Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Inside the Imperial City of Kyoto.

In the Imperial Study.

Emperor Yanping received Yang Zhengshan's self-defense memorial.

Looking at the contents of the memorial, Emperor Yanping did not have too many emotional fluctuations at first.

The memorial mentioned some past events that Yang Zhengshan had done in Tenglongwei, and Emperor Yanping had seen these past events in previous memorials.

Until Emperor Yanping saw Yang Zhengshan saying that Liaodong would experience a severe drought, his face suddenly became gloomy.

Severe drought in Liaodong?

It may involve most areas of Liaoyuan and Pingyuan!

It will affect nearly 10 million people, and it is possible that millions of people will have no harvest and become refugees!

Looking at Yang Zhengshan's prediction in the memorial, Emperor Yanping's first reaction was anger!

It was difficult for him to accept this kind of speculation without evidence.

But when he saw that Yang Zhengshan said in the memorial that Liaodong was already experiencing a drought, he suppressed his anger again.

"Go, summon Lu Hua!"

Emperor Yanping ordered coldly.

"Yes!" The eunuch serving in the imperial study hurriedly accepted the order.

A moment later, Lv Hua hurried to the imperial study.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Yanping looked up at him with a gloomy look, "Have you found out about Marquis Jing'an's large-scale purchase of grain?"

"Your Majesty, it has been found out!" Lv Hua took out a memorial from his arms and presented it.

At this moment, Nan Sheng walked into the imperial study. He stood respectfully not far from Emperor Yanping and did not speak.

Lv Hua just glanced at him and did not say much.

Emperor Yanping opened Lv Hua's memorial and took a quick look.

"Is the drought in Liaodong true?"

"Your Majesty, I have sent people to investigate. According to the feedback, Liaoyuan and Pingyuan have indeed had less rain this year. Since the spring plowing, almost no rain has fallen." Lv Hua said.

Emperor Yanping stood up and paced in the study with a frown.

The severe drought in Liaodong will not only affect Liaodong, but will also bring great trouble to him and the court.

Such a natural disaster occurred just after he ascended the throne!

It is easy for people to associate the severe drought in Liaodong with him, the new emperor.

Although the court is relatively stable at present, he is very clear that there are many hidden dangers in the court.

Civil and military officials also have many doubts about him, the new emperor.

Natural disasters are heavenly punishments.

At that time, there will definitely be people who say that the heavenly punishment is because he, the new emperor, has lost his morality.

Once the situation gets out of control, he, the new emperor, may need to issue an edict of guilt.

An edict of guilt!

Absolutely not!

Emperor Yanping hated it in his heart.

Of course, he hated God, those ministers in the court who had doubts about him, and those villains hiding in the dark.

As for Yang Zhengshan!

Emperor Yanping sighed faintly, and a sigh came out of his heart.

"No wonder my father trusts Jing'an Marquis so much!"

There is no gap without comparison!

Comparing Yang Zhengshan with the civil and military officials in the court, Emperor Yanping suddenly found that Yang Zhengshan was really a wise minister.

That's right, he was a wise minister, not a good general.

He was anxious about the monarch's worries and worried about the monarch's worries.

He prepared for a rainy day and relieved the monarch's worries.

Before, he thought that Yang Zhengshan's large-scale purchase of grain had some bad intentions, but now he felt that Yang Zhengshan was preparing for a rainy day and relieved his worries.

Thinking about the big gift Yang Zhengshan gave him before, his impression of Yang Zhengshan instantly improved several times.

Thinking of the big gift Yang Zhengshan gave him, his expression became a little more relaxed.

"Go and call Wang An! Well, you leave first!"

Emperor Yanping asked Lu Hua to leave and called Wang An again.

Wang An was originally a eunuch in the Chengwang Mansion. After Emperor Yanping ascended the throne, he was appointed as the chief eunuch of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the admiral of the Jinwu Vanguard, specializing in the affairs of the glass workshop.

Emperor Yanping's glass workshop was built as early as last year. With his support, the scale of his glass workshop is no smaller than that of the glass workshop in the General's Mansion of Chongshan Town.

In the past six months, glass products have become popular in Kyoto. Many dignitaries and officials like glass products very much, especially the wives and daughters of officials, who are even more obsessed with exquisite glass products.

It can be said that the most popular commodities in Kyoto now are various glass ornaments.

If someone does not have a few exquisite glass ornaments, he will be laughed at.

Even the palace is full of glass ornaments.

And the glass ornaments sold brought a lot of silver to Emperor Yanping.

However, Emperor Yanping is not sure how much it is. He has been busy with the affairs of the court recently and has not asked about the situation of the glass workshop for a long time.

Wang An soon came to the imperial study.

"Xiao Anzi greets His Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!"

"Well, how much silver is there in the glass workshop now?" Emperor Yanping asked.

"Your Majesty, the glass workshop currently has 2.83 million taels of silver!" Wang An said.

"How much!" Emperor Yanping thought he had misheard.

Although his glass workshop is now quite large, it has only been built for a year.

At the beginning of the year, he asked about the situation of the glass workshop. At that time, the output of the glass workshop was still very low, and it only earned tens of thousands of taels of silver a month.

It has only been a few months, and the glass workshop has more than 2.8 million taels of silver in cash?

Wang An grinned, "Your Majesty, the glass workshop received 780,000 taels of silver last month, but the silver received this month may decrease. I estimate it should be around 700,000 taels."

"Currently, the sales volume of glass products in Kyoto has decreased. If you want to make more money, you may need to ship them outside Kyoto and sell them!"

The dignitaries and officials in Kyoto are rich, and they have spent more than 2.8 million taels of silver in just a few months. However, the market in Kyoto is also limited, and the popularity of glass products will gradually fade away.

It won't be long before glass products become an ordinary commodity. Although there will still be a large market, sales volume will definitely decrease.

"Then it will be shipped outside Kyoto and sold. What's there to worry about?" Emperor Yanping was a little dissatisfied.

silver!

A lot of money!

In less than half a year, I earned nearly three million taels of silver!

At this time, Emperor Yanping could not wait to transport the glass products to sell outside Kyoto immediately.

"This~~" Wang An scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty, Marquis Jing'an arranged six agents some time ago. They are now selling glass products in various provinces. If we also go to sell, we will compete with them for business!"

He didn't know Emperor Yanping's attitude towards Yang Zhengshan, but after all, he got the glass making method and craftsmanship from Yang Zhengshan. Now he was going to compete with Yang Zhengshan for business, and he felt somewhat guilty.

Emperor Yanping must make the decision on this matter, and he certainly cannot make the decision himself.

After hearing this, Emperor Yanping sat at his desk and fell into deep thought.

He didn't care about competing for business with Yang Zhengshan. He was the king and Yang Zhengshan was his minister. How could Yang Zhengshan not give him what he wanted.

What he was worried about was whether this would affect Yang Zhengshan's purchase of grain.

After all, the grain purchased by Yang Zhengshan was prepared for the severe drought in Liaodong.

He also needs Yang Zhengshan to solve the severe drought in Liaodong, so naturally he cannot affect Yang Zhengshan's purchase of grain.

"Then forget it for now! I'll ask Marquis Jing'an first!" Emperor Yanping thought about it and decided to ask Yang Zhengshan for his opinion first.

As his sense of Yang Zhengshan changed, he also began to pay attention to Yang Zhengshan's opinions.

"yes!"

Wang An responded, but he was a little disappointed. In fact, he also wanted to make more money for His Majesty.

"In addition, you can send one million taels of silver to Marquis Jing'an!" Emperor Yanping said.

The money from the glass workshop was his private property, and he didn't need to discuss it with the cabinet or the Ministry of Household Affairs if he wanted to use it.

But if the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs knew that he had so much money, it is estimated that many people would come over and complain to him about his poverty.

Although Emperor Yanping liked money, he was not greedy for money, but did not want to be restricted by the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue on money.

The more money he has in his pocket, the more free he can do things.

For example, if he wants to give Yang Zhengshan one million taels of silver, if this matter is brought to the court, there is no telling what kind of trouble will be caused.

But if it were allocated from his internal funds, there would be much less opposition in the court, and he could even quietly transport the money to Chongshan Town without informing the civil and military officials.

However, Emperor Yanping ignored one thing, that is, the imperial city was a city with ventilation everywhere.

Before Wang An could transport the silver out of the capital, the news that he had allocated one million taels of silver from internal funds to Yang Zhengshan spread throughout the capital.

That’s one million taels!

Then memorials floated into the imperial study room one after another, all of which were for money.

Not only the memorial, but also Qian Xingwen, the minister of household affairs, went to the imperial study room to cry about poverty, and while crying about poverty, he also apologized.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. There is a shortage of money in the court. The Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue has been empty for a long time. Now all ministries are asking me for money, and all officials are asking me for salary. I am really helpless. Please punish me!" Qian Xingwen stood there. In front of Emperor Yanping, his face was full of shame and powerlessness.

There is never a time when the court is not short of money. No matter how much money it is, as long as it goes into the household department, it will all disappear in a short time.

It's not that he was embezzled, it's just that there are too many ways for the court to use money.

It was not easy for Qian Xingwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, to turn one tael of silver into ten taels, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, so he could only delay and decline in various ways.

It feels like there are countless creditors to him in the world, and each one of them is similar to a debtor.

"Okay, okay, you are so old and you are still crying!" Emperor Yanping was helpless by the noise and said angrily.

"Your Majesty! Old minister~~" Qian Xingwen had something to say.

Emperor Yanping stretched out his hand to interrupt him, "I will give you one million taels, and you can handle these memorials for me!"

He pointed to the thick stack of memorials on the desk.

There are so many memorials, all of which require money, and the reasons for each are very good.

It was as if Da Rong would be in big trouble if he didn't give him any money.

When Qian Xingwen heard that there was one million taels, he immediately beamed with joy. His old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, "No problem, Your Majesty is wise!"

"Okay, please step back first!"

Emperor Yanping rubbed his eyebrows and said distractedly.

At this time, he was in a very irritable mood. He was irritable about the upcoming drought in Liaodong and angry about the situation in the court.

What he did in the imperial study room actually spread like wildfire. How could he not be angry?

Such a situation never happened before when Emperor Taiping was in power.

Although there was a lot of news coming out of the imperial city at that time, they were all trivial matters.

But now, everything he says and does may not escape the eyes of all the civil and military officials in the court.

After Qian Xingwen left, Emperor Yanping suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Nansheng, how did the news get out?"

Nan Sheng bowed his head, "Your Majesty, maybe someone who doesn't know the depth of the matter is gossiping outside and spreading it."

"Gossiping?" Emperor Yanping looked at him, "Investigate! Investigate it for me! I don't want such a thing to happen again next time!"

Nan Sheng knelt down immediately after hearing this, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, it is most appropriate to let the Imperial Guard Division investigate this matter! This old slave is really not suitable to investigate this matter!"

Emperor Yanping narrowed his eyes slightly.

Imperial Guard Division!

That is the Secret Guard Division of the Secret Guard in the Imperial City. Its main responsibility is to monitor and guard the Imperial City.

Emperor Yanping has long had some ideas about the Secret Guard.

He always felt that the Secret Guard was too large. He felt a little uneasy about letting Wang Zhongzhi take charge of the Secret Guard alone. After all, Wang Zhongzhi was not promoted by him.

"Send an order to Wang Zhongzhi, the Imperial Guard Division will be set up separately in the future, and you will be the commander of the Imperial Guard Division!" Emperor Yanping said.

Compared to Wang Zhongzhi, he trusted Nansheng more, after all, Nansheng was the companion who grew up with him.

Nansheng's eyes flashed with surprise, and he kowtowed and said: "This old slave obeys your order!"