"I have met Her Highness the Princess!" "I have met Her Highness the Princess!" Li Taiyuan and Li Yonglin immediately saluted Yunzhi. Li Xiaoxing was a little slow, but he saluted quickly.
"No gift." Yunzhi walked into the courtyard and said with a smile, and then asked Li Yonglin: "What do you want to give me? Although the title of the princess was not mentioned in the half sentence I heard just now.
, but this princess should refer to me."
Li Taiyuan and Li Xiaoxing stayed outside, while Li Yonglin invited Yunzhi into the house, served her a cup of tea, and said: "Your Highness, you should know that my father has been granted the title of hereditary baron. This is naturally a great favor from the emperor, but Li
My family is a merchant family, and they run many businesses, and these businesses are businesses that the emperor does not allow nobles to run. The Li family will not dare to run them in the future, and can only hand them over to the current shopkeeper, who will secretly control them from behind."
Li Yonglin didn't look embarrassed at all, and continued: "But the Li family is just a small baron after all, far from a prince. If a prince comes to take away the Li family's property, it will be difficult to keep it; so I suggest to my father
Give some of the property to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and ask Her Highness to help the Li family guard the rest of the property."
"Thank you for your kindness," Yunzhi said with a smile, but then added: "But I can't have it. It's not that I don't want it, it's that I can't have it."
"Why can't Your Highness want it?" Li Yonglin asked immediately.
"I will probably go to India with my consort this year, and we will stay in India for at least a few years. How can I take care of the Li family's property?" Yunzhi said. With so many properties in front of her, she was indeed a little moved, but for her,
It was more important to go to India and personally command the soldiers in battle, and she would rather give up the opportunity to obtain these many properties.
"This," Li Yonglin was speechless for a moment. She didn't expect to get such an answer. She quickly became at a loss. "In this case, how can the Li family maintain their current industry?"
"Why don't you ask the Xiao family for help? Your husband-in-law is a descendant of the Xiao family. The Li family and the Xiao family have been friends for generations. They were merchants in the past. Why don't you ask the Xiao family for help?" Yunzhi asked.
"This." Li Yonglin smiled bitterly and said nothing. It is precisely because the Xiao family was also a merchant in the past that they cannot ask for help from the Xiao family. The Xiao family is also an expert in business. If asking the Xiao family for help, wouldn't it mean that the inside information of their own industry will soon be revealed?
Do they know? Xiao Zhuo may not take advantage of the plunder for the sake of generations of friendship and political alliance, but other members of the Xiao family may not be able to restrain their greed. Not only may their property be in danger, but as a member of the Xiao family,
The daughter-in-law is also a different person inside and out. So she must not ask the Xiao family for help.
But she couldn't say this to Yunzhi, so Li Yonglin could only find a few reasons to explain why she couldn't seek help from the Xiao family.
Yunzhi didn't believe the lame excuses Li Yonglin gave, but she didn't care. She thought about it and said, "The situation of the Li family is indeed very special. Even the Xiao family and the Li family can't compare with each other. This," she said
After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of something and said, "In that case, why doesn't the head of the Li family submit a memorial to the officials and ask them to clarify how to deal with it?"
"My father will present a memorial to the emperor?"
"The head of the Li family is also a baron granted by the official family, so he can naturally submit a letter to the official family. Moreover, this matter has no precedent before, and the official family has always been concerned about industrial and commercial matters. They will not be angry with the head of the Li family because of this, and will definitely give a reply." Yun Zhi said.
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"This," Li Yonglin was still very hesitant. Because no one in the entire Li family could have thought of complaining to the emperor about such a thing, let alone her. Moreover, this matter seemed to be unprecedented. Even if Yun Zhi said this, she still
I was worried that the emperor would be furious after seeing the memorial.
"Can your Highness please inquire for the Li family in front of the Emperor?" she said again. She still felt that it would be safer to do so.
Yunzhi was not angry, but just shook her head and said: "This can't be done. This is the matter of the Li family, not mine. The officials once said that God will help those who help themselves. What's more, even if the officials are against the Li family in this matter,
If you are dissatisfied with your approach, the most you can do is to get the Li family’s head reprimanded. If the Li family head doesn’t even want to take the risk of being reprimanded, how can you call it self-help?”
"This." Li Yonglin went through another battle between heaven and man, and finally made up her mind: "I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness."
"Since you thank me for my advice, I will give you some more advice." Seeing that she was willing to persuade Li Taiyuan to submit the memorial, Yunzhi smiled and said: "Since the Li family is already a noble family, then the memorial must address the official as Your Majesty.
, not the emperor. Nowadays, officials and nobles all call the official as your majesty, and rarely call him the emperor. Nowadays, the emperor rarely uses it. In addition,..." Yunzhi mentioned many rules established in the memorial, and finally said: "But
Although I have said a lot, there may still be something I haven't thought of. It would be best for the Li family to hire a master who can specialize in writing memorials, communicating with officials and nobles, accompanying guests and other errands."
"We must hire a master. Does your Highness have a suitable candidate to recommend?"
"Here, you go ask Mr. Xiao. He should have hired a master who can recommend a suitable candidate." Yunzhi said. Although in theory Xiao Zhuo became her elder after her third sister married Xiao Zhuo's son, she could
The clan's national law is greater than the family law. Even Yun Yun's formal address to Xiao Zhuo in public is not father-in-law, let alone Yun Zhi. But after all, he is indeed a generation older, so he calls him Mr. Xiao or Mr. Xiao.
"I will definitely go and ask. Thank you, Your Highness." Li Yonglin thanked her again.
"You don't have to thank him all the time." Yunzhi joked with him for a few more words, then suddenly remembered something and smiled again: "Look, I have forgotten the serious thing I came to see you for today, and I haven't told you yet.
Woolen cloth."
"Why did Your Highness come to see me?" Li Yonglin asked curiously. When she first met Yunzhi, she also guessed what her purpose was for suddenly coming here to find her, but she didn't figure it out. Later, she mentioned the Li family's property.
She had forgotten how to deal with it, but when she mentioned it herself, she started thinking about it curiously again.
"I'm here to congratulate Sister Yong Lin on being named the Country Lord." Yunzhi stood up and took something from the accompanying maid and handed it to her. "This is my gift to you."
"Am I being named the Country Lord?" Li Yonglin herself was stunned.
"Why, Li Taiyuan hasn't told you yet? You don't care too much." Yun Zhi immediately stopped being polite to Li Taiyuan and ordered the maid: "Go and call Li Taiyuan."
Li Yonglin came back to her senses and hurriedly stopped her. "Your Highness, maybe my father just hasn't had time to say anything yet. Please don't scold my father."
"That's all, I don't care about your own family affairs, but remember, even if I get to India, I can support you. If you encounter something that is really unbearable, you can write to me no matter what the matter is.
I will definitely uphold justice for you." Yun Zhi said.