Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 133 Emperor Hongzhi's Shock

Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Three days, oh, it is indeed a bit long. I only earned two hundred taels in three days. Naturally, it is not worthy of the two uncles' approval."

Get in!

Why can’t I get in?
Zhang Heling's eyes almost popped out. Is this fake? You made so much money in three days? Are you competing with the people for profits? Are you trying to plunder the people?

He gasped and asked Zhu Houzhao: "How did you make this money?"

Zhu Houzhao said, "I don't know. I invested 500 taels and got 200 taels back in three days. What's wrong?"

Zhang Heling hurriedly said, "Good nephew! To be honest, your uncle actually wanted to form a partnership with you."

"But your second uncle is too cautious! You don't know, I beat him up when I got home that day. I said I believed in my eldest nephew!"

"How about this, we bet five hundred, no, one thousand taels of silver?"

"Take care of your uncle. He really likes a business that can make a lot of money."

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly: "Haha."

After saying that, he strode towards Kunning Palace.

Zhang Heling was stunned for a moment, looked at his second brother Zhang Yanling, and asked, "What does he mean by hehe?"

Zhang Yanling said, "I despise you."

Damn! You here again?

"Yanling, can you hit me again? I beg you." Zhang Heling clenched his fists.

……

Emperor Hongzhi looked unhappy and glared at Empress Zhang angrily.

"Your two useless brothers come to me all day to exchange for salt permits. Are they addicted?"

"There are so many merchants in the private sector who are holding salt vouchers but cannot redeem them, so we are counting on them to redeem them first. We might as well just move all the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue to them!"

Empress Zhang hurriedly stroked Emperor Hongzhi's chest and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Didn't I scold them? It wasn't much, just three or five hundred kilograms of salt, right?"

Emperor Hongzhi was furious and said, "Three to five hundred catties today, three to five hundred catties tomorrow, is this not much?"

Empress Zhang whispered, "Just give them less exchange next time."

Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "Don't exchange salt permits for them anymore!"

"You just said that you wanted to let Hou Zhao know how hard it is to make money. Why are you so indulgent towards your two younger brothers now?"

Empress Zhang was speechless for a moment. She didn't expect that the emperor was still thinking about this matter.

She had said this when she gave Zhu Houzhao 500 taels of silver as pocket money, and she had advised Emperor Hongzhi that when Houzhao realized how hard it was to make money, you, as his father, should come forward to educate him, which would make him remember the lesson more deeply.

"Mother."

Zhu Houzhao came over with his hands behind his back, casually threw the silver coins onto the desk, and said, "Spend them first, and I'll get you the remaining three hundred taels later."

Hearing the sound of breaking silver, Empress Zhang and Emperor Hongzhi were both stunned.

Emperor Hongzhi was already in a bad mood, and now he was in an even worse mood. He asked Zhu Houzhao, "Where did you get the silver?"

"I know! Did you ask your uncle for it?"

The Zhang brothers just left, and they have the confidence to keep asking for salt permits. It’s possible that they are in cahoots with Zhu Houzhao.

These two bastards actually seduced my son into doing such a shameless thing with them, didn't they? !
Zhu Houzhao sneered: "What does it have to do with them?" "I earned it myself."

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhu Houzhao in disbelief, and said, "You earned it yourself? What did you do to earn it?"

Competing with the people for profit? Using the name of your East Palace to exploit the people?
If this is true, Emperor Hongzhi must beat this evil creature to death!

"Alas, Your Majesty, Houzhao didn't make much money, only about two hundred taels of silver."

Empress Zhang kept giving Zhu Houzhao looks, telling him to leave quickly, saying that your father is very angry and who knows what he might do.

However, Zhu Houzhao calmly sat down, took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "Let the people below do some small business. It's nothing to make this little money in two or three days."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's arrogant words, Emperor Hongzhi became even more angry and pointed at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Good, very good, our Zhu family still has a talent like you!"

"It's just a small amount of money earned in just two or three days...hiss!"

"You are so arrogant. Tell me, how did you make such a small amount of money so easily?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "It's simple. I opened a newspaper in Shuntian Prefecture, that's it."

Emperor Hongzhi's body trembled slightly, and he looked up in astonishment. His eyes suddenly shrank and he stared at Zhu Houzhao closely, saying, "The newspaper... you? Opened it?"

Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Father, I am not competing with the people for profit, am I? It is legal and legal, I did not steal or rob, so what? This is not okay?"

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a long time.

He was thinking that today the civil servants in the outer court were still engaged in a heated debate on whether the newspaper should be closed.

But if the newspaper belongs to one's own son, why should it be closed?
Just as Yuan Fang worried, this newspaper might become a sharp weapon in the future, depriving the censors of a certain degree of their voice!
But...what if this sharp blade is in the hands of my own son? That would be the sword of the future emperor!

Of course, outsiders cannot control this industry, but my own son can!
Emperor Hongzhi didn’t care at all whether the newspaper made money or not. What he cared about was the meaning of the newspaper’s existence. As long as the future plans were reasonable, it might be possible to convey the emperor’s will to a certain extent through the newspaper!

It is enough to use the credibility of the newspaper to fight against the civil servants who hold the power of speech!

This is a double-edged sword, it all depends on how the emperor uses it!
Zhu Houzhao looked at the silent Emperor Hongzhi and said, "Father, just tell me if this is possible!"

"Did I not steal or rob? I didn't show up myself, I asked my subordinates to open the store. What do you think is wrong? Tell me!"

Humph, when I asked my mother to borrow money, didn't you try to stop me? Why are you silent now? Are you dumb?
say!

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao and asked, "Who taught you to open a newspaper?"

"Yang Tinghe? Or Jin Gui? Why do you want to start a newspaper? Did I tell you the reason?"

Zhu Houzhao said as a matter of course: "Why open a newspaper? To make money, what else?"

He felt that his father was simply jealous of him, and was envious of him for making money, so he asked him all kinds of questions.

"Who taught you to run a newspaper?"

Zhu Houzhao said calmly: "Father, do you want to open one too? It's okay, we are father and son, don't be embarrassed, I will guide you."

I'll open your head!
"answer!"

Zhu Houzhao said calmly, "Isn't there a possibility that it is my own wisdom? Does my father underestimate me so much? If I didn't have this ability, would I have sworn to borrow money from my mother?"

"Yourself? Haha."

Emperor Hongzhi sneered, "You are quite smart."

(End of this chapter)