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Chapter 218 Don't Ask If Your Majesty Doesn't Say It

When it comes to government-business collusion, the first thought that comes to mind may be bribery, or taking shares to make money together.

Of course there are, but the method adopted by Jiangnan's wealthy merchants is more long-term, more concealed, and more effective, that is, to run academies and subsidize students.

On the surface, donating to education is doing good deeds, and doing good deeds will bring you a good reputation.But this is not the main purpose, but long-term investment.

Among the students sponsored by wealthy merchants, there will definitely be those who will be named on the gold list and become officials in the future.Even if it is just to raise people, you can only be a small local official.For wealthy businessmen, the investment has also been recovered and will be rewarded.

The reason is very simple. After the students who have received funding become officials, they will often give some convenience to businessmen out of gratitude.

Getting started can be a matter of little effort, like proper care within reason.

But over time, a closer connection will be formed, and an inextricable relationship will be born.In the end, officials and businessmen are likely to link up and form a community of interests.

And the benefits of doing so are also obvious, which is much lower than the flattery cost of pay as you go.

In layman's terms, it is much better and more effective to send charcoal when someone is not prosperous, than to wait until he is prosperous to add icing on the cake.

It's really a prudent and steady investment, Zhu Youxiao really admires it.

Think about it, the origin of the scholar is either an official family, or a merchant's son, and he does not need funding, and he is also connected with the merchant.

As for students from poor families, the academy can provide board and lodging, and there are famous teachers, which must be quite attractive.

But who would have thought that there would be such a long-term and shrewd calculation behind the generous donations to support education?
I'm going, I didn't even think of it before!

If you can afford the time and money, and you can bear your temper, this is an investment that lasts for more than ten years, or even decades, before it is possible to see benefits!

Seize the academies in various places?Zhu Youxiao immediately shook his head and denied this idea.

Regardless of the purpose or calculation behind it, the positive significance of donating for education cannot be denied.Stop eating because of choking.

Think again, let me think again, there must be something in it, which I can't understand from this angle.

Well, then try to think from the perspective of a businessman and see if you can get the answer!
Empathy is what Zhu Youxiao is good at, and he has gained a lot of inspiration and inspiration from it.

As soon as he "changed" himself into a businessman, Wang Tiqian sent him to Jinke Wu Jinshi's list.

Zhu Youxiao stroked his forehead helplessly, and turned back into the Ninety-Five Supreme Emperor.

The township examination, general examination, palace examination, and the rules of martial arts were finally finalized.Although it was formal, Zhu Youxiao no longer did it by himself as he did in Chunwei.

The publicity effect of buying horse bones with thousands of dollars has already appeared, and the internal funds are used to pay travel expenses for martial arts, which makes the scale of today's martial arts exams rank first in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao didn't worry about taking too many students and having no place to settle them.

The current restructuring of the new army is still very rough. After training in martial arts and supplementing a large number of grassroots officers in the new army, the overall quality of the new army will be greatly improved.

Knowledge is power, Zhu Youxiao firmly believes in this.

The decline or even disappearance of cold weapons is an unchangeable historical trend; in hot weapon wars, the level of cultural knowledge of officers is required to be higher.

Looking through the list, Zhu Youxiao hoped to find one or two celebrities so that he could focus on training.But after watching it for a long time, he was a little disappointed.

I don't even know...

Besides this, Zhu Youxiao's eyes stopped on a name.It looks familiar, the young emperor frowned, wondering if it was that guy's dead ghost old bean.

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The young emperor was speculating about others, and others were also speculating about him.

In Xu Guangqi's mansion in the capital, Sun Yuanhua and Li Tianjing were discussing work and matters with Xu Guangqi.

The emperor has set up a calendar bureau, and Xu Guangqi, as the organizer and leader of the calendar, naturally puts all his energy on compiling the calendar.

Moreover, Xu Guangqi's wish is to compile a calendar that combines the advantages of Chinese and Western calendars and reaches the highest scientific level at that time.

This will not only require translation of some Western astronomy books, but also the manufacture of instruments and equipment for observation, and a large number of calculations, as well as the employment of personnel and the details of money and food for the calendar bureau. The work will be quite cumbersome.

For this reason, he felt that he had no more time to take care of other things, so he had to explain clearly to Sun Yuanhua, who was already able to provoke the leader.

Li Tianjing, the deputy leader of the Calendar Bureau, will assist Xu Guangqi in completing the compilation of the calendar.

"Someone and Changde have roughly calculated that it will take at least five or six years to compile the almanac." Xu Guangqi stroked his beard and said to Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang will be responsible for the work of the Weapons and Powder Bureau and the Steelmaking Bureau."

Sun Yuanhua clasped his hands and said, "Students don't have to. The teacher just concentrates on completing the almanac, and the other work is left to the students. They should do their best and don't involve the teacher's energy."

Xu Guangqi smiled and nodded, and said: "You don't have to do everything yourself, it's too tiring. Promote more officials and talents to share the burden for you. Long live still trusts you very much. If you have a difficult problem, you will ask for instructions. .”

Sun Yuanhua nodded in agreement, and asked with some doubts: "Teacher, do you know when Wansui dabbled in Western learning, and did he understand it deeply?"

Xu Guangqi hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Tianjing, saw him shaking his head slightly, couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said, "I don't know what's going on. However, I have some personal guesses."

After waving his hands, Xu Guangqi felt that it was disrespectful to talk about Long Live in this way, and continued, "Well, it's just a wild guess, so don't say anything."

"What's the harm in talking about Master Xu?" Li Tianjing said with a smile: "Western missionaries also have rumors that there may be Englishmen around Wansui, or there are people from Ou Ming."

Xu Guangqi shook his head and said: "How could the Englishman be by Wansui's side? If so, it is impossible to hide it; as for the people of Ou Ming, there is a little possibility, but there is no evidence. According to someone's opinion, Wansui may be reading I have read Western books, and I have had contact with people who have gone abroad and know Western language."

After stopping to think for a while, Xu Guangqi said: "In addition, Long Live Tianzi is extremely intelligent and has excellent understanding."

As he spoke, he spread his hands and smiled wryly, "Is there any other explanation?"

Li Tianjing nodded repeatedly, and said: "That's true. I can't think of any other reason, I can only say it's due to my talent. I can see one or two from Wansui's ingenuity and intelligence."

Xu Guangqi looked at Sun Yuanhua, and said earnestly: "If you don't say Long live, don't ask, let alone ask for advice in person. Chuyang, you know your temperament, you must have done this before."

Sun Yuanhua nodded with a wry smile, and said, "Long live is tolerant, and he has not answered, nor condemned. The students will not dare in the future."

"If you have any problems, you can go to the test book. If Wansui gives you guidance, you can follow it." Xu Guangqi said slowly: "If Wansui has no solution, then he can solve it by himself."

Sun Yuanhua cupped his hands and said, "Student understands."

Li Tianjing said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you don't have to be too harsh on Chuyang. You are eager to learn and ask questions. Maybe Wansui believes in Chuyang because of this! It may not be appropriate to ask in person, but it should be okay to ask for advice in the question book."

Xu Guangqi blinked his eyes slowly and said nothing, it was his acquiescence.

Knowing that the teacher was not sure, Sun Yuanhua didn't ask any more questions, and changed the topic, "Now, besides making weapons, the students are sure to make silver coins. The teacher can just worry about compiling the almanac."

"Casting silver coins is an important matter for the country. Long Live is not in a hurry, but we must pay more attention to it." Xu Guangqi warned: "There are many Xiyi silver coins along the southeast coast, and they gradually enter the interior. If things go on like this, it will not be good for my Ming Dynasty."

Sun Yuanhua respectfully agreed, and the three of them started talking about other things casually.

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During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, with the prosperity of maritime trade, silver coins minted in the West began to flow in.Because of the popularity of tea, porcelain and silk, that is, the increase in trade surplus, the number and types of foreign silver dollars are also increasing day by day.

At the beginning, foreign silver dollars were traded in terms of weight and fineness equivalent to footprints.

Later, due to the stable color, uniform weight, and convenience of use, the silver dollar was favored by domestic merchants, and they were willing to exchange every tael of pure silver for a silver dollar with a purity of about 90.00% and a weight of more than seven dollars.

If things go on like this, such exchange will inevitably lead to the outflow of domestic silver and seriously damage Ming's economy.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao accelerated the pace of abolishing the two and changing the yuan.Meanwhile, preparations for the Reichsbank are in full swing.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, since foreign silver dollars can be accepted by merchants on the southeast coast.According to their fineness and weight, there is no reason why those cast by Daming would be boycotted and unable to circulate.

Of course, traditional thinking and habits will still exist for a period of time, that is, the transition period for the dual use, but the impact should not be great.

In Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, Zhu Youxiao was very cautious. The first batch of branches of the Imperial Bank only set up these four places.

For the time being, only one mint will be set up in the capital, and another mint may be built in Tianjin and Shanghai in the future.

The planning has been completed, but what makes Zhu Youxiao feel difficult is the lack of economic talents.

It is no problem for civil officials in the court to discuss poetry, songs, Fu and beautiful articles, but when it comes to finance and economy, few people can understand it.

In desperation, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to recruit talents from private money shops and banks, and then train them to become staff members of the Imperial Bank.

And the first president of the Imperial Bank also caused Zhu Youxiao a headache. Why did Ming have so few officials who are good at economics and financial management!
After much deliberation, I could only call Jinfu Bi Ziyan back.Although it is not now, Zhu Youxiao has already explained to Bi Ziyan through the channel of secret concert.

For example, the business scope and operating characteristics of the Imperial Bank were written by Zhu Youxiao himself and perfected by many people.

After Bi Ziyan got to know the emperor's general thinking about the Imperial Bank, he must have done a lot of homework and put forward many suggestions in the secret report to the emperor.

After such communication, Zhu Youxiao felt relieved and sent Li Banghua to Tianjin to familiarize himself with the work and prepare to handover with Bi Ziyan.

(End of this chapter)