Kaifeng Mansion, Plum Blossom Hall, good news comes frequently.
"The official family...'Bianjing Academy' has sold its first house..."
"The official family...'Bianjing Academy' has sold ten houses..."
"The official family... has fifty sets!"
"One hundred sets!"
In just one hour, Bianjing Academy’s sales exceeded 100.
This means that based on a set of 30,000 guan, the sales volume is 3 million guan in one hour!
It surpasses the entire Song and Liao trade volume!
The entire Kaifeng Mansion was stunned.
The banquet officials around Zhao Xu were even more shocked.
Although the world today has long known that housing prices in Bianjing City are high, and they never worry about selling!
However, no one has ever provided real estate to the market in such large quantities and on such a large scale.
So, when the ‘Bianjing Academy’ project went on sale.
Naturally, almost everyone was shocked by this terrible and horrifying sales figure.
It’s too exaggerated, terrifying, and incredible!
Fan Chunren was even frightened.
"Your Majesty... could this be the officials buying and selling by force?" He couldn't help but become worried.
Because, in people's minds, the officials of the Song Dynasty were specialized in this kind of forced buying and selling.
Zhao Xu smiled and said to Fan Chunren: "A house costs 30,000 yuan..."
"Who dares to buy or sell a house by force to someone who can afford it?"
Fan Chunren was stunned when he heard this, and then he immediately came to his senses.
yes!
Anyone who can afford 30,000 yuan is either rich or noble.
How can a mere Jia Zhongmin figure it out?
Even Cai Jing couldn't figure it out.
What's more, a hundred houses have been sold now.
This means that there are at least dozens of people who can afford 30,000 yuan.
The power composed of these people may not be able to shake even the governor of the capital.
Because no one knows if there are any big shots here.
"I made a mistake..." Fan Chunren lowered his head.
"It's just..." He immediately began to worry about another thing: "So many wealthy families gathered together...what if they..."
Fan Chunren looked at Zhao Xu nervously.
Zhao Xu naturally knew what Fan Chunren was worried about?
Throughout the ages, what Zhao officials have been most worried about is that the people below them will stick together.
Once civil servants and military officials unite together, they may threaten the imperial power.
That's why we have to desperately use power to prevent civil servants and military officials from uniting.
Let them be full of contradictions and hostile to each other.
Therefore, in the political arena of the Song Dynasty, there were so many examples of father-in-law and son-in-law turning against each other.
In the future, there may even be situations where father and son turn against each other.
Many of these examples were originally performed by courtiers for the emperor.
But as I continued to act, it basically became real in the end.
Because this is human nature!
However, Zhao Xu is not worried that Jing'anfang will become a base for plotting rebellion in the future.
This is because the Song Dynasty has been in power for a hundred years and its political power has long been stable.
Civil servants and military officials have all become the wings of Zhao Guan's family.
Under the national policy of co-ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats and sharing wealth and honor with the military ministers.
The interests of the entire ruling group are actually highly consistent.
To a certain extent, opposing Zhao Xu is actually opposing scholar-bureaucrats and military ministers.
From this perspective, the Zhao and Song Dynasties were actually a super Leviathan.
The ruling group's interior is already impregnable.
Only external force can break it.
Therefore, Zhao Xu can relax controls and restrictions to a certain extent.
At the same time, those scholar-bureaucrats and military ministers who can afford thirty thousand gu will not buy real estate in Jing'anfang at all.
Why?
Because the houses in Jing'anfang have no appeal to them.
An official who can afford 30,000 guan must be at least a civil servant who is waiting to be appointed or above, or a military minister who is above the distant county level.
Such a person would spend 30,000 yuan to buy a house in Jing'anfang?
joke!
Direct descendants of other families are directly admitted to Kaifeng Mansion.
Some people's children were already scheduled to be part of the Song Dynasty even when they were still in their infancy.
Yinbu is prepared for these people.
People don't even need to go to Kaifeng Prefecture, they just wait to be an official when they grow up, and take the "Locked Hall Examination" which is simpler and easier than Kaifeng Prefecture.
You can easily get a place as a tribute.
Getting a Jinshi exam is as easy as eating and drinking - as long as you don't be too useless, pass the Ministry of Rites exam, and go to the palace exam, your ranking will not be bad.
And those who can't afford 30,000 yuan...
They are all middle and low-level officials, including military ministers, who cannot even afford to rent a house in Bianjing, so they can only rent a house outside the new city, and it takes an hour or two to commute every day.
Therefore, the customers of Jing'anfang have actually been restricted to a limited group from the beginning - wealthy businessmen, local high-profile households, and leaders of illegal gangs from all over the Song Dynasty.
For example, private salt dealers, for example, green forest heroes.
Zhao Xu then smiled and said to Fan Chunren: "Don't you hear that the emperors in the early Han Dynasty were responsible for the system of tombs?"
Fan Chunren was stunned for a moment and then reacted immediately.
In the early Han Dynasty, there was a national policy called the system of mausoleums.
From Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, all Han emperors consistently began to build their own tombs at the beginning of their accession to the throne.
At the same time, through the construction of mausoleums, the powerful and wealthy households in the world were forced to move to mausoleums.
In this way, we can strengthen the weak base and eliminate local forces to prevent local tyrants from becoming powerful.
Under this policy, in the early Han Dynasty, there was no powerful person in the country who could control the local area, let alone the kind of big landowner who could stretch across the country!
Because every one of these people will be forcibly moved to the Guanzhong Imperial Tomb.
Zhao Xu continued: "My current system adopts its strengths and eliminates its shortcomings."
"Luring them with righteousness, attracting them with education, inspiring them with virtue..."
"There is no compulsion, everything is voluntary..."
"It can be said that it has no disadvantages of the Han Dynasty, but has the advantages of the Han Dynasty!"
"In this way, if things continue like this, the world can be expected to be peaceful!"
Zhao Xu was deceiving Fan Chunren and the officials in front of him now.
The reason is simple - it has been a thousand years since the Western Han Dynasty.
As time has changed, social systems, production methods and productivity have become completely different.
Copying the policies of the Western Han Dynasty mechanically is equivalent to seeking a fish from a tree or a sword from a boat.
If you really want to do that, you might end up in a mess.
Therefore, Zhao Xu is just looking for excuses to cover up what he really wants to do.
However, after the banquet officials heard this, they all became happy and congratulated one after another.
Especially the scholar-bureaucrats like Cheng Yi and Su Che who had ancient ideas in mind, the joy on their faces was beyond words.
But, as time goes by.
Good news from Jing'anfang continues to come.
By noon, Jia Zhongmin came back in person to report his victory: "Your Majesty, I am fortunate to have fulfilled my destiny and all the 225 houses in the first phase of the 'Bianjing Academy' have been sold out... The relevant deeds have also been signed...
…The relevant funds will be sent to the pile sealing warehouse one after another in the next month!”
Zhao Xu listened and nodded with a smile.
The officials and ministers on the left and right swallowed their saliva.
Two hundred and twenty-five houses, all sold out?
A set of 30,000 guan, which is a huge income of 6.75 million guan!
It’s almost as much as Da Song’s salt class income last year.
Although there are salt courses every year, the Bianjing Academy in Jing'anfang seems to be a one-time deal.
But it’s still so shocking.
Lu Dafang, who was relatively sensitive to the economy, began to worry after the shock: "Your Majesty... all of a sudden, these many copper coins, gold, silver, and silk cloth were transferred from the hands of ordinary people into the pile sealing warehouse..."
"I am worried that the world's money shortage will intensify, causing prices to skyrocket!"
"I hope your Majesty will understand clearly!"
What he is really worried about is that the wealthy households in Bianjing will drain the liquidity from the market, causing the price of money in Bianjing to skyrocket!
After all, Bianjing is the richest city in the world.
In this city, the number of copper coins circulating every day is in the tens of millions.
Nearly 7 million yuan of liquidity could be drained away in one fell swoop.
It's really scary for the market.
Zhao Xu nodded and said to Lu Dafang: "Don't worry, sir!"
“What is taken from the people must be used for the people.”
"I have already discussed it with the two palaces..."
"In addition to the money earned from Bianjing Academy being used for the construction and maintenance of Bianjing Academy, the rest will be used to build a 'Longevity Palace' in the palace to honor the two empresses."
"To this end, the Wanshou Palace is being built this time. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will hire people at market prices..."
In fact, it was just spending money to hire contractors from the Forbidden Army to build the palace.
This is part of the plan.
The Imperial Guards in Beijing are dead and hopeless.
However, hasty abolition may affect social stability and even lead to mutiny.
We can only find a way out for them slowly and gradually eliminate them.
Building a garden for the royal family is a great opportunity.
You can take this opportunity to let a large number of forbidden troops complete the transformation from official troops to civilian households.
As for how to operate?
Of course it's very simple - the Imperial Guards had no money to build a garden, but if they were converted into civilian households, they could get wages.
By luring them with benefits, those in the Forbidden Army who don't want to be soldiers at all will soon be able to voluntarily quit the Forbidden Army - it's amazing, and you can give them some money to buy off their military service.
This is better than supporting these people all the time and letting them eat up the finances.
"I have also made an agreement with the governors to allocate the remaining money to the Imperial Academy, Imperial College, and Martial Arts..."
"It will be used to build new schools and dormitories, and it will also be used to build a library, and a scholarship will be established to reward outstanding students who study hard and have excellent morals and academics, or famous teachers who are highly respected and have peaches and plums all over the world. The bonus is initially scheduled
Ranging from five hundred strings to one hundred strings..."
The establishment of schools was the political correctness of the Song Dynasty, and no one would object - since the Qingli period, local officials throughout the Song Dynasty would build schools whenever they had the opportunity.
Moreover, we will try our best to add more fields to the school to support teachers and students.
The idea put forward by Zhao Xu received unanimous support from both the government and the public as soon as it was proposed.
At the same time, this is also a policy guaranteed by the two prime ministers with their own reputations.
Of course Zhao Xu would not let down Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu.
But...
Start studying and return to study.
Where should the focus be? Zhao Xu has his own opinion.
Although at the beginning, most of the funds must be spent on the Imperial College and Imperial College.
But there is also room for fishing in troubled waters and the possibility of selling sheep's meat to dogs.
"I estimate that this amount of money should be at least three million yuan!"
"It is enough to build dozens of schools in Taixue, Wushu, and Mathematics, build thousands of studios, and provide scholarship support to hundreds of teachers and students!"
"In addition, there should be a lot of funds left..."
"I plan to use it to support some extracurricular projects such as study tours in Taixue and Imperial College..."
"Let the students of Taipei University, like the students of Mr. An Ding, Mr. Lianxi, and Mr. Hengqu, travel around the world, communicate and discuss with famous people and great scholars all over the world!"
As Zhao Xu spoke, he rubbed his hands with a look of sincerity and yearning.
The officials on the left and right, especially the banquet officials, listened and bowed their heads one after another: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhao Xu smiled and enjoyed the congratulations from the officials.
Then, he looked at Lu Dafang and said, "Lu Qing!"
"I'm here!"
"I heard that your younger brother Lu Dalin studied under Mr. Hengqu, Mr. Mingdao and Cheng Jiangshu?"
"As your Majesty knows..." Lu Dafang raised his head, not quite understanding what Zhao Xu meant.
"I want to recruit your younger brother to the capital to serve as a doctor in the Imperial Academy. I wonder if Aiqing thinks it is feasible?" Zhao Xu asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty's great love is my blessing." Lu Dafang bowed and bowed again.
Although I don't know why the officials want to recruit his younger brother who is obsessed with epigraphy every day to the capital, and also want to make him a doctor of Taixue.
However, Lu Dafang knew that this was one of the few opportunities for his younger brother - Lu Dalin, who had been criticized by Hengqu's disciples because of Mr. Hengqu's behavior, and he had been depressed ever since.
He began to become obsessed with epigraphy, something that outsiders saw as something to play with and lose one's ambition, and the whole person became decadent.
In his opinion, if Lu Dalin came to Beijing and entered the Imperial Academy, his living conditions would be somewhat changed.
At least it can make him more positive.
Little did they know that Zhao Xu had spotted Lu Dalin's attainments and research in epigraphy and wanted to recruit him to the capital and send him to the Imperial Academy.
The reason why Lu Dalin was asked to go to the Imperial College was not to teach the students about the classics.
Instead, let him be a catfish.
To muddy the waters of Taixue a little bit - don't study the scriptures and meanings from more than a thousand years ago all day long, let's study something more ancient.
For example, the inscriptions on Shang and Zhou bronzes!
Once the Tai students began to study the inscriptions on bronze vessels, their interests and hobbies expanded accordingly.
In Taixue, it is natural to establish clubs with various interests and hobbies.
As for the students, once they have various interests and hobbies.
Then there is a greater chance that Li Daoyuan, Xu Xiake, and Shen Kuo will appear among them.
At the same time, the chaotic Imperial College will also provide Zhao Xu with an opportunity to intervene - by then, it will be almost time for him to take charge.
After taking office, he naturally had to fully master the central academies that cultivate talents such as Taixue, martial arts, and arithmetic.
Lu Xizhe, who had been observing from the side, remembered something at this time and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, the money received is three million yuan for the two palaces and three million yuan for the establishment of a school... Jing'anfang
The remaining money is only 750,000 yuan..."
"Wouldn't it be enough?"
Zhao Xu laughed.
"Why is it not enough? Not to mention the two hundred and twenty-five houses in the first phase, the funds for the second phase of 300 houses are more than enough!"
Even though wages in Bianjing are high - basically, a young man's daily wages start at a hundred dollars, and a skilled mason or carpenter's wages are more than two hundred dollars.
However, for something like a house, the construction cost is the lowest at any time.
Zhang Heng from the Ministry of Accounts had already settled the accounts with Zhao Xu.
The funds of 750,000 pounds are enough to complete the first phase of the Jing'an Square project, as well as all the landscaping, greening and school construction needs.
"There's still a second phase?" Everyone was surprised.
"There are 300 units in the second phase?"
"Now that there is a second phase, will there be a third or fourth phase?" Many people are thinking in their hearts.
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This chapter has been completed!