Chapter 529: My lady needs to be quiet (three shifts)

Before going to the household department, Gu Yu went to Ningwang Mansion to see Gu Jiu.
"The market is very popular. Hube hopes to expand the market and attract more businesses to settle in."
"The Ministry of Household wants to collect more taxes."
Gu Jiu flipped through the ledger blankly.
Gu Yu added: "The Zhu family rented ten shops in the market, and there was a lot of movement."
Gu Jiu didn't lift his head either, "Don't worry about Zhu's family. On the cement road, Zhu's family abides by their promises, and this lady will not embarrass them."
Gu Yu was a little worried, "The Zhu family is about to regain strength, is it really okay?"
Gu Jiu laughed. She raised her head to look at Gu Yu, "I have always favored healthy competition. It is not a good thing that one family is dominant in this market.
Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few people, which means that most people have no money in their hands. Without money, there can be no consumption. Without consumption, where does the market's popularity come from?
Relying on the four business houses, do you really think that a market can thrive year after year?
When we eat meat, we have to let others have a mouthful of soup. When everyone benefits, this market will become more and more prosperous, and only the people in the market will have money, and they will be willing to spend money on buying houses, furniture, and all kinds of things they need.
As long as the Zhu family doesn't play tricks, I can definitely tolerate them. And I think there are too few ‘Zhu’s’ in the capital. In the huge capital city, there is no enough place for a Zhu family.
I hope that in a few years, there will be more powerful merchants like Zhu's in the capital, and everyone will make the whole business bigger and stronger, attracting people from all over the world.
Have you thought about that scene? How many years has Xiyu Commercial Road been cut off? If one day, we can restore the Western Regions Trade Road, and hordes of Western Regions merchants come to the capital to do business, what kind of scene will it be? "
Gu Yuxin yearned for it, "Madam's hope will come true."
Gu Jiu shook his head, "It's not easy. There is a Western Liang in the middle. He only knows to rob caravans, but doesn't understand sustainable development. The Western Regions business road, like gold, is ruined in the hands of Xi Liang."
Gu Yu thought about it and said: "When I was in the northwest, I heard some old people say that now Xiliang is also learning good. They blocked the trade route while exchanging exquisite goods from our big week. The price is high. Sell ​​to the Western Regions. Once you buy and sell, sit back and enjoy."
Gu Jiu's teeth itchy after hearing this.
"It's a pity that the imperial treasury is empty and unable to start a war. Otherwise, Xiliang must be beaten to the ground, forcing Xiliang to open trade routes, and allowing merchants from the Western Regions to do business in the capital."
After speaking, Gu Jiu sighed again. National power is limited, and some things are helpless and can only wait slowly.
Gu Yu asked: "I will go to the household department in a while, and they asked about the expansion of the market, how should I return to them."
"Tell them, Xinmin County has no money. If the Ministry of Households is willing to support one or two, it can be considered."
"What if the Ministry of Household is not willing to pay?"
Gu Jiu smiled, "I can pay to expand the market, provided that the Ministry of Households has to give me tax incentives for at least two years."
Gu Yu shook his head, "The Ministry of Household probably won't agree."
Gu Jiu smiled and said: "That's simple, ask the Ministry of Household to pay for the expansion of the market. If you want to sit back and enjoy the benefits, there is no such good thing."
When Gu Yu got the order, he went to the household department and wrangled with the people in the household department.
The efficiency of yamen's affairs is low, and no results can be reached at the meeting for a while.
Gu Jiu was not in a hurry.
The person in a hurry should be the Ministry of Households.
The Ministry of Households looked around for tax sources, looking around, but still focused on Gu Jiu.
Who makes Gu Jiu a big tax collector can always bring surprises to the Ministry of Households.
Gu Jiu bitterly summer, too lazy to take care of the household department.
Only let Gu Yu come forward and wrangling with the Huhu.
In summer, things are always a lot.
No, the court is clamoring for draft.
In order to please Emperor Wen De, some officials submitted a letter and asked Emperor Wen De to draft. The reason is high-sounding, saying that Emperor Wende has been on the throne for nearly two years and that no newcomers have been added to the palace. It is really a negligence of the minister.
As a courtier, he naturally thinks about what his Majesty thinks.
What are you waiting for, draft.
Drafting means authority, and the Ministry of Etiquette is the first to approve it, and Shaofu has no opinion.
The Ministry of Households was the first to oppose it.
Drafting means spending money, and the household department has no money.
I want to draft, I want the household department to pay, there are no doors, let alone windows.
Unless Shaofu shoulders all the expenses, the Ministry of Household reluctantly nodded in agreement.
Shaofu Jialing despised the Hubu Shangshu and was shameless. For the sake of money, the dignity of being a ministry official is no longer needed.
Master Zhao, Shangshu from the Ministry of Households, is upright. Poverty made him shame.
He is shameless, he is proud.
Xiaofu Jialing, "The old man has never seen such a brazen person."
Emperor Wen De was greedy for beauty, but he was restrained for the sake of political affairs.
Today, a courtier proposed the draft, and Emperor Wende was immediately moved.
But he did not agree, saying that the treasury was empty and he could not spend money from the treasury for his own selfish desires.
Such a statement was praised again and again by courtiers.
"Your Majesty's heart is for the people, and you can be a Mingjun. It is a blessing to meet your Majesty during the lifetime of the minister."
For a while, all kinds of praise fell into the ears of Emperor Wen De without money.
Very satisfied with the vanity of Emperor Wen De.
Of course, there is never a shortage of smart people among courtiers.
The more Emperor Wen De declined, the more the courtiers insisted on the draft.
So Mingjun, how can he not draft.
To choose.
Not only elections, but also general elections.
Finally, at the strong request of courtiers, Emperor Wen De ‘reluctantly’ agreed to the draft.
And emphasized that the draft does not cost a penny from the treasury. All expenses are borne by the Shaofu.
The courtiers once again praised Emperor Wende as Mingjun.
Indulging in Mingjun's personal settings, Emperor Wen De's vanity rose again.
The draft was confirmed, and Beijing began to jump around again.
Some people are hiding from the draft, to death. Don't worry about cats or dogs, just marry as long as you are a man. It's better than entering the palace draft.
Some people are ecstatic.
The daughter of the family, virtuous and virtuous, is about to be sent to the palace for the draft, to gain wealth.
On the one hand, I was busy talking about getting married, and on the other hand, I was busy walking the relationship and sending my girl into the palace draft.
In the midsummer, the capital was so lively.
The last name of the other Xiu girls is still unclear. The palace broke out first.
Zhou Miao came to the door and personally delivered fresh gossip for Gu Jiu.
"This matter hasn't come out yet, that is, our family is thinking about the wife, so we will come to the door to tell her."
Gu Jiu laughed, and delivered the one thousand taels of silver.
Zhou Miao's eyes were quick, and with a squeak, the one thousand taels of silver slips went into his pocket.
He drank a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "The Queen Mother wants to send Xiao's daughter into the palace draft, so that Queen Pei knows that the empress is swearing secretly."
"The empress swears secretly, do you know?" Gu Jiu looked at him with a smile.
Zhou Miao was anxious, "Don't believe me, my family has a lot of relationships now. Weiyang Palace also has my eyeliner. Our family does not hide from Madam, Empress Pei is very dissatisfied, thinking that Queen Mother Xiao is provoking a dispute in the harem."
Gu Jiu tweeted twice and asked, "How do you say?"
Zhou Miao chuckled, "Why should the lady ask knowingly. There is a queen mother in the Xiao family, and now there are four princes and wives. That's it, not reconciled, but want to send a woman to the palace. Can Queen Pei be happy? Queen Pei did not turn her face on the spot. It's all because of self-cultivation."
What Zhou Miao said was interesting.
Gu Jiu didn't believe that Empress Pei dared to turn his face with the Queen Mother Xiao, he didn't have the courage and confidence.
With an unfilial hat buckled off, Queen Pei can't eat it.
After all, in the past dynasties, only the deposed queens have been seen, but not the deposed queen mothers.
For harem women, only the Queen Mother has the most stable status.
No matter who is the emperor, the queen mother is still your queen mother.
Gu Jiu asked him, "Why would the Empress Dowager Xiao think of sending Xiao's daughter into the palace draft? Did someone blow the wind around the Queen Mother?"
"Madam is wise. It was the Xiao family who blew the wind in the ear of the Queen Mother."
Gu Jiu picked up the teacup and gently moved the tea foam with the lid of the cup. "The Xiao family is really not greedy enough to swallow the elephant. Isn't it going to be counterproductive and cause dissatisfaction?"
"The Empress Dowager Xiao agreed to the Xiao family's proposal. Even if her Majesty is dissatisfied, she still has to give the Queen Mother Xiao a face. This time the draft will definitely have a place for the Xiao family's daughter."
Gu Jiu nodded, saying that was correct.
As long as the Queen Mother persists, no matter what the result of the draft is, the daughter of Xiao will definitely have a place.
She asked curiously, "Which girl is the Xiao family going to send to the palace draft?"
Zhou Miao urged a narrow smile, "This man's wife also knows. The seventh girl of the Xiao family, the sister of the fourth prince's wife."
puff!
Gu Jiu took a sip of tea and sprayed it directly.
"you sure?"
Zhou Miao nodded, "That's what the news we got said."
Gu Jiu bared his teeth, the goose bumps were all up.
Xiao Qin'er's sister enters the palace draft, 100% will be selected.
This this this...
The generation of the royal family is really messy.
It's no wonder that those exquisite families are very disgusted with the royal family. It is said that the royal family is the most unruly place in the world.
Gu Jiu helped his forehead, "My lady needs to be quiet."