"You Taichang Temple, who is in charge of music, and the Shangshi Bureau, which is in charge of imperial food, the Shangshe Bureau, which is responsible for the furnishings and decoration of the nobles' court in the palace, and the Shangyi Bureau, which is in charge of the clothes of the nobles, don't you think you are too idle every day? The furnishings of the palace need to be renovated only once every few days, and there is no need to rearrange the furnishings for a month after they have been processed once. And the Shangyi Bureau, you have so many excellent clothing designers here, so after they design the clothes, they also let the tailors be responsible for manufacturing, but the clothes that the Shangshi Bureau is responsible for, that is, the nobles in the palace, except for the emperor, the princess, the princess, etc., but dozens of people, but you have hundreds of tailors of all kinds of people, do you use so many? The chefs in the food bureau are almost a team of hundreds of people, and you have to learn to make dishes of various genres, are you afraid that when the emperor or any noble person remembers what to eat, are you afraid that you will not prepare, and then be eaten and hung up? You, for the sake of these meals for dozens of people, you actually feed a team of almost hundreds of excellent chefs, I am really 'convinced' by you. Taichang Temple is in charge of music, but in fact, except for court meetings and certain ceremonies, music is generally not needed, and a large number of talents are idle. So, are you saying this is a waste? ”

When Zhang Chao pointed out a large number of idle resources, they knew that in order to surround this palace, they actually wasted an unknown number of excellent resources. If each department wastes something, it adds up to a huge amount. If Zhang Chao looks at it from the perspective of later generations, these are actually not so many things that the palace needs, and there are no food problems and various affairs, which can not be used at all. It's like the government of later generations, some things that are usually used less, the government simply does not support so many state civil servants by itself, directly outsources them to businessmen, and then lets outside contractors take care of these things. For example, some road greening and sanitation work in later generations are actually spent by the government and then contracted to some enterprises, and then let them be responsible for cleaning up and sanitation. This not only saves a lot of costs, saves taxpayers' money, but also allows those large amounts of human resources to be used effectively.

But in the Tang Dynasty, this management model was simply a cheat. In many cases, certain official institutions, or certain staffing, are also set up by the emperor at the casual opening of his mouth, and can be set up even without the emperor. It's like if the emperor wants to eat something special, just to taste it, but those officials of the Shang Food Bureau don't dare to ignore it, if not, then they will also find a way to find the chef who can make this dish, if not, they will try their best to find it, and then make it for the emperor to eat. But after the emperor ate it, maybe the emperor just wanted to taste it, and it was over once. But those people in the Shangshi Bureau didn't dare to slack off, they didn't know when the emperor would suddenly remember to eat this thing, and in the end they could only add the chef who could make this thing to the establishment of the government and become an official of the state. However, in fact, the emperor is only for a taste, and he may not remember it in the future. But those guys are not afraid of 10,000 just in case, they would rather spend extra money to support him, and they don't want the emperor to suddenly want to come and this dish can't be provided.

This has also caused a larger and larger team of people to manage and eat imperial grain, and those people are also willing to join here, because joining here is equivalent to everyone eating imperial grain together, and as a result, everything is done well every day, and they will all have a salary to receive. Of course, this is what the vast majority of people want, and they can receive a salary every day without doing anything, which is a good thing for individuals. But that's definitely not a good thing for the country, isn't it sad to waste so much money to feed these guys who only take money and don't work?

This is actually the problem of imperial autocracy, because the emperor's power is almost supreme, so those ordinary people dare not confront casually. And the emperor's words, they will also prepare desperately, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 possibility, they dare not ignore it. It is better to raise the person with a low probability of using it for the rest of his life, than to take the slightest risk so that the emperor will not be able to taste the dishes he wants to eat when he needs it. If the emperor gave a casual order, it would be enough for them to be beheaded and killed. Therefore, this is also caused by the autocracy of imperial power.

Whether it is a state organ or these institutions that serve the emperor, these are not suitable for feeding a large number of people who only take money and do nothing, or have nothing to do. This will not only make it easy for the organization to be bloated and overstaffed, but also cause the people to pay more and more for the officials to support. Therefore, the governments of later generations have reduced the number of personnel of government agencies as much as possible, and it is an inevitable trend to reduce the number of personnel, which Zhang Chao understands very well. Even if he was an official in his later life, he knew that it would be a good thing to have fewer people in government agencies, rather than hoping that some people who wanted to be officials and wanted to go crazy and thought that they should continue to recruit more government civil servants.

However, the increasing number of people in charge of the palace service has caused a serious bloat and a waste of resources. Not only can people outside not be able to enjoy the services of these resources, but a large number of resources "lying corpses" in the palace cannot be used, but they have to spend a lot of resources to feed them, which is simply a cheat. Of course, Zhang Chao will not oppose the autocracy of imperial power, and in this era, to say these things is to find death. However, what Zhang Chao has to do is to revitalize these idle resources, so that they can really make effective use of them, not only to make money, but also to save the expenditure of the palace.

"I think that the responsible institutions in the harem don't need to be responsible for the management of those cooks, musicians, dancing girls, and a large number of eunuchs, and gather those who are really responsible for doing things, and then manage them in a unified manner. Gather as many people as possible who are really responsible for front-line work in various departments, and then form a Royal Service Group dedicated to serving the Crown. In addition to the royal service, you can also take jobs according to the needs of the outside market, and then earn a part of the extra money. In addition to being responsible for the basic income of the past, the imperial court allowed them to work under the framework of the royal service group, and then made extra money and shared it with the royal service group. The specific sharing ratio can be carried out according to the different industries of each country. ”

"For example, chefs, we can set up a royal restaurant and treat people differently according to their rank. Of course, the real royal treatment is still not enjoyed, we just put up a royal sign, and then all kinds of dishes and the like have to be cut, and then this is in line with their identity. However, outsiders don't care about this, they care about the city and get the royal chef to cook, so they will definitely be very willing to come and eat. In particular, there are many local tyrants, they don't know what the real royal banquet is, we give them a banquet that has deleted most of the royal rules, and they really think that they can eat the imperial meal by spending money. At that time, how could we not take the opportunity to make money? When the time comes, the money given by a local tyrant may be enough to feed us for a long time. This is also the method of making money by the Shangshi Bureau, you can consider it. ”

"Next, those Shangshe Bureaus can also consider helping people decorate the house furnishings! When you set up the furnishings in the palace, don't you have to do anything to look at feng shui, and then wait for a lot of things? Why do you have to blame the royal family? Why can't you show the ordinary rich people Feng Shui, they will definitely like you people to show them Feng Shui. For example, if you have furnishings, you can ask your people to help them look at them, let them pay attention to which furnishings should be in Fangnanli, and then take the opportunity to pay a large amount of consulting fees, wouldn't it be great? ”

"As for the rest, you can also think about it for yourself, there is always a place to make a lot of money. The point is that you don't use your brains to think about it, you are used to the expenses of the imperial court, and then you don't know where to go to make money. You just have to think about it, and you can get money. We have the royal tree on our backs, so are we afraid that we won't be able to get the money? As long as you don't steal or rob, you can still bring income to yourself and the emperor, so who is not satisfied? ”

Zhang Chao's meaning is very obvious, that is, I hope everyone can use their brains to think of a way, as long as they are willing to think, there is a way to make money. And if you use Zhang Chao's thinking to pick up these people who serve the emperor, they are actually very similar to some state-owned enterprises in later generations, under the long-term planned economy, they have no sense of competition, they are all subordinate to the assigned tasks of the superiors, and then wait for the wages and rewards of the superiors when they are done. Under this kind of thinking for a long time, they naturally cannot open up the market to get more business, and naturally they do not have much income to obtain. They are also for the royal service, and these royal money also comes from the people paying taxes, and in the end they actually did not produce any economic benefits, which means that ordinary people pay taxes to feed them in vain.

"But if those officials outside stop us then, what will we do? After all, their reason is to use the majesty of the emperor, and if we let those of us who do things for the emperor do things for the people, is it a bit too embarrassing? Someone asked right away.

And Zhang Chao replied: "As for this matter, let the emperor have a headache!" Since the emperor wants us to make money for him, he naturally has to make some efforts. ”

Zhang Chao said this, obviously very politely, which means that those officials from foreign dynasties oppose it, that is, let Li Yuan deal with them, not that they little minions should take care of it. Anyway, there are good things in the world, that is, you can get wealth, but you don't want to take responsibility. Since Li Yuan wanted them to generate income for Li Yuan's small royal treasury, he naturally had to help them resist the pressure. The sky has fallen and there is a high top, anyway, Li Yuan, the emperor, doesn't help them to stand up, so Li Yuan really doesn't want to be this emperor. Since he wants his subordinates to help him get money, but the leader has no responsibility, and he sells his subordinates at a critical time, such a leader will definitely not be able to mess up. So Li Yuan wanted money on the one hand, but how could he not help them resist the pressure of those foreign officials? The officials of the foreign dynasty objected, that is, let Li Yuan, the emperor, carry it, otherwise why would everyone help Li Yuan make money to support him, the emperor?

Zhang Chao actually hopes to manage these public servants serving the emperor as an enterprise, so that they can make money while maintaining the original basic income without decreasing, and then let them share the profits with Li Yuan, the emperor. Since they relied on the benefits of the royal gold-lettered signboard, of course they had to bear the dividends to Li Yuan, so both sides shared a part, which must also be reasonable. If you make good use of the royal signboard, and then gather all the staff in the palace to make money together, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money. There is no other reason, that is, the royal signboard makes it difficult for them to lose money. This is also the official standard in China since ancient times, and even in the 21st century, it is not exempt from vulgarity.

"Then how should we divide this newly formed yamen? Then how should we divide the yamen of our original palace province and deprive those who do things away, then won't those yamen become an empty yamen? Someone asked.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "How can it become an empty yamen? You can change your mindset from being in charge of specific things to making plans. For example, in the future, you just need to make arrangements for the furnishings in the palace, clean up and all kinds of things, and then when you need it, you will also spend money to hire someone from the newly established Royal Service Group to be responsible for doing things, so that the account will be settled at one time. After the royal service group has handed over the profits to the emperor, the royal family will transfer the money to you again. ”

"Isn't this a fart off your pants?"

Zhang Chao immediately replied: "How can this be regarded as taking off your pants and farting?" How much money did you have to spend in the past to support those who were doing specific things? And most of the time these people don't have to do things, but you all spend money to support them. If we do this independently, we can also reduce a lot of people who do specific things, and then we can reduce a lot of financial resources. And independent accounting, that is naturally to avoid the future accounts are not clear. Your own brothers are still settling accounts, but you are not brothers, so what is there that you don't know about settling accounts? ”|“

"Okay, Chief Zhang, then how should we divide this newly established yamen, this royal service group? How should this yamen be established? ”

Everyone still doesn't quite understand how this royal service group should be established, and then how to solve the problem of the establishment of these institutions, so I still hope that Zhang Chao can help them solve it.