As the prince finished speaking, the atmosphere in the imperial study was a little solemn.

The bigwigs were silent, because they had not yet figured out what the emperor's father and son were hapting, and they spoke rashly, and once they said the wrong thing, they were extremely passive.

Ma Zhou and Cen Wenwen were obviously pulled by the emperor to stand in line, and they didn't talk much......

After the prince finished speaking, His Majesty Li Er groaned with a deep face, the fingers of his right hand were curled, and he gently tapped on the bookcase, and there was silence in the imperial study, and the light sound of "grabbing" was very distinct.

After a while, His Majesty Li Er raised his head, looked at the bigwigs, and asked: "Only by entering the imperial examination can we recruit talents from all over the world for the use of the country, so that the people with splendid ambitions cannot stretch and talents cannot be fully utilized, so the imperial court vigorously supports it." However, in the past few years, little has been achieved, and not many poor people have stood out and been used by the country...... Ladies and gentlemen, do you think that the national policy of entering the imperial examination is in line with current affairs? ”

The big guys groaned separately.

This is a national policy, not a decision made by the emperor alone, but after detailed deliberation by the political affairs hall and many courtiers, the policy was formulated.

Supporting the imperial examination is a must, this is political correctness, whoever dares to oppose it is to deny the emperor and the entire imperial court, and it may not be necessary to destroy the family, but it is certain to be suppressed...... So don't listen to the emperor's casual questions, if anyone dares to deny it, wait to be cleaned up.

Zhang Xingcheng lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, without saying a word.

It's as if the emperor called him to a meeting, and he came, but forgot to bring his mouth......

Xiao Yu is old, and he has just returned to Beijing after a long journey, and he hasn't recovered yet, so he sits there drinking tea, looking a little depressed.

However, these two can pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the eldest grandson Wuji cannot.

Because in the prince's words just now, he named the collapse of school buildings in various states and counties in Guanzhong, and the abandonment of social studies, and seven or eight out of ten officials in Guanzhong are from Guanlong nobles, how can Wuji, the eldest grandson who is the "handle" of Guanlong nobles, get around?

After a little hesitation, the eldest grandson Wuji said cautiously: "His Royal Highness the Prince's worries are really necessary, and the magistrates in various places have failed to put social studies in the first place, which is indeed a dereliction of duty. The imperial examination system is the basic national policy, is a necessary means for the empire to continue to be strong, but although the imperial examination system rose from the previous dynasty, but in the middle of the world chaos and waste for many years, now it is picked up again, although there is His Majesty's strong support and full call, but the regulatory methods still need to be slowly explored, only by constantly looking for omissions from it, and constantly improving it, can it become the cornerstone of the country, and there is a long way to go! ”

The bigwigs silently praised the eldest grandson Wuji in their hearts, worthy of being a "yin person", and this hand is really slippery......

There is no doubt that the imperial examination is the emperor's political proposition, and no prevarication or sophistry can be made.

Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji did not say anything about the difficulty of the imperial examination, the excessive cost of money, the lack of teachers, etc., and affirmed his tendency when he opened his mouth, and he resolutely supported the emperor's decision. It's just that objective reasons exist after all, you can't ask us to climb to the sky in one step, things have to be done little by little, right?

Give us some time, and we'll do a good job.

It's just that this time is one year or two years, or ten or twenty years, or even until the emperor dies and the new emperor ascends the throne...... No one can say that well.

It's just that the eldest grandson Wuji knows in his heart that although these words seem to be true, in the final analysis, they are still prevaricating. Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, he secretly looked at the emperor's expression, and saw a dark cloud covering the top, and the originally square and handsome face was so gloomy that it could drip water at the moment......

The eldest grandson Wuji naturally felt the emperor's dissatisfaction, and sighed in his heart.

But he was also very helpless, if he didn't speak at this time, what would those people of the Guanlong nobles think of them afterwards?

He must safeguard the interests of the Guanlong nobles, otherwise once it is known that he betrayed everyone's interests to hug the emperor's thighs, people's hearts will be scattered.

As soon as people's hearts are scattered, it is not easy to be a "leading big brother......

Cen Wenwen, who had been there all the time, didn't seem to come back to his senses until the eldest grandson Wuji spoke, coughed, sat up straight, and said slowly: "Social science is the foundation of the imperial examination, and it should naturally be taken seriously, but what Zhao Guogong said is reasonable, the waste of social studies in the world is not a day and a half, but a long time caused by various reasons. It is indeed difficult to thrive social studies, teachers, housing, and subsidies...... Everything is difficult. But in the end, it's just a money word, as long as you have money, it's easy to do. ”

Li Ji was ill, bedridden, and could not come to the imperial study. In the past, when he was on an expedition to the Turks, he froze his leg in the snow and ice, and he had to stay in bed for a period of time at this time of year, which was extremely fortunate. He was the left servant of Shangshu, and he did not come, so the middle of the court shot Zhang Xing with the right servant and became a respectful ......

His Majesty Li Er immediately looked at Zhang Xingcheng: "In the past two years, the people of Fufu have been abundant, and there have been bumper harvests year after year, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs can still have plenty of money, can you allocate money to support social studies?" ”

Zhang Xingcheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although there is a lot of input in the account of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the expenses are greater. The prefectures and counties have invested huge sums of money in the construction of water conservancy and soil consolidation in successive years, and this year they have allocated military rations from all over the country to transport them to the two prefectures of Youying, which are eaten by people and chewed by horses, and the expenses are huge, so ...... Supporting social studies is really difficult. ”

This is not to shirk, the income of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is high, but the expenses are also large, and the construction of water conservancy facilities such as water wheels, canals, and overturned cars advocated by Fang Jun alone during his time in the Ministry of Industry consumes a large part of the tax revenue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This is still the participation of His Majesty Li Er's internal funds in many large-scale projects in the DPRK and China, such as the construction of the Great Ci'en Temple, if the Ministry of Civil Affairs has to pay for it, it is estimated that they will all go bankrupt.

Moreover, the biggest expense was to raise grain for the Eastern Crusade, and in order to ensure the success of the Eastern Crusade, not a single cent could be reduced......

The eldest grandson Wuji and Xiao Yu faintly felt that it was not good, how could they say that the court had no money?

Although these two people don't care about the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they always have their own channels to understand whether the imperial court's treasury is abundant, as far as they know, although because of the construction of water conservancy and the Eastern Crusade, they only spent a lot of taxes, but because of the existence of the Huating Town City, the taxes have almost doubled compared to the past, where is it spent so much?

I'm afraid the emperor is going to make a fuss here.

Of course, the prince on the side seemed to be waiting for Zhang Xingcheng's words, and immediately said: "If you want to enrich the treasury and take out money to support the implementation of the imperial examination in social studies, it is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditure." Now that the imperial court has greatly increased its use, whether it is to build water conservancy or prepare for the Eastern Expedition, it must not be reduced, so it is absolutely impossible to reduce expenditure, so the only way to open source is to open source. Father, son's humble opinion, can you not follow the measures of the city? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others were suddenly shocked.

What does it mean to emulate the city?

The reason why the city shipping division can have a large amount of inputs is to levy a high commercial tax, but all the goods in and out of the city shipping division, all goose plucking feathers to extract heavy taxes, which makes Jiangnan businessmen miserable, until they are unwilling to pay commercial taxes and smuggle at risk, but they have suffered a catastrophe, not only all the sea ships and goods are discarded, but also Fang Jun tightly grasps the pigtails, wanting to cry without tears.

The prince said that he would follow the law of the city...... Then it must be a commercial tax levied all over the world!

The eldest grandson Wuji said categorically: "Your Highness, by all means! The court is upright, and the world is obeying, how can it compete with the people for profit? ”

He only strongly expressed his opposition, but did not say much. In fact, needless to say, the matter of levying commercial taxes has been discussed more than once, and even hundreds of officials have participated in it several times, and the final result is not possible.

Of course not, seven or eight out of ten of the world's goods are in the hands of the family gate valve, and seven or eight out of ten of the hundred officials in the court are from the family door valve, let these people discuss whether they can spit out the meat in their own mouths, and only then can they pass through the ghost......

Cen Wenwen said indifferently: "Zhao Guogong's words are wrong, the four people of Shinong, industry and commerce, and the stone people of the country. However, the businessmen are at the bottom, they do not produce but grab huge profits, and they do not know etiquette but spend extravagantly, so why not let them take out a part of their income as taxes and subsidize people's livelihood? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and said: "Although the merchant is lowly, he walks the streets and alleys all over the north and south, if the commercial tax is levied, it will inevitably make him resentful, and then the rumors will bewitch and slander the court, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses." It's not that the commercial tax can't be collected, but now the country has not been established for a long time, and there are those who want to Sui Yang in the Guan Center, there are remnants of the former dynasty in Jiangnan, and there are descendants of the heroes of Zhulu in Shandong...... If it is connected by businessmen, I am afraid that it will cause disasters and social instability. If the commercial tax is levied, it can wait for the people in the world to stabilize and the situation to calm down before it can be slowed down. ”

Anyway, the collection of commercial taxes will definitely not work, and all the family gate valves will resist in groups.

Let's spit out the meat that got in our mouths?

Don't even think about it, if you are in a hurry, there are so many remote scholars who are thinking about raising the anti-flag and shaking the emperor in the Taiji Palace......

Otherwise, do you think that the emperors of all dynasties are willing to put such a big piece of fat as a commercial tax and turn a blind eye?

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