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Chapter 471

Liu Zongzhou followed the emperor's wishes and asked boldly.

"My difficulty is the same as yours. I have no money!" Yang Reform sighed and continued.

Liu Zongzhou was choked to death, isn't that for nothing?The greater this hope, the more painful it will be when it is shattered. The emperor once again stated that he has no money, and Liu Zongzhou's heart is half cold.

"...What does the Qing family think about the salt merchant?" Yang Reform looked at Liu Zongzhou's disappointed face and asked suddenly.

Salt merchant?Today in the court today because of the matter of the salt merchants, people were scared to death. Liu Zongzhou froze for a moment and said: "Report to Your Majesty, the rebellious ministers and thieves should be punished..." Since this matter has been debated in the court, Liu Zongzhou can only follow the result. Talk about something, otherwise, you have to be with those who are still kneeling.

"Okay! The Qing family really understands righteousness..." Yang Reform praised, and then continued: "...Everyone in the world knows that salt merchants are rich. Those who can steal some money..." Yang Reform began to talk about the house raiding.

Liu Zongzhou felt that hope was coming again, and stretched his neck, waiting for the emperor to transfer the money.

"... Originally,... well,... I have always supported the running of schools. This time I run a salt merchant, and I can always make some money. I dare not say too much. It is not difficult to distribute part of the profits to run schools. , but I don’t dare to share the money from the salt merchant’s confiscated house to run a school!” Yang Reform talked for a long time, and was emotional for a long time, but it was still the same sentence, the money cannot be divided.

Liu Zongzhou was almost choked to death by the emperor's words. After a long time of trouble, he still couldn't tell the difference?I can't tell what you are talking about?Still sighing, the world is not a rumor, is the emperor the richest?I can get ten million taels of silver, but I can't get out this mere one or two million taels of silver. Could it be that the emperor doesn't like himself?Or what do you want to do yourself?Liu Zongzhou immediately came up with countless ideas...

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, why can't the salt merchant's property be used to run the school?" Liu Zongzhou was still choking, and Lin Qian who was beside him had already asked directly.When Liu Zongzhou saw it, he sighed, the people of this imperial party are extraordinary!Such unspeakable things are asked so directly...

"Hey... that's where the difficulty lies! It is said that it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Running a school is a long-term plan. It requires a hundred years of hard work, not three days of fishing and two days of drying the net. , once it is started, it needs continuous investment every year, and it must not be short every year! Otherwise, wouldn’t all previous efforts be wasted?... Alas, I also want to use the money from the salt merchants to run a school, but it is difficult and difficult Here, there are salt merchants who can copy it this year, but what about next year? Who can I ask to copy the 200 million taels of silver? If I find a few salt merchants to copy it every year,...do you guys think this will work?..." Yang Reform said with a helpless wry smile.

"Uh……"

"what!……"

Both of them sighed. What the emperor said was indeed reasonable. This school needs money every year, not a one-off sale. Isn't it lost?Looking for a salt merchant to raid the house again?Thinking of this, both of them felt that what the emperor said made sense, and it should be done regardless of the money from the house raids.

Liu Zongzhou understood the emperor's "difficulties" after receiving such enlightenment from the emperor. Thinking of the astronomical figures for running the school every year, Liu Zongzhou felt that the business of running the school was blown, and it seemed that there was no play, just like what many people said , It's just the smoke emitted by the emperor, which confuses people. The emperor didn't really want to run a school at all. In a flash, Liu Zongzhou's whole body shrank, and he lived up to his previous enthusiasm.

"...Everyone in the world says that I have money, and I have a lot of money to spend. In fact, the two Qing families know my details. I mainly rely on Liulizhai to earn some money. To be honest, even if Liulizhai makes money, in fact, The annual income is only one million yuan, even if I have the intention to run the school, it is impossible to give all the income to you!" Yang Reform said with a helpless face.

Liu Zongzhou was almost disappointed with the matter of running the school, almost disheartened. Hearing the emperor mentioning Liulizhai's income, he secretly sneered: "If the emperor, your old man uses all the income of Liulizhai to run the school, those who bought Liulizhai's stock The nobles, the ministers, will probably eat me alive, come on, don't talk about it, this matter of running a school has never happened.

"...It's a good way to add land tax to run the school, but I really can't bear to burden the people of the world anymore. Now I can't bear to increase taxes for disaster relief and immigrants. What's more, this natural disaster doesn't happen every year or two, otherwise, it might not be impossible to transfer the added land tax to fund the school when there is no more relief for the immigrants..." Yang Reform continued.

Lin Qian was listening "seriously" there, but Liu Zongzhou was no longer interested in running the school, and was even more disappointed and disheartened. He spoke clearly and logically, and couldn't help but replied: "Your Majesty sells Liulizhai's stocks, don't you have money?" Liu Zongzhou no longer expected the emperor to take money, and saw that the emperor was still "wordy", so he replied.

Yang Reform was taken aback, he didn't expect that this old Confucian still had some tricks, so he didn't fool himself!Then he smiled and said: "It's not that I don't want to use the money from selling stocks to run a school. The money from selling stocks is actually the same as the money from the house robbery. You can't rely on it every year! Sell it every year, and it will always be sold out. What if it is sold out?" We can’t run a school this year, and it will be disbanded next year. How can we joke about running a school? I am also worried about the millions of taels of school money every year! I need to find someone with a stable income and can support the school. One source is difficult! Difficult! Difficult! A hundred-year-old plan cannot be interrupted halfway, otherwise, it will be a blasphemy to the cause of a saint..." Yang Reform said again with emotion.

Liu Zongzhou is convinced of the emperor, this is no good, that is no good, and he has to find a business that has been stable for school funds for hundreds of years... Is there such a cheap business in the world?
Yang Reform watched Lin Qian and Liu Zongzhou lower their heads, while Liu Zongzhou looked disheartened, held back his amused expression, and said, "Actually, I have a long-term consideration for this school fund, 200 million yuan per year. Two silver, or even more, is not a problem..."

Hearing that the emperor said it was not a problem, Liu Zongzhou raised his head in an instant. The emperor is indeed a good emperor. It seems that the funds for running the school have been settled, and he can run the school without his shoulders. The enthusiasm came again.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how is it?" Liu Zongzhou couldn't help asking.

"...but..." Yang Reform said again.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Liu Zongzhou couldn't bear the torture.

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

Salt class?Liu Zongzhou suddenly remembered that today's court meeting, such a big commotion, was all about the salt lesson.Could it be that the emperor intends to support the school with salt courses?If this is the case, this is really a good source of stable income, guaranteed income during droughts and floods, and can support the entire school running plan.

"...Your Majesty, could it be that His Majesty means to support the school with salt courses? In this way, His Majesty is really a great virtue, and all students in the world will be grateful. His good name will be passed down for thousands of years..." Liu Zongzhou immediately rolled his horse Fart on.

"I really intend to support the running of the school with the salt class. The salt class guarantees income in drought and flood, the source is stable, and the quantity is considerable. It is really safe to run the school with the salt class. However, there are problems!" Yang Reform sighed again.

"Your Majesty, what's the problem? Now the salt merchant will definitely pay the remaining 400 million taels of salt! Presumably, he will not dare to default in the future..." Liu Zongzhou couldn't wait to ask, isn't today's matter just Is it because the salt merchants default on salt lessons?Originally, it was said that the 500 million taels of salt lessons were only paid less than one million taels. If the emperor can collect the salt lessons in full, the 500 million taels of salt lessons per year are completely enough to support the school. It is said that all of it will be used to run the school, and 200% of the profit will be divided, which is [-] million taels, which is enough to run the school. Liu Zongzhou can't think of anything else.

"It's difficult here! What I mean is to find an absolutely safe source for running the school. As I said before, the most supportive and the most attentive to the cause of the saint. Although the Salt Chamber of Commerce will pay the salt class this year Qi, but what about next year? What about the year after? Those salt merchants have healed their scars and forgot the pain. Presumably, this salt class will go back to the old way again, so the school fund is gone again? Without the school fund, wouldn’t the saint’s career come to an end? Isn’t this school becoming a joke?... Is it for the sake of Salt class, shouting and killing every day, going to trouble with the salt merchants every day? Even if I can force the salt class from the salt merchants, but the number of times is too high, it is difficult for me to be a man..." Yang Reform sighed again , Said his own difficulties.

"Uh!..." Liu Zongzhou choked up again. The emperor's words were indeed reasonable. According to the virtues of the salt merchants, they would definitely do what the emperor said. When the scars are healed, forget the pain. In less than two years, this salt class It’s so rare that the emperor forced the salt merchants once or twice, but it’s reasonable to become unreasonable if the emperor forced the salt merchants again and again. This emperor was strong enough to force the salt class, but other emperors may not be able to deal with the salt class. At that time, even if all the salt classes are used to run the school, it will not be enough.What?The emperor is still young, and it is still early to die. No, the emperors who died young in the Ming Dynasty are not one or two...

"Then what should be done according to His Majesty's wishes?" Liu Zongzhou turned the emperor's words in his mind several times, weighed the pros and cons, and understood what the emperor wanted to do. He also knew that the emperor might really want to run a school. Liu Zongzhou The perception of the emperor has changed again. An emperor who is willing to spend millions of taels a year to run schools and carry forward the cause of saints is a good emperor no matter what...

"Hehe, in fact, what I mean is also very simple. Taking advantage of this opportunity of salt merchants' cooperation with captives, we will change the salt class and the salt government to prevent the leakage of the salt class. In this way, every year There are millions of taels, or even tens of millions of taels, which are enough to support school running and disaster relief. The income of this salt class is stable, and the income from drought and flood is also considerable. It couldn't be better... Once the salt policy is changed, it will solve the problem of the salt class being in arrears again. In this way, the school can last for a long time, and cultivate people for a hundred years! After a hundred years, I am Ming, In my Huaxia, there must be talents everywhere, and there will be no one in vain, and there will definitely be a great harmony in the world as the sages said!" Yang Reform yearned beautifully.

"Your Majesty!..." Listening to the emperor's words, Liu Zongzhou's thoughts had turned countless times, and he thought of too many things. After he finished speaking, he said, "May I ask how your majesty plans to change the salt class?" Liu Zongzhou had already agreed with the emperor. In other words, even though what the emperor did hurt him or some interests related to him, but, as the emperor said, if he can really spend real money to run a school, Liu Zongzhou feels that it is not in vain to come to this world. walk around.To live in this world, one still needs to have a little ambition, a little ideal, and something to achieve!

"How to change the salt class, I will not talk about it for the time being. I will come to the two Qings to calculate how much salt class I can receive every year." Yang Reform said with a smile. Turned over the salt lesson.Salt merchants, salt classes, and salt administration are different. If you overthrow the salt merchants and don’t change the salt class, at most you will copy some property and collect more salt classes. Going up, we need to take advantage of the opportunity of overthrowing the salt merchants to change the salt course, but we still need to find another way, and we need someone else to advocate, to build momentum, and we need capable people to promote and implement it. Now the school-running party, It is suitable for this role, with motivation and ability, this Liu Zongzhou is even more a key person.

"Please show your Majesty." The two hurriedly said, ready to see how the emperor calculated the salt lesson.

"Do you two know about how much salt a person eats each year?" Yang Reform carefully explained the importance of these two people and the importance of the party that runs the school.

"This, I don't know, please show Your Majesty." The two looked at each other, and then said.

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

The two looked at each other and said nothing.

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

"Return to your Majesty, I know that there should be 6000 million." Lin Qian replied, this number is the official number of the Ming Dynasty, and the salt government formulated the salt program based on this number.

"Very good, each person eats ten catties of salt per year, 6000 million people, how much salt should they need each year?" Yang Reform enlightened in an enlightening way.

"Your Majesty, it should be [-] catties." Lin Qian continued to answer. As for the numbers, it was obvious that Liu Zongzhou, a great Confucian, was quite unfamiliar, and he didn't understand for a while.

"According to my current 100 million taels of salt tax, how much is the tax paid for every catty of salt?" Yang Reform asked again with a smile.

Speaking of such a huge math problem, the head of the great Confucian Liu Zongzhou began to hurt. This number is too big, so big that his head is about to split open.

"Return to Your Majesty, 100 million taels of silver, calculated as [-] taels of silver, should be worth [-] taels, and sell [-] catties of salt every year..." Lin Qian is an honest man, seeing that Liu Zongzhou was dumbfounded, he had to start by himself. Calculating slowly, the previous one was okay, but the huge math problem at the back really made Lin Qian sweat. After a long time of calculation, he still couldn't figure it out. This number is really too big.

"Get rid of that ten million yuan, and it will be calculated according to six catties of salt and ten cents of tax." Yang Reform saw that the two people had worked hard to settle accounts, and kindly reminded them.

"Return to Your Majesty, every catty of salt deserves a salt lesson of [-] cents." After being reminded by the emperor, Lin Qian immediately calculated the salt lesson, and the calculation within ten is relatively simple.

"Hehe, that's right. The salt lesson I actually receive every year is [-] cents per catty of salt. Do you know how much this salt sells for per catty?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"Returning to Your Majesty, salt is good or bad, and there are differences, ranging from the cheapest ten-odd Wen to dozens, hundreds of Wen." Liu Zongzhou couldn't do the math, and he was embarrassed in front of the emperor. Come out and answer.

"That's right, what Liu Qing's family said is correct. It ranges from a dozen or so to a few hundred. Don't mention the bad ones, and don't mention the good ones. Let's take 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.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's about thirty to fifty Wen. The salt is also divided into geographical distances, so we can't generalize it." Liu Zongzhou began to speak clearly.

"Okay, that's right, you two know, how much does this salt household cost to produce a catty of salt?" Yang Reform continued to ask carefully.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I don't know about this minister. However, I estimate that there are at least six or seven characters, and as many as eight or nine characters. If it is about ten characters, I think it may be possible." Liu Zongzhou shook his head and said, the emperor is so amiable. "Talking" with him about things, he felt that this was the ancient meaning of a wise king asking his policy ministers.

"Okay, that's right, let's count it as eight renminbi, plus tax one sixty renminbi, at most ten renminbi, and the salt merchant sells it, let's count it at thirty renminbi a catty, two, how much did the salt merchant make from it?" Yang Reform continued with a smile.

what!The two scholars who have read poetry and books are like being struck by lightning, especially Liu Zongzhou, who is even more surprised from ear to ear. He also knows that salt makes money, and salt merchants are a symbol of wealth, but he has never calculated carefully. However, why are the salt merchants so rich? After calculating it in this way, I can truly feel the horror and outrageousness of the salt merchants. No wonder the emperor wants to take the salt merchants into action. If it were me, I would also be ruthless!It's outrageous.

Liu Zongzhou was already sweating, and asked fearfully, "Your Majesty, this..." Liu Zongzhou couldn't believe it was true.

"What do Lin Qing's family think?" Yang Reform didn't answer, but asked Lin Qian instead.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is absolutely no mistake in the calculation. However, the salt merchants still have to transport the salt over long distances, and they also need to have shops to distribute it, and they have to manage it up and down. In reality, it may not be as high as twenty coins, but a dozen coins is Indispensable." Lin Qian replied honestly.

(End of this chapter)