The emperor ordered Daiyu to join the court as an official and assist the prince Liu Hong in promoting compulsory education, which did not attract too much opposition.
Except for some objections from a few somewhat pedantic elders, most of the officials in the DPRK and China remained silent. It is estimated that the emperor and several big shots in the cabinet had expected this, so they suddenly proposed this proposal.
In fact, the reason is very simple. If people of their generation can accomplish what Confucius did not do, their reputation will be passed down through the ages.
From the conception to the formulation of the policy of compulsory education, it was almost entirely completed by Daiyu. Even Jia Cong, the first person to propose the idea, only assisted from the side.
Women should be women. As long as we can really promote education without distinction and universal education, all the ministers of the dynasty will write down in the history books because of this eternal event.
On August 14, the 4231st year of the Yellow Emperor's era, the eighth year of Xia Yuanyou, the emperor ordered Crown Prince Hong and Princess Wen'an Lin to preside over the centenary plan for the implementation of compulsory education. All ministers attended the event...
This strategy was implemented in a certain month when Prince Hong received the help of a certain servant (Mr. Zhong, Yuan Wai Lang)...
Such a major event that will last forever cannot be accomplished by one company. When the time comes, if they can help with a small matter at a certain moment, they will be able to leave a lasting mark in the historian's writings.
Hey, what's wrong with the woman? That is Princess Wen'an, could she be an ordinary woman?
For a time, there were endless shouts of long live in the palace, and many people even ran to Daiyu to offer congratulations and patted their chests to express the eternal event. If he needed help, as a disciple of the saint, he was bound to do so.
The Fengtian Palace became noisy because of an imperial edict. The palace censor originally wanted to straighten the order, but the emperor raised his hand to stop it.
The special court meeting on August 14th was just for this matter. After all was said and done, the emperor left the hall silently.
Today's Fengtian Palace is the home court of Prince Liu Hong and Princess Wen'an Lin Shi Daiyu. The two of them exchanged greetings with the civil and military officials one by one. It was not until the end of Si Shi that for more than an hour, the civil and military personnel in the hall were mostly dispersed.
Xia Shouzhong sent Daiyu's official robe. The doctor in the Compulsory Education Department of the Ministry of Rites was a fifth-rank civil servant in the imperial dynasty. He wore a green robe and embroidered white pheasants.
"Your Majesty said that although the princess is a daughter, she has great aspirations and is no weaker than any man in the world. Therefore, the official uniform should be the same as others."
When everyone heard about Xia Shouzhong, they all looked at the official uniforms on the tray. They were indeed the same official robes as other officials. The emperor even prepared Daiyu's court uniforms, official uniforms, and ordinary uniforms, including Liang Guan, Pei Shou, and Wat. boards, etc. as needed.
"Would you like to try it on, my dear sister?"
Prince Liu Hong received unanimous approval from Lin Ruhai, Jia Cong and others, who all laughed and urged Daiyu to go to the side hall to change into official robes and have a look.
Daiyu was also eager to try. Accompanied by the female officials in the palace, she went to the side hall. When she came out again, she turned into a "handsome man" wearing a green robe.
Jia Cong made trouble and bowed to Daiyu: "I have seen Dr. Xiao Lin..."
Then Baoyu, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang followed suit and bowed to Daiyu one after another, calling Dr. Xiaolin and Master Xiaolin, which made Daiyu blush to the top of her ears.
Liu Hong looked at Jia Cong and Daiyu, and suddenly sighed: "The emperor's sister is more handsome than brother Cong in such a dress!"
Jia Lian and others nodded one after another. They all felt that Daiyu was even more handsome than all the men in the Jia family when she put on the official robe.
Even Jia Zheng was stunned when he looked at his niece at this time. He said to Lin Ruhai: "It's so similar, so similar! Back then, Minmei secretly wore her father's official uniform, just like today's niece. Passed by everyone in the Jia family."
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Liu Hong invited everyone to have lunch in the East Palace. In the afternoon, Daiyu, wearing a green robe and official uniform and a black gauze on her head, went to the Ministry of Personnel to register and receive official documents accompanied by Jia Cong.
Then he visited He Yaomin, the Minister of Rites, Xiao Yunhe, the left minister, and Haigangfeng, the right minister, and listened to the Shangguan's instructions for the first time.
Naturally, He Yaomin and the others would not put on airs for Daiyu like they did when lecturing other subordinates. They all looked kind and kind, full of words of encouragement and advice.
In order to facilitate Daiyu's work, He Yaomin hired several female officials from the palace to serve as scribes. Everything was ready, including room check-in, etc., and it was officially opened after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Accompanied by Jia Cong, Daiyu visited officials from various departments of the Ministry of Rites with great interest, and waited until evening before returning to Rongguo Mansion by car.
When Daiyu, who was wearing official robes, walked into the Hall of Honor, Miharu and others naturally covered their mouths and exclaimed. Even the old lady did not expect that her granddaughter would have such an opportunity.
She pulled Daiyu to her side, touched the black gauze hat and the green robe official uniform, with a look of disbelief on her face: "Grandpa Tian, is Yu'er really going to become an official?"
"Ancestor, didn't the imperial edict reach the mansion yesterday? Today I just went to go through the motions."
Baoyu couldn't understand the old lady's shock. The emperor had discussed it with his uncle a few days ago about his cousin's appointment as an official. Yesterday, he sent the imperial edict. There was nothing surprising about it.
"It's different, it's different, this is a serious court official!"
The old lady held on to Daiyu for a while, and her eyes, which were already a little cloudy, shone brightly under the candlelight.
"It is true that women have participated in government affairs in all dynasties, but there has never been a precedent for women to officially become officials."
There have been many cases of women participating in government affairs, but this is the first time that they have held the same position as men in the government.
It was not clear what the emperor had in mind for the old lady, but it was the first time in history that Daiyu became an official, and it would be officially recorded in the history books. On August 14th, the eighth year of Yuanyou, Lin Daiyu joined the Compulsory Education Department of the Ministry of Etiquette, and Ren Zheng The fifth grade doctor.
A doctor of the fifth rank is worth more than a conferred princess. At this point, Daiyu is no longer a daughter of the Lin family, nor a vassal of someone, but Lin Daiyu, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, who will be recorded in the history books. .
Unlike myself, even though she was a high-ranking princess and concubine of the country, the most that would be recorded in the history books was that the wife of Jia Daishan, the prince of Rongjun, was Shi...
The old lady did not explain these differences to Baoyu, but kept stroking the blue official robe on Daiyu.
The little fifth-grade doctor could not catch her eye before, but today she is a little jealous of her granddaughter's good life.
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Although the news about the establishment of the Department of Compulsory Education and the trial implementation of the four-year compulsory education system in Daxia were hot, they were definitely not as shocking as Princess Wen'an's formal entry into the imperial court.
Officials from the DPRK and the Central Government used to come to Rongguo Mansion to visit Jia She, Jia Zheng, Lin Ruhai and others. However, during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, most of them visited Daiyu, and most of them were officials from the Hanlin Academy.
The Compulsory Education Department of the Ministry of Rites is still only on paper. According to the imperial court system, each of the six departments has one doctor, the fifth rank; one Yuanwailang, the fifth rank; and one to two chief ministers, the sixth rank.
The Department of Compulsory Education now only has Daiyu, the chief official, and the remaining officials and chief officials have not yet been appointed.
It is an eternal event that can be recorded in the history books. Which of these official positions is not coveted nowadays?
The officials once asked what the palace wanted, and the emperor directly handed over the power of selecting officials to Liu Hong and Daiyu.
As Daiyu had just been promoted to an official position and it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was an endless stream of people visiting Rongguo Mansion to congratulate her. Jia Cong, who accompanied Daiyu to entertain the guests, was full of tea.
When he was driving to the palace for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, people would come over to get close to him along the way, making Jia Cong's head buzz.
This situation lasted for several days. After several discussions, Liu Hong and Daiyu finally asked Xie Yong, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, to be Yuanwailang, and selected several alternate officials recommended by the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Two people were selected as doctors and the establishment of the Compulsory Education Department was assembled.
At the end of August, the Department of Compulsory Education was formally established.
The first thing Daiyu did when she took office was to ask her father, the God of Wealth, Lin Ruhai for money. Lin Ruhai was frightened as soon as she opened her mouth.
Two million taels of silver is just the first payment.
"Yu'er..."
"Mr. Lin, the person standing in front of you now is Lin Daiyu, a doctor in the Department of Compulsory Education of the Ministry of Rites, not your daughter Daiyu."
Daiyu's pretty face was full of solemnity, neither humble nor arrogant, but it made Lin Ruhai dumbfounded.
"Hahahaha...Master Lin...hahahaha..."
Jia Cong, who was watching the show on the side, couldn't help but laugh out loud. When he saw Daiyu glare at him, she sat upright on the chair and behaved like a child.
"Okay, I'll shut up and the two Masters Lin can continue."
Lin Ruhai looked at his daughter with a strange expression, and finally had no choice but to change his identity from Father Lin to Shangshu Lin, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I won't approve it for you, it's just that you want too much. The imperial court now only plans to start in Nan, Beizhili is trying out compulsory education, building schools and academies, and hiring Mr. Confucius, but it doesn't cost so much money."
Daiyu took out another official document and handed it over: "Two million taels is not just random talk by Xianguan and Lin Shangshu. This is the preliminary number, scale and coverage of schools in each county of Shuntian Prefecture. Let’s not talk about the master’s salary. Just to build the school, one hundred thousand taels of silver are needed for the land of the mansion.”
According to the rules set by the emperor, the royal family contributes 60% of the cost of compulsory education and the Ministry of Household Affairs contributes 40%. Since Daiyu plans to take two million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs, plus the money from the royal treasury, it will be five million taels.
North Zhili governs 11 prefectures, including Shuntian, Baoding, and Hejian, while South Zhili governs 14 prefectures, including Jinling, Suzhou, and Yangzhou.
The area and population of each prefecture are different. On average, the land of a prefecture costs at least 150,000 to 200,000 taels of silver. Five million taels is enough.
Of course, this does not require the court to spend so much money every year. As long as the quality of the school is grasped, it is not difficult to use it for decades or hundreds of years.
Spending five million a year to build two provinces will cover the entire territory of Daxia at most within six to seven years.
By that time, the main annual expenditures were the salary of the school master, the repair of the school building, and the updating and supplementing of textbooks.
Lin Ruhai roughly calculated in his mind that five million taels of silver was really a bit nervous.
But, if my daughter wants to do something big, he, as a father, will naturally not stand in the way. Anyway, it was the emperor who paid the bulk of the money. The Shipping Department had just sent 28 million taels of commercial tax a few days ago. Fortunately, he was brave and took the opportunity to trick the emperor.
"How dare you ignore a century-old plan? Two million is not enough. I will give Mr. Lin three million, and Mr. Lin will go to the palace to withdraw 4.5 million from the inner treasury. A total of 7.5 million taels of silver is enough to cover the school. The south and north are directly under the control of the 25th Prefecture."
Snapped!
The large seal of the Ministry of Finance was stamped on the document, and Lin Ruhai handed it to her daughter in a happy mood.
When Daiyu saw that the big seal was sealed, she gave her father a sweet smile. Farewell to Lin Shangshu, he happily went to the palace to trick another father.
Jia Cong stayed here. Eating melon and watching theater was just a side job. He also had something serious to talk to Lin Shangshu today.
I saw Jia Cong taking out an official document from his sleeve, unfolding it and placing it in front of his uncle and father-in-law. He pointed at the large seal of the Ministry of Finance that had not yet dried and said: "Master Shangshu, here is an official document for withdrawing money. You Could you please give me a stamp along the way?"
Boom!
Lin Ruhai only glanced at the official document and immediately hit Jia Cong on the head angrily.
"Who do you think I am? The God of Wealth? Where can I conjure two million taels of silver for you?"
Jia Cong raised his eyebrows slightly: "A few days ago, the Shipping Department just sent the autumn tax. I heard Mr. Wen Ge said that you pulled His Majesty's sleeves and took away fifteen hundred from His Majesty's pocket. Ten thousand taels of silver."
"You can't afford to spend so much money! I robbed from His Majesty... Ahem, it's not easy to get money from His Majesty. You all come to me to ask for money, and you ask for hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. No matter how much money I have, it will be emptied by you!"
Lin Ruhai picked up his pen, crossed out the two million with blue ink, changed it to one and a half million, and then stamped it with the seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The corner of Jia Cong's mouth twitched and he muttered in a low voice: "Master Shangshu treats you differently. Not only is the full amount given to Sister Lin, but an additional one million is added. When it's my turn, I'll chop him off..."
Boom!
Another blow to the head knocked back Jia Cong's fragmented thoughts.
"Don't think I don't know. Jiangnan Shipyard has received several big orders. The money earned from the Japanese alone is enough to support this year's shipbuilding expenses. This 1.5 million is for you to build a new shipyard in Songjiang. of."
Lin Ruhai thrust the official document into Jia Cong's hand and waved his hands away irritably: "Go, go, go, go do what you have to do, don't bother me!"
Everyone is a debt collector. These days, because the commercial tax from the shipping company has been brought to Beijing, Mr. Lin is almost annoyed to death by people from various ministries and temples asking for money.
In order to argue with the emperor for money, he was beheaded eighteen times and demoted thirty-six times by the fickle emperor. Is it easy for him?
It took a lot of effort to get 15 million taels of silver to fill up the bank treasury of the household department. It had only been a few days, but the money from the bank treasury was being taken away one cart after another.
Lin Caishen was filled with panic when he thought of his worth of money being taken away by the carloads...
Lin Ruhai went to the household bank as a routine. When she saw that the wooden box originally filled with money was empty, she felt uncomfortable no matter how she looked at it.
No, how can there be so many empty cash boxes in the Treasury of the Ministry of Accounts? He gritted his teeth and went to Qinzheng Hall.
The emperor was also worried because Daiyu had just taken away 4.5 million taels of silver from him.
When he heard that Lin Ruhai, the minister of household affairs, was asking for an audience outside the palace, his face turned dark.
"This guy will definitely be up to no good when he comes here. Just tell him that I'm not here and tell him to go back!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have already come in."
Lin Ruhai held a memorial in his hand and walked into the hall respectfully: "Your Majesty, in the past few days, various ministries and temples have withdrawn 14 million taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue has no money. Please lend me 500 yuan first. The ten thousand taels of silver should be used as an emergency, and I will return them to Your Majesty when the taxes arrive in Beijing next summer."
The emperor's eyes almost popped out of his head. Good guy, fourteen million taels? Why don't you just shout 41 million taels?
Do you really think I don’t know the expenditures of the Ministry of Household Affairs? The seven million taels suddenly doubled, and the Minister of Household Affairs in Daxia looked the same!
Listen, listen, borrow five million taels of silver from me. I haven't paid back what I borrowed last time, so here we go again?
The living official on duty in the palace glanced at the emperor who was blowing his beard and staring, as well as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who looked helpless, and wrote on the paper with a pen: "On August 27, the eighth year of Yuanyou, at the beginning of Sishi, Hubu Shangshu Lin Hai, the Minister of the Ministry, wants to deceive (cross out) again...to borrow five million taels of silver from the inner treasury..."
At this time, a report from the chamberlain came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, Uncle Yongfeng is asking for an audience!"
The emperor temporarily gave up the confrontation with the God of Wealth of Daxia and snorted: "Pass!"
"Your Majesty, Jia Cong, pays homage to His Majesty... Huh? Lin Shangshu is here too. That's just right. You are the God of Wealth of the country and can help you settle the accounts..."
Before Jia Cong finished speaking, the emperor's heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, Jia Cong respectfully submitted a memorial, the first line of which read "The Ministry of Industry's plan to build three major shipyards in Dengzhou, Songjiang and Quanzhou".
The emperor only glanced at the final cost estimate in the official document, closed the memorial with a snap, pointed at Lin Ruhai and Jia Cong, and became angry: "You two are ganging up to bully me. One wants five million, and the other wants three million." , Is it easy for me to save some money? Ah, you are thinking about my money every day, why don’t you grab it!”
The living man wrote: "At another moment, Uncle Yongfeng and the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, Jia Cong, entered the palace and wanted to withdraw three million taels of silver from the inner treasury. The emperor was angry and said aggrievedly, my son-in-law deceived me..."
Jia Cong looked at his father-in-law with surprise in his eyes: Mr. father-in-law, are you still ruthless and want to exploit the emperor again?
Lin Ruhai's eyes when looking at Jia Cong were inexplicably shocked: You just left me for 1.5 million taels, I guess the blue batch hasn't even done it yet, and you're here to steal the emperor's money again?
It was not once or twice that his father-in-law came to exploit the emperor. However, Jia Cong really didn't expect that he would bump into him, so he came here regretting it.
But money is still needed, and the three newly planned shipyards of the Ministry of Industry are waiting for rice.
Secretly encouraging himself, Jia Cong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have no choice. Now the army in the north and south of the dynasty needs a powerful navy to go overseas, and it has to go to the West to declare the majesty of the Holy King. There are obviously not enough sea ships and warships." Use it. Jiangnan Shipyard has received another order from Japan, and for a while it is difficult to support the construction and maintenance of the two major navies in the north and south..."
In a word, Daxia is short of ships. Hurry up and send money. The Ministry of Industry is eager to build ships and go to sea to show off!
The emperor's search is his search, and he can definitely bear the title of the King of Sage.
Jia Cong only spoke briefly and he understood the problems currently encountered by the Ministry of Industry.
After the second batch of fleets to go to sea after the summer harvest set off, the third batch of teams to go to sea was temporarily shelved due to lack of seagoing ships.
Even the northern and southern naval divisions that supported Wang Chenghai's Japanese expedition and Jia She's southern expedition were now in a dilemma of lacking ships.
After the emperor calmed down, he looked at the memorial in his hand, and then asked: "If you just think about building a new shipyard, will the craftsmen be enough?"
There's a show!
Jia Cong grinned: "Your Majesty, when Lin Shangshu presided over the opening of the sea two years ago, four technical schools were established in Dengzhou, Jinling, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou to train skilled craftsmen for the imperial court. Later, the technical schools were placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The official document sent the day before yesterday stated that the four technical schools have trained a total of 600 qualified craftsmen in the past two years. Now everything is ready, all we need is money."
"What? There are already six hundred craftsmen?"
This number really shocked the emperor. The training of craftsmen was not easier than studying for the imperial examination. Often a qualified craftsman would have to go through several years of apprenticeship, but he could not meet the initial requirements of the Ministry of Industry.
Under the tradition of teaching apprentices to starve their masters to death, the master craftsmen in the Ministry of Works like to save a hand when teaching their apprentices.
Training 600 qualified craftsmen in two years is really surprising.
Jia Cong nodded and explained the teaching, reward and punishment mechanisms of the four major technical schools. There are actually three factors that can achieve such great results: honor, money, and promotion space.
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