"Lord Sun, can there be less than 500,000 taels of His Majesty who have died in the past dynasties?"

When Sun Jingyang heard this, he understood what Li Xiuzhu meant, and he couldn't help but blush and said: "Except for the last emperor, there are only two or three emperors who are below the 500,000 funeral specifications. ”

The eyes of the two looked at Song Lian again, and the meaning was obvious, if you can't pay 500,000 yuan, it will be your sin.

When the time comes, not only will you be poked in the back, but the prince will also hold a grudge against you.

Song Lian was numb, he didn't expect the two of them to be so shameless, but he really couldn't avoid this.

"The Grand Canal needs to be built slowly, and if the money is sent later, it can be scraped together 500,000 taels."

"In addition, the construction of the mausoleum basically starts from the enthronement, so His Majesty's imperial mausoleum is also close to the top, thirty or fifty thousand taels at most."

"In this case, although the specifications are smaller than those of the first emperor, they are not much worse."

Li Xiuzhu was stunned when he heard this, looked at Sun Jingyang and asked, "Has the construction of this imperial mausoleum been completed?" A total of 250,000 taels? Not a cap? ”

As soon as Sun Jingyang heard it, he knew that Li Xiuzhu had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "It costs a total of 250,000 taels." ”

When Li Xiuzhu heard this, he said: "This is simple, the money for the Grand Canal cannot be delayed, otherwise millions of people will rebel and overturn the sky." ”

"Your Majesty should still have some money in his small treasury, and there should be a little left after subsidizing the construction of the Grand Canal."

"Your Majesty's edict says that we can't waste it, so we can't use more than the first emperor, so let's go according to the specifications of 800,000 taels."

Eighty minus twenty for the construction of the imperial mausoleum (capped at 50,000), that is, sixty, the household can take out thirty, and the less is only thirty, he doesn't believe that Li Kuo has no private property of thirty, but he just sold officials to help Li Kuo earn more than three million taels.

At this moment, Song Lian asked in disbelief: "Why does Your Majesty have so much private money?" ”

"Master Li knows the approximate number, doesn't he know what?"

Li Xiuzhu glanced at Song Lian when he heard this, and said indifferently: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, why does this official still have to report to Lord Song how His Majesty makes money?" ”

Song Lian was stunned for a moment, unconvinced, but he also knew that he had cummed.

"Yes, this official cums over."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and said to Sun Jingyang: "The county prince doesn't know much about the funeral, so it's good to find the county prince if you lack anything." ”

After Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, he turned around and called Wang Defa to leave.

"Princess, come here, let's go and hand over His Majesty's private treasury with the crown prince, and we will also transfer some of His Majesty's private property."

"No!"

The two of them didn't ask on the way, they didn't think about what to pick from here, the future is his son's.

When he saw Li Chengze, Li Xiuzhu explained what happened.

Li Chengze was also stunned after hearing this, and looked at Wang Defa in surprise and asked, "Father-in-law, where did my father get such private property?" ”

Wang Defa glanced at Li Xiuzhu when he heard this, and then said: "The emperor once privately sold official positions below the sixth grade with his concubines, and obtained 3.65 million taels of property. ”

"Of them, a total of 500,000 taels of food and grass were spent on the casualties and grain and grass during the attack on Silla, and 1.3 million taels were spent on the construction of the Grand Canal, leaving 185 taels of surplus wealth."

"However, according to Fu Xiang's estimate of the follow-up expenditure of the Grand Canal, there is still 1.7 million taels on the Grand Canal, and according to His Majesty's needs, there is still a gap of 150,000 taels."

Hearing this, Li Chengze looked at Li Xiuzhu and asked, "Why don't you Xiuzhu help the eldest brother sell a few more officials?" ”

The corners of Li Xiuzhu's mouth twitched, shook his head and said: "I have sold all the officials in several big cities, and I can only sell small places, but if the officials sell too much, there will be problems." ”

"Most of the people who can buy officials have no real talent and real learning, and the cornerstone of the Great Zhou Dynasty is easy to decay."

"But in another half a year, the first batch of officials should be greedy."

"Your Majesty and I had the idea that we could pick up a few examples and use the money to do something for the people."

"Build bridges, build roads, and build public schools."

"Public school?"

"Yes, I thought about public school when I went back. The Maison controlled the written word and the learned, and if we wanted to overthrow their rule, it would be easy for us to rise up against them. ”

"That's why I came up with a public school, which is different from what is taught in private schools, and mainly teaches some practical life subjects."

"For example, farming, breeding, handicrafts, etc., three hundred and sixty lines, except for Confucian disciplines, we teach them all."

In this way, the people could be literate and learn their trades, and they could quickly develop all kinds of commercial needs. For example, doctors, carpenters, hunters, winemakers, etc. ”

"This can speed up the development of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the circulation of coins."

"In less than ten years, the development of Da Zhou will be unparalleled."

"Of course, we also have to develop the military, only absolute military strength can allow us to keep the gold in our hands, otherwise we can only enter the city like a child holding gold, attracting thieves to covet it."

When the prince heard this, he subconsciously asked: "But what if the generals support their own troops?" ”

When Li Xiuzhu heard this, he said: "The general rotation system can be adopted, and each general can only serve in an army for four years, and he can rotate once every four years. ”

"The soldiers in the army adopt an assessment system, and those who fail to meet the assessment standards will be released and returned home after four years of military service."

"Anyone who is disabled will return home as a soldier, and the local county government will be responsible for arranging survival duties. or a yamen teacher, or a thug who cares for the home, or a caravan bodyguard, and so on. ”

"All those who meet the military service standards within four years will all meet the standards and remain in the army and be promoted to two levels."

"Those who have reached the standard for three years will be promoted to the next level."

"The official position that meets the standard for two years remains unchanged, and the military salary is doubled."

"If you meet the standard for a year, everything will be business as usual."

Li Xiuzhu's beaming words made Li Chengze's heart surge, but they digressed.

Realizing this, when Li Chengze opened his mouth to ask when he would start to change, Li Xiuzhu hurriedly said: "Big brother, the top priority is Your Majesty's funeral, and your enthronement, eldest brother. ”

Li Chengze was immediately stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke: "It's the palace that has talked about the matter." ”

"In this way, the father's funeral is less than 150,000 taels, and the palace is out."

already has his own industry, plus the industry he got from Li Chengyu, not to mention 150,000, he also has 500,000 working capital.

Li Xiuzhu was stunned, but he didn't expect Li Chengze to take it himself, and he also said to help find a way.

But think about it, it would be embarrassing if the two largest princes' industries were added together, and if they couldn't pay for this money.

Not to mention that the gambling house of the three princes is making money every day, that is, the annual income of the Qinglou in the Red Sleeve Garden is not less than 200,000 taels.

"Okay, now that the money matter is settled, then there is no problem."

At this moment, a palace maid walked to the door and shouted, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the hundred officials have arrived." ”

(End of chapter)