In the past thousand years, the feudal dynasty has always attached the most importance to the education of the prince, because it is related to the future of the empire, and it has to be treated with caution - so basically the education model is like the Ming and Qing dynasties, selecting Confucians for the princes, and then trying to make the princes become qualified rulers through the model of words and deeds.

This set sounds very beautiful and feasible, but when you really open the history books, you can find a very cruel point, after removing the founding emperor who did not end the orthodox royal education, and then you can find that the remaining emperors who have received this set of education models have few real talents, and at best they are only middle-aged people.

If the failure of the prince's education before the Qing Dynasty was due to the fact that the prince himself did not work hard, then the results of the prince's education in the Qing Dynasty can explain some problems.

Like the Qing Dynasty, the prince's education was extremely harsh, when the prince grew up to be six years old, he had to prepare to start enrolling in the Shangshufang and follow the master to be taught, and the prince's teachers at that time were basically served by Hanlin officials, not only to have outstanding knowledge, but also to have a good character, that is, upright, prudent, so as to ensure that the prince will not be bad.

After preparing a master (i.e., the head teacher) for the prince, the inner court will also match the master with one or two officials as deputies (equivalent to deputy teachers) according to the specific situation, and finally these teachers must also regularly accept the examination and teaching of the master of the Hanlin Academy to ensure the quality of the prince's teaching.

And when the luxurious teachers are ensured, the prince's class schedule will be determined, and in this table, the prince's life can be described as quite hard-

First of all, every morning at the beginning of the morning (equivalent to 5:00 ~ 5:40 in the morning) to enter the study room, and then until the second quarter (14:30 noon) before the end of school, and this stage is mainly to follow the teacher to read, the general master reads a sentence, the prince follows the reading of a sentence, after repeated recitation can be catchy, but also read a hundred times.

After the lesson, the prince began to learn infantry archery, and every five days in the Old Summer Palace, a process like this continued almost until the prince reached adulthood.

In a year, only New Year's Day, Duanyang Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Wanshou Festival and your own birthday can be closed, adding up to a total of five days, and other times even on Chinese New Year's Eve, you have to study.

It can be said that this kind of learning method that can be compared to the Hengshui model of later generations has made full use of the prince's time and squeezed out the prince's own energy.

However, no matter how hard you work in the wrong direction, you can't achieve real results, according to the memory of Ning Yu's later generations, you can know one thing, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty who learned with this set of models are actually very mediocre, among which Kangxi and Yongzheng are through a long period of government tempering, only to really achieve change.

Ning Yu scoffed at this model, and said loudly: "The prince should receive public education, if he is just locked up in the deep palace to learn literature and martial arts, what is the meaning of the country?" I think that your method can only teach the prince to be a useless scholar, but you can't teach him to be an emperor! ”

The ministers were suddenly a little embarrassed, especially Lin Haiyan's neck was red, and he was scolding with his nose, but the key was that he was quite right...... It's like Wanli, who grew up in this set of models, isn't he a real Confucian? I didn't see the slightest bit of the emperor's domineering.

Although Shoufu Cui Wancai nodded silently in his heart, he also had to stand up at this time and change the atmosphere, "Your Majesty, the minister should not be punished for his speech." But he was secretly reminding Ning Yu that his words were too heavy.

Ning Yu coughed lightly, but did not continue, but said earnestly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the education of the prince is a major matter and the foundation of the country, but because of this, I think that it must not be separated from the people, nor can it be separated from the reality of life, and only by letting the prince grow up from the real environment can he absorb the strength of the outside world." ”

"I want to open a royal school, and when the time comes, I will not only choose children among the meritorious lords, but also the children of martyrs and heroes in the army, as well as the children who perform well in the Eagle Camp, can all follow the eldest son of the emperor to enroll in school, so that the eldest son of the emperor can not only learn real knowledge, but also get in touch with more aspects of the world from the people around him, do you understand?"

After speaking, Ning Yu turned his head to look at the ignorant Ning Chengze, and said with a smile: "Ze'er, would you like to meet more friends in the future?" ”

"Ze'er is willing, thank you to Your Majesty Father." Ning Chengze blinked, but he didn't hesitate at all.

Lin Haiyan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Education, suddenly realized, with shame on his face, and said in a low voice: "The minister is stupid, the minister really shouldn't speak in vain, he failed to appreciate His Majesty's good intentions, and the minister is really guilty." ”

"He who speaks is not guilty, and he who speaks is not guilty."

With a smile on his face, Ning Yu waved his hand and said, "Now the Royal School is just a preliminary plan, and it will not be fully completed until next year, and it will not officially open at that time." I mention this matter today, mainly to tell you that for the positions at all levels of the Royal College, as well as the selection of teachers and the selection of children who will enter the school, they will start immediately, and you will be busy with this matter at that time. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When the ministers heard this, they immediately had a little commotion, because the emperor's words were too clear, let the prince contact more friends from an early age, not only to let him gain knowledge, but actually to cultivate contacts for the emperor's eldest son and expand future connections, so you can understand a little, but all the children who can study with the emperor's eldest son will have a ticket to the world of power in the future?

If you are serious, this is more realistic than any imperial examination, because no matter what you can learn in the Royal School, you can't change the identity of the students - they will all become classmates of the prince and even the prince, which is a good status that cannot be changed!

Even Ning Luoyuan, the person in charge of the shadow, realized this, of course he could see the mystery in this, and immediately said softly, "Your Majesty, that minister is going to ask Your Majesty for a reward." ”

Ning Yu looked at Ning Luoyuan who was standing aside, he knew quite well the spy leader beside him who was used to hiding himself all the year round, and it could be said that the other party had never used his shadow power to do some personal things, nor had he opened up with himself - today's meaning is not ordinary.

"Tell me about it, and I will naturally agree if I can."

Ning Luoyuan sighed slightly: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything, the shadow acts in and out of danger, and there are often unforeseen things, and some of them have no news at all, so they can't determine whether they are martyrs......... But after all, the ministers couldn't bear it, and their heirs couldn't really have a future, so they asked His Majesty for permission to let them enroll. ”

Ning Yu was slightly silent, and said casually: "At this time, there is nothing to do, you can draw up a list and submit it to me." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ning Luoyuan hurriedly knelt on the ground and gave Ning Yu a solemn salute, which is rare to see in Da Chu, who has now completely canceled the kneeling ceremony, but everyone understands that Ning Luoyuan's worship is completely for those orphans.

Seeing that Ning Luoyuan had already taken away some of the benefits, the others also more or less hoped to occupy some places, but before they could speak, Ning Yu stopped everyone's thoughts first.

"All admission lists need to be reviewed by me, so let's do it, bring the eldest prince down first."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the female officials took the young Ning Chengze out of the main hall, Ning Yu spoke: "The cabinet has just submitted this year's fiscal revenue and expenditure plan, of which this year's estimated fiscal revenue is 63 million silver dollars, but the fiscal expenditure has reached 73 million silver dollars, which means that the fiscal deficit plan has reached a full 10 million!" ”

"I took a look, of which the administrative expenditure was 28 million, the army expenditure was 22 million, and these two items alone reached 50 million, and as for the rest of the urban construction, transportation construction, and industrial planning expenditure, even if the separate industrial 1.0 planning expenditure was removed, it would reach 23 million silver dollars, which can be described as overstretched!"

When the topic came to this, the atmosphere in the entire Fengtian Temple had become very solemn, whether it was this income or this expense, in fact, it was far beyond everyone's imagination, you must know that in the Qing Dynasty, the annual income of more than 30 million taels of silver a year was already the limit, where is there such a large scale?

But even the annual income of 63 million silver dollars is almost not enough to cover the current expenses of Ning Chu, this is still under the premise that the royal treasury is taken out separately, you must know that in the previous dynasties, a large part of the annual income was also handed over to a large part of the inner treasury, but now Ning Chu only delivered a symbolic 630,000 silver dollars.

At this time, Cui Wancai, the first assistant of the cabinet, was naturally going to come out to speak, and as the head of the cabinet, he naturally had an account book in his heart.

"Your Majesty, since the recovery of the north last year, coupled with the expansion of the official base, the cost of the new deal has increased threefold, and it is difficult to reduce it, and the military expenditure has also increased by more than 60% compared with before the Northern Expedition, which is understandable.

Speaking of which, it's true that there isn't enough money, but it's also true that it can't come down, all the rules and regulations are big things, and they have to be done well, and naturally there is no shortage of silver.

Of course, Ning Yu naturally will not have the idea of blindly throttling, after all, the immediate expenditure is not a waste, but a necessary investment that is really beneficial to the country.

"People in the world often say that we need to open up sources and reduce expenditures, but I also know that at present, the north and the south of Great Chu have just been unified, and if we want to achieve comprehensive financial growth, it will take a few years to digest it, maybe in another three years, our fiscal revenue will be able to exceed 10,000 silver dollars, but at the moment we can't help....... As for the current throttling, there is nothing to be saved, and I think that the tax sharing system may be something to consider. ”

You must know that in today's Nanjing officialdom, the tax sharing system is no longer a real secret, as long as the officials with a certain grade have more or less understood this change, of course, everyone has both praise and depreciation of the tax sharing system in their hearts, but they are just waiting and watching at the moment.

Now that the boots are about to land, everyone is a little confused, after all, no one has really experienced the tax sharing system, there is no precedent to follow, and even many people have not yet figured out what the tax sharing system is.

Of course, for this aspect, Ning Yu also has his own helper, that is, as the current person in charge of Ningchu's financial and monetary reform, Ernst, he also has a lot of thinking and cognition about China and the West in terms of institutional reform in taxation.

In fact, in today's Europe, England, France and Sweden have adopted a considerable degree of tax sharing system, and effectively solved the financial power relationship between the central government and local governments."

Ernst stood up, this foreigner who was deeply trusted by Ning Yu, and now he has also been doubly trusted by Ning Yu, after the successful financial reform, he gave Ernst the title of duke, although it is not hereditary, but it still makes Ernst greatly moved, and is determined to sacrifice his life for Da Chu.

After all, since ancient times, the problem of how to control local power, especially the control of local finances, has almost run through the entire life of the dynasty, but not many people can effectively solve it, and they often fall into the contradiction of fighting themselves.

At present, although the problem of Ning Chu is not only a problem of local finance and central finance, but once the local tax relationship can be better balanced, it will naturally be more conducive to defending the authority of the imperial court itself.

After all, this is a problem that many emperors dream of solving.