Dragon's Origin

Chapter 664 A Group of Confucian Teachers (Part 1)

"Teacher?" The Emperor heard a new figure from the Third Prince's words and hurriedly asked, "Is it the teacher I found for you? Grand Scholar Lin?"

"Yes, Father!" The Third Prince nodded quickly and said, "In addition, several of Grand Scholar Lin's students who are also officials in the court are also giving advice to the child, and several new great scholars that the child has invited also think so."

"Well, specifically which ones? I really want to talk to them." The Emperor nodded, hmm'd, and then asked.

The Third Prince didn't feel there was any problem and quickly said the names of several of Grand Scholar Lin's students, and also said the names of several great scholars.

The Emperor raised his head and glanced slightly at Chief Eunuch Li at the door. Chief Eunuch Li immediately understood and bowed silently to the Emperor before quietly leaving. From beginning to end, the Third Prince didn't know when Chief Eunuch Li left.

"Tell me what they said first." The Emperor finally gave the Third Prince a slightly better look. At the Emperor's signal, Eunuch Shen also untied the restraints binding the Third Prince, allowing him to sit in the Imperial Study and talk to the Emperor.

However, when Eunuch Shen finished doing this, he sighed deeply in his heart. The Third Prince was really made stupid by reading, or was taught stupid by those great scholars and the like. What a pity! Another one!

"Lizhen Lane is making huge profits." Seeing that the Emperor's attitude had also changed, the Third Prince thought that his explanation had just been accepted by the Emperor, and he suddenly became excited and quickly began to express his thoughts: "I think that this kind of business related to the livelihood of the people should be run exclusively by the court."

"Princess Ning, can also be regarded as a princess personally conferred by me. Her appearance should also be considered as the name of the court, right?" The Emperor did not express opposition, nor did he agree, but followed the Third Prince's words and said, "Besides, this Lizhen Lane's business has not gone outside the capital, and the taxes that should be paid have been paid. They have been doing business according to the rules and have not shown any misbehavior, right?"

"Father, you are wrong!" The Third Prince's spirit was even more lifted when he heard the Emperor say this: "How can such an industry related to the national economy and the people's livelihood be controlled by women?"

"Then who should control it?" The Emperor asked very calmly: "You? Or your teachers?"

"Naturally, important court officials have priority." The Third Prince quickly replied without hesitation. He thought this was an examination by the Emperor and answered very seriously: "However, since Lizhen Lane has shares of my imperial family, it is natural that it should be controlled by someone from my imperial family. I have already discussed it with several elders in the Clan Court, and they are also willing to let me temporarily manage Lizhen Lane."

"The elders of the Clan Court also mean this?" The Emperor was a little surprised. There was also the matter of the Clan Court in this? The Third Prince had already hooked up with some people from the Clan Court for such a big thing, but no one came to say a word to him, the Emperor. Interesting.

"Yes, Father!" The Third Prince seemed to have considered this issue very carefully and directly stated his meaning: "The elders also feel that this kind of wealth is of great importance and must not be held in the hands of women."

Having said 'held in the hands of women' twice in a row, the Emperor could tell that this was aimed at Mei'er, but the real target should be the Empress.

Whether it is Runzi Lane, Mengzhi Lane, or Lizhen Lane, they all cooperate with Mei'er in the name of the Empress, not in the name of the Imperial Family. Although the Empress generously takes out a large amount of income to hand over to the Emperor to fill the Emperor's private treasury, and the entire royal family also benefits from it, some people must still be dissatisfied with this.

They can only share a little bit of the wealth calculated in tens of billions of gold coins. How can this satisfy a group of royal clansmen? It just so happened that the Third Prince was also sent to Lizhen Lane by the Emperor. Isn't this a great opportunity? First learn the profit-making methods of Lizhen Lane, and then replace it, justifiably!

In the end, it's all about interests! The Emperor has reached the legendary realm in cultivating the Royal Shoujing Heart Method, how could he not understand this most fundamental reason?

However, the more he understood, the more angry the Emperor felt. It would be fine if they didn't know that Mei'er was his own daughter, but they couldn't even tolerate the Empress. This made the Emperor couldn't help but wonder if he had killed too few people back then, so now someone has forgotten that he had washed several families in blood for the current Empress?

Without showing any signs, the Emperor once again said in a negotiating tone: "You have only been there for two months. Are you sure you have learned the essence of Lizhen Lane?"

"What's so difficult about that?" The Third Prince laughed, with a proud expression on his face: "I dare not say that I am a genius, but this business of Lizhen Lane is really not difficult!"

"Then tell me, what have you learned?" The Emperor seemed very pleased. At least the Third Prince said so, which meant that he had really learned something.

The Third Prince was overjoyed when he heard this. He immediately began to explain to the Emperor eloquently.

It must be said that the Third Prince is indeed a smart and studious person, and he did indeed do his homework in the first two months of Lizhen Lane. The Third Prince has mastered Lizhen Lane's set of mortgage processes very well. The Emperor asked about several details, and he could answer them like a treasure.

When asked about Lizhen Lane's business methods, the Third Prince was obviously not so confident. But for him, this was not a problem, because Lizhen Lane's methods seemed too simple, so simple that they were a bit crude. Isn't it just lending out at low interest, collecting mortgages, and then slowly waiting for the people who receive the loan to repay the money? It's so simple, who wouldn't?

As for the Jinpiao(金票: Gold Certificate) business, the Third Prince was most enthusiastic about it. In his imagination, or in the eyes of his series of teachers, staff and clansmen, this is what should be exclusively operated by the court. As long as you have the right to print this Jinpiao(金票: Gold Certificate), wouldn't you be able to have as many Jinpiao(金票: Gold Certificate) as you want in the future? Anyway, with Lizhen Lane as the bottom line, even more Jinpiao(金票: Gold Certificate) can be issued.

As for the series of real estate operations of buying land, building houses and selling them, the Third Prince looked down on them very much. These things require a lot of hard work from many people, not only mentally and physically, but also not earning so ideally. The best locations have already been sold, and it is impossible to find better places to make a fortune. In the eyes of the Third Prince, if he cooperates with Mei'er, this part can be thrown to Mei'er, so that she knows that the royal family is already kind enough to her.

"Then how long do you plan to use, and what means do you plan to use to take over Lizhen Lane?" The Emperor listened to all this without expressing his opinion, but asked lightly.