Improper cannon fodder for fast wear

Chapter 1316 Return of the Bead 49
Many concubines in the Supreme Empress Palace were pregnant. Emperor Jianyuan received the news very quickly.

"It is reported that there are already eight of them, and I'm afraid there will be more in the future. He won't get me a hundred younger brothers, will he?" Emperor Jianyuan accepted the report, pressed his eyebrows, and talked to An Ran speechlessly. road.

No wonder he was so worried. Someone in the royal family of the Great Zhou had nothing to do and had a hundred sons. Although people in the society smiled and congratulated each other, a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren are blessed, but for the high-ranking people in the court, But I can't laugh anymore. You must know that the clan has its own set of enfeoffment mechanisms, and the hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren will be entrusted, which will make the dynasty's treasury shrink a lot.

It was created by a certain prince, and the entrustments were all minor titles below General Zhen Guo, which was a little bit better.

The Supreme Emperor will produce hundreds of sons. For the emperor's son, he doesn't say that he should be a prince, but a county king is also necessary. Otherwise, there will be rumors among the people that he treats his younger brother harshly.

But... hundreds of county kings popping up at once, how much treasury will be consumed, that picture is too beautiful, he really doesn't want to see it.

Even if it is not the king of the county, but the general of the town, it will cost a lot of money to support it.

If the treasury has money, that's fine, but the key is that if the treasury has no money, how can we afford it?

So this made Emperor Jianyuan panic a little. After all, he couldn't stop the Supreme Emperor from having children, but if he didn't prohibit it, what would happen if there were more and more children in the future?
He still has his own child to raise - An Ran is also pregnant at the moment - he doesn't want to raise so many younger brothers!

——I have to say that the action of the Supreme Emperor really made it difficult for Emperor Jianyuan.

An Ran had long known the reason why the Supreme Emperor did this, and when he saw it, he said: "If he did this on purpose, it is really possible. But don't be afraid, isn't it just a matter of how many people eat, you Think about it, isn’t it a good thing to have more people? The more people the dynasty has, the more prosperous it will be. After all, we have defeated the Kun people, and there will be more places in the country. Wouldn’t it be desolate if there were fewer people?”

"They are the royal family who want a salary. What's the use of having a large population?" He still panicked.

"When the titles are lowered from generation to generation, sooner or later they will still be civilians. It will be useful at that time. As a ruler, you still think that there are too many people under your rule, really." An Ran said.

If there were so many people in modern times, it might be too much, but in this era, such a large dynasty with a population of only about [-] million, is this too much?I'm not afraid to double it.

Moreover, in the era of cold weapons where wars often occurred, the large number of people means that once a foreign enemy invades, the race is not easy to be wiped out. Look at how those small nations died out in history, many of them were due to the small number of people. Then, die, die, disperse, and finally perish. A large clan with a large population has much stronger resistance.

"Although what you said is reasonable, the key is that the treasury has no money at the moment. I'm worried about money." Emperor Jianyuan said.

Seeing that he was worried about this, An Ran immediately said: "You don't have to worry about this, there are plenty of solutions to money matters."

In fact, this dynasty, like many other dynasties in the world, has underdeveloped commerce and shipping, so the treasury has no money. Because An Ran is lazy, he will not help Emperor Jianyuan give him advice on how to revitalize commerce and shipping. Make a lot of money, after all, this is too complicated, if she really wants to come up with an idea, she must write something like a plan for Emperor Jianyuan to read, so as not to say it with her mouth, and she can't explain clearly in a few sentences.

But An Ran came to this world for leisure, otherwise she would not have continued to take the orange quest, and only took the purple quest, because the strength of the orange world was completely suppressed by the natives in the last time, and she was unhappy, so she took this quest. Naturally, he wouldn't worry about it right now, and was just going to help Emperor Jianyuan with some ideas and help him earn some money.

"Oh? Zitong said this, is there any good way? Doesn't it mean to use the method of raiding the house? I raided the Wang's house before, and indeed copied some money, but this kind of thing can't be done every year, and there is not much. They are as rich and powerful as the Wang family, even if they do it once a year, there will always be times when they will run out and fail to make any money." When Emperor Jianyuan heard what An Ran said, he felt that she seemed to have a good idea, so he asked this question .

"Of course not ransacking the house." An Ran shook her head and said.

"If it wasn't for raiding the house, I can't think of any good solution. It can't be to increase taxes. This is definitely not possible. I won't talk about reducing taxes for the common people. If I raise taxes, I won't be scolded by the common people."

"It's not a tax increase either." An Ran said.

"What's the solution? Zitong, don't be a fool." Emperor Jianyuan said.

An Ran said: "It's very simple, you can sell false titles, I think the imperial court has given some false titles to some people who have made great contributions to the imperial court before, as an honorary reward, that is to say, false titles are something that the imperial court does not want. Willing to give, since that’s the case, why not just set a price and sell it for a while, I believe those big businessmen are willing to buy a false title, so as not to kneel when they see people.”

He has experienced many worlds, and An Ran knows which worlds have good political experience, so just mentioning one at this time can help Emperor Jianyuan.

This method can indeed bring in money, and it is not of the same nature as the selling of officials and nobles in history, but when Emperor Jianyuan heard what An Ran said, he shook his head like a rattle, and said: "No, no, this way, except for those who really want to go into politics, Who is willing to work hard to become an official through the imperial examination, just spend money to buy a title, after all, even if you don't get a real job, you still have a high status. If this goes on for a long time, the court will not be able to find talents."

"No, you can set the upper limit of the virtual title that can be bought. For example, if you set it, you can only buy those below the seventh rank. This will not only satisfy the idea of ​​those businessmen who don't want to be white clothes, but also make money for the court. It can also take care of scholars. It's precious, you can kill three birds with one stone, why not do it?" An Ran said.

After hearing this, Emperor Jianyuan didn't object anymore, and began to ponder. After a long while, Emperor Jianyuan smiled and said, "Zitong's method is good, maybe it's really feasible."

"Then I'll wait for your good news. If you succeed in implementing this, you won't have to worry about running out of money in the future, and unlike tax increases, it will hurt ordinary people."

"Okay, let me try it... According to what you said, there shouldn't be much resistance from the court." Emperor Jianyuan said.

"I also think there should be little resistance." An Ran said.

An Ran knew why there was not much resistance, because many children of officials' families may not be promising, if they fail to pass the imperial examination and have no qualifications, will they become white?Now there is such a method of donating a false title, even if it is a false title, the child will not be white in the future, and can have a certain status in society. In this way, it is also beneficial to the court ministers, so those who stop it are naturally There are fewer, especially those senior officials whose children are worthless, and they will not refuse.

(End of this chapter)