Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 192 The Emperor is the Big Winner (1)
"That's right! These people are all criminals. They are all locked in prisons and have nothing to do every day. The court still spends money to support them. Why? Is it meritorious? Why don't you gather these prisoners and let them go to war?"

"Nonsense!" Hearing this, Old Bai Xiangguo roared and shook his beard. "Your Majesty, this girl is talking nonsense in the court hall, and I asked the Emperor to issue an order to drive her out!"

"Old Xiangguo is slow to get angry. It's interesting to hear what she said." The emperor waved his hand and looked at her with a very kind smile. "Gu Qingmei, I'm here to ask you, what if all these criminals run away?"

"Just mess them up and renumber them. Five people form a group. If one escapes, all five people die. Then a hundred people form a large group. If a small group of people escapes, the large group will be cut off." Let's see who dares to run away. Tell them at that time, as long as they win the battle, they will be set free. Also, you can recruit those bandits and bandits and issue official documents. It can be rewarded for meritorious deeds.”

"Besides, sir, have you ever seen those beggars on the street? Could it be that they are not the people of the Suye Dynasty? If they can have something to eat, who would like to sleep in a ruined temple and be a beggar, living in scanty clothes? Not enough food? The border has been repeatedly harassed by Tartars, and there must be many homeless refugees. Why can’t they be sent to serve as soldiers? Even these ideas don’t work. There are always slaves in your family, right? There are dozens of people in the family, can't we still gather an army of [-]?"

Gu Qingmei saw that old Xiangguo Bai moved his lips and wanted to speak again, so he quickly waved his hands and said with a smile: "My lord, I know, you must want to ask me, even if the problem of soldiers is solved, where will the money and food come from, right? "

"Hmph!" Seeing that she had guessed his question unexpectedly, Old Bai Xiangguo snorted heavily and turned his face away, looking extremely childish.

Gu Qingmei was not as knowledgeable as him, and continued: "As the saying goes, food and grass go first before the army is moved. Because the border gates have been harassed by the Tartars for years, there must be a large area of ​​land that is deserted, and it is impossible to provide food for the soldiers on the spot. If you come from If you transport a hundred catties of grain to the border, there will only be one catty left, which is a consumption that cannot be ignored, my lord, is this what you are really worried about?"

Old Bai Xiangguo snorted coldly and said, "It's good that you know!"

Gu Qingmei sneered and said, "As long as the emperor makes an order to raid the homes of a few corrupt officials, are you afraid that you won't be able to collect several million taels of silver? There are gambling houses in every town, and those gambling houses cheat people and kill them to make money I don’t know how many families have been ruined, so why can’t the imperial court confiscate these gambling houses?”

"Okay!" The emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair stood up when he heard her words, clapped his hands vigorously, and said in a rare excited tone. "Gu Qingmei, you have given me a good idea. Tell me, what reward do you want, as long as you can name it, I will give it to you!"

When Gu Qingmei heard the words, she hurriedly knelt down for him, "It is already a great grace for the emperor not to blame the women for making unreasonable remarks about the government, and the women dare not ask for rewards!"

"You don't want it, I have to give it to you, come here, and reward Gu Qingmei with a thousand taels of gold, a hundred pieces of brocade, and a box of jewels!" As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, the treasury became much more empty.

Gu Qingmei was taken aback when she heard the words, she didn't expect the emperor to be so generous, after a moment's hesitation, she hurriedly said: "My daughter, thank the emperor for the reward!"

The emperor seemed to be very excited, walking back and forth on the high dragon platform, suddenly stopped, staring at a group of civil and military officials standing under the dragon platform, "You... all heard her words clearly just now?"

Everyone bowed and said: "Listen clearly!"

"Then who do you think is best to entrust this job to?"

Everyone was silent, thinking that this is a good job to make money, and they must arrange their own people.

Old Bai Xiangguo spoke first, "Your Majesty, the old minister recommended someone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qingmei interrupted him, "Your Majesty, there are still a few words that the girl wants to say to the Emperor."

"Speak!" She just gave the emperor a good idea, and the emperor is in a good mood right now, and he really likes to listen to her talk.

Under Bai Lao Xiangguo's fierce stare, Gu Qingmei said: "If the emperor really wants to build this city wall to protect the country, he must not use corvee labor."

When the emperor heard the words, he couldn't help but wonder, "How can we build the city wall without levying corvees?"

"The emperor misunderstood the meaning of the people's daughter. The people's daughter said that corvee should not be taken hard, not that the emperor should not be allowed to take corvée. Building a city wall is a very hard and tiring job. Just moving stones can make people vomit blood." The people are the foundation of the country. If the corvees are hard-pressed, when the corvees are working, they will meet a boss who only knows how to deduct wages. If the boss is not satisfied, he will be whipped. At that time, the people will be in dire straits, but there will be civil uprisings. The civil uprisings in the past dynasties all came from this, and the emperor has to guard against it. The emperor is a wise king, and he has always ruled the world with benevolence. Come up with a charter to prevent this kind of thing from happening.”

The emperor blinked slightly, looked at Gu Qingmei who was kneeling on the ground, talking eloquently, and waved, "Get up and talk!"

Gu Qingmei hurriedly stood up and thanked him.

The emperor said: "Then do you have any specific regulations in mind?"

Gu Qingmei didn't dare to show off any more, and said modestly: "The girl is just a little village girl, and what she says is just a whim, and she doesn't understand anything about official affairs. It's up to the adults to decide. But the daughter of the people hopes that the emperor can treat those corvees kindly, pay them wages on time, and arrange some rest time for them, so that they can recover their strength and do more work. Instead of making them unable to work After a few days, he becomes exhausted and suffers from tuberculosis, which arouses public resentment."

"There is also the problem of seeing a doctor. Each stronghold should arrange several doctors. And it is best not to work for a lifetime, work for one or two years, give them the hard-earned money, and then send them back to the countryside to work in agriculture. It is the best. Then recruit new corvees. Of course, if there are those who are unwilling to leave, you can let them continue to work. As long as the emperor's benevolence spreads, everyone will not regard corvees as beasts. When the time comes There is no need to go around to catch strong men, just set up a table, and people will line up to sign up and volunteer to do corvee."

Old Bai Xiangguo sneered from the side, "It's so easy for you to say, but in the end it's not just a word of money? Of all the things you said, you can't ask for money? The treasury is so empty, where does the money come from?"

Gu Qingmei couldn't help but looked at him and said with a smile: "Old man, where did I provoke you? You keep troubling me? You are all important ministers of the country, resourceful people in the world, can't you even earn some money? ?"

(End of this chapter)