Chapter 194: The Imperial Palace

Xiujia is based in Suzhou, and its roots are here, but the industries it operates, such as tea, Suzhou embroidery, money villages, etc., Xiuji's shops can be said to be all over the country! To be able to run such a huge business empire, it is definitely not possible to rely on the name of Xiu alone, even if he is busy to death, the name of Xiu cannot support the family business of the Xiu family, so the name of Xiu invited the shopkeeper to look at, and he just sat in Suzhou and managed the shopkeepers under him.

If you don't have a certain vision of people, the business of cultivating the name will not be so prosperous, so looking at people is also one of the skills of cultivating the name!

After a day of getting along, Xiao Mo's name of cultivation thought that he had figured it out, and felt that he could have a deep friendship with him, and after knowing that Xiao Mo was coming to Suzhou to play, he took the initiative to invite Xiao Mo and Zhao Guanying to his house, and it was difficult to refuse, and it was an honor to be able to see the mansion of the richest man in the world, and Xiao Mo and Zhao Guanying did not refuse.

Xiu Zhiming immediately sent someone to take out the salute of Xiao Mo and the others from the inn, and then instructed the sailors in charge of the ship to turn the bow of the boat and go to Taihu Lake.

However, it was said that after Xiao Mo left Jiangning, Yang Yuting also took the Qincha honor guard the next day, and then prepared to return to Beijing.

Before returning to Beijing, Yang Yuting found Li Zhun and finally said: "Lord Li, the two requests will be truthfully conveyed to the emperor, but they are just ...... If the Holy Decree is invited, then Xiao Mo will not go to Shandong, Li Zhun will not be allowed to resign at that time! ”

Li Zhun nodded and said, "As long as you can invite the holy decree, the old man will agree to it as the emperor, and this second request is done!" ”

Yang Yuting took the guard of honor and rushed all the way back to Kaifeng.

After entering July, the people of Jiangning began to return to normal life and practice, and the farmers ploughed at sunrise and rested at sunset! As for the Qinhuai River, it is the most prosperous time of the year.

As the hub connecting the north and south of the Central Plains, it is also the famous place of wind and moon in the world, from July to October, it is the best time of the year for business!

As for the Xiao family, after Xiao Mo left, Yu Niang and Yang Yanqi also lived in seclusion, especially Yang Yanqi, after Xie Yunjing was banned, she never went to the Xie family again, and she was a female celebrity in the room all day long.

Of course, Meng Qiuxiang's health is getting better and better now, after knowing about Yang Yanqi and Xiao Mo, she is also happy for Xiao Mo, seeing that the two daughters-in-law are living in a simple house, Xiao Mo suddenly ran out to study again, afraid that they would be unhappy at home every day, so she often dragged the two daughters to the street together.

As for the two little girls, Lin Jia and Lin Jie, they would mumble Xiao Mo every night when they went to bed, especially Linjia, who always complained about Xiao Mo and said that she would take herself next time she went out...... I'm going to ask for an explanation!

The maid asked for an explanation because the master didn't take her when he went out, this is definitely the first one in the An Dynasty! Only the maid of the Xiao family dares to have such an idea!

Besides, Yang Yuting traveled all the way to the starry night, and finally returned to Kaifeng three days later, Yang Yuting first went to the Ministry of Officials to return the items such as the honor guard uniform, and then came directly to the palace, with the holy decree in his arms, and learned that the emperor had just dispersed the early dynasty and was now in the imperial study, so he rushed over again.

The current emperor is named Zhao Quan, succeeded to the throne at the age of thirty-six, reigned for thirteen years, and is forty-nine years old this year, and will soon reach the age of knowing the destiny of heaven!

Wearing a golden dragon robe and a golden jade crown, Zhao Quan sat in the imperial study, reviewing the chapter, which was sent by Luzhou, about the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Some time ago, in the early dynasty, Tang Zhili, the doctor of Zhongshu Province, gave advice, saying that Li Ji, the county commander of Shenxian County, Luzhou, set up a chamber of commerce with the squire, and also joined forces with the imperial court, which was the first time for officials in the past dynasties to do business, which violated the ancestral system!

Zhao Quan listened to Tang Zhili's advice, so he sent Qin to Shen County again, and asked Li Ji to report the matter of the Chamber of Commerce according to the truth, which led to this recital.

The recital was ordered by Zhao Quan personally, so the province did not dare to detain it, as soon as the recital arrived in the capital, it was immediately sent to the palace, after reading the recital, Zhao Quan said to the left and right: "Let the two outside come in!" ”

"Yes......" The eunuch replied respectfully, then slowly came to the door, and said respectfully to the two outside: "Two lords, the emperor is invited!" ”

It's not okay to be disrespectful, although he is an old man next to the emperor, but compared with the two outside, it is really trivial.

One is the provincial squire and Ping Zhangshi Zhou Li, the other is the Zhongshu Shilang and the Tongping Zhangshi Ji Ping, in fact, the two are the two prime ministers of the An Dynasty, who are high and powerful, and are the first of the hundred officials!

After the two entered the door, they bowed and said, "I have seen the emperor", and then Zhao Quan asked the two to be exempt from courtesy, and ordered the eunuch to sit, and finally Zhao Quan looked at Zhou Li and asked: "Zhou Aiqing, Tang Aiqing consulted the matter of Li Ji, the county order of Shen County, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Li said: "Back to the emperor, the ministers heard that the merchants were all black-bellied, cunning like loaches, and the most important interests, so the merchants have always been not treated by the people; The minister has never seen the court and the merchants conspire to make profits in the past dynasties, and the Li County Order is the first to set this precedent, which is really ignoring the reputation of the dynasty and should be abolished! ”

Don't think about it, Zhou Li didn't approve of Shenxian's approach, at this time Zhao Quan looked at Ji Ping again, Ji Ping said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know how the merchant is ...... be, the minister is in charge of the household department and the treasury for the emperor."

Listening to Ji Ping's tone, it seemed that he was supporting Li Ji, at this time Zhou Li frowned, Ji Ping was an old minister of the two dynasties and the uncle of King Yu, and he had always been at odds with him, so Zhou Li interrupted Ji Ping's words and asked, "Lord Ji, where did the words about the emptiness of the treasury come from?" Even three years ago, the emperor personally drove the expedition to Northern Liao and spent some silver taels, but with the annual income of these three years, I am afraid that if the treasury is full, it will not be empty, right? ”

"Hmph......" Ji Ping snorted coldly and said, "Lord Zhou doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't belong to your family!" This official is the emperor in charge of the household department, and he has always been conscientious, could it be that the situation of this treasury does not need to be clear to Lord Zhou? ”

After asking Zhou Li, Ji Ping looked at Zhao Quan and said: "Your Majesty, Shandong has been fighting for a long time, and the food and salary of hundreds of thousands of troops cost a lot!" If it weren't for the revenue of Shen County this time, how could there still be a surplus of three million taels in this treasury? ”

With that, Ji Ping stood up slowly, then bent down and bowed his head, and presented an account book with both hands!

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