Chapter 351: The Old Minister Is Here to Ask for Advice (Part I)
"You're not wrong?" Wei Zheng couldn't help but ask.
"What is wrong and not wrong? What do you mean? Zheng Guogong, do you think I'm the King of Qin? Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"Great! It's huge! And the specs are high! Speaking of this, Wei Zheng was angry.
"That's right! Let me tell you that the entire Qinwangzhuang covers an area of 25,000 mu, and less than 10,000 mu has been completed at present, and there are still 50,000 mu to continue to be built in the future! I'm telling you I'm a big loser! If you don't say good things for me in the court in the future, don't say that you are diligent and love the people. Li Ke rolled his eyes.
Wei Zheng: "? ”
"Zheng Guogong, what do you mean? You don't want to talk to me, do you? Do you know how many people I feed? Li Ke rolled his eyes and said.
"Uh...... What do you mean? Wei Zheng paused for a moment, and suddenly asked with a little weakness.
"What do you mean, I am now alive and running to nearly 40,000 people near Chang'an, and this year there are many displaced people, as well as many people who ran out to work because of the salary and monthly money raised by those gate valve families, although these people are not homeless, but they believe me, many people come here from two or three hundred miles away to work."
"According to the statistics of my people, the number of displaced people working under my command alone exceeds 100,000! And the population that these 100,000 people are responsible for feeding is almost close to more than 300,000! According to the current monthly salary of Chang'an employees, the monthly money I spend per person is about 400 Wen per person on average. 100,000 people spend 40,000 yuan per month, which is close to 500,000 yuan a year! ”
"In order not to let them find a job, the area of my Qinwangzhuang is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has caught up with several palaces, but it is this area, at most, it will last for two years, the point is that according to the people in my trading house, the displaced people who are far away from Chang'an seem to have heard the news, and more and more displaced people are coming here, and it is expected that there will be more than 20,000 displaced people next year!"
"Zheng Guogong, do you know how difficult it is to find a job for these homeless people?" Li Ke rolled his eyes and said helplessly.
"Forehead......" Wei Zheng choked for a moment, and then whispered: "Are there so many people?" ”
"Otherwise, Zheng Guogong, why do you think I made this Zhuangzi so big? Also, when Zheng Guogong came, did you see the buildings in my manor, the carvings and the like, very fine? Li Ke asked helplessly.
"It's very fine." Wei Zheng nodded.
"I did it on purpose, if I didn't let them do this, it wasn't for me to find fault and keep improving, and the progress of this Zhuangzi project would have to be one third faster."
"According to my original Zhuangzi construction period, it was all completed this autumn, but after statistics, more than 40,000 displaced people will continue to be unable to make money if I finish it in autumn, they will not be able to survive this winter, and they will have no place to live, no food, no drink, what should I do around Chang'an City? Freeze to death? ”
"I can only find a way to find a job for them, expand my Zhuangzi continuously, let them have work in winter, do some fine carving and other work, do it slowly, find an excuse to send them money, let them spend the winter, am I easy? Zheng Guogong, you pat your chest and say, I, Li Ke, am a prince, what is the use of my Qin Wangzhuang making this more than ten times the palace so big? Can I live on my own? Li Ke caught Wei Zheng and complained.
"This ...... His Royal Highness the King of Qin, you are sympathetic to the people, I have to thank you for these people, Zhuangzi is bigger, and it is better to live comfortably when you are older. Wei Zheng hurriedly comforted.
"Comfortable fart, I have to ride a horse when I get out of the house, can this be comfortable? And, Zheng Guogong, don't you know how much it will cost?! Such a big Zhuangzi has to be fed! It's a bottomless pit! I'm not my father, my father's palace is raised by the treasury, otherwise you can go back and mention the matter here to the court, and let the court take over? I donated this Zhuangzi to my father's palace as an emperor. ”
"Or give you civil and military officials a place to take a vacation, and you are also responsible for taking over these homeless people." Li Ke asked quickly.
"This ...... Besides, His Royal Highness King Qin, aren't you doing a good job? "Wei Zheng hurriedly stopped Li Ke, what are you kidding, more than 40,000 displaced people, involving hundreds of thousands of people eating, drinking, and Lazar, you suddenly threw it to the imperial court? No matter which department in the three provinces takes over, the head will blow up, and this will not be able to be taken at all.
The best thing to do is for His Royal Highness King Qin to continue to take over.
"What a fart, let me tell you, my father and the emperor went for a walk with my Zhuangzi at this time, and he has a lot of complaints about me, you look at the scale of this Zhuangzi, to be honest, if you let someone like Zheng Guogong know, you can't impeach me in the court...... Hey? Zheng Guogong, why are you here today? Li Ke suddenly remembered something, and looked at Wei Zheng with a vigilant expression.
"Your Highness, the old minister is here to discuss with you how to put a burden on Li Tai." Wei Zheng said with a serious face, "I think Li Tai's burden is still a little too light, although he said that he was reviewing the chapters, but he couldn't understand His Majesty's hardships even if he reviewed the chapters." ”
"So I thought it was time to put some burden on him, so I asked His Highness if there was any way to find him a few problems."
"Oh this, it's not simple, isn't this the New Year coming soon? I heard that the envoys of Goguryeo (dog) Li are also here, Goguryeo has always been accustomed to coming from the Great Empire, and this year is bound to be another year of high spirits, so that Li Tai can meet and handle the relationship with them, and I can't weaken my name in the Tang Dynasty. ”
"Also, haven't there always been conflicts between the Eastern Turks before, the current Xue Yantuo, Xi Bu, and Khitan? Let Li Tai solve it. Li Ke said.
"It's a good way to do it, and just solving these problems is a real headache." Wei Zheng nodded, not to mention that His Royal Highness the King of Qin has an active brain, and he came here to ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin for advice, and it is really right to ask for advice.
"That's all that is said for this, so let's move on to what just happened." Li Ke said.
"Hey, His Royal Highness King Qin, wait, the old minister thinks that your Highness can't tell me about this, you took over this at the beginning, you can't just let it go." Wei Zheng said.
"I know I can't let go, but when I took over, there were less than 20,000 homeless, and now there are more than 40,000, and the number is still rising, I can't take all the homeless people behind, right?" Li Ke asked.
"This, no matter what, will have to be done after the year, and Your Highness, didn't you say that this Zhuangzi can be built for another two years, cover it." Wei Zheng hurried in.
"Why am I building such a big Zhuangzi? I'm done playing by myself, huh? Even though there are tens of thousands of mansions, the sleeping space is only three feet wide, if I want to be big, I will lie directly in the yard, and the entire land of Datang is my home. Li Ke said angrily.
"This old minister doesn't understand it, otherwise it will be discussed in the court after the year." Wei Zheng said shamelessly.