"Let him in!"

Zhang Haogu nodded.

Then, Cui Chengxiu walked in, and when he saw Zhang Haogu open his mouth, he said two.

When he saw Zhu Youxiao next to Zhang Haogu, he forcefully suppressed this second uncle.

"I have seen Zhang Butang!"

Zhang Haogu looked at Cui Chengxiu in a funny way and said, "Master Cui? You came here so late, but you have something?"

Cui Chengxiu: "I originally wanted to come here earlier, but I had to teach tonight and was delayed for a while!"

Zhang Haogu nodded and asked, "What's the matter?"

Cui Chengxiu then said: "Master, please take a look!"

While talking, Cui Chengxiu took out a thick pile of information in his hand, and then said: "This is some information compiled by the official during this period, including population, skills, and age!!"

Zhang Haogu looked at it for a few times and nodded: "Master Cui is attentive!"

"Do things for the people and serve the emperor!"

Cui Chengxiu glanced at Zhu Youxiao, who was silent on the side, and Zheng Zhengran said calmly: "Zhang Butang, I have some suggestions!"

"But it doesn't matter!"

Zhang Hao Ancient Road.

Cui Chengxiu said: "What I want to say is whether Zhang Butang can ask the emperor to rebuild the three main halls!"

“The three main halls harm people’s livelihood!”

Zhu Youxiao on the side frowned: "The emperor is benevolent and has just stopped building the three halls. The remaining money will be used to relieve the victims. If we build three more halls, it will be a waste of money and make people's livelihood difficult!"

"This little brother!"

Cui Chengxiu said: "You only know one, but not the other!"

Zhu Youxiao was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"These three halls are the face of the imperial court. Maintaining the three halls can naturally promote the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. This is one of them!"

Cui Chengxiu continued: "In addition, this little brother, have you ever thought about who will build these three halls?"

Zhu Youxiao was slightly stunned and asked: "Who is it?"

"Of course it's the craftsmen from Yongding County. They went to repair the three main halls. The imperial court used part of the money to build the three main halls. Naturally, it had to pay the craftsmen. With the money, the craftsmen can buy some household items!"

Cui Chengxiu said: "Currently, we are trying to appease the refugees in Yongding County because the imperial court is constantly allocating money. If things go on like this, we cannot make ends meet. If we can use this skill properly and build three main halls, we can just make up for our family income!"

“As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!”

Cui Chengxiu said: "The imperial court needs it, and so do the craftsmen. In the past, the imperial court mobilized corvees to repair the three main halls. Now, I think we should give money!!"

"Give money?" Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought.

In the Ming Dynasty, corvee service was divided into three types: one was Lijia service, which was the affairs of an area; the other was uniform corvee, which was regular service for the government; and the third was miscellaneous service, which was all the service temporarily dispatched.

The group of servants who built the palace were called servants.

They are often craftsmen.

In fact, the social status of this group of people is also very low. They are building a palace in name, but there is no report.

Don't think about wages.

You also have to prepare your own meals.

In addition, it may also affect your normal work and income.

However, your loss is just your loss, and the court will not care about what you lost.

Now, Cui Chengxiu came up with an idea.

Need money!

Of course, this was not brought up by Cui Chengxiu himself, but after Zhang Haogu discussed with Cui Chengxiu, he asked Cui Chengxiu to come over tonight to trick Zhu Youxiao together.

Most of the other emperors of the Ming Dynasty would not have had this idea.

First, this is an ancestral system and it is difficult to do it.

Second, how great is it to have sex for free? It’s obviously something that doesn’t cost money, so why do you have to spend money?

Tonight, I am also here to test Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao lost in thought, Zhang Haogu nodded slightly: "It's interesting!"

"It's easy to give money!"

Zhu Youxiao paused again and continued: "I have another question, what happens after you complete the three major halls?"

Yes, this little emperor has become more and more able to think independently.

Zhang Haogu also felt very pleased.

"After these three halls are repaired, they can also gain a reputation. If the emperor can reward the craftsmen, that would be great. Once you have a reputation, you can get more business, such as building houses for nobles in the capital!"

Cui Chengxiu continued to talk about his thoughts: "In this way, we can allow them to have a profitable business for a long time, and they will not have to ask the court to pay for their support!"

“Work-for-relief is a good idea!”

Zhang Haogu nodded.

"What is work-for-relief?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.

Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao and said: "Brother Zhu doesn't know something. During the former Song Dynasty, there was a great famine in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The rich countryside was starved to death. The imperial court issued an order to provide disaster relief. Fan Zhongyan was in charge of western Zhejiang at that time and was appointed as the magistrate of Hangzhou.

, while distributing relief and collecting surplus food from the people, he also did two things!"

Seeing Zhang Haogu pause, Zhu Youxiao also cooperated and said: "I would like to hear the details!"

"First, he organized boat races in the name of the government, allowing the whole city to go out to watch and play. He also took the lead in hosting banquets on the West Lake every day. Second, he summoned the abbots of various temples to preside over them and told them that in this famine year, wages would be high.

It's so lowly, why don't you start building construction projects? Third, drive up food prices!"

Zhu Youxiao understood something: "This solves the problem of wages and food? But why is the price of food driven up?"

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Yes, various temples are building temples and pavilions aggressively. The government also took the opportunity to renovate and renovate government offices and granaries, employing more than a thousand people every day. This project is in full swing. As for the price of food, once the price of food rises, the food supply in surrounding areas will be affected."

Seeing the profit, the merchant immediately transported a large amount of grain, resulting in an abundance of grain and naturally driving down the price of grain!"

Cui Chengxiu on the side also added: "Later, the Supervisor wrote a letter to impeach Fan Zhongyan for "not caring about the famine government, playing without restraint, and doing public and private things, hurting the people's strength." Fan Zhongyan wrote to the court to explain the whole story - the biggest problem in the famine years

Government affairs are all about keeping people fed!"

“Work-for-relief is a good idea!”

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "I think you can give it a try. Zhang Butang, you have to give a good performance to the emperor!"

"There is no rush!" Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "Master Cui, I have to trouble you to draw up a charter. After you and I discuss it, we will report it to the emperor!"

Cui Chengxiu immediately said: "I understand!"

After Cui Chengxiu left, Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised: "This Cui Chengxiu, I only saw him lazy and unwilling to contribute in the past. How come he seems to be a different person these days?"

Zhang Haogu smiled slightly: "The Emperor really wants to know?"

Zhu Youxiao became curious and said: "Master once said that their thoughts are deeply ingrained and they need to be given the correct guidance. I don't know how Master guided them?"

Zhang Haogu smiled slightly and said slowly: "But it is also simple. I said that everything is nothing more than a word of profit, to move people for profit, so they will naturally become more diligent!"

"What did the master do?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"I told them the emperor's identity!" Zhang Haogu said.
Chapter completed!