105 The emperor and queen who sold the official beard

Yang Weiai couldn't care about how to open a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cake shop with Zhang, she was busy sorting out the newly obtained dowry in her private treasury.

The emperors of all dynasties and dynasties had private treasuries, which were separate from the state treasury.

To put it bluntly, the emperor's private treasury is a good thing, and the people below have eyes to put it in, so the emperor's private treasury is more valuable than the things in the treasury.

But, but, but! The private treasury of the sad Emperor Li San is empty!!

As the queen, Mu Fushu naturally has her own private treasury, most of which are her own dowries. As for the things in the space, there are still more modern ones, and there is no need to take them out, which warehouse has her space insurance?

This time, the dowry given by the Zhang family was all gold and silver, except for the jewelry, with a total of about 200,000 taels of gold. Some jewels are incalculable in value and are not counted.

In addition to Cui Chongyu, Zhang and Shen Baiwei also have a son and a daughter. The daughter has long been married, and the son is now the head of the Shen family. She and Shen Baiwei are basically semi-retired. This time I came to Chang'an in the name of play, and even Shen Baiwei didn't know that she was actually here to give her granddaughter a dowry.

These gold Mu Fushu put them into his private treasury, and San Lang smiled when he was having dinner: "In the future, I will rely on you to raise it, your private treasury is almost unable, and my private treasury can't even raise mice." ”

Mu Fushu smiled and said: "The entire Great Sui is your private treasury, if you want silver, someone will naturally send it to you." ”

San Lang pretended to mutter: "Well, it's better for me to make an order tomorrow, and donate the silver to me for an official." ”

Mu Fushu's eyes lit up: "Good idea!" I remember an emperor who did such a thing. We can give an official name, not real power. ”

San Lang was surprised: "Is this okay?" ”

Mu Fushu nodded: "Naturally, it is possible." Although the household department has sold both paper and letterpress printing, but there is not much input in the short term, and then we will rebuild the college, and also promote the new varieties of waterwheel windmill terraces throughout the country...... It's all about money. The money in my private treasury looks like a lot, and it's not enough to distribute it to the whole Great Sui! ”

San Lang also said with a straight face: "Then let's discuss it first, and the decree will be issued at the court meeting the day after tomorrow." ”

Mu Fushu gave a thumbs up to San Lang: domineering!

Before Emperor Ai of the Sui Dynasty, the imperial power of the Great Sui Emperor was not centralized, and the family accounted for a large proportion of the courtiers. After the usurpation of power by the Wang clan and years of famine and civil war, the power of the family was weakened. Since Saburo ascended the throne, the remaining families have either taken refuge in the new emperor or waited and watched.

After the marriage of San Lang and Mu Fushu, the emperor and queen went to the court together from the beginning of the great dynasty, and now they do not pull each time, and the ministers have subtly accepted such a move. A large part of the courtiers were silent for the sake of Cui Chongyu and Yang Weng's face, but in fact, they wanted to be crooked.

Yang Weng and Cui Chongyu are now the eldest princesses in public, and both hold real power.

Many people think that San Lang was the emperor at that time because he married the daughter of the eldest princess, after all, Yang Weiai is the only bloodline of Emperor Wai, and only with her approval can he justifiably ascend to the throne. The queen and the emperor are in the same dynasty, there is no one in history, and the reason why the courtiers accept it is that they feel that this is not the eldest princess who is worried about the new emperor, so they use the emperor and queen to suppress him.

In the eyes of the courtiers, the emperor of Saburo definitely relied on women to ascend to the throne. And in their self-righteous speculation, the emperor and queen have gained a firm foothold, and in their jealousy of the emperor and the eldest princess behind them, the imperial power has been concentrated in the hands of the emperor and queen.

At every court meeting, almost a new decree was introduced, and under normal circumstances, no courtiers would oppose it, and even if there were, they would be quickly convinced, because the six ministries were almost all on the side of the emperor and queen.

Originally, the six Shangshu belonged to the three grades, and the official positions of the first grade, such as Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, died out before everyone paid attention, and these positions were not established since the new emperor ascended the throne. And the second rank of the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, the hussar general and other positions, except for the military department secretary Cui Chongyu who also holds the position of the hussar general, the others have not been appointed, and the six books have been pulled from the third grade to the second grade.

The Six Books were originally just obedient, but now they have become the executors of the emperor's will. And the six Shangshu don't speak, where do the others dare to speak? In this way, Mu Fushu and San Lang firmly controlled the entire imperial court.

In the last great court in early March, Cui Yuanqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, first reported the results of the children's examination to the emperor. There were 2,360 people in Chang'an this time, and only 528 people passed the children's examination, which was almost one-fifth of the people who took the examination.

Saburo first fully praised the rigorous work attitude and excellent work style of the Ministry of Rites, and encouraged them to make persistent efforts. Then another decree was issued, to the effect that those who passed the children's examination this time would go to the academy (Gongyuan) to participate in the unified study counseling, and the imperial court would issue study materials, and the Ministry of Rites would appoint a gentleman to attend classes. In principle, there is no tuition fee, only three meals a day, and those from poor families can help clean and tidy up in the college in exchange for lunch, and have two days off for every five days of class, and other things such as awards for outstanding students will be discussed......

Other state capitals will build academies in accordance with the system and specifications of Chang'an Academy, and the silver will be paid by the imperial court and 90% by the local government......

When Saburo said that he would open classes for children in the renovated academy of Gongyuan, the officials at the bottom agreed that when poor students could exchange labor for food, a small number of people whispered "insulting Sven".

Later, when San Lang said that the construction of other state academies would be funded by all localities, even Cui Yuanqi and other people changed their faces.

The establishment of a seowon was not an easy task. Even if each prefecture set up a academy and faced students who had passed the children's examination, it would require at least five or six large courtyards, a school building that could accommodate hundreds of people, and a canteen to recruit miscellaneous servants and invite gentlemen......

Roughly calculated, it is impossible to run a academy without tens of millions of dollars.

Today, a small number of officials in various state capitals are still left over from the previous dynasty, and most of them are appointed by the new emperor. Most of these people are from the family, and the current family is also glamorous, and it is impossible for them to take out the money. So as soon as San Lang said this, everyone objected.

When they were almost noisy, Saburo knocked on the table, and when everyone was quiet, he waved his hand.

Like every dynasty, Fu Gonggong walked down with a tray and a stack of papers. After walking around among the courtiers and returning to San Lang, the courtiers all held a piece of paper in their hands, which said that San Lang and Mu Fushu had the official names of the people who built the academy for this voluntary donation, or from the "student assistant" of Wupin.

The official from the fifth grade is not small, and it is three poles higher than the county order!

It's just that this "student assistant" has no real power, and the only advantage is that there can be three college recommendation places after each child student examination, and he can directly enter the college to study without going through the child student examination.

Mu Fushu and Saburo thought about it, it was unrealistic to concentrate all school-age children in the academy, at least for now. However, the imperial court encouraged children to go to school, as long as they passed the children's examination, they would be rewarded by the imperial court with ten taels of silver, and the tuition fee for studying in the academy was completely free, and only the meal fee was needed, and the meal fee was not much, two hundred wen a month.

Since San Lang ascended the throne, the price of rice in the country has fallen, and now a bucket of rice is about 100 Wen, and a bucket is 30 catties, which is equivalent to more than one catty of Sanwen, and 300 Wen a month is the price of 100 catties of rice.

And ten taels of silver is 10,000 yuan, which can let the child eat in the academy for five years. The exam is held once every three years, and if the student does not pass the school exam that year, he or she will have two years of food money left over if he waits for another three years.

Anyone can calculate this account, plus the poor family can also exchange labor for food, maybe even the ten taels of silver can be saved, as long as you are not a fool, everyone is willing to do such a good thing!

As for the study before the children's exam, Mu Fushu planned to set up a private school in each village or between several villages, and those who paid for the establishment of a private school could also get an official, which was the "student aid order" of the eight grades, and the level was equivalent to that of the town mayor.

These rules were all made by San Lang and Mu Fushu for a day. There are many wealthy people in the people, and it is difficult to rely on the imperial examination to become an official, and there must be many people who want to pay money to buy an official. They pay money, and the court gives the official name, although they have no real power, it is good to say it, and they have jumped from Shinong Industry and Commerce to an official family, and their identities are immediately different, and those who have surplus wealth and are self-motivated will compete to pay for it.

San Lang and Mu Fu are in each township's "student aid order" and Fucheng's "student aid lang" There is only one place, and the recognition of this quota is naturally ...... The highest bidder wins.

This is Saburo based on the household department a few days ago for the paper mill and printing factory "bidding" to think, the two factories are the highest price, the annual dividend to the imperial court is not counted, a one-time buyout also has to pay, and this buyout is not for life, only three years, three years later, three years later. The printing factory was honored to be won by Zhou Boduan, but the paper mill was won by Zhang's current husband, Shen. Mu Fushu smiled and said that Zhang's work and family visits are not wrong.

This edict was carefully read by the ministers and workers present from beginning to end, and then read it again, many people wiped their eyes suspiciously, thinking that today did not come out with a brain, Li Sanlang actually dared to sell officials openly, this is the rhythm of the gods?

Mu Fushu saw that those people were heartbroken and wanted to change careers to become speech officials (because of the lack of manpower, unfortunately there were no speech officials in the entire imperial court...... Can it be said that this is deliberate by the emperor? , he said coldly: "Since there is no objection, I will order the state capitals......"

"Your Highness, slow ......" The one who spoke was a little old man in his fifties who was in the Ministry of Rites: "This is a traitor, the saint and His Highness must not set this precedent!" ”

Mu Fushu sat on the chair with a straight face: "Lord Huang, what is an official?" ”R1152