Chapter 254: Proposal [Part 1]

"Your Majesty, what you said!" Feng Shanji struggled to squeeze out these five words from his mouth. This was really difficult for Feng Shanji.

Zhao Qian calmed down, turned around, looked at Feng Shenji and asked, "Okay, let's not say these depressed words! I wonder what plans Qi Xian is going to deal with after the people come to Guizhou City?"

Feng Shenji heard this. He took a deep breath, suppressed his previous negative emotions, and said: "The petition of the people of the people seems to be a crisis, but isn't it also an opportunity?"

Zhao Qian's eyes narrowed, looked at Feng Shenji, and asked, "What is the opportunity Qi Xian said?"

"In the past, people contacted the court through the clerks of the yamen. What the clerks of the yamen said was equivalent to what the court said. Especially the people on Guangnan West Road had not yet opened up, which was particularly special. This became an opportunity for clerks to play with their means. As long as the prince issued some government orders to reduce taxes and guided slowly, it would naturally eliminate the public anger created by the distortion of the facts by the large households."

Zhao Qian frowned and said, "It is good to reduce taxes, but this is not something that I can decide. I need to submit a report to the court. Of course, as long as the actual situation is reported, the court is not a fool who is not a ignorant person. There are still some things that should be reduced. I am afraid that even if it is back and forth, it will take one and a half months to get the fastest, and the normal speed will take more than two months! But the petitions made by these big families are on the fifteenth of this month, and it is completely too late to go! "

Feng Shenji thought for a while and said, "Prince, hasn't the court issued a reduction and exemption of half-taxes on Guangnan West Road this year?"

Zhao Qian shook his head and said, "It is not a reduction and exemption of half of the tax, but a permit to intercept half of the tax on Guangnan West Road to be used to conquer Anhua Man!"

Feng Shenji said: "Isn't that okay? The prince can issue a decree, and this year's tax reduction is 10%, which is enough to make the people overjoy. As for the court, it's even easier to say, they just need half the tax!"

After a pause, Feng Shenji continued: "Although 20% of the money and grains should be paid to the Transport Department, the prince set up a Xiang Shang. The current situation is very good. It seems that most of the military law comes from here. It will not matter much if the money and grains collected are missing!"

Zhao Qian frowned, and after a while, he shook his head.

Feng Shanji asked in surprise: "Prince, but what the Xiaguan said is wrong?"

Zhao Qian explained: "Although what Qixian said seems to be feasible, in fact it is not! First of all, the tax exemption is private. This is a good intention, but it is also easy to be called a municipal envoy. For officials, municipal envoy is a party for personal gain, so what do you say to the people? Even if it is not a rebellion, it is not far away!"

Feng Shanji was stunned and said ashamed: "The emperor is not very considerate, please punish him!"

Zhao Qian shook his head and comforted him: "You don't have to be too demanding. People are not sages, so who can do nothing? But your strategy is also feasible. I will go back and think carefully and see how to make up for the shortcomings!"

Feng Shanji couldn't help but feel a little regretful, so he gave Zhao Jin a respectful look.

"Prince, haven't I been able to become your true trustworthy confidant yet? It seems that I still need to work hard!"

Looking at Zhao Jin's back as he left, Feng Shanji secretly encouraged him.

When he returned to Jingdetang, Zhao Qin immediately asked Liu Changan to find Gongsun Xuanxu.

"Have you thought about it?" Gongsun Xuanxu walked into Jingde Hall, bowed and immediately asked straight to the point.

Zhao Jin nodded and said, "I have already thought about it!"

Gongsun Xuanxu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Has the prince found a new solution?"

Zhao Qian was a little surprised, but said calmly on his face: "Haha! What are you talking about?"

Gongsun Xuanxu didn't care about Zhao Qian's vague attitude and said thoughtfully: "Since the prince made a decision so quickly, it was naturally impossible to agree with my plan! I still have this self-knowledge! I just don't know if it's for the capable man, so quickly I will think of a way for the prince to have the best of both worlds?"

Later, Gongsun Xuanxu's tone became a little angry. For Gongsun Xuanxu, who was highly regarded, the adviser who didn't know where he was called Gongsun Xuanxu felt disdainful from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Qian laughed and comforted: "It's not a capable person, but he has more understanding of Guangnan West Road than his husband!"

As he said that, Zhao Qian told Gongsun Xuanxu all the conversations he had with Feng Shenji and pointed out the flaws in it. There is no need to say much about the intention, so he naturally asked Gongsun Xuanxu to give advice and make up for all the flaws.

When Gongsun Xuanxu heard this, he didn't say anything on the surface, but he was still happy. All of these actions showed that the prince trusted and recognized the most was himself. For Gongsun Xuanxu, who had already had a scholar to Zhao Chen and died for his confidant, this was undoubtedly the greatest compliment!

After walking in Jingde Hall for several times, Gongsun Xuanxu's plan came to mind! He stopped and turned around to look at Zhao Jin, saying confidently: "Tax reduction and exemption are all for the benefit of the people. Why should the prince be obsessed with the reduction and exemption?"

When Zhao Qian said this to Gongsun Xuanxu, he immediately found that he had entered a dead end and had some insights in his heart. However, Zhao Qian couldn't figure out what it was. He could only look at Gongsun Xuanxu and said with some gaze: "Please give me some advice!"

Gongsun Xuanxu said: "I have two strategies for this, and the prince can choose at his discretion. One strategy is to build water conservancy and to build water conservancy since ancient times have benefited the people's sentiments. As long as the prince announces this news, it will naturally cause a sensation immediately. As for the prince, it will be like a stream outside the house, and he will get as much as he can!"

Zhao Qian asked in confusion: "Is this possible? Water conservancy is good, but it costs a lot. Even if I take all the taxes for this autumn harvest this year, it will be about 30,000 guan. Such a little money will be too little? I remember when I was in Bianliang City, I heard that a canal was dug in Mianchi County, and farmers were willing to sell land. They dug a total of 1,200 steps, which took more than a month. This cost 130 guan! This is the simplest canal. If a reservoir is built, that wouldn't be nearly 1,000 guan?"

After a pause, Zhao Feng continued: "So little money can be used to make political achievements when it is spilled there, but it cannot be distributed evenly. This is probably because stealing chickens will not lose a lot of rice, but it will cause dissatisfaction among most people."

Gongsun Xuanxu smiled and said, "Why did the prince decide where to build it? If the prince doesn't say it, naturally some people ask about it. The prince can say that he needs to inspect it! Do the people below still understand the prince's intention? Do they dare to make a big fuss? And the prince doesn't spill 30,000 guan, but only a few thousand guan. The local big households will also lose money, and the local people will also serve and work. In fact, it is good to operate, and it is not a problem to build a reservoir of thousands of guan!"

Zhao Qian suddenly realized and immediately said happily: "Yeah! Yes! This is a good plan for sir!"

After a pause, Zhao Qin asked with hope: "What about the two strategies?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!