Chu Qing had just entered the palace and looked at Chang Yu behind the desk, feeling very pleased.
It's already nine o'clock in the evening, and this guy is still approving the memorial.
You must know that even when Huang Laosi was in the palace, if it was not an important matter, he would most likely not take a second look as long as the time came. His self-discipline was terrible, and he would immediately put on his shoes and return to Taowu Hall to combine work and rest.
After Chu Qing sat down, he did not mention King You immediately, but asked about recent political affairs.
"Uncle Wang has a real insight. We, the people of Dachang, are few, too few. Now that the treasury has money, it must issue the decree."
The political decree that Chang Yu mentioned was also something that was discussed in the court recently.
Chu Qing did not go to court, and his spokesperson was Wang Wuji, Wang Tianyu's father.
About having children.
Chu Qing's meaning is just one word, "birth". If you have nothing to do, you must have a child.
In later generations, technology will be the primary productive force, but now, population is.
Only with a large population can we farm, join the army, train more talents, and expand our territory.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is using more and more tax inspection methods. Now those aristocratic families no longer dare to hide their land or hide their households. With the addition of commercial taxes and the silver mines plundered from Yingdao, the national treasury is full.
Not to mention the courtiers, not even Prime Minister Nangong Xi, not even the prince, would have thought that fighting such a wealthy war for the first time would cost the treasury more and more money. If not for this, no one would have been able to destroy Chu Qing. Not a word was mentioned about the matter.
Now that the state treasury has money, it’s time to use it for the people. The time is ripe. Chu Qing needs the court to encourage everyone to have children. The more children, the better. If you have more children, the local state government will not only give you preferential treatment, but also give you rice and money. To put it more simply, if you have more than three children, the court will raise them for you. The more children you have, the better you will be. Great, go ahead and have children. You are free when you are idle. Take the time to create them.
In fact, the imperial court encouraged everyone to have children in the past. It was just to say, "Let's have children. The more children the better," but when they were born, the imperial court didn't care.
In ancient times, people paid great attention to population. With more people, in the era of cold weapons, you can protect your home and country when war comes, and you can farm to feed more people in peacetime.
Just thinking about it, it is not difficult to operate, but it is impossible to coordinate the government and people, and the people cannot afford to raise too many children. It is difficult to feed themselves, let alone raise so many children.
Now Chang Chao not only wants to talk about it, but also takes action.
“Potatoes and sweet potatoes have been bred.”
Knowing that the matter in the court was settled, Chu Qing did not look too happy and said seriously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supports it, but I still need to explain clearly to His Highness why he supports it. I have been to the border and the border troops are old. The aging is very serious. Aging means that there are no young people joining the army anymore. They are all old soldiers. This old refers not only to the years of service in the army, but also to age. Now that the Beiguan Grassland is occupied by us, the Nanguan Fanman has retreated. If we retreat further, many state capitals will migrate their population to the East China Sea, and the East China Sea has three roads, and many people will go to the sea to Ryukyu Island, which will also cause a hidden danger."
Chang Yu personally gave Chu Qing a new cup of tea and sat up straight, as if he was listening attentively.
"There are more opportunities in Beiguan, and the same is true in South Pass, the Three East China Sea Roads, and Ryukyu Island, so the population in the pass will become smaller and smaller, and those who go there are all young people, young adults, and the remaining people in the pass Most of them are old and weak. This is a hidden danger. It is a hidden danger that cannot be seen now but will definitely appear in the future. It cannot be judged from generation to generation. Dachang Dynasty needs a young, powerful and energetic generation, one generation after another, to work for a prosperous age."
"The students understand what Master Chu said."
There are no outsiders, but now Chu Qing is teaching some principles, and Chang Yu calls himself a student, not Uncle Wang.
Chang Yu spoke eloquently: "We, Dachang, not only need wise old men, but also young and powerful farmers and military personnel, and more importantly, smart children. Children will grow into young and powerful farmers and military personnel. In time, they will be young and strong." , will become a wise old man, both are indispensable.”
"That's the truth." Chu Qing's smile became thicker: "Just like farmers, merchants, farmers, and courtiers, one is indispensable."
Chang Yu was already vaguely aware of this matter. In fact, Chu Qing understood everything about population without going into details.
Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle. In ancient times, only young people could do this.
This has led to the fact that those who go to the sea to Ryukyu Island and those who go out to the grasslands and mountains are all young people. Many remote villages and towns have an extremely aging population.
More and more young people will leave. Not to mention the population is not enough, and the aging population in the customs is also beginning to become serious. It is indeed a big problem.
After discussing it for a while, Chu Qing was extremely pleased and became more and more satisfied.
Chang Yu is much better than Chang Xian, not in terms of brains, but in terms of his steady energy. He is not only better than Chang Xian, but also better than Huang Lao Si. Unlike Lao Si, who starts to beat around the bush after talking about serious matters. Borrowing money, if you can't borrow money, and you can't make money, then you can cut costs and deduct Sun An's salary. Chu Qing felt disgusted when he saw it. He is such a big emperor, and he is worried about the salary of his old eunuch every day. How shameless.
Recently, there have been rumors in the court that Tao Yao, the young master of the crown prince, is going to follow the official procedure and be appointed as the dean of the Hanmen Academy.
If Hanmen Academy is a chain institution, then the dean of this Hanmen Academy will be the CEO. Even if you are a scholar, you have to admit that even if you don't want to admit it, the status and influence of Hanmen Academy has already surpassed that of the Imperial College.
In the past, the Imperial College was a school for children of aristocratic families.
Now, it is also the school of the family.
This point has not changed, but what has changed is that not only people from aristocratic families can become scholars.
Things are rare and valuable. From ancient times to the present, I have only heard of a few people enjoying preferential treatment and being superior, but I have never heard of millions of people being superior, but these tens of thousands of people are causing harm.
After all, it is still a class issue. One thing is going down and the other is going up. While Chu Qing is raising the status of Han ordinary people's students, he is also invisibly lowering the original status and treatment of scholars.
Now that the Hanmen Academy has blossomed, Chu Qing has no time to take care of it, let alone the ability. It must be formalized and a truly respected and respected Confucian scholar needs to be in charge.
Tao Yao, the prince's young master, is very suitable. If Lao Tao becomes the dean of the Hanmen Academy, he will definitely step down from his position as the prince's young master.
This was also the result of Chu Qing's long consideration. Tao Yao had been offered this position in the academy before, but did not go through the procedures.
They are both deans. If it were Tsinghua University... Bah, bah, bah, if a famous person came to sit in charge, and the dean of a technical college sat in charge, the feeling would definitely be different, and the value of the college itself would go up.
In fact, the old lady's current state is already a bit semi-retired. The prince supervises the country every day, working in court and court. He has no time to read anything. He has already fulfilled his responsibilities as an emperor.
And the prince is in charge of Chu Qing and Master Chu every day. Once the position of prince's young master becomes vacant, it must belong to Chu Qing. If it were anyone else, the prince would not recognize it.
There is no conflict at all between the positions of Commander-in-Chief of Qianqiying, Prince's Young Master, and the identity of Prince, and there is no need to go to the imperial court or the official department.
Chu Qing knew about this, and since he wanted to be the crown prince's young master, and even hold the title of emperor's master in the future, he instilled some good and correct ideas into the prince, which was considered as fulfilling his duty. Responsibility.
“Since the matter of encouraging childbirth has been passed, let’s implement it as soon as possible.”
Chu Qing took a sip of tea, but was not in a hurry to talk about King You. He continued: "As for merchants, you cannot use morality and etiquette to restrain them. You need to use laws and business laws. If you don't restrain them, merchants will have no influence on the country." The damage caused by North Korea is more severe than floods and wild beasts, and even more terrible than military disasters and natural disasters."
Chang Yu didn't seem to understand very well, and Chu Qing didn't care and smiled slightly.
It is still a matter of habit. Among scholars, farmers, workers and merchants, merchants have the least status and are also the most despised. It is indeed confusing to say that merchants are stronger than wild beasts.
Just like in ancient times, many emperors looked at the exploited people with disdain. What could a group of people farming the land do?
Then the people rose up and overthrew the stupid emperor.
The status of merchants is now not as good as that of ordinary people, unless they are merchants of the Chamber of Commerce, or have reached a certain size, such as the Fu family and the Bai family.
"Commercial law focuses on four points. It must be clear and strict. The first is tax. Regarding commercial tax, not a penny should be paid. This is a university question. There are many kinds of goods, more than thousands of them. They need to be refined. Some Goods earn a lot of money, but some have less. The taxes collected cannot be generalized, and they cannot be taxed more often. The second key point is monopoly and competition. Merchants who want to monopolize can be beaten to death with a stick, because monopoly is a kind of injustice. Fair competition, this is the most important thing. Just fines are not enough. This is a crime, even murder, but we can't see the person he killed. Three, Hex... No, it's shoddy. , Those who are short of a jin or less will also be severely punished, four..."
Before Si could finish speaking, Jiang Yuesheng suddenly ran in without announcing anything.
"Your Highness, sir, something happened. In the south of the city, at Dapu Temple, you Wang Chang Chengshun and the old monk Shang Shan were attacked!"
Chu Qing stood up suddenly, his face changed drastically, and Chang Yu also looked shocked.
Chu Qing asked sharply: "Who did it?"
Jiang Yuesheng's expression was incomprehensible: "It seems... he seems to be a Taoist priest, he also seems... he looks like a horse explorer, and... he seems to be a farmer in the southern suburbs."
Chu Qing: "..."
Chang Yu subconsciously looked at Chu Qing with a strange look on his face.
Just when Chu Qing was about to curse, Chang Yu sneered: "King You... what a trick!"
It's a good trick, nothing else, I direct and act it myself, I just don't know if this play can deceive the world.
Chu Qing was deeply moved again, this is the difference between the two brothers.
Looking at the prince, he directly saw the essence of the matter.
If this was Chang Xian, his face would definitely be full of admiration. Master Chu is Master Chu. He will do whatever he says to kill that bitch Chang Chengshun. The students admire him!
