Dressed as Wu Dalang, Jinlian please respect yourself

Chapter 356 The Kingdom of Liang Needs Talents, Talents with Natural Science

Wu Tian saw that he couldn't think of a way to go on like this, so he waved to the officials and said: "You all go down, I will think about it alone."

The ministers withdrew.

Wu Tian sat alone on the dragon chair, thinking about how to develop Liang Guo's economy.

Suddenly, his mind flashed and he thought of a way.

"Come on, go and call Prime Minister Wu Yong back to me."

Wu Yong just walked to the palace gate, and when he heard Wu Tian's call, he quickly turned back.

"Your Majesty, I am in a hurry to call the minister back, what's the matter?"

Wu Yong entered the court hall, knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Tian and asked.

Wu Tian helped Wu Yong up, and said joyfully, "I just thought of a way to restore Liang Guo's economy, so I came back to discuss with you."

Wu Yong smiled happily when he heard this, and looked at Wu Tian.

"I don't know what your majesty can think of?"

Wu Tiandao: "I remember that there is an organization among the people called a money bank. It is for the people to collect money from the common people as capital, and then lend it to the rich for business and earn interest. I want to establish such a bank in the name of the imperial court. As long as the common people are willing to deposit their money in the imperial bank, after a certain period of time, I will not only return their principal, but also give them more interest than the private bank. If the deposit period reaches more than five years, the imperial court will exempt them from paying for three years. annual tax."

"I think this will be easier for the common people to accept than our forced collection of taxes. After we collect enough money, I will use the money for three purposes. First, establish businesses on the border and trade with other countries, which will not only expand the revenue of the court, It can also increase tax revenue. The second is to expand the railway transportation to the entire Liang country, connecting the east, west, north and south, which is convenient for domestic trade. Domestic businessmen will be willing to expand trade when they see the convenient transportation, and domestic tax revenue will also increase greatly. The third is to establish School."

"This school is different from the previous ones. It does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it study poetry and Fu. It mainly studies various advanced science and technology. In this way, within five years, Liang Guo will surely become rich and strong."

"After everything is done, the next step is to transform the army."

Regarding the transformation of the army, Wu Tian did not go on.

But Wu Yong was a little overwhelmed by what happened before.

Wu Yong can still understand the bank and railway in front of Wutian, but he builds a school later, but does not study the Four Books and Five Classics. This is something that Wu Yong, who used to be a private school teacher, really has no way to understand.

He looked at Wu Tian, ​​cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have some things that I don't know if I can talk about them face to face?"

Wu Tian nodded.

"If you have anything to do with the grand master, just say it directly, and I won't blame you."

Wu Yongdao: "Your Majesty wants to establish a bank and railway transportation. These ministers have seen it and expressed their understanding. It's just that this school does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, but let the students learn the natural sciences that His Majesty said. This may violate the traditions of the Central Plains for many years. I am afraid that all the students in the world will not agree."

Wu Tian smiled, and said confidently: "That's because they haven't seen the benefits of studying natural science. If they knew the benefits of studying natural science, they would definitely not rush to learn it. But what you said is not unreasonable. The latter matter cannot be completed in a year or a half. How about this, you first complete the first two matters. "

Wu Yong nodded.

The people of Liang State learned that depositing money in the bank set up by the imperial court could not only earn more interest than private banks, but also exempt three years of tax for more than five years, so they flocked to the imperial bank.

Soon, the money accumulated in Liang Guo's official bank reached 5000 million taels of silver, nearly the total tax revenue of Liang Guo in ten years.

With so much money, Liang Guo can start a series of reforms.

First of all, of course, it is to control the monopoly of salt and iron, especially in transactions with surrounding countries, because the imperial court controls salt and iron, it is in a monopoly position.

The surrounding countries, especially the primitive tribes, urgently needed a large amount of iron, so they had to accept Liang Guo's high-priced iron ore. This made Liang Guo a fortune, and the income was a full 500 million taels of silver.

In addition to salt and iron, there are silk, cloth, porcelain and tea.

The imperial court set up a business on the border to buy domestic silk, cloth, porcelain and tea, and then resell them to the countries in the Western Regions, earning a difference of more than 300 million taels of silver.

In order to further speed up commercial trade, Wu Tian ordered Tang Long to build two railways centered on Tokyo City, one leading to the Western Regions, and the other from Tokyo City to Jiangnan, especially across the Yangtze River, which was a feat at the time!
The railway is also a monopoly of the imperial court. As long as the wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River pay a certain amount of money, they can put their goods on the train, and the imperial court will transport them on their behalf, or reach Tokyo City, or go straight to the countries of the Western Regions.

The train is fast, convenient, and guaranteed by the imperial court, so it is safe.

Rich people in the south of the Yangtze River paid money one after another and used the railway to transport their goods.

This income is another million taels of silver.

Seeing Liang Guo's convenient transportation, the countries in the Western Regions were very envious, and they all worked hard to cross the Hexi Corridor to come to Liang Guo for trade.

The tax they paid in Liang Guo's trade was a full 50 million taels of silver, and if railway transportation was needed, the combined income would reach 80 million taels of silver.

Some small countries in the Western Regions even begged Liang Guo to send railway technicians to repair Liang Guo's railways all the way to their country.

Faced with such a request, Wu Tian pondered over and over again, but finally did not agree.

First, there are not many technicians related to railways in Liang, and second, the railways in Liang have not yet been fully constructed.

For this reason, Wu Tian summoned Wu Yong again.

"Teacher, you have also seen that after Liang Guo implemented the first two economic policies I mentioned, the national power has greatly increased. It not only reversed the shortage of domestic money, food and equipment, but also attracted trade from surrounding countries. However, Liang Guo developed rapidly. , but the required talents are far from enough.”

After Wu Tian said this, he looked at Wu Yong silently.

Wu Yong knew clearly that Wu Tian was waiting for him to make a statement.

He pondered for a moment. He had noticed the earth-shaking changes in Liang Guo in the past six months.

According to Liang Guo's development momentum, Liang Guo's economy will be prosperous five years later, far better than the previous dynasty.

But development depends on talents, and scholars who can read the Four Books and Five Classics but have no power to restrain them cannot adapt to this dynasty at all.

Thinking of this, Wu Yong no longer persisted.

He sighed, and cupped his hands towards Wutian: "Your Majesty, the minister was wrong before, but Your Majesty is right. Liang Guo needs talents, and it needs talents who can understand natural science."

Wu Tian was delighted to see that Wu Yong was also on his side.

Wu Yong is a grand teacher and once a teacher. He is an idol in the hearts of Liang Guo scholars.

If he didn't support him to change the teaching in the school, the scholars of Liang Guo would definitely not agree, and they might rise up against him together, and then everything he did would be in vain.

(End of this chapter)