Zhu Youxiao glanced at his second son and smiled faintly.

As the emperor, he never went through the Dongchang and other eyewitnesses to understand the movements of people from all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty.

As far as Zhu Youxiao knows, there are indeed some poor scholars who live in poverty. His second son did not lie.

But the real reason is not that the court does not treat it with preferential treatment.

Instead, some scholars want a leisurely career, want to gain a good enough position, and have a very wealthy income.

But this does not conform to Daming's current economic distribution principle.

Therefore, this lifestyle that some scholars wanted was not available in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao naturally knew that his second son suddenly mentioned this, obviously to attract people's hearts and establish his own wise personality.

But Zhu Youxiao saw through it and did not break it down.

He hasn't reached the point where he wants to go to the school in person, and he is a little brat who thinks he is smart.

It’s not just Zhu Youxiao who doesn’t take Zhu Cican’s words seriously.

Wen Tiren, the sleek assistant minister, did not take Zhu Cican's words seriously.

Lu Xiangsheng was too lazy to bother with the prince.

In his opinion, the wise Majesty will not be unclear about the tricks of the second son of the emperor.

Only Liu Hongxun refuted it because he wanted to attack Zhu Cican and showed his enthusiasm, saying, "I haven't seen that there are scholars who are not as rich as the people! Although there are, most of them are people with high expectations and low expectations!"

Zhu Cizhuo's face looked a little ugly when he heard Liu Hongxun say this.

Because he clearly remembers that Liu Hongxun had said before that he had a high eye and low power.

Therefore, he was extremely irritated when he heard the four words "high eyesight, low skills".

"Please also ask Yuan Fu for advice!"

But Zhu Cizhuo still bowed politely and replied.

"There are so many scholars in the world that cross the river. This is an indisputable fact. Whether it is science and engineering, literature and history, it is the case. Especially in literature and history, there are still only Confucian classics and scholars, and there are countless people who choose from it!"

"In this regard, the cabinet has also formulated many decrees to allow these scholars to realize their ambitions and gain wealth."

"First of all, the cabinet encouraged them to join the army and apply for the Ming Dynasty Military Academy and other newly established military academies."

"But there are not enough people who are willing to abandon their articles and join the army, because they are unwilling to suffer outside the customs and overseas."

"Secondly, the cabinet also issued a junta order to encourage scholars to follow officials. Many scholars were unwilling to start with officials, thinking that they should be the seventh rank official directly!"

"They want to be an official directly, and the court understands it. The cabinet has issued a government order. Anyone who is willing to go abroad can be directly awarded an official. Moreover, whether it is a civil servant who manages civil affairs or a Confucian official who studies, they all have a double salary, which will reduce the difficulty of the exam. However, there are still not many who are willing to sign up to go abroad outside the customs."

"Because they only want to be officials in the pass!"

"And you must be an official of the seventh rank or above, and it is even better to stay in places like the two capitals and even Susong Lake!"

"But there are so many monks in these places, and the Jinshi waiting to be arranged every year are hundreds of thousands of yuan. How can there be so many places in the pass!"

"The court's food subsidy for all scholars is only the most basic living security. It is impossible not to work without working, and can still obtain high income. Moreover, even the food subsidy is similar to the income of ordinary people, so it is no problem to support a family!"

"The problem is that they are not willing to join the army, officials, or overseas passports, or work hard. The key is that they do not know how to be frugal and have to live a life of wealthy people. They clearly rely on the court's honor to live a concubine, but they still have to take concubines, and go to various famous gathering places, and travel to the powerful and powerful doors, so they eat porridge for their family, which is also their own fault!"

Liu Hongxun said, "It is because they are Han people. The court is willing to pay to support them for the prosperity of culture. But if they are foreigners, such people will starve to death and don't care."

"Then there is no need for the court to give such high subsidies to veterans. Among the subsidies for veterans, the minimum scale is enough for an ordinary family's five years of income! Even if you are willing to work as a supervisor in the mining area, you will give double or even triple. Although it is because those places are cold and remote, and the benefits are less, no one is willing to go, but in fact, there is no need for the court to open colonial areas overseas and outside the pass. There are mines in many places within the pass, so wouldn't it be better to mine them within the pass? This will save the cost!"

Zhu Cican said.

“This is different!”

Lu Xiangsheng replied at this time and explained: "Your Highness! The country is the place of the dragon vein of China. The vitality cannot be mined. If it hurts the vitality, it will damage the ecology! Academicians of the Academy of Sciences have argued that natural disasters are indeed related to excessive damage to the ecology! Therefore, in order to recuperate and for a long-term plan! In terms of mining to obtain energy, it is suitable to first mine foreign local energy to nourish our China, rather than fishing in the waters and exploiting one's own geographical advantage, which will hurt your own vitality!"

Zhu Cican said something hard to say when he saw Lu Xiangsheng.

"As Mr. Lu said, the benefits of soldiers are high because they have to work hard for the court! Even if they retire from the army and work as supervisors, they still have to work hard, and they do not guarantee that their income is high. However, for the scholars who only do folks in the pass, even eating steamed buns or even drinking porridge every day can create."

Liu Hongxun continued to reply.

Zhu Cican had to nod and said, "Yes! What I said just now is not considered."

...

"Your Highness, can the court be willing to have corresponding regulations on exemption from gentry?"

A group of scholars who were close to Zhu Cican also hurriedly asked about Zhu Cican's arrival after Zhu Cican returned to his house.

Zhu Cican shook his head and said, "Shame! Although my seventh brother and I, Chen You, were free from the need for gentry, and the other assistant ministers had no objection, but because Yuan Fu was very opposed, he was not adopted by his father!"

Zhu Cican obviously said lies. The real situation should be that all the auxiliary ministers opposed it. The Seventh Prince was also a mute like other princes.

But for his own benefit, Zhu Cican was obviously unwilling to let Liu Hongxun stay in the court, so he said it without blushing and his heart was beating, and he looked guilty, which perfectly inherited the point where his father spoke lies with his eyes open.

Even Zhu Cihui followed suit and said, "That's true. Those surnamed Liu even said that you should starve to death!"

"What?!"

"How could Yuan Fu say such a vicious word!"

"All of you are scholars at least!"

"That's right, why should we starve to death."

"Sure enough, those who do not hesitate to break with the entire clan for their personal power and life are not ruthless people!"

The scholars became quite angry because of this.

"The court received hundreds of millions of taels of compensation, and the first batch of compensation paid alone reached 50 million. However, Liu, who controlled the government, still refused to give him any kindness to the poor people in the world! It's really disappointing!"

As well as Chen Weisong, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites here, couldn't help but say something.

And while being disappointed that the court's current wealth is unwilling to be exempted from gentry, the Hanlin official named Zhang Ersu took the initiative to ask Zhu Cican another thing with concern: "Your Highness, can the court be willing to open the ban on mining?"

"I mentioned it, but I was still blocked by Yuanfu! It is said that the mining industry inside the ban will damage my vitality and cause more natural disasters. We should nourish the energy inside the qi and allow our Chinese kingdom to recuperate."

Zhu Cican replied.

"What does this have to do with the vitality of China? Natural disasters are related to the lack of moral governance, and they are the result of people's grievances. How could Yuanfu be so stupid!"

Zhang Ersu said excitedly.

In his opinion, if the mining industry is not opened within the customs, it means that private capital will not be able to enter the mining industry, and it will not allow the wealthy businessmen, such as the huge profit-making industry, to achieve faster growth in wealth.

Just as if mining is only allowed outside the customs and overseas, there will be only official capital in the mining field.

The highly profitable industry of mineral energy only belongs to official capital.

Because of the official capital, it is the ability to go overseas and mine outside the pass, and mobilize more financial and manpower with the help of the court.

Therefore, Zhang Ersu hopes that the court will allow mining within the pass, because this is how private businessmen can get involved in the mining industry.

After all, mining within the pass does not require much cost.

Folk businessmen can easily get business opportunities.

But Zhu Youxiao and his assistants were not only considering the interests of merchants, but only thinking about private merchants making more money.

They consider the long-term interests of the entire nation.

So there was still no such opening. As soon as possible, many officials and scholars who were bribed by wealthy businessmen were advocating or indirectly suggesting that the court open the mining ban within the pass.

Zhang Ersu was naturally disappointed.

Other civil servants who had the same purpose as Zhang Ersu were also quite disappointed.

"I really don't know what the court was thinking. I would rather spend a lot of money to mine overseas outside the customs, than to open up the mining ban in the customs. What's the use of green mountains and green waters? It's better to let the people mine freely to increase the benefits of the people!"

A Jinshi, a Jinshi from the Ministry of Mining Department named Lu Shaoqi, followed suit.

"Okay! You don't need to mention that national policies can be changed so easily. Everything must be discussed in the long run. Should the ban be completely relaxed and the operation of the people be freely operated or restricted? These cannot be reached overnight."

Zhu Cican did not let these civil servants talk about it at this time.

After these civil servants stopped talking, Zhu Cican began to express some of the views: "I think that no matter how I do it, I must follow the public's wishes, follow the destiny of heaven, and hold power, even more so."

"After all, the second highness is wise! If the people's greatest desire today is only 'freedom', but the only thing that is dissatisfied is that the authority is very wide-spread, just like a spring of water, let it flow freely, it will be a clear stream that can be drunk and irrigated; if it is blocked and not allowed to flow, it will be a pool of stagnant water without any ripples!"

At this time, Chen Weisong induced Zhu Cican to come.

...

"The compensation of 50 million taels is indeed not a small number."

"After the funds needed for basic engineering construction and major research and development, there is still a lot of surplus. The main reason is that the current industry of the imperial court basically uses foreign slave labor, which cannot require labor costs. Therefore, only the domestic railway and official road construction demand for funds is relatively high, but it cannot cost tens of millions."

"I'm wondering if I really spend some money and spend more on ecological construction."

"River channels, forest lands, wetlands, etc., seem to be controlled by the court, as well as animals. In recent years, the people have become rich and the demand for wild game treasures has increased, so that many people have become sick due to eating wild animals and even new infectious diseases, which must have violated the laws of nature."

When Liu Hongxun was meeting Zhu Youxiao alone, he continued to mention how to use the new compensation to do something beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood.

"It's feasible! It's better to spend money to keep the green mountains and clear waters than to put them in the warehouse, and wait for the selfish people to take their time away!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

He agreed to Liu Hongxun for doing this, that is, to do more things that are beneficial to the country's long-term while he is still able to make decisions.
To be continued...