Zhu Yuanzhang has always believed that if the law is strict enough, there will be as few people who break the law in the future as there will be those who commit suicide by jumping off a cliff.

Because everyone knows that if you jump, you will die.

If you know that you will only fall and get a small injury after jumping, a lot of people will jump because they have no fear.

People break the law mainly because the consequences are not enough to intimidate them.

On the ancient punishment, the two also chatted a few times, and even argued, Qin Yu said that the net should be opened on three sides to give the wrong person a chance, but Zhu Yuanzhang stubbornly insisted on his own opinion.

So he has always been a loyal supporter of the strict punishment law.

Emperor Zhu's second method of managing the Jixia Academy Palace was to regularly count the assets of the Nine Academies, and if they exceeded a certain amount, they had to be handed over to the state treasury. The Nine Academies will definitely not be willing to hand it over to the state treasury, and there is no benefit in handing it over directly.

So, they took out the extra money to do free activities.

Enhance the reputation and prestige of your own college.

"Moreover, the Jixia School Palace has just been established, and it has formed a good atmosphere of honesty and integrity, and the academic atmosphere is strong." The disciple of the Yin and Yang family said, "Therefore, the nine major sacrificial wines in the current Jixia School Palace are basically people of noble character. ”

"Uh-huh." Qin Yu nodded, "In many places that have just been established, people can basically adhere to their founding purpose well at the beginning. ”

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"It's because after a long time, the successors have gradually forgotten their original intentions."

"It's starting to get sour."

"So in the beginning, a sound management system was necessary."

"Because no one dares to guarantee that the successor will be the same as the first generation of sacrificial wine."

"In this way, this little brother, are you still satisfied with the management method of the Jixia School Palace?" The disciple of the Yin and Yang family asked.

"I'm satisfied." Qin Yu said.

And the crowd heard his answer, which made Qin Yu satisfied, and they also felt satisfied, because they couldn't find anything wrong with themselves at all. The disciples of the Yin and Yang family said the management method of the Jixia School Palace openly, and people believed in and supported the Jixia School Palace even more.

"Whew!" The disciple of the Yin and Yang family let out a long sigh of relief and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

Then ignore it and continue to unsign the people behind you.

And Qin Yu took Lu Daxin, and Lu Dayou walked out of the Three Emperors Temple after wandering around.

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"Senior brother, I met a teenager just now, it's amazing." Not long after, in the backyard of the Three Emperors Temple, the disciple of the Yin-Yang Academy just now said to another older young man, "I almost didn't answer the question he asked me just now. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Senior Brother said curiously.

"Yes." The junior brother repeated what he had just done, and then said, "Although this person is young, he has a very deep understanding of building a country with Taoism, and the questions he asks go straight to the essence. ”

"It seems that he should be very knowledgeable, like a talent."

"Such a talent, do you want to introduce him to Shizun and recruit him to join our Yin-Yang Academy?"

"I think so." Senior Brother said, "Now the nine colleges are committed to recruiting talents, expanding the influence of the colleges and recruiting more geniuses is the most important part. ”

"Let's go, don't let him be snatched away by other academies."

"However, it is better to introduce it to Shizun, Shizun is both the dean and the superintendent of the imperial history, so he doesn't have so much free time to see him. Moreover, the Yin-Yang Academy has very strict requirements for talents, although he is a talent, he is not necessarily suitable for learning Yin-Yang Mathematics. ”

"Senior brother is right, let's find him first, and then conduct an assessment on him before we talk about anything else."

So the two hurriedly walked out, but Qin Yu and the other three were gone.

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After Qin Yu, Lu Daxin, and Lu Dayou left the Three Emperors Temple, they happened to meet the businessman who was doing business overseas in front of a stall.

"Brother, please." Qin Yu said.

"What advice does the little brother have?" Doing business.

"I heard what Brother Tai just said, you have been doing business overseas all year round?" Qin Yu said.

"Yes, my face is on the sea, and the sea breeze blows all year round." "In the past, the emperor strictly forbade maritime affairs, so we could only secretly go to sea, transport some spices back from overseas, and make some small money. ”

"But for some reason, the emperor suddenly changed his maritime policy a few months ago."

"Encourage overseas trade, so that we dare to go to sea blatantly."

"The person who released the sign just now said that Brother Tai is the God of Wealth, and he will definitely make a lot of money in the next few months." Qin Yu said, "From this point of view, Brother Tai must be a master among the merchants." ”

"Little brother has won the prize." The merchant said humbly, but his tone still revealed arrogance, "I used to have only a few small merchant ships, but now I have developed into a large merchant fleet. ”

"Overseas businessmen are the most profitable, and Brother Tai is really a rich and noble person!" Qin Yu said.

"Where, where ......" said the business, "although overseas trade is indeed a profitable business, and the profits are very high, but it can't withstand the high taxes." It can be said that most of the money we make is earned for the imperial court. ”

It turned out that Emperor Zhu's money came from here - heavy taxes were imposed on profiteering industries.

Then the emperor used the heavy taxes collected to carry out policies to benefit the people.

Give money to the people and build orphans for the elderly......

Of course, it is not enough to collect a heavy business tax. Transporting gold and silver back from the Wa Kingdom, plundering gold and silver overseas, and earning silver from vassal states were also an important source of income for the Ming Dynasty.

Without these channels, he could not afford to pay the people money.

Although the merchants paid high taxes, there was still a constant stream of merchants. Because even if they pay 90 percent of the tax, the remaining 10 percent are countless times stronger than ordinary people.

"The emperor has distributed the money you earned to the people." Qin Yu said.

"We've known that for a long time." As a shrewd businessman, his vision is clearer than that of most ordinary people, "It is a good thing to send it to the people, so we should be accumulating virtue and doing good." ”

"The most unacceptable thing for us is that the hard-earned money of our businessmen has fallen into the personal pockets of those corrupt officials."

"The emperor has done a good job in this regard, and he has given it to the people."

"How many overseas countries has Brother Tai visited?" Qin Yu asked again.

"A dozen, Champang, Java, Sumatra, Aru, Manciga." "The farthest country seems to be called Kufar." ”

"You've been to Africa?" Qin Yu was shocked, "The people there, are they very dark and the weather is very hot?" ”

"Little brother, how do you know?" The merchant was also shocked, "The customs and customs of the group, the people in the Ming Dynasty, know very little. Little brother, are you a peer? ”

When he first talked to him, he felt that Qin Yu might also be a businessman, so he had the patience to talk to him for so long.

"No, no." Qin Yu denied it again and again.