The first thousand and forty-two chapters open source and reduce expenditure
In the study, Lin Ze was sitting in the upper position. On the table in front of him were beautifully styled and delicious breakfast, as well as fresh melon, fruit and animal milk.
With Lin Ze's level, he could actually live without food very early, but he still insists on eating three meals a day, which not only satisfies the desire of the tongue, but also makes him look like a human being.
Unlike Dao Sheng and Zhuang Zhou, they neither eat nor poop. Although they are in line with the setting of immortals, they also lack a lot of fun and human touch.
Of course, everyone has completely different experiences. Daosheng, Zhuang and Zhou are both "old monsters" who have lived for tens of thousands of years, while Lin Ze's two lifetimes combined are less than a century old. It is normal to have different behaviors.
Except for Lin Ze, Chen Ping and others each had a seat, and the same breakfast was placed on the table.
Call it an honor or a coincidence, Chen Ping and others came over early in the morning and were rewarded with a rich breakfast.
Unlike Lin Ze, who was relaxed and casual, Chen Ping and others were a little more reserved when dining and ate less.
However, Lin Ze didn't pay much attention to the performance of Chen Ping and others. He carefully finished the food on the table before stopping his bowl and chopsticks.
As soon as Lin Ze put down his bowls and chopsticks, Chen Ping and others stopped almost at the same time, looking ahead, waiting for him to speak.
Lin Ze smiled and asked calmly: "Have you eaten and drank enough, sir?"
Chen Ping took the initiative to stand up and replied: "Your Majesty, I am already full. Thank you for the banquet."
Lin Ze didn't take it seriously and said: "It's just breakfast, what kind of banquet is it?"
After saying that, he glanced at the steward next to him. The steward immediately understood and shouted in a high voice: "Here, please take the dishes away and make tea for Your Majesty and your lords."
A group of maids filed in, cleared the dishes and made hot tea.
Lin Ze waved his hand, and the chamberlain immediately understood that His Majesty had something to discuss with the Prime Minister and others and could not be heard by ordinary people, so he left with the chambermaids and closed the door.
Chen Ping broke the calm and asked: "I heard from Mr. Wu that your Majesty summoned the ministers to give important instructions. I wonder what it is?"
Lin Ze picked up the tea and took a sip, and said calmly: "Yesterday, I obtained a shocking divine object from my teacher's Taoist place, called the Jianmu Sacred Tree Fragment."
"If this sacred object is carefully cultivated, it can grow into a new sacred tree that connects to the heavens and the Nine Netherworlds."
"If I can successfully cultivate the Jianmu Sacred Tree, I will definitely be rewarded by heaven and become immortal, and the Western Qin Dynasty will also be able to live forever and live forever."
"I summoned all the ministers here to cultivate the Jianmu Sacred Tree."
Xu Gao, who was born in a farm family, instinctively felt that something was wrong, but due to the information asymmetry, he could not tell what was wrong. He could only ask tentatively: "Your Majesty, are you sure what the Taoist Sage said is true?"
Lin Ze took a deep look at Xu Gao and said slightly displeasedly: "I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes, how can it be false?"
Xu Gao coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I mean no offense. It's just that I have never heard of such a divine object, so I can't help but have some doubts. Now that your Majesty has confirmed it, I can rest assured."
Chen Ping then said: "Since Your Majesty mentioned the resuscitation of the Jianmu Sacred Tree, there must be a way to revive it. I venture to speculate that the method of resuscitation is by no means simple. I would like to ask Your Majesty to tell me how to do it specifically."
Lin Ze didn't seem to be afraid of leaking the news and told him frankly: "The method of reviving the Jianmu Sacred Tree is neither difficult nor simple. The key lies in two points. One is that it requires a large amount of mid-grade and above natural materials and earthly treasures.
, and the second is that it requires pious people to worship regularly.”
"I have summoned all the ministers to come here. I mainly want to hear your thoughts on how to solve these two points and revive the Jianmu Sacred Tree as soon as possible?"
Chen Ping looked slightly astonished and said, "Is it possible that His Majesty wants to increase revenue and reduce expenditure by targeting mid-grade and above natural materials and earthly treasures?"
Lin Ze smiled knowingly and said: "The Prime Minister is indeed a capable minister. He immediately thought of a good strategy to increase revenue and reduce expenditure by targeting middle-grade and above natural materials and earthly treasures."
Chen Ping was stunned for a moment. He was obviously just talking nonsense, how could he submit to it?
Moreover, the treasures of heaven, materials, and earth above the middle level are resources that most middle-level warriors must consume to maintain their realm and advance further. Once the expenditure is excessively restricted, it may immediately cause a backlash.
Chen Ping suppressed the bad feeling in his heart and asked tentatively: "May I ask, Your Majesty, how do you plan to increase revenue and reduce expenditure?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "From tomorrow onwards, all private treasures of natural materials and earthly treasures above medium grade will be purchased by the government at a fair price. No one is allowed to teach them to each other in private. Violators will be severely punished."
Chen Ping's heart suddenly sank to the bottom. How could this be cutting costs? This was clearly cutting everything off, leaving nothing behind.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this. If this happens, the warriors in the world will have no way to advance and will surely cause chaos. Your Majesty, please think twice."
Lin Ze didn't take it seriously and said: "Prime Minister, don't panic, I have left a path. Officials of the seventh rank and above in the Western Qin Dynasty, depending on the size of their merits, will be rewarded with treasures from heaven and earth, ranging from half a year to one month."
"The treasures of heaven, materials, and earth that are rewarded may not be used privately by others except the official himself and his immediate family members. Anyone who violates the rules will be disqualified from being awarded treasures of heaven, materials, and earth, and will be demoted depending on the severity of the case."
Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I admire you."
Lin Ze's move seemed to only open a small opening, but in fact it was not much different from what it was before the decree was issued.
The middle-grade warriors serving in the Western Qin Dynasty account for at least 70% of the total number in the world. If you include relatives and others, there will be even more.
The real difference is three points. First, you cannot freely obtain heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Secondly, you can obtain less heavenly materials and earthly treasures than before. Thirdly, you don’t have to spend money to buy them, the court will distribute them.
Overall, most people are not affected by this throttling.
The remaining part could either "sell" themselves to Western Qin and gain the opportunity to be promoted safely, or they could take risks and use their heads to test how sharp Western Qin's sword was.
Of course, the most important point of this plan is that it protects the interests of the Western Qin official class to a certain extent, and its implementation will be much smoother.
No matter how good the policy is, it needs someone to implement it. If it really has to be one-size-fits-all, the decree will become a piece of waste paper immediately after it leaves Chang'an.
Lin Ze said casually: "Let the Prime Minister take charge of this matter. How about Jin Yiwei's full cooperation? I hope that within three months, there will be no more middle-grade or above natural materials and earthly treasures on the market."
"If someone deliberately seeks death, the Prime Minister and Wu Qing must know what to do. I heard that there is a shortage of hard labor in building the straight road. I will look for an opportunity to send more people there, so as not to delay the construction period."
Chen Ping and Wu Fan stood up and replied: "I obey the order."
Lin Ze looked very calm and continued: "As for the open source, there are only two points. First, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs will take over all the places that produce natural materials and earth treasures of medium quality and above, and study them to increase production."
"Secondly, there are still foreign races entrenched in the southeast, northwest, and northwest. The Ministry of War should also send people to weed them and bring back some local specialties."