"Princess Changyu spends her own money, and items can only be turned into commodities by trading," Man Bao said: "For Princess Changyu's meal, the restaurant makes money, the chef and the waiters make money, and the farmers who grow vegetables make money."
People who raise chickens and ducks have also made money. These people are all citizens, don’t they make a profit?”
The emperor nodded repeatedly.
Man Bao said: "However, Your Majesty and the Queen are right to recommend frugality. They should reject extravagance. What should be rejected is charcoal-grilled bear paws, wearing colorful robes, and thousands of gold and jade. The powerful people obtain it at a price lower than the value of the commodity.
This is to compete with the people for profit, and the delicacies that Princess Changyu likes are just things that ordinary wealthy households can eat, so why is there such a thing as extravagant? Let alone competing with the people for profit."
The emperor nodded repeatedly, and if he hadn't been so reserved, he would have wished to nod a few more times.
Many people agreed, and some began to speak on behalf of Princess Changyu.
Wei Zhi then went out and said: "Your Majesty, now that the world is in Cheng'an, the people are living and working in peace and contentment. The price of a bucket of rice has increased from fifteen to twelve cents, and then to ten cents after last autumn. People who have land can already have enough to eat. Now that's the case
, the people of the world should accumulate wealth, I propose to select some prefectures and cities, and collect taxes on goods entering the city within a fixed period of time."
The emperor thought it was feasible, so he asked other ministers for their opinions.
Mr. Old Tang thought for a while and then said: "Yes, but it should be announced one month in advance, and the censors from all over the country should strictly inspect the affairs. The subordinate officials are not allowed to make money because of this, otherwise they will lose the wealth of the treasury and line the pockets of the subordinate officials. It will not be beautiful."
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Minister of Household Affairs:...Have you obtained his approval for tax reduction?
However, he thought carefully and then stepped forward and said: "I propose that Jingcheng, Yongzhou, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Ezhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou can be included in this item."
Everyone looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and said "fuck" in their hearts, secretly thinking, you are too fast, just kill all the important roads going north, east and south?
How many business travelers will have to pour into the capital and Yongzhou?
Chen Yushi's face darkened for a moment and he retreated silently.
Man Bao also silently retreated to his seat, sitting cross-legged on his small seat and listening to them arguing about the new topic, but weren't they supposed to be in court soon?
Because of Wei Zhi's suggestion, the meeting was delayed for half an hour before it officially dispersed. When Manbao got up, he was too hungry to move.
Mr. Tang was even hungrier, so he glanced at Zhou Man and left.
Manbao ignored him, went up to Mr. Fuzhuang, and whispered: "You are old, you can just ask for leave next time and not come."
Older officials can take a long leave and not attend the court meeting. Since they can't speak anyway, the official department will not forcefully require them to attend.
As for Bai Shan, he is not the same group as them.
As a member of Zhongshushe, he is the busiest at this time. He and his colleagues are dividing the folds handed in by various departments. Except for the encrypted folds, they have to open all the other folds and scan them, and then follow the instructions.
Prioritize everything for the emperor.
After the division was completed, it was not given to the emperor immediately. Some of the folds were sent directly to the hands of the ministers of Zhongshu, who gave their opinions on how to deal with them first, and then presented them to the emperor...
So when Bai Shan knew what happened at the Great Court Meeting, it was already lunch time.
Today's court meeting was particularly long. When the emperor arrived in the study, he received the news and immediately stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth and went to find him with the papers he wanted to review for the emperor.
Today it was his turn to be on duty in front of the emperor.
As a result, when they arrived at the study, Bai Shan received a lunch reward from the emperor. During the meal, he learned that Man Bao had a quarrel with the censor over Princess Changyu at the court meeting.
Bai Erlang soon learned about this matter. In the imperial city, it was impossible for the affairs of the court to remain a secret.
After learning about this incident, his first thought was that he and Mingda must make more friends so that if they were impeached in the future, someone would speak for them.
Otherwise, it would be too much to convict us in court without giving us a chance to struggle.
So Bai Erlang thought that he should strive for the friendship between Bai Shan and Zhou Man. They seemed to have less contact recently. Well, he would give them more game meat later.
Because of this incident, Princess Changyu was originally not very interested in their new trip, but she eagerly came with them the next day.
As soon as they met, Princess Changyu stretched out her arms to hug Zhou Man and said in a whimpering voice: "Zhou Man, you are worthy of me treating you to so many meals. Next time, tell me what you want to eat, and I will treat you to it."
Man Bao asked, "Princess, your cook hasn't taken your stomach back yet?"
Wei Yu on the side looked helpless. He didn't understand why Chang Yu liked to eat food from outside so much. The food cooked by the cook at home was obviously delicious.
Changyu said: "What they did is pretty good. I rarely eat out recently. That Chen Yushi is too much. He only looks at the surface. Huh, in the twenty-one days he calculated, I only went out for lunch."
Food, if I go out shopping, I have to rush home to eat after noon? Of course, I can just find food wherever I can."
Man Bao understood this, nodded repeatedly, and then asked: "Why are you shopping outside for twenty-one days?"
Chang Yu said: "My store is about to open, so naturally I have to go out more often to see how other people's stores are doing and what they sell, so I can make reference."
What she does is all business, okay?
Wei Yu can testify to this and nodded repeatedly. In fact, Changyu has been much better this month than he was in February. At least when he comes home from work every day, they have dinner at home and only occasionally go out to eat at street stalls.
A late night snack.
Thinking about the month after she and Chang Yu got married, when she woke up in the morning, she would rather get in a carriage and eat a bowl of wide noodles at a stall two streets away than eat the carefully prepared breakfast at the Princess Mansion...
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Obviously the ones made by Princess Mansion are more delicious and more exquisite, but she just said that the wide noodles are more chewy, and she doesn't have to eat a bowl of them for lunch.
Then we had mutton steamed buns for lunch.
Wei Yu looked at his wife and shook his head slightly.
Man Bao asked her curiously, "Are all the goods in your store ready?"
Chang Yu said: "Only half. I also talked with your niece. She has agreed to sell ointments and creams in my Zhenbao Pavilion. She will not open another store in Xincheng or even Yongzhou City in the future.
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She said: "I was talking to Shu Shang recently. They will give me a batch of Shu Brocades, and I will also put them in the Treasure Pavilion."
She raised her chin slightly and said proudly: "In the future, the things I sell here will not be unique, but must also be hard-to-find things outside. And so many hard-to-find things in the world can be found here, wouldn't it?
Is this the Treasure Pavilion?"
Man Bao asked blankly: "Do you make money?"
"Of course," Princess Changyu said confidently, "I asked your niece to change the bottles for my creams and ointments. The price is double what you sell in Dongshi. Don't worry, you won't lose money."
Man Bao: ...who would be mentally retarded to buy the same thing?