Qi Tai got things done today and went home very early in the afternoon.

He sat on a rattan chair in his study room, drinking tea for a long time. Next to him was a student of the Imperial College, who was studying for him. He read "Tongjian" and the version was from Jingyou, the Southern Song Dynasty. He had read this book for a long time, but sometimes he wanted to review it, but he was unwilling to try his best. He would find someone to read it, just sit and listen.

There are often scholars and officials in the Qi Mansion. If those scholars who are not yet in the position can serve in front of Qi Tai, it will be a job they can't afford. The supervisor chosen by Qi Tai has a good voice and a straightforward word for reading, which sounds very comfortable.

Sometimes, Qi Tai would listen to some popular books, such as the book "Song Jiang" written by the modern literati Shi Nai'an, who wrote the anti-uprising book. Qi Tai found it very interesting. The content was exaggerated, but why did the people in the book write it in a reasonable way.

The supervisor finished reading a volume and stopped for a while. Qi Tai said, "I'll just read this today."

The student immediately bowed respectfully, put the book together and put it back on the shelf, then bowed with his fists and said goodbye, lifted the hem of his robe, and stepped out of the threshold.

Qi Tai continued to stay in the study. He turned the chair in a direction and faced the wall. He stared at the fake painting of the Snow Creek Wandu, and pondered while watching.

At this moment, his young and beautiful wife, Yang Yunniang, who was as young as her daughter, walked into the study. She came up to take away the cold tea and said, "Husband is back early today."

Qi Tai turned around and said, "The matter is done, come back soon."

The couple didn't say much, and they usually said something like this, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. They could only do their own things after a few words.

But today Yang suddenly said a deeper sentence: "Why are your husband always unhappy?"

Qi Tai said in surprise: "Is there any?"

Yang pointed to his face and said, "It seems very worrying every day, but everyone in the world envies his husband."

Qi Tai glanced at her and said, "Your kindness is hard to repay."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant in a cloaked bun walked to the entrance of the study room and bent down and said, "Master, Lord Gao is here to visit."

Yang immediately said, "It's Xianning."

Qi Tai said: "Let him come in."

"Yes." The slave responded and retreated.

Yang welcomes Qi Tai's students, Gao Xianning comes to visit because Gao Xianning is more interesting after coming. He often speaks lightly and laughs, and also talks about some anecdotes and interesting things, but he is not that serious.

After a while, Gao Xianning arrived, walked straight into the study and came up to greet him. Then Gao Xianning bowed to Yang again: "Good Master's wife." Qi Tai said casually: "Sit down."

Yang said: "You teachers and students talk, I will go and make a pot of tea and ask someone to prepare a table of wine and food. Xianning will have dinner at home today."

Gao Xianning smiled and said, "How can you be so embarrassed? Students come to eat and drink from time to time. Should they pay some food to their master's wife?"

Yang said: "Then you can't just talk but move."

Gao Xianning smiled and said, "You are busy first." After saying that, he looked at Qi Tai's chair, and turned to look at the fake painting on the wall.

Seeing this, Qi Tai followed Gao Xianning to look at it. After the two of them looked at it for a while, the atmosphere was a bit strange. Gao Xianning then stepped forward a few steps and sat down on a chair.

"Today, the Qian Envoy from the Guardian Department has asked me for a while, and we have a talk." Qi Tai said. He then re-articled the whole story of Qian Xun's deficit with Gao Xianning.

After hearing this, Gao Xianning said, "The students think that this is an opportunity."

"What do you mean?" Qi Tai asked immediately with interest.

Gao Xianning thought for a while and said, "The wall bricks on the inner city wall of the capital have inscriptions on them, and the names of the five and six officials above the brick makers are all on them. This was done by Taizu when he built the city wall of the capital to ensure the reliability of bricks and stones."

Qi Tai nodded and signaled him to continue speaking.

Gao Xianning said: "If you turn your head in a simple way, you have to use this method; it is because those turn heads come from countless prefectures and counties, and have different sources and distribute them in various places. The imperial court has always been distributed in this way.

Now the emperor requires that the armor and firearms are excellent. If Taizu's method is used, it will not be possible. How can a set of armor, from feeding materials to forging armor pieces, assembled into sets, make each piece of armor have its name engraved? The materials used have been fire-forged, so how can we check the source of the iron material?

Therefore, if you want to make a set of excellent and reliable armor or a precise and sturdy musket, you will have to move many rules."

Qi Tai said: "Qian Xun has insufficient experience in officialdom and is very loyal to the emperor, so he did it himself. He did it roughly, but he left a mess and now he came to ask me for help."

Gao Xianning said: "My teacher knows that there is only one Qian Xun. If you change someone, it will be difficult to do it. Even if Qian Xun does it again, it may not be possible."

Qi Tai nodded and said yes.

Gao Xianning said: "If the emperor asks to do something like this every time, then the rules will be changed. Next time, let Xiabutang or Rubutang do it, what should he do? Is this an opportunity?"

When Qi Tai heard this, his half-closed eyes opened and looked at Gao Xianning with a strange look.

Gao Xianning bowed and showed a meaningful smile on his face.

Qi Tai pondered: "The Lord said some words, and some words are very novel and difficult to understand, about industry and commerce, and about currency. At first, I was often confused when I heard them, but later I thought about them a few times and felt that they made sense and had a deep meaning. Gradually, I seemed to understand what the Lord wanted."

He paused and said, "At first I didn't understand, because I didn't expect that the emperor would think so deeply about the specific affairs inside and outside the court in the army."

The two of them fell silent, still sitting there, as if they were thinking, and as if they were recalling.

At this time, Yang Yunniang personally walked in with a teapot and a cup. When she saw the teacher and student sitting silently, she said nothing, she was surprised and said, "Honey, are you arguing with Xianning?"

Gao Xianning came to his senses, smiled, and bowed, "No, no. If the teacher's wife is in person, the student is rude."

Yang Yunniang shook her head, walked to the next few tables, poured two cups of tea with her own hands. After covering the cup lid, she left the study and did not disturb the conversation.

Qi Tai said: "You can start reforms from small to large, from the South Railway Station Iron Factory first. Qian Xun's approach is right and also in line with the emperor's intention. Use currency and profit as a connection between various links and division of labor and cooperation.

Spend money to buy iron and charcoal from private mines or official mines from the merchant group. In order to make a deal, the other party will find ways to provide good materials by himself; instead of being forced to deal with it, the method of hiring craftsmen in currency can also screen craftsmen and obtain skilled craftsmen.

However, the original government decree stipulated that the county would distribute the supply cost. The court did not have to pay and transferred the costs to local governments, but the results were obviously poor. Moreover, there was a lack of room for room for delays and shortage of supply in various places, so the upper party could not continue. One mistake made a link of mistakes, which would drag down the overall situation.”

Gao Xianning frowned and said, "The students thought there were three difficulties in Qian Xun's method. First, if the number of military weapons produced by iron plants increases, or if this method is expanded to various yamen, the court undoubtedly needs a large amount of coins to maintain it.

The original method for the imperial court to make profits from local areas was to allow local military camps to be supplied regularly to the yamen, and the other was to corvee labor and requisition for free.

Once the court switched to currency to maintain the situation, taxes, taxes, labor and labor would be changed. In the past few years, it could be maintained through the central bank mint. In the future, the court was worried that too much money would be issued and that coins would be unprofitable, so it could only try to increase cash income.

Secondly, the law must be changed and private merchants such as merchants and private mine owners must be allowed to legally hire manpower; in this way, the court can purchase a large amount of expenses and materials.

This proposal may be very obstacle. In this way, the court has to be wary of their rebellion; or they are preventing them from taking over a large number of people by making a living and seeking power from the government.

Throughout the dynasties, the court has been committed to maintaining the scattered number of self-cultivated farmers and weakening the power of the rich, thinking that it is a plan for long-term stability. Now, it is inevitable that there will be criticism when it is done the opposite.

Third, students think that the problems mentioned by Jianbutang are not slanderous. A large number of coins flow in various links to maintain the situation; then there will inevitably be corrupt officials who will put their hands on them, fill their pockets, and relax purchases for the benefit. If the result is still inferior as good ones, a lot of problems will be added, and it will be more costly."

Qi Tai nodded and said, "Xian Ning made a very reasonable statement and was very considerate; therefore I did not object to the Xia Yuanji party too much. If the reform did not improve, those real benefits in the end might fall into the hands of the so-called new party, which would be harmful to the court."

Qi Tai thought for a while, looked at Gao Xianning and said, "What do you think is the way to limit the power of each yamen?"

Gao Xianning immediately smiled and said, "My teacher once taught students the way to balance?"

Qi Tai said with a good memory: "You remember well. When making arrangements in the future, you must consider checks and balances between multiple parties, otherwise you will not be able to change the law."

The two of them stopped talking fiercely for the time being. Qi Tai stood up from the chair and paced among piles of books for a while.

Gao Xianning said with a serious expression: "This layout and thoughts are unprecedented. The wide range of involvement and the heavy consequences are unpredictable. Is it good or bad?"

Qi Tai said in a deep voice: "The Lord wants to achieve great things, and this is what he wants to accomplish. I have been tactfully persuading the Lord to be cautious, but since the Lord is determined not to regret it, I just repay my kindness with myself."

After hearing this, Gao Xianning stood up and bowed to Qi Tai and bowed respectfully: "Students are willing to help their mentors."
Chapter completed!