If there is a person listed in the capital, who is the most arrogant, then the answer is undoubtedly Zhu Youneng.

If there is a person listed in the capital, who is more rampant than him, then this person is Li Ji.

The faint king and the loser seem to be a match made in heaven, and their encounter is destined to be a brilliant spark.

Having money is not a way to make a person happy, but very happy.

Hanyuan Palace,

"I decided to establish a school in the capital by the imperial court, and at least twelve schools should be established in the east, west, south, and north cities. School, free tuition, one lunch. ”

This is a good thing, but a good thing may not be able to win the support of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, it is certainly a good thing to open a school, but it requires a lot of money to support it. Although the treasury has savings, it is probably a drop in the bucket. Unexpectedly, the first to oppose was Zhang Wenwei.

It's true, the household department does have some money, but it is not for the sake of the loser. There is no war now, and once the war starts, the poor family of the household department will not be enough to spend.

The first step in opening a school is to build a school and recruit teachers. Then there are books, textbooks, and food and lodging if you manage lunch at noon.

Don't look at these as inconspicuous little things, but now everything has to be rebuilt, and everything has to be started from scratch.

This papermaking alone is a lot of expense, and papermaking requires a lot of manpower and material resources. And that's not all, there is also printing pen and ink, which all cost money.

These are extremely simple things in modern times, and there is a steady stream of pen, ink and paper for factory operations. In Datang, every piece of paper and every pen needs to spend a lot of financial resources to support.

"I don't care, if you don't have money, that's your household's business, and the school must be built!" Li Ji said categorically.

The ministers discussed a lot, how could the court have so much money for such a large expenditure.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Lord Zhang said is very true, and the minister seconded it." Dugu said next.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

……

"No, I've built this school! Only when everyone can afford to read and read can they understand things. Only sensible can contribute to my Tang Dynasty, I know that it will be difficult, with the current limited ability of the imperial court. But I have already decided, the school must be built! ”

Zhang Wenwei sighed, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, do you know that the annual expenditure of this academy can equip 50,000 iron horses, 50,000!" At present, the feudal towns are still eyeing each other, and the vassal kings are disobedient to the imperial court. They control the military and government affairs on the territory. Repeatedly refused to send officials to the imperial court, and the feudal towns were not removed, why did you prosper my Tang Dynasty! ”

Li Ji also slapped the table: "What about the other than the feudal town, in the future, my people will not be illiterate, and the common people will not be reasonable, how can such a Tang Dynasty be revitalized?" Zhang Wenwei, I have made up my mind, who dares to persuade him again, I have taken his official and dismissed his knighthood! ”

It is rare for Li Ji to be so angry, and this is the first time that he has threatened to dismiss an official.

I didn't expect this group of ministers to be extremely tough, but a few of them were not afraid of death.

Zhongshu Sheren Feng didn't have to stand up: "Your Majesty doesn't want to boost the prestige of our army, and the minister thinks it's inappropriate to ask for the end of the school!"

Hanlin scholar Liu Wei also followed: "Your Majesty, this is against the way of heaven, and the minister does not dare to agree. Only the Ping Fan can speak and learn, and it is too early to build a school at this time! ”

"Where is Kong Lin!" Li Ji shouted into the main hall.

Kong Lin stood up: "Your Majesty."

Li Ji pointed to Feng Bu and Liu Wei: "Pass the decree, remove Feng Bu from the post of Zhongshu Sheren, and order the assassin of Fuzhou." Hanlin bachelor Liu Wei, the old Demai, I am allowed to return to his hometown! ”

The ministers were shocked, the emperor was going to play for real. dismissed the two courtiers from their official positions one after another, and for a time the entire Hanyuan Hall was in an uproar. Li Ji had a cold face and didn't give anyone face.

The Son of Heaven Chrysostom issued an order to dismiss the two courtiers from their official positions, and the remaining ministers finally quieted down.

The ministers also know that Li Ji is working hard for the revitalization of my Tang Dynasty. But if the feudal town is not removed, it will be a disaster after all, and there will be a lot of discussion in the court for a while.

Some people advocate that the school can be opened, but it can't be free, and the imperial court really can't afford such a large expense.

"Your Majesty, this school can be opened by the imperial court. It can't be free, only Luoyang City is afraid that there are no less than 100,000 schoolchildren, such a big expense, we can't afford it anyway. Zhang Wenwei said again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, if it's completely free, the court really can't afford it." Cui Yuan also said.

"No, the glaze factory, the salt factory, and the Kaiyuan cabinet factory in Xishan Mountain, all the profits can be used to maintain the expenses of the school. I'd rather have 50,000 less iron riders, and I can't delay my children's schooling! ”

Opening a school is not something that can be done with money, this is a bottomless pit. Because there are students enrolled every year, Li Ji gritted his teeth and still had to build.

Today's court quarreled upside down, the Son of Heaven insisted on this, and the ministers were helpless. In the end, Zhang Wenwei gritted his teeth: "Okay, if Your Majesty builds a school, it can also be." The canonization ceremony of 800,000 yuan was reduced to 500,000. ”

Zhang Wenwei knew that what Li Ji liked most was the queen's enthronement ceremony, and he had invested a total of 800,000 yuan in Li Ji's private money. In addition to the cost of enthronement, there was also the construction of the queen's dormitory.

He used this threat to Li Ji, if he could leave 300,000 yuan, it would be a lot of money.

"I will give you 700,000 guan, and only 100,000 guan is enough for the post-sealing ceremony!"

The ministers were shocked when they heard it, and everyone knew that Li Ji did not hesitate to spend a lot of money for the queen's enthronement ceremony. didn't expect him to ignore the ceremony in order to build the school.

It seems that the academy is very important in the emperor's heart, and the ministers know that it is useless to persuade again, so they have to compromise in the end.

The court proclamation was issued in the opposition of the ministers, and the twelve schools in Luoyang City were built at the same time, and the school will open in May next year.

All school-age children can be enrolled in school at the age of eight, and the children's tuition fees are borne by the imperial court. Books and ink pens were all provided by the imperial court. At noon, those who have excellent grades will also be rewarded.

For a while, Luoyang City exploded, since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, I have never heard of this kind of thing, and it doesn't cost money to go to school.

Even so, some people still don't want their children to go. Because teenage children are also half of the family's laborers, but there is one that they can't refuse.

That is the imperial court's management of rice, don't underestimate this mere meal, in this era will make everyone rush to it.

The people eat two meals a day and eat bran vegetables. As the saying goes, half the size of the child, eat the poor old man. There are many children in the family, and that is a mouth for eating.

It would be nice if I went to the academy and could have one meal left at home. A meal is of great significance to the poor ordinary people, and there are many applicants for a while.

Zhang Mansion, Zhang Wenwei was in a very bad mood after he dispersed, and Zhang Wanxi saw that something was wrong: "Dad, what happened again?"

"Alas, daughter. Your canonization ceremony is not so glamorous. His Majesty reduced the cost of the ceremony from 800,000 to 100,000, and the rest of the money will go to open a school. ”

"Dad, this is a good thing, my daughter doesn't care about the extravagant post-sealing ceremony."

Zhang Wenwei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his daughter to object: "But, it's a hundred thousand, then this enthronement ceremony is so chilling." Anyway, you are also the queen of the Tang Dynasty, where is the royal face of the imperial court! ”

"Dad, why are you so confused, the opening of the school is to cultivate talents for my Datang. You look at the school that Sister Du opened in her county lord's mansion, and her daughter saw that those children learned a lot from her husband. They have learned what etiquette is, what loyalty is, and what patriotism is, and they are all the future of Datang. ”

"The future of Datang," Zhang Wenwei chewed this sentence carefully: "Well, maybe your daughter is right, alas......"

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the New Year is coming soon, and the capital is boiling.

The meat is fragrant, the smoke curls everywhere in the capital, and the meat is fragrant.

Pork has become a dish on the table.

These fat pigs learned to be castrated, and it was found that the castrated fat pigs grew very quickly.

Some have brains, keep the breeding pigs, waiting for the calves. Now the price of a piglet is more expensive than that of an adult goat, and this is still in short supply.

The pig industry has unwittingly entered the homes of ordinary people.

The booming pig industry brought cheap pork, which was fragrant and meaty. And there is no smell, pork has gradually become a must-have delicacy for the people during the New Year.

There are also many cloth village owners, who make money by blood.

The money lent to them by Kaiyuan Cabinet made their business very large, and every household would buy a new piece of clothing at the end of the year, and these cloth bosses made a fortune at the right time.

Li Ji did not miss any opportunity to make money, and the gunpowder workshop sold fireworks to the outside world, and fireworks became a great spectacle of this festival.

There are many wealthy businessmen in the capital, and when they make money, they just join in the fun. So they all went to the gunpowder workshop to buy some fireworks to celebrate, and from the night of the 28th day of the lunar month, some people began to set them off.

The night market is even brighter, and the enthusiasm of the people in the cold weather is undiminished.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, tomorrow will be the New Year.

Li Ji was not idle, he summoned Han E, the envoy to persuade farmers, and Zhang Wenwei, the household servant.

"Zhang Wenwei, I ask you. How much does it cost to pay for these twelve schools? ”

Zhang Wenwei thought for a while: "Your Majesty, frankly speaking, money is not a problem. Looking at the number of people signing up, the ministers are too worried. These 100,000 schoolchildren did not sign up all at once, and according to the school-age children, less than 40,000 have signed up this year. However, Your Majesty's food, the court is not enough, so it can only use military food. ”

Li Ji frowned: "How could you make such a low-level mistake." A few days ago, you had a quarrel with me in the main hall, which caused me to dismiss two courtiers. Now you come to tell me that money and food are not a problem, what do you do as a household servant! ”

Zhang Wenwei wiped his sweat, and indeed they miscalculated that day. There were about 100,000 children registered in Luoyang City, including all the ministers, who thought that 100,000 would be enrolled. As everyone knows, there are only about 40,000 people who have reached the eight-year-old school entrance requirements, so the pressure on the court has been reduced by more than half at once: "It's the ministers who are confused, but there is another point, first of all, there is a shortage of paper, pens and inkstones, and then there is the management of food.

"I just asked the two of you to discuss this matter, even if you use military rations, you can't cut off the food and lodging of the school. Han E, how much can you take out of sweet potatoes and corn in addition to keeping them for growing grain? ”

Han E bowed down and said, "There can still be forty or fifty thousand stones."

"Take it out and give it to the school, you can't starve these children. As for the pen and inkstone, I'll figure it out. ”

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