The news of Yang Guang's resignation from Li Gang spread quickly in Daxing City, and even alarmed the emperor.

Early the next morning, Yang Guang was called alone to talk to the emperor.

Before dawn, the emperor had already begun to deal with official business, Yang Guang couldn't help but sigh that the emperor's life was hard, but this hard work is also an accessory to power, and it must be so hard to firmly grasp the power in his hands.

Yang Jian didn't raise his head and asked, "Amour, yesterday in the University Hall, the commotion was a little too big. ”

"Father, the people in the university hall should be dealt with."

"Dispose of it."

Yang Guang didn't expect Yang Jian to ask a word, but calmly said that he would deal with it.

"Someone down there will have to be beaten if they don't obey, but ......"

At this time, Yang Jian raised his head and looked at Yang Guang with eyes like a falcon: "Are you ready to bear the consequences of this matter?" Or what are you going to do about it in the future? ”

"Father, the university hall is now on the right track, and the son is planning to carry out the technical school through this matter, and now the demand for skilled workers in Daxing City is very large, and the technical school can also allow some young people with strong blood to have a future development path and maintain better stability."

Yang Jian nodded: "Things are naturally a good thing, but Li Gang's protégés and former officials are all over the world, and in today's early dynasty, someone must play this matter, so it is not his protégé and former officials. ”

Yang Guang bowed and saluted: "Thank you for mentioning it." ”

"That's it, it's not a serious matter, but you will only discount it in the hearts of literati and artists, but it will damage your reputation as the first poet of the Great Sui."

"Father, it's all praised by others, and the sons are the first in the Great Sui."

"Nope! You are. ”

Yang Jian was extremely sure of this matter, and told him that the righteous path in the world is a young man who has vicissitudes, can he not be the first in the Great Sui?

Why is his son not the first in the Great Sui.

Yang Jian reminded again: "If someone in the court makes a fuss about this matter, you can just respond with a good voice, this matter will not cause trouble." ”

"Yes, Father."

Yang Guang This is the first time to feel Yang Yong's treatment, the emperor leads you, that is, Yang Yong himself is not on the road, otherwise Yang Jian's step-by-step guidance, he is not afraid of taking the wrong path, he will bear it for you.

In the early dynasties, the ministers played a major event in the world, and Yang Jian dealt with them one by one.

After a while, someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Xi'an Jiaotong University Hall, Vice President, Li Gang and Li Fuzi, yesterday because he offended His Royal Highness the Prince, was ordered by His Royal Highness to remove the position of Vice President, Li Fuzi has worked hard for many years, conscientious, and hard work without merit, and I also ask Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to consider it, and it is not appropriate to punish too severely." ”

Weichen seconded.

Weichen seconded.

Several officials stood up for a while, none of them were of high rank, but they were all middle-level officials, and they all had the right to speak in the court.

Some of these people were Li Gang's disciples, and some were Li Gang's friends.

Yang Jian looked at Yang Guang: "Prince, what do you think?" ”

Yang Guang stood up in the ranks, facing the ministers, without the slightest fear, and said unhurriedly: "Father, although Li Gang is indeed dedicated to the work of the University Hall, but he disobeys the orders of his superiors, if this becomes a trend, the consequences are incalculable. ”

At this time, Yuan Yan, the first strategist beside Yang Xiu, stood up: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince, after hearing about this matter, Weichen learned in detail, because Li Gang and Weichen have been friends for many years, so they understand him as a person, he is not a person who violates the yang and the yin, and I also ask Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to consider this matter." ”

At this time, Yang Xiu also stood up: "Father, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always done things reasonably and well-founded, and the sons believe that His Royal Highness the Prince's decision is right." ”

One of these two people sings red face and white face, what they said is reasonable, and the acting is really good.

Yang Guang was not in a hurry, and said in a small voice: "I once ordered the University Hall to be responsible for building a technical school to recruit young technical students and train skilled workers, and asked Li Gang to be responsible for this matter, but it has been so long since the University Hall has not done this at all, and asked Li Gang again and again yesterday, but Li Gang still refused, saying that he is not capable, and since his ability is insufficient, the vice president of the University Hall should not be able to serve as such." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter should be your wish and mine, Li Fuzi is a contemporary Confucian, elegant person, let him go to supervise the construction of the technical school, in the face of a group of workers who learn technology, it is indeed difficult for strong people in the past, to say something unpleasant, insulting Sven."

As soon as this insulting sentence came out, everyone looked at Yang Guang with some apprehension.

The officials are all human spirits, and most of the words they use are neutral, so as not to displease people, and a crime of disrespect falls, even if it is reasonable, it will not be ignored.

So the word insulting Sven is already very serious, but the other party also kept an eye on it, and Li Gang felt insulting to Sven, but it was Yang Guang who pointed to Sang scolding Huai.

Yang Guang was slightly disdainful, is this in a hurry?

Everyone's eyes looked at Yang Guang, and Yang Guang said: "Why do you think it is insulting to open a technical school and teach technical workers?" ”

"Although Li Fuzi is not as knowledgeable as Wang Fuzi and can be a guest in front of the Tianzi Hall, the students under Wang Fuzi are all people with solid knowledge, and it is indeed an insult to let such an old gentleman who is full of peach and plum to teach young people who will go to work in the workshop in the future to teach young people who will work in the workshop in the future, and please ask His Royal Highness to consider it more and also consider it for Li Fuzi."

Yang Guang replied: "I would like to ask you, have you ever seen the workers of the firearms workshop?" ”

"Have you seen the workers digging the canals, the workers of the weaving mills, the glaze mills, the lumber mills, the shipyards?"

The people looked at each other, but no one answered.

Yang Guang waited for a while before he said, "Do you know what the tax burden in Daxing City is now?" ”

There was still no answer, and everyone didn't know what Yang Guang meant.

Yang Guang looked at Yu Qingze, who was the head of the household department at the time, Yu Qingze was a brick of the Great Sui, where it needed to be moved, the emperor liked to use him very much, and if there was a gap in the book, he would move it over and use it.

"Yu Shangshu, this is within your purview, let me introduce it to you."

Yu Qing really didn't want to participate in any struggle, so he kept holding back and didn't say anything, and quietly took two steps back, for fear that blood would splash him, but he didn't expect to be pulled out.

"If you put it simply, let's talk about Daxing City's tax payment last year."

Reluctantly, he walked out and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the total amount of taxes paid last year was 12 percent more than the year before, of which the agricultural tax included the tax on people accounted for 4 percent, the industrial tax, the tax paid by the factories accounted for 3 percent of the tax, the customs tax accounted for 2 percent, and the rest was miscellaneous taxes. ”

The total tax was 2.2 times that of the previous year, of which 41% was agricultural tax, 38% industrial tax, 20% commercial tax and 1% miscellaneous tax.

You must know that the taxes in Daxing City have doubled over the years, and the treasury is now very full, and in terms of composition, it is still the agricultural tax that accounts for the majority, and the Sui Dynasty collects taxes according to the household registration, which is a big head, but the industrial tax is also about to catch up with the agricultural tax, which is an important model of social transformation to industrialization.

Yang Guang asked again: "What is the difference between the total amount of agricultural tax compared with the previous year?" How much is the difference in proportion. ”

Yu Qing is really familiar with these data, and opened his mouth: "Because there were many children born in previous years, and the wind and rain have been smooth in the past two years, the total amount of agricultural taxes last year actually increased by more than 30% compared with the year before last, but the agricultural tax has decreased by more than 10% in the overall proportion of taxes." ”

Yu Qing didn't say how much it was, this is something that the emperor should know, and only said the proportion.

From ancient times to the present, the agricultural tax occupies the most important position in the tax composition of the empire, and the ministers who are not familiar with taxes are now a little surprised, but they did not expect that the agricultural and industrial taxes in the tax composition of Daxingcheng are about to be equalized.

After Yang Guang listened, he said to everyone: "All the princes in the court have just heard Yu Shangshu's words, in the case of the total increase in agricultural taxes, the proportion has declined, the proportion of industrial taxes and commercial taxes is constantly increasing, the Great Sui is thriving, according to this trend, it is likely that this year's industrial tax will exceed the agricultural tax, becoming the most important source of tax in the Great Sui." ”

"You may think that the data of Daxing City is not counted, but the same is true of Luoyang City, other cities are also slowly changing, and have you really thought about what this huge, even earth-shaking change has invisibly formed the biggest basic support?"

"Is it Sun Simiao, who made gunpowder? Am I the one who came up with a firearm? Do you still think it's insulting to Sven's talented literati? ”

"No, it's neither, it's workers, it's workers working in the workshop, without workers, there would be no prosperity of the Great Sui, and in the future of our Great Sui Empire, workers will become the largest source of taxes, but we haven't paid attention to it yet."

Yang Guang's words left everyone speechless.

Yang Guang didn't give anyone else a chance to interject, and continued: "I think most of you shouldn't have been to the workshop to see it, and you don't know where the crux of the workshop is now. ”

"Among the current workers in the workshop, except for a very small number of blacksmiths and carpenters who have some skills, most of them are farmers who have been pulled into the workshop to work as workers, and the ability of these people greatly limits the future development of the workshop, they can't understand the drawings drawn by Yu Wenkai, and they can't understand Li Qing's professional statements, which has already made the development of the workshop tired, let alone in the future."

"Do you want the development of the Great Sui to be as far as it is now? Goguryeo, Nanchen, and the Wa Kingdom will slowly catch up. ”

Yang Guang said earnestly: "For the future of the Great Sui, we have to teach those children to read and write, they have to recognize what words are written on the tools in the workshop, and they must be able to read and understand the drawings, so that the workshop can be developed better in the real sense, and the Great Sui can continue to move towards glory." ”

Yang Guang's words were deafening, and after a few words, even Yang Xiu couldn't say anything to refute them.

Li Yuan was the first to stand up and support Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, Weichen feels that what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true, Weichen has led the firearms workshop and the national granary for a period of time, and he feels the most profound, sometimes when he meets a worker, if he wants him to do something, he has to be taught repeatedly by an experienced worker, because he can't read words, and he can't learn when he's old." ”

In the end, the officials' voices weakened: "Even so, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Master Li Gang will not be dismissed." ”

"Li Fuzi is highly respected, if he is willing to come back to serve as the principal of this technical school now and do things well, not only will I not punish him, but I will also give him a raise."

"This ......"

Yang Guangtie turned pale: "If you don't teach him, you don't teach, in the end, young people have no place to learn if they want to, it's insulting to Sven, what is Sven?" ”

In the face of Yang Guang's question, no one dared to answer.

Yang Guang stood in the center of the main hall: "After reading the book and knowing the etiquette, you should understand even more that you are loyal and patriotic, and now the country is in need, not to ask you to throw your head and spill your blood, but just to let you lower your status to teach a child who may not be very talented, you will feel insulted to you, then if you really go to the battlefield, in the face of the butcher's knife of the alien race, can my father and I believe your bold words in the court?" ”

At this time, Yang Guang almost questioned the official who raised the question, in order to avoid public anger, Yang Guang did not point the finger at all the ministers, and selected the first bird as the benchmark.

It's called a shot in the head.

At this time, the emperor spoke: "What the prince said is reasonable, but the prince is young and impulsive, Li Gang is a good person, declares his will, reinstates Li Gang's position, and is ordered to supervise the construction of a technical school." ”

The emperor came out to play a round at the end, saying a word on both sides, but the final will clearly let everyone know that his thoughts were on Yang Guang's side.

The crowd shouted, "Your Majesty is wise." ”

Yang Jian looked at Yang Guang with satisfaction, you must know that the former prince Yang Yong did not have the ability to convince people with reason in the court, and he often had to come out to help, but now Yang Guang only needs to come out and say a conclusion at the end.

……

The news that Yang Guang was going to open a school to train the children of workers came on the same day.

In fact, the biggest obstacle to this matter is the noble family, but because of the implementation of the imperial examination system and these years, most of these noble families have participated in the workshops in various places, and they themselves know that the benefits that the workshop can bring to them are much more than farming.

It's just an increase in the number of people who work for them.

Three or five years ago, there must have been a lot of resistance to the implementation of this matter, but now there is less implementation.

Li Gang and Li Fuzi still feel that it is a shame to teach skilled workers, even if they are not out of office, they are not willing to serve, and the contempt for the bottom people in the hearts of this cultural person cannot be removed, so Yang Guang has to choose someone else to do this.

Yang Xuan felt Mao and recommended himself.

(End of chapter)