Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 937

[Chapter 562: Four-dimensional expansion of capital construction]

There is no matter of Zhang Xiaobao next.

Li Longji asked officials to discuss how to spend the money.

After the autumn harvest in most areas, the people who pay the grains pay the taxes, and the people who pay the taxes pay taxes.

The grain received by the local government is first stored locally, and according to the needs of various places, the cost and the priority of the demand are verified, and unified deployment is carried out to reduce the loss during transportation.

The money is directly deposited in the bank, and the local government needs to use the money to send a telegram to the officials above. According to different regions and different levels, local governments are allowed to leave a little money for private houses.

In case of a very emergency, the local government can temporarily borrow interest-free loans from the bank, and the bank will supervise whether the money is dedicated.

In this way, the data will be counted very quickly. It does not need to be at the end of the year, the accounts of the imperial government’s fiscal revenue are almost clear, and the remaining income for a period of time before the end of the year will be counted again at the beginning of the year.

Originally, some officials thought that there was no need to conduct secondary statistics, saying that there would be little impact after the autumn harvest period after one or two months left.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan firmly disagreed, giving the local government a two-month blank period, and the funds would not be deposited into the bank, and the two-month free capital turnover period was too terrifying.

At the same time, before the Chinese New Year, consumption will increase geometrically, and taxes will naturally not be less.

What Li Longji said to various officials and Zhang Xiaobao didn’t have to bother to choose at all, and the matter of the secondary statistics was settled.

Today’s meeting is just for money.

Li Longji asked each department what they wanted to do in the coming year and how much money they needed, and then…then instead of giving you money right away, they had to conduct an audit first. Maybe this is the reason why some officials hate Zhang Xiaobao.

Before the audit, Li Longji had to understand the general situation.

Seeing the officials from the provincial and ministerial departments arguing and wanting to share more money, Li Longji was in a good mood.

Wang Chen, the head of the Ministry of Household, looked much better. At least the Ministry of Household had more than 130 million more income this year, and he was full of confidence. When he saw the emperor, he would always nod his head, indicating that there was no pressure.

Because the money for scientific and technological research of the Ministry of Industry is not paid by the user department, the remaining office expenses are drizzled, oh, it should be said that it is a drop in the bucket.

Moreover, Zhang Zhong may not care about what he wants.

His son just thinks of a trick, and the funds will come out.

Officials are still arguing, and now the number of imperial courts and local departments is gradually increasing. When doing things, there will always be artificial overlapping of functions.

For example, the Ministry of Households manages money, but the Ministry of Punishment also has a subordinate office responsible for economic cases. If an official commits an economic case, the Ministry of Personnel can also come in, and even the Dali Temple and the Censor’s Office have to intervene. It is possible to skip directly under the department, and the text is held accountable.

Officials know that the court has money, but they have to pass the audit. Normally, the audit department of the court will do an audit. The bank cannot inquire about the details of the direct appropriation funds.

But the money earned in the bank is called by the emperor, and Zhang Xiaobao is always in charge. Maybe he won’t let people check?

Find out the problem, the emperor can not ask?

In other words, the auditors of the imperial court were bribed, but the principal of the bank could not be bribed, resulting in the situation that the auditors did not dare to accept bribes.

What officials are fighting for at the moment is the place where their functions overlap, the right to speak, so as to get more funding. As for whether there will be a situation where the special funds are not used for special purposes, what is the score?

I don’t dare to do big things that involve people’s livelihood, but it’s okay to do small things. We can embezzle a small part here, squeeze out some more there, and we will have more living money on hand.

“Noisy, noisy, you know how to make a noise, let’s make a noise, I see who wins the fight and gets more money, so I will focus on whoever, eh? The Ministry of Rites wants money for office supplies? Didn’t they change a batch last year?

” Bei was still hungry, tired of listening to the noise below, leaning on the chair and muttering, and suddenly heard the words of a loud-voiced official not far away, puzzled.

Li Longji was in a good mood. Seeing Zhang Zhong, Xiaobao and Juanjuan whispering there, hearing Xiaobei’s voice, he stretched out his arms, held Xiaobei beside him, and said to Xiaobei in a low voice, “Your father is busy. Talk to your brother, I’ll be fine for a while.”

“Thank you, Uncle, I’m really tired from standing. I haven’t eaten yet. I didn’t sleep well last night. I’m thinking about how to deal with officials.

” , the armrests of the chair are high, she can hide the position of her eyes, she can’t see her father, and she thinks that his father should not be able to see herself.

Li Longji couldn’t help laughing: “It’s really hard, what will you eat for a while?”

Xiaobei snorted: “Let’s eat porridge, my sister said, my brother vomited blood yesterday, and served with a dish of shrimp paste from 6 prefectures. The staple food…? What’s the matter? Don’t bother the people in the royal kitchen, prepare more porridge, and my brother can’t eat hard food.”

“Who made you vomit blood?” Li Longji really didn’t know, no one broke into last night. Palace report.

“I don’t know, it should be an explosion, right? I only heard someone say that the Ministry of Works banged up and flew into a large fireball, and some people were injured.” Xiaobei shook his head and was also very concerned about the Ministry of Engineering .

Speaking of the Ministry of Works, she heard the people from the Ministry of Rites and the people next to them talking about the money for office supplies, and turned to ask Li Longji: “Uncle Emperor, I remember that you renovated each department once last year, and my family also sent office supplies to the Ministry of Rites. , why do you want money? Give it to him again?”

Li Longji patted Xiaobei’s head and explained to her: “What he wants is money, not things, so-called office supplies, dare not directly mention desks and chairs, just say Pens, ink, paper, inkstone, paper clips, tacks and pushpins.

There are also various ceremonial supplies of the Ministry of Rites, all of which are worn and consumed. Give them money and they will buy it themselves. If you give him something, how does he spend it?

” Ah?” Xiaobei had never heard such words from his brother and sister, and wondered why he had to spend his own money to buy it.

“Don’t you understand?” Li Longji asked, and without waiting for Xiaobei to answer, he continued to explain: “If you spend your own money, the price can be a little higher, and the profit of the seller will be partially suppressed. You can…”

“Corruption? Ah, how clever, wait for me.” Xiaobei jumped down and ran to his brother’s side. After saying a few words, he came back. He glanced at his father cautiously. Climb back onto the chair.

Facing Li Longji’s gaze, he said, “I asked my brother just now, and my brother said that he knows that because he has less money, so he doesn’t care. If you really want to manage it, it’s simple, just buy it in a unified way, add a supervisory department, and you’re done. But I

said it again. , even then, the effect is not great, there are always ways to get benefits, and it will also make the people who unified procurement and supervision have too much power.

But if bidding is used, it can still play a role. My brother said that he has no time to manage, let me Think

about it yourself, and then discuss with Xiaoyuan and the others.”

Li Longji’s eyes lit up, he turned to look at Zhang Xiaobao, and when he saw that Xiaobao was still talking to his father, he looked back at Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi looked back at my adopted son, who was very capable of this. He could tell just by looking at his ability. When he talked to his father, his sister went to ask, and then the idea came out and he coaxed his sister to stop.

“What brother said doesn’t work?” Xiaobei asked.

“Okay, it’s too good. After I have eaten, I will discuss it with the minister. Although it is profitable as long as someone manages it, it is more convenient to manage a few people than a group of people. It saves money and invites you to eat candy.

” Longji really intends to do the same. Don’t look at Xiaobao’s casual words, which is worth a thousand dollars.

Xiao Bei smiled and blinked: “Okay, I want to eat the toffee and candied fruit from the baby candy house.”

“Baby candy house? Where is it?” Li Longji also followed Xiao Bei’s appearance and blinked his eyes. .

“Zhuangyuan Building, do you know? The flagship store of Baby Candy House rented a small room below, which shows that it is a very powerful merchant. In the future, the branches will be spread all over the bustling places in Datang, and they will sell various children’s candies. The slogan is ‘Zhuangyuan’ , starting with the child’.

It also has a membership system, there are often activities, and beautiful toys are presented. The products are of good quality and the price… The price is reasonable and the packaging is beautiful. It is an excellent gift for relatives, friends and children.

”

Xiaobei introduced it with rapturous brows, and it was really familiar.

Li Longji made a look of interest and asked, “I wonder if adults and elderly people can eat it?”

When you take your child to buy candy, you can’t let the child eat it by himself, right?

”

“Huh?”

“Xiao Bei was stunned. After a while, he said, ‘Wait for me,’ and ran behind. He gathered with Xiao Yuan and the others, and discussed in a low voice. The chatter was very lively

. There was no sign of stopping the quarrel, Li Longji closed his eyes and rested for a while, and Xiaobei ran back.

He smiled at Li Longji first, and then said: “I will tell them what to eat for a while, and let them eat the same as me. agreed.

”

“That’s good.

“Li Longji nodded.

“Uncle Emperor, what did you say earlier?”

Oh~ I remembered, it was adults and old people, right?

“Xiao Bei made a memoir.

Then he smiled again: “Uncle Emperor, your problem will be solved immediately. When I came back from Hongnong, I heard something about the baby candy shop.

”

“What kind of thing?”

“Li Longji cooperated.

“That’s the question you asked, baby candy store tomorrow, yes, it’s tomorrow, it’s almost tomorrow, there’s enough time, that, they will launch a new activity to make candy and cakes suitable for adults and the elderly. , Excellent materials, pure taste.

Why do you want to do this?

Because they want to go with you.

”

“Oh, this is really how heroes see the same thing.”

”

Yes, yes, heroes, a little bit the same, with a slight difference, they don’t sell directly to adults and old people, they sell suits, such as tiger father no dog suits, war brothers suits, mother and daughter concentric suits, parent-child suits Family set, three generations in the same house, four generations in the same house, etc.

Their slogan is, ‘The sweetest thing is the pastry candy from the Baby Candy House, and the happiest way to eat it is to taste it with the family’.

How about it?

good or not?

Xiao Bei smiled smugly and took a deep breath, thinking that it was not easy to say what he had just memorized.

‘

Sigh~’ Li Longji hadn’t eaten the candy, his teeth were already hurting, and he was shocked. Glancing at Xiaobei, he got up slightly, looked back, and saw eight children staring here with wide-eyed eyes.

Gao Lishi showed a relieved smile with a hint of pride, just like when Xiaobei said the difference. Li

Longji

turned around, met Xiaobei’s expectant gaze when he was waiting for the compliment, and nodded fiercely: “Okay, that’s great, compared to the way the baby candy shop makes money, all the officials who are noisy below are all They should go to farm, they have lived so many years in vain, they should feel ashamed and ashamed.

Xiao Bei was satisfied, smiled sweetly and humbly, and said, ”

That’s not necessary, they are also very hardworking, specializing in surgery, even if they are older, my brother said that living is wealth.

”

If it weren’t for someone who was young and could be an official and make money, they would be really good. This official, I’m afraid to compare.”

“Li Longji seemed to say to Xiaobei, and then said something to himself.

Then he turned on the microphone and said, “All gentlemen, stop for a while.

”

In an instant, the hall of Hanyuan regained its quietness, as if the noise just now was a dream, but everyone still thinks it is normal. Life is a dream, don’t blame it for a dream.

Seeing the silence, Li Longji said, “Next year. The various expenses are submitted, and each department is listed in detail, and then the order is submitted in the table. Here today, the dynasty will be dispersed.

After speaking ,

Li Longji walked back, Xiaobei and others, as well as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, followed. Zhang Zhong rejected his son’s proposal to eat together in the past, saying that there were good meals in the back department, and he brought a food box at home to compare the work. The cafeteria of the Ministry is good. The

other officials also left one by one with dry mouths, and those who felt hungry again wanted to go back to find something to eat, but they did not dare to follow the emperor to eat.

After knowing that Zhang Xiaobao should not be doing big sports recently, Li Longji didn’t let him cook, let alone give him medicine, there is no shortage of people.

The only thing that can be done is to ask the cooks in the imperial kitchen to put the rice and chicken together and cook them over a high heat, so that the rice grains are not visible, and it looks like a paste.

As a result, there was a layer of crumbly paste under the porridge, that is, rice crackers. When Xiaobei was going to leave, the nine people shared it and used it as a snack for grinding teeth.

Everyone was eating and chatting, Gao Lishi told Zhang Xiaobao what happened just now, about the one in the candy house, Xiaobei buried his head in the bowl embarrassedly.

Wang Juan sighed that what kind of students can be taught by what kind of people, just like nine children, it really takes a lot of chain stores to form a brand series.

During the dinner, Zhang Xiaobao put forward a few more ideas, and Li Longji agreed one by one. When he asked Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan what he had guessed as another country’s ‘cattle’, they were almost speechless.

Zhang Xiaobao had no choice but to describe to Li Longji what he could say. He did not dare to tell Li Longji that the plane could circle the earth in one day, and throw a small nuclear warhead into the capital, destroying the entire capital.

He was afraid of Li Longji’s despair, and even more afraid that Li Longji would ask why he could come over one day, but not come to fight?

Did you tell Li Longji that they love peace, that the nuclear warhead is for the convenience of land reclamation, and that they want to plant the land in a large forest in a few years, so blow it up, and then wait a few years to plant it?

Don’t say Li Longji, Xiaobei won’t believe it either.

After eating, Zhang Xiaobao had finished talking. He was only four or three full after eating, and he always felt that his stomach was empty.

After the meal, I took my younger siblings home and went to the lake in the good afternoon. The nine of Xiaobei were also busy implementing the new candy house plan and looking for someone to design it.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan found a lot of information to prepare for the next martial arts.

In the afternoon, many officials came to invest. They handed over the deposit vouchers and asked if their relatives could also participate, but Li Longji rudely refused.

There are many officials above the fifth rank in the capital, and they are also qualified to participate in the early dynasty, which is a special department, but the officials who are less than fifth rank also pay.

The officials who are most hesitant in their hearts are those who oppose the Zhang and Wang family. They are afraid that they will not be able to earn money back if they invest, and that they will be cheated.

At noon, they got the news that apart from their group of officials, other officials who could go to court all had things sent in the name of Zhuangyuanlou.

Such as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, ginseng, deer antler and other good things, they belong to the kind that cannot be bought with money.

One by one scolded Zhang Xiaobao and said that he must report, and one by one was unwilling to change his attitude. After contacting people with a heart, everyone discussed it and felt that it was better to invest. When the money was made, other officials would share it. Can you Zhang Xiaobao? give me?

So a rare scene appeared. Officials who didn’t deal with Zhang Wang’s family raised more money and sent it to the cashier with a dashing spirit.

After hearing this, Zhang Zhong shook his head helplessly. He knew that if his son Xiaobao really got his money, he couldn’t not give it to this part of the officials, but his son could make no profit from the invested money, and use other excuses to compensate in other ways. other officials.

“Hey~ I’ll just pretend to be my weak character, it’s too strong, it’s not good.” Zhang Zhong muttered, lowered his head and continued to ponder the matter of the Ministry of Industry.

The noonday sun shines warmly, and you don’t have to look up to see the white clouds, which will turn into a pig at one time, and a sheep at another time.

Zhang Ju, who worked in the Ministry of War, planned to go to the state-owned company of Telegraph before going to a restaurant to eat, and sent a telegram to the place where his family was located, and someone there would help deliver it to his home.

He has already made up his mind to take his family over, take two children who have never met with his wife to have a good time in the capital, go to Furong Garden, go to the zoo, go to Zhuangyuan Building for a meal, and then go to the East and West markets, The new animals in the zoo may not be able to see them, but if they really can’t go to Zhang Jiedushi for help, they have to ask the children to kowtow in the past, and all the precious gifts are accepted.

Yes, the envoy Zhang Jiedu said that he was trying to solve the housing problem. I don’t know if he went to see the emperor today.

Zhang Ju was walking on the road. In the high sky and cloudless environment, he couldn’t tell what kind of mood he was in at the moment. He always felt very dazed. strangeness.

Everything around you is in front of you, like the horizon, and it flutters when you step on it.

Zhang Ju, who had lost his soul, walked into a small shop selling soup cakes according to his habit. He had to go out to eat by himself, or bring a food box. No one would make the food box, unlike the Ministry of Industry and Sinong Temple. , They have a special canteen.

“Master Zhang, are you here?” As soon as Zhang Ju entered the store, the man greeted him with a smile on his face.

“Don’t call me an lord, I’m just an idiot, I’m just a clerk. Let me order some fried noodles, put meat sauce, and don’t eat the noodle sauce. Isn’t that just an extra penny. Thank you for teaching me how to talk and do things yesterday.”

Zhang Ju He waved his hand, found a place where no one was there, and sat sideways there.

“That’s Big Brother Zhang, Big Brother Zhang. I used the method I told you yesterday? Who is the high official you want to see? Maybe you have heard of it.” The man used a rag to dust the clean table, He asked with a smile, and then shouted at the kitchen behind.

“It’s used, it’s not easy to use. What people want to hear is the truth. I understand it. The bigger the official, the more gentle the talent.” Zhang Ju said with emotion.

“Brother Zhang, you haven’t said who it is yet, tell me, I may know.” The guy was curious.

Zhang Ju was delighted and said, “Of course you know, I saw Zhang Xiaobao

and Wang Juan go. I’ll give you the money first, otherwise after a while, I’ll just go out and forget it, give it, then.”

Pulled over and stuffed the three cents.

“Once you hold it, don’t lose it and say I didn’t give it.” Zhang Ju reminded again.

Only then did the guy react, his hands trembled, and his voice trembled: “Zhang, Brother Zhang, you, the two of them you saw? See you, have you seen them? What does it look like, what does it look like?”

“Look, I’ll say you know, I saw it, it’s different from what I thought, he looks like a talented woman, when he talks, he doesn’t feel the authority, like chatting with friends he usually meets, and he even taught me to sing, Give me a drink, then…”

Zhang Ju said, the more excited he became, and as a result, a lot of people gathered around, they didn’t dare to breathe loudly, they listened quietly, listened and listened, and also became excited, not knowing what they were doing. what.

It wasn’t until the kitchen called the man several times in a row that everyone backed away and re-selected the seats. The tables around Zhang Ju were all full, and because there were too many people grabbing them, they had to be empty in the end.

The guy brought the noodles up, and then took out a penny and returned it to Zhang Ju.

Zhang Ju looked at the noodles, and in addition to the meat sauce, there was also a spoonful of egg sauce, and asked suspiciously, “This is…?”

“The egg sauce was added by Xiao for Brother Zhang, meat sauce noodles, two texts. .” The guy seemed more respectful, someone who could meet Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and who could talk, was worth a spoonful of egg sauce.

“Didn’t you say that the price of meat has gone up the day before yesterday, so you added one cent? From eleven cents to seventeen cents, is your store going to lose money?” Zhang Ju thought that the man said this on purpose.

Before waiting for the guy to answer, a person who was eating next to him said to Zhang Ju, “It’s gone up, one day, just one day, yesterday was ten cents, and today it’s nine cents. Some people say that Zhang Xiaobao is angry. It

‘s fifty.

Let the meat sellers spit out the extra money they make in the past two days. After spitting, the original price will be restored. It’s not the meat seller, but the meat seller.”

“Which one?” Zhang Ju wondered.

“It’s the one who delivered meat to the capital, one car and one boat. Some people said they were terrified. They knelt in front of Zhang Xiaobao all night last night.” Another person said.

“Nonsense, yesterday Zhang Xiaobao took the exam, but the meat seller can enter the exam room? I didn’t leave until midnight, why didn’t I see it?” Zhang Ju refuted with facts.

“How do I know, it’s going down anyway, except for Zhang Xiaobao, who can make a businessman react like a mouse walking and hitting a cat.” The man said unconvinced.

Zhang Ju sighed again in his heart, “This is fame, but who knows, the person who said a word, the entire Tang Dynasty will tremble, but also likes to tell jokes.

‘

“So, you have eaten too much meat sauce, so you are busy again?” Zhang Ju asked the guy.

“I’m busy, I can make money when I’m busy. I’ll be even more busy in two days. I have to go out to work and deliver noodles.”

“There is also work outside the city?”

“Brother Zhang, don’t you know? The Ministry of War dispatched a lot of forbidden troops today to work with the sergeants from Tubo outside the city to expand the city. It was originally said to be expanding westward. Today, it was not Zhang Xiaobao who entered the palace with the emperor. Are you talking about expanding it in all directions?

The emperor agreed, expanded it in all directions, and sent the army out. He said that as an army training, we must first build a house and live near the current city for the sergeant’s family. He said that we will spend the new year together.”

The guy was well informed and started talking with Zhang Ju.

Zhang Ju took a deep breath, lowered his head, and in just a moment, a bowl of noodles was stuffed into his stomach, and the old soup with the thick sauce flavor didn’t even bother to drink.

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