Governing a big country is like cooking a small amount of food, and it is true that we should be cautious about snatching food from the mouths of so many vested interests. After all, those clans and officials constitute the ruling core of this dynasty. Once the core is shaken, turmoil in the world is inevitable. What's more, although those officials may not have murderous knives in their hands, the pens in their hands are often more powerful than murder knives.

Huang Qiong, who originally picked up the pen and wanted to write a letter to the emperor, pondered for a long time and did not put down the pen. Because in his view, the solution to the lack of imperial income should not be placed only on overseas trade at the moment. What should be done is to walk on two legs. In order to regain the right to trade overseas, it is also necessary to restrict land annexation.

Just thinking of this, Huang Qiong suddenly thought that the problem that she could see, with the shrewdness of her emperor Lao Tzu, could she really not see it at all? I'm afraid not. He first took the Guilin County Palace, and he planned to pick a softer persimmon to pinch first. After all, no matter how rich the Guilin County Mansion is, it is still a little weak compared to the officials in this world.

What's more, although the Guilin County Mansion is holding a money bag, it has no pen in its hand. First take the Guilin County Palace, stabilize those officials in the court, as well as the gentry and scholars all over the world, and of course, those so-called clans with good discipline. As long as the right to trade overseas is taken back, and the court has a surplus in its hands, the rest of the things can be taken care of.

Even if it is the worst result, the unwilling Guilin County Mansion rebelled. But as long as the court officials are stable, he can deal with it calmly. Perhaps in the eyes of his own emperor Lao Tzu, the private soldiers raised by the rebellion of the Guilin County Royal Mansion may not even have half of the combat strength of the four battalions. As long as there is no chaos within the court, there is no fear of the Guilin County Palace.

It's just that the development of things will be as simple as the emperor expected? Compared with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as the clans, gentry, and even scholars all over the world, is the Guilin County Royal Mansion really the one that is relatively softer? In Huang Qiong's view, this is really not necessarily. There is a kind of thing called the chain of interests, maybe my own emperor Lao Tzu, I am afraid it will be difficult to understand in my life.

Does his emperor Lao Tzu know that those merchants in the court are from a family of merchants, or the civil and military officials who have industries under their names, and the output of their properties must rely on the Guilin County Mansion to sell them to those merchants? Do you know how many officials in the DPRK and China have been bought by the Guilin County Mansion and have been communicating with them?

After hesitating for a long time, he finally put down the pen in his hand. Huang Qiong, who was a little irritable in her heart, walked to the window and pushed it open, letting the cold wind hit her face. It is not impossible to curb such land annexation. Those clans or gentry wantonly annexed land, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was just two words.

No matter how much land you have, you don't have to pay for money and grain, unless it is a natural or man-made disaster, no matter how much you collect, it will be your own in the end. In a good year, the grain may not be too valuable, but in the famine year, the grain is a sea of gold and silver. There are still profits and losses in doing business, but the annexation of land is almost a sure deal. That kind of continuous famine, only once in a few years?

As long as it doesn't fall on their heads, it doesn't matter to them. What's more, the more catastrophes there are, the more valuable the hoarded food in their hands is, isn't it? If there is no such profit drive, who will have enough to eat and hoard so much land. The people regard food as their day, and food is worth more than money at all times.

If you want to curb the momentum of land annexation, you only need to use two points. One is that the imperial court issued a clear edict, and the land under the names of officials and gentry families was paid as usual. Second, if the amount of land under the name exceeds a certain amount, some money and grain will be charged. Let both the clan and the gentry lose the idea of hoarding land, and this momentum can be reversed.

It is only possible that not only those officials who keep saying that they do not compete with the people for profit, but fundamentally do not compete with themselves will resolutely oppose it. His emperor Lao Tzu, who still cherishes his feathers, is probably difficult to accept this concept. Come to think of it, hundreds of years later, the emperor who only implemented the first point was scolded half to death.

With the shrewdness of his own emperor Lao Tzu, how could he not understand the Tao in this? But if there is no fundamental change, no matter how shrewd and capable the emperor is, it is useless to have no money. Even if the world is peaceful now, there is neither anti-thieves nor foreign invasion. But this soldier-raising, disaster relief, river work, as well as the repair of the mausoleum and the income of officials, which do not cost money?

Standing in front of the window for a long time, Huang Qiong rubbed her face, which was blown a little frozen by the cold wind. After closing the window again, he returned to his bookcase, but the path was supposed to be written, but in the end he still did not start writing. He decided that it would be better to look at the emperor's side and negotiate with the Guilin County Palace.

Although Huang Qiong finally chose to give up the book, there is one thing he really is not wrong. After learning that the British Prince's Mansion took out a large amount of food and winter clothes to help the displaced people who had no clothes and food in the outer city. Originally, the inner city was just a pretentious mansion, but the intensity of this soup kitchen suddenly increased. The gruel, which was originally so rare that it could show the shadow of a person, suddenly became a lot thicker.

The number of donated winter clothes has also increased several times at once. Some of the mansions of powerful people, who are more sensitive to the situation between the DPRK and China, have also sent people to recruit many workers from the displaced areas who could not be used by their own families. Originally, except for a small amount of soup kitchen, Jingzhao Mansion was basically indifferent. They also took quick action and adopted the method of cash-for-work, and recruited a large number of people from the displaced areas to clear the snow in the city.

Perhaps because he wanted to support Huang Qiong's attitude on the surface, King Yong was more generous this time. After hearing that the British King's Mansion had taken out four thousand pieces of grain and winter clothes, the Yongwangfu moved that day. Not only did he take out 2,000 pieces of grain and winter clothes on top of the original 1,000 pieces of grain and winter clothes, but he also organized some craftsmen among the displaced people to repair the dilapidated houses in the outer city that were crushed by the snow.

Although it is too good to be able to repair it, at least the roofs that have been crushed by the snow have been repaired, so that those dilapidated houses can barely be inhabited. This made Huang Qiong a little surprised. What he didn't expect, King Yong was so careful. It was only later that Huang Qiong heard that this matter had nothing to do with King Yong, it was all her future seventh sister-in-law Zhang Luo.

Originally, according to King Yong's lazy thinking, he just sent the money to the homeless people. But Huang Qiong's seventh sister-in-law resolutely disagreed. Don't look at King Yong's spending money elsewhere, this future Princess Yong is not generally strict. But in this matter, Huang Qiong's seventh sister-in-law can be said to be very supportive.

Not only did he exchange all the money for food, but he also took out all the winter clothes of the servants of Yongwangfu last year. He even took out a part of his dowry, and organized some of his handkerchiefs to take out his own money, and added them all to it. The idea of repairing the house this time was also thought of by Huang Qiong, the seventh sister-in-law. This made Huang Qiong undoubtedly look down on her seventh sister-in-law.

Driven by Huang Qiong and King Yong, all the palaces in the city, except for the Song Palace, are still untouchable. The rest also have money to pay, and they have a strong contribution. Even King Shen, who has always only been in and out, and deceived the emperor of rewards by giving birth, actually generously took out a thousand pieces of food and winter clothes to distribute.

As for Huang Qiong's future father-in-law, after hearing that all the princes were moving, he didn't do it too stingily. He also took out thousands of yuan to buy food and winter clothes and send alms. It's just that Huang Qiong's father-in-law is very smart at this point. The money and goods taken out by the Guilin County Royal Mansion did not exceed the number of princes, let alone the British Prince's Mansion.

Of course, most of the reason why the princes and magnates in the city are so strong this time is that they are patting Huang Qiong's sycophants. These people are not stupid, and the situation in the DPRK and China is very clear. At present, although the crown prince has not been abolished by the Ming edict, judging from the current situation, it is already a matter of time. The other three sons of Empress Daxing have all died, and even the titles have been abolished.

It can be said that the prince who is now qualified to win the position of prince under the emperor's knee is the only one left who has only been out of the palace for a year, and has suddenly become a rising star among the princes. And, of course, the Song King. Judging from the emperor's attitude towards the two kings after the rebellion in Zhengzhou and Ruzhou, the British king obviously had the upper hand.

Those powerful families, the head of the family, didn't they beat the old fritters in the oil pot how many times? At this time, if you don't shoot this maybe Ming'er is the new favorite of the new prince, when will it be? Do you have to wait until someone inherits the throne, and then you will rush to hold the horse's feet? It's just that by that time, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cold.

Most of the powerful mansions in the entire capital are under the condition that they have money to contribute and have the power to contribute. Most of the displaced people who poured into Jingzhao had winter clothes and could survive this cold winter. Many people have also taken this opportunity to find jobs. Although it is barely enough to make ends meet, at least it can ensure that your family does not have to suffer from cold and hunger.

Of course, because in their eyes it is not necessary at all, it costs them a lot of money. There are also many people in the secret, who don't dare to say anything in person, but they can curse the British King's Mansion in private, and they have nothing to do and pretend to be a big-tailed wolf. If you want to buy the hearts of the people, you can just threaten these princes and nobles in the city in disguise, and take out money to help those poor ghosts.

It's like something is going on if everyone else spends it, and if you don't spend it, it's like something. If you don't pull out a dime, the emperor won't be able to talk about it. In addition, everyone doesn't say anything on the surface, but there is some comparison. This time, there are a lot of people who have contributed a lot of money. Although it did not exceed the British Palace, some of them still felt very uncomfortable in their hearts, and even had some pain.

Of course, this collection of good deeds in the capital initiated by Huang Qiong, although some people are somewhat painful in private. The thousands of hundred-yuan money that can be taken out are still a drop in the bucket for them. And none of the people who really hurt are actually poor. The reason why the flesh hurts is that he is just too stingy by nature.

You know, don't look at their net worth of hundreds of thousands, but there are many people who can pick out tricks. For example, a certain earl, a year's income plus the village Zhuangzi, and the income of the shops in the city, that year is not more than 100,000 yuan? But no one has ever seen him, built another courtyard, and raised an opera troupe. Even this guy has always licked his face and eaten others, and he was beaten to death and did not invite guests.

There are no mothers-in-law or servants in the household who are less than thirty years old, and there are only twelve of them together. According to some well-intentioned people, the earl's family has always measured the rice in the pot when cooking, and no leftovers are allowed. If there is any leftovers, the monthly allowance of the cook-in-law will be deducted as a punishment. Each person is only allowed to eat one bowl per meal, and no matter whether they are full or not, they are not allowed to add to it.

No matter how many people eat, each meal should not exceed four dishes and one soup, of which only one meat dish is allowed. Because mutton is more expensive, their family has never eaten mutton, and only eats pork, which is still very cheap in this era. When the seasons change each year, only one piece of clothing is allowed. The women in the family are only allowed to eat five eggs during confinement.