Chapter 138: Aftermath and Spoils
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The Empress Dowager finally gave in.
The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, pinching her brows tiredly and thinking heavily.
Liu Che is also an unconscious child, a few days ago she had a conflict with the Empress Dowager Dou, and she was caught in the middle and broke her heart in order to smooth out the contradictions between the two sides.
She still remembers the first time she faced her mother-in-law Dou Yifang's gaze, when the old lady's eyes could still see, and she could never forget that look, like a sharp sword piercing her internal organs.
Since then, the seeds of fear have been quietly planted, and even if her mother-in-law Dou Yifang's eyes gradually lose their brilliance, she never dared to be a little slack and distracted.
In the past, although I had to settle the province in the morning and dusk, I came here to say hello to the old lady, but after all, the Jiaofang Palace was very far away, and now the distance between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been shortened from a palace to only a hundred zhang away, and I have to face the huge coercion released by my mother-in-law every day, and my heart is full of taste.
The Empress Dowager is very stubborn at a great age, thinking that Liu Che is young and ignorant and should be disciplined by many people, Liu Che thinks that he does not want to be seized of power when he makes achievements, and the old and the young, who are fifty years apart, fight.
Both of them did it wrong.
Wang Wan felt that her mother-in-law Dou Yifang's mind was too strange, which did not conform to her smart and scheming style in her early years.
With Empress Lu's experience in front of her, it is very strange to have to supervise the emperor, if she were to change herself, she would not care about the children.
Liu Che is fifteen years old this year, and he doesn't like to listen to her nagging much anymore, thinking about it and not knowing where to go.
When I was out of my mind. The confessor reported the Shaofu to the audience.
Cao Shi walked in and saluted in a proper manner, and saw that his mother-in-law was a little distracted, and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother." The minister has come to see you. ”
"Uh-huh!" Wang Huan's stunned eyes were stunned for a long time, and she suddenly realized where she was: "Shaofu is here, sit down, I have something to say to you." ”
The palace maid who served brought the futon, and Cao Shi smiled and returned the salute to the palace maid, and he grew an inch taller in just a few months. Seeing that he is about to run for the standard exhibition of a strong man, he specially increases the time for exercising. The little fat that I ate a few days ago is all gone.
Wang Wan looked at the appearance of the eldest son-in-law, among the three sons-in-law, Cao Shi was the youngest, the tallest, and the best-looking. is the strongest, just looking at these few things, it is enough to compare the other two sons-in-law with nothing.
The second son-in-law, Nangong Hou Zhang, sat outside to raise a woman, and stayed away at home for a long time, Princess Nangong cried all day long and wiped her tears, complaining that she was not a person, and she didn't dare to hook up with a man, so she could only suffer hard.
The third son-in-law was worried about Hou Chen, although he did not raise a woman outside. But it's not easy to give each other, spend all day drinking in Chang'an City, and run to the Tangyi Marquis Mansion if you have nothing to do. Outside the rumors said that he had a leg with his father's maidservant.
Whether it's true or not, at least the royal face is very unsightly, and none of the two sons-in-law is a fuel-efficient lamp.
Cao Shi is the most outstanding of the three sons-in-law, and the trouble is that he is too outstanding, and he will cause a lot of trouble to the royal family when he has nothing to do, and he wants to win over this capable son-in-law. and was afraid that he would not be able to control his behavior, which made Wang Wan both pity and annoyed.
The Queen Mother smiled and talked to him for a while. gradually introduced the topic to the east and west, and Cao Shi immediately understood what she meant.
"The minister has been busy dealing with the accident these days, and those troublemakers have basically been released, and a few troublemakers think that the lesson is enough, as for the usury matter, it depends on how Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother mean to deal with it?"
Wang Wan breathed a sigh of relief, the eldest son-in-law's brain was really smart, and simply spread it out and said: "The Empress Dowager is very appreciative of your handling of the law-breaking businessman Jia Haoqiang, valuing agriculture and suppressing business is the foundation of my Han family, but you shouldn't arrest Nanpihou and Zhang Wuhou, they lend money or instigate from the side, there is always the Empress Dowager in the palace who controls them, beats people, and arrests them again, and the usury that was released cannot be recovered now, and the Dou family makes trouble in Changxin Palace and cries every day, and the Empress Dowager is very troubled. ”
"What do you mean?"
"There are only so many families that can lend money in Chang'an, no matter what the merchants themselves lend, all the usury that the sons of the nobles put out have to find a way to solve the problem, the business, goods, real estate, and farmland mortgaged by the merchants are worth hundreds of billions of dollars, such a big plate can be eaten by your Shaofu, and others are really powerless, it happens that Shaofu is responsible for the roster of hundreds of workers in the imperial court, and supervises the merchants and goods in the second industry of industry and commerce, and it is very easy to deal with the mortgaged goods."
Cao Shi pinched the red sandalwood bead chain on his wrist, the refreshing aroma calmed his mind slightly, this thing was originally a tribute from the southwest Yi to the emperor, a whole ten thick red sandalwood from the southwest Yi through Bashu to Chang'an, Liu Che was happy to reward him, so many red sandalwood was made into 100,000 sets of beads by him, and selected the best 1,000 sets to give to the emperor, Liu Che was very happy to accept his gift, and did not forget to praise him for his ingenuity.
The remaining 99,000 sets of natural new goods have become the Pingyang Hou Mansion, and the signboard is very attractive, Fang Shi scholars can take it to calm the mind and prolong life, and long-term wear can purify the mind and enter the realm of forgetting things and me, hanging on the wrist of the small bead string of 1,000 yuan, hanging on the neck of the large bead string of 10,000 yuan, Tong Su has no deception and no two prices.
He had good eyes, and saw that his mother-in-law Wang Wan also had a string of red sandalwood beads on her wrist, and she had beads on her left and right hands, and she thought that she also liked the fresh and elegant fragrance of red sandalwood.
Dingding Shen said with a smile: "Actually, it's not difficult, it just so happens that Shaofu's inner treasury has a lot of surplus, and there is no problem in eating these fields as a royal village, managing land and cultivating farmland is the minister's strength, and the people are also very good for the royal farmland, but the price will not be given to make a few people too satisfied, after all, according to the market price, it is enough to have more than 1.3oo billion." ”
"How much are you going to give for the price?"
"The price of land and real estate can't be suppressed, the price of goods and shops has to be discussed, the merchants cut the meat out of the game and the loss is very heavy, most of the shops can't be sold, and the goods are not easy to sell in our hands, so we have to press the price a little."
"How much can I suppress."
"I've seen their goods and shops. It's about 1.2o billion dollars. ”
The Queen Mother looked surprised: "To suppress so much money? Shaofu, don't bully the sons of the nobles! ”
"After pressing down more than 1.2o billion yuan, the total price is still around 11.8 billion yuan, and the loan plate of the Xungui children in Jingshi is about 8.5 billion. The assets and goods pledged add up to about 1.3oo billion, and the minister left a total value of more than 3.3 billion profits to each family as compensation. ”
The Queen Mother thinks that there is indeed no better way, to let everyone wait for private capital to digest more than 1.3oo billion assets little by little, then I don't know that it will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month, and there are only two people in the world who can eat so much money. One is the treasury of the Great Agricultural Order, and the other is the royal treasury of the Shaofu...... There is only the royal treasury in charge of Shaofu, and everyone in the world knows that Shaofu is very rich, and it does not cost a penny to repair the emperor's mausoleum, except for the emperor's reward and the funeral of the deceased emperor. Shaofu is simply only in and out.
Shaofu is willing to pay to solve the trouble is the best policy, and the queen mother is very satisfied with the sincerity of her eldest son-in-law Cao Shi: "Then do as you say!" The noble children of each family were looking forward to it, and they waited for the Shaofu to send a capable general to settle the mortgage assets. ”
"It's just that His Majesty is there, and the minister still needs to ask for the order from His Majesty......"
The Queen Mother Wang Wan was rarely domineering: "You bother to do this, the Son of Heaven has not apologized for the collision with the Queen Mother, and after a while, you take my decree to Weiyang Palace, and the Son of Heaven will immediately understand when he sees it." ”
Cao Shi naturally didn't say anything, got up and left.
Through the news in the palace, the noble children in the capital were happy and stupid. The iron-faced and selfless Shaofu was really persuaded by the Queen Mother, and many people praised the Queen Mother for her kindness and gentleness, and the Son of Heaven was wise and virtuous. Shaofu net open side.
The military meritorious nobles are very large, and the meritorious princes are only the representatives of them, and the grassroots level is many high-ranking lords and nobles above the five doctors, and their investment and lending money is not very much, ranging from five or six hundred thousand yuan to three billion yuan. Their investments are not blown by the wind, they are all savings accumulated over decades. Letting their money go down the drain can plunge many people into an economic crisis, and if they can't sell their overstocked goods, they may suddenly fall into abject poverty.
"Pingyang Hou did a good job, he finally didn't bully others, I thought he would only do things according to the will of the Son of Heaven."
"You think too much, he is a liehou after all, how can he trap us?"
"That is, don't describe Pingyang Hou as like a heavenly eagle dog, his heart is still towards us."
When they have repeatedly offended the enemies of the Shaofu, Nanpihou Dou Pengzu and Zhangwuhou Dou Wan can also redeem the compensation of 2.8 billion yuan with the voucher, not to mention their group of soy sauce viewers who have no grievances in the past and no hatred in the near future.
Xungui's children are very happy, it is not easy for everyone to make some money, it is normal to encounter such a big thing as pod money washing, and it is terrible if Shaofu is caught and does not let go.
Lenders of all sizes in Chang'an City lined up outside the Shaofu Gate with various contracts, and the iron deed was their proof of wealth, which was more important than their own lives.
In order to check the situation of the mortgage assets of each family, hundreds of people and hundreds of people were transferred from the Great Agricultural Command Mansion and the Tingwei Mansion to circle around the contracts of each family, and it took half a month to finally complete the delivery of the mortgage assets of each family.
Cao Shi didn't plan to make too much trouble, the original plan was to wash the pod money plate, let the pod money withdraw from the market trading, the wealthy businessmen thought it was profitable, and they didn't know each other to break in to engage in economic warfare, and the loan sharks also followed suit, almost forming a trend of encirclement and suppression of Shaofu.
It's a pity that he underestimated Cao Shi's means and determination, and borrowed the Tiger Fu of Heaven to send troops to suppress the unscrupulous people, and the strong strength of Shaofu certainly would not give up an opportunity to crack down on illegal businessmen, and by the way, the moneylenders in the capital were also beaten.
Close call.
Each of the surviving lenders was glad for their good fortune, and the thankful procession almost broke through the gates of the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion.
When the guests came to the door, Cao Shi's rule was to invite the guests to take a seat, send some worthless souvenirs to accept, and the heavy reward would be waived, and the Hou Mansion was not short of that money.
Wang Buxian held the wine jue and said: "Pingyang Hou Gaoyi, let us get out calmly, and make a lot of money, this jue is full of wine, thank you again for another day!" ”
"Thank you for another day!"
The nobles drank this cup as a sign of respect.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Cao Shi said: "I know that it is not easy for you to save some money to invest, I can understand everyone's eagerness to make money, but the usury with double interest is very strict in corrupting the people's customs, if this bad atmosphere is not stopped, and there is a little asset to think about drinking the blood of the peasants to make money, in the long run, the simple folk customs of our Han family will be over, the son of heaven, the empress dowager will not agree, and my young government will not agree." ”
"This ......" everyone was very embarrassed to hold the wine lord.
There are many nobles who are counting on usury to make money, and there are many princes who have made a very big business, and even the big plate of billions of money is also played, and the usury eats nothing more than the profits of businessmen and the people.
"Actually, everyone has difficulties, please be more considerate of Shaofu."
"We don't want to lend, but if we don't lend, there will be people who lend!"
"The imperial court has long wanted to crack down on private lending, but usury is still repeatedly prohibited, Shaofu, you can't blame us for bringing bad folk customs because we lend!"
The meritorious aristocrats complained again and again, and there have been few cases of people who have been investigated and arrested for decades, because lending is a collective investment behavior in which the whole people participate, and it is very difficult for the peasants to borrow money, but if they get along with each other in different places, the peasants who have money in their hands will also lend to others, and the general environment is like this, as long as the debt collectors do not make things angry, the peasants who cannot afford to repay the loans sell themselves as slaves and take out loans in two, and even the government turns a blind eye.
Although this is a very strong argument, but the general environment is indeed the case, the risk of illegal land annexation is high, and it is often punished by the Shaofu in another book, private capital cannot get sufficient investment channels, and a large amount of idle wealth follows the profit-seeking instinct of capital will flock to some gray areas between black and white, commonly known as exploiting loopholes in the law to make money.
Cao Shi is not a stupid person, the underground lending behavior of private capital in the previous life could not be stopped, not to mention the Han Empire 2155 years ago, private capital had the need to invest and lend, and those who saved money to save money had a borrowing need.
If it can't be solved, it doesn't mean that it can be left alone, reasonable norms and good investment channels can try to introduce the generation of private usury, which is also his original intention to entertain everyone.
Wu Ying Qipi said with a smile: "Pingyang Hou should be kind, we do some business and don't worry about the capital, as long as we invest in the lending industry, to be honest, the taste of earning farmers' hard-earned money is not very pleasant, but everyone can't blame us for doing this, right?" You didn't look at the 2.8o billion money of the two brothers of the Dou family, how many people do you have to pile up? (To be continued)
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