The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 860 Very Logical
"What do you think?" Ding Yi asked the cabinet ministers.

"In terms of achievements, according to the Dagan Code, I think Yu Sidong can do it." Chen Youfu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, spoke first.

Then everyone spoke up.

The former Ming Shangshu who wanted to speak for Wu Weiye had nothing to say.

Everything is in accordance with the requirements of the Dagan Code.

According to the code, whoever has good data will get it.

You can say that his fate is good, and he happens to be in a good place like Dengzhou.

But Yingtian Mansion, which was used to compare with him, is also one of the best mansions in Daqian.

If you want to say that it is unfair to wait and compare with him from the remote Yan'an Mansion, but Ying Tian Mansion lost in the comparison, there is nothing to say.

So in the third year of Rende, the governor was replaced normally for the first time. Ding Yi did not participate in the whole process, and the cabinet determined the candidate.

The officials all over the world knew about it, and they wanted to cheer up one after another.

It has been said in the Dagan Code that promotion is to compare data and compare data to rule.

How much land is hoarded, how many students are there, food tax, commercial tax, and even filing a lawsuit against the capital are all counted as data.

And it is said in the code that good houses are compared with good houses, and bad houses are compared with bad houses.

Surely Dengzhou Yingtianlai will not be compared with Hanzhong Yan'an.

After confirming the candidate for the governor, according to the practice of the previous Ming Dynasty, he will be called to Beijing, given official uniforms and official seals, and so on.

But the official seal of Dagan is local, there is no personal official seal, and the official uniform will be redone locally. Generally, Ding Yi will not recruit to Beijing if there is nothing wrong, and officials do not need to go to Beijing, just go directly to Fujian for promotion.

The Ministry of War will dispatch the Dengzhou Navy to send him all the way to ensure safety.

And it is usually delivered along the way, not specially.

Because many of Ding Yi's sailors need to do business, they will be sent to Fujian by the way.

After finalizing the candidate, Ding Yi said again: "I went outside the capital to have a look these few days."

The officials were in an uproar, and everyone knew that the emperor really ran out of the palace.

People in Lushun are used to it, and Ding Yi likes to run outside the most.

"Some areas still need to be improved."

"I think that in the future, when officials marry wives, they will all go to school. How do you think about it?"

Ding Yi did not directly ask for it to be included in the code this time, but asked the officials and the cabinet in an inquiring manner.

The scene really exploded, and many officials whispered to each other.

Ding Yi This is because a large number of country gentry and landlords spend their own money to teach their daughters to read and refuse to send them to school.

So I thought of such a way.

Your daughter wants to marry a nobleman in the future, but she has not gone to school, so she can only be a concubine, not a wife.

"Dare to ask the emperor, why is there such a regulation?" Ma Shiying was the first to raise an objection.

One of his own youngest daughters did not go to school, and was taught at home, after all, the idea of ​​incompatibility between men and women is still there.

"Let's put it this way." Ding Yi thought for a while: "I use a metaphor. As the saying goes, a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and the son born of a mouse can make holes."

Many officials laughed when they heard this.

"The offspring of a tiger and a sheep will definitely not be a tiger."

"Only after a woman has gone to school can she acquire real knowledge, open her wisdom, broaden her horizons, and improve herself. Only in this way will she be able to match the officials who work hard with us."

Ma Shiying's face was flushed: "My little girl can read and write at home, and she can also recite words and make correct sentences. Could it be possible that she will give birth to an illiterate and stupid child?"

Now knowing that Ding Yi restricts imperial power, Ma Shiying is more and more daring to contradict Ding Yi.

Ding Yi asked, "Does your daughter know where Europe and France are?"

"..." Ma Shiying was dumbfounded.

"Ma Shangshu, do you know who is opposite Annan? Is it of any use to us?" Ding Yi asked again.

"..." Ma Shiying opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

"The European countries combined are bigger than ours."

"On the opposite side of Annan, there is the best Strait of Malacca in Asia. As long as we occupy the Strait of Malacca, we will receive soft hands every year."

"I'm not trying to accuse you. As a minister of the former dynasty, you should adapt to the times and keep pace with the times. If you only focus on the three acres of land in the capital, how can you benefit the people of the world."

"Your majesty is holy." Minister of Finance Ruan Wenlong immediately said, "If we can occupy Malacca, the year-end bonuses for all the adults will be settled."

Ding Yi's meaning is very obvious. Officials who have not been to school are not worthy of big cadres.

Although this is a bit excessive and looks down on people, Ding Yi has no choice. Without this method, the gentry and many former Ming officials would not let their daughters go to school.

Of course, relying on this alone is not enough. There are still a large number of teenagers among the common people who are not allowed to go to school.

Ding Yi proposed to allocate a large amount of funds to set up a boarding system for county schools throughout Daming, so that children in towns and villages can live and study in schools, which saves the trouble of traveling back and forth, and also saves an expense for the people's families.

Former students can also stay in school for meals, all paid for by the imperial court.

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar. How much does it cost?
The Ministry of Finance and the Minister of the Household Department looked at each other at the same time.

Wang Duo tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, how much money does this cost?"

Ding Yi really has no shortage of money.

In the past two years, he issued new currency and exchanged it for silver. Now the treasury has hundreds of millions of silver piled up somewhere, but he can't issue more currency to prevent inflation, so he has never dared to use it indiscriminately.

But now spending on education is a top priority.

Improving people's wisdom is the most important part of reform.

"Song Fei, tell me." Ding Yi said.

Song Fei, Shangshu of the Ministry of Transportation and Construction, made an example: "Return to the emperor, according to our previous experience, build a Datongpu house that can accommodate 100 people to sleep. It is divided into ten rooms, about 60 meters long and five meters wide."

"The construction cost of wood, bricks and mud is about 50 taels of silver, plus the supporting daily necessities such as wooden beds, and labor costs are about 100 taels of silver."

Then the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Finance spoke one after another.

"Based on 7000 students per school, excluding winter and summer vacations and other holidays, the daily food expenses are [-] Wen, and the annual food expenses are about [-] taels of silver plus [-] shi."

"There are 500 counties in the country, and all primary and secondary schools need to consume 100 million taels of silver plus [-] million stone grains throughout the year."

The audience was in an uproar again, and everyone changed color.

Regardless of whether the cabinet or other civil and military officials have changed their faces, the emperor spent the money really capriciously.

Ding Yi's calculation is to count the primary schools and middle schools as 300 students in each of the 300 counties across the country. In fact, the average number of students is only more than 100 now.

Ding Yi provided food and housing for all. In the first year, because of the need to build a new house, it cost about 3000 million taels of silver, and about 500 million taels a year thereafter.

Ding Yi is vigorously investing fiscal revenue in education.

Even in later generations, there is no school that provides food and housing.

This is a great pressure for the huge new empire, but it is also a driving force.

He will force Ding Yi to keep conquering and plundering foreign countries to meet the needs of the empire.

After hearing this, the ministers felt that food is not a problem now, 100 million shi grains per year is really trivial, and Dengzhou's annual food tax is more than that much.

But nearly 3000 million silver, where does this come from?
Zhang Xin hurriedly said: "So much money, where did it come from?"

Ruan Wenlong said: "Last year was the first year that the national commercial tax was implemented. By the end of December last year, the national commercial tax had actually collected 100 million taels."

"Marine trade tax (the original Zheng Zhilong Banner tax plus Luzon, Dayuan, Lushun, Jeju and other places) totals 400 million taels."

I won't talk about other income today, and it's not a year-end summary. These two items alone are enough for expenses.

Many ministers heard last year's commercial tax revenue for the first time, and they couldn't believe it: "So much commercial tax last year?"

how is this possible?Before the Ming Dynasty, the national annual commercial tax revenue would not exceed 10 taels.

Of course, there was no formal business tax in the former Ming Dynasty, and everything was a mess.

"We have 5000 counties, and each county opens a Duguan and Chunyuan, and each pays 500 taels a year, which is [-] million. Think about it?" Ruan Wenlong said. The taxes of other shops are not high. said.

"In the first half of this year, as of June, our business tax has exceeded 3000 million, and it will definitely exceed last year for the whole year."

The ministers were in an uproar, is there still such a tax collection?

In fact, of course, there are more than that. For wealthy places with large populations such as Duguan in the capital and Jiangnan, the annual tax payment starts at 10 taels, and there are more than one family, and some even have towns. These are the sources of tax collection and big head.

"The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Household Affairs must plan well to see if the money is enough. After all, we also have to consider the year-end bonuses of the ministers and civil and military officials." Ding Yi said at this time: "As long as the salaries of the ministers are not affected, If you have extra money, you can do that.”

He now has more than one billion real gold and silver in the national treasury, and Daming's silver is about to be taken away by him, and he deliberately said it so nicely.

Of course, the ministers don't care, as long as the court has money to pay wages and food for them, spend money and spend money.

Anyway, the emperor is rich.

Everyone knew that Ding Yi had robbed [-] million yuan in the early stage, not to mention taking over the common people and the people, which was enough for him to spend a long time.

Seeing that many people still have doubts, Ding Yi continued: "Building schools, including food and housing, the court spent a lot of money on the surface, but in fact it drove the operation of the entire empire and the lives of the people."

Everyone looked puzzled.

"Do you need workers to build a house? Do you need craftsmen? Do you need wood and stone? Do you need sand?"

"The school provides board and lodging. Do you want to buy all kinds of vegetables and meat? Do you need chickens and eggs?"

"How many industries and how many people will participate in it, and countless goods will flow in the market."

"The court spends money, and the people earn money. After earning money, they have to pay more taxes, and some of the money goes back to the court."

"These money just circulated in the market for a while, driving the development and progress of all walks of life in the imperial court, driving the people to get rich, the society getting stable, the big cadres getting taxes, and the ministers getting bonuses."

"The ultimate beneficiaries are not only the people of the world, but also the court and the officials."

It has to be said that Ding Yi is still good at deceiving people as always.

When he said this, many officials at the scene actually believed it.

Because it sounds logical and makes sense.

"Your Majesty is a wise minister, and my ministers bow down to the ground." Ma Shiying, who always liked to contradict Ding Yi, also bent down and lowered his hands to show respect.

No matter how treacherous he is, how much he wants to contradict Ding Yi, but Ding Yi is a student of the world for free, and he definitely deserves his respect.

(End of this chapter)