The atmosphere between the monarch and his ministers was extremely harmonious as they discussed business.
We are all decent people, and we can't do anything where we have to bargain for money. When Li Qinzai proposed a 30-70 split, he and the Xu family would get 30%, and the royal treasury would get 70%. Li Zhi repeatedly expressed his opposition.
No matter how thick-skinned Li Zhi was, he still felt embarrassed. The ice cube was originally made by Li Qinzai. With Li Qinzai's ability, he could leave the royal family and the Xu family behind and eat alone.
Now that Li Qinzai has divided the profits from the business, including a share for the royal family and the Xu family, it would be too unkind for Li Zhiruo to have the nerve to take 70% of the profits. No matter how poor the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was, he would not compete with his ministers for profits.
After a few arguments, the two parties finally agreed on the share ratio.
Li Qinzai accounted for 40%, Li Zhi accounted for 50%, and the Xu family only accounted for a pitiful 10%. No one even invited him to the first shareholders' meeting.
Of course, Li Qinzai also knew what the Xu family was thinking. The Xu family was not short of money at all and did not care about this benefit. What Xu Jingzong wanted was to be a business partner with Li Zhi.
This identity is very important to Xu Jingzong. If used well, it can be used as a gold medal to avoid death.
Not only would Xu Jingzong not have any objection to leaving 10% of the profit to the Xu family, he would actually be grateful to Li Qinzai. Not kicking him out was the Xu family's greatest success.
However, Li Zhi still made a request.
When doing this business, try not to use the guise of the royal family, and avoid being high-profile. After all, being a merchant in the royal treasury is not a glorious thing. If the courtiers find out, there will be overwhelming admonitions and accusations.
After the deal was settled, the king and his ministers drank several glasses of wine with each other.
Li Qinzai silently held the vegetables and chewed them slowly.
The original intention of entering the palace today was not to discuss business. Li Zhi inexplicably granted him a bunch of official positions. Li Qinzai originally wanted to know the reason.
At this moment, Li Zhi didn't say anything, but Li Qinzai felt that it was too rude to ask rashly. They all said that the holy will cannot be judged, and asking him face to face would make him appear to be too incompetent as an official.
The best thing about Chinese officialdom lies in implicitness and ambiguity, tacit understanding and understanding. It would be unwise to speak directly.
After Li Zhi drank a glass of wine, he didn't know what he was thinking about. The movement of holding the glass was frozen, and he was obviously organizing his words.
Li Qinzai was not in a hurry, and patiently considered it carefully. He knew that Li Zhi would definitely make it clear today. There must be a reason for giving a bunch of official positions and bits and pieces.
After a long time, Li Zhi said slowly: "Jing Chu must be very confused as to why I gave you a bunch of false titles today, right?"
Li Qinzai smiled and said: "Your Majesty has lofty views, but I am stupid."
Li Zhi smiled, then his face became solemn, and he said solemnly: "There is something I hope you will do. This matter needs to be done by my trusted ministers. I only believe in you."
Li Qinzai sat up straight, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
Li Zhi said slowly: "Since the beginning of spring this year, there has been little rain in the north and drought in many places. Many state governors and county magistrates have complained about this year's harvest."
Li Qinzai didn't interrupt and waited quietly for him to finish.
Li Zhi added: "In the matter of drought, officials from the DPRK and China have been dispatched to various places to supervise and appease, open canals to divert water and store water, etc. This has been done since ancient times. If the harvest is not optimistic, I also plan to convene the three provinces to discuss reducing taxes this year.
Regarding the tax exemption, the monarch, ministers and people gritted their teeth and got through this difficulty."
Li Qinzai suddenly stood up and bowed to Governor Li: "The people are very lucky to have a wise king to rule the world."
Li Zhi smiled, but there was a bitter smile on his face, and then sighed: "But there is a special place. I can't make up my mind, and the queen can't make up her mind either..."
"where?"
Li Zhi was silent for a long time and whispered: "Hebei Road, Bingzhou."
Li Qinzai asked curiously: "There is a drought in the north, why is Bingzhou so special?"
Li Zhi sighed: "Bingzhou is where the Queen lived in hiding in the past. The Queen's mother and her sister, Mrs. Han, all have residences in Bingzhou. Half a year ago, Mrs. Han and I..."
Li Zhi blushed as he spoke, and when he saw Li Qinzai looking at him with a confused expression, he continued bravely: "Well, when Mrs. Korea was traveling with me in the palace, she was accidentally caught by the queen. The queen was furious and threw Mrs. Korea away.
After being kicked out of the palace, Mrs. Han felt very shameless, so she claimed she was ill and took her mother Yang back to Bingzhou."
Li Qinzai suddenly raised his hand and said, "If you don't understand, just ask... Your Majesty, you and Mrs. Korea are just visiting the palace together, why is the queen so angry?"
Li Zhi rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and came up with a very reasonable and logical reason like a wrench: "I was too forgetful when traveling with her, so I lost my temper..."
Li Qinzai suddenly realized.
The ancients spoke so euphemistically.
Just have an affair, just have an affair, talk about "traveling together in the palace", "forget about love", and even be caught by Empress Wu and have the scene taken away, tsk, you scumbag!
In the previous life, we should have agreed to divorce, and the property would be divided in half, right? The Tang Dynasty was divided into two, half for you and half for me.
Counting on your fingers, Empress Wu is four years older than Li Zhi, and Empress Wu's sister, Mrs. Han, is five years older than Li Zhi. Tsk tsk, Li Zhi's taste is really limited to Sister Yu's.
The history books say that Li Zhi was henpecked. How could he be henpecked? He was clearly unable to resist his sister Yu.
It was rare to hear the emperor talk about palace gossip, so Li Qinzai asked with great interest: "What happens next?"
"The Korean lady brought her mother back to Bingzhou, and the queen was sulky for a few days, but I coaxed her to recover. As a result, Baiqisi secretly reported last month that the Korean lady occupied hundreds of hectares of fertile land after returning to Bingzhou, and even took advantage of the local drought.
He colluded with local gentry and merchants to raise the price of grain and made huge profits from it..."
"This incident caused great public dissatisfaction in the local area, and the governor of Bingzhou did not dare to ask questions due to the identity of the Korean wife..."
Li Qinzai frowned and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you issue a decree to severely punish me? This is a matter of national importance and cannot be favoritism."
Li Zhi sighed bitterly and said: "Yesterday, I received a letter from Mrs. Korea. It was a letter written in blood. It detailed her affection for me. Her daughter, Mrs. Wei, also secretly entered the palace to meet me and paid tribute to her mother.
Please forgive me, I really..."
Li Qinzai was shocked: "Is her daughter also with His Majesty..."
Li Zhi's face turned red and he said with a guilty conscience: "It's hard to refuse kindness, it's hard to do it reluctantly..."
Li Qinzai opened his eyes in confusion.
"It's hard to refuse kindness, but it's hard to do it reluctantly", the Tang Dynasty version of the classic scumbag quotation.
Mother and daughter serve together. They are his sister-in-law and niece. People in the palace are really good at playing...
Li Zhi waved his hand awkwardly and said, "That's not the point..."
Li Qinzai said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is the key point! Until this moment, I finally admire your Majesty so much that I fall to the ground. Your Majesty is extremely powerful and a role model for men!"
Li Zhi was refreshed and subconsciously raised his chest.
A man's sense of accomplishment comes from the sincere admiration of the same sex, especially the admiration for men and women.
This feeling of satisfaction has not changed after thousands of years. For example, if you sleep with a stunning beauty or a rich lady, your brothers will look at you with envy and envy. That kind of look is the most real and the most inflating.
Li Zhi was undoubtedly a man among men. He really did things that Li Qinzai only dared to dream about.
"Okay, okay, I have received Jingchu's worship. I will keep it for you to worship slowly and get down to business..."
Li Zhi waved his hands reservedly and arrogantly, then straightened his face and said seriously: "Jingchu, I want to appoint you as the governor of Bingzhou. Go to Bingzhou and help me resolve this matter."