Prince Su Shu slammed the newspaper in his hand on the table.
"It's unreasonable to say that I am the driving force behind the Persian war. Honeysuckle is trying to undermine my prestige."
Prince Su Shu read the newspaper reports, and he understood the complexity of the court.
Neither Cabinet Minister Jin Yinghua nor Governor Qi Gangyi had a good relationship with him.
The enemy of my enemy is never a friend, and both parties may also be enemies.
Honeysuckle is an extremely traditional civil servant. His growth environment and work experience do not exclude industry, but he attaches great importance to agriculture.
He is also the type of civil servant who is extremely anti-war, even though he is enjoying the benefits brought by the expansion of the empire.
Still stubbornly believe that the empire's outward expansion is an act of militarism.
The empire could not sustain its long-term expansion.
The Grand Governor Qi Gangyi was on the other extreme. He believed that the empire must expand outward and occupy more territory.
As long as you have land, you can gain benefits and support the operation of a huge empire.
On the contrary, if you remain stubborn, you will be defeated by enemies outside.
When the time comes, these opponents will use the empire's methods to deal with the indigenous people tenfold and a hundred times.
The Grand Governor Qi Gangyi often recited the words of his father.
[If you fall behind, you will be beaten]
[The truth is only within the range of the cannon]
It is precisely because of the fundamental conflict between Cabinet Minister Jinyinhua and Governor Qi Gangyi.
As a result, they were unable to unite to put pressure on Prince Su Shu.
Prince Su Shu could live a very comfortable life during this period.
It is precisely for this reason that there was no fierce conflict between them.
Only then can the situation in the court be relatively stable.
They all know that it is okay to make some small moves, but if they go too far, Emperor Su He will inevitably intervene.
Crown Princess Huang Caiwei walked behind Prince Su Shu and caressed his head.
"Husband, don't be angry. If you are angry now, you have fallen into Honeysuckle's trick.
He just wants his husband to get into trouble.
The things Honeysuckle said were completely innocuous and would not affect the husband's reputation at all. "
Prince Su Shu saw the slightly bulging belly of Crown Princess Huang Caiwei.
He immediately ordered: "Caiwei, you are pregnant, sit down quickly, don't get tired."
The empire is different from the previous situation. The empire establishes its crown prince and its virtuous people.
Queen Wang Wenjun warned Su Shu many times that he, the prince, must be wise, and the prince's children must also be intelligent.
Only in this way can he be invincible and not lose the throne because his brothers' sons are too outstanding.
Prince Su Shu studied genetics in college.
Wealth and connections can be heritable, but things like IQ cannot be heritable at all.
You can understand something just by looking at the birth of the Imperial Minister.
In the six cabinet ministries and the governor's office of the empire, people from poor families and humble backgrounds account for more than 80%.
There are many exquisite talents whose parents are honest farmers.
Genetics has proven through numerous examples that IQ cannot be inherited.
You can see the clues of this phenomenon just by looking at the current royal family.
In his father's generation, there were geniuses like his father, as well as Su Xiong and Su Hu, two generals who roamed the battlefield and won more than they lost.
At the same time, there is also Su Ying who is greedy and insufficient. This uncle Ying is just a middle-aged man.
More people are completely stupid and unable to seize the opportunities around them.
Of his generation, he himself is considered a smart person.
The second brother Su Lei is a little clever, and the third brother Su Meng is as wise as a fool.
This is due to the early personal teachings of the father, who has been very strict with them since childhood.
The sixteenth brother Kang is completely stupid. He is a frequent visitor to the clan mansion.
His father already had the idea of sending him to a deserted island in advance.
The only way Prince Su Shu wanted to have smart children was to have more children.
He gave birth to more than a dozen sons. They could not all be stupid, but some of them must be smart.
Crown Princess Huang Caiwei sat next to Crown Prince Su Shu with a look of joy on her face.
She often appeared in front of Prince Su Shu, which was to remind Prince Su Shu that she was pregnant.
Huang Caiwei was born into a big family, and she has witnessed the cruelty of struggles in the back house of big families since she was a child.
Huang Caiwei is about to be a mother, and she wants to get the best treatment for her future children.
This is a resource that he must fight for. In the royal harem, it would be stupid not to fight for it.
In the current palace, Queen Wang Wenjun has such a huge advantage that other concubines have not given up their fight.
What's more, Huang Caiwei is the princess who is being married by Prince Su Shu, so she has a great advantage.
Once the prince ascends the throne, she has a one-third chance of becoming queen.
Prince Su Shu did not understand Crown Princess Huang Caiwei's complicated heart.
He looked at the contents of the newspaper and was still angry.
He pointed at the contents of the newspaper and said angrily: "Honeysuckle said that this war was caused by oil, and this is an oil war.
This prince is the driving force behind the oil war.
There is a deep conspiracy hidden behind the diesel engine, a big consumer of fuel.
Honeysuckle also made something out of nothing, saying that the Prince's Mansion had benefited as much as 30 million taels of silver coins from this oil war.
This is simply nonsense. The total funding for this war is only three million taels of silver coins.
Including the support given by the imperial court to the Governor's Mansion, the total amount is only five million taels of silver coins. "
This is why Prince Su Shu supports this war.
It was really worth it to capture an oil-rich area with only five million taels of silver coins.
The large oil fields discovered in Persia can earn back the cost of sending troops with output in three to five years.
Not only did the empire not suffer losses, it also gained a large amount of funds.
Prince Su Shu was angry because Jinyinhua was a cabinet minister, but he had already started making random accusations.
Once it reaches this level, party strife will inevitably intensify.
Prince Su Shu also wants to show off his weapons.
As the prince of the empire, he cannot be flamboyant all the time and must learn to keep a low profile and bide his time.
As Prince Su Shu grew older, it was no longer possible for him to want to get to the bottom of something he didn't like when he saw it, as he did when he first entered the officialdom.
Honeysuckle forced him to take action, and Prince Su Shu had to accept the stage of keeping a low profile.
My father was in his prime, and he tried his best to express himself. This approach was not good for him.
Crown Princess Huang Caiwei looked at the contents of the newspaper and comforted her with a smile: "Husband, don't be angry, this is the legitimate income of our Crown Prince's Palace.
All relevant income has been taxed, and the officials in the court will never be allowed to find any leverage in the Prince's Mansion. "
Prince Su Shu looked at Crown Princess Huang Caiwei in shock and said: "Caiwei, what did you say?
Xiyue really earned 30 million taels of silver coins. "
The prince Su Shu previously thought that the cabinet minister Jinyinhua was making nonsense, and he was going to slander the prince with unfounded charges.
Now after hearing what Crown Princess Huang Caiwei said, the Crown Prince's Mansion indeed earned thirty million taels of silver coins.
This is an extremely expensive amount of money. Thirty million taels of silver coins are enough to provide military pay for the empire's navy and army for five or six years under normal conditions.
Thirty million taels of silver coins already exceeded the total annual tax revenue of many provinces in the empire.
Prince Su Shu was a little stunned. As the master of the prince's mansion, he didn't know how he made so much money.
He usually focused his energy on court affairs and paid too little attention to the Prince's Mansion.
Today's incident was enough to wake him up.
Prince Su Shu was both happy and worried. He immediately called Princess Li Xiyue to the study.
He looked at Crown Princess Huang Caiwei and asked, "Caiwei, do you know how Xiyue made so much money?"
Huang Caiwei shook her head and said: "I don't know the specific things. I heard someone say this when I was organizing a gathering of my wife's small circle.
I asked Li Xiyue worriedly and got a definite answer, but the specific situation was not clear at all. "
The information Prince Su Shu learned from Huang Caiwei was extremely limited.
This is why he divided the power of the Crown Prince's Palace into three parts and gave them to the three Crown Princesses.
This also divides the power of the Crown Princess so that the three of them can check and balance each other.
In this way, we can also judge who is more suitable to be the queen in the future.
Li Xiyue holds a baby under one year old.
The baby came to a strange environment and cried loudly with a loud voice.
Prince Su Shu stood up and looked at the baby from a distance.
The baby's face is very similar to the portrait that the artist recorded when he was a child, except that the eyebrows and eyes are more like his mother.
This is his second son Su Kunze.
The happiest thing about Prince Su Shu in the near future is not the empire's complete occupation of Persia.
Instead, the Crown Princess gave birth to two sons for him in one year.
He now has two sons in his hands, and many of the ministers watching in the court look at him differently.
Prince Su Shu now has descendants, and the prince's status is more stable.
After he ascends the throne, even if his life is short-lived due to various reasons, there will be enough sons to take over the throne and not lead to the loss of heirs.
Prince Su Shu just stood aside and looked at his son. He no longer cried under his mother's comfort.
When Li Xiyue saw the situation of Prince Su Shu, she knew that her husband had been reprimanded by Queen Wang Wenjun again.
Queen Wang Wenjun warned many times that except for the child's mother and wet nurse, even the child's father should not touch the baby without disinfection.
Hospitals in Beijing alone have treated many cases of babies dying of fever due to careless parents.
Huang Caiwei looked at Li Xiyue with envy. She and Zhao Qingxue both gave birth to sons.
In her belly, she didn't know whether the child was a boy or a girl.
In the royal family, life is guaranteed only if a boy is born.
As long as the emperor's son makes no serious mistakes, he will not be able to lose the title of Duke, and will probably still have a fief.
The daughter is just a princess and will eventually marry someone else.
The most critical point is that if Huang Caiwei had no son, she would have basically no chance of winning when she later competed for the position of queen.
Prince Su Shu invited Crown Princess Li Xiyue to sit down, and he asked curiously: "Xiyue, I heard that the Prince's Mansion received more than 30 million taels of silver coins because of this war.
The total expenditure of the imperial court was only five million taels of silver coins.
Even if we supply supplies to the army, we can't make so much money.
What kind of means did Xiyue rely on to make so much money. "
Crown Princess Li Xiyue said proudly: "The place where I make money is in the futures market. The three newly opened financial exchanges in Financial Street are the futures exchange, the stock exchange, and the bond exchange. My husband should know about it."
Prince Su Shu nodded and said, "I know this. When my father wanted to set up a financial street, he held an imperial meeting to discuss this matter.
The courtiers focused most of their attention on the bond exchange.
Treasury bonds are sold on this exchange.
Once the court is short of money, it will issue special treasury bonds.
The national debt raised allowed the empire to survive several crises.
As for the stock exchange, the threshold for starting a company is getting higher and higher.
It is difficult to open a large-scale factory relying solely on the strength of one person or one family.
Because of this situation among the people, joint-stock companies have become popular.
Multiple shareholders control a company at the same time.
The resulting disputes have caused headaches for Dali temples everywhere.
The father understood this situation and regulated the situation of joint-stock companies through the rate law and its stock exchange.
I don't understand the futures exchange at all. "
Li Xiyue simply explained: "Husband, the futures market is a vegetable market where you can order food in advance.
It's the same buy-low-sell-high business, but this business puts more emphasis on brains and information. "
Li Xiyue briefly explained the rules of the futures trading market.
Prince Su Shu knew everything, and he said in surprise: "In the futures trading market, isn't it a winner-takes-all situation.
This is a zero-sum game. If we earn 30 million taels of silver coins, someone will inevitably lose 30 million taels of silver coins.
I really didn’t expect that the total amount of futures has been so high.
Every transaction can bring considerable tax revenue to the empire. "
Li Xiyue heard her husband's hidden meaning.
She immediately said: "Husband, please rest assured, the futures market is very large.
I wouldn't pick up a sheep either.
The threshold for the futures market is very high, and the people who come here are of unusual status.
No matter how much money they lose, they can only accept defeat.
Our Prince's Mansion did not break the rules, and these people had no chance to break the rules.
These are big businessmen with hundreds of millions of silver coins, and their losses are still within the tolerable range.
Even if they are really harmful to their husbands, they are seeking their own death.
All our practices are legal and compliant, and this person cannot defeat us. "
After Prince Su Shu heard the cause and effect, he felt completely relieved.
He immediately praised: "Xiyue, your ability is really strong.
With you making money for the Prince's Mansion, I have never worried about the Prince's Mansion being short of money.
Next time this good thing happens, please notify me in advance.
This saves me from being startled and worried that something might go wrong. "
Li Xiyue pursed her lips and said: "Mr., this is just the initial income from the futures market, as well as the stock market and bond market.
How much the Prince's Mansion can gain from this market situation will have to wait for detailed statistics later.
I don’t even have detailed information myself, and I’m afraid of wasting my husband’s time.
Financial Street is really a good place. As long as you have the most authentic news, it is so easy to make money there. "
Prince Su Shu was indeed shocked today.
He could never have predicted that the stock market, bond market and futures market could reach such a hot level.
When the Financial Street was established, he listened to the principles taught by his father and now practices them one by one.
Father's ability is the strongest, and seemingly ordinary methods have deep meanings behind them.
One of the purposes of opening the Financial Street is to change the people's habit of saving silver coins.
Let the wealthy people in the empire stop hiding their silver coins in the ground.
Only money in circulation can bring prosperity to the economy.
Prince Su Shu ordered his subordinates to spread the contents of this newspaper.
He wants to go through this to see which enemies will jump out and whether his allies are firm. (End of chapter)
