More than half a month ago, the results of the imperial examination were announced.
When the princess learned that her prophecy had come true, she made a difficult decision.
She wanted to tell her brother everything about her and Zhao Shouzheng.
In fact, she was not worried about Doctor Zhao becoming the top scholar, and she had long wanted to confess to Longqing.
Well, a widow who is left alone is so willful.
But this was not a rash decision, but a well-considered one.
First of all, the security of her house was the responsibility of the Jinyiwei, although the Jinyiwei was in trouble now and didn't dare to meddle in other people's affairs. But the people of the East Factory were deployed from the Northern Pacification Division, so it was hard to guarantee that the news would reach Feng Bao's ears.
If Eunuch Feng knew about it, then her brother the emperor would know about it too - and if her brother the emperor couldn't control his anger and had Zhao Lang killed, she wouldn't even have a place to cry.
Therefore, it is better for me to tell my brother first and take the initiative. At worst, I can cry, make a fuss, or even hang myself. I guarantee that my brother will not dare to touch Zhao Lang.
Secondly, she judged that although her brother would be angry, he would not do anything to Zhao Lang, let alone herself.
Because my brother is a kind and empathetic person. The life he led in the mansion of Yu made it easy for my brother to sympathize with people who had the same experience as him.
For example, she is a sister whose fate is even more miserable than that of her royal brother.
Did the emperor have the heart to separate the two lovers? Seeing his only sister lose her soul and spend the rest of her life in seclusion?
Well, the eldest princess is planning to threaten her brother the emperor by threatening to become a nun. I guess it doesn’t need to escalate to the point of committing suicide. My brother the emperor, who is as soft-hearted as cotton, should compromise.
The third reason is because of Xishan Coal Industry.
Naturally, Zhao Hao had to inform the eldest princess about his large-scale acquisition of abandoned coal kilns in Xishan.
The day before the palace examination, which was the end of February, he asked Fatty Sun to calculate the accounts for February. As expected, he could earn about 50,000 taels of silver.
Adding this to the 30,000 taels earned previously, a total of 80,000 taels were earned in two months.
Zhao Hao asked Fatty Sun to get a ticket for 40,000 taels, and put it in his arms to go to the Princess's Mansion to report the good news.
Although the princess knew that coal lotus made money, she was still shocked by the huge sum of money Zhao Hao took out.
With so many royal estates and shops in Beijing, their annual net profit is only around 700,000 or 800,000 taels. Is that only as much as a Lugouqiao coal yard?
Of course, the accounts cannot be calculated in this way. How much did the imperial farm and the imperial store cost? How many parasites did they support?
The main reason for such a high net profit is that the eldest princess set an example and never coveted public money except for her own share.
Only when the superiors are not greedy can they have the confidence to manage the subordinates. Therefore, during the years when the eldest prince was in charge of the royal family's industry, the managers and shopkeepers below were all miserable.
Think about it, even the chief steward, Gong Gong, worked hard all year round and only earned a few thousand taels...
Some people say that 10,000 taels is a lot, but do you know how much property the royal family has? There are more than 100,000 hectares of farmland in the capital area alone, accounting for more than 30% of the cultivated land in Shuntian Prefecture. Not to mention the thousands of stores and businesses in Beijing, Tianjin, Baoding and other places...
If the management at the top is a little looser, any manager with more money and more benefits below might be able to get something as good as a chicken.
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And the expenses in the palace are so huge.
Last year, the imperial court was always crying poor. No matter how the emperor asked for money, the answer was just one word: no money.
The emperor had no choice but to keep asking his sister for money. As a result, the hundreds of thousands of taels he earned with great difficulty were all used to subsidize the palace.
The problem is, even with all the hard work and no good results, there are still people thinking about it all the time...
Concubine Li's father, Li Wei, the Earl of Qinghe, would ask his wife to go and talk to his daughter every now and then, saying that the eldest princess was an outsider after all, and that she had to look after the family business for the prince herself.
Otherwise, what would our Li family gain... Oh no, otherwise, when the prince grows up, there might not be much wealth left, and the eldest princess would have emptied it all for her son.
These words were passed on to the eldest princess by Concubine Li in the form of complaints about her father's ignorance in front of Empress Chen.
After listening to the emperor's sister-in-law's words in Jingyang Palace, the eldest princess burst into tears.
She knew that Concubine Li's family had long been eyeing the imperial property in her hands, but they were afraid of losing the big picture for the small, so they had been keeping it to themselves.
As expected, as soon as the prince was appointed, she couldn't wait to get started.
Queen Chen also used herself as an example and advised the eldest princess not to compete with her.
Although Li Caifeng was the daughter of a bricklayer, she was born with a good fate. What could she do? Back then, she was just an ordinary maid in Prince Yu's palace. She was spotted by Longqing, who was still Prince Yu, and she got pregnant.
Ten months later, she gave birth to the prince's eldest son and the emperor's eldest grandson, which completely stabilized the precarious position of Prince Yu.
Since then, her status rose rapidly, from a little palace maid to the concubine of Prince Yu, and then to the noble concubine.
Although Empress Chen was the empress, she had no children. How could she compete with Concubine Li?
He tactfully moved out of Kunning Palace, using the excuse of believing in Buddhism and recuperating from illness, and moved to Jingyang Palace in a remote corner.
Therefore, all matters in the harem, big or small, are now decided by Concubine Li.
Moreover, Empress Chen told the Princess that Concubine Li was about to give birth again. The imperial physician said that it was almost certain that the baby was a prince...
The princess' heart sank when she heard this. Well, it's double insurance. How can I fight her now?
I'm afraid that the day she gives birth to the second prince will be the day she has to confront the emperor.
In that situation, Emperor Longqing couldn't even say no...
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So the eldest princess has been thinking about how to extricate herself from this matter in order to minimize the losses.
In fact, it was not just this period of time. She had already realized this a long time ago, but she just didn't want to admit it.
Last year, she gave Zhao Hao such a generous gift for changing his name, and at the beginning of the year, she allocated him a hundred managers at once. In fact, these were all conscious transfers on her part.
But the eldest princess has her own pride. Even if she wants to give up the royal property, she has to do it in a dignified way.
And we can’t let that woman Li Caifeng take advantage of us and still act like a slut!
But it is easier said than done.
Not to mention anything else, just once they decide to quit, how many people will have to arrange a place to go?
Li Wei and his son would not use the people she kept, and she was reluctant to see the talents she had cultivated with great effort being wasted by a bricklayer chief...
Looking at the 40,000 taels of bills Zhao Hao presented, the princess never expected that the snap decision she made out of her overflowing love and maternal instinct would actually give her a great opportunity.
Especially when Zhao Hao told her about the bright prospects of acquiring those abandoned coal kilns.
The eldest princess immediately decided to give up the royal property and invest all her wealth in this.
But this brought about a serious problem. Such a large investment in Xishan Coal Mine would definitely alarm local officials and the Imperial Guards.
It would not require the purchase of thousands, but perhaps hundreds of coal mines. Those officials with rich imaginations would have already imagined the scene of a large army of refugees rushing into the Forbidden City.
Moreover, the emperor would not feel comfortable letting an outsider be his partner.
There is only one solution, to make Zhao Hao one of our own...
His father is my first love whom I love all my life. He is my godson, and I plan to make him my son-in-law. Brother, do you think this relationship is strong? ?
What else are you worried about?
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