The first lord of the poor family

Chapter 104 The Profitable Business

Lin Hai stepped forward and bowed.

"Chen, I have seen the Queen Mother!"

"No gift, sit down!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Lin Hai sat directly in front of Gong Yanwu.

Seeing this situation, Gong Yanwu was slightly startled.

According to normal circumstances, an official of this level is not allowed to sit in front of him.

Even if you are being polite, you should reply respectfully: "I don't dare!"

Then stood aside and listened.

Even people with high official positions can only sit sideways with half of their buttocks when they sit down.

You can't face the Queen Mother directly.

Unexpectedly, after just being polite, Lin Hai actually sat in front of him arrogantly.

His eyes were fixed on the plate of apples and grapes placed on the table.

Gong Yanwu was just stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what was going on.

After all, Lin Hai lived in the countryside before and didn't understand the rules of the palace, so he couldn't be blamed entirely.

Just let the Ministry of Rites teach him in the future.

What Gong Yanwu cares about is whether Lin Hai can help her suppress those powerful officials and stabilize the government.

Moreover, Lin Hai helped raise a large amount of money before, which impressed Gong Yanwu.

On the first day he took office, he taught Chen Deyong's son a lesson and prevented him from getting angry.

This kind of skill is completely beyond that of most officials.

Gong Yanwu has high hopes for Lin Hai and hopes to train him to be her right-hand man.

Naturally, he was more tolerant towards Lin Hai.

"If you want to eat, just eat!" Gong Yanwu said.

"Thank you, Queen Mother. To be honest, it's too early to go to court. I just drank a small bowl of porridge, and my stomach was growling with hunger!"

Lin Hai was not polite at all. He held an apple in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other, and ate them with big mouthfuls.

Seeing the palace maids and eunuchs next to them, they were stunned.

How dare you eat in front of the Queen Mother and let the Queen Mother watch? No one else.

Lin Hai's mouth was full of food and he said inarticulately: "The Queen Mother has summoned the subordinates to come over. I wonder what's going on?"

"I want to tell you that even though you are Jing Zhaoyin, I also hope that you will make decisions for the people. However, you still have to be careful about offending some people.

Otherwise, if you annoy them, I won’t be able to protect you! "

Gong Yanwu didn't hide anything.

I met Lin Hai in person today just to give some instructions.

After all, there are too few talents available at his disposal.

Counting Lin Tiangui at most, Qingliu was even more embarrassed.

It can only be said that he is loyal and commendable. It's okay to show off his knowledge. He is no match for those powerful officials.

If you let these people do something, it will only be worse.

Lin Hai's performance so far has been very good.

So Gong Yanwu planned to train Lin Hai well.

"Hey, I have something I don't know how to say properly!" Lin Hai said with a smile.

"There are no outsiders here who can be trusted, just say it!"

"Actually, I have never taken those ministers seriously. If they are good officials who serve the country and the people, they will naturally respect them very much.

But if he wanted to control the situation of the court, he would not even listen to the orders of the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

What's the use of keeping such an official? "

Although Gong Yanwu was happy, she felt that Lin Hai was too young and looked at things too superficially.

"Of course it's a good thing that you think so, but these ministers and aristocratic families are not that easy to deal with. If I make them unhappy, I won't even be able to control the government.

Daxia now is not in the hands of this palace and the emperor.

Whatever you do depends on their faces! "

Gong Yanwu sighed and said.

"Otherwise, even if they break up, it's because they are afraid of the Queen Mother!" Lin Hai said seriously.

"Oh? How do you say that?"

"Because of military power, the prince is on the side of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother controls most of the military power in Daxia. In the face of absolute force, any conspiracy and conspiracy are just paper tigers.

It's just that the Queen Mother is worried about the safety of the Daxia community and the people, which makes many powerful officials constraint.

It's too easy to deal with these people.

If the Queen Mother wants these people to be obedient, I can do my best to help! "

Lin Hai said.

Gong Yanwu glanced at Lin Hai, feeling that he was too ignorant.

These powerful officials and aristocratic families are deeply entrenched and do not know how huge resources they control.

If you use force to make them surrender.

I'm afraid that the whole of Daxia will soon fall into chaos.

Without the support of scholars and aristocratic families, it would be impossible to handle government affairs.

Doing so will only lead Daxia to destruction.

Gong Yanwu suddenly lost interest in continuing the conversation, waved her hand and said, "You don't need to worry about this anymore, just be your Jing Zhaoyin!"

Lin Hai didn't mind at all and was still smiling.

I'm afraid no one believes what I just said. I just want to pave the way for my own purpose.

"It seems that the Queen Mother doesn't believe in her subordinates anymore. But it doesn't matter. We can do it step by step."

"Oh? How to do it step by step?"

"Daxia currently faces two biggest problems. One is the foreign enemies on the border. But with the armor-piercing arrows, the prince will definitely be able to defeat them by sending troops.

Even if they can't all be annihilated, they won't dare to invade easily in a short time. "

Gong Yanwu agreed with this.

I had discussed this matter specifically with Lin Tiangui before.

With an adequate supply of armor-piercing arrows and food and grass, it is not difficult to defeat the enemy.

"What about the second problem?"

"The second helplessness is that the court has no money. The less money the Queen Mother has, the more she has to rely on these ministers and aristocratic families.

Because only they can raise enough money and food.

It is precisely because of this that they dare to confront the Queen Mother.

If you have enough money, it will be much easier for the Queen Mother to do things.

You can slowly select your own people through the imperial examination. "

"Hey, that's easy for you to say. If it's really so easy to make money, why should I be so embarrassed!"

Gong Yanwu sighed and said.

The less money the court has, the more arrogant those ministers become.

He even deliberately failed to raise enough money, making the court extremely poor.

It’s okay if you want money, but you have to agree to their conditions.

Naturally, Gong Yanwu couldn't agree completely, otherwise she, the Queen Mother, would be completely ignored.

In the future, when the emperor grows up and handles government affairs by himself, he will be nothing more than a puppet.

"So what I want to do is to help the Queen Mother make money. If nothing else, it is still possible to earn 300 to [-] million taels of silver a year!"

Lin Hai finally threw out his bait.

Gong Yanwu's eyes lit up, two to three million taels of silver a year was not a small sum.

The key is that this money is considered your own private money and can be used as you wish.

With money you can do many things.

"Is the way you make money legal?"

"Of course, it's a legitimate business!"

"What business, let's hear it?"

"Brewing business!" Lin Hai said.

Gong Yanwu looked disappointed after hearing this, thinking it was some kind of good business.

Many big players are involved in the brewing business, and it is true that they are making money.

But brewing can only make money in one place, and it is impossible to make that much in a year.

What's more, winemaking requires a large amount of food, which is detrimental to people's lives.

Of course Lin Hai knew what Gong Yanwu was thinking.

(End of this chapter)