The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Can't make ends meet? How could that be?" Li Yuan asked in surprise.

He remembered that he had given the Yin family a lot of things last time, including good fields, farms, houses, gold and silver, and servants.

Why can't they make ends meet now?

Li Yuan thought that the things he had given to Yin Fei's father were enough to make their family worry-free about food and clothing.

"My father wanted to make his family live a good life, so he learned from other families and let his people do business and buy property for his family." Yin Fei said.

"Isn't that great?" Li Yuan smiled.

If there were land and shops, even if they didn't manage them themselves, they could rent them out and get a lot of money back, which would ensure that the family could make ends meet.

"What's good about it? My father is not cut out for this kind of thing. As for his subordinates, they can barely manage to look after the shops and farmland, but how can they learn to make money from others?" Concubine Yin complained helplessly: "Isn't it that King Jingyang wants to do some tea business in Chang'an recently? Originally, there was a tea shop in my mother's family. Although it didn't make a lot of money, it was at least an income. Now this business is about to fail.

Once the people under King Jingyang opened the tea shop, all the tea shops in Chang'an City couldn't survive, including the shop of my father's family."

Li Yuan nodded slightly after hearing this.

So that's the case.

That's right. Once the new tea comes out, the original tea will probably be ignored. Naturally, the original tea shops in Chang'an City can't operate anymore.

"It's nothing more than a tea shop. If you don't do this business anymore, you can do something else. It's not like what you said, the family can't make ends meet. After all, he is the father of a concubine in the palace. How bad can it be?" Li Yuan comforted his concubine.

"Well, that's hard to say. Your Majesty, you gave me a lot of gifts, which were indeed enough for my father and his family to live on. However, such a large house with only income but no expenditure will eventually run out of money. That's why they thought about finding some income for the family. Who could have thought that the business was doing well, but the King of Jingyang made my father's shop go bankrupt." Concubine Yin said, "If it weren't for this, my father wouldn't have come to the palace to complain to me."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We can't stop other people from doing this business just because your father's shop is not doing well." Li Yuan said, "There are many things that can be done in Chang'an City. When the time comes, you can ask your father to do something else. As for the capital, it's not difficult for me to reward him with some money."

Li Yuan was very generous. He was now well-off. His private treasury was separate from the inner court.

The inner court allocated a portion of his expenses in the palace, and Li Fu gave him a lot of money. He didn't have much to spend, so he saved it.

In order to curry favor with him and protect their own interests, those old ministers also sent a lot of good things to the palace, and Li Yuan kept them all.

In the past, although Changsun Anye made Li Yuan upset every time he came to Da'an Palace, he was also sensible and collected a lot of rare treasures from outside to make Li Yuan happy, because only when Li Yuan was happy could he say a few words in front of Li Yuan, otherwise, Li Yuan would not be in the mood to listen to his nagging.

People brought gifts, and Li Yuan also knew not to hit smiling people.

As for the reward for Yin Fei's father, Li Yuan did not think it was a big deal. He also knew that Li Shimin reduced the court's rewards to ministers in the court, and Yin Fei's family was also included.

Yin Fei was just one of the four concubines, De Fei. Yin Fei's father was considered a royal relative, but not the father-in-law of the emperor. It was because people privately praised him, made him happy, and flattered Yin Fei that they called him the father-in-law of the emperor in private.

When the emperor was in power, they could be supported, and Li Yuan didn't care.

But when it came to Li Shimin's Zhenguan Dynasty, Li Shimin was unwilling to support them.

In Da'an Palace, the concubines of the emperor were also paid every month.

For example, Concubine Yin, the first-rank Defei, converted into copper coins a month, was less than ten strings, about nine strings and eight coins.

And Concubine Zhang, the third-rank, only six strings and one coin a month.

Even if all this money was sent out of the palace to her family, it would not be enough to support such a large house if it was not spent carefully.

"But we can't always rely on the emperor's reward. I told my father that the emperor's reward was a grace to our family, but our family can't always rely on this to live, we still have to be self-reliant."

"Then, what do you think?" Li Yuan asked curiously."I want to find a way for my father to continue. Since my father is doing tea business in Chang'an City, and King Jingyang's subordinates also have such business, why not let my father help King Jingyang? After all, my father's subordinates have been operating in Chang'an City for some years. Whether it is a shop, or a clerk, and the wealthy families who like to buy tea, they are all ready. In this way, King Jingyang can save a lot of trouble."

"Oh, after all this trouble, you want to do the tea business with King Jingyang's subordinates." Li Yuan laughed.

How could he not know how easy it is to do the tea business.

What Concubine Yin said is not all about convenience. Now in Chang'an City, the name of new tea has long been spread, and many people are rushing to buy new tea, but now the new tea shop has not opened yet.

What shop and clerks Concubine Yin mentioned, including the wealthy families who used to like to buy tea, are irrelevant to King Jingyang.

After all, the reputation of the new tea has long been spread.

Everyone in the court knows about this.

"If this is possible, my family in the future can also take advantage of this east wind to be self-reliant and last for a long time." Concubine Yin said.

Li Yuan closed his eyes and shook his head.

This is not to take advantage of the east wind to be self-reliant, this is to rely on the tea business of King Jingyang and live by sucking blood.

Li Yuan knew clearly in his heart that he would never agree to this.

He could reward Concubine Yin's father, and he had the final say on how much reward to give. He would not feel sorry for more or less.

However, Concubine Yin's family could not be allowed to interfere in Li Fu's affairs.

What's more, the tea business is not just Li Fu's business, but also the inner court of the palace.

There is his own share, and there is also Erlang's share.

In this case, how can we tolerate the Yin family interfering again?