Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 150 Face (addition 611 for Tang Tieguang leader)

But what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that when he went to the queen's side, Concubine Tian Gui was there.

Empress Zhou was also very happy to see him coming, and after a quick salute, she picked up a piece of cotton cloth on the table and said to Emperor Chongzhen with a smile: "Your Majesty, my concubine and sister Tian are talking about the improvement of this cotton cloth!"

After finishing speaking, she took the initiative to approach Emperor Chongzhen, pointed to the piece of cotton cloth, and added: "Today, my concubine and your sisters spun these cotton cloths with some maids and servants. The ones piled up next to it are just concubines. Both Shen and Sister Tian are dissatisfied, thinking about how to change it!"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard it, and stretched out his hand to take a look at the piece of cotton cloth.Although he doesn't understand this, he can still see the approximate shape of the fabric.He felt that Queen Zhou was right, these cotton cloths could be regarded as inferior products.But it is also understandable, after all, this is the first batch of weaving in the palace.

Empress Zhou saw that after Emperor Chongzhen had finished reading the cotton cloth in hand, she turned to look at the pile of cotton cloth next to her, and said a little shyly, "Don't look at it, Your Majesty, this is already the best piece of cotton cloth. My concubine and sister Tian must I will try my best to change it, improve my craftsmanship, and if I sell it later, I won’t lose the face of the royal family.”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, his heart suddenly moved. After a little thought, he changed his original plan, and immediately shook his head and said to Queen Zhou: "No, since a batch has been spun, it's okay to sell it tomorrow morning." . But just embroider a mark on the cotton cloth to indicate that it was produced in the palace."

The concept of a trademark actually existed in ancient times.Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't say it clearly, Empress Zhou also understood.

But she didn't care about this, but said in surprise: "Your Majesty, but this cotton... cotton cloth..."

Concubine Tian Gui who was next to her was taken aback when she heard it, and was very stunned: How could such a cotton cloth be sold?

"What does it matter? It's normal for the first batch of cotton cloth produced in the palace to have some flaws." Emperor Chongzhen said disapprovingly, "Just do as I say. Take it out for sale tomorrow morning. By the way, it can be sold on cotton cloth." Embroider the date on it. In addition, the method of sale should be that of a secret auction. The first sale will be made tomorrow morning, and the queen will go to sit in town. This way others will know as soon as possible that it was produced in the palace."

"..." Queen Zhou and Concubine Tian looked at each other, both speechless.

Since the past dynasties, the queen has personally gone to the town to buy and sell things. This is really a bit appalling.To put it bluntly, it would be detrimental to face.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had already had a long talk with Queen Zhou before.There is no doubt which one is more important, the country or the country.Now that Queen Zhou listened to Emperor Chongzhen's request, she could even feel the anxiety in the emperor's heart.

Recalling the previous conversation with Emperor Chongzhen in her mind, Empress Zhou made a decision, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will leave early tomorrow morning, and raise more money as soon as possible to subsidize the palace."

Concubine Tian Gui on the side covered her open mouth with her hand, her eyes were full of shock.Looking at the emperor and then at the queen, it feels a little incredible!Is there really such a shortage of money in the palace?
As if he knew what she was thinking, Emperor Chongzhen put down the cotton cloth, sat down, rubbed his forehead and said, "The only Qin soldier in King Qin's army who can fight, although he won a big victory this time, his own loss is not small, and he is resting. If the imperial court has no money, if the pensions and rewards are not in place for a long time, I am afraid that the hearts of these meritorious soldiers will be chilled. In this way, I am afraid that there will be no army that can fight against Jianlu."

"Also, in the victory report document, it was also mentioned that the armor of our Daming army is far from that of the Jianlu army. This is why the Qin soldiers still suffered relatively large casualties when they had the upper hand. But to improve these, but I need money." Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen sighed, "I am really driven crazy by money!"

He wasn't exaggerating when he said that, it was what it was.The 20 taels discussed at the court in the morning was only the minimum amount of taels required for this great victory.There are also food and grass supplies, supplements of ordnance and equipment, etc., all of which require a large sum of money.If there is still a battle to be fought, the silver needed is even more unknown.

This also shows that once there is a war, it is really a waste of money.Now that the treasury has no money, he, the emperor, has to raise it. If the original Emperor Chongzhen, he would definitely be driven crazy.

Empress Zhou was very upset when she heard it, and she choked up a little, and said quickly: "It's really embarrassing for Your Majesty, I will definitely weave some more and sell them."

Concubine Tian Gui listened to it, feeling a little sad.She has actually heard a little about the hardships of the country.However, she did not expect that the matter had become so serious.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't sit for a long time, he stood up quickly, and suddenly became a bit ruthless, and said in a quiet but firm voice: "For the sake of the country, don't talk about the royal face, I will do anything, this is why My responsibility!"

After finishing speaking, he was about to turn around and leave. Before leaving, he thought of something again, so he turned around and asked Concubine Tian Gui, "How is the emperor?"

Concubine Tian Gui was a little surprised by the emperor's determination, but when she asked about her son, she quickly replied: "It has improved in the past few days. The imperial doctor said that it will be completely cured after another five days of treatment." .”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was also relieved, nodded and said: "That's good, I have too many things to do, so Concubine Ai should worry more about herself."

"Well, it should be so, His Majesty is busy with state affairs." Concubine Tian Gui replied with a nod.

Emperor Chongzhen did not stay any longer, and left under the respectful escort of Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian.

Early the next morning, Emperor Chongzhen's personal servant Chen Baoting came to the queen's side to listen to the order.Because the shop outside the palace was arranged by Chen Baoting.

Empress Zhou also remembered this, she had already made preparations and left the palace early.There is no grand pomp, just some necessary accompaniments.

Even so, it still caused a stir.Passers-by along the way were curious when they saw him.What's more, there will be maids and servants briefly explaining the situation to passers-by.Immediately, some people ran back to their mansion to report the news, while others followed behind to watch the excitement.

This is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has encountered it in nearly 300 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Unless there is something urgent, it is absolutely necessary to watch the excitement!

The location of the store is not in a bustling area, but when the queen arrives, the place will be bustling immediately.Although it can't be called a sea of ​​people, the crowd is the most crowded here.

Naturally, the Queen will not show up in person, but coming here is just an attitude.A maid came out to explain the situation, and the auction was ready to start.

When the crowd of onlookers heard that there was no money in the palace, so that the queen had to weave in the palace and sell it outside the palace to subsidize the expenses in the palace, they immediately exploded.Who would have thought that the expenses in the palace would be so tense?

"I didn't expect, I didn't expect, the emperor of my Ming Dynasty is so poor!"

"No, I heard that a friend of the son of my aunt next door was working in the palace. I accidentally saw it. I walked a little faster today, but the wind blew the corners of my clothes, revealing the clothes inside. It has been patched. I didn’t believe it before, but now... ah, I really didn’t expect it!”

"I also heard recently that the palace is laying off manpower. It is said that they cannot support so many people!"

"..."

As they talked, they couldn't help feeling very emotional.Thinking about it, it was really not easy for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!

"I really didn't expect it. The Hou's Mansion where my son works is usually called a ostentation. Our Emperor Ming is so poor that even the Hou's Mansion is worse!"

"You don't need to say, don't talk about the Hou's mansion, just those who are officials, which mansion will have no money?"

"Yes, nowadays, the emperor has no money, the imperial court has no money, the officials have money, and the imperial relatives have money!"

"..."

Therefore, some people sympathized with the Daming royal family, some people wanted to be extravagant, and some people thought about whether they could have a relationship with the palace... Anyway, there were various reasons, which led to the first scene. The auction of cotton cloth produced in the palace was extremely popular.

As for the quality of the cotton cloth, not many people actually care about it.

At the same time, at the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion, Jiang Dong brought Li Guochen early in the morning.He doesn't care whether you are a royal relative or not, since he has obeyed the order and has been forced to delay for a day, there is no longer any delay, so he immediately urged for the silver taels.

"This boss, the Hou's mansion really doesn't have that much money. My father's family wealth was all fabricated by this bastard." Of course, Li Guorui would not hand out the money, but looked at Li Guochen in disgust, and coldly spoke to Jiang. Dong said.

When Li Guochen heard it, he immediately became angry, pointed at Li Guorui and shouted: "You son of a lowly maidservant, how dare you lie?"

Jiang Dong was too lazy to talk, and shouted in a cold voice: "At noon at the latest, if you don't hand over the money, don't blame me for being rude!"

After hearing this, Li Guorui suddenly laughed "sadly", as if he was driven to a dead end, and after saying "OK" a few times, a big show began.

The people in the Hou's mansion, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately moved out of the "bottles and cans", "pots and pans" and so on, and began to move outside the gate of the mansion.

This scene surprised Jiang Dong and the others, and naturally someone asked what was going on.

So, I saw Li Guorui crying a few times in the sky, and then replied: "Ben Hou Ye really can't pay that much money, if you don't hand over the money at noon, this stall owner will be rude, Ben Hou Ye What else can I do? I can only sell the property, and sell it at a low price!"

His answer stunned everyone who heard it, no matter if they were Dongchang fanzi, household servants, etc.

I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people.The majestic Lord Hou is going to sell pots and pans in the street?Speaking of this matter, it is really a big joke of the Ming Dynasty once in a hundred years!
This time, even Jiang Dong couldn't take it anymore, it was really embarrassing to do it like this.While he ordered to stop them from leaving the mansion, he sent someone to urgently report to the factory official for a decision.

So, at the Hou's mansion, a group of servants knocked on the pots and pans, assuming that it was not a big deal, and started selling them before they left the mansion.

"The Marquis of Wuqing's mansion is in a hurry to use up the money, so sell it cheap, sell it cheap!"

"The imperial court is pressing hard, there is really no other way, sell it cheap, sell it cheap!"

"..."

There was so much commotion here that many passers-by at the door poked their heads here.

But soon, the person sent back came back, lowered his head and told Jiang Dong: "The factory owner said, don't worry about what they do, we only charge money!"

When Jiang Dong heard this, he was a little surprised, thinking in his heart, is this really good?

He naturally didn't know, Cao Huachun was also surprised when he heard it, and immediately asked Emperor Chongzhen for an order, and finally got the order.

Jiang Dong had instructions, so naturally he wouldn't stop him.

So, the servants of the Hou's mansion moved the pots and pans out of the mansion, and started to set up street stalls to sell them loudly, attracting more and more people to watch.

Mr. Qian shook his head again and again, but Jiang Dong sneered, with one thought in his heart, it was really shameless!

During this process, Li Guochen was also dumbfounded.After finally regaining his senses, he felt that it was going to be bad.

If others think that the Hou Mansion really has no money, and they are all forced into this position by the court, where will the court face the court? If they want to find a scapegoat at that time, it might be him.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly went to the street and loudly explained to the onlookers that the Hou Mansion had so much money.However, he is alone, and obviously, not many people agree with him.

What he didn't expect was that things became more and more serious.

The current empress's father and the crown prince's grandfather, Jiadingbo Zhou Kui rushed over after hearing the sound. Hearing that Marquis Wuqing was forced to this position, he said indignantly in front of the onlookers on the street that the imperial court actually wanted to force him to do so. Marquis Wu Qing took out so much money, how could it be possible?However, you can't resist and disobey, right?Anyway, they are all relatives of the royal family, and they always have to help with this job.

However, he also has no money.But it's nothing, even if it's a waste of money, we must help Wu Qinghou tide over the difficulties.

So, under the dumbstruck of everyone, the servants of Jiadingbo's mansion who had been prepared for a long time came over with pots and pans, and set up a stall next to the servants of Wuqinghou's mansion.You yelled, I yelled, echoing each other, selling pots and pans.

Such a wonderful thing, of course, spread quickly, and the crowd of onlookers soon increased.

At the same time, at the auction of cotton cloth, someone suddenly came to Chen Baoting and said a few words, Chen Baoting immediately went to Queen Zhou, saying that it's okay to make a point here, but it's not convenient for the queen to stay here all the time, and it's time to go back to the palace.

Empress Zhou also had the same idea, so she got up and drove back to the palace.

After walking for a while, the leading officer suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he asked Chen Baoting who was leading the way: "Eunuch Chen, did you go the wrong way?"

"No, it's the same when returning to the palace from here." Chen Baoting replied after listening, "We don't need to make such a big show like we did when we first came out. This side is where nobles live, and there will be fewer people watching."

It seemed that this was indeed the case, so the man had no objection and walked away from here.However, he didn't expect that this place would be very lively, even so lively that the street was blocked.

(End of this chapter)