Chapter 451: This is a conspiracy
After the first batch of ships was sold, Ying Zheng returned to his palace excitedly.
Li Si and Feng Quji also followed Ying Zheng to the palace.
"Haha... I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that the shipyard would earn more than 4 million yuan just by selling ships. There will be many, many more ships like this in the future, and I can become the richest man in Daqin just by selling ships.
In the past, I dismissed Lu Buwei's Lu Chamber of Commerce, but now I know that with such a chamber of commerce, the imperial treasury will no longer have to worry.
Not only that, but it can also provide people with job opportunities. "
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Si and Feng Quji said.
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "All this depends on two beloveds, no, three beloveds, and old beloved Meng Ao. It's a pity that he will return home in the next court, otherwise I can let him enjoy my joy together. .”
"Your Majesty, General Meng has not been in court for a long time. Originally, Meng Tian or Meng Yi should have made the bid for the ship today," Li Si said.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Well, the troubles caused by the Xiongnu have to be eliminated, and we can only let Meng Tian continue to suffer in the north."
"This is Meng Tian's honor. I believe Meng Tian will be very happy." Feng Quji said.
"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "You go back, and you will go to Zhaojiacun with me tomorrow."
"promise."
The two left the palace immediately.
"Prime Minister Feng, from today on, you have completely offended the Meng, Bai, and Gan families." Li Si said.
Feng Quji sneered and said, "If you offend me, offend me. As the right minister, what else can they do to me?"
"Although the right prime minister has a strong identity, they may not be afraid. Just like Jiu Qing broke into my house and beat and scolded my servants. Although I breathed a sigh of relief, I was not afraid of my left prime minister. The seat is not gone yet." Li Si sighed.
"Come on, since we have a cabinet, we still need a left and right prime minister. You yourself know that the position of prime minister will be abolished by your majesty sooner or later." Feng Quji said.
"But why did Your Majesty make Gan Luo the Prime Minister of the Left? This is something I can't understand." Li Si said.
Feng Quji sneered and said: "That's His Majesty testing Gan Luo. He wants to know if Gan Luo is still the prodigy he was back then.
If he is still that child prodigy, Your Majesty will be of great use. If not, then he will find an excuse to abolish the prime minister system.
As for the reason why the Meng, Bai, and Gan families can become the three major aristocratic families and are superior to other aristocratic families, it is simply that they have more people, more money, and more contributions from their ancestors.
That was before. After the imperial examination system began, the court's method of recruiting talents was no longer to recommend oneself, or to be recommended by others, or even to rely on one's own reputation.
Those talents are basically powerful people, not His Majesty's. Once there is a conflict with the interests of the other nobles, I am afraid that this group of people will stand up against His Majesty.
Therefore, His Majesty actually has no good feelings towards these people at all. It is just because the imperial court cannot lose these people. "
Li Si nodded and said with a smile: "Your Majesty cheated them of so much money this time. They are probably all very angry. Gan Luo should have already reacted. We have tricked them."
"Haha..." Feng Quji laughed.
At this time, Gan Mansion.
Gan Mao and other three family heads and Gan Luo and other descendants of the three families gathered together to watch.
Gan Luo also told what happened in the court.
"You actually used more than two million yuan to build three ships?" Meng Xifan looked at the three of them in surprise.
Meng Hao said: "Uncle, there is nothing we can do about this matter. Unless we don't want this ship, we must spend this money."
"Snapped."
Meng Xifan slapped Meng Hao on the face with a big mouth, then put one hand on the table and covered his heart with the other, out of breath and looking like he was extremely angry. Looks light.
Meng Hao covered his face and looked at Meng Xifan in disbelief, saying, "Why did the eldest father hit his grandson?"
Meng Xifan took a breath and said, "You prodigal son, do you know that you have ruined the Meng family's fortune?"
Meng Hao said: "Grandpa, what are you worried about? In the first month, we only need to pay 20% of the money, which is 440,000 guan. In the following months, we will pay 220,000 guan." .
Until it's paid off, so we have time to earn the money and then just give it back to the shipyard. "
Meng Xifan and the other two looked at each other in confusion. Did your Majesty learn from the imperial master?
Bai Siqi looked at his grandson and said, "You tell me."
"Uncle," Bai Yuan said, "Your Majesty has implemented a family property mortgage system. As long as you use your family's property as a mortgage, you can first owe the shipyard money, but it needs to be repaid within a specified time every month.
You can pay it in installments, one year, two years, etc., as long as you return the specified amount in each installment. "
"It's still so good. His Majesty can't be so good to us in vain?" Bai Siqi said in a deep voice.
"Of course you have to pay interest." Baiyuan said, "Repay it in six months. The monthly interest is five ten thousandths. That is, ten thousand guan will repay five guan. Two million guan will equal one thousand guan. Every month If you pay more than a month, you can pay back a thousand guan."
"Your Majesty is so calculating." Bai Siqi sneered. "Not only did he sell the boat at a high price, he also used the property as a mortgage to repay the loan in installments, earning us interest. He earned us six thousand guan in half a year."
"Uncle, this is six months, one year, two years, or even ten years. In this way, the interest will be lower, but the final principal will definitely be high." Bai Yuan said.
"Hmph, this is your majesty's cunningness." Bai Siqi said, "This seems to be convenient for us, but it also makes us a lot of money."
Gan Luo said: "Uncle, Uncle Bai, and Uncle Meng all blame me this time. I didn't expect that Li Si had so much money, otherwise I wouldn't have been led by him."
Gan Mao frowned and asked, "Why are you led by his nose? It's not like you." m.
Gan Luo sighed and said: "There is no way, we are bound to win this ship. Li Si was just dismissed from the post of left prime minister by your majesty, and your majesty made me the left prime minister."
So I think Li Si was angry at me because I took away his position as left prime minister. Later, I discovered the problem, but it was too late and the price had already been raised very high.
And this is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.
Li Si knew that no matter how high the price was, even if it would hurt the foundation of our three major families, he would still follow. In addition, he was rich, so he kept bidding with me. In the end, Brother Bai and Brother Meng came forward to end the bidding.
What makes me even more angry is that Li Si actually used us to buy three medium-sized treasure ships.
They say Feng Quji is an old fox, but I think Li Si is the real old fox. "
Gan Mao said: "How can a person who can sit in the position of left prime minister be a simple person? Forget it, you will gain wisdom after suffering. This is also the result of you not having contact with the outside world for many years."
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