If this person were in the 21st century, he would at least be the chairman of a listed company!
Such a good talker!
As for the rumors circulating in the streets yesterday, how come the money in the national treasury disappeared after you, Empress Dowager Lin, have been acting as the government chief for half a year?
——How can I, a woman with long hair and little knowledge, know this?
"Lord Zhang, you've only been kneeling for a short while, and your legs are already weak? Were you and your wife making babies all night long?"
Zhang Dongzheng: “…”
Baili Tang: "Everyone stand up!"
"Thank you!"
"My dear ministers, have you come up with a proper solution?"
Prime Minister Wang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you! I believe we can increase revenue and reduce expenditure. In these times of crisis, why not tighten our belts and cut down on unnecessary expenses?"
Prime Minister Fan: "I also agree with Prime Minister Wang's suggestion!"
The two old foxes said nothing. They guessed what Baili Tang was thinking, so they said what he wanted.
However, as for how to do it specifically, they are the prime ministers, and they have a large group of people under them to give them advice!
If the idea doesn't work, they'll just pass the buck.
This kind of people are the ones who can get along with everyone.
Baili Tang nodded and said, "You two have a good idea. Starting today, all officials above the seventh rank will have their salaries reduced by half!" You're just passing the buck!
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar!
Stupid ruler, do you want to die? You represent the ruling class, but now you are standing in the camp of the ruled class!
You will offend all the civil and military officials!
Don’t worry, the best is yet to come!
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
"Absolutely not!"
No? I'm going to use you as my scapegoat today! Raising taxes will offend 80% of the people and force them to rebel; raising taxes will offend 20% of the ruling class!
Baili Tang is betting whether these people still have a trace of kindness in their hearts!
As long as Ye Chao, Hu Zhennan, and the two prime ministers stand on his side...
Baili Tang ignored them: "I have another idea. Hasn't the Ministry of Industry already produced 10,000 Royal No. 1 threshers? How about I sell these 10,000 threshers to the Kingdom of Yue for 200 taels of silver each?"
"You can't do that, Your Majesty!" The Minister of Works came out immediately and said, "What the hell is a thresher? How can you sell it to the Kingdom of Yue?"
The other two prime ministers immediately knelt, "Your Majesty! The thresher is the labor of your and General Meng Fang's labor. It is crucial to the income of every farmer in Jing State. Yue State is a major rice-growing country. If we sell the thresher to them, how much will their income increase? It will undoubtedly make their people rich and their army strong, thus threatening our borders!"
All the officials also knelt down!
What does a groundbreaking technology mean?
The Yue State had long coveted these threshing machines, but unfortunately, they hadn't mastered the technology yet! However, it wouldn't take long for them to copy this technology! It's not like firing glass (convex mirrors)!
You're right to be afraid! I have something even more frightening for you!
“A-Er!!”
Ah Er was wearing a mask and floated out from somewhere!
All the officials looked at what he held in his hand, including the Empress Dowager Lin, who was no longer calm at this moment!
Baili Tang called them out of the hall together: "Mother, come and take a look!"
"Everyone, look, there is a lantern in front of the gate. Prime Minister Wang, you try to knock it down!" Baili Tang said.
"This old minister's eyes are blurry and he can't even see..." Not only is his eyes blurry, he doesn't even have the strength to draw the bow!
Hu Zhennan probably thought of what Baili Tang was up to—this lunatic! That was how he was fooled in the beginning!
"Mother, would you like to try?"
"Is it okay with Aijia?"
"Of course, it's very simple! I'll teach you!" Calling "son" or "son" is too awkward, so just call "I"!
Baili Tang personally taught her how to use this thing!
When teaching in person, physical contact is inevitable!
How excited was Empress Dowager Lin at this moment? Imagine the little friend who just bought a telescope! To the point that she forgot that she was being treated like a masculine... cheap son... not her biological son!
She tried it, and lightly pressed the "trigger", and a hole was pierced in the lantern two or three hundred steps away!
Is this accurate?
Officials, although you have heard for a long time that Baili Tang has a mysterious army, everyone in it has this configuration!
Countless assassins tried to kill them, but all failed!
And the Xue family!
Because the assassins couldn't get close to the "Cobra" at all! Sending a large force was unrealistic, because the "Snake" slipped away too fast!
Baili Tang asked them all to take a look, but they couldn't tell what material it was made of.
"This is called clairvoyance! I once used this thing to see Xiang Tiange urinating and defecating anywhere on Wuya Peak!" Although what he said was very funny, no one dared to laugh.
"My dear ministers, I previously asked Lord Hu how much this thing was worth. Lord Hu said it was priceless! What do you think? It must be worth at least 10 million taels. This way, the problem of the national treasury deficit will be immediately solved, and you, my dear ministers, won't have to worry about the people revolting! Best of both worlds!"
Baili Tang, you are bullying me!
A top-of-the-line telescope and a modern crossbow only cost tens of thousands of yuan...
What can be done about it? Back then, Napoleon was so proud of an aluminum bowl, showing it off everywhere, thinking it was a hundred times more precious than a gold bowl. Two hundred years later, who still cares about aluminum bowls?
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