The officials did not budge: "Those who are soldiers are willing to sacrifice themselves for the country and the country, so why not cut the military salary a little now?" ”

The military department Shangshu wanted to laugh when he heard this: "In the mouth of the adults, how many silver taels will be needed for this disaster relief?" Does this military salary require 100,000 taels or 200,000 taels? ”

The minister on the opposite side listened, was silent for a moment, and said: "There are heavy casualties this time, I'm afraid there is not a million taels." ”

The military department Shangshu smiled coldly: "Then dare to ask my lord, which part of the military salary is this million taels deducted from?" Northwest frontier soldiers, or east coast, or including the Imperial Guards? ”

As soon as he said this, some ministers immediately began to whisper.

"Now that there is no war, there are currently 100,000 soldiers in the Northwest Frontier Army, and each person will pay out 100 taels, isn't it difficult? When the soldiers learned about the disaster, they would certainly take the overall situation into account. ”

The military department Shangshu said: "If you have time, please come to the military department to sit and see how much the soldiers pay each year before talking." Those who can afford to deduct this hundred taels of silver, even if it is the Northwest Army, there are less than 10,000 people. ”

The official was dissatisfied that he was underestimated, and was about to ridicule him, when he heard the emperor shout: "Enough." ”

The courtiers immediately fell silent.

The emperor said: "When you finish arguing, I don't know how many people will die without a place to be buried." What do the rest of Aiqing think? ”

The ministers didn't speak for a moment.

It is indeed a bit immoral to use military salaries as disaster relief money and food, but this method is the fastest, otherwise who can afford to give such a large amount of money?

Yang Yu thought for a moment, and said: "The minister thought of a method, I don't know if it's feasible, and I ask the emperor to decide." ”

Wei Xi stood at the front of the group of ministers, and when he heard him speak, he turned to look at him. Yang Yu doesn't wear armor, but he is really a little unaccustomed to wearing court clothes.

Yang Yu said: "What Master Fang Cai Shangshu said is true, not to mention that the northwest really can't make up such a large sum of silver, even if he can barely afford it, some of it is for the orphans and widows of the deceased soldiers, if all this money is taken out, then what is the difference between them and the people who have suffered from the disaster?" ”

The few officials who proposed just now smiled and said, "Then what does Lord Yang have in mind?" ”

Another said: "I heard that Lord Yang's mother's house is a famous silk village in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is necessary to destroy the family and relieve the difficulties, such a righteous act must be admired." ”

Yang Yu didn't bother to pay attention to the praise of these people, and continued: "The proposal of a few adults is naturally meritorious, the people are in trouble, and the disaster relief silver has to be paid by the court itself first. Since the soldiers are working hard, can you adults get together? ”

When the ministers heard that he had put forward such an outrageous idea, they all smiled - from ancient times to the present, they had never heard of ministers pooling money to help disasters. If they had done this every time there was a disaster, they wouldn't have to support their families.

It was still the previous officials who asked with a mocking smile: "Then dare to ask my lord, how much do you want everyone to donate?" ”

"One hundred taels per person? Then I'm afraid that the ministers who can donate a hundred taels are not enough for a hundred people. If you donate as you like, you are afraid that someone will compare and be sarcastic. What do you think about this? ”

Yang Yu said with a smile: "My lord may not have heard a word or two clearly, what I said is that this money has to be paid by the court 'first', and then you have to find someone." ”

Wei Xi felt a little interesting and asked, "Who else?" ”

"The great rich businessmen everywhere." Yang Yu said, "In the previous war-torn period, small businesses were greatly affected, but large merchants were hundred-legged insects, and they recovered much faster. Wouldn't it be better for us to come up with a name and let them donate money? ”

Yanguan smiled: "I thought Lord Yang had a good idea, it turned out to be this?" Lord Yang doesn't know, although these rich businessmen have a lot of money, but the most reluctant thing is money, as far as I know, many rich businessmen themselves are 'a dime', how do you persuade them to donate money? ”

"Most of the wealthy businessmen are for fame and fortune, those who don't have enough pattern want more 'profit', and those who are more ambitious want 'fame', both of which the court can afford."

As soon as he said this, the household department and the Ministry of Industry also listened attentively.

The emperor's mind also became lively, nodded to him and said, "Go on." ”

Yang Yu said: "If you want to be famous, let's rank the rich businessmen according to the number of donations, and set up a merit monument for them in the name of the imperial court. ”

Many ministers nodded when they heard this, and said secretly: That's the case.

"It's not difficult to want to benefit, this disaster relief will inevitably have to purchase a large number of items, if they don't want to donate, just want to donate things, we also make a record according to the value of the goods. The top 30 wealthy businessmen in terms of the number of capital contributions will have the famous people appointed by the imperial court to 'bring salt' to them. ”

Everyone thought they didn't hear clearly: "'Bring salt'? What with salt? ”

Yang Yu said: "This is also what I heard from other places. It is to let famous people help rich businessmen spread their fame. What is in a small place can be spread in the state capital, and what is famous in the state capital can become famous in the whole country, and it is already known to the whole country and can be famous overseas......"

Boy! The benefits of going on like this are indeed not trivial!

However, an official immediately jumped out and impeached: "Isn't this encouraging collusion between officials and businessmen?!" With this precedent, the trend of corruption and bribery is about to prevail, how to do it?! ”

Yang Yun looked at this one silently, a little speechless in his heart.

Collusion between officials and businessmen, do you think it can be stopped if it is banned? The key is to look at your own consciousness!

Yang Yu smiled slightly: "If someone takes the opportunity to embezzle and accept bribes and hide filth, they can just find out and copy him and bankrupt, and you don't have to pay out a hundred taels of your lords, isn't that okay?" ”

The ministers looked at Yang Yuke's polite smiling face, and they all felt a trace of coolness in the back of their necks. It is worthy of being brought out by Zhao Wu, and he speaks with such a murderous aura!

The emperor said: "You can talk about this 'salt' thing in detail." ”

"Because salt has always been in the hands of the imperial court, the so-called 'bringing salt' means that the imperial court sends famous people to help them expand their fame, and with fame, business will come to the door."

What Yang Yu said at this time was all the advice that Xianghua gave to Qian Xiaoman before. Part of the reason why Xiangmanlou's business can continue to expand is because Xianghua is the righteous daughter of Princess Anping.

Wei Xi also felt that this proposal was interesting, so he said: "Dare to ask the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, who are considered famous people who can 'bring salt' to these rich merchants?" ”