met free Chapter 460 Deception, and more deception.
Chapter 460 Deception, and more deception.
On the way to the salt fields, both Emperor Zhu and Yang Shaofeng were making their own plans.
For Emperor Zhu, exchanging a few viscounts and barons for such a valuable asset as a harvester was an incredibly worthwhile deal.
Exhausted people?
There are countless ways to exhaust the people, such as corvée labor and workshops.
As long as people can have enough to eat and wear, eat meat every few days, and have two new sets of clothes every year, they won't care if they are tired or not.
Emperor Zhu thought back to the time before he joined the rebel army.
If an official at the time had used such methods to exhaust the people, would he have still gone to join the rebel army?
will not.
He would just honestly farm and work in the workshop, thinking every day about how to save money to get married and how to make sure his wife and children could eat meat.
Who the hell has nothing better to do than start a rebellion?
For Yang Shaofeng, this attempt to deceive Emperor Zhu was also very rewarding.
For officials, one of the most important skills is being able to boss their superiors around.
Of course, you can also put it more positively: it's called figuring out the superior's intentions and then taking advantage of the situation.
To put it bluntly, it's using the leader's influence to do one's own thing.
This time, Zhu Chongba, that old tyrant, has been properly managed, so that the dream of "Duo Mao Zheng Gang" will no longer remain merely a dream on paper.
Once the Ming Dynasty acquired the ability to sail the oceans, it gained the confidence to expand its territory in India.
At that time, they could either go on a rampage in the Ming Dynasty court or retreat to Yindi to claim ancestor status.
As I said before, I'll borrow Old Zhu's chicken to lay an egg that belongs to me.
Plan passes.
……
The father-in-law and son-in-law, each with their own ulterior motives, soon arrived at the salt fields by the sea.
“In Penglai County alone, 500 mu of salt fields have already been developed.”
"One mu of salt field can produce 500 to 1,000 jin of salt per day."
"These 500 mu of salt fields can produce several thousand jin of salt a day."
"Therefore, salted eggs and salted duck eggs in Dengzhou Prefecture are much cheaper than before."
"..."
Emperor Zhu hummed in agreement and said, "That's good. The people have two more things to eat now."
"But these chickens and ducks aren't so easy to raise, are they?"
"Normally, if it's well cared for, there's nothing to worry about, but what if some disease breaks out..."
How did you solve this problem?
Yang Shaofeng was a little confused by the question.
How to solve this?
What the hell can I do to solve this?
Besides having someone keep a close eye on things, ensuring proper ventilation and cleaning, and spraying lime for disinfection every day, what else can I do?
I'm not a veterinarian!
However, there is only one word difference between imperial physician and veterinarian, which seems to allow Dengzhou Medical College to open a veterinary medicine department?
While pondering the matter haphazardly in his mind, Yang Shaofeng cupped his hands to Emperor Zhu and said, "I don't have any particularly good ideas either, but surely there are veterinarians in the capital?"
"Otherwise, Father-in-law, could you transfer two veterinarians from the capital to me, and I could have them train more veterinarians at the Dengzhou Medical College?"
Emperor Zhu once again broke through the defenses.
We knew it! We knew this bastard wouldn't bring up salted eggs or salted duck eggs for no reason!
That bastard is trying to scam us again!
Emperor Zhu cursed inwardly, but outwardly remained impassive, letting out a soft hum.
"Just wait, we'll find you two veterinarians when we get back to Beijing."
"However, with you establishing schools at such a frenzied pace here in Dengzhou Prefecture, can the prefecture handle it all?"
"Also, how many schools do you plan to build in Dengzhou Prefecture?"
"Geological exploration, medicine, and now veterinary medicine, what's next?"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "Father-in-law, what I'm thinking of is building a real university in Dengzhou Prefecture."
"Categorized and all-encompassing."
"Whatever the Ming Dynasty needs, this university will have the corresponding major."
"The Ming Dynasty needs steel, so this university has established a metallurgy major."
"The Ming Dynasty needs to find mineral deposits, so this university has set up a geological exploration major."
"The Ming Dynasty needs better doctors and medicines, so this university will have medical and pharmaceutical majors."
"The Ming Dynasty needs more good things like harvesters, so this university will have a mechanical design major."
"..."
Listening to Yang Shaofeng's rosy promises, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but feel a sense of enticement.
If such a prestigious university really existed...
What the hell is the Imperial Academy?
Guozijian, please don't contact us again. We're afraid Dengzhou University will misunderstand.
"Do it!"
Emperor Zhu said decisively, "Whatever you need, we'll give you."
"If you need manpower, we'll search for it for you in the capital, we'll search for it throughout the entire Ming Dynasty."
"If you want land, you can allocate it yourself in Dengzhou Prefecture."
"If you want money, just take it from the Dengzhou Prefecture treasury yourself."
"We'll write an inscription for your university later."
"Let Biao'er lend his name to your university as a 'sacrifice leader'."
"..."
Ok?
Holy crap, so all you old lord does is write a title and help find a few people, and then I have to worry about the rest myself?
What's the point of me fooling you then?
It doesn't seem right either.
The two things most lacking in establishing such a university are manpower and prestige.
Old Deng agreed to help find staff, so the university wouldn't have to worry about not having enough teachers anymore.
Old Deng agreed to write an inscription, thus resolving the issue of legitimacy.
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng simply bowed to Emperor Zhu and thanked him, saying, "Father-in-law, you are wise."
While Emperor Zhu was stroking his beard and smiling, Yang Shaofeng quickly added, "However, the system of this university will be somewhat different from other schools, this..."
Emperor Zhu waved his hand without hesitation and said, "Just do it."
“As we’ve said before, although Dengzhou Prefecture can no longer be separated like Ningyang County, it can still be considered a pilot program.”
"Go ahead and do whatever you want, Wang Guangyang won't interfere."
"The Secretariat will not interfere arbitrarily."
At this point, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but glance at Yang Shaofeng again.
To be honest, this bastard is really good at causing trouble.
Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, and Wang Guangyang have all completely given up and are too lazy to bother with this bastard anymore.
Only the inspecting censors of the Censorate were still keeping an eye on him.
The thought of the imperial censors from the Censorate immediately improved Emperor Zhu's mood, and he even considered giving them bonuses.
For no other reason than that the memorials impeaching this scoundrel by those inspecting censors were well-written and beautifully crafted.
Every time Emperor Zhu saw the memorials from the imperial censors, he felt a sense of exhilaration, as if he had finally gotten his revenge.
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the happier he became, and even his steps became lighter.
Yang Shaofeng felt inexplicably displeased.
Is this old man thinking to himself, "Where is this official?"