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Chapter 407 Encircle and Suppress Confucianism with Public Schools

"My lord Sun, did your majesty pass away with less than 50 taels?"

Sun Jingyang understood what Li Xiuzhu meant when he heard the words, and couldn't help but blushed and said, "Except for the last emperor, there are only two or three emperors who are below the 50 funeral standard."

The eyes of the two looked at Song Lian again, the meaning was obvious, if the money cannot be paid out to 50, it will be your fault.

When the news spreads, not only will you be stabbed in the back, but the prince will also hate you.

Song Lian was numb. He didn't expect the two of them to be so shameless, but he really couldn't avoid this.

"The Grand Canal needs to be built slowly. If the money is paid later, we can make up 50 taels."

"In addition, the construction of the mausoleum basically starts with enthronement, so His Majesty's imperial mausoleum is short of a cap, at most 5 to [-] taels."

"In this case, although the specification is smaller than that of the late emperor, it is not much different."

Li Xiuzhu was startled when he heard the words, looked at Sun Jingyang and asked: "Has the imperial mausoleum been built yet? The total cost is 25 taels? Isn't it capped?"

As soon as Sun Jingyang heard it, he knew that Li Xiuzhu had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "It costs 25 taels in total."

Li Xiuzhu heard the words and said: "This is simple, the money for the Grand Canal cannot be delayed, otherwise millions of people will rebel and the sky will be overturned."

"Your Majesty's small treasury should still have some money, and there should be some left over after subsidizing the construction of the Grand Canal."

"Your Majesty's last edict said that it should not be wasted, so we can't spend more than the first emperor, so let's go according to the specification of 80 taels."

Eighty minus twenty for the construction of the imperial mausoleum (capped at 300), which is sixty. The Ministry of Household Affairs can provide thirty, and the less is thirty. He doesn't believe that Li Kuo has no private property at all, and he just sells it. The official helped Li Kuo earn more than [-] million taels.

At this moment, Song Lian asked in disbelief, "Why does Your Majesty have so much private money?"

"Master Li knows the approximate figures, so don't you know something?"

Li Xiuzhu glanced at Song Lian when he heard the words, and said calmly: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, why do I have to report to Master Song how His Majesty makes money?"

Song Lian froze, feeling dissatisfied, but he also knew that he had cum.

"Yes, the officer cums."

Only then did Li Xiuzhu nod his head, and said to Sun Jingyang: "The county magistrate doesn't know much about the funeral, so just ask the magistrate if you need anything."

After Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, he turned around and called Wang Defa to leave.

"My lord, come here, let's go and hand over your majesty's private treasury to the crown prince, and also use part of your majesty's private property."

"promise!"

Li Xiuzhu didn't ask any questions while the two were on the way. He didn't want to get anything from this. The future belonged to his son.

After seeing Li Chengze, Li Xiuzhu explained the whole story.

Li Chengze was startled after hearing this, and looked at Wang Defa in surprise and asked, "My lord, where did the father get such private property?"

Wang Defa glanced at Li Xiuzhu when he heard the words, and then said: "The emperor and his son-in-law once sold official positions below the sixth rank in private, and the property he obtained was 3605 million taels."

"Among them, 50 taels of casualty compensation and food and grass were used in the attack on Silla, and 130 million taels have been spent on the construction of the Grand Canal, leaving a surplus of 180 taels."

"However, according to the follow-up expenditure of the Grand Canal estimated by Fu Xiang, the Grand Canal needs 170 million taels, and according to His Majesty's needs, there is still a gap of 15 taels."

Hearing this, Li Chengze looked at Li Xiuzhu and asked, "Why don't Xiuzhu sell a few more officials for elder brother?"

The corner of Li Xiuzhu's mouth twitched, he shook his head and said, "I'll sell all the officials in a few big cities, and the rest can only be sold in small places, but if there are too many officials, there will be problems."

"Most of those who can buy officials have no real talent and learning. If there are too many, the cornerstone of the great Zhou Dynasty is easy to decay."

"However, in half a year, the first batch of official buyers should become greedy."

"The thought of His Majesty and I was that we could pick up a few typical examples and kill the Fengying treasury, and use the money to do something for the common people."

"Build bridges, build roads, and build public schools."

"Public school?"

"Yes, the public school is a new idea after I go back. The aristocratic family controls writing and knowledge, and if we want to overthrow their rule, it is easy to attract a crowd to attack."

"So I came up with the idea of ​​public school, which is different from the knowledge taught in private schools. It mainly teaches some practical life subjects."

"For example, farming, breeding, handicrafts, etc., 360 lines, except for Confucianism, we teach all of them."

"In this way, the people can be literate and learn crafts, and can quickly develop various business needs. For example, doctors, carpenters, hunters, winemakers, etc."

"This will speed up the development of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the circulation of coins."

"In less than ten years, the development of Dazhou will be unparalleled."

"Of course, we also need to develop our military. Only with absolute military power can we keep the gold in our hands. Otherwise, we can only go into the busy market with gold like a child, attracting thieves to covet it."

Hearing the words, the prince subconsciously asked: "But what if all the generals support their own self-respect?"

Li Xiuzhu heard the words and said: "The general rotation system can be adopted. Each general can only serve in one army for four years, and rotate every four years."

"The army adopts an assessment system, and those who fail to meet the assessment standards will be released after four years of military service and three years of hard labor."

"Anyone who is disabled returns home as a soldier, and the local county government is responsible for arranging survival duties. It may be an instructor in the government office, or a thug who looks after the house, or a caravan bodyguard, etc."

"Anyone who meets the military service standards within four years will all meet the standards and stay in the army and be promoted to two ranks."

"Three years of reaching the standard will be promoted to a higher level."

"The official position for two years of reaching the standard will not change, and the military salary will be doubled."

"Those who have reached the standard for one year, everything will continue as usual."

Li Xiuzhu's eloquent words made Li Chengze's heart beat, but they got off topic.

Aware of this, when Li Chengze asked when he would start to change, Li Xiuzhu hurriedly said: "Brother, the most urgent thing is His Majesty's funeral and your enthronement, Brother Prince."

Li Chengze was suddenly stunned when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "It's Bengong who messed up the matter."

"In this way, the 15 taels less for the father's funeral will be paid by the palace."

He already has his own property, plus the property he got from Li Chengyu, not to mention 15, he also has 50 working capital.

Li Xiuzhu was stunned, he didn't expect Li Chengze to take the responsibility himself, and he also said to help find a solution.

But thinking about it, it would be embarrassing if the combined properties of the two biggest princes could not be paid out with this little money.

Not to mention that the third prince's gambling shop is making a lot of money every day, but the annual income of the brothel in Hongxiuyuan is no less than 20 taels.

"Okay, since the money matter is settled, there is no problem."

At this moment, a court lady came to the door and shouted: "His Royal Highness, the officials have arrived."

(End of this chapter)