The cafeteria of Guozi University has also been divided into six cafeterias from the original one in the whole school. Students in the six cafeterias each use one cafeteria.
He used to do everything, even serve as a cook, but now he is only responsible for cooking and keeping the canteen clean.
Moreover, Kuozi University also gave the cooks wages to work. As a result, many cooks did not want to go home when their service was over, so they became contract workers with annual contracts and stayed to continue working.
"Is this necessary?" Boss Zhu frowned after hearing this. If you can't use free labor, why would you pay to hire people?
"I think it is very necessary." Lao Liu responded loudly: "Now that the world has been settled and everything is in ruins, we urgently need to rest with the people. It is the best way to let the people feel at home and open up wasteland and cultivate land."
"Well, that's true." Boss Zhu nodded and listened to him continue.
"Most of those who come to Beijing to serve are the breadwinners of their families. They have to be away from home for more than a year. How much land will be cleared and how much food will be lost?" Lao Liu continued:
"So it seems that the court has saved money, but the people have lost money. My father regards the people as the foundation, but I really can't bear to harm the people and benefit the court!"
The prince was shocked by his speaking skills. Is this his sixth brother who was "uncultured, so he said, "I'll fuck him out of the world"?
It’s really impressive.
"Well, that makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded happily and said: "The imperial court is too poor now and there is nothing we can do about it. When we get rich in the future, we will adopt this method to less disturb the people's lives."
"Father is kind and wise, and there is nothing more wise than my father." Lao Liu quickly flattered him. In fact, he just didn't want to use temporary workers. Only if he has long-term expertise in industry can he cook delicious and hygienic food.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Chu is doing this, is he breaking the rules?" Upon hearing this, all the ministers changed their expressions. Xue Xiang, the Minister of Industry, couldn't help but said: "The yamen of the imperial court can operate because they don't spend money.
Servant."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this makes all the yamen so embarrassed..." Even Zhang Du said bravely.
The Ming Dynasty had a strange fiscal system. All taxes did not go into the national treasury, but were sent directly to the six ministries and five temples. Therefore, each ministry and yamen actually had independent revenue and expenditure. If there was no money, there was no way to ask the Ministry of Revenue. Because the Ministry of Revenue only
He was an accountant and was as poor as them.
So if the emperor really wants to listen to the King of Chu and cancel free labor and instead spend money to hire people, each government office will definitely have to pay for such a large expenditure.
Then don’t you worry to death about all the members of the department?
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Some people may be wondering, how dare these ministers dare to speak nonsense in front of the King of Chu without giving him any face?
I really don’t give any face at all...
Ever since Boss Zhu pushed him to the front desk and started to play against the civil and military officials, the relationship between the princes and ministers had already become tense.
You don't see that the second and third elders have already become vassals, and they are being chased and beaten by the officials, as if they will not give up until they are criticized and criticized.
Not to mention that last year, because of spying on hundreds of officials, he was reduced to the fourth child who everyone shouted and beat...
As the loyal accomplice of the third and fourth spy chiefs, the sixth brother's situation is slightly better than that of the fourth.
What's the strength? Probably no one dares to scold him in person, so they can only use the excuses like this to sarcastically and implicitly mock him.
Although Lao Liu was angry, the court belonged to his family, and the necessary dignity had to be maintained, and he could not serve him directly.
And in the future, historians will inevitably have to write down something - 'In a certain year and a certain month, King Jiahai of Chu slapped a certain minister for no reason.' Who can bear this?
So he can only use his mouth but not his hands. And now that he is the principal, he can't use swear words...
"What do you think of Mr. Hu?" Zhu Yuanzhang signaled to Lao Liu to be calm and glanced at Hu Weiyong.
"I think there's nothing wrong with it, veteran minister. When I came here, the emperor said that the court would be rich in the future, but he didn't say that it would be changed to an employment system now." Hu Weiyong smiled at everyone and said:
"Secondly, this is a royal university, and it is run by the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Who can be a companion? Is it possible?"
"Haha, what Lao Hu said is right." Boss Zhu Longyan was very happy and praised Hu Weiyong: "If Lao Liu can find money, he can do whatever he wants."
This suppressed the criticism... Of course, Hu Xiang would inevitably be looked down upon by others, who blamed him for blindly flattering him.
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Zhu Zhen took Boss Zhu to visit the stables, racecourse, shooting garden, martial arts field of Guozi University...
Among the six arts of the gentleman, there are chariot and archery, so it is reasonable for Guozi University to have these. The officials who visited could not find fault with it.
But having a swimming pool is too much - to the north of Jiming Mountain, when Nanjing City was originally built, Boss Zhu borrowed Xuanwu Lake as a natural moat and cut a corner of Xuanwu Lake into the city to form a rectangular
Datang.
The pond is surrounded by weeping willows swaying in the wind, and a circle of blue stones is paved around it.
Xu Duo, who had been transferred from Yingtian Prefecture to Minister of Household Affairs, became excited when he saw this. He thought to himself that it would take two months to wait for the fish to open their mouths. Isn't fishing here a happy life?
But when I got closer, I saw that the water in the pond was crystal clear, like a blue crystal. Not to mention fish, there were no aquatic plants in it.
"How did you do this?" Boss Zhu was also surprised: "It's clear and blue, and it looks pretty good."
"Drain all the water at the bottom of the pond, dig out the silt, and tamp it down with stone slabs." Lao Liu introduced: "Then put in the purified water that has been sedimented and filtered."
"Why is the water this color?" Boss Zhu asked.
"Alum, he added alum to purify the water!" Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was well-informed and exclaimed: "How much should be added?"
"It's okay, we have a mine at home." Lao Liu said calmly.
This is not an exaggeration, but a statement of fact. All minerals and minerals in the world belong to the Zhu family.
As a magic weapon for purifying water quality in this era, alum is a must-have for ocean voyages. The alum used by the municipal fleet is picked from the ancient alum picking road in Cangnan Alum Mountain, Wenzhou, and is loaded on the Chixi River and transported to various places.
Reserved by the Shipping Department.
To ordinary people, alum may be a medicinal material, but to the Hai Zheng Yamen, it is a consumable material that is consumed in large quantities. Let alone purifying a mere pond of water, even filling the entire pond with alum will do nothing.
It's just a word from Lao Liu.
"Is the water so clean for the students to drink?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"No, the drinking water is higher than this standard." Lao Liu smiled and said, "This is a place for students to swim."
"What?!" All the senior officials were stunned. "For swimming?"
"That's right." Lao Liu nodded and said, "It's a pity that we have to wait for the weather to get warm before we can enter the open-air swimming pool. The water is released now just to show the effect to father and everyone."
"Isn't this too luxurious?!" All the officials exclaimed in unison.
"When Shi Chong and Wang Kai fought for wealth, they only washed their 'heads' with rice milk, made soup with candles, and used silk as a barrier... All of them are worth mentioning in front of the crystal clear alum water in your highness's pond."