Seeing Yinzhen's goodness, Li Jin couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart was also very respectful to Yinzhen, this fourteenth master is young, but he is talented, both civil and military, and his knowledge and vision are unique, especially rare is that he is not proud of his talents, he is stubborn and self-serving, he owes a sigh and said: "The prince is here, the agricultural college will be the attention of Jiangnan Shilin, the gentry, and the people, and the reputation is not idle, and the subordinates have thanked the prince in advance." ”

After speaking, Li Jin straightened up and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, although there are many students in the Agricultural College at present, they have not had enough to learn from Confucianism, and their subordinates have racked their brains for this and have no good methods, which is really ashamed. ”

Yinzhen heard that Chunchun said: "The agricultural college is not as good as the national superintendent, the teaching must be based on the actual needs, the full study of Confucianism does not necessarily know agricultural affairs, if in order to improve the reputation of the agricultural college, you can hire a few Confucianism for honorary lectures, and the actual teaching, need to be familiar with the teaching of agricultural affairs, in addition, Li Yuan envoy may wish to encourage students to put down their bodies, more to go to the countryside to consult the old farmers.

The agricultural administration books inherited from the previous dynasty must also be screened one by one, and they must have the courage to question and innovate, and they should not be afraid of rigid routines. ”

"My subordinates respect the teachings of the prince." Li Jin replied respectfully, and said later, "There is still one thing to trouble the prince under his subordinates, the new agricultural college is new, and his subordinates have neither experience nor a place to learn from, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions and inadequacies, but the funds allocated by the imperial court have long been ......exhausted."

After going around in circles for a long time, this is the main purpose of Li Jin's coming, right? Shaozi Yinzhen smiled slightly, "The Agricultural College is an economic institution founded by the imperial court, everything must abide by the laws of the imperial court, although the king has the responsibility to supervise the affairs of the agricultural college, it can not violate the imperial court system, the lack of funds, submit the document to the household department, please allocate it, the emperor attaches great importance to agricultural affairs, and the household department Shangshu Ka Min Tu must not dare to slack off, if it is urgent, the king can advance the expenses in advance, but the accounts must be clear." ”

Hearing that Yinzhen deliberately named the name of Ka Mintu, the head of the household department, Li Jindun felt annoyed, how could he forget that Ka Mintu was the person of the fourteenth master, he hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "What the prince taught is that his subordinates must respect the laws of the court and act according to the rules. ”

Ortai has been sitting upright, listening to the conversation between the two, secretly trying to figure out Yinzhen's way of control, the way of doing things, and when Li Jin retired, he bowed and said: "Lord, as of June, the Qinhuai River Qinglou industry has been taxed more than 500,000 taels, and the Qinhuai River has a total of 100 orders and 3 large Qinglou, and the slaves have investigated and secretly visited in detail, and the current tax amount basically accounts for about 10% of its profits. ”

What can they say about the tax of 10 percent? Even if other miscellaneous taxes are added, it will not reach 20%, and there is no comparison with later generations, but this Ortai is really a talent, rigorous, meticulous, pragmatic, and groaned, Yinzhen said: "According to the original plan, the tax amount will be doubled from July, and eventually it will reach 30%, these ignorant money, can not let them earn too much." ”

Ortai bowed and said, "The slave respects the prince's will. ”

Zhen nodded slightly, "This king asked you to pay attention to other industries, do you have any experience?" ”

"Lord Wang." Ortai bowed and said: "The minions have done a preliminary investigation on jewelry, pear orchards and other industries. ”

As soon as Yinzhen heard it, he knew that he wanted to left, so he said warmly: "Advocating the style of luxury, levying high taxes on the luxury industry, not only limited to individual luxury industries, in fact, luxury is everywhere, clothing, food, housing and transportation are all over the world, as far as food and drink are concerned, small noodle restaurants, small snack shops, small restaurants, etc. are not listed, but large restaurants belong to the list of luxury, and high taxes should be levied on it, but all profiteering and high profits belong to the list of luxury, and there should be no industry limitations." ”

Ortai couldn't help but suddenly open up when he heard this, it turned out that the industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax innovation in the capital was also from the handwriting of the Fourteenth Master, and it was in the same vein as advocating luxury, and it involved all industries, which was completely the tax system innovation, and he was in it, that was promising, thinking of this, he was very excited, and finally had a chance to show his talents, and hurriedly bowed and replied: "The slave understands." ”

Jiangning is known as the "Four Great Furnaces", Jiangning in June is even more stuffy and hot, but the Yuanwu Lake (i.e. Xuanwu Lake) is a different situation, where the forest is dense, the scenery is beautiful, and the lake breeze passing through the forest is not like the hot wind in the city, blowing on the body quite pleasantly.

The College of Agriculture is built in the east of Jiming Temple, close to Yuanwu Lake, not far from Jiangning Fuxue, the general layout of the entire College of Agriculture is in accordance with the sketch provided by Yinzhen, and then slightly changed according to the specific terrain.

Yinzhen went to inspect the Agricultural College, and the local officials in Jiangning were naturally Jing Congruo, and even the Governor of Liangjiang, Kali, also took time to accompany him, and the group drove to the Agricultural College, and Li Jin had already led a group of teachers and students of the Agricultural College to wait outside the gate.

Embraced by a group of officials, Yinzhen visited with great interest, and saw that the teaching area, dormitory area, activity area, and experimental area of the College of Agriculture were basically arranged according to the sketches designed by themselves.

Li Jin saw that Yinzhen was very interested, so he bowed down and said: "The Agricultural College is the first initiative of the prince, these students can be said to be the prince's protégés, the prince rarely comes to Jiangning, and asks the prince to give a little instruction." ”

Glancing at the crowd of people who were all standing solemnly, Yinzhen nodded, walked a few steps forward and said: "The founding of the Agricultural College is recommended by various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River with excellent character and learning, and the king is deeply grateful."

What is Agriculture? Agriculture is the foundation of the country, the foundation of commerce, the foundation of population reproduction, the foundation of human survival, and the agricultural college is the foundation of agriculture, its importance is self-evident, the prosperity of the agricultural college will be directly related to the development and prosperity of agriculture in the Qing Dynasty. The establishment of the College of Agriculture is just the beginning, in the future, the imperial court will also vigorously support agriculture, and will also set up a higher level of functional departments dedicated to agricultural management, agricultural talents will become the most popular talents.

You are the first class of students of the College of Agriculture, this king is proud of you, you will become the pride of the Qing Dynasty, this king can tell you for sure, many of you will go down in history, celebrities through the ages. ”

Speaking of this, Yinzhen was stunned, and all the people were immediately stimulated by his words, but they all forcibly suppressed the joy and excitement in their hearts, so as not to lose their honor in front of Yinzhen, but they all raised their flushed faces that were swollen with excitement, and stared at him without blinking, for fear of missing a word.

The establishment of the College of Agriculture was a groundbreaking initiative, and after graduating from the College of Agriculture in four years, he was awarded the practical position of Zhengjiupin to break the rule that only by studying can he enter the profession for thousands of years, so that everyone saw the prospect of engaging in agriculture. But no one has ever raised agriculture to such heights, and they never even dreamed that they would be famous for learning agriculture.

Why haven't people in this era learned to applaud? Applause is very capable of adjusting the atmosphere, do you want to instill it in the Navy first? Yinzhen just thought about it for a moment and stopped, these days, the hierarchy is too strict, I'm afraid it will be difficult to become popular.

Facing everyone's hot eyes, Yinzhen continued: "Honor and responsibility are complementary to each other, as the first student of the College of Agriculture, the responsibility on your shoulders is not light, you will be a model for the students of the College of Agriculture in the future, so you must lead by example, study and study agriculture with a rigorous and pragmatic attitude, and set an example for all the students of the College of Agriculture behind."

Why does this king use the vernacular to give instructions today, is to take the lead here, whether you write books and speak, or go to the fields to instruct, you are facing the vast number of illiterate peasants, this king asks you to use the vernacular as much as possible, but the peasants do not understand, and what you say is also in vain.

In addition, in the process of learning and researching, we must develop a rigorous habit, do not use imaginary numbers, to be detailed, strive to be accurate, not plausible, this is not better than writing an article, not written well, you can start again immediately, the agricultural time is not a mistake, a little mistake may lead to a government and a county humble harvest or even no harvest, you must understand the importance of this.

Finally, I hope that you can all become the pillars of the country and make great contributions to the agricultural cause of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Coming out of the Agricultural College, the Governor of Liangjiang, Kali, followed Yinzhen and said with a smile: "Lord Sui, it's not too early, and the lower officials have booked a table in the 'Yuan Juju' not far away, and I hope that the prince will appreciate his face." ”

Yinzhen also felt hungry, and returned to the weaving mansion with the Qincha honor guard for at least half a day, and Kali repeatedly invited, there must be something, so after a little muttering, he smiled and said: "Lord Ka has repeatedly invited him, if this king blindly refuses, it will be unkind." Karma, please. ”

"Lord Sui, please." Listening to Yinzhen's agreement, Kali couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the entire Liangjiang officialdom knew that it was not easy to feast the Fourteenth Master, and bowed down to wait for Yinzhen to get on the sedan chair, and then he turned around and got into his sedan chair.

"Yuanjuju" is on the edge of Yuanwu Lake, not very far from the Agricultural College, covering a vast area, not only beautiful scenery, but also everything, in Jiangning is also a first-class restaurant.

As soon as the group entered the 'Yuan Settlement', Kali accompanied Yinzhen straight to the backyard, and a group of officials sat down in the front yard hall, and the guards also had their own entertainment arrangements.

Entering the backyard, there was only Kali and himself at a table to be seen, Yinzhen knew that Kali did have something to discuss with himself, sure enough, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Kali withdrew the waiter in the house, and after rinsing his mouth with tea, he said: "The fourteenth master is outstanding in literature and martial arts, and is good at the way of economy, and no one can compare with his vision and knowledge, and he is the pillar of the country, and now he is a party of his own, the crown prince is very happy, and he is specially reprimanded to inquire about it, can he help?" ”

Chapter 155: The Prince's Olive Branch