As soon as you enter the wax moon, it means that the year is coming to an end.

The palace will be very busy at the end of the year, including the emperor. Like the winter solstice, there is a worship day, which used to be a big ceremony in the first month, and later changed to the winter solstice worship day, the summer solstice worship ground, and the prayer ceremony is held on the Xin day in the first month. But now they have all been changed back, so the heaven and earth ritual of the first month is also an extremely important sacrifice of the year, followed by the grain prayer ceremony.

On the first day of the first month, there is also a big court meeting, because the first day of the first month is called the 'three dynasties', that is, the dynasty of the year, the dynasty of the month, and the dynasty of the day. Zhengdan Dynasty will be the Emperor of the Hundred Officials, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Middle Palace, and the East Palace of the Hundred Officials.

In addition to the civil and military officials, there are also princes, foreign envoys, and there is a big banquet after the court, and the banquet is used to entertain the people who participate in the court.

In the first month, there is also the Shangyuan Ao Mountain Lantern Festival, which was set from the Yongle Dynasty. The Lantern Festival will be a holiday for 10 days, and the folk lanterns are all from this system, on the 15th, the emperor gave the civil and military ministers a banquet, and then went to the noon gate to watch Ao Mountain for three days.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, because it was a regular dynasty, it was soon over after the hundred officials went to court, and then Emperor Yongming gave Laba porridge. Although it is a simple bowl of laba porridge, but it is also full of ritual, a few days in advance, the red dates will be knocked into the soup, until the morning of the eighth day of the new year, plus japonica rice, ginkgo seeds, walnut kernels, chestnuts, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, porridge together. When the porridge is boiled, it is first offered to the Buddha and the saints, and then the households, garden trees, wells, and stoves are also offered together, and then the porridge is eaten.

At the end of the early dynasty, Emperor Yongming did not recruit any more courtiers to continue the discussion, so he returned to the Qianqing Palace. Soon, there was a palm print from the internal officials and supervisors, asking for fireworks for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The organizers of the lantern festival are generally internal officials and supervisors, such as the strange flowers, artillery, clever lines, boxes, fireworks, fire men, fire horses, etc., used in the Aoshan lantern, are all supplied by the internal officials and supervisors. Asking His Majesty to do it, in fact, is to apply to him for funding, and if the funds are sufficient, the lantern festival will be dazzling.

As soon as he mentioned money, Emperor Yongming naturally thought of who was in charge of his money bag in the palace, "Companion, go and call Liu Bing and Wu Yan over," he commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave and maid are going," Zheng accompanied the company and immediately sent someone to find the two of them.

Soon, Wu Yan came to the Qianqing Palace with the account book, and then Liu Bing also arrived.

Liu Bingzhang was in charge of the entire imperial village, the imperial store, and the grassland outside the Sangong Palace, generating nearly 300,000 taels of silver for the palace every year. In addition to this income, most of the town guards in various places were eunuchs of the imperial horses, and one of their main responsibilities was to purchase Tuyi tribute, and the money and silver taels and salt as a means of payment were incalculable.

Liu Bing knew what His Majesty was looking for him, and this year could be described as a year of great profit, and in terms of income alone, there was a significant increase in income compared to last year. So at this time, he was in a very good mood, and he could even imagine that when His Majesty knew the specific figure of this year's income, he would be happy.

Liu Bing is in a good mood, and he feels that it is much more pleasing to the eye than before, of course, he also knows that the increase in income this year depends on the few major projects led by Wu Yan to have income soon.

"Liu Bing, how is your harvest there this year?" Emperor Yongming asked directly.

The end of the year is naturally the busiest time for the yamen, and one of the most important contents is to calculate the general ledger. The harem and internal officials are no exception, like Wu Yan is also in charge of the Dongyu Treasury, and he also has to settle accounts at the end of the year.

Liu Bing had calculated the income of the Imperial Horse Supervisor this year a few days earlier, and he had a spectrum in his heart, so he replied calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, this year has increased significantly compared with last year, and there are so many incomes that have increased significantly, and the ministers will explain them to Your Majesty one by one." ”

"Okay, you can talk about it in general, I want to hear more specifics."

"Yes, first of all, the grain of silver in the pasture tax field, because this item has been following the practice of leviing 3 cents of silver per mu, so the annual difference is not large, but the minister wants to point out that this year's collection is much smoother than in previous years, and the outstanding taxes have also been greatly reduced."

"Oh, what's the reason for that?"

The minister also inquired later, probably because most of the tenants cooperated with the racecourse, and as long as there was a harvest in the field, it was basically purchased by the racecourse, and it was both money and goods on the spot, and there was no credit. Therefore, the tenants have a better life this year, and they basically have a surplus. Not only did they have a better year, but they heard that the racecourse had also scheduled next year's harvest...... The more I think it goes, the better. ”

Emperor Yongming smiled happily: "This is very good, since the tenants have a surplus, then we must no longer adjust the grain of silver at will, of course, there is no need to remain the same, we must be cautious to raise it and lower it at the right time, understand?" ”

"Yes, I understand. Speaking of Huangzhuang, because of the practice is to levy three cents of silver per mu, so the difference between this item is not big, and there are more than 100,000 pieces of silver per year. In addition to the nine gates of Jingshi, Zhangjiawan, Xuanfu and Datong, Huangdian also collected 100,000 taels, and also added two Beijing racecourses, which earned nearly 300,000 taels. ”

"How much?" Emperor Yongming couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, you heard it right, this item has an income of nearly 300,000 taels, which is the sum of the previous income of the pasture, the imperial village, and the imperial shop."

'I remember that the horse racing here will only start in earnest in March next year?' ”

"Yes, that is to say, most of the current income comes from Nanjing Racecourse, if the Beijing horse race opens, hehe...... I have to come up with another 300,000 taels, the minister estimates. ”

Emperor Yongming couldn't believe it, and asked Wu Yan again: "Wu Yan, is there really a lot of income in the racecourse?" ”

Wu Yan replied very calmly: "Your Majesty, you have all the silver...... You are the major shareholder of the horse farms on both sides, and the horse farms in Nanjing pay dividends once a quarter, four times a year, which is the cumulative amount. Now that Nanjing is basically on the right track, the more dividends will be paid in the future, Your Majesty, you will really count the money and count the cramps in your hands. ”

"Nonsense, what hand cramps!" Emperor Yongming pretended to be angry, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

Wu Yan said again: "But Your Majesty, don't be happy too early, because you are far from being a millionaire, so you have to work hard to make money in the future." ”

These words looked very presumptuous on the surface, but they pierced the emperor's mind: "Hehe, okay, I'll wait for ...... What, hand cramps. ”

It was rare for the emperor to tease, Liu Bing also laughed, but his eyes showed surprise, he glanced at Wu Yan, and quickly retracted it, lowered his eyes, and hid his thoughts.

"Wu Yan, tell me about your side."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Wu Yan had been waiting for a long time, "because the minister is the first year to take over Dongyuku, if the two can only be compared to see the results, then it has to be said that the minister is not martial." ”

"Hey, it's quite a big tone," Emperor Yongming laughed when he heard her first sentence.

"The minister doesn't speak, when the minister first took over the account book, he went to the account of the year before last, what about this year...... To be honest, the income is good, of course, compared to before the takeover. As a comparison, last year's balance was more than 30,000 taels, and as of the first month of this year, the balance of cash was 380,000 taels, not to mention a fraction. ”

"How much? Thirty-eight, ten thousand taels? Emperor Yongming couldn't believe his ears, this number was even more surprising than the figure reported by Liu Bingbao just now.

"In other words, cash income has increased more than tenfold."

Liu Bing was also surprised, his eyes were full of disbelief, but he listened to Wu Yan continue: "At that time, it stands to reason that it will not reach this number." ”

"Why is that?" The emperor hurriedly asked.

"Because when the land price of Liuhe soared, the minister made a small investment for His Majesty at that time, and the profit from the investment alone was nearly 200,000 taels of silver. Therefore, why does the minister say that victory is not martial here, this kind of opportunity is not sustainable, and there is usually no store in this village. ”

"You mean...... When Nanjing was auctioning land? Liu Bing also hurriedly asked, his face had reached the point of shock from the beginning of surprise, and he seemed to want to figure out about it.

"Yes," Wu Yan still said calmly: "Your Majesty, I still remember that what happened in Liuhe is essentially a game, just like beating a drum and passing flowers, as long as it is not the last one, it is a sure win." In this game, someone wins, and naturally someone loses, and generally speaking, the vast majority of people lose. ”

"Yan Sizhen, then how can you win so much money?"

"Let's put it this way, one is to have vision and judgment, and the other is to know how to accept it when it is good. Because you are not the manipulator of the game, most people are bullish and think that it is all a matter of course, but in fact, it is all manipulated by big capital behind the scenes, and behind the capital are people. Therefore, as an individual with limited financial resources, if you want to participate in this kind of game, it is very important to accept what you see. ”

"Well, that's a good point," Emperor Yongming said, twisting his beard, "and who is the manipulator?" ”

Wu Yan smiled meaningfully: "Your Majesty, that manipulator is also someone you know......

Liu Bing has been standing respectfully, although he has his head down, his ears are erected high, obviously listening carefully to Wu Yan's speech, when she said that winning money is only a minority, he lowered his hand and subconsciously rubbed it.

Emperor Yongming heard Wu Yan's 'boasting', and he was also in a happy mood, and his happiness was written on his face.

"In this case, it just so happens that the internal officials and supervisors came to ask for the Lantern Festival today, and I want to ......" Emperor Yongming thought for a moment, and then said: "Companion, how much silver was spent on the Lantern Festival last year to the internal officials and supervisors?" ”

"If you go back to your grandfather, last year's Aoshan Lantern Festival cost about 3,000 taels, and the Queen Mother and her old man paid another 1,000 taels alone, a total of about 4,000 taels. Of course, later you made up this thousand taels to the Queen Mother's palace. ”

"Oh...... Do you think you want to increase it this year? ”

"Eh, this slave is not good, last year's Lantern Festival was also very lively, in addition to the lamps made in the palace, there are also lamps offered by foreign officials, as well as lanterns offered by Jiangnan, Fujian and other places, so they are rich and diverse, this year, the slave maid thinks that it can be added as appropriate."

"Your Majesty," Wu Yan said again: "When the minister reported the balance to you just now, he only reported the whole number, and he didn't report the fraction, and the fraction is more than 8,000 taels, so you can take this fraction to the Lantern Festival." ”

"Yo, look at what Sizhen said, eight thousand is still a fraction......" Zheng Banban said with a smile.

"You mean to take out eight thousand taels for the Festival of Lights? That's twice as much as last year. ”

Wu Yan nodded: "Yes, Shangyuan is also an important festival, if the imperial court holds a grand festival, in fact, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, one can win the hearts of the people, and the other can also stimulate private consumption." You think, Your Majesty, if the people have a few dollars in their pockets during the New Year, they can't just look at the lights, they must be buying, buying, eating, eating, and eating, and the lights are also seen, the money is spent, and the hearts are still happy, and the people who do business have also earned money, and the relationship between people has become harmonious...... The best thing in the world is nothing more than that. ”

"Cut~, you're quite good at finding reasons," the emperor sneered.

"Master, the slave also thinks that what Yan Sizhen said makes sense," Zheng Banban helped.

"Well, let me think about this again......"

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Liu Bing and Wu Yan finished explaining the accounts to the emperor and left the Qianqing Palace together.

On the way, Liu Bing stopped Wu Yan and asked, "Yan Sizhen, I don't know if we can ask you if we have a question?" ”

Wu Yan smiled: "Grandpa Liu is polite, isn't he?" It's not the first time that you and I have dealt with each other, if there is anything I don't understand, just ask, I must know everything and say everything. ”

"Then thank you Sizhen first...... That's the case, I don't know if you have noticed it recently, or heard that the price of land in Baoding and Hejian is rising? ”

When Wu Yan heard about the Baoding River, he suddenly felt excited, and reacted: "Is it Xiong'an Economic Zone?" ”

Liu Bing was silent, nodded and said, "Yes, it is the economic zone, and it is near Baiyangdian." ”

"How much has the price of land gone up?" She hurriedly asked again.

"I don't dare to say a lot, compared with previous years, there are still two or three percent. The price of land near Gyeonggi has not changed for decades, but now it has risen by two or three percent, which is very abnormal. But the problem is that everyone who has land in their hands is reluctant to sell it, and you also know that in the land of Gyeonggi, most of the land is in the hands of the royal family......"

As soon as Wu Yan heard Liu Bing's words, he immediately realized that he was still talking about the game of capital just now, and it seemed that the drumming and flower transmission carried out by capital was about to spread to the north. But think about the time is about the same, Liuhe's side should be cooled down now, Liuhe cooling is cooling, but the hot money will definitely not cool down, and it will flow to the next place where there is money.

"Maybe the land that was fried in Liuhe before, maybe it's near Gyeonggi now, and they're starting to smoke low."

"Low suction?" Liu Bing thought for a moment, and then asked, "Buy land at a low price?" ”

"yes, that's what it means."

"But...... Could it be that they can get the land from the relatives? Liu Bing was very confused, as the leader of the Imperial Horse Prison, he had a respected status, and the land he could get near Gyeonggi was limited, let alone a businessman from other places?

"It's not clear," Wu Yan saw that he looked serious and serious, knowing what he was thinking.

But she didn't care, but his words also reminded her that since the capital was here...... Or do you want to observe what they will do or determine what they will do next?

But how to observe it? Wu Yan frowned and pondered......

"Ah, there it is!" Her eyes suddenly lit up and she thought of a solution.

"Yan Sizhen, what did you think of again?" Liu Bing asked.

"Oh, no, no......" Wu Yan shook his head and snorted haha.