Cui Wenqing smiled indifferently: "Lady, it's just a welfare lottery, a 100 million project, why do you have to mind so much, besides, isn't there also a credit for you, it's not bad to count it on your head." ”

"What, it's just a welfare lottery, that's 100 million a year!" Hearing this, Zhe Zhao couldn't wait to strangle Cui Wenqing directly, and the tone of this guy was so annoying that he didn't even put 100 million silver a year in his eyes.

Cui Wenqing laughed and said: "Lady, the idea of welfare lottery is really nothing, for me 100 million a year is just a small goal, our vision should be long-term." ”

Zhi Zhao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Dare to ask your husband what other tricks he has to make money?" ”

Cui Wenqing chuckled and reminded: "Haven't you forgotten our big plan, opening a bank to issue silver bills to make money, this is really a big deal with a lot of profits." ”

Zhe Zhao's heart froze, and he suddenly smiled: "I was excited just now, I really forgot about it, so according to my husband's estimate, if we issue silver tickets, how much can we earn?" Can it be compared to the welfare lottery? ”

Cui Wenqing grinned toothily and whispered four words in her ear: "Rich and rival the country!" ”

Ori Zhaomei's eyes lit up, and she immediately couldn't help laughing.

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Located in the Shangshu Province of the Imperial City of Luoyang, the Political Affairs Hall is the office of the prime ministers and the center of decision-making in the entire Great Qi.

In the second watch, the moon had risen to the middle of the sky, and the lights and candles were still lit in the prime minister's office, which made the officials and guards passing by here can't help but let go of their footsteps, for fear of disturbing Prime Minister Wang Anshi, who was working inside.

Today, although Daqi has been founded for more than 40 years, its national strength is exhausted and it has gradually fallen into the dilemma of internal and external difficulties.

Especially since today's son is in power, due to the constraints and balances of the empress dowager, the already difficult court situation has become even more confusing.

Wang Anshi is the teacher of today's son, loyal and dedicated to the country, especially after becoming the chief prime minister, he carried the banner alone, secretly fought against the party of the Empress Dowager, and became the leader of the reform faction.

Almost every day, Wang Anshi is the first to arrive at the political hall, the last to leave, the hard work of the case, the treacherous personnel, the complexity of affairs, has made this famous minister who can be described as Wang Zuozhicai grow old rapidly, his head is full of hair, and his beard is gradually gray.

Especially in the past few months, because of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Anshi has been exhausted.

How are the victims resettled? How to collect grain? How to build a new house? How to protect the new clothes?

One big incident after another pressed on Wang Anshi's heart like a boulder, but it could not be solved, which made him unable to stop sighing.

In fact, in the final analysis, there are only two words in the root of the problem, that is, "lack of money".

If you have money, things will be much easier, and the original very difficult problems are not a problem, and they can be easily solved.

It's a pity that the current treasury has very little money, and in addition to the necessary expenses, it has to support the war with the Tibetans and the Uighurs, which really makes Wang Anshi feel overstretched.

Just when he was troubled, today's letter from Hedong Road shocked his spirit, and after thinking about it for a while, he actually felt that this method was very good.

This letter was a joint request from Tongzhou, the governor of Zhenwu Army, and the minister of Qincha and the head of the household department, Fubi, to propose the opening of a welfare lottery throughout the country, so as to gather the resources of the people to enrich the treasury.

Wang Anshi didn't know what this welfare lottery was, but when he heard the explanation, his mind suddenly opened up, and he understood what it meant, and his heart couldn't help but be moved.

In three days, you can earn 800,000 taels of silver, nearly 100 million a year, even if it is placed in a good year, it is also a shocking income, if it can be implemented, it will definitely be able to send charcoal to the embarrassing treasury, and even become a big help.

Fu Bi and others actually had such a wonderful idea, which really made Wang Anshi feel unexpected.

And Wang Anshi also learned from the recital that the original idea of the welfare lottery was proposed by a person named Cui Wenqing, who is said to be the talent who landed last year, and is also the husband of Zhenwu Army.

Wang Anshi knew that the number of people in the imperial examination was the largest in recent years, and he was known as the eighty Jinshi Manjinghua, among which there were Sima Tang, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zeng Gong, Wang Guan and other amazing talents.

However, I didn't expect that among the talents, there was such an unknown talent, Cui Wenqing? It's really interesting.

Wang Anshi groaned for a while, feeling that such a major matter could not be delayed in the slightest, so he hurriedly sorted out his official uniform and walked out of the political hall, entered the palace through Yingtianmen, and went to the bedroom of Emperor Chen Hong of Great Qi.

It was night, the lights of the emperor's bedroom were bright, and the whispers of the monarch and the ministers lasted for a long time, and Wang Anshi left the palace until it was almost the end of the day.

After returning to the political hall and resting for a while, it didn't take long for Wang Anshi to get up to participate in the early dynasty, compared to the past, his pace today is full of pleasure and fastness.

At the court meeting, Wang Anshi recited the feelings of Hedong Road to the officials sitting on the dragon chair and the civil and military officials, and proposed the establishment of a special agency responsible for issuing welfare lotteries.

At this point, the whole court was surprised, and they were all shocked by such an ingenious plan.

They are no strangers to ordinary folk gambling, and many of them are even frequent customers, but they didn't expect that this time they would let the imperial court sit in the village and issue lottery tickets throughout the world, and the rules are similar to those of folk gambling.

And the amount of money set up for the reward is so huge that I believe it will make every gambler crazy, after all, there are too many people who want to make a profit for nothing.

This must be a sure profit, and it is still a lucrative deal, and if implemented, it must be a profit.

For a while, the ministers who were in favor were naturally in the majority.

However, Sima Guang was a little unimpressed.

He was a close confidant of the Empress Dowager and an important figure who opposed Wang Anshi's reforms, and immediately opposed the establishment of the lottery on the grounds that the welfare lottery would bring bad to the people's atmosphere.

Indeed, if the lottery is held once every three days, the people of Qianshou are immersed in these ethereal gambling, not to produce, not to farm, I don't know how many tired and lazy people will be born, and how many families will be broken because of the purchase of welfare lottery tickets and the delusion of winning the lottery.

Sima Guang fiercely criticized that the establishment of the welfare lottery was completely a depressing move by the imperial court to quench its thirst!

As soon as this remark came out, it was also supported by many ministers.

As a result, the whole court situation was noisy again, and it became out of control.

(End of chapter)