The successful trial production of liquor has greatly improved Zhu Youjian's confidence.

This is the second new product that I brought to the world in addition to cement, and it is a product with broad prospects. It will bring more money to Taicang and make the court more at ease when governing.

After taking over Manila, it would be even better to monopolize the origin and sales channels of coffee, the most popular beverage in European countries in the future.

That is a lucrative new industry.

However, this new best-selling drink will not be developed until the end of the 17th century. In the past few decades, the Royal Fleet of the Ming Dynasty should have already possessed quite strong strength. At that time, the main coffee production areas in South America and Indonesia will be protected, and then the publicity will be increased, and the latest technology for stir-frying coffee beans will be studied, so that it will be vigorously dumped after setting off a coffee-loving craze in Europe.

After hearing Zhu Youjian talk about the decision to change the equity of Sihai Commercial Bank, everyone in the cabinet was surprised and admired the emperor's unexpected behavior.

First, he gave up all the salt profits, which increased the court's income by more than 2 million taels a year. This was an unprecedented act. Now he took the initiative to take out the profits of the money tree and share them with the court. The emperor's actions were not just selfless. This is really what the sage said in the book of sages: The world is for the public.

"From ancient times to the present, I have only heard that emperors have regarded family and the world as the foundation of governance, and have never seen such an act as the saint, and the foundation of the people as the key. Although Wen Tiren is old, I still want to follow the saint with this body and create a prosperous era that has never appeared in my Chinese history!"

"My minister Chen Qiyu is willing to follow the horse's tail!"

"My minister Yang Sichang swears to follow the emperor to the death!"

"My minister Li Banghua is willing to accompany you!"

"My husband Xun, I wish everything will be based on the holy will!"

"My minister Fan Jingwen is willing to be the master's minion!"

The cabinet ministers headed by Wen Tiren stood up together, tidied up their clothes, bowed down with a solemn expression, and paid tribute to Zhu Youjian solemnly.

The cabinet ministers finally believe that what the emperor has done over the past few years is indeed taking the Ming Dynasty and hundreds of millions of common people in their hearts, and they are indeed moving forward persistently towards the direction of establishing their lives for the people.

"Sit down, please.

In fact, like all the people, and even the whole world, I am also a person with seven emotions and six desires, and I love wine, sex, money and energy.

But I'm not greedy.

If we talk about the wealth, I don’t have to say that the current treasury has indeed accumulated a lot of money. Whether it is for me or the harem, it is much more luxurious than before, and the annual income of the treasury is also endless.

Therefore, I think it's enough.

Even if there are thousands of buildings, it only takes five feet wide to rest.

However, many people who are in the midst of hunger and cold, poor and have no place to stand up, and every time I think of this, I feel really uneasy!

I am the lord of the world, and all the people of the Ming Dynasty are my people!

To put it in a small way, if the Ming Dynasty was a big family, then I would be the head of this family and the king and father of all people in the world.

How can a prince and father only care about their own enjoyment and ignore the innocent children in their family struggling to survive every day?

Since this statement is my voice, I should encourage you all!

When we enjoy the rich clothes, fine wine and food, we should plan to support our hundreds of millions of people, and we should also use our power to shelter them from the wind and rain, so that we can live up to the will of God."

The cabinet ministers bowed again to express their intention to receive the teachings.

Next is to discuss the date of how the Ministry of Revenue will hand over the account with Sihai Commercial Bank. The specific details will be handled by Hou Xun, who is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and then go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for instructions.

Since Taicang suddenly had a large amount of investment, the corresponding expenditures must be put on the agenda.

Now that the busy farming season is coming, the construction of water conservancy is naturally aside, Zhu Youjian has set his sights on the popularization of compulsory education system that has long been imagined.

If we want to fundamentally change the Ming Dynasty, then opening up people's wisdom will become the top priority.

Improving the literacy rate and publishing a large number of books is the only way for people to start.

Only when those who read and read literate account for the vast majority of the population of the Ming Dynasty can science and civilization have a foundation for vigorous development.

Zhu Youjian's plan was to copy some excellent measures in later education, and strive to open primary and middle schools in most areas where the conditions were met in the Ming Dynasty.

Ten years of trees, hundred years of trees.

The importance of education is self-evident, but to achieve this goal, the process will be complex and long. Zhu Youjian didn’t know whether he could see the grand scene of everyone reading and recognizing words in his lifetime.

Investing in and opening schools is not a big problem. With Taicang's existing strength and Zhu Youjian's association co-organized by banks from the treasury, building school buildings in villages and towns with relatively concentrated populations and preparing relevant facilities and equipment, this can be said to be not difficult at all.

However, the serious lack of faculty has become the biggest obstacle to the popularization of compulsory education.

The original intention of most literati in Ming Dynasty to study is to be honest and just to get promoted and make money. There are very few beautiful women in luxury houses who can stick to their studies to educate the world in the future.

Ninety percent of illiterate people and 10 percent of scholars gave Zhu Youjian a headache.

Apart from those old and old students who are desperate for the imperial examination, the Ming Dynasty would never find even a young scholar who is willing to devote his life to teaching and educating people.

The only way now is to find elderly students who open private schools in their villages in various places, and then open public schools in their villages and towns. While the government is responsible for all the expenses, they will give them a high salary every month so that they can teach and educate people with peace of mind under the premise of Wu's worries.

In Zhu Youjian's plan, free public schools must occupy an absolute dominant position in the education industry in the Ming Dynasty. Private schools of wealthy families can be born together, but they cannot give them any right to speak.

The political status of the county-level teachers must be improved and cannot become a useless existence. The rank may not be high, but the local government officials have no right to issue orders to him regarding education.

The teaching officer must be directly affiliated with, and a separate office must be established to recruit relevant personnel to assist in financial management and handling other miscellaneous matters. It does not work with the local government, and the funds involved in education must be directly allocated by the Ministry of Revenue.

In order to encourage ordinary people to take the initiative to send their children of appropriate age to school to study, Zhu Youjian formulated a special policy.

After the number of children who enter school reaches 1,000 literacy, they can get a job in the local shops and workshops opened by the Sihai Business Company after the number of literacy reached 1,000, and receive the monthly salary specified by the business bank in the month of employment.

This strategy is also intended to allow children who read and read to have the opportunity to further their studies.

As early as the tenth year of Chongzhen, Sihai Commercial Bank held literacy classes in shops and workshops in various places in accordance with Zhu Youjian's instructions, targeting young people between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two.

After entering the post, young people who meet the conditions in junior colleges will learn arithmetic and theories related to the industry according to the arrangements.

The shopkeepers and accounting offices of these shops and workshops are actually literate, and they teach practical knowledge. As for whether anyone can learn it from other things, it depends on luck.

Although poetry, calligraphy, ritual, music, archery, and art are the six arts of gentlemen, the development of the times has long been in name only.
Chapter completed!