Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

When Zhu Xuan became the Crown Prince, all of his previous profits were turned over to the national treasury.

However, he still has his own little treasury.

After all, there are still many places in the East Palace where money needs to be spent, and the projects for which the East Palace spends money do not need to be allocated money from the national treasury. He specifically talked to Zhu Song about it and left a small portion of the profits for himself.

This small portion of profit, any bit taken out, would be a huge sum of money.

Today, Ming Dynasty's trade profits are increasing, and a large amount of silver is flowing into Ming Dynasty from overseas. Zhu Xuan, the initiator of trade, will not be without any money.

Zhu Xuan thought that the direct allocation of hundreds of thousands of taels would be enough to last for a long time and could support scholars for a long time.

"Next, we will investigate corruption and confiscate property. Half of the proceeds will go to the national treasury, and the other half will be used for this fund."

"If the money obtained from corruption investigations is still not enough, I will replenish it from my inner treasury. For the time being, I will not use the national treasury or the finances of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Xuan said again.

When Xia Yuanji and the other two heard this, they thought that Zhu Xuan's idea was feasible, and they all nodded slightly to show that they agreed with Zhu Xuan's approach.

As long as the national treasury was not used temporarily and the financial balance of the Ming Dynasty was not disrupted, Xia Yuanji had no other objections.

Moreover, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it can still be fully supported even if it is used.

"Then there is another problem with this matter."

Zhu Xuan narrowed his eyes and continued, "Things involving money will inevitably lead to the breeding of corruption. The money is distributed to various counties in the Ming Dynasty. In some remote areas, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. They dare to do anything. Therefore, the issue of supervision is also a top priority."

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji's mood became obviously heavy.

"Your Highness."

"It may not be enough to rely solely on the supervision of the censors."

"I think that the Jinyiwei should also intervene appropriately, regularly inspect the situation in each county, and give scholars the power of supervision."

“And reconciliation!”

“Every year, the account books of each county must be collected and checked.”

Xia Yuanji also had concerns in this regard, and similar things could often be seen in the Ministry of Revenue.

For example, the Ministry of Revenue allocated funds to a certain place for disaster relief. The money was sent, but the amount that reached the hands of the disaster-stricken people was less than the Ministry of Revenue expected. It must have been withheld by local officials.

As the money is deducted layer by layer, the people get even less.

Zhang Xun echoed, "There is another point. If some officials create non-existent scholars, or work with some scholars with bad intentions to embezzle your highness's special funds, it will also be a problem."

Zhu Xuan nodded after hearing what they said.

Indeed, as long as money is involved, many problems will arise.

Zhu Xuan’s special fund is almost like a scholarship.

Before he was reborn in the Ming Dynasty, when he was still studying, he had seen many examples of various scholarship scams. Once problems in this regard are created, it is actually very difficult to eliminate them. The only thing he can do is to reduce them as much as possible.

But if we don't do it, scholars like Jian Jinzhong will have fewer or even no opportunities to serve the country.

Many people can only come to Beijing to take the exam once. If they are fully prepared for the second time and want to come again, they will definitely not be able to come.

“Strengthen supervision.”

Zhu Xuan's tone gradually became serious, and he said loudly: "It is indeed possible to give scholars appropriate supervisory power to avoid problems as much as possible. We can't give up this measure because of some problems, right?"

Zhang Xun bowed and said, "That's right! Your Highness, this is for the sake of scholars and the future of Ming Dynasty. You can't give up everything because of a small problem."

Their eyes are still burning.

Scholars are still the most important component of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

Military generals can only fight wars and cannot truly govern the country.

As for the various students in the Science Pavilion, they are scientific researchers and do not conflict with those who are studying.

Most of the civil servants in the court still supported Zhu Xuan's actions.

"Supervision issues." Zhu Xuan tapped the tabletop lightly and said, "After you go back, discuss a solution with the six ministries, the censors, the secretaries, and the Imperial Guards."

"Yes!"

Xia Yuanji and the other two said in unison.

"One more thing!"

Zhu Xuan thought of Jian Jinzhong, and said, "Make a list of the ordinary scholars in Beijing, and give them the first allocation of 10 taels each. Try to complete it within today so that they can take the exam with peace of mind."

There were many scholars who came to Beijing to take the imperial examinations, but the group of truly poor scholars was not very large.

After all, not many poor scholars who came all the way to Beijing could do this, because if they failed in the exam, they would lose everything, and not everyone could afford the risk, especially those from wealthy families.

"Your Highness, be kind!"

Natsuhara Yoshiro said.

Zhang Xun said: "On behalf of all the poor scholars in the world, I would like to thank Your Highness for his gift!"

The two of them quickly retreated.

Zhu Xuan sighed slowly, thinking that this was all he could do, and that he had done his best. He said to himself, "If I hadn't gone out for a walk today, I wouldn't have known or even imagined that this situation existed."

"Li Xu."

he said again.

"Chen is here!"

Li Xu quickly ran in and said.

"Have you found out about the person named Jian?"

Zhu Xuan asked.

Even though he did not arrange for an investigation, the Jinyiwei under him would certainly investigate it on their own initiative. After all, Jian Jinzhong was someone Zhu Xuan had a crush on, and the Jinyiwei were very sensible.

"I found it."

Li Xu had just received a piece of information sent by Lei Gang and handed it to Hou Xian, who then sent it to Zhu Xuan's desk.

"Jian Jinzhong."

"Be loyal and be faithful."

"I hope you live up to the name."

Zhu Xuan said as he flipped through all the information on this person. According to the preliminary investigation by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Jian Jinzhong was indeed very poor and brought a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes with him when he went to Beijing for the exam.

It can be said that I ate these things all the way to Beijing.

After arriving in Beijing, I bought a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

These two things are the cheapest staple food in the Ming Dynasty at present, much cheaper than grains.

Ordinary people don’t care whether something is cheap or delicious. They only care whether they can have enough food and fill their stomachs. There is no doubt that those things are okay.

"Poor scholars are probably all like him."

Zhu Xuan nodded slightly and asked again: "Are there any articles he has written?"

"Have!"

This time, the one who responded was not Li Xu, but Lei Gang who had just run in, panting.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard guessed that Zhu Xuan might want to know more about Jian Jinzhong, so in addition to thoroughly investigating Jian Jinzhong, they also found out what Jian Jinzhong had written.

In fact, it is not difficult to find. Just send a Jinyiwei to sneak into Jian Jinzhong’s residence and take away a copy without anyone noticing.

"it's here."

Lei Gang ran a little hurriedly. This was the person who had just been taken away by the Jinyiwei. He immediately came in. He just walked in and heard Zhu Xuan say this. He thought to himself that he arrived just in time. (End of this chapter)