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Chapter 745 Li Huang Zheng Chengming

In the study room of the Holy Emperor's Hall, Cheng Ming was at his desk dealing with government affairs.

Although everything in Dali is stable, there are still many complicated government affairs that need to be dealt with.

In fact, before Chengming, the biggest problem is still Dali's financial problem.

As the number of Dali cultivators skyrocketed, the number of masters skyrocketed, and the court invested more and more resources in cultivators.

Especially the shrine.

Every worshiper who joins the offering hall can receive a salary from the offering hall.

In the past, when Zheng Ming was in power, the number of offerings in the worship hall was small, and the salary expenditure was not much.

But now the number of enshrined offerings in the Enshrining Hall has skyrocketed, and there are millions of enshrined offerings in the Ming Dao Realm alone, not to mention the Cave God Realm and Tongxuan Realm. The salary expenditure of the Enshrining Hall alone accounts for [-]% of Dali's finances every year.

If it weren't for Chengming's repeated use of the internal treasury to replenish the treasury of the Ministry of Households, it is estimated that Dali's finances would have collapsed.

But now Chengming's internal treasury is almost empty, so Chengming has a lot of headaches.

Although the Royal Chamber of Commerce is very good at making money and provides him with a large amount of spiritual stone resources every year, it can't stand the bottomless pit of the Temple of Enshrinement.

The key is that there will be more practitioners in Dali in the future, and more salaries will be required to be paid by the Shrine Hall. Sooner or later, even if Chengming empties out the inner treasury, it will not be able to fill the bottomless pit of the Shrine Hall.

"Your Majesty, the five elders are already waiting outside the door."

In the study, the little eunuch reminded Cheng Ming.

Cheng Ming raised his head and said lightly, "Please come in."

"Here!"

Afterwards, the little eunuch walked in with a group of cabinet ministers.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"Excuse me, everyone." Cheng Ming said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ministers stood up, and Cheng Ming's eyes swept over them one by one.

Today the cabinet still has five cabinet ministers, namely Xin Qiji, Du Ruhui, Wang Shouming, Zheng Ziming and Yu Shangxin.

After Zheng Ming transferred Jia Xu to Tiandi Palace, Yu Shangxin, the Governor of Tiandu City, went straight to the top and became a cabinet minister.

When Chengming practiced in Tiandu Chengfu Yamen, Yu Shangxin was his teacher. After Chengming ascended the throne, Yu Shangxin naturally became a close minister of the emperor.

"Everyone, what are your thoughts on the issue of the worship hall?"

Cheng Ming asked everyone.

Xin Qiji and the others bowed their heads and pondered.

This is not the first time they have considered this issue. In fact, they have thought of many methods before, but none of them seem suitable.

The excessive expenditure on the salary of the hall of worship is due to the increase in the number of Dali's practitioners.

To solve this problem, there are only two ways, one is to reduce the number of Dali practitioners, this way is obviously impossible.

The other is to reduce the salaries of the priests.

In the past, Zheng Ming decided that as long as his cultivation level surpassed the Cave God Realm, he would have to register at the Shrine Hall, and at the same time he could receive a salary from the Shrine Hall.

If the salaries of the priests were to be reduced, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among many priests, which would not be a good thing for the court.

So the real question is how to reduce the salaries of the priests without arousing their dissatisfaction.

Just when the study fell into silence, a stream of light suddenly appeared in the study.

Everyone was slightly taken aback when they saw this, but Xin Qiji and Du Ruhui soon realized that they stood in front of Chengming, watching the shining streamer vigilantly.

At the same time, the little eunuch outside the door exclaimed.

"Imperial Guards, hurry up and protect His Majesty!"

For a while, the peaceful palace fell into a commotion, and a large number of imperial guards ran towards the Holy Emperor's Palace.

But Cheng Ming didn't panic, instead he looked at the flickering streamer expectantly.

next moment.

A figure came out from the streamer, Chengming was surprised when he saw the person coming.

"Father!"

It was none other than Zheng Ming who brought Xiaofuzi and Jinxian.

With a wave of his hand, Zheng Ming closed the portal of the Yang Realm, and looked at Cheng Ming with a faint smile.

"My son-in-law pays respects to his father!"

"I will pay my respects to the Emperor."

Zheng Ming smiled and said, "Surprised you?"

"No." Cheng Ming said.

The little eunuch outside the door saw the situation in the room, immediately reacted, and quickly started to disperse the imperial guards.

But soon the news of Zheng Ming's return spread like a gust of wind throughout Tiandu City and Dali.

In the study room, Zheng Ming sat at the desk, looking at the blue and white jade trees outside the window, with a happy expression on his face.

"I haven't been back for a long time, and this jade tree has grown a lot taller."

Zheng Ming laughed.

"After the father left, the son-in-law asked the internal supervisor to arrange two people to take good care of it, just hoping that when the father came back, he could see it grow vigorously." Standing beside him, Cheng Ming said softly.

Zheng Ming nodded slightly.

It's not just the blue and white jade tree that grew up, but also Chengming.

"What were you discussing just now?" Zheng Ming asked.

Cheng Ming paused, revealing a look of embarrassment.

"What? Can't tell Father?" Zheng Ming looked at him strangely.

"No, it's just~" Cheng Ming was a little confused.

The hall of worship was established by Zheng Ming, and the salary system of the hall of worship was also formulated by Zheng Ming at the beginning. Now that he wants to change it, he is overturning Zheng Ming's original decision.

It would be fine if Zheng Ming didn't ask, and he didn't realize that Zheng Ming would care about these things.But now that Zheng Ming asked, he was a little embarrassed to say it.

Xin Qiji who was beside him took a step forward and said, "I would like to report to the emperor that the minister feels that the salary of the hall of worship is too much, which drags down the finances of the court, so I hope that your majesty can revise the salary of the hall of worship."

Zheng Ming looked at Xin Qiji and smiled slightly.

He knew that it was Xin Qiji who was helping Chengming out of the siege, but he really didn't care about it.

The salary system of the Hall of Enshrinement was formulated by him, but it does not mean that it cannot be changed.

The times are changing, and some systems will fall behind. It is a matter of course that the government changes with the times and changes with the situation.

"How do you guys plan to change?" Zheng Ming asked.

Xin Qiji was scratching his head now, he hadn't thought about it before.

But Du Ruhui next to him said: "Emperor, I believe that the salaries of the priests should be completely cancelled, so that it can be done once and for all."

Zheng Ming nodded, and said: "It's a good way to cut the mess quickly, but there is one problem, have you thought about it?"

"I would like to ask Emperor Zun to give some advice." Du Ruhui said.

"What should practitioners do?" Zheng Ming asked.

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

What should practitioners do?
What does this question mean?
Zheng Ming said with a smile: "Although I haven't returned to Dali for a long time, I know a little about Dali's situation. I know that the number of practitioners in Dali is far more than before."

"Then the question is, there are so many cultivators, they only practice and don't do production. Is this a good thing for the dynasty and the people?"

"In the past, there were many tasks for the worship hall to be given to practitioners, but now the interior of Dali is stable, and there are very few tasks in the worship hall. In addition, the gods are all over Dali, and they do most of the tasks in the worship hall. It's over, so now the priests have nothing to do, they can only concentrate on practicing."

"It's a good thing to devote yourself to practice, but it's not entirely a good thing."

"How many cultivators above the God Realm in Dali Cave are there?" Zheng Ming asked Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji replied: "According to the statistics of the Hall of Enshrinement this year, there are currently 8 million practitioners in the Cave God Realm, 720 million practitioners in the Tongxuan Realm, and 110 million practitioners in the Ming Dao Realm. Among them are the demon clan."

Zheng Ming nodded slightly, and said: "Compared to 20 years ago, the number has almost tripled. This is the result of the administration of the love ministers in the court."

"But it is also the biggest problem facing the court at present."

"The number of cultivators above the Cave God Realm is increasing, and it may double in ten years, and it may even exceed [-] million in a hundred years."

"At that time, not to mention the salary of the Hall of Consecration, even the resource output of the entire Dali will not be enough for them to consume."

"In addition, they only concentrate on cultivation and don't care about production. All their consumption will be passed on to ordinary people, and the problems of the dynasty will become more serious by then."

To put it simply, although practitioners have strong individual strength, they are just a group of idlers who only eat and do not work.

But the dynasty can't reduce the number of practitioners, because the foundation of the dynasty's prosperity is based on the practitioners.

"So what you have to consider is not only the salary issue, but also find something for these practitioners to do." Zheng Ming said.

"Father, what should practitioners do?" Cheng Ming said.

Zheng Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "This is my question just now."

"Ugh!" Cheng Ming scratched his head in embarrassment.

In front of Zheng Ming, Li Huang still looked immature.

Seeing his appearance, Zheng Ming couldn't help but chuckled, and said, "Let practitioners integrate into civil production."

In fact, Zheng Ming had considered this problem before. Although he didn't face this problem at the beginning, he had already predicted that Dali would have this problem.

After all, the practitioner training system will increase the number of practitioners in Dali, so this problem will inevitably arise.

"Cultivators should not just fight and kill, but should create a better living environment."

"Before, we popularized mechanism techniques to all walks of life in the dynasty, but now what you have to do is to let practitioners also integrate into all walks of life."

"It goes without saying that the cultivation industry needs not only practitioners but also professional talents, but it can also allow practitioners to enter ordinary industries."

"Taking agriculture as an example, the earth-turning technique is not difficult, right? As long as the cultivation level reaches the master level, it can be cultivated and performed. A master-level cultivator can perform the earth-turning technique once, and the result of a day's hard work is greater than that of ordinary people."

"There is also the technique of falling rain. Masters in the Xiantai realm can call the wind and call for rain to solve the problem of land drought. Ordinary practitioners can use small-scale rainfall to water the dealers."

"Many simple spells are very useful for farming."

"Let the practitioner integrate into all walks of life, let him earn money and practice resources by himself, and reduce the salary expenditure of the temple."

"The hall of offerings has to be changed a bit. Practitioners not only know how to fight, they can also do many things. The task bar of the hall of offerings can't just be combat tasks, such as farming, cultivating land, building houses, building roads and bridges, opening mountains and rivers, etc. etc., can be handed over to practitioners as tasks.”

Zheng Ming briefly explained his thoughts, and Cheng Ming listened with fascination, his eyes lit up.

"Father, do you want to reduce the salary of the worship hall?" Cheng Ming asked.

"Of course it will be reduced. While lowering their salaries, help them find jobs so that they can be self-reliant." Zheng Ming said.

"But what if they are not satisfied?" Cheng Ming asked again.

Zheng Ming looked at him and said flatly, "So what if you're not satisfied? Do they still dare to rebel?"

"If someone jumps out to seek death, then you will fulfill him and send him to the underworld."

"Remember that you are the emperor, and the emperor should pay equal attention to kindness and power. Blindly giving kindness will only make greedy people more greedy, so sometimes you need to pick up the butcher knife, and anyone who is not a subject can be killed!"

Chengming's mind tightened, he nodded vigorously, and said, "I understand."

Zheng Ming looked at him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Cheng Ming is a qualified emperor, but not an outstanding emperor.

This is related to Chengming's growth environment.

Chengming grew up under his wings. Although he practiced Chengming again and again, there were many things that Chengming had never experienced.

Among the many emperors in the Immortal World today, the most outstanding emperors are Taihao Emperor Yu Qi and Nine Yuan Emperor Yuan Ling.

Needless to say, Yu Qi became a young man, and although Yu Wuyan assisted him at the beginning, he has experienced many things that ordinary people have never experienced, making him a hero of a generation. It can be said that he is the most courageous emperor in the fairyland today.

As for Yuan Ling, he is only more than 40 years old now, and he was also enthroned as a teenager, and he was enthroned at the most critical time of the Nine Yuan Dynasty. Suffering makes people grow, and hatred makes people strong.

But Cheng Ming wasn't too bad, it was more than enough to be a conservative emperor.

(End of this chapter)