Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1537 Your Majesty is wise

  Emperor Hongzhi returned to the palace.

   Along the way, he pretended to be worried, but he became more energetic.

  Prince, that bastard... this is really sleepy, just sent a pillow.

  After arriving at Fengtian Hall, Emperor Hongzhi sat down, and immediately summoned Liu Jian and others to have an audience.

  The three of Liu Jian came to salute. It was getting late at this time, and it was almost time to be on duty. At this time, His Majesty suddenly called, which made them feel a little strange.

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at them, suddenly laughed and said, "Have you heard of Shiquan Dabulu?"

   Liu Jian and the three looked at each other.

  This topic was asked a little suddenly.

   But speaking of this...they are a little guilty.

  Because although the three of them are relatively cool, they are by no means unkind.

  For example, the usual courteous reciprocity, but there are still some, after all... With so many old students and old officials, it is hard for you to put on a straight face and shut everyone out.

   There are simply too many Shiquan Dabulu in the three houses, and they are all sent off by other people by coincidence.

  Liu Jian and the others never expected that His Majesty would mention this thing on purpose.

  Liu Jian coughed with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty..."

  Emperor Hongzhi suppressed his hands, and didn't want Liu Jian to interrupt him. He said indifferently: "Does the Qing family know that the prince and Fang Qing's family have built a workshop to sell Shiquan Dabulu, and how much profit can they make every year?"

   Liu Jian and the three looked at each other again.

  Your Majesty, are you in a daze?

  It’s just a small workshop, but His Majesty actually cares about it?

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a deep smile: "I have done the calculations for them, and this year's income is 3,000 to 50,000,000 taels of silver..."

  Three thousand and five thousand are nothing, but with the word ten thousand at the end, it is completely different.

  Liu Jian's pupils constricted suddenly, his whole body trembled, and he felt that his breathing was about to stop.

  Li Dongyang was in a daze, bewildered.

   And Xie Qian stared straight at Emperor Hongzhi without saying a word.

The new tax system has begun to be piloted gradually, and the revenue of the treasury has continued to rise. Last year's annual income has reached more than 36 million taels. Of course... this is just that the real tax system has not been rolled out. This year's increase, most of the It is also gratifying, I am afraid that it will rise a lot.

   But even so... This is just a small workshop, how did it grow to this point?

   Red eyes and hot ears.

  If the old man has so much money, how much can he do in this prime minister? Isn’t it easy to become a generation of virtuous ministers?

  But why... why does this Yinzi seem to have grown legs, so he is rushing to the prince and Fang Jifan?

  The three of them pursed their lips and remained silent.

  Although he was extremely hot in his heart, he also knew that this money had nothing to do with him at all, and he just listened to it, then exclaimed, and finally tried not to think about it.

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to see what the three of them were thinking, and said with a smile: "I made a bet with the crown prince. If I can manage the workshop well, I will hand over the workshop to the court. After I have made up my mind, I will get half of the workshop. Money, half of it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, and the money obtained is used to enrich the national treasury and internal funds, what do the three Qing family think?"

   Liu Jian immediately widened his eyes in disbelief.

  In this way...isn't it...isn't it...the annual revenue of the treasury can increase an additional ten or twenty million taels of silver?

  This...is tantamount to great joy from heaven.

   Liu Jian said excitedly: "It's just business?"

   "Not bad." Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded: "It's just business!"

   "I only need to operate such a small workshop? Your Majesty, I wonder how many workers are there in this workshop?"

   "There are more than a thousand people." Emperor Hongzhi said.

  Liu Jian and Li Dongyang looked at each other.

  Each can see ecstasy in each other's eyes.

Liu Jian seemed to have a little more energy all of a sudden, and smiled and said: "It's too simple to only have a thousand people. Your Majesty... the old minister is not boasting, not to mention a thousand people, even ten thousand people, or even ten thousand people." Ten thousand people is just a mere matter, this bet, His Majesty and ministers will definitely win."

  Xie Qian also said: "The old minister is not boasting. When he ruled the river, the old minister was ordered to control 70,000 craftsmen and peasants. What is a workshop with a thousand people?"

  Even Li Dongyang couldn't help thinking.

  This His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is clearly giving money, but he does not know what is behind it.

Emperor Hongzhi cheered up: "Yes, I also thought it was a small workshop, but I really couldn't bear to seize their workshop, but the prince's temper is too arrogant, if I don't sharpen him, he won't know the lesson I have already made up my mind. In these two days, I will go with Liu Qing and Li Qing. Xie Qing’s family will be on duty here. He is my chief assistant, who is best at making decisions. I sit in the middle, and this workshop...is determined to win."

  Xie Qian couldn't help being depressed when he heard that he had to stay in the cabinet on duty.

   But if you think about it carefully, you have used three sledgehammers to kill a chicken. Is it worse than yourself?

  I am in the cabinet, waiting for good news.

   It is good to have money, the natives over there rebelled, and need to pay more money, and this year there is a great famine in Guanzhong...

  The four monarchs and ministers all beamed with joy. A group of people who add up to be more than two hundred years old, at this moment, their faces are full of competitiveness, and they look like they have rejuvenated.

  …

  The next morning, just as he was on duty, Chen Tong, the left servant of the household department, was called away for no reason.

   Then, he saw the emperor in the palace.

  The emperor was dressed in casual clothes, as were Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, both dressed in Confucian fir.

   This made Chen Tong, who didn't know the situation, feel very unusual.

When Li Dongyang saw Chen Tong, he said to Emperor Hongzhi without waiting for Chen Tong to salute, "Your Majesty, this is the left servant of the household department. I think it would be best to invite this person to go with me.”

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Tong carefully and nodded.

He couldn't help but said with a smile: "The Qing family... is always cautious, but it is also good to be cautious. Originally, I wanted to call Wang Bushi from the Imperial Academy, but this Wang Bushi is only a member of the Imperial Academy. Although he knows the way of business, But such things are useless after all. Besides, I and the ministers are enough, no matter how many people there are, it will appear that I am bullying that kid."

  Chen Tong carefully looked at Emperor Hongzhi and the two cabinet elders, always feeling that they were secretly delighted.

  What...what a good thing?

   Soon, he understood what was going on.

  His Majesty took the three of them out of the palace, and Li Dongyang secretly informed him about the bet.

  After hearing this, Chen Tong burst into laughter from ear to ear: "There really is such a thing as a pie in the sky, I'm an official... I'm an official...haha..."

  The four arrived at the workshop happily.

  According to the rules, each other's identities are kept secret.

  Emperor Hongzhi and several ministers live in this workshop these days.

   Within half a month, it was completely run by the four people of Emperor Hongzhi, and it was announced to the outside world that if the owner changed here, if the revenue increased within half a month, Emperor Hongzhi would be considered a winner.

  But if the revenue drops, Emperor Hongzhi will lose.

Fang Jifan was very considerate. He seemed to be afraid that Emperor Hongzhi, Li Dongyang, Liu Jian and others would not know anything about Shiquanda Supplementary Lotion, so he took them around the work sheds everywhere, happily pointing out the process. What does it do, what does that process do.

  Liu Jian and others were overwhelmed and dumbfounded.

  Shiquan Dabulu...

   Is that how it was made?

  This dog...

  But now the business is important.

  Together, Li Dongyang and Chen Tong, the four people present are the most intelligent people in the world. They can understand what is going on in this workshop immediately.

  Therefore, Chen Tong gave Li Dongyang a firm look, as if to say, look at it.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Houzhao began to make a delivery with Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi was eager to take office. Although he felt that this was absurd, he felt that he had earned so much money and put it on the prince. It is good for me and the treasury here, it is beneficial to the world.

  Therefore, he was so serious that he even accepted the workshop owner's seal.

  After that, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan fled directly and disappeared without a trace.

  Emperor Hongzhi was full of energy and confidence.

  He sat in the spacious public room with great emotion, and there was a luxurious comfortable sofa in it.

   Not only that, beside the public house, there are several servants serving next door, and the daily necessities are all extravagant.

  Emperor Hongzhi even saw a menu.

   These are all for Zhu Houzhao, and the various dishes in it are shocking.

Emperor Hongzhi laughed and said: "Look, look at my son, he is so extravagant at such a young age, and the things he uses are all of great value. These are all included in the revenue. It was squandered by him. The first thing I did was to cut down all these useless things, and just eat a simple meal. The so-called way of business is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. This throttling... starts with me, so As a result, you can save more than one hundred taels of silver every day, don't underestimate the mere hundred taels, this half month will be 1,500 taels."

  When Liu Jian and others heard this, they were all filled with emotion.

Liu Jian bowed down, bowed his head in a sincerely convinced manner, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the first to do this and save money. Although it only saves a thousand and five hundred taels, your majesty has taken the lead in this workshop. It might be amazing, but based on this, the revenue and profits are even more gratifying."

  Chen Tong was also inexplicably moved.

  He knew in his heart that it was Li Dongyang who promoted him this time, and it was a god-sent opportunity for him to have the opportunity to perform in front of His Majesty.

  I used to manage a horse farm at the border, and I also served as a local parent officer for two terms, and I have worked in the Ministry of Households for so many years. These valuable experiences can be fully displayed in front of His Majesty today.

  So he said: "The first thing His Majesty did was to take advantage of the interests, so why worry about this workshop not being prosperous?"

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  Chapter 2 Asking for a monthly pass, and...

  (end of this chapter)