Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"What's the matter?" Su Mu suddenly had a bad premonition, thinking that after he found Princess Taikang, he would have been able to finish his errands smoothly, but this little girl refused to go home; For a major case, there was a chance to go back to the capital as a witness.In the end, Princess Taikang messed up the situation.

Now, the relief money has been collected enough, and the matter of saving a family property for Taikang has come to an end, why doesn't this guy leave?

Su Mu felt despondent, and suppressed the anger in his heart: "Your Highness, it is meaningless to stay in Cangzhou any longer. If you want money, Su Mu has already earned it for you. When you return to the capital, you don't have to do anything, and the money will be yours." It will automatically fly into your pocket, is there such a good thing in the world?"

"Besides, because of your unspeakable difficulties, you have been regarded as liars by Cangzhou scholars. To put it bluntly, Su Mu feels a little embarrassed in the street now. His Highness has also lived in seclusion for the past two months. Does your Highness find life interesting?"

"No, Su Mu, you're thinking wrong." Princess Taikang gracefully took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, let out a long breath, and said coquettishly, "You're so scary when you get angry."

Su Mu was in a hurry: "Your Highness, please pay attention to royal dignity."

Taikang smiled like a flower: "When the palace left the book out of the palace, didn't you say that you wanted to find the precious jade in my heart. If you didn't find it, you would be unwilling to go back."

"You!" Su Mu suddenly stood up.

"I was joking with you!" Taikang laughed loudly: "Forget it, I won't make trouble with you. I will write a letter back to the capital to the Queen Mother and the emperor's brother to report the Cangzhou Development Bank."

Su Mu was very pleasantly surprised: "A gentleman has no jokes."

"I am a woman, not a gentleman."

"Your Highness..."

Taikang continued to smile triumphantly: "By the way, after the new year, the emperor's elder brother is going to get married. From the perspective of this hall, the internal treasury doesn't have much money. The officials in the household department are all miserly. It is estimated that the elder brother is now I'm having a headache about money. I've earned so much money for him, so I have to show my merits in front of him, so naturally I have to write a letter back."

Su Mu: "Yes, yes, this is indeed the truth."

But he spat in his heart: You have to be fooled.

Su Mu was very curious about the emperor's wedding and various royal expenses.When he was in the East Palace before, because it was Zhengde's housework, he didn't have the nerve to ask, "How much did you earn?"

Taikang picked up a ledger and said, "The emperor's elder brother gets 80% of the bank's profit, the hall gets [-]%, you get [-]% of sumu, and the remaining [-]% is used for various expenses of the bank. In the past two months, what our bank has eaten Calculated the interest and various profits, it is about [-] taels."

Su Mu was taken aback: "So many?"

"Nonsense, the money we loaned out is only better than usury." Taikang gave Su Mu a white look: "In this way, the emperor's brother has more than 20 taels, give him a round number, 30 taels. Su Mu You take 14. As for the main hall, 25 is fine."

Su Mu took a breath, feeling that he had never been as rich as he is now.

Moreover, this is only two months of profit.After one year, 160 million can still be seen.Although it is not as good as a salt merchant, but this business can last forever!

In order to inquire about the various expenses of the royal family, Su Mu shook his head deliberately: "30 taels, your majesty is rich in the world, will you see it?"

Taikang: "Although 30 taels is not much, it can come in handy at critical moments. For example, the big wedding of the emperor's brother will cost 100 million taels of silver. Save some money, 80 taels is necessary. Among them , the biggest expense is all kinds of gold and silver jewelry that will be rewarded to the future queen. After all, it is related to the dignity of the royal family. Even if it’s good, it’s likely to force the emperor’s elder brother to pay for it himself.”

When Princess Taikang came to have a chat, she started chatting with Su Mu.

It turned out that the royal family's expenses were really not small.Not to mention the salaries of so many eunuchs and maids in the Forbidden City, even the emperor, empress, queen mother and others have to pay for food and expenses from the internal treasury, and the household department is not responsible at all.

As for the source of the money, in fact, it is also simple, the emperor has his own Huangzhuang and land.The number is frightening to say the least, and it is not unusual for an emperor to have millions of acres of land.To put it bluntly, the emperor was the biggest landlord in the world.

But the problem is that the output of land is limited after all, how can it compare with industry and commerce.When the weather is bad, if it is not good, I have to accompany some of them.

Every month, the palace costs 10,000+ in all expenses.

When encountering big events such as weddings and funerals, the money spent is even more expensive.

For example, the royal family marrying a princess, all kinds of jewelry, dowry land and manor, it is possible to add up to a million taels.

There is also a big expenditure, which is to build the imperial mausoleum.

Generally speaking, as soon as the emperor succeeds to the throne, he will start to build the mausoleum. It may take decades to build it, and the money invested in it will go to sea.

For example, the funeral of Emperor Hongzhi last year cost more than 200 million yuan.

When Su Mu heard this, he suddenly realized, and nodded secretly: Indeed, weddings and funerals, let alone the royal family, are not a small burden for ordinary people.It's just that ordinary people can receive gifts and money for weddings and funerals.The emperor had nowhere to ask the guests for money.Historically, the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty spent millions of dollars in building her mausoleum for more than ten years, and when she was buried, she spent another 300 million taels.It can be seen that this is indeed a burden that even the emperor cannot bear.

The funeral is so costly, the emperor will get married soon, and after the wedding, he will be in charge of the government. It is estimated that the cost will not be much less than the emperor's burial.

At this time, maybe the emperor is having a headache about money!

Cangzhou Bank may become a very important source of income for the emperor in the future.

After hearing Taikang's words, Su Mu nodded and said with a smile, "The emperor's family doesn't have any food left either!"

It made Princess Taikang laugh for a long time.

Then she said: "After I finish writing the letter, I will forward it to you along with your letter. If everything goes well, I estimate that I can return to Beijing in a month at most."

"By that time, maybe the capital has already snowed. At that time, we will hold another literary meeting in the capital." Taikang said: "At that time, the hall will definitely invite all the famous people in the capital, and let Su Mu you admit " All the poems in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" come from the hand of this hall, and I am innocent."

Su Mu sweated profusely: "This, this..."

Taikang: "Why, you don't want to?"

Su Mu: "No, no, Your Highness, the capital city is not Cangzhou, so you can't mess around."

Taikang: "Don't be afraid, when the time comes, our palace may already be married, and after leaving the palace, the queen mother and the emperor's elder brother will have nothing to do with me."