"Li Jinglong, I've made you fucking suffer!"
Hu Guan was sitting in the carriage, his face full of hatred.
Just now in the Qianqing Palace, the emperor scolded him bloody.
Say he is useless, say he is careless, say he is confused, say he is useless...
In fact, Hu Guan felt very aggrieved. His biggest wish was to live a peaceful life as a prince-in-law, waiting to die. But who would have thought that the emperor would hand over one heavy responsibility after another to him.
The blue-eyed, shady imperial eagle dog.
But in the Asset Accounting Department of the Ming Dynasty Royal Family, Hu Guan was really incapable of managing money.
That's not just a penny, it's the emperor's purse. If it's placed in his hands, it will increase in value year after year. It takes money to make money.
Therefore, under the emperor's instruction, he hit it off with Li Jinglong.
But who knew that Li Jinglong would cause so many scandals? And he himself also greatly neglected his duties and failed to supervise things well.
"Hey, this thing is... not human inside or outside!"
In the carriage carriage, Hu Guan swayed slightly and thought to himself.
"The emperor means that the royal family's assets are not allowed to interfere with the business within the Ming Dynasty. But if it is not within the Ming Dynasty, where can we make money?" The more Hu Guan thought about it, the more uncertain he became.
Then, he lifted the curtain and said to the coachman, "Iron Lion Street, Cao Guogong's residence, hurry up!"
The emperor was worried that he would never understand. The words of the seven censors and Zhu Gaochi suddenly alerted Zhu Yunxi.
If this continues, in less than ten years, there will be several conglomerate families with huge assets and powerful eyes in the Ming Dynasty, just like the big compradors of later generations.
These people can be above the law, above power, and even above traditional morality. They are extremely wealthy, but they are absolutely counterproductive to the country's industry and commerce.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly realized that he had made a huge mistake.
The empire's industry and commerce have just begun to have some sprouts of a free economy, and as the leader who holds the power of life and death, not only cannot they get involved, but they cannot interfere. Otherwise, this sprout of a free economy will inevitably grow into something weird in the future.
And the huge government and business group is like a greedy blood-sucking insect, lying on the back of the empire, endlessly sucking the fresh blood of the empire. It is getting fatter and fatter, but the empire will become weaker and weaker.
Even the entire empire will eventually become a country composed of these officials, businessmen and even compradors, and everything the empire does must be in line with their interests.
The carriage stopped at Iron Lion Street, and Hu Guan was about to get off.
But I saw the housekeeper of Cao Guogong's mansion, as if he was a dead mother, crying and urging several men who looked like doctors to rush to the mansion.
"What's going on at home?" Hu Guan asked in confusion.
"Hey, Prince Consort, I am... I am too busy to salute you!" the butler replied.
"Who is sick in your family? Where is Duke Cao?" Hu Guan asked.
The housekeeper stamped his feet and sighed, "Hey! It's our father-in-law who is sick!" After that, he urged the servants of the Li family, "Hurry, bring the doctors in, hurry up!" Then he turned to Hu Guan and said, "We I don’t know what’s going on, but when I came back from the palace, I started to have a fever as soon as I entered the house!”
As he spoke, he looked sad again and slapped his thigh, "I didn't say a few words before my eyes went dark and I passed away!"
"Ah?" Hu Guan was stunned for a moment and looked at the entrance and exit of the Li family, "Are you really sick?"
"Illness can still last!" the housekeeper said, and suddenly ran in the other direction and cried, "Young master, you are back. I just opened my eyes and muttered a few words to you, and then passed out again!"
Hu Guan saw the county horse Li Qi get off the horse in a hurry, without even saying hello, and plunged into the yard.
"Is he really sick? Hey, it's a damn coincidence that he got sick!" Hu Guan gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart.
But then, he realized in his heart that Li Jinglong's illness was definitely not fake, but real.
I heard that the emperor also scolded Duke Cao Guo severely.
Hu Guan knew more or less about the Emperor's temper. He was not afraid of the Emperor's anger, let alone the Emperor's punishment. What he was most afraid of was that the Emperor would curse but not be punished.
There is a certain amount of punishment, and once the punishment is done, it will be over.
But if there is no punishment, then the matter will never go away.
"Hey!" Hu Guan sighed again, "Go back home!"
"Yes!" The driver quickly jumped on the carriage and started driving.
Hu Guan closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said, "When you get home, go ahead and call all the principals of the accounting department and bring the account books with them."
"Yes!" The coachman responded simply.
"Hey!" Hu Guan just sighed.
Nowadays, there is no hope of finding Li Jinglong. All he can do is check the accounts to see how many transactions he has been involved in and how many properties he has purchased. Then he can think of a way to get rid of all those properties.
The emperor's original words in the Qianqing Palace were, I handed over the accounting department to you, but you turned my money bag into the largest and most domineering imperial businessman in the Ming Dynasty?
"Fortunately, I didn't take a penny from home!" Hu Guan felt scared for a while, "If anyone gets a little greedy and pursues his own selfish desires, Li Jinglong is not the only one who is sick today!"
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The next day, the front page of Yingtian Times was filled with a row of large bold characters.
"Holy decree, any official or official who uses his three generations of blood relatives, disciples, old friends, relatives and friends from the same hometown, etc. to participate in business is guilty of corruption! The same goes for noble families!"
"Within three months, all industrial and commercial businesses under your name will be sold. If you are unwilling, you can resign and retire. If you dare to conceal it, you will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor!"
As soon as the imperial edict was announced, both the court and the people were in an uproar.
It is an old rule that officials are not allowed to do business, but as long as a noble official's family comes from a noble family, who can't do business?
If you don’t do some business and open a few shops, it’s simply not enough to live on that salary!
It sounds like this imperial edict is a bit unfair, even a bit harsh.
But the emperor's attitude is to tell the world clearly that I am not trying to reason with you.
Since you enjoy the authority of your official position, you are not allowed to use this authority to make money for yourself legally and reasonably.
Either become an official, or you don't want to be an official!
In fact, ordinary people supported the emperor's imperial edict with both hands and feet.
The minds of the people are very simple. You can be an official for any good thing in the world. The emperor is in charge, and the emperor is wise.
Among the officials, there was a lot of controversy.
But no matter how controversial it was, they didn't see the emperor's true intention behind this imperial edict!
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The backyard of Zhu Gaochi's mansion.
In the pond heated by the sun, Zhu Gaochi lay with his back spread out, like a white-striped pig that had just lost its hair.
On the shore, two red-robed officials stood side by side. Judging from their clothes, they were both third-rank officials.
On the left of these two people is Zhuo Jing, and on the right is Chen Di, the Minister of Rites.
"The Qingliu people are applauding the emperor's imperial edict!" Chen Di said with a smile, "They are all saying privately that a gentleman does not speak of profit. If all the civil and military officials in the dynasty pursue money like Duke Cao, what will happen to the Ming Dynasty?"
puff!
Zhu Gaochi rinsed his fat face with water, then spit out a mouthful of water and looked at the two of them sideways, "You two think so too?"
Zhuo Jing leaned over and said, "Your Highness, don't you think so?"
"Ha!" Zhu Gaochi shook his head, "Qingliu people, you think that they imprisoned Cao Guogong and also imprisoned Gu, and letting the emperor issue an imperial edict is a good thing for Qingyuan? Little do you know! Haha, you shot yourself in the foot!"
Hearing this, Zhuo Jing and Chen Di were stunned and looked at each other with expressions full of confusion.
Zhu Gaochi picked up the sour plum soup and drank most of the bowl, then looked at the two of them and said, "It's hot out here, why don't you two come down and take a dip?"
"I don't dare!" Chen Di immediately smiled awkwardly, "May I ask, what does your highness mean by this?"
"You, you, you! You are stupid for learning!"
With a crash, Zhu Gaochi stood up fiercely.
Zhuo Jing and Chen Di lowered their heads at the same time, feeling that it was a bit irritating to their eyes.
This chapter has been completed!