It is extremely rare for Zhao Wanyong to completely reject Hong Jinglai's ideas in such a clear-cut manner. This is probably the first time for everyone here to see Zhao Wanyong and Hong Jinglai singing the opposite tune.

Hong Jinglai didn't take it seriously. Our Fengshan Hong clan's political power has just been established, and the foundation is not yet completely solid. If his subordinates are all flattering, then Hong Jinglai will doubt whether he can continue to work for a long time. There is a small It is quite necessary to have a brother like Zhao by your side.

Seeing that the two people's opinions seemed to be in complete conflict, and Hong Jinglai was silent, the scene became slightly deserted. Everyone considered the pros and cons of convening a parliament and whether it could provide strong support for Hong Jinglai's governance.

Min Jingyue, who usually acted as a peacemaker, or just as a smiling Maitreya Bodhisattva, stopped talking when he saw everyone, probably because he was afraid that Hong Jinglai would make things difficult for him. As his son-in-law, as a father-in-law, he always had to help.

"Wufeng, if we talk about convening a meeting, how are you prepared?" Min Jingyou still spoke in that slow and leisurely manner, not nervous at all.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, the presupposition of this question was that Hong Jinglai could convene the parliament. After hearing his question, Zhao Wanyong opened his mouth, as if he wanted to argue, but Hong Jinglai had not answered yet, so it was inconvenient for him to ask Min Jinglai all at once. His face was ruined, so he turned to look at Hong Jinglai.

Everyone can understand the meaning of what I said now. You, Hong Jing, came to convene a council and summoned local sages to come to Beijing. I hope they will praise you, support you, and support you. Of course, the idea is very good. But in the world of adults, ideals After all, it is skinny, and interests are real. If you want them to pay for this, what can you, Hong Jinglai, provide them?

This brings us back to the original point. Do you want to give them titles or money?

It is extremely unwise to let a group of people who do not support you at all enter the official career and hold official positions. On the surface, it seems that I am exchanging official titles for your support, but in fact, it is just a It's just a bribe in disguise. Maybe they were trying to dig up Hong Jinglai's walls in front of Hong Jinglai's officials. It's really hard to tell.

As for giving money, haha, the Li Dynasty's Hucao treasury, Taicang and Xuanhui Hall, all know how much money is left in their offices. Before the autumn tax comes up, the salaries and wages of hundreds of officials and sergeants in Hanyang can be paid. It would be good if they all get paid in full. Is there any huge sum of money left to reward the virtuous people in society who come to the meeting?

If you have the nerve to hand out two pieces of cloth, a few bags of rice, etc., even if you don't have someone spitting on your face, there will be many people scolding you in front of you, let alone scolding you behind your back.

"Are you ready? It just came to mind, let's discuss it for now..." Hong Jinglai was a little embarrassed, but he was in his own inner circle now, so there was no need to pretend anything.

"Then Wu Feng, you shouldn't handle this matter. You have to prepare everything before discussing it." Min Jinghuo glanced at Zhao Wanyong and suggested to Hong Jinglai with a smile.

Look at my old father-in-law. When he opened his mouth, he still helped Hong Jing to speak. In just a few sentences, he presented facts and reason, and persuaded Hong Jing not to hold a meeting. Everyone gave a thumbs up in their hearts. After all, he had been in office for twenty years. The old youtiao didn't say anything directly opposed, but he persuaded Hong Jing to come.

Even Zhao Wanyong couldn't help but admire Min Jingyou. He originally thought that our Prime Minister Min was a clay Buddha, but now it seems that when it comes to political wisdom, he is probably the top one among the people here.

"What Mr. Lao said is right. It's me, Meng Lang." Hong Jinglai also nodded. Our father-in-law, Min Jinghuo, was right.

"After saving a little for three or two years, I will have a slight surplus. I will do it when the time comes. It will be easy to make up for the small measures." Min Jingyue patted Hong Jinglai's hand as a comfort.

"It is indeed true that the Prime Minister will seek for the country after he has matured." Hong Shourong, the cheap brother, agreed.

"If things change in three or two years, we can discuss it again then." Min Jinghye's steps have already been provided. How could Xiao Zhao not want them? Naturally, he followed his wishes.

"Actually, if we just talk about the various academies and schools, there are ready-made rewards." Hong Jinglai was originally ready to stop there, but an idea flashed in his mind, and something suddenly occurred to him.

"Oh! What did Wufeng think of?" Min Jingyou couldn't help but ask.

"Everyone should know that since the Lord ascended the throne, he has not granted any scholarship to any academy or any party school."

The so-called grant means that King Li gave the academies, ancestral halls, private schools and other educational institutions where the Confucian school was located, and gave them plaques written in imperial pens and their names.

In addition to being a very high honor, this also comes with a huge economic benefit. Just like the old mother Hong's consecrated wife, the academy that received the grant will be fully tax-free!

Someone is about to ask, what kind of land can an academy have? At most a hundred acres of land, even if it is completely free, it will only be a few shi of food? This may be true in the Qing Dynasty next door, but it is completely wrong in North Korea. of.

Since the establishment of the Li Dynasty, both King Taizu Li Chenggui and King Taizong Li Fangyuan hoped to make the knowledge monopolized in the hands of the gentry class more common, so they both ordered the construction of rural schools and the establishment of rural private schools. However, the country did not have enough finances to support this As a result, the so-called rural schools are superficial.

The last remaining local academies were actually private academies founded by two groups of local gentry and famous Confucian masters. These schools basically only admitted children of the same local clan or descendants of the same sect. Almost not open to the public.

These academies centered on families and schools gradually became the center of unity among local scholars, so some people began to send their family's real estate slaves to the academies. After the Shilin sect defeated the Xungui sect, a large number of academies were granted Forehead.

The academies after the granting of quotas actually directly exempted the local yangban's large amounts of real estate and slaves from the national tax books. Up to now, some academies own thousands of knots of real estate and hundreds of slaves, which not only supports the local The families of the two groups of scholars continued and most of their property was preserved.

"Inappropriate! Most of these academies were granted during the reign of the previous kings. Now that they are granted, they cannot benefit many places." Min Jing's own Lixing Min family had an academy in Lizhou, which was established two hundred years ago. Those who have been given a quota cannot impress the two classes in those places at all.

"Yes, most of the existing academies have been granted quotas. Only those in the past thirty or twenty years have not been granted quotas because of the strictness of the Xianzheng Temple." Apparently Zhao Wanyong also knew this situation.

"No, no, no, I don't mean to only give you an amount, but to give you additional land." Hong Jinglai signaled everyone to be calm.
Chapter completed!