Warm Pavilion!
Zhu Youxiao was a little disappointed!
As an emperor, he had fantasized countless times about meeting a virtuous minister for the first time!
However, he had never thought that they would part on bad terms!
The limitations of the times and the deep-rooted bad habits of mankind were vividly displayed when Sun Chengzong wanted to take Yuan Chonghuan as his disciple!
The more books his family had, the more proud he seemed to be. When he was taking in disciples, he did not realize whether these books should be hidden or not.
Perhaps, the virtuous ministers would not understand why they were so angry!
Everyone and every aristocratic family had their own collection of books. It had gradually become a habit and tradition, so they naturally did not find it a problem!
"Your Majesty, the chief assistant requests an audience!”
"Announce!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"Beloved minister, rise!"
Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked at the grey-haired and nearly 60-year-old chief officer, but he couldn't get angry. He sighed and said,""Bestow your seat!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wei Zhongxian moved the yellow rosewood block, and everything seemed particularly skilled and natural!
"What's the matter, Lord Chief?"
"It's for Daxing Books!”
Ye Xianggao sorted out his words and said in the calmest voice,"Changing the Profound Language Pavilion into the Library Pavilion only requires a small amount of modification, and it won't cost much silver!
However, to recruit 50,000 scholars to copy books, the first problem was the scholars 'wages. Two taels a month was about 10,000 taels of silver!
The second problem was the paper. With 50,000 people copying books, each person would copy an average of 50 pages a day. In a month and thirty days, about 7,500,000 sheets of paper would be consumed, which would cost about 100,000 taels of silver!
This did not include the funds spent on building the libraries in the prefectures and counties. The maintenance and preservation of the books in the libraries were even more astronomical!”
Ye Xianggao was a strict chief assistant. He said awkwardly,""110,000 silver isn't a lot, but it's also not a small amount. If we withdraw it from the national treasury, I'm afraid it will incur the opposition of the ministers!”
After saying that, the chief assistant looked at Zhu Youxiao. Although this matter was beneficial to the people, it cost a lot!
Wei Zhongxian's eyes widened, and he was filled with hatred in his heart. If he had known earlier that this old fellow would come to ask for silver, why would he carry a block for him!
"There are still 20 million in the internal treasury.”
Zhu Youxiao shook his head and temporarily stopped thinking about withdrawing silver from the treasury. He muttered,"I see that there are many illiterate people in the world. What should I do if I want to change the current situation?”
Popularity of culture!
It was Zhu Youxiao's idea!
If it could be implemented like the nine-year compulsory education in the future, even if all the books in the world were hidden, it would still be able to push Chinese civilization to a new height!
"Let the people eat and have money first!"
Ye Xianggao replied without hesitation," Natural disasters are happening constantly in the country. The people can't even eat, let alone read and write!
His Majesty sent down a thunderbolt at the pavilion in the middle of the lake and did not hesitate to spend a huge sum of money to let the commoners who wanted to read have books to read. However, in this old minister's opinion, it might not have the desired effect in a short period of time!
Guan Zhong said: The granary is rich and knows etiquette, and the food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace!
Your Majesty's love for the people, I empathize with it, but I hope Your Majesty can wait!
Three years. In just three years, the cabinet would be able to promote sweet potatoes to every piece of land in the country and fill the stomachs of all the people!
At that time, His Majesty would be treated with the respect of the people and become the Son of Heaven!
The Son of Heaven's words were the law, and this was the most appropriate time to implement education!”
As the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, Ye Xianggao had thought a lot through sweet potatoes and made a lot of ideas, but in the end, he suppressed the restlessness in his heart. He was waiting, waiting for the golden age to arrive!
Not long ago, the left and right assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue sent to southern Zhejiang had sent back news that sweet potato seeds were everywhere. They had used the national treasury to purchase all of them from the farmers. Once the autumn harvest was over, they could scatter the seeds all over China!
"These three years, Zhen has waited!"
Zhu Youxiao returned to reality and realized the difficulty of implementing education. He smiled bitterly and said,"But in these three years, I can't just watch like this!
The decree was to take out five million from the disaster silver and use it to build a paper mill and a movable type printing factory to mass-produce books. Three years later, I want to open the minds of the people!”
"My emperor is wise!"
Ye Xianggao knelt on the ground, hot tears flowing down his turbid eyes!
The word "Prime Minister" might not be suitable for him. The word "good prime minister" was the most appropriate description for him, but who could understand the helplessness of a good prime minister?
"Lord Chief, take care of yourself!"
Zhu Youxiao reached out to help the chief assistant up. He felt that the skinny body seemed to contain a great sun that was eager to break free to shine on the earth, nourish all things, and nurture the people!
"This lowly subject obeys!"
Wiping away the tears from the corner of his eyes, the chief assistant returned to normal and bowed respectfully before leaving!
Zhu Youxiao watched the chief assistant disappear before he slowly retracted his gaze and pulled himself together again!
"Wei Banban, when can the Hainan rosewood be shipped to the capital?”
Zhu Youxiao picked up the axe again and began to make the last batch of machine tool parts. His laziness disappeared and he wanted to finish it as soon as possible!
After the completion of the machine tool, they could gather the disaster victims to work and help them return to their normal lives as soon as possible!
The crossbows and bolts made by the machine tools would also be thrown into the battlefield of the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty to save thousands of Ming soldiers and countless broken families!
"According to the date, the yellow rosewood will arrive in the capital in a few days. The East Chamber has made all the preparations.”
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's expression turned serious. To outsiders, the Emperor liked the work of woodworkers and did not look like a ruler!
However, Wei Zhongxian, who had experienced these carpentry works, knew that if these weapons could be used on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would enter invincible mode!
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