"speak!"

This Zheng Yushi had just been promoted and was responsible for the two northwest states. It is normal for him to have many memorials.

"Your Majesty, there is a severe drought in the northwest, and the imperial court allocates money every year. However, the national treasury is not rich, so it may be difficult to support relief. I think that in order to make the national treasury abundant, we should increase revenue and reduce expenditure."

"Your Majesty has implemented the Farm Law and opened up trade routes between our dynasty and the Southern Barbarians as a way to increase revenue. These are all good strategies. It is difficult for me to come up with them. However, it is a bit clumsy to reduce expenditures."

"His Majesty returned to the court and ordered the establishment of additional post houses. However, our post houses were overstaffed and mostly idle. They were originally for public use, but they were for civilian use. They were for civilian use, but they were for private use. The posthouses are decadent and have no achievements. I think

The construction can be stopped and abolished, and at least three hundred thousand taels can be saved every year."

"Wouldn't it be better to use the saved money for relief?"

These words caused a moment of silence.

The establishment of a post station was indeed Guan Ning's order when he returned from Beilin Province.

Posthouses were used to deliver envoys, report military information, and transport military supplies.

This is also an important task for Guan Ning to prepare for war.

It is true that the cost of adding a post station is quite high, but Guan Ning does not think there is any problem.

If the imperial court wants to achieve up-to-down and down-to-earth results, the post office is the most important link.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and it took a long time to get from one place to another. If there was an urgent military information document, how could it be sent to Beijing as quickly as possible?

What they depend on is the inn.

There was a war on the border, and it took three months for him to receive the report. The day lilies were even cold!

The larger the country, the greater the need for post offices and the more important they become!

The latest post distribution map was drawn up after nearly a year of planning. It covers the connections between important places across the country and is the basis for achieving upstream and downstream effects.

Especially at the border, the war situation can be sent to Shangjing in as little as seven days and seven nights.

By changing people and horses at the inn, they run around the clock, just like a relay race.

Guan Ning knew that it was expensive to build and maintain a post, so in addition to military and public posts, he also built civilian posts.

Minyi actually played the role of logistics and express delivery in the previous life, and was also an important channel connecting the two places.

Circulation can promote economic development.

The emergence of Minyi achieved this.

The most important thing is that the civilian post is profitable and can be used to maintain the consumption of the military post and the public post.

That's no problem either.

What Guan Ning noticed was a sentence mentioned by Zheng Yushi.

The public post is used as a private post, and the private post is used as a private post.

This is the problem.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Guan Ning said: "I don't need to say more about the benefits of the post office. The so-called cost-cutting cannot affect national construction. Zheng Yushi doesn't need to mention it again."

He blocked Zheng Xiu's mouth with one sentence.

Not mentioning it doesn't mean that I don't care, I just don't want to discuss it in the court.

He secretly kept an eye on it.

Zheng Xiu hesitated to speak, but was stopped by his immediate superior, Zuodu Yushi Zhou Ruiyuan.

Are you the only one who talks a lot?

Your Majesty said not to mention it, so don’t mention it.

Do you think His Majesty is a foolish king who cannot listen to advice?

Just take a look, His Majesty will conduct a private investigation after he comes to court, just click on it.

Wouldn't it make people more prepared to make a fuss in the court and spread the truth?

Next, Guan Ning listened to several reports as usual, most of which were caused by the implementation of farm laws...

After the court meeting, he returned to the cabinet.

As Cao Ruiyuan thought, Guan Ning immediately summoned someone to ask for details.

"There has been a severe drought in the northwest for nearly two years. The imperial court allocates money every year, but there is no specific amount."

"have!"

Xue Qing directly took out a booklet.

This scene left others stunned. No wonder they were deeply favored by the emperor. His Majesty had something in mind and prepared it in advance.

It was just mentioned at the meeting.

Convinced!

They discovered that Xue Qing looked more and more like his father, Xue Huairen.

Speaking of the old chief assistant, his health has become worse and worse in recent years, almost to the point of being bedridden for long periods of time.

But he is still considered old.

Lu Zhaoling, the former Minister of Civil Affairs, has passed away.

His Majesty visited him often, and Xue Qing's child was taken to the palace to serve as the prince's companion.

It is foreseeable that the Xue family will be deeply favored by the emperor for a long time to come.

From being dissatisfied at the beginning to becoming convinced now, everyone in the court also understood.

The reason why the Xue family was so favored by the emperor was not because they had five daughters in the harem, but because they had such status and were still neither arrogant nor impetuous.

It is no exaggeration to say that Xue Qing is the most powerful father-in-law in history, but he has never heard of any act of arrogance. Even if you want to impeach him, you can't find a reason...

If Your Majesty doesn’t use such a person, who else can he use?

A few people are daydreaming.

Guan Ning has already read the record book.

He is an emperor who is considerate of the people and an emperor who loves his people like a son.

The northwest has been experiencing drought for two consecutive years. From May to July this year, there was no rain and there was another severe drought.

He had previously ordered disaster relief, allocated grain every year, and asked Yizhou, where Li Fu was in charge, to implement counterpart assistance.

That is to provide some assistance when needed.

The relief grain shipped by the imperial court alone amounted to 230,000 shi!

This is not a small amount!

In recent years, with the implementation of various government decrees to benefit the people such as providing work relief for water conservancy construction, the Central, Southern, and Southwest states have had bumper harvests year after year. After many tax rectifications, the imperial court was able to collect tax grains, which was slightly sufficient.

There is spare capacity to provide relief to the northwest.

But now it seems that it has become a bottomless pit!

Successive disaster relief efforts are still insufficient.

Guan Ning frowned, maybe there was something wrong with this...

He raised his head and looked at Zhao Nanxing.

"Why was the previous censor in charge of the northwest replaced?"

"I went to the northwest and contracted a nasty disease and died."

Guan Ning looked at Zhou Ruiyuan again.

"Is this true?"

"According to reports, this is the case."

"Your Majesty, do you suspect there is something wrong with this?"

"Is it okay?"

Guan Ning said: "The imperial court has always been insufficient in providing disaster relief. Could this bottomless pit not be filled up?"

Things involving food are big things!

No matter how much food is prepared for the war, it will be insufficient. Every stone of food must be used on the edge of the knife.

He is now trying every possible means and racking his brains to raise grain from all over the country to increase production.

We haven't made a stop in Shangjing yet, so we have to help the northwest.

Is this bearable?

The northwest is barren, and there have been no wars on the border in recent years. It is also peaceful with the Western Regions, and its presence in the country and even the imperial court is very low.

Guan Ning thought about development and revitalization, but the cost was too high and he didn't have so much energy.

Now it seems that it has slipped through the net.
To be continued...