Chapter 305.

The people of the Taiping Mansion had gathered in the public hall of the Mansion.

Zhang Anshi directly handed over the newly released decree to be circulated.

The crowd was shocked to see it, one by one.

“Your Excellency, isn’t this tantamount to opening a government with three ministers of honor?” Li Zhaoma said dumbfounded.

The so-called opening of the government is actually understandable, while the three ministers of ceremonial affairs are actually given the treatment of the three dukes.

And the essence of the reason why the three ministers of ceremonies and the three ministers of justice is that during the Han Dynasty, the three ministers were the real three ministers.

They were veritable prime ministers, with all the power of one person to decide on the promotion of officials and to deal directly with political affairs.

There are even a number of people who work directly from their own mansions.

“Not true.” Gao Xiang immediately interrupted, “This opening of the house isn’t directed at His Excellency.”

He paused and added, “This is clearly a hundred officials fighting for Ningguo Fu to go, the Gong Gong is just there to make up the numbers.”

When Gaoxiang said that, someone woke up.

Yes, this …… thing can not be said to be the prerogative of the Duke of Wei to get the opening of the house, this thing is, after all, more taboo, the Duke of Wei is greatly unfavorable.

Anyway, biting the bullet was fought for by Jianyi’s joint efforts, and it looks like that’s what happened, and as for our Lord Gong, didn’t he just happen to hit the bull’s-eye?

So Li Zhao milled: “Gong Gong, I see, ah, or the report on the resignation of good, Jian Gong how to think, Gong Gong Gong do not have to care, but Gong Gong this side or resignation, show a little heart.”

Zhang Anshi actually can t understand this operation, as a rule …… he has no such requirement.

As for Jianyi making a fuss about this?

Well, Zhang Anshi can not understand the inner world of Jian Yi, but Jian Gong wants, and then united the hundred officials to make a mess down, to be honest, he has a lot of guts, it seems that it is also a ruthless person.

Zhang Anshi said, “Excuses even, who does not still not know me Zhang Anshi ah.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said, “What’s more, His Majesty is saintly and is always aware of me, and is guilty of no falsehood.”

Crowd: “……”

After thinking for a moment, Magistrate Zhao said, “In fact, Your Excellency is right, if Lord Jian dares to accept it, there is nothing Your Excellency can’t accept as well. What’s more, so many ministers have suddenly petitioned, we are officials ourselves, don’t we still know what kind of door is here? How could any of these people fight for Lord Jian without authorization? In the end, Jian Gong seems to be just and strict, but in my opinion, I’m only afraid …… that he is also not living up to his name, and has selfishness.”

The crowd nodded.

Yeah, from all the manipulation, this must be Jianyi’s hand, anyway, the first thing that can be ruled out is their male master, not that the male master doesn’t have the heart, but he doesn’t have the ability.

To be able to mobilize a hundred officials to present a petition and have it passed lopsidedly in the court deliberations, is this something that the Gong Gong can do?

Zhao continued: “His Majesty thought, but also had no choice, but granted Jian Gong so much power, in order to level the playing field, but also in order to balance the Jian Gong, which allowed us to make this number of master. In my opinion, Mr. Jian is the main house, and our master, at most, is only a maid.”

When analyzed in this way, it was quite reasonable, and the people were relieved, saying, “Yes, yes, it seems that it should be so.”

Zhang Anshi face change uncertainty, coughing: “all fucking don’t say these have no, what accompanied the maid, what is the right room, above the public hall, like what appearance!”

Gao Xiang smiled and stood up, also followed the reprimand of the crowd: “all quiet, quiet, listen to the master command, I first open a field, now the news, we have seen, since his majesty’s trust, how can we not do our best? The meaning of this side of the master is that we are deeply benefited by the emperor, we should go all out, so that we can do our best, followed by death, so as not to waste his majesty’s generous grace.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Yes, that’s what it means, to remember the favor.”

The crowd then became serious: “What Your Excellency has said is very true.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “Since this is the case, we can’t waste His Majesty’s trust, this fight against the White Lotus Sect should be deepened, and can no longer be superficial like before.”

Gao Xiang immediately said, “Yes, the White Lotus Sect is now becoming more and more secretive, and cannot be indulged in this way, and this deepening sentence of His Excellency is too good to be true.”

The crowd nodded.

Zhang Anshi said: “So now, the first three things, one, business this piece, can not be like before, that is, can not be scattered, according to my view, Qixia and three counties, are set up an industrial park, planning and leveling of the land, all the facilities, are well built, all the merchants and workshops stationed in, you can give some of the tax exemption, the counties also want to draw a group of smart and capable, in the this park, set up a directly under the county magistrate’s department of commerce, specializing in supervising these things.”

Gao Xiang and the others listened and began to chew on it.

They are already used to this fast-paced way of working in the government, after everyone meets and discusses the matter, and then find the responsible person, and finally push the work forward.

Gao Xiang was also largely able to comprehend Zhang Anshi’s intentions, but he couldn’t appear to have figured it out, instead he had to pretend that he didn’t quite understand.

Then Gaoxiang said, “Is there any deeper meaning in this move of His Excellency?”

Zhang Anshi is waiting for Gao Xiang to pick up, then said: “There are several advantages, that is, the workshops, if scattered to the various places, on the one hand, it may be with the townships to produce some contradictions, these contradictions arise, the officials want to mediate, is not easy to get together in one place, things will be much better. Secondly, it is still the problem of management, the officials of each township, some are only good at agriculture, some only know more about the local situation, but not enough to understand the workshop and business, to communicate and manage, but it is not easy.”

“To the industrial park side, it is also good to do, we specialize in training a group of people, let them specialize in dealing with workshops and merchants, the government’s intentions for industry and commerce, the collection of taxes, this piece, they are specialized, of course, also familiar with the heart. In the future, it will be convenient to collect taxes, and if there is any situation in the merchants and workshops, they can also react in time.”

Zhang Anshi continued, “Then again, if the workshops are gathered together, the roads and canals, bridges and other facilities that facilitate commerce and production are repaired, and silver is also saved; otherwise, if there is a workshop here and a workshop there, is it possible to build roads and dredge canals for them one by one? How much labor and material resources would this cost?”

The crowd listened and nodded.

Zhang Anshi said, “However, the most important thing, or have to draw a number of competent officials, stationed in these places, make sure that these people to be energetic, work with eyes, act decisively, each county will be reported to me, the candidate I and Gao Shaoyin, Li Zhaomu and Zhao push official to finalize. The chief officer of this Department of Commerce, that is to say, the Secretary of Commerce, is to be designated from the seventh rank.”

Once they heard the seventh rank, many people looked at each other in disbelief.

Wuhu magistrate Zhou Zhan took the lead and couldn’t help but say, “Isn’t from the seventh rank too high? The unusual treasurer and the secretary …… are all just ninth grade or from ninth grade.”

Zhang Anshi, however, said, “It still needs to be set higher, if not …… many things are not well coordinated and things are not pushed down.”

The crowd was left speechless.

Gaoxiang said: “In fact, the master of this move, is also a last resort, we have to sympathize with it. Not to mention the other, this year our commercial tax, we collected hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the next year but also more, occupying a large part of our Yamen expenditures, visible this is the most important thing, to the meaning of from the seventh grade, lies in this, industry and commerce involves too many matters, wharf, road, land need to consider, if the official position is not high, and other Yamen negotiation up is not convenient.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Gao Shao Yin’s words are what I mean.”

Gao Xiang said with a red face: “Then according to the subordinate, our government office, we also have to have a person, specializing in supervising this industrial and commercial matters.”

Zhang Anshi mused, “Let’s discuss this later, I’ve thought about it, and I’ll take charge of this for the time being.”

Immediately afterward, Zhang Anshi added, “In addition to this, the government office will have to build an engineering college.”

Someone couldn’t help but be surprised, “The College of Engineering?”

Zhang Anshi said earnestly, “Yes, the model is the State Zi Academy, which employs the head teacher, doctor, assistant teacher, as well as the doctor of each subject, assistant teacher and so on, and pays the salary. As I see it, this courtyard is set as the fourth grade for the head teacher, the fifth grade for the courtyard doctor, and the sixth grade for the courtyard assistant teacher. Then there are various subjects, such as alchemy, smelting, mechanics, and medicine, which also have sub-doctors, who are of the seventh grade, assistant teachers of the eighth grade, and then there are hired lecturers of the ninth grade.”

“In a word, give a salary, and at the same time …… serve as advisors in the government office, and in the future, when the government office is involved in engineering affairs, they can ask for advice. Not only that, if they have any ideas, they can also apply for money and food to give them some support.”

This time, the red-faced Gao Xiang was also a bit confused.

This …… treatment is not too grand, the highest is even a positive four products, this five, six, seven and so on is even more ouyasha all over the sky.

Even though he knew that this was just giving an official body and a treatment, it was just too scary.

“This ……” Gaoxiang finally also could not help but say, “Isn’t the treatment too generous?”

Zhang Anshi calmly said, “There is no harm, it is not easier for them to do their studies than it is for us to rule the people, this is something I discussed with His Majesty at first, and His Majesty did not object.”

Zhang Anshi and said: “This is called the heavy reward will be brave, to teach people know, do real learning, not only money, there is an official body, some people may not think, but think about it, smelting alone, the same furnace of steel, when there is a skillful craftsmen, improved the furnace, to us each furnace of steel to save more than a hundred pounds of coal, which comes down in a day, dozens of furnace, can save how much coal? How much coal can be saved? A year down, and how much? If you’re stingy when it comes to giving rewards, who’s willing to put in the effort?”

“I heard that Qixia now has a lot of idle readers, they are …… no hope of imperial examinations, but the eye is high and low, but daily idle, I just want to teach these people know, in our Qixia, no, in the Taiping Province, I don’t care if he is a scholar, agricultural or industrial and commercial, who his mother gave us Taiping Province to do the Contribute, who is superior, if not …… tube how many books you read on weekdays, what articles you can do, that also give me squat to the side, don’t get in the way.”

Gao Xiang and other people weigh one or two, thought about it, said: “Gong master once upon a time to do things, at first the officials do not understand, but later Fang know the wonderful use, think of this College of Engineering, roughly the same, which is Gong master’s idea, the officials will go to try to see.”

Zhang Anshi said: “Of course, it is not all of a sudden let people go to do the head teacher and Dr. and assistant professor, first from the head of each section, select some lecturers and assistant professor can be, this is eight or nine products, if there is a huge contribution in the future, or someone is more advanced academically, and then promoted is.”

“What’s more, the court gives official salaries, and on weekdays they are also permitted to see the officials do not worship each other, bowing to each other, but after all, not to the point of letting them hold any power, but only to teach them to teach some students, and cultivate some talents for us.”

The crowd was naturally speechless.

This is not to say that people are condescending and listen to Zhang Anshi’s arrangements in everything.

In fact, these people are all official oil, and all know that the good and bad of the Taiping Mansion is related to their lives.

If the Taiping Mansion is flourishing, they are bound to rise in the future, but if the Taiping Mansion makes any mistakes, they will not only be ruined, but also have to be stigmatized for years to come.

As a matter of fact, they have already been stigmatized for years, and among the scholars, people may still just say a sycophantic minister to Zhang Anshi. Roughly, it is the treatment of Wei Qing during the Han Dynasty. People admit that you, Zhang Anshi, are indeed powerful, but aren’t you just relying on the royal relatives to get started?

But for Gaoxiang these people, the scholarly world of the readers, can be all gnashing of teeth, only hate to eat its flesh.

After all, if Zhang Anshi was a heretic, then Gaoxiang and the others were heretics, scum and traitors among the readers.

If you really feel that something is not right, we also dare to reveal, not to mention the nature of Zhang Anshi this person, you if you are not a heart, he is sure to you to death, but if you are a heart, do your best, even if there is no doubt, even if Zhang Anshi anxious to slap the table, but will never retaliate.

By now everyone has a very thorough understanding of the male master’s nature.

Zhang Anshi said: ”There is another article, of course, this is only a small matter, that is, to the various bazaars and commercial streets to carry out a cleanup, of course, not to teach people to nuisance merchants, but to clean up the streets. I saw some days ago that the bazaars of Qixia were sewage-ridden and full of garbage, and it is true that there is a great deal of traffic there, but it cannot be so; this must be supervised, and it must be made spotless, and after some time the Office of the Shao Yin will send out a man to inspect it.”

After roughly finalizing some matters, Zhang Anshi adjourned the meeting.

The people had written down what Zhang Anshi had said, and those who were involved in their own duties immediately went back to their own Yamen to hand over their duties, and those who were not involved in their own duties were busy with their own duties at hand.

As for the candidates for the three-county industrial park division businessman.

In fact, Zhang Anshi had a bellyful of ideas.

By the next day, three people appeared in front of Zhang Anshi.

Their faces were haggard and slightly tired, and they saluted Zhang Anshi shamefully.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile, “How is it, I heard that the workshop that makes paper has made some progress.”

These three people, it was Zhang Anshi thrown to the paper workshop Kuang鍩�, Wang Wenliu and Zhang Youcheng.

Kuang Ano laughed bitterly: “I’m ashamed to say, although there are some small profits, but just barely support.”

“Where does the reason lie?” Zhang Anshi stared at him.

Kwong said: “There are three reasons, one is the scale, now on the market, indeed the demand for paper is very high, but there are workshops, but has begun to increase the scale, which increases the scale, so that they leveled out the cost, the price is more advantageous than us.”

“Why are you expanding production?”

“In the beginning, we already lost money, or Gong Gong added to the hole, I’m afraid to expand the production again, then if we lose money, I can’t apologize to Gong Gong.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “I see not only this reason, even if there is no such thing, let you really take the silver to expand the scale, you also do not have such courage, after all,…… this involves their own life, all many people will still choose to be small and rich, only that kind of decisive or ambitious people, only willing to throw their money alone.”

“What your lordship said is true.”

Zhang Anshi added, “What other reasons are there?”

“There’s also too much turnover of craftsmen, and now that labor is in short supply, poaching of craftsmen happens all the time.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Other than that?”

“Insufficient promotion.” Wang Wenliu said on the side: “Speaking of which, it is also my fault, I am responsible for going out to talk to people about buying and selling, mostly some of the old patrons, and these old patrons, very cunning, they will often deliberately ask students and a few other paper mills to go together to talk about buying and selling, have to minimize the price of the paper mills.”

Zhang Anshi laughed and said, “Looks like you guys still can’t pull yourselves together!”

The three men looked ashamed.

Zhang Anshi said, “Starting tomorrow, you don’t have to manage the paper mill.”

“This ……” The trio froze, a little reluctant to part with it.

To be honest, it was hard to straighten out the paper mill wanting a clean slate, and after a year of operation, there was more or less some emotion.

“Did you know that the Taiping government levies a commercial tax?”

Kwong said, “I don’t know!”

Zhang Anshi said, “What do you think?”

“The interests of industry and commerce are so great that there is no reason not to levy taxes?”

Zhang Anshi said: ”Yes, industrial and commercial tax, in the future …… will be the pillar of my Daming, but my Daming …… where to find both can communicate with merchants and merchants, understand the habits of merchants, can deal with them, understand their difficulties, but But also know their cunning nature of the people. And these people, but also need to be just and upright, will never be complicit with the people it. Difficult, difficult ah ……”

The three Kuang’s men were fools, and they actually understood what it meant.

At this time, Kuang Anzuo seems to understand what, when he was against Zhang Anshi, perhaps Zhang Anshi from the beginning, did not blame them, but instead admired their rigidity.

That’s why they arranged for them to go to the paper mills, essentially exposing the three of them to commerce and industry, it turns out ……

If that was the case, then this Duke of Wei, would be too scary.

Zhang Anshi smiled again and said: “This year’s commercial tax situation, you should be aware of, its proportion, the future will be more and more large. Taipingfu, is to give the whole world to do an example, this levy of commercial tax precedent, since the Taipingfu and start, and then implement the world. In the future, the industrial and commercial tax has become the pillar of the court, then the court is bound to emphasize the industrial and commercial, which is the way to teach the military and civilian people to fill their stomachs after the rich people.”

“So, the Taiping Province is now in urgent need of understanding of industrial and commercial talents, I think about it, I thought of you, now Wuhu three counties, are to build a industrial and commercial parks, set up three divisions of the commercial hall, the three officials, in fact, the official position is not high, but only from the area of the seven products, you at the beginning of, it is inconspicuous. But this is a major relationship, handed over to others, I do not rest assured, and …… also need these three people, in the future, with the help of these three industrial and commercial parks, to train a group of competent clerical officials out, if you are interested, I can order.”

Kuang’s three men have been facing each other.

Zhang Anshi said, “Why, don’t you dare?”

Wang Wenliu smiled bitterly and said, “Why does His Excellency have to use such a clumsy method of provocation.”

Zhang Anshi froze, then hastened to solemnly say, “I am sorry to say, I am used to lying to children. Ahem …… or please three of you and I to give up the old grudges, together for the military and civilian people of this Taiping Province, do some things that can be done.”

In fact, Wang Wenliu three people, this will be able to get a bachelor’s degree, has long proved that their IQ far beyond the ordinary people, and after some of the eunuchs, the world’s affairs, but also know a little. After experiencing the operation of the paper workshop, for the people’s situation and the situation of industry and commerce is even more understandable.

They vaguely sensed that Taipingfu had indeed gone through a sea change under Zhang Anshi’s governance.

At this time there is no enmity between each other, Zhang Anshi also sincerely invited, Wang Wenliu took the lead and said, “The student is willing to follow the order.”

After Kuang and Zhang Youcheng looked at each other face to face, they also clasped their fists and said, “I am willing to be driven.”

“So very good.” Zhang Anshi is since a great joy, cheerfully said, “So I can rest assured, haha …… you first rest a few days, after a few days to go to the office. Just started to go, the conditions may not be very good, but …… endure, slowly can be good. By the way, stay here at noon for a casual meal, I still have many things to explain.”

……

“Brother-in-law, brother-in-law …… where do we learn from then?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Take your time to learn, all in all, it’s fun, so don’t be too happy when you get there.”

Duke Dingguo Xu Jingchang became even more excited.

Dozens of teenagers at the back, also rubbing their fists one by one.

They arrived at this mysterious workshop, which stood with high walls and was guarded by sentries everywhere.

Xu Jingchang’s eyes suddenly lit up, his heart anticipating what kind of sharp thing would be behind the high walls.

At this time, Zhang Anshi said, “This place, weekdays I can not allow other idle people to come, only my own family, I am willing to put in, if not, once leaked what, that can be a disaster.”

“Brother-in-law …… don’t worry, we are all righteous people.”

“I knew you guys were righteous.” Zhang Anshi reached the doorway and pointed, “Go, go, go, you guys first.”

Xu Jingchang and the others had long been unable to settle down and rushed in in droves.

Inside …… dozens of skillful craftsmen, at this time surveyed the teenager who rushed in.

And then …… the door rattled shut.

Soon, Xu Jingchang s mournful yell came out from inside: “Brother-in-law …… What is it, what is it?”

Zhang Anshi outside the high wall, looked at the door of a few speechless sentry, explained: “No entry and exit, three months can come out, give me a strict watch, tell the master inside, the beatings should be beaten, the scolding should be scolded, do not be polite to them! These brats, usually is not a good person, idle, long ago should be cured, if they do not learn well, I also want to clean up their.”

“Here.”