Let's talk about the decision that Duan Lun and Dai Zhou made for Li Shimin and paid the court 100 million taels of silver, which eventually led to some bad results.
After all, the money is limited. If you spend more money here, you will have to withhold the money on the other side.
On this day, Dai Zhou went to the Daming Palace to look for Li Shimin.
His expression was not good, and he seemed to have something extremely important to say.
However, Li Shimin was in a good mood these days.
Some time ago, he watched a wedding movie for six days in a row. On the seventh day, he gave the film to Li Ke and asked Li Ke to keep it well.
His good mood ended there.
When Dai Zhou came to Daming Palace, the book in his hand was a little heavy.
Until he arrived in front of Li Shimin.
He then said: "Your Majesty! I have something to report!"
"What's the matter? Tell me!"
What was placed on Li Shimin's desk turned out to be a photo of himself taken from the film cover.
They even had it framed, and the golden frame looked very luxurious.
This photo seems to be a little smaller.
It feels cropped.
At this time, he was looking at himself above.
"It's about eating on the porch!"
Dai Zhou's voice was not loud. The more he sounded like this, the bigger the matter was.
Generally speaking, only good things will be said loudly, and bad things can be said in a low voice.
Speaking of dining on the porch.
It is the public kitchen system of the Tang Dynasty. It was popularized during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty as the emperor's compassionate behavior towards all officials. For the Tang Dynasty court meetings that started at five in the morning and ended late, the public canteen system was a great virtue. .
Because at that time, the morning court had to go to court at 5:50 and lasted until noon. Depending on the discussion of the issues, it might be extended. There were a large number of hungry and dizzy officials with low blood sugar and high blood pressure. How could they have any energy to deal with government affairs? ?
Therefore, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty initiated the public kitchen system in order to sympathize with officials.
And the standards of this al fresco restaurant are extremely high.
Officials of the fifth rank and above are required to have one hundred dishes and three sheep per day, as well as various special festivals and solar terms. The public kitchen also provides special sweets, fruits, health porridge and river delicacies, which greatly satisfies the appetite of the officials.
"What's wrong with eating on the porch?"
Li Shimin was not worried at all.
"Recently, some officials were dissatisfied with their diet!"
Dai Zhou said so.
When Li Shimin heard this, he became angry.
I was in a good mood, but now I have become very irritable.
"I gave them benefits, but they are dissatisfied with my favor? Don't these people want to live? Do they want me to cancel it?"
He didn't understand why these officials were like this and dissatisfied with their own system.
"Your Majesty, it's not what you think!"
"What's that like?"
"Recently, Langxia Food has been directly affected by the lack of cash flow. Therefore, there have been some changes in expenditures."
People have mouths to hold, and you keep giving people delicious food. If one day the food becomes worse, it will inevitably cause everyone's dissatisfaction.
This is human nature.
On the contrary, if you keep eating bad food and give people a few good meals, you will gain everyone's gratitude.
"How much does it cost to eat on the porch for a day? Isn't the fiscal money enough to fill the stomachs of those officials?" Li Shimin stood up and said angrily.
Speaking of the public kitchen system, it has a dedicated company responsible for it, and there are strict regulations from purchasing to chef selection to cooking. The establishment of the three-room kitchen yamen appeared during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. He is a yamen who specializes in corridor cooking and receives financial allocations from the imperial court.
In fact, Li Shimin is a little dissatisfied with this expenditure after several years of development.
Especially at the beginning of last year, when the court was in difficulty, he also thought about reducing expenditures in this area, but he was denied by the officials.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not!"
"speak!"
"But I'm afraid that His Majesty will be unhappy if I tell you!"
"Dai Zhou, just say it, I won't blame you!"
"Your Majesty, because of the catering business, there is a lot of oil and water!"
Dai Zhou said so.
There is a lot of oil and water in the management of the restaurant, and corruption and other things often happen.
Under this system, the disadvantages became very obvious when the court's funds were insufficient.
"What? Dai Zhou, what do you mean?"
"With a lot of oil and water, it is inevitable that some people will not be able to resist the temptation and become embezzled..."
"What?" Li Shimin was shocked.
How could this happen? He obviously meant well, so how could he mess up?
Dai Zhou added: "In the past, I didn't notice it. After all, some accounts came in and out, and it didn't mean anything. But recently, there was a problem with the funds of the Ministry of Accounts. I thought about it and found out what happened. There are actually dozens of corrupt people in Baisi!"
"These people actually dare to commit corruption. I'll kill them immediately!"
Li Shimin shouted.
The problem of eating in ancient times was originally a huge problem. Although the Tang Dynasty was powerful, a large number of officials, family members, and servants were included in the supply scope of the public kitchen, which greatly increased the burden on the country. The control power of the late Tang government further declined, which caused Instead of officials being well fed and drunk, they neglected business and the public kitchen became a wine shop and entertainment venue for officials.
Petty corruption is only part of it.
This is also a problem that was just discovered.
If it is not resolved, there may be a big gap in the future.
Dai Zhou said: "Your Majesty, killing them will not change whether people in the future will follow them! I think this system must be changed!"
"It's better to cancel it! Let the ministers bring their own food to the court!"
Li Shimin came up with something even more unique.
But he was still too naive.
Because public kitchens are a national welfare for officials, once the official class has tasted the benefits, it will basically not be abolished.
He wants to abolish it, not to mention that other officials don't agree.
Dai Zhou would not agree, after all, he was also the beneficiary.
Everyone has selfish motives, and there is no way to solve this.
So, he said: "Your Majesty, this matter is to benefit all officials to show your Majesty's kindness! To show your Majesty's benevolence, justice and love for the people! If it is cancelled, I am afraid it will not be good."
"Then what do you think I should do?"
Li Shimin asked rhetorically.
"I think it's better to go and see what the Sixth Prince and the others do? Maybe we can learn from their experience!"
Dai Zhou said so.
There are hundreds of thousands of employees in Shengtang Group's Chang'an headquarters, and they all eat in Shengtang Group.
If you can figure out how these people solve the problem of eating, maybe you can learn something from Li Min.
He can feed hundreds of thousands of people. After they are well fed, can Li Shimin still not be able to feed all the civil and military officials?
When Li Shimin heard this, he felt that there was some truth in it.
Then he spoke.
The next words put Dai Zhou in trouble again.
this……
But with Dai Zhou's shrewdness, this matter really couldn't trouble him.
No matter what, you have to drag people into the water.
