Chapter 1567 State-owned and state-governed, state-owned state-governance
With its unique geographical location, Yanshan Prefecture is destined to be the most special state capital in the Song Dynasty..
Farming in the Yanyun area is very developed, and it is at the junction with the Jin Kingdom. Naturally, trade is also quite developed, and the military is a specialty of the Yanyun area, which makes the management of Yanshan Mansion quite difficult.
The court has been reforming laws in recent years, but few new laws have been introduced to Yanshan Mansion. For now, Zongze still holds the power, and everything must be approved by him.
This is also due to Zongze, if it had been anyone else, it might not have worked.
Li Qi has always disapproved of it. The central government takes the lead in all matters. The high-ranking officials in the central government sit in their offices and drink tea every day. How can they know the situation in every place? They just make decisions based on the people's livelihood in front of them.
As for the policy, you are using Bianjing's business tax to cover those poor places in the southern border. There are too many to mention. Even if the businessmen in the southern border contribute all their wealth, I am afraid they will not be able to get so much tax revenue. Moreover, each
The local customs and customs are different, not to mention the Yanyun area, because the Yanyun area is home to many ethnic groups.
Therefore, Li Qi always felt that the court could only formulate a broad framework. Within this broad framework, detailed systems should be formulated based on the conditions of each state. In other words, each state should be autonomous, and the court should let go and not
Having everything in hand can, to a certain extent, prevent court officials and local officials from guarding each other, because there is less contact with each other and local officials no longer need to ask court officials. However, this large framework can also
These states and counties are united together, which is one of the reasons for the establishment of the Second Yuan.
Each state will have a Legislative Yuan, a Judicial Yuan, and a Legal Temple, which constitute a complete and independent local institution. The existence of the Legislative Yuan will make the laws of each state full of local characteristics, and the laws also include
Tax laws, agricultural laws, etc. mean that each state's system is different.
Only this kind of system can manage Yanyun, a very unique place.
Now that the crisis has been resolved, Li Qi, as the imperial envoy, began to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Yanshan Mansion. Compared with military exercises, he is better at this aspect, and the Legislative Yuan is coming soon, so this inspection is also very necessary.
The group first inspected agriculture in the suburbs, and then entered the city. As soon as they entered the city gate, Li Qi smelled a scent, sniffed it and said: "What is it? I am thinking about it."
Zongze chuckled and said, "As expected of the Golden Knife Chef King, this is the pancake fruit from Mrs. Qiao's family, and it is also a specialty of my Yanshan Mansion."
"Chinese savior crepe?"
Li Qi heard the gluttons in his stomach shouting. He looked at the sky and said, "Hey, it's almost noon. Okay, I'll treat you to lunch today."
Zongze hurriedly said: "How can this be done? You are all guests. I should fulfill my friendship as a landlord."
Zhao Jingyan chuckled and said, "Uncle Zong, don't argue with him. He has too much money to spend."
"low profile."
When Zongze heard this, he laughed and didn't force it.
Aunt Qiao's stall has a great location. It's a small shop right next to the city gate. It's so fragrant. People come and go, who wouldn't want to go and take a look!
When he came to Aunt Qiao's stall, Li Qi's eyes widened. He saw long queues in front of him, almost reaching the street level.
Zongze smiled bitterly and said, "It's dinner time now, so there are a lot of people here."
“All good things come in hard times, and the same goes for delicious food.”
In this regard, Li Qi is not in a hurry. When he went to eat pottery cakes on the streets of Hong Kong before, it was not much different.
Even though the people standing here were the prefect, the Privy Councilor, and the navy chief, they all consciously ran to the back to line up.
"Huh? Magistrate Zong, you are here to buy pancakes and fruits again."
A man dressed as a farmer who was in front of Li Qi and others saw Zongze coming. He first bowed his hands and saluted, and then said with a smile.
Zongze nodded with a smile and said, "Is your family's harvest good this year?"
The farmer smiled cheerfully and said: "It's not bad."
Zongze hummed softly and said: "Don't fool me here. Your eight brothers are all in their prime. Your family has the most land in Nancheng. If your family is still just getting along, I'm afraid next year
I took the blame and resigned."
The farmer chuckled and said, "This is all the result of my mother's birth."
Li Qi and others saw Zongze, the dignified magistrate, rushing to queue up to buy pancakes and fruits. No one gave up their seats, but they were used to it. Apparently Zongze came here often to buy pancakes and fruits, and everyone was used to it.
The farmer suddenly looked at Li Qi and the others and asked curiously: "Zong Zhifu, are they relatives?"
Zongze's face darkened, and Li Qi hurriedly said: "Yes! We are distant relatives of Zongzhifu."
"Be polite, be polite."
The farmer quickly handed over his hand.
Li Qi and others also returned the gift.
After waiting in line for nearly a quarter of an hour, it was finally the turn of Li Qi and others. They saw Aunt Qiao, a woman in her forties or fifties. Next to her were two young men, a man and a woman. From the looks of it, they should be Aunt Qiao's son and daughter-in-law.
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When the family saw Zongze coming, they were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. There was a Zongzhifu on the left and a Zongzhifu on the right. How sweet they were!
Does Aunt Qiao have any thoughts about Zongze? Li Qi's evil side sneaked out again and stepped forward and asked: "Auntie, how do you sell these pancakes and fruit?"
"Six cents each."
"So expensive? Pancakes in Bianjing only cost a penny each."
When Aunt Qiao heard this, she was shocked and said hurriedly: "Sir, you can't say that. My pancakes are made from the finest mung bean powder, with fried dough sticks added inside.
Do you know about fried dough sticks, but it was invented by King Jin Dao Chef himself? Not only that, it also contains minced garlic, eggs, and our secret sauce, so it’s not expensive at all.”
As she said that, she directly brought a piece of pancake fruit to Li Qi and said, "Look, look, this is a lot of food!"
Li Qi looked at the steaming pancake in Aunt Qiao's hand. The surface was yellow and white, with shreds of minced green onion mixed in. The golden fried dough sticks were looming inside, with a little bit of sauce oozing out. How could Li Qi hold back?
When I came over, I took a big bite and it was so good. It was cooked, soft and crispy. It was salty and delicious, especially the secret sauce wrapped inside. It was just right. It was much more delicious than any hamburger.
Li Qi ate so much that he didn't even have time to speak. He waved his hand, and the entourage around him immediately handed over an ingot of ten taels of silver.
Aunt Qiao's son looked embarrassed when he saw the silver, and said: "This---."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "No need to look for it." He shouted to the back: "You can get it yourself." Then he asked for another bowl of fermented bean curd and squatted on the roadside. This one was a mouthful of pancake fruit and a mouthful of tofu.
Breast, it’s no wonder that you eat it.
"This---this is too much."
Then Mrs. Qiao still didn't dare to accept the ingot of silver.
Zongze stepped forward and said hoarsely: "Auntie, just keep it. Anyway, my relative has a lot of money."
After Aunt Qiao heard what the prefect said, she accepted it. The whole family laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. The pancakes they made were even more generous.
Although warriors like Niu Gao only made ten yuan and three bowls of bean curd, after all, Aunt Qiao still made a lot of money.
After the group had finished drinking and eating, Zongze took them to look around again. Within a short while, the group came to a construction site and saw that the scale was quite large.
Zongze smiled and said, "Can the Privy Council guess what this is for?"
Li Qi looked at it for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't guess."
Zongze laughed and said: "This is the Taishi College built by Grand Master Cai in Yanshan Mansion. It will be almost completed next year."
Han Shizhong clicked his tongue and said, "This Grand Master Cai is really generous."
There is no other way. I just have money and willfulness.
Li Qi patted his forehead and said, "Oh, I never thought of this. It was I who suggested that the Grand Master should come here to set up a college."
Zongze hesitated before speaking: "Now Taishi College has begun to recruit students, but---."
Li Qidao: "The Zong Zongzhifu has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
Zong Zecai said: "I have already heard about the recruitment requirements of Taishi Academy, and I admire them from the bottom of my heart. But if this set of specifications is used in the current Yanshan Mansion, is there something inappropriate?"
Li Qi chuckled: "What Zongzhifu means is that there are no poor people in Yanshan Prefecture, so it is difficult to recruit people, right?"
Zongze shook his head and said: "The Privy Minister is serious. How can there be no poor people? It's just that I think everyone should study, and many ordinary people come to me, hoping that their children can also enter the Imperial College to study. They would rather pay
Due tuition.”
Now that the people of Yanshan Prefecture are rich, they can afford the tuition fee. Taishi College is well-known and has many majors that are closely related to their lives. Of course, they hope that their children can study at Taishi College.
Li Qidao: "Prefect Zong doesn't know something. This Taishi College adopts a talent selection system. After the students become talents, the money earned from this talent transaction will be very considerable. Compared with this, the tuition fees are simply a drop in the bucket.
But if Taishi College starts charging tuition, it will be unfair to students, so it is currently impossible to charge tuition, and it will still have to be based on talent."
Now that the system of Taishi College has matured, the annual talent show can help Taishi College earn a lot of wealth, and it has already turned losses into profits. This is because the talents cultivated by Taishi College are all in professional fields.
Talents, such as accountants, craftsmen, management talents, and economics talents, were not available before. They all had to be explored by themselves in life. But now that the Song Dynasty's business was unprecedentedly developed, the demand for these talents was very hungry. Those wealthy businessmen
They pay close attention to the talent show of Taishi College every year. In order to obtain outstanding qualifications, they even donate a lot of money to Taishi College in normal times.
Sometimes, one person can change a lot of things.
It was precisely because of his bad luck that Gao Yanei selected Huang Ze as the top pick in the first draft, which directly caused his Qingtian Charitable Foundation to surpass Li Qi's Charitable Foundation, and he made money every day and became extremely rich.
Oil.
Based on the unprecedented success of this first session, this has caused a chain reaction, and Taishi College has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Now everyone is most looking forward to the genius academy that Cai Jing is building in Jiangnan. Even the imperial court attaches great importance to it. According to rumors, this genius academy is a talent academy that Cai Jing ordered to select from all over the country. They are no more than six years old, male and female.
There are all, every three years, and the genius academy system is also very different from that of Taishi Academy. It focuses on majors. There are only fixed professional fields and no fixed courses. All courses are tailored according to the talents of each student.
It is done in order to bring out the talents of students to the fullest and most refined. Basic knowledge such as these are all learned in their spare time.
This sounds exciting. Many businessmen have already gone to investigate. Even Zhao Kai sent people to find out the news. It is said that many children have the ability to remember things. In the future, this first talent academy draft will definitely be a success.
It will shock the whole country.
Of course, the price must be ridiculously high, Cai Jing can just lie down and count the money.
Zongze's face was full of sadness when he heard this, and he looked a little unhappy. You are just here to make money!
Li Qi saw it and understood Zongze's difficulties in his heart. As a prefect of a prefecture, he certainly hopes that all his citizens can understand the righteousness and understand the general principles. He chuckled and said: "Prefect Zong, Taishi College is
It is completely private, and people have their own plans. If you want everyone to have access to books, that should be what you, the prefect, should do."
Zongze's face turned red and he said, "But I only have such a small salary. How can I run a college?"
Li Qi chuckled: "Once you start collecting taxes, you won't have money."
Zongze said: "But that's the court's money!"
Li Qidao: "Have the Zong Prefecture forgotten the Legislative Yuan? The Legislative Yuan is also in charge of education law. As long as the people think that Yanshan Prefecture should have a college, then the Legislative Yuan will definitely pass it. Once the Legislative Yuan approves the project, it will become a
This is a legal need. It is like every state must establish a government office. It is a political need, because it is not feasible without a government office."
Zongze thought for a while, stroked his beard and laughed, "I understand."
The group of people looked here and then left.
Zongze suddenly said: "By the way, Privy Councilor, there is something Zong needs to ask you for advice. Isn't the imperial court planning to build hospitals in various states? I wonder if Yanshan Prefecture is among them."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Of course, all the prefectures are included."
Zong Ze hummed, and then said: "At first, the Liao Kingdom briefly moved its capital to Yanshan Mansion, and then Zhen Wuchen was stationed in Yanshan Mansion. These people were very greedy for enjoyment, so the Yanshan Mansion's government office was very luxurious, and its scale was compared to
The government offices in Daming Mansion are more than twice as big."
Zhen Wuchen was the local emperor here at the beginning. He once carried out large-scale construction projects and made the Yanshan Mansion's government office look like an imperial palace.
Li Qi chuckled: "No wonder Zong Zhifu looks so good. This is the reason."
"The Privy Councilor is joking."
Zongze waved his hands in embarrassment and said: "But we can't use such a big place at all, so I'm thinking of dividing this government office and setting aside part of the area for building a hospital, so that there will be a lot left over.
Money, after all, the houses are ready-made, just a little renovation will be enough."
"That's doable."
Li Qi nodded, frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly whispered: "Although this is a good note, Zong Zongzhifu, you can't think like this."
Zongze asked in astonishment: "What should we do?"
Li Qizhe said with a smile: "The expansion of this government office was completed by the people of Yanshan Prefecture with all their efforts. It should belong to the local finance. After all, the expansion was not ordered by the imperial court. The imperial court built the hospital, which is the imperial court's plan. If it is
Direct transformation would be equivalent to Yanshan Mansion paying a sum of money to the court for no reason, but this is all the people's hard-earned money. If Yanshan Mansion is not short of money, that's it. But the problem is that Yanshan Mansion has no tax revenue now, and the finances will certainly be poor.
No, it’s time to use money now, so why not wait for the imperial court to allocate funds and use the remaining money to build a college.”
Zongze was shocked when he heard this and said: "How can this be done? Isn't this defrauding the court of money?"
"You can't say that."
Li Qi coughed slightly and said: "Originally, the government should have paid for the construction of this government office, but Zhen Wuchen and others used local finances to expand the government office and spent the people's efforts. This does not belong to the court, nor does it belong to the government.
It was planned by the imperial court, so this expansion area should belong to the local area. If the original policy is followed, this land should be returned to the people. To put it simply, your Yanshan Prefecture will sell this land to the imperial court to build a hospital.
Withdrawing cash and then serving the people is equivalent to returning the land to the people, which is completely in line with the original policy. With this geographical location and this scale, in fact, after all calculations, the court still made a profit. This is still a win-win situation.
If you give it directly to the imperial court, it will mean that the imperial court will make a huge profit and Yanshan Mansion will suffer a huge loss."
Zongze was dumbfounded when he heard this. This was completely incomprehensible.
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Prefect Zong, the importance of laws is strictness, but the importance of systems is flexibility. Why the imperial court has repeatedly reformed is to make the system more flexible and standardized, rather than more rigid. As long as it is above principles, everything
It can be flexible. If you think about it, the more colleges there are, the more talents will be trained, and the better the country will be. After all calculations, in this transaction, the country will be the big winner in the end.
Moreover, this money is being transferred back and forth, and it is still in our Song Dynasty, and it is also used on the blade. It is better than using the money on that stone. However, Zong Zongzhi, you still have to pass your Legislative Yuan for this plan.
There are no rules, and nothing can be decided by you or me with just one sentence. If you don't pass the Legislative Yuan, someone might impeach you for enriching your own pockets."
Zongze's heart suddenly brightened. The reason is very simple. Once the funds for the hospital are allocated, he will propose to the Legislative Yuan in the name of the local government to convert the government office into a hospital, and then use the saved money to build a college. The legislation of the Legislative Yuan
Si will definitely raise his hand in approval. Who doesn’t want his children to go to school? This will also be a mark on his political achievements. It is a great thing for public and private affairs, for the country and the people, and he can’t help but be happy.
He laughed and said: "It seems that I am really old and can't keep up with the trip. The Privy Councilor's words really woke up Zong." (To be continued...)
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