Poor guys. Trying to tackle the system head on, while their same team members are going behind the scene and they just run each other's plans cause of misunderstanding
The miners weren't getting enough rations anyway. So the extra bread incentive is an increase in the overall food supply, albeit only some miners will get more food.
The key is for mc to present the proposal in a manner acceptable to the emperor on paper. The emperor isn't going to personally micromanage the implementation anyway.
