Father Liu finished speaking quickly, and bowed his head slightly to show that he understood. And Emperor Wanli seemed to be deliberately giving their father and son time to ventilate, and paused for a moment before saying: "Liu Haojia, this time it is rumored that you will go to the palace because someone said that Jubaozhai is the business of your Gu Ningbo Mansion, so someone suggested that it be taken over to the imperial court and used the silver obtained from the sale of mirrors to buy war horses for the border army, what do you think?" ”

Liu Haojia stepped forward, stood with Liu's father, and said: "Under the wall, that Jubaozhai is not the business of Weichen's family, so the minister has no idea!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they immediately made an uproar! Aren't you talking nonsense with your eyes open! Everyone in the Beijing Division knows that the guys of Jubaozhai send silver to your house one by one, are you blind when everyone is blind?

At this time, I only heard Zhou Zhiwu say loudly: "Liu Haojia, this is in the main hall, you lie is a crime of deception!" ”

Liu Haojia straightened up and said coldly: "Now Your Majesty is asking about this official, what are you talking about?" ”

When the ministers heard this, there was another uproar! The status of this Jinyi Wei is very different between Baihu and Ning Xibo, how dare he stand up to you so hard? It seems that this kid is also a master who wants money and doesn't want to die!

When Zhou Zhiwu heard this, he raised his hand and pointed at Liu Haojia and said, "You ......"

Before he could say anything, he heard Emperor Wanli say: "Ning Xibo, why don't you come and ask for me!" ”

Zhou Zhiwu was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard Emperor Wanli's words! He knew that he had made a big mistake in a moment of pride, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please forgive your majesty, Weichen has lost his honor!" ”

Emperor Wanli snorted, turned his head to Liu Haojia and said, "Ning Xibo, they all say that Jubao Zhai is your Gu Ning Bofu's industry, how can you say that it is not?" ”

Liu Haojia said: "Your Majesty, that Jubao Zhai is indeed not the property of Gu Ningbo Mansion, but the private property of our Gu Ningbo Mansion housekeeper Liu Yuanyuan!" ”

When the courtiers heard this, there was a slight commotion, but not strongly. They think Liu Haojia is cheating! Because they know that everyone does this, after all, as an official master, it is really not reputable to run such a cheap business as a businessman, so they all hang these properties in the names of their relatives or domestic servants. But they don't think Liu Haojia can avoid this catastrophe.

At this time, Zhou Zhiwu knew that he had no way out, and if the matter was done, the people behind him would naturally protect him, and he would still have the benefit of sharing the profits. If it doesn't work, I'm afraid he will be unlucky! So he didn't care about the etiquette in the palace and said: "Liu Haojia, you are biased when you say this!" Isn't the thing in your servant's name your Gu Ningbo's mansion, what's there to quibble about! ”

Liu Haojia glanced at him and said, "Your Majesty, although this Liu Guangyuan is the housekeeper of our Guningbo Mansion, he is not a subordinate!" His ancestors had already broken away from the lowly status three generations ago, and he was an ordinary commoner of my Ming Dynasty! And he is like my father and brother, but he sees that my family is not good at management, so he helps us take charge of the housework, just in the name of a housekeeper! So he and my father were friends, not master and servant! Speaking of which, Wechen wanted to know why the imperial court wanted to take an ordinary person's family property as its own! ”

Zhou Zhiwu quibbled and said: "This is not a levy, it is the imperial court to pay a certain amount of remuneration in exchange!" For example, the imperial court can knight him! ”

Liu Haojia sneered and said, "Lord Zhou, can you represent the imperial court?" And do you know what the consequences will be after opening this example? Once there is such a precedent, the court or the high-ranking officials in the court take a fancy to something from the people, as long as they shout that the court is useful, they can directly expropriate it, what kind of world is that? If you exchange it for a title, there are so many good things in the world, how many titles are prepared by the imperial court? Do you want the streets to be full of this uncle, that Hou Ye? When the time comes, will there be room for ordinary people to survive? ”

Zhou Zhiwu was a little flustered, and he said inwardly: "How can this happen? That can't be, it's just your random guess! ”

Although he said so, no one, including him, believed him! Now there is no time for compulsory expropriation of people's property, officials and nobles at all levels are constantly stealing and grabbing, if there is this example, wouldn't it be more convenient to start in the future!

At this time, Liu Haojia took a step and said: "You said it was impossible, what do you use to guarantee?" Can you afford this responsibility? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Haojia suddenly slowed down his tone and said: "If you say so, I also have a saying!" As long as our family takes out something, it's too unfair, why don't each noble family also take out something to serve the court! I don't ask for much, as long as it is the same as Jubaozhai's annual income, I will agree to this matter on behalf of Uncle Liu! ”

When the ministers heard this, their hearts were churning! Isn't it crazy if anyone has a business with an annual income of one million that would be willing to take it out to serve the imperial court? And how many businesses are there in the world with such profits?

At this time, Liu Haojia continued: "I heard that there are many caravans in the northwest to and from outside the Saiwai, and there are a large number of horses in these caravans, even the guys are also good at riding, as long as they have a little training, they are an elite army!" Moreover, caravans can earn a lot of money, not to mention, they can also spy on the reality of the Tartars, so it is better for the court to order all those caravans to be levied! ”

As soon as Liu Hao's words fell, some of the ministers couldn't help but let out a whisper, and they didn't know if they agreed or opposed? Anyway, everyone's face is not good-looking!

And Zhou Zhiwu's face became very ugly, and he didn't even dare to say anything, for fear that he would be misunderstood if he said the wrong thing! Because he knows too well who the people behind those teams are, they are all high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the Northwest and big families! If it was because of his proposal, the imperial court really had the idea of requisitioning those caravans, and his whole family would die without a place to bury!

At this time, Liu Haojia raised his head again and said slowly: "This caravan, after all, it earns money more slowly!" If you want to say that you can make money quickly, you have to say that those salt merchants in Jiangnan, they didn't earn millions of taels of silver that year! This official felt that the imperial court could completely collect their salt back, and the imperial court would sell the salt itself, and the profits during the period would only be greater! ”

Hearing Liu Haojia's words, there was a whisper among the ministers again, but this time the voice hit a lot! At this time, they didn't think that Liu Haojia had a problem, but felt that Zhou Zhiwu and others were too hateful and stupid!

But there was a voice of approval from Xungui! Because of the salt tax, the salt introduction has been controlled by the civil officials, and the nobles have been treated back many times if they want to interfere! If you can tear a hole in this again, you won't be able to enjoy it in the future! But they also knew that they were delusional at this time, so they muttered a little and it was over!