Chapter 65 Lottery (asking for monthly ticket)

"Marquis Shenwu has great courage. You are to set up the Six Gates to catch thieves throughout the country. But remember, you must not oppress the people to raise funds. That's it." Shen Qingzhou said that he would be responsible for his own profits and losses. Seeing that he was so ignorant, Emperor Qing agreed.

He felt that he should indeed suppress the Marquis of Shenwu, who was young but in a high position and had no idea about officialdom. Could it be that he thought that after defeating Yan Xiaoyi, he would have no rivals?

He relied on a little cleverness to take power from me. If I hadn't already said it, and he hadn't been in office for long, and his contributions to expanding the territory were too great, I would have to suppress him.

As for killing Shen Qingzhou directly, he really didn't have that idea. He also had the ambition to dominate the world, and he had some tolerance for a battlefield god like Shen Qingzhou.

As for the Six Gates, although he allowed it to become independent and set up its own government office, it was simply impossible to get it off the ground.

A normal institution is under the control of someone and cannot act recklessly. For example, it may be directly under the emperor, such as the Censorate, or under the Privy Council, or under a department such as the Ministry of Justice, which has overlapping functions with the Ministry of Justice.

He didn't say anything, just hinted. Not to mention anything else, the Ministry of Justice would definitely come into conflict with the Six Gates.

The Ministry of Revenue will not provide funding, and the Six Gates cannot do business. Without funding, you can only pay for it yourself, but how long can you keep it? Even if you really pay for it and start it, this is a public institution and they will transfer you away. So, without saying anything, it's just digging a hole.

If a department is properly established, all the departments’ cooperation should be explained, not like it is now.

But Shen Qingzhou didn't care. As long as he had a name, it was fine. He even thought about doing something to make money.

And he was very satisfied. The less Emperor Qing explained the details, the better his next actions would be. At least on the surface, the Six Gates would not even be afraid of the Supervisory Council. Having no rank might seem troublesome to others, but in Shen Qingzhou's opinion, this was the highest rank.

After the court meeting, Shen Qingzhou found something wrong. Even his subordinate counselor Qin Heng only said one sentence and then went to find Qin Ye. This was because he was afraid of being implicated.

It has to be said that in feudal society, the emperor did possess tremendous power. Shen Qingzhou originally had some colleagues who were falsely polite to him, but now, they don't even say hello to him.

Shen Qingzhou didn't care. He returned to the Privy Council and wrote a secret memorial in the Guangxi Room, ordering the scattered police chiefs across the country to receive them. The white doves in the sky were almost all gone, and this was his last channel to use the Privy Council.

After completing this task, he came to the Yellow Crane Tower.

At this moment, the Yellow Crane Tower has been renovated and its appearance has changed drastically. As soon as you enter the door, the first thing you see in the middle is the Yellow Crane Tower. It is just waiting for an auspicious day to open.

"My Lord, you are here." The butler was already working part-time as the shopkeeper, and had originally planned to hire an experienced shopkeeper next, but Shen Qingzhou discovered that it seemed unnecessary, and his future business might have to change.

"Well, draw up a contract to lease this building to Liushenmen. Then, you go find a few skilled craftsmen to make me some cotton balls with numbers one to ninety-nine embroidered on them. Also, make a large hollow iron ball with a mouth." Shen Qingzhou began to give instructions.

It is obvious that the way he thought of to make money, selling lottery tickets, is definitely a business, but it cannot be considered a business because most people just pay money and don't get anything, so it can also be considered as raising funds.

He is realistic and has many brilliant ideas. He was previously limited by his abilities, but now he can put them to use.

The butler didn't quite understand what this was about, but the Marquis was doing things without him having to understand. About a week later, messages came from the captains of police in various places, saying that they had received orders to start the action.

More than ten days passed, and the Six Gates incident officially spread. The Guangxi House was disbanded. No one knew whether it was intentional or not, but except for the North and the Support House, other departments of the Privy Council took over the members of the Guangxi House.

Many people in Guangxi House still left. The deputy envoy of the Privy Council is awesome, but anyone with a little political wisdom knows that the Six Gates is unreliable. Fan Mansion, Liu Ruyu was happy when she learned about this, so that you have intentions towards me, but she was also a little inexplicably happy, but it had nothing to do with Shen Qingzhou. It was his identity, a young hero, who actually had ideas about a woman who had given birth to a child. This charm was enough to prove it.

Fan Xian also knew about this, but he was still looking for his chicken leg girl everywhere. With the eldest princess knowing the information, he and Lin Wan'er would have no chance to have a tryst at night.

It was the Queen who summoned Shen Qingzhou into the palace again.

"How can you do this? You are too young. But since you have already taken on this matter, you must do something. Let the Crown Prince and his subordinates find a way to help you resolve this matter." The Queen was very anxious.

"Don't worry, aunt. I'm sure of this."

"Qingzhou, you don't know His Majesty. Forget it, you still have to be careful. You have just entered Kyoto not long ago.

As for you and the Minister of Revenue, Qingzhou, I know you may have heard some rumors, but your aunt's expectation for you is to live well and carry on the family line. "The queen said this, and Shen Qingzhou was a little moved that she didn't want to take revenge on her own.

"Aunt, I know you are worried. You don't have to worry about everything and you don't have to be so scared." As he said this, he extinguished all the candles.

"Ah, Your Majesty, please forgive me." This is the feudal society. It was clearly Shen Qingzhou's fault, but the maids had to kneel.

"Qingzhou, don't tease your aunt like this." Shen Qingzhou supported the queen. She screamed again, still afraid. Shen Qingzhou quickly supported her.

He had abundant blood and energy, the best in the world. Even the grandmasters were definitely not as strong as him. He helped the queen to move her blood and energy, and the queen immediately felt warm all over.

"Aunt, things will eventually pass. Just wait, don't light the candles and open the window." What Shen Qingzhou hated the most was why would you light candles indoors in broad daylight.

"Your Majesty." Shen Qingzhou gave the order directly, but the maids did not dare to do so.

"From now on, what Qingzhou says is what I think, so listen to him." The queen herself didn't know that because she cared too much about this last relative, she was even a little doting and even dependent on him.

Shen Qingzhou himself was a little moved. If he didn't avenge his aunt for what she had done, he would feel like a bit of a villain.

He ate some snacks and left. As a foreign official, he was not allowed to eat dinner in the palace.

"Pull them quickly. From now on, open the curtains before summoning Marquis Shenwu to the palace." As soon as Shen Qingzhou left, the queen's stubborn attitude emerged, and it was not so easy to change.

……

Another ten days later.

With many people joining in the fun, the Yellow Crane Tower was opened to the public with the sound of gongs and drums. However, what surprised everyone was that it was different from what they had imagined.

"My fellow villagers, the Six Gates are newly established by the imperial court. To celebrate this, the Lord of the Six Gates, Shenwu Hou, has agreed to allocate 100 taels of silver. You only need to spend ten coins to get a ticket. You can choose the number on the ticket yourself or someone else can choose it for you."

(End of this chapter)