Several people looked at each other.

Gong Liangyu coughed dryly.

"Your Majesty, is thirty thousand taels of gold too much? It is impossible for Wei to agree to this."

"I know a lot, so why can't I still make a counter-offer? If they give less, they feel more comfortable psychologically, and this matter will become..."

Guan Ning's answer once again left everyone speechless.

This is like selling something. The cost is fifty and the price is two hundred. The customer cuts it in half. If you say no, you give me more.

The customer paid another twenty or thirty dollars and bought it.

He thinks he's taking advantage, but actually you still make a lot of money.

Guan Ning's calculations are clear.

"That makes sense."

Zhao Nanxing struggled to spit out three words.

"What are you still doing? Go and send someone to chase you!"

Guan Ning urged Matsunaga Nian.

"Yes, yes."

Only then did he react and hurried out to arrange for people...

"Back to business."

Guan Ning brought everyone's thoughts back and continued: "Actually, it's not appropriate to call it employment. To be precise, it's a subsidy."

"The people we want to recruit must be poor farmers. After the spring plowing is over, their families are no longer busy with farm work, but they have no other way to make a living, or they are poor themselves..."

Guan Ning explained.

"We recruit these people as laborers and provide them with food or money as subsidies, so that they have financial resources and the ability to take care of themselves."

"This has helped the poor to a certain extent. It has also completed the river management and construction of water conservancy projects that we need to do, and helped them survive temporary poverty. However, the benefits of water conservancy construction will be exerted over a long period of time, and this cannot be achieved in one fell swoop.

?”

Everyone listened carefully and their eyes became brighter and brighter. Only then did they truly understand what His Majesty meant.

In the past few years, Daning has been in a stable period, from the founding of the country to stability. During this period, it also fought with Liang Guo for almost two years.

Leaving the country impoverished!

Of course there are such people, many of them.

Using this method can indeed achieve multiple results with one stone.

Obtaining it through labor is naturally much better than giving it for free.

More importantly, this is the normal corvee service, but His Majesty gave him a subsidy.

The people who originally strongly rejected corvee labor must be highly motivated, because this measure will make them grateful to His Majesty and more trusting of the court, thus winning the hearts and minds of the people.

Of course the court will pay in food and money, but it is worth it.

As His Majesty said, the newly built water conservancy project is permanent and will play a long-term role...

The more they thought about it, the more they understood, and they felt that this was an excellent solution.

Your Majesty is truly a god!

Seeing their expressions, Guan Ning knew that they had figured it out and agreed.

“This method is called cash-for-work!”

“Replacing prosperity with work?”

“Replace disaster relief with work?”

"good!"

"Very good!"

"Your Majesty, you can do this!"

Guanqiu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "In the past, the biggest problem in work was the lack of labor. Although labor could be recruited for corvee service, most of them were reluctant because it was forced. It seemed to be a big deal, but in fact it was just killing time and it was not good.

"

"In your words, it is not efficient."

Guan Ning went to the Ministry of Industry many times and told them a lot, and Guanqiu memorized these new words.

"If subsidies are given, they will definitely do a good job!"

"Right."

Guanqiu said again: "You can also follow the piece-based work method you implemented in the Ministry of Works. Subsidies will be given only if you do well, and if you want to get by, you won't get them, or you won't."

"Can."

Guan Ning said: "We want to let people develop the habit of getting paid for their work, and never provide for idlers."

After accepting this method, they all began to offer suggestions and gradually improved them.

“We must strictly screen the recruitment of labor!”

Gong Liangyu said in a deep voice: "This is originally a government decree to benefit the people, and it cannot be an opportunity for some people to benefit."

"What Lord Gongliang said is absolutely true."

Zhao Nanxing also echoed: "We must choose those who are poor themselves. Those who should not be rescued will not be rescued, and those who should not be rescued will be rescued."

Listening to everyone's discussion, Guan Ning was very satisfied. This was exactly the situation he wanted.

After the discussion, he said in a deep voice: "In order to build water conservancy and rebuild the canal, the imperial court will establish a Water Construction Department to take charge of this matter."

"This is to facilitate management and scheduling."

Everyone nodded.

This is not a trivial matter, it involves the imperial court and many other yamen.

"I will personally take charge of the Water Construction Division. Gong Liangyu, Zhao Nanxing, Xue Qing, Fei Tian, ​​Guanqiu, Chen Xuan and others are all adjutants."

Hear this.

Several people looked at each other.

Such specifications are too high.

Although His Majesty will not participate in the whole process, as long as his name is mentioned, others will not dare to neglect him, and this is the first time in their memory.

This shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to it.

Building water conservancy projects and rebuilding canals are major events that benefit the country and the people, especially since this is the first time that the work-for-revitalization model has been used.

He must take control himself and make a good start.

"Xue Qing, hurry up and work out a budget. The amount of food or money to subsidize should be based on the actual situation. It can't be too much or too little."

"yes."

Guan Ning said: "The country doesn't have much food. We can give part of the money and part of the food according to the length of the construction period."

This can also achieve the purpose of infrastructure construction to stimulate domestic demand.

"yes."

"The specific construction is mainly carried out by Chen Xuan."

Guan Ning looked at the new water transport envoy, who he had finally found with great effort.

In the early years of Yuanwu, when he returned to Beijing from Jiangzhou, he took the waterway and was assassinated on the canal.

Of course, there were people from the Water Transport Department cooperating, and Guan Ning knew that some of them were colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and there might be quite a few of them.

Water transportation is the use of waterways to transport food for military purposes or to maintain Kyoto, so it has great power.

After that, Guan Ning conducted a strict investigation and rectification of the Water Transport Department, and Chen Xuan was the talent selected.

This person is an official who specializes in water conservancy construction. In ancient times, such officials were rare and highly sought after. Generally speaking, they would be tolerated as long as they did not make any big mistakes.

Guan Ning gathered all these people together and came up with such a plan.

Chen Xuan participated in the whole process and was therefore familiar with his intentions.

"The Ministry of Industry will also provide some craftsmen to cooperate. Stonemasons and masons are required. You can discuss the details privately."

"yes."

Guanqiu said: "Don't worry!"

"Skilled craftsmen are a must. If there are not enough people, the court will pay for them and recruit them directly. You can't be stingy or skimp."

"yes!"

Guanqiu responded loudly again.

He was naturally happy. After His Majesty came to the throne, he improved the treatment and status of craftsmen many times.

"I still have a question."

At this time, Zhao Nanxing asked: "The third section of the Xinggu Canal needs to excavate the river channel and build the reservoir at the same time. The amount of work is not small. Just the excavation part is very laborious. Isn't 5,000 people a bit small?"

"Quite a few."

Guan Ning said: "I will mobilize part of the army to participate, and there will be better tools to assist in excavation..."

Guanqiu was slightly startled.
Chapter completed!