At this moment, Bai Sheng, the focus of everyone's discussion, was called into the room alone by the emperor.

The emperor retreated, and the chief manager Fu also went out with interest to guard the door.

The emperor first gossiped a little bit with a pleasant face, but Bai Sheng couldn't be as relaxed as the emperor. In his impression, from childhood to adulthood, his father was not such a kind and easy-going father as in front of him, but a monarch who was always high above the clouds, and the emperor who never trusted anyone with a look in his eyes.

Sensing Bai Sheng's vigilance, the emperor smiled absently and got down to business: "Sheng'er, Father has a problem here, I want to ask you what you think should be done." ”

Bai Sheng stood up respectfully and said, "My son is willing to share his father's worries." ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "The flood in Wanhuai Mansion has been successfully resolved, and taxes and forced labor have been exempted accordingly, but if Wanhuai wants to restore its former prosperity, it will not happen overnight.

Wanhuai has been the main source of tax revenue for Dayue for many years, although Sheng'er you and Yanran girl brought back a million taels of silver to the treasury this time, but after all, there will be three years for Wanhuai Mansion not only to be unable to hand over a copper plate, but also to need relief from the imperial court from time to time.

The whole country needs silver everywhere, and the treasury often exceeds its means, and more often it will be enough. To put it mildly, the random points in the fingers of the Yanran girl are probably not much more than what can be collected in the treasury.

Naturally, the father was not worried about the Helian family's money.

Father just wants to ask you if there is any good solution to it. ”

Bai Sheng heard the emperor mention Helian Yanran, and for some reason his heart trembled slightly. He hadn't figured out how to deal with her yet, but now was not the time to think about it.

Bai Sheng put these behind for the time being, concentrating on the situation in front of him.

In fact, he had discussed this issue with Helian Yanran before. Look, because Helian Yanran is by his side, he can have a head start in everything he does.

Thinking of this, Bai Sheng smiled slightly, and said respectfully: "Erchen thinks that a government decree can be issued, and if merchants in the vicinity of Anhui and Huai hire disaster victims, they can reduce or exempt some taxes.

For example, in the past, it was 10 taxes and 1 tax, but if the number of people employed reached 30% of the total number of employees, it could be reduced to 12 taxes and 1 tax, if it reached 50%, it could be reduced to 14 taxes and 1 yen, and if the number of employees employed was more than 50%, it could be reduced to 15 taxes and 1 at most. In addition, if you employ a person with a disability caused by flooding, you can receive the maximum reduction if you reach more than 30% of the total number of employees.

In addition, if there is any work in the local area, priority can be given to the Anhui disaster victims who have this intention. Wages can be paid as usual, without additional additions, only one meal or accommodation is required. ”

Bai Sheng paused here to give the Emperor time to understand his words.

"The latter idea should have come up with you, but the first one," the emperor paused, pulling out a faint smile, "At first glance, it seems that the imperial court has lost money, and it has reduced a lot of taxes at once, but it has fundamentally solved a big problem for Da Yue."

Poverty is unbearable. No matter how much silver the imperial court has, it is not enough to only relieve the Wanhuai Mansion. If we can find a long-term livelihood for the victims in need of relief, and if we spread it in the future, it can be regarded as a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

In particular, encouraging merchants to employ people with disabilities so that they can also be self-reliant and even provide for their families, not only can the disabled play a role, but also greatly reduce the expenditure of the imperial court on this purpose.

Sheng Er, can you come up with such a far-sighted long-term plan, isn't it influenced by Yanran's girl?"

"Father is wise. Erchen didn't dare to hide it, Erchen was indeed inspired by Yanran. Bai Sheng told truthfully, "Erchen thought, 'It's better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish.'"

Whether it is the victims of the disaster or the disabled, only by fundamentally solving their livelihood problems can this bottomless pit be plugged, the national treasury can have a chance to breathe, and Dayue can have the spare strength to develop instead of being tied up by this matter.

The son spoke in vain. I also ask my father to forgive me. ”

After Bai Sheng finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

The emperor was silent for a moment, laughed twice, got up and helped Bai Shengxu up: "What you said is very right, why should my father blame you?"

You are very honest with your father, and you don't take all the credit on yourself. In the previous excerpts, it was also mentioned more than once that I asked for credit for Yanran girl.

Your future daughter-in-law is a very smart person, and she should give you more than one idea, let me tell my father. ”

Bai Sheng was slightly surprised, he didn't expect that the emperor not only guessed that Helian Yanran had proposed the tax cut, but also thought that she had given him other suggestions.

Bai Sheng didn't dare to take it lightly, and dealt with it carefully with the spirit of twelve.

"Returning to my father, Yan Ran did talk to her son, "Bai Sheng asked the emperor to sit down first, and then sat back in his seat at the other party's signal, "That is to recruit the emperor." ”

"Imperial merchants?" the Emperor repeated, "she means to revoke the former Imperial Merchants and re-elect them?"

"It's not about re-selecting the Imperial Merchants, it's about redistributing the business scope of the original Imperial Merchants," Bai Sheng explained, "and then adding new Imperial Merchants to be responsible for different categories."

Take diet, for example. In the past, all the ingredients of the palace were handed over to one imperial merchant, but in the future, poultry and eggs could be handed over to one family, livestock to another, a third to all vegetables and vegetables, and melons and fruits to a fourth.

If you want to become an imperial merchant, you need to give the imperial palace a suitable price, and you can reduce a lot of expenses on food and drink every year, and reduce the burden on the national treasury, which is a way to reduce expenditure.

Correspondingly, the status of the imperial merchant recognized by the imperial court is a golden signboard, which makes it more favored by the common people than other merchants in the same industry.

In this way, both the palace and the merchants could have profited from it, and I believe that many people can settle this account.

In this way, not only the food and drink in the palace, but also the purchase of the imperial court, etc., can be subdivided and handed over to special imperial merchants. ”

"You don't know that a lot of the money spent on buying money goes into the pockets of the relatives of various officials. The Emperor asked with a smirk.

"There is no need for the emperor to worry about this matter, because of this, the matter of choosing the emperor and the merchant will be recognized by the officials. ”

"Oh, why did Sheng'er say that?"

"Officials know that there is a lot of oil and water to buy, and everyone wants to get a kick in it. But after all, the official positions are different, the jurisdictions are different, some people have gained, and more can only stare dryly.

If all the purchases are subdivided, everyone strives for it according to their ability, and if they can't fight for this, they can fight for that, not to mention that there are more opportunities, and they can also avoid making trouble because of the uneven distribution of silver.

No matter which item you fight for, you will justifiably supply the palace from now on, and you don't have to worry about others doing bad things. After all, if everyone is busy with their own stalls and can't take care of them, where will they have the leisure to destroy others? The key is to pull others down, but they can't take over themselves, isn't this a waste of effort. ”