I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

While it was bustling outside, Jiang Zuo was in the back hall of the shop and did not show up.

Given his current status, it is indeed no longer appropriate for him to handle these business matters in person, so he can only hand it over to Master Guo.

All the shops he owns now have been specially licensed by the emperor. He doesn't have to worry about anyone causing trouble and can earn money from the people of the capital with peace of mind.

The popularity of this business far exceeded Jiang Zuo's expectations.

The purchasing power of the capital is much higher than other places.

In less than half a day, most of the goods prepared on the first day were sold out.

These novelties from Anding County or Jiangzhou City completely attracted the wealthy and ordinary people in the capital.

"Today's goods have all been sold out, so come early if you want tomorrow."

Master Guo shouted loudly, then ordered people to close the door of the shop, and went to the back hall to report today's situation to Jiang Zuo.

"Sir, our first batch of goods today sold for nearly 100,000 taels." said Master Guo.

Jiang Zuo picked up the teacup and nodded slightly: "Not bad."

With one hundred thousand taels a day, the monthly income must be over a million, which is a considerable income for the imperial court or Jiangzuo.

Looking at today's accounts, Master Guo couldn't help but sigh: "It's easy to make money from people in Beijing. If we had known this, we should have come to Beijing to develop earlier. Don't you think so, sir?"

Jiang Zuo said calmly: "That depends on whether there will be any trouble later."

Being in the capital, Jiang Zuo doesn't want to be too ostentatious.

"How could there be any trouble? Just now, people from the government office in the capital came to our door. I just showed them the document and they were respectful and didn't dare to offend us. We are cooperating with the court this time. How did you convince His Majesty?"

Jiang Zuo said: "With my status, do you think it's difficult?"

Convince? Jiang Zuo can just sleep with him...

Master Guo said: "That's true. Your status is second only to one person and above ten thousand people."

"Just say this kind of thing in private, don't brag about it everywhere, so as not to cause trouble for me." Jiang Zuo still reminded cautiously.

Master Guo nodded repeatedly: "Understood."

Jiang Zuo put down his teacup, slowly stood up, and said, "Just look after the store for the next few days. I have other things to do."

"Sir, walk slowly."

Master Guo said this with the other assistants.

After leaving the shop, Jiang Zuo began to help the empress prepare for the imperial examination and select examiners.

It is really difficult to ensure that no forces are involved in the imperial examination.

As long as we can select real talents for the court, we don't mind using other methods.

As for the examination questions, Jiangzuo abandoned the Filial Piety and Integrity Classics that had been promoted by the Yan State. These Four Books and Five Classics belonging to the Yan State were quite old-fashioned, and even if scholars memorized them by rote, they could not gain much knowledge.

To this end, Jiang Zuo specifically asked the emperor to let the university scholars in the palace customize a set of textbook-like books for scholars all over the world to study. There would be no red tape, and it would test the scholars' literary talent and military strategy even more.

These tasks may take at least half a year, or even longer.

The situation in the court is stable now, perhaps the empress can wait.

The work in the court was quite boring, and considering Jiang Zuo's personality, it was undoubtedly very torturous.

But this imperial court cannot do without Jiang Zuo. If Jiang Zuo is not there, the one who will suffer is the Empress Chen Qingyun.

The situation in the South has not yet been completely stabilized, and there are still some sporadic resistances. After all, Jiang Zuo is the commander-in-chief who defeated the State of Chen. Compared with others, he knows the situation in the South better, so he has to give advice to the emperor from time to time.

Jiang Zuo has been in the capital for nearly half a month. These days, the days are always going in a cycle, and various important matters are waiting for Jiang Zuo to deal with.

Fortunately, Jiang Zuo has time to see Chen Qingyun and get intimate with him every day, so he also has some motivation.

……

Prime Minister's House.

Moon Viewing Tower.

Today is the anniversary of Lu Jun's appointment as prime minister. Officials from the right prime minister's party gathered here to drink with Lu Jun.

This attic, located in the center of the Prime Minister's Mansion, is richly decorated and looks quite spectacular from a distance.

As the right prime minister of the court, this magnificent Moon-Viewing Tower seemed to be Lu Jun's declaration of his status to the people of the capital.

But now, his position as the right prime minister and a veteran of three dynasties has long been threatened.

"What has Jiang Zuo been doing recently?"

After a few drinks, Lu Jun couldn't help but ask about Jiang Zuo's affairs again.

Now, the person he fears the most is Jiang Zuo.

After all, thinking about how the right party had targeted Jiang Zuo many times before, Lu Jun, who had done something wrong, had to worry all day about whether Jiang Zuo would retaliate.

But after several days of investigation, Jiang Zuo seemed to have no intention of targeting their right party.

"In the past few days, Jiang Zuo has only attended court meetings and met with the emperor alone in the palace. There is nothing unusual."

Someone else replied.

"It seems that Jiang Zuo has a complicated relationship with the Emperor."

Lu Jun looked solemn.

"Could that rumor be true?"

Others couldn't help but say.

Before this, there were some rumors in the court that Jiang Zuo was the empress's male favorite, which was why he had his current status.

"Don't worry about the rumors. Jiang Zuo's current status is not something you and I can question. Let's talk about this in private. If Jiang Zuo and others find out, we'll be in trouble."

Lu Jun reminded cautiously.

"clear."

The others said in unison.

"I really can't accept it. Jiang Zuo wants to hold an imperial examination. It's obvious that he wants to use this opportunity to install his own power and exclude us old officials of the court."

Xu Renyou was quite indignant.

At this moment, most of the officials in the Prime Minister's Office are of the fourth rank or above in the imperial court and hold important positions.

Such reforms in Jiangzuo will definitely affect the interests of many people.

"His achievements are real and untouchable. Now he has become the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and has the title of King of Hannan. You and I cannot provoke him. Forget it. Let him run wild. Even if he destroys the court, it has nothing to do with you and me."

Right Prime Minister Lu Jun said rather pessimistically.

"I'm afraid Jiang Zuo will target us again."

"Yes, I heard that someone opened a lot of shops in the capital, and they said they were using the name of the court. Maybe it was Jiang Zuo who did it again."

"No need to guess, it must be him."

Half of the businesses in this capital are related to the Right Party.

This shop in the name of the imperial court may very likely pose a threat to their interests.

Faced with this situation, many right-wing officials were also quite anxious.

"Is there still this?"

Lu Jun stroked his beard and looked even more uneasy.

"Ever since Jiangzuo came to power, our interests have been greatly damaged. What can we do if this continues?" Xu Renyou sighed.

"Prime Minister Lu, we must think of a solution."

"Yes, if Jiangzuo were to carry out the imperial examination, the court would definitely kick out old officials like us."

Everyone was equally anxious.

Lu Jun pondered for a moment before saying, "It seems that we can only take advantage of the situation in the northwest..."

"Prime Minister, don't forget, there is still the Southeast..."