"Cash-for-work?"

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang were also slightly stunned when they heard this, and all four of them were full of poetry and books.

This is the first time they have heard of this cash-for-work scheme, and they have never heard of it before.

"What is cash-for-work?"

Liu Jian pondered these four words carefully, thought about it and asked Liu Jin.

"The so-called cash-for-work means that in the era of famine, when providing relief to the victims, we should not only distribute food, but also find ways to organize the victims to build large projects, such as building river embankments, dredging rivers, building city defenses, and so on."

"The advantage of this is that on the one hand, it plays a role in disaster relief, and on the other hand, after the victims have jobs, they will be more at ease with themselves, which can reduce the occurrence of illegal things."

Liu Jin replied that this cash-for-work is very famous in later generations, and people who have studied history know it, but in ancient times, all dynasties and dynasties did not have the consciousness of cash-for-work.

Relief of disaster victims is relief of disaster victims, this construction project is a construction project, never linked together, because the ancient people not only have to pay taxes, but also have to serve every year, the so-called service is to work for the imperial court for free, generally there is any major project, the imperial court will recruit the people to serve the service, no need to spend a penny at all.

"I see, this is a very novel method, and it is also very effective, in the era of famine, people's hearts are moving, if we can organize the construction of large projects while relieving the disaster, this can better comfort people's hearts."

"It's a really good idea."

Xie Qian pinched his little beard and appreciated this cash-for-work offer.

"That's true, I went to Shaanxi for disaster relief before, and when there was a famine, I ate the last meal but not the next, and the simple distribution of food for disaster relief often has the worst effect, and it is best to supplement it with some other means, such as tax exemption and exemption from forced labor."

"In the disaster area, robbers are often rampant, theft is rampant, people's hearts are unstable, after the food is distributed, the disaster victims have nothing to do after they are fed, and it is easy to breed incidents and develop dependence."

"This cash-for-work is indeed a very good method, and I don't know which master can come up with such a good method."

Liu Jian also nodded, and praised it the most.

"Cash-for-work?"

Emperor Hongzhi heard that the two pavilion elders were very appreciative, and he also remembered it silently, and then thought about it and asked: "Then what should we do with these homeless people in front of you?" ”

"Our Xishan coal industry is now very short of manpower, our honeycomb coal is becoming more and more popular, and when every household in the capital uses honeycomb coal, the demand will be very huge, and millions of honeycomb coal will be burned every day."

"It is far from enough to rely on these people in Xishan Village in front of us, we need more people, and now we are recruiting these displaced people to work in our Xishan Coal Industry, feeding them every day, and giving them a few pennies, which is almost the same as cash-for-work."

Liu Jin pointed to the busy areas of Xishan Village, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to discuss with you, Mr. Zhu, about our recruitment of people, but now it is just right, we are going to recruit people everywhere." ”

"That's a good thing, of course I don't have a problem with it, if you can, recruit as many people as you can."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he finally showed a little smile on his face, and there was a good solution to the affairs of these displaced people.

When he looked at Liu Jin, his eyes were full of appreciation, and the Liu Jin in front of him not only solved the problem of heating ordinary people in winter, but now he can even solve the problem of displaced people, and he also offered a good way to work for relief.

"How can I reward him?"

In his mind, Emperor Hongzhi was thinking about rewarding Liu Jin, and solved several troubles for himself one after another, Hongzhi is not a mean and unkind person, meritorious people have business, this is the principle he has always adhered to.

"It's a pity that he is still a showman, if he is an official of the court, he can give you a few promotions."

"It's better to wait for next autumn and see the situation, if he can go to high school, when the palace exam is the year after tomorrow, no matter what, I will reward you with a jinshi and a first."

Emperor Hongzhi had already thought about giving Liu Jin a prize in his mind, and he was still very satisfied with Liu Jin.

"Don't worry, now we need a lot of manpower in Xishan Coal Industry, and if there are enough manpower, I am also ready to promote this honeycomb coal to other places, and the more people there are, the better."

Liu Jin nodded, but now there is a shortage of manpower, as for the number of people, Liu Jin is not afraid, there are all kinds of ways to get rich in his mind, and he can find a way to come out casually, what burns cement, glass, and some ways to make money, these also require a lot of manpower.

"That's good, that's good, I don't care about spending more money, anyway, our Xishan Coal Industry is also quite profitable, and I, the major shareholder, don't have any opinions."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he also nodded again and again, when he went out, there were hundreds of homeless people here in Xibianmen, and it is estimated that there will be no less people at other city gates.

These city gates add up, this homeless people are estimated to be thousands, so many homeless, Emperor Hongzhi also estimated that Xishan Coal Industry must spend a lot of money to work for relief, so he also told Liu Jin not to be reluctant to spend money, he, the major shareholder, has no opinion, although it is spent.

"Haha, it's said that it's cash for work, in fact, not only will we not spend much money, but we can also make money, cash for work, they help us do things to help us make money, the more people we recruit, the more we earn."

As soon as Liu Jin heard Emperor Hongzhi's words, he immediately understood that Emperor Hongzhi still did not really understand the deep meaning of cash-for-work.

"There are many of them, and they have to eat poor just to eat, and they can still make money?"

Li Dongyang is a little unconvinced, in this era, people are cheap and expensive, in the era of extremely scarce resources, manpower is the least valuable, everything else is very valuable, especially food, especially in the era of famine.

"Of course, talent is the foundation of everything, there are people who have everything, don't just see the things that people consume, but also see the value that people can create."

Liu Jin replied very confidently.

"Talent is everything, talent is fundamental~"

"Liu Gongzi is really knowledgeable, every word is fine, today is really worth the trip."

Liu Jian carefully tasted Liu Jin's words, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise Liu Jin.