The emperor was so severe in criminal law, and it was mainly aimed at officials, which made some ministers start to worry, and Wu Rendu, the secretary of Dali Temple, said to the emperor, thinking that this would make some officials feel that the court was too unsympathetic and would dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Wu Qing, someone must be complaining to you, right?" Rest assured, there will be no such thing as no one being in charge. As long as I make the income of officials much higher than that of ordinary people, there will naturally be a large number of people who will become officials, not to mention that my official academy will open bigger and bigger, and more officials will be trained. As long as officials dare to embezzle, someone will naturally replace them. ”

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "Yes, now the number of students in the Clerk's Academy is much more than the number of Jinshi, and now is not the time when officials can threaten the imperial court with their resignation." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Not only corrupt officials, but also stupid officials, if you can't complete the plan, you will get out directly, and we have more people to take over." I want to take money but don't want to do anything, I'm afraid that there will be no such good thing anymore. ”

Hubu Shangshu Bi said strictly: "Your Majesty, Yang Shangshu proposed such a radical plan to run a school, although the Hubu has spare money, but the manpower problem is in conflict with the Ministry of Railways and the Highway Committee, do you continue to transport people from Goa?" ”

Zhu Youxiao groaned: "What can I do?" It's really strange that there is no one to work with. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is a way not to find someone from Goa. First, there are actually a large number of people in the south of the country who can be transferred out to build, and second, we can find people from North Korea. ”

Zhu Youxiao was reluctant to find someone from North Korea, because a large number of North Koreans had already entered the farms in Liaodong, and if he sent more people to China, he was afraid that it would affect North Korea's domestic production, and King Li would come to cry again. Then he asked, "Where are there people in the south?" Although the population in the south is large, they also employ a lot of people in sericulture. ”

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "The Ordnance Bureau and the Research Institute have cooperated to create a water-powered silk reeling machine and a water-powered weaving machine, which can also be driven by a steam engine. When these machines start to work, the sericulture in the south can reduce a lot of labor. When the women return to the fields, the men can devote themselves to higher-paying construction. ”

Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and said: "That's good, but I'm afraid that there is some trouble in promoting the new machine, your machine is good, it doesn't mean that others will use the machine, they use people the same." Therefore, they must be shown that they can make more money by using machines than by employing people, and this is the only way to impress them. ”

Bi Ziyan said: "With new machinery, you can weave products faster, so you can grab more raw materials, which is a great threat to other silk factories, but I am afraid that there will be a large number of silk factories in Jiangnan to close down." He is not worried that he will not be able to collect taxes after the closure of the silk mills, because taxes are collected according to output, and this difference is not big. And the household department is not worried about running out of money now, but worrying that there is no place to use it. The money obtained from the last auction of Alkali Lake was more than five times that of the ninth year of the Apocalypse. The collection of commercial taxes is now on the right track, and with the rise of a large number of iron and cement factories, the commercial tax will rise further. But he was worried that when the silk factory closed, a large number of people would have nothing to do, which would cause unrest.

Sun Chuanting said: "There is no way to do this, a chicken dies and a chicken crows." However, most of the factories that closed down were run by wealthy people, and for ordinary people, it was just a loss of that job, and the imperial court could implement cash-for-work in Jiangnan, as long as they were willing to work hard, their income would not be worse than in the silk factory. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Banks can lend money to merchants who want to improve equipment, and people can also participate in the construction of roads and railways, so as to get money to buy food." Therefore, this matter is a good thing for the country and the people, some people are healthy, but they are poor and lazy, and there are soup kitchens in the almshouses, and people who are hungry will not die of hunger anyway. ”

Speaking of this, Bi Ziyan remembered something and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister said last time that the household department is now managing too many trivial matters, can the management of the Leaky Zeyuan and Huimin Pharmacy of the Nursing Home be separated from the household department and then set up a special organization." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "I have an idea about this matter, and I haven't discussed it with the ministers and businessmen yet, since Bi Qing asked, I will talk about it." I want to separate a civil department from the household department to manage these three institutions, and is responsible for the management of the city's appearance. ”

Bi Ziyan asked, "What does Your Majesty mean by the appearance of the city?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "In addition to managing these three charities, the Ministry of Civil Affairs should also manage the begging in the world. Now the beggars in the city are basically extinct, but according to the Jinyi Guardian, there are still beggars in the countryside, and some people are beggars during the day and thieves at night, all of them are healthy men, and this matter must be managed. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs needs to cooperate with the inspection." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Yes, don't all counties have patrol houses, in the past, the patrol houses mainly served the county yamen and courts, and now if they have to serve the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there may be some contradictions, so some people can be specially separated from the patrol and arrest, called this traffic patrol, specifically to manage traffic." Now that horse-drawn carriages and bicycles have begun to increase, and the problem of order on high-grade highways has also been strengthened, didn't there a situation where horse-drawn carriages hit and injured people a few days ago? And the problem of beggars is also managed by them, the Ming Dynasty does not allow beggars, those who are physically disabled, naturally there are almshouses, there is no physical problem, why beg. ”

Wu Rendu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the case of the carriage hitting and injuring people three days ago has not yet been judged, and this matter must be done by asking the Holy Decree." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Isn't there a "Highway Law"? Why hasn't the verdict been pronounced yet. ”

Wu Rendu said: "According to the regulations, the bell of the carriage is in accordance with the regulations, and according to witnesses at the time, the speed of the carriage was not very fast, because passers-by suddenly jumped out of the side of the road, and the coachman could not react, so he was injured." According to the law, passers-by should be fully responsible. However, the passer-by was injured after all, and one leg was broken, and the carriage did not compensate the passers-by but also the passers-by should compensate for the loss of the carriage's goods, which seems to be a bit excessive. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "There is a law to follow, this is the most important thing." I understand what Wu Qing means, that is, I am afraid that the people will gossip, don't worry about this, everyone will slowly get used to it. The court pronounced the verdict in accordance with the law, and as for the compensation of passers-by, I thought so. Passers-by must compensate, if he really does not have the ability to compensate, he can let someone help him compensate in a private capacity, as for his injuries, isn't there a Huimin pharmacy? Wu Youxing's apprentices will cure him. However, he must not be given any subsidy in the name of the imperial court, and this must be remembered, and let the newspaper publish this lawsuit afterwards to remind the people. ”