area51novel Chapter 341 The Reign of Tang Yu
Chapter 341 The Reign of Tang Yu
Chapter 341 The Reign of Tang Yu
After hearing this, Zhu Chun turned pale with shock.
If you look closely at this person, you can see that he is actually carrying a family with him, and he seems to have a lot of belongings.
"Taiping Mansion? Why did you go to Taiping Mansion?" Zhu Chun asked.
The man was sweating profusely, and kept calling his family members so that they would not go far away, while moving forward desperately.
But Zhu Chun asked, but he still politely said: "Because I went to Taiping Mansion, I will have enough to eat. Why, are you a foreigner?"
But this person seemed a bit suspicious, because Zhu Chun's Mandarin was very standard.
Zhu Chun said, "Isn't there enough to eat here?"
"Fuck you." The man said angrily, "I can't live here. If I don't leave, my whole family will starve to death here. Do you know...my family was originally a tenant here...the past two years , the land rent has been rising year after year, and they are recruiting farmers everywhere, beating and scolding us at every turn, and this year, we have suffered from a drought, and life is really hard to live. It is said that people are far from their hometown, but if they don’t go to Taiping Mansion, there is really no way out. "
The woman at the side was holding a child in her arms, and she was carrying another child on a sackcloth strap, urging the man, "Go, go, this ship is about to sail."
The man grabbed his wife tightly and squeezed forward desperately.
The officer stopped him and shouted: "Lu Yin, Lu Yin..."
The man immediately began to desperately take out things from his body. After a long time, he took out a string of money and stuffed it on the official.
The officials weighed it up, looked at each other, seemed dissatisfied, and cursed: "You are lucky, I am in a good mood today, since you have a guide, then... let's go."
The man immediately thanked him a thousand times: "Thank you so much for the poor man, the poor man is a prince forever and ever."
The officer just pouted, and then stopped the people behind him.
When they arrived at Zhu Chun and the others, Liu Desheng tugged at Zhu Chun's sleeve and said, "We'll be at Yingtian Mansion soon."
Zhu Chun said lightly: "No hurry, go and have a look first."
The officer yelled at Zhu Chun, "Lu Yin, you can't pass without Lu Yin."
Zhu Chun said: "We are scholars. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, students can..."
"Our rule here is to ask for a guide. If you say you are a scholar, you go back to school and write a note. If you want to go to Taiping Mansion...you need this guide."
The servant shook the copper coin in his hand, and it turned out...the so-called guide to Taiping Mansion was not the guide Zhu Chun had imagined.
Zhu Chun was dumbfounded, so he went to the Taiping Mansion, but he still had to stuff money?
It's nothing more than stuffing money, but there are still so many people flocking to it.
For a moment he was dumbfounded and speechless.
On the contrary, Liu De was afraid of causing trouble, so he quickly took out a piece of silver and handed it to the guard.
The officer looked them up and down with a big belly, and said with a smile: "Yo, it seems that I was blind and didn't know Mount Tai, but I bumped into a nobleman. The boat is about to leave, and I need two sticks of incense for the next trip. Let's go!" Alright, next one."
Zhu Chun was pushed and pushed onto a passenger ship.
The passenger ship opened, rippling with ripples, and then went along the current.
Zhu Chun sat at the stern of the boat and saw all the boarders crowded together, but many of them seemed extremely excited.
Although they were dressed in rags, they all had bright eyes.
Zhu Chun only listened to their chattering noisyly.
Some people put all their eggs in one basket and brought their families with them. Since they planned to go to Taiping Mansion, they didn't plan to go back.
There are also people who have relatives in Taiping Mansion because this Guangde Prefecture is not far from Taiping Mansion, and plan to defect.
There were also people who had been to Taiping Mansion before and came back to pick up their families. Those who had settled down in Taiping Mansion immediately became the envy of people.
Then I heard the man say: "After you go, don't go to any dental shop lightly. The people in the dental shop introduce you to work because they want to deduct your wages. In every county, there are special squares, where the government has a special office. Announcement information, there are also many workshops that will send their own people to recruit workers, everyone must keep this in mind."
"Also, for the wages of two silver dollars a month, we must listen to whether they include food and lodging. If they don't, don't go there. If they live outside, they need at least three silver dollars. If they have crafts, they can pay four up to a silver dollar."
"Brother, what do you do for a living in Qixia?"
"Me?" The man smiled, "I raise cattle."
"Cowherd?"
"It's not a cowherd. It's mainly trading cattle and sheep. Every county and township has to go. Now this business is good."
Everyone suddenly realized.
Zhu Chun was only listening attentively, but he kept his expression on his face.
On the other hand, Liu Desheng and the others showed displeasure, they were not used to such a noisy environment, and most of the people in the boat were vulgar, which made them frown.
The cowherd saw Zhu Chun and the others, and said, "How many other talents are here?"
Zhu Chun then said, "I'm ashamed."
The cowherd smiled and said: "It's good to be a scholar, and it's good to study. After reading, I don't know how many times better than us."
Liu Desheng smiled. He has a pleasant face, but he is a scholar. Even if he has a pleasant face, he can't help but have a condescending air when he speaks. He said: "Study is of course good. The family governs the country and the world."
But the cowherd shook his head and said: "I mean, after studying, you can work as an accountant, apply to a school, or even become a civil servant. You have a bright future, your salary is not low, and you are decent."
After hearing this, Liu Desheng was immediately ashamed and angry. He felt that what the cowherd said insulted him.
But Zhu Chun laughed and said: "The salary is not low, so how much is the salary?"
"It's not good to say. Some can earn tens of taels of silver, and it's a little bit worse. It may be seven or eight taels, but it's better than us rough guys."
Zhu Chun said: "Are there many scholars in Taiping Mansion?"
"Of course, if you study, you will have a bright future. Of course, there will be more people who study. Not to mention other things, now that children grow up, their families will urge them to enroll. After entering the school, they can read and judge. Words, can also do arithmetic, and only in the future can I feel proud."
Zhu Chun showed some surprise, and said, "A lot of children study?"
"My son is studying in the elementary school." The cowherd said proudly.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone on the boat showed envy.
A few children who came with their parents huddled in the corner of the boat, heard the school... and couldn't help raising their eyes in confusion and curiosity.
After hearing this, Liu Desheng looked like he didn't believe it. He smiled and said, "Your cowherd's son actually reads?"
"Can this still lie to you?" The cowherd said: "He also learned to recite poems from school...um...what's it called, oh, yes, the king of Yue's sentence smashed the return of Wu...the righteous man returned to his hometown to die ...all...all brocade clothes..."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone laughed.
Liu Desheng was so dumbfounded that he couldn't speak.
Zhu Chun smiled and said, "Your child has been studying for at least a year."
"Ah, did you know that? It's really only a year of school."
Zhu Chun just thought it was funny, this sentence was Li Bai's poem, but for ordinary children, even if they can learn poetry, they should learn relatively simple and catchy lines.
However, this song "Yuezhong Langu" by Li Bai is not Li Bai's famous work, nor is it suitable for enlightenment study.
Although Zhu Chun didn't know how the schoolwork was arranged in the so-called primary school, there were some things that an expert could tell if they were there.
Therefore, he immediately judged that this should be the reading material after the child was enlightened and before he was not familiar with the classics and history.
Zhu Chun said again: "Why do you send your child to school?"
"This..." The cowherd said awkwardly: "My mother-in-law works in a textile workshop, and I have to run around by myself. The child is not old, and it is worrying to stay at home, not to mention...the primary school is encouraged by the government. If a child goes to school, he can receive [-] catties of rice per month. Although this is not much, after paying the tuition fee, it is actually not easy to raise this child to study. But... those who cannot read can only be like me If you work as a coolie, but if you have studied, even if you have a hard job in the future, your income will be more than double that of a coolie like me."
"The edicts in the county and the clerks in the country tell people everywhere that you can get twice the result with half the effort, and you can live a good life after studying. I am a rough man, and I am poorer if I am poor, but I can afford the tuition. , I can barely afford it, and I always hope that the child will be more promising than me in the future, isn't it?"
Zhu Chun nodded.
Liu Desheng murmured to Liu Guangjin beside him with a look of disdain: "To lure people with profit, hey... reading is to cultivate one's morality, and to study for money, what can this teach?"
Liu Guangjin smiled awkwardly, but did not respond.
Zhu Chun glanced at Liu Desheng.
Immediately, Zhu Chun said to the cowherd: "Being able to read is a good thing after all."
The cowherd said: "Mr. is a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. Could it be that this time he is also going to Taiping Mansion to be a teacher?"
As soon as the cowherd mentioned the word "teacher", he looked admiring, as if he was some kind of remarkable person.
Zhu Chun smiled slightly: "Yes."
"Ah." The cowherd hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Zhu Chun said: "But I'm not very knowledgeable, I'm afraid I can't teach much."
"Where is this talking!" said the cowherd, "In our Taiping Mansion..."
When he talked about the Taiping Mansion, his voice was higher-pitched, and he looked very proud: "I heard that all the schools are recruiting teachers to teach, and the government will give money and food..."
"The government provides money and food?" Zhu Chun was even more surprised.
"You don't know?" Niu Guan said: "Thousands of teachers are recruited throughout the Taiping Mansion. It takes a lot of effort to recruit them. In Taiping Mansion, teachers are also treated like civil servants."
"Cultural officials..." Zhu Chun couldn't help laughing.
He couldn't understand that the scholars who taught were treated like lowly officials.
That's it... but it still seems like something extraordinary.
It's a pity... At this time the boat arrived at a ferry, obviously this was already the boundary of Taiping Mansion.
The boatman yelled: "The Xu family has arrived."
Several people disembarked sporadically, and several people boarded.
Most of the passengers on board are commoners, but the clothes on them are obviously cleaner and tidy than many people on board, and although the clothes are not newly cut, they are not worn out.
And the ones from Guangde, all of them looked ragged, but they looked like two people.
The most important thing is that these people are full of complexion, even though their skin seems to be tanned, their mental outlook is very different from the people from Guangde Prefecture.
Zhu Chun fell into deep thought again, and then, the ferry went down the river, Zhu Chun didn't say a word, he looked at the rice fields passing by on both banks thoughtfully.
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In the Forbidden City.
At this time, Yi Shiha hurriedly arrived at Wenlou.
"His Majesty."
Zhu Di looked up at him, and said calmly, "What's the matter?"
Yi Shiha's face looked a little ugly, and said: "Your Majesty, something happened."
"What happened?" Zhu Di subconsciously frowned.
These days, he was in a bad mood, and when he heard that something had happened, he became very angry.
Taking a deep breath, he said, "What's the matter?"
Yi Shiha said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, King Shu, is missing."
Zhu Di jumped up suddenly, and said in surprise, "How is this possible?"
Yi Shiha smiled bitterly and said: "At first, this servant also thought it was unbelievable. The last time he was at a post station in Guangde Prefecture, logically speaking, he set off from that post station two days ago. By this time, he should have entered Beijing."
"The person from Guangde Zhouyi sent someone to inform him early, so everyone expected that he should arrive yesterday afternoon or early this morning. Unexpectedly... there was no one there, so... Dongchang went to inquire. Only then did I realize that...after arriving at a ferry, he took some kind of boat and left...so far...he has not been whereabouts."
Zhu Di's body trembled, his eyes opened slightly, and he said, "You are trying to trap me in injustice."
Zhu Di was furious.
This is actually understandable, not to mention that Zhu Chun is Zhu Di's brother, and he is known as a virtuous king. Now the ministers say that he is a virtuous king that has never existed in all dynasties. As a result, at this time, Zhu Chun disappeared.
This is tantamount to telling the world that it must be His Majesty who can't even tolerate his own nephew, who hates Shu King Zhu Chun, so...
Yi Shiha was startled, and hastily bowed down and said, "Servant...the servant has already tried to find it."
Zhu Di paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking extremely irritable, and asked, "Does anyone else know the news?"
"I heard that there are... there are..."
Zhu Di shouted impatiently: "You tell me the fuck!"
Yi Shiha was so frightened that his forehead was covered with cold sweat, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes... I heard that when His Royal Highness the King of Shu arrived at Guangdezhou Station, the Ministry of Rites got the news, so many scholars asked, They were greeted outside the city yesterday afternoon and early this morning, just waiting for His Royal Highness the King of Shu to come to the capital...but we have been waiting for a long time..."
Before Yi Shiha could speak further, Zhu Di sneered and said, "How could such a big living person just get lost? How many guards did he bring?"
"This... I heard that there are not many, and all the retinues add up, and there are not ten of them." Yi Shiha said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness King Shu..."
Zhu Di sighed: "My brother...it's like this. At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao ordered us brothers to go to Fengyang to plow the fields to compensate the farmers for their hardships. I and other brothers didn't bother to care about it. He is lazy, only he enjoys himself, and actually puts on common clothes to plant rice seedlings..."
Zhu Di continued to walk a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then said: "Think of a way, let me search immediately. This matter... we still have to try our best to block the news first, even though this news, I'm afraid it can't be blocked. Send a secret order to Zhang Anshi, Jin Yiwei can't be idle either, that kid Zhu Chun must have nothing to do, if he has something to do, it's nothing to do with you in the future."
Yi Shiha listened, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Your maid obeys the order."
Zhang Anshi's Right Governor's Mansion was originally a mansion of Jinyiwei.
The owner's house here was abandoned due to ransacking, so Jinyiwei repaired it and wanted to use it for office.
But now, the signboard of You Dudu's Mansion is hung here, and Zhang Anshi officially relocated his Dudu's Mansion here.
It lives next to Nanzhen Fusi and Fuya, and because of the requisition of Jinyiwei at the beginning, several towers were built to monitor the nearby streets in order to prevent it from happening.
But now, it came in handy to Zhang Anshi.
What he is doing now is not detailed, just focus on some main tasks.
Of course, he is not idle, after all, he is in charge of Jinyiwei and Nuoda's Right Governor's Mansion, and he is ultimately the one to decide on many matters.
Right now he is getting angry about the teachers in the various schools.
This is actually understandable, the school expanded too fast.After the government has a large amount of money and food, plus many common people, they all have the willingness to let their children study. The entire government under the administration of the Youdu Dudu's government is in short supply of teachers.
Schools are easy to build, but teachers are hard to recruit.
After all, many educated people have many career choices, whether it is to work in a workshop as a steward, or as an accountant, or as a civil servant, to do business, or even write a little song for a theater troupe, or even a group of craftsmen Those who study, their salaries and prospects may not be worse than those of teachers.
Scholars are limited, and those who are truly famous don't need to make a living, but those who come from poor families... are all treasures now.
The students all looked embarrassed, hoping to give the teacher a little more salary.
"It's not that I'm stingy, but because even if the salary is increased by one level, those who don't want to come still don't want to come." Zhang Anshi said: "How many people are lacking now?"
Wang Xuezheng stepped forward: "Taiping Mansion has the most shortage of staff, and there are still more than 700 people short."
"So many?" Zhang Anshi said with emotion: "How about recruiting?"
"It's here. It's at Qunru Pavilion, recruiting everywhere... It's just... there are people who come to inquire, but those who are really willing to join... And... there are also many people... who are not qualified... Although there are willing, but also..."
Zhang Anshi said angrily: "I don't believe it, and I still can't recruit people. That's right, how about this..."
Zhang Anshi turned his head and said to the scribe beside him, "What's the arrangement for this afternoon?"
"Afternoon?" The clerk took out a notebook and said, "Commander, there are a group of sea merchants visiting this afternoon, and... that is... the Tongzhi of Fengyang Mansion is coming to visit..."
Zhang Anshidao: "Cancelled, changed to tomorrow. Come with me in the afternoon to Qunru Pavilion."
"This……"
Zhang Anshi said: "I went there in person to show that we attach great importance to the teachers. At least if we do it like this, maybe... it will make people change."
That Wang Xuezheng said: "This is also a good way. The governor attaches great importance to culture and education, which is really admirable."
Zhang Anshi said: "Don't say a few words. You only dare to say this in front of me. If you have the ability, go to Yingtianfu Street and say it. Believe it or not, someone will beat you to death."
Wang Xuezheng: "..."
After lunch, Zhang Anshi led his people to Qunru Pavilion immediately after eating and drinking enough.
There are quite a few people here in Qunru Pavilion.
As soon as Zhang Anshi arrived, many people came to see him.
Most of Zhang Anshi's retinue were plainclothes, so as not to make too much fanfare and appear to be afraid of death.
But inside, he was wearing a layer of armor.
Zhang Anshi greeted everyone immediately, and entered the Qunru Pavilion, where there were long ago civil servants who had studied Zhengya and were busy here.
After a few teachings and instructions, Zhang Anshi quickly surrounded him, and Zhang Anshi said, "How many people have you recruited this afternoon?"
One of the instructors said: "Captain, there are 13 people."
Zhang Anshi frowned and said, "Too few, I see that there are quite a few applicants outside."
The instructor smiled wryly and said: "As a teacher, you must have some foundation. There are many applicants who can barely read and write, and they are not proficient in arithmetic. It is really difficult for them to do so."
Zhang Anshi nodded and nodded: "How many people will apply next?"
A teacher looked at the list: "There are probably more than 70."
Zhang Anshi said: "Call in, I'll test it myself."
The accompanying officials did not dare to be negligent, Zhang Anshi immediately sat down and picked up the teacup that was poured by someone.
At this time, he was calm and thoughtful.
"Fengyang student... Liu Chun."
Someone sings.
Immediately, a person stepped in, this person didn't feel timid at all, walked in loudly, raised his head and glanced at the place.
Then he smiled at Zhang Anshi and said, "Student Liu Chun, I have met..."
Zhang Anshi said: "I am Zhang Anshi."
Liu Chun nodded, still smiling, looked down and saw a small stool, and sat down straight away. After arranging his clothes, he looked up at Zhang Anshi.
Zhang Anshi said: "How old is it?"
"Aged 37."
Zhang Anshi gave him a surprised look. This person... is not like 37 years old, who looks like he is about 30 years old.
This kind of situation is relatively rare, because...the ancients all look old...
Many people begin to have a lot of gray hair after they are over forty.
This man looks very young.
"Why do you want to teach?"
"Just wanted to have a look..."
Zhang Anshi's face immediately pulled down, and then he gave Xuezheng and Discipline a hard look.
These people shivered, lowered their heads, and looked at their toes.
Isn't this a joke?Daredevil's family is here to join in the fun, such a person...is also allowed in for an interview?
Zhang Anshi said with a cold face: "There's nothing exciting here, next one."
The man named Liu Chun smiled and said: "Don't worry, the students have never heard that there is a shortage of so many teachers in this small town, so they are curious. And the students... just happen to After reading some books, I thought, maybe the students and teachers have some fate, so I applied for it.”
Zhang Anshi said: "Do you have fame?"
"Have……"
Zhang Anshi said: "What fame?"
"Almost won the scholar."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Zhang Anshi's face turned cold, and he said: "That means there is no fame. If you don't have any fame, you still pretend like this. It seems that your conduct is not good. Next."
"Wait a minute."
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Chapter 2, delivered before 2 o'clock in the morning, will be a little earlier than yesterday, and then strive for tomorrow's Chapter [-] to be a little earlier.
(End of this chapter)