Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

"Daughter, are you telling the truth?"

After hearing what his daughter said, Shiha was shocked. He never thought that a simple Cordyceps could bring such a big business. Usually they only eat that thing occasionally, and the taste is no different from grass.

"Yes, this is a letter my husband wrote to me personally. He said that according to research, this cordyceps has high nutritional value and is good for people if eaten!"

“These Cordyceps can be exchanged for money!”

"Related reports have already been published in Ming Dynasty newspapers. We have to act quickly. Although we are shareholders of the health care product factory and the first supplier, if someone gets there first, we will lose a lot of money!"

"You said you didn't have anything to do recently, so I'll leave the task of digging Cordyceps to you!"

"If this is done well, my husband said that this will be much more than what we earn from herding cattle and sheep every day!"

Asuna urged.

Their tribe has grown to its current size entirely thanks to Ouyang Lun's guidance, by operating trading markets, doing business with Ming merchants, raising cattle and sheep, and growing some crops.

But this is all hard-earned money!
According to what Ouyang Lun wrote in the letter, as long as Cordyceps can be sold, the income of their entire tribe will at least double!
"Okay, I'll take care of this!"

"Hehe, my Han Chinese son-in-law is really amazing! If this Cordyceps business is successful, the wealth of our tribe will probably be enough to buy the entire grassland! Haha!"

Shiha was very happy. When he was the chief of the tribe, the tribesmen often went hungry and were bullied by other tribes. But everything changed since his daughter married the prince consort of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only is no one dares to bully them, but they are becoming more and more powerful. The status of this old patriarch on the grassland is also getting higher and higher. Take the last time when the Ming Dynasty invaded the Northern Yuan Dynasty. When other grassland tribes were worried, because their tribe had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, they got the news in advance and didn’t have to worry at all. Moreover, they have prepared their armaments quite easily over the years. As the richest tribe on the grassland, they can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops!

After the Northern Yuan army was defeated by the Ming army, in addition to the nine border kings dividing up a part of the territory, their tribe also took the opportunity to occupy a large amount of territory. Now the Northern Yuan is just a little brother in front of their tribe.

Hearing the conversation between Chieftain Asuna and old Chieftain Shiha and his daughter, other tribal leaders in the hall were all smiling and excited.

"I was wondering why a Ming merchant came to ask me about Cordyceps recently. So this is what's going on!"

"Chief, old chief, my uncle is taking care of us! This Cordyceps is only available on our grassland, and we occupy the most extensive land on the grassland. If this Cordyceps can really be sold, we can make money even if we lie down."

"We have to prepare enough Cordyceps before the time arranged by the brother-in-law, so that we can make a lot of money from him before the New Year!"

"It's good to have a son-in-law to protect us! We have a good son-in-law."

The tribesmen were extremely looking forward to the Cordyceps business. If Asuna and Shiha had not asked them to go, they would have wanted to collect Cordyceps immediately.

"It's good that you know!"

"My husband is in the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. He has been suspected a lot for us over the years, but he has never made any demands on us. On the contrary, he has worked hard for the development of our tribe and helped us at the risk of being suspected. Now he has even secured the Cordyceps business for us!"

"In the Cordyceps business, making money is secondary. What's more important is to let my husband know that our tribe is his most steadfast companion and will not let him down!"

"Do you understand?!"

Asuna said seriously.

The tribal leaders in the hall all knew that without Ouyang Lun, there would be no tribe and no them today.

"Please rest assured, Chief. We will get this done even at the cost of our lives!"

The tribal leaders shouted in unison, their eyes particularly determined.

"it is good!"

Asuna nodded, "Everyone, go down and get ready now. First, collect all the Cordyceps from the tribesmen, and then select the person who is best at digging Cordyceps to lead the team and dig as much Cordyceps as possible!"

"My husband also said that the excavated Cordyceps must be classified, and the intact and incomplete ones must be separated, as well as the large, medium and small ones!"

"Father, you have to keep an eye on it yourself. I still have to go to Peking because the health products factory is built within the territory of Yan State. We own 30% of the shares there, and it is also the key to the production of health products!"

Asuna advised her father very seriously. She knew very well that this matter must be done well. If it was messed up, she would betray her man's trust!
"Don't worry, my dear daughter. I will definitely complete the tasks assigned to me by my uncle!"

Shiha patted his chest.

Just like that, with the publication in major newspapers and periodicals, and a letter from Ouyang Lun delivered to Asuna, the business of Cordyceps was completely brought to the surface. Before anyone knew it, a huge market was being opened up.

The grassland tribes provided Cordyceps, and other territories also began to provide other medicinal materials, such as ginseng, deer antlers, saffron, etc.!

There are many types of health products, but under Ouyang Lun's arrangement, these medicinal materials are collected in an orderly manner, and the Ming Dynasty's tax collection is also carried out along with the health products.

The people of the Ming Dynasty have long been accustomed to paying taxes!

For the people who pay taxes on time, the court often issues some vouchers and discount coupons, which can be used to deduct money when buying things in major stores. To be honest, if these vouchers and discount coupons are used well, the people can even make some money.

Moreover, the imperial court will give a gift box to the people with outstanding performance. Although not everyone can get this gift box, only if you pay taxes on time are you eligible to be selected. Most people hope that they will be the lucky one!
In addition, the tax policy of the Ming Dynasty is quite relaxed nowadays, and many people will get tax refunds after the tax calculation, which further motivates people to pay taxes on time.

For those who evade taxes or refuse to pay taxes, the Tax Inspection Department will make them know what fear is!
Under this policy of both soft and hard measures, the probability that the people of the Ming Dynasty would voluntarily pay taxes reached 99%!

On the first day of official tax filing and payment, the government offices in various places were filled with people. Even though there were only a few yamen runners maintaining order, the people also abided by the rules. It can be said that everything was in perfect order at the scene!
The cooperation of the people made the tax collection work of the Ming Dynasty this year particularly smooth.

Just when the year-end gift health products and tax collection work were proceeding in an orderly manner, Ouyang Lun started to get busy with another thing.

The administration rectification initiated by Zhu Biao before, with the support of Zhu Yuanzhang and Ouyang Lun, was quite effective. More than a dozen officials above the fifth rank voluntarily resigned from their posts. As for these vacant positions, Zhu Biao was cunning enough to let Ouyang Lun, Li Shanchang, Song Lian, Lu Chang and others make the decision together!
Obviously, this will make the various factions in the court compete with each other.

Originally, Ouyang Lun had nothing to care about this matter. Although there were more than a dozen vacant official positions, they were all vacant after the Huaixi Party and neutral officials voluntarily resigned, which was equivalent to someone else's territory.

If Ouyang Lun rushed in to rob, it would inevitably cause the Huaixi Party and the neutral faction to join forces to resist.

Although Ouyang Lun was not afraid, he did not want to be troubled by such a thing. If he really defeated the Huaixi Party and the neutral faction by himself, then it would be Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's turn to be unable to sleep. If Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao could not sleep, then Ouyang Lun would not be able to sleep well either.

So Ouyang Lun’s choice was to just ignore it.

In fact, Ouyang Lun had almost forgotten about this matter, but he was called to the Hall of Supreme Harmony by Zhu Biao early this morning.

"No, my brother-in-law, can't you be kind?!"

"I just finished dealing with the year-end gift boxes and taxes. I was just about to take a good rest for two days, and you called me here again!"

"You definitely did this on purpose! You keep telling me, have you planted a spy around me?"

As soon as Ouyang Lun stepped into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he immediately started complaining.

It was like this when Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor. He couldn't stand himself being idle. It was as if it would be a great loss for him if he was idle. I didn't eat your rice. Those grains were all grown by me!

It was originally thought that the situation would be much better after Zhu Biao became emperor, and it was indeed much better in the early days. However, as Zhu Biao became more and more skilled as an emperor, his style of doing things became more and more like that of Zhu Yuanzhang. The only difference was that Zhu Yuanzhang would directly order you to do something, and if you didn't do it, he would get angry, while Zhu Biao would not give orders directly, but would discuss with you very humbly, and finally ask you to do it. If you didn't do it, he would look pitiful!

Zhu Biao will really learn to "act like a spoiled child" very quickly!
It is really difficult for you to refuse an emperor who is acting like a spoiled child to you.

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Except that the means are milder, the result is the same thing: doing things.

Oh shit!

“Ahem.” Zhu Biao didn’t get angry when he heard Ouyang Lun complain as soon as he came in. Instead, he coughed twice awkwardly, “Brother-in-law, there are other people here!”

Hearing Zhu Biao's words, Ouyang Lun turned around and saw that Li Shanchang, Lu Chang, Song Lian and other important court officials were all there.

"So what! I am telling the truth!"

As Ouyang Lun spoke, he sat down on the chair next to him. At this time, Li Shanchang, Song Lian and others were still standing.

"Your Majesty, it's the end of the year and I'm so busy! Sometimes I wish I could split myself into two halves. No. Three halves. Only in this way can I relax a little!"

"Your Majesty, after all this talk, can you please give me some tea? When you come to my house, I always serve you good tea! You can't just call me here and not give me a sip of tea!"

Hearing this, Li Shanchang, Song Lian, Lu Chang and others widened their eyes with expressions of disbelief. To be honest, it was the first time they saw how Ouyang Lun communicated with Emperor Zhu Biao.

If it were anyone else, they would definitely yell loudly.

Talking to His Majesty the Emperor like this is like courting death!
But thinking that the person in front of them was Ouyang Lun, they all remained silent tacitly, not noticing that Emperor Zhu Biao, after hearing Ouyang Lun's "disrespectful" words, did not show any displeasure, but instead smiled very naturally!

"Brother-in-law, this is not my fault! The reason I asked you to come here today is because Lord Li, Lord Lu, and Lord Song strongly requested that you come along!"

Zhu Biao looked embarrassed.

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Lun immediately turned his gaze towards Li Shanchang and others, with a look of amusement and scrutiny.

"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. It was Lord Li who asked you to come. I just agreed!" Song Lian immediately explained.

"Yes, yes, the main person who proposed it was Lord Li. Lord Song and I are not so firm in our attitudes." Lu Chang quickly agreed.

"Forehead"

Upon hearing this, Li Shanchang's face turned dark.

Oh shit!

These two fence-sitters!

However, what Lu Chang and Song Lian said was not wrong. It was Li Shanchang's decision to require Ouyang Lun to be present!

The reason is very simple. Emperor Zhu Biao forced him to bring out a list of new officials. It is very simple to bring out the list, but if Ouyang Lun is not called, and Ouyang Lun stands up to veto his list, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?
Li Shanchang felt that this possibility was very high!
Every man has his own job. Li Shanchang absolutely did not believe that Ouyang Lun had no idea about these more than ten official positions.

If he took out the list, the officials above would expose his thoughts as Li Shanchang. If he waited for Ouyang Lun's veto before making a decision, he would be in a passive position. So instead of being "raided" by Ouyang Lun, it would be better to force Ouyang Lun to go along. Even if this would cost some price, it was safer this way!
"Ahem, that's right! It is my decision to invite Prince Consort Ouyang to discuss this together!"

Li Shanchang nodded and continued, "Prince Consort Ouyang, His Majesty made it very clear at the beginning that the list of new officials needs to be jointly decided by me, Prince Consort Ouyang, Lord Song, and Lord Lu!"

"As the chief minister of the cabinet, Prince Consort Ouyang, if you are absent, this list will not be published. Please forgive me, Prince Consort Ouyang!"

"I see. It seems that Lord Li doesn't trust me!"

Ouyang Lun nodded.

He is not a three-year-old child. It would be strange if he really believed the reasons given by Li Shanchang.

Ouyang Lun's guess about Li Shanchang's real thoughts was almost correct.

What an old fox you are. However, you, an old fox, have really schemed for the Huaixi Party. You are still so active at such an old age. No wonder Old Zhu wanted to take action against you in the end.

You can't blame others. In fact, you did a pretty good job. It's just that there was a man named Sima Yi before you who blocked your way.

Ouyang Lun muttered a few words in his heart, and he felt more sympathy for Li Shanchang.

To be honest, this old man Li Shanchang is pretty good. If we really talk about it, he is definitely on the same level as Zhang Liang and Zhangsun Wuji. What a pity (End of this chapter)