manynovel Chapter 764 Primary Loyalty Card
Chapter 764 Primary Loyalty Card
Jiang Youzhen was also stunned. She had forgotten about the salary. Who could remember that the court had always been so poor?
In fact, thousands of people are a conservative estimate. It is estimated that there will be only two to three thousand people in the later stage. The salaries of so many people are indeed a problem.
"Master Du, compiling the Siku Quanshu is a great opportunity to go down in history. Aren't all writers trying to leave a good name for generations to come? If they have the opportunity to participate in the compilation, why would they care about the salary? I believe that even if they are not given, they will still rush to do it!"
Minister of Rites Luo Chengyi thought, with such a good opportunity, who would care about a few taels of silver?
The emperor frowned. This was indeed a problem. As an emperor, he always tried to save money and increase revenue, and advocated that the harem should not be extravagant. It was indeed a bit hard for him to spend tens of thousands of taels more a year.
Oh my god, Zhou Ba Pi wants to hire people for free? How can it be so good? Jiang Youzhen was shocked. You are so noble, you don't want money, but don't they want to make a living?
After thinking about it, Jiang Youzhen came up with an idea. Since it was her problem, she had to solve it.
"Your Majesty, I do have a suggestion, but I don't know if I should say it or not."
The emperor suddenly became excited. What good idea did Jiang Youzhen have?
"Tell me quickly!" the emperor asked impatiently.
"May I ask you all, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, are merchants the lowest class?" Jiang Youzhen suddenly asked.
Everyone rolled their eyes. Isn't this a question that is asked knowingly? Otherwise, why do so many people want to take the imperial examination to become officials?
"That's right! Shang is indeed the lowest level." A pleasant voice came.
Jiang Youzhen turned around and saw that it was Tong Huaian. She smiled at him and Tong Huaian smiled back.
Since being promoted to editor, Tong Huaian has been very busy. Today, there are not enough people, so Qian Songyun also ordered Tong Huaian to make up the number.
In fact, Jiang Youzhen understood that with Tong Huaian's family background, Qian Songyun was just giving him a chance.
"Those merchants always feel inferior to scholars and have great respect for them," Jiang Youzhen continued.
"What's wrong with this? Everything else is inferior, only reading is superior. It's reasonable for them to have such awareness, which means they are doing their duty." The Minister of War Sui Yuanchao said disdainfully.
"Sui sir, I think they are all our people, so we should not go too far. There have been many virtuous businessmen who have contributed to the country in every dynasty, and their deeds have been praised by later generations. How can we not admire them?"
The emperor nodded, "Yes! In ancient times, there was Fan Li, who became a wealthy man three times, but gave away all his wealth for the country. He was rich but practiced virtue, and was praised as the business saint. There is also Lu Buwei, who went from business to politics, and is also a representative figure among them."
"Your Majesty! As I said before, merchants value profit, but they also value reputation. This time, the Sikuquanshu will collect the works of great Confucian scholars and famous scholars. They are naturally qualified to be admired by future generations, but merchants are also citizens of this dynasty. Why not give them a chance as well?"
Jiang Youzhen bowed and said, "The ultimate goal is to unite the monarch and the people, win over the merchants, and gather the power of the people of this dynasty to serve the monarch."
What a high-sounding statement! Tong Huaian laughed in silence. Jiang Youzhen always took the righteous side. It was rare for him to say that a twisted logic was righteous.
It is no wonder that military generals often say that civil officials can turn black into white with just a few words. Jiang Youzhen is a typical example, and even Tong Huaian is inferior to him.
"Don't talk about these nonsense. Can we let those merchants write their own works, and then include them in the collection and let their names be recorded in history? It's simply ridiculous!" Wei Donglai, the Minister of Justice, shook his head. It was simply nonsense.
"No! What I mean is that many merchants admire the literary talent of those great scholars. If their names are added after those great scholars, I believe those merchants will definitely agree.
For them, the money required is not much, but it is such an honor to be listed after those great scholars." Jiang Youzhen said.
"Impossible, those great scholars will not agree. Scholars have pride, how can they be compared with these businessmen?" Wei Donglai felt that this was not feasible and those great scholars would definitely oppose it.
“As long as the identity is stated, why should we object? And it is not up to those great scholars.” Jiang Youzhen felt that he needed to take a tough stance. If it really didn’t work, he could give some benefits. Don’t those great scholars need to eat?
When you went to a merchant's house to write couplets and poems for him, why didn't you say you looked down on him?
The emperor thought about it for a while, "I think it's feasible!"
"Minister Du, let your Ministry of Revenue handle this matter!"
Du Yikun had no choice but to take this job. He could already imagine that he would be gossiped about by these great scholars.
"Your Majesty, even so, the expansion of the Hanlin Academy cannot be unrestrained. I think the number of people needs to be limited."
It is naturally impossible for the Minister of Personnel Zuo Mingyang to give so many places to the Hanlin Academy. They are close ministers of the emperor, and all the benefits cannot be given to them.
"Then let's have fifty people! The rest are just temporary appointments and there is no need to accept them." The emperor also felt that having too many people in the Hanlin Academy would be detrimental to the situation in the court.
This is equivalent to a temporary worker, and Jiang Youzhen thinks there is nothing wrong with it. When you need someone, just pay them some money to help.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the summary of the Siku Quanshu. The host is rewarded with a primary loyalty card. Note: This primary loyalty card is only useful for officials below the sixth rank.]
Jiang Youzhen was stunned for a moment. This was an unprecedented reward.
He quickly checked the rules for using the loyalty card. This was just a primary card, useful to officials of the sixth rank and below, but it could only be used on one person.
Just use this card on this person and he will be loyal to Jiang Youzhen and will never betray him, but there is a flaw.
If this person is weaker than Jiang Youzhen, he will never betray him. But if this person is promoted faster than Jiang Youzhen, that is, more capable than Jiang Youzhen, he will gradually get out of Jiang Youzhen's control, or even backfire.
Oh my god! Do I have to submit to the other party and suppress him forever?
This is a very novel prop, and Jiang Youzhen is interested. She needs to think carefully about this candidate.
"Let's get this done as quickly as possible, and everyone can leave!" The emperor felt a little tired, and he still had a pile of memorials to review.
The news of compiling the Siku Quanshu had already spread widely, especially with the expansion of the Hanlin Academy, many scholars became interested.
Some people who have no hope of a career in the government have already started to take action, and the Ministry of Personnel is bustling as never before. Of course, the Hanlin Academy is also in the limelight for a while.
Qian Songyun has been enjoying a great time these days, but it also brings with it a lot of troubles. It is inevitable that he will be pushed around by his superiors, and he cannot afford to offend either party, so he can only make a trade-off.
As for Jiang Youzhen, things suddenly became lively. The study room she was on duty in went from being deserted to being crowded because she and Qian Songyun wanted six places.
However, in order to prevent anyone from sneaking in, Jiang Youzhen immediately confirmed the list.
Soon it was the end of the year and snow was everywhere. Jiang Youzhen finally found the candidate for the primary loyalty card user.