Everyone was stunned when they heard this! He was called Wu Ninghou just now, why is he called Liu Aiqing now? Could it be that there is something crucial written in this document?
I heard Liu Haojia say loudly: "Back to the Queen Mother, everything I said is true, and I can guarantee it with my life and fortune!"
Queen Mother Li was silent for a moment and then said: "If that's the case, Liu Aiqing, not only are you failing, but you are also meritorious! Okay, get up!"
When Emperor Wanli saw that Empress Dowager Li had obviously changed her mind, he immediately became anxious! He immediately said: "Mother, the Night Pearl may not be as dangerous as he said! Maybe those few people are not blessed enough. So it must be foolproof to send it to me! I am the Son of Heaven, the most blessed person in the world!"
After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li immediately lowered her face and said, "Long live the Lord, that's nonsense! How can such a thing be so risky? And you didn't read it clearly in the document. Not only the people who bought the Night Pearl died violently, but also their family members. It won’t end well! Do you want this palace to be littered with corpses?”
Emperor Wanli was obviously unwilling and wanted to say a few more words, but was pushed back by Empress Dowager Li! Queen Mother Li didn't look like a Queen Mother at all at this time, but like an old mother who was worried about her son, scolding Emperor Wanli up and down! He also forced him to promise not to pursue the whereabouts of Ye Mingzhu again!
Finally, Empress Dowager Li said with fierce eyes: "If you spread the word about the Ai family, if anyone tells Long Live Lord the whereabouts of Ye Mingzhu in the future, the Ai family will kill his entire family with a stick!"
At this point, Liu Haojia finally breathed a sigh of relief! And he was quite grateful to Queen Mother Li for her performance! Because Liu Haojia wrote the matter clearly in the letter to Queen Mother Li, Queen Mother Li had long known the consequences of Night Pearl!
The reason why she acted like she didn't know was that she didn't know. I just don’t want any rift between my son and Liu Haojia and other courtiers! After all, Liu Haojia and Zhang Jia have done a good job in running things in recent years and have brought a lot of benefits to the royal family. They should always help when they can.
Wait until Queen Mother Li finally finished nagging. Emperor Wanli also gave them some instructions before letting them leave. The uninterested Emperor Wanli returned to his palace and asked Liu Haojia to tell him about the incident.
Liu Haojia wanted to sell well, so he naturally told the story in a very exciting way, which completely fascinated Emperor Wanli! Finally, I finally got over the regret of not being able to get the Night Pearl.
After listening to the story, Emperor Wanli knew that most of the antiques and treasures had to be sold, so he patted the table and said, "It's such a pity that these people have got so many rare treasures for free!"
Liu Haojia said: "Long live Lord, actually this is not a pity! After all, these things were obtained by ransacking homes. After selling them to them, the court will have money and can do more things that benefit the country and the people. In the inner treasury With more money, you and the Queen Mother’s life will be easier!”.
Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "That's right! This time the imperial court can finally be more relaxed in spending money! I still have to keep an eye on Mr. Zhang to see if he really spent all the money where it should be used?"
Before this, Emperor Wanli had an agreement with Zhang Juzheng. A large portion of this money must be handed over to the national treasury and must be used properly. It is mainly used to maintain roads, water conservancy and military equipment across the country. Liu Haojia originally wanted to take this opportunity to suggest that workers should be paid when building water conservancy projects this time. Emperor Wanli casually agreed, but Zhang Juzheng sternly refused!
Liu Haojia did this because he wanted to tear a hole in the corvee! As long as the money is paid this time, some money will have to be paid the next time the corvee is collected. As time goes by, the rule of free corvee collection will slowly collapse and be gradually replaced by the employment system, and the people will have more income!
But Zhang Juzheng had the foresight to directly reject this idea! He made it clear that this case must not be opened, as it would lead to endless troubles! Because this time the court has money to pay the peasants, but if there is no money in the future, won’t those peasants stop working? So Liu Haojia's idea completely went bankrupt!
However, this did not prevent Liu Haojia from benefiting from another direction. He said directly: "Long live my Lord, Shana's first payment of money has already entered the treasury. You should discuss with Mr. Zhang as soon as possible how to spend the money as soon as possible! "
Emperor Wanli smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this! When it comes to spending money, the civil and military officials are more concerned than me! They have already made many plans and have all reported.
I'm here! "
Liu Haojia finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this! What he is most worried about now is that the imperial court and Emperor Wanli will not let go of the money and stuff it all into the national treasury and internal treasury! And they can definitely do this!
Emperor Wanli didn't understand economics at all. Although Zhang Juzheng understood it, he didn't understand it as thoroughly as Liu Haojia! Liu Haojia pushed for the money to be spent as soon as possible in order to make the market more active!
Not to mention anything else, if this money is put into the market, given the current production capacity, it will be easy to stir up ten times the capital flow! If it were in modern times, I'm afraid it could be stirred a hundred times or a thousand times! But now Liu Haojia is the leader of the largest business group. Of course he hopes that the market will be as active as possible, so that he can make more money!
At this moment, he walked in from the door happily and said loudly: "Long live my lord, the items sent by Wu Ninghou have been counted. Do you want to take a look for yourself?"
Emperor Wanli was overjoyed when he heard this. He greeted loudly and said, "Of course I want to see it! Send it in quickly and let me see what treasures there are!"
Zhang Jia waved his hand, and eunuchs walked into the study with boxes of different sizes. In the blink of an eye, the study was filled to the brim! Then Zhang Jia opened the box in turn, took out the treasures and put them on Emperor Wanli's desk for him to admire, and explained the origin of the things based on the appraisal certificate inside the box!
These items are all high-quality products specially selected by Liu Haojia from among the confiscated items, and all of them are priceless! Especially since he knew Emperor Wanli's preferences very well, he chose things with a clear purpose, so every item was in line with Emperor Wanli's wishes and made him look very happy and couldn't put it down!
Emperor Wanli slowly admired it and distributed it. He directly named several good things and gave them to Empress Dowager Li, ordered a few more to give to the concubines in the harem, and kept some in his study and bedroom! The rest will be sent to the inner treasury so that it can be rewarded to the ministers in the future!
When there were still six or seven boxes left, a eunuch came in and said a few words to Zhang Jia. After hearing this, his face immediately darkened! Even the veins on my forehead are popping! However, in order not to disturb Emperor Wanli's interest, he casually sent the eunuch out!
