Moreover, the last few days have been sunny, which is suitable for washing and drying. Otherwise, this great sunshine will be wasted.
After Li Qiao read the basic information on the Ministry of Finance, he began to study the more than ten thick notebooks he had taken.
He can take these notes home and he doesn't have to work overtime.
But he currently has no idea about filling the national treasury.
It was obvious that such a big issue could not be completed by him alone. It happened that he met Xin Zhi when he was leaving the inner city after get off work that day, so he greeted Xin Zhi, and the two of them left the inner city together.
"Zizai, how did you write the article when you were able to take the exam?"
Li Qiao recalled Xin Zhi's strange behavior at that time and couldn't help but ask.
The first time he met Xin Zhi, Xin Zhi's face was disgusting. At that time, Xin Zhi knew that he was the famous Li Qiao, and after saying hello, he inquired about how he wrote his article.
At that time, many people speculated that Xin Zhi had failed in writing the article, and he also guessed the same. However, after he got acquainted with Xin Zhi, it had been a long time since the conference had passed, and he was not very curious, so he did not inquire about Xin Zhi. Pass.
But now he was worried about filling the treasury, so he remembered this old incident.
"...Um, why are you asking about this?"
Xin Zhi was stunned for a moment, then touched his nose uncomfortably.
"Aren't you worrying about the Ministry of Household Affairs? In addition to the Shengjing area, a large area of Jibei Province has also been hit by the disaster. The Holy Emperor has not exempted or exempted taxes, so the people must be living a hard life. I am afraid they will not have a good year this year."
Li Qiao smiled bitterly.
"That's true."
When Xin Zhi heard this, his expression became serious.
He turned around and looked around, and saw that the official closest to him and Li Qiao was also three meters away. He approached Li Qiao and said softly: "Ahem, I had a bad idea at that time. I'm going home." When I told my dad and my grandfather, they almost beat my ass."
"...What exactly are you writing about?" Li Qiao's curiosity was aroused.
Xin Zhi touched his nose again in embarrassment and lowered his voice: "What I wrote is... lowering officials' salaries."
Li Qiao: "..."
No wonder the elders of the Xin family are angry.
Originally, the entire Wu'an Marquis Mansion had been despised by the Supreme Emperor for many years, and now Xin Zhi wanted to increase the hatred of the entire Dasheng officials. Who wouldn't be angry?
He gave Xin Zhi a thumbs up: "It's indeed a bit reckless."
"No! Even if we are familiar with you, if it were another person, I wouldn't say anything even to death."
Xin Zhi looked bitter. Haha.
After more than two years of experience in the officialdom, looking back at myself at that time, I was really stupid and outstanding. There would never be another person who would come up with such a bad idea!
"The young man is passionate and serves the country and the people. He deserves admiration." Li Qiao patted his shoulder with understanding.
Although it is reckless, the starting point is good.
"Forget it, let's not mention it. My carriage is just ahead. I'm going to have a drink. Are you going?" Xin Zhiming knew that Li Qiao wouldn't go, but he still asked.
"I won't go. But you should drink less." Li Qiao warned him habitually.
"I'm really upset. Recently, my family is worrying about my life-long affairs. I don't want to see those girls, brother. I can only hide by drinking."
Xin Zhi turned into a bitter melon face again.
He is three years younger than Li Qiao and is twenty-one this year. Before, he could still pass the imperial examination, but now he has no excuse.
He could only hide.
Hearing this, Li Qiao patted him on the shoulder again: "You can't do this by just hiding. When you feel better, you should go find out and try to find a way to meet him quietly. It's impossible not to get married for the rest of your life."
"talk later."
Xin Zhi did not follow his words and nodded.
It can be seen that I am quite resistant to this matter.
Li Qiao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, knowing that he was living in blessings and not knowing how to be blessed.
Compared with Meng Yue, Xin Zhi was so happy.
Meng Yue is only a few months younger than him, and is now twenty-four years old, which will be twenty-five after the Chinese New Year. Now the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Meng family are dying of anxiety. They have finally succeeded in getting ahead. Hurry up and continue the family lineage!
The couple couldn't persuade Meng Yue, so they went to Tao Zhu and wanted him and Tao Zhu to persuade Meng Yue.
Therefore, compared with Meng Yue, Xin Zhi's situation is much better.
However, besides Meng Yue, there is another young man in his family: Li Ershan.
Li Ershan is nineteen years old this year and has passed the New Year's Eve.
In addition to Li Ershan, the banker also has an older young man: Manor.
The manor is twenty-two years old this year, and it will be the twenty-third year after the new year.
When the manor was in Sanliu Village, he wasn't interested in the little girl or brother. He was young at that time and didn't know anything about love. He just wanted to play.
Now that I am older and have been in the capital for a long time, although I have thoughts about this, I haven't met the right person.
The manor is a bit too high and too low to live up to.
So does Li Ershan.
With his promotion, the number of people who proposed marriage to Li Ershan suddenly increased. However, Li Ershan became cautious and felt that he was not worthy of those noble ladies and noble brothers——
Although he was born as a concubine, he was still better than a country boy like him.
Thinking of the life-long events of several people around him, Li Qiao sighed slightly, hoping that they could be resolved sooner, especially Meng Yue and the Seventh Prince. He did not want to see the tragedy.
Slowly came to his carriage, Man Zhaoshuo, Qian Yiyi and Li Dao respectfully called "Master", he hummed, and then got on the carriage to go home.
When he arrived at home, he heard Li Xiaorui's loud laughter before he entered the door: "Uncle Changfeng, Uncle Yunfan, come after me!"
Hearing this clear childish voice, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Pushing open the courtyard door, what you see is the scene of Li Xiaorui playing on a scooter in front, and two little boys stumbling on the scooter to chase after him.
The two cubs have learned how to ride scooters in the past few days. Although they must be protected by adults to prevent them from falling, they are still able to slide.
So they immediately despised the slow walker and only loved the scooter.
Li Xiaorui's scooter is a tiger-shaped car customized by the Ministry of Industry. It is beautiful and majestic. In the past few days, when Li Qiao came back, he could see the three little guys playing on the scooters.
However, it was obvious that his biological father and uncle were more attractive than the scooter. Seeing him coming back, Li Xiaorui led the two cubs to rush towards him immediately.
Opening his arms, he hugged the three little guys and kissed them one by one. Li Qiao only had a smile on his face. He didn't want to think about what filled his body!
That was true, but when he lay down on the kang after dinner, Li Qiao couldn't help but talk to Tao Zhu about what happened in court today.
"Isn't it time for the people to do corvee again? The corvee here in Shengjing usually repairs official roads, clears ditches, helps the court put the autumn grain in Shengjing area into warehouses, etc. Generally speaking, it is similar to that in Sanliu Village."
"But this year the canal construction started, so the content of the corvee became digging the canal."
"Today, when the Holy Lord was discussing the matter with several officials from the Ministry of Industry and Lord Zhou Zhengye, the third prince suddenly came."
Tongzhou Pier, seventy miles away from Shengjing, was captured by Zhou Zhengye, so Zhou Zhengye was also there when the matter was discussed today.
Tao Zhu was lying in Li Qiao's arms. He was grabbing a strand of Li Qiao's hair and playing with it on his fingertips. When he heard this, he asked, "What's the matter with him?"
"He's here to donate food." Li Qiao raised his eyebrows with a playful look on his face.
"He donated food?" Tao Zhu's eyes widened a lot, and he looked at Li Qiao in surprise: "It's a bit strange."
"Last time the floods in the four southern prefectures were so severe that the third prince didn't donate any money. What will my son do now to donate food?"
Li Qiao smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and tapped the tip of his nose, and explained: "When the common people are doing corvee service, they have to bring their own dry food, and the court also has to provide part of the food. Adding the two, the common people can only serve during the corvée period." Eat enough."
"But wasn't the Shengjing area hit by a disaster this year? So he wanted to donate some food so that the people doing corvee food could have enough to eat."
"...Even if he doesn't donate, the people who go to do corvee work can still have enough to eat, right?"
Tao Zhu blinked his eyes.
During the corvee period, people ate from a large pot of rice, so there were strict regulations on the amount of food that people brought with them, so that some people would not bring enough food to eat.
The portion of the food provided by the court was also given on a per capita basis. When he went to serve as a corvee, although every meal consisted of grains mixed with old wild vegetables, which was difficult to swallow, he was still full.
Shengjing was looking down on Shenghong. The people here went to do corvee labor, and the food would definitely be better than that in Sanliu Village.
"Yes, he could feed the people without donating, but he said that he was worried that some people's homes would not have enough food to eat, so he wanted to donate some so that the people who went to serve in the corvee would bring less dry food. In fact, what he said was reasonable. There may be some farmers who really don't have enough to eat because of this natural disaster. His behavior is beneficial to the people, but he took advantage of the people's disaster to donate food to the corvee workers. It is obvious that his purpose is not pure and too deliberate. ”
He didn't even expect this level.
But the third prince thought of it.
The third prince took into account the fact that some farmers were unable to have enough to eat due to this natural disaster.
This was really beyond his expectation.
"...Does he want to imitate us and get some food in exchange for a good reputation?"
Although Tao Zhu used a question, his tone was already very affirmative.
"Yes." Li Qiao said, tapping the tip of his nose again, and then continued: "But what's interesting is that the Holy One wants to open the canal quickly, so he plans to extend the time for the people to do corvee this time."
"According to the regulations, the people only need to serve one month of corvee before they can go home. Now the Holy One wants them to repair the land until the land is frozen and manpower cannot be dug. That is equivalent to recruiting workers, so they have to be paid."
"Before the third prince went to the Hall of Seeking Xian, the Holy One was calculating the construction period and the number of people with several ministers from the Ministry of Works, in order to deduce how much wages Mr. Zhou should pay this time."
"Now that the Third Prince wants to donate food, His Majesty told him his plan, and then asked the Third Prince if he would like to donate some wages."
"You didn't see the third prince's face at that time. He froze obviously and looked at His Majesty with eyes filled with astonishment."
Recalling today's scene, Li Qiao laughed again.
Tao Zhu: "..."
He was stunned for a second and then smiled. He quickly grabbed Li Qiao's hand and asked, "Did the third prince agree?"
"I agreed, can he not agree? Although it is said that Tongzhou Wharf belongs to Mr. Zhou, and the wages should be paid by Mr. Zhou, the Holy Lord asked in a joking tone, which seems to be true and false. Can he refuse? He just said It is not easy to show sympathy to the people. As a prince, he has to share the worries of the Holy One. He cannot shame himself."
"Then how much money will he get this time?" Tao Zhushui's eyes shone.
"At least fifty thousand taels." Li Qiao said with a smile.
This number is actually not big for the third prince. Just look at the 4 million taels of silver that the fifth prince has in cash. This 50,000 taels of silver is really a drop in the bucket for the third prince.
But this time the third prince's plan was disrupted and he had to bleed a little. That scene was really funny.
