At noon the next day, Li Yan, Minister of Rites, brought several officials of the Ministry of Rites to visit.

At first, Liu Mingqi thought they were here to thank him, so she sent the plaque "Savior of the Ministry of Rites" by the way. But when she sat down, she realized that they were here to ask for advice.

Li Yan first explained the causes and consequences of the certificate, but he was not afraid of leaking the secret. The emperor and the prime ministers had already discussed and decided this morning and would be distributed to the whole world sooner or later. Sooner or later they would know.

Then Li Yan said: "We thought for a long time and didn't know how to set the ratio. The officials of the Ministry of Revenue said that you are a master in arithmetic, so let's ask you."

Of course, Liu Mingqi pretended to be garlic, "Ah? If you ask me to do such a big thing, wouldn't I be scolded to death by monks, nuns and Taoists all over the world?"

"No, you are just helping solve the problem. We will do the specific things." Li Yan quickly promised, "In addition, the entire policy is the will of the emperor and is recognized by all the officials of the court. Who dares to scold people?"

The boy noticed that the seven people who came, including Li Yan, all had an uncontrollable smile on their faces.

This kind of smile is not a ridicule, but a sign of complacent and full of enthusiasm!

The Ministry of Rites is the most useless sense of accomplishment and existence among the six departments.

The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel is the only one.

The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works and even the Ministry of Justice has its own special jurisdiction.

Only the Listoral Ministry is a hodgepodge stall.

Their biggest task is sacrifice, palace banquet rituals, etc., but this overlaps with the functions of Guanglu Temple.

In addition, the somewhat good hospitality for the foreign countries, arrange banquets, study tours, etc., which overlap with the functions of the Honglu Temple.

There is also the ritual and music aspects, and Taichang Temple also competes for business with them.

Look.

That's it, how do they do something, gain some power, and eat something?

It is a small amount of money and power, and it cannot be obtained. The Ministry of Rites is a place of exile for the court.

The former Minister of Rites worked for more than ten years before he retired. Li Yan, Li Shangshu, is already 63 years old this year and has served as the Minister of Rites for twenty-one years!

If it were somewhere else, people would have been making trouble, saying that you would never give way, and you would not let your seat be standing in Mouth.

As a result, the Ministry of Rites was fine. No one urged him, nor did he think of replacing him, so he let him sit like this.

The most pitiful thing is that Li Yan has written several times to write a letter and said that he wanted to retire and go home, but the emperor did not agree.

Because the rest of the officials of the Ministry of Rites are far inferior to Li Yan in terms of business quality and various abilities.

Li Yan left, and some things in the Ministry of Rites were really not working smoothly.

The matter of the sacrificial certificate is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. In the past, they only paid a little handling fee, but only handled it according to the application. It is equivalent to household registration, and I don’t think there is anything special.

It's different now.

The emperor actually planned to pay attention to the tribute certificate. Not only did he strictly clear the proofs, but he forced himself to return to secular life, but he also wanted to block the amount of proofs issued. He also required a proof of proofs to pay 1,000 taels of silver to own.

this……

This is simply a great blessing from heaven to the Ministry of Rites!

The issuance of the tribute certificate is the exclusive sale of the Ministry of Rites and others cannot grab it.

The money for a certificate is so expensive and it is still distributed in a limited quantity. Wouldn’t this make many big temples, temples and grand temples in the world come to please the Ministry of Rites?

A life of power, power and wealth will follow you?

So, after hearing about this, he went to Li Yan, the Minister of Rites, to the Minister of Rites, the Doctor, etc., who was not anxious and looking forward to it?

No wonder they were entangled with the emperor yesterday, no wonder Li Yan came to find reinforcements at noon after receiving the task this morning.

If you solve the problem of setting the ratio earlier, you can start the formal operation earlier.

The Ministry of Rites has been poor for almost a hundred years, so I will strive to have a fat year this year!

...

As the initiator, Liu Mingqi certainly knew where their happiness came from.

But he doesn't expose it, he won't demolish it if he has a hard time.

After finally having a proud day, can you not seize the opportunity?

When his thoughts turned back, the boy asked, "Do you have a summary of the Taoist temples in the capital?"

"have!"

A middle-aged man with long beards next to him opened his mouth and came: "The largest temple in the capital, Daxiangguo Temple, covers an area of ​​300 acres, with a total of 5,733 monks. In addition, the number of monks is kept at about 1,000 every year.

In addition to donations from men and women, the income from Daxiangguo Temple also includes hundreds of shops for rent outside Daxiangguo Temple, which were all rewarded by the founding Taizu and emperors of all dynasties.

We cannot find out the specific income, but they repair some of the statues of Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, and Arhats every year, and the expenses for this part are about 150,000 taels of gold.

During the locust plague this year, Daxiangguo Temple sent ten groups of monks to serve porridge on the first day of the arrival of the victims, which was more than 100 meters more than our bran porridge porridge, and at least seven or eight liters of rice and thousands of liters of bran bran every day.”

Liu Mingqi glanced at him more, and Li Yan introduced: "This is Xia Peng, the dynasty of the Ministry of Rites, who sacrificed the Qing officials' department, to visit all the temples and temples around the Imperial Capital Mansion, and was very familiar with their situation."

The boy nodded, picked up the paper and pen, and signaled that they all came around.

"There are 5,733 people in Daxiangguo Temple, so we treat it as the base of a population. The 150,000 taels of gold here is their expenses, but not all. According to the usual estimate, their annual income is twice that of 150,000, reaching 300,000 taels of gold. No problem, is it, Xia Langzhong?" Liu Mingqi asked while writing.

"This number is quite conservative." Xia Peng replied.

"Can you understand the lowercase numbers I wrote?" the boy asked again.

"Yes! We have learned it." Another middle-aged official next to him said, "Your Highness, your lowercase numbers are very convenient. We all like to use them, especially when keeping accounts."

Liu Mingqi nodded with a smile, and continued to speak while writing: "Daxiangguo Temple covers an area of ​​300 acres and is located in the most prosperous area of ​​the Imperial Palace. How much money can a house with an area of ​​one acre of land be sold?"

Xia Peng said: "50,000 taels can definitely be sold."

"That's 15 million taels of silver assets." Liu Mingqi said: "Where is a shop?"

"Each one is at least 100,000 taels, but considering that it is next to Daxiangguo Temple, there is such a price, so it can be reduced a little, and it should be counted as 50,000 taels per room."

"The shop is counted as 5 million taels, and the assets are totaled 20 million taels." Liu Mingqi wrote down the number, "The day the victims arrive is on New Year's Eve, and the total is counted as 140 days. The bran and rice are converted into 10,000 liters of rice every day, with a total of 1.4 million liters of rice, worth 56,000 taels of silver. I don't estimate this outrageously, right?"

"It's reasonable." Xia Peng replied.

"So, Daxiangguo Temple is really rich!" Liu Mingqi shook her head and smiled, "But we don't need rice prices to compare, now you can see."

The boy wrote down a few lines of contrast.

"Asset: Rice = 150 taels: 14 liters"

"Income: Rice = 30 taels: 14 liters"

"Number of people: Rice = 7 people: 1400 liters"

He explained the meaning of this mathematical formula and said, "The most intuitive thing is to measure it by the ratio of assets and donated rice. Considering that some temples are built on the mountain, the land on the mountain is not valuable, so you can measure it by their income. If the income cannot be measured, then measure it by their number."

"I understand!" Li Yan clapped his hands: "Just use this ratio... to set it up. Other temples and Taoist temples must meet this standard. If they cannot meet it, then we must force ourselves to return to secular people."

Xia Peng immediately raised a question: "As long as this ratio is met, is it the most correct? Why should Daxiangguo Temple be used as an example?"

Liu Mingqi said first: "Dr. Xia said it well! Daxiangguo Temple is just an example of collection. You can collect more examples for comparison and take an intermediate number, so that the error will be reduced and everyone feels very fair."

"It's great!" said an official who is not much younger than Li Yan: "Compare more than a few companies and you will naturally get a fair number. We can use these examples and numbers to do things. Even if they have any objections, or if the emperor and the prime minister ask, we can explain."

Li Yan looked at Xia Peng at this time.

Xia Peng had no doubts this time, and he bowed to Liu Mingqi: "I have heard that Prince Yu is extremely smart and is particularly proficient in the arithmetic. I have seen it today, and it is indeed extraordinary!"

"You're welcome." Liu Mingqi said with a smile, "Dr. Xia is also a very capable person. You can come and have more time to discuss."

"good!"

Xia Peng agreed readily.

However, Liu Mingqi also knew that the next period of time would be the hardest stage in Xia Peng's life. Maybe there would be no time to go to the bathroom, so where would I get time to talk to Liu Mingqi and discuss calculations?

...

While he went to the palace to teach King Shou again in the afternoon, Liu Mingqi asked Zhao Shou quietly about the sharing of the spoils of these guys.

The result is that the distribution is based on the proportion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Imperial Capital.

Miao Heizi really got in!

Moreover, the Imperial Palace can be divided into every year. You have to sigh how high the Imperial Palace is in the Empire!

But there is no exception, the emperor and the Ministry of Revenue got the most.

They had some heavy bleeding this year, which made them almost the bottom. If they didn't replenish the blood, they would definitely not be able to hold on.

However, how could the Ministry of War get 20%? Liu Mingqi can't figure out the trick here.

In the end, although the Ministry of Rites can only get 10%, for the Ministry of Rites, who are used to being poor, isn’t it money for one or more than one or more million yuan a year?

Isn’t it good to have a million or eight hundred million silver dollars?

Liu Mingqi put herself in her shoes and thought about it

Um
Chapter completed!