After the matter was done, seeing that it was not too late, Xia Yuan entered the palace again, planning to meet the emperor's prophet.

In the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw a person kneeling in the corner, wearing a bright red robe, facing the corner of the wall without seeing his face, but sometimes things in this world are extremely wonderful, for example, if you just see a rose, you can know that this is the work of Mr. Chen.

In the same way, although he couldn't see his face, Xia Yuan knew very clearly who it was.

He didn't rush into the warm pavilion to see the emperor, but walked over and patted Zhu Houzhao on the shoulder and asked, "Your Highness, are you making Your Majesty angry again?" ”

When he turned his head and saw Xia Yuan, Zhu Houzhao was already grinning, and when he saw that he was still stepping on a horse, he was stunned at first, and then he had the heart to beat people, but he still restrained himself, and finally a thousand words converged into one word, "Get out." ”

Xia Yuan: "? ”

Did this unlucky kid take the wrong medicine? Inexplicably wonderful.

Ignoring this inexplicable dog prince, Xia Yuan turned around and entered the warm pavilion, and Emperor Hongzhi was sitting behind the imperial case, burying his head in reviewing the notebook.

"Minister's ginseng."

"Excuse me, what are you doing when you enter the palace at this time?"

Xia Yuan's waist, which had not yet bent down, straightened up and replied, "Your Majesty, the minister has already done the matter." ”

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi, who was immersed in Zhu Pi's book, raised his head: "It's done?" What did you do? ”

"It's to convince those three old people. Pavilion Elders, the three Pavilion Elders have agreed to the matter of building the road. ”

Hearing this, the brush in Zhu Youzhang's hand was stunned, and he was stunned: "You really put the knife on their necks?" ”

“.”

Xia Yuan was speechless, how much do you trust me?

"No, the ministers are all kind and angry with them."

"Then why did they say yes so quickly?"

As he spoke, Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the notebook in his hand again, and an abrupt vermilion ink spot was particularly conspicuous, and hurriedly put the brush on the inkstone, took out a handkerchief from his cuff and dipped it on the notebook.

After doing all this, Zhu Youzhu looked up at him, according to his guess, even if he agreed, it would take at least a few days of work, how could it be so fast.

"This Xu is because the minister is talented, and he speaks well, and the minister told them that seventy percent of the income of the lapis lazuli kiln factory will be handed over to the state treasury."

"What do you say?"

Xia Yuan found that every time he mentioned this matter, it would cause hearing damage, so he had to repeat: "The minister said that seventy percent of the profits of the kiln factory would be handed over to the state treasury." ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhang's eyebrows were already tightly wrinkled, and he said after a while: "You just gave seventy percent of the income to the treasury?" ”

Xia Yuan thought for a moment and nodded, "Ang." ”

"You"

Seeing his response, Emperor Hongzhi spit out a word of you from his mouth, but the follow-up words seemed to choke back, and then said: "Why didn't you discuss this matter with me in advance, and how much silver taels should be the income of seventy percent?" You were generous, and you gave it to the treasury so plainly."

Listening to the emperor's chatter, Xia Yuan inexplicably felt a warmth in his heart, and there was a feeling that the elders were counting the children and grandchildren of the defeated family.

Then I heard Zhu Youzhu say: "Instead of handing over to the treasury, you might as well give the seventy percent of the proceeds to the internal treasury." ”

“.”

The warmth in Xia Yuan's heart disappeared.

The Dog Emperor continued, "I don't covet your silver taels, but you gave them to the treasury, and they have the final say, and these people will not be as generous as me in their silver."

Hearing the word generous, Xia Yuan was shocked, how could he be embarrassed to say this?

"If this proceeds are given to my internal funds, I promise that not a penny will be used for other places, and I will be dedicated to building roads."

“.”

Xia Yuan didn't know how to answer these words, anyway, he believed the words in the middle, and he had to arrange them at intervals.

[I promise not to use a penny. 】

For those who don't know, they still think that the treasury belongs to the emperor, and the emperor can spend it if he wants, but in fact, it is more difficult for the emperor to get some silver from the treasury than to ascend to the sky.

Want silver?

Hmph, don't give.

Be your mother's big dream of spring and autumn.

Therefore, the emperor never regarded the treasury as his own, and the division was called a clear one, the treasury was the state, and only the treasury was his private small treasury.

Private small coffers, of course, are for private use, and the emperors are all misers, and the silver goes into their pockets, and it is even more difficult to take it out and use it for state affairs.

Not to mention that this kiln factory is not a profitable business at present, and it has to be posted upside down.

And giving it to the treasury is at least easier than asking the emperor for silver, even if he pinched his nose and believed that Emperor Hongzhi was generous, what about the emperors in the future?

"The minister has already given it, and if he doesn't give it, I'm afraid the three elders won't agree to build the road."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi had to admit that he was right, so he had to sigh: "This is also true." ”

"And compared with the current income of this kiln factory and the future expenditure on road construction, it will be beyond its means, if it is handed over to the internal funds, and the roads will be repaired in the future, the courtiers will let Your Majesty pay two taels of silver, and then Your Majesty's internal funds will not be able to hold on."

Hearing that he couldn't make ends meet, Zhu Youzhu asked, "Isn't the income of this kiln factory not high?" ”

"I can't say that it's not high, I can only say that the profit is very low, and one stone of lapis lazuli can earn a few pennies."

"It's so cheap?" Emperor Hongzhi's voice suddenly raised, in his heart, this dog thing is a profiteer who has lost his conscience.

For example, the white sugar, the cost of a few hundred wen, he was stunned to sell you a hundred taels.

That's it, it's just a couple of portions.

And this lapis lazuli, one stone only earns a few pennies, compared with the two, the gap is too big, how can this good end be found on conscience?

And I am afraid that I can't earn a few dollars a year in this kind of business.

Previously, he was a little reluctant to hand over the seventy percent of the proceeds to the treasury, but now he is not unhappy.

This kid definitely didn't tell the three ministers that this lapis lazuli kiln factory couldn't make money.

Those three old men must have been deceived by this kid.

"Although the profit is low, but the small profit is quick turnover, one tael of silver and twenty-eight stone lapis lazuli, and to build a mile of road, you have to use three thousand stones, and this lapis lazuli is different from the rest of the trading, and the profit should not be too high."

"Why is that?"

Xia Yuan had to tell his considerations in detail, such as people's livelihood, promotion, and the disadvantages of setting high prices.

After listening to this, Emperor Hongzhi realized that there had been many misunderstandings before, and he was quite guilty, and he misunderstood this son-in-law as a profiteer.

Zhu Youzhu reflected silently in his heart, and was silent for a long time before he said: "Those who can't plan for eternity are not enough to plan for a while, and those who can't plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a corner." In this way, this lapis lazuli should not be overpriced, but I only care about the immediate benefits, far less far-reaching than you think, if you hadn't said this today, I'm afraid I would never have thought of it. ”

Xia Yuan humbly blew the rainbow fart, "Your Majesty is too arrogant, it's just that Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities and has no time to think about this." ”

"Don't brag about it, I still know about myself."

After that, Emperor Hongzhi sat up straight again and asked about another matter, "But you are talking nonsense with the crown prince, saying that I want to be a tyrant and let you go on a killing spree?" ”

“？”

(End of chapter)