Chapter 473 Fooling the Running the School

Liu Zhouzong followed the emperor's meaning and asked boldly.

"My dilemma, like you, has no money!" Yang Gai sighed and continued.

Liu Zhouzong choked half to death, isn't this in vain? The greater this hope, the more painful it will be, the emperor once again showed that he has no money, and Liu Zhouzong's heart is half cold.

“…… What does the Qing family think about the matter of the salt merchants? Yang Gengai looked at Liu Zhouzong's disappointed face and suddenly asked.

Salt merchants? Today, for the sake of the salt merchant in the court, it can be scared to death, Liu Zhouzong paused for a moment and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Luàn ministers and thieves, be punished ......" Since this matter has been debated in the court, Liu Zhouzong can only say things according to the results, otherwise, he will have to be accompanied by those who are still kneeling.

"Good! The Qing family really understands the righteousness ......" Yang Gai praised, and then continued: "...... Everyone in the world knows the wealth of salt merchants, and this case involves some salt merchants, and it stands to reason that they should be able to copy some silver...... "Yang Reform said that he talked about copying the family.

Liu Zhouzong felt that hope was coming again, and stretched his neck, waiting for the emperor to allocate the silver.

“…… Originally...... Alas...... I have always supported the running of the school, this time I set up a salt merchant, I can always copy out some silver, I dare not say more, and it is not difficult to share part of the profit to run the school, but I dare not divide the silver of the salt merchant to run the school! Yang Gai said for a long time, sighed for a long time, and it was still the same sentence, you can't divide the silver.

Liu Zhouzong was almost choked to death by the emperor's words, and he still couldn't divide it after a long time? Why can't you tell the truth? Still sighing, isn't it rumored in the world that the emperor is the richest? You can get ten million taels of silver, but you can't get one or two million taels of silver, could it be that the emperor doesn't like himself? Or what are you going to do on your own? Liu Zhouzong immediately had countless ideas......

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, why can't you share the salt merchant's property to run the school?" Liu Zhouzong was still choking, and Lin Zhu on the side had already asked directly. Liu Zhouzong sighed when he saw it, this emperor is not ordinary! This kind of unspeakable thing is asked so directly......

"Alas...... the difficulty is here! It is said that ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, this school is a thousand years of planning, what is needed is a hundred years of hard work, not three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, this school, once started, need to continue to invest every year, must be every year can not be short! Otherwise, wouldn't all the work done be wasted? …… Alas, I also want to use the money from the salt trader to run a school, but the difficulty is here, there is a salt merchant to copy this year, so what about next year? Who are you going to take the two million taels of silver? If you find a few salt merchants to copy it every year,...... Do you think this will work? ......" Yang Gengai said with a helpless wry smile.

"Uh......"

"Ahh ……”

Both of them sighed, the emperor did have a point, this school is a silver money every year, not a hammer sale, if this year relies on the salt merchant's house to run the school, then next year's two million taels, wouldn't it be gone? Are you going to find a salt merchant to raid your house? Thinking of this, both of them felt that the emperor had a point, and this should be done regardless of the family's money.

Liu Zhouzong got the emperor's enlightenment, he already understood the emperor's "difficulty", thinking of the astronomical amount of money for running a school every year, Liu Zhouzong felt that probably the matter of running a school was blown, and it seemed that there was no drama, as many people said, but it was the smoke released by the emperor, mí confusing, the emperor did not really want to run a school at all, and in an instant, Liu Zhouzong's whole person shrank down, and lived up to his previous momentum.

“…… The world says that I have silver, there is a lot of silver, in fact, I have a fine bottom, the two Qing family also know, mainly rely on Liulizhai to earn some silver, to be honest, even if Liulizhai makes money, in fact, it is only 100,000 yuan per year, even if I have the heart to run a school, it is impossible to take all the income to you! Yang Reform looked helpless and said with emotion.

Liu Zhouzong was almost disappointed in the matter of running a school, and he was almost disheartened, and when he heard the emperor mention Liulizhai's income, he secretly disdainfully said: If the emperor and your old man take all the income of Liulizhai to run a school, those nobles and ministers who bought Liulizhai stocks will probably eat me alive.

“…… This matter of adding Tian Fu to run a school is also a good way, but I really can't bear to put too heavy a burden on the people of the world, and now I can't bear to raise taxes for disaster relief immigrants, not to mention that this natural disaster is not a year or two, otherwise, if I don't wait for disaster relief immigrants, it may not be impossible to transfer this additional land endowment to run a school......" Yang Gai continued. ,

Lin Zhu listened "seriously" there, but Liu Zhouzong was no longer interested in running a school, and he was even more disappointed, and he was already disheartened. Liu Zhouzong no longer expected the emperor to take the silver, and when he saw that the emperor was still "verbose", he replied.

Yang reformed, but he didn't expect that this old Confucian still had two hits, and he didn't make himself dizzy! Then he smiled and said: "It's not that I refuse to use the money from selling stocks to run a school, the silver from selling stocks is actually the same as the money from the house, and I can't rely on this every year!" Sell every year, it will always be sold out, what should I do when I sell out? You can't run a school this year, and you will break up next year, how can this school be a joke? I'm also worried about this millions of taels of school funding every year! It is difficult to find such a source with a stable income and can support the running of a school! Difficult! Difficult! The hundred-year plan cannot be interrupted halfway, otherwise, it will be a ......blasphemy against the cause of the saint," Yang said with emotion.

Liu Zhouzong is convinced of the emperor, this is not good, that is not good, and he has to find a business that has been stable for hundreds of years...... Is there such a cheap deal in the world?

Yang Gengai looked at Lin Zhu and Liu Zhouzong with their heads down, and Liu Zhouzong looked disheartened, couldn't help but laugh, and said: "Actually, I have a long-term consideration for this school fund, and two million taels of silver a year, or even more, is not a problem......

Hearing that the emperor said that it was not a problem, Liu Zhouzong instantly raised his head, the emperor is really a good emperor, it seems that this school fund has been settled, and he can throw off his arms to run a school, and that momentum is here again.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how's that?" Liu Zhouzong couldn't help but ask.

“…… But ......," Yang added.

"Your Majesty, what's going on?" Liu Zhouzong was already tormented.

"The Qing family should have heard about the salt class...... "Yang said.

Salt class? Liu Zhouzong instantly remembered that today's court discussion, the reason for such a big movement was for the salt class. Could it be that the emperor intends to use salt classes to support the school? In this way, this is really a good source of stable income, drought and flood protection, and can support the entire school plan.

“…… Your Majesty, could it be that Your Majesty means to run the school with the support of the salt class? In this way, Your Majesty is really a great virtue, and students all over the world will be grateful, and Your Majesty's good name will surely be recited for thousands of years......" Liu Zhouzong immediately rolled into the fart.

"I do intend to use salt classes to support the school, salt classes are guaranteed in drought and flood, the source is stable, and the number is considerable, it is really safe to use salt classes to run schools, but there are also problems here!" Yang Gengai sighed again.

"Your Majesty, what else is the problem? Now the salt merchant will definitely pay the remaining four million taels of salt! Presumably, I won't dare to be in arrears in ......the future," Liu Zhouzong couldn't wait to ask, isn't this because the salt merchants are in arrears of salt classes today? Originally, the salt class of five million taels was only less than one million taels, if the emperor could collect this salt class enough, the salt class of five million taels per year would be used to support the school, but it was completely enough, not to mention that all of them were used to run the school, and the profit would be divided into forty percent, and there would be two million taels, which would be enough for the school's expenses, Liu Zhouzong couldn't think of anything else.

"It's hard here! I mean to find an absolutely safe source for the school funding, I said, for the cause of the saint, the most supportive, but also the most attentive, although this year the salt chamber of commerce will pay the salt class, but next year? And the year after? Those salt merchants have forgotten the pain after their scars, and they are afraid that they will have to make calculations about arrears of salt classes, and after seven or eight years, I estimate that this salt class will return to the old road, and the school funds will not be gone again? Without the funds for running the school, wouldn't the saint's career be interrupted? Isn't this a child's play? …… Am I shouting and killing every day for the sake of salt class, and going to trouble the salt merchants every day? Even if I can get salt lessons from salt merchants, I can't be a human being too many times......" Yang Gai sighed again, and said his difficulties.

"Ugh! ...... "Liu Zhouzong choked again, the emperor's words are indeed reasonable, according to the virtues of the salt merchants, it will definitely be the same as what the emperor said, good scars forget the pain, or two years, this salt class will be so few as it looks like to go, the emperor bī salt merchant once or twice may be okay, but every year bī, this reason has become unreasonable, this is indeed a bit difficult, not to mention, there is another layer of meaning not to say, now this emperor is strong, in order to get the salt class, change other emperors, may not have a way to this salt class, at that time, Even if all the salt classes are used to run the school, it is not enough. What the? The emperor is still young, and he is still early to die, no, the emperor who died at a young age in the Ming Dynasty is not a ...... or two.

"Then according to Your Majesty's wishes, what should be done?" Liu Zhouzong turned the emperor's words in his mind several times, weighed the pros and cons, and already understood what the emperor was going to do, and also knew that the emperor probably really had the heart to run the school, Liu Zhouzong's perception of the emperor changed again, an emperor who was willing to spend millions of taels every year to run a school and carry forward the cause of a saint, no matter what, was a good emperor......

"Hehe, in fact, my meaning is also very simple, take the opportunity of this salt merchant to change the salt class, change the salt policy, in order to put an end to the leakage of the salt class, so, there will be millions of taels of salt income every year, or even tens of millions of taels, to support the school, disaster relief, are enough, the salt income is stable, drought and flood income, the amount is also considerable, used as a source of funds for running the school, but it is the best......, once the salt policy is changed, it can solve the problem of the salt class being in arrears again, so, the matter of running a school, can go on for a long time, a hundred years of people! After a hundred years, I will be Ming, I will be in China, there will be talents everywhere, there will be no white ding, and there will definitely be the great harmony of the world as the sage said! "Yang reformed the beautiful yearning.

"Your Majesty! ......" Liu Zhouzong listened to the emperor's words, his mind had turned countless times, and he thought of too many things, and after speaking, he said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty how you plan to change the salt class?" Liu Zhouzong has agreed with the emperor's words, although what the emperor did hurt him or some interests related to him, but, as the emperor said, if he can really take out real money to run a school, Liu Zhouzong feels that it is not in vain to come to this world. People live in the world, they still have to have some ambitions, some ideals, and some achievements!

"I'll not talk about how to change the salt class for the time being, but I'll calculate with the two Qing families how much salt class I can receive every year." Yang Gai said with a smile, kicking the salt merchant does not mean that he has kicked over the salt class. Salt merchants, salt classes, and salt politics are different, kicking over the salt merchants and not changing the salt class, at most it is to copy some family property and charge more salt class, which is to change the soup without changing the yào, and finally have to go back to the old road, to use the opportunity to kick over the salt merchant to change the salt class, but it still needs to find another way, and another person is needed to advocate, to build momentum, and to promote and implement it.

"Your Majesty, please." The two hurriedly said, ready to see how the emperor calculates the salt class.

"Do you know how much salt a person eats each year?" Yang Reform is between the important xìng of these two people, and the important xìng of the school-running party, and carefully explains these two.

"I don't know this, so I beg Your Majesty to show it." The two men looked at each other, then said.

"An ordinary person eats about ten catties of salt every year." Yang Gengai said with a smile.

The two men looked at each other and said nothing.

"How many people are there in my dynasty now?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows that there should be 60 million." Lin Zhu replied that this number was the official figure of the Ming Dynasty, and the salt administration formulated the salt compendium based on this number.

"Very good, each person eats ten catties of salt every year, 60 million people, so how much salt should be needed every year?" Yang Reform enlightened in an enlightening way.

"Back to Your Majesty, it should be 60,000 catties." Lin Zhu continued to reply, for the numbers, obviously, Liu Zhouzong, the great Confucian, was quite unfamiliar, and he didn't understand it.

"According to my current one million taels of salt, how many cents will I pay per catty of salt?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile again.

Speaking of this kind of huge arithmetic problem, the great Confucian Liu Zhouzong's brain began to hurt, and this number was too big, so big that his head was about to crack.

"Back to Your Majesty, one million taels of silver, calculated according to one thousand wen per two taels of silver, should be one hundred thousand wen, and sixty thousand catties of salt will be sold every year,...... Lin Zhu is an honest man, seeing that Liu Zhouzong was already dumbfounded, he had to start to calculate slowly, the front is okay, and the huge arithmetic problem in the back really made Lin Zhu sweat, and he didn't calculate it for a while, this number is too big.

"Remove that million, according to six catties of salt, ten cents tax." Yang Gengai saw that these two people were working hard to settle accounts, and kindly reminded.

"Back to Your Majesty, each catty of salt should be six or seven salt lessons." After being reminded by the emperor, Lin Zhu immediately calculated the salt class, and the arithmetic within ten days was still relatively simple.

"Hehe, yes, now the salt I actually receive every year is one penny and six per catty of salt, and the two of you know how much does this salt sell for?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile. ,

"Back to Your Majesty, there are good and bad salts, and there are differences, ranging from the cheapest ten to dozens or hundreds." Liu Zhouzong was not good at arithmetic, and he had a problem in front of the emperor, and when he saw the emperor asking again, he immediately came out to answer.

"Yes, Liu Qingjia is right, ranging from more than a dozen to several hundred, don't say anything bad, don't say anything too good, just calculate it according to ordinary, ordinary salt, how much should it be?" Yang Reform asked with a smile, looking at the old man who was in a hurry to answer, Yang Reform smiled.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's about thirty to fifty wen, this salt is also divided into regions, and it can't be generalized." Liu Zhouzong began to talk about the Tao.

"Okay, yes, you two know that this salt household produces a pound of salt, how much does it cost?" Yang Gengai continued to ask carefully.

"Back to Your Majesty, this minister is not clear, but, estimated, as little as six or seven texts, more than *** texts, if it is a dozen or so texts, the minister thinks, maybe it is possible." Liu Zhouzong shook his head and said, the emperor "chatted" with Yan Yue like this, he felt that this was very Mingjun's ancient meaning of asking his courtiers.

"Okay, that's good, even if it's eight wen, plus the tax is one wen and six, at most it's only ten wen, and the salt merchant sells it, even if it's thirty wen a catty, two, how much does this salt merchant make from it?" Yang Gai continued to say with a smile.

Yes! The two people who read poetry and books were like being struck by lightning, especially Liu Zhouzong, who was even more surprised, he also knew that salt made money, and the salt merchant was a symbol of wealth, but he never calculated carefully, why is the salt merchant so rich, so calculated, he really felt that the salt merchant was terrible and outrageous, no wonder the emperor wanted to take the salt merchant to open the knife, for me, I also have to be ruthless! It's outrageous.

Liu Zhouzong had already begun to sweat, and asked in fear: "Your Majesty, this is ......" Liu Zhouzong couldn't believe that this was true.

"What does Lin Qing's family think?" Yang Reform didn't answer, and asked Lin Zhu instead.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is absolutely not wrong, however, salt merchants selling salt, but they still have to be transported over long distances, and they still need to have shops to distribute them, and they have to be dotted up and down, in fact, it may not be as high as twenty Wen, but more than ten Wen is indispensable." Lin Zhu replied very honestly