I nodded. "Well, in this case, the prophet will go to the Cochin area and ask how the local cement masonry houses are wind-resistant. In addition, we can first carry out a lot of propaganda in the coastal areas of Lingnan, we have good intentions, but we must not be overly arrogant and cause a popular uprising, the most important thing is to guide, so that they understand the benefits, and they will naturally do what we say. You know? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, in this regard, the minister will hurry up." Ma Zhou replied proudly.

"This year's grain production is already so high?" I saw a prominent and striking number on the data sheet, and after counting the digits, I couldn't help but take a deep breath. More than 247 million stones, this number, really scared me a lot.

However, if you look closely, you will know that this is only the total grain output, and in the seven years of the great cause of the previous dynasty, the grain output of the whole country reached more than 622 million stones, and now, I have almost occupied nearly three-fifths of the land of the Sui Dynasty, but I have only obtained such a total amount of grain. It's really not too high.

According to this calculation, our grain income is only more than 20 million stones. In addition to the fifteen million stone required to ensure the needs of the war, the daily food of the army, and other miscellaneous items, the amount of grain consumed by officials, factories, construction workers, etc., has reached 20 million stone.

In addition, it is necessary to prepare at least 10 million stone of grain to be stored in various places in case of disaster. Therefore, there is still a shortfall of at least 20 million stone in the grain we have received. Fortunately, the economy has boomed in the past two years, and tax revenues have been rising.

Coupled with social stability, ordinary people are also willing to sell their stored grain in exchange for corresponding daily necessities. In addition, food is now collected by both the state and private individuals. The purpose of the state levy is to stabilize food prices.

The purpose of private expropriation is to introduce competition, so that the state does not dominate the grain business, which will cause adverse reactions. Of course, the prices levied by private individuals are naturally the same as those levied by the state, and in addition, all meters must be produced by state-designated workshops, and there will be no strange problems of what size buckets.

Come to think of it, there shouldn't be much of a problem in collecting 45 million to 60 million stone of grain this year, but as for the extra grain, what should I do? Quite simply, some of them can be sold to those who are short of food

"Your Majesty, the main thing is that the fields in Lingnan have not yet been fully clarified, so this does not include the grain income of most of Lingnan. In addition, under the rule of Jianghuai, we have not been able to fully carry out our work for the time being, and the grain income there has not been taken into account. Fang Xuanling replied with a smile. Moreover, the population under our control is only about one-fifth of that of the previous dynasty, but we have already produced more than one-third of the grain of the previous dynasty at its peak, which shows that our dynasty is prosperous and peaceful. ”

"Well, I want to pay attention to both agriculture and industry, especially in the cultivation of grain, and the training of personnel from all over the country must be paid close attention to me, I don't want those officials to not even understand agricultural affairs, just know that they are holding a book on agriculture and talking crookedly."

Hearing my words, Fang Xuanling nodded heavily. "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers and others have been working hard to do this matter, but at present, there are still too few such officials who are familiar with agricultural affairs, and if it were not for the fact that a large number of people were obtained from veterans, I am afraid that it would be even more scarce."

"It's okay, things come step by step, but every step has to be implemented."

"No"

"Your Majesty, this is the ...... I just received at noon today" After Du Ruhui saw that those people had finished their affairs, he came to me and carefully handed over a piece of information.

After opening it and looking at it a few times, my brow furrowed. The ministers' eyes were immediately attracted.

"That's it, send someone to give this thing to Wei Shangshu, and ask him to send someone to find out the ins and outs of the matter, well, as soon as possible." I sighed lightly and handed the information back to Du Ruhui, and said with a calm face.

Du Ruhui nodded and strode out, leaving behind a few important ministers who looked sideways.

"Don't ask, I'll let you know about it." I grinned.

After watching these ministers leave, I leaned back on the couch tiredly, and I was the most tired at the end of autumn, because I was really worried about the autumn harvest. But fortunately, this year has been another good year.

Nowadays, both tax revenue and grain endowment have increased at a high level, allowing my son to calmly engage in economic and infrastructure construction. With income, it must be invested, so that the brand-new chariot of the Huaxia Empire can have sufficient power to continue to drive.

This is a cycle, and it must continue in this way, so that the Chinese Empire can move forward quickly on the high-speed lane.

In the past, there have been countless ministers of civil and military affairs who have expressed strong opposition to this. They weren't against me spending money, they were against me spending so much. In their eyes, money should be thrown into the treasury, and all the twine that wears through the money will rot, and that is the wealth of the country.

For this kind of reasoning, Ben Gongzi snorted, even if I gave the example of Han Cheng, I couldn't completely convince these guys, and in the end, my patience impressed these people, and the return of the investment made everyone shut up.

More importantly, the benefits and benefits brought by these investments to the Chinese Empire left everyone speechless. In addition, for the rich, or for the fact that taxes are no longer levied according to the capitation of the shops. Rather, it is taxed according to the value of the goods.

The tax revenue of the Chinese Empire has achieved rapid growth in a posture that is completely taking off. Although many people have great complaints about this newspaper, it is not an ordinary small merchant and hawker, but those family lords, or wealthy businessmen.

But the problem is that after collecting the prescribed taxes, there is no need for officials to trouble them, and there is no need for them to be forced to be raided by the government in times of war or any emergency. Gradually, the opposition of the wealthy businessmen weakened.

But now, the information that Du Ruhui just handed me in my hand made me surprisingly angry.

What is written above is simple and concise. On June 17, Hanzhong was affected by the heavy rain, and dozens of businessmen from Hanzhong County donated 50,000 yuan for disaster relief.

The words were very simple and concise, but they made my son indignant in his heart. In the past, I had strictly ordered all counties not to forcibly collect anything from the people except for the taxes that were expressly ordered by the imperial court.

I don't want to, Hanzhong County Taishou, actually came to such a play, so that the county businessmen and Jia Jia helped, and it was an order, such a means, such a practice, and those government officials in later generations, requiring all enterprises to come out to set up large floats and lanterns to celebrate the New Year.

Even better is the suspicion. Suspicion means that it is very likely that the goods are not only for disaster relief and forced merchants to donate, but also suspected of corruption.

Although Hanzhong County is not a rich county, it will definitely not be bad, not to mention that it is located between Guanzhong and Bashu, which is an important place for business and trade, and the tax revenue of Hanzhong can be equal to that of Guanzhong counties.

In addition, the disaster reduction and relief system of Hanzhong County is not much different from that of Guanzhong, and the heavy rain in June, Hanzhong County was affected, but it is not serious, and the local disaster relief and mitigation system alone can be completely handled.

But I really didn't expect that at this time, such a thing would happen.

Two days later, more detailed information came to the palace and rested on my desk. “…… At present, it has been determined that Taishou Yu Wenjin did order a donation to Shang Jia, and the amount was not 50,000 guan, but 57,000 guan. In addition, at the time of the disaster, Taishou Yuwen Jin publicized the enthusiastic donation of some businessmen. However, according to the results of the audit. Of the 57,000 yuan spent on disaster relief and mitigation, less than 25,000 yuan was spent. Another 32,000 are unknown. ”

"There was a clerk who raised questions with Taishou, but the clerk was imprisoned for wounding people because of his failure to provide disaster relief and later had a fierce conflict with his superiors. It was this official who reported the clues to the procuratorate. After more than ten days of covert reconnaissance, I had the previous information. Du Ruhui told the ins and outs of this matter with a calm face.

"Is the fault of this officer a mistake?" I asked, frowning.

Du Ruhui nodded. "It's true."

I took a deep breath, and my voice was as cold as ice: "Okay, you go down first, in addition, Fang Qing, you are preparing for the candidate to replace the Taishou of Hanzhong County, and how many people among the officials of Hanzhong County know about it." In addition, all the staff members of the Hanzhong County Anti-Corruption Office, which is specifically responsible for official corruption, were also dismissed, and the main responsible persons of the Hanzhong County Anti-Corruption Office were prosecuted for dereliction of duty. ”

"Your Majesty, isn't it too harsh to deal with it like this?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but be stunned.

I didn't look at the entrance of the house, but looked at the big tree outside the house, which had almost lost its leaves. "It's the end of August. It's been almost two and a half months since mid-June. However, neither I, nor the court, have received a single word about the incident that happened in Hanzhong County. ”

My gaze fell on these important ministers in the room, and the expression was still very calm, but the awe-inspiring gaze made everyone hang their heads.

"Two and a half months is enough to walk more than 30 times from Chang'an to Hanzhong County, but I don't know what is close to Hanzhong. You say, if there is no news from this Hanzhong county official, will I have to wait until one day, when I went to Hanzhong Weifu for a private visit, I happened to hear the rumors about this matter that were circulated in private by the people of Hanzhong, and then I came to play the role of the Chinese emperor who was wise and martial arts and the master of the people? ”

Your Majesty was angry...... "Before I can say any more, all the ministers will bow down in the hall with a shameful face."

"Anger? How do you let me calm my anger? Seeing their performance, a fire suddenly rose in the heart that was originally very calm and even indifferent. What does the Independent Commission Against Corruption do, they specialize in supervising whether officials are derelict in their duties and whether they are corrupt, and there is such a big deal in Hanzhong County, and those people in the Independent Commission Against Corruption are all blind and deaf, and they can't even see or hear the big things that are happening in close proximity? ”

"What is the use of such a person, and what is the use of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which I have worked so hard to build?

After shouting loudly continuously, as if to vent all the anger in my heart, I sat back on the couch with some disappointment after looking at the sincerely frightened civil and military ministers in the hall.