"The Dog Emperor actually came up with such a way to lose his conscience." Zhang Ning couldn't help but scold.

The emperor's money-giving measures left him without any way to grab benefits, and of course he had to scold his mother, "Without us lower-level officials to do things for him, see how he can carry out this measure."

"What Master Zhang said is right." The chief bookkeeper said, "The emperor's measures, in the final analysis, still depend on us lower-level officials to carry out. If he doesn't benefit us, and if we don't do it for him wholeheartedly, his actions will be useless."

"And have you thought about it?" Zhang Ningdao, the county magistrate, said, "Who did the money sent to the people bleed from in the end?"

"From whom?" The master asked.

"It's from us." Zhang Ning said, "Where does the money come from in the imperial treasury? It's not the taxes that the counties have paid. Now all the places are rich, and the places are rich."

"The emperor distributed the money handed over by our counties to the people. It is tantamount to distributing the riches of our land into the hands of the people."

"It's really insidious and vicious."

"Isn't it superfluous for the emperor to do this?" The chief said, "Wouldn't it be enough to directly reduce the tax burden of the people?"

"You know!" "At present, the main income of the local government is not the poll tax and the agricultural tax, but the commercial tax. In doing so, the emperor is tantamount to giving part of the money from commercial taxes to the people, so as to achieve the goal of equalizing the wealth and the poor."

"Why are those untouchables equal to us?"

"And the most important thing is that if we give money to the people, it will cause the price of food to rise, and our wealth will shrink with it." Zhang Ning said.

"But when the price of food rises, the wealth of the people will shrink as well." Master Book.

"Is it the same thing that the people have shrunk by only a few dozen taels of silver, and our millions of taels of silver have shrunk?" Zhang Ning said coldly, "Suppose the treasure money shrinks by one percent, the shrinkage of one million taels is one hundred thousand taels, and the shrinkage of ten taels of silver is only one tael."

"And the people received ten denarii per household, and when they shrank by a tenth, they earned ninety? Therefore, even if the price of grain rises, the people will make a profit, but we will lose 100,000 taels."

"I see!" The master book suddenly realized.

"Therefore, the Dog Emperor's measure looks ordinary, but it is extremely insidious." Zhang Ningdao, the county magistrate, said, "I will now send a letter to the political envoy, asking him to unite the officials of the entire province to resist this payment measure."

"Dog Emperor! Since ancient times, emperors have been in the same boat with us officials and scholars. And this dog emperor actually joined forces with the people to deal with us."

"Those untouchables in the world, is it his father, he is so defensive?"

"No wonder those scholars scolded Emperor Zhu for not being a good thing, and he killed heroes at every turn, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. He's working with the people of heaven to deal with us noble people!"

"Those who read are scolding at all."

"The Dog Emperor was born as a beggar, and he likes to help the untouchables, and he is indeed born cheap."

"Lord Zhang, if you scold the emperor like this, you won't be afraid ......," the master said.

"I'm afraid to beg for it!" Zhang Ning said, "We are far away from Emperor Tiangao, so I don't believe that Emperor Zhu's hand can reach our remote county."

"However, I heard that the emperor has a brocade guard...... the chief bookkeeper said.

"The Emperor's brocade guard, can you come to us?" Zhang Ning dismissed, "Do you think Jinyiwei is a god, with his hands and eyes reaching the sky?"

"Moreover, I heard that the person who gave the emperor the idea was Qin Yu, the dean of the Jixia Academy."

"If it weren't for this bastard, with the vision of the Dog Emperor, he would never have come up with such a vicious plan. This miscellaneous piece, Lao Tzu can't wait to break him into pieces. Fortunately, he hid in the mountains and did not dare to come out."

"If he dares to go out of the mountain, thousands will kill him."

"There are a lot of people who attack the Jixia Academy."

"Lao Tzu can't wait to eat its flesh and sleep its skin."

……

Ying Tianfu.

Palace.

serve

On the Temple of Heaven.

The money distribution policy has been implemented for a period of time, and Zhu Yuanzhang plans to check the results and see the reaction of the people.

The best way to accept the results is for the emperor to pay a private visit to the poor mountainous areas to experience the people's feelings. But Zhu Yuanzhang was too busy as an emperor to go so much.

Therefore, I can only sit on the Fengtian Hall and listen to the reports of the ministers.

Although the emperor's policy is good, if the local officials do not implement it properly, then no matter how good the policy is, it will not be able to benefit the people.

"Shen Wansan, after the money was distributed, how much did the price of food in Ying Tianfu rise?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty, Ying Tianfu's rice has risen by one penny of silver per stone." Shen Wansan replied.

"The rice has only risen by one penny of silver, and we have given ten taels of silver to the people. Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly, "Even fools know that it is impossible for the rise in grain prices to offset all the money sent to them by the imperial court."

"However, if a penny is raised, it will not be good for the people."

"It's better if you don't have a penny."

"Your Majesty, you have sent so much money to the people, and it is impossible for you to want the price of grain not to rise at all." Shen Wansan said, "Unless it is from Goryeo, Fuso, and other overseas regions to mobilize grain to stabilize prices."

"Then mobilize from overseas." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"In addition, after the large-scale use of steam turbine looms, the silk industry in the Jiangnan area developed significantly, and a lot of silver was earned from overseas countries. This has also played an important role in the stability of prices in Daming." Shen Wansandao,

"The lever of economic prosperity has invisibly eliminated the negative impact of money on prices."

"The price of food in Yingtianfu has not risen much, but I have heard that in other places, the price of food has increased a lot." Yang Xian said, "It is reported that in the remote province of Sichuan and Shu, the price of grain has been inflated by three cents of silver."

"It has only risen by three denarii, which is not a big deal compared to ten taels of silver, and the people have earned it." Shen Wansan said.

"The development of the southwest is not slow now, and I believe that after the bumper grain harvest in the next season, prices will return to the past. If the weather is not smooth in the coming year, and there is a natural disaster and the grain harvest fails, then the price of grain will continue to rise."

"However, now that the Ming Dynasty has started to grow potatoes, the people are no longer so dependent on rice for their livelihood. The large-scale cultivation of potatoes has also played a role in stabilizing prices, so to speak."

"I heard from Mr. Qin that he is now allowing people to breed high-yielding hybrid rice." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If the hybrid rice is successfully cultivated, then the people will be even more worried about food and clothing."

"It can be seen that the high yield of crops is the foundation of everything."

"The emperor's words go straight to the essence of the problem." Shen Wansan said.