With so many local officials, it stands to reason that a lot of money can be raised. www.biquge.info But when Lin Feng and Ling Yun reported the donations to Zhao Shuo, Zhao Shuo directly tore up the shabby donation list.

"That's it, what about the one who asks for food?" Zhao Shuo threw the scraps of paper in his hand and said angrily. "How can I say it, they are also local leaders, hundreds of people, and they only donated a total of hundreds of thousands of taels, which is not as much as me alone!"

Looking at Zhao Shuo, who was angry and pacing in the room, Ling Yun thought about it again and again, but still spoke. "Lord Wang, maybe he shouldn't say that at this time, but it's not easy for these big men to come up with this money."

"What? Do you think these people are short of money? These local officials will be short of money. Zhao Shuo stared at Ling Yun. It is said that in three years, the Qing Governor's Mansion has 100,000 snowflakes of silver, and each of them does not have 100,000, so it should be no problem to get 30,000 or 50,000. But you've also seen that list, and I won't say a few thousand taels, but it's still a few dozen taels, a few taels ......."

The more Zhao Shuo spoke, the more angry he became, and finally threw the teacup on the table next to him to the ground. In the sound of ping-pong, Zhao Shuo's angry voice sounded again. "They are perfunctory, teasing me, the prince."

"Lord Wang, you really thought wrong this time. Those big guys really did their best. Lin Feng spoke at this time. In the past, it was true that the local magistrates had some unknown income, but in the area under the control of the prince, the powers of the local magistrates were dispersed, and they supervised each other. Second, the officials selected in various places are either a generation of Confucians, or well-educated people with a reputation and reputation that are as clean as water. Therefore, they did not have any other income except for the official income given by the prince, so they were poorer. In private, many people say that the officials in the places controlled by the prince are the most difficult officials in the Central Plains. ”

Hearing Lin Feng say this, Zhao Shuo couldn't help but ask. "Don't these big men have their own property?"

The land controlled by Zhao Shuo only collects personal income tax and corporate income tax. As long as there is a certain industry, life will be better than before. As for these officials, Zhao Shuo believes that they must have private property. As long as there is an industry, under the condition that the treasury income of the land controlled by Zhao Shuo is increasing, these officials must also have a lot of income. With this money, these officials only donated some silver taels that were so poor, and Zhao Shuo was also very angry.

"Lord Wang, these officials have no property." Ling Yun said in a low voice.

"They don't have an estate, so what about the family behind them? Don't they have an inheritance in their family? Zhao Shuo's voice raised again.

"Lord Wang, when you first implemented the new policy, many powerful landlords did not approve of it, so when recruiting officials, these people spontaneously resisted and wanted to block the implementation of the new policy of the prince. Because of this, when the military advisor was in Yan'an Mansion, he adopted a new strategy, focusing only on conduct and ability to arrange official positions, and completely ignoring the background of his family background. Because of the opposition of the landlords and the local clans, almost all the officials selected were from poor backgrounds. These people have the ability, and on the basis of the three points of the prince's rights, they have all exerted their respective abilities and governed the place in an orderly manner. However, those unknown incomes, they have no way to obtain, it can be said that they are all customs clearance, and they have no family background, so it is so difficult for them to donate money. Ling Yun muttered in an extremely small voice.

Hearing Ling Yun say this, Zhao Shuo sighed, he really hadn't thought about these things. But after calming down a little, Zhao Shuo looked at Ling Yun. "Tell me, didn't that guy Wu Yashi tell you?"

"I can't hide anything from the prince." Ling Yun did not deny it.

"Lord Wang, when the officials donated, the military advisor sighed again and again after seeing it, he was embarrassed to say it to the prince in person, so he told us about it, and said, if the prince asked, he would say this." Lin Feng added.

"I remember a few who donated tens of thousands of taels." At this time, Zhao Shuo remembered the list again.

"Those officials were all officials of Qi and the newly recovered Huai River, the land north of Dasanguan. Although Qi Di is reforming, in order not to hurt his muscles and bones, the military adviser chose to turn a blind eye to some officials with a good reputation. However, the Huaihe River, the land that has just been returned north of Dasanguan, has not yet been reformed. Ling Yun said.

"In this way, it is very likely that the income of these people was looted." Zhao Shuo looked at the confetti everywhere and said helplessly.

"This!" Hearing Zhao Shuo's words, Ling Yun was a little embarrassed. He was stunned for a moment before he replied. "Otherwise, we'll just give them their officials."

"Forget it!" Zhao Shuo sighed. "They just donated money and we did it to them, and it would make people think we were too ruthless."

After a pause, Zhao Shuo continued. "After all the regional reforms are completed, if they are found to be suspected of corruption, it is not too late to hold them accountable."

Zhao Shuo's meaning by doing this is roughly that everything in the past is not to blame, after all, these officials are not his subordinates yet, but they will definitely not be able to do it in the future.

After figuring out what Zhao Shuo meant, Ling Yun asked weakly. "Lord Wang, what should we do if such a little money is not enough?"

What to do? Zhao Shuo scratched his chin, he has many ways to make money, and there are many ways to solve refugees. However, the implementation of these strategies requires certain prerequisites. And with Zhao Shuo's foundation and technology now, it is too difficult to do this.

"You guys go down first, call Zhang Chujiu over, I have something to ask him."

Zhao Shuo sent Ling Yun and Lin Feng out and found Zhang Chujiu.

"On the ninth day of the first month, how are the business dealings with Jin Guo recently?" Zhao Shuo asked.

"On the border, although there are soldiers patrolling, the trade between the two sides is still extremely hot, because the prince stipulates that military supplies are not allowed to be exported, so the trade is all civilian goods." Zhang Chujiu replied.

"What about the grain? Can you get it? Zhao Shuo asked the point.

"It was fine before, but now the disaster is like fire, and after the rebellion of Yan Gao, the food is also extremely tight, so the food has been listed as military supplies." Zhang Chujiu didn't answer explicitly, but he told Zhao Shuo that it was impossible to get food from Jinguo.

"What about Western Xia?" Zhao Shuo asked again.

"The Western Xia had just finished conquering the Uighurs of Gaochang and occupied a large part of the Uighurs' land, and in order to show that Li Qianshun loved the people like a son, Li Qianshun implemented affordable grain in the occupied areas to appease the local population. This approach has naturally been supported by the local residents, but it is also a great pressure for the Western Xia, which has little food. Zhang Chujiu replied.

"It seems that this time we can only rely on ourselves." Zhao Shuo shrugged helplessly and smiled bitterly.