"Your Majesty, I have something to report!" Ling Xin'an stepped forward and said.

"allow!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I would like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to contract the street sanitation and street lighting of the entire capital!" Ling Xin'an said slowly.

The whole hall was quiet. After listening to Ling Xin'an's words, many people looked at him.

This marquis has been in court for ten days and has never raised any political opinions. He listens quietly every day when he goes to court. It seems that he has completely forgotten about the previous impeachment against him.

It was not until today when he was about to retire that he stood up.

"Why?" Emperor Zhou said slowly.

"Your Majesty, the cleaner the city-state, the more talents it will attract. The brighter the city-state, the better the security. Many people think that the Jiangzhou City under my governance is just because of its prosperity, but they fail to see that the foundation of prosperity is clean streets and brightly lit streets.

On the streets, under such circumstances, enemies lurking in the dark must be cautious, which invisibly greatly increases their risk of exposure and indirectly stabilizes the city streets." Ling Xin'an said.

"The capital is so big, how to operate it?" Emperor Zhou asked.

"The capital is divided into eight horizontal and eight vertical areas, and is directly divided into eight districts. Each district is focused on, and each district manages its own district. Each district plans a number of points according to the actual situation. Each point recruits homeless and lonely people to clean up garbage every day.

He lights up and settles his salary every month, so he can certainly do well." Ling Xin'an said.

"According to the report, please discuss it with the Ministry of Finance, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Industry, and review it tomorrow!" Emperor Zhou said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ling Xin'an said.

When the contents of Ling Xin'an's memorial were circulated in the capital, an undercurrent surged, and everyone looked at Ling Xin'an's memorial on the table.

The next day, His Highness Guangming from the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

"Your Majesty, I object!" Wen Jiaming, secretary of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "I think this move by the Marquis is an attempt to dominate the market."

"Your Majesty, I am also opposed to this!" Wang Lingwei, the official's official secretary, also said.

"Although this move by the Marquis has improved the people's livelihood in our country, this move should be handled by the Zongren Mansion or the Shuntian Mansion."

"Your Majesty, I object!" Huang Guangjing, secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and said: "This involves all the household registration in the capital, and it should not be done by the Marquis alone."

Soon, people continued to stand up and express their opposition. Except for King Qin, King Jing and Ling Xin'an's father, Ling Shang, everyone in the hall expressed their opposition.

After the hall became quiet, Ling Xin'an still looked calm and did not seem to be affected in any way.

"Since many members of the Qing family are opposed to it, this matter can be discussed again!" Emperor Zhou said.

"Your Majesty, can you allow me to ask the ministers for advice again?" Ling Xin'an stood up and said.

"allow!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Turning around and looking at the civil and military officials standing on both sides of the hall, Ling Xin'an said calmly: "Colleagues, if you are opposed to my proposal, can you please second it instead?"

All the ministers looked at each other and said nothing.

“I have just listened carefully to the opinions of my colleagues, and I can summarize them in three points:

1: How to plan and build?

2: The issue of personnel management, who manages it and how?

Three: This is also the issue that everyone is most concerned about, how to charge.”

Ling Xin'an talked slowly.

"The planning and construction issues are explained in detail in the memorial. They are divided into areas and point-to-point responsibility contracting is the main one. If a certain area is handed over to someone, then the sanitation and lighting in this area will be managed by him. I believe this

All the adults should have seen it."

The officials' expressions remained unchanged and they listened quietly to Ling Xin'an's words.

"Actually, I have already answered the first two questions just now, and the remaining one is how to charge."

"It's very simple. This fee is spread among each household registration and calculated based on income and population. For example, at this time, the population is larger than ordinary people, the income is also high, and there is also a lot of garbage generated and lighting needs, so naturally it needs to be levied

More expenses, as for ordinary people's households, are mainly based on household registration, and each household receives one or two cents, and this money is added on top of taxes."

"As for all the modifications Wei Chen mentioned, the contractor will pay and then collect the funds on his behalf." Ling Xin'an said.

"Your Majesty, I object. If one person does it, the price will be sky-high, and the people will immediately complain!" Wang Ju, the minister of Dali Temple, said.

"Since all my colleagues are opposed to me doing it alone, why haven't you thought of working together to benefit the people of the capital?" Ling Xin'an said with a faint smile.

After saying these words, some officials' eyes shone, their expressions relaxed, and some even had a faint smile on their face.

"Your Majesty, I second my opinion. The Marquis's move is justified!" Yangcuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said slowly.

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Ministers slowly stood up and agreed, and most of them agreed.

Ling Xin'an remained silent, just stood there quietly. After everyone had seconded their opinions, Ling Xin'an saw that no one spoke, and then she slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, I object. With so many colleagues involved, there will definitely be confusion among the people.

If there are too many thoughts mixed in, the thing will definitely not be done well.”

"What suggestions do you have, Lord Marquis?" Eunuch Zhao said calmly.

"Your Majesty, if it's not like this, street sanitation and lighting should be separated. Bidding for street sanitation and lighting will be given to two or three companies each. The one with the highest price will win!" Ling Xin'an said calmly.

The officials looked at him and couldn't help but nod. Although Ling Xin'an's words were a bit explicit, they were indeed the best way to solve the problem.

"Yes!" Emperor Zhou stood up and looked at Ling Xin'an before leaving. The latter bowed slightly, not knowing what was going on.

Prince Jing smiled and walked up to Ling Xin'an and said, "Master Hou, will you accompany me for a walk?"

"Your Majesty has your orders, I dare not disobey you!" Ling Xin'an said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, how do you plan to trick them this time?" Prince Jing said as he walked.

"My lord, you are falsely accusing a high-ranking official of the dynasty!" Ling Xin'an said.

Prince Jing was stunned for a moment, then he understood, he pointed at Ling Xin'an with a wild smile and cursed: "You kid are telling me these things, I am very curious, why do you do this?"

"The main reason is that the capital is too boring. Your Majesty can allow me to participate in politics. You see, I have no right to do other things, but now that I have the power to report, isn't there something I can do?" Ling Xin'an said.

Prince Jing was stunned again and looked at Ling Xin'an: "That's it?"

"Otherwise? Could it be that the prince has some official documents that need to be reviewed by me?" Ling Xin'an blinked and said.

"Get as far away from me as you can!" Prince Jing was furious.

Ling Xin'an smiled slightly, saluted and left.

As soon as they entered the street, a carriage stopped on the side of the road and Prince Qin showed a smile: "Master Marquis, can I tell you something?"

Ling Xin'an looked at it and walked over.

"Come up and sit together!" King Qin said.

"I wonder if King Qin has any advice?" Ling Xin'an said.

"There is no need to be so polite in front of this king. Why does the Marquis suggest this?" King Qin said.

Ling Xin'an smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the prince and Prince Jing thought the same way. I am allowed to participate in politics. The other ministers do not need my existence, so I will suggest some practical things to benefit the people of the capital."

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King Qin said: "The capital is so big that if you want to implement it, you won't be able to do it right away. If you can't do it, you will be impeached by someone who is interested. Aren't you afraid of it?"

Ling Xin'an shrugged and said: "Your Majesty, as you said, the capital is so big that even if something comes from His Majesty's mouth, it will take time to spread throughout the capital. What's more, as long as you do it and slowly promote it, won't it?

There is a reason why it can't be done. In the small Jiangzhou City, it still took a few months, but in the capital city, a year and a half is normal."

King Qin said: "Master Hou, you are very confident!"

"Why don't you have confidence in something that is so beneficial to the country and the people?" Ling Xin'an was surprised.

"Very true!" King Qin nodded.

On the third day, in the main hall, Yan Shisan and Ling Shang came out at the same time and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the memorial proposed by Lord Ling to improve the sanitation and lighting of the capital, I believe that this is about the atmosphere of the capital and the people's attitude.

Well-being needs to be decided by Your Majesty himself!"

Then he handed the memorial to Eunuch Zhao, who raised his hand for the Emperor of Zhou to review.

After a long time, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty slowly opened his mouth and said: "The Zongren Mansion, the Six Ministries, and the Minister of Dali Temple are jointly responsible for this matter. Linghou accepted the advice and made a unified plan, guiding the six ministries and the Zongren Mansion to jointly build and manage it."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" All the officials hurriedly saluted.

After Emperor Zhou retreated, Yan Shisan came over and clasped his fists, saying, "Master Hou, please give me more advice in the future!"

Ling Xin'an saluted and said: "I have met Yan Shangshu. Yan Shangshu is too polite. Just call me Xiao Ling!"

Listening to Ling Xin'an's words, Yan Shisan's eyes flashed and he said with a smile: "Brother Ling, Qilinzi!"

Ling Shang smiled and said: "Brother Yan, don't be surprised if the kid doesn't understand etiquette!"

"How could it be possible?" Yan Shisan said with a smile: "You and I have been in the same dynasty for many years, and we rarely do the same thing at the same time. Thanks to the Marquis, you and I have this chance!"

"Brother Yan, you and I share our worries for His Majesty, why should we be so unfamiliar?" Ling Shang said with a smile.

"It's true, it's true!" Yan Shisan said with a smile.
To be continued...