Zhu Su and Liu Bowen did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly entered the palace to have an audience. When they arrived at Jinshen Hall, they saw that Lao Zhu and Prince Zhu Biao had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as he saw Zhu Su and Liu Bowen coming, Lao Zhu greeted: "Mr. Liu, Lao Wu, come quickly."
"Let's take a look at this memorial. What do you think of the method presented in this memorial?"
"Memorial?" Zhu Su took it and opened it. "Please set up a tax department to collect business taxes?"
"It seems that among the civil servants, some are already overwhelmed and want to defect before the battle." Zhu Su chuckled. "But if there are people who can establish a tax department, why should we rely on the Ministry of Household Affairs and only try to levy commercial taxes in a small area? We have already started to establish it."
"Dad, did you ask Mr. Liu and I to come here in such a hurry just because of this kind of memorial that suits you?"
Zhu Su's tone was resentful. He was very busy right now. He had to do scientific research, take care of the affairs of the Imperial College, and discuss the tone of the new study with Song Lian, Liu Bowen and others. He was so busy that he never touched the ground.
Lao Zhu laughed angrily at this rebellious son, and Zhu Biao tapped Zhu Su's forehead: "Why are you so uneasy?"
"If there is no practical and practical solution, how can I dare to bother such a busy person like you?"
"Look back!"
"From now on..." Zhu Su looked at the next few pages doubtfully, his eyes quickly scanning, and his expression finally became serious. "Please open Enke and hire experts to use them?"
When Liu Bowen heard these words, he came up solemnly and saw that his superiors asked Lao Zhu to conduct a special scientific examination. He did not need to stick to the status of candidates or moral articles, but only focused on taxation and technical examinations. The school of arithmetic recruits children from good families with relevant expertise and makes them join the tax department to collect commercial taxes for the country.
"One leaf blocks the eyes, one leaf blocks the eyes! Why didn't I think of it!" Zhu Su held up this memorial and felt as if he could see the sun through the clouds. All along, he had always thought that the feudal dynasty would ultimately rely on scientific examinations held every three years to obtain scholars, and what the scientific examinations reflected was thought, so he could use the scientific examinations to make a fuss about the ideas of Ming literati from Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. 's cage.
To complete this matter, it will not be accomplished in a day. First, he must open the Imperial College and cultivate new scholars who will stand with him. Then, by taking advantage of the scientific examination, he will gradually let the new scholars rise to power and slowly ban the old scholars... ...Only in this way can we have enough manpower to establish a tax department and completely bring the national finance and taxation into Lao Zhu's hands.
But I have never thought that there is another purpose for opening a subject to obtain a degree... that is to recruit talents with special skills, and use them exclusively! What the Department of Taxation needs is a large number of tax collectors who are proficient in arithmetic, so wouldn't it be a waste to open an Enke who specializes in arithmetic? The imperial court does not need these tax collectors to debate scriptures with the old literati, nor does it need them all to be so-called moral gentlemen!
Aren’t most of the civil servants in later generations just grassroots workers? They don't need to know too much. They just need to be conscientious and be able to be honest social animals and understand the work in their hands!
As for ideological awareness, you can take one small meeting every three days, one big meeting every five days, and slowly transform it!
"This policy will definitely cause an uproar between the government and the public, but... it is practical and can be implemented." Liu Bowen also said. Regarding the remnants of the old power literati in the DPRK, Liu Bowen also had an attitude of ignoring them. Anyway, these people will be liquidated by His Majesty sooner or later. Instead of worrying about whether they will become resistance to the New Deal, it is better to go their own way and implement the New Learning and New Deal to the end.
Look forward and backward to understand what the Lord will not do!
"Who proposed this strategy? I would like to congratulate Your Majesty for having acquired another talent for governing the world." Liu Bowen said sincerely. For him today, the most uncomfortable problem is that there are too few like-minded colleagues in the DPRK and China. Like him, Song Lian was the only civil servant who could innovate and eliminate millennia of ills. Song Lian is still a bachelor of learning and is not proficient in practical matters. When it comes to practical matters, almost everything depends on the negotiation between His Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Fifth Highness and himself.
Now there is another deviant and new style of learning and practicality. Liu Bowen congratulates Lao Zhu from the bottom of his heart.
"A talent for governing the world is indeed a talent for governing the world." Lao Zhu's face looked a little strange. "Mr. Liu, please turn to the end and take a look."
"Oh?" Liu Bowen was confused, and he turned the memorial to the end as he was told, and his brows furrowed for a moment: at the end of the memorial, it was clearly written: "Your Majesty Li Shanchang kowtows to remonstrate."
"Is this policy proposed by the Korean government?" Liu Bowen frowned, but after only a moment, he relaxed again. "In this case, I would like to congratulate Your Majesty even more."
"Why did you say that?" Lao Zhu seemed to be in a good mood.
"The Duke of South Korea has great prestige. If he takes charge of this matter, there will be no danger of it." Liu Bowen said calmly. "Even if the court officials have objections, the Korean prince will definitely handle it properly."
"Hahahahaha." Lao Zhu laughed heartily, pointed at Liu Bowen and cursed with a smile: "You old man, you are also unkind!"
"Li Shanchang was still advising the court officials a few days ago. Now that he is in charge of recruiting arithmetic experts and preparing for the establishment of the tax department, those court officials must regard him as a traitor!"
"But." Lao Zhu touched his chin. "It's not bad to do this. This Li Shanchang still has some real abilities, otherwise we wouldn't have handed over all the logistics, food and salary to him when we were fighting in the north and south."
"Leaving this matter to him will indeed make the best use of it."
"In that case, let him take charge of the matter of opening Enke!"
As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, this special Enko was immediately confirmed. Soon, driven by the emperor's power, various places received imperial edicts about Gakai Enke:
Tell the people that this time Enke is to collect commercial taxes for the imperial court, so full-time tax officials are recruited.
The tax collectors are under the direct jurisdiction of our emperor, but we, the people of the Ming Dynasty, can participate, regardless of whether they have previous fame or not, and how much they have studied. Our exam this time takes the sages' meaning of "managing the world for practical purposes" and focuses on practicality. Therefore, we do not take the exam on more advanced Confucianism, but only focus on three categories: arithmetic, law, and taxation.
Things happened suddenly, and after three months, the examination was carried out. The chief officials of various places should post our notice everywhere under their jurisdiction, and also send people to preach it to the people, so that it can be clearly communicated to all directions and heard by all.
Admire this!
This imperial edict in vernacular, which was very characteristic of Lao Zhu, soon caused uproar in all parts of the Ming Dynasty. Before the princes in the court had time to object, some students from all over the world responded excitedly. When many people saw the notice of the imperial edict, I immediately packed my bags and headed directly to Yingtian!
(End of chapter)
