During this period of time, Song Huizong Zhao Ji seemed to be in a very bad mood.
Every now and then, Wu Zhi would be summoned to the palace and asked to play football with him.
After being taught by Wu Zhi during this period, Zhao Ji's golf skills have grown very rapidly.
At the beginning, the two of them were playing football. No matter how Zhao Ji tried to grab the ball, he couldn't touch the ball at Wu Zhi's feet.
But in recent times, Zhao Ji has not only been able to touch the ball, but also intercepted the ball from Wu Zhi's feet from time to time.
This made Wu Zhi sigh in his heart as follows.
If Zhao Ji is not the emperor, he must be a good player, a good calligrapher, and a good artist.
But it happened that such a person who was extremely artistic and athletic was born into an emperor's family.
Do those things that he is extremely bad at.
On this day, the two of them were tired from playing football, so they found a pavilion nearby and sat down.
While Zhao Ji was drinking tea prepared by his servants, he talked about the troubles he had encountered recently.
The envoys of the Liao and Jin countries almost came to blows in the court hall in order for the Song Dynasty to send troops to help.
This made Zhao Ji feel helpless and at the same time, he became even more angry.
And it wasn't just this incident that bothered him.
Another problem is the emptiness of the national treasury.
The treasury was empty, and not only the palaces that Zhao Ji wanted to build could not be built.
At the same time, organizing the dispatch of troops has become an extremely difficult task.
Of course, when Zhao Ji told Wu Zhi these things, he did not expect the other party to provide any good solutions.
After all, he also knew that the man in front of him was just a businessman.
How could he have the ability to solve these major military and national affairs?
But what he didn't expect was that Wu Zhi actually gave him a good idea that was hard not to accept.
"Guan Jia, as for the envoys from Liao and Jin countries who made a big fuss in the court, even a humble official like Bai Ding can't really give any good solution."
"But as for the problem of empty treasury, I think it can be easily solved."
When Zhao Ji heard him speak like this, his eyes that were gradually dimming suddenly lit up.
Even his speaking voice was a little rushed.
Because of this incident, it really bothered him for a long time.
Moreover, the ministers in the court often come up with some stupid ideas that are difficult to implement.
"If you advise me to collect more taxes from the people, then there is no need to say anything."
"Because this matter currently seems to be simply unworkable."
"The continuous forceful taxation has not only failed to replenish the national treasury, but has also led to more and more rebels."
"Wang Qing from Huaixi, Tian Hu from Hebei, and Fang La from Jiangnan!"
"well……"
"If this continues, I really don't know what kind of rebels will emerge."
But Wu Zhi, after listening to Zhao Ji's nagging, smiled mysteriously.
"To the officials, my idea is indeed to impose taxes, but the target of the tax is not ordinary people."
Zhao Ji frowned and then said:
"Then with the intention of loving you, who are you taxing?"
Wu Zhi picked up the teacup from the table and took a sip.
Then, he slowly said the following words.
"Beautiful brothel, Goulan."
"Although one of them is a high-end product and the other is a low-end product, in summary, they are both in the business of men."
"And the reason why these men go to these places to have fun is because they must have plenty of spare money."
"What the officials said just now is true. If we raise taxes on the poor people now, it will inevitably trigger more rebels and rebels."
"But what if the tax is only imposed on places like brothels and goulan?"
"Poor people will naturally not go to these places, because even if they want to go, they don't have the money."
"On the contrary, those who go there must be wealthy families who are not short of money."
"So, when we collect taxes from people like them, it doesn't matter if we ask for more."
"Because for those pleasure seekers who hang out in these places all year round, there is almost no difference between charging one tael and ten taels of silver."
"Guan Jia, what do you think?"
Zhao Ji, who had a sad face just now, immediately smiled kindly after hearing what Wu Zhi said.
In an instant, I felt that the big stone weighing on my heart had been lifted away.
He had not felt this kind of comfortable feeling for a long time.
"Okay, okay, I didn't expect Aiqing to be so smart!"
"Later, before you leave, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and get a hundred taels of silver as a reward for you."
But what Zhao Ji didn't expect was that when Wu Zhi heard this, he actually shook his head.
Then he saw Wu Zhi, looking at Zhao Ji in front of him with a serious look on his face.
"In the official family, the treasury is now empty, so it is even more necessary to spend every tael of money where it should be used."
"I will not take this silver reward."
"What's more, it is the unshirkable responsibility of humble ministers to share the worries of the official family."
When Wu Zhi said these words, the expression on his face was very sincere.
Zhao Ji, who was opposite him, couldn't help but be moved in his heart.
But what he didn't know was that Wu Zhi's ideological consciousness had really reached such a high level at this time.
But with his current financial resources, he simply doesn't care about that little silver.
But if he refuses rashly, it will definitely make Zhao Ji in front of him unhappy.
So he changed the topic and said a lot of flattery.
Zhao Ji was greatly moved by Wu Zhi's extremely humble attitude and his good intentions of caring for the country and the people.
In my heart, I also like Wu Zhi more and more in front of me, who can not only play football and have fun with him, but also give him advice.
It's getting late at night.
Wu Zhi left the palace.
But before he left, Zhao Ji arranged another task for him.
That is, before the new year comes, I want him to present an interesting show to everyone in the palace.
In the past, these matters were handled by the Ministry of Rites.
But Zhao Ji has long been tired of seeing the same old routines.
The reason why Wu Zhi was entrusted with the task this time was because of his extremely flexible mind.
Because Wu Zhi always brings him some unexpected surprises.
For example: last time's new ball game, or this time's increase in taxes on brothels.
Wu Zhi did not shirk Zhao Ji's appointment.
Because in his opinion, with his brain filled with all kinds of ideas from previous lives, he is truly second to none in this world in terms of seeking novelty and innovation.
As long as he puts a little thought into it and comes up with something novel, he can make the princes and concubines who have never seen the world applaud again and again!
Otherwise, I will give them a Song Dynasty version of the Spring Festival Gala!