"Sister, my family is relatively well-off in terms of money and has never been short of money. You know my mother-in-law's earning power." Yang Ji suddenly thought of something and asked Yang Lihua: "How many people are there in your house? I It refers to a group that does not engage in production and cannot let light in or out.”
When Yang Jian replaced the Zhou Dynasty in the Sui Dynasty, he dismissed the palace maids and chamberlains of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and replaced them with new ones. Therefore, Yang Jian used to manage the chamberlains and the palace maids and chamberlains and provincial officials, all of whom were people with birds in their crotches. As for the palace maids and chamberlains of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they were replaced by new ones. They all became destitute, and Yang Lihua, the Queen Mother of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, seemed unable to bear it, so she took them in one by one. In terms of time, these people have aged and become Yang Lihua's burden.
"There should be three or four thousand!" Yang Lihua glanced at Yang Ji and said, "I have raised them as long as the Sui Dynasty was founded. They could still take care of shops and farms before, but they could no longer do anything long ago. But I can’t just leave it alone, right? In addition, I have successively accepted some old and helpless soldiers and young and helpless children. Now these people are like gold-eating beasts.”
Hearing this, Yang Ji had a good impression of Yang Lihua. Although his cousin is not very enlightened, she has a kind heart. But it still won't make her fall into loan sharking?
"Sister, Zongzheng Temple has an official office to support the elderly and an official office to take in children. You are doing both things here. In fact, you can apply to Zongzheng Temple and let Zongzheng Temple pick up these people."
The government-run nursing homes and orphanages in the Sui Dynasty seemed to have taken shape as early as the pre-Qin period. However, it was regulated by Yang Jian. There were even institutions for the adoption of deaf-mute people, and the imperial court would allocate funds every year to do these things.
Such institutions are all included in Zongzheng Temple.
"I don't want to cause trouble to the court." Yang Lihua shook her head.
Yang Ji was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Sister, whatever you spend now, I will give it to you based on ten years. What do you think?"
Yang Lihua shook her head again and said calmly: "I don't want to rely on others, let alone owe others a favor. I can't afford it!"
Yang Ji: "..."
This sister is still so stubborn; she would rather go to loan sharking than accept any kindness from others.
"Sister, it's a good thing that you do good deeds; but your lending has left many old people homeless and children homeless. Have you considered these issues?" Looking at Yang Lihua, Yang Ji added: "Sister, I am the eldest princess. , who share the honor and disgrace of our royal family, are now lending money. If the trouble becomes known to the public, what will you do to the saint and Zongzheng Temple? Even if you don’t care about the reputation of the royal family, you have to do it for yourself, Eying and Jing. Think about it for training, right?"
Although Yang Lihua felt that Yang Ji was scaring her, she also felt a bit awe-inspiring, so she simply opened the skylight and said frankly: "You already know everything about my situation. Now tell me, if I don't lend money, where will the money come from?"
Yang Ji pondered and said nothing. As for Yang Lihua's situation, there are only four main reasons: First, she does not have a good industry to make money. She only relies on salary and rewards. It doesn't matter if she is a family, but so many people are consuming her every day. The second is that she is extravagant and wasteful. To put it bluntly, she still maintains the pretense of being a princess, which is a typical desperate need to save face and suffer punishment. The third is that she believes in Buddhism, and her family obviously consumes a lot of money, but she donates money due to the complex of desperate need to save face and suffer punishment. Often more than others; the fourth and most important point is that she prides herself on being noble and only enjoys the treatment of a princess, never caring about specific affairs. Her "confidants" say one thing is one thing and two things are two things. Over time, she has been ignored. She couldn't see the real world and knew nothing about various prices. However, the people below were working together to get rich. How could she stand it?
Thinking of this, Yang Ji said: "Sister, you believe in Buddhism, and I also think that Buddhist teachings are correct. But no matter how good the teachings are, they need monks to promote them, but there are good and bad monks, and there are very few good monks. , but bad monks accounted for more than 99%. Therefore, in order to repay the reputation of Buddhism, all the fake monks and thief monks in Liangzhou were wiped out, and only the real eminent monks were left. This put Buddhism on the right path. Things, do you know?”
"I know!" Yang Lihua nodded lightly. Although she didn't know why Yang Ji asked this, she still said: "You killed all the fake monks and thief monks in Liangzhou and restored the reputation of Buddhism. I also agree with it."
"You have returned ten times out of seven, but there are only eight out sixteen in the market. What does this mean? It means you have found the wrong person. All you have found are fake monks and thieves. And the money you donated to the Buddha must also be a donation." Do you think it’s worth giving it to these fake and thief monks?”
"Of course it's not worth it, but I..."
"I didn't say you had malicious intentions. On the contrary, your intentions were good." Before Yang Lihua could refute anything, Yang Ji interrupted her and said, "When you have difficulties at home, you go to the Great Compassionate If you ask them to help lend money to people who are really in need, you can also earn some interest and kill two birds with one stone. But you don't know that these "virtuous monks" are fake monks and thieves. Not only do they make a lot of money, They also collect money in your name, forcing people who cannot repay the loan sharks to have their families destroyed and their wives torn apart. In the end, it is you who suffers."
"Of course, it's not that you don't know people well, but that those fake monks and thieves are so clever at deceiving people. You are not the only one who was deceived, there are also many powerful people and dignitaries."
Yang Lihua, a stubborn donkey who wants to save face and suffer hardship, cannot deny it blindly, let alone deny her belief. She must be given a step down, otherwise it will not help.
"In the future, if you want to donate, just donate it to Zending Temple. Zending Temple is a temple built by my uncle in memory of my aunt. It is a temple supported by our royal family. The monks inside are all virtuous and eminent monks. The sesame oil money donated by good men and women will be appreciated by them. Not a penny was taken, all was given to Zongzheng Temple; in the end, Zongzheng Temple used it to help the helpless elderly and children. This is called taking from the people and using it for the people. If you donate here, you will have something to offer. It’s worth it. And when it comes to the profoundness of Buddhism, I think there are few eminent monks in the temple. If you have any doubts in the future, it’s best to ask them to help you.”
"That's true." Yang Lihua nodded silently. She was not a stupid person, so she could still tell the difference clearly. Yang Ji cared about her face and pointed out the right direction, so naturally he had nothing to say.
From the general trend of the world, men and women of the royal family share weal and woe. Yang Ji decided to help Yang Lihua to the end, but he had to take her face into consideration, so he said in a roundabout way: "Sister, I am a Liangzhou animal husbandry. I am very concerned about prices. Not long ago, I specially I asked about the price of grain in the capital, and my mother-in-law told me: After the best rice from the south of the Yangtze River was shipped to the capital, it was sold at three or four yuan a dou, and I..."
"The best Jiangnan rice costs only three or four dollars a dou?" Yang Lihua said in shock.
Seeing her shocked expression, Yang Ji, Xiao Ying, and Liu Rumei knew that she had been deceived by the princess's subordinates. Yang Ji nodded: "Yes, once the amount exceeds four yuan, the imperial court will open the Changping warehouse and sell it. Prices have stabilized. Since the opening of Guangtong Canal, there has been no exception."
"..." Yang Lihua's mind was confused. The Jiangnan rice her family ate usually cost forty or fifty yuan a bushel, but in bad times, it was even more expensive. But Yang Ji actually said that since the opening of Guangtong Canal, the price of good rice has been fluctuating between three and four cents.
Those "confidants" have been lying to her. No wonder the harvests of the farms and shops cannot make ends meet every year. No wonder the money in the house is spent so fast. It turns out that the food she and the people in the house eat and the clothes they wear every day exceed their income. There are so many on the market.
The accumulated normal expenses and banquet expenses over the years have exceeded her by an unknown amount; and the huge amount of wealth in excess has obviously been stolen by her "confidants".
She glanced at Yang Ji and knew that there was no need for Yang Ji to lie to her, because the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Sinong Temple, and Changping Department kept detailed records of the annual grain prices. A quick check revealed that if Yang Ji lied to her, there would be no need to lie to her. It cannot stand the test. Similarly, there are eight or six loan sharks on the market, which can also be found out by just checking.
This is especially true inside the mansion. Those evil slaves who leave the princess's mansion must be doing evil in her name and banner.
In this way, only a few members of my family live among themselves.
So, she is a big fool?
Yang Ji saw that she was stupid and knew that she had realized something. According to him, Yang Lihua is the emperor in "The Emperor's New Clothes". All the "beautiful things" she thinks are the "new clothes" that don't exist, but she herself is held up high by the flattering evil slave. , I really thought that was the case; and I was undoubtedly the child who revealed the truth.
Yang Ji said: "Sister, I came back this time because I moved the capital. All matters in the court have nothing to do with me, so I have been relatively free recently. If you need it, I can help you check the accounts and eliminate the scum in the house."
These days, everything is done based on the same clan, without the support of the same clan, the foundation is unstable; a person may not care about the law, but few people don't care about the family law. Once someone is abandoned by the clan, it will bring shame to the parents and brothers, and it will be difficult to obtain Outsiders trust.
When it comes to employing people, the imperial court pays attention to meritocracy, but it does not reject nepotism too much. This is because members of the same clan are in a relationship where everyone is prosperous and everyone loses. If anyone makes a mistake, the recommender and the family will be implicated. Therefore, many officials are under the joint supervision of laws, family laws, and recommenders. In addition, adjutants and subordinates who want to trample them to death are also supervisors.
There is such an interlocking supervision, and the officialdom is in intrigues. Therefore, apart from close confidants who can be entrusted with important matters, the only trustworthy people are the clan.
In terms of fighting for the world, it is even more important for the clan to provide elite children. For example, in addition to Cao Cao having five good generals, the Xiahou and Cao clans also provided him with Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu...
Let’s talk about the Li family and his son. When they conquered the world, people such as Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong, Li Shenfu, Li Deliang, Li Shuliang, Li Daozong, etc. were all good generals.
On the contrary, once a certain person or political power does not have the support of the clan, or the clan declines, it is very easy for power to become unbalanced and usurped by outsiders. Sima Dai Cao is a typical example; and their old Yang family, in the great chaos of the late Sui Dynasty in history At that time, there was no direct descendant who could do anything.
As a member of the Yang clan, Yang Ji cannot regard people in the clan as a burden. This is not only his personal principle, but also an important clan rule. Since Yang Lihua is one of them and she is encountering difficulties now, Yang Ji should consider the clan and seriously help her solve her problems.
Of course, although Yang Ji wanted to help her, he still had to see if she appreciated it.
Yang Lihua's face was complicated. Even if she didn't want to admit it, she still knew that there were many scoundrels in the Princess Mansion, and Yang Ji happened to be a master of anti-corruption. In his eyes, the affairs of one manor were nothing at all.
"Sister!" Yang Ji said again: "There is something wrong with the managers at all levels in your house. They deceive the top and bottom, use their hands to cover up each other, and this is why you can't make ends meet. As long as you sort it out and replace people, things will change." Good; then, there will be no need to lend money.”
"You can't make much money from lending money. If the government gets better, why would you ruin your reputation?"
Yang Lihua finally nodded, looked at Yang Ji and said, "Vajra slave, I leave everything to you."
"If a family doesn't talk to each other, my sister's business is my business." Yang Ji thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the court may call me for something. When I finish reporting my work, I will come to your door. ; After my sister returns, everything will be as usual, so as not to disturb the situation."
Yang Lihua smiled happily: "I know!"
Yang Ji added: "Sister, I just said that you have taken in many disabled soldiers who are old and helpless, as well as orphans who have no children to support. This is a rare good deed, but you alone can only help a limited number of people. I think this is a good thing. Let’s set up a foundation by us royal women.”
"Foundation?" Yang Lihua said in surprise: "Vajra slave, what is a foundation?"
Yang Ji said: "The foundation is to raise donations to help people in need. If all the women of the royal family invest a sum of money and participate, it will help more people, and our royal family will also be loved by the people."
"I've thought about it too!" Yang Lihua said with a wry smile: "But I don't think it's possible. After all, not everyone is willing to spend money in vain."
There is a saying that Queen Dugu really knows how to teach people, let alone men. The princesses, princesses, and county heads she teaches have a very good reputation, and they do not interfere in government affairs or support their reputation.
The eldest princess in front of her was a little stunned, but her personal ethics was impeccable. She usually only read, wrote poems, and painted at home. At most, she held a literary salon, just like an elegant and intellectual woman.
"I have a way to ensure that everyone is willing to invest money." Yang Ji said with a smile.
"What method?" Yang Lihua cheered up. Not only was she trying her best, but she was also struggling. If Yang Ji had a good idea, that would be great.
Yang Ji said: "Everyone invests money together to do some profitable business. Half of the profits earned every year are used for charity, and the other half is either used according to the score or to expand the scale of the business. The bigger the business is, the more donations will be made." , the more money you get.”
Listening to what Yang Ji said, Yang Lihua also thought about the feasibility for a while. After hesitating for a long time, she said softly: "I don't understand merchant farming either."
"My mother-in-law didn't know how to do it before, she just relied on learning." Yang Ji said, "When you start, you can ask the queen to find some proficient people to help."
Yang Lihua Yurong paused for a moment and smiled: "Vajra slave, what are the rules and regulations of those businesses and shops? They must be discussed and discussed, right?"
"I think the bookstore in Luoyang is very suitable for you. In the future, the books printed in Liangzhou will be sold exclusively to you. As for the shops, Aniang has them in three cities in Luoyang. In addition to the shops she needs, some others are planned to be rented out. , after your fund is established, you can rent it from her." Yang Ji continued: "This foundation can not only do good deeds, build up hopes, but also share the worries of saints, and my sister is the eldest princess, if you take the lead in doing it , the saint must be very happy!"
Yang Lihua frowned and said nothing, and after a long while, she said: "I know that books, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and celebrity calligraphy and paintings are very profitable. Bookstores are a huge profit industry, but my aunt is also doing it, so you just cede the profits from books? "
"The supply of books exceeds the demand in the Central Plains, but the output in Liangzhou is also very large. In the future, everyone will do their own thing, and it will not affect anything."
Having said this, Yang Ji glanced at Xiao Ying and Liu Rumei next to him, and then said to Yang Lihua: "Sister, I can split the foundation into one hundred shares. At that time, we will invest money in the foundation in A Ying's name, and we will get a certain share of it." shares. Privately, she can raise funds from Rumei and Aying to jointly collect the money. The three of them will share the profits every year according to the ratio. For other mansions, it is best to invest money in the name of the mistress. , it has nothing to do with my sister whether she invested the money alone or with her sisters, this way, it also saves the need to break it down one by one when making profits."
"This foundation is very similar to the Silk Road Alliance. It has existing plans for investment and profit distribution. All you need to do is modify them according to the plan. Aying and Rumei are very familiar with it. As for how much of the profit will be used to do good deeds and how much of the profit will be used, You can decide on your own about the dividends." Yang Ji said: "Of course, this is just my suggestion. Since the queen is inconvenient to come forward, I originally thought that my sister is the most suitable. If my sister is in trouble, just pretend that I didn't say anything."
Yang Lihua looked at Yang Ji and said: "Outsiders are still worried about the Great Sui Dynasty. I am the eldest princess of the Great Sui Dynasty. How can I lag behind others? I will accept your request."
This foundation headed by a royal woman is a good thing for her. The reputation is second. The key is that it can help her take away part of the financial pressure, and it can also help more people as she wishes. It is difficult for Yang Ji to think of her. .
The reason why he hesitated just now was that he was worried that he wouldn't be able to do it.
Since there is a ready-made plan, and Xiao Ying and Liu Rumei can be taught recently, what else does she have to hesitate?
After the discussion was completed, she excused herself that it was getting late, got up and left.
. . . . . . . . .
In a pavilion adjacent to the main house, Zhang Chuchen was wearing a bright red double-breasted coat and skirt, sitting on the bed, knitting clothes in his hands.
Zhang Chuchen is the commander of the Suzaku Guard. He also has his own room outside the back house. However, this is the capital of the country after all, so the public security is very good. In addition, the outside of the palace is heavily defended, so the back house hardly needs defense, and she rarely comes here. When I live here, I usually live with my mother in the "Zhang Mansion" in the atrium.
She also came back from Liangzhou today. At this time before, she was telling her mother about her farewell under the quilt, but her mother-in-law had already married her adoptive father Gongsun Huan.
Of course, she agreed to the marriage, and her "parents" loved her even more than before, but when she came back this time, she always felt strange. She felt like a stranger or a guest, and she felt uncomfortable living there. After dinner, he came to the back house on the pretext of visiting his sisters.
"Hongfu, what are you knitting?" Liuxu, wearing a light shirt, pushed open Zhang Chuchen's room, walked into the outer room separated by a screen, and sat next to Zhang Chuchen. Because she had just bathed and changed clothes, she was so beautiful. Her face looked very red and tender.
The life in the palace was far more comfortable and leisurely than in the Yue Kingdom Palace, and the host and hostess did not treat them badly. Liu Xu felt that she was no different from the Duke and the Marquis.
"Winter is about to come, so I'll knit myself a scarf when I have free time." Zhang Chuchen glanced at the catkins, then lowered his head to get busy.
Every stitch and every movement of the arms is revealed to be gentle and charming, full of gentle charm.
At the table next to the table, Murong Xianyue was holding a writing brush in his hand, writing a letter to his parents and brothers in Lishan Farm. After thinking about it, he remembered that his parents and brothers were illiterate, so it was useless to write. So he crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the bamboo shoots.
Murong Xianyue stared at the night outside the door, looking through the thick night to the direction of the main house, thinking to herself: "Lishan Farm is not far away, I'd better ask for leave from the king tomorrow. The king is so gentle, I must I will agree. I have saved up a total of twelve days of leave, but the king cannot be alone, so please take five days or three days of leave!"
Just as he was about to write a note, Liu Xu said again: "Hongfu, you always like red and bright colors, why did you choose black? It seems to be the color that the king likes."
When Zhang Chuchen heard this, his face felt a little hot, and he pretended to be calm and said: "The colors are too bright and bright, which is not conducive to hiding. If you wear a bright scarf when you are on a mission, wouldn't you become a living target?"
"I think Hong Fu is not preparing for the mission, nor is he afraid of becoming a target, but he has the person he likes and plans to run with him at night." Murong Xianyue raised her head and said with a smile.
Hongfu Night Running appeared because when Pei Shuying was running at night, Yang Ji and Pei Shuying sang a harmony.
Zhang Chuchen was laughed at countless times by her good sisters.
Hearing what Murong Xianyue said at this time, Zhang Chuchen said angrily: "I am the commander of the Suzaku Guard of the palace, how can I do anything that will harm the face of the palace?"
Murong Xianyue climbed on the table, looked sideways at Zhang Chuchen, and said with a smile: "What Hong Fu said is absolutely true, but if we attack the palace at night, it will not damage the face of the palace."
Liu Xu blinked and chuckled: "Not even within the palace, but if I run into the arms of the king, no one will say anything."
"You two, the more you talk, the more you look less and less decent." Zhang Chuchen finished speaking with shame and annoyance, ignoring them and going about his own business.
Murong Xianyue raised her head and glanced at the scarf in Zhang Chuchen's hand, and thought to herself: If you can hide your thoughts from Liu Catkin, how can you hide them from me?
A smile appeared on Liu Xu's eyebrows, and she asked Murong Xianyue: "Murong, how are you and the king? Do you have any similarities? Hmm?"
As soon as he said this, Zhang Chuchen also looked at Murong Xianyue with his wonderful eyes.
The smile on Murong Xianyue's face disappeared and she turned her head away: "The king's great cause is the most important thing. He is not a lustful person at all."
Youyou let out a long sigh and brought Zhang Chuchen up again: "It is said that men chase women, and women chase men. If the king had wanted to, he would have taken down Hongfu long ago. Why wait until now? Is it possible to let him She took off her clothes and took the initiative to throw herself into my arms without even an inch of hair?"
These words made Zhang Chuchen's cheeks flush as red as fire, his heart trembled, and he said angrily: "Murong, you said you are the one who wants to throw yourself into my arms, what do you do to me?"
Murong Xianyue didn't say much, but looked at Zhang Chuchen with a half-smile.
Zhang Chuchen felt uncomfortable looking at him. He moved his eyes away and stared at Murong Xianyue's butt half away from Mazha because of crawling. He said: "These people want to take more concubines to extend their heirs. Let's see." Murong has a good body."
"I think so. Who told her to be so cocky?" Liu Xu walked up to Murong Xianyue and slapped her on the butt.
"Hey, love! Just tell me, how can you behave with your hands and feet?" Murong Xianyue stood up, went up and grabbed one of Liuxu's breasts, and said with a smile: "No matter how perky it is, it's not as perky as yours. If a child is born someday, your husband and the child will each have one, and Nai's water will definitely be enough."
Murong Xianyue said some "old" words, and Liuxu couldn't resist. She pulled out her "savage hands" from her chest, knocked her to the ground, and said angrily: "I can't spare you if you use my hands or feet."
Not to be outdone, Murong Xianyue stretched out her legs and grabbed Liu Xian's belt with one hand, pulling down. The two of them fell to the ground, and they immediately twisted into a ball on the carpet.
Seeing the two good sisters playing around, Zhang Chuchen couldn't help but laugh out loud. If the water on the top is really enough, then she should also be enough, right?
Moreover, her sweetheart seemed to like drinking "nai" very much, and would drink a large glass of milk or goat's milk many mornings.
He should like it as a human, right?
well!
The concubine was obviously the first to look for her, but her aunt was here. If not, her and Sister Rumei's positions would have been reversed. I remember that at the beginning, she was happy for herself and sympathized with her, but now looking at their beautiful and sweet days——
At the beginning, it was completely a sad story belonging to her, Zhang Chuchen.
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