Huang Laosi smiled happily.
The fact that he finally took advantage of 50,000 yuan from Chu Qing was partly because he saw hope.
What is the main reason for the border army's predicament? One word, money, is just like the current predicament of the entire country.
Chu Qing, we haven’t even started our journey yet, but we have directly obtained 2.8 million yuan!
A total of 2.8 million yuan, even in the eyes of the emperor, this is an astronomical figure.
Chu Qing spent a day playing tricks on all the aristocratic families in Beijing, and no one was left behind.
Yes, no family is left behind, and there are also aristocratic families who are unwilling to pay and think there is something fishy.
But Chu Qing said that if they didn't pay, he would kill them.
These aristocratic families who don't give money will be very angry. They charge protection fees, right? They want to punish us. OK, I'll give you money. Not only give you money, but also give you more. Tomorrow, I will go to court to impeach you and make you vomit out as much as you eat. .
Then, they were stupid.
What satisfies Huang Laosi the most is that Chu Qing took the initiative to tell the story, making the Jingzhong family a laughing stock and letting everyone know that the Jingzhong family were all scapegoats.
Huang Laosi sighed repeatedly: "Aristocratic family, aristocratic family, there are hundreds of thousands of coins..."
The emperor was quite emotional. He was so poor that he had to save money to choose a concubine. Looking at the wealthy family, he could easily come up with so much money.
"Including the income from those workshops, how can we collect three million strings?"
Huang Laosi looked at Boss Chu and nodded repeatedly: "Three million yuan, and we haven't left the capital yet. This matter is half done."
Yes, three million guan is how much food and grass the border army consumes in a year. Just these three million guan can not only make up for the food and salary owed by the court to the frontier army, but also improve many situations.
"Where is this?" Chu Qing rolled his eyes fiercely: "Fourth, I'm not telling you, the pattern, we have to open up the pattern."
"pattern?"
"Three million strings are not even enough." Chu Qing laughed and said, "The big head is with the merchant."
"Merchant?"
Huang Laosi became excited again: "Merchant, what happened to the merchants? How can I get them to pay? How much can I pay?"
In the past, Huang Laosi couldn't even look down on the merchants, thinking that they were just a bunch of hard-working people who gave all their money to the wealthy families. However, Chu Qing used facts to prove that the merchants could definitely hide their secrets. .
"I don't know. It's true that merchants are rich, but they also care about gains and losses the most."
"Collect taxes!" Huang Laosi slapped the table: "Collect business taxes first, it will take 40 years to receive Zhengxing!"
Chu Qing was shocked. Huang Laosi couldn't be the reincarnation of Huang Silang.
He didn't even bother to complain.
I was asking Nangong Ping to form a chamber of commerce to fight for the legitimate interests of the merchants. The emperor actually wanted to collect taxes in advance, thirty-nine years of business taxes in advance?
If this was really done, the commercial system of the Chang Dynasty would be set back at least twenty years, which is to say the least.
Chu Qing rolled his eyes fiercely: "Brother, just say you can collect it a hundred years in advance."
"One hundred years?" Huang Laosi frowned and said, "No, whether I can live for a hundred years is anyone's guess. I can't let the prince clean up my mess, but sixty or seventy years is fine."
Chu Qing: "..."
The emperor's words also revealed the world's attitude towards merchants. This meant that they did not regard merchants as human beings at all.
This was the case in ancient times. People believed that getting paid through physical labor was the right way, while making money through brains was cheating.
"Official position." Chu Qing said the thoughts that he had been thinking about for the past few days, which were not mature thoughts: "Can I give you an official position in Qianqiying?"
"Official position?"
"Yes, Xiaowei, a military officer in the palace, the Xuanjie Xiaowei and Xuanjie Deputy Lieutenant of the eighth rank, the Yuqing Xiaowei and the deputy lieutenant of the eighth rank, the Renyong Colonel and Renyong Deputy Lieutenant of the ninth rank, and the Renyong Deputy Lieutenant of the ninth rank. Please give me thirty of the top grade Pei Rong Colonels and Pei Rong Deputy Lieutenants."
Huang Laosi was confused: "What do you mean?"
"Sell your official position to the children of merchants."
"Bastard words." Huang Laosi became anxious: "Although he has a military position in the palace, he also receives a salary from the palace, and he is a military general in the palace. How can he sell it? He actually said stupid words and spread it out for these tens of thousands of coins. , I don’t want this face anymore.”
"That's right." Chu Qing scratched his forehead: "It's not good to spread the word about selling your official position for a million yuan. Your face is a trivial matter. The main reason is that I am embarrassed..."
"Wait a minute!" Huang Laosi's eyes straightened: "How much did you just say you could sell?"
Chu Qing didn't know why: "One hundred thousand strings, I don't know, at least one hundred thousand strings."
With a "pop" sound, Huang Laosi slapped his hand on the table: "I will give you fifty, 30%. The palace only takes 30%. I will give you 30%, and you will get 70%!"
Chu Qing was dumbfounded: "Fifty?"
The fourth child thought that Chu Qing was trying to bargain, and showed a flattering smile: "Twenty percent, it's always okay to take 20%, I'll give you sixty military positions, how about it?"
"make a deal!"
Huang Laosi laughed loudly: "It's his mother's friend!"
The emperor was very excited and got another profit.
In fact, there are many official positions that can be canonized in the palace. Not only military generals, but also civil servants can be canonized. They have nothing to do with the court.
For example, in the Prince's East Palace and the Royal Palace, civil servants and military officers can be appointed in the palace. However, there is one thing: the imperial court does not give salary, it is issued by the palace.
Let's take Tong Gui, who was under the command of the Prince's Guards. Although he was listed in the Ministry of War and received a salary, he also held the position of military commander in the East Palace.
Even if Tong Gui is not named in the Ministry of War, Tong Gui can still serve in the palace. This is how Chu Qing's crown prince's right and left ministers are appointed. There is no need for the Ministry of Personnel to review, and the Ministry of War has no control. There is a procedure in the palace, and the Shangshu Province reports it. Just be prepared.
This means that there are many vacancies in the palace. In addition to the East Palace, the Langya Palace in name only can also appoint many official positions, including the Zhaoyang Palace of the Supreme Emperor.
If it were to be fully staffed, not to mention 60 places, 600 would be more than enough.
In fact, no one from aristocratic families or courtiers looked down on these official positions.
Because the upper limit is very low, the Supreme Emperor, don't mention it, has abdicated. If he works in the Palace of the Supreme Emperor, wouldn't that be equivalent to retiring with the Supreme Emperor? To put it bluntly, he is working in a nursing home.
He is obviously a promising student who went to Peking University. Even if he goes to Peking University and becomes the last one, there is no way he can follow Lan Xiang and become the top student. It is meaningless.
The same is true for the princes and princes in the world. No matter how good they are, they are still the prince's subordinates. The prince is not the emperor. For the aristocratic family and the courtiers, the future is not bright. Even if they change jobs, the court will not use them.
The Prince's East Palace is a little stronger. The problem is that Huang Lao has been very strong in his fourth year and is in his prime. He says that he is thinking about the draft every day. It won't be a problem to live for another sixty or seventy years. He will probably be able to handle more work than the Prince and run to the East Palace. After taking office, Huang Laosi was still alive and well when he died.
But just because the courtiers and aristocratic families don't like him, it doesn't mean that others don't like him.
Let’s just talk about those businessmen who want their children to be officials. What a dream!
Take the imperial examination, even if you are willing to spend money, it will cost you everything to become a government official, and you may not be able to have a serious position in your life.
But if you take the palace route, there is almost no need for any assessment.
So this is the situation. Official positions in the palace are looked down upon by foreign ministers and aristocratic families. Talented people are not willing to take them. They think the upper limit is too low and it would not be nice to speak out.
The emperor looked down on those who were willing to do it. After all, even really talented people were not willing to get such official positions.
And Chu Qing perfectly created the market demand.
You spend money, and you sell your official position in the palace. Hello, me, everyone.
Rich merchants lack connections, and Chu Qing is the one.
In a palace without money, if there is a shortage of money, Chu Qing can bring it.
This is also the enlightenment of Huang Laosi.
Just 20%, not much, really not much at all, after all, these official positions were sold from him.
And he knew that the money Chu Qing got would be used for the border army, and solving the problem of the border army was to solve the problem of the country and Huang Laosi.
