Chapter 112 Revenue from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Imperial Charter, Ouchi Dragon Talisman, Xu
Qingxiao is about to start causing trouble again!
Shouren School.
Chen Xinghe has been waiting at the door, looking a little anxious.
It wasn't until Xu Qingxiao came back that Chen Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, His Majesty summoned Xu Qingxiao into the palace for no reason. God knows what it was. Now that Xu Qingxiao returned safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Senior brother, it's so late, why don't you rest?"
Xu Qingxiao came with something, which was a precious fruit rewarded by His Majesty.
"Junior brother, what does your Majesty want from you?"
Chen Xinghe asked.
"It's nothing, just asking me to listen to music."
Xu Qingxiao said casually that he already knew His Majesty's thoughts and had no big ideas. He would do his own thing first and talk about other things later.
"Listen to music?"
Chen Xinghe frowned a little, and politely asked Xu Qingxiao to come over and listen to what music?
But he didn't ask any more questions. Since Xu Qingxiao was back, he didn't say anything.
"Okay, senior brother, let's go back and rest first."
Chen Xinghe spoke, and Xu Qingxiao nodded.
Then, at three o'clock in the Yin hour.
Xu Qingxiao sat alone in the pavilion and started to have luck.
After running the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique three times, the energy and blood in the body boiled in an instant, and the Great Sun Holy Body became more perfect.
There was even a slight roaring sound inside the body.
Xu Qingxiao then used Taiyin Qi Condensation Technique again.
By transforming the Qi into a dragon and incorporating it into his body, Xu Qingxiao has already condensed two Taiyin Qi veins, and only needs to condense the third Jiaolong Qi pulse to achieve the ninth level of perfection.
When the time comes, you will be able to step into the eighth level with all your strength.
Ten qualities of health care.
Nine levels of energy.
Reaching the eighth level is the realm of Dantian.
As a large amount of spiritual energy entered the body, Xu Qingxiao gathered her third taiyin energy channel in one go.
In an instant, the billowing inner energy spread within the body. Xu Qingxiao condensed his energy, and a white inner energy that was tens of feet long appeared.
A ninth-level Dzogchen who can condense Qi for ten meters is already considered a great genius, but Xu Qingxiao can condense Qi for ten meters, and it is extremely powerful and extremely terrifying.
But before seventh-level warriors, they are still in an ordinary stage, just like martial arts masters, picking leaves to hurt people, climbing over walls and climbing over walls.
Really possessing powerful power is something that comes after the seventh level.
After the seventh level, each level is a qualitative change, and the further you go, the more terrifying it becomes.
call!
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Xu Qingxiao stopped her luck. Now that she has reached the ninth level of perfection, she only needs to condense three energy channels and open up her Dantian to reach the eighth level.
It's just that Xu Qingxiao has no choice to directly enter the eighth level.
There are two reasons.
Firstly, there are no eighth-level cultivation techniques, and secondly, you need to stabilize your current cultivation level first and not be too hasty.
After all, his martial arts training speed is already very fast.
It took two months to go from not entering the ninth level to the Great Perfection of the ninth level. It would be a bit exaggerated to directly break through the eighth level.
There is nothing wrong with being steady first.
Of course, the main reason is that there is no corresponding technique, not even the corresponding magic.
But it's easy to say that there are many techniques hidden in the palace, and it shouldn't be difficult to get one by yourself.
After the ninth level of Dzogchen.
At this moment, it's already time.
"Yang Hu."
"Go to Duke An's mansion and tell Duke An to let their grandson come to school in three days."
Xu Qingxiao asked Yang Hu to run around.
When she first came to the capital, she promised the princes to teach their children and grandchildren, and Xu Qingxiao has not forgotten this.
It's just that His Majesty has assigned a heavy responsibility to himself, so Xu Qingxiao has no intention to deal with this matter.
Xu Qingxiao just happened to be grounded right now, so it didn't matter to her, she just wanted to teach these naughty kids a lesson so that they wouldn't harm others again.
"As commanded."
After Yang Hu received the order, he walked directly outside the school.
At this moment, a familiar figure appeared outside the school.
It was Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment.
Looking at Zhang Jing not far away, Xu Qingxiao stood up and walked slowly over.
"My subordinate Xu Qingxiao has met Zhang Shangshu."
Xu Qingxiao came over and said very politely.
Although he was removed from the rank of head of the Ministry of Punishment, he retained his official position, so he was still a member of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Don't be polite, I still like you to be more straightforward."
Zhang Jing opened his mouth and said somewhat casually.
"Master Shangshu, you are embarrassing this subordinate. I always go straight."
Xu Qingxiao said with an innocent face.
"Still pretending?"
Zhang Jing was a little angry.
"Okay, Lao Zhang, come on, sit down."
Since Zhang Jing spoke like this, Xu Qingxiao didn't care and just asked to sit down.
"You kid,"
When Zhang Jing heard this, he was a little confused. He asked you to go straight. He wanted you to stop being so respectful, not to be so casual.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
After sitting down, Zhang Jing spoke.
"I accept your kindness, and I will keep this kindness in my heart."
Zhang Jing said directly, he was very direct.
He fainted that day and didn't know anything. When he woke up, Xu Qingxiao had been imprisoned. Later, he wrote the memorial all night, but just after he finished writing, Xu Qingxiao was released.
I originally planned to visit Xu Qingxiao yesterday, but I didn't expect His Majesty to announce Xu Qingxiao's entry into the palace.
So he came here early today to express his gratitude to Xu Qingxiao.
"Old Zhang, you're welcome, you're welcome. We are all from the same department. What does this mean? Even if I have to go to the Household Department now, I might have to go to the Criminal Department again that day. I will need you to take care of me then."
Xu Qingxiao said with a smile, and her words were very frivolous.
"Take care of yourself."
"With your temper, you will suffer disaster wherever you go. Now the entire household department is on tenterhooks. Several ministers have issued strict orders. No matter what you want to check, it must be sent to you as soon as possible."
"In the eyes of others, you are a disaster star."
Zhang Jing said angrily.
"Old Zhang, you can't blame me for this. I'm a rigorous person, and I never fall out first. They forced me."
"You know better about the Ministry of Punishment."
Xu Qingxiao said with an innocent face.
Zhang Jing: "."
"Okay, I won't tell you this. Anyway, I have written down this kindness, and everyone in the Criminal Department has also remembered it. They said that after your confinement is over, they will go to Tengyun Tower to host a few tables to say thank you."
Zhang Jing said.
"You're welcome. I'll host a few banquets. I did have to host a few banquets to apologize for what happened to the Ministry of Punishment last time."
When Xu Qingxiao heard this, he immediately shook his head. The last time he made a big fuss in the Ministry of Justice, to be honest, he was indeed a little impulsive. Although he had reasons, the purpose of making a big fuss was to establish his authority.
Now that after this crisis, everyone has shared the same hatred, and the grudges have been resolved. It is normal to host a few banquets to apologize.
"Yes, that's okay."
Zhang Jing nodded, he didn't force anything, but at the end, Zhang Jing started to get down to business.
"Shouren, actually you did everything right this time, except that you were still a little radical."
"However, your temper is like this, and I can't advise you anything, but you must remember that you must think twice before doing anything in the future."
"This time, there are obviously a lot of things that are wrong. What happened in the court is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface. I can't explain it for a while."
"But when you do things in the future, you must remember it, think about it clearly, and then do it."
"Now that you have gone to Hubu, I can tell you directly that the water in Hubu is deeper than that in Xingbu. Your Majesty has always wanted to reach out to Hubu, but no matter how you reach out, you can't figure out the situation in Hubu."
"It is a serious crime for you to cause trouble in the Ministry of Justice, but His Majesty did not really blame you. At first I thought His Majesty was doing it for the Pingqiu Mansion disaster relief case, but now I find that Your Majesty's intention is definitely not that simple."
"She wants you to muddy the waters in the household."
Zhang Jing spoke in a suppressed voice. He didn't need to say these words at first, but he owed Xu Qingxiao a favor, so he decided to come over and tell Xu Qingxiao to be careful and careful.
"Shouren understands. Thank you Zhang Shangshu for reminding me."
Xu Qingxiao's expression also became very serious and she stopped being frivolous.
In fact, Xu Qingxiao reached this point while in prison.
He made a big fuss in the Ministry of Punishment in order to redress Zhou Nan's injustice, but also to vent his anger by attacking the Minister of Justice. This was a big deal, but His Majesty only asked him to investigate the Pingqiu Mansion disaster relief case.
At first, Xu Qingxiao also felt that this was His Majesty's plan, so she forced herself to accept the case with the purpose of seizing the military talisman.
But now that I think about it carefully, it's definitely not that simple. After all, I could have stopped him when he was a prisoner.
But he waited until he was about to challenge the Minister of Punishment before taking action to stop him.
The purpose of this is not to let myself vent to the end, but to knock out six parts.
Let yourself establish this ‘lawless’ persona.
In this way, if Your Majesty places himself in the Ministry of Household Affairs, at least the Ministry of Household Affairs will not dare to cause trouble for him and wear small shoes for himself? Isn't that asking for trouble?
This is His Majesty's plan.
Now that Master Zhang Jing said this, Xu Qingxiao became even more sure.
The empress is really smart. No one who can become an emperor is an ordinary person.
Xu Qingxiao didn't think anything of what happened yesterday. After all, the Empress is also a human being, and it is normal to have some personal emotions, but in the overall situation, the Empress will not make any mistakes.
Having such an emperor is actually a good thing for the country. At least everything has a purpose, and every move is for the country, not the individual.
"As long as you understand, if you need help from the Punishment Department, just come to the Punishment Department directly. Since the late Emperor's Northern Expedition, the Hubu has always been a little weird. Although Lord Gu Yan and I are from the Dongming Society, the Punishment Department is the Punishment Department, and the Hubu is the Hubu.
department."
"As long as it is for the Wei Dynasty, I have nothing to say. But if someone has selfish intentions, investigate and deal with it as it should be."
When Zhang Jing said this, he said nothing more.
Because he only knew a little bit about many things and needed Xu Qingxiao to check them out on his own.
However, the meaning of Zhang Jing and Zhang Shangshu’s words is also very simple.
He is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and a court official. He can die for the Wei Dynasty. He is not a party member. This is a matter of political power and involves the fundamentals of the country. He will never agree to it.
"With Zhang Shangshu's words, Qingxiao will feel at ease."
Xu Qingxiao stood up and bowed to Zhang Jing.
"Come on, stop being pretentious. Stay here well this month. When the confinement is over, come to the Criminal Department to check on the case. Don't think about being lazy."
At this point, Zhang Jing had nothing to say, so he stood up and left. He had to leave beforehand.
"Lao Zhang, walk slowly."
Xu Qingxiao shouted.
Zhang Jing was stunned for a moment, but finally had nothing to say and left.
After they left, Xu Qingxiao's voice sounded.
"Yang Bao, take my warrant and go to the Ministry of Revenue and ask them to prepare the details of all tax files for the past thirty years."
Xu Qingxiao spoke.
Since I'm grounded this month, I'll just sit at home and prepare my homework first.
A quarter of an hour later.
Yang Bao came back, but he came back empty-handed.
"What? They won't give it?"
Xu Qingxiao asked while making tea.
"It's not that I don't give it, it's that it's too much. Sir, I have to call some helpers."
Yang Bao said with a sad face.
It's not that they don't give, it's that they give too much and he has to call people over.
"Well"
Xu Qingxiao stopped talking.
Not long after, Yang Bao called Zhao Da, Zhao Er, Li Jian and Li Kang to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Back and forth, boxes were moved one after another, more than forty large boxes containing tax files from the Ministry of Revenue for the past thirty years.
It is obvious that Tobe is very smart and does not dare to wear small shoes for himself, but he can cause trouble for himself.
Checking taxes, right? I’ll give you everything and let you check it slowly.
There are more than 40 big boxes. It will take you a long time to look at them carefully. This is a small trick of the Ministry of Finance, which is much smarter than the Ministry of Punishments.
I have to say, this household department is really smart.
Logically speaking, just give me the sum, but the other party brought so much information just to make it clear that he wanted to be quiet for a while.
Take a sip of tea.
Xu Qingxiao didn't care about the Department of Revenue's tactics. She got up and found last year's files and started to read them carefully.
Xu Qingxiao read the files quickly. He was not doing calculations, but understanding the current situation of the Ministry of Revenue and the current situation of the Wei Dynasty.
Forty boxes contained more than 2,000 files, and Xu Qingxiao kept reading at a rate of 100 files an hour.
And while Xu Qingxiao was reading, she started to make a data table.
If the Ministry of Accounts does not give you the total, then you can definitely calculate it yourself. You can use Arabic numerals and some basic calculation methods. To put it more directly, it is a financial statement.
Income, expenses, summary.
For anything that seems dense and extremely complicated, just list the data table, add and subtract a few times, and you will get the final answer. If the calculated results are inconsistent, then calculate it again. If it is still inconsistent, then there is something fishy.
Therefore, the methods adopted by the Ministry of Revenue are still childish.
at the same time.
Kyoto Tobe.
In the study room.
Gu Yan listened quietly to the report of his subordinates, with the assistants sitting next to him.
"Sir, my subordinates have given all the files to Xu Qingxiao, a total of 2,400 files."
"However, the total dossier has not been given, and it is currently being calculated."
The official from the Ministry of Revenue spoke, but Gu Yan didn't say anything. Zuo Shilang was the first to speak.
"Xu Qingxiao wants thirty years' worth of files before she even comes to the Ministry of Revenue. She really has a huge appetite."
"I will give him more than 2,000 files and give him a headache."
Zuo Shilang said this.
"Well, it's not aimed at Xu Qingxiao. It's just that although he has the ability to investigate cases, the Ministry of Accounts is the Finance and Taxation Bank. How can someone just be appointed to join the job?"
"Your Majesty is too impatient and asked Xu Qingxiao to come to the Ministry of Finance."
The right servant nodded.
But Gu Yan said slowly: "No matter what he is like, give him whatever he needs. Except for the general household files, this is also good. Let him calm down for a while. With more than two thousand files, it seems that he needs more than a dozen
If we really want to calculate the time in the day and get a result, it will take at least two or three months."
"If he can stay away for two or three months, it will be a good thing for the Ministry of Revenue, the court, and the Wei Dynasty."
When Gu Yan spoke out, he was not targeting Xu Qingxiao, he was just asking Xu Qingxiao to calm down. He couldn't keep causing trouble, right?
And now that Hubu is here, as one of the three leaders of the Dongming Society, will he let Xu Qingxiao make a scene?
The answer is obviously, no.
So he used this method to prevent Xu Qingxiao from taking advantage of him. Everyone saw the lesson of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Okay, let's do whatever we have to do."
Having said this, Gu Yan didn't think much and just did his own thing.
That's it.
Two days later.
At this time, Xu Qingxiao finished reading the last file.
There was a thick stack of white paper in front of him, which was the result of his statistics.
For such a large project, the entire household department needed at least ten days to calculate, but Xu Qingxiao completed it in two days alone. This is the charm of mathematics.
Just when the results appear.
Xu Qingxiao's brows were also deeply wrinkled.
Xu Qingxiao has made a clear calculation of the finances of the past thirty years.
At the same time, we also know what crisis the Wei Dynasty is facing today.
Thirty years ago, Emperor Wu made his third Northern Expedition. At that time, the overall revenue of the Wei Dynasty was 90,000 taels of silver.
And until now, thirty years later, the current annual tax revenue of the Wei Dynasty is 104,864,835 taels and sixteen wen.
But now Wei's basic expenditure for a year has reached a terrifying 98 million taels of silver.
In other words, the treasury of the Wei Dynasty received more than six million taels last year.
But the reason why it still exists is not that the Wei Dynasty is still doing well now, but that it has given up on the development of many countries since Emperor Wu's later years.
People's livelihood development, infrastructure development, military development, and even educational development.
But even after giving up so much development, the Wei Dynasty still faced a deficit crisis.
It is even said that the economy is likely to collapse.
Once the economy collapses and the national treasury is out of money, the most immediate problem is that disaster relief cannot be provided and countless people starve to death. If you want to implement plans to benefit the country, you have to hold back without money. The army cannot pay military salaries and officials have low incomes.
If the national destiny directly declines, the country will also be unable to continue to develop ahead of schedule.
This is the biggest problem, so after the empress took office, the first thing she did was to reduce the salary of officials to the lowest level.
This has a certain effect, but it absolutely cannot last. Under extreme repression, officials will become wildly corrupt, and it will be the people who will suffer.
So the most direct and simple way to solve this trouble is.
Print money.
The hard currency of the Wei Dynasty is not gold and silver. Except for wealthy people, the normal currency circulation is "copper coins" and "treasure notes".
If divided according to the first, second, third and fourth tiers, the first and second tier cities of the Wei Dynasty used more treasure coins, while the third and fourth tier cities used more copper coins.
The printing of copper coins is more troublesome, but the printing of treasure banknotes is very simple.
Once the national treasury really faces a negative figure, then the Wei Dynasty will probably print more treasure banknotes as soon as possible.
If this happens, the most terrifying thing will come.
【inflation】
This is not a trivial matter. Once it happens, the entire Wei Dynasty will be completely destroyed, and even the gods will not be able to save it.
The most terrifying thing about inflation is the chaos among the people. When the time comes, people will rush to buy food, triggering a food panic. Money will no longer be money. The chain reaction will be crazy depreciation, and the dynasty's credit will plummet.
At this time, a certain vassal king directly said that these are all the fault of the Empress of Wei. Brothers, with the sword in hand, follow me, overthrow this broken dynasty, and rebuild a beautiful new world.
Once this happens, people will rebel even if they don't want to.
At that time, there was a real river of blood.
Even more terrifying than the Northern Expedition.
Xu Qingxiao swallowed.
Economic war is a hundred times more terrifying than war. What is the purpose of fighting? It is also for profit.
Once the economy collapses, it will be useless even if a saint is born. After all, can a saint keep the people of the world fed?
Reading and drinking northwest wind?
Xu Qingxiao couldn't help but feel silent.
Without looking at the financial situation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Xu Qingxiao believed that the problems of the Wei Dynasty were nothing more than a lack of productivity, vassal kings from various places were ready to take action, and the reputation of the empress after her ascension to the throne was not very good.
That's all.
But after looking at it today, Xu Qingxiao finally understood why the empress wanted the military talisman.
Because the Wei Dynasty will collapse at any time.
A dynasty with a population of 300,000,000 will collapse at any time.
Looking at the files on the tea table, Xu Qingxiao fell into silence.
This is the current national inventory balance of the Wei Dynasty.
143.67 million silver.
This money cannot be used at all. If there is any natural disaster or man-made disaster, it will cost tens of millions of taels. If something like this happens to Pingqiu Mansion, even 30 to 50 million taels may not be able to solve the problem.
But natural and man-made disasters will happen every year. If you are lucky, there won't be any big event in ten or twenty years.
If you have some luck, something big may happen this year.
And this is just a matter of disaster relief, what about national development?
It is impossible to be cautious all the time, burn incense and pray for blessings, hoping that there will be no natural or man-made disasters? And then sit at home and wait for death?
You know, a truly strong country is making progress every year.
But the Wei Dynasty keeps regressing every year.
Last year the treasury received six million taels of silver, maybe five million taels this year and four million tomorrow.
Dawei!
I can't bear it anymore!
Xu Qingxiao closed her eyes, and the words of Zhang Jing and Zhang Shangshu could not help but echo in her mind.
The water in Hubu is relatively deep.
This damn water is deeper?
This is the sea!
Bottomless!
For a moment, Xu Qingxiao really felt a sense of powerlessness.
He knew that Dawei was facing many dangers now, but he didn't know that Dawei's problems were so terrifying.
This cannot be solved by one person.
This is a problem that requires the concerted efforts of all officials in the Wei Dynasty to solve.
Otherwise, once it breaks out, it will be a huge disaster.
Countless people died in vain.
The six-hundred-year history of the Wei Dynasty is very likely to end here.
But how to solve it!
Xu Qingxiao couldn't think of a way.
At this moment, Xu Qingxiao also understood why his majesty did not summon him immediately when he wrote Anguo Policy, nor did he give himself the treatment that he was treated with great importance.
because!
The policy of safeguarding the country is not conducive to the current situation.
The Great Wei Bank was established when the country was developing extremely well, when the people had enough to eat and had a little extra money on hand, it was a magical weapon that benefited the country.
But nowadays, people don’t have enough to eat, but at least they don’t eat very well.
Even if it gets worse every year, you still expect people to save money and put it into banks?
This is simply unreasonable.
"Yang Bao!"
Xu Qingxiao spoke again.
"My subordinate is here!"
Yang Bao came immediately.
"Go to the Household Department and ask the people from the Household Department to bring all the income and expenditure files for the past ten years."
Xu Qingxiao said, if you want to find a solution, you must understand everything thoroughly, and you must understand every detail.
"yes."
Yang Bao immediately obeyed the order and walked towards the Ministry of Household Affairs, but this time he was smarter and took people there directly.
An hour later.
Yang Bao came back with a cart and more expenditures from the Ministry of Household Affairs, hundreds of boxes. This was in the past ten years.
The people on the road were all surprised, and the news spread to the ears of the Six Ministries and many dignitaries.
It takes so many files in one breath, and it would take an ordinary person several months to read them. Xu Qingxiao would need at least a year to understand them, right?
Especially Hu Bu, who burst out laughing after watching Yang Bao leave, feeling that Xu Qingxiao simply didn't know the heights of the world.
The Ministry of Husbandry is not the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Criminal Justice investigates the case, witnesses and physical evidence, just go and investigate.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for taxation, which is related to numbers. How much is the income, how much is the expenditure, and how much is the tax. I don’t know how long it will take to really calculate these things.
Many officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs are even betting on how long it will take Xu Qingxiao to sort out these files. Currently, the highest support is half a year.
As for other departments, this is good, at least Xu Qingxiao can finally rest for more than half a year.
However, to Xu Qingxiao, hundreds of boxes are nothing. On the contrary, the more the better. He has to look at them one by one and check them one by one, so that he can better understand the situation of the Ministry of Revenue and the situation of Dawei.
There were hundreds of boxes and six thousand files. Xu Qingxiao did not dare to read through them too quickly. She needed to read them carefully and use tables to make statistics.
At least fifteen days is not bad.
That's it, the next day.
A group of naughty kids appeared in the school. Xu Qingxiao didn't care about it and just asked the naughty kids to plow the fields first.
That’s right, plowing the fields.
Xu Qingxiao was too lazy to teach them how to read and write. There was a piece of land in the school that was used to grow flowers and plants. It was almost an acre in size, which was just right for these naughty kids to cultivate.
The meaning is also very simple. Let them endure hardship first, and then teach them slowly. When the land is plowed, the real things will be taught.
But a bunch of naughty kids were having a great time, rolling around in the mud, and they didn't feel disgusted at all.
In the room, Xu Qingxiao was reading day and night.
Fifteen days later.
Xu Qingxiao read all 6,000 files, listed all the data and even drew a future trend chart.
And after Xu Qingxiao read these six thousand files, he finally understood where the money from the Wei treasury had gone.
Forty percent is the official income. The lower-level officials are extremely huge. Even if a person earns one tael of silver a month, that is twelve taels a year. There are currently 3.7 million officials in the Wei Dynasty, and at its peak, it was as high as more than 7 million.
Therefore, as soon as the annual income increases, 40% of it must be used to pay salaries to officials.
Thirty percent is military pay. When there is no war, military pay will not be too much. After all, soldiers do not have much salary, and they mainly spend a lot of money on food, accommodation, etc.
But once a war breaks out, ten million taels of silver will not be enough for half a year, and you don't know how to spend just the pension.
The remaining 15% is used for disaster relief and other expenses.
The last 15%, of which 10% is for miscellaneous expenses, normal state maintenance, for example, a certain county government office needs to be repaired, for example, officials have to go on a business trip, including some foreign envoys. Do you want a reward? Who has done a good job?
Do you need a reward?
And half of it is used to develop the country.
This is the current expenditure of Da Wei.
It's simply appallingly poor.
Half of the national treasury is used to develop the country? Can this country prosper?
And what’s the scariest thing?
It was Xu Qingxiao who came to a conclusion after reading so many files.
None of this money can be saved. Officials' incomes cannot be reduced any further. Military pay can be touched, but I dare not touch it. This involves the interests of the military attachés and subordinates.
One and a half percent of the disaster relief funds and the like cannot be touched. This is to cope with emergencies.
We can't save on miscellaneous expenses, because there are so many big and small things to do. It's impossible for you to not repair the yamen if it's broken, right?
And half of the developed countries are even less likely to be moved.
The country has already failed to develop, so why bother using this money?
So it boils down to one sentence.
It is impossible to save money if you want to.
You can only make money.
Even saving money will accelerate the decline of the dynasty.
I want to solve the current troubles of Wei Dynasty.
One word.
Disaster!
But no matter how difficult it was, Xu Qingxiao had no choice but to bite the bullet and start making plans.
"Empress, Empress, if I solve this matter and you don't make me a king, don't blame me for being treasonous."
Xu Qingxiao thought to herself.
This huge trouble, if it were anyone else, they would just run away.
Xu Qingxiao also felt powerless at first, but quickly adjusted her mentality.
It doesn't matter if the problem is big.
Mainly depends on the benefits.
If she solves this big problem by herself, the empress will give herself a throne no matter what, right?
This matter is not a joke at all, it is almost as good as when the northern barbarians came to the capital and he single-handedly wiped out tens of millions of barbarians and reached their home base.
It is unjustifiable not to be crowned king.
A white paper appears.
Xu Qingxiao stained a little bit of ink, and then began to write on the white paper.
The finances of the Wei Dynasty were completely deformed. If they could not save money, they could only make money.
So how to make money is a question.
[First: Improve bottom-level productivity]
There is no doubt that whether a country is rich or not depends on the bottom and middle classes. When the bottom class becomes more productive, many middle classes will be born, and then the country will gradually become richer.
But now everyone is at the bottom, even underground, and there is no question of whether they are rich or not.
If you want to improve underlying productivity, there are three ways to solve it.
【Seed】,【Waterwheel】,【Fertilizer】
Seeds are very simple, similar to potatoes and sweet potatoes. You need to feed your stomach first. It doesn’t matter if you eat well or not. At least you can’t go hungry.
The water wheel is currently being implemented. As soon as the results come out, we will directly submit it to His Majesty, and then the whole country will build it. We must strive to have a water wheel project in every fertile land, so that every household can drink water in their fields.
It not only solves the disputes among the people, but also stabilizes the production of food and prevents the land from being wasted.
Chemical fertilizer, this thing is relatively advanced. Xu Qingxiao knows a little bit about chemical fertilizer, but it is difficult to make it. However, there are immortal ways in this world, such as the 'Rain Prayer Talisman'.
So whether it is possible to produce "fertilizer", if it is produced, it will be a magical weapon for the country. However, this will be put away for now and can only be used as a backup. It is not sure whether it can be produced.
But seeds and waterwheels are easier to talk about.
Especially seeds. There is no such thing as potato or sweet potato in this world, but there are similar things, and they can be searched accurately.
This is the solution to productivity.
And the second point is.
【To increase taxes】
Yes, increase taxes.
The country's income is tax collection. The current tax revenue of the Wei Dynasty is 30%. Compared with the Wei Dynasty in its prosperous age, it is more. But for the current people, more is more, but at least they can bear it, but if it goes up
Raising taxes will be a big problem.
Perhaps the Qingxiao tax is not a tax on the common people, but on a group of special people.
The royal family of the Wei Dynasty.
Scholars of the Great Wei Dynasty.
The Wei Dynasty was a foreign country.
Businessmen of the Wei Dynasty.
According to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, the royal family does not need to pay taxes and can receive a lot of subsidies every year.
The literati of the Wei Dynasty did not need to pay taxes if they were successful.
Finally, there is this foreigner. In order to show that the Wei Dynasty was superior to all other countries, Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty allowed foreigners to come to the Wei Dynasty to do business without paying taxes, and even without paying money to enter the city gate.
On the contrary, ordinary people had to pay a few pennies to enter the big city.
This is fucking unreasonable.
They all pay taxes to me.
This is Xu Qingxiao's plan.
The royal family and nobles have sucked the blood of the country and have grown into green leeks, which can be harvested.
There are also literati. Who allows literati with a good reputation to be exempted from paying taxes? Who allows it?
To put it bluntly, as a scholar, you should serve the country. Do you want to not pay? No way!
As for foreign countries? Do you still want to avoid paying taxes? You are just fucking dreaming.
Not only do you have to pay taxes, but you also have to pay a little more, and you must strictly abide by the laws of the Wei Dynasty, such as five insurances and one housing fund, and holidays on Saturdays and Sundays. I will take care of everything.
If you don't do it right? Get out of here. This is Wei, and it's you who should get out!
Xu Qingxiao wrote a blank piece of paper.
This knife goes down.
It is guaranteed that the Wei Dynasty will become fat instantly, and this money can be used to develop agricultural production.
Does it cost to build a water tanker?
Does it cost money to buy seeds?
Does it cost money to open up wasteland?
All require money.
Therefore, this money is not enough, but it can solve urgent needs, and once it is implemented, it will be a long-term thing. It is not excessive to conservatively estimate that 50 million taels of silver can be harvested every year, and even more is possible.
Would you like using this money to develop the Wei state?
But the plan is very good, maybe Qingxiao knows about it.
Once implemented, it will be difficult!
Will the royal family agree? This is the first question!
Will the literati of the Wei Dynasty agree? This is the second question!
Will the merchants of the Wei Dynasty agree? This is the third question!
How to solve these three problems?
Xu Qingxiao became a little silent.
Ah? You said there are other foreign countries?
When doing business in Dawei, Xu Qingxiao still cares about what these foreigners think? They have to agree whether they agree or not.
"Oh! I really lost my temper this time."
At this moment, Xu Qingxiao burned the white paper clean. This time he really understood why the empress cared so much about the military talisman.
The above three problems can actually be solved with one method.
Suppress with force!
Is the royal family dissatisfied? Then fight until you submit, kill a group of people, and then appease a group of people and tell them that they can go into business and make money by themselves. Although they have already started to make money, I will support you publicly.
It’s different.
If the literati refuses to accept, he will be beaten. Whoever is disobedient will be beaten. After the beating, you can play a trick to retreat in order to advance.
Xu Qingxiao has many ways to deal with these sour scholars.
It's easier for businessmen to solve it. The above two are convinced. If you are still not convinced? If you want to die, just say so.
So in the final analysis it is still a problem.
Suppress the royal line.
What do you rely on to suppress the royal family? You only have military power and a gun in your hand. Follow me and do it if you don't accept it.
If they didn't have military power and dared to cut their leeks, these guys would probably jump in and contact the vassal kings from all over the country to start a vigorous rebellion.
At this moment, Xu Qingxiao completely understood why the empress cared so much about military power.
Because she has no military power, she is only the emperor on the surface.
Even if they tried to cut leeks, they couldn't cut them off. The people could only continue to starve, and the empress could only watch as Wei was sucked by them, sucking blood in big mouthfuls.
Forget it! Put aside the royal family, the literati family, and the merchants of the Wei Dynasty for now.
Let’s deal with these aliens first.
Xu Qingxiao made up her mind.
If you want to develop the country, you must first spend some money, and this money can only be taken from foreigners.
And be more ruthless.
The additional taxes from three years ago have made the Wei Dynasty hundreds of years of money. I want you to spit out some of it. Is that okay?
Determine the target.
Xu Qingxiao took out a piece of heavenly decree, told the empress her thoughts, and also asked the empress to send someone to pick up the things.
I have already rewritten these tax forms according to the writing of Wei Dynasty. After all, the empress cannot understand Arabic numerals.
After the work was done, Xu Qingxiao let out a long breath.
As for how to decide, that is the Empress's business.
Anyway, I have done everything I should do. If you don’t agree, you can’t blame me.
Not long after, Tianzhi was placed on the candlestick by Xu Qingxiao, the flame burned, and bursts of white smoke drifted to the Wei Palace.
In the court hall.
At this moment, I have just retired from the imperial court.
A decree from heaven appeared in front of her.
The empress of the Wei Dynasty was sitting on the dragon chair, and all the officials had dispersed.
But the empress' eyes revealed wisps of sparkle.
Soon, she spoke and asked Zhao Waner to go to Shouren Academy to pick up things. Go quickly!
Less than half an hour.
Zhao Waner came back, escorted her personally and handed over a stack of thick rice paper.
On the dragon throne, the empress looked at the tax and financial situation over the years.
She is the empress of the Wei Dynasty and knows the sum, but she does not have time to settle accounts. It is impossible to allow her to settle accounts slowly for the affairs of the court, the affairs of the vassal prince, and the country's people's livelihood.
However, the rice paper Xu Qingxiao handed over looked particularly different.
[Income]-[Expenditure]-[Total]-[Difference]
The terms and conditions are neat and orderly, allowing people to understand the meaning at a glance. Compared with the files sent by the Ministry of Finance, it is ten thousand times better. Reading the files from the Ministry of Finance can be read in a day and night.
Looking at the file Xu Qingxiao sent, within a quarter of an hour, she understood all the circumstances instantly.
Intuitively understanding a problem and feeling that there is a problem are two different concepts.
At this moment, the Empress of Wei understood almost instantly how close Wei's financial crisis was.
It was ten times more serious than she imagined.
Then take out Xu Qingxiao’s decree.
At this moment, the empress took a deep breath.
The questions raised by Xu Qingxiao, combined with these financial data, made her understand the current crisis in Wei Dynasty.
In fact, she also knows about some crises.
But I don't know how to deal with it.
But Xu Qingxiao wrote down a solution. Although it was only the first step, it was very feasible. After all, he was targeting the foreign tribes of the Wei Dynasty.
This is totally fine!
She also thought of many solutions, but she didn't think about it. The struggle in the court and the struggle between the feudal princes gave her no time to think about it.
Xu Qingxiao's words made her feel suddenly enlightened.
next moment.
The voice of the empress sounded.
"Declaration of my will. Xu Qingxiao has reflected on himself, is sincere in attitude, and is willing to serve the country. Xu Qingxiao is appointed as a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, in charge of tax and bank responsibilities. The imperial power is responsible for granting Xu Qingxiao a large inner dragon talisman. Seeing the talisman is like seeing it.
I can dispatch the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Military Affairs for their use."
The Queen's voice sounded.
Zhao Waner's expression on the side suddenly changed.
Great inner dragon talisman?
She didn't know what Xu Qingxiao wrote to the empress, but she knew what the Great Neilong Talisman represented.
This is your majesty's command arrow. Seeing the talisman is like seeing me. The imperial authority has authorized it, and the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War can use it.
In other words, when Xu Qingxiao gives an order, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War will support and cooperate unconditionally, no matter what Xu Qingxiao does.
This power is much stronger than Xu Qingxiao's previous Shangshu Ling.
Just like Jiang Xinyan back then, Xu Qingxiao held the minister's order and ordered Jiang Xinyan to kill the king. However, Jiang Xinyan's repeated hesitation was not because he did not obey the order.
But Xu Qingxiao's status was not high, and Shangshu Ling did not have enough authority.
But what is the Ouchi Dragon Talisman?
This represents His Majesty. If Xu Qingxiao was holding the Great Inner Dragon Talisman that day and gave the order, Jiang Xinyan would be afraid that the knife would fall with his hand, and he would kill you directly without caring whether he was a prince or not.
Because this is what His Majesty meant.
Giving Xu Qingxiao the Great Neilong Talisman is simply an unconditional belief in Xu Qingxiao.
And according to Xu Qingxiao's temperament, who knows what Xu Qingxiao will do if he gets the Ouchi Dragon Talisman.
Take the minister's order to kill the king!
Take the inner dragon talisman. If you don't kill ten kings, I guess they won't be able to afford this quick token.
At this moment, Zhao Waner felt inexplicably that Da Wei was going to cause trouble again.
soon.
The news of the empress's decree caused an uproar in the capital.
The first one to be shocked was Hube.
Among the households.
As soon as Shangshu Gu Yan returned to his place of work, he heard the empress's order.
"Ouchi Dragon Talisman! Regulate the tax collection! The two criminal soldiers are at your command?"
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Gu Yan frowned. No matter how cunning he was, he couldn't figure out what she was going to do.
How could Duanduan give Xu Qingxiao such power?
Also, why is this Xu Qingxiao so good at making trouble!
Can't we just stop and stop?
Isn't he reading the dossier? Is he finished reading it now?
The ministers sitting on the left and right were also very deep in thought and did not understand this decree.
But at this moment, Gu Yan, the Minister of Revenue, stood up suddenly and his expression changed.
"Your Majesty wants to touch the royal family."
Gu Yan didn't say anything, this was what he was saying.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, he is very familiar with the current financial situation of the Wei Dynasty. If he wants to truly alleviate the pressure on the Wei Dynasty, currently, targeting the royal family will be the most effective.
Especially now that His Majesty holds the Qilin Talisman, he can indeed make bold moves.
But doing so is still too risky and radical.
"no!"
Gu Yan stood up and walked directly outside. He did not allow His Majesty to have this idea, at least not for now.
Once the royal family is disturbed, it will be a big trouble.
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of War, Ministry of Rites, and Ministry of Industry.
The four ministers guessed it almost two quarters of an hour later than the minister of household affairs. The four of them got up together and planned to go to the palace to meet the saint and dissuade His Majesty.
But when they came outside the palace, all they got was two words.
not see.
News spread quickly that the five ministers had been rejected by the Holy Emperor.
For a moment, countless dignitaries in the Wei capital fell silent.
God knows what Xu Qingxiao is going to do, and God knows what His Majesty is thinking.
But everyone realizes one thing.
This Xu Qingxiao is really good at causing trouble.