Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 113 Zhou Rui: Madam, please let me explain!
After the morning court that day, He Bayun, the head of the Jishi Palace, came to Zihuan Hall and reported the auction to Zhao Yu.

"Your Majesty, the income from the auction has been calculated. However, Wei Chen felt that the amount was a bit high, so he sent it back to his subordinates to check it again."

He Boyun held the teacup in his hand and said respectfully.

"He Baqing's move is quite safe." Zhao Yu nodded in agreement, "So, when you came to see me today, did you check the amount clearly? How much silver did the auction earn at the end?"

Zhao Yu was still quite curious about the results after the auction.

He Bayun's Adam's apple rolled, and then he lowered his voice and said with difficulty:
"Your Majesty, in this auction, a total of 970 four lots were sold. Excluding the expenses, a total of 870 taels of silver were raised."

hiss!
Upon hearing this number, both Zhao Yu and Gao Lishi, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but take a breath.

However, one auction raised more than 800 million taels of silver, which is amazing!

The tax revenue of Dachu as a whole is only 400 taels per year. If we hold two or three auctions a year, wouldn't we get more silver taels than the tax revenue?
"He Baqing, have you reported this silver to the Ministry of Revenue?"

Zhao Yu asked a key question.

"Your Majesty, without Your Majesty speaking, how dare I make my own decisions?" He Bayun said in a deep voice.

Zhao Yu was extremely satisfied with He Bayun's attitude.

"He Baqing is interested."

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Yufang said: "Take out 15 taels from it and count it as the operating funds of the office of editors. 8000 taels will be sent to the inner treasury, and 60 million taels will be sent to the Ministry of Revenue. Lishi, find someone in the palace. We will build a larger palace and seal the remaining 400 million taels into it."

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu's tone became generous.

"This money is thought to be used to recover the five mansions in the future, swallow up the world, buy grain and fodder, and reward the warriors of the army!"

After hearing Zhao Yu's words, both He Bayun and Gao Lishi showed excitement in their eyes.

Everyone likes ambitious emperors, because only in this way can they easily achieve meritorious service, make progress, and become famous in history.

"Your Majesty has such great ambitions, and I should follow His Majesty's example and achieve great achievements!"

He Bayun stood up and stood solemnly, cupped his hands and said.

When He Boyun left, Gao Lishi still looked excited.

"Your Majesty, according to what Master Heba said, if auctions are held three or four times a year, wouldn't your Majesty not have to worry about money?"

When Zhao Yu heard this, he immediately smiled.

"You, this slave, don't even think about how many auctions can be sold every time? This time it can be like this because it is the first time, so everyone is willing to come and join in the fun. If it happens three or four times a year, and Not to mention the quality of the auction items, everyone will feel numb. Things are rare and valuable, you should think carefully about these five words."

Zhao Yu didn't say a word. Even if he didn't say the above, the group of dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, and wealthy businessmen were not so greedy. They had to put a long line in order to catch big fish.

As for the fact that they paid a premium for these lots, they regard it as the wealth and wealth they scraped from their bodies.

Well, a different kind of tax on the rich.

After talking about the auction, Zhao Yu remembered another thing and asked Gao Lishi.

"Did you ever receive a letter from the house in Shenjing?"

Gao Lishi looked up at Zhao Yu in astonishment, blinked his eyes, and suddenly realized:
"My butler came to report that someone dropped a letter at the porter. I have been wondering these days. After all, I don't think any of my relatives have the surname Guan. Now that Your Majesty is speaking, I am the one who Now I understand, the letter is originally for Your Majesty. Your Majesty, wait a moment, I will send someone to the palace right now."

While saying this, Gao Lishi thought in his mind.

No wonder His Majesty didn’t let our family follow him when he left the palace that day. So that’s what happened...

Looking at Gao Lishi's expression, Zhao Yu knew what the slave was thinking, but he was too lazy to explain.

Not long after, a letter exuding the faint fragrance of ink was delivered to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu opened the letter, and lines of beautiful text jumped into his eyes.

"Hello, Mr. Guan, the slave family is Yunying, do you remember? He is the one who sold the Miao Jiang silver jewelry to his two sisters. As the master thought, the slave family came from Miao Jiang to do business. The master will not Do you think Yunying is a little young girl who smells like copper? In Yunying's opinion, the young master looks like a gentle and elegant person at first glance, and he is so gentle when he treats Yunying. He probably won't have any feelings for Yunying. biased."

Reading the lines of text in the letter, Zhao Yu could vaguely see a lively girl wearing Miao costumes chirping to him like a bird.

"Well, the Nu family and the clan members came to Shenjing and are not familiar with the place, so I want to shamelessly ask Mr. Guan to do a small favor for the Nu family. Do you know of any low-rent and remote places in Shenjing city? The more remote ones. The better. You also know that we Miao people like to raise some weird Gu insects."

For him as an emperor, this was just a trivial matter.

"Gallis."

"The servant is here."

"Find a remote residence in Shenjing City and send the address in a letter to the writer. When signing, just use the surname 'Guan'." Zhao Yu ordered.

"Slave, I'll ask someone to do it right now."

Gao Lishi hurriedly agreed, and then left the Zihuan Palace and gave instructions to a young eunuch. Finally, he added: "Tell Lord Heba quietly about this matter and ask him to send someone to go to the place where the letter is written." We will secretly explore their address to find out the details of these Miao people, and be careful not to alert them."

Your Majesty can ignore the origins of these people, but they, as slaves and ministers, must learn to share your Majesty's worries.

If these Miao people were, as the letter said, coming to Shenjing to do business, then they would just pretend they didn’t know about it, and let His Majesty exchange letters with the Miao girl, just to relieve His Majesty’s boredom; But if the other party has malicious intentions, even if they are scolded by His Majesty, they will nip this danger before it begins!
There are two flowers, one on each side.

But the draft edict was issued to all prefectures and states, and for a while some people were happy and some were worried.

Shenjing, Zhou Mansion.

On this day, after dinner, Zhou Rui, the left servant of the household department, looked sad. He didn't know what he thought of and couldn't help but sigh.

"Zhou Lang, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing her husband's frown, his wife He couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Rui glanced at his wife, hesitated to speak, and finally let out a long sigh.

"You all leave."

He waved his hand and ordered the servants and maids to retreat.

"Now, you and I are the only ones left in this house, so it's time for you to say it, Mr. Zhou."

"I'm not worried about His Majesty's selection of concubines."

Zhou Rui poured a sip of hot tea into his throat and said in a muffled voice.

Hearing this, Mrs. He wondered: "Your Majesty's selection of concubines is a matter of the Ministry of Rites. What does it have to do with Zhou Lang?"

Zhou Rui sighed and explained:

"Madam, you also know that in the past, my husband and I were on the same side as Huang Jingming. Now Huang Jingming is being executed by Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty has shown his noble hand and spared me, I am still afraid. This Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Who knows if one day His Majesty will have a whim and open up old scores, your family and I will die without a place to die. After all, my husband has also been labeled as a traitor to the king. "

Seeing Zhou Rui's serious words, He was panicked for a moment.

"Husband, what should we do?"

"Originally, my husband, I thought I could just muddle along and just run errands for His Majesty. But even so, my husband still didn't have the slightest confidence in his heart. But this time His Majesty's selection of concubines gave me an idea."

Hearing this, He asked uncertainly:
"Husband, do you want Xian'er and Jiamin to participate in the draft?"

Zhou Rui patted his thigh and praised: "The one who knows me is my wife!"

"You still know me?!" Seeing Zhou Rui like this, He was immediately furious. She stood up under Zhou Rui's astonished gaze, reached out and pinched his left ear, and said angrily, " This tiger's poison doesn't even eat its seeds. How could you, a father, be so cruel as to push your daughter into the fire pit?"

"Oh, it hurts! Madam, be gentle, be gentle!"

Zhou Rui felt a burning pain coming from his ears. He subconsciously apologized and retorted at the same time:
"Madam, what are you talking about? That is your daughter, isn't it my husband's daughter? How could I have the heart to do something worse than an animal when I have brought them together so much? Madam, please listen to me. Husband is cunning, please explain. If what you said is wrong, I will beat you and scold you as you please, and just never mention this matter again."

"Humph!"

He snorted coldly, let go of his right hand, and sat down on the stool.

"I want to hear what kind of ivory comes out of your dog's mouth!"

Rubbing his red left ear, Zhou Rui said: "This first reason is what I just said. If our two daughters can really be favored by His Majesty, then my husband will never be able to be full of people." I’m worried about copying and cutting.”

"Humph!"

He snorted from his nostrils and ignored him.

"The second point is that now it's almost time for Xian'er and Jiamin to get married. Tell me, looking at the whole country, where can we find a more suitable candidate than Your Majesty?"

Hearing this, Mrs. He thought about it carefully and found that her husband was indeed right.

Your Majesty has all the power in the world, is rich all over the world, and is young and promising. It is true that there is no second candidate more suitable than Your Majesty.

But Xiao He will succeed and Xiao He will fail. Your Majesty is so outstanding. I don’t know how many stunning beauties will enter the harem in the future.

As a mother, how could she bear to let her daughter stay alone day and night?
"Madam, you are too worried."

When Zhou Rui heard He's worries, he couldn't help but burst into laughter and said, "Madam, you don't know how stunning our two daughters are. My husband is not worried that they will not be able to get His Majesty after they enter the palace." Favored, Madam becomes worried instead. As for the palace fight, as long as the two of them behave themselves well and His Majesty continues to favor them, they will not be involved. Not to mention, their husband will support them at court. "

(End of this chapter)