Chapter 225 Don't take the initiative and don't refuse
Chapter 225 Don’t take the initiative and don’t refuse
Author: Muzi Blue
Chapter 225 Don’t take the initiative and don’t refuse
There are tens of thousands of books in the Chongwen Library. To make several copies of these tens of thousands of books, one would have to copy tens of thousands of books at once, each with a piece of silk. This was a big project.
In Chang'an City, not only the Secretariat of the Provincial Hongwen Hall and the Economic Affairs Bureau have specialized regular calligraphers who can copy scriptures, but there are also many large temples in Chang'an that have scribes for a long time.
These people copied in regular script and developed a special style of copying scriptures.
The most famous scripture copyist in Chang'an City could copy two hundred scrolls a year and earn two to three hundred bolts of silk. However, an ordinary scripture copyist might make one scroll every three days and earn tens or hundreds of dollars per scroll.
This time, for the big project of the Chongwen Hall, outsourced copying was started. Not only the scribes in Chang'an City received orders, but also the Imperial College, as well as the foreign officials from various government offices in Beijing, miscellaneous officials, and even some candidates in Beijing.
, Hou Kao’s junior officials and scholars also participated.
Copying scriptures costs nothing and is a good part-time job.
Wu Huaiyu took good care of his subordinates in the Bureau of Economics and Finance, letting them subcontract and make a fortune from it. In the past, Chang'an asked nobles, princes and officials to donate books, and many princes, nobles and powerful officials also donated money.
Later, the emperor specially allocated money to support the cultural and educational undertakings of the East Palace. This sum of money and food was a huge sum, and Wu Huaiyu had the final say.
If you have money on hand, it will be convenient to get things done. You don't need to report every detail to your superiors.
Wu Huaiyu purchased paper, ink and pens, and divided them into copies. Wu Huaiyu had money on hand and staff, so he quickly restored the paper workshop, ink workshop, pen workshop, and decoration workshop, and began to purchase raw materials for his own production.
Nowadays, the Bureau of Economic Affairs and Management is strong and the food at noon is better.
Two dishes and one soup, one meat and one vegetarian.
The dish-making system is adopted directly, and the officials also add a fried egg.
The staple food is steamed cakes, soup cakes or rice, and the food standard is one liter per person.
I don’t know how much this treatment made the people in the five bureaus next door envious. Within a few days, the prince Zhongyun of Zuo Chunfang, the prince Zuo Yude, the doctor Zuo Zanshan, and Si Yilang were in charge, recorded things, conveyed orders, and presided over the ceremony.
, all those who liked it came to the canteen of the Economic Affairs Bureau to eat.
Even the chiefs of the other five bureaus, including Nonchengro, Yazoro, Uchi Naoro, Gongmonro, Nosukero, etc., also came.
Fortunately, Youchunfang does not work together, otherwise the officials from Youchunfang would probably have to come here as well.
Zhang Chengde, who was in charge of the public kitchen of the Bureau of Economic Affairs, was very dissatisfied with this, but Huaiyu told him not to worry. Now that the Bureau of Economic Affairs and Economic Affairs is doing very well, especially with a large amount of funds in hand, it is normal for other yamen to be jealous.
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These officials came to have a meal, and Wu Huaiyu allowed them to entertain them. Anyway, they could eat as much as they wanted for a working meal.
Taking advantage of people with short hands and eating people with short mouths, and eating the food of the Economic Bureau, they will not be able to say anything wrong in the future.
Wu Huaiyu even subcontracted some copywriting projects to his brothers' yamen, so that they could earn some extra money while eating the meat themselves, while others had to eat the soup.
All the yamen in the East Palace are now incomplete, and each one is very poor. The real Qingshui yamen, now the Bureau of Economic Affairs has finally built a Chongwen Museum, and has also started a copying project of tens of thousands of scriptures. Although in Wu Huaiyu's eyes,
This is actually not very profitable, but in the eyes of those poor officials, it is very tempting.
Other brothers' companies, such as Gongshitian and Gongshen, have not secured any funds, but their department and economic bureau have everything.
"Master, the twenty students from Chongwen Hall who will accompany the prince to study have been selected."
"This is the list."
Wu Huaiyu picked it up and looked at it. It was similar to the selection criteria of the Provincial Hongwen Hall. The royal family, the empress dowager, the queen's children, and the prime minister's children were all relatives of great meritorious deeds, that is, the children of the clan with the same grandfather.
Those selected are not the relatives of the emperor, but the children of princes, princes and prime ministers, the most noble group of people.
The age group selected was fourteen to nineteen years old.
The number of students in Hongwen Hall was only thirty-eight, and when Chongwen Hall opened, there were only twenty students.
Each one is a son of a prince or prime minister and is very noble.
For example, the son of the warrior Yu, Yuan Qing Yuanshuang, was not qualified, because the warrior Yu was only a duke, but not a first-rank official, let alone a prime minister.
Wu Huaiyu's brother Huai Liang and Ma Zhou's son Ma Zai were even less qualified. Firstly, they were not young enough, and secondly, their status was far different.
Qin Qiong, the general of the army, is only of the second rank, and neither can his son.
"Eleventh Master, take Zhang Wenxue and Liu Zhengzi and visit each house in person and deliver the notice."
The royal family Li family, the queen's eldest grandson's family, the queen mother's Dou family, and then the current prime ministers, Pei Jifang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi and other children,
No one from the imperial concubine’s family is qualified to be selected.
"Isn't Erlang going?"
"I won't go,"
Huaiyu is also very cautious now. This time he collected books, and as a result, he opened the Chongwen Library in advance, and became the owner of the library. He is already a bit too popular, so there is no need to have too many first-class families with these royal relatives, prime ministers, and princes.
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"Just go and have a good talk with them, praise their children, and by the way, tell them to thank them for donating books and money before. When the books in the Chongwen Library are copied, I will give them some treasures."
Lai Ji smiled and said, "Does Erlang want them to donate more money and food?"
"We don't ask for it, but if they want to donate, they don't have to refuse," he said with a smile.
Not taking the initiative or refusing is a good attitude.
Royal relatives, princes, and prime ministers, no matter who they are, if a little bit is leaked between their fingers, they can also make the economic affairs bureau fatter.
As a leader, you can only work for the benefit of your subordinates so that you can have cohesion and support and get things done. Otherwise, there is no dignity.
Engaging in projects is naturally the best way to seek benefits.
If there is a project, there will be money and food, and if there is money and food, there will be oil and water at every turn, so there is no need for corruption or anything like that.
Wu Huaiyu is now busy every day poaching people, including regular script calligraphers, skilled paper makers, decorators, pen makers, and even people from the Imperial College to be direct bachelors.
I also dug up a lot of books from the school clerk, Zhengzi, scribes, scribes, history, and classics.
Because the Bureau of Economic Affairs is relatively high-profile, the food in their cafeteria is so good that some people impeached the imperial censor. Some people also impeached the Bureau of Economic Affairs for issuing salaries in advance, and even giving grain, money, and welfare to officials and craftsmen.
It's just that these impeachments didn't cause any splash, but they were free advertisements for the Bureau of Economics and Economics to recruit people. Everyone knew that the Bureau of Economics and Economics was now valued by the emperor, with good treatment and benefits, so the Secretary, Hongwen Hall and other poor officials in Qingshui Yamen
Officials accepted transfers one after another, and some even took the initiative to seek employment in the Economic Affairs Bureau.
For a time, the usually unknown Bureau of Economic Affairs actually became a popular government office in Chang'an City.
Even Cai Yungong, the prince who had never seen him face to face, often ran here now. This bachelor of Hongwen Palace came to the Economic Affairs Bureau for dinner today at noon, and even scratched the pen, ink and paper, but Wu Huaiyu didn't mind at all.
He has a lot of benefits and benefits.
The Economic Bureau became popular, and the Chongwen Museum soared into the sky.
Even the industries under the name of the Economic Bureau are now booming. Chongwen Shop, Chongwen Paper Shop, Chongwen Pen Shop, Chongwen Ink Shop, etc. have opened in Chang'an and Chang'an cities.
Wu Huaiyu also produced some so-called collector's editions of books, and even co-branded editions for bachelors from the Chongwen Library, which he sold in bookstores and gave some to the royal relatives, princes, princes, and prime ministers who donated large sums to the Hongwen Library.
The ones given to princes and prime ministers are free of charge, but if others want to buy these same collector's editions, it will be expensive.
The income from selling books, paper and pens, etc., all went into the small treasury of the Bureau of Economic Affairs. This money was the same as the capital of the company used for lending and interest collection. In addition to being used for office expenses and money for food in the public kitchen and canteen, Wu Huaiyu used this money
The money is used to provide various subsidies to everyone.
When the weather gets cold, I buy charcoal and firewood for everyone, customize fur coats and sweaters, add silk quilts, make meat and rice, and give out paper and pens.
Even leather boots and hats were sent twice a month.
An internal interest-free loan has also been set up. If the officials and craftsmen of our company are in temporary difficulty, they can apply for a loan without interest.
There are even rental subsidies, transportation subsidies for horseback riding, fodder money, etc.
The income level of the officials in the Bureau of Economic Affairs and Economic Affairs has risen sharply, and the salary standards have not changed. However, they have received more money and food, and various welfare and subsidies. Today they are given rice and noodles, tomorrow they are given oil and salt, and the day after tomorrow they are given silk and cloth.
Laiji, who is responsible for managing the small treasury in the department, even has a headache.
"Erlang, the money in this account is getting more and more spent, can't you spend it all?"
The Bureau of Economic Affairs is now the only yamen in the East Palace that is fully staffed or even overstaffed, but it is still able to pay out salaries in full and on time, as well as provide various continuous benefits.
"It's the end of the year, spend more, otherwise there will be too much money in the account and it will be difficult to account for it." Huaiyu instructed that he must spend money suddenly before the new year.
"What's the name? There are a lot of people staring at us now, so I'm not afraid of sharing too much money." Laiji is still a little too young, and he doesn't know how to spend money even though he has money.
"Isn't this easy?"
Huaiyu thought it was easy to spend money, "In this case, buying more paper, ink, pens and inkstones would be a big expense. The paper and ink bought would be sent to the Imperial College, Hongwen Hall, and the Secretariat Province, and then the three provinces and six ministries would be given away.
The Five Temples and Nine Prisons also sent some,
Finally, we will allocate a batch to our department officials."
Paper, ink, pen, and inkstone are very valuable, and you can sell them for money after you give them away.
The purchase of these papers, inks, pens and inkstones from the workshops affiliated to the Bureau of Economic Affairs also increased their income. Most of this money can be retained to purchase raw materials, or provide more grain and oil benefits to the craftsmen.
The money in the accounts of the Bureau of Economic Affairs was allowed to flow and spread out, so that it would naturally become inconspicuous. It even gave some benefits to other yamen and officials.
Those subordinate workshops took the money, kept most of it, purchased raw materials, and even made reports to expand workshops, stores, etc. These are all expenditures and costs.
This constant flow is like a big piece of fat turning around in the hands of the officials, and the hands will naturally become full of oil.
However, Wu Huaiyu carefully looked through the account books and found that the Economic and Economic Affairs Bureau has formed a good cycle in a short period of time. The initial capital came from donations, rewards, and funds, but now it sells books, sells paper, and sells books.
Writing and writing is actually very profitable.
It’s not just making money in an ordinary way, it’s making money in an extraordinary way.
He had never imagined before that stationery and books were so expensive these days.
The price is a bit outrageous, but Chang'an City is the imperial capital. It has the largest group of literati, and the demand for stationery is also the largest.
The collection and sorting of copied books this time was quite successful, and even revitalized the cold government office of the Economic and Economic Affairs Bureau. However, Wu Huaiyu was not very satisfied when he looked at this account book.
