Liu Sizai was actually a little resentful in his heart. After the completion of the Jingshi University Hall, a large number of Guozijian students switched to the Jingshi University Hall, and Guozijian's popularity decreased greatly for a while. However, of course, he did not dare to vent his grievances on the hall of Jingshi University, let alone complain about the emperor, he only knew that he kept kowtowing and calling it a capital crime.

At this time, several cabinet ministers also came to the steps, and Ye Xianggao said angrily: "As a prisoner, I don't want to study hard, and I get involved in these things, and I don't know that I am being used." Liu Sizai, don't bring them back yet. ”

Liu Siya was Ye Xianggao's student, and immediately replied: "What the teacher said is that the disciple will take them back." ”

After that, he said to the prisoners: "If you don't get up yet, go back and study hard." ”

The students were not afraid of sacrificial wine, but the emperor and his ministers were there, and they did not dare to fight back, so they all got up and saluted and walked away.

Ye Xianggao said: "Guozijian needs to be reformed, this Liu Sizai can't control these students." ”

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "Your Majesty is preparing to add arithmetic to the Guozi Prison, and then they will not have time to fool around." ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Why do you want to join arithmetic? Why don't you divide it into six subjects like in the hall of Beijing Normal University? ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Mathematics is the foundation of all other disciplines, and if you learn mathematics well, you can learn all other subjects better." Mr. Xu was the most vocal in this regard, and he specially published a "Correction of Precession in the Calendar", which was very detailed, and I was going to excerpt part of this excerpt and print it on the title page of the mathematics book. ”

The ministers hugged Zhu Youxiao back to the palace, and after sitting down, Wei Zhongxian came in and reported: "Shengshang, the matter has been clarified, it is Liu Siyuan, a student of Wang Qia, and he is the secretary of the Guozijian. It was he who encouraged the students to go to the Crying Temple. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Forget it, ignore him for now." ”

Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, you can't forget it. Liu Siyuan actually used this method to take advantage of students, which has already violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and if it is not severely punished, there will be many people who will follow suit in the future. ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at Fang Congzhe and Xu Guangqi, and both of them nodded. So he said: "Then catch Yousi and decide according to the law." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others have discussed it, and I am afraid that the matter of rent reduction will only be effective if it is a two-pronged approach." ”

Zhu Youxiao was very interested and asked, "How to do both?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "On the one hand, we must increase the intensity of immigration, at least in terms of momentum, to put pressure on the landlords. The second aspect is that there should be enlightened landlords, who promise benefits and take the initiative to reduce rents, so that they may be able to bring others in. ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Actually, I also know that the only way to be really useful is violence. But if you can use violence, it's better not to use violence. The newspapers have stepped up propaganda, mobilized enlightened landlords, and intensified emigration, all of which were carried out at the same time, so don't be too anxious, and wait for the statistics of the three years of the Apocalypse to be collected, and then roll out rent reductions throughout the country. ”

Fang Congzhe said: "The trial of Yanqing Wei in Dali Temple has already reached a result, three people were sentenced to beheading, and twelve people were sentenced to exile. ”

Zhu Youxiao asked, "What about Yuan Chonghuan?" ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Yuan Chonghuan was guilty of withholding military pay and collecting corruption from officials, so he was sentenced to exile. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Is this a heavy sentence or a light sentence?" ”

Fang Congzhe said: "His body is a jinshi, and he is a gentleman, and Dali Temple is a little merciful. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "If you don't show mercy, it's beheading?" ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Those who were born as Jinshi and were beheaded only suffered from defeat in the army, and other things were only sentenced to exile at most." ”

Zhu Youxiao sneered: "Hehe, can't you punish the doctor?" Convict according to the law, and no mercy is allowed. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, as soon as this case is opened, everyone in the officials is in danger. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The people who were beheaded by Jinshi have been counted in this dynasty since Taizu, but there have been no in recent years. Since I want to govern the officials, of course I will be severely punished, although it will not be to peel the skin and pull the grass when I reach Taizu, but it is still possible to cut off his dog's head. ”

Xu Guangqi didn't like the emperor's statement about cutting off his dog's head, and felt that this statement was rather vulgar. But now is not the time to worry about this, he said: "Your Majesty, severe punishment alone cannot make the rule of officials better. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "I know that the most important thing is to let everyone have the right to report, so that corruption and other illegal things have nowhere to escape." ”

Fang Congzhe and the others were shocked, could it be that the emperor was ready to restore the copper system of Wu Zhou, Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the copper is rampant, although it has the effect of curbing official corruption, but the people's hearts have become despicable because of this, and finally become a means for everyone to attack each other, and the social atmosphere has become extremely bad, the gains and losses of this matter outweigh the losses, please think deeply." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "Whistleblowing and whistleblowing are different. Whistleblowing is out of public outrage, and whistleblowing is out of selfish desires; Whistleblowing is out of justice, whistleblowing is out of evil. I want to report rather than inform, and I don't set up a copper box like in the Wu Zhou period, but set up a report box all over the country, only for violations of law and discipline, and there is no reward for the whistleblower. And in the case of false accusations, we must sit back. ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Set up report boxes all over the country, and under the authority of the local officials, who dares to report?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The report box is not set up in the official office, and the magistrate does not have the power to inspect the report box. I am going to set up an agricultural cooperative, provide small loans to farmers, and collect farmers' goods. All anonymous letters will not be accepted, and those with signatures will be collected and handled uniformly. ”

Ye Xiang Gao Xi said: "This is also a good way, but the agricultural cooperatives mentioned by His Majesty are difficult to spread across the country in a short period of time." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "In fact, it is not as difficult as imagined. Don't worry about manpower, use the redundant officials in the palace first, rent a house or build a new house. It's just that in terms of money, I don't have a lot of money, and I'm afraid that I have to borrow some money from the bank. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Nowadays, the deposit limit is increasing rapidly, and there is a lot of surplus money in the bank. The amount of silver and copper shipped in Japan has also increased significantly, and the mint is now overwhelmed. So it's not difficult to get a loan from a bank. It's just a matter of interest, three into six is too much, and it is impossible for agricultural cooperatives to make money in the early stage, but they may lose money, so can the bank reduce or even no interest in terms of interest? ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The bank was originally owned by the imperial court, and the agricultural cooperative was ready to be made into a private commercial bank, so the interest still has to be charged, at most lower. As for the main capital, I am ready to use private money to raise shares. If you have spare money and invest in agricultural cooperatives, at least you will not lose money. ”