Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 68: Pulling Zhu Yuanzhang into the water
  "This book is well written."

"The whole text is written in plain language, but the plot is quite attractive."

The first thing Zhu Yuanzhang read was "The Eight Parts of the Dragon". He quickly finished the first volume and let out this praise.

The eunuch Hou Xian is also a capable person. Not only is he not weak in martial arts, he can also write such attractive story books. After reading the first volume, he wants to continue reading the second volume. If it sells well, he can make a lot of money. Not unreasonable.

Zhu Yuanzhang was convinced that storybooks could make money, and asked: "You have made money, and you want to give us some money?"

Zhu Song responded: "My younger brother said that my father was short of money, so he was anxious to reform the salt affairs and taxation. We thought that if we could make more money, we could exempt ourselves from the monthly salary our father gave us in the future and save the national treasury expenditure." , I can also send money to my father, we discussed it today and decided to send half of the money we earn."

My dear grandson still understands us!

Of course, Zhu Song is not bad either.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt warm after hearing this and was no longer angry. He said, "You are serious. Although selling books is considered business, it is not a big deal. We don't care about it. As for you giving us money and flowers, we have seen your intentions." , there is no need for money. After the salt and tax reforms are successful, we can also be very rich. You can save these for yourselves, but don’t spend them carelessly. Don’t forget to be diligent and thrifty.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased to see his son and grandson being so filial.

Especially Zhu Song, who lost his previous stubbornness and knew how to share his father's worries.

It seems that I paid less attention to this child in the past and failed to discover his shining points.

"Thank you, Father!"

Zhu Song was overjoyed when he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want money.

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Let's forget this mistake. As for Jiang Yu, we don't blame him. Just don't mess around with your Jin Yiwei."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Wei bowed and said everything was fine.

But it's not completely okay.

The issue of Jin Yiwei catching people everywhere has not yet been resolved.

Zhu Xuan said softly: "Grandpa Huang, actually our faults are more than that."

"and also?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback.

"One more mistake."

Zhu Xuan said cautiously: "People outside are piracy of our story books and will take away the results of our hard work. Grandson and Uncle Twenty were so angry that they asked Lord Jiang to lead the Jin Yiwei to catch all the pirate merchants. , the store has also been closed, and things have become a bit big.”

"really?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Yu again.

Jiang Wei lowered his head and said: "Your Highnesses gave Jin Yiwei 10% of the income. I am greedy for money and I really can't stand it. So I took people to catch those pirates and profiteers for what they did. I deserve to die!"

"Profiteers are indeed hateful!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly. He didn't care about this kind of businessman and said casually: "Just catch him. He deserves to be punished. This is a trivial matter, forget it!"

The most important thing was to see their filial piety, and Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied.

He didn't care about those merchants yet.

It was with this in mind that Zhu Xuan finally decided to confess everything.

Get ahead of the Lu family and tell Zhu Yuanzhang the matter. When the time comes, the Lu family wants to cause trouble and rescue Lu Yaowen, but there is no way.

In fact, this is not their ultimate goal.

Zhu Xuan also wanted to cooperate with Zhu Yuanzhang and bring him into the game. The person responsible for proposing cooperation was Zhu Song, and it would be more appropriate for him to speak up.

"Father, my son has a suggestion."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer careless, Zhu Song put forward the idea of ​​cooperation: "How about our father also cooperates with us and sells books together? In this way, he can earn more private money for his father without having to spend money every time." Thinking about the treasury."

This proposal sounds pretty good.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "We are the lord of the world, how can we do the things of merchants?"

Zhu Song advised: "Father, it's okay! This way, we can make money for the royal family. We can sell books in an official way, and the proceeds from it can be used in the national treasury to improve people's livelihood." Zhu Yuanzhang was a little moved.

Those story books can make a profit of 60,000 taels in just over a month, which is only a daily income.

If it is sold in other rich places, the total profit can be even greater, but it is not allowed to do business and business is suppressed. It is also a decree issued by him. If he takes the lead in doing business, he is afraid that it will get a bad start.

"I made this suggestion because I don't want other profiteers to reap the benefits."

Zhu Song could see his father's hesitation and continued to persuade: "Our story books have been spread to other places outside of Yingtian. There are pirates and profiteers in Yingtian, and there must be profiteers in other places as well."

"They are taking little Yunxuan's book and making a lot of money out of nothing. This son can't bear it!"

"Besides, the government-run method does not constitute sabotage of the government's decree to suppress business."

"Books are a way to spread knowledge. If more people read, knowledge can educate people. This is similar to how salt is closely related to people's livelihood."

"The imperial court's distribution of salt was also a form of official business, and it could be considered a business."

"In the future, many things related to people's livelihood can actually be run by the government and controlled by the government, so that they will not be given to profiteers below, have the opportunity to make profits, and can better adjust prices."

"The proceeds from government operations are collected into the national treasury and can be used to improve people's livelihood. They are taken from the people and used for the people."

"What do you think, Father?"

When Zhu Song said this, he looked at Lao Zhu expectantly.

"Take it from the people, use it for the people!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard these eight words, his eyes lit up.

This sentence is very well said.

I didn't expect that this kid Zhu Song could still speak such good principles.

"Who taught you these words?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.

According to the assessment results sent back from the main hall, Zhu Song's homework was average, and he did not look like someone who could say this.

In fact, these were all taught by Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Song is very loyal and cannot betray his partners. Looking at Lao Zhu's reaction, he understands that the cooperation is almost completed.

Little Yunxuan is still capable.

It's true that you can cooperate with your father.

Zhu Song felt very accomplished when he thought about bringing his father with him to make money.

"This is what I came up with by expanding on my father's approach to reforming salt affairs."

Zhu Song explained.

Zhu Yuanzhang believed it for the time being, and then asked: "How do you plan to cooperate with us to sell books?"

Hearing this, Zhu Song was overjoyed again.

The father will indeed agree.

When he was about to tell Zhu Xuan those methods, Yun Qi came and said: "Your Majesty, Yushi Shen Qian wants to see you."

"Shen Qian?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, decided to talk later, and said: "Send him to come in."

Censor?

Zhu Xuan thought to himself, could it be Lu's offensive coming so soon?

If it was an offensive, it meant that Lu still had some ability and could ask people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to impeach him. Fortunately, their actions were faster, leaving Lu no opportunity to take advantage of.

When Shen Qian walked into the hall, she saw Zhu Xuan and Zhu Song there. She was a little surprised, and secretly sighed again, feeling that Lu had kicked the iron plate again this time, and there was no chance that Zhu Yunwen would have a chance.

(End of this chapter)