Chapter 164 Fang Xiaoru’s temptation
"What?" He Xi said, "You want to subordinate the Banking Department to the Shaofu?"
Fang Xiaoru said: "Master He, do you think there is anything wrong? What is wrong can be corrected. I think that now silver dollar banknotes have become popular all over the world and are important weapons of the country. This cannot be overemphasized. , it is not suitable for such an important department to be placed in Beijing. How about placing it in Nanjing? Your Majesty, if you stay in the capital forever, you can shoulder this burden."
He Xi wanted to refute. But he couldn't refute a word.
The Banking Department represents He Xi's financial sketch of the future of Ming Dynasty, which is very important to He Xi. For a long time to come, the banking sector will be an important tool in He Xi's hands.
This tool is not only used to balance currency value, but also to develop industry.
It was a leg in He Xi's imagination.
Investment and consumption are the two most important economic activities. Consumption requires a market. A lot of the funds needed for investment come from banks.
And where is the future industrial center that He Xi has finalized? in Beijing.
If the bank is moved to Nanjing, this role will be completely lost. Let He Xi manage, it seems that He Xi's interests are not affected, but in fact, He Xi knows very well that once some things are done. He can't help it.
It's just a delaying tactic.
It's just that He Xi couldn't think of anything to refute.
How to refute?
By doing this, Fang Xiaoru was certainly reducing He Xi's power and taking away the most important financial power from He Xi's hands. But the reasons are very good. First of all, the branches are strong and the branches are weak. The bank secretary controls a large amount of gold and silver. Such financial power should be controlled by the central government, not the local government. Even Beijing, in the eyes of these people, is still local.
This alone is justified. No one can refute it.
"This is something that the Crown Prince decided on back then." He Xi's mind changed and she said, "It's inevitably inappropriate to talk about this matter at this time. Why don't we postpone it? It's not too late to talk about it after the limelight has passed."
Fang Xiaoru looked at He Xi talking nonsense, but did not pay attention to it, and said, "What Mr. He said is absolutely true." At this point, his expression suddenly turned sad, as if he was missing His Highness the Crown Prince. He sighed and said, "There is just one thing. I have always wanted to do it when the prince was here, but now I can’t put it off any longer.”
He Xi's heart skipped a beat, and she had a bad premonition. Said: "What happened?"
Fang Xiaoru said: "Initiate the imperial examination. Although it is good to just recruit officials from the Imperial College in recent years, it is too few. It is not enough to correct the world's atmosphere and declare His Majesty's intention to encourage learning. After thinking about it, it is better to open the imperial examination to calm the world. Human heart. I don’t know, what does Brother He mean?”
There was a hint of bitterness at the corner of He Xi's mouth.
Re-opening the imperial examination is a topic that will never go out of style. From Song Lian to Fang Xiaoru now, many people have changed, but the determination to promote this matter has always been great. I never thought about giving up.
The imperial examination was too important to the scholar-bureaucrats.
It is simply an important symbol.
In fact, it is not impossible to recruit officials from the Imperial College. You must know that some of the students of the Imperial College are Yin students, which means that their fathers have contributed to the country, and one of the rewards is Yin Imperial College. That is to say, giving his son a chance to study in the Imperial College.
The vast majority of them were selected from below and were known as Bagong. The top students from local government schools and county schools were admitted all the way to study in the Imperial College. The difficulty is actually no worse than taking the Jinshi exam.
From the perspective of selecting talents, the difficulty of passing the exams to become an official in the Ming Dynasty is no worse than the difficulty of passing the imperial examination.
It’s just that the significance of the imperial examination is no longer limited to selecting talents.
The emperor values heroes, and his articles teach you. Everything is of inferior quality, but reading is the only one that is high. Become a farmer to the dynasty, and ascend to the Emperor's Hall in the evening; generals have no seeds, and men should strive for self-improvement.
These all illustrate the benefits of the imperial examination.
The biggest advantage of the scientific system is that it treats scholars with dignity and courtesy. The triennial imperial examination sets the number one scholar as the benchmark for the world, which guides the social atmosphere and makes people all over the world pay attention to reading.
It also makes scholars become masters.
These contents have little to do with winning scholars, but more importantly, winning people's hearts. Determine the superior status of scholars.
After all, the rise of many businessmen today seems to many people to be a situation where etiquette has collapsed. They even hoped that the imperial court would bring order to the chaos and make the people's customs more honest.
He Xi said: "I think the Imperial College is pretty good."
Fang Xiaoru said: "This matter has been signed by many people. I don't know what you mean, Mr. He -----" Then he took out a stack of memorials from his arms and handed it to He Xi.
He Xi opened it and looked silent.
The writing of this memorial cannot be said to be good, it is just a formal article, and there is nothing interesting about it. The main text is not very long, just one or two pages, and it has been written. But there is a long folded leaf at the back.
There were countless names written on it, with official positions and identities. He Xi just scanned them briefly, and there were dozens of them. He Xi felt that Fang Xiaoru was not doing it for the imperial examination this time, but was doing it to support He Xi.
Promote his strength and muscles to He Xi.
He Xi said calmly: "This matter is beyond the control of my secretary. You can make suggestions to His Majesty."
Fang Xiaoru said: "This matter cannot be bypassed by Your Majesty. I just want to say hello to Lord He in advance."
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Fang Xiaoru and He Xi talked about many things. After Fang Xiaoru left, He Xi was silent for a long time.
Fang Xiaoru proposed one thing after another, which seemed reasonable and reasonable, but in fact they were all aimed at He Xi. But He Xi still couldn't find any problem. The reason why this happens is,
There are two reasons.
On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang protected He Xi too well.
There seems to be very few geniuses when it comes to human relations and intrigues. These all require experience. Only those who have truly experienced it can know how to deal with it, and He Xi, like Zhu Xiongying, rarely pays attention to intrigues.
do not look. He Xi has always been a feudal official, but in fact, He Xi has always been the official official, the seal official. In his own area of authority, he always says the same thing. It was always others who figured out his thoughts, not him who figured out other people's thoughts.
Regarding the arrangements for subordinates, He Xi is still very good. But suddenly fighting with people of the same level is a very new thing for He Xi. ..
On the other hand, He Xi is at an overall disadvantage in the center.
It's not that He Xi hasn't deployed people below, but compared to Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru, who have been operating for decades, they are far more powerful than He Xi who just started.
Most scholar-bureaucrats have an instinctive admiration for the imperial examination. Naturally, there will be many people who will support him enthusiastically, and Zhu Yuanzhang has suppressed them for so many years, so naturally he has had enough.
He Xi couldn't even figure out the counterattack. He didn't even know where to start, which was the safest and most convenient method.
He Xi could only watch as what Fang Xiaoru brewed became more and more powerful, while He Xi became more and more passive.
But nothing can be done.
On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely summoned He Xi.
He Xi hurriedly arrived at Qianqing Palace, but he did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang was not at Qianqing Palace, but fishing in the back lake. He Xi could only rush to Houhu to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw He Xi coming, he greeted He Xi over nonchalantly.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the eunuch next to him to bring a fishing rod to He Xi, and asked He Xi to sit next to Zhu Yuanzhang and start fishing.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be able to really calm down and stay motionless, waiting for the bait to bite the hook. It's just that He Xi doesn't have that much patience. He was fine just sitting down and could maintain his posture, but as time went by, He Xi felt uncomfortable everywhere.
Just try to hold your breath while inhaling and exhaling
, he gradually lost his mind and didn't care about the fishing in front of him at all. He didn't even know what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say when he called him over.
