Chapter 40: Small Talk
When he handed out a bowl and wanted to hold the third bowl of rice, Li Changhai directly refused, "Your Majesty, you can't eat any more, otherwise your stomach will be upset." ”
The emperor's dinner has never been much, at most eight points full, and in the past, there were times when two bowls of rice were served, but three bowls had never been served.
A certain emperor was embarrassed in his heart, he was greedy and was seen by his son, and he felt a little hot on his face, but he still had to pretend, after all, his face was big!
"Stupid minion, who said that you should serve rice, I asked you to pour me some hot water to drink."
Li Changhai: [...... You are the emperor, you are justified. 】
"It's the old slave's fault, the old slave will be wrong, and the slave will add hot water to you."
Ye Hanyu pretended that he hadn't heard anything, and tried to suppress the corners of his upturned mouth, for fear that his father would see him and make him angry.
Quickly finish all the rice in the bowl and quickly put down the dishes and chopsticks.
The emperor pointed to the leftover dishes on the small table and said, "Stupid slave, I will punish you for eating these leftovers tonight, don't hurry up and clean it up." ”
Li Changhai: [Ouch, I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful thing today, this is a dish cooked by the six princesses herself, and I haven't heard of two dishes, today is really a blessing.] 】
Ye Hanyu: When my father said punishment, it is not necessarily a punishment, and the person who is scolded by my father is not necessarily really stupid.
After Li Changhai went down with the dishes, there were two fathers and sons left in the Chaoyang Palace, and the emperor said: "Let's go, accompany me out for a walk to eliminate food." ”
The two fathers and sons didn't go far, so they walked around the Chaoyang Hall casually, and Ye Chonghua asked about his son's situation in the household department.
"When Erchen first went to the household department, he didn't officially contact the work of the household department, so Erchen only watched it and didn't talk about it."
The emperor wants to be happy, he doesn't know that the sixth child is being hung in the household department, it's really difficult for this child, "You brothers all have their own errands, and the household department is in charge of Daxing's money and food, you have to study hard." ”
Ye Hanyu didn't speak, he used to think that he had to be in charge of the household department, but after he went out with the Gu family today, this idea changed.
No matter how good it is, no silver will be born out of thin air.
It is better to find a way to earn money, to fill the treasury, and with silver, even if you spend more, it is nothing.
"Do you have any ideas? Let's hear it. ”
Ye Hanyu said: "Erchen went out for a day today and gained a lot.
Don't hide it from my father, a few days ago, Uncle Chen Huang gave his sons a lot of silver, as well as two shops and a Zhuangzi. ”
Although he is not favored, he is not stupid, he knows that it is best to tell the truth in front of his father, and play tricks with his father, that is because he is not dying fast enough.
The emperor said in his heart that this kid really wouldn't tell a word of lie in front of him, and he said everything about Brother Lianchen giving him silver and a shop.
Keerchen thought of a lot of ways, but he couldn't think of a way to make the shop's income more.
Today, Mu Xiu, Erchen took Gu out of the palace to see the shop, as a result, she went there to stop there, and there was a way to make money, by the way, she would make a snack called Malatang, and when the day Erchen asked her to make it and send it to her father to taste, it was a way to eat that she had never heard of before. ”
The emperor nodded, indicating that he had heard.
"Erchen went to the embroidery village you rewarded her again, she said, since she took over the shop, the income has been several times, and the order has been scheduled until the end of the year, Erchen has thought a little too much."
The emperor seemed to be interested: "Oh? Let's hear it. ”
"Erchen thinks that professional people do professional things.
Just like Gu's, Erchen has never been in business, so even if he has a shop, he can't make much money, but Gu's knows how to operate, and she can make more money by managing the same store, but others can't.
At present, the revenue of the state treasury depends mainly on agricultural and commercial taxes, in addition to the income from the monopoly of salt and iron, and the tax on liquor.
If you want the treasury to increase your income and have money, my father doesn't have to worry about the army of two million soldiers a year, so he has to think of other ways. ”
The emperor raised his eyebrows, and his original steps forward stopped, he turned slightly sideways to look at his son, who was half a step behind him, "You want to do business?" ”
Ye Hanyu hurriedly saluted: "Erchen is not a businessman. In terms of business, Erchen is even inferior to Erchen's concubine, because Erchen has never been in contact with business before.
But if the father asks the son to do this, the son will definitely study hard and do a good job of the things that the father handed over to the son. ”
People in the world say that the merchants are the most lowly, but without the merchants, where do the food and clothing of the people in this world come from? Therefore, he never despised businessmen, nor did he exclude business.
"The sons really don't want to see that when those ministers in the court stretched out their hands to ask their father for money, his father showed embarrassment on his face!
I don't want my father to reduce his share of dishes again and again in order to open up sources and reduce expenditure, my father is the monarch of this great prosperous dynasty, and he is the wisest emperor in the world, so he should enjoy the best things in the world, and he should not be happy for the sake of silver!
The son did not want his father to be wronged. ”
Ye Chonghua didn't speak for a long time, since he ascended the throne, he has always emphasized that the harem should be simple, and he also followed as little money as possible, and those officials would praise him for worrying about the country and the people, making great efforts, and innovating what he was capable of, observing the people's feelings, and loving the people like a son, but no one ever told him that he was wronged as the emperor.
When the emperor was alive, there were not three thousand beauties in the harem, but one or two hundred, and he was only more than forty women at the peak, which was because the government was unstable at that time, and for political purposes, he had to accept those women.
Now, with the addition of several new concubines in this year's draft, there are less than thirty people in total.
Eat and wear, he is even more frugal, the court clothes have not been made new for two years, the four seasons of regular clothes can also be exempted, the meal is from the emperor's one hundred and eight dishes per meal, one reduction and one reduction, there are only forty-eight dishes, these forty-eight he also wants to reward this and that, to reward the henchmen.
Is he wronged?
For the people of the world, for the prosperity of the Daxing Dynasty, not aggrieved!
He calculated that the silver he saved could give nearly 10,000 soldiers a year!
Because of his frugal policy, the harem had a lot less expenses, and the silver could support tens of thousands of soldiers.
But isn't it really aggrieved?
If the treasury has money, why is he like this?!
"What you mean, I understand, I'll think about it."
Ye Chonghua fell into deep thought, Concubine Shu begged him before she died, let him take care of the sixth child and grow up safely, and let him be a carefree prince after he got married.
The sixth child has also worked hard in accordance with his mother's requirements over the years, he has never befriended any officials, and he is not far from his brothers, he does not form gangs with anyone, and he never makes enemies with anyone.
However, if he were to go into business because of this, he would still not be able to make up his mind.