Father can be an enemy to the country

The cafeteria of Guozi University has also been divided into six from the original only dining hall in the whole school. Students in each of the six classes use a canteen.

He used to do everything, even serve as a cook, but now he is only responsible for cooking and keeping the canteen clean.

Furthermore, Kuozi University also gave the cooks wages to work. As a result, many cooks did not want to go home when their service was over, so they became contract workers on an annual basis and stayed to continue working.

"Is this necessary?" Boss Zhu frowned after hearing this. If you can't use free labor, why would you pay to hire people?

"My minister thinks it is very necessary." Lao Liu responded loudly: "Now that the world has been settled and everything is in ruins, we urgently need to rest with the people. It is the best way to let the people feel at home to open up wasteland and cultivate land."

"Well, that's true." Boss Zhu nodded and listened to him continue.

"Most of those who come to Beijing to serve are the breadwinners of their families. They have to be away from home for more than a year. How much less land will be opened and how much less food will be harvested?" Lao Liu continued:

"So it seems that the court saves money, but the people lose money. My father regards the people as the foundation, but my son really can't bear to harm the people and benefit the court!"

This level of speaking shocked the prince. Is this his sixth brother who is "uncultured but has no education at all"?

It’s really impressive.

"Well, that makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded happily and said: "The imperial court is too poor now and there is nothing we can do. In the future, when we are rich, we will adopt this method to less disturb the people's lives."

"Father is kind and wise, and there is nothing wrong with him." Lao Liu quickly flattered him. In fact, he just doesn't want to use temporary workers. If you specialize in long-term industry, the food you cook can be delicious and hygienic.

"Your Majesty, His Highness, King Chu, is breaking the rules by doing this, right?" Upon hearing this, the ministers all changed their expressions. Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help but said: "The government offices in the imperial court can operate only because of free servants."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this makes all the yamen so embarrassed..." Even Zhang Du said bravely.

The Ming Dynasty had a strange financial system. All taxes did not go into the national treasury, but were sent directly to the six ministries and five temples and yamen. Therefore, each ministry and government office actually collects and disburses independently. If there is no money, there is no way to ask for it from the Ministry of Accounts. Because the household department is just an accountant, he is as poor as them.

Therefore, if the emperor really wants to listen to the King of Chu and cancel free labor and instead spend money to hire people, each government office will definitely have to pay for such a large expenditure.

Then why don’t you all worry to death?

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Some people may wonder how these ministers dare to speak nonsense in front of the King of Chu. No face at all?

I really don’t give any face at all...

Ever since Boss Zhu pushed him to the front desk and started to play against the civil and military officials, the relationship between the princes and ministers has long been at loggerheads.

You don't see that the second and third sons have already joined the vassal state, and are being chased and beaten by the officials, as if they will not give up until they are criticized.

Not to mention that last year, because of spying on hundreds of officials, he was reduced to the fourth child who everyone shouted and beat...

As the loyal accomplice of the third and fourth spy chiefs, the sixth brother's situation is slightly better than that of the fourth.

Where is the strength? Probably no one dared to scold him face to face, so they could only use the excuse like this to mock him openly and implicitly.

Although Lao Liu was angry, the court belonged to his family, and necessary dignity had to be maintained, and he could not serve him directly.

Moreover, historians will inevitably write down something in the future - 'In a certain year and a certain month, King Jiahai of Chu slapped a certain minister for no reason.' Who can bear this?

So he can only use his mouth but not his hands. And now that he is the principal, he can't use swear words...

"What do you think of Prime Minister Hu?" Zhu Yuanzhang signaled to Lao Liu to be calm and glanced at Hu Weiyong.

"Old minister, I think there is nothing wrong. When I came, the emperor said that the court would be rich in the future, but he did not mean to change to an employment system now." Hu Weiyong smiled at everyone and said:

"Secondly, this is a royal university, and it is run by the prince of the Ming Dynasty. Who can be a companion? Is it possible?"

"Haha, what Lao Hu said is right." Boss Zhu, Longyan Dayue, praised Hu Weiyong: "If Lao Liu can find money, he can do whatever he wants."

Only then did he suppress the criticism... Of course, Hu Xiang would inevitably be looked down upon by others, who blamed him for blindly pandering to him.

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Zhu Zhen took Boss Zhu to visit the stables, racecourse, shooting garden, martial arts field of Guozi University...

Among the six arts of the gentleman, there are chariot and archery, so it is reasonable for Guozi University to have these. Officials who visited could find no fault with it.

But having a swimming pool is too much - to the north of Jiming Mountain, when Nanjing City was built, Boss Zhu used Xuanwu Lake as a natural moat and cut a corner of Xuanwu Lake into the city to form a rectangular Big pond.

Weeping willows sway in the wind around the pond, and there is also a circle of blue stones.

Xu Duo, who had been transferred from Yingtian Prefecture to Minister of Household Affairs, became excited when he saw this. He said to himself that he would wait for two months to wait for the fish to open his mouth. Isn’t it great to fish here?

But when I got closer, I saw that the water in the pond was crystal clear, like a blue crystal. Not to mention fish, there were no aquatic plants in it.

"How did you do this?" Boss Zhu was also surprised: "It's clear and blue, and it looks pretty good."

"Drain all the water at the bottom of the pond, dig out the silt, and tamp it down with stone slabs." Lao Liu introduced: "Then put in the purified water that has been sedimented and filtered."

"Why is the water this color?" Boss Zhu asked.

"Alum, he added alum to purify the water!" Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was well-informed and exclaimed: "How much should be added?"

"It's okay, we have a mine at home." Lao Liu said calmly.

This is not an exaggeration, but a statement of fact. All the minerals in the world, including the royal land, belong to the Zhu family.

As a magic weapon for purifying water in this era, alum is a must-have for ocean voyages. The alum used by the municipal shipping fleet is picked out from the ancient alum picking road in Cangnan Alum Mountain, Wenzhou, loaded on the Chixi River, and transported to various municipal shipping companies for use.

To ordinary people, alum may be a medicinal material measured in two quantities, but to Hai Zheng Yamen, it is a consumable material that is consumed in large quantities. Not to mention purifying this mere pond of water, even filling the entire pond with alum was just a matter of Lao Liu's words.

"Is the water so clean for the students to drink?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"No, the drinking water is higher than this standard." Lao Liu smiled and said: "This is a place for students to swim."

"What?!" All the senior officials were stunned. "For swimming?"

"That's right." Lao Liu nodded and said, "It's a pity that we have to wait for the weather to get warm before we can enter the open-air swimming pool. The water is released now just to show the effect to father and everyone."

"Isn't this too extravagant?!" All the officials exclaimed in unison.

"When Shi Chong and Wang Kai fought for wealth, they only used rice milk to wash their 'hair', candles to make soup, and silk as a barrier... all of which are worth mentioning in front of the crystal clear alum water in your highness's pond."