Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and his face became serious: "Order the Ministry of Industry to re-compile the "Instructions for the Factory and Treasury of the Ministry of Industry", and the Ministry of Industry will report the list of materials, and the Ministry of Household will investigate and set the price, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will finally check it." ”

"Each commodity can not be higher than one-tenth of the market price, and the part of the random inspection by Jinyiwei every month, where the purchase price of the Ministry of Industry is too high than the market price, it will be determined as corruption, and the officials who participate in the pricing and review will be punished."

It is said that the Ministry of Industry's procurement is a bulk purchase, and the price will only be cheap, and Zhu Gaoxu still has room to do so, which cannot be higher than one-tenth of the market price, which can be regarded as a kind of acquiescence to the relevant officials.

After listening to this, Xia Yuanji nodded and said: "Your Majesty's method is good, the Ministry of Industry provides the list, the household department sets the price, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate reviews it. ”

As long as all kinds of items are accurately priced, the imperial court will not be unjustly paid.

In later generations, things were imported and domestic, and big-name brands were named, so the pricing space for one thing was huge, but Daming now has no such problem.

What is at what price, it is clear in the market, and it is impossible for the pricing to be outrageous.

There was an outrageous price before, because no one knew and no one cared about it, and the emperor was in the deep palace regardless of the price and did not know the price, and it was normal to be kept in the dark.

According to Zhu Gaoxu's practice, in the future, the imperial court will first calculate the price of the imperial court's projects, such as the cost (including manpower) is about 10,000 taels, and then the price will be increased by 30%, that is, 13,000 taels will be handed over to local merchants, and the merchants can also compete.

Suppose that a merchant can do a good job of 12,000 taels, so give it to this merchant.

Of course, this is placed in the future generations, and there is a lot of room for maneuver.

However, Zhu Gaoxu demanded, first, that it could not be subcontracted, and whoever took over the project would do it.

The second is the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Jinyi Wei Quartet Supervision, after the acceptance and delivery of the project, the site of the stone stele, engraved with the name of the inspector, the official position, the Ministry of officials is also archived, in the future within the validity period of the project problems, back 20 years, the officials involved in the acceptance and supervision of the whole family punished.

"Let me put it this way, everything must be according to the standard, not according to the mouth of the person concerned."

"Suppose a section of the city wall requires three feet and three feet high, it must be three feet and three feet, and not an inch is missing."

"The bluestone used is required to be ten inches thick for each piece, and it must be ten inches thick."

"The width of the river dam is five zhang, which is five zhang."

"Every project, all data, must be recorded in writing, archived, acceptance of a piece of data can not pass, can not pass."

"Anyone who is found to be shoddy and mixed with fish and pearls will be beheaded."

The emperor was very strict and reiterated the word standard many times.

Xia Yuanji didn't understand at first, but slowly understood.

Standards are equivalent to rules, and if the standards are formulated in the project, they will do everything according to the standards, and as long as the officials change the standards without authorization in the process, it is a capital crime.

"This book is hand-copied, there is only one copy, you take it back, after reading it, circulate the officials of the six departments, everyone study hard, and follow this in the future, if there is anything to be added and changed, you can mention it to me at any time, let's improve it together."

"Obey." Xia Yuanji took Zhu Gaoxu's small notebook.

But Zhu Gaoxu's small book is not only this one.

He immediately turned around and greeted again, and Mao Xin handed over a bunch of paper materials, which were quite heavy.

Zhu Gaoxu spread it flat on the large table.

Natsuhara got up and came over to look.

I found that there were many maps, the top one, was the map of Jingshi, but the map was like a new painting, concise and clear, much clearer than the previous map of the Ming Dynasty, and he could understand it even after a few glances.

"When the household department and Jinyiwei confirm the rights to the fields in the world, they should pay attention to leaving some places."

"This is from Jingshi."

"Here is the big teaching field, I will build a military academy in the future, so at least 500 acres must be left."

"Here, if I want to build a firearms bureau in the future, I also need a large piece of land."

"Here, I will build a scientific research bureau in the future, and I also need a place."

"I try my best not to choose the location of the grain field, but sometimes for the sake of geographical advantages, I will definitely use part of the grain field, so I will occupy it before confirming the right."

Xia Yuanji took a brief look and found that there were many strange yamen of all kinds that the emperor wanted to build in Beijing, at least a dozen.

Of course, the emperor said that this was something that would be done in the future, perhaps ten or twenty years later, and that it was just a matter of occupying a place for now.

"Where the political envoys of each province are located, they must set aside corresponding places."

"Your household department wants to build dozens of new granaries across the country, and you also need to set aside land in advance."

The emperor took into account the issue of land ownership after the right was confirmed, so he had to leave a piece of land before the right was confirmed, and of course, according to the emperor's words, try not to use the grain field.

Xia Yuanji seemed to think of something: "The fields in the world have been confirmed, and after a few years, if the imperial court uses the people's fields and the people refuse to sell them, what should I do?" ”

"Standards, as I just said, there are standards."

"This brings us to the issue of demolition." Zhu Gaoxu said: "The imperial court has to come up with standards. ”

"When it is used for military purposes, the people's grain fields are expropriated, and it is how much money is per mu."

"When used for civil purposes, such as building roads and bridges, how much is an acre."

"When used for real estate, how much is an acre, and when used for industry, how much is an acre, there must be corresponding standards."

"Among them, military and civil, the people must sell, the rest, the people can not sell, if the sale is done according to the standard, the people can not increase the price, the court will not lower the price, everyone will act according to the law, there is nothing to say."

"Your Majesty, what is real estate and industry?" Natsuhara asked.

"Well, you don't understand it for the time being, anyway, there will be in the future, you can establish standards first, and later generations will improve them."

Xia Yuanji didn't ask again, he just felt that the emperor thought more than anyone else.

Xia Yuanji came empty-handed when he came, and when he left, he followed the two brocade guards, helping him hold a lot of information and maps.

After Zhu Gaoxu waited for him to leave, he covered his forehead with his hand, feeling that this emperor was really not good, especially the traverser, he didn't like anything, he wanted to change it, he wanted to change it, and he couldn't make the Ming Empire upside down.

But he has limited time and energy, so he has to find out the order of what he wants to do, step by step.

In the first year of Hongxi, he didn't make any big moves, he just ascended the throne, focusing on stability, and then laid off some veterans to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

This year, his goal is very certain, first of all, to confirm power and tax reform, to collect taxes, to ensure the income of the empire, and with money, he has the confidence to do other things.

As for education and science and technology, we have to be at the bottom of the queue, and we can only do it when we have money.

"Mao Xin, the biggest obstacle to tax reform is the reader, do you know how to do it?" The emperor said suddenly.

Mao Xin immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, Jinyiwei has already started in the whole country. ”

In February of the second year of Hongxi, the triennial examination of the Ming Dynasty was about to begin.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was no quota for the number of students admitted to the examination, the lowest was 32, and the highest was 472, but after 1475, it was basically maintained at 300.

In February, the Beijing Division was extremely busy, and the ships came and went on the dock every day, and people from all over the country came to the Beijing Division one after another to participate in the examination.

On the fourth day of the second lunar month, Shi Pengfei took the scholar to the dock, and after he stood still, he turned his head to see that a large number of people on the boat behind him had disembarked.

This is all their Kunshan lifting people, all by the Shijia ship, a boat transported, a total of thirteen people, the last autumn in the south of the province of one hundred and twenty people, Kunshan county accounted for thirteen, is very powerful, the same period of Yunnan province is only twelve people.

The Shi family is a wealthy family in Kunshan, a big family, and all the people are looking forward to Shi Peng's Pegasus.

After getting off the boat, Shi Pengfei immediately said: "At noon, I have already chartered the whole building, I hope you will go to the banquet on time." ”

"Brother Yuntai is too polite."

"I'll know." Everyone responded, and then dispersed, and there were a few people who had been following Shi Pengfei, and they were considered dead friends.

When it was close to noon, there were candidates from all over the world to Tianwailou, the people who came were basically Jiangnan Province (formerly Nanzhili), Zhejiang, Shandong Province, and a small number of other provinces, when Shi Pengfei came, Tianwailou was three floors up and down, all the tables were almost full, and more than 130 people came.

As soon as Shi Pengfei entered the Tianwai Building, he heard a commotion upstairs, and there seemed to be scolding.

Can make the reader scold, what is going on?

At this time, the shopkeeper hurriedly ran over: "Shi Gongzi, Shi Gongzi, there is a quarrel upstairs." ”

"Why quarrel? Who's fighting? ”

"Storyteller and reader." Shopkeeper said.

Shi Pengfei was stunned: "The storyteller who came? ”

"Our major restaurants in Beijing have storytellers in the past month." The shopkeeper smiled: "I used to talk about interesting things about the vassal king, but recently I talked about the tax reform of the imperial court, and the common people like to hear it." ”

Shi Pengfei was furious: "Didn't this son charter your Tianwailou for two days, who let the storyteller in?" ”

The shopkeeper had a bitter face: "We signed a contract with him, and the reader is allowed to speak in January and February in this restaurant for two months." ”

Shi Pengfei said angrily: "Why didn't you say it earlier? "Why didn't you say it when I booked a hotel?

The shopkeeper's way, Jingshi's restaurants and teahouses are all there, and Shi Gongzi just wants to change the restaurant or the same.

Shi Pengfei didn't believe it, turned around and saw a small restaurant opposite, and immediately turned around and ran over.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I heard someone coaxing above, and I could hear the voice of the storyteller, which was even more chaotic, and even the people on the stairs were standing there, obviously to listen to the book, and the shopkeeper did not drive them away.

Shi Pengfei had no choice, he returned to Tianwailou in a huff, and when he arrived on the third floor, he saw a table in the middle of the third floor, and a storyteller was sitting there, talking loudly.

The side was full of scholars, and there were also people from the second floor and the first floor, all of whom were people who entered Beijing this time, and everyone was glaring at him.

"Brother Yuntai is finally here, listen to it, what nonsense is this rough man talking about." Someone immediately stepped forward to complain: "Sure enough, as Brother Yuntai expected, the imperial court wants to cancel the preferential exemption." ”

Shi Pengfei waved his hand, signaling him not to make noise, and to listen calmly.

(End of chapter)