In the coldest month of winter, things are getting more and more complicated.
They are all miscellaneous things, but you can¡¯t do it if you don¡¯t do them.
For example, His Royal Highness Prince Zong Zhengsu of the Zong Ren Mansion is extremely busy.
In the past, King Su would have some free time during the Spring Festival, but he would be busy after the Spring Festival.
¡°After all, these clan members will restrain themselves before the New Year, and then they will eat and drink heavily at the beginning of the New Year, which will definitely cause trouble. These cases will be dealt with one by one after the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
There are more than 3,000 clans in Dakang. These people do not need to be managed by the clan government for their food, drink, and laxatives. This was the most fortunate thing about the clan mansion before.
But this year is different.
First of all, due to the corruption and money-grabbing issues in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhang Xiang, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was previously in charge of the emperor's internal treasury, has just been released from prison and is allowed to celebrate the Chinese New Year. He is not allowed to move around for the time being. .
And the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs has been cleaned up to pieces, and it has basically been limited to a standstill stage.
?That is to say, it is only through the continuous efforts of King Su that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can barely operate normally.
According to the custom in previous years, every year the Queen Mother will reward the clan members and nobles with part of the New Year's money. This is what is commonly known as the "second salary".
This money was ordered by the Queen Mother and handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be distributed one by one.
There are more than 10,000 households in the clan and honors. Such a large amount of reward money needs to be sorted out and awarded. It is an extremely huge project. Usually, the Ministry of Internal Affairs needs to organize a large number of manpower. It starts calculating in August, and then strives to finish the calculation in October. They will be sent out one after another at the end of January - after all, many nobles do not live in the Gyeonggi area, and it is necessary to ensure that they get the money before the Chinese New Year.
Originally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was making calculations this year. However, as soon as the evil deeds were exposed, they were almost wiped out. The remaining people were also panic-stricken, and these calculations completely fell into place.
It wasn't until King Su sorted things out, summoned and deployed people to work overtime, and especially pardoned a dozen planners and related personnel who were not guilty of serious crimes, that he could put up a shelf and work hard to make progress, basically on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month. All the money and food were given out before.
However, something even more troublesome for King Su came.
This year, the clan members are engaged in the distribution business of Yuwangfu products. After nearly half a year of operation, it has already entered the right track.
According to the statistics and calculations of Prince Yu's Mansion, the dealers were charged 10% of the profits they should pay, and a full 700,000 taels of silver notes were withdrawn and placed on the table of the Zongren Mansion.
To this end, the emperor also specially asked King Su to go over and ask him to quickly count the clan families in difficulty and then send the money to them.
King Su: "!?"
He thought to himself that I didn¡¯t have a brick at that time, otherwise he would have smashed it over.
I have been busy here with the mess of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now I have such an arduous task?
Although the living standards and experiences of these clans are generally recorded in detail in the clan's mansion, these specific statistics, as well as the calculation of how much should be distributed in proportion, and how to distribute it will not make those people's lives difficult. The middle-ranking clans don't complain aren't these just a lot of troubles?
The most important thing is that the Zongren Mansion has no accountants before, let alone the experience of being responsible for such things. What do you want Prince Su to do?
¡°If the Ministry of Internal Affairs is free, they can be used.
But the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are already out of breath because of the end-of-year rewards given by the Queen Mother, and they are basically still finishing the work. If you want them to continue to work, they will have to exhaust themselves to death.
After much deliberation, King Su could only call Liu Mingqi over.
¡°This kid is the one who caused the matter anyway, let him figure it out.
Although Liu Mingqi has become a prince now and is at the same level as King Su, regardless of seniority, Liu Mingqi still looks in awe at King Su's cold face.
As soon as the young man arrived, he greeted him honestly: "Uncle Su Wang, are you looking for me?"
"Yes."
King Su turned around and talked about the difficulties he was facing.
King Su never talks nonsense and generally doesn¡¯t talk much. He is a completely typical person who was educated in Legalism.
Speaking of which, he and Miao Yan are really similar. No wonder Emperor Jinghe directly appointed him as Zongzheng after his predecessor Zongzheng retired, instead of Prince Li, who was known for his kindness and elegance.
Hearing his request, Liu Mingqi"If you give us money, we just give it and don't worry about anything else. But if we give you things, they will find fault with them because they are not good, not fresh, or that so much money should not be exchanged for such a small amount. It must be the person in charge of the Zongren Mansion who is embezzling. Something like that"
King Su laughed dumbly when he heard this, "What you said is not impossible. But since it is to protect their lives, it is worth it even if they are scolded. How can it be done just to avoid being scolded?"
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? By the person in charge, they can supervise, and if the complaint is correct, then the person in charge will go to jail. If they make false accusations, then please stay in Zongren Mansion Prison for a few days! "
King Su¡¯s teacher is a disciple of Legalism, so he is naturally willing to make regulations and standardize actions.
¡°As he said, don¡¯t do anything if you¡¯re afraid of being scolded.
How can you do something without getting scolded?
This is also the concept that Legalism adheres to from beginning to end.
With him in the clan mansion, it is really rare to see those clan children who are playful and mischievous.
In the first few years, when King Su just took office as Zongzheng of the clan mansion, hundreds of clan members had to be whipped every year, and dozens of people were imprisoned in cells.
It is this iron-fisted approach and the spirit of being fair, strict and not afraid of trouble that make everyone more and more respect him and dare not make mistakes.
After a pause, he continued: "The rating level you just mentioned, how to rate it specifically, do you have any ideas?"
"certainly!"
"We rate them based on their source of income, housing conditions, family size, and property ownership. Generally speaking, they are divided into several criteria."
For example, extreme poverty, middle poverty, slight poverty, middle class, middle wealth, and richness. Then the selection will be done again every year. After the selection, it will be announced to the public. If you are not satisfied, you can request a re-examination. Generally speaking, there will be no big mistakes. "
Liu Mingqi said it very fluently. He followed the qualification standards for applying for low-rent housing in later generations. However, when he was in Dakang, he needed to change to another model.
King Su wrote these names on the paper, raised his head and said, "Aren't you too perfunctory with the rich clan? Just a rich one?"
"Otherwise, what else? Anyway, they will not be included in the list of things to be distributed." Liu Mingqi said: "Now when the money is small, we will distribute it to the middle class and below first. When we make more money and pay more dividends in the future, That includes the middle class and the middle-rich. But the things they get are different."
"Well, that's okay."
King Su suddenly became enlightened, "You go back and quickly make these equal sharing standards, and I will also find someone to consult. We will make a decision in the next two days, so that we can distribute the New Year supplies early.
Hey! But you don¡¯t know that there are really many families who find it difficult to even have a good New Year meal! Even if the Queen Mother rewards them with money after a while, they will probably be forced to pay off the debt, and there will not be much left! "
Speaking of this, King Su was both sad and contemptuous.
We are all sons and grandsons of dragons. There are many clans whose bloodlines have long been separated, and they can all live well on their own.
There are still many clans whose bloodline is similar to that of the current Holy Emperor, but their lives are in a mess.
It¡¯s so strange! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com