As time went by, princes and kings scattered all over the country gradually received Bai Sheng's rewards.
Those who did not receive the message were received normally.
Then send a return gift and thank you note.
The princes and kings who received Yi's decree were different. Most of them did not think that this was a very simple and direct business cooperation agreement. They began to think deeply about it alone, or brought their cronies to negotiate, and discussed it carefully with the Queen Mother. What does it mean?
On the surface, I want to cooperate with them in business.
What do you actually want to do?
This must be the problem that some people in higher positions have. It is obviously a normal speech and a normal desire to do a certain thing, but when the people below listen to it, they have to do reading comprehension and interpret several different deep meanings out of thin air.
Then they may make their own decisions and do what the leader arranges according to what they think the leader thinks.
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Zhongshan Kingdom, inside the Palace of Prince Zhongshan.
Dou Wan, Princess of Zhongshan and grand-niece of the Empress Dowager Dou, was happily reading the instructions and sorting various soaps and facial oils, while Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan, looked at the cloth in his hand that invited him to cooperate and fell into deep thought.
"What did the Royal Grandmother say?"
"Do you need to keep watching?"
After sorting all the cosmetics and skin care products, Dou Wan saw Liu Sheng, who had been looking at the cloth before burning the incense, still holding the cloth and asked immediately.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull it, wanting to see the content.
Liu Sheng didn't stop him. He let go and handed over the cloth and said, "The Imperial Grandmother said she wants to cooperate with us in business!"
"This is so strange. It's impossible for the Imperial Grandmother to be short of money no matter what. Why do she need to take care of this lowly business and then drag us along with her? Moreover, I guess she not only contacted me, but other princes and kings may also have received it.
What does her old man mean? "
Dou Wan, who had already received the cloth, didn't even bother to reply when he heard this. Instead, he quickly read the contents on the cloth carefully. After reading it, he also fell into deep thought. After a long time, he looked at Liu Sheng with some confusion and said:
“I can’t guess what it means either.
But it is definitely not a trivial matter, and it cannot be just for business. We are living a good life now. As long as we keep to ourselves, we can live a peaceful life. There is no need to get involved in such risky things. Otherwise, we should decline politely and say we No money or busy? "
"Wouldn't that offend the Royal Grandmother?
The Imperial Grandmother had already sent out an invitation, so it would be fine if I didn’t respond positively, but I actually dared to reject it outright.
It would be okay if all the princes and kings refused.
But if I am the only one who refuses, it will be difficult not to be remembered by the Royal Grandmother. I can't contact other princes and kings to discuss this matter together. How much time will this waste?
Why don't you just send some money over there, and then don't take the shares that the emperor's grandmother said, just treat her as a filial piety to her, and we won't participate in the rest! "
Liu Sheng was just a bit drunk and lustful, and had no ambitions. Therefore, after feeling that the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce might not be just for business, he naturally did not want to get involved, and he did not want to offend the Empress Dowager, so he came up with the idea. Spend money to eliminate disasters.
The money was also given away, but there was no need for dividends on shares or the like.
You can't be dissatisfied.
"But the Imperial Grandmother did this not just to ask for money, but to raise funds to form a chamber of commerce, most likely just to find a reason. Wait, is it possible that the Imperial Grandmother actually has no other ideas, and it is really as written , want to do business with us.
The real purpose is just as written.
To improve the skills of craftsmen?
and even improve people’s livelihood in the future.
You see, the items given by the Imperial Grandmother are indeed much better than similar products in the past, both in terms of quality, appearance and other aspects.
If the Royal Grandmother just found a reason to bring you together to do other things, there is no need to go to such trouble. After all, these things must have taken a lot of effort, and they will definitely sell well! "
When Dou Wan was following Liu Sheng's thoughts, he couldn't help but take another look at the exquisite porcelain beside him, and then a brand new idea suddenly popped into his mind.
That is, it is possible that they are overthinking.
Maybe the imperial grandmother had no other ideas at all.
It's a pity that Liu Sheng shook his head directly: "It's impossible...
What the imperial grandmother wants to do is likely to be hidden from most people in Chang'an City, especially my emperor brother, so it is necessary to find a high-sounding excuse that is not very suspicious. She can make any excuse. After making so many preparations, the plan is huge!
No, we absolutely cannot cooperate.
Alas, I originally thought that the imperial grandmother would live out her old life after recovering from a serious illness. Unexpectedly, she seemed to have more ideas, and even wanted to compete with His Majesty in the ring.
But even if it doesn’t hurt us, we have to take sides.
If only it had been... well, that would have been better! "
The implication of this guy's words is very obvious, that is, if the Empress Dowager could not afford to be ill and went directly, she would naturally not have these worries now.
Fortunately, he had a good relationship with Dou Wan and was not afraid of Dou Wan suing him, otherwise he would not have dared to complain so vaguely.
"Wait a minute, you don't think that the Imperial Grandmother wants to depose the emperor, do you? Could it be that while the Imperial Grandmother was seriously ill, His Majesty did something that made her very dissatisfied?"
Although I feel that my guess is very bold, after all, it is a private discussion between husband and wife, so there is nothing to avoid.
"It's hard to say, but there must be conflicts.
We must not get involved in this matter. After all, the imperial grandmother is old and suffered a serious illness some time ago. To put it bluntly, she is really counting her days on her fingers.
I don’t know what to do...
Go back and check how much money we have in the warehouse. Keep the gold and send the copper coins to Chang'an.
Send someone sensible and eloquent to plead guilty! "
The more they discussed and thought about it, the more Liu Sheng felt that he could never get involved in this matter, so he immediately made the decision to spend money to eliminate the disaster. After thinking about it, he still felt a little uneasy, and continued. :
"By the way, let's pick out some treasures from the warehouse, and send another group of people into Chang'an to deliver the things to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, to express our attitude tactfully and to show that we support their attitude.
But it needs to be kept secret, so that the Royal Grandmother doesn’t know about it.
This should be safer. "
"How much will it cost? Well, after all this trouble, half of the things in the warehouse will be lost.
It was really a waste of time just now.
These things are good, but they are too expensive.
It’s simply a money grab! "
Hearing this, Dou Wan looked at the skin care products and porcelain beside him, and his mood immediately took a turn for the worse, because based on the money he would have to pay back, the price of these skin care products and porcelain was more expensive than the equivalent price of gold.
It's strange that she can be in a good mood.
