Chapter 1303 Return of the Lost Bead 49

Many concubines in the Taishang Queen's Palace were pregnant. Emperor Jianyuan quickly received the news.

"It is reported that there are already eight who have come up. I'm afraid there will be more in the future. He won't give me a hundred brothers, right?" Emperor Jianyuan received the report, couldn't help but pressed his eyebrows, and spoke to An Ran speechlessly. road.

No wonder he was so worried. There was once someone in the Zhou royal family who had nothing to do and had a hundred sons. Although people in the society smiled and congratulated each other, having hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren, they were blessed, but for the high-ranking people in the court, But I couldn't stop laughing. You must know that the clan has its own set of enfeoffment mechanisms. If hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren are to be enfeoffed, the dynasty's treasury will be greatly depleted.

That was done by a certain prince, and the enfeoffments were all minor titles below the general of the country, which was a little better.

This great emperor wants to produce hundreds of sons. Not only does he want to make the emperor's son a prince, but he must also be a county king, otherwise people will spread the word that he treated his younger brother harshly.

But...hundreds of county princes appeared all of a sudden, how much treasury they would consume. The scene was so beautiful that he really didn't want to see it.

Even if he is not a county king but a general who governs the country, he will need a lot of money to support him.

If the national treasury has money, that's fine, but the key point is that if the national treasury has no money, how can it afford it?

So this made Emperor Jianyuan a little worried. After all, he could not prevent the Supreme Emperor from having children. But if he did not prohibit it, what would happen if there were more and more children in the future?

He still has his own child to raise - An Ran is also pregnant at the moment - but he doesn't want to raise so many younger brothers!

——It must be said that the Supreme Emperor's move really embarrassed Emperor Jianyuan.

An Ran had long known the reason why the Supreme Emperor did this. When he saw it, he said: "If he did it deliberately and with a purpose, it is really possible. But don't be afraid, isn't it just a matter of how many people can eat, you Think about it, isn't it a good thing to have more people? The more people the dynasty has, the more prosperous it will be. After all, we defeated the Kun tribe and there are more places in the country. With fewer people, doesn't it look desolate?"

"They are a royal family who want a salary. What's the use of having a large population?" He was still worried.

"When the titles are lowered from generation to generation, sooner or later they will be civilians, and they will be useful then. As a ruler, you still think you have too many people under your control, really." An Ran said.

If there were so many people in modern times, it might be considered too much, but in this era, such a large dynasty has a population of only about 100 million. Is this too much? I’m not afraid of having twice as many.

Moreover, in the Cold War Age, where wars often occurred, a large number of people meant that once a foreign enemy invaded, the race would not be easily exterminated. Look at how those small ethnic groups in history perished. Many of them were because of the small number of people and fighting. They keep dying, scattering, and finally disappear. A large clan with a large population will have much greater resistance.

"Although what you said makes sense, the key point is that there is currently no money in the treasury. I am worried about money." Emperor Jianyuan said.

An Ran saw that he was worried about this, and immediately said: "You don't have to worry about this. There are many solutions to money matters."

In fact, this dynasty, like many other dynasties in the world, had underdeveloped commerce and maritime transportation, so the treasury was running out of money. Because Enron was lazy, he would not help Emperor Jianyuan with ideas on how to revitalize commerce and maritime transportation. Make a lot of money, after all, this is too complicated. If she really wants to come up with an idea, she must write something like a plan and show it to Emperor Jianyuan, so as not to speak unclearly in a few sentences.

But An Ran came to this world for leisure, otherwise he would not have continued to accept the orange mission, and only accepted the purple mission. It was because the power of the last orange world was completely suppressed by the indigenous people, and he was unhappy, so he took this mission. Naturally, he wouldn't worry about it now. He was just going to help Emperor Jianyuan with some small ideas and help him make some money.

"Oh? Zi Tong said this, is there any good way? You don't mean to use the method of ransacking the house, right? I ransacked the Wang family before and did get some money out, but this kind of thing can't be done every year, and besides, there isn't much money. For a family as wealthy and powerful as the Wang family, even if they do it once a year, there will always be times when they run out of money and no money can be made." When Emperor Jianyuan heard what An Ran said, he felt that she seemed to have some good ideas, so he asked like this .

"Of course it's not a house raid." An Ran shook his head.

"If it weren't for the house confiscation, I can't think of any good solution. It can't be to increase taxes. This will definitely not work. After I ascend the throne, I won't lower taxes for the people. If I increase taxes, I won't be scolded by the people."

"It's not a tax increase." An Ran said.

"What's the solution? Zi Tong, please don't lie." Emperor Jianyuan said.

An Ran said: "It's very simple. You can sell false titles. I think the imperial court has also given false titles to some people who have made great contributions to the court as an honorary reward. In other words, the imperial court is not unfavorable to such things as false titles. If you are willing to give it, why not just set a price and sell it, I believe those big businessmen are willing to buy it with a false title, so as not to kneel down when they see others."

Having experienced many worlds, An Ran knew which worlds had good governance experience, so just saying one at this time would be able to help Emperor Jianyuan.

This method can indeed bring in money, and it is not of the same nature as the selling of officials and titles in history. However, when Emperor Jianyuan heard what An Ran said, he shook his head like a rattle and said: "No, no, no, except for those who really want to be in politics. Who is willing to work hard to become an official through the imperial examination? Why don't you just spend money to buy a title? After all, even if you don't get a real job, you still have a high status. If this continues in the long run, the court will not be able to find talents."

"No, you can set an upper limit on the virtual titles that can be bought. For example, you can only buy those below the seventh rank. This will not only satisfy those businessmen who don't want to be white-clothed, but also make money for the court and take care of the scholars. It's so precious and you can achieve three things with one stone, why not do it?" An Ran said.

After hearing this, Emperor Jianyuan no longer objected and began to think deeply. After a while, Emperor Jianyuan smiled and said, "Zitong's method is not bad. Maybe it is actually feasible."

"Then I'm waiting for your good news. If you implement this successfully, you won't have to worry about running out of money in the future. And unlike tax increases, which will hurt ordinary people."

"Okay, let me give it a try... According to what you said, there shouldn't be much resistance from the court." Emperor Jianyuan said.

"I also think there shouldn't be much resistance." An Ran said.

An Ran knew why there was not much resistance, because the children of many officials' families may not necessarily be promising. If they fail to pass the imperial examination and have no qualifications, will they become white? Now there is such a way to donate a false title. Even if it is a false title, the child will no longer be white in the future, and he will have a certain status in society. In this way, it will also be beneficial to the court ministers, so those who stop him will naturally There are fewer, especially those high-ranking officials whose children have no future, and they will not refuse.