I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 509 On Frugality

A few luxurious carriages swayed out of the capital.

When the people on the street saw such a beautiful racecourse, they were somewhat curious and stopped to watch.

I don't know that it was a Jinyiwei who was full and had nothing to do, and pulled out the knife with a bang, scaring the people watching, and ran away without a trace.

The queen originally wanted to lift the curtain of the car to take a good look at the capital in winter, but seeing that everyone ran away all of a sudden, the boss was not happy.

While adding carbon to the small stove in the car, Li Tian said to the queen,

"Ling'er, you don't have to blame them, they are also responsible!"

Things like adding charcoal fire should have been done by Wang Fu or the court ladies, but Li Tian had a rare chance to have a world with the queen, so he drove everyone else away.

So he can only come by himself.

The queen seemed to feel that she was making a big fuss, so she snatched the carbon clip from Li Tian's hand, and said in a low voice,

"If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know how expensive the rice is. From now on, the concubine is only in charge of the harem, and I don't feel anything. But after taking over the handicraft workshop, the concubine knows how hard the people's daily life is."

Li Tian looked up at the queen curiously,
"Why did Ling'er suddenly become sentimental today?"

The queen shook her head slightly and said,
"It's nothing, it's just that the concubine has felt something recently."

"There is still some distance to the western suburbs, and there is still time. Ling'er might as well tell me if the workshop has encountered any difficulties."

The queen sighed,
"Everything is fine in the workshop, Your Majesty, don't worry, but some time ago, Yongri wrote a report to the concubine, and the concubine knew how hard the people in the capital, who seemed to be living and working in peace, lived behind their backs."

"Oh, what the hell is going on."

"Didn't the concubine tell His Majesty a few days ago that she plans to go to Nanjing to set up a branch in the spring of the coming year?"

"Yes, there is such a thing!"

The Queen continued quietly,
"The branch in Nanjing needs to select some skilled workers to serve as the backbone, so there will be vacancies in the workshop in the capital.

In order not to affect the operation of the workshop in the coming year, Yongri and the others decided to recruit some temporary workers and train them to fill the vacant positions at that time. "

Li Tian said suspiciously,

"It's normal, it doesn't seem like a big deal!"

The queen disliked him and interrupted her words, gave him a blank look, and then continued,

"You must know that these temporary workers do not count their salaries. Originally, the concubine thought that there would be such a job without wages, and no one should be willing to do it.

But what the concubine did not expect was that within a day after the notice was posted, thousands of people flocked to the capital to apply. "

"At the beginning, Chenqie didn't understand what was going on, and she was curious. Later, when chatting with Yongri, Chenqie knew why it happened."

"Although the workshop pays each worker [-] Wen a day, this [-] Wen is actually a rare high salary for the vast majority of the people in the capital."

"It is said that in private, some people almost fought in the street in order to get this trial opportunity."

"Your Majesty, do you know that since the workshop started to make money, the harem's food and other expenses have increased a lot.

The concubine was complacent before, thinking that she had done such a remarkable thing.

As everyone knows, every tael of silver spent by the concubine is earned by the common people after half a month of hard work... "

Hearing this, Li Tian suddenly laughed, stepped forward and embraced the Queen in his arms, and comforted him softly,
"So Ling'er, you are sentimental because of this matter!
I'm telling you, it's not necessary at all.

I also thought about it like Ling'er, but then I figured it out.

This world is inherently unfair. No matter how much we achieve, there will always be rich and poor in this world.

What we have to do is not to live frugally and save money every day, but to use the extra resources in our hands to help more poor people. "

The queen turned her head and glanced at Li Tian, ​​and said puzzledly,

"But Your Majesty, if we save a little, won't we be able to spend more money to help the people!"

Li Tian flicked the queen's smooth forehead lightly, and said with a smile,

"Fool, even if we save more money a year, how much money can we save, 1 taels or 2 taels!
What is this little money enough for?

But if we put our frugal thoughts on building more workshops, how many more people can we help in a year. "

The queen was a little confused,

"Your Majesty, thrift doesn't seem to have anything to do with building a new workshop!"

Li Tian smiled mysteriously,
"Ling'er, you are wrong again, if everyone becomes thrifty, will anyone still use soap, will anyone still buy silk and satin!

If no one buys soap, no one goes to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, how many people will lose their livelihoods.

From my point of view, we should not advocate frugality at all. Instead, we should spend as much money as we have. If we work hard, we should spend as much as we can! "

Hearing Li Tian's nonsense, the queen was full of question marks.

"What is it all about? Could it be that spending a lot of money can make the people richer and make Daming stronger?"

Li Tian snapped his fingers and said,
"That's right, that's the reason. When I built a workshop, thousands of people in the capital had a livelihood. When I built a honeycomb coal workshop, thousands of Huangzhuang households became rich.

I want to build a garden that is unparalleled in the world, and it can feed tens of thousands of craftsmen and people at once.

Ling'er, tell me, is it worth my money or not! "

Li Tian's words seemed to make some sense, but the queen was not an idiot, so he always felt that there was something wrong with his words.

After thinking for a long time, she said,
"Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, and Emperor Qin Shihuang are all models of extravagance. I have not seen their dynasties continue to prosper. What Your Majesty said is all nonsense!"

Li Tian said noncommittally,

"How could I not know about this, but the premise of what I said about spending a lot of money is that you must have the ability to make a lot of money. This statement is only valid when the money you earn far exceeds the money you spend. .

Whether it is a soap workshop or a briquette workshop, which one is losing money?

Since I dare to spend money, I naturally have a way to earn back all the money I spent.

This cycle goes on and on, how can the country not be prosperous and strong, and how can the people not be happy! "

After being stunned for a while, the queen seemed to understand what Li Tian said,
At last he raised his eyebrows and said,
"If His Majesty says so, even if the concubines wear new clothes, wear jewelry, and eat delicious food every day, they are also helping His Majesty to make the country rich and the people strong!"

Li Tian smiled and said,
"That's natural, Ling'er, you can spend as much as you want, if you have the ability to spend all my money, I will count it on you!"

(End of this chapter)