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Chapter 136

One or two gold is not expensive. As far as the identity of His Royal Highness the Prince is concerned, the inkstone given out will have this value. What made Sha Cheng confused was that what His Royal Highness gave him was not an inkstone, but a "toy" and a "toy" worth one or two gold, and it has some reputation in the capital.

The eldest grandson got off the car so excitedly that he got off the car neatly. When he moved his feet, he kicked a pole off the side of the car and supported the entire car.

"Can my grandfather lend a different car to my grandson and ride it out?"

"This thing was given to His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Your Highness is so nice to your grandfather. I'll give you a different car to exercise..."

Sha Cheng became even more confused. When he rode a carriage to court, he could occasionally see someone riding a different carriage on the roadside to play. Most of the people riding were famous playboys in the capital.

In terms of practicality, this car is simple and convenient, but there are some advantages.

Since Sha Cheng had accepted the gift, he had no reason to return it. He was thinking about the intention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give this item. After thinking about it, he couldn't understand it. It was impossible to really make it work as grandson said to him for exercise?

Sha Cheng thought that he didn't understand the prince's meaning, but when he went to court, he heard that the emperor decided to set up another book, publication, and works in charge of the national literary circles, and to take care of the shops that printed and sold books in the world. The meaning behind this big move is amazing.

If he hadn't known that all this was the head of His Highness the Crown Prince, Sha Cheng might have praised the emperor like other court officials, and when he talked about the current situation with his friends privately, he lamented that the emperor's intention was to bring the world's literary world into the court's control.

Now Sha Cheng had long known that some changes in the Ministry of Rites came from the prince. He also thought about the things that the prince had troubled before. He even went to the emperor to surrender. After a little thought, his heart suddenly stumbled.

When looking at the crown prince again, Sha Cheng felt that the crown prince was unfathomable. He seemed gentle, but in fact he was scheming and mature, and he deserved to be the heir trained by the emperor himself.

Last night, Yinreng had a bold dream. He dreamed that he had done all the big things he wanted to do, and threw all the hardest things to Khan Ama and his brothers. Every morning, he went in and out of the palace and lifted up the quilts of Khan Ama and his brothers and said to them, "Khan Ama, get up and work!"

"Brother, get up and work!"

"Miss three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... Get up and work!"

Oh~ This dream is so cool. Yinreng woke up from the dream with a smile. When he saw that it was time for Mao again, it was time for him to get up to work.

Unfortunately, reality is more cruel and ruthless than in the dream. When I woke up from the dream, Feiyang's mood fell. Today, Yinreng is the little donkey who worked diligently to court.

There will be two major memorials in the court today. One is that the cabinet requests the memorial to establish a new department, and the other is that the research institute sent by His Highness Chen Mengqiu to trick him out has made new progress. In the court, some court officials read out the experimental papers of Chen Mengqiu's new memorials.

"The natural fertilizer produced by fermentation of bird steak and fish bones has a faster fertilizer effect than watering crops directly with manure and lasts longer. In comparison with the two groups, the former crop grows for eight days, and the latter can reach the height that the latter crop grows for ten days."

"It is fashionable and short, and the specific output remains to be verified. Chen Mengqiu planted multiple groups of potatoes and tried different kinds of natural fertilizer ratios to water it. She sowed in October last year. So far, the potato has reached the potato harvesting stage. In contrast, the potatoes are watered with ordinary manure, about three to four potatoes, and five more potatoes. When watered with new fertilizer, it can be formed into seven potatoes. Among them, the "natural fertilizer" made by mixed fermentation of birds and beasts and fish bone meal makes the potato seedlings absorb, grow faster, eat and drink enough, and are more than the manure of humans and animals. Among them, the "natural fertilizer" made by fermented with birds and beasts and fish bone meal can absorb the potato seedlings, grow faster, eat and drink enough, and be more than the manure of humans and animals.

More fruits have been produced, so Chen Mengqiu inferred that such 'natural fertilizers' have the effect of increasing yield. However, everything needs to be verified, and crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, wheat, beans, millet, and sorghum were also included in the experiment. Chen Mengqiu also asked to set up a new research project, improve the seed and graft hybrid rice to study higher grain yields. Because the soil in the capital is not as suitable as several large grain-producing lands, after the research results are initially effective, please send people to several large grain-producing lands such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan, and Huguang for trial planting."

As for why the fermented bird droppings and fish bone meal were called "natural fertilizers", this is what the prince said, and Chen Mengqiu just wrote it.

Agriculture has always been one of the most important topics in the court's government affairs. Chen Mengqiu was just a juren, and had no official position, but he could report it. Everyone knew that the institute was created by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but he had achieved results.

Previous insect research is like a small fuss. The farming of black soldier flies has grown in several garbage dumps in the suburbs. Every day, carriages of rotten melons, fruits and vegetables, and carriages of smelly fish and rotten shrimps are transported out of the city during the night. The environment in the streets becomes clean with the naked eye.

Once grain research was published, from fertilizers to grain seeds, it showed the important position of the institute in the future development of the Qing Dynasty, and people no longer underestimated its energy.

Kangxi valued agriculture. In his opinion, if the people were full of their stomachs, the world could be safe, and the world could be safe, and the emperor could be safe.

Previously, Yinreng asked someone to study insects and challenged Kangxi's tolerance for novel things. He gave up promoting Xiaoqiang and instead breeded black soldier flies. He could also create profits while disposing of garbage. Many medicinal materials shops in Beijing purchased black soldier flies as medicinal materials at high prices. Unfortunately, few larvae were sold, and only the dead corpses became feed for chickens, ducks and fish.

Now the institute suddenly developed a fertilizer and proposed to improve grain seeds, but it really hit Kangxi's heart.

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

The emperor was interested in the research on grain seeds and even proposed: "Although the research institute was set up by the prince, its research and wealth was all from the prince. Now it has proved its role in important affairs of the country, and the wealth required for future research comes from the Ministry of Revenue."

Liang Qingting, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue: "..."

Another Manchu Secretary Yisan Ah, from the Ministry of Revenue: “…”

Yisan A: Who doesn’t know who? The money from this institute was paid out before was the emperor’s private treasury!

Hang Ai, the Minister of War, took the lead in picking up Kangxi: "The Emperor is a wise and wise."

The other court officials also followed suit.

Liang Qingting and Yisan A looked at each other, and both ministers of the Ministry of Revenue were in distress.

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of money and beams, and also in charge of land, household registration, taxes, and salary in various places.

From the Imperial Hospital to recruit doctors for training and classify doctors, to road construction, and then to research institutes...

The number of projects to be distributed by the Ministry of Revenue is gradually increasing. It is nothing to increase in workload. The Ministry of Revenue can still bear it. Now the two Shangshu are worried about the negative growth in the past two years. There is another expense now, and this expense is still a bottomless pit and may consume more in the future.

The emperor had already issued an order, and they could not immediately refute it. They could only submit a memorial to the emperor after the court meeting, asking the emperor to pay attention to the financial issues of the Ministry of Revenue.

It’s right that the Qing Dynasty had money. There were still surplus wealth and food in the treasury. However, after experiencing the Three Feudal Rebellion a few years ago, I had to pacify Taiwan and then spent a lot of money on it.

Now we have to support Imperial Hospital, build roads, and support grain planting research in granaries across the country. We also need to allocate funds to manage rivers, disaster relief and poverty alleviation...

The taxes received by the state have increased in the past two years, which proves that the people in various places are gradually stabilizing, agriculture is recovering, and the economy is getting better.

But the problem is that the money you throw out is more than the money you earn, so the income and expenditure are unbalanced. The most profitable Liuli Official Kiln is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the money you make is the emperor's wallet.

The income of the Ministry of Revenue comes from land, taxes, salt, and tariffs. The first two are the main ones. Tariff revenue, due to the influence of the maritime ban, only relies on taxes on inland customs. It has always been a half-dead figure and has not changed much in a few years.

The two ministers submitted a memorial together, asking the emperor to pay attention to the national financial issues in the past two years.

After the court meeting, Yinreng first accompanied Kangxi to review the memorials for a while. The memorials of the two ministers of the Ministry of Revenue were written temporarily. They were heard from the emergency communication of the Ministry of Revenue and directly reached Kangxi.

The emperor has read the memorials and comments. Regarding the income issue of the Ministry of Revenue, the solution is nothing more than increasing taxes, encouraging trade and opening maritime bans. Taxation will not be added easily. Trade and opening maritime bans may be delayed.

Kangxi took the memorial and fell into deep thought. A little head quietly came over next to him and asked him curiously: "Khan Ama, Erchen called you several times and you didn't answer. Did you encounter any difficult problems?"

Kangxi said: "The Minister of Revenue reported that the Ministry of Revenue has issued too many projects in the past two years, and it consumes a lot of money."

He also hinted that he transferred the Liuli Official Kiln from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Revenue, which was equivalent to asking Kangxi to pay privately to contribute to the treasury, which was so beautiful.

Yinreng suddenly realized: "It's still a matter of money. When I was building Yuanbao, I had already considered that the treasury would be short of money for large-scale projects." That's why he was working on cement and grain production.

"You can still make money?" Kangxi smiled and interrupted Yinreng's words: "Go and go, you should go to the Ministry of Rites to dig it out. You still have to take care of this matter. I have a good sense of the treasury input."

Kangxi obviously did not intend to let Yinreng contact the Ministry of Revenue now, so as not to get out of money.

Who made Yinreng show his attention to the money bag since he was a child? Sometimes he said that Kangxi had no money and broke the way of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Sometimes he said that he wanted to make money for his younger brothers, but he really made milk powder. Now he saw that the Ministry of Revenue was crying for poverty. If Kangxi didn't tie his reins, he really didn't know what new tricks he would do, 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, walking on the road, listening to their colleagues chatting.

It turned out that the cement used to build roads was made by the prince in Shengjing.

It turned out that he also founded the research institute.

The prince has been in power since he was in power, and it seems that he has made a lot of things.

Even if there is such a major event in the new establishment of a new department in the North Korea today, others don’t know, but Sha Cheng knows the root of it clearly. It was the prince’s cause!

"Is there something to do with Huiqing today?" Tang Bin and Sha Cheng, who is also noble and noble, has a harmonious relationship with each other. They cherish each other and understand each other's feelings. The gentlemanship between honest officials makes Sha Cheng willing to talk to Tang Bin about his own thoughts.

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

Tang Bin smiled: "Your Highness is innocent, diligent, hardworking, and respecting the teacher. The most valuable thing is to have a innocent heart. I watched him grow up to be a mature crown prince, and I thought I knew the prince better than others. Although I sometimes had a new idea, I was thinking about it for the Qing Dynasty and the emperor everywhere."

In short, in Tang Bin's eyes, Yinreng had no bad things. He looked so kind when he mentioned the crown prince.

Sha Cheng: "..."

"If I remember correctly, Kong Bo has always been strict with his students?" What's more, he is the crown prince, so he should be strict with him.

Tang Bin shook his head abnormally: "Your Highness has excellent qualifications, the emperor is strict with him, and he himself is too diligent. The other princes are afraid of the exam method, and only Your Highness takes the initiative to mention it. If you need to know haste, you will not be able to achieve it. Studying should be combined with work and rest. This is also the reason why your Highness proposes to rest after the exam, and both Dunfu (Zhang Ying) agrees with it."

Sha Cheng browed: "It turns out that the monthly exams, scientific exams, and periodic exams that are popular in the Imperial College are all from here?"

Tang Bin stroked his beard and smiled, "That's true, this is a great act."

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

He smiled like spring breeze and harmless sunshine. He greeted Sha Cheng and went to chat with Sa Hai again.

"Now Lord Sa Hai is much more relaxed, right?"

Without the workload that almost crushes people, Sa Hai walked out of an anxious state and asked gently, "Did your Highness have expected that the emperor would set up a new literary department?"

Yinreng smiled and nodded: "Khan Ama Mingjian, how could he bear to let the officials of the Ministry of Rites be tired? Lord Sha has been working overtime for several days and has not been able to go home on time. Khan Ama is still sympathetic to his ministers."

That's right, Sha Cheng always felt that his back was furry, as if he was being targeted by a wild beast, and he was sitting on pins and needles.

Tang Bin said that His Highness the Crown Prince is innocent and romantic...

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

Yinreng smiled and said, "Since Lord Sa Hai has free time, can you familiarize yourself with the management of the school and imperial examination affairs of the Qing Lisi Department?"

Sahai said: "The emperor asked the descendant to be familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. It is appropriate for the empress to take His Highness. You are polite."

Sha Cheng: "..."

He watched Prince Yusahai take him to visit the Imperial College.
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