C1132 Official Appearance (1/2)
”Twenty million silver?” Yang Zhi was so shocked that the chopsticks he had just picked up fell on the table once again.
Li Tuo sneered, ”Is this considered more than enough? In the 24 provinces of Daqing, other than Xinjiang, Tibet and Mongolia, which province was not allowed to spend this money? ”Especially in the more prosperous areas of Jiangnan and Shuangguang, more than half of them are available …”
”On average, they really don't have much money. A single province only has around a million or so. Those daoyin are all so fat that they are overflowing with oil. Isn't that worth millions or even tens of millions?”
”The Icemountain Reverence is only a small part of the capital's wealth. Actually, the Icemountain Reverence is already considered as a half-washed money. The imperial government doesn't even consider this money as corruption. The last account I mentioned is really a bribe!”
”Why are you looking at me like that?” Brother, do you look down on us? Do you think little officials the size of flies and green beans don't have the money to earn money? Do you think that no one will give us money at all? ”
”Absolutely wrong! ”I'll tell you the truth today, the smaller the status quo, the more important it is for us to change history!”
In the darkness of the night, only one room of the Gemeinschaft's house was lit up, the children on the street were running around with lanterns in their hands, firecrackers and incense in their hands, the snow in the corner was filled with firecrackers, the incense was lit up with a crackling sound, and then came the laughter of the people.
The entire Beijing was immersed in the joyous atmosphere of the New Year. According to the old saying, even the most ferocious people would have to kindly speak words of praise during the new year, in order to bring good fortune to the new year.
Therefore, this month, even usurpers were not allowed to chase after debts. On the contrary, they had to give some rice to the borrowers who couldn't live on. The importance of the New Year to the Chinese people could be seen from this.
But in such a joyous and happy festival, Yang Zhi actually had a profound political lesson, the lesson's name was Official Records.
”The betrothal gift is a big deal, how many foreign officials want to give gifts to the officials in the capital to raise their status? Many poor officials would rather borrow some money from the capital to get rich, those who are guilty want to spend money to get free, those who aren't guilty want to pay for their money to get promoted …”
”What's so special about the prince? Take our Prince Kung for example. The imperial government would reward us with double the amount of salary. The annual salary of the prince was only slightly more than ten thousand taels of silver. Asking the evil spirit to eat six servings with an additional reward was more than thirty thousand taels of silver, right? But to such a large Gong Wang Palace, thirty thousand taels won't even be enough for one year's worth of rewards! ”
”What are you waiting for if not for corruption? The Wang Family's newly bought theater team is posting their gifts and rewards. The prince is also going to set up a manor outside of the capital and earn a profit by buying shares in a business in Jiangnan. Otherwise, he will starve to death! ”
After Li Tuo finished speaking, the zingiberis radix continued to speak, ”I can set up a few tables to make it up to you, even if you want to marry or if you want to buy a dog … It's not over yet, we still have money to earn from this! ”
”Has anyone ever heard of this term?” Haha, it seems like you've never heard of it … Ministers, especially Foreign ministers, would usually send a report to the competent authorities to request approval of the Emperor. This' Ministry of Public Affairs' issue has a huge impact on the success or failure of the case, so people concerned would usually send over a 'regular fee' to clear the joints. ”
”Also, the official salary that the imperial court reimbursed is a bottomless pit. Should we allocate some food and military salaries for the war?” A million's military expenses had been paid out of the Ministry of Revenue, so shouldn't he get a hundred thousand and two hundred thousand in pay? ”If you can take away 1.2 million taels of silver from the Yongding River, I'll call you grandpa …”