"Really? In that case, I have a way to deal with it." Ruan Yuan listened to Li Mingche's words and thought that the key was to let the foreign ships load the goods, so he said to Li Mingche: "Rice is the foundation of the country's people. Now in the country,

With a large population, the supply of rice gradually exceeds the demand. This is the lifeline of the country. How can it be treated as ordinary commercial goods? In my opinion, even if we collect less taxes on grain and rice trade, we must ensure that domestic food is sufficient.

This rice ship is exempted from the ship currency system. I think it can be followed. If a foreign ship has nothing but rice and grain, there is no need to impose ship currency. At the same time, we also allow foreign ships to purchase commercial goods and purchase goods.

At that time, taxes were levied according to the ordinary merchant ship system. As for grain and rice, the Thirteenth Bank sold them according to the market price in Guangdong. In this way, the price of rice in Guangdong will naturally drop due to the abundance of grain and rice, and foreign merchant ships can also

Return home safely, as for the tax on commercial goods...the import price of foreign rice is only half of the mainland, can they still make money?"

"General Manager, if you really mean this, the people of Guangdong and Guangxi will be very lucky! If the General Manager is willing to facilitate the barter of foreign rice, I would like to thank the General Manager here for the tens of millions of people in Guangdong and Guangxi!" Li Mingche saw that Ruan Yuan was willing.

Shangshu Jian proposed bartering foreign rice to alleviate the food shortage problem of the people in Guangdong and Guangxi, and immediately expressed his solemn thanks to Ruan Yuan.

After that, Ruan Yuan once again consulted the foreign merchants in detail and confirmed that what Li Mingche said was true. Seeing that there was no doubt about the matter, Ruan Yuan went to Shu Daoguang and requested that the barter restrictions on Western grain ships be lifted:

By law, when foreign ships are imported, the size of the hull should be measured and the ship's currency must be reported. The Guangdong Customs imposes a rice tax. In the past, foreign rice came to Guangdong without shipping currency. In recent years, foreign rice has rarely arrived, and foreign merchants have favored them.

It is said that the foreign barbarians have a vast and sparsely populated land and a large amount of rice production. Although the first shipment of rice from afar did not require full payment of the ship's money, they returned home empty-handed and had no ballast to withstand the wind and waves. I sincerely thank you for your kindness and allow the barbarians of all countries to do so.

If a ship is exclusively transporting rice and stone to Guangdong and does not carry any other goods, it will still be exempted from the shipping fee when it is imported. The original ship will be allowed to load the goods for export, and the goods tax will be collected as usual together with other barge ships, which seems to be convenient for the people.

Suiyuan, both have benefits...

In the spring of the fourth year of Daoguang's reign, Daoguang's order on foreign rice barter arrived in Guangzhou. Daoguang saw that the introduction of overseas rice could also relieve the people's poverty, so he agreed to Ruan Yuan's suggestion and allowed Ruan Yuan to introduce foreign rice according to his instructions.

Ruan Yuanjian also informed the Thirteenth Group about the recruitment of Western grain ships. Many British and American businessmen learned that selling rice to Guangzhou was very profitable, so they eagerly applied for the recruitment and took the initiative to purchase rice from South India, Siam, and southern Vietnam.

The food is gone.

Ruan Yuan also determined the location of the new Xuehai Hall at this time. Ruan Yuan believed that Yuexiu Mountain in the north of Guangzhou City was originally in Guangzhou City, with convenient transportation, and there was open space under Yuexiu Mountain that could be used for building a school.

There is no particularly prosperous commercial district in the Yuexiu Mountain area, which is also conducive for students to concentrate on their studies. Now that the location has been decided, Ruan Yuan immediately organized the two counties of Nanhai and Panyu to officially start construction of the new Guangzhou Academy.

Governor Ruan Yuan had no official duties that day, so he took Yan Jie to Yuexiu Mountain in Guangdong to watch the construction of Xuehai Hall. Seeing that both the mountain and the mountain were of a certain scale, Yan Jie couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Teacher, back then the students were in the Jingshe Jingshe

At that time, I saw the teacher building the school with my own eyes. I didn’t expect to see this school of learning again today. The teacher’s benevolence to scholars should be forever revered by future generations.”

"Honmin, now it seems that I can only lament that my own strength is limited, but I can't build more academies." Ruan Yuan also sighed: "Today, this academy has grown in size. I passed by Sanshui last year

When I was a child, I saw that the academy near Xingtai was in ruins, so I also donated some money to help them rebuild Sanshui Xingtai Academy. But this was not enough. Think about it, when I was born, there were only 20 million people in the world.

, today, which year is not 36 to 70 million? Maybe in your lifetime we can see 40 million people. There are more people, and there are more people who need to study. Although the country and dynasty already have

There are two thousand academies. If we put it all together, it would be great to have hundreds of thousands of people studying in the academies. In comparison, these people are just a drop in the ocean among today's common people."

"The teacher is still thinking more broadly, but now all the prefectures and counties have insufficient funds. How can it be easy to establish an academy?" Yan Jie also lamented to Ruan Yuan.

"Yes, when it comes to funding, I still need to seriously discuss it." When Ruan Yuan said this, he also thought about the future of Xuehaitang and said: "The Execution Jingshe already had a large scale, but as soon as I left

, the Sutra Execution Temple is actually in the predicament of closing down. Why is this? I thought about it again and again, and finally discovered that a lot of our funds at that time were donated by me and the students themselves. This method of donating money can only solve the problem.

A temporary difficulty is not an eternal solution. If you want to continue Xuehaitang, I think the most fundamental way is to make Xuehaitang self-reliant. Not only must you invest enough funds, but you must also find ways to make money to ensure that you can make money every year.

There is some income, otherwise what are students doing here to study? Are they just going to contribute to Xuehaitang with their passion? How can we be so embarrassed? We will have to discuss this matter again this year."

"Yes, the students are thinking that most of the other academies that can be self-reliant in the long term have academic fields allocated by the government. But Xuehaitang is a new school built by the teacher. The matter of academic fields is a bit troublesome. We'd better take another look at Guangzhou.

Is there still enough land that can be allocated to Xuehaitang as a school field?" Yan Jie made a suggestion.

"Xuetian is a way. I also have a plan, which is to use the government to generate interest from business. We first donate part of the money to Xuehaitang, and then invest the money into other businessmen to collect interest. But I still have to think about how to do it specifically.

In a few days." Ruan Yuan also had his own plans, and asked Yan Jie: "Also, how are you preparing for the compilation of the "Huang Qing Jing Jie"? I have collected all the things I have at home.

I have given you all the books on the classics written by the sages of the past dynasties, but what about those in the south of the Yangtze River? Is there anyone willing to help us find some new books?"

"Teacher, don't worry. Students from Jiangnan scholars have all sent letters. They have received many replies in the past few days. They all think that what the teacher has done is an example for the ages, and they are all willing to donate books.

I want to help the teacher achieve his great goal of interpreting scriptures. We have also received a lot of new books in the past few days. Maybe in a while, we can prepare for engraving." I don't think Yan Jie is concerned, but this matter is proceeding abnormally.

smoothly.

"Really? That's great. It just so happens that in a few days, Xuehaitang will be completed. Then we will open an engraving board in Xuehaitang. It can be regarded as the first major thing our brand new Xuehaitang does." Ruan Yuan listened.

Yan Jie's words were naturally overjoyed. But at this moment, he saw the figure of a scholar hurried up and quickly arrived in front of him. When he looked at him intently, it turned out to be Fang Dongshu, who had previously asked him about Song Dynasty.

Ruan Yuan also stepped forward and asked Fang Dongshu: "Mr. Zhizhi, what's the matter with you today that you want to come to this Yuexiu Mountain to find me?"

"President Ruan, do you know what Jiang Fan has done? You asked him to compile books and write biographies for people of Song Dynasty. I see, his fox tail is really exposed! If you don't give me an explanation today, I won't leave." Yeah!" When Fang Dongshu said this, Ruan Yuan was also surprised.

However, Fang Dongshu's subsequent words still let Ruan Yuan know the whole story. It turned out that Ruan Yuan had heard Fang Dongshu say that he disparaged the Song Dynasty and favored the Han Dynasty, and thought that although he was close to Sinology, he should still strive to be equal to the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty externally, so he He also asked Jiang Fan to write a biography for those who studied Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, a year later, Jiang Fan actually wrote a book "The Origin of Song Dynasty Studies in the Kingdom", completing the goal of writing a biography. However, Jiang Fan's book on Song Dynasty only has three volumes. , not only is the length far less than the eight-volume "The Inheritance of Sinological Masters of the Imperial Dynasty", but most of the people who were included in the biography are unknown. Just in terms of the influence of the people in the two books, the Sinology side far exceeds the Song Studies side. Fang Dong Shu read this book and immediately became furious. He thought that Jiang Fan did this simply because he looked down on Song studies and deliberately included many mediocre people to show that Song studies were far inferior to Chinese studies. Since Fang Dongshu had already determined that Jiang Fan had If he is selfish, then there is no need for him to be polite in front of Ruan Yuan.

"President Ruan Zhi, I have made it clear what needs to be said. Please give me your comment. When Jiang Fan wrote the book, he slandered my Song Dynasty. I don't blame him, but he listed it like this. Isn't the origin of Song studies equivalent to telling the world that Song studies are far inferior to Chinese studies? How can I turn a blind eye to such humiliation, how can I swallow my anger? Mr. Ruan, Jiang Fan and I are both people in your plot. It's not good for me to fall out with him directly. , but as the mastermind of both of us, you should uphold justice?"

"Really? This thing about you is really..." Ruan Yuan listened to Fang Dongshu's words and thought that maybe Jiang Fan had acted inappropriately, but after all, he had an old relationship with Jiang Fan, but Fang Dongshu was himself. It is impossible for the younger generation, who only met after going south to Guangzhou, to break up with Jiang Fan because of Fang Dongshu's one-sided words. In desperation, he had no choice but to say to Fang Dongshu: "Zhizhi, since you think Zheng Tang's approach is wrong. , I also know about Zheng Tang, and I think it’s useless if I try to persuade him directly now. It’s better for you two to bring this matter up and have a public debate. I also told Zheng Tang and asked him to prepare. After that... just stay in our department first, and when you and Zheng Tang are ready, you two can debate this issue clearly in person, how about it?"

"President Ruan, are you...are you really ready for this?" Fang Dongshu asked again.

"How can such a thing be false? With the way you two are now, who can convince the other? You see, I have persuaded Zheng Tang to make peace with you, but you are still not satisfied. In this case, it is better for you and me to When people argue with each other face to face, it is easier to clarify things, don't you think?" Ruan Yuan thought that Jiang Fan was just a little paranoid about Song studies at most, but Jiang Fan had a profound foundation in Chinese studies, so naturally he would not lose to Fang Dongshu, even if The public debate between the two would probably result in Fang Dongshu abstaining and admitting defeat, so he promised Fang Dongshu this matter.

After hearing Ruan Yuan's reply, Fang Dongshu was satisfied. He paid homage to Ruan Yuan and left on his own. However, Ruan Yuan did not know at this time that his decision would actually involve him in a more intense and serious battle. In the midst of a difficult debate.

The people of Taixi are intelligent and skillful in making weapons.

Clocks are the most used, followed by copper lamps.

It's only about a foot high, like a person standing on his back.

Apply the paste to the head and neck, with one arm extended and flat.

Burn cotton sticks with your fingers and pour ointment to make the fire bright.

The head and arms are connected to the fingers, and there is neither diarrhea nor overflow.

There is no smoke or scratches, and its light is pure and clear.

Better than the flame of a giant candle, one stick can penetrate five o'clock.

When the talents are paid, the lights are bright.

In the spring of the fourth year of Daoguang's reign, another novelty was added to the Governor's Mansion of Guangdong and Guangxi. From the appearance, it should be a lantern. However, this lantern is different from ordinary domestic candle lanterns. It is of Western style, with the upper part of the lantern hollowed out.

It seems to be the place where oil is added inside, and the wick is placed in a glass cover. Judging from the appearance, this foreign lamp is made of fine glass, which is clean and transparent. After lighting the wick, the light inside the lamp is much brighter than that of a candle.
Chapter completed!