When Jin Pu and others finished narrating this paragraph, several old Hanlin officials even high-fived each other when they heard Liu Haojia asked the question "Confucius said", saying that the question was answered in seconds and it was a wonderful solution! Even the nobles are happy! After all, today's nobles are not those illiterate people in the early days. They have all read the book seriously and know the subtleties here!
When they were telling Liu Haojia's grand plan, everyone fell silent! Because a picture of a prosperous age has been sketched in their minds!
Don't think it's just a few tens of cents lower than the original price. This is nothing to the officials, but it is a big deal to the people!
With these tens of pennies, people can have an extra ration at home, or the food will become salty! In this way, the elderly will live longer, the young will live stronger, and the children will be healthier! It doesn’t even have to be the case that the baby drowns right after birth!
Moreover, Liu Haojia's plan also aroused their lofty ambitions that had long been buried in their hearts! When they entered the officialdom, they all swore to help the world and bring peace to the people, to clarify the inner world, so that the people could have enough food and clothing! It’s just that I don’t know when this ideal slowly changed color and became heavier, and finally disappeared in my heart!
At the end, the three of them finally talked about how to design a new salt field based on the map, calculating how much land to dig and how many buildings to build! When they talked about this, the three people were in high spirits and their eyes were shining!
At the same time, the officials who listened to their story were silent and made no move! They seemed to be moved by the future described by these young people!
When the three of them finally finished talking about everything and licked their lips with unfinished thoughts, they remembered that they were standing in the Jinluan Palace. They hurriedly put down their excited expressions and stood there quietly. But the faint smiles on their faces and the darting eyes betrayed what they were thinking!
At this moment, Emperor Wanli finally woke up first. Perhaps it was not him who woke up first, but when other ministers were thinking about how things had changed and how to continue to make profits, he, who had no interest at all, finally got the first chance. Opportunity to speak!
Emperor Wanli patted the imperial case vigorously and said loudly: "Okay, very good! So that's it! But are you lying?"
The three people immediately bowed and said: "The common people dare not lie even half a word!"
Emperor Wanli immediately shouted: "Zhang Jia, Liu Shouyou, where are you two?"
Hearing the shouting, the two people who were already waiting outside the door ran in holding the corners of their robes. Seeing them come in, Emperor Wanli said loudly: "How are the questions outside?"
Zhang Jia took the lead and said, "We have finished questioning and recorded a confession!"
Liu Shouyou also said: "I also sent someone to ask, and the same confession was recorded."
Although there are many scholars outside, there are even more people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei. It is basically a one-on-one questioning! Moreover, when asking questions, they were only asked to give the most concise answers. They did not need to describe many things in detail like Jin Pu and others, so the questions inside the hall ended much earlier!
Upon hearing this, Emperor Wanli waved his hands and said, "Quick, quick! Bring it to me quickly, I want to take a look!"
Liu Shouyou wanted to step forward but was stopped by Zhang Jia. He was Emperor Wanli's personal companion and had the right to approach Emperor Wanli directly! So Zhang Jia unceremoniously snatched the confession from Liu Shouyou and walked over quickly, placing the two confessions in order.
Emperor Wanli first picked up a confession from Dongchang and read it quickly, and then picked up a confession from Jinyiwei. He read more than ten copies in a row, and the more he read, the more smiles he had on his face. Finally, before he could read it, After that, he smiled and said: "Zhang Jia, show the confession to everyone. What these three scholars said is true, and the confessions are all correct!"
Then he raised his head and said to Jin Pu and the others: "You three call yourself ordinary people, and you probably don't have official positions. So do you know whether those classmates outside have official positions?"
When Jin Pu heard Emperor Wanli's question, he immediately became excited and said with a trembling voice: "As far as the common people know, none of us have official positions!"
Emperor Wanli nodded and said: "Judging from what you have done, you people have great ambitions, but
It's the imperial court's fault for letting you linger in the wilderness! Well, it seems that the salt factory in Tianjin will be expanded again and again, and a lot of officials will be needed. You can report to Wu Ninghou later! "
When Jin Pu and the other three heard this, they were both physically and mentally drunk! Now he has completely entered the officialdom, and he is an official personally appointed by the emperor, so he has more face than other officials! So the three people hurriedly bowed down to thank Emperor Wanli!
Emperor Wanli accepted their worship with a smile and said: "You must work seriously when you arrive at the salt field in the future. There will always be no shortage of official positions here! Okay, you can go down!"
The three of them, Jin Pu, immediately left the hall with a lot of gratitude. They finally got a good start! At this time, Zhang Jia had already called the eunuchs to distribute the confession. After receiving the confession, the officials circulated it to each other and browsed it, and there was endless whispering!
At the same time, they also confirmed two things. The first thing was that the incident of Liu Haojia imprisoning and beating scholars no longer existed! The second thing is that this salt farm is profitable!
But before everyone could read it all, Peng Jianbin, who relied on his status as one of the first to see the confession, said, "Your Majesty, according to what these scholars said, this salt farm will be of great benefit to the country! In this case, we cannot let them run it randomly. , and he is the one who should be brought under the jurisdiction of the imperial court!"
As soon as he finished saying this, an official stood up with joy and said loudly: "Master Peng is right, this salt farm must be brought under the jurisdiction of the imperial court! Our Ministry of Revenue will send people to take it over in the next few days!"
The two men's singing aroused everyone's interest, and they all expressed their opinions on the salt field. One person said that the expansion of the salt field should be accelerated, another said that the map Tianjin held was inaccurate and the design drawings should be revised, another said that the new salt-making method should be promoted to the whole country immediately, and some even said that the new salt-making method relied heavily on cement, and it should also be The recipe for making cement was taken over by the imperial court, making it easier to build more salt fields!
For a time, the hall was full of officials talking loudly, but Liu Haojia was left aside! But at this time Emperor Wanli was anxious! Because Liu Haojia had made an agreement with him beforehand that in the early stage, 20% of the revenue from the salt farm would be in the internal treasury, and the remaining 80% would be used for the expansion of the salt farm and the establishment of a special fleet of vehicles and ships. When the income stabilizes in the future, 40% of the income from the salt field will be handed over to the inner treasury, and the rest will be handed over to the imperial treasury.
