Zhu Bai said a few words to Fugui, then went up to the second floor and sat down.
After a while, Ouyang Lun was also brought up by Fugui.
Ouyang Lun lay on the ground: "Your Highness, why are you looking for a villain?"
Zhu Bai sighed: "I don't have anything else to do. I'm just curious about what kind of job you want to find."
Ouyang Lun said: "The villain is a scholar, and those jobs are either hard work or craftsmanship. The villain cannot associate with traffickers and pawns."
Zhu Bai suddenly realized: the class classification in the Ming Dynasty was very clear, including scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
He classified himself as a "scholar".
Naturally, he looked down on people like agriculture, industry, and commerce.
Zhu Bai laughed angrily: "Then what kind of job do you want to find?"
Ouyang Lun said: "I just want to see if there is any copying, accounting or other work, even if the wages are less."
Pedantic! You deserve to starve to death! freeze to death!
You have no clothes to cover your body, no food to eat, and you look down on the donor who can give you money.
Even if someone like you passes the imperial examination, it will be of no use to the court.
Unfortunately, I thought you had something to hide, and wanted to help you.
Zhu Bai cursed secretly in his heart, and while waving to Fugui to take Ouyang Lun down, he said, "Okay. Come on."
As a result, when Ouyang Lun went down, he happened to meet someone from a bookstore who asked: "Who is good at geography? I want to publish a map and I want to find someone to help mark the names of mountains and rivers, and I can collate it by the way."
Ouyang Lunna replied: "I haven't studied geography, so copying it is fine, but I'm afraid it won't be correcting."
Zhu Bai covered his eyes from above: I'll go, if I can't do a high job or a low job, it'll be weird if I can find a job.
Bai Wuyi is a scholar! !
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Zhu Bai was so engrossed in thinking about this matter that he bit his chopsticks in trance during dinner.
Queen Ma and Lao Zhu exchanged glances.
Queen Ma gave Zhu Bai a piece of dried beans with chopsticks: "What is Bai'er thinking about that makes him so obsessed?"
Zhu Bai blinked and said, "Empress, I saw a student wearing a jacket in the Imperial College yesterday. Isn't he cold?"
Lao Zhu snorted: "Of course it's cold. Who wants to be cold when you can afford clothes? You think everyone is like you, having no worries about food and clothing since they were born, but you can pour a lot of money into your pockets just by talking."
He had tasted the cold when he was a child. It was so cold that his bones hurt inside.
Empress Ma got up and went in and brought out a few cotton coats: "Bai'er, these are the coats that I and the concubines in the palace spun and weaved ourselves. Originally, I wanted to give them to the poor people in the city. Since you mentioned this today It’s up to you to take it to them.”
Zhu Bai hurriedly stood up and bowed his hands to Queen Ma: "Why don't you let His Royal Highness take it to the Imperial College tomorrow to give it to the students, and express your condolences by the way?"
The students in the Imperial College might become Zhu Biao's ministers in the future. This matter of winning people's hearts must be done by Zhu Biao.
Queen Ma was very satisfied with Zhu Bai's knowledge. In fact, even if Zhu Bai didn't say anything, she would ask Zhu Biao to go with her.
After all, Zhu Bai financed the monthly payment of the Imperial College students, so he had to find a way to get Zhu Biao back.
She told Zhu Biao directly, her intention was too obvious.
Zhu Biao hurriedly stood up and saluted, then took the cotton-padded clothes with both hands and said, "My son, I thank my mother for the students."
He handed the cotton-padded clothes to his personal eunuch, sat down, and asked Zhu Bai, "Twelfth brother, you didn't contribute the monthly money, how could you still be like this?"
Zhu Bai said: "I discussed with Master Chen and the others that we would only pay one month's salary after one month of service, and it would also depend on attendance and performance. Otherwise, I would be afraid that there would be those lazy people who come just to make money."
His money is not blown by the strong wind, so it will naturally be used in useful places.
Zhu Biao nodded slightly: "That's right."
Zhu Bai came up to Lao Zhu and smiled coquettishly: "Father."
Lao Zhu leaned back with a wary look on his face: "What are you doing? You have something to say. Don't laugh like that, it makes us panic."
Zhu Bai put away his smile and said, "Erchen's scripture business has not been doing well recently. I heard that maps are selling well, and I want to delete some sensitive information from the map of Yingtian City drawn by the Bingma Division last time, and then print it out. For sale. The maps out there are of mixed quality. If the map of Yingtian City sells well, I plan to ask the chief ministers and prefecture governments to sort out the maps of the major towns within their jurisdiction and the whole country and publish them in a book. In order to highlight my father's The Huangjiang Mountains are vast, and the land is vast and rich in resources.”
Lao Zhu was so flattered by Zhu Bai that he felt comfortable and snorted: "It sounds pretty good, but it's just your ability to recognize the way. Haha, we don't dare to use the map you made."
I heard that last time he held the map backwards and took people on a drive around Nancheng for an entire afternoon.
He also said that Liu Bowen, who was the most famous official in the world and knew everything, was a close disciple.
Tsk tsk tsk...
Zhu Biao also hurriedly said: "This survey and map drawing is a good thing that will benefit the future. I sincerely ask my father for approval."
Lao Zhu frowned: "Of course we know it's a good thing, but the Ming Dynasty covers a vast area. It would take a lot of manpower and material resources to draw a clear map of all places."
Zhu Bai said: "We can start from around Yingtian Mansion. Besides, the previous dynasty also had maps, but they just calibrated and changed the place names. We can let the Chief Secretary take the lead in drawing the maps of each Chief Secretary. After the calibration is correct, the imperial court will compile the general map. There are so many learned people in the Imperial Academy and Imperial Academy, so let them help. Printing the map will be beneficial to our government, economy and military management in the future."
There is no map, and I don’t know where I am.
There is a map and you can tell with just a finger.
When Lao Zhu heard that the Imperial College students were asked to work for Bai Gan, he immediately tapped the table with his fingers: "Hey, this is good."
What he likes most is asking people to work without paying them.
Every official in the court had multiple responsibilities, and he felt that this was not enough. He wanted to break each of them into eight pieces and use them.
Not to mention that he has to pay money to the Imperial College students every month.
Use it, of course you have to use it! !
Zhu Bai said: "But I can't call you."
Lao Zhu: "Let's talk to these people. If you eat our food, you have to work for us. Just one hour a day is enough. Besides, these students are also good at drawing pictures and copying words. I can also increase my knowledge and practice calligraphy.”
Lao Zhu was impatient and would do what he said. He asked the officials for their opinions in the morning meeting the next day.
This time, the six groups became three distinct factions.
The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works said nothing.
Because they know that this matter will eventually weigh on them.
The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment strongly agreed, because the Ministry of War fought wars and the Ministry of Punishment used maps when arresting people, and they used them the most.
The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel are watching the fun, but they are not required to work anyway. They rarely use maps, so it has nothing to do with them.
Lao Zhu saw the expressions of everyone in the six departments and said calmly: "Well, it's a bit unfair to just ask the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College to do this. After all, everyone will be able to use this map in the future. Our Ming Dynasty has There are thirteen chief secretaries, two Zhili, each of the six ministries takes two chief secretaries, and the remaining chief secretary belongs to Zhongshu Province. Yingtian Mansion is under the charge of Xiang King Zhu Bai, and Northern Zhili is led by Lao Si. Each supervises each chief secretary. Submit it to Zhili Survey and Drawing Map."
