The concubine did not discuss the affairs of the previous dynasty, so Concubine Yuxian naturally did not comment much on Emperor Yong's remarks. She just continued to ask what should be done with the incense candles on the list.
Emperor Yong only glanced at the list briefly, and then said, "Of course, this incense candle can no longer be used, so I can exchange the paper money for something that the family can use."
He said it lightly. Concubine Yuxian would have been in trouble in the past. After all, for a concubine who never leaves the palace, those who can leave the palace to do things may not be reliable, and those who are reliable may not be able to go out of the palace to do things. And now it's not just a matter of whether this thing can be used, but also the cost of it.
But now that she has Jiang Nianjiao, she is not so embarrassed. She only made a suggestion: "His Highness said, for the sake of safety, should we replace all the items?"
After hearing this, even Emperor Yong couldn't help but look at Concubine Yuxian: "You can change so many houses at once, do you still have time?"
Concubine Yuxian said, "If it had been in the past, it would have been too late, but now Jiaojiao has compiled a list of all the merchants that can be used. Although these merchants are not our royal medical stores, the products are cheaper and more expensive than what we use." The quality also needs to be better.”
After saying this, Concubine Yuxian seemed to be worried that Emperor Yong would not be able to agree to her request. She then added, "This year's regular harem activities and prayer meetings will be much less than last year. So if this blessing meeting is held as usual, According to the specifications, I’m afraid the next annual meeting will be tight.”
Hearing Concubine Yuxian's words, Emperor Yong seemed to understand that life was difficult for the former dynasty when there was no money, but it might not be much better for the harem.
But it's not like there have been times like this in previous years, but the man from Fengchen Palace seems to have never complained to him about this, let alone taken credit for it.
Thinking about it this way, although I resented her because of her father and brother, she was indeed competent in being a queen.
However, he also understood what Concubine Yuxian meant. After all, she was someone she trusted. Even though she never discussed the past affairs with him, sometimes he would deliberately reveal some to her, and he asked her to concentrate on raising Zhao Nianze. At that time, he revealed a lot of things to her, so she knew who she was leaning towards from the beginning.
Now her niece is obsessed with marrying the King of Jin. She was afraid that if King Jin suffered a disaster in the future, her niece would suffer the same misfortune, so she took credit for her niece at this moment. In fact, it was just so that she could be lenient with her when she dealt with King Jin in the future.
Emperor Yong would naturally not refuse to buy this face.
"I will do as you say, but this matter should not be done with great fanfare. Why not leave it to your niece to handle. If it is done well, I will give you a heavy reward."
"As for the original batch of goods, it will still be purchased by the original old palace people."
Hearing Emperor Yong's words, Concubine Yuxian was naturally happy, but when she heard what followed, she was troubled, "But isn't there something wrong with these goods, Your Majesty? We have to be careful when purchasing the current goods. We are buying two batches." If we don’t have the goods, how can we have the extra money?”
Emperor Yong looked at Concubine Yuxian and said, "Just tell the old palace people directly that the harem's finances are tight recently, so let each family owe it first and settle it all next year. Those people are not here to make money this time. But it’s coming to me, and if you say this, they won’t refuse.”
"As for how to solve it, you just let them make it difficult for themselves."
Then Emperor Yong chuckled lightly, "I was originally worried that they would not dare to take action. Now that they have taken action, it would be a waste if I didn't let them continue to perform."
After hearing Emperor Yong's words, Jiang Nianjiao understood its meaning early on.
Emperor Yong wanted to pretend to be ignorant and trick those with evil intentions into continuing to carry out the mission according to the original plan. However, once these people carry out the mission according to the original plan, then, on the day of the Beijiao Meeting, Emperor Yong would not only be able to come Individuals can reap the stolen goods together, and they can also catch all those involved.
As for those shops, let alone recovering the principal by then, it is not certain whether people can come back alive.
After all, who is involved in selling gunpowder will not have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated?
Thinking of the wind and rain in the coming days, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but feel a chill.
But no matter what, Jiang Nianjiao still accepted Emperor Yong's mission.
Although Emperor Yong later gave her the task of purchasing, he was still a little worried about Jiang Nianjiao, so Jiang Nianjiao
In addition to a few palace guards who inspected the goods, Jiao Caimai also specially placed a few secret guards of Emperor Yong in the team.
Jiang Nianjiao came here just to report this matter. Now that everything has been reported, she naturally has no reason to stay here.
Therefore, after receiving the task, Jiang Nianjiao only took people directly to purchase goods from the stores on the list. Because the emperor purchased not a small amount, sometimes the same item was not able to be collected by one family, so after that, the same item was often purchased. You have to go to several stores, but the purchasing channels of these branches are basically the same, so the quality of the goods is also similar. .
Basically, they pay a deposit first and then hand it over after the prayer meeting in the northern suburbs.
After the store owner knows who he is doing business with, he doesn't have to worry that this first time customer will default on his bill.
After all, Prime Minister Jiang is no ordinary person.
Therefore, the store owners readily accepted Jiang Nianjiao's order.
But after that, the guards only warned these people not to let the news leak out.
If anyone reveals that he has taken a big order, he will definitely suffer disaster if people find out in the future.
Under this coercion and inducement, those stores naturally only quickly promised that they would keep the information strictly confidential.
Fortunately, there is not much business in Beijing now, and there are no big festivals.
Therefore, as long as these stores do not take the initiative to disclose that they have received a large order, no one will know about these people on the day of the prayer meeting in the northern suburbs.
Jiang Nianjiao was running around for the supplies she had dropped.
Concubine Yuxian only summoned the old people who originally bought supplies to enter Yuxiu Palace. These old people were inextricably connected with the concubines in other palaces, so their temperaments were more arrogant than ordinary palace people.
Especially this time, they are deliberately trying to embarrass the new master.
Therefore, their behavior is only more contemptuous than before.
The reason why they did this was naturally because in previous years, after their lists were presented, the queen would take a cursory look at them and then ask them to get started immediately.
But they didn't expect that this year, when the list came into the hands of Concubine Yuxian and arrived at Yuxiu Palace, she not only didn't ask them to do it immediately, but postponed it until the next day. Even last night, they heard some rumors. It was said that Concubine Yuxian and several other concubines who had not been able to make a profit, only planned to let their nieces do things for them, and also planned to kick them out.
They were naturally very dissatisfied with this matter. After all, Concubine Yuxian took over the queen's position in managing the harem when the queen fell ill recently. In the past, the queen had never felt sorry for them, and she did not want Concubine Yuxian to assist them on their behalf. People, before their butts can sit firmly, they are thinking about having an operation on them.
Can they bear it now?
Therefore, after the eunuchs paid their respects to Concubine Yuxian and heard that Concubine Yuxian still had to leave the task to them, their tone of voice became somewhat sarcastic.
"Don't dare to bother me with a request. We people are just paid to do things. Your Majesty is the real master. We will go wherever your Majesty tells us to go. But some people still say that we are embezzling money." How many years have we been in the palace? If we had really done something like this, how could we still be alive today? Even if we had the courage and were known by our masters, they would not be able to spare us. I really don’t know what those who say about us Where do people who are greedy for wealth come from?"
Hearing the eunuch scolding Sang and Huai, Concubine Yuxian just pretended not to know. He responded by saying, "You are all old people in the palace, so naturally you have to handle the purchase. However, there have been major disasters all over the country this year. Now the palace treasury is empty, and we can't afford such money at the moment." It’s a lot of money, but the Northern Suburbs Prayer Meeting is a prayer meeting held to pray for good weather next year, so it is absolutely necessary to hold it.”
"So after I received your list yesterday, I did some calculations. After calculating the calculations, I realized that if we follow what is on the list, we will only be able to hold a prayer meeting this year but not be able to hold an annual meeting. Therefore, yesterday I also asked a few sisters in the palace to discuss how to save money, because I don’t want to make up for the vacancy no matter how much we calculate.”
Hearing what Concubine Yuxian said. One of the father-in-laws just said, "Mother, you don't mean that you want us to come up with a solution, right? We are just people who do business and make money."
We don't know how to do it. "
Concubine Yuxian smiled and said, "I don't need to trouble you to think of any solutions. In fact, I discussed it with the emperor today, but the emperor also said that the treasury is also empty now. After the severe drought, there will be a severe cold. I am afraid this winter will also be difficult to endure." , and I am afraid that the nomadic tribes in the Qiang Desert area in the southwest will also have a hard time, and they will inevitably attack Yongdi by then, so I am afraid there will be fighting at the border this winter."
"So the money for this purchase can only be postponed for a while. I think you all often represent the palace in purchasing, and I think I have a good relationship with them. Why don't we discuss with them and postpone it for a while. Next year, we will How about we settle this year's expenses together?" Concubine Yu Xian smiled very kindly.
However, how could these people buy into Concubine Yuxian's fault?
"Personal friends are personal friends, and business is business. When doing business, you have to pay for the money and the goods. Who dares to do the kind of business your Majesty said?" A eunuch put his hands in his sleeves and looked embarrassed.
Concubine Yu Xian only said, "Of course I know that all parties have their own difficulties. If I really had no other solution, I would not have given you such a difficult problem. Besides, as far as I know, the families on your list are all related to each palace." The concubines have some connections, and if you can’t do anything, then I can only ask them to come over and accommodate me.”
