"Haoran, you come and tell the ministers about your plan." Li Shimin slowly guided the direction of the topic.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Haoran bowed to receive the order, turned to the ministers and said: "All the ministers should know that the fifth lady of the charity once raised funds for the construction of the school, and now there are as many as eight schools, and all the money used is donated by the people who are willing to give in the capital. If the Tang Dynasty also founded a charity, its influence would inevitably be incomparable to that of private charities, and if the court returned to donors with commendation and fame, it would have been responded to by many people. ”

"It's a good solution, and it's not too much to let those rich businessmen spit out some." Cheng Yanjin agreed.

The other ministers who were originally talking about it were stopped by Cheng Biting Jin, because there should be a good show to watch later, you know, there is a wealthy businessman who is counted in the Tang Dynasty in front of him.

Wang Haoran also knew that Cheng Yanjin was not aimed at him, but he had always been a little prejudiced against businessmen, and at the moment, it was most important to promote women's appointments, so don't raise the bar with these people for other things.

"What Lu Guogong said is that the poor think about food and clothing, the rich chase fame, and those rich businessmen and big landlords have a lot of money, and it is also a very good deal to exchange donations for fame." Wang Haoran reluctantly pulled Cheng Yanjin into his camp, "However, there are many donations, more can reward fame, and less donations are no longer suitable for using fame as a reward, so I thought of a way, that is, to publish a newspaper." ”

"What is a newspaper?" A minister asked.

"The newspaper I am talking about is similar to the leaflet distributed by a charity...... Wang Haoran repeated what he had told Li Shimin about the role of newspapers.

"It's a lot to publish a newspaper!" Du Ruhui said, "But if the imperial court opens a charity, Haoran, I am afraid that your family's charity will no longer be able to raise donations, so don't you worry about this?" ”

"Thank you Du for your concern, but this really doesn't have to worry about the juniors. The charity has been in business for many years and has accumulated a lot of contacts, and besides, today's charity is gradually moving to a self-sufficient model, and it does not require too many donations to keep the school running. ”

"If the imperial court opens a charity, then its ongoing costs will inevitably be very large, and the operation model of the Wang family's charity is worth learning." Ma Zhou said.

"Considering that Haoran's charity has a mature operating model, I have the idea of taking it over, but still keeping the original members, and using this as a model, to open charities in other big cities. However, the stakes are high, and I would like to hear your opinions. Li Shimin finally threw out the main issue.

"Your Majesty." Before the other ministers could speak, Wang Haoran hurriedly spoke, "The ministers think that there is a shortage of talents in the court at the moment, and there are not many people who can be mobilized, so if a charity is opened, it will inevitably have to be rehired." The imperial court set up a commercial bank to have people, and now the establishment of charities also requires people, and there may be more places in the future to need people, but there are more than 10 million people in the Tang Dynasty, and there are not many people who can use them, after all, the common people basically make a living from farming, and it is impossible for too many people to leave the fields. However, with the rapid development of Datang, all walks of life need more manpower than ever before, and in order to solve this shortage of manpower, women may be reasonably used. For example, the textile factory jointly owned by the minister and brother was seriously lacking in manpower before, but fortunately, there are many positions that are easy to operate, even women can do it, so they began to recruit women, which solved the problem of insufficient manpower. If the imperial court wanted to set up charities everywhere, the work would be simple, and it would be possible to employ all the women and free up the male labor force to do things that other women were not capable of. ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a while, what was Wang Haoran's idea? This time, their purpose should be to let the five ladies serve in the imperial court institutions, but they didn't expect Wang Haoran to suddenly propose a large-scale appointment of women, which is also too anxious, and it is still unknown whether these five ladies can serve in the imperial court institutions at the moment!

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Haoran's words fell, the courtiers jumped out one after another to object, and the first to speak was naturally Wang Haoran's old enemy Wei Zheng.

"Nonsense! Since ancient times, women have only been in charge of their husbands and children, and they have shown their faces! We don't care about your own business, but you still want to pull other women, it's ridiculous! Wei Zheng looked angry.

"If it is as Wei Xiang said, then the Tang Dynasty can't use guns and ammunition, because no one has used this since ancient times."

"How can this thing and that be reduced to one thing? Women are good at using emotions and are not good at long-term planning, so they are not suitable for the position. Du Ruhui also retorted.

"Like the women in the textile mills, they just spin cloth and make clothes, and they don't need to think far. The five ladies of the charity, they have been taking care of the various affairs of the charity, and the scale of the charity is entirely due to their efforts. When it comes to budgeting, a man is not necessarily better than a woman. Men and women have their own strengths and weaknesses, so why not if they can show their strengths? Wang Haoran was very polite to Du Ruhui.

"You kid, who doesn't know that the fifth lady is related to you Wang Haoran, praising them, why don't you know how to be reserved at all?" Cheng Biting Jin coldly poured a basin of cold water, and he dared to say it bluntly.

"The virtuous don't shy away from their relatives, their abilities are there, everyone can see it, and I'm not exaggerating." Wang Haoran didn't feel embarrassed, and the difficult words came out of Cheng Yanjin's mouth, which was more like a ridicule between friends.

Having said that, there are very few women who do have talents, and it is not feasible to appoint women in more professions. Besides, the most important duty of a woman is to teach her husband and children, and when the woman goes to work, who will take care of the housework? Fang Xuanling's rebuttal was more objective.

"We don't have to worry about this, each family has its own situation, those who are understaffed, naturally will not let the women of the family come out to work, but those who are rich can, as for how to decide, it is up to the people to decide. The common people are not as good as the rich and noble, and if one more person has an income, his life can be much richer. Wang Haoran replied, "The Tang Dynasty can be described as an extraordinary period now, and it is undeniable that the total population of the whole country, including Tubo, Goguryeo and other places, is more than 20 million, not even half of the population of the previous dynasty. The land area of Datang is far greater than that of the previous dynasty, the people are rich, all walks of life are thriving, and the manpower required is increasing day by day, and all walks of life will encounter the problem of manpower shortage. All the ministers are the founding heroes of the country, so you don't even dare to face this idea of keeping pace with the times, right? If you're brave enough, put aside the old notions and just discuss the pros and cons of the issue, weigh it up and draw conclusions. ”

All the courtiers present were not very easy to understand, not because Wang Haoran used the agitation method, but because the population number involved was a very sensitive issue, and everyone was reluctant to touch it. You must know that in the previous dynasty, there were nearly 10 million households, but when the Tang Dynasty was first established, there were only a little more than 3 million households, which was directly less than 70% of the population! What is this concept? It's not an exaggeration to say it's the end of the world! [.]