the princes "earn their own living" is not a fantasy. That is to make money from money, and use the investment income as the salary paid by the court.

To put it simply, it is similar to the funds of later generations, or the operating model of the Nobel Prize, and the definition is "financial management."

The Nobel Prize was initially worth more than 30 million, but through financial investment, it has been distributed for more than a hundred years and can still continue to do so. This can be called a miracle.

Whether the princes had money or not was not a problem. But the money was piled up in storehouses and deep cellars, with no appreciation at all. In any case, the emperor felt it was a waste.

Although there are not many investment and financial management projects now, and even bank interest cannot be earned, expanding territory and plundering foreign countries are also full of opportunities and huge profits.

Many pirates, or privateers, of the Western Barbarians had their own royal investments. Knowing this, the emperor naturally sought to find a workaround, seizing the wealth of the princes, and even the powerful clans, and putting it to effective use.

Making money is exhausting; making money is easy.