"real?"
Hou stood up happily and immediately took the money from Shen Maoxiao's hand and asked, "So, Lin'er can continue to study?"
Shen Maoxiao said "hmm".
"I never thought that a nerd like you could find such a good job one day."
"But how long can I copy this book?"
Hou asked about Shen Maoxiao.
Shen Maoxiao said: "Don't worry, it will take several years to copy! They said it will take at least ten years to finish copying these books."
After hearing this, Mrs. Hou was shocked and said: "It takes so long!"
Hou then said with a cheerful smile: "However, it is a good thing that it takes so long! This means that you can do this job for ten years. In ten years, Lin'er will have graduated from the mining school and can work as a technician in the mine."
Shen Maoxiao only smiled slightly and said nothing.
"Let me just say, the imperial court will not care whether we live or die!"
“When steam engine spinning came along, I just had to sit around.”
"Because if you continue to spin, you will only lose money and pay for it. In this case, there is no way to survive. And you don't want to work hard. You feel that you have studied for so many years in vain. You also complain that the court should not promote strange skills in this way." The poor people in the world have nothing to eat because of their ingenuity."
"As a result, the imperial court gave you such a big job in the blink of an eye, and it was obviously specially prepared for people like you."
"You shouldn't blame the court now, right?"
After Mrs. Hou said this, she asked about Shen Maoxiao.
Shen Maoxiao smiled and said, "No more complaining!"
"Looking at it now, it can only mean that the emperor's great talents and great plans are blinded by my own blindness;"
"Although steam spinning prevents you from making money to support your family, it can greatly increase the wealth of the world, and the court will have stronger financial resources to promote culture and education, so that a humble scholar like me who has not been in the imperial position for a long time can have his own life. Suitable and well-paying job.”
Zhu Yijun recruited a large number of literati to copy and correct books, which indeed solved the income problem of many literati families such as Shen Maoxiao.
Examples like Shen Maoxiao are not limited to this.
As a result, the resentment in the Jiangnan region against the various reforms of the imperial court was greatly reduced.
"Tang Xianzu won the Huangming Literature Award for his work "Return of the Soul" and was awarded 30,000 taels of silver!"
"Cheng Dawei won the Huangming Arithmetic Award for his work "The Tongzong of Arithmetic Studies" and was awarded 30,000 taels of silver dollars!"
"Wang Qiyin's works..."
at the same time.
Because the donation of books made Zhu Yijun aware of many masterpieces from the private sector, Zhu Yijun also rewarded some authors with outstanding achievements as promised by the imperial edict.
Tang Xianzu, Cheng Dawei, Wang Qi and others who came to Nandu to receive the reward quickly received a large number of shiny silver coins, imperial edicts and medals with the reason for the reward, and also received crowns and ribbons given by the emperor.
And this scene also made many literati and doctors look even more enthusiastic.
Many aspiring literati and officials began to give up throwing their essence and blood in the fireworks and willow alleys, and instead began to sit in their studies and write books or draw pictures seriously.
After all, being rewarded by the emperor is not just as simple as getting a generous silver reward, but the political gains included are enough to make people greedy.
Just like military medals can make a warrior more willing to sacrifice his life.
The honor Zhu Yijun gave to literati in terms of cultural and knowledge achievements also made some literati more motivated to devote their efforts to it.
On this day, Changzhou, Suzhou.
Inside the Feng family residence.
Student member Feng Menggui had just returned from copying books with his younger brother Feng Menglong. He saw Feng Menglong sitting on the desk again, writing furiously, and asked: "I just copied the books for a day, and I didn't take a break."
"Why rest? I still have to write a book."
Feng Menglong smiled and replied.
"Tang Linchuan can get a divine reward for writing "Return of the Soul", so can I!"
"Besides, I have also collected many folk legends and are waiting to be compiled into a book."
"I'll write it now. Maybe I'll have the chance to be included in the Grand Canon or major libraries in the future. It will also allow you and my brothers to copy books for a while longer and earn more money by copying books."
Subsequently.
Feng Menglong said a few more words, and his words clearly meant that he wanted to be noticed by the emperor through literary creation.
After hearing this, Feng Menggui did not stop him. He just smiled and said:
"Be careful enough to hurt your eyes."
There are many literati in Jiangnan.
Jiangnan literati who could serve as officials were considered a minority in the face of the huge base of Jiangnan literati.
And those who become officials through being a Jinshi are even rarer.
Most Jiangnan literati could only engage in other professions in society, or even had no profession and became idle workers.
That's right.
There is a magical phenomenon in Jiangnan, that is, many idlers are not uneducated people, but literate scholars such as Shengyuanjuren.
Gu Yanwu, a great scholar in history, therefore listed the students, subordinate officials and squires as the three major evils. He said that they were the main force in the world who were idle, spreading rumors and causing trouble. If they went too far, they would go around playing hooligans. And because they were educated hooligans, Therefore, the government is also quite troubled. In many cases, it cannot control it, and it is even more destructive.
Now, Zhu Yijun's revitalization of cultural and educational undertakings can be regarded as solving the employment problem of a large number of intellectuals and reducing the number of idle Jiangnan intellectuals.
"This is not enough. The value created by keeping them busy is not great. We must let them exert greater value."
Zhu Yijun, who was visiting Suzhou, stood by the Tiger Hill Tower in Suzhou that day, looking at the Jiangnan literati who were copying books seriously in a courtyard in the distance, and started talking to Shen Shixing, Li Chengliang, Wang Xijue and others.
Wang Xijue looked at Zhu Yijun: "What your Majesty said is that you are just copying books. For some talented people with great ambitions, it is a bit of a humiliation. The state supports scholars, and it is not just about copying books."
"There are overflowing literati in the south of the Yangtze River, but there is a shortage of literati in places like Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi-Gansu and Liaodong."
"I heard that many counties in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan cannot even meet the number of students required by the imperial court?"
At this time, Zhu Yijun talked about the imbalance of cultural and educational levels.
Shen Guanyi, the Minister of Rites, said hurriedly: "What your Majesty is saying is that in many places in the southwest and northwest, there are very few people who are educated, and these few scholars often easily become filial and honest members, and then basically become officials. "
"They come from a barren land, so they don't care about the quality of the place where they serve as officials, so they are very willing to sign up to serve as officials outside the customs or overseas before they become Jinshi."
"It's just that in many places in the southwest and northwest, there are fewer scholars who can stay in their hometowns to teach, and scholars from other places are unwilling to take the initiative to sign up to be professors there."
"As a result, except for a few local eunuchs who teach their children to read, there are often not many families who have the opportunity to let their children study, and the local county schools cannot recruit enough students."
"We must encourage the literati from Jiangnan to go to the southwest and northwest!"
"Reforming the local chieftains to return to local rule does not mean wiping out the chieftains and just sending them to the local chieftains. If the local people do not become more royal, sooner or later new chieftains will be born."
Zhu Yijun then said: "In this case, you can discuss it later and come up with a complete incentive system. Anyone who goes to teach in the southwest or northwest, or even settles down, can receive special allowances on top of their salary, and make it clear that they will be paid in two or three years." Unconditionally transfer back to a large and prosperous county to serve as an official, and the outstanding ones can be awarded Jinshi status, and their promotion priority is only lower than those who go to serve overseas."
"At the same time, in my name, the Imperial Palace Secretary wrote an edict calling on all scholars to go to the southwest and northwest to dedicate their youth and contribute to the long-term peace and stability of the country."
"Especially for military children, let them dare to be at the forefront of the struggle for the country."
As soon as Zhu Yijun's holy instruction was delivered, Shen Shixing, Li Chengliang, Wang Xijue, etc. all accepted it.
Li Chengliang even echoed: "In my opinion, if military children cannot benefit the country first and then themselves, then they are not worthy of being military children, and their family members should also be expelled from the military. They cannot be called fellow countrymen." Hugh’s nobles!”
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Just as Duke Lin said."
Li Chengliang said this because he had already taken the lead. He had sent his second son Li Rubai to Japan to start training at the grassroots level of the army.
but.
After Li Chengliang said this, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue understood more clearly that they, the Jiangnan nobles who had been promoted to military status due to their kindness, had to set an example, otherwise, they might really be kicked out of the military status.
Although doing this will make his children suffer some hardships, the benefits of becoming a military noble after your army are really great. The punishment will not be torture. At most, it will just be death. Even if the future generations are useless, There will be a fixed salary, free education, and free medical insurance. Once the future generations have a promising future, they will be promoted faster than others. It is true that they will live together with the country.
Therefore, after returning home, they had to ask their children to take the initiative to take the lead in traveling to the southwest and northwest.
"Shi Jie, move your family to Suzhou and add more cultural connections to Huang Ming there!"
"To make up for your losses, you can take away all of the cash at home, except for the urgent need, and you can take away half of the subscription coupons at home for this house!"
That night, Shen Shixing gathered his family members together and told his youngest brother Shen Shijie about his arrangements.
After hearing this, Shen Shijie stood up in surprise and said: "Brother, although I have had an experience in Suzhou, it was just a formality! Why does brother want my family to move to Suzhou now? I have committed a crime. What's the big mistake, to be sent to such a far away place by your brother?"
"It's not me who wants to assign you, but our Shen family, as a military household in the south of the Yangtze River, has to set an example!"
"Your Majesty will encourage the vast number of scholars from the south of the Yangtze River to go to the southwest and northwest to revitalize the culture and education there and prevent the achievements of reforming the land and returning it to local people from being annihilated."
"And what the Prime Minister wants is that we, the children of military families, must set an example, otherwise we are not worthy of becoming military nobles;"
"In our Shen family, you are the youngest in this room, and you are the only one who has been to the Northwest, so you are the only one to go! Otherwise, do you still need your eldest brother, me and your second brother to go together?"
After Shen Shixing said that, he asked about Shen Shijie.
Shen Shixing's second brother Shen Shide complained at this time: "It's true that this prime minister only wants to please His Majesty, but he brings trouble to us military households in the south of the Yangtze River."
"Don't speak nonsense!"
"Duke Lin Guo took the initiative to send his second son into the army, and what he did was also an act of loyalty to the country."
"If I were in that position, I would also advocate this. Since I want to retire with the country, I have to take responsibility! I have to think more about the future of the country, instead of thinking like I did before when I was an ordinary official. Dynasties are no big deal!”
"Also, although we are military children, we are a family of scholars after all. It is good that we don't have to go to the front lines to kill the enemy. We just go to remote places to promote culture and education. We settle there. Not only have we repaid the emperor's favor, but our family may It will be easier for young people to get the first place in the future, after all, there are not many students studying in those places now."
After Shen Shixing said this, Shen Shide had no choice but to say yes. Shen Shijie also understood Shen Shixing's intention:
"It's both for the country and the family. My brother will move to Suzhou. However, I'd better keep more subscription coupons and cash in the house. Suzhou is no better than Jiangnan, and there aren't many places where money is needed."
"But there are not many places where you can make money in Suzhou. Besides, if you get more money, you can reduce the resentment of the people in your room and make it easier to prevent them from escaping midway."
Shen Shixing said.
Shen Shijie nodded and said nothing more.
"Since ancient times, the rise and fall of the world has been difficult to determine. For our Wang family to move out more branches, it is a good thing for the continuation of the entire family;"
"After all, no one knows where a big disaster will happen in the future. If the Jiangnan branch has a big disaster and is exterminated, at least your branch can survive when you move to Jianchangwei (Xichang);"
"As far as the country is concerned, moving more scholars to areas where the foundation is not stable will also help the country's survival."
"It's not just families like us who have to be relocated, the royal family will also be relocated next."
"So, Heng'er, as the eldest son of the eldest son, you should stand up on behalf of the Wang family, set an example first, and take your brothers to Jianchangwei to settle down."
Wang Xijue also gave instructions to his son Wang Heng at this time, and gave some reasons just like Shen Shixing did.
Wang Heng nodded: "My son is willing to obey his father's order and go to Jianchang Guard, but father, you must allow your son to continue writing dramas."
Wang Xijue nodded: "As you wish, I went to Jianchangwei to write more dramas. It may be easier for the local people to know the stories of loyal people."
Zhu Yijun issued an edict and various incentive systems first, and the children of Shen, Wang and other big military bureaucrats first cooperated.
then.
In the crisp autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, there were quite a few scribes from the south of the Yangtze River who responded to the country's call and went to the southwest and northwest.
this day.
When the first batch of scholars were called upon to go to the southwest and northwest, the entire canal under the bright red sun was filled with many ships heading north.
The scholars on the boat also kept waving to say goodbye to their relatives in the south.
"Brother Shaoyun!"
"Brother Shaoyun!"
When Shen Shixing's youngest grandson Shen Shaoqi said goodbye to Shen Shijie's family and left Suzhou by boat to settle in Suzhou, he cried and shouted, holding the hand of Shen Shijie's eldest grandson and saying:
"When I grow up, I will go to Suzhou to find you!"
Shen Shaoyun nodded, and then glanced at his grandfather Shen Shijie.
Shen Shijie was standing on the bow of the boat and bowed to Shen Shixing: "Brother, let's go!"
Shen Shixing nodded with tears in his eyes.
at the same time.
Wang Xijue was also at Changmen. He looked at his eldest son Wang Heng holding his concubine's hand, pointing at the southwest sky and saying something with a smile. He couldn't help but shook his head and said:
"Others are reluctant to leave, but seeing him like this, he really wants to stay away from me."
The Jiangnan scribes who left with Shen, Wang and other children were also saying goodbye to their families at the dock. Some were in tears, and some were smiling.
Zhu Yijun, who came here incognito, saw this scene.
Sorry, I'm too busy today and can only write four thousand words.
(End of chapter)
