A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"I want you to tell me." Li Chengqian stared at Pei Xingjian.

"That minister said it!" Pei Xingjian said, "When the Supreme Emperor was in power, he was a corporal who was respectful, accepted advice, and worked diligently. If you dare to ask Your Majesty, how far is the difference between you and the Supreme Emperor? A bit of the demeanor of the overlord."

"Do you think I still want to corporal Gu Qinglixian to him?"

"I don't mean that, I just think that for your majesty, what your majesty needs is not to sit on it, but to go down and see how the courtiers do things." Pei Xingjian said, "It's like the minister, when I was ordered by Chang'an At that time, no one obeyed me, and everyone in the Chang'an order rejected me as a boy. At that time, I wanted to check the households in Chang'an. In the whole Chang'an order, there was not one or two people who listened to me, so I had to carry it out by myself. With a lot of rosters, they knocked on the doors of Chang'an people one by one to check, from the lifting of the curfew in the morning to the curfew in the evening, at that time, they often received blank stares and cynicism."

"The master and minister of the academy said it before." Pei Xingjian glanced at Li Chengqian's face, "Don't think about what others think of you, what you need is what you should do."

"You mean to say that if I want to be in charge, I must leave the Palace of Manna." Li Chengqian was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, let's go down and take a look, look at the courtiers, and look at the people." Pei Xingjian said in a low voice, "As long as Your Majesty is willing to go down, there will be a lot of benefits."

Chapter 649 Li Chengqian Studying Politics ([-])

"He, Gu Qing, is idle all day long. He knows how to count money at home when he sees it at night." Li Chengqian smiled bitterly, "Pei Xingjian, you actually asked me to learn from him. Could it be that I want to be like Gu Qing, spending all day in the palace?" Goofing around!"

"Even if Your Majesty is idle in the palace, ministers such as Xiangguo and Chu Suiliang will take care of the court." Pei Xingjian said.

"You are presumptuous!" Li Chengqian yelled at Pei Xingjian as if a thread had snapped.

Pei Xingjian bowed and became quiet again.

After regaining his senses, Li Chengqian calmed down, "You go back first."

"I retire!"

On the morning of the second day, the court meeting was still as harmonious as before, and there were some disputes and some stubborn words. Gu Qing looked at the scene and said, "It's okay, it's okay, don't make noise, the household department will talk first."

"The lower officials thought that if a new official came up, the salary should be halved or even not paid." Said the Minister of the Household Department.

"No!" The officials also said, "If the salary of officials in the court is halved, it will be difficult to manage the officials in the future. Besides, they are new officials, and the lower officials think that they should be paid according to the original share."

"Do you know how much money it costs to come and go?" The household department was immediately unhappy.

What the Ministry of Households said was right, and what the Ministry of Officials said was also correct. At this time, Gu Qing understood Li Er's feelings when he was sitting on top. There were only a dozen or so courtiers in court, and the old general had long since stopped coming.

"I'm late."

Hearing the voice, everyone looked back, Shangguanyi, Li Yifu, Yang Shidao and other officials who were taken into Dali Temple were all released.

"Actually, I have heard what you all said." Shangguanyi said, "From my point of view, in fact, we can postpone the payment of the salaries of the new officials in the future. The number of officials in the platoon can be reduced by half, I don’t know what you think, but the salaries can be distributed together after the probation ends.”

Everyone didn't say anything.

Gu Qing looked at Li Yifu, "Why did I see you still unhappy when you came out of Dali Temple, or I will let you go back and be imprisoned for a year or so."

"No need." Li Yifu stepped back again and again for fear that he was going back.

Thinking about it carefully, Gu Qing recalled what he said just now, as if he didn't know who said it to him.

Chu Suiliang said, "Then the matter of salary is settled like this."

"Let's do this." Gu Qing interrupted their words and added, "Actually, the approach Shangguanyi said is also acceptable, but the new officials may not be able to adapt to Chang'an for a while when they come to Chang'an. Living in the coming year is not guaranteed, and a certain living allowance can be given.”

"Living allowance?" The person from the household department stood up again, "May I ask Xiangguo what the name of this living allowance is, and how much it will cost."

"Let's use the basic living expenses in Chang'an as a reference." Gu Qing said, "If you want to live in Chang'an for a month and have a little extra, how much money do you need?"

"This..." Hubu also began to hesitate.

"Then what." Gu Qing explained, "I'm too rich, I've never encountered such a problem, sorry."

"..."

"About half a month." A speaker said abruptly.

"That's the deal!" Gu Qing continued, "One and a half months of money, is there any problem with the household department?"

"Yes, yes." Hubu Shangshu nodded.

Chu Suiliang also said, "Since this is the case, we, the capital of Zhongshu Province, will draw up specific regulations, and the Shangshu Province will issue them at that time."

"Very good, this matter is finalized like this." Gu Qing took a long breath, "Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, let's go to court. I didn't eat when I came, and I'm hungry now. Is there anyone? Have breakfast with me?"

Hearing that all the courtiers in the San Dynasty were busy with their own affairs, they ignored Gu Qing at all.

"Sure enough, the heights are extremely cold." Gu Qing walked out of the Taiji Palace alone and came to the street stall on the side of Zhuque Street, "Boss, here comes a bowl of noodle soup."

"Okay." The boss greeted enthusiastically.

Li Chengqian came to Zhongshu Province and watched the officials here busy.

"His Majesty."

When everyone saw Li Chengqian, they saluted one after another.

"You continue to work, I just came to see." Li Chengqian was talking, and sat on the side of Zhongshu Province, watching the officials here busy.

Chu Suiliang couldn't understand Li Chengqian's behavior, but since he said so himself, he still bowed his head and dealt with the memorials from various places.

The Zhongshu Province was still in an orderly manner. Seeing that there was a memorial handed out, Li Chengqian took one and read it, "Building waterways in the south of the Yangtze River? Is such a big thing so lightly passed?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this is all done by Jiangnan merchants themselves." The official replied, "It is the merchants who report to the state government, and then the state government reports to us. The Jiangnan merchants built waterways by themselves. Government supervision! As long as we get the approval, we can issue it and let them start construction. If there is anything wrong, the state government can also come forward to mediate."

"Yes." Li Chengqian nodded, "Why do you want to build waterways?"

The official took out another memorial and explained, "This is the waterway map of the Central Plains in the next ten years. In the future, the commercial routes in the Central Plains will be mainly based on the development of waterways. In addition, Chang'an has eight rivers around Chang'an. The development of waterways will be convenient for Chang'an. Yes, this is also the memorial drafted by our Zhongshu Ministry."

"Is there any specific benefit to building waterways?" Li Chengqian asked again.

Chu Suiliang handed over a memorial to Li Chengqian, "This was drafted by the minister, Shangguanyi and Xu Jingzong together, and please read it, Your Majesty."

Li Chengqian took the memorial and put it away after reading it, "After the waterway is opened up, can the tax from the DPRK and China be doubled?"

"This is still our conservative estimate. If there are more frequent transactions between things, the tax increase may be even more." Chu Suiliang added, "Once the sea trade is opened up, more goods from the Central Plains will flow into the Central Plains." Afterwards, business exchanges in the Central Plains can be increased, which is the benefit brought by the sea route. So far, it can be calculated that the increase is doubled. If the Shanghai trade and the north-south trade are accelerated, the tax revenue will increase by three times."

"Three times?" Li Chengqian knew that Datang's commercial taxation has not been much in these years, and it is more because Chang'an's business will pay some taxes, and the commercial taxes of various state capitals have always been vague.

"Do other states regulate these businessmen?"

"It was there three years ago." Chu Suiliang replied, "As early as three years ago, Gu Qing proposed to the Supreme Emperor that the new field law was followed by the commercial law. Today's commercial law has been arranged, and we have completed this step. If we go on first, the things we have to do next will be much easier, although I don’t know if Gu Qing knew about this situation a long time ago, but we do have a lot of peace of mind.”

6 Chapter Fifty: The Benefits of the Old Fox

"The manpower and material resources of Yiying are all provided by these Jiangnan businessmen?" Li Chengqian was puzzled again, "I don't think they will be like this..."

"Actually, it's still because of business." Chu Suiliang interrupted Li Chengqian's words, "All of this is a business between Gu Qing and Jiangnan. With the interests of maritime trade and the full cooperation with Jiangnan, Jiangnan has promised Gu Qing to open up waterways, and will not move. There is one piece of cultural relics and one object in the court. The reason why Jiangnan is willing to do this is because after the inflow of sea trade goods in the future, they can have the backing of the waterway to pay for them temporarily. This is the shrewdness of the merchants, and it is also a link between them and Gu Qing. fit."