Chapter 191 The dust has settled

Author: The cat who doesn’t drink water

Chapter 191 The dust has settled

Li Zhi nodded, his eyes full of excitement.

Although the income from selling lottery tickets is not your own private money, it is still considered royal money.

The royal money is also your own money, and the same applies to whoever you put it in.

"Okay, let's have lunch here."

"I still have something to do. There are piles of memorials over there, and they need to be resolved urgently."

"Auntie, I have something to do. I still need to figure out the lottery stuff, so I won't be accompanying you."

Li Zhi and Li Yanran looked at each other, shied away together, and then left hand in hand.

"Really? You don't even want to have dinner with me. I'm so miserable."

Wu Zetian raised an eyebrow and glared at the two of them.

"Suddenly I remembered that the memorial is nothing important. I can just review it in the afternoon."

"That's right, whether it's a lottery or not, it's not as important as having dinner with my mother."

The two of them shivered and quickly sat next to Wu Zetian, looking like good students.

"That's right. Come, prepare lunch."

Wu Zetian nodded with a cheerful face and motioned to the servant outside to get it done immediately.

The three of them had a happy lunch, and then Li Yanran and Li Zhi left together.

"Lao Li, what you did today was a bit unkind."

The two of them sat on the Dragon Boat, and Li Yanran looked at Li Zhi angrily.

Remembering that he just pushed himself out to block the gun, I felt a little angry.

"Isn't that because I am clumsy? Look at your explanation, and your mother will agree to it."

Li Zhi didn't take it seriously at all. He just felt that what he did today was too right.

It seems that my daughter is really a treasure.

From now on, if I can let her stand in front of me, I will never stand out.

I'll give you an elbow.

Li Yanran rolled her eyes at Li Zhi, "You are just afraid of your mother."

I really thought I didn't know.

"Since my father and my mother have decided on the issuance of lottery tickets, how much profit can we get from it?"

The matter is over, and Li Yanran has nothing to say. She only cares about how much profit she can make now.

"Why, the lottery has been decided to be hosted by the royal family, and you still want to share the profits? Is it possible?"

Li Zhi glanced at Li Yanran, the money has been put into his pocket, do you still want to take it out?

It's not that easy.

"Father, please listen clearly, I am not talking about me, but us."

"We? What do you think? It's inappropriate. I'm afraid people will criticize you if you do this."

After reading what Li Yanran meant, Li Zhi's eyes lit up, but he immediately shook his head.

"Father, lottery issuance is not a small matter, it involves printing, organizing, and selling.

If these things are really left to the royal family, it may change in taste in the end.

Rather than doing this, it is better to leave these matters to professionals.

In this case, it can not only ensure the income of the royal family, but also ensure that the lottery will not go astray, so why not?"

Li Yanran smiled slightly, wasn't that the reason?

I'll give it to you.

"Well, you are right, why not do it? Right."

Li Zhi also patted Li Yanran on the shoulder, his eyes full of smiles.

"Then I'll make arrangements now?"

"Go ahead, I'll leave these to you. After the court passes tomorrow, I will issue the first lottery ticket within three days."

Li Yanran separated from Li Zhi and left the palace on a carriage heading towards Lan Kwai Fong.

"Brother Li? How's it going?"

When Li Yanran returned, Zhang Sunyan and others immediately surrounded him.

"My father has already agreed, but the lottery must be exclusively handled by the royal family, and we are the dealers and can profit from it to a certain extent."

Li Yanran sat directly on the sofa, her big eyes full of excitement.

"So what do we do now?"

I heard that Li Zhi had agreed and that the lottery would be run by him, so the money would come.

"Well, the first thing we have to do is to get a printing factory that is responsible for printing lottery tickets."

"It's easy to buy a printing house, but I don't have the money."

Changsun Yan looked depressed.

Printing shops are simply too simple, there are them in Chang'an, but you need to have money to buy a printing factory. He can't afford even a penny, let alone buying a printing factory.

"We have invested in the Lan Kwai Fong deal. We will use the money from Lan Kwai Fong's working capital as start-up capital to do it."

"Okay, leave it to me, I'll do it in an hour."

Changsun Yan nodded and left directly.

"Why are you just standing there? Prepare something else."

"Oh oh oh."

The three of them also left, leaving only Li Yanran sitting on the swing, enjoying the rare quiet time.

At the meeting the next day, Li Zhi directly stated his intention to prepare for the lottery.

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

The ministers looked left and right, not daring to speak for a while.

"Your Majesty, I think the lottery trend cannot last forever. What is the difference between doing this and promoting gambling?

If this is implemented, wouldn’t the Tang Dynasty require everyone to participate in gambling?”

After all, it was Prime Minister Ren Ya who was the first to stand up.

"Your Majesty, I believe that what the Prime Minister said is very true. This will lead to unrest among the people. In serious cases, it may cause the foundation of the court to be unstable."

Dai Zhide glanced at Ren Yaxiang and stood up.

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

The other ministers also made suggestions one after another to ask Li Zhi to take back his life.

"Xu Jingzong, what do you think?"

At the critical moment, Empress Wu's cronies must also be looked at. He believed that Xu Jingzong would never let him down.

"My lord, I believe that gambling has been around since ancient times and has been banned by the imperial court. However, the harm of gambling lies in the fact that nine times out of ten gambling is cheating, which has caused countless people to lose their fortunes.

Moreover, it can be said that people like to gamble. It is human nature and cannot be eradicated at all. The so-called blocking is worse than sparing. If the royal family really wants to operate lottery, it is not a bad thing.

At least the royal family will not lie to people, and His Majesty also said that the profits from the lottery will be saved for earthquake relief.

This is tantamount to reducing the burden on the Tang Dynasty, taking it from the people and using it for the people, and using the people's money to help the people, isn't it good?"

After all, Xu Jingzong is Xu Jingzong. Regardless of his true abilities, his ability to adapt to the wind is indeed unique in the world.

No wonder he was able to assist Wu Zetian to defeat Changsun Wuji and become a powerful prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He still had two skills.

"Yes, Xu Jingzong is right. This is the purpose of the lottery. Do you still have any objections? Gao Zhizhou?"

Li Zhi glanced at Gao Zhizhou again, who was promoted step by step by Wu Zetian. He had always followed the same trend as Xu Jingzong, and he believed that the other party would not object.

"Gao Zhizhou has no objection. Only when the lottery is in the hands of the royal family can it be a strategy that benefits the country and the people. Your Majesty's plan is very good."

Gao Zhizhou glanced at the ministers around him, then at Li Zhi, shuddered, and directly expressed his plan.

His official position came from the imperial power, and now that the emperor needed him, he naturally wanted to be a loyal hawk and fight for the emperor.

"Your Majesty, if it must be implemented, my veteran suggestion is to use Chang'an as a pilot first. If the effect is good, how about implementing it in other places?"
To be continued...