As soon as the words fell, two eight-foot-long armored warriors strode in and grabbed Ren Kaidi's hand.
Ren Kaidi was confused when he heard that the three souls had become seven souls, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! What crime did you commit?"
He hadn't committed a crime yet, and as a minister, the Minister of the Household Department, he actually came up with such a plan to abandon the people, which really surprised Yan Li.
"Let me tell you, even if I use up all the money in the treasury and distribute all the food in the granary, even if I sell all the treasures of Allah in the inner palace, I will not drive away the people who have taken refuge in the capital. People They are our food and clothing parents. Without them, what would we eat and wear! Look at the purple official robe on your body, which stitches and threads are not produced by the common people's hard work in raising silkworms! How dare you say that without conscience? If you say that, it really makes me sad, and makes the people of the world chill!"
Ren Kaidi finally realized his mistake, and knocked his head on the brick with water, and there was a bang bang bang, and the bright red blood stained the ground.
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die, I deserve to die! Please give me another chance to make up for my mistakes, and I will definitely arrange the people properly."
Although Yan Li said "beheading for public display" was out of righteous indignation, it was just to frighten people.
"Hmph, you said you can resettle the people well, how?"
Ren Kaidi searched his brains and racked his brains to think about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, it's better than this. Isn't there a lot of vacancies in the court now? The Emperor issued an imperial decree to the whole country, as long as there is food and money, it can be contributed to the national treasury." Those who work in warehouses and granaries will be given certain official positions according to the amount of money and goods they donate.”
"Nowadays, in the Dajing Kingdom, there are many wealthy households who don't want to take anything away. As long as they are promised to give them titles, they will definitely be willing to import money and goods. In this way, it can not only ensure that the treasury is not empty, but also provide relief to the victims of disasters."
This is no different from selling officials to sell nobles. If this method is used, many moths and incompetent people will occupy important positions in the court. This is not a good thing for the long-term stability of the country, but it can solve the current urgent need.
Ren Kaidi had already guessed Yan Li's thoughts, and added: "The emperor is afraid that some incompetent people will occupy important positions and weaken the functions of state institutions. But we can also find ways to eliminate this influence."
Yan Li looked at Ren Kaidi with piercing eyes, it seemed that his method had worked. First scare Ren Kaidi, under the threat of death, Ren Kaidi tried his best to think of ways.
"You said, how to eliminate the possible negative impact?"
Ren Kaidi said: "It's very simple, as long as the emperor does not include important positions in the scope of supplementary officials, it will have no effect at all."
The corner of Yan Li's mouth finally showed a satisfied smile: "Very well, I will ask the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to list the positions that cannot be filled. By the way, who are the officials who are in charge of relief now?"
Ren Kaidi said: "Almost all the officials of the imperial court have gone, even Chu Guifei's father, the Minister of Rites, and Lord Chu."
It was beyond Yan Li's expectation that Chu Lin could go.
"Master Chu also has such kindness? I always thought he was rich and unkind!"
Ren Kaidi said: "Master Chu is a kind person, and he cares deeply about the refugees. It would be great if there were more officials like him in the court."
Yan Li didn't think much about it either: "Since Chu Lin is so sympathetic to the people, then I will appoint him as the first director of disaster relief, and all disaster relief affairs will be handled by him."
Ren Kaidi grinned, although Chu Lin had not been in the court for long, he was good at flattering, and many officials were bribed by him. Ren Kaidi also has a good personal relationship with Chu Lin. Ren Kaidi was naturally happy when he heard that Yan Li handed over the task of disaster relief to Chu Lin.
"Your Majesty is merciful, Huang Tian is above me, I will definitely rain as soon as possible to alleviate the disaster!"
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After leaving the palace, Ren Kaidi went straight to Chu Lin's mansion. Chu Lin's mansion was bestowed by Yan Li. In a luxurious place in the capital, every inch of land is worth every inch of gold.
"Master Chu, congratulations!"
As soon as Ren Kaidi arrived at Chu Lin's house, he cheered happily.
Chu Lin was sitting in the room drinking tea, when he suddenly heard Ren Kaidi's voice, he was startled, and with a smile on his face, he came out the door.
"Master Ren, the emperor asked you to enter the palace, why?"
He welcomed Ren Kaidi into the room and sat down, and ordered his servants to pour him a cup of hot tea.
Ren Kaidi took a sip and said with a smile: "I just got the emperor's order to ask Mr. Chu to fully support the disaster relief. Mr. Chu's daughter is now a noble concubine in the palace, and he is alone in the outside. In the future, he will definitely be promoted to a noble! "
Chu Lin laughed when he heard Ren Kaidi's words: "Master Ren, is what you said true?"
Ren Kaidi said: "Master Chu, don't you believe me? I just came out of the Shang's study, and the emperor told me this personally."
Chu Fei'er has just entered the palace and is about to become a noble concubine. Many officials want to curry favor with Chu Lin. Chu Lin just came to the capital for a day, and there was a market in front of the gate. Officials and wealthy people who wanted to see Chu Lin lined up in front of the mansion.
Ren Kaidi naturally didn't want to let go of such an opportunity to curry favor with Chu Lin, so he found Chu Lin as soon as he came out of Shang's study.
Being in charge of disaster relief is a good thing, and it is a good thing; it is a bad thing, but it is also a bad thing.
During the disaster relief process, there were a lot of money and food transactions. As long as Chu Lin did some tricks, he could collect one-third of the treasury's money for himself. However, if Chu Lin does not handle well and is sued by some officials, or by the people, he will be more guilty.
However, Chu Lin only saw the benefits, not the harm.
Ren Kaidi laughed and said: "It was only after I begged the emperor that the emperor agreed to hand over the disaster relief to Master Chu."
Chu Lin rubbed his chin and smiled. It is actually very easy to make money during the disaster relief process.
For example, if the imperial court wants to allocate 10,000 taels of silver to buy food to help the victims, Chu Lin can only give 5,000 taels of silver to help the victims, and keep the remaining 5,000 taels for himself.
How can five thousand taels of silver help the victims? You can put bran in the rice and porridge, and put some weeds that only pigs eat, so you can save five thousand taels of silver.
For loyal ministers, this is a difficult task, but for traitorous ministers, this is an opportunity to make a fortune. Therefore, many treacherous ministers wanted to preside over disaster relief.
Chu Lin held Ren Kaidi's hand: "Master Ren, this time is really thanks to you! Thanks to me, Chu Lin, I will never forget you."
Ren Kaidi said: "Now the capital is full of disaster victims, Master Chu still spares no effort to condolences to those disaster victims, and give them some symbolic food. Otherwise, if the emperor asks, you will not be able to explain it!"
Chu Lin grinned: "Master Ren, what you said is true. It's not too late, let's go for a walk on the street right now, and condolences to those victims."