Chapter 1022 Sending students

After Wei Zheng returned home, he found that many businessmen came to visit him. When he heard about the situation, he realized that they were all for donations.

So Wei Zheng met with a group of businessmen, accepted all the donations, and had people keep accounts.

"Sir, a total of thirty-four businessmen have received donations of 3.4 million yuan." The steward said while holding the account book.

"Pfft."

When Wei Zheng heard this, he immediately spit out the sip of tea he just drank, opened his eyes wide and said, "How much? Did you say it wrong?"

"Master, I was right. Each of them left a check for 100,000 yuan, a total of thirty-four. Even if you want to count it wrong, it is impossible," the steward said.

Wei Zheng looked at the check in the butler's hand. Everyone felt like it was in a fog, it was unreal, but the check was right in front of him, and it was difficult to deny it.

"I never expected that after Li Feng invented banks and banknotes, delivery became so simple, and merchants no longer had to carry carts of copper coins to deliver.

3.4 million guan. How many carts of copper coins are needed for this? Even if one ox cart costs 10,000 guan, then 340 ox carts are needed.

However, just counting the money would take at least half a month. Now all it takes is a few thin pieces of paper."

The housekeeper looked at Wei Zheng's sigh and couldn't help but said: "Sir, this shows that the Tang Dynasty is becoming stronger.

This money will be easier to hold, and it will be easier for merchants to conduct transactions. In this way, the tax revenue of the court will be increased."

Wei Zheng looked at the housekeeper and said, "Why is what you said so similar to what Li Feng said?"

The housekeeper quickly explained: "Sir, you have been busy with the affairs of the court and have not gone out for a long time. Now the common people think the same way."

"I see. It seems that I need to go out and walk around more with the people."

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On the other side, after Li Feng and his family left the palace, they did not return to the house immediately, but came to the Civil and Military Academy.

It was almost time for the students to go on summer vacation, so Li Feng decided to give them an internship opportunity.

Li Feng brought a basket of fruits to the dean's office, which is also the room where Li Yuan works.

When the guard at the door saw that the person coming was Li Feng, he immediately raised his hands in salute and said, "See the Marquis of Lantian."

Li Feng waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite. Is the old man here?"

"Who is the Supreme Emperor taking a nap at? Look at the time, it's almost time to wake up."

Li Feng nodded, opened the door, and said, "Old man, I'm here to see you."

Li Yuan was sleeping at this time, and now he likes sleeping the most. When he heard someone coming, he opened his eyes slightly, saw it was Li Feng, and closed his eyes again.

"You're back? When did you come back?"

Li Feng said: "I just arrived in Chang'an today. I brought some overseas fruits for the old man to taste."

Li Yuan sighed and said, "You still have your heart. I've been here for a year and a half, and no one has come to see me at all."

Li Feng said: "Everyone is busy, especially since His Majesty is not in Chang'an. Everyone is even busier. The prince has also gone to Shuofang, so no one is accompanying the old man."

"You still know how to talk."

Li Yuan opened his eyes, stood up, walked to the desk, and sat down. Li Feng followed him and sat opposite him, and handed the fruit basket to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan glanced at the fruit basket and said with a smile: "Not bad, the colorful ones are some fruits that I have never seen before. It seems that you are getting rich again."

Li Feng nodded and said: "I did make a small fortune, but it's not enough for me to spend. Do you know that every investment I make now costs a lot of money, which is not enough at all, so I can only think of ways to make money."

"What projects are there? I still have some money, I'll give it to you, you have to pay it back." Li Yuan saw Li Feng's surprised expression and immediately said three more words.

Li Feng smiled and said: "Of course I know I have to pay it back, but I don't need the old man's money. I have my own way of getting money."

So Li Feng told him what happened in the palace, and also told him about the internship for the students.

Li Yuan said angrily: "Aren't you just kidding? They are still young, and it is the most important time to study. How can they participate in the affairs of the court?"

Li Feng said: "There is no way, only in this way can those guys be willing to pay, and the aristocratic family will become just an ordinary person with a big family and a big business.

In order for the future of Datang to be filled with talents, this group of talents can only be temporarily made to work harder. Besides, after being exposed to politics, will they be more enthusiastic in their studies?"

Li Yuan calmed down and then said: "Okay, okay, everything will be according to what you said, for the future of Datang, it will be worth it.

Hey, what can I do even if I, an old guy, can't bear to part with you? You can make arrangements, I want to rest."

Li Feng stood up and said slowly: "Thank you, old man."

Li Feng then gathered together the top two thousand students with the best grades, and taught them all the things to pay attention to in the officialdom overnight.

The next day, these students were handed over to every yamen in the imperial court.

The Hubu Yamen had the largest number of students, five hundred students. After Tang Jian got them, he directly asked them to collect taxes.

After these five hundred students learned that their task was to collect taxes, the first thing they did was to discuss dividing the entire Tang Dynasty into five hundred parts, one for each person.

The old tax collector who originally led them was fooled by their operations. The students' operations directly disrupted the original system, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the tax collector who led them.

So they all came to Tang Jian to complain and be dissatisfied, and even complained that they didn't want to take him with him.

Tang Jian looked at a group of tax collectors and said in a deep voice: "I tell you, they are all students of Lantian Hou Lifeng, and their future prospects will definitely be better than yours.

It is your blessing that they can become your helpers now, but you still dare to complain.

In addition, they are all more capable than you. After today, you may have to learn from them.

If you don’t want to do it, I agree to your resignation. If you don’t want to resign, then get out of here and take care of them.”

The tax collectors had no choice but to leave obediently. They didn't even think about resigning. This was a fat job, and many people couldn't squeeze in.

Five hundred students followed the tax collectors and started collecting taxes. On the first day, they didn't have any ideas. Some of them focused on studying. They did whatever the tax collectors asked them to do.

In the evening, they began to summarize what they had learned during the day and then made improvements.

The next day, a list of ways to improve taxation appeared in the hands of their tax collector.

After the tax collectors saw it, some were amazed, some were confused, some were dissatisfied, and some even thought it was ridiculous, thinking that a group of children knew nothing, so they threw the method away without even looking at it.
Chapter completed!