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At this moment, before the ruined palace points, several craftsmen were working hard to draw a brand new palace in accordance with the actual objects to lay a solid foundation for the reconstruction of the palace soon.

A craftsman handed over the sketch of a palace to another official, and the official immediately ordered the skilled craftsmen around him to make models according to the content on the drawings.

These craftsmen are all members of the Craftsman Department under the Military Governor's Office. The plan is to list the palace's revision drawings and related data in early June to make sufficient preparations for the upcoming start of work.

This was a huge project for them, and all the officials and craftsmen present were particularly serious and did not dare to be careless at all.

"This palace is basically to be demolished and rebuilt, and it is impossible to repair it. Alas, it's a pity that Li Suwen's move is too much..."

An official and a craftsman who drew engineering drawings stood side by side in front of a palace full of ruins, shook his head and sighed.

Rebuilding a palace means a huge amount of money. Not only does the kings of all dynasties spend huge amounts of money to build palaces, but in the end it will cause people to live in poverty, and even seriously, there will be disaster for the country to be destroyed.

The official was also very worried, for fear that Liu Ce would make a mistake in one step and make the good situation that he had finally accumulated, because the palace was completely overturned.

In fact, building a palace will really make a dynasty live without a life? If this is the case, then the confidence of this dynasty is really touching (the Daming Palace in the Tang Dynasty consumed more than 170 counties and counties in the country for a year, and there was no situation where the people live without a life).

What caused the huge project to make people live in miserable life is the cheating corvee system and the endless collection of civilians as free labor. In this way, the people naturally have complaints.

Once the people are sent to labor service, their original life trajectory will inevitably be disrupted, and the income will reduce their income will lead to the family's brink of bankruptcy. This is a common phenomenon in feudal society. One labor service can make a small peasant family very difficult, and even sell the farmland they rely on to survive in exchange for daily expenses. This will naturally cause great public grievances over time.

Of course, those who do not want to perform corvee service can also pay a sum of money to the government to exempt the one-year corvee service period. However, there is no specific standard for this money. The standards set by governments in different places are very different, and it is also a means for some people who are frivolous to use this to make profits...

However, this problem does not exist under Liu Ce's rule. He has long abolished the corvee service system (except enemy prisoners and official slaves). All men who are sixteen years old, except for those who meet the conditions and must serve in the military, have long been abolished. At most, those who commit small cases must carry out "community labor".

Liu Ce knew very well that if you want to drive the enthusiasm of the people to participate in labor, you must provide strong economic subsidies!

Therefore, the money needed to build the palace this time was basically raised by the Military Governor's Office, including the wages for recruiting civilians.

Building a palace is definitely a huge project, and the cost required is also an astronomical figure. The official calculated that the three palaces in the north he was responsible for alone would cost more than 2 million silver dollars. This was a very conservative figure given after he banned a series of unnecessary expenses.

However, his job is to review the preliminary budget of the palace. He doesn't have to worry about other matters. He has the officials of the Finance Department responsible for taking over it. As long as the expenses are reasonable, that is enough.

While the reconstruction of the imperial city is underway in an orderly manner, the Wei clan and Liu Ce seem to be discussing something very important...

In the side hall, the young lord Wei Kang, his mother Empress Liang, Wei Ying, Wei Ying, Wei Ji, Yao Zhong, Taiwei Ximan, Meng Gu and Liu Ce and other generals of the Wei family gathered together to sit in separate seats...

After Xu Wenjing arrived, nodded with Liu Ce who was sitting on the side case, a meeting that decided the future fate of the Central Plains dynasty was officially launched.

Queen Liang frowned slightly, caressed Wei Kang, slowly looked up at Liu Ce, and then opened his red lips to everyone in the hall: "Everyone, I believe that I have heard of all the major events that Ai family has come here to discuss today.

Since the beginning of the Emperor, the situation in our Great Zhou court has been declining. The people in the capital have suffered 670% of the losses. It can be said that the people are living in poverty. Calculate the time, the Great Zhou has been established for more than 376 years since Taizu established the country.

It’s time to stop. I hope all the tribesmen and officials will be a witness here so that the world can restore peace as soon as possible and the people will no longer be displaced!"

As soon as Liang finished speaking, a voice of discussion came out in the side hall, but Liu Ce wrapped his hands around his chest, his face calmly and could not see any emotion.

After all, this question has been known a long time ago, but unexpectedly, the person who raised this question was not Liu Ce's side, but the Wei family lineage centered on Queen Liang and some important officials in the court.

In fact, the Great Zhou Dynasty's support has long been in name only. Local families are simply obeying the court, but not the prophecy. Due to the corruption of finance and taxation, the Wei family's life is very difficult and its status is far inferior to the beginning of its prosperity.

Now, when the Wei family saw Liu Ce's army entering the capital, not only did not harm the Wei family, but instead treated each other with the courtesy of the king and the ministers, they had the opportunity to use the already cool power in exchange for the glory and wealth of generations.

Now, the extra chapter on seeking death has basically been revealed. What we should talk about next is how to transfer power from the Great Zhou court to Liu Ce and maximize his own interests.

In layman's terms, this is a transaction, a transaction between money and power. Although it sounds dirty, it is still the most effective way to transition power with peace and power at the moment...

After Liu Ce entered the capital, Wei Ying, Wei Ji and Wei Ying ordered people to inform them of the situation in the capital as soon as possible and asked them to come to the imperial city to mourn their relatives, so they also took this opportunity to participate in the meeting of the Parting Palace.

In this case, Wei Ji, the old fried dough stick, looked calm and careless. He had long since moved from a poor prince to a rich man worth tens of millions by holding Liu Ce's thigh!

As for Wei Ying, there was a faint sadness on her face. After all, her two relatives were both dead and accidental, how could she not be sad?

After a brief dispute in the side hall, Wu Sidao, who was sitting on the side of Liu Ce, put down the brush in his hand, took off the reading glasses that Liu Ce made for him, pinched the corners of his eyes, exhaled a breath of turbid air, stood up and spoke:

"Everyone, please be quiet first. Here is a proposal for the charter. Why don't you ask everyone to take a look at what are the shortcomings you can put forward to improve..."

After hearing what Wu Sidao said, everyone gradually calmed down, swept their eyes to him, and kept a close eye on a book in his hand.

Wu Sidao opened the account book and said loudly: "The expenses of all Wei clan members are as follows..."

Everyone listened to Wu Sidao's annual expenses, and they didn't dare to breathe for a while. Even Wei Ying listened with fear of missing a detail.

“……A total of 1,135,325 silver dollars…”

When the last number was spoken from Wu Sidao, he saluted Liu Ce and Liang respectfully, waiting for their proposal.

After a while of silence, Liu Ce turned his head and nodded to Queen Liang, and said politely: "Empress, do you think that the 1.13 million silver dollar this year is enough for the 126 members of the Wei clan to spend a year?"

Queen Liang thought for a while and said, "King of Han, can you let the Ai family tell the truth?"

Liu Ce nodded and said, "Of course, the queen has any opinions but it doesn't matter..."

Queen Liang said: "King of Han, these more than 100 families are all from the Wei family's relatives. This one hundred silver dollars is not enough to support their expenses in a year!"

Liu Ce explained: "Empress, when the situation in the capital is stable, I will arrange for the Wei clan to work in a suitable place. As long as you have real talents and knowledge, the salary will only be high or low..."

Queen Liang shook her head and said, "King of Han, I understand all the Ai family you said, but don't forget that these more than 100 clans also have many families to support. After all, they are also royal relatives, and this one million silver dollar is really a bit short..."

This more than one million silver dollar is equivalent to the market silver, which is almost three to four million silver, which is strictly speaking a lot. However, the Wei family cannot treat it casually after all, after all, their ancestors were all "rich".

Liu Ce was about to continue refuting, but suddenly he heard Wei Ying say, "Liu Ce, just listen to the emperor's sister-in-law's opinion. I also know that you are not a merciless person..."

Wei Ying's voice "Liu Ce" surprised Queen Liang and her sister Wei Ying very much because there was an indescribable softness in her tone, just like a lover.

After hearing what Wei Ying said, Liu Ce looked at her, but saw that Wei Ying was looking at her with Qiushui, and his heart suddenly became soft.

As for this, he ordered Wu Sidao to continue to open the account book and nodded to Liang Hou and said, "Okay, please continue to show me what places need to be supplemented, so that we can add them together."

When Queen Liang heard this, he immediately expressed his opinion to Liu Ce:

"When King Han and the children of Wei clans are growing up, should we always pay for the expenses required to raise them?"

"As the Imperial Sect clan, it is not too much to prepare more Suzhou and Hangzhou silk and satin in thirteen months this year?"

"There should be a car fee for traveling, it's not an exaggeration, right?"

"There are also the food and entertainment you need, and the whole year fee is also required. Please don't be stingy..."

"in addition……"

Listening to Queen Liang paying him a lot of money, Liu Ce suddenly felt a little amused and laughed and said that Queen Liang is really a meticulous person and doesn't want to let go of a penny.

He sent Wu Sidao away, got up and sat in his seat, and personally began to record the fees required on the chief clerk. After Liang Hou paused, he said to her: "Queen, is there any more?"

"Add the Ai family to think about it..."

Maybe after saying too much in one breath, Liang Hou was also a little dry mouth and gently stroked his forehead, making a trace of anxiety.

Seeing this, Liu Ce immediately ordered someone to send a cup of ginseng tea to Liang Hou and to everyone present a cup of fresh Longjing green tea.

"This young man is very thoughtful. The Ai family asked him one by one for money. Not only did he not bother, he also prepared ginseng soup..."

When Queen Liang looked at Liu Ce again, her eyes became much more kind, but when she saw Liu Ce's serious expression carefully checking the account book, there was an inexplicable feeling in her eyes.
Chapter completed!