Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

Wendedi super super loves money.

Crazy poor people take money more seriously.

Gu Jiu was not sure whether Emperor Wende knew about the existence of this account.

Better not to know.

In this way, dividends can be distributed quietly and evenly.

Of course, Gu Jiu didn't want to be greedy for the dividends of the 300,000 principal.

She wanted to directly hand over the dividends to the Shaofu without disturbing Emperor Wende.

If you want to do this, you must obtain the cooperation of the Shaofu family order.

The commander of the Shaofu family stroked his beard and looked peaceful.

In the signing room, no one spoke. Only the charcoal fire was burning, exuding heat and warmth.

The tea gradually lost its temperature and was no longer suitable for drinking.

Gu Jiu still picked up the teacup and took a sip of the residual tea.

The charcoal fire was about to go out, and the Shaofu family decree said, This is difficult to do.

Could it be that Your Majesty has already set his sights on this money? Gu Jiu asked curiously.

The Shaofu family decree shook his head, It's not as serious as you said. The old man remembers that His Majesty is aware of the investment made by the late emperor. The fact that His Majesty did not ask about it today does not mean that His Majesty will not ask about it tomorrow. Even if His Majesty forgets People around His Majesty will remind you of this matter. After all, this is a lot of money.

After a pause, the Shaofu family decree said again: Your Majesty has opened the harem, and the cost is very high.

Raising a woman costs money.

It is more expensive for the emperor to raise a woman.

Gu Jiu smiled, The bank of the Shaofu is making a lot of money every day. Now the Shaofu is not bad for money, and the spending of the harem is just a small problem for the Shaofu.

The Shaofu family commander blew his beard and stared, Really, everyone in the Shaofu eats air and doesn't need a salary? The Shaofu manages so many industries, and there are tens of thousands of people who pay salaries every month. They support so much. People, they need a lot of money. Near the end of the year, those in the royal clan who can’t make a living will all go to the Shaofu to fight the autumn wind. The Shaofu can’t ask people to go back empty-handed.”

The Shaofu family decree also learned from Gu Jiu's style and began to cry poor.

Gu Jiu's brows and eyes twitched, this is the rhythm of a disciple of the church, a master starved to death.

Ancestor don't cry poor,

The younger generation is poorer than you, and this year's New Year's Eve can't be opened.

The Shaofu family made a look of consternation, Can anyone believe what you said?

Gu Jiu asked back: The old ancestor kept saying that the young mansion has no money, will anyone believe this?

The Shaofu family made a tangled face.

The two of them said in unison, We are all poor!

Finally an agreement was reached.

Gu Jiu then sighed, First, I will share the 300,000 principal of the late emperor, and the 50,000 principal of the palace, to the ancestors. If your majesty asks, please ask the ancestors to deal with me for a while. Your Majesty's 50,000 principal dividends will be handed over to Your Majesty. I will not enter the palace.

Since he couldn't hide it, Gu Jiu didn't do any unnecessary things. Everything is done according to the procedure.

The Shaofu family decree said: The two dividends from the late emperor and the palace, the old man can accept it first. But the 50,000 dividends from your majesty's principal, the old man does not dare to go overboard and replace it. You should go to Chang En on this matter. Have you put any money in? Ask him to help you clean up.

Eunuch Chang has been on business for a few days, and it will take five days before he can leave the palace to rest. That's it, it's okay, I'll wait for him for five days.

Gu Jiu looked aggrieved, and the Shaofu family decree refused to help.

The Shaofu Family Ling happily said, You don't have to wait five days. I guess the palace has already got the news. It won't be long before that old man Chang En will take the initiative to find you.

Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows, her heart inexplicably a little empty, To tell the truth from my ancestors, I am most afraid of talking about money with Your Majesty. Talking about money hurts feelings.

The Shaofu family commander shook his beard, You don't have to be afraid, you have money anyway.

Gu Jiu sighed, I really don't have any money. All the money is invested in the workshop and into the cement road. There are only tens of thousands of miles left to eat.

You eat better than the old man, and the old man doesn't have tens of thousands of taels to eat.

Gu Jiu supported his forehead, Is the old ancestor really not helping me?

This old man can't help you. What should come will always come, so don't be nervous. Your Majesty can't eat people.

Gu Jiu had a hurt expression on his face.

The Shaofu Family Ling laughed happily.

...

Xingqing Palace. This

Chang En was on duty beside Emperor Wende.

Emperor Wende was busy for two hours and was about to rest for a while, so he asked, What day is today?

Reporting to Your Majesty, today is the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day when the Four Seas Commercial Bank distributes dividends.

Dividend?

Exactly. The project outside Nancheng Gate has been in operation for so many years, and finally I see money.

Emperor Wende said immediately: If I remember correctly, I also invested tens of thousands of taels in it at the beginning. You old slave, you also invested money.

Chang En laughed, Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, the old slave invested five thousand taels and threw the coffin into it.

This is not true, and Emperor Wende did not expose him.

Since it's the day of dividends, why haven't I seen the silver? Could it be that Gu Jiu was greedy for my money?

Mrs. Zhao is greedy for anyone's money, and she doesn't dare to be greedy for His Majesty's money. I'm afraid it's inconvenient to go to the palace, so I couldn't deliver the money to the palace in time.

Emperor Wende thought for a while, You go to her. No, ask Gu Jiu to enter the palace. I have something to ask her face to face. In addition, first invite the Shaofu family order to the palace and ask him to bring the account book.

Old slave obeys!

The commander of the Shaofu family was called into the palace first, with the ledger.

Emperor Wende first politely called out his uncle, and the Shaofu family decree dared to respond, saying: The monarch is the monarch, and the minister is the minister.

Emperor Wen De did not force him, but directly asked about the income of Shaofu this year.

The Shaofu family decree turned over the ledger and reported the same.

From salt and iron, to Shaofu Qianzhuang, to Huangzhuang, to mining, to various industries.

After the general ledger is reported, Emperor Wende has a bottom line on his income this year.

I didn't expect that Shaofu Bank's annual revenue would exceed the tax on salt and iron. It's no wonder that private banks are blooming everywhere, because this business is hugely profitable, money generates money, and money comes easily and quickly.

Emperor Wende pondered for a while, Now it seems that the bank has a lot to do. We must promote the bank of Shaofu to every prefecture and county in Dazhou as soon as possible. Use thunderous means to suppress private banks and balance the interest rate of private loans. He was forced to go bankrupt by a private bank and sold himself into slavery.”

The tax revenue of the imperial court came from the common people and peasants in the market, and the government corvée was also borne by these people. Conscription is also collected from these people.

These people are all good people.

Once the good people were forced to go bankrupt because of loan sharks, they were sold as slaves. Every extra slave meant that the imperial court lost one tax, one less source of conscripts, and one less corvée.

And the big families who bought slaves and slaves vigorously squeezed those serfs, mine slaves, textile slaves, and all kinds of slaves.

The wealth created by these slaves all fell into the hands of the big families, and the court could not get a penny.

The court suffered heavy losses, but the big households created more wealth and became richer because of slavery. They use their increased wealth to lend usury while buying the land and houses of bankrupt good people.

Turn the peasant's land into a farm.

Turn the land deeds of good people's houses into shops one by one, forming a real monopoly on land and real estate.

In the final analysis, folk usury is just digging the corner of the imperial court, creating more and more poor peasants, bankrupt people, refugees, and chaotic people.

To solve the problems of poor peasants, bankrupt peasants, refugees and chaotic people, it all depends on the money and efforts of the imperial court.

This creates a vicious circle.

The court tax is less and less, but more and more places to spend money.

The big households are always rich, and the court is always poor.

If it goes on like this, sooner or later there will be a big mess.

Fortunately, in the past two years, the court's business tax has improved. Don't count on farm taxes year round.

The reliance on agricultural taxes has been reduced, which means that when the court is short of money, there is no need to repeatedly increase taxes on farmers.

As long as the imperial court does not raise taxes, the burden on the peasants will not increase.

It can be said that the commercial tax has slowed down the speed of farmers going bankrupt to a certain extent.

This is also the fundamental reason why, in recent years, there have been frequent natural disasters everywhere, but no major chaos has occurred.

The increase in business tax has solved a great social contradiction, allowing farmers to take a breath during the famine years.

Many courtiers, with limited vision, did not realize this.

But the top talents of the court, such as Li Shizhong, realized this a few years ago.

Emperor Wende also clearly recognized the important role of business tax in balancing social contradictions.

Not to mention the Shaofu family order, he personally participated in it and experienced it more deeply.

He couldn't help but recall, when did the increase in business tax begin?

It seems that the cooperation between Shaofu and Gu Jiu started.

Since Shaofu opened the bank, the income of Shaofu has increased year by year, and it has been able to easily support the household department and reduce the pressure on the household department.

What is even more commendable is that there is no usury in the entire Gyeonggi region.

All private banks lend at the interest rate of Shaofu Bank, with a monthly interest rate of 1 cent and 5%, and no rolling or compounding of interest is allowed.

The income of private banks is naturally much less than that of usury, but it is still profitable. And don't have to bear the responsibility of forcing people to die.

The monthly interest is 1 cent and 5 percent, grit your teeth, do more work, or borrow a little from relatives and friends, and you can always pay it back.

In the Gyeonggi area, the atmosphere of the lending industry has become very fresh.

Compared with the rampant usury in the south, the private banks in the Gyeonggi area are like small and fresh.

But even so, there are still many southern banks that have set up branches in the capital.

Why?

Because since Mrs. Zhao started to build the Nancheng Gate, the commerce in the capital has become more and more active.

All walks of life, food, clothing, housing, and transportation have all been driven by a project outside Nanchengmen to flourish.

Like those who burn bricks, those who burn tiles, those who make wood... The money they make in a year today is comparable to the money they made in the past few years.

Businesses are active, and the lending market is also active.

Even if the maximum monthly interest rate cannot exceed one cent or five percent, it still attracts a large number of private banks from the north and the south to flood into the capital to seize the market.