Zhang Shuo was still conflicted. How could this be? Li Yi, you have ulcers on your head and pus on your feet. You are terrible.
If you don't have literary talent, I won't force you. But you clearly …
"Your Majesty, I'll rewrite the latter part." Zhang Shuo seemed to have OCD and wanted to 'correct' the latter part.
This was a list that could be written in history books in the form of a fu.
Who would write this now? Was the latter part human language? Could it be any whiter?
"Daoji, don't be anxious." Li Longji comforted him. He didn't care. He just found it interesting.
"Minister Zhang, do you remember what was said at the end?" Empress Wang spoke again.
"What did it say?" Zhang Shuo was still conflicted about the writing.
"Give benefits to the people." Empress Wang wasn't happy. You are the Prime Minister. Why do you have to stare at the words? Do something serious.
"Chang 'an has more than a million people. Only the permanent and transient population in the city can be seen daily. There are also the residents in the surrounding villages. How can you give benefits to them?"
Zhang Shuo had the final say. The words he said started to have Li Yi's name. Permanent and transient.
There were more than 700,000 registered residents in all the squares in Chang 'an.
However, there were transient and transient residents, especially in the temples.
In addition, those who didn't have money went to live in the villages outside the city. For example, the Zhang family's village had a larger population.
There were no less than 1.5 million people in the surrounding 50 li of Chang 'an City. All of them were counted in Chang' an County.
"So you didn't listen to it yourself." Empress Wang turned her head and threw a tantrum. Uncle wrote something, and you, as the Prime Minister, didn't listen to it. Are you capable?
"Empress, don't be angry. Daoji is wrong." Zhang Shuo was afraid that Empress Wang would go to Zhuangzi to see a doctor again.
Li Longji looked at Zhang Shuo with some dissatisfaction. "Brother Yi said to use the money to buy medicine. Ask the Imperial Physician Department to treat the people. Those who are not sick naturally don't need to be treated.
For the rich, there is a discount. In fact, it is more expensive, but it is worth it for the Imperial Physician to treat them.
Poor people would also get a discount. For example, one set would cost one copper coin. Brother Yi is going to take out another medical book and discuss it with the imperial physicians. "
Zhang Shuo understood. The money was to waive the medical fees for the poor, and then use the free diagnosis from the Imperial Medical Department to collect money from the rich.
It could be considered as helping the common people. It was impossible for the rich to hire an imperial physician unless they reached a certain level.
In other words, they used money to subsidize the poor, and the imperial physicians' labor fees to subsidize the rich.
No one was at a disadvantage. The imperial physicians worked and took the medical books. If there was anyone who was at a disadvantage, it would be Li Yi.
However, Li Yi allowed the children to advertise when they were playing and sold a lot of crackers.
"What kind of business is this? What are you thinking?" Zhang Shuo realized that after going one round, everyone had gotten what they wanted.
The children of the rich and powerful had fun playing with firecrackers, and there was no need to worry about accidents.
"Everyone takes what they need. Your Majesty, Li Yi is very capable." Zhang Shuo praised again. Even if he was numb from all the praises, he still had to admire him!
"Uncle is just doing it casually." Empress Wang said as she gently touched her stomach.
In her opinion, ever since she took the medicine and had a child with San Lang, everything Li Yi did was right.
Zhang Shuo hesitated and said, "If the imperial court controls gunpowder, the money earned will be even more."
Li Longji stared at Zhang Shuo and asked, "Do you know how much the cost is?"
"I don't know. Prime Minister Yao said that it should be ten times." Zhang Shuo said with a guilty conscience.
"Big brother told me that it is currently less than nine times. It should be 8.6 to 8.7 times. If the imperial court officials are in charge, can they give me five times the profit?"
Li Longji asked about the profit ratio. Invest one copper coin and let the other officials take care of it, and bring back six copper coins for me. Is that possible?
Zhang Shuo gulped and said softly, "The imperial court officials are in charge, so there will be other losses. Therefore … …"
"So one copper coin won't bring back six copper coins? One copper coin from Brother Yi can bring back nearly ten copper coins. Then I will give Brother Yi benefits and share the profits with him. Why do I need you to take care of it? "
Li Longji was angry, but not at Zhang Shuo. Zhang Shuo finally told the truth. If it was handed over to others, they would not be able to earn so much money.
Where did the money go? It was greed! Needless to say!
"Isn't that right, Yourong?" Li Longji said softly to Empress Wang.
"Keeping accounts. The accounts uncle showed us are clear at a glance. Uncle even gave us the rules and regulations for checking the accounts. Whoever is wrong with the accounts will be executed. "
Empress Wang was not angry and said with a smile.
But when the word 'executed' came out, Zhang Shuo trembled. Executed was at least an entire clan. Above the parents, around the wives and concubines, and below the children.
Of course, if the children were young, like Yang Si Xun and Gao Lishi, they would not be executed.
Three or nine clans would be executed. Needless to say.
Zhang Shuo also knew that the accounts were being used by the government hall, and it had already been spread to the various state capitals of the Tang dynasty. There were complaints everywhere.
They said that it was impossible to keep accounts this way. Officials did not care about strangers, so they could only use two accounts.
But to use two accounts, there was a problem.
One account was to say that one's own place was in debt, and the other account was to say that the place was developing well and had money.
One account was to use to pay less money, and the other account was to prove that one was good as an official.
When the two accounts were matched, did one have money or not? Was being an official good or not? It was clear at a glance!
Weren't you deceiving the emperor? Either make money or be promoted, you could only choose one.
"What's the rule?" Zhang Shuo found the key point.
"Uncle said it's called Benford's rule. You officials falsified accounts. Do you think we can't find out? Two accounts, three accounts? What accounts you submit, we naturally have a way to find out whether you falsified them or not, but we won't tell you. "
Empress Wang beamed with joy.
"Li Yi gave the Empress the accounts. Did the Empress use that rule or something? There's no problem?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"No, I didn't check at all. Uncle has so many good things. If I want it, Uncle will give it to me. If I don't want it, Uncle will take the initiative to give it to me. Why does Uncle have to hide the money from me when selling rice cakes?"
Empress Wang had absolute trust in Li Yi. How much was the rice cakes worth?
Li Yi didn't even ask about the seafood and the future of farming. After giving him the idea, he would agree to it no matter how much he gave him.
Even if he said he wanted to invest the money, he didn't want it. He didn't even mention it.
Zhang Shuo facepalmed, worrying for the officials below. Did they think they could cheat just because they figured out a new accounting method?
As long as they used the new accounting method, Li Yi would have a way to check on them.
Once they determined that they were cheating, what other evidence would they need? His Majesty just needed to say a word.
"How is it?" Li Longji felt comfortable. Do you understand now? You people want to fool me? Haha!
"I have nothing to say. We should make good use of Li Yi. We can't be careless, so as to avoid chilling the hearts of the officials. Your Majesty should know that a scholar should use those who know him well. A woman should ask for those who like her. I will repay the Zhi family! "
Zhang Shuo took a deep breath and answered with the thoughts of a prime minister.
He admitted that Li Yi was trustworthy. There was no need to doubt him. He was always giving out good things, there was no point in being suspicious.
The meaning of his words was an allusion: The nation's scholar met me, so I will repay him.
Zhang Shuo chose to believe in Li Yi and advised Li Longji to cherish him. In his opinion, Li Yi was a nation's scholar, an unparalleled nation's scholar!
This was because Li Yi's things were not hidden. They were all in Zhuangzi. For the two elder brothers who met each other, they could see anything. If they didn't understand, they could ask. Once they asked, they would tell them what was going on.
"Li Yi is not a nation's scholar. He is my Brother Yi." Li Longji refuted Zhang Shuo's words.
A nation's scholar was already the highest evaluation, but Li Longji didn't want it. He wanted a Brother Yi.
So he was always afraid of exposing his identity. He also felt that it was wrong to not be honest with Brother Yi. He was very conflicted.
If he said it, he was afraid of losing it. If he didn't say it, he would be sorry.
"San Lang, uncle didn't think about that. He also doesn't care." Empress Wang consoled.
"Look at what the foreigners are giving to Brother Yi during the New Year. Especially the seeds that have never been seen before. "
Li Longji quickly recovered. He knew that Li Yi liked some novel things, not including jewelry. Brother Yi didn't care for jewelry.
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