"Well! Gentlemen! Fan'er, you finally understand. Although the Gentlemen are hateful, I have to say that there are still many talents among them!"
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan and said with a smile.
"Yes, my father is right."
Lin Fan said with a smile.
"Haha! There are many talents among the nobles, but most of them are not suitable to serve as officials in the court!"
Lin Fan complained in his heart.
Emperor Chongzhen heard all this clearly, and he couldn't say anything more. After chatting with Lin Fan for a while longer, he asked Lin Fan to go back.
After Lin Fan left, Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Wang Daban, what do you think Fan'er's actions in the past few days mean?"
Wang Chengen thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Reporting to your Majesty, from my humble opinion, His Royal Highness is planning to carry out a reform of the Ming Dynasty!"
"And this time the reform will be very thorough. If it succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will be worry-free for a hundred years!"
A hundred years of worry-free!
Hearing these four words, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned. Even Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang didn't dare to say that he could do these four words.
"Wang Daban, it seems that you have a high opinion of Fan'er. It would be great if he was not my illegitimate son. Who in this dynasty would dare to be dissatisfied with him!"
Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.
Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Your Majesty, if His Royal Highness had not grown up outside, I am afraid that he would not be able to understand the sufferings of the world, let alone consider the people at all times!"
"Everything has its pros and cons. I think this is good for Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
After Lin Fan returned to the prince's residence, he began to think about how to win the nobles to his side.
On the other side, Zhao Haiyun felt very proud after returning to his mansion.
"Father, why are you so happy today?
Could it be that he was praised by His Highness the Crown Prince in the court?"
Seeing how happy he was, his son Zhao Deyu stepped forward and asked.
Zhao Haiyun looked at his son and said with a smile: "Haha! Deyu, my father has done a big thing today, and he has been recognized by His Royal Highness."
"Oh! What happened that actually made His Highness the Crown Prince approve of you, father!"
Zhao Deyu asked hurriedly.
"After my persuasion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed to reconcile with the aristocratic nobles, and also wanted to provide money to the aristocratic nobles to make their business bigger and stronger!"
Zhao Haiyun said with a smile.
In his opinion, the investment that Lin Fan talked about was actually giving money to the nobles of the aristocratic families. Once the nobles of the aristocratic families got Lin Fan's money, who would dare to cause trouble for them when they went to do business?
"Oh! Father, this is really a big deal. The child knows people from the Wang family. I will go find them right away!"
Zhao Deyu said with a smile.
He met the eldest son of the Wang family. If there was such a good thing, he would naturally tell the Wang family as soon as possible, and Zhao Haiyun also knew that his son also needed to build some relationships.
Therefore, the matter was acquiesced. After Zhao Deyu went out, several officials came to the door carrying gifts. When they saw Zhao Haiyun, they had smiles on their faces.
"Haha! Mr. Zhao, you are so proud in the court today!"
One person said with a smile.
"Master Zhao, today you remonstrated in front of His Highness the Crown Prince and actually forced His Highness the Crown Prince to make a retreat. You are really a role model for us!"
Another person said.
"Master Zhao, the task His Highness the Crown Prince has given you is a huge profit. We also want a share of it. I wonder if Master Zhao is willing to give me some face."
Another person said.
These people came here after smelling the huge profits. Although Zhao Haiyun was an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs, his brain was not very sharp. Otherwise, he would not have been over fifty years old and still be a bookkeeper.
"Oh! There are huge benefits to this matter?
Why didn’t I know?”
Zhao Haiyun looked at several people and asked.
Several people glanced at Zhao Haiyun and thought he was joking, so they said: "Haha! Mr. Zhao, you are really good at pretending to be confused!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said today that he would invest in the aristocratic families, and that means preparing a large amount of Ming Dynasty coins. How much of this batch of silver will be distributed to whom, is it not you who has the final say?"
"When the time comes, if you just turn a blind eye, close one eye and give me some support, there's no guarantee that we can become nobles of aristocratic families!"
kindness!
After hearing what these people said, Zhao Haiyun's eyes lit up instantly. The feasibility of this matter was very high. Why hadn't he thought of it before?
He slapped himself hard on the face and said, "Oh my! Why didn't I think of this?
Those aristocratic families are all greedy for money!"
"They are eager to get so many Ming coins. If I ask them to exchange for a batch of silver, they must give it to me!"
Everyone looked at Zhao Haiyun and realized that this stupid person really didn't know how huge the profits from this matter were!
"What Mr. Zhao said is true. The nobles of the aristocratic families have a lot of silver in their hands. However, if you want to do business, Ming coins are the most convenient to use!"
"They are reluctant to exchange their silver for Ming coins, so they are in a dilemma. Now that a large amount of Ming coins have been invested, they will definitely flock to it!"
The officials said one after another.
"Sir, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Zhao to do this, so I need you to cooperate with me!"
Zhao Haiyun said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, as long as there is money to be made, we will do our best."
Several people said one after another.
Zhao Haiyun said: "Don't worry, as long as this is done, no matter how much I earn, I will only keep 20%!"
kindness!
Hearing that Zhao Haiyun would only leave 20%, the eyes of everyone present sparkled, and Zhao Haiyun was not polite to him and told him his next plan.
"Everyone, there are quite a few aristocratic families in our capital, and their families are big and powerful. Let's start with them first and let you go talk to them!"
Zhao Haiyun said in a deep voice.
"Haha! This matter is easy to handle. There is no problem if we go and tell them. It's just that Mr. Zhao has thought about how many Ming coins to give them?"
one person asked.
“Can this be any less?
His Royal Highness the Prince has given more than 70 million Ming coins to those sects. For these noble families, 10 million Ming coins per person is not excessive, right?"
Zhao Haiyun said in a deep voice.
kindness!
When everyone heard this, they immediately nodded and said: "It's not too much! It's not too much at all! You must give so much!"
hey-hey!
Several people looked at each other and laughed. Before noon, these people left the Zhao Mansion and began to wander among the nobles of the aristocratic families.
In the afternoon, more than thirty people gathered in the Zhao Mansion, all of whom were nobles in the capital.
"Master Zhao, what you said is true. In order to ease the relationship with us, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to give us Ming coins?"
One person asked in a deep voice.
"This is natural. Can I still lie to you?"
Zhao Haiyun rolled his eyes at them and said with a smile.