Chapter 407 Encirclement and Suppression of Confucianism with Public Schools
Chapter 407 Encirclement and Suppression of Confucianism with Public Schools
Author: Angry Little Heizi
Chapter 407 Encirclement and Suppression of Confucianism with Public Schools
"Master Sun, have any of your majesties died less than 500,000 taels in the past?"
When Sun Jingyang understood what Li Xiuzhu meant, he couldn't help but blush and said: "Except for the last emperor, there are only two or three emperors who have less than the 500,000-day burial standard."
The two of them looked at Song Lian again, and the meaning was very clear. If you can't come up with half a million yuan, it will be your fault.
When word gets out, not only will you be stabbed in the spine, but the prince will also hold a grudge against you.
Song Lian was stunned. He didn't expect the two of them to be so shameless, but he really couldn't avoid this.
"The Grand Canal needs to be built slowly. If the money is released later, we can make up half a million taels."
"In addition, the construction of mausoleums basically starts with the enthronement of the throne, so His Majesty's imperial mausoleum is just shy of the ceiling, which is at most 30,000 to 50,000 taels."
"In this case, although the specifications are smaller than those of the late emperor, they are not much different."
Li Xiuzhu was startled when he heard this, looked at Sun Jingyang and asked: "Has the construction of this imperial mausoleum been completed? It cost a total of 250,000 taels? Isn't it capped?"
"For example, farming, breeding, handicrafts, etc., there are 360 disciplines. We teach them all except Confucian subjects."
Li Xiuzhu's eloquent words made Li Chengze excited, but they went off topic.
Li Xiuzhu heard this and said: "That's easy. The money for the Grand Canal cannot be delayed, otherwise millions of people will rebel and overthrow the capital."
"If you meet the standard for two years, your official position will remain unchanged and your military salary will be doubled."
"Eunuch, come here, let's go and hand over His Majesty's private treasury to the Crown Prince, and we also need to transfer some of His Majesty's private property."
When Li Chengze heard this, he immediately understood and said quickly: "I am the one who caused the incident."
Li Xiuzhu nodded and said to Sun Jingyang: "I don't know much about funerals. If you need anything, just ask me."
"In this way, the people can learn to read and learn crafts, and can quickly develop various business needs. For example, doctors, carpenters, hunters, winemakers, etc."
"This can speed up the development of the Zhou Dynasty and the circulation of coins."
"His Majesty's edict said not to waste it, so we can't spend more than the late emperor, so let's go with the eight hundred thousand taels."
"Public school?"
"His Majesty should still have some money in his treasury. After excluding the subsidies for the construction of the Grand Canal, there should be some left."
"For those who are disabled and return home as soldiers, the local county government is responsible for arranging survival duties. They may be teachers in the government offices, thugs who look after homes and homes, or caravan bodyguards, etc."
Hearing this, Li Xiuzhu glanced at Song Lian and said calmly: "Don't ask questions that shouldn't be asked. Why do I need to report to Mr. Song how your majesty makes money?"
"Most of those who can buy official positions have little real talent and learning. If they are too many, the cornerstone of the great Zhou Dynasty will easily decay."
"A total of 500,000 taels were used for casualty pensions and food and grass during the attack on Silla. 1.3 million taels have been spent on the construction of the Grand Canal, leaving a balance of 185 taels."
"Anyone who meets the military service standards within four years will all meet the standards and stay in the army and be promoted to two ranks."
"In this way, my father's funeral will be less than 150,000 taels, and I will be released."
"Those who meet the standards for one year will continue as usual."
"The military soldiers adopt an assessment system. Anyone who fails to meet the assessment standards will be released after four years of military service and three years of hard labor."
Li Xiuzhu heard this and said: "We can adopt a general rotation system. Each general can only serve in an army for four years, and he will be rotated every four years."
Realizing this, when Li Chengze asked him when he started to change, Li Xiuzhu hurriedly said: "Brother, the top priority is His Majesty's funeral and your enthronement, the Crown Prince."
"But in half a year, these first batch of people who want to buy jobs will probably become greedy."
"In less than ten years, the development of Dazhou will be unparalleled."
Li Xiuzhu's mouth twitched, he shook his head and said: "I have sold all the officials in big cities that I can sell, and the rest can only be sold to small places. But if there are too many official sales, there will be problems."
When he saw Li Chengze, Li Xiuzhu explained the whole story.
At this moment, Song Lian asked in disbelief: "Why does Your Majesty have so much private money?"
"Those who meet the standard for three years will be promoted to one level."
Eighty minus 20 for the construction of the imperial mausoleum (the maximum is 50,000), which is 60. The Ministry of Household Affairs can come up with 30, and the less is only 30. He doesn't believe that Li Kuo doesn't even have 30 of his private property, but he just sold it all
The official helped Li Kuo earn more than three million taels.
"Yes, I'm cumming."
"Yes, the public school is a new idea I came up with after I returned. The aristocratic family controls writing and learning. If we want to overthrow their rule, it will easily lead to a group of people attacking."
"Master Li knows the approximate figures. Could it be that he knows something?"
"Of course, we also need to develop the military at the same time. Only absolute military power can allow us to hold on to the gold in our hands. Otherwise, we can only carry gold into the busy city like a child and attract thieves to covet it."
When the prince heard this, he subconsciously asked: "But what if the generals support their troops and respect themselves?"
Li Xiuzhu was startled. He didn't expect that Li Chengze would take the responsibility himself. He also said that he would help think of a solution.
Song Lian hesitated, feeling dissatisfied, but he also knew that he had gone too far.
Li Xiuzhu didn't ask any questions while the two were on the way. He didn't want to get anything out of this. The future belonged to his son.
When Wang Defa heard this, he glanced at Li Xiuzhu, and then said: "Your Majesty, he and his consort once secretly sold official positions below the sixth rank, and obtained 3.65 million taels of property."
Li Chengze was also startled after hearing this. He looked at Wang Defa in surprise and asked, "Eunuch Wang, where did your father get such private property?"
"However, according to the follow-up expenditures of the Grand Canal estimated by Prime Minister Fu, the Grand Canal still needs 1.7 million taels. According to His Majesty's needs, there is still a shortfall of 150,000 taels."
"So I came up with the idea of public education, which is different from private education and mainly teaches some practical life subjects."
He already has his own property, plus the property he got from Li Chengyu, not to mention 150,000, he also has working capital of 500,000.
After Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, he turned around and called Wang Defa to leave.
"Build bridges, build roads, and build public schools."
"Your Majesty and I had the idea that we could pick up a few examples and kill them to enrich the national treasury and use the money to do something for the people."
Hearing this, Li Chengze looked at Li Xiuzhu and asked, "How about Xiuzhu help eldest brother sell a few more officials?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Jingyang knew that Li Xiuzhu had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "It cost a total of two hundred and fifty thousand taels."
"promise!"
But think about it, it would be embarrassing if the two largest princes couldn’t afford this amount of money combined.
Not to mention the third prince's gambling house, which is making a lot of money every day, the brothel in Hongxiu Garden earns no less than two hundred thousand taels a year.
"Okay, now that the money matter is settled, there's no problem."
At this moment, a palace maid walked to the door and shouted: "Your Highness, all the officials have arrived."