The Submissive Emperor

"Do it yourself?" Xiao Chengjun frowned. He came to Minzhou to keep a low profile and stay away from the capital, and to obtain a part of the military power in order to gain power. As for making money, he hadn't considered it, and he was not good at it. This way.

"Let's talk to those pirate merchants for business, and beat them along the way to control the pirates. If the pirates they bring do anything wrong, we'll kill them along with them." Lou Jing cut his neck.

Xiao Chengjun pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "We can't do business." It's different from turning a blind eye to going into battle with your own hands.

Lou Jing sighed, puffed her face and lay on the lap of His Royal Highness King Min, buried her face in his lower abdomen, and said in a muffled voice: "You don't even know how much money the rich businessmen in Rongcheng make, so The mansion is even more magnificent than the Prince of Min's Mansion. They earn money with peace of mind through the kindness of Marquis Jingnan, but the fishermen will be slaughtered by pirates..."

"Of course they won't make it easier for them," Xiao Chengjun chuckled, and touched the head on his lap, "If the ruler of one side does everything by himself, he will definitely lose sight of the other."

Lou Jing was taken aback, then looked up at him, her bright eyes were full of curiosity.

Xiao Chengjun smiled slightly, "Why don't we collect taxes, at least we can take off [-]% of the profits."

Winning the interests of the world, and only looking at the interests of the moment, this is the difference between the king of Fujian and the concubine, the monarch and the lucky one!

The situation in the DPRK and China is getting tighter day by day, and generally speaking, it is very unfavorable for the third prince.

Just after the new year, he was grounded, and later because he privately met with the noble sons, he offended the emperor. He was planning to hide his strength and bide his time, but the second prince, who was more noble than him, suddenly recovered and walked in front of others, completely taking away his glory go.

There were more and more memorials to invite the second prince to be established, but Emperor Chunde did not approve any of them, but asked Xiao Chengjin who lived in the palace to come to the imperial study.

Wearing a moon-white royal robe, Xiao Chengjin walked slowly into the imperial study.

Emperor Chunde looked at the slightly pale face of the second prince, and was in a daze for a while.Both brothers were born of Concubine Shu, Xiao Chengjun's face was cold and hard, while Xiao Chengjin was much softer, in comparison, he looked more like Concubine Shu.

After so many years, Emperor Chunde could no longer remember Concubine Shu's appearance, but when he saw Xiao Chengjin, he suddenly remembered that the gentle woman in the Jiangnan water town always spoke in a soft voice, which made others couldn't help lowering her voice .

"My son has met my father, long live my father, long live my father." Xiao Chengjin lifted his clothes, knelt down and saluted slowly, his melodious voice was still morbidly weak.

"You are not in good health, get up and sit down." Emperor Chunde couldn't help lowering his voice when he saw such a weak second prince.

"Thank you, father." Xiao Chengjin thanked him, and did not refuse, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the chair Huaizhong brought.

Concubine Chen Gui in Luanyi Palace soon got the news that the emperor summoned the second prince, and the two had a happy chat in the imperial study.

"Every time the emperor asks about anything, King Jing can quote the scriptures," the little eunuch who reported the letter said cautiously, "I heard laughter coming from the imperial study, and the emperor also said..."

"What did you say?" Chen Guifei stared at the little eunuch coldly, as if she wanted to stare him out of a hole.

The little eunuch shrank his neck in fright, and stammered: "The emperor praises Jing Wang for his extraordinary intelligence, and he is the only one among the princes..."

"Crack!" The cup in Concubine Chen Guifei's hands was thrown out viciously, knocked on the bluestone floor tiles, and shattered, "It's just because of my sick body, I'm not afraid of the emperor's suspicion, so I just wanted to show off!"

In terms of knowledge, perhaps the second prince who has a photographic memory reads a lot, but in terms of vision and strategy, no one can compare to the former prince and the current King of Fujian.But Xiao Chengjun always pretended to be mediocre in front of Emperor Chunde, and the third prince often pretended to be dull in order to please his father, but it gave the second prince, who was not afraid of being jealous, an advantage, how could she not hate it?

The fact is indeed so, when Emperor Chunde saw Xiao Chengjin, who was knowledgeable and fluent in answering questions, he just felt pity in his heart, but he couldn't feel any suspicion.On the one hand, he is physically weak, no matter how wise he is, he has no physical strength to do anything; on the other hand, Emperor Chunde has no intention of passing on the throne to him.

"Since both of you father and son have entered the palace, you will stay for a longer period of time. I will visit the emperor and grandson when I have time." Emperor Chunde said with a smile.

"I obey the order." Xiao Chengjin bowed in response.

When King Jing returns to Fengyi Palace, the emperor's reward will arrive.

Ginseng over 300 years old, Ganoderma lucidum 500 years old, and Saussurea tribute from the Western Regions are all extremely precious supplements, not to mention the boxes of golden bird’s nest and silk medicinal materials, which are very rich.

Looking at these rewards, Ji Jue curled his lips slightly, "The emperor always shows mercy to those who show weakness."

On the other side, Concubine Chen Gui's eyes were red with anger.

Forced Xiao Chengjun away, killed Xiao Chengzheng, but ended up taking advantage of Xiao Chengjin, no, this kind of thing must never happen.Taking a deep breath, a trace of cruelty flashed in Chen Guifei's eyes, "I heard that the Second Prince is extremely afraid of the cold, and as long as there is something cold in his food, it will kill him."

"Your Majesty, this can't be done," the chief eunuch of Luanyi Palace hurriedly looked at it privately, and persuaded in a low voice, "Now Prince Jing lives in Fengyi Palace, where the water can't get in, how can he do it?"

"Isn't there still Spring Fortune?" Chen Guifei said coldly.

"Your Majesty, it took a lot of effort to put Chunfu in. Now it may not be possible to do it now. It's a pity to abandon Chunfu." There is no doubt that she will die, how could Concubine Chen make such a foolish move out of a moment of anger?

Concubine Chen Gui remained silent, as if she was calculating which would be more cost-effective to kill Xiao Chengjin inside or outside the palace.If Xiao Chengjin lived in Fengyi Palace until he became the crown prince, then he would do it at that time. As the biological mother of the third prince, they would definitely be inseparable. If he bites back, it will be beyond redemption.

For a while, I fell into a dilemma and couldn't make a choice.

It was bound to be a sleepless night.

People in the capital tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and the rich merchants in Rongcheng were also trembling and panicked.

The King of Min ordered, and each family was told that the heads of these big families should go to the Mansion of the King of Min the next day.

But all the people who were named, without exception, had contacts with Japanese pirates.Originally, Minzhou had been ruled by a vassal king, which already made them feel uneasy. Now that they have made it clear that they have to settle accounts with them, how can they still sleep peacefully?

The next day, Xiao Chengjun was wearing the prince's fancy clothes, sitting on the top of the main hall, looking coldly at the wealthy businessmen kneeling on the ground shivering, "You can know why the king called you here?"

When everyone heard the words, they glanced at each other, and answered "I don't know" unevenly.

Xiao Chengjun didn't intend to let them tell the reason, so he waved his hands, and several people who were wearing Yuchao people's costumes but were obviously much shorter were pulled in and knelt with the rich merchants.

"Do you recognize these people?" Xiao Chengjun asked coldly.

The rich merchants panicked suddenly. Aren't these Japanese merchants doing business in their homes?How did you get caught here?Everyone was shaking like a sieve, pushing someone out to speak.

"Your Highness, these people are businessmen from Japan." The people pushed out were not very old, they looked in their early thirties, and they were more energetic than those fat-headed people. Although their faces were a little pale, they were very calm.

"What's your name?" Xiao Chengjun looked at the man.

"Dai Cheng, a grassroots man, is the head of the Dai family in Rongcheng and the president of the Minzhou Chamber of Commerce." Na Dai Cheng said frankly.

Xiao Chengjun nodded secretly, this is a talent, but he was not moved at all on the face, and said coldly, "You are honest, these Japanese pirates do evil and hurt the people of Dayu, but you are friendly with them, buying and selling goods , can you be found guilty?"

There was a rich and fat businessman who couldn't bear it, rolled his eyes and passed out.

The beating was almost done, Xiao Chengjun raised his hand, and the official who was proficient in Dongying dialect stepped forward, relayed Xiao Chengjun's words to those Dongying businessmen, and told them that this is the vassal king of Fujian Province, who has the power to kill all the people in the fief. Power, those Japanese people suddenly became more honest.

"Your Highness, the grassroots know that they are guilty." Dai Cheng's face was not good-looking, but the people behind him couldn't count on him, so he could only say, "However, Minzhou is poor, and we can't even pay taxes if we depend on the sky. Waiting for the family to do these business for generations..."

Xiao Chengjun just listened to his narration with a serious expression, without interjecting, Dai Cheng talked to himself for a long while, seeing that the young prince was still expressionless, he was even more uncertain, and at the end, he became a little incoherent.

"My lord only said two things," Xiao Chengjun said slowly when he saw that the timing was about the same, "From today onwards, my lord does not object to overseas people coming to do business. However, they have to pay taxes when they come to our land. , Whoever buys and sells goods, must pay [-]% of the tax."

"Ah?" Everyone was in an uproar. Thirty percent of the tax was too high. Looking at the entire Dayu, there was no tax that was so high.

"Secondly, those Japanese pirates who burned, killed, and looted are already in cahoots with you. If you want to do business, you must manage your people well. From today onwards, all Japanese pirates who violate the common people will be strangled together with their employers, and there will be no mercy. !" Xiao Chengjun's voice was calm and powerful, echoing in the empty hall, shocking people's hearts.

It took a while for those Fujian merchants and Dongying people to realize that His Highness the King of Fujian did not intend to cut off their livelihood, and because of the power of the vassal king, they could do business with peace of mind without being convicted, but they had to pay high taxes. At the same time, once those pirates disturb the people, whoever hired the pirates will be killed together!