What should we do with this money? Sir, it is easy to raise a problem, but it is difficult to solve it. You can think about this matter for a while, and then Sir will hand you a discount, and we will discuss it again."

Feng Dao stood up hurriedly: "Yes! I accept your order."

After the people left, Tongtong came from behind, carrying a food box in his hand, which contained lotus root starch cake made by a talent.

"It's the lotus root by the lake. I dug a lot of it and made it myself."

Since moving into the East Palace, Fourth Master has stopped ordering food. He actually likes to eat sweets, but the desserts provided in the imperial dining room are not the taste that Fourth Master likes. In fact, in the past few years since he came here, Fourth Master has not

How can I eat delicious sweets?

Shi Jian could tell that he loved sweets, and the available sweets were either peach blossom rice or jelly bean porridge, which he couldn't stand. As soon as Tongtong served it, he still felt hungry despite being stuffed into a young man's body.

While eating, Fourth Master said what Feng Dao said, "If this person wants to do something, he still has the right skills."

But this matter is not easy to handle! As long as money is involved, the problem is big. Yes! As long as money is involved, things are not easy to handle.

Sure enough, the fourth master was on the hook. Emperor Wen Zhao only mentioned it during the discussion, and someone immediately started to make trouble.

Master Xiao Yunxiao said: "This matter should be handled by each state government, and this should be a standard for official evaluation."

The second prince objected, "I think the method Master Xiao said will easily breed corruption by local officials. Or for the people, it will increase the tax burden. This is to increase the corvee!"

The eldest prince said: "If you don't want to increase the number of corvees, you have to have someone specialize in doing it. How about recruiting refugees and organizing manpower to do this?"

Fourth Master frowned, the trajectory of history is like this, these are the things, and there are only so many solutions.

For example, the Xiang army system in the Northern Song Dynasty had the same origin! The Northern Song Dynasty's method for this was to recruit refugees and fill them into the Xiang army. Building roads and bridges, water and land transportation, and herding horses and farming all belonged to the Xiang army.

Responsibilities.

But the death of the Song Dynasty was attributed to three points: redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses.

The Xiang army accounted for a huge proportion among them.

There is never a shortage of smart people in this world. When the Song Dynasty implemented it, they felt that this method could solve the difficulties at that time. Therefore, what the eldest prince and the second prince proposed was reasonable.

Not only is it reasonable, it can even be said to be extremely reasonable.

But if we really want to handle this matter in this way, it is tantamount to taking the old path and leaving a big circle behind.

So, of course we can't do it this way.

But as Dong Gong, I opposed a suggestion that everyone thought was very practical. Why?

Are you dedicated to serving the public good? Or do you have to suppress other princes?

When Emperor Wen Zhao saw that Shiro was silent, he knew that he had reservations about it. He said, "Well, this matter is a big deal. After you go back, think about it carefully, and then come up with the details and discuss it later."

fine!

Everyone is involved in politics. Everyone has their own opinions!

The second prince chose a man named Liu Ci to be by his side as a reading partner and as an aide.

When Liu Ci heard about this, he said, "I think what King Zhao said is very reasonable, but it is not perfect. The refugees have been recruited, and then what? What are their identities? After the road is built, they disperse.

, the refugees may not be so easy to gather together."

Yes! That's the truth! The second prince took off his belt, sat on the couch with his clothes loose, raised his hand to take a cup and drank tea, "You have to let people see the benefits! You must see the future. You can't just recruit people without arrangements, like this

, for the refugees, it is more like recruiting coolies. If people are asked to do coolies but are not allowed to give anything to them, then who can do their job with sincerity?"

Liu Ci then said: "The army has always been classified in detail. There are cavalry, infantry, and firemen... It would be better to integrate the refugees into the army. Naturally, they cannot be compared with the soldiers who go to battle to kill the enemy, and can be divided into other arms.

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The second prince suddenly stood up and said, "If this is the case, what should we do if we form a new feudal town?"

"If you don't get weapons and war horses, how can you come to a feudal town?"

The second prince was pacing in the room, "Come, let's discuss and work out the deal."

When Fourth Master returned to the East Palace, he first asked Tongtong: "How is the situation over there with Xiao Wu?"

Tongtong suddenly said: "You mean——official!"

The fourth master nodded, "The status of the officials can be improved. The officials can use the imperial salary to uproot these people. How should the roads be built? How should the local people be made to consciously maintain the official roads across the border? They are better than those officials.

It's easy to use." But there must be huge opposition from the court and the central government. Tongtong said, "Use Xiaowu as the extreme, and use our strength to fight!"

That's right! You can't let people think that you have political disagreements with the eldest prince and the second prince. Even if you really disagree, don't start a quarrel now. You have to find a point to make them feel that even if they object, they don't oppose because of opposition.

So, Tongtong called Qingya: "Go and ask the fifth princess to see how busy she is."

Xiaowu, as Wu Xiaomei's female servant, spent money to bribe the master of the prefect's Yamen, so that he could put the investigation situation in front of the prefect. "This is evidence that the Salesian House has been selling people, abusing babies, and deducting rations over the years.

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Chapter completed!