"I am terrified."
Zhang Juzheng replied with a cupped hand.
At this moment, Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Juzheng's increasingly sparse and pale head.
He knew that by doing this, he placed higher demands on Zhang Juzheng and made him more tired.
After all, according to Zhang Juzheng's original choice, he would wait until these refugees turned into rioters and then directly kill them.
That is undoubtedly very simple, and there is no need to offend the officials and gentry.
But now, just because we want to benefit these displaced people in shanty towns, prepare for a rainy day, and treat these refugees in a civilized manner, we have to use our brains to establish a new series of systems to guard against the selfish side of human nature. While instigating local officials and gentry to do so, They must also be supervised to prevent them from not doing things after taking money, and to prevent them from being ungrateful and backlashing the court after being supported.
In this way, Zhang Juzheng will undoubtedly put more effort into it than in history, and will also have to bear greater mental pressure.
You must know that allowing these refugees to settle down and live in peace means to prevent local officials and gentry from exploiting them, and to increase the workload of local bureaucrats, which will undoubtedly offend a large number of people.
Why doesn't this make Zhang Juzheng even more tired in this life?
In Zhu Yijun's heart, he instinctively felt a trace of intolerance because of this.
But Zhu Yijun knew that if he didn't show such diligence and love for the people, Zhang Juzheng would not want to see him.
Therefore, it can be said that this was Zhang Juzheng's own choice.
Zhu Yijun has always respected his choice as an assistant minister and teacher.
When he thought of this, Zhu Yijun lost a lot of his unbearability and continued to concentrate on doing things that followed his heart.
That night, Zhu Yijun slept relatively late and did not ask the queen to come to the Qing Palace because he read Zhang Juzheng's details very late and made many notes.
So much so that when he gave a lecture in the Wenhua Hall the next day, he yawned.
Zhang Juzheng did not frown, revealing his dissatisfaction.
He could guess why the emperor was sleep deprived. He even wanted to write a memorandum to advise the emperor not to take advantage of his youth and to balance work and rest. It is not good to be too diligent. Don't take drugs at his age. Only medicine can produce offspring. To relieve oneself, one has to stand with one's feet farther apart and lower one's neck for a while. Then one feels tired and wants to break the head and neck.
"I agree with all the chapters proposed by sir, but I also added some additions."
"That is, there should be another research organization that analyzes the feasibility of various projects and businesses that invest money to benefit the people, and let them check the feasibility of various projects and industries that invest money on behalf of the officials responsible for controlling this aspect. analysis."
"After all, money transactions require some expertise. Wang Anshi just wasn't expert enough in this area, so there was a problem."
"This institution is called the Royal Academy, which, like the Hanlin Academy, is where I reserve talents. The cabinet recommends some experts who understand the knowledge of managing the world and benefiting the people to this institution to study this kind of knowledge and serve as a check for the imperial court."
"As for the government office responsible for requesting funds from me and the imperial court for the purpose of rejuvenating the country and enriching the people, it will be set up as the Du Branch Division for rejuvenating the country and enriching the people, and is usually called the Du Branch Division."
"The Duzhi Division is located in the cabinet. One cabinet minister from the cabinet is also appointed as the Duzhi Envoy of the Duzhi Division. There are also two deputy envoys with the title of Minister of Household Affairs, and each room is set up. Each room is appointed with a Lang officer in charge."
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"Let the local governor set up a branch office in his official office, with a chief envoy who also serves as the branch envoy."
"By analogy, prefectures and counties should have it."
"As for the schools for cultivating various specialized talents, they will be cultivated by Xingming Academy, which I ordered the inner court to manage."
"Sir, I plan to spread the decree to the world. Xingming Academy will be reformed and all kinds of talents from all over the world will be selected to teach in the school. The Ministry of Rites will also recommend them, and the clan and relatives can also recommend them."
"By the way, I found out that Duke Boqin, the crown prince of Prince Zheng, is very good at arithmetic, calendar, and acoustics, so I immediately summoned him to the capital."
"He and Xu Wei were in charge of the Royal Academy and Xingming Academy, and the emperor was responsible for arithmetic, calendars, astronomy, water conservancy, and construction.
etc., knowledge that is derived and discovered in nature even if no one exists;"
"Let Xu Wei be responsible for history, money law, education, etc., and the knowledge of phenomena related to human social activities in the world."
During the break between lectures and readings, Zhu Yijun told Zhang Juzheng in the west room of the Wenhua Hall that he put forward his own edict after reading Zhang Juzheng's petition on the construction of relevant systems for the emperor and the court to invest in benefiting the people.
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng bowed his hands and said yes.
"The inner treasury has temporarily allocated one million taels of silver for the purpose of rejuvenating the country and enriching the people. The amount of money that can be allocated from the external treasury will be discussed further by the cabinet and the Ministry of Accounts."
"Then we will issue an order to establish a branch office. Sir, you can first spread the news that the national treasury and internal treasury will allocate money to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people, so that some industrial and commercial gentry in the world can transfer their dissatisfaction with the government and gentry's joint payment of grain and errands. I am eager to share the great benefits of the imperial court."
"As for the specific amount of money to invest and how much to spend, we will discuss it with Mr. Yousi."
Zhu Yijun continued at this time.
Zhang Juzheng was busy claiming the order.
Zhu Yijun's doing this is equivalent to taking out part of the internal and external treasury that he, the emperor, and the imperial court have collected over the years, and redistributing it. It is equivalent to taking the initiative to cut a piece of cake and let the people below share it. .
The reason for doing this is naturally not because Zhu Yijun dislikes having too much money, but because he knows that only when this capital flows can it stimulate productivity, increase social wealth, make the cake bigger, and then feed back the internal and external treasury, so that internal funds and national funds can Not only did it not come out of money for investment, but it increased a lot, it was also the same reason for using technology.
After all, Zhu Yijun cannot imitate many landlords, who only know how to bury the collected goods on the ground or put them in warehouses to prevent them from flowing. This will prevent the development of the productivity of the entire society and cause the goods to continue to flow upward. In this way Sooner or later, the underlying wealth will dry up and eventually something will happen.
Zhu Yijun needs to let money flow between domestic funds, national funds and the people in order to create more wealth.
"One million taels?!"
The ministers of the cabinet and Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Household Affairs who was invited to the cabinet by Zhang Juzheng, decided to go out of the house after hearing Zhang Juzheng say that he had asked the emperor for permission to support industry and commerce, rejuvenate the country and enrich the people, and solve the survival problems of landless refugees. After the money and foreign money, that is, a deposit of national money, were used for investment, and the emperor had promised to give one million taels, everyone couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Wang Guoguang even couldn't help but stand up and asked again.
Zhang Juzheng nodded and asked Zhang Xueyan: "Da Sinong roughly estimates, how much money can the foreign treasury provide to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people?"
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Zhang Xueyan pondered for a while, then stood up and replied, "To be cautious, you can give two million taels to try first. If it can really rejuvenate the country and enrich the people, then let each locality report on some industrial and commercial matters that can rejuvenate the country and enrich the people, and then according to the report whether The profit is safe, and we can add another three million taels."
The internal capital of one million taels of silver plus the external capital of two million taels of silver is already a big piece of cake.
What's more, there will be an additional three million taels later.
You must know that the demand for cotton cloth in Jiubian of the Ming Dynasty is now considered the bulk of the domestic demand market of the Ming Dynasty. It is the largest demand for cotton cloth in this era, and it is just a cake worth two million taels.
Now, the imperial court is going to make an investment worth three million taels and let the people of the world share the three million taels and the profits brought by it.
There will even be an additional three million taels.
Although only a few ministers in the cabinet and Zhang Xueyan, the minister of household affairs, know about it at present, they are all a little excited.
"Then, let's tentatively allocate three million taels of funds to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people. The cabinet will issue an order to all the governors and governors, asking them to report on what projects in their jurisdictions can be used to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people. There are factories and workshops that need to be supported. Industry, please come up with everything."
Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Guoguang as he spoke: "Look, you come and draw up this Jun order! You are the best at money, law and finance. Although Ziwei, I, Ti Gan, and Ru Mo are all in business, Rich, but I am a Hanlin poet, so I am not as good as you in this aspect, so I can only draft it for you."
"In addition, my servant has recommended you to be the governor of the branch. From now on, you can serve as your majesty's
Spend this money with the imperial court to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people. "
After Zhang Juzheng said this, Wang Guoguang excitedly raised his hands and said, "Don't worry, Uncle, if your Majesty and the imperial court really want to use three million taels of silver to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people, then I will give your Majesty and the imperial court a more prosperous Ming Dynasty!"
Wang Guoguangzai was indeed one of the few financiers among the officials of the Ming Dynasty in history.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng would say that he is more suitable than a few of them in developing the national economy.
Zhang Siwei and others all had disappointment on their faces because of this.
Fengdu Qingjiang
