Although Qin Xiao heard this in disbelief, he roughly understood it.
Officials in Fengzhou actually want to negotiate business with those businessmen?
To this end, Fengzhou Prefecture has set up a public relations fee? !
"When it comes to business, let's talk about business. Why do you have to spend thousands of taels of silver, and ask women to accompany you in drinking, singing and dancing? Then who knows if you are pretending to be a public servant for personal gain?!"
"I'm in the capital, talking about state affairs all day long, and I'm not as ostentatious and extravagant as you!"
Qin Xiao shouted loudly.
Zhu Jingwen shook his head disapprovingly: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. This is a necessary means to win a big deal, win over each other's feelings, and increase trust."
"In brothels, businessmen are also very relaxed when dealing with officials and will not be so nervous. This increases the success rate."
"You're not familiar with them, why would they want to cooperate with you and invest real money in them?"
"Master Xu said, this is called attracting investment."
"While eating and drinking, we slowly become friends. Only in this way can we do good business."
"Otherwise, how can Fengzhou attract huge amounts of money to promote the development of Fengzhou?"
"I ordered a woman to sing and dance with me. It was for business. The Imperial City Bureau can go to the brothel to verify. From the beginning to the end, I have never touched any woman's hand, let alone other actions."
"The money is just spent, I admit it. However, I did not embezzle the money, let alone use it for personal gain."
As Zhu Jingwen spoke, his waist straightened and he became more and more confident.
yes.
It’s not a good idea to spread the word that I spend time in a brothel every day.
It did cost one hundred thousand taels of silver.
But what am I doing for? !
I didn’t touch the woman, and I only had a little bit of wine on her.
But it attracted many rich people!
Spending one hundred thousand taels and attracting investments worth tens of millions of dollars, how many jobs were created and how much economic aggregate was increased? !
This price is nothing at all.
In an instant, Zhu Jingwen felt that he was simply great, dedicating himself to the people of Fengzhou and dying.
Even if he is dead now, he is still a good official who does practical things for the people.
Many people praise themselves and tell themselves to set new highs.
But Qin Xiao wanted to kill three of his clans because of this matter!
Not convinced!
Qin Xiao sat there blankly and quickly looked at Yang Da.
Yang Da's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly picked up the booklet from the ground and kept flipping through it.
I spent a long time flipping through it.
Yang Da lowered his voice with a guilty conscience: "Your Majesty, there is indeed no record of Zhu Jingwen spending the night with a woman."
Qin Xiao was a little embarrassed, but in the blink of an eye, he thought of more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, and his anger rose again.
Or not!
This is not the reason why a brothel spends more than 100,000 taels. How can it be such a waste of money?
Qin Xiao immediately turned cold and glared at Zhu Jingwen: "You spent more than 100,000 taels of public funds lavishly, just for the reason of not enjoying it. Do you think it's justified?"
"Who knows what tricks you used to line your own pockets?"
Zhu Jingwen said without hesitation: "Chen Hua has a lot of money."
"But I am doing it for the development of Fengzhou and the people's livelihood and contentment. This money is well spent!"
"In addition, businessmen's recruitment, industrial operations, and ministers also need to be carefully controlled."
"Many of these things have to be done with money."
Hear this.
Qin Xiao's brows knitted into a big knot and he glanced at Zhu Jingwen without saying a word. He couldn't understand.
Zhu Jingwen saw Qin Xiao's expression change and continued:
"Your Majesty, if you want to do things well without spending money, you can't do it."
"Businessmen are the best among the best. It is impossible to convince them to invest obediently with empty words."
"The fastest way is to make money by making money."
"At first, I was disgusted with this style of using money to pave the way for everything, and even questioned Mr. Xu in public because of this."
Hearing Xu Mo, Qin Xiao cheered up.
He also wanted to know Xu Mo's opinion.
Seeing Qin Xiao's expectant eyes, Zhu Jingwen immediately told everything in detail.
"Master Xu said that local government cannot follow the same model as the imperial court."
"The pattern of the imperial court is the whole world, and the local area is the region."
"Different situations require different measures and methods. What the imperial court wants is policies to guide the people of the world, while local governments need to achieve results."
"So, Mr. Xu, in order for us to better promote the development of Fengzhou, set up public relations fees and earmarked funds for this purpose."
At this time, Zhu Jingwen's eyes flashed with emotion.
"Sir Xu also said that our officials will not be allowed to do things with money."
"But if you ask for money from the court, not only will you not be able to get it, you may even lose your official position."
"So we have to sort things out ourselves."
"As long as it doesn't violate the court's policy, there's no need to worry."
"The result is that the people of Fengzhou live and work in peace and contentment, and we have made some achievements."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Jingwen kowtowed again and again.
"Your Majesty has made it clear that everything I said is true."
"If there is any untruth, I am willing to die to apologize."
Qin Xiao was stunned there, speechless.
He understood that what Zhu Jingwen said was true.
The imperial court was also short of money. If they all reached out to the imperial court for money, what else would these local officials do?
Since all the money is spent on official matters, it has nothing to do with corruption.
If you want to reprimand, you can only say that the cost is too high, and it is suspected of being self-serving for public benefit!
However, Fengzhou's political achievements are obvious to all, and the results are indeed good enough!
From this point of view, Toyosu officials did nothing wrong.
In just half a year, the poor Fengzhou developed rapidly, which far exceeded the expectations of the court.
It costs a lot of money, but it's worth it.
Only then did Qin Xiao realize that he seemed to have mistaken someone again.
But the next second.
A flash of light flashed across Qin Xiao's mind.
He thought about what Xu Mo said about the difference between the imperial court and the local area.
Qin Xiao didn't think so.
Just like Xu Mo, who was extremely greedy in Chong County, sold his official position, confiscated silver profits from other places, and used it as a protective umbrella for gambling houses.
But haven’t I killed Xu Mo yet?
Because, from Qin Xiao's point of view and the court's point of view, his political performance was excellent enough, and his petty greed was nothing.
This is the reason why Qin Xiao has always tolerated him.
Now Fengzhou officials spend a huge amount of money on brothels.
Why don't you kill yourself?
Because this is a fund established for the development of Fengzhou.
Moreover, it does have corresponding effects.
Xu Mo's greed is actually closely related to the vigorous development of the place.
At this moment, Qin Xiao's eyes lit up, and he finally knew the reason for Xu Mo's corruption.
He is taking advantage of his position to get corrupt.
As long as you look in the right direction, you will definitely find evidence of Xu Mo's corruption.
At that time, I can definitely kill him!
Thinking of this, Qin Xiao paced back and forth in the hall excitedly.
This Xu Mo seemed born to provoke him, the emperor.
