The problem of Guanglu Temple is not a simple reduction of funds can be solved, for a hierarchical society, there are classes in food, and similarly, the court feasts and rituals related to Guanglu Temple all reflect political colors, far greater than the physiological need of eating. In traditional societies, food is not just about eating, but also a means of reflecting the social relationships of diners.

Simple and drastic cuts will only make the problem worse and worse.

In addition, the problem of accepting materials and compradors in Guanglu Temple has also contributed to corruption, because some of the materials in Guanglu Temple are carried out in the form of democracy movements, so at many passes into Beijing, such as Zhangjiawan, Zhigu, Liangxiang, Lugouqiao, etc., these groups have provided opportunities for groups such as Xiejia, Baotou, and Xingtou to plunder households from all over the country.

They waited for the people who sent them to pass by, invited them to the wine shop or the house of the advocate, and lured them in many ways, and the grain was planted with soil, and the grass was watered with water, and the cloth was thick and thin, and when the lawsuit was selected and withdrawn, the household was afraid of its momentum, and did not dare to do anything, so that the interest was paid to the official, and the burden became heavier.

In order to kill these violations of law and discipline, unless the mode of the MDL is changed, it is also necessary to improve the law and enforce it in place.

Therefore, although Wu Yan was very honest in front of the emperor, after all, a purely commercial hot pot restaurant could not be compared with an institution with multiple functions such as Guanglu Temple, and it was no easier to compile a budget plan for a central department than to sort out a confused account.

However, it is not entirely impossible, after all...... Traversers are born with a golden finger.

"Xu Weng, I have a general idea in my later life," Wu Yan naturally didn't dare to hold it up after knowing the emperor's arrangement, it was better for the official to preside over this matter, and she would at most put forward an opinion and make an idea, so she was more modest when she used the title in the officialdom.

"You talk about it first," Xu Yan pondered, no one in Guanglu Temple knew the problem better than him, and his experience was more profound, but after so many years, he really had more than enough heart and less strength.

He also has his own considerations, his position in the temple has been almost nine years old, three or six years of examination is 'non-stop, in the appointment of the reason, no assessment, no limit on the number of members, lead to the front of the emperor, play reinstatement', but nine years need to play the emperor, its deposition is decided by the emperor. Therefore, this time can be said to be the only opportunity for the emperor to continue to keep him at the end of his nine-year term.

"The budget is to solve the problem of where and how much funds need to be used, in fact, the biggest cost should be on the comprador of materials. The stipulation is that 'in addition to the main supply, the miscellaneous materials are owned by distant states and counties, or the tax grain is discounted, or the tax is bought with the tax money, and the person who sends it to the application, and the real estate owner of the Beijing division is directly ......purchased with the tax money from all over the place, so you see, the key is procurement, if the name of the purchase needs to be listed one by one every year, and then unified procurement, the way is to use public bidding? ”

"What is Unified Procurement?" Xu Yan couldn't help but wonder.

"To put it simply, how much rice and noodles, how many fruits, how many pigs, cattle and sheep, how many kitchen materials, how much charcoal, etc., do we need every year in our temple, there is always a total amount, right? What is the category, list a catalog, and then make unified purchases according to this catalog. ”

"Column Purchase Catalog...... It's good, but there are too many categories, such as rice and noodles, there are many varieties, as well as seasonal vegetables, fruits and fish, how to list them one by one? ”

"Breaking down the name of procurement, for example, unified procurement can also be divided into centralized procurement, departmental procurement and self-procurement. Each year, the fixed items are determined in a centralized manner, and then the quantity is determined at one time, and then decomposed into local prefectures and counties, including the discount ratio. The department, just like the utensils, is responsible for the Ministry of Industry, and the amount of money that our temple needs every year is about to be purchased from the Ministry of Industry; As for self-procurement, it is a procurement activity that is above the quota standard. ”

She explained that Xu Yan understood, so she smiled and said: "Your idea seems to be good, the key is that it is good to fold silver, if it is true, there is still a problem of luck?" ”

Transportation is indeed a problem, but one thing must be clear: we must abandon the extremely inefficient and costly method of the FNLM.

Wu Yan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Why don't you learn from the method of Cao Yun and use the unified transportation army to carry out liberation?" After the rebuilding of the post road, the road conditions improved, the transportation conditions were better, the time consumption was reduced, and the natural efficiency was greatly improved. The transportation of the army can also ensure the safety of the liberation on the way and prevent the infringement of the court offerings by the group of people who break their homes and take the lead. ”

"That'...... How to calculate the freight? ”

"The freight will be borne separately, the people will bear some of it, and the court and our temple will bear some more."

Wu Yan thought about it again, and then added: "There is another advantage of unified procurement, that is, the price is negotiable, with the time valuation as a reference, the quantity must be low, and the public bidding can solve the quality and price problems, which can be determined by agreement, and this agreement must be legally binding, if either party violates, it will be punished, and the cost of violating the law can not be too low." ”

"Haha...... Is there still a cost to breaking the law? Xu Yan smiled again.

"Of course, the light is fine, the worst is exile, and if you don't forgive you, you will die!" Wu Yan deliberately accentuated his tone.

Xu Yan readily agreed: "Yes, for those who dare to infringe on the court's offerings, you can use this method to deter. ”

"Therefore, the land route should be repaired as soon as possible, like those states and counties along Cao, more warehouses and collapsed houses should be set up to store the materials for transportation, and the people only need to transport the goods to a similar warehouse, and there is no need to do long-distance transportation."

"Indeed."

Unified procurement can solve the problem of materials, of course, a budget will not only have procurement, but also a budget for where to spend money. That's it...... Wansheng thinks that he can discuss with the Ministry of Rites and the Inner Government, for example, how many banquets of various sizes and sizes are there in a year, how many materials will be used for each banquet, and estimate the price, this should be done, right? ”

"Where there is a precedent, it is naturally easy to do, but I am afraid that His Majesty and the palaces will be temporarily added, this is estimated to be uncertain."

"Hey..."Wu Yan smiled: "It's not difficult for me to say this, let Your Majesty's Qianqing Palace take the lead in making a budget first, and the Inner Mansion and other palaces will be easy to say." ”

Regarding this statement, Xu Yan was a little disdainful: "Can you make Your Majesty frugal spending?" Unrealistic. ”

What does it mean to be thrifty? The flowers, the flowers...... This is called first to make a decision, and then not to mess up. In the future, if Your Majesty and the palaces are exceeded, won't you have something to say? ”

Xu Yan understood what she meant, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, you have 'calculated' on Your Majesty's head...... But it seems to ...... At least...... The responsibility is not here in this temple. ”

"Yes......" Wu Yan also smiled.

"Next, there is still the problem of food for all kinds of personnel in the fund......"

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After discussing with Xu Yan, Wu Yan unanimously decided that the budget should not be busy first, and first persuade Emperor Dada to agree to make the budget plan of the Qianqing Palace first.

In front of His Majesty, Wu Yan dared to say it casually, but Xu Yan didn't dare, so he suggested that she face the saint with him.

Wu Yan readily agreed, she still needs to ask for a decree to face the saint? It's good every day.

Emperor Yongming never expected that the two of them would face the saint in order to make him an emperor make a budget? He said angrily: "Okay! My Xu Qing, my Yan Sizhen...... "I would have kicked you out of the palace if I knew it, and I won't be allowed to see you in March!"

Wu Yan said twice as always, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Xu Siqing and the ministers mean that you should spend flowers, use them, eat them, and drink them...... By the highest ever! That is, the number of statistics, and there is no other demand. ”

"Humph!" Emperor Yongming snorted heavily and refused to open Chrysostom.

Wu Yan continued: "The budget of Taixi's financial management method is actually to get a specific number, and the final account is to verify this number, too much? Less? So your Majesty, look, it's really not complicated, just follow the previous years. As the old saying goes, it's not that you don't know, but it's shocking...... So, I beg your Majesty, how about you set an example first? In this way, it is better to say that the ministers of the palace are also good. ”

The emperor sneered: "Old saying? Why haven't I heard this old saying? ”

"Hey......" Wu Yan pretended to sigh: "Your Majesty, when you ordered the minister to participate in the formulation of the budget and final accounts, at the beginning, the minister's heart refused, the minister... I can't do it. The minister turned over the account book of Guanglu Temple, it was a confused account...... The minister thought that this was definitely not a problem of the court officials, nor was it a problem of a certain person or a certain yamen, but a problem of the system itself. ”

"The minister doesn't take other examples, the minister is a female official, so let's talk about the expenses of the female officials, grandmothers and palace maids in the palace...... Yikun Palace's mother-in-law Yu Jingke, Tian Rennu, Tian Denu, Wang Zhennu, Zhao Chennu, Zhang Lianhua, Yin Mei, Tian Yingshou, Yang Yue and other two hundred and thirty-one people, each person daily two catties of pork, two gluten, tofu one, a total of seven cents and nine cents of silver per day, two hundred and thirty-three cents and four cents per month, two hundred and thirty-one people is five hundred and thirty-three two dollars and four cents and four cents......"

"Yo, do you remember clearly?" Emperor Yongming couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Hey, it's not that the minister remembers clearly, but the minister helps the concubine to count and post the accounts......"

The emperor was speechless.

"This is calculated according to the number of people, and there are also counted according to the table, one hundred and forty tables of soup and wine, eleven catties of pork, one chicken, four taels of sesame oil, one pound of bamboo shoots, one penny of pepper, and five cents of pepper per day, and a total of three cents of silver and seven cents per day, a total of ten hundred and twenty-nine dollars and six cents of silver per month, and one hundred and forty tables totaling one thousand five hundred and thirty-five taels and four cents......

"In addition to the harem, there are also those of the previous dynasty, like the ...... of the Imperial House"

"Okay, okay......" Yongming hurriedly interrupted, how long would it take to read like this: "You just say it." ”

"What the minister means, Your Majesty, look like this, in fact, it is not difficult, so many people in the harem can be counted, then Your Majesty, how complicated can the palaces be? It's just a matter of trouble. However, as long as you have the statistics of the first year as a reference, it will be much easier to follow up. ”

Emperor Yongming pondered for a long time, but still did not directly agree: "What did you say...... I think about it. ”

Wu Yan smiled secretly in her heart, she knew that the emperor had at least half of the promise, in fact, as long as she could convince the emperor, then everything would be easy to say.

Xu Yan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief......