Wanli 1592

Chapter 1359 Longwu Six Years
In the winter of the 20th year of Longwu, on December 27, in the palace of Qianqing.

The joint meeting of ministers of various ministries of the imperial court and ministers of the cabinet is being held.

Xu Guangqi, chief assistant of the cabinet, presided over the meeting.

Now is the annual work report of Huang Yuan, the current minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Since the completion of the construction of Dachi Road in the 13th year of Longwu, the official roads connecting Dachi Road in various places have also been constantly rested. Now the official roads in the entire southeast region, Liaodong region, North Zhili region, Shandong region and Guanzhong region are also All repairs are completed.

It is estimated that in the middle of next year, the official road from Sichuan to Jiangxi will be largely repaired, and the official road from Beizhili to the northwest will also be roughly completed. The next step is to go further into the Western Regions and grassland areas. In terms of connecting the states and counties with official roads, according to His Majesty's policy of first going east and then going west, this plan is being carried out smoothly.

The repair work of the Yunnan-Myanmar Dachi Road is progressing smoothly, and it is half completed now. It is expected to be completely completed in the 22nd year of Longwu. After that, there will be a large-scale Chi Road from Yunnan to Myanmar that can be used.

In the future, if the goods from Sichuan and Sichuan want to go to sea, they don’t have to make a big detour. They can go straight to Myanmar along the Dachi Road, go to the port of Yangon and go straight to Genoa and France, saving one to two months of time. Sichuan’s business can also be done. This will lead to greater promotion and development. "

After Huang Yuan finished speaking, he sat down by himself, Xu Guangqi nodded, and said, "Next is the Ministry of Finance."

"Yes."

Xu Jinguang, Minister of the Ministry of Finance, stood up and opened his work report document.

"Longwu's total fiscal revenue in the four quarters of 20 has reached more than 3701 million taels, of which the proportion of agricultural tax has been reduced to 19%, and factory tax has increased by half compared with Longwu's [-] years, reaching [-]%. The construction of wool and cotton textile factories in various places is very fast.

Among commercial taxes, ocean trade income accounted for [-]%, domestic commercial trade accounted for [-]%, Daqin foreign trade income accounted for a huge proportion, and the main export locations were in the countries of Southeast Asia and Europe. Northwest Russia.

The total annual expenditure amounted to 1706 million taels, the highest expenditures were education subsidies, medical subsidies, road repairs, military expenditures and city construction. The total annual balance reached 1905 million taels, a relatively large fiscal surplus, which met His Majesty's expectations Require.

In addition, in accordance with His Majesty's request, starting next year, special education subsidies will be added to Mengxuetang in the Northwest and Southwest regions to purchase desks, chairs and the Four Treasures of the Study, as well as education subsidies for poor families to ensure that a child can go to school and learn to read.

The secondary schools requested by His Majesty to increase the amount of construction have been rolled out in the southeast region and the North Zhili region. In order to achieve the goal of one secondary school in one county, the follow-up plan will invest 300 million taels in special expenditures, and there will be 110 six Mongolian schools in the follow-up plan. Schools and 370 secondary schools are under planning.

Since the 11th year of Longwu, the colleges have officially opened in twelve cities including Nanjing, Beijing, Kaifeng, Ningbo, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Yangon, Shenyang, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuchang, and Kunming, and six more colleges are in the process of Planning and construction. "

Xu Guangqi nodded again: "Okay."

Just as Xu Jinguang sat down, Chen Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, suddenly stood up and looked at the emperor Xiao Ruxun who was sitting at the top.

"Your Majesty, regarding the construction of the University Hall, because there are fewer graduates from the University Hall, the government departments in various places have a great demand for the University Hall graduates, and the shortage of grassroots officials in various places is also increasing, especially in the Northwest Region and Us Snow district.

These areas that have been under the jurisdiction of the Great Qin for less than five years are especially lacking in grassroots officials. Considering the implementation of His Majesty's grassroots policies, can Your Majesty consider building more colleges?

Otherwise, if this situation continues, there will be a shortage of 130 officials in Uzbekistan this year, more than 300 next year, and a shortage of more than [-] in the year after. "

As soon as Chen Yuan finished speaking, before Xiao Ruxun responded, Xu Jinguang retorted: "Chen Butang, it's irresponsible for you to say that. Do you mean that the university can be built just by building it?"

"Your Ministry of Finance has a surplus of more than 1000 million taels a year, and it has been increasing every year for several years. I am afraid that the silver taels in the treasury are so piled up that you can't put it down right now? What are you doing with all that money? Does big money beget small money?"

Chen Yuan retorted Xu Jinguang.

"The Ministry of Finance's bank expenditure is planned! A large amount of expenditure in one breath may not achieve good results, and gradual expenditure is the truth. The treasury always needs to reserve some money for war preparations, and some money for disaster preparations. If you look too much, it will be easy to spend. Like flowing water, it is a bottomless pit!"

"Then what do I do with the officials I lack? Uzbek's capital guard once a month asked the officials to send people to Uzang, saying that Tibetans are not easy to domesticate and need a large number of officials to invest in guidance, but where do I have any?" More officials? What do you want me to do?"

Chen Yuan looked at Xu Jinguang with an unkind expression.

Xu Jinguang pointed to Cai Kang, Minister of Education.

"Then you have to ask why the Ministry of Education can't train more outstanding students, and ask me what the Ministry of Finance does? My Ministry of Finance's expenditures are fully in place, and you are not stuck."

Cai Kang was caught off guard by this misfortune, and was shot by an arrow while lying down.

"Education is a major event in the country. As the saying goes, it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Is it easy to educate a person well? My Ministry of Education is not a department that does nothing. In the first year of Longwu, there were only 40 scholars in the country. Now the whole country The number of Mongolian children enrolled has reached 64 million, and the number of middle school students has reached 170 million!"

Cai Kang quickly refuted.

"These are all things for the future. There are so many vacancies for officials right now. It's not once or twice that I heard that the exams for middle school entrance organized by your Ministry of Education are too difficult. Ninety percent of the students who graduate from middle schools cannot pass the exams. With just such a few people, where did all the money go?"

Chen Yuan angered Cai Kang: "Education expenditure is higher than military expenditure, don't tell me you are short of money!"

"Summer bugs can't speak ice!"

Cai Kang's chest heaved violently in anger, and he wanted to scold him but felt that it would be better to express his grievance to the emperor than to scold him.

So he stood up and complained to Xiao Ruxun.

"Your Majesty, since I became Minister of the Ministry of Education, I have worked with trepidation, worked hard, and dared not slack off, lest I fail His Majesty's trust. However, the construction of a university hall is really not that easy. If it is just a building, it will be much easier. "

The officials turned their attention to the emperor Xiao Ruxun who sat at the head and had never spoken.

(End of this chapter)