amaotonovel Chapter 352 The father-in-law and son-in-law are a pair of bastards!
Chapter 352 The father-in-law and son-in-law are a pair of bastards!
That very evening, the conversation between Park Deok-hwan and Park Sung-sung was relayed to Yang Shaofeng by the Dengzhou Prefecture Inspector (in the Ming Dynasty, the prefectural government had an inspector system).
"Sell it for a good price?"
"Those two bastards are really cunning. They're taking things from the Ming Dynasty and trying to sell them back to the Ming Dynasty. Aren't they just taking advantage of Old Deng's lack of knowledge?"
"No, although that old Deng is no good, he is still my father-in-law. It's understandable that I would mess with him, but what kind of class do you Koreans have that you dare to bully old Deng?"
After making some plans in his mind, Yang Shaofeng laid out paper, ground ink, and began writing a memorial to Emperor Zhu.
Things like harvesters and brick-making machines must be kept strictly confidential and must never be sold at the market.
However, items like soap from the capital, tea and silk from Jiangnan, and porcelain from Jingdezhen can all be exchanged for money at the border market; the more the better.
Similarly, books like "The Book of Agriculture" and "The Standards of Architecture" must never appear at the border markets. Similar books should be strictly investigated in the future, and not even a single piece of paper should be allowed to go overseas. However, the more books like "The Classic of Filial Piety," the better. The parts of "The Analects" that need to be deleted must be deleted in advance. If it is really impossible to delete them, the annotations should be distorted.
Furthermore, South Korean students can be accepted, but they cannot be allowed to freely choose the subjects they want to study. Mathematics, one of the Six Arts of the Gentleman, cannot be taught to them. This can be euphemistically called preferential treatment for international students.
In addition, South Korean students studying abroad must be properly categorized. The treatment of the children of the powerful and wealthy in the Imperial Academy must be clearly defined and distinguished from that of the children of ordinary Koreans.
Alternatively, a few inspectors could be recruited within the Imperial College to make friends with the Korean students studying abroad, and activities such as outings could be organized from time to time.
In order to complete the repairs of Dengzhou City as soon as possible, and to open the road from Wendeng to Laiyang as soon as possible, the more hard laborers the Koreans could send, the better.
Yang Shaofeng wrote a long and detailed memorial, using up three pages of paper, before finally stopping. After the ink on the memorial dried, he sealed it and had it sent to the capital by fast horse.
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When Yang Shaofeng's memorial was delivered to Emperor Zhu, the emperor was already looking at several other memorials with a headache.
Emperor Yuan Shundi's iron pot is dead, this is good news.
Just as Emperor Zhu was preparing to bestow generous rewards upon his meritorious officials, Kong Kejian also passed away, which was hardly good news.
As is well known, Emperor Zhu brought Kong Kejian to the capital, but he neither conferred upon Kong Kejian the title of Duke Yansheng nor gave him any official position. He merely gave him the reputation of "receiving a salary but not doing any work," which, to put it bluntly, meant spending money to support a good-for-nothing.
However, Kong Kejian's son, Kong Xixue, was also not granted the title of Duke Yansheng. In fact, Kong Xixue is currently leading a large group of scholars in compiling the "Hongwu Dictionary".
This matter is somewhat difficult to put into words, and what troubled Emperor Zhu even more was that Kong Kejian died suddenly, and Kong Xixue had to attend Kong Kejian's funeral, which would also affect the compilation of the "Hongwu Dictionary".
In addition, Li Shanchang seems to have some health problems. Recently, whether attending court or being summoned privately, Li Shanchang's spirits have been much worse than before.
However, just as Emperor Zhu was having a headache over these messy matters, Yang Shaofeng sent over a memorial concerning the border markets and Goryeo.
"That bastard, he never gives us a moment's peace."
Emperor Zhu rubbed his forehead and cursed, then handed the memorial to Zhu Biao and asked, "What do you suggest we do?"
Zhu Biao took the memorial and read it through. Then he said directly, "In my opinion, this memorial should be divided into four parts. What belongs to the Ministry of Rites should be given to the Ministry of Rites, what belongs to the Ministry of Works should be given to the Ministry of Works, and what belongs to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice should be given to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice."
Emperor Zhu couldn't help but glare at Zhu Biao, and angrily said, "You good-for-nothing! Don't you know we should break it down into parts? But look at this memorial, it doesn't just involve the Six Ministries and the Inspectorate; many local governments in Jiangnan have to follow his lead!"
After reprimanding Zhu Biao, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but rub his forehead and say, "That scoundrel always manages to come up with something new!"
After a while, Emperor Zhu instructed Zhu Biao: "Go, take some gifts and go see Mr. Shanchang for us, and tell him to take good care of himself. Also, send someone to invite Mr. Qingtian to come here for us."
After Liu Bowen arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhu first berated Yang Shaofeng, then looked at Liu Bowen expectantly and said, "Mr. Qingtian, what do you think of this matter..."
After reading Yang Shaofeng's memorial, Liu Bowen's desire to retire and return to his hometown grew stronger.
What the hell is all this nonsense?
Yang the Madman has always been like this; he always starts something, or simply writes a memorial to Emperor Zhu, but he never actually gets things done properly.
It's the same again this time.
With all this rubbish he's written, the six ministries of the imperial court and many related local government offices are probably going to have a headache for a while.
What's even more infuriating is that Yang the Madman is no good, and his father-in-law is even worse. The two of them, father-in-law and son-in-law, are a pair of scoundrels. One writes memorials haphazardly, and the other dumps the work that needs to be done on the memorials onto the civil and military officials.
After silently complaining to himself, Liu Bowen finally sighed helplessly and said to Emperor Zhu, "Your Majesty, the strategies proposed by the Imperial Son-in-Law are all good, but implementing them will not be accomplished overnight. I need to slowly figure out the underlying principles."
Upon hearing Liu Bowen's words, Emperor Zhu was overjoyed and said to Liu Bowen, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Qingtian."
Liu Bowen rolled his eyes almost imperceptibly, then stroked his beard and said, "It is my duty to share the burdens of the ruler."
After a slight pause, Liu Bowen continued to speak to Emperor Zhu: "Your Majesty, there is something I wish to tell you, but..."
Seeing Liu Bowen look around, Emperor Zhu instructed Erhu and Chen Zhong, who were standing behind him, "Have everyone retreat to within fifty paces of the Qianqing Palace, and do not allow anyone to approach."
After everyone in the Qianqing Palace had left, Liu Bowen stood up and bowed to Emperor Zhu, saying, "Your Majesty, the other household registrations can be changed slowly, but the system for medical households must be changed immediately."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "Medical households?"
Liu Bowen hummed in agreement and cupped his hands, saying, "Your Excellency, not all doctors' descendants can become excellent doctors. What if a doctor's descendant is a quack, and this quack happens to be one of the more skilled doctors among a group of quacks, and yet he happens to be admitted to the Imperial Medical Academy..."