Gu Tingye married the first wife of a wealthy family, and it would be no surprise if he did not live a good life with his wife.

Gu Laoer's original intention in marrying his wife was not to lead a normal life. To Gu Tingye, his first wife was just a decoration.

Having a noble wife at home would help Gu Tingye not lose face in the aristocratic circle.

After marrying his first wife, Gu Tingye also had a status. He could start taking concubines normally and find a way to bring his concubine Mannian into the Hou Mansion.

Marrying into the family has accomplished most of the purpose. Of course, Gu Tingye will not waste more time on Rong Feiyan.

The couple had no relationship at all, and Gu Tingye wanted his wife to accept his extramarital affair and have an illegitimate child.

It's not necessarily the case that Gu Laoer was kicked out of the house by his wife because he wanted to let his wife in.

Sheng Hong shouldn't let Sheng Changbai take a warning, he should warn himself.

Sheng Hongcai, like Gu Tingye, was fascinated by the scheming green tea girl and was in a trance.

Or maybe Sheng Hong was worried that the Sheng family's ancestral tradition of doting on concubines and killing wives was too deep-rooted.

I am afraid that I may inherit Sheng Changbai, so I should vaccinate Sheng Changbai in advance.

After reading the letter, Sheng Changbai felt relieved when he learned that Qi Heng was engaged and Gu Tingye was married.

As long as these two people have no chance and don't worry about the Sheng family sister, the Sheng family will have no big trouble.

Reply to the old lady and Minglan and let them live in Youyang with peace of mind.

Let me remind you two that the world is not that peaceful. Pay more attention to safety. When you go out to play, don't forget to bring extra people.

I wrote back to Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu from Bianliang to reassure them that their colleagues reminded them to be more careful about the situation in Bianliang.

At this time when the battle for the crown prince is heating up, be cautious and take good care of your family, and don't let your family get involved and be used as cannon fodder.

Last time, Sheng Hong was regarded as a soft persimmon by the old emperor, a model of authority.

If the old emperor hadn't been kind, Sheng Hong would have been relegated to some corner to eat dirt.

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After the summer broadcast, everything came to an end for the time being, and Sheng Changbai finally had a period of leisure.

You can live a comfortable life in which you can go to the General Court every day to have a cup of tea and check in, and then skip work and go home if you have nothing to deal with.

You can truly enjoy the decadent life of some officials in feudal society.

I also have time to attend some literary gatherings, banquets for gentry, and temple fairs.

Every day I just eat, drink, watch songs, dances, and operas, and my little life is quite nourishing.

Although Xuzhou's entertainment industry is not as good as Bianliang's, it still has its own unique features.

For Sheng Changbai, who has enjoyed modern entertainment, these entertainments only have one atmosphere.

Although there are many things that Sheng Changbai can intervene in in Xuzhou City, such as urban construction, military defense, education and education, case review, market rectification, etc.

But Sheng Changbai always wanted to leave certain rights and things to do for the magistrate. Sheng Changbai had already intervened in the most important agricultural production, tax collection, and public security maintenance.

It's not good to interfere in other matters if you are not satisfied.

Huang Zhizhou is not a fool, Huang Zhizhou can handle these things well.

It cannot be said that the processing is perfect, but it is also on a good level.

"Shengjing, our state school in Xuzhou has been built for 30 to 40 years. Now the school building is in disrepair and is in a state of disrepair. Can it be repaired and expanded? If the state has plenty of money and food, will it be a subsidy for the students in the state?

Improve it?"

When Sheng Changbai was doing something, he needed to consult with Huang Zhizhou.

When Zhizhou wanted to do something, he couldn't do without Sheng Changbai, the general judge.

Unless Zhizhou doesn't need to spend money to do things, he can still do things more independently.

Whenever money needs to be spent, it has to go through Sheng Changbai, the general judge who has control over the entire state's money and food supply.

In addition to being able to directly report to the emperor, the biggest key to the Tongpan's ability to restrict the magistrates is to control financial power.

"Yes, but repairing the state school buildings and increasing subsidies for students are good deeds, but they cost a lot of money. Ming Gong can mobilize the wealthy squires and ask them to also contribute, so that some of the students from the state school pass the exam.

After becoming a Jinshi, I will remember their good deeds."

During this period of time in charge of finance in the city, Sheng Changbai understood why so many officials liked to take care of the squires and wanted to get involved with them.

Although there is a lot of money and food in the state government, if you want to do things, you have to spend money everywhere.

Compared with the various needs of the state, the financial situation of the state government is still quite difficult.

Therefore, if you want to do more things, you must plunder the wool from the big players.

Even for officials who don't want to do anything, it is necessary to have good relations with the gentry and wealthy businessmen.

When we encounter any natural or man-made disasters and need relief or compensation, we cannot do without these people.

"Sheng Pan, the nursing home and Anjifang in the city have been short of funds for a long time. The director has been asking the state government to apply for it. Is it possible to allocate some money?"

"Alternatively, let them hand over the account books for the past two years first. After the review is approved, I will appropriate the funds as appropriate."

These places are all charitable institutions belonging to the Zhou Dynasty, and they are the places where corruption is most likely to occur.

There is no way to get in or out of these places. No matter how much money is allocated, there is no bottom line. Of course, Sheng Changbai must investigate corruption first before allocating money.

There were actually quite a lot of various welfare and charity organizations in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they basically covered all aspects.

There are Futian Yuan, which adopts beggars, disabled people and orphaned elderly people, Anjifang and Huimin Pharmacy, which provide medicine and medicine, Luzeyuan, which is responsible for burials, Juzicang, which specializes in the adoption of abandoned infants and orphans, and Salesian Hospital.

Bureau and Infant Bureau. There are Guanghui warehouse and Changping warehouse responsible for famine relief.

The benevolence and righteousness of the old Zhao emperor did not only exist in words.

It's not just because of the favor to the scholars. The scholars have the right to speak and help the emperor of the Zhao family to flatter him.

The charitable institutions of the Great Zhou Dynasty were larger and more complete than those of all previous dynasties.

Emperor Zhao's willingness to run these charitable organizations can be seen from his benevolent attitude towards the people.

But how it can be implemented at the local level depends on local finances and the specific operations of officials.

"Sheng Pan, a section of the northern city wall collapsed due to rain some time ago. It needs repairs, and a batch of money and food needs to be allocated."

"Sheng Juan, the Hunan Army still needs to allocate some more supplies, money and food."

Managing finances is still a headache, but Xuzhou's economy is actually not bad.

However, the state government has too many things to manage, and its finances are far from sufficient to meet all the needs within its jurisdiction.

Although things can be handled slowly according to priority.

However, things related to the state government are all related to people's livelihood, and it is not easy to postpone anything.

Sheng Changbai still wanted to spend a lot of money in Xuzhou, but he saw that the warehouses, money, grain, and various materials he managed were getting less and less.

Sheng Changbai's leisurely days became increasingly unsettling.

When finances are insufficient, there are only two measures: increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

Sheng Changbai is working on cutting costs and is trying to streamline things as much as possible, but it is obvious that many places cannot be streamlined.

The most appropriate way is to open source. If the government wants to open source, the most direct way is to collect taxes.

Increasing land tax means deducting money from farmers.

Sheng Changbai had just made the farmers feel a little more relaxed during the summer tax collection. Of course, it was impossible to increase the field tax.

Miscellaneous taxes are also a temporary solution, but the Hotan tax is still the same. It deducts money from the poorest civilians and farmers, and Sheng Changbai cannot do it.

If you can use your brain, only commercial taxation has some future.

In order to prosper the economy, we cannot directly think of ways to deal with tax rates.

We can only rely on increasing the total economic output and increasing taxes.

Sheng Changbai fights against bandits and gangsters who bully the underworld. They are all making efforts in this regard.

It takes time to increase commercial tax revenue, and it won't bring much revenue for a while.

The second source of income for the government is various government-run enterprises.

After the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, it has always been surrounded by enemies on all sides, and military expenditures have been huge.

The court's tax revenue has always been in a situation where it cannot make ends meet.

In order to increase income, later emperors came up with the idea that the treasures of mountains, seas, heaven and earth, and the gathering of goods in the market should not be allowed to be profited by merchants alone, but should be returned to the state for monopoly sales to help finance the country.

As a result, a large number of government-run enterprises were established. All the most profitable products were banned and could only be monopolized by the government.

All fools know that monopoly business makes money. None of the previous emperors of the Zhao family were fools. They were all smart men who had received royal education and could stand out among their brothers in the battle for the throne.

Of course, we know that monopoly businesses make money. When the policy was first introduced, it did greatly increase the revenue of the national treasury.

But after a long time, supervision was unfavorable, and various problems were exposed.

In these enterprises, producers lack enthusiasm, poor management, serious losses and waste, overstaffing, and high operating costs. The products are of poor quality, high prices, lack of competitiveness, and unsalable backlog.

Various reasons have led to the fact that these monopoly companies have basically become money-losing companies.
To be continued...