"Public spending?"

"Building bridges and paving roads?"

"Build a public school?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Liu Jin again.

"Your Majesty, my lords, the role of this cement road must be very clear to everyone, Tianjin and Beijing, when there was no cement road before, it was very troublesome to go back and forth, and it took two or three days."

"But after there is a cement road, it is very convenient to come and go, two or three hours is enough, morning and evening, and the fish freight from Tianjin to Tianjin is still fresh."

"If we can have such a cement road connection in all provinces of Daming, then it will be extremely beneficial to the circulation of goods and personnel in our Daming."

"Not to mention anything else, just in terms of disasters, it used to take ten days and half a month to transfer grain from the south to the north, and because the road is not smooth, the loss on the road is also very large, often a hundred catties of grain, and the road will be lost about three or four percent."

"But with the cement road, the use of the most convenient four-wheeled carriage now, according to the speed of Tianjin to the capital, from the south to the north, a few days is enough, and the loss on the road can be minimized, and even a loss of one percent is not needed."

"In the future, when the imperial court provides disaster relief, the pressure will be very small, because if there is a disaster in one place, other places can quickly transfer food support."

Liu Jin looked at everyone and continued to talk about the importance and benefits of building bridges and paving roads.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

In later generations, this is almost everyone knows the truth, the importance of the road is undoubted, and the cement has been made, and the cement road is naturally to be built on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty.

"Well said~"

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nod his head.

This land of China, because of the influence of the subtropical high pressure, has always been a lot of disasters and difficulties, flooding in the south and drought in the north, or drought in the back and flooding in the south, almost every year, and it is rarely said that the wind and rain are smooth.

Therefore, disaster relief has also become a major event in the imperial courts of all dynasties.

When it comes to disaster relief, the most important thing is food.

The common people can't eat enough, and everything can be done, as long as they can eat enough, then everything can be eliminated cleanly.

However, grain is a big problem, and all dynasties have attached great importance to the construction of granaries and the storage of grain, in fact, mainly for disaster relief.

Now Liu Jin proposed to overhaul cement roads in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, which is about the heart of Emperor Hongzhi.

Every change of dynasty almost begins with a famine, and the common people who can't eat enough can no longer survive, and then gradually sets off wave after wave of peasant uprisings, which eventually leads to the change of dynasties.

With the concrete road, this disaster relief has become easier, and it has become easier for people in the disaster area to escape to other places, and the impact of the disaster can be minimized.

This is very important to stabilize the Ming dynasty and the throne of their old Zhu family.

"Well, when the imperial court is rich, it is indeed possible to build cement roads on a large scale in various parts of the Ming Dynasty."

The other ministers also nodded after hearing this.

There are too many benefits of cement roads, and many places even spontaneously organize the construction of cement roads, and those who have money contribute money and have strong contributions.

However, this kind of cement road connecting various provinces naturally still needs to be built by the imperial court, and its expenses and expenses will be very huge, and only the imperial court can afford it.

"I think this is okay, the Ministry of Industry can come up with a plan, now that the court has money, the people's money will also be used on the people."

"As Liu Jin said, building bridges and paving roads, building rivers and reservoirs can be done, roads can facilitate everyone's travel, rivers can prevent rivers from flooding and washing away fertile land, and reservoirs for flood control and water storage are all good and important things that are beneficial to the country and the country, and the people's livelihood."

"In the past, the imperial court did not have money, even if they wanted to do these things, they were often powerless, and there was no way to benefit all parts of our Ming Dynasty on a large scale."

"Now that the court has silver, it should be implemented on a large scale and really do some big things, so that the people can feel that this tax is taken from the people and used by the people."

"In addition, what Liu Jin said about raising the income of officials, the household department and the ministry of officials have also come up with a plan, and it is time to increase the income for everyone."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone, thought about it, and said slowly.

If you have money, it's easy to get things done.

The flowers that should be spent, the ones that shouldn't be spent, seem to be able to spend a little.

So he is also very generous, building bridges and paving roads, building bridges and paving roads, and raising the price of Lu, although Emperor Hongzhi knows that none of these officials live on Yulu.

Which of these ministers and officials in the DPRK and China does not have a large number of fields and shops behind them, and which one of them does not have shares in a commercial house in Tianjin?

There are countless factories, workshops, and so on in Beijing and Tianjin, and there are shadows of these ministers of the DPRK and China behind them.

There are many corrupt officials, but there are still many honest officials, and there are some officials who are honest and stupid and will not invest.

In recent years, with the development of the Beijing-Tianjin area, the living standards in the Beijing-Tianjin area have improved rapidly, and consumption has become much higher, and many honest officials have even found it difficult to live.

Those officials who only rely on the rent collection of land in their homes to make a living are also having a much more difficult time.

So this is a good thing, it should go up~

Emperor Hongzhi is also a good emperor, he is rich, and he is not a stingy person.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but look at Liu Jin again.

What a talent!

Not only has his pockets swelled up, but now he has also made the treasury of the imperial court bulge, but it is not plundering the common people, it is all silver earned by his own real skills.

I have money, the court is also rich, and the people seem to be rich now, as if all of a sudden, everyone is rich, and this life is better.

It's incredible to think about.

But all this is very true, now go outside to see it, the price of the entire Beijing and Tianjin area is very cheap, the goods are many times more than before, and the more important thing is that the income of the people in the Beijing and Tianjin area has risen too much.

Factories and workshops now hire a person, and they can only hire someone after a month for three taels of silver.

"There is also something about building a public school, according to me, it is also possible~"

"My Ming vassal states are constantly hiring Mr. from my Ming side to teach and educate people, and we ourselves naturally have to pay more attention to it."

"As Liu Jin said, in the future, a certain proportion of the national treasury will be set every year to run offices and schools, so that more children from poor families can also go to school."

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and said again.

"Your Majesty, if public schools are opened on a large scale, will this lead to a lower acceptance rate for the imperial examination in the future?"

At this time, Liu Jian thought about it and said.

If there are a lot of public schools in Daming and more people study, there will be more people who will take the imperial examination in the future.

Moreover, every time the imperial court takes the imperial examination, there are strict regulations on the number of people who are lifted and jinshi, and if there are too many people who participate in the imperial examination, it will be more difficult to raise and enter the jinshi in the future.

"Your Majesty, Princess~"

"In this public school opened by the imperial court, the minister thought that it should focus on popularizing literacy and basic arithmetic, knowing some basic common sense, and special skills training, rather than relying on the imperial examination."

Liu Jin thought about it and proposed.

Yes, it is very difficult to take the imperial examination, so this public school should not continue to immerse itself in the Bagu Wen, but should follow the example of the education of later generations, distinguish disciplines, emphasize basic education, and lay the foundation for the development and vigorous development of science.

If this public school is also mainly based on the imperial examination, it will have no meaning, it will just cultivate more nerds, and it will be of no use to the development of the court and the country.

"If that's the case, the minister thinks it's okay, and the public schools run by the imperial court don't participate in the imperial examination, which is much fairer."

"It's just that if you can't take the imperial examination, will someone send you to study?"

After listening to this, Liu Jian nodded after thinking about it.

That's right, if public schools are basically free, this is very unfair to those in private schools, if they can't take the imperial examination, it's fairer, for rich families, their children spend money to go to private schools, and they can take the imperial examination to become officials.

It is fairer that the children of ordinary families go to public schools for free and cannot participate in the imperial examinations.

"It doesn't matter if you can't take the imperial examination, not everyone has to be an official, if you study and have knowledge, you can also go to the accounting office, work but manage, and you can also learn to build bridges and pave roads, learn shipbuilding, ironmaking, and so on."

"These are also very popular now, at least a good way out."

Liu Jin's face was full of smiles.

Yes, yes, that's how it should be.

These eight strands of literature and the imperial examination have already entered a dead end, and more people must not be allowed to enter it, and this public school will be run according to the school of later generations.

It is best not to rely on the imperial examination, and when the time comes, you will run some shipbuilding colleges, iron and steel colleges, engineering colleges, etc., and these public schools are still recruiting, and then there will be scientific and technological talents in the future.

Liu Jin clearly knows that science and technology are the primary productive forces, and if Daming wants to truly stand firm on the earth, it must master the most advanced science and technology, and even lead the development of science and technology.

The original education system of Daming is obviously not good, so it must be changed, and this public school is obviously a good opportunity.

In the future, people from this private school will continue to study Baguwen, take the imperial examination, and be admitted to become officials.

The children of this public school learn more content, take the entrance examination to various colleges, learn well, master all kinds of skills and technologies, and with them, the development of Daming will not have to worry.

Moreover, Liu Jin believes that as long as a few decades pass, everyone will naturally understand the disadvantages of the Bagu Wen and the imperial examination, and even if Liu Jin does not abolish the imperial examination and the Bagu Wen, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition will also demand that the Bagu Wen and the imperial examination be abolished.