"I heard that you borrowed the money of the wealthy businessman Lu family to run a business, what kind of auction, but you sold more than 20 items, and you made a huge profit. Is there such a thing? Queen Ma asked solemnly.

Zhu Su nodded, so he told Queen Ma everything about the cooperation with the Lu family, the high price of the glass lots, and how the auction would work. Queen Ma listened carefully, and nodded after Zhu Su finished speaking: "So, you really want to join forces with the Lu family." ”

"Don't you think it's not decent for me to do business under my own banner?" Zhu Su asked.

Most of the other nobles are doing business in their families, and most of them use the identity of housekeepers, and they have not personally gone out to do this cheap business.

Zhu Su deliberately made a big show of himself, and also deliberately defiled himself because of Ru Taisu's impeachment.

In the concept of the early Ming Dynasty, this was already a self-depravity. He is still underage, and the discipline of the underage prince on weekdays is the queen's responsibility, so can't Queen Ma tolerate such nonsense?

"Niang is not one of those pedantic noblewomen, and she will not say anything like a noble man from heaven who stoops down to do business and hurts his identity. In the difficult times of the past, if you sell it, you can make your father and brothers eat better, and my mother also wrapped a cloth towel to learn Wenjun to sell wine. Seeing Zhu Su's nervousness, Queen Ma smiled and comforted.

"As long as you don't steal or rob, you really don't have the intention of stealing, and you can earn some silver taels to subsidize Zhuangzi, there is nothing you can't do."

Zhu Su breathed a sigh of relief, and Queen Ma had already continued: "But you need to know that everything must be measured. ”

"Your glass Buddha is so expensive, there will be other big business in the future, isn't there a lot of silver to flow into the treasury of your palace?"

"There are a lot of riches in the world! That's all there is to it. If our Zhu family occupies more, the people of Li will be poor. ”

"Su'er, don't be too greedy, add burden to the people!" Queen Ma spoke bitterly.

I understand, this is because I feel that the auction is too fast and too easy to collect money, and I am afraid that my youngest son will try his best to collect money and harm the country and the people after tasting the sweetness. It's no wonder that Queen Ma is the queen but she is frugal on weekdays, and she still doesn't say anything about weaving by herself, and she is often reluctant to light candles at night and would rather hurt her eyes. The long skirts I wear on weekdays don't even cover my feet. There are so many delicacies in the world, but only Xu Xingzu, the inferior who cooks a big pot of rice in the army, is only three dishes at most per meal, and all of them are unpalatable.

There are so many silver taels, and there are a number of wealth in the world? It turned out that this mentality was at work, for fear that the royal family would occupy more and the people would be less. Zhu Su's eyes were a little red.

"Mother, you don't have to worry. The son will not only not harm the people by doing these things, but will also benefit the country and the people. Don't always eat and wronged yourself on weekdays, do what you should do boldly, spend the money you should spend boldly, and don't hide the money in the treasury of the palace, this is the real benefit of the country and the people. ”

"Nonsense! I don't know how to be diligent and thrifty? People often say that 'diligence and thrift are never poor, and the mountain of food is empty' is this truth. You have mixed knowledge, don't you know Xia Wei, Shang Xuan, and Emperor Yang of Sui? Queen Ma raised her eyebrows.

"You are mistaken, I am not advocating extravagance, but I am telling you that silver is only silver when it is used, and wealth can be created. If it's been hidden in the Ouchi Silver Vault, it's just boxes of silver winter melons. Zhu Su explained, and seeing that Queen Ma was still puzzled, he tore off a piece of jade pendant from her waist. Mother, look, this jade pendant is pretending to be silver in the hands of a common people. ”

"One day the people want to use this money to buy some silk and cut some garments for their daily wear."

"Then the money must first be given to the merchants." As he spoke, Zhu Su pushed the jade pendant to the left. "When the merchant gets this money, he has to pay the salary of the master who cuts the clothes, and he has to use the money to continue to buy silk from the silk society, and even buy some rice and grain for his family......

"The silk society wants to return the silver to the weavers, and they also use the silver to buy silk from the silkworm households, and the silkworm households, weavers, and tailors all need to use the silver taels in their hands to buy rice and grain, and the rice shops and grain stores must use the money to buy rice from the farmers. And when the peasant gets the money, he can use it to buy cattle, repair houses, and even buy clothes from merchants......"

Zhu Su said as he moved the jade pendant around on the table, and every time he moved, he took out a teacup and put it on the side of the jade pendant. Queen Ma looked at the jade pendant, as if from the perspective of a silver coin, she experienced a wonderful journey in the Ming Dynasty.

"Su'er, are you reminding your mother that the money used up will eventually return to the people?" Queen Ma asked.

"Yes, but it's more than that." Zhu Su nodded and shook his head, "I want to ask my mother, in this process, has my Daming's wealth changed?" ”

"Change?" Queen Ma frowned. She is also an extremely intelligent woman, and she knows that this question is very shallow without thinking about it. Although the circulation of silver money among the people has never decreased, if you just ask how much money there is, why bother asking?

"What does Su'er mean?"

"The child is trying to say that true wealth is never money." Zhu Su picked up the jade pendant and shook it, then put it away. "True wealth is the things that appear in the process of money circulation."

"When the merchant grows bigger, he buys more shops, the master has a salary to feed the old and the young, the silkworm household gets money to raise more silkworms and produce more silk, and the farmer has money to buy cattle to repair houses and cultivate more land." Zhu Su pointed to the teacups placed around the table and said. "These are my real treasures."

"Money is never wealth, it has no value, it is we who give it value. It is only when money is circulated that people are motivated to do things that generate value. If everyone hides their money and no one goes to the merchants to buy clothes, then silk households, silkworm households, and peasant households will not get the money, and they will still have the motivation to raise silkworms and weave cloth, and they can still have money to buy cattle and plough the land, and they can still support their families with their crafts? ”

Money is not wealth! This point of view Queen Ma has never thought of. She looked down and thought, and had the heart to refute but didn't know how to defend it for a while. "According to what you say, instead of being diligent and thrifty, it is not a good deed, but it is also harmful to the country and the people?"

"To a certain extent, that's true." Zhu Su nodded. "If money is hidden in a treasury, it has no value. Only liquid money has its ability as a measure of value and can activate production and labor. ”

"And production and labor are the real wealth!"

"The faster the money flows, to a certain extent, the richer the people will be!"

"Your way of economics is unheard of, but it's also interesting!" Queen Ma looked at Zhu Su and smiled.

"My mother is not one of those great Confucians, I haven't read a few books. I don't know if what you're saying makes sense. ”

"Since you're not greedy for luxury, go ahead and do it as usual. Don't worry about the false rumors. ”

"Mother only depends on the people in your Zhuangzi, whether there is a day when they are getting richer and richer."

"Still." Speaking of this, Queen Ma's face was full. "If you find out that you have any harmful behavior, you don't need your father to do it."

"I'll call you into the palace and ask you to study in the main hall for a few more years, do you know?"

"Uh...... Got it. Hearing the three words of the main hall, Zhu Su's neck shrank.

This mother has really found her weakness, and this threat is too deterrent.

(End of chapter)