I want to ruin the country

Buy livestock for the people to use?

Duanhua was completely confused when he heard this. How could a minister like him become a livestock dealer?

"Your Majesty, I don't understand!"

When he heard about buying cattle and horses, Ruijin's face changed. Before Yining could say anything, he hurriedly said,

"Your Majesty, I have no money!"

Yining was so angry when he saw his face was red and pale.

"Did I say I wanted to use your money?"

Ruijin wiped the sweat from his head and said,

"That's good, that's good!"

Yining smiled and said,

"Don't regret it if you don't pay!"

Although Ruijin felt that the emperor's smile was a bit sinister, he was still afraid that the emperor would set a trap for him, so he quickly waved his hand and said,

"I have no regrets, absolutely no regrets!"

Duanhua covered his mouth and laughed.

Yining no longer paid attention to Ruijin and said,

"Nowadays, people rely on carrying things on their shoulders or by hand to farm, which is really inefficient.

But if ordinary people are asked to buy it with their own money, they can neither afford it nor maintain it.

Now that we have money, we can buy some cattle and horses and rent them to the people.

Letting them raise one animal per two or three households will greatly increase productivity!"

Du Shoutian's eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty is right. This method is brilliant, but it will cost a lot of money, right?"

Yining Road,

"Money is meant to be spent. Only when you spend it can you see its value!"

Lin Zexu nodded frequently, this is truly considering the people!

Duanhua Road,

"Your Majesty, how many animals do you want to buy?"

Yining Road,

"You should ask Lord Rui about this. We just started providing relief, and he has a detailed list. There are roughly twenty people and one animal. Let him do the math!"

Ruijin said hurriedly,

"Your Majesty, is it calculated by the number of people?"

Yining glanced at him.

"Lord Rui, I said we want to help the poor. Do those landlords and wealthy people need our help?"

Ruijin Road,

"Your Majesty, there must be a standard!"

Yining Road,

"If you own more than 15 acres of land, you are not allowed to rent livestock!"

Everyone was surprised to hear that the emperor had indeed thought it through.

When he heard that the livestock would be rented to the people, and that he could make money by renting, Ruijin's eyes lit up again!

He regretted that he had spoken too early and too decisively, and asked eagerly,

"Your Majesty, you said you wanted to rent it to the common people. How would that work? Who would get the rent? Wouldn't it go into the imperial treasury?"

Yining rolled her eyes at him.

"You don't pay, what's your business?"

Ruijin said hurriedly,

"It's not that I don't want to pay, it's that I don't have money!

But the Emperor just said he wants to rent out the livestock to the people. That's a lot of work, and someone needs to be in charge of it!"

After he finished speaking, everyone in the room looked at him. Yining said,

"Master Rui, you are really cunning. You have seen another bargain, right?"

Ruijin didn't feel how thick-skinned he was. He said seriously,

"Your Majesty, I am here to share your worries!"

Yining could see through what he was thinking and said,

"Alright, don't worry about it. As for the rent, just collect whatever you want. How can I make money from the poor people? You're so stupid!

Just make sure you get the facts straight and don't let anyone take advantage of you!"

After hearing what the emperor said, Ruijin gave up. If the emperor said that it would not make money, then it would be almost the same as giving it away for free.

However, he still felt a little resentful. Purchasing such a large number of livestock would cost an astronomical amount of money. Even if he was not greedy or took advantage of it, the benefits it brought were huge!

Unfortunately, this lucrative position did not fall into the hands of his own Ministry of Revenue, so he could only envy it.

The ministers secretly admired that the emperor was always thinking about the people.

Duanhua Road,

“What if the common people die?”

Yining Road,

"Compensate them for half the price, but they can't own the dead animals!"

"Okay, that's good!"

Everyone thought it was very reasonable and praised it.

This prevents people from deliberately killing livestock for profit.

It also avoids the people from bearing a heavy burden after the death of livestock!

After all, animals are just like humans. Birth, aging, sickness and death are all natural phenomena, and no one can guarantee anything.

Yining Road,

“As I said before, power is a double-edged sword.

Such a large amount of money is spent from your hands. It is not enough if you are not greedy. You also have to manage your subordinates well. If they make mistakes, you can't escape.

If you do your job well, you will naturally be honored as your wife and children, and bring glory to your ancestors and clan. But if you slack off or become distracted, you will be disgraced at best, or lose your head at worst. You must know the difference between the two!"

Duan Hua shuddered inwardly, and suddenly felt the burden on his shoulders was extremely heavy. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"I will never let the emperor down!"

Yining also instructed,

"You've been so busy lately that you might not be able to handle it all. There are things you might not have thought of. I allow you to come see me anytime. I can give you some advice!"

"Your Majesty, I thank you!"

After talking about this matter, Yining mentioned the fourth thing, which was that the Ministry of Revenue should set up a Finance Bureau in each province, prefecture, state, and county.

When Ruijin heard that the Ministry of Revenue was going to expand its branches, he immediately became excited and almost jumped for joy. This was something he had never dreamed of.

Yining said,

"The establishment of the Finance Bureau means separating finance and government affairs, so local officials will no longer directly handle local taxation.

All taxes are paid directly to the Ministry of Revenue, and the county's financial expenditures are allocated by the Ministry on time."

Several ministers were furious again. The emperor was so powerful that he had completely solved the problem of "fire wasting money" in one go!

The so-called "fire consumption silver" refers to the various kinds of money that local officials get in the process of collecting taxes, including copper coins and loose change.

But when they handed over the silver to the national treasury, they had to melt the loose silver and recast it.

There will be losses during the melting and recasting process, and the losses reported by officials are much greater than the actual losses.

This is the loophole, and the extra money naturally goes into the pockets of officials.

This is the open corruption of officials in the fire consumption silver.

Emperor Yongzheng had already paid attention to this problem.

Therefore, he implemented the policy of returning fire consumption to the public, which affected the interests of local officials and caused many conflicts between local officials and the emperor. It has not been truly implemented over the years.

If Yining set up financial bureaus in all prefectures, cities and counties, and directly controlled the tax revenue in the hands of the imperial court, local officials would never again be able to embezzle money from the fire consumption tax!

Lin Zexu said,

"Your Majesty, this will affect the fundamental rights of local officials. I'm afraid there will be resistance when it's implemented!"

Everyone agreed with Lin Zexu's point of view and looked at the emperor eagerly to see what he would say.

Yining smiled lightly.

"Whoever adapts can continue to do it, and whoever doesn't want to can be replaced. What's the problem?"

Everyone grinned. Was our emperor born to oppose officials and scholars? Why was he so cruel to the officials and didn't leave them any leeway!

Just with his slight smile, countless officials lost their hats and heads!

The emperor has said so, who else can say anything else? Just raise your hand and agree.