After wearing the book, I became the black moonlight of the paranoid prince

Chapter 950 Insights
In the past three years, Li Sinian has been providing himself with good food and drink. Apart from not being able to leave this room, the treatment he enjoys is almost unimaginable to outsiders.

This is why Prime Minister Wei can still sit with him, drink tea and chat with him in a friendly manner even though he has become a prisoner.

Of course, he knew very well what Li Sinian wanted from him.

He also doesn't mind giving him some political advice once in a while.

If doing so can make him let go of Qian Chen, or treat Ah Zi better, why not do it.

After he had tasted the tea, Li Sinian began to talk about the serious business.

"Recently, I have been worrying about my finances. The tax and silver collected in the south of the Yangtze River have been robbed frequently, and the southwestern area is still waiting for the imperial court to allocate money and food for disaster relief. The big emperor and the border countries are about to move, and we are out of money and food. The weapon reserves are also somewhat insufficient, I don’t know how to solve this dilemma?”

Prime Minister Wei drank the tea in the cup, smiled and said.

"This matter is simple. Where the tax money is robbed, we should focus on increasing the tax in that area."

If it was a normal day, Prime Minister Wei would not talk to him so easily.

Li Sinian was slightly taken aback, and asked instead.

"If taxes are increased, won't the local people suffer even more?"

Originally, there were bandits in that area, and the people were greatly affected. Not only did the court not send troops to suppress the bandits, but also increased taxes. Wouldn't that force the people to become bandits and openly oppose the court?
Of course, Prime Minister Wei knew what he was thinking, and pushed the empty teacup forward, signaling him to fill it up again.

"You think too deeply about the people. You just need to let them know why the court wants to increase their taxes. The rest will naturally be done for you, and you don't need to pay a single soldier to do it. Sweep out those bandits, wait for those bandits to be wiped out, and then reward them, and it won't take long for all the places to follow suit, and this matter will be easily resolved."

Li Sinian's eyes lit up suddenly, and he felt that this plan was simply too clever.

Where the money is lost, it will be collected from where it is lost. Although most innocent people will be affected, everyone will recognize one death reason, that is, the bandits who robbed the tax money.

Moreover, bandits are also common people, if the local people can be used to exterminate bandits, then the imperial court will not be able to save even a little bit.

Not to mention issues such as the dispatch of soldiers and horses, it is very difficult to appoint a reliable person. If you encounter the obstruction of the local people and the injustice of the local officials, it is no easier to wipe out these bandits than to capture a city. .

This matter has been discussed in the court for a while, and even Gao Fei, who has always been resourceful, failed to come up with a suitable solution. He never expected that Prime Minister Wei would just say a word here.

Seeing the teacup that Prime Minister Wei pushed over, Li Sinian hurriedly fetched water to refill it for him.

Although in the past he would occasionally point out some government affairs to him, but it was the first time to explain it to him in detail like today, and he certainly understood the reason for this.

Li Sinian couldn't help but also glanced at the screen, and continued to ask.

"Then how to deal with the southwest area?"

Prime Minister Wei stroked his beard and said calmly.

"The southwestern area has always enjoyed the reputation of the land of plenty, the land of abundance, but it's just a year of locust plagues, no one will die from starvation, and the people there are tough, and the chieftains of the village are rampant. Do it, don’t let them always focus on the court, just fine them if there is trouble, and use the money to those people who really need it.”

When Prime Minister Wei said this, he sighed faintly.

"If there is a small calamity and a small misfortune, the court will vainly try to make a lot of money and food, this habit will not be easy to restrain in the future."

(End of this chapter)