[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

A tael of gold is not expensive. As far as His Royal Highness is concerned, the inkstone sent out will also have this value. What makes Sha Cheng tangled is that what His Highness gave him is not an inkstone, but a "plaything" , a "plaything" worth a tael of gold, and has some reputation in the capital.

The grandson here was so excited that he got off the car neatly, and with a movement of his foot, a pole kicked down from the side of the car, supporting the whole car.

"Can grandfather lend a different bike to his grandson?"

"This item is a gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Your Highness is so kind to grandfather, I will send you a different car to exercise..."

Sha Cheng was even more entangled, when he took the carriage to go to court, he would occasionally see people riding different carriages playing by the side of the road, and most of the riders were well-known dandies in the capital.

In terms of practicality, this car is simple and convenient, but it still has some merits.

Now that Sha Cheng has accepted the gift, there is no reason for him to return it. He wondered about the purpose of His Royal Highness to give this gift, but after much deliberation, he couldn't figure it out. It couldn't possibly be for him to exercise as Sun Tzu said?

Sha Cheng couldn't understand what the prince meant, but when he came to the court, he heard that the emperor had decided to set up another department to be in charge of books, periodicals and works in the national literary world, including all shops that printed and sold books in the world. , the meaning behind it is astonishing.

If he hadn't known for a long time that His Highness the Crown Prince was in charge of all this, Sha Cheng might have praised the Emperor, "The Emperor's Holy Wisdom" like other courtiers, and lamented a bit about the Emperor's move when discussing the current situation with his friends in private The intention was to bring the literary world under the control of the imperial court.

Now Sha Cheng already knew that some of the changes in the Ministry of Rituals came from the Crown Prince, and thinking of what His Highness the Crown Prince had tossed about before, he went to sue the Emperor, and after thinking about it for a while, his heart skipped a beat.

Now when he looked at the prince again, Sha Cheng only felt that the prince was unfathomable.She seems gentle, but in fact she has mature scheming and wrists, and she deserves to be the heir cultivated by the emperor himself.

Last night, Yinreng had a daring dream. He dreamed that he had done all the important things he wanted to do, and left the most difficult ones to Khan Ama and his brothers. Every morning, he went in and out of the palace, setting off Khan Ama and his brothers. Their quilts said to them, "Khan Ama, get up and work!"

"Brother, get up and work!"

"Little three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... get up and go to work!"

Oh~ This dream is really cool, so cool that Yinfeng woke up from the dream with a smile, and when he looked at the time, it was time again, and he should get up and work.

It's a pity that the reality is more cruel and merciless than in the dream. After waking up from the dream, Feiyang's mood drops, and today's Yinfeng is that little donkey who is conscientiously going to court.

There will be two major announcements in the court today. One is that the cabinet invited the establishment of a new department, and the other is that the research institute sent by His Royal Highness Chen Mengqiu has made new progress. Some courtiers will read the experimental papers newly presented by Chen Mengqiu. out.

"The natural chemical fertilizer produced by composting bird droppings and fish bones after fermentation has a faster and longer lasting effect than direct irrigation of crops with manure. In comparison between the two groups, the crops of the former can reach the level of the latter after eight days of growth." or the height reached by crops grown for ten days."

"Currently it is short, and the specific output is still to be verified. Chen Mengqiu planted multiple groups of potatoes, tried different proportions of natural chemical fertilizers and watering, and planted them in October last year. It has been more than three months so far, and the potatoes have reached the tuber production period. In contrast, a vine irrigated with ordinary manure has about three to four yams, and five more yams, while watered with new manure, it can form up to seven yams. Among them, the fermented one is fermented with a mixture of bird, animal and fish bone meal "Natural chemical fertilizers" make potato seedlings absorb and grow faster, eat and drink more, and accumulate more than human and animal manure. Therefore, Chen Mengqiu deduces that such "natural chemical fertilizers" have the effect of increasing production. However, everything has yet to be verified. Corn, sweet potato, wheat, bean, broomcorn millet, millet and other crops were also included in the experiment. In addition, Chen Mengqiu asked to set up a new research project to improve pounding seeds and graft hybrid rice to study higher grain yield. Because the soil in Beijing is not as good as Several major grain-producing areas are suitable for growing grain, and after the research results are initially effective, please send people to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Huguang and other major grain-producing areas for trial planting."

As for why the fermented bird droppings and fish bone meal are called "natural fertilizers", this is what His Royal Highness said, and Chen Mengqiu wrote it that way.

Agriculture has always been one of the most important topics in the government affairs of the imperial court. Chen Mengqiu is just a recruiter and has no official position, but he can already play a role in it. Everyone knows that the research institute was created by His Highness the Crown Prince, but he just made it. effectiveness.

The previous research on insects was like a small fight. Since the breeding of black soldier flies has grown in scale in several garbage dumps in the suburbs, every day, wagons pulling rotten fruits and vegetables, rotten fish and rotten shrimps are transported out of the city at night. , the environment in the street became clearer with the naked eye.

As soon as the grain research came out, from fertilizers to grain seeds, it showed the important position of the research institute for the future development of the Qing Dynasty, and people no longer underestimated its energy.

Kangxi emphasized agriculture. In his opinion, if the people are full, the world will be safe, and if the world is safe, the emperor will be safe.

Before, Yinreng asked people to study bugs, challenged Kangxi's tolerance for novelty things, gave up promoting Xiaoqiang, and turned to breeding black soldier flies, which can also generate income in addition to processing garbage. There are many medicine shops in the capital The larvae of the black soldier fly were purchased at high prices to be used as medicinal materials, but unfortunately the larvae were rarely sold, only the corpses of the dead old insects became the feed for the chickens, ducks and fish.

Now the research institute has suddenly produced chemical fertilizers and proposed improvement of grain varieties, but it really touched Kangxi's heart.

This is a national event, this is a serious matter!

The emperor took a fancy to the study of grain seeds, and even proposed: "Although the research institute was set up by the prince, all the money spent on research came from the prince. Now it has proved its role in the country's important affairs. In the future, the money needed for research will be all. From the household department."

Household Minister Liang Qingbiao: "..."

Ethana, another Manchu minister in the household department: "..."

Ethan: Who doesn't know who?The research institute's money was paid out of the emperor's private treasury!

Hang Ai, Minister of the Ministry of War, took the lead in applauding Kangxi: "The emperor is holy."

The rest of the courtiers followed suit.

Liang Qingbiao and Yisang'a looked at each other, and the two ministers of the household department were both in distress.

The household department is in charge of money and beams, and also manages fields, household registration, taxes, and salaries in various places.

From Tai Hospital's proposal to recruit doctors for training and classify doctors, to road construction, to the research institute...

The number of projects to be assigned by the Ministry of Accounting is gradually increasing, and the increase in workload is not a big deal. The Ministry of Accounting can still bear it now. Now the two ministers are worrying about the negative financial growth in the past two years, and now there is an additional expense , and this expenditure is still a bottomless pit, and it may cost more in the future.

The emperor has already issued an order, and they can't immediately refute it. They can only report to the emperor after the court meeting, and implore the emperor to pay attention to the financial problems of the Ministry of Households.

It is true that the Qing Dynasty had money, and there was still surplus money and food in the treasury, but a few years ago, after experiencing the San Francisco Rebellion, and then to pacify Taiwan, a lot of money was spent in it.

Now we need to support Tai Hospital, build roads, support granaries all over the country to do research on grain planting, and allocate funds for river management, disaster relief and poverty alleviation...

The tax received by the country has increased in the past two years, which proves that the people in various places have gradually stabilized, agriculture has recovered, and the economy has improved.

But the problem is that more money is thrown out than in, and the income and expenditure are out of balance. The most profitable glazed official kiln belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the money goes into the emperor's pocket.

The income of the household department comes from land money and food, salt tax, and customs duties. The former two take the main position. However, due to the impact of the sea ban policy, the income of the tax revenue only depends on the taxes of the inland customs, which has always been a half-dead figure. , hasn't changed much in a few years.

The two ministers played together, asking the emperor to pay attention to the national financial problems of the past two years.

After the court meeting, Yinreng accompanied Kangxi to review the memorial for a while. The memorial written by the two ministers of the household department was written temporarily, and it was heard from the urgent transmission of the household department, and it was directly delivered to Kangxi.

The emperor has read the memorial. Regarding the income of the household department, the solution is nothing more than increasing taxes, encouraging commerce, and setting up sea bans. Taxes will not be increased lightly. I am afraid that the matter of commerce and the establishment of sea bans will have to be delayed. up.

Holding the memorial, Kangxi fell into deep thought, and quietly leaned over a little head, and asked him curiously: "Khan Ama, I have called you several times and you have not answered, did you encounter any problems?"

Kangxi said: "The Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs said that in the past two years, the Ministry of Household Affairs has issued too many projects and consumed a lot of money."

He also hinted that his transfer of the glazed official kiln from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Household Affairs was tantamount to letting Kangxi pay for it privately to contribute to the national treasury, which was a bad idea.

Yinfeng suddenly realized: "It's still a matter of money. When Erchen built Yuanbao before, he had already considered that the treasury would be short of money for large-scale projects." That's why he was engaged in cement and grain production.

"You still make money?" Kangxi smiled, and interrupted what Yinreng was about to say: "Go, go, you should go to the Ministry of Rites to make money. It's up to you to manage this matter. I have my own discretion about the treasury. .”

Kangxi obviously didn't intend to let Yinreng get in touch with the household affairs right now, lest he get into the eyes of money and be unable to get out.

Who made Yinreng show his fancy to the money bag since he was a child, for a while he said that Kangxi had no money, which broke the sky of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and for a while he said that he wanted to earn money for milk powder for his younger brothers, but in the end he really produced milk powder.Now let him see the household department crying poor, if Kangxi didn't tie his rein, I really don't know what new tricks he will play, so he simply sent him to find Sha Cheng.

Today's Sha Cheng is no longer the Sha Cheng of yesterday.

After the court meeting, Sha Cheng and his colleagues went to various ministries together, listening to their chatter while walking on the road.

It turns out that the cement used for road construction was produced by the prince in Shengjing.

It turns out that the research institute was also done by him.

Since the prince has been in power, he seems to have made a lot of things.

Even today's important event such as the establishment of a new division between the DPRK and China, other people don't know about it, but Sha Cheng is very clear about the root cause of it, and it was the prince who made it!

"Does Huiqing have something on his mind today?" Tang Bin and Sha Cheng, who are equally high-spirited and honest, have a harmonious relationship. They cherish each other and understand each other's feelings. Talk about your own thoughts.

"Kong Bo, what kind of person do you think the prince is?"

Tang Bin smiled: "Your Highness is innocent, hard-working and respectful of teachers. The most commendable thing is that he has a heart of innocence. I have watched him grow into the mature prince he is now, and I think I know the prince better than others A little bit. Although sometimes the idea is a bit novel, it is always for the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor."

In short, in Tang Bin's eyes, there is nothing wrong with Yinfeng. When he mentioned the prince, his expression was so kind.

Sha Cheng: "..."

"If I remember correctly, Confucius has always been strict and strict with his students?" What's more, he is the prince, so he should be stricter.

Tang Bin shook his head uncharacteristically: "Your Highness has excellent qualifications, the emperor is strict with him, and he himself is too diligent. The method of the examination is feared by other princes, and only His Highness took the initiative to mention it. If you need to know, haste makes waste. Studying should be a combination of work and rest, which is why Dun Fu (Zhang Ying) and I both agree with His Highness’s proposal to rest after the exam.”

Sha Cheng frowned: "It turns out that the monthly exams, scientific exams, and term exams that are popular in the Imperial College all come from this?"

Tang Bin stroked his beard and smiled, "Exactly, this is a great gesture."

When he arrived at the Ministry of Rites, Sha Cheng once again saw Yinfeng who came to report to him.

He smiled like a spring breeze, harmless to the sun, greeted Sha Cheng, and went to chat with Sa Hai.

"Master Sahai is much more relaxed now?"

Without the almost overwhelming workload, Sahai came out of the state of anxiety, and asked with a gentle expression: "Could it be that your highness expected that the emperor would set up a new Ministry of Culture?"

Yinfeng smiled and nodded: "Khan Ama Mingjian, he loves all the officials so much, how can he let the officials of the Ministry of Rites get tired? Mr. Sha has been working overtime for days and failed to go home on time. After all, Khan Ama is still sympathetic to the courtiers." of."

What he said was correct, but Sha Cheng always felt that his back was hairy, as if he was being targeted by a wild animal, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Tang Bin said that His Royal Highness is innocent...

Now, Sa Hai said again: "Your Highness is extremely enlightened, and I admire you."

Yinfeng laughed and said, "Since Mr. Sahai has spare time, can you take me to familiarize myself with the school and the management of the imperial examination affairs of the Yizhi Qingli Department?"

Sa Haidao: "The emperor asked His Highness to come down to familiarize himself with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. It is only right for a humble official to guide His Highness. Your Highness is very polite."

Sha Cheng: "..."

He watched helplessly as the prince was taken by Sa Hai to visit the Imperial College.

To let the students in the Imperial College know who wrote the exams they experienced, the prince may not be able to come back tonight...