The little Empress Tsinghua was a little unconscious at this time, because she never knew that a person could be so rich.

With Jin Rongwu's example, the rich people in the imperial city also understood the direction of the imperial city at this time, and suddenly they all became loyal patriots.

With boxes of silver being sent to the palace, a group of craftsmen will also arrive at the palace, and they will renovate the palace from the inside out.

Tsinghua stared at the strings of numbers on the ledger and looked at the craftsmen walking through the palace, and she felt a little dizzy.

After a long time, she sighed to Chu Miaoyin: "It turns out that these gentry are so rich. I saw that the imperial city was dilapidated, and I thought that even if everyone lived a rich life, it was only a small rich, but who would have thought that they would build a high-walled compound and hide all the beautiful scenery in their own courtyard. Outside the walls and inside the walls were two worlds. ”

Chu Miaoyin said: "Human nature is selfish, and there are very few people who are willing to spend their own money for the welfare of the public. ”

Qinghua looked at the account book in his hand, clenched his little fist hard, and said: "Why can't I kill them all and fill all their treasures into the treasury? Why do we only ask them to worship a small part, and use most of them as share capital, and share their dividends in the future? These selfish maggots, keeping them will only eat my country!"

Chu Miaoyin looked at Qinghua's appearance and said, "Then, I'll kill them all now, how about it?"

Qinghua said, "Is it okay? Won't Lord Gao be angry?"

Chu Miaoyin said: "What you are worried about is that Lord Gao will be angry?"

Qinghua was stunned for a moment, and said, "Isn't it? Otherwise, what else can I worry about? After all, I have an army in my hands, and these gentry can't resist at all." ”

Chu Miaoyin said: "So, what do you want to become in your country?"

Tsinghua instinctively felt that she was wrong, but she didn't know what she was wrong, because as an emperor, she had not governed the country for a day, and although she had learned a lot, she had never had the opportunity to apply what she had learned.

"I ...... I do not know. Tsinghua said.

"The state, by its very nature, is people. These people have evil intentions or ill intentions. But they are all members of your country, and as an emperor, you can't live or die with your people just because of the power you have. After all, human nature is selfish, and as emperors, they must be given enough benefits on the premise of ensuring the interests of the country, so that they can serve the country even more desperately. Loyalty is just a slogan, and it will come when you open your mouth. And only interests are eternal, and if they are not driven by interests that are strong enough, for these people, the so-called loyalty does not actually exist. Chu Miaoyin said.

"I don't understand, in the books you showed me, those greedy people were always described as bad people, and I always thought that it was wrong to obtain benefits for myself, and only for the country and the people was right. Tsinghua whispered.

Chu Miaoyin smiled and said, "Let me tell you an example in front of you, this Gao Wangye, Gao Li." When he took over Yannan City, although he got a lot of gold and silver from Dugu's family, almost all of this money was spent in the process of rebuilding Yannan City. He hired a large number of people to build roads and houses. Digging sewers, laying waterways, repairing city walls. Not only did he not keep this huge amount of money in the end, but he even put some of it into his own. Now the result is that Yannan City is probably the place with the strongest commercial atmosphere in the entire Central Plains. Every day, everyone here thinks about how to make money in business, and some of them buy from official supply and marketing cooperatives and sell them to foreign caravans. Some have opened teahouses and restaurants in the city to provide supporting services for foreign merchants, truly achieving that there are almost no truly idle families in the entire Yannan City. Silver can only rot if it remains in the treasury, but when it circulates, it will give the whole city an unprecedented vitality. This sentence was said by Gao Li himself. In the same way, he spent a lot of money to stabilize the Northlands, and over the past year, he has invested a lot of silver to provide food for the bear demons to help them grow. After a year, the bears produced crops that were able to feed themselves, and they would never bother others again. In this way, Gaoli has not only stabilized the border, but also obtained a very stable sugar beet production area. In the short term, he must have lost money, but in the long run, he has made a lot of money. ”

Qinghua listened to Chu Miaoyin tell her a little bit about Gao Li's story, and her eyes glowed with a strange look.

That's the man's story.

"I'm telling you these stories, and I don't want you to understand what he's doing overnight. After all, what he did, if he hadn't told me personally. I don't understand, I just want to tell you that the so-called benefits are also divided into short-term interests and long-term interests. You killed someone, you took the money, and it seemed like you earned it. But at this time, everyone is in danger, and if you make a little trouble, these people will immediately betray you. Now, the gentry put their money in it, letting them know that it was their own, and that they were constantly earning more money for them. They will do their best to help you, because only if your business is good, they will be able to get more money. ”

Chu Miaoyin is not good at business, and she said that this does not mean that she knows how to make money, nor does she know the exact meaning of what Gao Li did, but one thing is certain.

As long as Gao Li does this, there must be a deep meaning in it.

With the support of a large amount of money, the renovation of the palace proceeded at a terrifying pace. Artisans work in shifts, day and night. Working overtime. In fact, at first, these craftsmen thought that they were here to do day labor, after all, at this time the imperial power had just gained power, could they give half a penny? However, the result was that not only did they give money, but they also gave it quickly and well! In order to earn more money, some craftsmen did not even leave until their shifts, and worked overtime desperately. However, the overseer did not allow them to work overtime, and made it clear to them that it was to repair the palace for the empress. They have to make sure that they are energetic and that they can't make a single mistake. If you work in exhaustion, you will most likely make mistakes at work, and not only will you not receive your salary, but you may even be whipped!

Under such generous and majestic rules, these craftsmen, who had never wanted to come, mobilized their own initiative. After all, it's real money!

On the other side, the gentry of the Imperial City who had just completed heavy bleeding gathered at Jin Rongwu's house at this time. Among all the gentry, Jin Rongwu is a benchmark, he may not have the highest status, and he may not have the most money. is old, and he has a good reputation in various circles, and everyone is willing to call him a lifelong golden old man, and they are also willing to listen to him.

At this time, in the treasury of Jin Rongwu, everyone gathered, but at this time the treasury was obviously much deserted, and a lot of gold and silver were missing, which made those who had seen the glory of the past sigh with their own eyes.

These people have a lot of resentment in their hearts, but no one dares to say it, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and no one knows who in this group has completely surrendered to Gao Li and them.

"Elder Jin, look, how long can this matter last?" asked one of them cautiously.

Jin Rongwu said: "In my opinion, it can last until the day Gao Li dies." ”

This answer is actually quite artistic. Jin Rongwu had already inquired before and after, and the three princes of Ruan Weivu Hochai and Du Miao supported Gao Li, and Gao Li supported the empress, so these three princes were the first to join the empress's camp. In other words, if Gao Li dies, everything will return to the way it was before.

"Elder Jin, I heard that you invested five million taels of silver?" another person asked.

"Yes, the knife is on the neck, no rut, I'm afraid of death, hehe. Kim Young-go smiled wryly.

"Jin Lao, what the hell is this Gao Li doing, just ask for money, what shares to buy, and say that the shares cannot be refunded, but can only be transferred?

"How is it reliable, what if it is not reliable? Everyone knows that this is Gao Li's statement, if everything goes well in the future, it will be fine, if it does not go well, not a penny will be returned, what can we do to others? You are too young to do that idle work, you will treat this money as if the money is confiscated from the treasury. If you can get a share of the money in the future, it will be a surprise, wouldn't it be a surprise?"

Kim Young-woo's eyes were half-open and half-closed, and his speech was half-true and half-false, and no one knew what he meant by it.

"Then Jin Lao, you give us an idea, our juniors are all looking at you, what should we do now?"

Jin Rongwu opened his eyes, rubbed the shiny gold handrail, and said, "What do you do, I can't say, as for me." I'm old and timid, and I invested the money. In order not to let me lose money, I naturally want to fully support Her Majesty the Empress. ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone understood.

Ten days passed quickly, and when ten days later, the invited princes came to the Imperial City and entered the Imperial Palace, where everything was not quite what they had imagined.

For some reason, in fact, the princes would come to the imperial city at least once a year and enter the palace once. This time, the renovated palace made them a little unrecognizable. Although ten days was a bit rushed, at least one palace could still be cleaned up beautifully.

The princes did not come empty-handed, they brought gold and silver, they brought food, they brought cloth, and even more so they brought a large army.

More than 100,000 troops were gathered outside the city, followed by long supply lines. If possible, no one wants to sit idle and do an army movement of this magnitude. But this time, the Empress's summons were extraordinary, and they could only prepare with both hands.

In fact, what they were most worried about was not the little empress, but Gao Li. Because everyone knows that today's empress is actually just a puppet under Gao Li.