Eternal traitor

Chapter 504

Time came to noon in a blink of an eye, and the sun was shining. Fortunately, the room now has a fan so that it can be cooler in the room. As for the guards outside, they are not so lucky. The guards in the palace are standing every day It's better at night, but during the day it's hard to stand in the sun.

So His Majesty the Emperor mercifully distributed a parasol to every person standing guard. In extreme weather, these people can use this thing to escape the heat or rain.Even if there is a little more preferential treatment, it is indeed a rare favor for these big soldiers.

As for the guards on duty for Li Xiang, they are undoubtedly the happiest. When the sun is too strong during the day, they can escape the heat in the shade, and there are fruits and water delivered every once in a while. Sometimes Li Xiang will come out to talk to them. The servants chatted about the big and small things in the capital of King Qin. It was the first time that even a veteran who had worked for decades saw such an easy-going Prime Minister Qin.

Different from the fear at the first time, when talking with Li Xiang again now, these people have dared to say some complaints, such as where they are not satisfied with what they did there, or where there are still people who are oppressed.
Today, at the gate of the palace, Li Hua sat on the steps with no pretensions and began to brag with these big soldiers. These are all former elites, and they are all ruthless people who are deadly in their hands. Now here Standing guard is nothing more than not killing enough enemies.

But in terms of salary, some people even paid more than double that of recruits, and they were considered poor masters in the palace, and many people envied them.

"His Royal Highness Fusu is here."

The guards who were surrounding Li Hua stood back one after another, without their playful expressions before, they stood at the door solemnly like the guards in other places, staring into the distance intently.

Not far away, Fusu came over, bowed slightly to Li Hua, and said softly: "Sir, all the files have been processed, please have a look."

"Well, it's getting late, I just finished watching and went home for dinner."

Li Hua patted the dust on his buttocks and stood up, muttering in his mouth that he was already thinking about the food at home, as for Fusu's work? ?Li Hua just put him in his place and asked him to deal with the submitted papers.

A seven-year-old kid doing such a thing? ?This is dealing with the affairs of the court. Without His Majesty's permission, the consequences of touching these things are quite serious. However, this Lord has no fear at all, and directly let the prince intervene in the court affairs? ?

Li Hua, who is in his late thirties, is still a young guy now. With his handsome face and weak temperament, he looks like an ordinary literati. If he were not wearing this suit, he might not be able to find him among the crowd. right? ?
In Li Hua's office, there are a total of eight assistants. These assistants are all literati with high official positions. Their duty is only to classify the submitted documents and divide them into good things, bad things, natural and man-made disasters, and miscellaneous things. Four categories.

These four categories are divided into four levels of priority for sorting out. On weekdays, when Li Hua doesn't want to work, he will hand it over to them for processing. Finally, Li Hua conducts a sample survey for review.

However, today, Li Hua's work should be handed over to Fusu for review. No, almost all the over 100 pieces of bamboo slips have been corrected. These are the achievements of Fusu, a young man.

As usual, after glancing at these documents, Li Hua casually took out a bamboo slip from the middle and reviewed them.

This is a report from the governor of Longxi County, because Longxi has suffered a lot of drought, so here is a request for money to be released for disaster relief.

The review by Fusu is: It is recommended to allocate 200 million taels of Wenyin for disaster relief and report it to the king.

In other words, this document still needs to be questioned by Ying Zheng, and he needs to seal it and make a decision.

Seeing Fusu's handling, Li Hua threw it to an assistant beside him, "Longxi drought, what should you do if it happens?"

The assistant looked at the document in his hand, and replied calmly: "Borrow the grain around Longxi to balance the grain price, alleviate the disaster situation, send envoys to provide disaster relief, and at the same time recruit merchants to send grain to Longxi, and give them a normal price."

This is his answer. Although he also agrees to provide disaster relief, his method is more detailed and can save a lot of money at the same time.

"If you judge this matter, you two won't even pass." Li Hua criticized the two of them unceremoniously, and then asked in a cold voice, "Fusu, you answer, Qin State treasury still has How much silver taels??"

"8203 taels of silver."

Fusu was in a cold sweat for a while, the treasury only had so much money, his move cost too much, it was hard to imagine how his father would react if he saw his move? ?

"The national treasury is empty and there are only 800 million taels of silver. Today, you suggest spending 200 million taels of silver for just one document. If there are droughts, floods, and insect plagues in the future, what should you do to rescue them?? You know that His Majesty's palace has not yet been completed. , do you know how much silver taels a day is spent on the construction of cement roads?? Have you calculated the expenditure of the treasury??"

After a while of Li Hua's questioning, the faces of Fusu and the official answering the question began to turn green. It was obvious that their corrections were too hasty, and this result completely angered Li Hua, Prime Minister Qin.

"Fusu knows his mistake."

"The lower official knows his mistake."

The two hurriedly admitted their mistake, feeling really helpless in their hearts. Shouldn't disaster relief be spent? ?Is it wrong to spend some money on your own? ?If the treasury has no money, you can levy taxes, but they dare not say these words.

"Both of you are at fault. Fusu deducted 300 taels of silver from that month's salary, but you made a demerit once."

After Li Hua finished speaking, he ignored the reactions of the two of them, picked up the pen and started writing.After a storm of swiping, Li Hua gave the following instructions.

The drought in Longxi has affected the grain production. Merchants from all over the country are called on to provide support. There is no charge for the past routes, and the grain can be sold by 50%. The badge of honor, enjoying the treatment of killing [-] enemies, can be passed down from generation to generation.

This is Li Hua's instruction. He didn't support even a grain of grain or a copper plate, but the effect was better than supporting 200 million taels of silver.

It is conceivable that as soon as this announcement is issued, grain merchants from all over the world will flock to Longxi to sell grain.

There is no toll for traveling back and forth, and the merchants only need to pay a labor fee, and they can raise the price of food by [-]%. Although they earn less, many merchants don't need money.

The status of merchants in the city of agriculture, industry and commerce is too low. This time the top ten rewards are hereditary badges, which can be used by one's descendants for the rest of their lives. Who can't be tempted? ?

(End of this chapter)