Shouren Academy.
Gu Yan was furious.
He had suffered a lot in the court because of Xu Qingnian’s bad idea.
Selling officials?
This was a great shame.
To the Great Wei, it was a disgrace that was simply unacceptable.
There was no face left.
But to his surprise, Xu Qingnian gave himself a stack of things with a snap.
What was the purpose of giving this thing?
Gu Yan looked down, and there was still anger in his eyes.
It was a bill.
What’s the point of showing me the bills? How much silver can these merchants give? Xu Qingnian, you really think highly of these merchants.
Gu Yan lamented in his heart.
But when he scanned it carefully, his whole body froze in place.
The tenth-ranked official merchant’s application dossier, four hundred and ninety thousand copies.
The ninth grade official merchant application files, 150,000 copies.
The eighth-ranked official merchant’s application file, 7,000 copies.
Seventh-ranked merchant applications, 2,000 copies.
Four hundred and eighty-seven applications from sixth-ranked merchants.
One hundred and forty-four applications from fifth-grade merchants.
Thirty-one applications for the fourth rank of merchants.
Ten copies of applications from third-ranked officials and merchants.
Six copies of the application dossier for the second rank of official merchants.
First-ranked merchants’ application files, nine.
Total amount requested, 783,500,000 taels of silver.
Actual total collection, 700,000,000 taels of silver.
Estimated overall collection for the year, one million taels.
Ah ….. This!
The anger in Gu Yan’s eyes was instantly gone at this moment, replaced by shock, an unparalleled shock.
Total collection requested, seven hundred and eighty three million five hundred thousand taels of silver.
The actual total collection, 700,000,000 taels of silver, after all, it is normal for someone to refund this.
But Xu Qingnian’s estimated total collection for the year was one million taels of silver.
What is this concept?
Although Wei is in its most declining state, even when Wei was at its peak, the highest record was only over 200,000,000 taels of silver revenue.
Xu Qingnian’s 1 million taels was equivalent to the current revenue of Great Wei for 100 years, which was equivalent to five years of national taxes in its heyday.
What the hell.
That was too much money, right?
Gu Yan looked at Xu Qingnian and said the words he had just said.
“Xu Shouren, you are really too ……. clever, right?”
Gu Yan’s words changed, and among his angry gaze, it instantly turned into laughter.
A laugh that was incomparably thick.
A million million taels ah.
A million million taels.
What kind of concept is that? With this amount of money, was Wei still afraid that it would not be able to develop? The Household Department was really going to take off, and so was Great Wei.
Gu Yan only felt good from head to toe, his toes were tingling with pleasure.
Hahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!
Xu Shouren, you really are a great talent in all the ages.
Gu Yan couldn’t help but laugh in excitement, changing his previous arrogant and domineering attitude and replacing it with some surprising ….. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are doing.
“Shouren ah, the last few days tired, ah? Look at your face, how ugly it is, you’ve stayed up too late, right?”
“Why are you still drinking this herbal tea? Tomorrow, I will have someone go to my house and fetch some Wuyi black tea, which is the best of the best.”
“Shouren, not that old man said you, young people don’t rely on their good health, they have to pay attention to rest ah.”
Gu Yan said with a concerned face, where there is still a semblance of arrogance ah.
In the Shouren school, the household and some readers were looking at the room with curious faces, they could not see anything, just now they heard Gu Yan throwing a fit, they thought it was going to be a mess.
But unexpectedly, all of a sudden, Gu Yan stopped talking.
Was it possible that he had been beaten up?
It couldn’t be, even if Xu Qingnian had the guts, he couldn’t have directly done it, right? They were curious and very puzzled.
And in the room.
Xu Qingnian looked at Gu Yan in this state and was really a bit helpless.
“Minister Gu, you’re at least a minister, you can’t stand this.”
Xu Qingnian said somewhat unpleasantly.
He had worked so hard to get things done here, and you came up and got angry, who could bear it?
As soon as he heard this, Gu Yan immediately realised that Xu Qingnian had a little temper, but he didn’t feel bad at all, instead he smiled sarcastically.
“Nephew Shouren, why are you still calling yourself a subordinate? We are uncle and nephew, just now it was uncle who misbehaved and lost his temper, so don’t worry about it.”
“Hahahahaha, nephew Shouren, everyone says you are a great man, uncle is old, it’s normal to have a temper, can’t you give in to uncle?”
Gu Yan laughed, not embarra*sed at all, what’s so embarra*sing?
A million taels of silver, if someone were to say that he would give a million taels to Wei, Gu Yan would kowtow to him, or even kneel and ask someone to become the Minister of Household, this is not an exaggeration at all.
Nothing else, giving just too much!
“Alright, Uncle Gu, let’s not play this game, is this account satisfactory?”
Xu Qingnian got up and laughed, bringing a stool to Gu Yan.
“Satisfied, satisfied, it’s still not satisfied.”
“Shouren ah, you really are a great talent, I could tell back then that you were a great talent in the Ministry of the Household, it’s a pity that His Majesty sent you to the Ministry of Punishment to suffer for a month, this old piker, Zhang Jing, even suppressed you and made you sit on a cold bench.”
“What an old piker.”
Gu Yan was smiling all over his face, he was truly happy, one million million taels, this was like a fortune from heaven.
Especially for someone like him, a miser in the Household Department, suddenly getting a million million taels doused any anger.
Even now, if anyone dares not to agree to the official business, he will directly bring his sword to chop.
D*mn it, one million million taels, that’s a huge sum of money for the Great Wei, a super huge sum of money.
To stand in the way of a man’s wealth is like killing his parents.
To stand in the way of the country’s wealth is like the shame of Jingcheng.
Who would dare to refuse?
“Lord Gu, I’d better talk to you seriously.”
“This is the budget as of now, seven hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver, but surely some of it is impulsive spending, and when the time comes to really collect the money, some of it will be refunded.”
“But nowadays, all eight major merchants want a first-rank official position, and I’ve taken up one of them, and there’s another one I’ve already settled on and given him some concessions, so it’s an example to attract more merchants to pay.”
“As for these eight major merchants, there are only four places left for those who can sit in the first rank.”
“If this news is made public, I can guarantee that the merchants of the world will no longer hesitate to wait and see, and will only be the first to pay.”
“So I expect that in a few days there will be another huge increase, and without incident, eventually Great Wei will be able to receive one and a half million taels of silver.”
“The float is around 20%, not too much less and not too much more, and after that you can rely on this to make a profit of ten or twenty million taels of silver tax every year, it mainly depends on how well Great Wei develops.”
“When the waterwheel project is done well, Great Wei has food, the people are well clothed and fed, there will be more and more merchants, and the economy will get better and better, then more and more merchants will join.”
“Lord Gu, Qingnian asks one more question, this road of government and business, to allow or not to allow!”
Xu Qingnian made the benefits clear.
In the end, she even asked Gu Yan if he would allow His Majesty to open up the road of government and commerce.
“Yes!”
“Who the hell dares not allow it, I’ll cut him down.”
However, Gu Yan stood up straight away, without the slightest image of a Shang Shu, and opened his mouth and closed it with his mother.
It was enough to prove how excited he was.
This was still not allowed?
A million and a half million taels of silver? An increase of 10,000,000 taels or 20,000,000 taels per year is a doubling of income.
And as Great Wei became more and more prosperous and flourishing, the income would become more and more, so this was still not good?
But after saying this, Gu Yan still couldn’t help but continue to speak.
“Shouren ah, I don’t mean anything else, it’s just that giving so many benefits to merchants isn’t a bit …… not too good ah.”
Gu Yan inquired, he just asked, seeing this one million million taels of silver he had promised.
We’ll talk about the future later, just collect the money first.
“Not good?”
“Lord Gu, think about it.”
“The merchants of the world, especially the eight great merchants, they have set up their own mountains, and now that they have all been edict over by the court, should they listen to us from now on, or to the people behind them?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
As soon as this was said, Gu Yan instantly understood what trap was hidden in this road of government and business.
Gathering all the merchants together and listening to the command of Great Wei, if they wanted to make money, they had to honestly listen to what Great Wei said.
If you don’t listen? If you don’t listen, you don’t have to make money, you can just have your house raided. The Ministry of Justice is now waiting for the raid, and they want to raid your house every day.
This is a wonderful move, wonderful.
“Shouren, you are really smart, really smart.”
After Gu Yan understood this point, he became thoroughly excited, he finally understood what exactly Xu Qingnian meant by this.
Money is not the main thing, the main thing is to control the group of merchants in the world, to follow the birth and death, this is the way of the king.
This is the way of the king. Bull criticism, bull criticism, bull criticism ah.
“Also, Lord Gu, this priority admission, doesn’t it sound like it’s unfair to the people?”
“But in other words, these merchants, they stuff money into the academy, or rather, they invite people from the academy to come and teach extra, that’s also a means ah, I’m allowing them to have priority in admission, also to establish a state of equality for everyone.”
“It’s just saving them the cost of hiring someone, it seems to be a great benefit, but in reality it’s just like that, just like if the descendants of the eight major merchants have the qualifications of a great scholar, Lord Gu, how do you think the eight major chambers of commerce will train them?”
Xu Qingnian continued.
This point, Gu Yan understood, rich people were still afraid of not being able to hire a great person to give them extra guidance?
There were even some merchants who directly sent their descendants to be taught by great scholars, and then smashed them with tens of thousands of taels of silver every year.
And Xu Qingnian was just helping them to save this link, but of course if they still wanted to hire someone to tutor them, that was their own business.
So this is not harmful, after all, priority admission, the trap is in the word ‘priority’, to be equal situation, are exactly the same talent, admit anyone can, built on this situation.
It’s not like you’re not as good as someone else and then you’re allowed to be admitted?
Furthermore it’s still a school admission, and it’s not a court admission with priority.
There are definitely benefits, but not as great as one might think.
“What about the knighthood?”
Gu Yan continued to ask.
When this was said, Xu Qingnian could not help but speak up.
“Lord Gu, can’t you see this too? A knighthood must be of the first rank, and it must be given for ten consecutive years, which is equivalent to donating 100,000,000 taels of silver to Great Wei, as well as making all kinds of contributions.”
“Let’s not talk about whether it can be done, and even if it can, can’t you produce six titles in ten years?”
“It’s still not a hereditary title.”
“Besides, how will this title be given? Isn’t it up to the court? If it’s not one of our own, we don’t want it. If it’s one of our own, what’s the point of giving a title to someone else? If it’s one of our own, we don’t want it.
Xu Qingnian said this, causing Gu Yan to completely dawn on him.
What a good guy, what a good guy, what a good guy.
Dare I say that everything had been calculated by Xu Qingnian, the final interpretation was in Xu Qingnian’s hands, whatever Xu Qingnian said was true.
If you don’t agree? But you’ve paid your money too, and I’m not refunding you.
As for Xu Qingnian’s words about asking himself to donate 100,000,000 taels and giving himself a viscount, Gu Yan didn’t bother to pay attention.
A viscount for 100,000,000 taels?
Only people with brain problems would buy it.
What did a viscount have to offer? Apart from the normal regalia and service, twenty guards, a hundred acres of good land, and a monthly salary of one hundred taels of silver, what are the other benefits?
A hundred thousand taels of silver, I can’t spend it all myself in ten lifetimes.
In this way, Gu Yan thoroughly felt that this was a complete trap, ah, to have nothing to gain, but also to bleed.
“This can’t be.”
“There’s no way they can’t notice it.”
Gu Yan frowned, feeling that Xu Qingnian’s method was too ruthless, by all rights they should be able to find out ah.
But soon, Gu Yan thought of the reason.
“Checks and balances.”
“Good, Shouren, this move of yours is simply an insurmountable yang scheme, these benefits are targeted at ordinary merchants, first attracting all merchants to join.”
“Then force the eight major merchants not to be wary of each other, so they will also join, and after the eight major merchants join, you announce it out, the merchants in the world will only dare not wait and see, and will scramble to join.”
“In this way, a perfect check and balance is formed, one side is afraid that they won’t be able to apply, and the other side is afraid that someone will be edicted first, good, good, good.”
Gu Yan instantly understood everything.
One million million taels, a bit exaggerated, he still maintained a certain amount of doubt, but after thinking about this point, he didn’t feel exaggerated at all anymore.
What was Xu Qingnian’s move called? Uniting the bottom merchants, giving the eight great merchants a sense of oppression, a deadly sense of oppression, thus causing the eight great merchants to not want to be fish and flesh and to scramble to get in first.
And as the eight merchants, if they come in, their goal must be the first-ranking official position, so that even if they occupy a seat, they have the qualification to negotiate at the table.
Especially the seventh and eighth, don’t they want to be number one?
And wouldn’t the first be afraid of being overtaken by those behind them?
So it’s the yang conspiracy that has no solution.
And it’s a yang conspiracy against smart people.
Xu Qingnian, he was truly a demon.
Gu Yan was thoroughly convinced, and also thoroughly convinced that this one million million taels would definitely be available, and even the one and a half million taels that Xu Qingnian had just said would definitely be available.
This time, Great Wei was really going to be rich!
Hahahahahahahahaha!
Thinking of this, Gu Yan couldn’t help but laugh again, he felt like he would wake up laughing in his dreams these few days.
“Lord Gu, it’s best if you understand, and it saves me from having to explain.”
“All right, Qing night is going out, Lord Gu, there are a few things for you to take care of.”
“Firstly, continue to verify the finances.”
“Second, the announcement of the eight major merchants joining, make it public immediately, and after the Ministry of the Household has verified it, conduct an interview.”
“Third, send out another announcement with a deadline of seven days, no more admissions after that time.”
“Alright, I’m going to find the other Shang Shu.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up and instructed the Minister of Household to do something.
“Fine, fine, fine, fine, Shouren, go and talk to those old pipsqueaks, be safe, if those old pipsqueaks dare to touch you a bit, I’ll bring the entire Household Department to get you back.”
“Remember, be safe haha.”
“Walk slowly on the road, don’t fall.”
Gu Yan nodded his head like garlic, his face beaming with an unparalleled smile.
If this scene had been seen by anyone outside, I’m afraid the entire Household Ministry would have been confused.
A retainer, ordering a minister to do something? In the end, the Minister actually agreed with a smile.
Is the Servant Lang or the Shang Shu the greatest?
After Xu Qingnian had left, the entire Household Department in Shouren Academy had stopped their calculations, after all, they didn’t know exactly what Shang Shu Gu meant, so they didn’t dare to continue their calculations.
And after Xu Qingnian had left.
Gu Yan walked out and looked at the crowd and couldn’t help but roar.
“What are you all doing standing still? Hurry up and account for it.”
“Shouren, walk slowly haha, pay attention to safety.”
Gu Yan eyed Xu Qingnian and found that everyone was actually not working, so he couldn’t help but roar angrily, while looking at Xu Qingnian again, giving an extra admonition, fearing that Xu Qingnian might fall.
At this moment, the entire Household Ministry was really a bit at a loss for words.
The first thing you can do is to get angry and want to kill Xu Qingnian, but now you’ve changed your face so quickly? Lord Gu, you are from Sichuan? Have you learnt how to change faces?
But even though I was angry, I still had to do my job properly.
At that moment, Xu Qingnian, who was walking to the entrance of Shouren Academy, turned back and said.
“All of you, work hard in the next few days, next month, the Ministry of Household Affairs will issue happy money, three times your salary.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, now that he is rich, he must spend money, otherwise what is the point of just making money and not spending it?
But once these words were said, all the officials of the Household Department in Shouren Academy froze.
The next moment, after Xu Qingnian had left, cheers instantly exploded.
“Triple it? Lord Xu said triple?”
“Three months’ salary? Three months’ salary? Lord Xu is such a good man!”
“Hahahahaha, work, work, I told you, Lord Xu will not treat us badly.”
“Three times as much in one breath? Hah! Then I can buy some clothes for my mother, hahahahaha, Lord Xu is a thousand years old.”
“Lord Xu is a thousand years old.”
The officials of the Household Department were all exhausted from working overtime in the past few days, and complained to the extent that they had nothing to complain about, after all, they were eating official food and serving the country.
But now Xu Qingnian said that he would pay out money next month, how could they not be happy? How could they not be excited?
The school hall was filled with cheers.
But soon, everyone’s eyes turned to Gu Yan, because they had overlooked him. Xu Qingnian said three times as much, but the Minister of Household was Gu Yan.
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
With a miser like Gu Yan, I’m only afraid that …… There is no way he would agree, right?
The first time I felt the eyes of the people.
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re getting into.
Three times, that’s a bit much, isn’t it?
But after thinking about it, it doesn’t matter, a million million taels of silver, three times the salary is nothing? It was an insult.
At that moment, Gu Yan spoke.
“Remember, this is the benefit that Xu Shouren fought for you, don’t forget it! All right, do your work well, as long as you don’t die of exhaustion, work to the death.”
After taking the money and working hard, Gu Yan said this and turned to go into his room to do his own business.
And the cheers in the school hall became even more intense.
As for Gu Yan, after hearing the cheers again, he could not help but smile.
Spending money ……. It is indeed quite cool ah.
A quarter of an hour later.
The Ministry of Justice!
The entire Ministry of Officials was quiet today because the Minister of Officials, Chen Zhengru, was in an extremely bad mood, or even said that the entire Ministry of Officials was in a bad mood.
His Majesty’s official and commercial path has almost defied the existence of the Ministry of Officials.
A businessman as an official? Can they accept that? What is the existence of their Ministry of Officials? It is to select officials, to toil hard, to choose the right officials from among the millions of scholars.
But now businessmen are paying for officials directly, what is this if not an insult to the Ministry?
So the Ministry was very cold and no one spoke much.
Xu Qingnian’s figure appeared.
In a moment, the Ministry guards outside the door were the first to walk over to Xu Qingnian’s side.
“Lord Xu, it’s not quite right for you to come today, Lord Shang Shu is in a very bad mood, you don’t want to touch his bad luck.”
The guard came over to remind, afraid that Xu Qingnian would be scolded if he came over today.
“It’s alright.”
Xu Qingnian shook his head while patting him on the shoulder and said, “Something good will come in a few days.”
After saying this, Xu Qingnian then swaggered into the Ministry of Officials compound.
On the way, many people saw Xu Qingnian, some said hello, while others came up to remind Xu Qingnian not to go to Shang Shu Chen, as something might happen.
Xu Qingnian’s reputation in the Ministry of Officials is still particularly good, and the Ministry has even discussed many times when to bring Xu Qingnian to work in the Ministry of Officials.
Xu Qingnian’s resume shows that he went to the Criminal Affairs Department, solved a big case, and went to the Household Department, which is now flourishing and has killed a number of merchants and made a lot of money.
When he comes to the Ministry of Justice, he will be able to take off.
Unfortunately, the Ministry of the Household did not release him, and His Majesty had no intention of releasing him either.
After returning the salute one by one.
Xu Qingnian came to the Shang Shu Room.
“Shang Shu Chen, Qingnian has come to pay a visit.”
Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out from outside.
And inside the Shang Shu room, Chen Zhengru’s voice slowly rang out.
“Enter.”
Facing Xu Qingnian, Chen Zhengru loved and hated him at the same time.
Xu Qingnian had composed a thousand ancient poems, making him famous for a thousand years, which he remembered in his heart.
He also admired Xu Qingnian for his speech for the people.
In addition to Xu Qingnian’s talent, how could he not like Xu Qingnian? But the problem is that this Xu Qingnian just likes to make things happen, and every time it is outrageous, eccentric and bold.
For example, this time, opening up the road of government and business?
This is simply a travesty.
There was absolutely no way he would agree to it, although he had been pondering Xu Qingnian’s intentions for the past few days and had guessed part of it.
But the problem was, no means no.
As Xu Qingnian walked into the room.
Chen Zhengru gave the other party a look, but was calm.
“This matter, how do you plan to end it?”
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth and directly asked Xu Qingnian how he would stop.
However, Xu Qingnian did not say a word of nonsense, but came directly to his table, took out a piece of white paper, and picked up a pen, writing something on it without knowing what.
“What does Qingnian want to do, Sang-soo Chen, Sang-soo Chen should know, right?”
Xu Qingnian wrote carefully, while opening his mouth to ask Chen Zhengru in return.
“To bring the world’s merchants together under the control of the court, right?”
“This, I know, but do you know, Shouren? How could these merchants possibly join honestly?”
“They are not stupid, nor are they foolish, you will most likely be a joke if you do so ah.”
Chen Zhengru knew what Xu Qingnian was thinking, but what he knew even more was that these merchants were all cunning, so how could they possibly fall for it?
But without waiting for Chen Zhengru to continue speaking, Xu Qingnian directly threw the ledger out.
There was nothing more direct than the ledger.
Looking at the account book on the table, Chen Zhengru frowned a little as he picked it up and looked at it carefully.
Soon, Chen Zhengru’s expression began to change.
Curiosity! Doubt! Surprise! Shocked! Shocked! Incredible! Dilated pupils!
This was Chen Zhengru’s facial expression transformation.
“One million million taels!”
Chen Zhengru clenched his fist as he looked towards Xu Qingnian in an almost incredulous tone.
And at that moment, Xu Qingnian had also finished writing something.
He threw the Xuan paper directly at Chen Zhengru.
“Shang Shu Chen, see if the price is satisfactory.”
Xu Qingnian was very plain, he didn’t want to say too much, he was too tired these days, he didn’t have the heart to explain so many words.
And Chen Zhengru took the rice paper that Xu Qingnian threw at him and turned his gaze to it, and soon a line of words appeared.
[The Ministry of Household has allocated 10,000,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Officials, who will distribute the silver for His Majesty’s birthday blessings to officials throughout Great Wei]
[Allocated by: Xu Qingnian, Minister of Household]
[Gu Yan, Minister of Household Affairs: agrees to the allocation]
[Date of grant: September 1st, Year of Wuchang, available at the Ministry of Household]
This was Xu Qingnian’s bargaining chip, a bargaining chip to get the Ministry of the Treasury to agree to the road of government and commerce.
En, it was very direct and simple, smashing money.
And when Chen Zhengru saw this list, his whole person was once again shocked.
He had not yet completely recovered, and seeing something like this again, he was naturally shocked.
10,000,000 taels?
This was the equivalent of giving the Ministry of Officials a year’s national tax revenue of Great Wei.
This silver …… This is too much to give, right?
Chen Zhengru froze.
Xu Qingnian was minding her own business, making a pot of tea for herself.
But the next moment, Chen Zhengru directly grabbed Xu Qingnian’s hand, his eyes incomparably serious, said.
“Drink good tea, don’t drink this kind of tea.”
Chen Zhengru’s sudden action caused Xu Qingnian to freeze.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhengru brewed a pot of fine tea for Xu Qingnian as quickly as possible, while at the same time looking at Xu Qingnian and saying.
“Ten thousand million taels is a bit low, isn’t it? You’ve got a million million taels here?”
Chen Zhengru said shamelessly as he brewed the tea and kept his head down.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingnian was somewhat speechless.
“Shang Shu Chen, don’t keep your head down, I can see you are already smiling, one million million taels is not enough?”
“Let me tell you, if this were Shang Shu Gu here, ten million taels wouldn’t even be given, I am now making a private decision to allocate ten million taels, so don’t be a lion about it.”
Xu Qingnian was somewhat unhappy.
Ten million taels wasn’t enough?
If it wasn’t true that Great Wei hadn’t given benefits to its officials over the years, Xu Qingnian wouldn’t have given so much if she was worried that something might really happen.
Today’s officials’ salaries were the minimum salary, at most enough to feed and drink a family and change a few sets of clothes for the New Year and festivals.
Under such circumstances, how could officials not think of making a profit? Although this would happen even if silver was given, at least giving enough silver helped many people to keep the last hurdle.
“Fine, fine, fine, this is also for the sake of Shouren’s nephew.”
“10,000,000 taels, just 10,000,000 taels, hahahahahaha!”
“Old man, I told you, how could you, Xu Shouren, possibly come up with a bad idea, I was wondering if I hadn’t thought it through myself.”
“Now it seems that it was the old man who had been naive, naive ah.”
Chen Zhengru laughed loudly, not that he was unreserved, mainly because he couldn’t help it.
He knew what Xu Qingnian’s idea was, to trick the world’s merchants in and then deal with them slowly.
But the problem was that it would not be worth the loss.
To put it bluntly, Chen Zhengru didn’t think there would be many merchants giving money, these merchants were too smart, but what he didn’t expect was that there were actually so many merchants giving money?
Now Chen Zhengru couldn’t hold back.
One million taels.
If anyone gave a million taels to Wei, Chen Zhengru would sell his position as Prime Minister to him.
Not to mention the fact that there are all kinds of benefits to the government and business.
In any case, all that matters is that if you don’t give enough money, you can’t.
When the money is there, anything will do.
The most important thing is that you can get a good deal.
Chen Zhengru’s heart was bursting with joy.
When Xu Qingnian looked at Chen Zhengru like this, he also understood a deep truth.
The Great Wei was really poor and afraid.
The Prime Minister, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was laughing so happily over 10,000,000 taels of silver?
If this were the heyday of the Great Wei, the Ministry of Officials would not have agreed to give 100,000,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Officials, let alone 10,000,000 taels.
But now they would agree.
There was no other reason.
They are afraid of being poor.
The tea was ready.
Xu Qingnian didn’t drink it directly, it was a bit hot.
“Shang Shu Chen, take the money and do something.”
“First, write about the entry of merchant officials, including the division between each grade, you can add details, but wait until they have paid the money, especially the admission of the major academies, good academies, naturally, should be of high grade, ordinary ordinary academies will not matter.”
“Secondly, the matter of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, I would like to trouble Shang Shu Chen to deal with it, of course I also know that the Great Wei Palace of Literature will not agree, this time it depends on your vigour.”
“Third, the Ministry of Officials up and down is expected to be busy, next month triple salary, I will grant extra silver, but have to make it clear to the Ministry of Officials that it was done by Xu Mou, eh, those are the three things.”
“Oh, as for the matter of going to court tomorrow, Shang Shu Chen should know how to do it, right?”
Xu Qingnian named three things and told Chen Zhengru to go to work.
It was impossible to receive money for nothing.
“I know, I know, Shouren, don’t worry, all these things will be done properly by the old man, so don’t worry a hundred percent.”
10,000,000 taels of silver.
Chen Zhengru had a smile in his eyes, what was this matter? And Xu Qingnian was granted an extra three times his salary?
Who would dare to complain to him about the lack of money in the future?
As the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the words he hears most every day are that he should go to the court and beg the Ministry of Household Affairs and His Majesty to give him some money, as the people are starving to death.
When Xu Qingnian came today, he was simply sending charcoal in the snow.
Not only is it a gift of carbon, but it’s also a gift of chicken, duck and fish for a fat New Year.
“Alright, then Qingnian won’t stay long, I’ll leave first.”
Xu Qingnian shouted, followed by finishing the cup of tea and rushing off to the next place.
“Just leave? Continue to drink a few cups, ah, Shouren, old man personally cooked for you, have some to go?”
“Shouren, Shouren, don’t go.”
“Shouren, walk slowly, walk slowly, don’t fall down.”
“Ren ah, rest early, take care of your body ah.”
Chen Zhengru looked at Xu Qingnian with incomparable concern, while the entire Ministry was dumbfounded, how could Lord Chen behave like this, where was his temper before? The previous various said Xu Qingnian is not where? Where did he go?
After Xu Qingnian left, Chen Zhengru didn’t care about the confusion of the Ministry.
He closed the door to his room and laughed alone.
He really couldn’t help but laugh.
He was holding the note written by Xu Qingnian, and all his worries were gone.
As for the matter of the Great Wei Palace of Literature?
If the Great Wei Wen Palace dared to disagree, he would directly use the power of the Great Confucian and spray them all over again.
Another quarter of an hour.
Xu Qingnian arrived at the Ministry of Punishment.
It was much easier to come to the Ministry of Punishment.
As soon as Xu Qingnian pushed open the Shang Shu door, without saying a word, he snapped a note and flung it in front of Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing, who was writing a memorial, was a bit confused.
He did not know what Xu Qingnian was doing here.
“Twenty million taels of silver!”
“Plus an additional three months’ salary for all officials from the Ministry of Justice.”
“Tomorrow, go to court and promise the path of government and business.”
“Yes, or no!”
Xu Qingnian was very straightforward, going back to the Ministry of Punishment was just like going home ah, especially when facing Zhang Jing, it could be said that there was no need for any respect at all, opening the door to the deal, where was the need to waste any words?
“Shouren, what nonsense are you talking about?”
Zhang Jing came back to his senses and his first reaction was to think that Xu Qingnian was crazy.
But when the bill appeared in front of him.
Zhang Jing took a serious look at it, and then the expression of disbelief instantly switched to shock, shock, and disbelief.
In the end, Zhang Jing even stood up in excitement.
“Hiss! Shouren! D*mn you, D*mn you, you really are a genius.”
Zhang Jing clutched his bill to death in excitement.
“There’s no time to explain.”
“Old Zhang, do you say yes, or no.”
Xu Qingnian said with a calm face, even with a bit of arrogance.
“Promise! Promise! Twenty million taels, no less.”
“As long as you give the silver taels, I promise everything.”
Zhang Jing didn’t nag either, what does it matter to me if it’s a matter of government and commerce? Anyway, it’s a matter for the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of the Household, and they, the Ministry of Penalty, are just cooperating with it.
The Ministry of Justice is now allocated 20 million taels of silver, only a fool would not agree.
“Tomorrow at the court, talk properly, old Zhang!”
“Silver, on the first of September, go to the Ministry of Finance and collect it yourself.”
Xu Qingnian sagely left the note of payment and then walked straight away.
“Shouren, won’t you stay for a cup of tea?”
“It’s good tea.”
“Shouren, take care on the way.”
“Someone, give me a good escort for Shouren, don’t trip over the stones on the road.”
Zhang Jing roared loudly, asking his men to follow Xu Qingnian and protect him well.
And the Ministry of Punishment was a little dumbfounded.
This Zhang Jing had been cursing and swearing all sorts of things before, even saying that Xu Qingnian didn’t know any better, so how could he change his attitude in less than a few dozen breaths before and after?
A quarter of an hour.
Xu Qingnian came to the Ministry of Works again.
I have to say, the Minister of Works Li Yanlong is really an upright official.
He didn’t want to see himself.
He even said directly that he was determined not to agree to the official business matter, no matter what.
“Xu Shouren, you do not have to come to persuade the old man, if I, Li Yanlong, agree to the path of government and business, I, Li Yanlong, do not deserve to be an official.”
Li Yanlong shouted directly.
The attitude was exceptionally firm.
It went on until Xu Qingnian kicked open the door and flung the note of payment in front of Li Yanlong’s desktop.
About thirty breaths later.
The sound of laughter appeared in the room.
Xu Qingnian didn’t even show Li Yanlong the account book, and the latter was already having an Org*sm.
One sentence after another, Shouren was a great talent and Shouren was a bull.
What Xu Qingnian gave wasn’t much, but it was no less, twenty-five million taels of silver, after all, the Ministry of Industry now urgently needed to train a group of workers to improve the efficiency of waterwheel promotion.
“Xu Wangu, take your time.”
“What are you all still standing around for? Don’t send Lord Xu off with joy.”
“Take care, Xu Wangu, leave tomorrow’s business to the old man.”
Li Yanlong was overwhelmed with excitement.
The Ministry of Works had never had much to offer, especially in terms of funding.
But what he didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian would directly allocate twenty-five million taels.
Twenty-five million taels.
Brother.
The Ministry of Industry had been allocated a few million taels at most.
Twenty-five million taels.
Li Yanlong really didn’t know how to spend it.
He was so poor that he didn’t dare to spend a single penny.
Li Yanlong’s snobbishness did not make Xu Qingnian any bit unpleasant, but rather happy.
Finally.
Xu Qingnian came to the State Duke’s residence.
He asked the State Duke to call for the Minister of War, Zhou Yan.
A room full of State Dukes, Liege Marquises, including the Minister of War, looked at Xu Qingnian intently.
And they had already prepared many words, intending to wait for the people to arrive and directly start spraying.
But before the state princes could open their mouths.
Xu Qingnian snapped.
A note was placed on the table.
The amount given to the Ministry of War, Xu Qingnian was very big and had to make it bigger.
Because the three armies were waiting to be fed.
Twenty thousand million taels of silver.
Directly allocating money to the Ministry of War, His Majesty rewarded the three armies and raised morale, which was considered a benefit for the entire group of martial generals.
And sure enough.
When the payment note of twenty million ten thousand taels of silver appeared.
There was silence within the State Duke’s residence.
A pin drop could be heard.
The crowd was unusually quiet.
All the words, all the words, were choked in their throats.
Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything either, just looked at everyone quietly.
Speak up?
Why didn’t everyone say anything?
Duke of An, you are the head of the state, come out and say something.
The Marquis of Xinwu, didn’t you want to say something just now? Come on, say it!
Minister Zhou, aren’t you the Minister of War? Aren’t you particularly eloquent in the courtroom? Why don’t you say anything?
And, Duke Lu, what was the meaning of your look just now? Do you hate iron and steel?
Why did you stop talking?
What a pain!
I’m so annoyed, my brain hurts.
Xu Qingnian looked at everyone’s silence, so he simply spoke first.
“If all of you uncles think this price is okay.”
“Then tomorrow at the court, you should know what to say, right?”
“If you don’t think this price will work, then Qingnian will leave first.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up, breaking the silence.
The next moment.
Lord An Guo’s voice rang out.
“Nephew Shouren!”
“This note of yours, do you really mean it?”
Duke An asked seriously.
“September 1st, if I don’t get the silver, uncle, when the time comes, if I want to kill or die, I’m at your disposal.”
Xu Qingnian said categorically.
When this was said, the crowd’s expressions changed slightly.
In the end, Duke An took a deep breath.
Speaking directly, he said.
“Come, men!”
The voice rang out, and the crowd couldn’t help but look at Duke An Guo now.
“For Shouren’s nephew, serve wine.”
As these words rang out.
In an instant, the An Guo Gong Mansion instantly became lively.
It wasn’t even lively, was it? A few of the State Princes were still calm, and this group of liege lords were all laughing so hard that they couldn’t open their eyes.
Twenty thousand million taels! Paying out military salaries! With the three armies taking the money, they were under much less pressure.
Most of all, the morale can be raised too.
To them, this is a great thing, preparing for the Northern Expedition, a perfectly good thing.
As for the officials and merchants, if there is one, there is one. These merchants are foolish enough to send money, so why not?
Thinking of this, Duke An personally went to fetch wine, and brought out jars of fine wine, he was happy!
But Xu Qingnian’s face changed and her first reaction was to run away, but she was pulled down by the crowd, not allowing herself to run at all.
So Xu Qingnian was plied with wine for more than two hours before she escaped from the State House.
This group of martial artists were really too good at drinking.
They were drinking from cups, but the Marquis of Xinwu directly said, “Fish farming, huh? Then he told himself to drink from the altar.
This is too F**king tough, right?
Xu Qingnian was really uncomfortable, not that he couldn’t drink, it was really this kind of bar, a little bit on the head, drank the brain wide pain.
Good! If I don’t kill you all, I will lose.
Xu Qingnian thought so.
At this moment, after Xu Qingnian left the State Palace, Xu Qingnian could not help but exhale a long breath.
All the troubles were completely solved.
The only thing that remained was the Ministry of Rites.
It was not that Xu Qingnian had forgotten the Ministry of Rites, but that he needed the Ministry of Rites to help him with one thing, but this was a different matter.
So Xu Qingnian deliberately ignored the Ministry of Rites and waited for the Minister of Rites to come to him on his own.
At this moment, Xu Qingnian suddenly thought of something.
Of the six ministries, five of them had all agreed.
There was also the group of martial generals.
Tomorrow at the court, if Wang Xinzhi stood up against it, what kind of picture would that be?
Xu Qingnian became somewhat curious.
And at this moment, when Xu Qingnian returned to the Shouren Academy.
A figure also appeared outside the Shouren Academy.
It was …… Hua Xinyun’s figure.
