When Emperor Chongming heard that Jia Yun had a strategy, he did not show any joy, but his face darkened.

King Zhongshun on the side looked at Jia Yun thoughtfully, but didn't say much for a moment.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Chongming said coldly: "If it was the nonsense strategy last time, there is no need to mention it again."

In the view of Emperor Chongming and others, what Jia Yun said should be the policy of "dividing a small family into an equal share" mentioned last time. Although this policy is good, the court cannot implement it because there is too much resistance. If you are not careful, you may be afraid that

Even the throne of Emperor Chongming was not stable.

When Jia Yun heard this, he knew what he was doing. The strategy of "divide a small family into an entire family" was originally a bait thrown by Jia Yun in order to win the emperor's favor. Unsurprisingly, Emperor Chongming did take a high look at Jia Yun because of this. However, Emperor Chongming had no intention of implementing it.

Therefore, Jia Yun never mentioned it.

At the beginning, Jia Yun had nothing to lose. If Emperor Chongming was willing to give it a try, Jia Yun would not be afraid. He would seek wealth and honor even in danger.

But now Jia Yun's identity has to be scrupulous, and naturally he will not be stupid enough to bring up the strategy of "spreading a small family into an entire family".

Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, I have another plan. I call it "returning the fire to the public"."

"Oh..." Emperor Chongming roughly guessed it from the literal meaning and said with great interest: "Tell me more carefully."

Jia Yun gathered some words and said: "Your Majesty, most of the silver paid in taxes by the people is mainly small pieces of broken silver. When the various states and counties collect the broken silver and hand it over to the national treasury, they must smelt the broken silver into large pieces.

Due to the loss that occurred during the smelting process of broken silver, state and county officials required the people to pay more in addition to the taxable silver. This is called fire loss of silver..."

Emperor Chongming frowned and said: "I know all these, let's talk about the key points."

Seeing that Emperor Chongming was not happy, Jia Yun hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, the fire consumption silver has always been collected by each state and county government, and the court cannot get any benefits. In this case, why not return the fire consumption silver to the national treasury for the sake of the ministers?

Come on, if it can be fully implemented, at least three to four million taels of silver can be added to the imperial court, and this silver can be used as silver to support integrity."

Although Emperor Chongming was quite moved by the three to four million taels mentioned by Jia Yun, as the emperor, he considered more than just money...

Jia Yun was waiting for Emperor Chongming to express his position, but Jia Yun believed that Emperor Chongming would definitely agree. After all, Huosha Yin was originally a miscellaneous tax to be collected. It was originally attributed to the various states and counties, but now it belongs to the national treasury. It has no impact on the people.

Influence.

As for the attitude of the officials, Jia Yun is not worried. The money is distributed to the officials legally. It is a policy that is beneficial to the officials. They will not stop it and will even vigorously promote it.

Of course, some of them will have objections, but for the huge official organization, there is no doubt that this is a mantis trying to defeat the enemy.

Since there are no obstacles and the treasury can gain a fortune, why would Emperor Chongming not do it?

As expected, Emperor Chongming looked more and more satisfied, looked at Jia Yun more and more like him, and said, "Yes, this strategy is feasible."

Seeing that Emperor Chongming was satisfied, Jia Yun felt a lot more relaxed. As long as the emperor was satisfied, he would not suffer any loss. After pondering for a moment, Jia Yun reminded: "Your Majesty, although this strategy is good, your Majesty still has to be cautious in it.

After all, silver is paid by the people. If it is not implemented well, some officials will see the flaws and reap huge benefits from it, amassing money wantonly, which not only increases the burden on the people, but also breeds corruption among officials, which is not good for the court.

Your Majesty, please consider it carefully."

All policies are implemented by officials. Especially in ancient times, when transportation was underdeveloped, officials had great power. They were almost like local emperors. If officials were illegal, no matter how good the policy was, they would become a tool for them to make money, and the people would suffer.

Emperor Chongming was not dissatisfied with Jia Yun's outspokenness. He just liked Jia Yun's outspokenness and could always get to the point.

King Zhongshun nodded and said: "Brother, what Jia Shenling said is very true. How to collect the fire-consuming silver and how to distribute the integrity-supporting silver is not an easy task. If too much is collected, it will undoubtedly increase the burden on the people, but

If it is less, it will be of no benefit, and the missing part will still have to be made up by the court."

Emperor Chongming nodded cautiously after hearing this, looked up at Jia Yun, and said, "Since you proposed this policy, what are your thoughts?"

Jia Yun respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, I believe that the fineness of silver varies from province to province, and the degree of wear and tear is also different. If we follow a unified standard, I'm afraid it will be a disaster. I'm afraid we have to carefully distinguish it for such a big thing.

, I have no clue.

Due to technical reasons, the fineness of silver varies from place to place, such as Songhua silver in Kyoto, Huabao silver and Baibao silver in Tianjin, Suyuan ingots in Suzhou, Yangcaoping silver in Yangzhou, Gongyi pure silver in Zhenjiang, etc. The fineness of silver is different.

The loss of re-casting after collection is not small, so there is a saying that "the weight is difficult to determine, and the loss is high." If we really follow a unified standard, silver with good quality will suffer losses, and silver with poor quality will gain. In this way

Come on, there is no guarantee that the people below will be careful and use poor quality silver to pay taxes in order to pay less fire consumption silver. In that case, it will be the interests of the imperial court that will be harmed. This strategy will not only fail to solve the problem, but will also become a burden to the imperial court.

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Emperor Chongming heard this and thought it was very reasonable. He had no clue and no dissatisfaction with Jia Yun. After all, Jia Yun was a military commander, and it was very rare to be able to propose policies. He could not expect Jia Yun to do things properly. If this was the case,

, why do you need hundreds of officials?

After all, if you want to improve this policy, you still need to rely on those civil servants to discuss it carefully.

At this time, Emperor Chongming looked much better and his expression became warmer, and all the people serving in Wuying Hall breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jia Yun, you are very good. If you need any reward, just tell me and I will give it to you." Emperor Chongming was delighted and promised.

Jia Yun's heart jumped when he heard this. The emperor wrote him a blank check. This was an incredible favor.

After thinking for a moment, Jia Yun said seriously: "It is my honor to share your Majesty's worries. As long as Your Majesty is happy, I will be happier than any reward."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongming laughed and scolded: "Don't flatter me in front of me. Since I have given you a reward, I will not break your promise."

After hearing what Emperor Chongming said, Jia Yun thought about it carefully and said weakly: "Back to your Majesty, I have something I would like to ask your Majesty's permission for."

Emperor Chongming waved his hand and said boldly: "Say."

Jia Yun was not an ambiguous person. Seeing Emperor Chongming's grand appearance, he said: "Your Majesty, I have a daughter from Jia's family, who is my aunt. She entered the palace a few years ago and serves as the female historian in the palace.

The elders miss me very much, and I am wondering if I can ask your majesty for permission to allow my aunt to leave the palace and serve the elders as a filial piety."

Gao Xian on the side was shocked when he saw that Jia Yun actually asked him for help, and sighed at Jia Yun's filial piety.

Emperor Chongming paused and asked with a smile: "Why, your Jia family's daughter can't serve the royal family?"

After hearing this, Jia Yun hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "It is an honor for the Jia family to serve the royal family. I just thought that the old lady and my wife at home were very concerned about it, so I thought about whether I could let my aunt come out of the palace to serve so that the old lady would not worry about it.

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Emperor Chongming looked at Jia Yun who was kneeling on the ground for a few times, and said, "You are making things difficult for me. That Jia Nvshi is very popular with my grandmother, and I can't even open my mouth."

When Jia Yun heard this, he quickly added: "I just said casually that if your majesty is in trouble, I will die without mercy. How about your majesty reward me with some yellow and white things."

Emperor Chongming raised the corner of his mouth slightly when he heard this, and said: "Forget it, I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold. In addition, for the sake of your filial piety, I will try to reply to what you said. Whether it succeeds or not will be discussed later."

"I thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Jia Yun paid his respects.

Emperor Chongming waved his hand and ordered: "Go down, I have something to discuss with King Zhongshun."

"Yes." After receiving the order, Jia Yun resigned...
Chapter completed!