bayedsolid First Minister Section 447
First Minister Section 447
Where do so many come from?
Not corrupt, right?
Zhang Ximeng asked the housekeeper to inquire, and only then did he know the situation.
It turns out that in these years, Zhu Yuanzhang has rewarded the Zhang family with more than 30 pieces of silk.
But because Zhang Ximeng doesn't like to wear silk, most of them are left.
But even so, it's only a fraction, what about the bulk?
The big head is Jiang Nan's dowry.
It was the first time Zhang Ximeng realized that his wife's family was in good condition, and when they got married, they brought a lot of dowry.Among them are hundreds of bolts of silk.
Another time when Zhang Ximeng went to Beiping, his father-in-law and mother-in-law came to take care of Zhang Shuning. They worked hard, didn't get any benefits, and spent a lot of money and bought a lot of things.
The old couple bought whatever clothes they saw looked good.
By the way, Zhu Di also helped Zhang Shuning get some out of the palace.
Faced with such a large pile of silk, Zhang Ximeng felt very helpless.
"Baby son, you said you donated all the silk for your father, okay?"
"it is good!"
Zhang Shuning hardly hesitated, and immediately agreed, but made Zhang Ximeng hesitate, "You little brat, are you really willing?"
Zhang Shuning said: "Anyway, I have clothes to wear, and my father is the master of the house."
Zhang Ximeng pinched the little guy's face in relief, what a good boy, so obedient, much better than the old Zhu's bastard.
However, Zhang Ximeng didn't have the luxury to give away his wife's dowry directly. He still took a careful inventory and estimated the family property, wanting to see how much money he had earned over the years.
After a cursory look, Zhang Ximeng was dumbfounded.
Completely dumbfounded, doesn't it make sense?
How come there are so many?
More than 70 guan!
What are you kidding?
I, Zhang Ximeng, are as clean as water, neither greedy nor greedy, and I am not Li Shanchang, how could I have so much money?
Someone must have hurt me!
Then Zhang Ximeng began to rummage through boxes and cabinets, and finally he really found a box, which was neatly piled with remittance receipts.
Zhang Ximeng hurriedly checked each one, and then calculated with an abacus.
After working until midnight, the sweaty Zhang Ximeng finally confirmed that he was indeed very rich, and the money had nothing to do with corruption and breaking the law, but mainly his royalties.
It is difficult to say clearly how many scholars there are in the Ming Dynasty right now... But since Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Jinling, he has started to build schools on a large scale, and it has been more than ten years since he reached today.
It has been almost ten years since women were allowed to go to school, and all localities were required to ensure a [-]% female enrollment rate.
At present, due to the basic peace of Ming Dynasty, Yingtian, Jiangxi, even Huguang, Central Plains... all started to explode in population.
It is not uncommon for every household to have three or five children.
The more children are born, the more students will go to school.
In terms of literacy classes, seven or eight years have passed since the first batch of students passed the three-year school system.
Counting the five years of primary school, the first batch of students who have obtained a primary school degree have been for more than five years.
A large number of students graduate every year. According to Zhang Ximeng's estimation, there should be more than a million girls graduating, and a large number of boys, perhaps more than 200 million.
At present, the number of people under the rule of Ming Dynasty has exceeded 2000 million when Jiangxi was taken, and after taking Huguang, there are about 3000 million people.
There should be thirty-five million people at present.
In the next 15 or 20 years, the population of Ming Dynasty will definitely explode again.
It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang's 30 years of hard work in history made the Daming household registration exceed 6000 million.
Now with the participation of Zhang Ximeng, it is still possible to increase the population by 20.00%, that is 200 million.And these 200 million people are still highly young people.
Among them, those under the age of 20 are estimated to account for more than 40.00%.
This population result, this age ratio, is coupled with the popularization of education.
Every year, the number of people who reach school age is skyrocketing.
Every child entering school needs a set of textbooks.
And every set of textbooks was written by Zhang Ximeng.
Although the manuscript fee for the textbooks was not high, Zhang Ximeng was required to pay a few cents for each book, which added up to not a small amount of money.
And this is just Zhang Ximeng's small boss... He also presided over the compilation of so many military regulations, as well as official regulations and codes of conduct.
He also published an anthology, and recently presided over the revision of Song History. There are more and more corresponding books, including many popular books. Zhang Ximeng even plans to compile a set of dictionaries as reference books.
These constitute [-]% of Zhang Ximeng's property.
The other [-]% came from the newspaper office. He has also written many articles, and the newspaper office has also quoted his articles...
Faced with these, Zhang Ximeng just wanted to sigh, who said code words don't make money?Didn't I just get rich!
In fact, incorruptibility and poverty seem to be different things, at least in Zhang Ximeng's case, they are not the same thing.
He really managed not to be greedy or take possession, and then made a fortune.
The question now seems to be how to spend the money, because if there is no accident, his income will skyrocket in the future. Looking back at the house, there are really not many places to spend money.
"Son, do you like reading?"
Zhang Shuning lowered his head and looked at Zhu Di's textbooks. Although he was almost two years younger than Zhu Di, he didn't seem to be burdened at all.
The ancestors of the old Zhang family know how to read, this is a talent, there is no way!
"I like it!" Zhang Shuning readily agreed.
"Then there are many children as old as you, or a few years older than you. They have no money to study, or they can't afford textbooks after reading... You say to give some money for the father to help them, how about it? ?”
"Help others?" Zhang Shuning said, "Is it like grandpa, in winter, give rice, noodles and clothes to the poor?"
Zhang Ximeng was taken aback, "How do you know?"
"The ones I gave away were taken by my grandfather. He said no, he couldn't be unkind to the rich, right?"
"Yes!" Zhang Ximeng agreed with a smile, "That's right, although Daming is equalizing the land and working hard, there are still some people who don't have enough food and clothing. It's right to care about them. But, we can't just think about food and clothing. , and something more fundamental."
"What's the matter?" Zhang Shuning asked puzzled.
"It's just reading! As long as you read wisely and master survival skills, you can get better. Otherwise, you won't know anything, and you will waste your good years. When you can't move, you can only rely on begging for your life."
Zhang Shuning thought about it seriously, and said, "Isn't it, what, it's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him how to fish?"
"Correct!"
Zhang Ximeng laughed loudly, "That's what I mean. I'm going to spend 20 yuan to buy teaching materials and donate them to poor students. Would you like to use your name to set up a Shuning scholarship for my father?"
"Why is it called the Shuning Scholarship?"
"It's in your name, saying that you gave it to them."
"But it's obviously not me, it's my father!" Zhang Shuning shook his head, "No, I can't lie. And I don't want to make so much money."
Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Good boy, you don't love money, so tell me what you like!"
"I want to be a teacher, just like my father." Zhang Shuning stretched out his small hand and gestured, "Our family has such a big gold medal with four words on it: Master Fu Guoyuan. Grandpa said, that is The teacher of the whole world means, I, I want to be a teacher in the school, teaching people to read, father said, okay?"
Zhang Ximeng frowned, and suddenly smiled, "Why not! Teaching and educating people is a very good thing. If you have the heart, you must study hard and learn more, and then you can teach students well."
"Yeah!" The little guy's eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously, "I will be like my father!"
Zhang Ximeng hugged his son happily, kissed the little guy on the forehead hard, his face was full of pride... He said that the surname Zhu made you think about it, I think you are also daydreaming, our baby is very thoughtful, isn't it? You can control it!
Zhang Ximeng was full of joy, and on the second day, he donated 230 bolts of silk in one go, plus [-] coins.
When he announced the number, the rest of the people were stunned. Li Shanchang only prepared thirty horses, which was only a fraction of Zhang Ximeng's, and the rest of them couldn't afford it.
Old Li is crazy, the surname Zhang, don't be convulsed!
It's embarrassing for you to donate so much!
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Li Shanchang was so anxious that he scratched his feet... He really didn't know how to deal with it. If you asked him to take out silk banknotes similar to Zhang Ximeng, he could take it out.
And it's not about corruption, after all, Lao Li's son is still in Lingnan, so he can get some extra money.
But this money is not the same as Zhang Ximeng, it is far less open and aboveboard than other people's manuscript fees.
Lao Li was in a superimposed state of donating and not donating... As for the other important ministers, Zhu Sheng needless to say, he is a poor ghost, he just lives on his salary, and the extra money is used to buy books.
But there are also some rich people, the big guys can't figure out what to do.They were all sweating.
Zhang Ximeng's actions broke the balance of the big guy. You play the surprise attack by yourself and don't tell the big guy. What do you want?
Do you want to hang out?
This is Zhang Ximeng, if he were someone else, he would just wait to be squeezed out by the big guys!
There are some small shoes for you to wear.
It's a pity that when they met Zhang Ximeng, they became embarrassing... It seems, it's not right!There was another person with an embarrassed look on his face, and that was Zhu Yuanzhang sitting on the dragon chair!
He didn't expect Zhang Ximeng to donate so much in one go.
We just want to make you think, just a little blood, you don't need to spend your money... And you know, our palace is not rich.
"Mr. Zhang, I remember that your salary is not high, and you still have children to support at home. Will it affect your life if you spend so much?"
"will not!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, I have been negligent in the past. I just discovered that the manuscript fee under my name is so little! In addition to donating to the soldiers of the Western Expedition, I also plan to donate some to poor students. Textbooks. After all, most of my money comes from manuscripts, and it is taken for granted that I take it from students and return it to students. The rest of my colleagues may not have this convenience, so they don’t have to be like me.”
Hearing this sentence, the big guy felt as if he had been pardoned, and you, Mr. Zhang, had a bit of conscience and didn't drag the big guy into the water with him.
Li Shanchang also breathed a sigh of relief, he just increased the thirty bolts of silk to fifty, and added some, whether he added too much or not, it can be regarded as a wish of our old Li.
Most of the rest of the ministers are also like this.
All of a sudden, the pressure fell on Zhu Yuanzhang.
That's right, everyone else can do this, but he can't!
As the emperor, you don't even donate as much as your subordinates, so what face do you have?There is no way, Zhu Yuanzhang can only grit his teeth, and a super double comes.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang is rich all over the world, he has very little money to move.There are also strict restrictions on the expenses in the palace every year.This is not because the Ministry of Households is pinching and unwilling to honor His Majesty.
It was Zhu Yuanzhang's self-requirement, he didn't want to spend money indiscriminately.
Once a bad example is opened, it is not good.
There was no other way, Lao Zhu had no choice but to ask Empress Ma for help, taking some money from her private property to plug this hole.
That's it this time, if he comes again next time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly has a very bad feeling...Even the emperor, when it comes to burning money, it seems that he can't burn Zhang Ximeng!
There are so many expenses in the palace every year, after deducting the expenses of the concubine and the prince, there is absolutely not much money that can be spent by Lao Zhu casually.Every new year's day, there are various celebrations to be held in the palace, and every time it costs a lot of money.
But what about Zhang Ximeng, he doesn’t have any expenses, and he still pays money every year. From now on, 10,000+ per year will not be able to run away. When Song History, Yuan History, and those popular historical books are released, Zhang Ximeng’s income will still be [-]+ per year. will skyrocket.
Especially reference books such as dictionaries, everyone who reads has one.
How much sales is that?
It is not impossible for Zhang Ximeng to earn hundreds of thousands a year.
That's really the case, Zhu Yuanzhang weighed his purse, forget it, let's take it!
"As a courtier, it's natural to express your heart. But for this kind of thing, you just do your best. You don't have to compare the number. If you have conditions... willing to donate more is a good thing. The rest of the ministers, do what you can, do what you can Just fine!"
Zhang Ximeng's wealth made Lao Zhu stay away.
No way, we are so strong!
After all this hard work, a total of [-] bolts of silk were collected and sent to Feng Guosheng. Along with him, there were as many as [-] female soldiers.
In addition, there are more than [-] female soldiers waiting along the way, and they want to join this team and advance to Liangzhou together.