The most arrogant in history

Chapter 648: Internal strife among princes.

The director of the management office was quite dedicated and immediately replied:

"There are 170 merchants with shops. The original plan was for this number, and it has not changed at all. There are 300 merchants with stalls. There are about 100 mobile vendors, and they are not fixed."

Ye Kun asked again: "How much is the market's annual tax revenue?"

"Last year it was 153,700 taels. 150,000 taels were handed in, and the remaining 3,700 taels were used for market facility maintenance, employee salaries, and sanitation management..."

"It seems that our investment ratio is still a little less."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "It is obviously unreasonable to invest only a few thousand taels of maintenance costs with hundreds of thousands of taels of tax revenue. I will ask the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Finance and Taxation to increase their support for you. However, there are many problems in the market, and you must rectify them immediately."

The director of the management office was a little scared and whispered, "Your Majesty, please instruct me on which areas need to be rectified."

Ye Kun pointed to the street:

"First, the sanitation problem on the streets needs to be strengthened. Food processing workshops like Lao Guo's also need to strengthen the supervision of sanitation and safety management. Diseases come from the mouth. If food safety is not good, people will get sick after eating.

Second, the issue of fire safety. The layout of the merchants in the market is very chaotic. The fried dough sticks and the quilt sellers are next to each other. If the dough stick shop catches fire, wouldn't the whole camp be burned? We must ensure that the fire passages are unobstructed, so that when a fire occurs, people can evacuate quickly and ensure the safety of people's lives.

Third, we must investigate market bullying and create a fair trading environment.

Fourth, we need to strengthen market security and strictly prohibit provoking trouble. I saw some drunks wandering in groups of three or five on the street. They may not be good people.

Fifth, we must strengthen our service awareness and provide high-quality services to merchants and customers. Only in this way can the market prosper in the long run.

Also, the market is very crowded, and the city planning department will study and solve the problem.”

The director of the management office admired Ye Kun very much and said with a fist:

"Your Majesty's eyes are as sharp as lightning. He can see the key to a problem at a glance. We have remembered what you said and will immediately strengthen management and service."

Ye Kun smiled faintly, said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Guo, and took the director to inspect the market.

In fact, the suggestions put forward by Ye Kun have become clichés in later generations.

If this were said in a meeting in the future, the audience would probably snore.

However, such governance details were very advanced in ancient times.

The director of the management office, who knows the market situation best, suggested:

"Your Majesty, to the north of this market is a residential area. If we expropriate 20 of these houses, we can expand the market, and the existing market does not need to be relocated or renovated."

Ye Kun nodded: "It's a good suggestion. Let the planning department discuss it with you. But I have a suggestion. Inflammable products such as silk and cotton should be concentrated in a certain area to prevent fire and disasters.

The same goes for other businesses. Try to categorize them. For example, the slaughter market should be put together. The snack market should also be put together. The daily chemical market should also be concentrated together, as well as the vegetable market and the grain market. This will make it easier to manage.”

The director nodded and wrote them down one by one.

Ye Kun returned to the palace and told Yu Lian about Huang Jingzu's marriage.

Yu Lian bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking the trouble to personally propose marriage to Zuer. This kindness, Zuer and I will never be able to repay in our lifetime."

Ye Kun took Yu Lian's hand and said with a smile:

"You and I are husband and wife, and Joey is also my son. Isn't it alienating to say these things? You want to thank me, that's fine. Call Chunhua over, and the three of us can have a drink, chat, and play poker."

Yu Lian pursed her lips and smiled softly: "I'm just afraid that the emperor will lose in playing poker."

"It's only right that I lose to you."

Ye Kun patted his chest and said, "I have plenty of money!"

The next day, Ye Kun walked out of Yu Lian Chun Hua's small building with a tired look on his face.

I played for a long time last night, and now that I'm older, I can't compare to when I was younger.

Huang Ye was waiting outside and asked, "Your Majesty, the Nine Departments are on holiday today. Do you have any plans?"

Ye Kun walked towards the imperial study: "I will write a personal letter to the Queen of Loulan. You can send it to the State Guesthouse and give it to the Loulan envoy."

Arriving at the imperial study, Ye Kun wrote a letter back to Queen Ayiman of Loulan.

He told her that he was about to set off, first to Yizhou, then to Chang'an, and then to visit Loulan.

After writing the letter, Ye Kun reviewed the latest mathematical research of the School of Mathematics and gave some comments.

He Tiantian and Sun Yi called again from the Science and Technology City and said that the steam engine production base in Beihai County had been completed and put into production.

Wu Qiong called again and said that the property Qin Erwu brought back had been counted, totaling more than 7 million taels of silver, and all had been registered in the warehouse.

Even though today's telephones are very stupid and the call range is only twenty miles, they are much more convenient.

Xiahou Chang came to pay a visit again, saying that he wanted to visit his two daughters.

Ye Kun had no choice but to call the two sisters Xiahou Zhu and Xiahou Jie to meet Xiahou Chang in the imperial study and let the Xiahou sisters' children meet their grandfather.

Save some for lunch.

Ye Kun suddenly asked: "Lord Xiahou, I have many princes... In your opinion, how should we arrange them in the future?"

Xiahou Chang was stunned, and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty is rich as the world, even if he has millions of princes, he will not have to worry about food and drink."

Ye Kun smiled faintly: "The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion was only a few hundred years ago. You know, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion was a fratricidal war among the royal family, and the common people suffered countless casualties."

Xiahou Chang was sweating: "Your Majesty, this is a royal affair, I dare not speak carelessly..."

"It doesn't matter what I said." Ye Kun put down his wine glass and sighed:

"In order to fight for the throne, brothers with the same father and mother will kill each other and fight to the death. From now on, my princes will not be able to escape such a tragedy."

Children born from the same mother have to fight for life and death. If they are not from the same mother, wouldn’t the life be messed up in the future?

The two sisters Xiahou Zhu and Xiahou Jie looked sad when they heard this.

Because their children are the youngest and relatively disadvantaged in the palace.

Xiahou Chang still didn't dare to say anything, and said with a folded hand: "Your Majesty is a sage king throughout history. I believe there is a way to avoid internal strife and fighting within the family."

Ye Kun chuckled: "The rich lands overseas are far greater than China. I am waiting. When the princes grow up, I will send them all to overseas fiefdoms. Except for the Jiaozhi Peninsula, the Tianzhu Peninsula, and the Middle East Peninsula, all other overseas lands will be given to the princes.

They stayed away from China, established their own territory, and established themselves as kings. Naturally, they could stay away from the power struggles within the royal family and avoid the outcome of brothers killing each other.

The Nine Provinces of China and the Jiaozhi Peninsula all belong to Prince Ye Feng. As for whether there will be disputes among Prince Ye Feng’s children in the future, that is a question for Ye Feng to consider.”

Europe and West Asia are both good places.

Ye Kun waited for the princes to grow up, and then sent them out to fight for territory. Whoever got it first would own it.

"The Emperor does have a solution."

Xiahou Chang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In fact, I think that the Tianzhu Peninsula is too far away and difficult to control for a long time. It is better to divide it up."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "From the current perspective, it is indeed difficult. But don't forget that our technology is developing rapidly. In the future, with a large number of cars and steamships, this distance will not be a problem. There is also the Middle East Peninsula, which is rich in oil and must be controlled.

But the Mediterranean area can only be divided among the princes. There are also several large islands, all of which are good places to establish a country. "

Sri Lanka and Madagascar are both tropical regions, with areas far larger than Qiongzhou Island in the South China Sea.

As long as you adapt to the local environment, you can survive.

Xiahou Chang nodded and pointed at the Xiahou Jie sisters, saying with a smile: "Your Majesty, as a grandfather, can I ask for a piece of land for these grandchildren?"

Ye Kun pointed at the big map: "Where do you want?"

Xiahou Chang fixed his gaze on the large island below the Tianzhu Peninsula and said with a smile:

"I think this big island is very good. The area is equivalent to two Jiangdong regions. If we can gain a foothold, it is surrounded by the sea and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can last for thousands of years."