Place the value in advance, return to the house,

Zhang Sheng went straight to the empty study and searched left and right, "Yuan Xi goes out, when does he usually come back?" ”

"Before the time, you must come back, do you want to eat first?" The steward asked with concern.

Zhang Sheng ignored it and walked to the main hall absentmindedly.

After thinking about it for a long time, he changed into Confucian clothes and ordered someone to prepare a fast horse, and he was not allowed to go to the good country to witness it, but he always did not believe it.

The Ministry of Rites is proficient in the six arts, and Zhang Sheng is proficient in horsemanship, like a thunderbolt walking on the ground, constantly surpassing the carriage, attracting passers-by to shout and scold.

Zhang Sheng ignored it and rode a jujube red horse to Liangxiang quickly.

Liangxiang College of Science, the flow of people is surging, and the students who enter the hospital are wearing green clothes and combing their hair in a bun, which is quite like the Guozijian, solemn and formal.

"I can't imagine that a courtyard in the market has the scale of a national eunuch."

The students who came and went, wearing the same clothes, couldn't recognize Zhang Yuanxilai.

Zhang Sheng found Wang Yue and asked angrily: "Where is my son Yuanxi?" ”

Wang Yue snorted lightly and ignored it.

The last time this guy came to ask for a good hometown arithmetic strategy, he was polite, and he almost called him dad.

This time it was so rude, the official kindly took in your son, but you bitten him.

Zhang Sheng came to his senses and was a little anxious, so he eased his face: "I am looking for my son, and I hope that Brother Shichang will forgive me." ”

Wang Yue didn't care about him and took him to Zhang Yuanxi.

Just looking at it from a distance, Zhang Sheng can confirm that it is Zhang Yuanxi, there is no doubt that he has confirmed it, and he really deceived the old man!

Wang Yue was surprised: "Brother Qizhao didn't go over and beat him?" ”

Zhang Sheng shook his head, as a member of the Ministry of Rites, how could he be so rude, and he was also ashamed to be passed on to His Majesty by the Jinyi Guard.

Yan Fu,

Yan Chengjin knew that if he wanted His Majesty to set up a local imperial history yamen in the imperial court, he had to calculate the expenses first.

How much silver is needed to build the yamen, and how much is the monthly rice?

Xie Yu's fingers flew quickly, licking his lips from time to time.

Since liquidating the Yellow Book for the imperial court, Xie Yu's status in Yan Chengjin's heart has been improved.

I have obtained the qualification to come to Yan Mansion to recognize the door.

"Lord Yan, the liquidation has come out, counting the silver for building the yamen, it will cost 500,000 taels in the first year."

He was liquidated according to the specifications and personnel of the state and county yamen.

In the state and county yamen, there are three classes and six rooms, and the imperial history yamen is not needed, saving a lot of money.

Yan Chengjin carefully looked at the clear accounts.

At this moment, He Neng ran over and said, "Young master, there is a person outside, his name is Zhang Sheng, who claims to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

You don't have to think about it to know that it's for Zhang Yuanxi's business.

Chasing dreams is a brave thing, Yan Chengjin admires Zhang Yuanxi a little, and dares to do this secretly.

Just like in the previous life, he took his tuition fees to travel...... No, just chasing your dreams.

Soon, Zhang Sheng was invited into the mansion by He Neng, looking around the small courtyard, the vegetables and fruits were as green as jade, and the animals were snorting in the shed.

Although he heard that the Marquis of Anding was indifferent to Mingzhi, the dilapidated and decayed Yan Mansion exceeded his expectations.

"If the adult is here for Zhang Yuanxi, I'm afraid I'm looking for the wrong person."

Yan Chengjin didn't get up to greet him, anyway, Zhang Sheng also came to ask for the guilt.

"This official has just returned from the College of Science, and you have managed the academy in Liangxiang, and how many children of the family have been harmed." Zhang Sheng was a little angry.

In the Faculty of Science, I not only saw Zhang Yuanxi, but also a few children from big families who often came to the house.

They were supposed to study the books of the sages in the country, but they went astray.

Yan Chengjin said: "Lord Zhang came to my house just to say this?" ”

"Of course not!"

Zhang Sheng was furious: "This official wants you to close the School of Science!" Otherwise, I beg your majesty to order it to be closed. ”

My son Yuanxi's talent is not high, Yingxue can study to be worthy of the imperial examination, how can he separate his superfluous thoughts and not do his job.

When I returned to Beijing from Liangxiang, I thought about it for a long time, even if I tried to persuade my son, it was in vain.

If they could be persuaded, Li Gong and Xie Gong would have persuaded them back a long time ago, and now, why should Li Zhaofan and Xie Pi still be in Liangxiang.

The only way to do this is to shut down the Faculty of Science.

Yan Chengjin pondered for a moment, and after a long time, he disagreed: "My lord thinks clearly, how can Your Majesty close the School of Science?" If it is closed, the novelty of the good township is gone, and the merchants do not come to the good town to do business, where will the business tax be collected? Where did the doctor of Huimin Pharmacy come from? ”

Liangxiang's School of Commerce and Taxation has a great relationship with the College of Science, and if you want to ban it, you have to ask Your Majesty if you agree.

Whoever touched the tax money of the imperial court, His Majesty was the first to ask for the guilt.

Zhang Sheng pulled the corners of his mouth, and was heartbroken: "But the old man's son ......"

"My lord promised to enter the palace with the lower officials, please beg to open the imperial history yamen, and the official has his own way."

"Humph! How can the old man trade with you for his own selfish desires? ”

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate pickets the government and the opposition, and admits all provinces, but the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, with only one hundred and fifteen imperial histories, and there are places beyond sight, and the adults are for the people of the world."

"I love to hear you say that."

………

Fengtian Temple,

Emperor Hongzhi put down Zhu Pi's pen and suddenly looked at Xiao Jing: "I ordered the Imperial Procuratorate and the Criminal Department to revise the law, how did it change?" ”

Xiao Jing squeezed out a smile: "Wang Shouren of the Criminal Department changed it to the time of the Punishment Department last night, but Lord Yan ......ran away before it was time to be on duty."

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly showed a little dissatisfaction.

In his spare time, he would quietly inspect the duty rooms of various yamen, and after the unitary time, he never saw Yan Chengjin.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yan and Lord Zhang ask to see you."

Yan Chengjin strode into the hall, and greeted Emperor Hongzhi slightly: "The minister has something to play, this is the extravagant expense of opening the imperial history yamen, and it should not be far from Xie Yu to liquidate it." ”

Emperor Hongzhi opened it casually, and when he saw the end, his face was surprised: "Why is there more silver?" ”

"Your Majesty still remembers the hidden fertile land and tax silver during the thorough investigation of the Yellow Book? If the imperial history yamen is set up in the local area, the gentry and officials who dare to avoid taxes will be greatly reduced, and the amount of taxes received by the imperial court will naturally be higher than it is today. ”

Zhang Sheng nodded his head and said in a timely manner: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Although he felt that it was a little strange for Yan Chengjin and Zhang Sheng to meet together, Emperor Hongzhi's attention stayed on the account book.

What Yan Chengjin said is not unreasonable, so that the population and fertile land of the Yellow Book will be difficult to hide.

"Do you think I haven't seen the accounts of the household department, but it's not my will? The difficult thing is that there is no silver in the household! ”

Emperor Hongzhi had more than enough heart but not enough strength.

Zhang Sheng nodded with a wry smile and looked at Yan Chengjin.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "There is silver, the minister guesses, and the island country of the neighboring countries of the Ming Dynasty has an inexhaustible supply of silver!" ”

The corners of Emperor Hongzhi's mouth twitched,

But he didn't believe it, Emperor Gao had instructed his descendants to set up fifteen countries that would not be conquered.

The emperors of the past dynasties were warned not to conquer these fifteen vassal states, which were the island state, Korea, Ryukyu, Siam, Guawa, and Zhenwax......

These fifteen vassal states were poor in resources, and the land they had expropriated was useless, and they were just a waste of national strength.

"How do you know?"