Chapter 144: Great Joy
is about to ascend to the emperor's throne, Zhu Houwei is naturally impossible to return to Huzhou to become a vassal, so there is no need to continue to keep his property and land in Huzhou.
Therefore, 200,000 acres of land, restaurants and grand theaters are all within the scope of Zhu Houwei's consideration of selling, and the purpose is naturally to cash out, and then use the cashed silver to Tongzhou and Fangshan to transfuse blood to fill the holes.
Land was the biggest resource in the feudal era, as long as there was no buyer, there was no fear, so Yongwangfu sold the land under its name, and those gentry suddenly smelled like flies seeing blood.
The Ming Dynasty treated the scholars and gentry too well, and almost ninety percent of these people who bought land enjoyed the privilege of land exemption, that is to say, as long as they bought the land in the name of Yongwang and became their own industry, then it was their own fixed assets that did not have to pay taxes.
In fact, the royal family is the most privileged class in all dynasties, and the land under their names does not have to pay taxes and can bring them a steady stream of wealth, so naturally, the more the better.
These 200,000 acres of land belong to King Yong, that is, Wang Tian, once Zhu Houwei ascends the throne as the emperor, then Wang Tian will become Huang Tian, and the rent collected will go directly into the imperial treasury for the emperor to take at will.
However, the expenses of the royal family are huge, the monthly money of tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids, the regular money and rewards of the harem mother, the food and clothing of the entire harem, the emperor's eating, drinking and playing, these need to be withdrawn from the inner treasury, for players like Zhu Houzhao, the income and expenditure of the inner treasury are completely disproportionate, as the emperor wants to ask for silver from the household department, and in the end the silver may not arrive.
But fortunately, there is Liu Jin, when this guy was alive, he kept using the silver from corruption for Zhu Houzhao's expenses, and when he died, he also made Zhu Houzhao make a windfall, of course, how much Zhu Houzhao was embezzled from the house, but he has no silver, you have to give it, otherwise ......
Zhu Houzhao's expenses are already large, but they are not worth mentioning compared to Zhu Houwei.
The migration of the people of Fangshan and the construction of infrastructure, the construction of the Tongzhou Industrial Park, and the large-scale iron-making, steel-making, and gun-making all required massive amounts of silver support.
It can be said that the silver that Zhu Houwei has spent in the past few months is only a lot more than the silver that Zhu Houzhao has spent in the past few years.
Don't even want to get this silver from the household department, because the cabinet doesn't know the purpose of Zhu Houwei's big move, Tongzhou Industrial Park is better to say, it is nothing more than a production base with strange skills, can you move to Fangshan?
It's good that the cabinet didn't oppose it to death, and still want the household to pay for the money?
There are no doors!
Zhu Houwei understands very well that in fact, he made such a big move, the whole court wanted to see his jokes, and Zhu Houwei could only rely on himself if he wanted to do it if he didn't give him money, and to put it bluntly, he wanted Zhu Houwei to pay out of his own pocket.
You Yongwang is not one of those vassal kings who has gone through several generations of inheritance, and a lot of wealth has been accumulated in the palace, and you have only been in Huzhou for seven years, even if you have land and industry, how much can you accumulate?
But almost all the ministers didn't expect that King Yong's determination was so great, and they could clearly see it as bystanders, the silver spent on Fangshan, Tongzhou and the restructuring of the Shence Army was no longer something that could be described by flowing water, but overturned the river and the sea!
Surprise is shock!
Seven years! Just seven years!
In the past seven years, King Yong has been doing business in a proper manner, there is no crazy and cruel plundering of the people to collect money, not to mention the means of doing everything, he opened a restaurant and a grand theater are all legitimate business, and he built a credit bank, and the interest rate is very low, resulting in countless usury gentry can only stop.
The fame is far and wide, and he can also win a huge amount of wealth, which makes the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can only watch Fangshan and Tongzhou completely change, and at the same time, all that is left in their hearts is admiration.
But whether it is bitter or not, Zhu Houwei is holding on, even if the finances of the Yongwang Mansion are on the verge of collapse, he can only support it, so he can only move part of his business plan out in advance.
But it will take time to let three big businessmen become agents, and then lay out the world, and this time will not be too long, but Zhu Houwei can only be just in case.
Therefore, Huzhou's industrial sales began to be implemented, 200,000 mu of land, almost 100,000 taels of income a year, Zhu Houwei still can't look down on it, and once the land encounters a natural disaster, the harvest is either reduced or lost, just like last year's flood, Zhu Houwei exempted the field rent, this year's rent is not only finished, in order to help, he also posted a lot.
Therefore, it is better to sell it for cash, and those gentry who want to hoard and annex land have silver in their hands, so they are naturally eager for these 200,000 acres of land.
After selling the land, Zhu Houwei also plans to sell the restaurant and the Grand Theater, these two chickens in Huzhou will lay golden eggs, as long as he is willing to make a move, when the news will be released, it is estimated that it will change hands on the same day.
As for the money bank, it is unlikely, the money bank is an important backhand of Zhu Houwei's reform of the currency system, equivalent to the People's Bank of China in later generations, this is not a chicken that lays golden eggs, but a golden rooster made of gold mountains itself!
Zhu Houwei was still thinking about the layout behind, only to see a little eunuch rushing into the imperial garden in a hurry, Ren Xing frowned, it was really an unruly thing, if it weren't for the kindness of the master, he would have dragged this reckless guy out and beaten half to death now.
"What's the matter?"
"Father-in-law Ren, news from Huzhou Palace......"
"Seriously!" Ren Xing was immediately overjoyed.
"It shouldn't be wrong for someone from the palace to come."
"Okay, go down and get your reward!" Ren Xing waved his hand and sent the little eunuch away, and then he came to Zhu Houwei to report the good news: "Lord, great joy, great joy."
"Ho Xi?" Ren Xing was so excited, which surprised Zhu Houwei.
"Master, news from the palace, Zhou Niangniang gave birth to a son!"
"Seriously!" Zhu Houwei was also overjoyed.
"The palace sent someone to report, and it is absolutely true."
"Good, good!" Zhu Houwei laughed, this is really a great joy, a great joy!
If there is anything that has been lingering over Zhu Houwei's head for so many years, it is undoubtedly inheritance and heirs!
Only in this world, in this time and space, that he has his own bloodline, can he truly feel that he is a living person.
Otherwise, everything is like a mirror, like an unreal dream, and now that Sister Yu has given birth, then this is still a dream, but the reality of this dream has undoubtedly improved too much.
And why do the Chinese work hard, to put it bluntly, for inheritance, they fight, work hard, and even be willing to suffer endless grievances, for the sake of inheritance, for their children and grandchildren not to be wronged.
For this reason, even if you suffer yourself, it is worth it!