Chapter 160: In the battle between the six tribes, the great Wei Dynasty's newspaper appeared and sold the newspaper!
The Ministry of Officials of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Xu Qingxiao rushed to the staff department in a hurry.
At this moment, Xu Qingxiao desperately hoped that the six ministers would never stop.
At the very least, you have to let yourself see it, otherwise, how can you write a front-page headline?
Finally, Xu Qingxiao came to the staff department.
For Xu Qingxiao, who has reached the seventh rank, Xu Qingxiao can still hear the yelling and cursing inside the official department.
No! It's late!
Xu Qingxiao was a little depressed. He immediately realized that he was late because there was no sound of fighting, only the sounds of various disputes.
"When Shouren comes, let's ask Shouren to comment!"
"Okay, let's wait until Shouren comes."
"Whoever is afraid of whom, I don't believe that Shouren will help you old men."
The voices of several ministers rang out, expressing dissatisfaction with each other.
Xu Qingxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly, but she still missed it.
Enter the official department.
Officials from above and below greeted Xu Qingxiao one after another, and asked Xu Qingxiao to rush in to save the scene.
Xu Qingxiao walked quickly and arrived in the inner courtyard in a short time.
Just walk in.
In the room, six ministers were sitting on the left and right. Chen Zhengru, the minister of official affairs, looked a little red, and it was obvious that he was very angry.
As for Gu Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, and Li Yanlong, the Minister of Works, they all looked a little disheveled, so I guess the beating they just received was quite serious.
Zhou Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Xinzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, were pretty good. There was no change. The only exception was that they nodded slightly after seeing themselves.
"Xu Qingxiao, the lower official, has met all of you."
Xu Qingxiao bowed to everyone, looking very polite.
But Li Yanlong's voice sounded immediately.
"Shouren, don't give me so much trouble. Now I want to ask you something. Ask yourself."
"Does the Ministry of Industry need development? Does it need to be given money?"
Li Yanlong spoke directly, without beating around the bush, and directly told his story.
As soon as he said this, Gu Yan's voice immediately sounded.
"What is development and not development? What nonsense are you talking about here? Didn't your Ministry of Works receive funding before?"
"You old man, you want to eat all the money from the household department? Are you happy?"
Gu Yan immediately spoke up and shouted back angrily.
"Gu Yan, old man, please don't talk about this yet. Let's not talk about whether the Ministry of Works needs the money or not. These days, demons are everywhere, and the Ministry of Punishment is very worried about these cases."
"There is still money now, but if these things are not handled properly, what will happen in the future?"
Zhang Jing spoke up and said this.
"Go aside. Has your Ministry of Punishment solved the demon issue? Can I give you some money? I might as well give some money to those Immortal Sects and let them handle it."
Gu Yan continued to curse.
"Okay, okay, ministers, don't argue yet!"
"Let me know what happened first."
"Master Chen, please speak first."
Xu Qingxiao had no idea what the noise was about, so she could only ask Chen Zhengru to explain it.
"It's like this. Today we and six ministers are here to discuss the distribution of silver."
Chen Zhengru opened his mouth, and then explained the ins and outs of the matter bit by bit. What Chen Zhengru said was quite to the point and did not favor anyone.
But after saying that, Chen Zhengru couldn't help but get angry.
"As the Minister of the Wei Dynasty, we got into a fight. It is really an insult to the Wei Dynasty. If this spreads out, won't everyone in the world laugh at us?"
The reason why Chen Zhengru was so angry was that if he just said a few words on weekdays, what would be the etiquette of using his hands?
You really have no shame, I want shame.
"What are you afraid of? Do all the officials dare to speak out?"
"Yes, if you can't just beat him up, why would anyone dare to publicize it? Right? Shouren."
The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Industry were not convinced by Qi Dao, although they knew that after today, there would definitely be a lot of gossip that the six ministers were fighting.
But so what? Anyway, the people don't know the specific things, they are just making various guesses together.
There is no way it will be publicized, right? Who dares to publicize the six books of ministers? Who is not afraid of losing their head?
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Xu Qingxiao nodded.
But Xu Qingxiao almost understood what happened.
Roughly speaking, use an idiom to describe it.
【Uneven distribution of spoils】
Wasn't there so much silver that was scrapped some time ago? The Wei treasury is unprecedentedly full, with millions of taels of silver piled up like mountains. With so much money, it is impossible for the six ministries not to keep an eye on it.
Although Xu Qingxiao paid a sum of money to each of the six departments, the problem is that these are just a drop in the bucket.
Who doesn’t want their department to live a better life? Everyone looks at things from their own perspective.
The idea of Chen Zhengru, the Minister of Civil Affairs, is very simple. The general meaning is that now that there is money, the welfare of officials must continue to improve, especially for low-level officials. No matter what, the welfare of officials really needs to increase a little.
Therefore, 20% of the national treasury should be reserved for Wei officials.
There is nothing wrong with this. Think about it, how many officials are there in the Wei Dynasty? There are a lot of officials in the capital. The whole Wei Dynasty combined is extremely terrifying, especially some of the lower-level officials.
Everyone only had a few taels of silver, so it was pretty good to change into a set of clothes during the holidays.
Under such circumstances, there is no guarantee that some officials will bow their heads to life. Who will be unlucky then? Not just the common people.
As for corrupt officials, this kind of thing cannot be banned, but the only thing the Ministry of Civil Affairs can do is to guard the last line of defense for officials.
What Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, said is also very reasonable. The problem of monsters needs to be strengthened, because the empress made a decree and asked the Punishment Ministry to start managing this kind of thing, which is regarded as sharing the burden.
Since we share the burden, we must have money, otherwise how can we support people? If we don’t support people, how can we solve the chaos of demons?
There are no big demons, but there are some small demons and some who rebel against the party, which adds up to a lot.
So what Zhang Jing said is fine.
What Li Yanlong, the Minister of Industry and Industry, said is even more correct. The waterwheel project is about to start. Now that materials from various places have been prepared, is there any need for labor at this time? Should we hire someone to do the work?
Do you need to spend a lot of money?
The meaning of the Minister of War is even simpler. The events of the Taiping Poetry Society, coupled with this return gift to a foreign country, and the death of Fan Shang, have now made the foreign races in various countries a little unhappy.
I guess something is going to cause trouble, so I have to leave some money. What if there really is a war?
Although the possibility is unlikely, what if? Do you dare to bet?
The meaning of Gu Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was even simpler. The Wei Dynasty finally had some money. Do you want this or that? Do you want development? Do you want construction?
Do you really think that money is brought by strong winds? Spend it all in one breath and then live a poor life again?
I have to say that although Gu Shangshu is a bit stingy, there is no problem in telling the truth. It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.
This also makes sense.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with what the Five Ministers said. For a moment, Xu Qingxiao looked at Wang Xinzhi, the Minister of Rites.
"Wang Shangshu, how do you plan to defraud money?"
"Oh, no, that's wrong. Why do you want to take the money?"
Xu Qingxiao opened her mouth and accidentally said the wrong thing.
Wang Xinzhi was stunned for a moment.
Good guy, what does it mean to cheat money? Do I, the dignified Minister of Rites, need to cheat money?
"I'm here to participate in the discussion among the six ministries. When will I pay the money? Shouren, are you looking down on others too much?"
Wang Xinzhi was a little angry.
"Then do you want it?"
Xu Qingxiao asked.
"want!"
Wang Xinzhi answered directly, "If you want something, it's free. He's not stupid."
As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. This Wang Xinzhi really didn't have an old face.
"Shouren, I'm not being stingy. Think about it for yourself. The Ministry of War is asking for tens of millions of taels of silver. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is more direct. It's hundreds of millions of taels of silver. The Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Works are also here to join in the fun."
"How to give it? If you spend it like this, it will be spent in a year and a half. What will Da Wei do then?"
"Even though he is rich now, in fact Dawei is still miserable. These old men are all wolves, just staring at our little money."
"You must not be deceived by them."
Gu Yan opened his mouth and pulled Xu Qingxiao to say so.
As soon as he said this, everyone became angry.
"Old man, what do you mean by this? What do you mean we are wolves? We are just staring at your little money?"
"This is money from the Wei treasury, what does it have to do with you?"
"Yes, yes, this is Wei's money, not yours."
"You're right, it's not your money."
All the ministers were dissatisfied.
"Okay, okay!"
"Dear ministers."
"Can you listen to what Xu has to say?"
Xu Qingxiao spoke and told everyone not to argue. Arguing over money is the most unworthy thing in the world.
When his voice rang out, everyone fell silent.
"Shouren, you said, I listen to you. You earned this money no matter what, and it has nothing to do with us. Whatever you say is what it is, and there is no need to argue!"
When Chen Zhengru spoke, he directly let Xu Qingxiao make the decision.
"Yes, Shouren, you earned this money. Whatever you say, we will support you."
"I support it too."
"I agree."
The ministers knew that it would be difficult to get money from Gu Yan, so they let Xu Qingxiao make the decision. After all, Xu Qingxiao would take care of them more or less.
Unlike Gu Yan, who is so stingy.
As soon as he said this, Gu Yan also spoke.
"Shouren, since I let you make the decision, I agree, but you must think clearly."
The five ministers all spoke like this, and Gu Yan could only let Xu Qingxiao make the decision.
After all, they were right, Xu Qingxiao earned the money, so Xu Qingxiao was qualified to speak.
But he was afraid that Xu Qingxiao would get on a pirate ship.
Gu Yan had already spoken, and Xu Qingxiao spoke up immediately.
"OK!"
"Thanks to all of you, sir, let me make an idea about this matter."
"But there is one thing that you must agree to Xu. Otherwise, Xu would rather offend you than get involved in this matter."
Xu Qingxiao said, he could make the decision, but there was one thing that had to be agreed upon first, otherwise it would be boring.
"you say."
"Shouren, just say it."
Everyone was a little curious and didn't know what Xu Qingxiao was going to say.
"Once Xu makes up his mind, he cannot repent, because then no one will feel that he has suffered a loss, and no one will feel that he has taken advantage."
"Of course, Xu will give a suitable reason."
Xu Qingxiao expressed her thoughts.
You can make your own decisions, but the problem is that everyone has to listen to themselves. If you don't listen to yourself, it will be boring.
What is the difference between saying it and not saying it?
As soon as these words were said, the six ministers fell silent and thought.
But soon, Chen Zhengru gave an answer.
"Okay! Shouren, I will listen to whatever you say."
As Chen Zhengru spoke, the other ministers stopped talking nonsense.
"Shouren, I believe you, just say what you say."
"OK fine."
"I agree."
"I agree."
"good."
All six ministers agreed.
After receiving the answer, Xu Qingxiao spoke.
"In this case, Xu will have the guts to say a few words in front of you all."
"First of all, if money is earned, it should be spent. This is what Xu has always believed."
As soon as Xu Qingxiao opened his mouth, the five ministers immediately showed joy, but Gu Yan did not look ugly, but continued to look at Xu Qingxiao, wanting to see what Xu Qingxiao had to say.
"But why a flower arrangement is a problem."
Xu Qingxiao then spoke.
"The official believes that the top priority is still the waterwheel. After all, the waterwheel will benefit the country and the people. If it is completed one day earlier, it will be better for the Wei Dynasty to develop earlier."
"Therefore, Xu plans to give 20% of the national treasury to the Ministry of Industry to train craftsmen and vigorously build waterwheels. Half of the silver taels will be used to open up wasteland, buy seeds and hoe tools, and give them to the homeless people."
"If you want to truly double, triple, or even more the grain output of the Wei Dynasty, you must use the wasteland, and at the same time, it will be supervised by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Please decree by your Majesty that those who farm the wasteland will belong to the farmers."
"The government provides all tools for free, and no taxes will be levied for five years. However, in order to prevent businessmen from making money, these abandoned fields only have 60-year property rights. If future generations want to continue farming, they must pay an additional amount of silver, which is regarded as a renewal fee."
"Furthermore, Arakan cannot be transferred or sold. This is an iron rule and we will resolutely crack down on merchants making money."
"At the same time, Li Shangshu, anyone who participates in the construction of a waterwheel can give priority to wasteland and be given a certain subsidy. If people who have land participate in the construction of a waterwheel, they can also choose a wasteland."
"What do you gentlemen think?"
Xu Qingxiao made this suggestion.
At present, the six ministers were thinking about it, and the first one to react was Chen Zhengru.
He looked at Xu Qingxiao with a look of surprise.
"Okay! This is a good idea!"
"Let the people cultivate wasteland and produce food. We only need to provide hoes and seed costs, but we can provide food and clothing for the people and provide free farmland. It is also a good thing for the people."
"Especially this 60-year use right can greatly prevent some businessmen from doing evil."
"Moreover, we can also set up a household registration system, and a family can have as many fields as there are people in it. If we find buying and selling, we will severely punish them."
Chen Zhengru immediately understood the benefits of Xu Qingxiao's method. It would save a certain amount of money and produce fertile farmland. There would be no increase in taxes for five years, in order to get the people to actively participate.
In any case, abandoned fields are abandoned. If they can be used, it will be a great thing for the Wei Dynasty.
Furthermore, Xu Qingxiao asked the people to participate in the construction of the waterwheel, which saved a lot of labor costs. It was nothing more than giving a piece of wasteland, and the people were happy. After all, who would think that they have too much land?
In the past, I looked down on Arakada because there was no water source and it would take a day and a night to go back and forth. Naturally, no one looked down on it.
But now that there is a waterwheel, won't the minds of the people become active?
As for Da Wei.
As long as there is food, transactions can occur. With more food, fewer people will starve, and the population will increase. This method is good, good.
"That's right! Shouren is really smart."
"This method is very good, I agree."
"Can."
"no problem."
The other ministers nodded, and Gu Yan also nodded. He felt bad about allocating funds to the Ministry of Industry, but if it was to build the Wei Dynasty and develop wasteland, he completely agreed.
Because no matter how much money is spent, it is a good thing for Wei.
"Then it's settled!"
"Then 10% will be allocated to the staff, but it is not to increase the salary of officials, but to improve welfare. During the holidays, buy some clothes and give some practical things, such as firewood, rice, oil and salt."
"Master Gu is right. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Giving too much in one breath is not a good thing for officials."
"It is still supervised by the Ministry of Household Affairs and distributed according to holidays. It will not be given all at once."
Xu Qingxiao gave another 10% of the national treasury to the officials, but not all at once. Instead, he gave something to the officials during the holidays, so that Wei officials would feel that their lives were getting better day by day.
If you give too much in one breath, what should you do if you can’t give it next year?
Everyone is used to living a good life, are you still willing to live a hard life?
"good."
Chen Zhengru agreed directly. There was nothing wrong with what Xu Qingxiao said, and he thought so too. It can be said that the two of them coincided.
The other ministers nodded, and Gu Yan also nodded. It would not be a problem to give them all at once, but there would be no problem if they gave some money during the holidays.
Just supervise from the Ministry of Household Affairs!
Chen Zhengru agreed and Gu Yan agreed.
At this moment, Xu Qingxiao continued to speak.
"The Ministry of Punishment allocates a fixed allocation of 20 million taels every year to maintain public security in the Wei Dynasty. Although the money is not much, at the moment, the Wei Dynasty is not too chaotic, but there are some young people!"
Xu Qingxiao spoke up. Although he came from the Ministry of Punishment, Xu Qingxiao understood one thing better: national affairs should not involve any personal feelings.
I have a good relationship with the Minister of Punishment, but for Wei, the promotion of the Punishment Department does not have a particularly big effect.
The annual fixed allocation of 20 million taels is already very good. If His Majesty had not asked the Ministry of Punishment to deal with demons, it would have been more than 10 million taels.
Think about it before.
As soon as he said this, Zhang Jing couldn't help but sigh. He supported Xu Qingxiao very much, but what Xu Qingxiao said still forced him to speak.
"Shouren, it's not that I have to ask for something, but the pressure from the top and bottom of the Punishment Department is extremely high right now. Dealing with monsters only requires too much manpower."
Zhang Jing spoke. He supported Xu Qingxiao, but he still wanted to express his pressure.
Xu Qingxiao nodded and said, "Zhang Shangshu, Shouren understands!"
"But please rest assured, within ten years, within ten years, I will solve these demonic troubles."
Xu Qingxiao said extremely seriously.
"How to deal with it?"
Zhang Jing frowned, and everyone couldn't help but wonder, how did Xu Qingxiao solve these demonic troubles?
And you dare to speak within ten years?
"Within ten years, Xu will become a saint!"
Xu Qingxiao said calmly.
As soon as he said this, the six ministers were stunned.
Good guy, so you are waiting for us here? What did you think you were going to say?
We give full marks to this beep!
The six ministers really did not expect that Xu Qingxiao would say such words.
Become a saint in ten years?
Who dares to boast so much?
But when Xu Qingxiao said this, everyone was shocked, but there was no doubt at all.
The title "New Sage of the Wei Dynasty" has now spread throughout the world. Who doesn't know that Xu Qingxiao was born in the Wei Dynasty?
Who doesn't know that Zhu Sheng bowed to Xu Qingxiao?
So if someone says this, the six ministers will definitely slap him with a few slaps.
But when Xu Qingxiao said this, everyone really had nothing to say.
"OK!"
Finally, Zhang Jing answered that the greater the pressure in the past ten years, the greater the pressure. Even if these demons cannot be completely eliminated, they can only wait until Xu Qingxiao becomes a saint.
The Wei Dynasty will never be troubled by demons.
A living saint, and he is still so young. How dare that blind demon be so arrogant?
Aren't you afraid of death?
Now that the matter of the Ministry of Justice has been settled, the next step is the Ministry of War.
"Master Zhou, as for the Ministry of War, we will allocate 10% and give it to the Ministry of War as a reserve. But there is one thing. Didn't we reward the three armies before?"
"The matter of deploying part of the military force to cooperate with the water tanker must be completely implemented before this month. Is there no problem with this?"
Xu Qingxiao mentioned the Ministry of War.
"Can!"
"It's just this one percent."
The first thing was that Zhou Yan, Minister of the Ministry of War, directly agreed, but if he allocated 10%, it would be a bit too little. After all, military expenditures are a bottomless pit, not to mention one hundred thousand taels of silver. Even one million taels of silver would not be enough for the Ministry of War.
Yes.
"Only 10%!"
"Now that the Wei Dynasty is unable to fight, whether it is the Northern Expedition or something else, if there really is a small foreign country, it dares to show its sword against the Wei Dynasty."
"Is it possible that the mighty Wei Dynasty is still afraid of these small countries?"
Xu Qingxiao made a decisive decision.
The Ministry of War is a bottomless pit. No matter how much you give it, it will be useless. Even if it is one million taels of silver, what will it do?
Before the Northern Expedition, how much money was there in the Wei treasury? It was like a mountain of money.
But what's the result? After the fight, what's left? There's still a bunch of mess.
There are many factors involved, and Xu Qingxiao is unwilling to mention certain topics. Once mentioned, it will be very dangerous.
10% is reserved for military expenses, and it is a regular allocation, supervised by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
If the Wei Dynasty was prosperous and you tried some tricks, Xu Qingxiao would tolerate it. But now that the Wei Dynasty is so poor, if you still use tricks, Xu Qingxiao will not accept it.
"Okay, since I said to listen to Shouren, I will agree."
Zhou Yan nodded and agreed.
After getting Zhou Yan's consent, Xu Qingxiao immediately looked at Wang Xinzhidao.
"Sir Wang, the Ministry of Rites will also allocate funds, but the Ministry of Rites will not allocate too much money. At least for now, we won't give too much money. How about five million taels per year?"
Xu Qingxiao asked.
There is indeed no need for the Ministry of Rites to give too much money. When the country is poor, don’t overpay for it. If you are poor, you will be poor. What is there to be embarrassed about?
Again, dignity is not maintained by money, but by fists, fists as big as sandbags!
"OK!"
Wang Xinzhi agreed directly. He came here just to discuss something together. He didn't expect to waste five million taels of silver in vain. Isn't this happy?
In the past, it was two million taels of silver, but now it has more than doubled. Isn’t this happy?
After all five parts were finished, Xu Qingxiao looked at Gu Yandao.
"Master Gu, what do you think?"
Now that I have an idea, I still have to ask an advisor in the end.
After all, this is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the respect that should be given must still be given.
"I agree."
Unexpectedly, Gu Yan agreed directly because Xu Qingxiao was evenly distributed and the reasons given satisfied him.
Sure enough, as Gu Yan agreed, the other ministers also agreed one after another.
"Sure enough, Shouren is still smart."
"Now that Shouren is here, all the troubles have been solved. Good, good, good."
"Next time we have a meeting, Shouren must be there. Otherwise, what's the point of just chatting all the time?"
"Okay, I must call Shouren next time."
All the ministers were very satisfied. Although they did not get the price they wanted, they also knew that Gu Yan would not give them the money they wanted.
The appearance of Xu Qingxiao can be regarded as smoothing things over. Everyone will get some share and no one will suffer. Everyone can take a step back.
At this time, the six ministers spoke one after another and asked Duoduo to attend the meeting in the future.
"I won't come. Sirs, I have a lot of things to do."
"Anyway, it's not a particularly important matter. It's up to a few adults to make the decision."
Xu Qingxiao asked directly, asking herself to come to meetings every day? Is she full and has nothing to do?
Xu Qingxiao didn't want to lie down, but she also didn't want to be too tired. It's best to combine work and rest. Look at these ministers, how tired are they?
No matter what, Xu Qingxiao won't come.
This answer makes all the ministers a little unhappy. You are young, don’t contribute much to the country, and just want to be lazy every day?
But after thinking about it, they also knew that Xu Qingxiao was a scholar of Confucianism and Taoism after all, and now that he had become a great Confucian, there was no big problem in spending some time studying, so they didn't say anything more.
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Gu, the Ministry of Revenue is going to increase its manpower. Also, ministers, please send a few people to report some things to me in the future."
"Don't talk about things that can be made public, but don't talk about things that can't be made public."
Xu Qingxiao did not forget to remind him and asked the six ministers to find a few people to come to Shouren Academy to report on their work.
As soon as he said this, the six ministers became a little curious, wondering what Xu Qingxiao was up to.
"Shouren, what are you doing?"
"Shouren, what are you going to do again?"
"Yes, Shouren, if you have something to do, can you tell us in advance? Don't make things bigger every time. We can only watch from the sidelines."
Several ministers were a little unhappy.
"It's about making money! Anyway, nothing will happen. I just want to ask, do you want to make more money?"
Xu Qingxiao opened her mouth and said this.
"think!"
The six ministers all spoke together, "What is the reason for everyone gathering together? Isn't it just to share the spoils? Why are they fighting? Isn't it just to share the spoils unevenly?"
Now that Xu Qingxiao has come up with another way to make money, how can they disagree?
"That's fine. Don't ask any more questions. My lords, as long as this matter is settled, Shouren can guarantee that your lords will no longer fight for money in the future."
Xu Qingxiao said with a mysterious face.
The six ministers instantly became curious.
No more quarreling over money?
Now that the treasury has one million taels of silver, they are all quarreling.
How much money does it take to avoid quarreling? Ten million taels?
Good guy, Xu Shouren is really a cash cow for the Wei Dynasty.
"Okay, no matter what, from now on, as long as you speak, I will cooperate."
"But there is one thing. If you really make money later, you should give more to our Ministry of War."
Zhou Yan reacted immediately and stood up to support Xu Qingxiao. No matter what Xu Qingxiao said or not, he first wanted to please Xu Qingxiao and then he would earn more money later.
"I also support it. Shouren, if you need help, just come to the Criminal Department and call for someone. If you don't dislike me, I will come in person."
Zhang Jing, the Minister of Punishment, said this.
At this time, the other ministers spoke one after another, fearing that Xu Qingxiao would misunderstand and not give them any money later.
"Okay, since you adults have said this, once things are done, you must support me and don't talk about me."
Xu Qingxiao dug a tunnel.
"I won't tell you. Who dares to tell you?"
"As long as you can make money, I will definitely support you!"
"Shouren, you know my temper. As long as you can get money for Wei, if anyone in this court dares to provoke you, I will immediately intervene for him."
Zhou Yan, Zhang Jing, and Gu Yan all spoke with strong attitudes.
Isn’t this nonsense? Xu Qingxiao makes money for the Wei Dynasty. Who dares to cause trouble for Xu Qingxiao? Whoever brings trouble will die.
Zhang Jing also felt that the sword of the Ministry of Punishment was already hungry and thirsty.
The same goes for Zhou Yan. If anyone really dared to cause trouble for Xu Qingxiao, he would directly lead his troops to kill him. What a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps, dare to offend my nephew Xu?
Kill, kill, kill! Kill all of you rotten fish and shrimps.
This is the idea behind the six ministerial books.
After receiving this affirmative answer, Xu Qingxiao was satisfied.
Thinking about it now, if Zhu Sheng's lineage really dares to cause trouble for him, among other things, the six ministers will probably be upset immediately.
However, these things are also matters for the future. Let’s put the current things into practice first.
Waterwheel project!
Xu Qingxiao was so stressed that she had no intention of doing anything else.
Soon, Xu Qingxiao went back.
As soon as I returned home, I started writing headlines.
[Why did the six ministers fight? The reason turned out to be for the treasury silver]
This front-page headline will definitely whet the appetite of Kyoto people, right?
Xu Qingxiao didn't care whether the six ministers would cause trouble for him once the newspaper announced it.
Anyway, they said they would support me.
Of course, Xu Qingxiao didn't really belittle the six books of ministers, he definitely needed to revise them.
The Minister of Industry requested that waterwheels should be vigorously developed to benefit the country and the people, and that construction should start earlier so that the people would have enough to eat and drink.
The Minister of War requested to reorganize the army so as not to be looked down upon by foreigners and to promote the prestige of the Wei state.
The Minister of Punishment requested to increase costs, punish evil and eradicate traitors, suppress demons, and bring peace to the world.
Forget it, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Qingxiao revised it to, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has been causing trouble.
Forget it, the Minister of Rites is also trying to make trouble.
As for Gu Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, he was worried that disaster might happen at any time in the Wei Dynasty, so he saved some money and family assets, and did not want what happened to Pingqiu Mansion to happen again.
If this was made public, the people would probably be moved to death. The six ministers had nothing to say, after all, it helped them gain a good impression.
The front page headline is finished.
Xu Qingxiao then started to really work.
Just like that, five days passed in the blink of an eye.
The waterwheel incident, under Xu Qingxiao’s constant supervision, was finally fully implemented and promoted.
Now Shanxi merchants, Hui merchants, and Ganxi merchants have begun to transport materials, and some nearby prefectures and counties have already begun construction.
The other five businessmen have also donated a lot of waterwheel materials. Of course, they will also give prices. It is impossible for people to give money for free. At the same time, the materials can also be used to offset official fees.
As a result, in these five days alone, twenty-five counties have started construction, and by the end of the month, waterwheels can be built in fifty counties.
This is just the first step, and Xu Qingxiao's goal is to have waterwheels appear in every water-scarce place in the Wei Dynasty within three months.
Of course, part of it is focused on development, and part of it is to paralyze the enemy. We will not invest heavily in development for the time being, but we still need to develop.
Whether the feudal king's rebellion will break out is another matter. We should not be too concerned about the feudal king and affect the development of the Wei Dynasty.
Now the Wei Dynasty has money, but the people of Wei have no money and food. We must make sure that the people of Wei have enough to eat and drink.
The rest, step aside.
If the people do not have enough to eat and drink, the feudal king will have more opportunities to act recklessly. If the people have enough to eat and drink, there will be room for everything.
There is no obstacle to the waterwheel incident, and there will be no trouble for the time being. Xu Qingxiao can breathe a sigh of relief.
The only thing left to do is to write a newspaper about the great Wei Dynasty.
This is another thing that Xu Qingxiao cares about most after the waterwheel incident was resolved.
In the past five days, Zhang Ruhui didn't sleep at all and was busy here and there.
We have hired a group of people to collect some interesting things about Kyoto, and the Sixth Department will also send some relevant information at regular intervals every day, all of which can be made public.
And Xu Qingxiao was not idle either. He gathered people from Shouren School together to conduct training in advance and review the manuscript. For example, certain things should not appear and he added his own things to it. He must stand on the basis of fairness.
You can't hide anything private or anything like that.
Finally, on the fifth day, the first page of the Wei Wenbao came out.
On both sides of the story, Yangyoshi wrote a lot of things, and everything was carefully selected.
And the entire process has been cleared up.
All news information must be handed over to the newspaper office before midnight every day. The newspaper office must hand over sample newspapers to Shouren Academy before midnight.
The final review will be carried out by Shouren Academy. After the final review, it must be handed over to the Press and Press Office before the official time, and the Press and Press Office will immediately hand it over to the printing paper office.
All were printed before 10 o'clock, and were sold and peddled in bookstores all over the country.
Xu Qingxiao is currently scheduled for a weekly newspaper, which means that all news will be published within a week, because the process is not yet fully proficient.
Wouldn't it be embarrassing if something went wrong?
Therefore, we will tentatively decide on a weekly report, one for each week. As long as it is large enough and contains enough information, it will be enough for the people of Kyoto to eat for a week.
Then start with two a week, and finally a daily.
Don't be too impatient, otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will be embarrassed.
The Dawei Literature and Newspaper Library has been built.
There were more than a hundred people invited by Zhang Ruhui, and Xu Qingxiao arranged for ten of his own people to go in.
The status is also divided. The editor is responsible for submitting information, the editor is responsible for the first review of information, and the editor-in-chief is responsible for the second review and feedback from all aspects.
There are two deputy editors. Xu Qingxiao arranged for Li Shouren to go in, and Zhang Ruhui also arranged for a relatively prestigious old scholar to go in. It is better to be more rigorous, otherwise you will not be able to suppress people.
As for the editor-in-chief, he is tentatively chosen.
Basically everything is done.
Now we are just waiting for the great Wei Wenbao to be released.
In Shouren Academy, Xu Qingxiao looked at the first edition of Wei Dynasty Newspaper on the table.
It's a little impossible to say that I'm not nervous.
But to say I was nervous, I wasn’t particularly nervous.
At this time, Zhang Ruhui came.
"Brother Xian, the matter is finished. Brother Yu asked people to disperse everything."
"Now the people in Kyoto are discussing the fight between the six ministers."
"You don't know how interested the people in Kyoto are. They are talking about this matter everywhere. It is said that this matter has reached His Majesty's ears."
Zhang Ruhui walked in and took a sip of tea. He was almost exhausted.
He had never been so tired. He did everything by himself, and Xu Qingxiao was equivalent to taking command.
"good!"
"It's good if there is discussion. The more discussion there is, the more the first edition will be sold."
Xu Qingxiao nodded with satisfaction.
The fight between the six ministers, with his slight manipulation, instantly became the biggest topic in Kyoto during the Wei Dynasty.
Think about it, six ministers, who are they?
Which one is not an extremely human minister?
Their fight is not a trivial matter, how could the people not pay attention?
Moreover, Xu Qingxiao had people spread some rumors, true or false, so that in the past few days, people just ate melons and gathered together to discuss.
But no one knows what happened.
After all, Chen Zhengru had asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be careful about this matter. Although the officials wanted to talk about it, they did not dare to say it because the face of the six ministers was involved.
Who dares to make a mistake?
"Brother, everything is done right now. Let's wait for the newspaper to be sold tomorrow. How many copies have you prepared?"
Xu Qingxiao asked.
"One hundred thousand copies have been prepared."
Zhang Ruhui replied.
"I'm adding a little more! I feel like it's still not enough. I'll give it 150,000 copies."
Xu Qingxiao felt inexplicably that 100,000 was not enough, and 150,000 was almost enough.
"Okay! What's the problem?"
Zhang Ruhui nodded.
And Xu Qingxiao continued to speak.
"Brother, let's talk about the profit distribution now. In this Great Wei newspaper office, the stupid brother takes 30%, the older brother takes 30%, and the remaining 40% goes to the Wei treasury. What do you think?"
With everything settled, now comes the profit distribution.
As soon as he said this, Zhang Ruhui nodded directly and agreed.
"OK!"
He agreed directly, it was fair, he and Xu Qingxiao were half, and the rest belonged to the Wei Dynasty.
After all, this business really needs the support of the Wei Dynasty. If the court supports it, how much money will it cost if it is sold to the entire Wei people in the future? Zhang Ruhui has no idea?
Don't say 40%, 50% is fine.
"Okay, in that case, there is a contract here, you just need to sign it."
Xu Qingxiao took out the contract. He had already signed it and pledged it. This matter had to be written in black and white, otherwise wouldn't it be a trap?
Zhang Ruhui didn't waste any time and signed directly.
Then he became a little worried.
"Brother Xian, do you think it can sell 100,000 copies?"
Zhang Ruhui said with worry.
"have no idea."
"Look, after tomorrow, the results will come out."
Xu Qingxiao didn't know either.
Right now, it depends on tomorrow.
in this way.
As it gets dark.
The capital of the Great Wei Dynasty seemed unusually quiet.
But some people were running back and forth.
Some carriages raced through the streets and came to every bookstore.
It wasn't until I got ugly that I became completely quiet.