The first lady is sweet and sweet

Chapter 623 Silly (three more)

"What's wrong?" Emperor Yongtai looked down at the shoes on his feet and said, "Isn't this the sandals that emerged last year? Wearing them in summer is much cooler than those full-packed shoes."

"It has something to do with me." Shen Zhouheng smiled embarrassedly.

"Oh!" Emperor Yongtai looked at him in surprise, "This one sells well."

"That's the way to make money." Shen Zhou looked at him with a wide-eyed smile and said, "There are also gloves and large floral cloth, and the ministers are all involved."

"No wonder, I've never seen them before, and things are rare, so they are very profitable!" Emperor Yongtai smiled and looked at him and said, he let out a long sigh of relief, I saw the right person.

"Yes! I earned a lot in the beginning, but now I don't earn much. If you want to earn, you need to innovate." Shen Zhou's brown pupils looked at him and said with a serious face, "And there is no need to pay taxes, and it is even more profitable."

"Paying taxes?" Emperor Yongtai looked at him with a raised eyebrow when he heard the words.

"Yes! Farmers bear heavy taxes, but merchants don't, especially big merchants." Shen Zhou pursed his lips and looked at him and said, "Do salt merchants pay taxes?"

"But the salt merchants have the salt cited by the imperial court." Emperor Yongtai stroked his forehead and said, the salt cited is very chaotic now!
"What about the others? Did the tea merchants, silk and satin merchants, the famous Shanxi merchants and Zhejiang merchants pay taxes?" Shen Zhou looked at him with sharp eyes and said.

Emperor Yongtai was stunned when he heard the words, then shook his head and said, "Those big businessmen are inextricably linked with the officials of the imperial court. They are either in-laws or old friends. Let them pay taxes..." He sneered, "In the past, the gentry did not pay grain. , and now pay different taxes according to the number of acres of land they hold, and the vast majority of officials support it.”

Shen Zhouheng pursed his lips and smiled when he heard this, not all officials were big landlords.

It is natural to be willing to let others pay more.

Emperor Yongtai stood up and said, "Go back! My mother is probably looking for me!" He lifted his feet and walked down the rockery.

Shen Zhouheng followed behind Emperor Yongtai and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will rest tomorrow."

"Oh! Do you want to see the emperor's sister?" Emperor Yongtai said with a smile.

"I haven't seen each other for half a month, and the luggage has also been sent from Pingyi. Many things have to be sent to them." Shen Zhou said as he walked.

"Luggage?" Emperor Yongtai said in surprise.

"I came in a hurry, the luggage arrived later, and it's all for food and clothing." Shen Zhouheng said simply and roughly.

"The cost of food and clothing? The capital doesn't need to buy cloth." Emperor Yongtai said in surprise, "Isn't the emperor moving her house here!"

"Almost! Women are reluctant to throw away everything, so they have to carry everything." Shen Zhou said with a smile, "It's not easy to live in the capital, so it's better to bring everything."

"I've been wronged by the emperor over the years." Emperor Yongtai said distressedly.

"That... Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, we are definitely not that poor." Shen Zhouheng explained quickly, "It's just that we can't waste it."

"Don't be nervous." Emperor Yongtai said with a smile as he hurriedly explained, "Compared with other princesses, Huangjie is indeed not rich."

"Our life is much better now, and the emperor doesn't need to reward him any more." Shen Zhouheng refused bluntly, "This minister deserves it."

"According to the princess' standards, the imperial sister is still far behind!" Emperor Yongtai looked back at him with a funny look and said, "Everyone laughed when they heard the reward, and accepted it happily. What are you doing?"

"The emperor has no merit and no reward." Shen Zhou pursed his lips and looked at him and said, "I am not short of money now."

"Then do you want your salary?" Emperor Yongtai stopped and looked at him and said.

"Salary?" Shen Zhouheng blinked and looked at him in confusion and said, "The salary is required, this minister has to support his family."

"Hehe... You are honest." Emperor Yongtai smiled, "Don't worry! As long as you do things honestly, how can the people around me be treated badly!" Looking at him with a straight face, he said, "What made you think so? By my side, life is hard."

"I don't know much when I first entered the palace." Shen Zhouheng hurriedly bowed and apologized.

"These things, let Xiao Lizi take care of you and remind you, don't be stupid." Emperor Yongtai looked at him with a smile on his face and said.

"Yes!" Shen Zhou bowed his hands horizontally.

"Let's go!" Emperor Yongtai raised his foot and strode toward the Qianqing Palace.

Eunuch Li saw from a distance that the emperor had returned safely, he let out a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly greeted him, "The empress dowager has come to ask a few times."

"Please go to my mother." Yongtai said calmly, "Undress me."

"Yes!" Eunuch Li responded hurriedly, waving to the eunuch and Gong E, hurry up and wait!
"Let's go back, concubine!" Emperor Yongtai stopped and looked at Shen Zhou, who was standing by the door in the distance.

"Chen, retire." Shen Zhou left the Qianqing Palace after salute.

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When Emperor Yongtai was being served and dressed, he looked at Eunuch Li and instructed, "Little Lizi, I'll give you something."

"Please make it clear to the emperor." Eunuch Li bowed and replied.

"Tell your disciples and grandchildren to me, ask, ask, who are the owners behind those famous shops in this capital?" Emperor Yongtai looked directly at him and said.

"Yes!" Eunuch Li bowed to answer, wondering in his heart that this matter was not registered in the yamen?Take it directly to see at a glance.

Where can I still use them?
"Inquiring secretly, I just want to find out, I don't want to startle the snake." Emperor Yongtai said, looking at the elusive little Lizi.

"Yes!" Eunuch Li responded hurriedly.

"Besides, before I come back, bring in all the papers that the late emperor reviewed the minister." Yongtai Emperor looked at him and instructed.

"Yes!" Eunuch Li hurriedly said, and he muttered even more in his heart. Most of the papers reviewed by the late emperor were not approved very much!

There are too many folds, can this be finished?
"Let's take a look at the facts about officials and personnel first." Emperor Yongtai remembered.

"Yes!" Eunuch Li replied again.

Emperor Yongtai pondered in his heart to see if there was any talent available.

After getting dressed, Emperor Yongtai took a sedan chair and went to the Cining Palace.

After Gong E and the eunuch bowed, the queen mother waved them down.

Only their mother and son were left in the house, and the queen mother looked at him for a moment.

"Queen Mother, what do you mean by staring at your son and not speaking?" Emperor Yongtai bowed slightly and stood in the center of the warm pavilion, as if listening to teachings.

"What an enemy, why are you fighting with Tai Fu!" The Queen Mother looked at him helplessly and said.

"No vindictiveness, every time he looks at Erchen, his nose is not his nose, his eyes are not eyes. It's like teaching his son a lesson to his grandson." How could he be blinded by it?"

"He also wanted to make you a qualified emperor." The Queen Mother looked at him softly and said.

(End of this chapter)