"My lord, I have been looking at Nuantang Foundation's accounts these past two days and found some problems!"
When it was almost noon, Han Yuxi took an account book and found Li Zexuan in the west courtyard and said.
There are only two alleys between Yongle Fang and Anyifang, where the Nuantang Foundation headquarters is located. Now that a group of "top students" from Yanhuang Academy have joined the foundation, Han Yuxi's pressure is gone in an instant, and she basically doesn't even need to keep accounts. Let her go and forget it! Because people from Yanhuang Academy are very good at settling accounts! In comparison, she became a layman!
Therefore, Han Yuxi no longer needs to stay at the Nuantang Foundation all day. Under normal circumstances, she only needs to go once or twice a day. And the two sides are so close that it doesn’t take long to go back and forth once or twice!
"Oh? Madam, what problem did you find?"
Li Zexuan, who was leaning on the couch and reading a book, raised his head and asked in surprise.
Han Yuxi took the account book, leaned down and said: "Look, sir, the Nuantang Foundation has received nearly 400,000 yuan in donations so far, but according to the list Qingque got, the total number of poor people we need to help There are only more than 20,000 households. If each household spends 200 coins, the total amount is only 5,000 to 6,000 coins. Compared with the total amount of donations, this is just a drop in the bucket!"
Li Zexuan frowned. He really didn't consider this issue at the time. Recently, he had left all his charity "business" to his wife and students to manage. He also didn't care about the matter of only 20,000 "poor households". He didn't know much about it. After thinking about it, he murmured to himself in confusion:
"Could it be that what I said back then scared the county magistrates everywhere?"
When he assigned Li Tai tasks previously, he said that he would instruct county magistrates to "draw up a list of poor households as soon as possible. No over-reporting or under-reporting is allowed, otherwise he will definitely settle accounts with them." This made Li Zexuan I can't help but wonder, are the county magistrates in each county following the principle of "one more thing is worse than one less thing" and only report those people who are really too poor to survive?
It's no wonder that he is worried, mainly because the total population of Chang'an City and the more than 20 counties surrounding Chang'an City is at least three to four million people. It is impossible to say that there are only more than 20,000 "poor households". impossible!
Thinking of this, Li Zexuan said: "Madam, let Qingque lead a few people, and then negotiate with the county magistrates in various places, and order the county magistrates in various places to compile a more detailed list of poor people. As long as they can't afford it, Coal stoves and people who cannot afford briquettes must be on the list, and no one is allowed to be left out! I will also go to various counties to conduct random inspections in the past few days. If I find any omissions, I will report it to Your Majesty, and the staff will also It will lower their exam results this year!”
The so-called examination refers to the assessment of officials' performance by the ancient Chinese imperial court, which is also called "performance assessment", "merit examination", etc. The political performance assessment originated from Yao and Shun, and has been followed by all dynasties, and there are many records in history books. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the examination system was very complete. Especially with the establishment of the imperial examination system for electing officials, the evaluation system for officials was further improved, which played a very positive role in improving the official administration at that time.
Judging from the examination method formulated in the early Tang Dynasty, civil and military officials and foreign officials above the ninth rank had to pass a small test every year. Every four years (sometimes three or five years) another major examination is held. The assessment content includes the "Four Good Things" and "Twenty-seven Best", which shows the details of the assessment.
Li Zexuan's move was not ruthless, it directly hit the key points of local officials. Unless you have no ambitions and always only want to be a small county magistrate, otherwise you will definitely care about the court's annual exams!
"My lord, you mean that the county magistrates in various places have underreported~?"
Han Yuxi blinked and asked.
Li Zexuan said "hmm" and nodded: "Weihuo estimates that we have underreported at least three to four times! Of course, this is just a problem. In addition to underreporting, Weifu feels that we need to slightly increase the assistance to the poor people. If you try hard enough, you can send them some more clothes or food. After all, this autumn harvest has reduced production in many places! Madam, what do you think?"
"Yeah! I think so too!"
Han Yuxi nodded excitedly.
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Even so, there will definitely be a lot of money left! But it doesn't matter. This year we will first help the poor people around Chang'an City, and next year we will help people further away! Besides, what if? If there is a natural disaster in the future, the money from the Nuantang Foundation will become life-saving money!"
Speaking of natural disasters, Li Zexuan's eyes suddenly became profound. Now he is no longer the young boy with no foundation who just entered Chang'an. His status is higher and his abilities are greater. Correspondingly, what he can do There will be more things to do, and the role will be greater!
"I will take care of this natural disaster~!"
If at first Li Zexuan just wanted to help his own farmers survive the locust plague, now he wants to help the entire Tang Dynasty survive the locust plague!
Because after nearly a year of living in the Tang Dynasty, he has completely fallen in love with this era and the people of this era!
In the Tang Dynasty, this may be a complex that Chinese people can never get around, and Li Zexuan is no exception!
It is precisely because of this that he previously promoted the imperial court's policy of "raising chickens to reduce taxes" and "going south in exchange for grain"!
"Well! Then I'll go to the foundation to make arrangements now~!"
Han Yuxi didn't know that Li Zexuan's thoughts had drifted away, so she responded and prepared to go out.
Li Zexuan quickly grabbed her and said, "Hey! It's already noon, let's go after dinner! Anyway, Qingque probably hasn't come back yet!"
"Yes! My husband is right!"
"Then let's have hot pot for lunch! I think my father, mother, and grandmother like this very much!"
"Yeah! I like it very much too! It feels so happy for the whole family to eat hot pot together!"
After Han Yuxi finished speaking, she went to the back kitchen and told the cook to prepare it.
Now everyone in the Li family can enjoy delicious hot pot without Li Zexuan's personal intervention. However, the mutton rolls still need to be cut by Li Zexuan himself, because there are few people in the entire Chang'an City who have as good knife skills as Li Zexuan!
Half an hour later, in the main hall of Li Mansion, the family gathered together to eat hot pot lively again. Cheng Yaojin did not come to join in the fun this time, but two more brothers came.
"Wocao! What are you eating? It smells so good?"
"Xiaoxuan, are you there? Huh? Qingque, what a coincidence? You're here too~?"
The two brothers Li Chengqian and Li Tai, I don't know if they had made an appointment, but they happened to meet at the entrance of the main hall of Li Mansion at this time!
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