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Chapter 164
Mr. Jing looked confident, "Food is also simple. Your Highness can advise the Holy Majesty to set aside a few qualifications for the imperial merchant, such as the qualifications of the imperial jewellery, tea, silk and satin merchants and so on.

Whoever contributes the most food will be able to have the qualification of an imperial merchant for one year, and the requirement is to donate the food within a limited time without delay, so that the disaster relief will not be delayed. "

Because the national treasury is empty, being an imperial merchant to buy things for the royal family will not only make no money, but also lose money. Even so, people are still flocking to them, because with the name of the imperial merchant, they can attract powerful families to patronize their business. , after all, the goods used by the royal family are of course the best.

To put it bluntly, what the imperial merchants earn is not the money of the royal family at all, but the money of the powerful and the common people.

Li Chong laughed, and looked at Mr. Jing with great satisfaction, "Sir, you are really talented, you can even come up with such a clever plan."

Mr. Jing didn't take any credit, but still said modestly, "It's my duty to advise His Highness. If I can't solve His Highness's problems, it will be my dereliction of duty."

Li Chong was very satisfied with Mr. Jing's self-effacement, and even more satisfied with his ability to settle the money and food. Li Chong seemed to have seen his fame.

After thinking about it for a while, he calmed down and began to discuss the specifics with Mr. Jing, "Sir, what do you think should be the name of the official position for merchants?"

Mr. Jing said without hesitation, "Let's call it Wai Lang, which means a Lang official other than the frontal forehead. In order to show the difference between Wai Lang and other courtiers, the official hat of Wai Lang can be red top. And just now I thought about it again. An official's words may not be able to attract merchants to offer money, or if you give it to a sixth-rank official, you will only have a title, and it will not be a problem."

In terms of titles and official hats, they try their best to distinguish the difference between Wailang and courtiers, so that even if merchants wear official uniforms and official hats in the future, people can tell at a glance that they are not serious courtiers.

Li Chong clapped his hands, "Very good, let's settle it like this."

Mr. Jing continued, "The disasters in the three prefectures are serious. I calculated them together. In addition to the 8 taels given by the Ministry of Household Affairs, there should be 22 taels of silver, and 10 taels of silver for one prefecture should be enough.

In this way, if there are five official positions of Wai Lang, each with 5 taels of silver, 25 taels of silver can be raised, and the extra 3 taels can also be prepared for emergencies. "

Li Chong gasped, "A foreign official wants 5 taels of silver?"

All the expenses of his Prince's Mansion for a year, including human relations, are only about 5 taels of silver. Such a nominal sixth-rank official would sell for [-] taels. He was worried that no merchant would buy it.

Mr. Jing saw Li Chong's concerns, and smiled meaningfully, "Of course it's expensive to sell 5 taels of silver for a foreign official, but if he becomes a merchant's family of a foreign official, how can his direct descendants take the imperial examination?"

Li Chong was startled, and then showed a look of sudden realization, "Sir, you are right, regardless of whether these sixth-rank officials have real power or not, since they are officials set up by the imperial court, after merchants become this official, they will no longer be mere merchants. It can be called an official family, and the children of the official family can of course participate in the imperial examination."

The holy emperor Li Tiancheng encouraged business, but refused to allow merchants' families to participate in the imperial examination, because he was afraid that after the merchants had money, they would gradually control the court and make the emperor empty.

For a long time, no matter how successful a businessman's children are in school, they can't enter official careers. Many businessmen's children only need to be able to read and write, and they can do accounts.

But how can being a businessman be better than being a real official?No matter how rich a businessman is, if he offends the powerful, his family can be ruined overnight.

But as long as you buy this foreign official, your children can take part in the imperial examination. After entering the official career, they will gradually gain a foothold in the court and help the family. Waiting for good things, Mr. Jing felt that as long as the news was released, this foreigner would not worry about selling him.

Li Chong's confidence suddenly increased, and he thought of what Mr. Jing could think of, and the smile on his face gradually deepened.

"As for the qualifications of the imperial merchants, His Highness first set a minimum fixed number, for example, the reserve price is [-] shi of grain, and then let them compete with each other through the auction method. In this way, even if those merchants unite to sneak through the auction, they can still have tens of thousands of shi of grain."

For the people of the three prefectures, the grain of tens of thousands of shi is really a drop in the bucket.

Li Chong has already urged Mr. Jing impatiently, "Sir, do you have any specific instructions? I will enter the palace now and show it to my father."

This is a great contribution. If the disaster relief work is done, he will be in the limelight, so he must rush to see the father before the eldest brother and the others react.

Mr. Jing stood up, walked towards the direction of the copybook, and said, "I'll write a note right away."

Li Chong nodded again and again, anxiously watching Mr. Jing grind his ink and write.

He sat on the chair by himself, gradually calmed down from the excitement, and his expression gradually became ugly, "Sir, even if I can solve the disaster relief money and food, who will do the relief?"

It is definitely impossible for him to go to the three prefectures for disaster relief. How can he go to such a chaotic place with his rich body?How dangerous would it be if it was bumped into by unsightly victims, or if it caught the epidemic?

So he still had to strategize in the capital.

If he wants to become famous, it is not enough to have disaster relief money and food, he has to complete the disaster relief and appease the people, so that he can be regarded as a complete meritorious deed.

But three years ago, the disaster relief incident in Ruyin Mansion came to his mind. A total of 20 taels of disaster relief money was not used for disaster relief, but was corrupted. The three families are full to appease public grievances.

If this kind of thing happens again this time, not only will he have no merit, but he will have done it.

Mr. Jing said calmly, "Your Highness, if you are a person who is troubled by disaster relief, there is someone under your command who will recommend you."

Li Chonglian asked, "I don't know who Mister is interested in?"

Mr. Jing said word by word: "Xu Wenbin, the censor Zuo Zhongcheng who is upright and has a clean sleeve!"

Li Chong was startled, "Xu Wenbin, Yushi Zuozhongcheng?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the candidate recommended by Mr. Jing was very suitable. Xu Wenbin's official voice was very good. Everyone in the court knew that he was loyal to the Holy Majesty, and he was also a stinky stone in the latrine. If he presides over the disaster relief, he doesn't have to worry about the money being stolen.

Moreover, Xu Wenbin belongs to his father. He has already thought of a way to raise money and food for disaster relief. Light.

"Sir, this proposal is very good, so I will use Xu Wenbin for disaster relief!"

(End of this chapter)