Chapter 309 Su Lingxi was suspended from his post
On that piece of paper, there were all kinds of things that the Queen's family did by taking advantage of their power to bully others, and the Crown Prince was close to those officials, and the faction was only written on the Crown Prince's face.
Fortunately, the Emperor relied on the power of the Queen's mother's family, and finally just dealt with a few marginal figures and stopped without causing any serious damage.
However, the Emperor of Dongling had already become suspicious of
the Queen and her son. Moreover, various signs showed that it was the Emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Shu, who was behind the Queen and the Crown Prince.
The Queen has always believed that Concubine Shu wanted her son to take the throne and did so, so the secret competition between the two sides gradually escalated and the fight was very fierce.
After completing this great feat, Li Yunshu did not take any action, only sending people out to collect intelligence, and did nothing else.
She herself, on the other hand, concentrated on her business.
Su Lingxi's idea was really great. Thanks to Su Lingxi's connections, she was the first to get all the new and novel things from Dashuo in Dongling. From popular jewelry and brocade fabrics to children's toys, her shop had everything.
She had only been here for a month, but she had already made a net profit of more than 100,000 silver coins.
Especially the skin cream and rouge powder produced by the Medical Girl's Shop were in short supply.
This thing is priced very high, and those who can afford it are either rich or noble. Knowing the dirty deeds of the Dongling nobles, Li Yunshu no longer feels guilty about the high price, after all, it is not a clean money. The
price of her valuable things here is very high, but the ladies of those aristocratic families compete with each other, and they are still often sold out.
In order to feel at ease, she lowered the price of grain, oil, rice and flour, and supplied them to the lower-class people in a fixed amount every month. This money can be regarded as taking from the people and using it for the people.
Dongling was in chaos because of Li Yunshu's people, and everyone envied Dashuo's peace even more.
But Dashuo was not as peaceful as Xiao Heng wrote in the letter. Dashuo's general direction was good, but life was too peaceful, and everyone was thinking about fighting for power and profit.
Su Lingxi's girls' school has good results. She has trained wave after wave of female apprentices, who are the best in all walks of life.
Most of these apprentices have entered the school's own industries. Now, the court not only does not need to invest in the girls' school, but also can receive a considerable amount of tax revenue.
This is a good thing, but the school's industry involves a wide range of interests, affecting the interests of many big merchants and aristocratic families.
Originally, they were in a monopoly position in the business world, but now, the girls' school has to get involved everywhere.
The products produced by the girls' school are of good quality and low price, which squeezed out their profits, and the girls' school became a thorn in their eyes.
For example, the family of Zhang, the Minister of the Imperial Court, lost most of their ancestral property because they were not good at business. In order to continue the family business, his son married the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan. In recent years, their family has returned to the peak with the industry brought by their daughter-in-law as a dowry.
The most profitable business is the porcelain and cloth business, but Su Lingxi and his team developed a new drug that increased the efficiency of porcelain firing by more than double, and the price of porcelain was forced to drop.
There is also cloth. The silk in Jiangnan is famous for its quality. In the past, the cloth for clothes made by the rich families in the whole capital was bought from his family.
But now, Prince Ruyang sent a technician to Su Lingxi, and contributed the weaving method of Shu brocade. The weaving workshop not only wove Shu brocade, but also developed various brocades that can compete with silk, such as Yusijing, Yanyuchang, and Lingxiao.
They are brightly colored, with a variety of patterns, comfortable and thin, and have become the new favorites of the rich in Beijing.
The two major pillar industries of the Zhang family have suffered heavy losses, so they blamed the girls' school and Su Lingxi who ran the girls' school.
Other aristocratic families have also encountered the same crisis, but there is no suitable reason to impeach Su Lingxi.
The most important thing is that Su Lingxi has the support of the eldest princess and the queen mother behind him, so they dare not act rashly and can only be angry but not speak.
But recently, they finally found an excuse. Su Lingxi and her girls' school made a lot of money but were not satisfied. They actually wrote
a letter to the emperor, asking him to allow women to take the imperial examinations and serve as officials. As soon as this was said, the whole court was shocked. This Su Lingxi really thought she was a big deal. This court was a place for men. She was already a chicken crowing in the morning, which was out of place. She wanted all the women in the world to follow her example. It was simply ridiculous.
As soon as Su Lingxi finished her words, she was bombarded by the old scholars in the court.
The Minister of the Imperial Court, Zhang, took the lead in impeaching Su Lingxi, saying that she did not observe the virtues of a woman. Women should get married early and stay at home to take care of their husbands and children. If all women were like Su Lingxi, not getting married and not caring about their families, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
Su Lingxi was so angry because she was a woman and had suffered so much criticism and grievance along the way.
She thought that with her current achievements, at least those people would not look down on her.
But in their eyes, she was still only worthy of going home and marrying someone.
The matter of women participating in the imperial examination was undoubtedly rejected. Not only that, many people wrote letters to impeach Su Lingxi for pretending to obey but secretly violating the rules and using the establishment of a girls' school to make money. It
was said that she exploited the apprentices in the girls' school, making them work day and night, and then sold the goods they made at a low price. Through price wars, many traditional shops went bankrupt and many people could not even make a living. With
such a big hat put on her, the emperor suspended Su Lingxi's official position without even asking any questions. The one who was originally going to be imprisoned was Kang Lun, who argued with the prince that there was no basis for the case. Su Lingxi was imprisoned without hesitation. Not to mention that she could not convince the public, even Su Xiaoxiao could not get through.
Speaking of Su Xiaoxiao, the emperor hesitated. The ancestors asked him to provide for her well, but her family behind her was too powerful, and he could not rest assured.
Whether Su Lingxi was stingy or not, whether she exploited students or not is not the most important thing. What is important is that she actually managed this girls' school well and even monopolized almost all the handicrafts in Dashuo.
The person behind her is the eldest princess! The eldest princess has not asked about state affairs since the emperor ascended the throne, but the emperor knows that his sister is not an ordinary person.
When she was young, the sister's homework was better than anyone else, and the teacher looked at her with regret, which was a look that Emperor Xiaode was very familiar with.
The emperor and his father both said that it would be great if the sister was a son.
When the palace was in chaos, if the sister had not been behind the scenes, he would not have been able to ascend the throne.
Emperor Xiaode can give the princess supreme honor and wealth, but the princess just wants to be a quiet princess.
The girls' school was her obsession, and the emperor had not agreed until she was pregnant, when he finally agreed.
He knew the princess, she loved children, too many children died in the palace, the princess valued children.
For the sake of the child in her belly, she would not fight so hard, once the excitement wore off, the princess would give up.
But he did not expect that the princess would find Su Lingxi, a young girl, to do this, and she succeeded.
He has always acquiesced to the development of the girls' school, just waiting for those people to come and report her.