Chapter 1352 Constraints
Before the New Year, Shao Yunduan’s government office was very busy!
With Qing Di and his group here this year, there will be even more things to happen.
Even after Qiao Xuan returns, she will have to prepare the New Year gifts one by one.
The 90,000 taels of silver collected were used as dividends. There was nothing to do on the return trip, so Qiao Xuan discussed with Shao Yunduan and said with a smile: "Let's take out 50,000 taels and give it to the Crown Prince. That should be enough for the East Palace to have a good New Year, right?"
Shao Yunduan hesitated for a moment, "Fifty thousand taels is too much, thirty thousand taels will be enough."
Qiao Xuan was stunned.
Shao Yunduan squeezed her hand and chuckled, "Silly, the prince can get by even without this money, but he will be very tight on money. The imperial farm under the name of the Eastern Palace will naturally gain something, and the prince will also receive a generous reward for tributes from various places. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will also allocate 5,000 taels of silver to the Eastern Palace every year for the New Year."
"We'll give you another 30,000 taels, which is enough for the New Year and the entire Spring Festival! We can't give you too much money at once! I'm afraid we'll have to prepare some more after the spring."
Speaking of which, the prince is really pitiful.
The other princes can accept annual gifts without any scruples every year, but the Crown Prince, as the heir to the throne, cannot.
All the other princes were rich with full pockets, but the crown prince was the only one who was struggling to make ends meet.
The only time the Eastern Palace can accept gifts is on the Crown Prince and Crown Princess’ birthdays every year.
But even on his birthday, he did not dare to be too ostentatious or accept too expensive gifts, otherwise it would be considered that the crown prince was immoral and ignorant of the sufferings of the people.
But all the money in his family was earned by his wife's ability. Maybe with him as an official, his wife could do things more conveniently and without much worry. But Shao Yunduan believed that even without him, it would not be a problem for his wife.
Giving away this money might bring a return in the future, or it might not. Shao Yunduan felt somewhat guilty every time he thought about it.
Furthermore, as the old saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Things that are given for free are always difficult to cherish and difficult to accumulate gratitude for.
The more you give, the less you will be cherished.
It would be better to give it quickly, so that the East Palace will have to budget carefully to have a good New Year, which will make the money more valuable.
The most important thing is that everything about the New Year was basically arranged by the Crown Princess. Shao Yunduan was somewhat dissatisfied with the Crown Princess for offering advice to help her out of the predicament. How could she let her spend the New Year in an easy way without any worries?
Qiao Xuan hadn't thought about it so much at first, but after Shao Yunduan said that, she felt that it made sense, so she smiled and said, "In that case, then just give me thirty thousand taels! If you need silver in the spring, that's fine. We have a lot of silver notes at home. We haven't even reconciled the account with Le Zhengxiao yet. Together with the large amount that has not been settled with him, it should be more than one million taels!"
"Hey, I've been thinking about how to spend so much money! Unfortunately, there are no good partners or businesses to get involved in!"
She is addicted to "meddling" and just wants to win without doing anything. She doesn't want to work anymore!
Shao Yunduan didn't expect there to be so many. He was shocked and looked at Qiao Xuan in a daze.
Seeing his reaction, Qiao Xuan burst out laughing and said complacently, "This is just the cash that can be taken out immediately. We still have so many properties, so much gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, and curios, as well as property deeds and land deeds!"
And most importantly, there are more treasures in her space!
(End of this chapter)
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