The snow is falling on the bright sun, and the wind is as cold as a knife.
The Office of Documents was as usual, with officials from all palaces and rooms on duty. Eunuchs and sergeants were carrying objects or carrying books, and frequently came and went inside and outside the palace.
About half a month later, as the last batch of old people from Qingzhou arrived, it was time to come, and the winter that had not arrived would not come.
Everything that happened in the city was captured by the Criminal Investigation Department, and the details of what was discussed were not investigated. However, who met whom and what was given in private, all escaped the eyes and ears of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Even though the empress had not been in court for ten consecutive days, she knew what was going on outside.
Looking through the summary in her hand, the empress sat there with deep thoughts.
Some actively cooperated, and many passively made choices, but the overall proportion is still too low. Now that the holiday is only a few days away, the current situation can basically declare that it is impossible to fit into the work-for-relief package. They didn't express any opposition, but everyone complained about poverty and poverty. Many people didn't even wear the official robes they once had, and put on old leather jackets that were ten or even decades old, pretending to be like tomorrow. Going bankrupt.
If Fang Fang hadn't been in the city, the empress would have wanted to go to the courtyard and give him two punches.
Asking the equation, why should it be superfluous?
Work-for-relief is enough. Those who spend money can spend it. What kind of supporting facilities can be provided?
Is it so easy for those wealthy landlords to get their money out?
Theory remains theory and reality remains reality. Now that things are like this, what is left of the prestige that has been built up over the past four years?
At the same time, I also secretly hate these beasts who only eat and do nothing.
Just when the empress didn't know what to do, Old Man Xia ran in panting, "Your Majesty, you can send out invitations!"
Her meditation was interrupted, and the empress raised her head and glanced at Old Man Xia, "You still want me to send you an invitation? Don't you think it's enough to humiliate me?"
The supporting policies were formulated by Equation, and Old Man Xia was responsible for the instigation.
When things got to this point, the empress had no intention of taking the blame, nor did she want to settle the matter, because the package itself was right, and she was the one who made the decision. It's a pity that she missed her humanity!
If you really want to take action, you must settle the account with those people!
The empress was just annoyed and angry, but when Old Man Xia mentioned the invitation, her chest really felt like it was going to explode.
"Your Majesty, I misunderstood, I misunderstood!"
When Old Man Xia saw this, he quickly stretched out a finger and said, "Today, there are already 10.5 million taels subscribed, and 830,000 taels have been paid in. By the time of the festival, there will be at least another 400,000 taels, all of which The actual payment will definitely arrive in April next year!”
After saying this in one breath, Old Man Xia, who was out of breath from running, almost went limp.
"What?
The empress suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, "Are you all blind? Can't you see?"
After a brief confusion, Old Man Xia was assigned a seat.
“Let’s talk about it in detail!”
After calming down, why didn’t the empress understand what these data represented?
The subscription of 10.5 million taels does not seem to be as much as what the Ministry of Household Affairs has taken out. However, most of the 13 million taels taken out by the Ministry of Household Affairs will be invested in reservoirs, canals, mills, and other basic livelihood projects. There will be output in the future, but the output is in the future and cannot be achieved overnight. Basically, a splash will occur in a short period of time.
When it comes to road construction, inns, and checkpoints, there really isn't much money for projects that can produce quick results.
The powerful clans from all over the country subscribed 10.5 million taels, which not only took away the pressure from the Wu Dynasty's royal family, but also allowed the Wu Dynasty to do more things in the coming year.
A total of 24 million taels of investment in people's livelihood from the General Foreign Affairs Bureau, even if it is not known to other countries, this investment is enough to record in the annals of history!
Together with the great emperor's achievements he pursues, he will also take a real step forward afterwards, and it will still be civil governance.
It is difficult to unify Kyushu, and one family cannot control everything. The nobles and literary giants still control the evaluation of history. In the past three hundred years, the wise kings and emperors who have been evaluated have all raised the evaluation standards of the emperors of Kyushu.
Except for the fact that these wise kings and great emperors did not unify the nine states, the things they did during their term of office were all the great achievements that the emperors who unified the dynasty in the past wanted to do but could not do, and were able to do but could not do.
Nowadays, historians are even predicting that the next monarch who will unify the nine states will be the great emperor of all ages, existing alongside the ancestral dragon. At the same time, the monarch's ancestors will also ascend to heaven together, and coexist with the wise kings of the past dynasties and the emperor through the ages.
As the standard goes up, if you want to become a wise king or a great emperor, you will need more achievements.
The Wu Dynasty was not good at martial arts, so the distance it could be raised was greater. The empress wanted to do it before but didn't know how to do it, but just waiting for the work-for-relief project to be completed would be the achievement of reaching the sky in one step. If she is steady and does not make big mistakes, the empress can step into the ranks of wise kings, but if she takes this step to take another step, she will become the emperor of the ages.
In an instant, if the situation hadn't been wrong, the Empress might have floated before Old Man Xia finished speaking.
At the same time, the empress was also questioning whether the news was correct.
"Thirteen families from nine counties in Jizhou have all pledged 300,000 taels, and at the same time promised to invest 100,000 taels in the county!"
"Seven counties in Qingzhou, with eleven surnames, each subscribed to 250,000 yuan, and will also bear 30% of the investment in the Laijiao Canal, but Qingzhou wants the right to operate the Laijiao Canal!"
"The fourteen major sects of the royal family each subscribe to two hundred thousand taels!"
"Seven surnames from nine counties in Bingzhou will each subscribe to 150,000 taels!"
"A total of 10,500,000 taels!"
After saying that, Xia Abacus took out an official document and said, "This is a list of specific requirements of the clans in each state. We have eliminated the parts that are impossible to agree to, and the rest are things that the veteran thinks can be discussed!"
Money and power are equal. If you give money, you will be given benefits, and the royal family cannot show its disapproval.
Nowadays, those who pay to subscribe are either the royal family or powerful clans at the county level. The influence of these people in the local area is more important than simply giving money.
No matter what kind of plot they had in mind, they took the initiative, and all the small clans and county magnates attached to them would follow.
"In the next few days, I will summon you according to the list!" The empress threw the list aside, "How do you calculate your share of the equation?"
Those who have merit should be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes should be punished.
The punishment is two pink punches, but the reward will definitely not be simple.
There is definitely no chance for Equation to make it into the overall game, the middle game, and the empress wants to reward her in other ways.
Hearing this, Xia Abacus frowned slightly. He really didn't expect that the empress would suddenly come to do this, but it was easy to solve, "I must give one the qualifications for the household market!"
The empress nodded, Fang Fang was not qualified, let alone others.
"Liangdu will be expanded. After the expansion, the city's area will be tripled. There will be twelve more commercial streets. Half of the core streets will be given to him!"
Liangdu is located in the corner of Zhongshan County and Hejian County, a hundred miles away from the border of Youzhou. It can be reached by Hejian in the east, Guangchang border in the north, and Bingzhou in the northwest.
Nowadays, among the eight major households in the Wu Dynasty, Liangdu supplies goods to three places from one place. It is a golden gathering point on the business road leading to the households and cities.
With half a street of shops, whether Fang operates it himself or rents it to others, the money and food will not be short.
"not enough!"
How many things are there in half a street?
Ding was earning tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, and her younger brother Fang Fang was making thousands of taels from a wine shop. She couldn't give out this reward.
Seeing this, Old Man Xia wanted to cry. He was still too overwhelmed to deal with the elders from all over the world. Now he has to guess the empress's thoughts. If there are too many equations, he will be exposed. If there is no empress, he will be dissatisfied. Isn't this bullying an honest person?
"How about I wait for Fang Fang to come back and ask me about it?"
If I can't figure it out, I might as well ask directly. That skinny monkey is not much easier to serve than His Majesty, and he will have to dig things from Equation in the future. Why not give him a flexible condition?
"Okay, but don't go overboard!" The empress smiled.
You still know not to overdo it, so what are you doing now?
Old Man Xia was too lazy to complain. He just wanted to leave now. If possible, he didn't want to see Jin Jian until before the holiday. He was too tired, both physically and mentally.
