fifth form

Chapter 1842 Disadvantages
“Iron plates are useful, right?”

Zhang Xuezhou saw the new emperor again three days later.

He had basically been transporting food and daily necessities outside the city these days, and leading everyone in Zhangjiazhuang to Jingzhao Yinfu to hold the "festival".

These seem like simple things, but they keep them busy from morning till night.

It was not until everyone had eaten and drunk for several days and regained their strength that the "Certificate" for identity approval was issued, allowing them to freely enter and leave Chang'an City to get food. Only then did Zhang Xuezhou feel completely relaxed and no longer needed to worry about arranging meals.

There are still a lot of things to do, but it is not a problem to slowly get back on track in life.

As long as you have a few strong bows and find some mountains and forests for hunting, it is not difficult to sell the prey to support your family as the new emperor mentioned.

The area a hundred miles outside Chang'an City was occupied by civilians, but most of them were good at farming and only hunted a few dozen miles deep. However, it was very normal for the people of Zhangjiazhuang to hunt hundreds of miles in the mountains.

If you have enough physical strength to go hunting long distances, the probability of finding suitable wild animals is very high.

Whether it was Rong Tianding's idea of ​​reselling goods in the East Market and the West Market to make a profit, or Zhang Xuezhou's idea of ​​entering certain industries to make a living, these were not as good as the old business of hunting mentioned by the new emperor.

He relaxed for a rare moment when he heard a knock on the door.

The door of the house was not closed. As soon as Zhang Xuezhou raised his head, he saw the new emperor in brocade clothes.

As long as the new emperor wears brocade clothes and the other party conceals his identity, Zhang Xuezhou does not need to be polite.

He quickly sat up from the rattan chair he was lying on, and then invited the other person in as if he were a visiting guest.

"It's very useful," Zhang Xuezhou smacked his lips and said, "It's a pity that it can only be used once. I also want to use the iron plate to call some wealthy businessmen to pay for registration in Chang'an!"

"Your thoughts are unacceptable!"

The new emperor pointed at Zhang Xuezhou, indicating that he would easily lose his head if he had such thoughts.

The new emperor did not mind more than a hundred people having household registration in Chang'an City, and buying and selling iron order household registration was a serious crime.

But the fact that Zhang Xuezhou could say it openly means that Zhang Xuezhou is aware of the disadvantages of the iron plate and knows how to act in a measured way.

During these few short days, it was difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to find any wealthy businessman who would pay to buy an iron plate and qualify to become a citizen of Chang'an City.

At this time, the iron plate was taken back, which also prevented the other party from using the iron plate to cause trouble.

"Hmm? You mean that only by taking back the rights to the iron plate can we put an end to the practice of embezzlement of money by all the big and small links?"

"What?"

The new emperor figured out some things belatedly, and Zhang Xuezhou's reaction was even more belated.

The new emperor believed that Zhang Xuezhou’s mentality was the same as that of the general public. Power does not need to expire, and as long as one has power, he will exploit the people below him.

This was the case for people at every level, which resulted in the court's ten strings of coins for retirement pay becoming five hundred and a half taels of coins.

For people like Zhang Baojia, they have never been clear about the top-level policies, and even lack the means to obtain information from above. In the end, everyone else takes it in the same way, so they do the same, thus forming a common perception of inertia.

In this group, the people who distribute the retirement pay may not even be aware that the actual amount of money is as high as ten strings of cash.

When it came to distributing money to these lower-level people, what they received was actually five hundred and a half taels of silver.

"Retirement pay is only one of the expenses for maintaining a military district. Even if the court specially dispatches officials to deliver it directly to retired soldiers, what should be done with the money from other links?" the new emperor asked himself.

"..."

"The retirement pay can be fixed, but the prices of other purchased food, military supplies, etc. fluctuate up and down. It's not something that the court can fix the price on. How can we control the scale and avoid corruption?" the new emperor whispered.

"..."

"If I set a fixed price, they will definitely sell inferior products as good ones, and squeeze the price into the raw materials, so it will be difficult to produce good and high-quality products!"

Things can be deduced forward or backward.

But no matter how the new emperor deduced, he found that this deduction would lead to a dead end. As long as one is human, he will inevitably have small thoughts and will inevitably have a profit mindset, and those who control power will inevitably tend to their own interests.

It is impossible for an official to work just for the salary of a few hundred or a few thousand shi. This salary is not enough to support a family.

This kind of atmosphere exists not only in the Northern Border Military Region and other military regions, but throughout the entire imperial court. Otherwise, where would so many princes and nobles get their huge fortunes from?

This social atmosphere has almost formed an unspoken rule, and the beneficiaries of breaking the rules will inevitably suffer backlash.

The strong will always be strong. Aristocratic families, schools, and princes are all products of this unspoken rule that has expanded to the extreme.

If these aristocratic families, schools, and princes wanted to move up further, they would threaten the imperial power.

The new emperor was not busy eradicating corruption. He had been thinking about the corresponding social phenomena in the past few days and wondering how to promote blood transfusions at different levels of society, so as to maintain the ups and downs of the stakeholders and consolidate the rule of the court.

As the biggest beneficiary of the entire Han Dynasty, the new emperor was actually also the beneficiary of this unspoken rule.

This requires him to look beyond the phenomenon to solve the problem.

The new emperor asked several people, but when faced with such questions, these people either did not dare to speak or their thinking was not as good as Zhang Xuezhou's. This made the new emperor extremely unhappy, and he eventually decided to travel again.

"It's really hard for the top management to solve this kind of problem!"

The new emperor murmured repeatedly, which made Zhang Xuezhou think.

This is no different from what Ren Yisheng wanted to do when he was young to solve the problems of Jishi Medical Group. No matter how Ren Yisheng investigated and what he did, the problems still existed. Jishi Group was huge and had been losing money year after year.

Even though the Jishi Group was later divided and jointly managed by several families, the situation did not improve.

Social development cannot be completely bright. These drawbacks are unreasonable, but they will exist like chronic diseases.

When Ren Yisheng took over Jishi Medical Center again, he eliminated a bunch of parasites through psychological judgment, thus allowing Jishi Medical Center to develop in a more healthy way.

But this is only limited to the Jishi Medical Center. Ren Yisheng does not have the energy to conduct a psychological check on everyone in this system, and can only maintain the peace of a small area.

Zhang Xuezhou had made almost no achievements in politics, and he had no answer in his mind.

If the new emperor insisted on an answer, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he could ask someone on his behalf, and perhaps get a satisfactory answer.

"How do you think this matter should be resolved?"

The new emperor read a lot of words and then looked at Zhang Xuezhou.

"This is an issue that requires serious consideration. I need to think about it carefully," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"This does require some thought," the new emperor nodded, "I've been thinking about it for three days and still can't figure it out. You can think about it for a few more days!"

Zhang Xuezhou did not talk in general terms, but instead suggested that he needed to think about it. This response made the new emperor very satisfied.

If he had been thinking about it for three days, while Zhang Xuezhou could answer it right away, this kind of IQ crush would undoubtedly make the new emperor feel uncomfortable.

He hopes to solve the problem, but he doesn't want to be so simple-minded that he can be easily defeated.

"How many days do you need to think about it?" asked the new emperor.

"This requires reference to ancient books," Zhang Xuezhou said seriously, "I think it will take at least ten days or half a month!"

"Then I'll come back in half a month!"

The new emperor nodded.

He hadn't figured out a solution to the problem in three days, and Zhang Xuezhou was very satisfied that he needed ten days or half a month to think about it.

This kind of serious drawback really needs to be carefully considered.

He also gave Zhang Xuezhou enough time and was not in a hurry to get an answer that was not rigorously thought out right away.