The Shaofu family order was wondering if it was time for the conversation between the monarch and his ministers to end today, when he heard Emperor Wende mention the dividend.
Shaofu Jialing's heart skipped a beat, as expected, he was waiting here.
Emperor Wende asked happily: "I heard that many people have received a large amount of dividends today. How much did my uncle get?"
The Shaofu Jialing bowed and said: "Not much, not much. During the Chinese New Year, I can add two more dishes."
"The dishes added by my uncle during the Chinese New Year are not cheap."
Shaofu Jialing was sweating.
"I also invested money in Gu Jiu back then, why didn't she send money to me?"
"Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day, I guess Madam Zhao is afraid of disturbing His Majesty."
"It's about money, and it's a big deal at any time. How can you not take the initiative to send money because you're afraid of being disturbed. It's really unreasonable."
Emperor Wende seemed to be joking.
However, the Shaofu family order was a little frightened.
He was worried that Emperor Wende would be moody, and he would turn his anger on Gu Jiu, so he said: "Today, the old minister also met Mrs. Zhao. She said that the royal family invested 50,000 taels from the official account back then, and she asked the old minister, how much is the principal?" To whom should the dividend be paid.
The old minister was also undecided, thinking that many houses should be collected first, and then handed over to His Majesty and Empress after the books are ready? "
Emperor Wende laughed, "I almost forgot about it. Come on, go to Weiyang Palace and tell me, I will have dinner at Weiyang Palace tonight, and I want to have a drink with the Queen."
The servant took the order and hurried to Weiyang Palace to inform the matter.
Emperor Wende looked at the family order of the Shaofu again, "Does the uncle still have accounts that he hasn't disclosed?"
Sure enough, I remembered it.
The Shaofu family order hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Zhao still has a problem. Back then, the late emperor invested 300,000 taels. I ask your Majesty to tell you how to account for the dividends of this principal."
Emperor Wende said: "You tell me first, how much dividends can you get this time with a principal of 300,000 yuan?"
The Shaofu family order directly stated a figure, the dividend was directly doubled compared to the principal.
Emperor Wende was stunned, "There are so many?"
"The old minister dare not lie to His Majesty, there are indeed so many."
"So the 50,000 taels I voted in have also doubled?"
"Exactly."
Emperor Wende first laughed, very heartily.
This is the best news in the past month, bar none.
At the end of the year, he saw the money being spent, but did not see the income. Emperor Wende was very worried.
Unexpectedly, Gu Jiu gave him an unexpected surprise.
But after laughing, Emperor Wende put on a straight face again, "Hmph, the last time I saw her, she was still crying poorly in front of me. I still clearly remember that during the Chinese New Year last year, the empress dowager asked the boss to take a concubine. Gu Jiu kept saying that she couldn't afford it. This is her crime of deceiving the emperor."
The Shaofu family order hesitated for a moment, "It's not appropriate to ask Mrs. Zhao to take the dowry to raise a concubine's room."
Emperor Wende looked at the Shaofu family order with a half-smile, "Uncle is all about protecting Gu Jiu."
The Shaofu family order said seriously: "She is the junior of the old minister, and she has helped the old minister a lot. The old minister does not want to see her wronged."
"You are honest."
Emperor Wende's expression softened a little, and the Shaofu Jialing secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Serving an emperor like Emperor Wende who can't see through his emotions and anger is really tiring. It's really not as easy as serving the late emperor.
The first emperor was full of joy and anger on his face, and he was too lazy to play tricks. If you are not happy, you are not happy, if you want to kill, you will kill.
Seeing everything clearly, it also saved the courtiers a lot of thought.
Emperor Wende likes to say the opposite of the irony, and the opposite of the truth. As a courtier, it is really tiring to deal with it!
A servant came into the hall and said that Mrs. Zhao had come.
Emperor Wende smiled, "Tell her to wait. I haven't finished chatting with my uncle yet."
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When Gu Jiu was invited into the palace, she knew she couldn't hide. Sooner or later.
She waited in the side hall, thinking about what to say when she met Emperor Wende.
After waiting for about half an hour, he was invited into the hall.
At this time, the Shaofu family order had already received the order and left the palace. The two failed to meet.
"Daughter-in-law pay respects to Father Emperor, long live Father Emperor!"
"Don't live forever. I heard that today's dividends are distributed, and everyone is smiling. Only here, I haven't seen a single copper coin."
Emperor Wende kept a straight face on purpose, very majestic.
In just two years, Emperor Wende has already been reborn, not the King Ning of the past. The majesty of the emperor is full of pressure.
Gu Jiu took a deep breath, "Father, please tell me, because I don't know who to hand over my father's money, so my daughter-in-law decided on her own and handed it over to the Young Mansion for safekeeping. I wonder if the Young Mansion has been handed over to the Father?"
"Why don't you send it to the palace yourself?"
"It's a trivial matter, how dare you disturb the father."
"It's about money, how can it be a trivial matter. People in the world are fighting for dogs, isn't it just for that stupid thing. I am also a layman, so I can't be exempt."
Gu Jiu's mouth twitched.
Your Majesty, you are the emperor. Is it really okay to say that you love money openly and aboveboard
Gu Jiu was decisive, "My daughter-in-law knows her mistake. The next time I get a dividend, my daughter-in-law will definitely send the money to the emperor on time."
Emperor Wende nodded in satisfaction, "Did you bring the money?"
So direct!
Gu Jiu broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, she was prepared.
I saw her take out an envelope from her sleeve, "This is a dividend note, you can exchange it for silver or silver notes at the Shaofu Bank at any time. Father, please have a look."
The servant took the sealed envelope from her hand, stepped forward a few steps, and handed it to Emperor Wende.
Emperor Wende tore open the seal of the envelope, took out the bill from it, and was very satisfied when he saw the amount of dividends on it.
He asked suddenly: "Didn't you say you are poor? Every time I see you, I hear you crying about being poor."
Gu Jiu looked aggrieved, "My daughter-in-law is really poor. Although she earns a lot, she also spends a lot. All the money she earns is invested in other projects. Now my daughter-in-law is so poor that all she has left is money for food."
Emperor Wende's face darkened, "Did you and the Shaofu's family order agree to call you poor together, and the method of calling poor is the same. They both said that there is only money left for food."
Gu Jiu was so heartbroken that he was taken a step ahead by the Shaofu's order.
what can she do
She can only bite the bullet.
"Don't dare to lie to the emperor, the daughter-in-law really has no money. The daughter-in-law can hand in the account book, which records every expense."
"Hmph! Are you afraid that I will beat the autumn wind? Even if I am poor, I am not so poor as to beat my daughter-in-law's dowry. Put away your little thoughts."
"My daughter-in-law is guilty." Gu Jiu confessed his mistake very straightforwardly, with a wink.
Emperor Wende wanted to get angry, but he gave up because of the generous dividends.
"I don't care about this time. But I don't want to hear you call me poor in the future."
Emperor Wende thought, if Gu Jiu was a poor person, there would be no rich people in the whole world.
One and two, guarding him is like guarding against thieves. Is it rare that he is so open-minded about money
It really doesn't make sense.
It's too much for a majestic emperor to be thought so badly.
"I chatted with the family order of the Shaofu today, and I heard that you have given the Shaofu a lot of advice. Tell me, if you save money and pay interest, can you really collect the gold, silver and copper coins that the landlord's old wealth hid in the cellar?" ?”
When Gu Jiu heard this, she immediately felt relieved, knowing that the danger had been lifted.
Facing Emperor Wende, she talked eloquently, "Your Majesty, you know that old landlords and riches in the countryside are insignificant in the eyes of big households, but they can't stand up to their large numbers. A family saves five hundred taels, one thousand taels, and the whole world has such rich landlords." , if there are not 100,000 households, there must be 50,000 households.
The silver money buried in the cellar by these landlords and old fortunes can add up to at least a few million taels, or even tens of millions of taels. And as far as the daughter-in-law knows, most of the silver coins they keep in the cellar are copper coins. "
Rural landlords are rich and have limited access to gold and silver. On the contrary, it is copper coins, and I have saved a lot.
As soon as Gu Jiu opened his mouth, he attracted Emperor Wende's attention.
Emperor Wende recalled the national imperial book he had read a few years ago, and at the same time motioned Gu Jiu to continue talking.
Gu Jiu then continued: "Old rich landlords in the countryside, apart from farming, they don't actually have many ways to make money. The most they can do is to make private loans in the village. Because the villagers don't dare to engage in usury.
Throughout the year, most of these people's income actually comes from the land. They hid the copper coins in the cellar, nothing more than saving money.
If they learn that they have deposited their money in Shaofu Bank, even if the annual interest is only four or five cents. There is only a few taels of interest for a hundred taels a year, and the income of a few hundred taels is a few tens of taels, and they are willing.
For those old landlords in the countryside, dozens of taels are enough for their family's expenses for several months. You only need to deposit the money in the bank for one year, and you can get half a year's expenses. I think that as long as someone tastes the sweetness, there will be a steady stream of people who will deposit the copper coins hidden in the cellar into the bank. "
Emperor Wende frowned, "Those people, are they really willing to deposit the money they have saved so hard into the bank for an income of a few taels or tens of taels a year?"
If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood is.
Gu Jiu tried to ask: "Does Your Majesty know, in those remote places, how much money is an acre of dry land worth? How much money is an acre of irrigated land worth?"
"You know?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "My daughter-in-law knows. In the northwest, dry land can be sold for an acre for only one tael of silver. Irrigate the land, depending on the size of the land, ranging from two taels to five taels.
Why is it so cheap, because the transportation in these places is inconvenient, and the materials produced are difficult to transport out. It also made the land not expensive.
But at the same time, the income of the local people is also extremely limited. Apart from farming, there is almost no second income. There are no aristocratic families in this kind of place, but the landlords in every village and township have a lot of money.
Deposit the money in the bank, and the interest earned in a year can buy land ranging from a few acres to dozens of acres. Such a good thing, those old wealthy country landlords will never miss it. "
With limited channels to generate wealth, depositing money in a bank to earn interest has become the safest choice.
This is the same reason that in modern society, the older generation likes to save money.
Emperor Wen De suddenly asked a question that seemed stupid to Gu Jiu.
He asked Gu Jiu, "Are there many such remote areas?"
The corners of Gu Jiu's mouth twitched, "Your Majesty has been in Beijing for more than a year, and you should have seen many similar remote areas. More than 90% of the villages in Dazhou are remote areas."
The inconvenient transportation is doomed to the lack of communication with the outside world in many villages.
Without sufficient information exchange, these villages naturally become remote villages.
The so-called remoteness is not only based on geographical location, but also on the degree of affluence.
There are many large households in Dazhou, but these large households are generally concentrated in places with abundant water sources. They buy farms, and they also like to choose places with abundant water sources.
In reality, there are only a few areas with abundant water resources. In most areas, due to the lack of water conservancy facilities, the land is relatively barren.
Many old landlords in the countryside actually rely on living frugally, accumulating family business from generation to generation, and in peacetime, they can save that little family business.
So they especially cherish the land and money in their hands.
However, as long as the Shaofu Bank is well-known and endorsed by the Shaofu, most landlords and old fortunes are still willing to deposit their hard-earned money into the bank for interest.
Emperor Wende observed Gu Jiu, "You have never been to those remote villages, why do you know so clearly?"
"Because the guy under the name of my daughter-in-law has already visited every village in the Gyeonggi area, and more than once. The daughter-in-law in places outside the Gyeonggi area dare not speak, and the daughter-in-law basically understands the situation in every village in the Gyeonggi area. "
Gu Jiu is very frank and confident, his whole body seems to be radiating light.
Emperor Wende was taken aback when he heard the words, and his expression became solemn, "Do you know the situation of every village in the Gyeonggi area? Are you sure? You have to be responsible for speaking big words in front of me."
Gu Jiu nodded affirmatively, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can call someone from the Household Department Hucao. Randomly check every village. My daughter-in-law dare not say that it is 100% accurate, at least it can guarantee 80% accuracy."
"Okay, I'll test you. Come, call the Minister of the Household Department and the Household Cao. Tell them to bring the household registration documents of each county in the Gyeonggi area."
"Follow the order!"