The construction of these two gallop roads from Chengdu to Yangon and from Xi'an to Suzhou is very difficult, and the cost of manpower, material and financial resources must be very huge, but these two gallop roads are related to the future strategy of the entire empire.

Today, Zhu Youxiao's position is becoming more and more stable, and no one can refute Zhu Youxiao's decision anymore. The three gallop lanes were thus determined.

"In addition, I have decided to increase the compulsory education of township schools from three years to six years next year, and implement a six-year compulsory education system for township schools." Zhu Youxiao said. The implementation of six-year compulsory education is the goal that Zhu Youxiao has been striving for, and this time the sharp increase in state treasury revenue has given Zhu Youxiao the confidence to do such a thing.

"Your Majesty, this year, we have cultivated the road again, and implemented six-year compulsory education, and the empire will also use troops against Houjin, and there will definitely be a deficit in the treasury again this year, please think twice!" Hou Sui said.

"If you're really short of money at that time, I'll find a way, it's always okay." Zhu Youxiao said.

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After the court meeting, Sun Chengzong and other cabinet ministers came to Zhu Youxiao again to discuss this year's plan.

"It seems that all Aiqing still have objections to what is being discussed today? I will explain it in detail, if you can understand it, it is the best, if you don't understand it, then you can only go back and figure it out for yourself. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Regarding the use of troops against Houjin, all Aiqing should have no objections, right?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The ministers have no objections, Huang Taiji called the emperor, and the Later Jin changed the name of the country to Qing, which shows that his ambition is not small, even if the empire does not take the initiative to attack, the Manchu Qing will attack, rather than sit back and wait, it is better to strike first." Sun Chengzong said.

"A 100-year plan, education-oriented. In order to maintain the prosperity of the empire, education is the basic guarantee, and I will require all the township schools of the empire to put martial arts into it, and after six years of township school, they will learn Chinese studies, arithmetic, moral education, and martial arts. Therefore, this six-year compulsory education can not only help the empire eradicate illiteracy, but also help the empire select talents. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, but there are tens of millions of school-age children in the empire, and the annual cost of six-year compulsory education is tens of millions of taels, and it is increasing every year." Hou Sui said.

"No matter how much money is spent, this matter must be done, from this year onwards, the treasury and the treasury are completely separated, the treasury is the treasury, the treasury is the treasury, the treasury is the treasury, the treasury only needs to pay a fixed amount of money to the treasury every year, if there is a deficit in the treasury, the treasury itself to find a way to solve it, and must no longer occupy the income of the treasury. This kind of situation of not separating public and private must be resolutely put an end to it from the very beginning. I must continue to implement the six-year compulsory education of rural schools as a basic national policy, and even if this policy is to change, it can only be to increase the number of years, and must not reduce the number of years. Zhu Youxiao said.

"How much money does Your Majesty think is appropriate for the Treasury to pay annually to the Treasury?" Hou Sui immediately asked.

"One percent of the revenue of the treasury is sufficient." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, based on last year's 200 million taels of silver dollars, one percent is only two million taels." Bi Ziyan said.

"I know that all the daily expenses in the Forbidden City will be borne by the internal funds, including the daily living expenses of me, concubines, palace maids, eunuchs, etc., the repair and construction of the palace are borne by the internal funds, in short, all the expenses related to private affairs are borne by the internal funds, and other such as the palace guards, the Dongchang, the brocade guards, and the daily sacrificial activities are borne by the treasury." Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The ministers chanted together.

"Let's talk about the construction of a gallop road, it does cost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build a gallop, but have you ever thought about what building a gallop can bring to the empire. To give a simple example, Xiuchi Road needs to buy cement, and the imperial court buys cement with money, so the cement workshop needs to hire people to produce cement, and the hired workers have money in their hands to buy goods such as food and clothing, and do people need people to produce food and clothes? In the end, the people who produced food and clothing also benefited, which is a virtuous circle, which shows that the empire built a gallop road, and countless people in the empire benefited, and in this cycle, the empire collected taxes, and finally a part of the money returned to the hands of the imperial court. Do you think I'm right? Zhu Youxiao explained.

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, all the ministers looked confused, they all felt that what Zhu Youxiao said seemed to be very reasonable, but they always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say it at once.

"Your Majesty, the minister still doesn't understand too much? According to His Majesty, the more the court spends money recklessly, the richer the court will be. But throughout the ages, there have been many dynasties that have died in luxury. Bi Ziyan asked suspiciously.

"This degree is very critical, it must be used in moderation, according to the current situation, how much the treasury earns, how much should be used, don't think about putting money in the treasury and saving, every one or two silver saved in the treasury means that there is a person in the empire who will have nothing to do for a month, and this person will be hungry for a month. If the more money the country has in its treasury, it means that more people are hungry, and the empire will become unstable. Zhu Youxiao explained.

What Zhu Youxiao said is the famous economic theory of later generations - the paradox of economy, for a country, an appropriate deficit is conducive to economic development.

"Your Majesty, if it costs 10 million taels of silver to build a galloping road, but the imperial court may only recover 1 million taels through taxes, then what if there is a gap of 9 million taels in between? In this case, the court will only get poorer and poorer. Sun Chengzong asked.

"My teacher asked this question well, first, it can be seen that the empire still has a lot of room for taxation, the country is rich and the people are strong, if it is only the country rich and the people are poor or the country is poor and the people are rich, this is not a real power, now the empire is a model of the country and the people, the people are rich, but the court is very poor, although the court is now earning 200 million taels of silver dollars, but it is still far from my expectations." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, now that the Empire's treasury revenue has tripled compared to the past, and it is still increasing, does Your Majesty still want to raise taxes?" Hou Sui smiled bitterly.

"Hou Shangshu, you should go to the people to see, since I raised taxes, are the people living better? The empire is moving in the direction I have set, and I can at least ensure that the people of the empire are fed and clothed, which is also the goal of my life. Zhu Youxiao said.