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Did the Chinese court have any money? If you ask the Duzhi Yamen, who is in charge of financial expenditure, ten out of ten will answer that you have "no money." Someone is about to ask, didn't you just sell the Taiping Iron Yard? Didn't the Northern Expedition more than a year ago also reap a lot of benefits? In addition, he just won the Dutch, how can he have no money again, shouldn't it be that there is corruption in the Duzhi Yamen. The person who said this actually wronged the Duzhi Yamen, in fact, since the Zheng family returned to the Great 6, there has not been a day of financial comfort.

At the end of the Ming and Zheng dynasties, the Zheng family's large military and administrative expenditures relied on confiscated traitors, Manchu and the property of the Qing court's internal affairs government in various parts of the south; Next, it is mainly maintained by the confiscated land property when the acres of land are cleared and the income increased after the hidden fields are cleared. However, this money was far from enough for Zheng Jun's conquest and the implementation of the government's government to the countryside, so that the Ming and Zheng courts had to monopolize foreign trade for a long time, change the two into two to obtain money and interest, and borrow money from Zheng Kezang's inner court every year, so as not to make ends meet.

Three years after the establishment of the Chinese Dynasty, the south remained peaceful for a long time, the economy prospered again, the imperial court liberalized the monopoly of maritime trade, the monopoly profits were replaced by tariff revenues, and it took nearly ten years for the fiscal revenue to recover and then to grow, in which the inner court again owed a large amount of money. Finally, there were black words in the finances, but because the poor provinces still needed a lot of financial support from the central government and the continuous expansion and conquest of the Xia army, the income was only short-lived, and they had to continue to borrow money from the inner court to maintain. It was not until the two eastward expeditions to Japan and the complete control of the Indochina Peninsula that the finances of the Huaxia Dynasty gradually appeared balanced, but including the purchase of shares by the Four Seas and Tonghai Qianzhuang, the tens of millions owed to the inner court were still on the books.

After the success of the Northern Expedition, the Chinese court suddenly received more than 130,000 yuan in income, but a considerable part of it was unsuitable for realization, jewelry and antiques, and less than one-third of it was cash. Moreover, most of the land property could not be directly transferred to the inner court to offset the arrears, and had to be distributed to the tenants on the land to appease people's hearts, as for the jewelry and antiques, it was mortgaged to the inner court, but the remaining money was used for the administrative expenses of the new province, the construction of the new city of Tianjin, the renovation of the Yongding River and the shipbuilding expenses of the sailors. Coupled with the cost of the Zheng Guoqu Canal and the coastal seawall projects in Shandong, Haixi, and Jianghuai provinces, which Zheng Kezhang had just ordered, it is normal for the Duzhi Yamen to cry poverty, not to mention that this does not include the future expenditure on the purchase of Luzon Islands from the Spaniards.

As for the money for the sale of the Taiping Iron Mine, it belonged to the Ministry of War, and the Duzhi Yamen had no right to get involved at all, so they had to look greedy; The spoils of war obtained from the Battle of Xiahe and the indemnity received from the British British East India Company add up to two or three million yuan in cash, which is more just the expected benefits and some estates that need to be realized, which is not enough to change the current situation of the empty treasury, and even this cash has to be thrown out of 300,000 or 500,000 yuan to be distributed to Annam, Vietnam and other younger brothers who cooperate with the war, and part of the estates must also be distributed to the meritorious people in the Shence army and the countries that won over Banten and Mataran.

Of course, lack of money is not the reason for Zheng Kezang to abolish the three schools. Zheng Kezang's purpose in setting up the three schools was to use being an official as a bait to dispel the world's prejudice against the so-called "miscellaneous studies", and the efforts of more than ten years for this purpose have already achieved initial results. But Zheng Kezhang now needs more professionals for the processing business exhibition, which is not something that a tertiary school that trains officials can do, so Zheng Kezhang feels that it is time to change this phenomenon.

"The Inner Court has encircled more than 240 state capitals in accordance with the will of the Holy Lord, and after the year, Taozhu College and Luban College and Mengxue shared by the two schools can be set up to recruit children from poor families to enroll." Minister of the Interior Gao Wei reported to Zheng Kezang. "It is preliminarily planned that Taozhu College will have a two-year study system, Luban College will have a three-year study system, and a Mongolian school system will be one year."

Zheng Kezhang didn't dare to be interested in these things, but asked, "Is there any problem with running a school?" ”

"The main reason is that the cost of running a school is too large, almost three million yuan a year, and the manager has some objections." Zheng Kezang's money is not blown by the wind, so he feels that it is too wasteful. "Mr. Chen of the manager's office thinks that the school is to provide talents for businessmen, and it is not appropriate to fund all of them from the inner court, and he hopes to co-operate with the private sector."

"Just at the beginning, I'm afraid that the people are still a little wait-and-see." Zheng Kezhang pondered for a moment. "Let's do it for three years first, and then wait for the first batch of students of Taozhu College to drop out of school, and there are successful examples, and there will be something to say when dealing with the people." Three years is nearly 10 million yuan, and before Gao Wei felt distressed, Zheng Kezhang asked again. "There's no problem with the students."

Gao Wei responded: "The co-organizer of this matter, Master Ma of the school department, has made a great move, and is ready to announce to the public that those who have excellent academic performance have the opportunity to enter the manager's office, so the ministers feel that the source of students should be guaranteed." ”

In addition to the opportunity to be an official in the inner court, free tuition and room and board is also a powerful means, although it looks similar to the current apprentice, but the sign of the academy has the word "royal", which is not comparable to ordinary apprentices, so it should attract more people to sign up.

"It's a good idea to lure them into their own hands." Zheng Kezhang affirmed the approach of Gao Wei and the others, and just asked. "Have you ever considered that there are fewer people in Luban College and more people who want to enter Taozhu Academy?"

Of course, Gao Wei knew that craftsmen were far less valued by society than merchants, so he made preparations in advance: "The ministers have already thought of this possibility, so they have decided to recruit students from the two schools together, Taozhu Academy only recruits thirty students per term, and Luban College recruits two hundred students per term, thinking that even if the latter only recruits half, it is enough to start classes." ”

Generally speaking, ordinary people will not be willing to delay a year, so after recruiting students from Taozhu College, Luban College can also recruit enough people.

Zheng Kezang, who was still quite satisfied with this, asked again: "Is the number of professors still sufficient?" ”

"I have already greeted the local branches, salt and iron, agriculture and forestry yamen, and the Ministry of Industry, and the local government has promised that officials and craftsmen can be drawn from the yamen of various ministries to teach at that time." Speaking of this, Gao Wei said a little hesitantly. "Holy Lord, although the school department has cooperated with the school, it seems to be ??????"

"Don't worry about the department's reaction." Zheng Kezhang waved his hand. "Just do your own thing." That being said, after Gao Wei stepped back, Zheng Kezhang ordered. "Inform Gezhi Academy, and let Huang Chuxu draw up a statement about the running of Gezhi Academy." Huang Chuxu was originally a fellow acquaintance of the Privy Council, a pure martial artist, and the Zhengqing of the Gezhiyuan was just a transition before his Zhishi, but Zheng Kezhang wanted him to wave his residual heat and let the school know the consequences of a passive strike. "Be careful, it'll be handed in after the year." Of course, in addition to the stick, there are carrots. "Let the cabinet discuss the matter of splitting up the secretary and superintendent."

The secretary supervises the Publication Administration, the Patent Office, the Ming History Museum, the Qing History Museum, the National History Museum, the Great Library and other institutions, among which the Patent Office can be assigned to the Salt and Iron Yamen, and the Three History Museums can be assigned to the Ministry of Rites, which are not controversial, but the remaining departments are not like this, for example, the Publication Office can be assigned to the Supervision Yuan or to the Salt and Iron Yamen, and the Great Library can be assigned to the School Department or to the Ministry of Rites. It is definitely yourself who suffers.

The attendant Hanlin Zhishu answered, but before he could leave the palace to inform him, Yang Bokang, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and Ma Ying, the servant, handed over a sign and asked to see him. The two came together, and Zheng Kezhang thought that something big had happened, so he hurriedly ordered someone to pass it on.

After the two saluted, Yang Bokang reported first: "Qi Sheng, the Zhenbei Navy Division urgently reported that the letter ship sent by the Navy Division to find Fusang Da 6 has returned, confirming that it can reach a new Da 6 along the islands east of the Kamchatka Peninsula, which should be the northern end of Fusang Da 6 mentioned by Shengshang. ”

Found North America? Zheng Kezhang was overjoyed, and then became depressed. Of course, it is needless to say that it is difficult to be depressed, who called the sailor coincidentally made progress in both the north and south directions, and now the manpower of China cannot even open up the local northeast and northwest, and how can he have the strength to include the two new big 6 in his hands.

However, God did not take the blame, and Zheng Kezhang would never give up the two treasures to the Europeans, so he thought about it for a while and decided: "The Zhenbei Navy Division should find a suitable location in Fusang 6 to establish a port and set up a town guard mansion, and after the port is established, carry out regular cruises, and continue to explore the entire Fusang 6 from the water 6 way." ”

Zheng Kezhang said: "The southern part of Fusang Da 6 is occupied by Luzon Yi, and once it is identified, there is no need to conflict with it. ”

The two answered, and were about to retreat, when Zheng Kezhang called them: "How is Gong Tian's recent relationship?" ”

Gong Tian was deprived of the position of Admiral of the Naval Division in Zhendong because of the arrogance of his subordinates, and he was transferred to the office of the Naval Division University Hall, which can be said to have taken a big stumble in his career, and his mood naturally did not improve, but the Naval Division University Hall is under the jurisdiction of the Martial Arts Department of the Ministry of War, and there is no direct connection with the Privy Council, so Zheng Kezang's words belong to asking the blind question.

However, Zheng Kezhang obviously didn't say it wrongly: "Ma Qing, you and Gong Tian are old classmates, and you have to persuade him." ”

The meaning of Zheng Kezang's words is quite speculative, is Gong Tian complaining behind his back and being known by Zheng Kezang, do you want Ma Ying to beat it? Or is Jue Gongtian depressed and hopes that Ma Ying will comfort and encourage? It is precisely because he can't figure out Zheng Kezang's intentions that Ma Ying, who is afraid of ignoring mistakes, seems a little submissive.

Zheng Kezhang saw Ma Ying's concerns, and smiled slightly: "The imperial court is thinking of negotiating with Luzon Yi, if it can be successful, it can buy back Luzon, so that the sailor system will have to be adjusted, and Gong Tian still has a chance to show his strengths, I don't want him to mistake himself, this meaning, Ma Qing can directly sue Gong Tian." ”

Self-mistaken, this is already very serious, so Ma Ying did not dare to slack off, and immediately responded: "The minister asked to go out of Beijing to inspect the foreign sailors." ”

"Quasi-play." Zheng Kezhang smiled at Ma Ying. "However, there is no need to worry, it is not too late to do it after the New Year."

"Yes."