Chapter 229
When he heard that it was a post from the capital, Zhu Youning didn't have to think about it carefully and guessed what the old man found her for. It was related to the fact that he had just heard that Yan Sui was going to get married at Fang Wenjing's house.
Sure enough, when he returned to the Zhu family this time, Mr. Zhu's attitude towards Zhu Youning was simply a 180-degree turn. When Zhu Youning came to pay a visit, he was too lazy to raise his face and eyelids, but now he was smiling and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes bloomed into chrysanthemums.
"I don't know what grandfather is asking me for."
Old Master Zhu smiled and stretched out his hand back.
Zhu Huazhang, who was standing behind Mr. Zhu, immediately took out a post with red base and gold stamping from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Youning.
Zhu Youning pretended not to know, took the post with both hands and opened it, and confirmed that Yan Sui was about to get married. She invited her to see her at the capital. She looked shocked and said, "This... I am not familiar with Mr. Yan, so this post is a bit strange."
Old Master Zhu immediately frowned and scolded: "Now you can't call Master Yan anymore, you should call Master Bo."
"Brother?" Zhu Youning stared at him in surprise.
Zhu Huazhang rebuked lightly and said, "You don't know this? Uncle Yan is Uncle Renyi personally named by the emperor Yukou, and his fiancee is the pearl in Jiang Ge's hometown. It seems that you have only studied hard in the academy for many years. That's right, a daughter's house should learn to embroidery well. In the future, you can choose a good in-laws' family and carry it directly from the Zhu family's door into the in-laws' door. You can go out and learn how to do business."
Zhu Youning Quan pretended that he didn't understand the ridicule in his words, but said to Mr. Zhu in surprise: "I didn't expect that Mr. Yan is now all uncle, but I'm just going to the appointment. Isn't it a bit inappropriate?"
Zhu Youning's eyes flashed, and he looked like a little girl who had never seen the world before.
Mr. Zhu felt a little disgusted. At that time, this granddaughter was full of spiritual energy, but now she was taught by Luo Xun to become a dull female nerd. Her talent in business has been wasted. Now she doesn’t even have the courage to go to a wedding banquet. It seems that the person who came to the clan conference alone to grab business was not her at all.
Mr. Zhu said a little displeasedly: "Please post only with your name, but no one else is invited. Those who are waiting for the wedding, how can those who have no invitation rely on the top? If you don't go, who else would want to go for you?"
Zhu Youning lowered her head when scolded, looking frightened.
Seeing this, Mr. Zhu was afraid that she would not know the inside story. If she went to the capital and commit crimes, she had to explain: "You should be polite to Uncle Yan when you go this time, and you should not be as casual as before. You did get along at the chamber of commerce at the time, but now they are celebrities in front of the emperor. Even our county magistrate Cai must be polite to each other."
After years of hard work, County Magistrate Cai became the magistrate again.
Both Mr. Zhu and Zhu Huazhang were a little bit sensible.
Mr. Zhu said: "In recent years, the economic depression has been obvious. After that, gold and silver were not allowed to be circulated. Will the court print their own treasure money as long as it comprads things?
"When the economy was depressed, there were many disasters everywhere. Only three years ago, the Yellow River flooded, which caused several dams to break and hundreds of thousands of people to be displaced.
"At that time, the construction of embankments, rebuilding cities, and resettlement of victims made the emperor anxious. However, the treasury was empty and could not afford the money. The treasure money printed urgently was printed, but few people were willing to do this business. Who would have been willing to work in vain and get a pile of waste paper back?
"In the crisis, Yan Boye stood up and contacted the local officials, saying that he would contract the trimming of dams, rebuilding cities, building bridges and roads, building houses, etc. He also did not want the imperial court's treasure money and was willing to pay real money to do this matter by himself.
"There is such a kind-hearted businessman in the people. The emperor immediately summoned the audience and talked about rewards. Yes, Mr. Yan said, "As a great Zhou, it is not right to do things for the Great Zhou Dynasty?" The emperor was very moved. It is said that he shed tears on the spot. He turned around and insisted on rewarding Mr. Yan, and he had to pay a certain amount of money for Mr. Yan. - Working for the country, we can't let a businessman who has always been despised out of his own pocket, but the court was silent and it was not nice to spread it.
"Yan Sui said to the emperor: 'If the emperor really wants to give it to me, I don't want the silver from the court, as long as the taxes in the area I have been practicing in my lifetime.'"
Speaking of this, Mr. Zhu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. Seeing Zhu Youning looking dumb and listening to it, he said, "I want the country's taxes? At first glance, it really sounds like a lion speaks loudly.
"But the emperor upgraded the account book of the Ministry of Revenue and found that the annual tax revenue of the region mentioned by Yan Bo Ye is only five taels of silver! Even if Yan Bo Ye can live for a hundred years, five taels of silver a year, the court only gave him less than five hundred taels. And Yan Sui spent more than one million taels of real money and silver for the country."
Zhu Youning exclaimed in time: "How is it possible? Why does a region have only five taels of silver in a year?"
"That's all." Old Master Zhu shook his head and said, "How do we collect taxes in our Great Zhou Dynasty? Didn't Mr. Luo tell you?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youning nodded immediately as if he had realized it.
The taxes in the Great Zhou were collected by officials from all over the country, leaving the local needs for that year, and only paying the rest. So when the emperor took off one layer, the tax and silver that only reached the sight of the emperor became a huge area with only five taels of silver a year. Sometimes the year was not good, and the court even had to allocate funds - although the treasure money was allocated like waste paper.
"Since that's the case, Uncle Yan has made facts for the country and the people." Zhu Youning said.
Mr. Zhu said, "Yes. But he offended many people. The local officials have no money to make. They have sued them several times in the joint letter."
Zhu Youning said: "But the emperor still trusts Uncle Yan very much?"
Mr. Zhu said: "Those local officials cannot afford to pay for money to build bridges and roads. Now the national treasury is becoming more and more tense, and there are more places to use money in the future. Of course, the emperor will protect Mr. Yan. Now, as long as he is in the capital, he is often summoned to the palace to chat with the emperor and play chess. The limelight can be said to be less than that of the cabinet masters of the current dynasty. Therefore, when you go to the capital this time, you must not offend Mr. Yan. After having a safe wedding banquet, you will come back honestly. Did you hear it?" The last question was extremely strict.
Zhu Youning immediately nodded with a pale face: "Yes, my granddaughter knows, and I will definitely not dare to offend Master!"
Seeing that Zhu Youning was indeed afraid, Old Master Zhu felt a little relieved and asked her to put the invitation in hand and ask her to go back and prepare for the itinerary."
After leaving the house, Zhu Youning couldn't help but caress the gold-burned invitation and chuckled.
"Brother Renyi..."
If she hadn't been very familiar with Yan Sui, she would have really suspected that Yan Sui was also wearing it.
She has heard of the history of making a fortune by the founder of the Three Stars of Bangguo.
Yan Sui's success has become an unreplicable existence in this dynasty.
Chapter completed!