"Brother Prince, don't hide it if you have something to say, okay"

Seeing Li Chengqian running here twice in three days, Li Fangchen couldn't have imagined that he had something to find himself.

"Alas, since you can see the second brother, then I won't hide it from you, there is indeed something."

Li Tai ordered someone to prepare tea and talk about business, but he didn't dare to interject, and at the same time wanted to hear what they had to talk about.

"Second brother, before I and Kong Yingda, Wang Ji and others presided over the study of the world, and encountered a problem. So far, there is no way to get along."

Li Fangchen subconsciously took a sip of tea, and at the same time began to think about some experiences in founding schools in later generations.

"That's right"

The world is prosperous, and eighty percent of the world's families have contributed capital, and the court is smashed millions of times a year.

In just seven years, thousands of schools have been built.

It was originally a college founded for the children of poor families, but later because of poor supervision, there was also a mess.

Fortunately, Li Fangchen and others noticed it in time, checked and filled in the gaps, and corrected it in time, which allowed the school to get back on the right path.

However, things could not be smooth sailing

Li Chengqian was dedicated to this, and he couldn't sleep for a few days at first, in order to present the scene of Li Fangchen's strategy and the world flourishing and the prevalence of learning and literature in the Tang Dynasty.

It's a pity that things backfired, and even Li Chengqian was a little confused about the chaos that happened now.

Before, it was because officials were greedy for money, and the school became a thing for others to collect money.

Now there is another big thing, the number of schools that should have been built this year is missing sixteen.

After Li Chengqian ordered people to investigate carefully, he found that no one was greedy for the money of building the school, but because the money spent by the school had tripled compared with previous years

For each school, when others funded and built it, the money spent was fixed.

At the beginning, Li Fangchen moved out of the Hope Primary School in advance, so that it is what it is now.

Spend money to build a school, the school will be named after the funder's name, and the funder's net worth and background will also be engraved in front of the door.

Such behavior really made many families pay a lot of money and contributed to the construction of the school.

Not to mention anything else, in Chang'an City alone, there are three more schools this year, which are funded by Qinghe Cui's family, Taiyuan Wang's family and Xunguo Gong Zhang Liang.

All contributors will be recorded in a book, which will be jointly kept by Li Chengqian and Kong Yingda.

The trouble is that because of the increase in the price of materials and the increase in the cost of building schools, there are 16 fewer schools that should have been built this year.

In Li Chengqian's hands, there are still seventeen schools, but in the end, I am afraid that it will be good to build nine, which means that there will be eight loopholes.

What to do

The school with a clear price is now not enough money, and the people who can still pay from others will not be able to do it again

If you really want money, then the names of the prince and the Kong family will be gone

How much should it cost to build a school

At the beginning, Li Chengqian wanted to find the household department to make up the rest of the money, but there were too many of them, and there were tens of thousands of loopholes to say the least.

I also thought about paying money from the East Palace to make up for it, but how much can the East Palace have

Now that the fees owed by the six schools have been made up, there is still a lot missing, and it is even more troublesome.

The reason why I came to Li Fangchen was to ask for advice and set a method once and for all.

If the cost of building a school increases again in the future, then what if they accept the money donated by others in advance?

It's hard to do it, and if it's not enough, it's not enough to return it to others

As for asking King Qin to pay to make up for it, Li Chengqian didn't think about it at all.

It's really not good, so I will have a break with my father and ask for money from the household department

After Li Fangchen listened, his head was buzzing, and what Li Chengqian said was a little vague, and it took him a long time to figure out what was wrong.

"Brother Prince, to tell you the truth, I think it's time to stop donating to school."

Li Chengqian was shocked: "Second brother, don't you have a choice?"

Li Fangchen shook his head and said: "That's not the case, at first, it was because the annual tax revenue of the court was not much, and the matter of learning could not be delayed, so this plan was made." Now that the Tang Dynasty is developing very well, the annual cost of building a school is not heavy, so it is better to stop and let the court do it by itself. ”

Li Chengqian hesitated and said: "Second brother, is it difficult, you plan to let the household department contribute all in the future."

Li Fangchen nodded, "It should be like this, this is the place of national learning, if it is all built by others at the expense of others, what kind of system will it become?"

"But what if someone else pays for it in the future?"

"But it can't be in accordance with the previous standard, send someone to make a total calculation of the cost of building a school every year, how much each school donates, where to build it must be selected in advance, valid for one year."

"I don't understand"

"It's to arrange a few people to build a school, how much money should be spent, at the beginning of the year. Then determine how much you want to donate to the school this year, and this will be the case within a year. ”

"What if this happens?"

"It's subsidized by the household department, but you'd better make this matter clear to your father, otherwise it's a big trouble."

"Let me think about it."

"Brother Prince, you can't stop learning, for the sake of the people of the world, the more places you must learn, the better"

"But this is easy to go from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, with others donating money to build a school, how can the household department be willing to pay for it on its own"

"It has to be paid, the money of the household department was taken from the people, and now what is wrong with using it for the people, besides, you won't go to your father"

Li Chengqian's mind was drowsy and there was too much information.

Looking at the meaning of the second brother, the previous donation of money to build a school can almost be stopped.

In the end, it is the place of national learning, and the people cannot only think of the good of others, without considering the prestige of the Tang Dynasty

Think about those big families, and now their prestige among the people is very deep.

Many people, Li Shimin did not dare to move lightly.

To build a school, but it took thousands of dollars, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and even Wei Zheng, who was down-and-out at home, donated two.

In their words, blessing the children and grandchildren, doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, the heart is happy to spend this money.

Especially the great Confucians, one by one, they donated nearly half of their net worth.

For a while, the atmosphere of Datang was to compare with each other to see who donated more schools.

Li Chengqian even set up a monument of merit, which is engraved with the names of the 10 people who donated the most to education, which is changed every year.

Li Shimin was not stingy, praised and invited wine, and even set up a banquet in the palace, so that those people's vanity was fully satisfied.

No one is stupid, donating to school can not only be praised by the people, but also can make Li Shimin pay attention to it, no matter how you look at it, you will not lose.

When they are old, they can also show off their power in front of their children and grandchildren, pointing to the distance and shouting: "Lao Tzu donated ten schools back then"

There is a saying that what can be done with money is not called a thing

The year before last, there was also a fourth-grade official, who was promoted by Li Shimin to be a third-grade official because he donated sixteen schools in a row.

Spending money to buy officials, no, we are for the people of the Tang Dynasty

A few days later, Li Chengqian ran to Li Fangchen again, "Second brother"

"What's wrong?"

Li Chengqian hurriedly poured a large cup of tea, "There is one more thing, I forgot to ask you yesterday." ”

"Don't worry, sit first"

"Second brother, is there a girl next to your Princess Qin?"

The girl is next to Princess Qin

Li Fangchen's face changed, "What do you ask her to do?"

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly: "A few days ago, Princess Qin took her with her when she entered the palace to ask her mother, and the pheasant slave took a fancy to her, let me ask if I could bring him back to the palace to be a maid." ”

Li Fangchen got up suddenly, "How could Xuan'er bring that girl into the palace" ()