mtlumby2d Chapter 452 The Happy Empress
Chapter 452 The Happy Empress
Of course! Making money is not a bad thing.
Especially after making a considerable sum of money by "making a profit from the price difference" for the first time, the empress finally understood why Li Ji loved doing business so much.
have to say……
Making money is really cool! The feeling of counting money is really addictive.
So the empress found the Ministry of Revenue and ordered them to come up with a regulation. I also want to do business! I also want to make money. What do you think we should do?
When the Ministry of Revenue heard the news, everyone was stunned. What a joke! The emperor wanted to do business?
Wouldn't it be better if you could just collect taxes? Wouldn't it be better if you could squeeze the poor peasants?
Why should we “compete with the people for profit”?
So, they all shouted, "There's no business to do! If Your Majesty insists on doing business, it would be competing with the people for profit, and it would be written into history!"
Empress, you don’t want to be labeled as a “tyrant” in history in the future, right?
Of course! This is true for almost all emperors. When they hear that they might be recorded in history books and become a tyrant at any time, they will be frightened immediately.
The previous empress was like this, but the current empress...
Damn it!
I have lost half of my country, and the barbarians have come in during my term. Do you think I will not be regarded as a tyrant in history?
Secondly, it would be fine if she had never tasted the money, but this time the business made her count the real money. Do you think she doesn't want to do it?
"Shut up! You old bastard! My treasury is empty! We've almost used up all the money fighting Zuo Santong alone. If there's no money coming in later, how can we unify the South and then recover our homeland? It's a joke! If you can do it, do it. If you can't, just give up the position of Minister of Revenue, and someone else will naturally do it."
"..."
The Minister of Revenue had no other choice. After being threatened with resignation by the Empress, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, we have no choice but to increase taxes!"
Empress: "..."
Then, she had the hat on the Minister of Revenue's head knocked off and he was thrown into jail.
Are you still using this trick? Do you think I'm still the empress?
Levying three additional taxes? Do you think my southern region is not finished yet?
The North was destroyed in this way before, how could such a thing happen again now?
After the Minister of Revenue was thrown into the prison, the entire court was shocked. They now understood! Although this empress was a woman, her mind was no longer as naive as before, and she could not be fooled by them at will.
In the end, the Minister of Revenue was removed from his post and the Vice Minister of Revenue took his place.
The Empress asks again! If you can't come up with another solution, you'll be fired!
The Minister of Revenue had no choice but to come up with a solution that was not a solution: tea, porcelain, silk, all these things could be shipped out and sold.
You should know that for foreign countries, these three good things in Da Qi are absolute luxuries.
What is the most important thing?
These three things are all produced in the South!
There are no such things in the north. The empress is in the south now. As long as she can get these things out, she will definitely make money.
The Minister of Revenue was telling the truth. This was definitely something that only southern merchants knew, and it was definitely concealed from the court.
But in order to become the Minister of Revenue, the Assistant Minister of Revenue must of course work hard. If he does not work hard, he will not be able to get the position and may even lose his official hat.
The empress's eyes lit up. Porcelain, silk and tea were indeed good things, and they were not available anywhere else.
but……
"How do we ship it out? Where can we find a seller?"
The country is completely closed off. Does it have any connection with the outside world? How can we ship our goods out? How can we find a buyer?
Minister of Revenue: “…”
This is really a terrible problem, especially since they want to go out to sea now, but they are caught between Lin Jiaxuan and Li Jize. What should they do?
Just when they were in trouble, a spy suddenly delivered urgent information.
The empress initially thought that some change had occurred on the battlefield. Did Gao Pan lose the battle? Then, when the eunuch handed her the intelligence, she opened it and jumped up from the throne in surprise.
"Hahahaha... God helps me! God helps me! The destiny of heaven is still with the Great Qi, and it is still with me!"
Seeing the empress yelling like a madman, the ministers below all had their heads buzzing, wondering what the empress was yelling about.
It wasn't until the empress turned around and told everyone this information that everyone was stunned.
News came from Minzhou that the regent had died after falling into the water and contracting a cold. Lin Jiaxuan, now the head of Minzhou, expressed his condolences to the court while also expressing his desire to rejoin the court.
In this way, the empress not only easily captured Minzhou without any effort, but also gained a powerful navy.
Now, as long as she can completely deal with Zuo Santong, she, the empress, will be the one to unify the entire south.
That's true, but the key point is that some things are often not something you can decide alone.
this is not……
Within the entire Southern Court, a fierce quarrel broke out over Lin Jiaxuan's request to return to the court.
Some people think this is a great thing, and of course they have to accept Lin Jiaxuan. They can get a state and a navy for free, so why not?
but……
Some people started to accuse Lin Jiaxuan of supporting a regent before, saying that this was simply a blatant rebellion, okay?
If people can forgive each other in this way, does that mean that everyone in the world can follow suit in the future?
Don't forget, there's also a King of Qin in Qingzhou! He firmly supports the Empress!
If he saw that everything was fine, would he also support the princess to become the next empress? (You know what, Li Jize really has this idea)
Therefore, these people felt that in order to show it to the world, they could not accept Lin Jiaxuan no matter what.
Otherwise, wouldn't everyone in the world be able to imitate Lin the thief?
For a while, the entire court began to haggle over whether to accept it or not.
But the truth is...
Whether you accept it or not, in the end you will not accept it!
Why?
Because in this kind of long-lasting wrangling, after a long time, the opportunity will be lost!
Lin Jiaxuan was very depressed. He had done so much and even went so far as to kill the Regent just to avoid arousing the suspicion of King Qin. He hoped to become a colleague with Li Jize.
but now……
The court seemed unwilling to accept him!
How to do?
Damn it! I might as well surrender to the King of Qin.