lied to Kangxi

Chapter 491
After Li Si'er was righted, Yuyan's marriage was quickly put on the agenda.

Yuyan is the sure wife of Beizi.

When preparing clothes in Longfu, you must prepare dresses, court clothes, court crowns, court gowns, court robes, court skirts, etc. in advance.

In addition, when Mrs. Beizi entered the palace to thank her after she got married, she had to wear auspicious clothes and three sets of court beads.

Anyway, there are too many things to prepare.

However, these fragmentary things are not a big deal given the power and status of Longkodo and Yuzhu.

The real big thing is that the furniture and miscellaneous things in Beizi's mansion must be decent and dignified, and all of them are made of rosewood.

Fortunately, since the day Yuyan was born, Li Si'er has been preparing a dowry for her little by little.

After more than ten years of accumulation, the results are remarkable, and everything that should be there is available.

His younger sister was getting married, so Yuzhu simply called Lei Jinyu and led him to the old Shiba's Beizi Mansion.

Under Yuzhu's auspices, Lei Jinyu had already measured the size and style of the furniture room by room.

Would Lei Jinyu dare not work hard on the wedding room of her immediate boss's sister?
The old eighteen was at the gate, welcoming Yu Zhu to enter.

"Brother, you have the final say on how to arrange it." The old eighteen was quite a bachelor, and he simply listened to Yu Zhu's orders.

I don't know what's going on, the more Yu Zhu looked at the old eighteen recently, the more he felt disliked.

"Which onion do I count? In the majestic Beizi Mansion, do I really count?"

It's so strange, the old eighteen almost choked Yuzhu into the river.

"Brother, look at what you said, don't mention other places, you can definitely have the final say in your sister's house." The old eighteen was clever, and deliberately didn't mention Beizi's house, talking about Yuyan's Family.

"Brother, watch your feet, don't sprain your feet."

"Brother, the tea is too hot, drink it slowly."

"Big brother..."

The appearance of the old eighteen's little daughter-in-law made Yu Zhu laugh.

At the same time, Yuzhu also wanted to understand why he didn't like the old eighteen.

The younger sister who gets along day and night is about to become eighteenth, and Yuzhu feels somewhat awkward in his heart.

In fact, every plant, tree, pavilion, and mountain in Beizi's mansion were all arranged by Yuyan herself.

When he first got the empty house, in order to win Yuyan's favor, the old eighteen asked Lei Jinyu to make a reduced version of the orientation map for Yuyan's reference.

Over the years, which item in the whole Beizi mansion is not Yuyan's favorite?

Yuzhu circled the Beizi Mansion again like before, making a full circle.

When he sat down to rest his feet, Old Shiba graciously held up the teacup and said with a salivating face, "Brother, please have some tea."

Seeing the old Shiba's dog-legged appearance, Yu Zhu wanted to laugh.

Old Shiba was really clever, he was afraid that Yuzhu would deliberately find trouble with him, so he simply lay down.

Yuzhu took a sip of tea, turned his head and told Lei Jinyu who had been standing by: "Bays, door studs, roof tiles and other things must not exceed the limit, do you understand?"

Lei Jinyu bowed her waist, lowered her head, and said in a low voice, "Master Zhu, don't worry, if a villain dares to guarantee his head, he will definitely not exceed the limit."

Yuzhu nodded, she really trusted Lei Jinyu who had been working for decades.

To be honest, the problem of exceeding the system can be big or small.Even if there is a little problem, it will not be a big problem with the favor of the old eighteen.

However, it is obvious that you can pay attention to it in advance to avoid trouble, so why bother to talk about it?
In these years, although the old Shiba sealed up the mansion, he received an assignment from Dagukou to supervise the building of foreign ships.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is not a serious job.

In the Kangxi Dynasty, the serious errands of the princes and elder brothers should be the management department.

Only when he is in charge of the department can he gain real power, and other errands are just fluff.

However, Old Shiba's experience at Dagukou really opened his eyes.

The foreign ships that went out to sea were tall and mighty, with three decks, and the cargo capacity was several times that of the so-called sea ships of the Qing Dynasty.

Ever since Kangxi allowed Dagukou to trade with the West, today's Dagukou is very lively.

Old Shiba stayed at the pier all year round, he knew better than anyone else that there were as many as seven or eight Western merchant ships arriving at the port every day, and at least three.

In the past, the Qing Dynasty adopted a simple method of taxing foreign merchants by ship.

Now, according to the regulations established by Yuzhu, the goods that are unloaded are only taxed.

Except for luxury goods, the tax rate for ordinary goods is one-fifth, and the tax base is pushed back according to the retail price in the market.

Back then, the General Tax Department under the management of the British Hurd was actually the cleanest yamen in the entire Qing Dynasty.

There are some things that should be reflected upon.

Foreigners have their sides as robbers and butchers, and they also have their side of keeping promises.

Thinking should be open-minded, not rigid, and learn from the strengths of all countries.

As for the system of foreigners, take the essence and discard the dross, that's all.

The old eighteen saw very clearly that since the opening of Dagu Port, the tax revenue of the imperial court has been continuously increasing.

In Guangzhou, there are thirteen lines as the white gloves of the government.As a result, the court levied 50 taels of tax, but the comprador profiteers earned [-] taels.

In the long run, the court's reputation will be ruined, but it will benefit the comprador profiteers, which is extremely undesirable.

In Dagukou, with the assistance of Alice, the officials in the yamen directly deal with foreign merchants and directly collect taxes, which avoids huge loopholes for profiteers to make huge profits from it.

In a word, the tax collection system at Dagukou is a copy of the British tax office.

Learn the good ones and discard the bad ones, it's that simple!
"After getting married, do you want to change jobs?" Yu Zhu casually asked the old eighteen.

Old Eighteen put down the teacup in his hand, picked up a handful of melon seeds, knocked them, and said, "To tell you the truth, brother, I still love to deal with those foreign things now. Don't talk about it. These Western ingenious silver techniques are just flattering and can be sold at a high price."

Listening to the old eighteen talking about the best-selling foreign goods, Yuzhu smiled slightly and reminded: "Have you ever thought about it, we can actually hire someone to do those best-selling foreign goods. Let's talk about the one in your house." Big clocks, Heyi’s products are very expensive, more than 1000 taels of silver. If we have the ability to copy them, and sell them for only 300 taels, we will definitely make a lot of money.”

In the era when Yuzhu came, the great achievement of industrialization was to follow the path of foreigners, so that foreigners had nowhere to go, so that foreign devils could no longer lie and make huge profits.

In a word, as long as it is a category of industrial technology that China has fully mastered, and can be mass-produced on a large scale, the full cabbage of that category of products will be just around the corner.

The British are certainly not a good thing.

Originally, the tea and porcelain of the Qing Dynasty were the absolute main force in creating a trade surplus.

As a result, the British tried their best to steal technology and resources in the past, and came up with their own copycat version.

Even if the British succeeded in planting tea trees in Sanguo, before 1840, the foreign devils still needed to sell opium to fill the huge trade deficit.

Seeing that Old Eighteen was very interested in foreign goods, Yuzhu simply asked Old Eighteen to lead a research team, specializing in counterfeiting those best-selling foreign goods.

There are two manufacturing offices in the palace, one is the manufacturing office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other is the manufacturing office of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

There are many skilled craftsmen in these two manufacturing offices.

It's a pity that these top craftsmen can only serve the royal family, and the technology and products cannot be commercialized, which is a waste of great resources.

Let the eighteenth-year-old be in charge of counterfeit foreign goods, there is another beauty.

With the great favor of the old eighteen, he would go to the old emperor every now and then to ask for top-notch craftsmen. If he wanted ten, he would always give one, right?

Accumulated over time, Dagukou Wharf Group is a model of large-scale counterfeit foreign goods among high-tech state-owned enterprises.

Of course, the old Shiba is also a pure and sensible person, he really wants to manage the Ministry, and the old emperor can't allow it.

In the Kangxi Dynasty, among the old emperor's own sons, the elder brothers of the Ministry of Management, without exception, were all born to Manchurian banner girls.

The prince who was born by a Han girl has become the elder brother of the management department. Is this trying to turn the world upside down?
Besides, Old Eighteen is Yu Zhu's direct sister-in-law, if his power expands, he will definitely draw the old emperor's vigilant gaze.

Why bother?
Isn't the lesson of the Baye Party not profound?

Yuzhu holds monstrous real power in his hands, and has never formed a party, let alone a monopoly.

Even in the yamen of the infantry commander, Yuzhu is still far from the one-handed hall that can cover the sky with one hand.

Yu Zhu knew the old emperor's temper well.

Whoever takes the lead and expands his power, the old emperor will cut him down.

After leaving Beizi Mansion, Yuzhu went home to Yuyan's yard, and explained in detail the arrangements made today through the screen.

"Brother, I want to eat Wan's grilled meat..."

Before Yuyan finished speaking, she was interrupted by a light cough.

Alas, there is no way, since the marriage was bestowed, the mothers and aunts who came from the palace stared at her so tightly that Yuyan couldn't move at all.

"Well, are you hungry? Well, let me ask someone to invite Wan's Roasted Meat to the house, and set up the stove outside the yard, okay?" Yu Zhu said, and Jing Qi, who was beside Yu Yan, They knew it was wrong, but they didn't dare to object publicly.

Today's Yuzhu is already a mountain that servants like them must look up to.

To put it bluntly, Yuzhu only needs to wink, and the nuns who look like dogs will probably fall into the well in the palace and become companions with the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

A few days later, Yuzhu got the exact news that the old fourteenth showed his face in front of the empress dowager and was praised for his filial piety.

As a result, the empress dowager, who had always kept her hands off other people's affairs, made an exception and pleaded for the old fourteen in front of the emperor.

The old emperor had always boasted of pure filial piety, and since the empress dowager had spoken, he followed suit and restored the old fourteen's beizi lord.

Yuzhu knew it as soon as she heard it, she is such a powerful concubine.

As the saying goes, couples who come less often come with each other.

By Kangxi's side today, there is one and only Concubine De as his wife.

Concubine De is indeed a ruthless character.

When she was young, she was the king of Israel, and the speed of the concubine Jin was jaw-dropping.

After the king got old, Concubine De often served by Kangxi's side as a gentle and considerate wife.

When people are old, they must talk a lot. This is the case in a certain space, and they will not change after repeated admonitions.

Today's Kangxi can no longer bully women, what he lacks is a close wife.

The revival of the old fourteenth will inevitably speed up the speed of the eighth master party becoming the fourteenth master party.

Fourth child (Yuan Fang), what do you think?

(PS: Today's first update is here. Monthly tickets are a bit short.)
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