Qingyang glanced at him and said nothing, but his meaning was clear:
You buy it earlier than others.
Even if he is a licking dog, the reaction speed of this old general is faster than that of ordinary bureaucrats.
"Master Jian Guo, please forgive me. If I do what you like, I can gain their trust." Bai Tan rubbed his nose, "If I don't buy it, others will buy it; if I don't show my loyalty, others will. This is a game.
It’s a farce, the king is just taking this opportunity to make money. Everyone can see it clearly, and everyone wants to act with him. Besides, buying a monastery in the first row only costs 50,000 yuan, but the return is extremely rich!"
Qingyang suppressed his smile, stared at him for a while, and then said slowly: "General Bai, have you thought about it?"
Bai Tan solemnly said: "Master Supervisor, just give your orders, I will go through fire and water!"
"Do you really want to take this risk?"
Bai Tan said sternly: "Today in Tianshui City, everyone from top to bottom is red-eyed. Your Majesty takes the lead in forming cliques for personal gains and forcing your subordinates to take sides! Officials can only flatter you, farmers do not cultivate the land well, businessmen do not do business well, everyone
He racked his brains to buy land in the new city, even if the whole family borrowed money!"
"Qi Shuan's family is so immoral that the interest rates on loans have risen to nine cents!" He exhaled heavily: "How can the capital's eastward expansion, which is so good, cause the country to go crazy? How can the country be embarrassed if this continues?"
Qingyang asked him: "What's the problem?"
Bai Tan made the point in one sentence: "Of course it's your Majesty! He has become blinded by his sharp orders, can't tell the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, and can't listen to unfavorable advice. In the past month, seven officials wrote to criticize the eastward expansion of the capital, and your Majesty actually reprimanded him.
Demoted three of them."
"There has to be someone -" he took a deep breath, "there has to be someone who can stand up and put things right and bring things back to the right track!"
"General Bai is right to be worried." Qingyang said calmly, "One hundred and eighty years ago, this scene was also staged in Bejia. At that time, the bureaucracy was redundant and the treasury was in deficit, but Lingxu City needed to be built eastward again.
There were a series of major projects including moving the Chong'en Mountain, rebuilding the Xushan Formation, and renovating the Heavenly Palace. At the same time, we also fought several wars with outsiders that year. Alas, for such a big empire, money needs to be spent everywhere, and where does the money come from?
Woolen cloth?"
Bai Tan shook his head and expressed ignorance. He had been to Lingxu City and knew that commerce there was highly developed and farming had long been the mainstay. Many methods were unheard of by outsiders and were so advanced that they seemed to be in another world.
Chapter completed!