Pick all the cold branches

"His Royal Highness is really young, unstoppable!"

After a moment of silence, Cao Min spoke with a smile.

Of course, Jia Yu didn't appreciate such a cheap compliment, and put down the teacup with a cold face, "Don't praise me, let's talk about the money."

Father is worried about money now, border wars require money, Manchu officials need money to pay salaries, and people need money to appease the people. Whoever can convert this money to father will be the hero of father.

However, the amount of money that the Supervisor of Rituals makes to the treasury through the silk business of the Weaving Bureau is still a large amount every year. Even if 500 million taels of the 300 million taels are lost, the remaining 200 million taels will still be a large amount.

That's why the emperor was in trouble.

On the one hand, Chen Shiqin is indeed powerful and deeply rooted in his party, but on the other hand, the father is still inseparable from Chen Shiqin.

What if the 300 million taels cannot be recovered, and the remaining 200 million taels also fly away?

This group of old foxes are well aware of this truth, so although each of them scolded Chen Shiqin's ancestors up to eighteen generations behind their backs, once they needed to stand up and face tough, they all started to hide behind.

It's nothing more than fear that the father is still unwilling to touch the 200 million taels of silver that leaked from Chen Shiqin's fingers.

On weekdays, he talked loudly, boasting that the second brother is "the choice of the Ming Lord", "he will surely restore the government and benefit the people", "the eunuchs will be wiped out in the future, it will be His Royal Highness Prince Jing", etc., now the second brother really puts this head on. After the battle was over, these old foxes threw their second brother in front to charge, and stayed behind to watch.

The more Jia Yu thought about it, the angrier he became, and it was inevitable that his expression would be unkind.

Wan Liang knew the temperament of the prince's grandson well. Seeing that his eyes were wrong, he had already expected that he was going to explode, so he quickly threw the pot out and tied Cao Min.

"Elder Cao Ge has already invited the sage to tax the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang—"

But even with such a hard shake, he still couldn't escape.

"Is there still a tax increase? Grandpa, have you ever been to Zhejiang? Have you seen how miserable the people there are? Zhejiang's taxes have been received in advance for the next year. There is still a war there."

The corners of Jiayu's eyes were lifted, and her thin lips opened and closed, as sharp as a knife, and she really didn't save any face.

"First-rank ministers and second-rank Beijing officials are all the pillars of the country. When it comes to money, they say that taxes are nothing. What about salt money? Iron smelting money? Especially salt. Half of the world's wealthy businessmen But they are all salt merchants. Most of the silk weaving business is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the salt business is spread all over the states and counties. Lianghuai, Guangdong, Fujian, the state officials in these places are all your students, Mr. Caoge, right? Father This time the emperor only checked silk weaving, what about next time?"

This posture is basically reprimanding, it doesn't look like he is talking to grandpa and elder Ge.

Although these four princes are not as young as Guan Nian, they are still half-grown children, and they are still immature when it comes to political affairs, and they are far less smooth and calm than the "old people" who have been in officialdom for a long time, but their words and sentences point to the crux of the matter.It is the imposing manner of a newborn calf, and Mr. Cao Ge's sentence "youthful spirit, unstoppable" is sincerely praised.

But of course, Mr. Cao Ge refused to accept the scapegoat Wan Liang threw on his head.

Cao Min was silent.

Wan Liang rubbed his face with ashes at his grandson, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and smooth things over.

"Salt business is not as good as silk weaving after all, and silk weaving can do business with foreigners—"

Unexpectedly, Jiayu laughed out loud when he heard the words.

"Since we are talking about doing business with foreigners. Grandpa, Mr. Cao Ge, do you two want to know how the Weaving Bureau does business with foreigners?"

Some meaningful sarcasm overflowed from the corner of his eyes, and the fingertips pressed on the armrest of the seat unconsciously traced the carved shapes.

"Otherwise, let's talk straight, do you two want to collude with me today, or are you just talking?"

Wan Liang was startled suddenly, and immediately shouted: "Your Highness, where did you start—"

Jia Yu's eyes turned cold, "I'm not the second brother, and I don't like to chat with you about what you have and what you don't. One of you is an old minister I respect, and the other is my pro-grandpa. Ming Lu can be a hero, but judging by the posture of the two of you today, I'm afraid you don't want to be my fellow travelers. If that's the case, it's my fault, so I'll leave now."

He stood up and made a gesture to leave.

"Your Highness!" Wan Liang also stood up nervously, his anger was hard to hide, obviously trying to stop him.

But Jiayu would not listen.

Cao Min was silent for a long time, watching the grandparents say everything they needed to say before letting out a long sigh.

"The old minister understands what His Highness means."

He only glanced at Jia Yu, and he was not as anxious as Wan Liang, but spoke slowly.

"The old minister used to be the teacher of His Royal Highness King Jing. Even if this 'fellow traveler' doesn't want to do it, there is no chance to change his family. Your Highness can rest assured that he will."

This is a very straightforward statement.

In an instant, Wan Liang's expression changed.

Jia Yu stood down, her expression gradually softened.

"Cao Ge is always the belly of a gentleman, and I have the heart of a villain. But I have no way out, and I hope the old man will not be offended."

He obediently lowered his head to apologize to Cao Min, and then returned to his seat to sit down again, with an obedient and obedient expression on his face.

The fourth prince was not really as ignorant of etiquette and domineering as the rumors said, and his harsh words just now were just deceitful. The purpose was to force Cao Min, the chief minister of the cabinet, to choose a side.

Cao Ge knew this well.

His Highness the Fourth Highness is smart and has a keen sense of smell. Although he occasionally suspects that the tricks have been exhausted, he still has the original intention. No matter how many years of experience, he will definitely be the pillar of helping the country and governing the world.

Cao Min is already an old man in his twilight years, so of course he wouldn't care too much about a child.

Furthermore, His Highness Prince Jing will protect both public and private matters.Otherwise, why would he have to go to Wan Mansion early in the morning to wait for His Royal Highness the Fourth Highness to drive him.

Cao Min couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly, looked at Jia Yu comfortingly, and sighed:

"Now this matter is all in the Sacred Heart, and it needs to be considered carefully and carefully. Right now, the Holy Majesty is in a fit of anger, so it's hard to say anything. Your Highness, don't be in a hurry, give the old minister some time, and the old minister will try to persuade the Holy Majesty to change his mind."

But Wan Liang didn't think so.

Wan Liang was originally just a local official, but because his daughter was favored to enter the palace and canonized as a noble concubine, he climbed up to the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry step by step. In terms of ambition, he is actually not very ambitious, but it is by no means completely lacking.

He just wanted his grandson to be the prince and the emperor in the future.

However, Jiayu was born with a weak body, and she still wholeheartedly chased after her second brother.

Because of this matter, Wan Liang was often worried and angry, and even blamed Concubine Wan Gui, thinking that it was the concubine who doted on Jia Yu in every possible way because of her poor health, and she failed to teach Jia Yu to make him go astray.

A good prince is not stupid, but if he puts his heart into it, it is very possible. Why is he so willing to make wedding clothes for others?

When Jiayu came to the door early in the morning, Wan Liang was secretly delighted at first, thinking that the child had finally enlightened and came to discuss a big plan with his grandfather, but he didn't expect that he was just used as a springboard to force Mr. Cao Ge For His Royal Highness Prince Jing.

Wan Liang was angry, but he couldn't teach Jia Yu the same way the elders admonish their children and grandchildren. He was so outraged that he wanted to vomit blood. After finally sending Cao Min away, he turned around and grabbed Jia Yu earnestly and complained:

"Fourth Highness, why didn't the Holy Majesty let you enter the palace last night? Do you think it was because you were afraid that you would cry with your parents and beg for mercy? The Holy Majesty wanted you to pick yourself out and stop wading into this muddy water again! What do you do? Is it so incapable of appreciating the holy grace? The less you get involved in this matter, the better!"

Jia Yu looked at her grandfather with mixed feelings in her heart.

Grandpa's mind, mother's mind, how could he not know.

Because of the meaningless intimacy between him and the second brother, the mother has told him countless times.He also quarreled with his mother several times.For the last quarrel, he simply ran to the second brother's house and refused to leave. A little half was also unwilling to see and hate his mother because of this.

But neither the mother nor the grandfather understood.They all thought he was stupid, because he was young and naive and couldn't see clearly.As everyone knows, it is themselves who cannot see clearly.

What they thought was good was not what he wanted.And what he wants, maybe he can't ask for it, but he has no complaints or regrets after giving everything.

"I can't take it out for a long time."

Feeling confused for a moment, Jiayu couldn't help but breathe deeply, suppressing the soreness in her cheeks and the choking in her voice.

"I've been in the same boat with my second brother since I was born. If you don't like it, get yourself out of my boat."

Speaking of this, it is to completely cut off the affection.

After all, Wan Liang is also an old man in his sixties, and he loves Jia Yu in every possible way, and has never had the slightest bad intentions. How could he bear this kind of stimulation, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he stretched out his fingers tremblingly to hold him.

"You... are you going to tell your mother the same?"

"I have already told my mother about this."

Jia Yu kept a cold face, not looking at her grandfather's distressed expression.

"Anyway, in your life, it is impossible to be the "grandfather of the Holy Majesty". But the second brother grew up with me in my mother's palace since childhood. Although there is no physical favor with my mother, I have a relationship with my mother. How do you stand? Which end is up to you to choose."

Throwing these few words in the face, Wan Liang suddenly couldn't even sit still, and almost fell to the ground directly, feeling that his grandson was bewitched in his heart.Could it be that only Jing Wang Jiafei is his second brother, and their grandfather, uncle and even his biological mother are not relatives?

"Your Highness! How can you open your mouth to talk such rebellious and outrageous nonsense—"

Wan Liang was heartbroken.

However, Jiayu seemed to not see the anxiety and worry on his grandfather's face at all.

"I have even more outrageous things to do." He pulled the corners of his lips coldly again, without the slightest hint of discussion in his voice, he said, "That little Tatar princess from the north, I don't care where I put it." It's not suitable, otherwise, grandpa, you can send me to my mother."