Chapter 562 Royal Seal Office
"Qiu Fu, do me a favor." Zhu Di handed the jade pendant on his body to Qiu Fu, "You go to the Liu Mansion now and you must rush into the study room by chance. I have read it. The outside of Liu Chun's study room is wide, but it is much smaller inside, so there must be a dark room in the study room. Go and bring all the things in the dark room to me, don't leave any!"
When Qiu Fu heard Zhu Di's words, his mouth was a little dry, his heart beat faster, and his whole body was trembling... What does this mean? Do you want to search the house? Could it be that Liu Chun hid a dragon robe and a jade seal in the dark room? Your Majesty is going to deal with Liu Chun?
Since fighting with Liu Chun several times, Qiu Fu has been defeated in a mess. He has no courage to make trouble with Liu Chun now.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to give up your order. Only if you have the will can I take action."
Zhu Di laughed and scolded: "What order do you want? Do you think I want to confiscate the Liu family?"
Qiu Fu said in a lost voice: "Isn't it?" Then what did you ask me to do?
"Don't think about it randomly. Let me tell you that the three high men, the emperor's grandsons are all in the Liu Mansion, the queen's sister is also there, and the daughter and granddaughter of Duke Liang... I remind you not to anger them. Just go to the study and just take the things inside, and alarm others. I can't protect you!"
"ah!"
Qiu Fu was shocked. What is this task? Qiu Fuwei said: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask Your Majesty to find another suitable candidate? I am afraid that I have foot disease..."
"What are you afraid of?" Zhu Di said viciously: "I am the emperor, you are the hereditary Duke of Qi. There is nothing to be afraid of. Just follow my orders."
In order to give Qiu Fu courage, Zhu Di directly sent two hundred Jinyiwei. These guys only followed Zhu Di's orders, and Qiu Fu had no choice. He felt that he was being carried to Liu Mansion.
"Mr. Liu, I didn't mean it. You can't hold a grudge against me!"
Qiu Fu went away with a tough bullet.
Zhu Di grabbed his beard and sneered.
This guy Liu Chun is definitely not a good guy. Take the project in Peking for example. Zhu Di has made it clear. It is true that Liu Chun is a house.
When the problem is that the cement used for construction projects is produced by the workshop under Liu Chun's name, of course, it was not directly placed under Liu Chun's name, but under Xu Miaojin's name.
No matter how shameless Zhu Di is, he cannot steal his sister-in-law's property, even if he is an old hen who lays golden eggs every day.
After suffering a secret loss, Zhu Di was vigilant.
Liu Chun told him that he had to write many books, and he even asked him to name the Yongle Ceremony.
At that time, Liu Chun mentioned that the income from books was his. Zhu Di did not think that selling books could make much money, especially large-scale works. Just like the four major books in the Song Dynasty, "Cefu Yuangui" and "Taiping Guangji", they were all officially revised and collected by the public, and they were simply unable to spread them, let alone making money by selling them for hot sales.
The same is true for the future "Yongle Encyclopedia". It can only be used as an official project and not for profit.
Zhu Di did not think that editing books could make money, but the release of "The Wealth of Nations" made Zhu Di guess a possibility. If Liu Chun had written such a profitable book, how much could he make?
One book is 100,000 taels, ten books are 1 million taels! Moreover, books like the Wealth of Nations will be published one after another and three consecutive editions. The price is difficult to calculate!
no!
I definitely want to get a piece of the pie!
When he returned to the palace, Zhu Di was waiting. He had no fun in anything he did. He was thinking about this huge royalty fee... After about an hour, the eunuch Mu En smiled and reported.
"The Emperor, Duke Qi is back."
"Did he bring anything?"
"I brought it, I brought a lot of boxes!"
Zhu Di slapped the table excitedly, "Hahaha, there is indeed something! Let him carry it up."
A moment later, Qiu Fu came to see Zhu Di with a box. He was so excited that he blushed. This time it went too smoothly. He rushed directly to Liu Chun's study. Others were not there, and the secret door was hidden and found it in an instant, without any effort.
"I am lucky to have fulfilled my orders and found the collection of books successfully and received them all for His Majesty."
"All of them were taken?"
"Well! Anyone in the secret room is not bad! Please read it!" Qiu Fu swore faithfully.
Zhu Di closed his eyes slightly to calm his mind. He now felt like he was opening a treasure chest. How many oxen and horse treasures does this kid Liu Chun have? He is about to escape now!
"Open." Zhu Di said excitedly.
The people below worked together and spread out more than a dozen boxes, with manuscripts inside. Roughly speaking, there were hundreds of them.
There are really a lot!
Zhu Di walked over quickly and picked up one at a glance. It was "Theory of Hai Quan", and then picked up another one with "Basics of Mechanics" written on it, and then picked up another one, "Geometry".
He took out more than a dozen books in one breath, and just looking at the names, he had a strong Liu style.
Zhu Di's eyes instantly turned into round and square holes.
What he read was no longer a book, but one by one hundred thousand taels!
Grandma's!
How much money does the royal treasury have?
Liu Chun's study room is only so big, it is more valuable than the treasury. Is there any reason for this? Whoever dares to say that scholars are poor and that Liu Chun's part is no longer worth it.
Zhu Di barely controlled his excitement. He also knew that it was impossible for a person to write every book well, nor could he guarantee that he could earn 100,000 taels of each book.
So you should check it first and see how good Liu Chun is!
Zhu Di opened a book with confidence to discuss agriculture. Zhu Di was very interested. He looked at two pages and looked back and it turned out to be blank paper and there was no content.
What's going on?
He quickly opened another book, which was even more excessive, with only one title!
What about the content?
Where did you go?
"Qiu Fu!" Zhu Di said sternly: "Tell me, what's going on? Did you let me drop the bag?"
Qiu Fu was frightened and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, you asked me to get it, so I went there, and then I went into the palace without stopping. I didn't dare to go home! Along the way, there were Jinyiwei staring at me. How many heads do I have to do to get rid of what His Majesty wants?"
"Then, why did that book become blank?"
"Ah!" Qiu Fu screamed strangely and rushed over, checking one by one. Sure enough, there was white paper inside.
Qiu Fu's eyes turned dark and he almost fainted.
It's over!
Being cheated again!
I had known for a long time that there would be no good end to confront Liu Chun. I had learned my lesson and stopped. Who knew that His Majesty forced me to go again, and my life was too hard!
"Your Majesty, the old minister swears that he will never lose his bag. It must be Liu Chun's work. He tricked me. I will go to his house now, dig three feet into the ground, and dig out the books!" Qiu Fu's tears flowed. He was obviously unwilling to mess with Liu Chun, but it would not work if he didn't go now. He wanted to strive for his innocence. Qiu Fu kept begging to ask Zhu Di to give him another chance.
Zhu Di frowned and had not agreed.
But at this moment, the little eunuch ran in and came to Muen's ear, "Ancestor, Lord Liu asked for a meeting."
Mu En ran to Zhu Di and whispered: "Mr. Liu is here."
Zhu Di took a strong breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Let him in."
After a while, Liu Chun walked in quickly and said angrily: "Your Majesty, the security in this capital is getting worse and worse. I sent Your Majesty away and went to the garden to have a tea. When I came back, I found that my study was stolen. The thief stole me in broad daylight. Is there any king's law? Is there any law of nature? Which one killer killed thousands of swords? You must pull him out, peel off his skin, cramp, and crush his bones and ashes!"
Liu Chun shouted loudly, Zhu Di's old face was darker than the bottom of the pot.
"Ahem! Liu Qing, what did you lose? Is it worth being so excited?"
"My? I didn't lose anything, it was just a piece of paper. I couldn't figure out why this thief was so unhappy? Is there something wrong with his brain? What's wrong with stealing something that is the least valuable thing. He must be sick or stupid..."
"Enough!"
Zhu Di couldn't help but scold me in person as a fool. He stepped forward to Liu Chun, "Tell me, where did you put your original books? Where did your books go?"
Liu Chun blinked his eyes and saw Zhu Di so angry that his beard stood up, so he didn't dare to say too much, lest he gets angry, and look at his appearance, he's going to eat people.
"Your Majesty, I am just planning to write these books. Do you have many things I haven't had time to start writing yet? Now I have a lot of things to be busy with, and I really can't take off my energy. If you want to tell me where these books are? Then I can only say that they are still in my mind!"
"you!"
Zhu Di was so angry that he turned his head back to the dragon throne, gasping heavily, lowering his head and not speaking. Liu Chun glanced at Qiu Fu who was lying on the ground, and then looked at the blank manuscripts. Then he pretended to be surprised.
"Oh, Duke Qi, you're catching the thief, right? Your speed is so fast! Stop saying anything, I'll treat you back, go to my mansion and we'll have a whole sheep feast."
Qiu Fu tilted his head, stared at Liu Chun with a dead fish-like look, shaking his head silently, looking like he was desperate.
"Mr. Liu, can you bypass me? This is a matter..."
"Stop talking!"
Zhu Di slapped the table again, and he said with a dark face: "Liu Chun, I won't tell you anything. Now you can take these boxes back. Write a book quickly, I want to read it!"
The implication is that the dividend is forgot.
Liu Chun smiled, "Your Majesty, I really have something to say."
"I'm talking...but it's better not to go too far! I'm the emperor and the king and father of all people!" Zhu Di felt a little guilty.
Liu Chun nodded hurriedly, "Your Majesty, this is the case. The printing speed of the bookstore is too slow this time. If you publish a large number of books, it will definitely not be enough. I propose to establish a Royal Printing Company, which will be invested by Your Majesty. In the future, publishing books will be done according to the rules."
"What rules?" Zhu Di asked afterwards.
Liu Chun said: "I propose that the Ministry of Justice draw a publication regulation to determine how to share the benefits. As long as there are rules and guarantees, everyone will apply it together, there will be no dispute."
Having said this, Zhu Di gritted his teeth and couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, Liu Chun, you actually asked me to pay to help you make money! Are you brave enough?"
Chapter completed!