Chapter 230
How long has the Jingcheng Jade Store been open in total? It takes less than three months!
In less than three months, I made more than nine million taels of gold. What a terrible number!
Chen Tingjing welcomed the prince and Cao Zhen into the inner room with a numb look on his face, and Guo Xiu, who was also shocked and unwilling to leave, followed him.
The prince was not surprised by this, and even greeted Guo Xiu with a smile: "Mr. Guo, we are meeting again."
Seeing his pure smile, Guo Xiu came back from the shock and responded subconsciously.
"Your Highness always brings unexpected shock to me," Guo Xiu sighed, his tone was gentle, completely different from his usual sharpness in the court.
Guo Xiu is similar to Chen Tingjing. In the vast officialdom, Chen Tingjing was naturally happy and subconsciously wanted to help Guo Xiu. When he saw Guo Xiu being frustrated by fighting against power, he seemed to see who he was.
But now, seeing that Guo Xiu was kind to the crown prince, he obviously had a good impression of the crown prince, and Chen Tingjing wanted to speak but stopped.
It’s fine to have a good impression of the prince, at least it’s hidden in your heart, don’t show it!
In Chen Tingjing's eyes, Guo Xiu was like a little lamb who was ignorant of the world, and was "going to the net" in a daze and plunging towards the prince.
The prince smiled and said, "Seeing that Lord Guo did not criticize Gu severely, Gu knew that such fright was a good thing for you. Gu also thought it was a good thing. With the national treasury, he could do more real things."
He glanced at Chen Tingjing inadvertently, and his meaningful gaze was like a big bad wolf staring at the little white rabbit.
Chen Tingjing, who had never seen anything before, actually showed a vigilant look in the prince's eyes.
Chen Tingjing didn't touch him either. He glanced open his eyes and did not look at Yinreng's eyes. Instead, he asked Cao Zhen about the details of the matter.
Guo Xiu was confused: Lord Chen seemed to subconsciously avoid His Highness the Crown Prince? Why was he afraid of the Crown Prince?
Cao Zhen carefully answered what good things he had changed to foreigners with those jade artifacts.
I exchanged the most expensive but uneasy jade pendants for ready-made cocoa beans, processed corn flakes, jams and other foods.
A lot of wool, leather, etc., as well as foreign books, and even gold!
A beautiful jade is priceless, and it is an eye-opening rule to set the best beautiful jade for product auctions.
What are Westerners more interested in?
Romantic love, the secret to longevity, can demonstrate the treasure that satisfies vanity...
These things are the key to perfectly packaging the beautiful jade of the Qing Dynasty.
There is warm jade in jade and cold jade. The beginning of the poem, one mouth and a few poems, can produce such good results.
Cao Zhen took advantage of the Westerners' longing for the Qing Dynasty and guided their beautiful fantasies about beautiful jade, and finally auctioned it out at a high price.
Chen Tingjing looked at him deeply and said with a complicated expression: "Are you Cao Yin's son? You are really a business genius, better than your father."
Cao Yin arranged a private warehouse for the emperor and proposed to cast copper coins for sale, which in disguise increased the money in the emperor's pocket. Such actions would harm the interests of the people, and invisibly invest too many copper coins among the people, which would cause copper coins to depreciate over and over!
Chen Tingjing did not agree with Cao Yin's actions and also stared at him impeachment. However, the emperor treated him as his own person and protected him. Even if he lost money, he was not angry, but took it lightly.
Cao Yin has been with the emperor since he was a teenager and can win this honor. Now Cao Zhen is following the prince's side at a young age. He can foresee that he will be a big celebrity around the prince in the future.
Cao Zhen is different from his father. His father gained status because he was appreciated by the emperor. The civil servants who were admitted to the imperial examination were despised and had nowhere to tell him. When Cao Zhen put it here, he was proud to want to tell everyone that he had a good opportunity because of the closeness of His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince.
"It was the first idea proposed by Your Highness," Cao Zhen answered questions and answers, modest but not losing confidence.
In order not to embarrass His Highness the Crown Prince!
Today, Cao Zhen is also working hard to stand up to his chest to become His Royal Highness the crown prince.
Yinreng urged Chen Tingjing: "Mr. Chen will complete the official procedures. If Khan Ama comes back, maybe the cooked duck will fly."
He tilted his head to look at Chen Tingjing and said helplessly: "The last time Khan Ama scolded Gu Ping's Treasury as a prodigal son. I don't know how to talk about it this time!"
Chen Tingjing: “…”
The reason is this, and the emperor can also predict the reaction of the emperor. Not everyone has no selfishness. Even the emperor will order people to arrange the royal property to create a source of income for the Interior Government. After all, the Interior Government still has to support the people of the Imperial Palace!
The benefits of jade can also be used as a source of income for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but once it is rushed into the treasury, the money will not belong to the emperor.
After all, the emperor is a wise ruler and cannot do anything to transfer the treasury money.
Yinreng told Chen Tingjing: The ducks have been cooked and are waiting for someone to take over. The people on his side are only responsible for cooking ducks, not for holding dishes, nor for helping people eat ducks. At that time, how to take over the jade shop, how to manage them in the future, how to continue trading with foreigners, who will be responsible for the person in charge, who will be sent to arrange the work, etc., everything will be left to the Ministry of Revenue.
The golden results were in front of him, but Chen Tingjing felt that it was dark before him.
Judging from the prince’s meaning, this money may not be kept for long and will be spent legitimately again.
The prince temporarily handed over the money to the Ministry of Revenue to take over the follow-up matters, and all the troubles were blocked by the treasury.
The Ministry of Revenue is the screen that blocks the trouble, and Chen Tingjing could almost predict how busy he would be in the future.
The insincere Guo Feng also spoke out to praise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s righteousness!
He didn't even see the prince's sinister intentions. How could he give money to the treasury? This is a waste of money and requires the entire Ministry of Revenue to run and work!
"Mr. Chen?" The prince waved in front of his eyes worriedly and asked, "Do you want it? If you still hesitate, I'm afraid that the money will eventually go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Chen Tingjing gritted his teeth. Even if there was a huge pit ahead, he had to bite the bullet and jump down, and then comforted himself in his heart: the money that was destined to be unable to hold on is also invested in the construction of the Qing Dynasty. As long as it is beneficial to the state, it is not a loss to be busy at all.
"want!"
Guo Feng was surprised.
When the prince came to give money, Chen Tingjing did not show his joy, but he felt like he was "forced to become a prostitute", which made him very strange.
Yinreng bowed to the two adults again and said with a smile: "I know that there are many criticisms in the court because of the purchase of jade. As the censor of the supervisor, Lord Guo probably heard people come to you to 'reproach'."
Guo Xiu remembered why he came to Chen Tingjing for and couldn't help but nod.
"Now that you know that Your Highness has presented it to the treasury, you should report this matter to the emperor and submit it to the cabinet, so that many misunderstandings can be avoided."
Guo Xiu didn't care about the disputes between the parties in the court. He had no faction and was straightforward in his work, and he was not bound at all.
Yinreng smiled and said, "Yes, I'll report to the cabinet. Thank you for your reminder. I will follow the instructions from Mr. Guo."
He could almost foresee that those who target him had fallen a lot in the court.
The prince did not stay for too long. After handing over everything to the Ministry of Revenue, Cao Zhen patted his butt and left.
Left Chen Tingjing, holding the hot more than 9 million taels of silver, sighed deeply, and returned to the case and wrote a memorial to "apologize" to the emperor.
The profits of jade can be as rich as a country, but His Highness the Prince is kind and righteous, and he must give the benefits of jade to the national treasury to alleviate the shortage of silver in the treasury. The poor minister was ashamed and was tempted by profit and failed to persuade His Highness...
Chen Tingjing needed to tell the emperor: That was what the prince had to give to him, not what he wanted.
He also needs to show his fault to the emperor who protects his baby. This matter is his fault, and it is definitely not the prince's fault.
In this way, retreating is a foregone conclusion, it is a matter of course for this money to be included in the Ministry of Revenue.
After Guo Xiu returned, he really met someone who came to find him to complain.
Another censor Xi Zhu hurried over and said seriously: "The matter of the Crown Prince's use of his position to compete with the people for profit has been achieved, and the evidence is conclusive. Now we only need to send the evidence to the emperor in a connected manner."
Guo Feng was stunned and asked him that he was coming to an impeachment memorial.
The memorial said: In order to seek personal gain, the crown prince of the country wanted to lower the price and forced the vendors to sell jade to him. Then he borrowed the position of foreigners and sold jade to foreigners at a high price...
He made huge amounts of money in a short period of time, and the amount involved may be as high as tens of thousands of dollars. I am afraid that the later part will have other profound meanings. The prince held a lot of money, not for pleasure or squandering or extravagant or wasteful, not for the actions of sages.
Guo Xiu put down the memorial and asked coldly: "Who instructed you to write these?"
Master Xi was stunned when he heard this and almost didn't react.
In the past, as long as the evidence is conclusive, Guo Xiu would have taken the initiative to help him.
Guo Qian scolded: "It's nonsense to turn black and white!"
"There is evidence for this matter, so where can we turn black and white?!" Xi Zhu was dissatisfied and his anger gradually arose: "Is it true that Lord Guo has been bribed by the prince as the court said?"
Guo Xiu smiled and mocked: "If you do something about making friends, don't think I'm a blind man or a fool."
"Mr. Xi is ashamed of his position as the censor, but I will not do such a thing that goes against my will. The prince has handed over the benefits of jade to the national treasury, and impeached the extravagant and squandered the pleasures of the treasury?!"
Guo Xiu slapped the table in a angrily grudge: "Everyone's eyes are red and bloody, and I don't even see if ordinary people can enjoy this hen that can lay golden eggs like this?"
Xi Zhu remained silent, his face turned blue and red. Guo Xiu opened up the conversation since then, and called Xi Zhu "dis sincerity as the censor."
"I advise you to stop. If you hold a grudge, just think that I have no friendship with you anymore."
Guo Xiu's words became a little more serious. On this day, everyone in the Inspectorate heard the dispute between the two censors.
Yinreng didn't know that there would be such a development in the future. Since he gave up the benefits of jade, he has been much more relaxed.
With time, he began to pay attention to the current situation of the battle on the front line in the North.
As Khan Ama and him expected, Tsarist Russia did not send heavy troops to attack. Faced with the Qing Dynasty's full preparations and a large number of mercenaries hired from abroad, Tsarist Russia's troops left on the border retreated step by step.
However, after the Qing army fought back Yaksa, they did not continue to pursue him.
Yinreng murmured: "It would be great if he could capture Nibchu. He brought so many people with him, but he killed chickens and used a slaughter knife. This was too safe to hit."
I can only rely on my elder brother. If my elder brother has not forgotten the agreement with him, he should take action.
As for Khan Ama who was about to return to the capital, Yinreng picked up the stingy letter sent by Khan Ama with some distress. How should he reply so that Khan Ama can feel that he missed him more than Khan Ama?
After Cao Zhen handed over the jade business, he returned to Yinreng.
He saw the third prince coming with a stack of documents in his arms, which might be the newly established list of research projects by the institute.
On the other side is the fourth prince who returned from outside the school. He saw the third prince holding the document and paused.
The two stood opposite each other and the air suddenly became quiet.
This time, all three of them heard the prince locked in the study alone and muttered: "The opposition to orphans in the court seems to have become much lighter recently."
The prince's words to himself were like talking to someone. But there was not a single person in the study, which seemed a little weird.
Yinzhen's expression became dark and he pushed open the door and looked inside: Could it be that the immortal who taught the prince is here?
[There are fewer people opposing adult friends, what does this mean?]
Yinreng: Of course, it means that the orphans can make new things!
Alas, no one scolds the orphan, it’s so lonely as snow.
He felt that he had a disease called "I would feel itchy if I didn't get scolded a few times every day."
Yinreng did what he said and said to the outside world: "Preparing for the foreign education examination, I will recruit a group of people who can be used from the foreign education students. The Ministry of Rites' host and guest Qingli Department will be sent to establish the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"
Chapter completed!