If Cao Bang agreed, that's not certain. Your Majesty might also be dissatisfied with Huang Changzong.
Sometimes, just because you get something done doesn't mean your boss is satisfied. This has been a common occurrence since ancient times. Your boss may not say anything when you succeed, but the problem has already been solved, and he will definitely give you trouble later.
After a long period of silence, there was finally movement over there.
Cao Bang looked up at Huang Changzong and said slowly, "If I join the Imperial Household Department, what will happen to my family's business? With such a large business and so many people living at home, it will be difficult after all."
Huang Changzong knew that Cao Bang was negotiating terms. While he felt relieved, he also became more nervous.
You know, if we really start negotiating terms, His Majesty will definitely be angry.
Huang Changzong knew very well in his heart that no one could negotiate with the emperor; those who negotiated with the emperor would end up dying miserably.
Huang Changzong said, "So what do you think?"
In fact, Huang Changzong had already begun to retract his words. If Cao Bang said anything too much, Huang Changzong would not be able to continue. If he continued, he would also be in trouble. At this point, it was actually very dangerous.
Cao Bang looked at Huang Changzong and said, "Why not hand over my business to the Imperial Household Department? The family's money will be enough for us. As for me, I also want to contribute to the court, but I was not good at studying when I was young, so I didn't have the opportunity."
"As you know, the imperial examinations back then were nothing like the Imperial Academy of today. If there had been an Imperial Academy then, perhaps I would be an official in the court today. There's no other way. Now I can only stay at home and inherit the family business, becoming a businessman that no one looks down upon."
"Your Majesty advocates equality among the four classes, and I am very happy. If I can have the opportunity to serve Your Majesty, it will be a great honor for my ancestors of the Cao family and an honor for my Cao Bang."
"The family has a lot of businesses and employs a lot of people. If I give them up to join the Imperial Household Department, many of them will probably have no way to survive. These people rely on the Cao family to make a living. I can't live with my conscience if they go hungry. If the Imperial Household Department is willing to take over, then of course there is no problem."
After hearing this, Huang Changzong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he was also negotiating conditions, this was not for his own benefit, but for the people under his command and for those who lived with him.
This point is really very important. For the emperor, he doesn't care about Cao Bang, he doesn't care if he dies, and he doesn't care about the Cao family either. Instead, it is the people who follow the Cao family that are very important.
They are ordinary people, also citizens of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor certainly cannot ignore them.
This is a very good ending.
"Then what do you want to leave behind?" Huang Changzong said excitedly.
"Let's stop the salt business and leave it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Cao Bang said after thinking about it.
This was the first business Cao Bang threw out, actually because he was scared.
Both the Han and Ye families have already fallen in this matter. If you say it has nothing to do with Yan, that's simply impossible. You might be the next one to take action, so you can't keep Yan.
You have to be alive to spend the money you earn. Cao Bang had now realized what was happening and continued, "We have some porcelain businesses at home, which can also be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Besides that, we have some land, which is quite a bit, and can be turned directly into public land."
In fact, among these parts, what Cao Bang cared least about was the fields.
Let’s not even mention the land in Huizhou, it’s too hard to describe in a few words. Although their family has some land in other places, it is not their foundation after all.
After saying that, Cao Bang stared at Huang Changzong closely, wanting to see Huang Changzong's reaction.
You know, this reaction can represent a lot of things.
Sure enough, when Cao Bang saw Huang Changzong's relieved expression, he immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.
Faced with Cao Bang's desperate gamble, Huang Changzong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
A man pushed the door open and looked at the two of them with a smile, but there was something meaningful in his smile.
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