I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 99 Reactions from all parties
"Half of the profit?" Yang Tinghe was so shocked that his hand holding the pen trembled, and the brush left a stain on the paper.

"Yes, please take a look, Lord Yang." Liu Ji handed over the letter.

Yang Tinghe quickly took the letter and began to read it. In the letter, Zhu Houxuan humbly stated that he had created the lottery industry by chance and that the profits were very high, but these profits all came from the people. The hard work he put in was not worth such a large profit in return. He felt very uneasy holding these profits, so he wanted to donate 10% of the total sales amount of each lottery ticket to the Ministry of Revenue and ask the Ministry of Revenue to use it for the people.

Finally there is a chart of the costs and profits of the lottery.

After reading it, Yang Tinghe handed it to Li Dongyang and frowned.

After Li Dongyang finished reading, Yang Tinghe said, "What is the King of Jing up to? This move is really beyond my expectation. Why do I feel like the King of Jing is bribing us?"

"Bribing us? King Jing didn't mention us at all in the letter. What does his donation to the country have to do with us?" Li Dongyang said slowly after reading the letter.

"Half of the profit from this lottery must be at least 500,000 taels of silver. The King of Jing is really generous. He donated it as soon as he said he would." Liu Ji sighed. As the Minister of Revenue, he has been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for two or three years. His hair has turned white from worrying about the silver every day. With the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, these 500,000 taels can play a big role, and it is 500,000 taels every year.

"This money is just as King Jing said, it comes too easily and there are too many jealous people. It's too hot to handle this money. Donating half of it to the country is also a good move." Li Dongyang said, twirling his beard.

"I have been thinking about the lottery recently. The more I think about it, the more I feel that the rules are very subtle. The rules take advantage of human nature everywhere. People who suffer losses due to the lottery will not feel resentful. I see that the gambling business in the capital has plummeted recently. Everyone has gone to buy lottery tickets. The King of Jing's ability to see through people's hearts is terrible!" Yang Tinghe exclaimed.

"What Jiefu said is very true. These days, no one in the capital city is not studying the lottery. This lottery drives everyone crazy. Although this method is not a way for the country to make money, it is a good way to raise funds. First, it will prevent private gambling houses from accumulating wealth that harms the world. Second, it will allow the people to transfer the ill-gotten gains from gambling to the hungry people who are crying out for relief." Li Dongyang's eyes were shining. "The King of Jing's move, apart from other things, is beneficial to the country and the people because of his public spirit and merits."

Liu Ji also nodded and said, "Yes, if this law is implemented well, the beneficiaries will be the court and the people."

"What? Are you going to accept this money?" Yang Tinghe asked.

"What do you mean we accept it? We accept it on behalf of the country. State affairs are more important. If you say we don't accept it today, believe it or not, Minister Liu will block you from leaving the house today." Li Dongyang joked.

Yang Tinghe turned around and saw that Liu Ji was looking at him unfriendlyly. He couldn't help laughing for a moment.

But he had to admit that King Jing made a great move. The most important thing was that King Jing was not greedy at all. He took good care of all aspects and always wanted to be at the forefront of everything.

It must be very worry-free to work with such a person. Yang Tinghe thought silently in his heart.

On the other side, Zhu Houxuan was about to go out when two uninvited guests came to visit.

Zhu Houxun frowned as he looked at the two people who suddenly broke into the princes' palace.

"Excuse me, who are you two?" Zhu Houxuan asked with a bow. The two men were dressed very luxuriously, and it was obvious at first glance that they were not different people.

"Nephew of King Jing! We are your uncles!" The man came and started to talk to Zhu Houxuan in a familiar manner.

Zhu Houxuan suddenly realized that these were Empress Dowager Zhang’s two younger brothers, Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, and Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang. No wonder they exuded the familiar scent of insects.

"Hello, uncles. Please come in and take a seat." Zhu Houxuan said quickly. He was already very excited. It's not that he had never dealt with these two people before, but not directly. When gambling on football a while ago, the law enforcement agencies behind the sixteen teams repeatedly raided the gambling houses that opened betting odds. Many gambling houses were raided, but only one was not raided, and it even arrogantly opened the odds directly in the stadium. This gambling house was opened by these two uncles.

However, the odds they set were too greedy, their credibility was poor, and the types of football bets they offered were not as diverse as those offered by Zhu Houxuan, so soon no one bought in.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized what these two cheap uncles were here for.

As expected, as soon as he sat down, Zhang Heling couldn't wait to speak, "Nephew, our family needs to move around more. You've been in Beijing for several months, but you didn't come to visit me."

"I'll definitely do it next time, definitely next time!" Zhu Houxuan said evasively.

"As a family, we should not only visit each other more often, but also help each other when something happens. Don't you think so, nephew?" Zhang Yanling also chimed in.

Zhu Houxuan had no choice but to smile and nodded politely.

Zhang Heling felt that he had laid the groundwork, so he said bluntly: "The lottery that my nephew has made has caused a sensation in the whole capital recently. It must be very hard to manage such a large industry, and he must need help from others. Those outsiders cannot be trusted. We can't look for those outsiders. If we have to look for someone, we have to look for our relatives, so as not to be taken advantage of by those outsiders."

Zhu Houxuan understood clearly that these two insects had bad intentions.

But he couldn't just confront her now, so he smiled and said, "How are the two uncles going to help me?"

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling looked at each other and said excitedly, "My nephew must be short of money to run such a large business. We uncles will help you with some money."

"Thank you, uncles. How much money are you prepared to give?"

Zhang Heling winked at Zhang Yanling, who hesitated for a moment and said, "30,000 taels of silver, but this silver is not given for free. My nephew must give us 30% of the lottery shares."

In fact, before they came, they were planning to use 6 taels to buy % of the shares, but seeing that Zhu Houxun was too easy to talk to, they temporarily cut the price in half.

"Is that so?" Zhu Houxuan stretched out his voice.

"What do you think? Nephew, with the help of your uncles, no one in this capital will dare to touch the lottery industry." Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling stared at Zhu Houxuan closely.

"But all these shares belong to my royal brother! How about we go to my royal brother to discuss the shares?" Zhu Houxuan said with his hands spread out.

"Is that so?" Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling's faces changed drastically.

"Yes, without my brother's support, I wouldn't be able to run such a big business!"

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling hesitated. They did not have a good relationship with their emperor nephew. If they were asked to talk to Zhu Houzhao about this matter, they would definitely not want to bring bad luck.

(End of this chapter)