All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 132 The Emperor Borrows Money
When they arrived at Rong Xi Tang, Jia Baoyu had already been knocked unconscious and was sent to his room to be treated by the imperial physician.

Looking at Jia Zheng who was still very angry, Chen Ran kindly stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Zheng, why did you do this?"

"What a rebellious son!"

Jia Zheng was so angry that his eyes trembled. "He is not good at learning literature, he is lazy and incompetent. He is not diligent in martial arts, he is mediocre and useless. If this is the case, I will give up and let him be a parasite for the rest of his life."

"But this beast." Master Zheng looked around and saw that there were no people around. He lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, "He actually ran out again and fooled around with the private actor in the Zhongshun Palace!"

'Oh~~~'

Chen Ran nodded. So that’s it.

As a double plug, Jia Baoyu not only likes beautiful girls, but also beautiful boys.

We had been in a quarrel over this matter before, but I never thought we would be in touch again.

He frowned in thought, there was something strange about this matter.

Even if Official Qi really had the intention and was not afraid of Jia Baoyu's disfigured face, the people in Prince Zhongshun's mansion must be blind.

His experience told him that there was something strange about this.

"It's none of my business." Chen Ran turned around and put the matter out of his mind.

Even if there are any private arrangements, they are aimed at Rongguo Mansion and not at me, so there is no need to meddle in their affairs.

After comforting Jia Zheng with a few words, Chen Ran went to visit Jia Baoyu.

Brother Bao is still unconscious, and the girls in the room are very worried about him.

"I still have a few ginsengs of good age." Chen Ran instructed Jia Xichun, "Go get them for Brother Bao."

Needless to say, Mrs. Wang came forward wiping her tears and expressing her gratitude.

Standing aside and watching the imperial physician treat the patient, Chen Ran, who was bored, felt that someone was watching him.

When I looked over there, my gaze met that of Aunt Xue, who was hiding herself from others.

Aunt Xue looked like she was caught stealing. Her pretty face flushed and she quickly turned her head away.

Chen Ran was thinking about something, and suddenly he felt someone was staring at him.

This time it was Li Wan, her eyes looked anxious, as if there was something important.

Chen Ran quietly left the room and walked along the corridor to an uninhabited bamboo forest in the outer courtyard.

Sure enough, not long after, Li Wan appeared with her maid.

The maid stayed at the gate and looked out. Li Wan walked over to Chen Ran and bowed, "Master Chen."

"Sister-in-law, what do you want me to do? Just tell me."

The previous request to Chen Ran to teach Jia Lan had never come to fruition. Li Wan had given up the idea and became even more jealous of Jia Baoyu.

This time, I came here for something important. "Master Chen, my son Lan'er has reached a bottleneck in his studies. I want to send him to Meishan Academy."

Chen Ran understood Li Wan's meaning as soon as he heard the music.

He nodded immediately, "Okay, I will write a recommendation letter for Lang Ge'er."

Recommendation letters written by ordinary alumni are naturally of no use.

If you can write a recommendation letter from the top scholar, then your chances of success are basically 100%.

Li Wan was overjoyed and bowed quickly to express her gratitude.

Chen Ran said a few polite words and left.

Looking at his departing figure, Li Wan was a little confused, "How should I repay such a big favor?"

Chen Ran’s leisurely days are about to come to an end.

Because the emperor has no money again.

"The treasury is empty." The emperor didn't waste any words and went straight to the point, "Do you have any good ideas?"

There is a consensus among the government and the opposition that the top scholar can make a lot of money.

The result is that now that the emperor is short of money, the first thing he thinks of is to look for a way out from Chen Ran.

"Stamp tax is several hundred thousand taels every year, lottery is over a million taels every year, and last year's tax package also sold over a million taels." Chen Ran cupped his hands, looking puzzled, "Is all this gone?"

The emperor's expression immediately darkened.

Not to Chen Ran, but to the greedy civil servants: "As long as they want to spend money, they have plenty of reasons and excuses."

He slapped the imperial desk in front of him with a slap in anger. "I can't even afford to build a pavilion! These turbans spend money like water!"

It is obvious that the emperor did not include Chen Ran in the ranks of the big turbans.

After venting his anger, he glanced at Chen Ran and said, "The business of the Qing family is booming. The perfume is even sold to the palace. But they don't even know how to pay tribute, but they even accept money!"

"Since you are proficient in Tao Zhu's way, then get more silver for the court."

Chen Ran was also unambiguous and nodded immediately, "If that's the case, where did the money go?"

The emperor was stunned. "Where did the silver go?"

"The imperial court spends so much money every year, and ordinary people only have copper coins at most. So where does all this money go?"

"This" the emperor was also asked, he fell into deep thought "Where did the silver go?"

"The money is all buried in the pigsty in the cellar of the rich family." Chen Ran simply spread his hands and said, "Just confiscate the family's property, and the money will definitely come rolling in."

Xia Bingzhong, who was standing by, shuddered and said, "How dare you say that!"

"That's nonsense!"

The emperor rolled his eyes. "It's easy to confiscate a family's property. All it takes is an imperial decree. But after a confiscation, it will inevitably lead to unrest and even the downfall of the country!" "If you're talking about confiscating a family's property, your family is pretty rich."

"Hey~~~" Chen Ran smiled, "Really not, I've been so poor lately that I've had to buy new things to supplement my family income."

"Oh?" The emperor became interested. "Like perfume? What is it?"

Chen Ran simply took out the underwear from his sleeve and handed it to Xia Bingzhong beside him, "This is it."

The emperor took the underwear and looked at it left and right, but couldn't figure out what these pieces of cloth were used for.

"This is something that women wear close to their bodies. It's like an eye mask and is worn by women to attract men's attention."

After Chen Ran's explanation, the emperor's face darkened. "You are the top scholar! Why are you doing these fancy things all day long?"

After that, the emperor stuffed all the QQ underwear into the sleeves of his dragon robe and said, "Don't do these useless things. The court needs silver now, a lot of silver."

Then he explained, "The northern border is plagued by constant locust plagues, droughts and floods in various places. There are hands everywhere asking for money. I am also a skilled cook who can't cook without rice."

"Then borrow some money."

Chen Ran simply stated, "Ask those wealthy people who sank their silver into the pigsty in the cellar to borrow some silver."

The emperor immediately sneered, "The wealthy are not stupid. They lent the money to the court and want it back?"

"That depends on your majesty's wishes."

The emperor became interested and asked, "Tell me in detail."

"If you borrow with the intention of not paying it back, you will definitely not be able to borrow it."

“The government will definitely not lend money directly, they will only donate to the wealthy in the form of building bridges and roads, providing relief to disaster victims, etc.

What was borrowed was money and grain, and what was returned was plaques, monuments, and the like. The wealthy families regarded it as buying reputation with money. "

Chen Ran explained first, and then told his plan, "If you really want to borrow money and grain, you must have sufficient credibility to guarantee it. The court certainly does not have this credibility, and only your majesty's own reputation can be used as a guarantee."

"My reputation." The emperor already understood a little and continued to listen.

"Your Majesty used his own reputation as collateral, using the court's tax revenue as repayment conditions, and issued government bonds to borrow money from the wealthy."

Chen Ran looked calm at this time. "If there is a border crisis in the north, then borrow a national debt for border preparedness. Borrow as much silver as it will cost. If it takes one million taels, then issue a national debt of one million taels. Set the interest rate and agree to repay it in three years. Wherever there is a flood, borrow a national debt for flood in a certain prefecture. Wherever there is a drought, borrow a national debt for drought in a certain prefecture."

The emperor listened carefully and thought, "That's a solution. I'm not a tyrant, and for the sake of my reputation I will never lend money and not pay it back. But if the interest rate is too high, I'm afraid the government and the public will oppose it. If the interest rate is too low, why would the big guys come to buy it?"

"Simple." Chen Ran said, "Give these big families an irresistible benefit."

"explain."

"Your Majesty, can you promise that if there is a confiscation of property, the national debt will not be included in the confiscation."

"." The emperor pondered for a long time, staring at Chen Ran. "What on earth is wrong with your brain? You can come up with so many good ideas."

Chen Ran smiled innocently, "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I am actually a reckless warrior~~~"

The issue of national debt caused huge waves both inside and outside the government.

The emperor's guarantee, tax repayment, interest rate and none of that mattered.

The important thing is not to search the house.

In an era where officialdom was the most important thing, the so-called wealthy families were actually families of officials, or at least had close ties with officials.

Without these things, it is almost impossible for big investors to become big investors.

For these wealthy families, what they fear most is that one day an angel will suddenly come to their home with an imperial decree, and with a single word of confiscating their property, they will take away all the hard work their family has put in over the years.

From then on, the family fell into decline and had no chance of recovery.

Now that the government bonds are out, all the big investors are interested.

If the property is not confiscated, then even if it is confiscated, as long as there is wealth left, future generations will still have a chance to revive the family business!
For a while, the entire government and the country were in turmoil because of this incident.

As for Chen Ran, who proposed this matter, he firmly declined the emperor's request to be responsible for the national debt.

Because he knew very well that this thing was too complicated.

As soon as the benefits of national debt came out, everyone wanted to issue national debt. There were all kinds of strange reasons and internal intrigues, and even the Ministry of Revenue refused to pay money, resulting in a breach of contract and embarrassing the emperor. People scrambled for benefits and privately transferred them, and so on.

Knowing that there would be so many troublesome things, Chen Ran just brought up the matter and then withdrew from it without getting involved at all.

"I propose good governance. If it is not done well, it is your fault. What does it have to do with me?"

Chen Ran started to busy himself with his family business.

We found Miss Mingxiang from Piaoxiang Pavilion and asked her to promote QQ underwear in various restaurants.

Of course, since she had to get benefits for the work, Chen Ran gave her a sales commission.

Those who could patronize Qinlou and Chuguan were naturally from wealthy families.

When they see QQ underwear and think it’s good, they naturally want the women in their family to wear it too. This is publicity.

In addition, there is a publicity route.

In the backyard of the Jia Mansion, there is a small wooden house between the rockery and the shade of trees.

"This piece of clothing has so little fabric." Wang Xifeng turned around and said, "How dare you ask for several taels of silver for one piece? Is there really a fool who would buy it?"

"You know nothing." Chen Ran lay comfortably on the couch in a 'wood' position. "In order to attract the attention of the men in their families, women from wealthy families will not hesitate to buy anything even if it costs dozens of taels, not to mention a few taels of silver."

"The key point of this thing is not the amount of fabric, but the design. Do you know the design? The less fabric, the better."

Having said this, Chen Ran suddenly stood up, and under Wang Xifeng's astonished gaze, he flew to the door and suddenly opened it.

Accompanied by a scream, a slightly plump figure fell into Chen Ran's arms!
(End of this chapter)