Chapter 521 The business logic of Bianjing University
The weather is very good this morning.
The temperature is not high and there is a gentle breeze.
Zhao Xu also took the rare opportunity to bring his brothers to the back garden of Da Nei.
That is to say, later, Zhao Ji carried out a lot of construction work and visited the expanded Yanfu Palace.
Today's Yanfu Palace is actually very large.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, an artificial canal had been dug. The water from the Jinshui River and the Wuzhang River entered the back garden and poured into the artificial lake in the back garden - the inner pond.
In the past dynasties, Zhao Guan's family used to go boating with their concubines in the inner pond.
The gardens here are also very famous - after the destruction of Shu, a large number of hibiscus, peonies and other flowers from Chengdu were introduced and planted here.
Legend has it that these flowers were planted by Mrs. Hua Rui herself.
Therefore, Shao Bowen's rumor stick made a rumor based on this - Taizu once cut off the wrist of a beautiful woman with a sword in this garden.
The reason is that Taizu was once bewildered by his beauty, so he personally broke peonies to decorate his temples.
Then I suddenly realized - I have conquered the world through hard work, but I want to defeat it with just one woman?
Suddenly his face changed, and he drew his knife and cut off the beauty's wrist.
In this story, Taizu is like a lunatic.
One moment he was folding flowers to please the beauty, but the next moment he woke up and cut off the beauty's wrist with a knife.
Completely, it is a Northern Song Dynasty version of "Summer Camp Contest".
Zhao Xu was walking in the nursery of the garden and suddenly thought of this matter.
He pursed his lips slightly: "Shao Bowen needs to send someone to rectify it!"
"We can't let him spread rumors!"
Originally, Zhao Xu had chosen Yan Jidao and planned to let Yan Jidao go to Luoyang to play against Shao Bowen.
However, it is a wall that cannot be supported by mud.
Therefore, we can only give up temporarily.
Now that he saw the peonies in the back garden, he remembered this original intention.
It is indeed necessary to choose an official carefully and go to Luoyang to treat Shao Bowen.
It was also at this time that Feng Jing hurriedly came to him and reported: "Everyone, Hanlin bachelor Xing Shu has submitted a message begging for an audience."
Zhao Xu said oh and ordered: "Let Bachelor of Justice come to the back garden."
This back garden is also a common place for Zhao officials to summon their ministers.
During the Taizong era, when Yujin Garden was not built, many ferocious beasts were raised here.
Taizong often brought his ministers to the back garden to watch the beasts.
"No!" Feng Jing took the order and left.
Zhao Xu said to the mother-in-law who had been taking care of the young emperor's brothers: "Mother-in-law, let's take the emperor's brothers to the Yuhua Palace to play. I have something to discuss with the Hanlin bachelor."
"I understand!" The mother-in-law nodded with a smile, then hugged Zhao Si, led Zhao Bai, and led several princesses to the Yuhua Palace on the side of the garden.
It was a palace built by Zhao Xu's father. It was next to the inner pond and was mainly used for the emperors and queens to rest after boating.
There are rockeries, pavilions and palaces in the palace.
Watching the mother-in-law and her younger brothers and sisters go away.
Zhao Xu, escorted by Yan Yuan, found a pavilion in the garden and sat down, quietly waiting for Xingshu.
Zhao Xu could probably guess that Xing Shu came here for the matter of Jing'anfang.
He was also very interested and wanted to hear Xing Shu's report.
After all, this Jing'anfang project is the product of Zhao Xu's ambition.
…
About two-quarters of an hour later, Xing Shu was brought to Zhao Xu.
"I respectfully wish your Majesty a long blessing!"
"I am blessed to grant you a seat."
After the routine courtesy of the emperor and his ministers, Xing Shu carefully sat down on a prepared stone bench outside the pavilion.
"Have you seen Jing'anfang?" Zhao Xu asked.
Xing Shu nodded: "I came from Jing'anfang."
"How is it?" Zhao Xu asked with a smile.
The expression on Xing Shu's face suddenly became extremely interesting.
He hesitated for a long time before holding back a sentence: "Your Majesty's sage wisdom is profound, how can it be compared with the vulgar opinions of my ministers..."
He has already learned about the entire ‘Bianjing Academy’ in Jing’anfang.
After understanding this, Xing Shu was confused.
Because that was a brand new way of making money that he had never seen before!
The so-called "Bianjing Academy" in Jing'anfang now has nothing but courtyard walls and gates.
Only a so-called ‘exhibition area’ has been built.
Even the so-called ‘display area’ is not yet fully completed.
It is said that it will be opened to the public in ten days.
However……
Officials of the Kaifeng Prefecture have already established a place called the 'Bianjing Academy Recruitment Department' in Jing'an Square.
It has begun to accept people’s pledge of funds.
Moreover, according to the Kaifeng Prefecture, this so-called "subscription" does not guarantee that those who pay the money will definitely be able to buy a house in Jing'anfang.
But those who don’t hand over the ‘pledge’ will definitely not be able to buy it!
In addition, there is a lot of so-called ‘pledged funds’.
A house costs one thousand guan!
According to the introduction of officials from Kaifeng Prefecture, those who have paid the deposit can register and become pre-orderers of the ‘Bianjing Academy’.
All pre-orderers can participate in the ‘lottery’ process of ‘Bianjing Academy’ after ten days.
It's like drawing lots.
Those who are caught can pay the rest of the house payment.
If they are not caught, Kaifeng Prefecture will arrange a refund.
Of course, pre-orderers can also choose not to receive a refund and wait for another lottery draw from the ‘Bianjing Academy’ – if there is one.
After Xing Shu read it, everyone was stunned.
As confused as he was, there were many people at the scene.
but……
Subsequently, a large number of people, waving Jiaozi and gold and silver, rushed into the so-called "Bianjing Academy Recognition Department" that was temporarily built with wooden boards in Jing'an Square.
Xing Shu naturally looked at it carefully.
Although there are close friends of this official family among them, such as people from Cao, Liu, Wang, Yang and other families.
But there are also a lot of unfamiliar people with foreign accents.
It's just amazing!
He has never seen anything like this.
A large number of businessmen, with real money and silver, subscribed for a 'mansion' that had not even started construction and had never even seen its appearance.
Moreover, you subscribe with your eyes closed!
When did the merchants of the Song Dynasty become so easy to make money?
I really don’t understand!
Zhao Xu listened and laughed, still having high hopes for Xing Shu Zhao Xu.
Because Xing Shu and Cai Jing are actually the same kind of people.
They all have a moral vacuum, and there is no burden of so-called "Confucian morality" in their hearts.
In their eyes, the so-called new party and the old party are actually the same.
As long as necessary, you can switch positions without any psychological pressure.
But Xing Shu is different from Cai Jing.
Cai Jing is a purely political creature, all for promotion.
As for Xingshu, he probably became an official just for excitement.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain his motives for jumping between the new and old parties.
It is also difficult to explain the operations he did during the Yuanyou era of Zhao Xu's previous life.
In the Chegaiting case, Cai Que was besieged by the old party, and no one dared to speak to Cai Que.
But Xing Shu jumped out and complained to Cai Que.
He also worked hard to persuade second-generation old party officials like Wen Jifu and Sima Kang.
He almost saved Cai Que!
By then Xingshu had landed safely.
If he didn't do this, relying on his relationship with the old party elders and government officials, he could actually be an official in the court comfortably.
But Xingshu chose to jump out.
For this he paid a heavy price - he was demoted from the Congzhi Heyang Prefecture to supervising the wine tax in Yongzhou!
Almost directly from a road-level minister, he was beaten to the bottom.
It's just that there is no peeling.
Therefore, Zhao Xu also had high hopes for Xing Shu.
It was difficult to find a minister in the Song Dynasty who loved excitement and had no moral pressure.
Zhao Xu squinted his eyes, stood up, walked to the steps in front of Xing Shu, and was about to sit on the ground.
Feng Jing quickly fetched a soft futon and placed it under Zhao Xu's buttocks.
Zhao Xu sat down, looked straight at Xing Shu, and then waved to him: "You come to me to speak."
Xing Shu suddenly became excited. He immediately stood up and bowed to Zhao Xu three times. Then he came to Zhao Xu cautiously and sat down cross-legged carefully.
I just listened to the little official asking: "You have questions in your mind?"
Xing Shu nodded: "I am stupid and it is difficult to understand the holy wisdom."
"Because of the pledge?" Zhao Xu asked again.
Xingshu nodded.
Zhao Xu laughed.
The modern method of pre-sale of off-plan properties is a great invention of the commodity economy.
Originally, the socio-economic level of the Song Dynasty was not enough to support such an advanced industry.
But no matter what...
"Jing'anfang is in Bianjing City!" Zhao Xu said lightly: "And it's outside Donghua Gate in the old city of Bianjing!"
"House prices in Bianjing have been rising over the past hundred years!"
This is a fact.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, a house worth three to five thousand yuan was already a luxury house.
Today, with three to five thousand yuan, you can't even buy a small yard for a shop or housekeeper.
What Zhao Xu remembered was that in his previous life, after Su Che was demoted, in order to raise money, he sold his house in Bianjing and got the money - nine thousand and several hundred yuan.
Su Che is known as an upright official.
His house in Bianjing, which is just a simple small courtyard with three entrances, sold for more than 10,000 guan (a 痀 is one thousand qian and a guan is 770 ren).
In Shaosheng's time, Zhao Xu remembered that a minister once reported: The ministers bestowed the title, and the first rank was worth hundreds of thousands of coins. To increase the majesty even slightly, it would cost a million.
A luxury house at the level of a prime minister would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan.
More than forty years ago, Princess Fukang of Renmiao married Prince Consort Li Wei, and Renmiao built a residence for the princess at a cost of only 200,000 yuan.
Forty years later, during the Shaosheng era, it had reached the point where "a little increase in magnificence would cost millions".
House prices have more than quintupled!
Even now, a prime minister's residence costs at least hundreds of thousands of gold.
Therefore, Bianjing City has the business logic of modern real estate.
House prices keep rising!
All fools know that investing in a house will make huge profits!
Honest officials like Su Che relied on investing in real estate to earn enough money to support their retirement after being demoted.
What's more, the house now in Jing'anfang still has the added value of being in a school district!
Xing Shu listened, his eyes flickered, and he immediately thought about it.
yes!
Housing prices in Bianjing have been rising for a century.
Especially houses in the old city, even if they are old and shabby, are still rising!
But Bianjing has always lacked a channel to provide a large number of new houses.
Everyone is covering their houses.
No one is willing to sell their house until they are at the end of their rope and desperate.
Especially houses in the old city have always been expensive but not marketable.
So, after Xing Shu figured this out, he immediately expressed his admiration for Zhao Xu: "The sage wisdom of the official family is as great as the sky!"
Zhao Xu chuckled and happily accepted this flattery.
"To be fair, Ai Qing, Jing'anfang will only be the beginning..."
"I will gradually develop and transform the old city of Bianjing one by one..."
"With ten years of hard work, Bianjing has been given a new look."
"At the same time, it also allows the country to earn tens of millions of dollars!"
A shantytown renovation in the old city of Bianjing can be considered a failure if the money earned is less than 10 million yuan.
no way!
During the Song Dynasty, the population of all the prefectures and counties in the world was already 10 million.
Among this population of 10 million, even if it is only one ten thousandth, there are 10,000 people who have enough financial resources to buy property in Bianjing.
Everyone earns one thousand guan, and the 10 million guan comes out.
But will Zhao Xu only earn 10 million yuan?
joke!
You earn once for the house, once for reselling the house, and again for property fees.
This is normal operation.
Therefore, simply earning 30 to 50 million yuan is not a problem for Zhao Xu.
Xing Shu was dumbfounded when he heard this.
Ten million plans?
During the Song Dynasty, the annual income of the whole world was only over 60 million yuan!
He had to sigh in his heart: "Today and the late emperor are father and son!"
The late emperor loved money, and today we also love money.
It's just that making money today seems to be more gentle than the late emperor.
That is, making so much money, what do officials want to do today?
The emperors of all ages were extravagant and extravagant?
Or is it used in the military?
Xingshu's heart started beating loudly.
Zhao Xu looked at Xing Shu's expression and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person who only makes money for my own enjoyment..."
"Take it from the people and use it for the people."
"In addition to supplying the two palaces with all the income, I will use the rest to build schools!"
"The expansion of Taixue, arithmetic, criminal science, and martial arts will also receive funds from it..."
The establishment of schools was the absolute political correctness of the Song Dynasty.
"This is also the reason why the ruling elders are willing to help me suppress public opinion."
After the Jing'anfang incident came out, there was great pressure from public opinion.
The central government is in charge, and it will not be mentioned until the ministers object.
There was also a lot of discussion in Taixue, and the Taixue students went berserk collectively.
However, Zhao Xu took advantage of Li Yong's case and the two palaces came forward to subdue the prime minister.
At the same time, he also summoned the prime ministers and elders, and after playing the ‘school card’.
The elders began to come forward and forcefully suppressed the discussions between the DPRK and China.
Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, and Sun Gu all sent messages to their disciples and old friends.
Officials in Taixue also met separately with those Taixue students who had great influence among the students, suppressing the discussion in Taixue.
This is the reason why the Jing'anfang project can be smoothly advanced now.
Otherwise, the imperial sergeant-officials and the imperial students in the Imperial College might join forces to rebel.
Although the civil servants and students of the Song Dynasty did not dare to do the same as the civil servants and students of the late Ming Dynasty, they held up plaques of Confucius and Mencius to "please for the people", and even went to the temple to cry.
But they can learn from Fan Zhongyan's example and go to the palace gate to block the palace en masse, even kneeling at the Donghe gate of Funing Palace.
Once this happens, Zhao Xu will face great political pressure.
Of course he can have his own way.
However, the cost of doing this was that the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor were alienated.
The reflection in real politics is that a large number of officials will start fishing openly.
This was also the trump card of the scholar-bureaucrats against the imperial power - non-violence and non-cooperation.
If the situation continues to worsen, these people may join forces in local areas and even instigate rebellion.
After listening to this, Xing Shu finally understood why the discussions in the court and the imperial students had suddenly become quiet in the past two days.
It turns out that the emperor made such a promise to them!
Start school!
This was the ideal of several generations of people in the Song Dynasty.
It is also the greatest common denominator between the old and new parties.
Even military ministers who were in charge of border counties loved to build schools.
No wonder!
"Your Majesty is holy and virtuous, I wish the world to celebrate!" Xing Shu bowed sincerely.
Zhao officials love to make money, and everyone knows it.
But, nowadays, I am willing to use the money I earn on education.
This was really surprising to Xing Shu.
It also made Xingshu very excited!
Because the official is willing to talk to him - this represents an attitude.
This majesty is willing to work hard to govern, and he is also willing to bring everyone together to revive the Song Dynasty.
This is a sign of prosperity.
Since ancient times, monarchs have shown signs of being willing to work hard to govern.
Usually, national affairs can cheer people up.
Even after the mid-Tang Dynasty, when the world was divided into pieces.
After Tang Xuanzong cheered up, he also revived the Tang Dynasty for a time!
Today, the country's situation is much better than that of the Middle Tang Dynasty.
There is hope for the resurgence of the Song Dynasty.
As a result, Xingshu was full of energy.
This is also the reason why Zhao Xu wants to talk to people about this matter one by one and explain to them.
In modern times, bosses still have to give employees a shot of blood from time to time to boost morale.
