Zhenguan's prosperity and fame

Chapter 335
"Brother Prince, don't hide and choke if you have something to say, okay?"

Seeing Li Chengqian running here every three days, Li Fangchen couldn't have imagined that he was looking for himself for something.

"Hey, since you've already seen it, second brother, then I won't hide it from you. It's true."

Li Tai ordered someone to prepare tea, he was about to talk about something, he didn't dare to interrupt, and at the same time he wanted to hear what they wanted to talk about.

"Second brother, before Kong Yingda, Wang Ji and others, I ran into a difficult problem when presiding over the establishment of a school in the world. So far, there is no way to get along with each other."

Li Fangchen took a sip of tea subconsciously, and at the same time began to think about some experiences of founding schools in later generations.

"Is such that."

All over the world to start a school, [-]% of the world's aristocratic families have contributed, and the court even spends millions of coins every year.

In just seven years, thousands of schools have been built.

The college was originally founded for the children of poor families. Later, due to poor supervision, there were troubles.

Fortunately, Li Fangchen and others noticed it in time, checked for omissions and made up for it, and corrected it in time, which brought the school back on the right track.

However, how can things be smooth sailing?
Li Chengqian was so focused on this that he couldn't sleep for several days at the beginning, in order to present to the Tang Dynasty the scene of Li Fangchen's strategy and theory, that the world was booming and learning literature was popular.

It's a pity that things didn't work out as expected, even Li Chengqian was a little confused by the current mess.

In the past, because officials were greedy for money, the school became a money-making tool for others.

Another big event happened now, the number of schools that should have been built this year was missing sixteen.

After Li Chengqian ordered people to investigate carefully, he found that no one was greedy for money from building a school, it was just because the money spent by the school had doubled compared to previous years!
When each school is built with other people's funds, it will cost a fixed amount of money.

At the beginning, Li Fangchen moved out of the Future Hope Primary School ahead of time, and that's how it is today.

If you spend money to build a school, the school will be named after the investor, and the investor's wealth and background will be engraved on the front door.

This kind of behavior really made many aristocratic families spend a lot of money and contributed to the construction of the school.

Among other things, in the city of Chang'an alone, there were three more schools this year, which were funded by the Qinghe Cui family, the Taiyuan Wang family, and Xun Guogong Zhang Liang.

All donors will be recorded in a book, which will be jointly kept by Li Chengqian and Kong Yingda.

The trouble is that due to the increase in the price of materials and the increase in the cost of building schools, there are sixteen fewer schools that were supposed to be built this year.

In Li Chengqian's hand, he still had the fees for seventeen schools, but with the money, it would be considered good if he could build nine schools in the end, which meant that there would still be eight loopholes.

How to do?
The school with a clearly marked price, now that there is not enough money, can you still go to the person who paid the money?
If you really go to ask for money, do you still want the name of the crown prince and the Kong family?

How much does it cost to build a school?
At the beginning, Li Chengqian wanted to find the Ministry of Household Affairs to make up the remaining money, but the amount was too much, and at least tens of thousands of loopholes were needed.

I also thought about paying money from the East Palace to make up for it, but how much can the East Palace have?
Now that I have made up for the fees owed by the six schools, there is still a lot missing, which is even more troublesome.

The reason why I came to Li Fangchen was to ask for a solution, to find a solution once and for all.

If in the future, the cost of building the school increases again, what should they do if they accept the money donated by others in advance?

Is it possible that if it is not enough, it will be returned to others?

As for asking King Qin to pay for it, Li Chengqian never thought about it.

If it really doesn't work, I'll make a deal with my father and ask the household department for money!
Li Fangchen's head was buzzing after listening to it. Li Chengqian's words were a little vague, and it took him a long time to figure out what went wrong.

"Brother Prince, to be honest, I think it's time to stop donating to schools."

Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Second brother, don't you have anything to do?"

Li Fangchen shook his head and said: "That's not the case. At the beginning, I did this because the annual tax revenue of the court was not too high, and the establishment of the school could not be delayed. Now the Tang Dynasty is developing very well, and the annual cost of building the school is very high. It’s not too heavy, the matter of donating money to build a school should be stopped and let the court do it by itself.”

Li Chengqian hesitated and said: "Second brother, is it possible that you plan to let the Ministry of Households contribute all the money in the future?"

Li Fangchen nodded, "That's how it should be. This is a place of Chinese studies. If it was built with money from others, how decent is it?"

"But what if someone will pay in the future?"

"Accept! But we can't follow the previous standard, send someone to calculate the cost of building a school every year, how much each school donates, and where to build it must be selected in advance, and the validity period is one year."

"I don't understand."

"It's about arranging a few people to build a school and how much it will cost. The beginning of the year will be considered. Then determine how much to donate to build a school this year, and it will be like this within a year."

"Then what if this kind of thing still happens?"

"It will be subsidized by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but you'd better explain this to Father, otherwise it will be a big trouble!"

"Let me think about it."

"Brother Prince, you can't stop learning. For the sake of the people in the world, there must be as many places to study as possible!"

"But it's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. With others donating money to build schools, how can the household department be willing to pay for it?"

"It has to be paid out. The money from the Ministry of Household Affairs was originally taken from the people, so what's wrong with using it for the people now? Besides, you won't go to the emperor?"

Li Chengqian's mind was dizzy with too much information.

Seeing what the second brother meant, the previous donations to build schools can almost be stopped.

After all, it is the place of Chinese studies, and the common people can't just think about the good of others, without considering the prestige of Datang, right?

Think about those aristocratic families, who now have a deep prestige among the people.

Many people, Li Shimin did not dare to move lightly.

To build a school, it only cost thousands of dollars. The court was full of civil and military affairs, and even Wei Zheng, who was down and down at home, donated two.

In their words, blessings to the descendants, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, the money is spent happily.

Especially the great Confucian scholars, each of whom donated nearly half of their net worth.

For a period of time, it was the custom in Datang to compare schools and see who donated more schools.

Li Chengqian even set up a stele of merit, engraved with the names of the ten people who donated the most education, which is changed every year.

Li Shimin was not stingy either, he praised, invited wine, and even held a banquet in the palace, which fully satisfied the vanity of those people.

No one is stupid. Donating to school can not only get praise from the common people, but also make Li Shimin pay attention to it. No matter how you look at it, it is not a loss.

When they are old, they can also point to the distance in front of their children and grandchildren and shout: "I donated ten schools back then!"

There is a saying that if you can spend money to do something, it is nothing serious!

The year before last, there was also a fourth-rank official who was promoted to a third-rank official by Li Shimin because he donated sixteen schools in a row.

Spend money to buy an official?No!We are for the common people of the Tang Dynasty!
A few days later, Li Chengqian ran up to Li Fangchen again, "Second Brother!"

"what happened?"

Li Chengqian hastily poured down a large cup of tea, "There is one more thing, I forgot to ask you yesterday."

"Don't worry, sit down first!"

"Second brother, is there a girl beside your Princess Qin?"

girl?By Princess Qin's side?

Li Fangchen's face changed, "What did you ask her for?"

Li Chengqian smiled wryly and said: "A few days ago, Princess Qin entered the palace to give mother to please An and took her with her. The pheasant slave took a fancy to her and asked me to ask if I could bring him back to the palace as a maid."

Li Fangchen stood up abruptly, "How could Xuan'er bring that girl into the palace?"

(End of this chapter)