The existence of the almshouse is a kind of feedback from Su Yonglin to all the people, and it is also an inheritance of the traditional virtues of the nation.
Compared with the relief methods in previous dynasties that were more formal than content, the relief home set up by Su Yonglin was closer to Cai Jing's ideal.
At that time, Cai Jing spent a lot of real money to provide basic welfare for the people. The breadth and far-reaching welfare projects were unparalleled in ancient times and the present. The huge expenditure made the ruling class intolerable. In the end, he was deposed and abandoned, which made him ruined.
Although his ideals were shattered and the Confucian disciples' last attempt at creating a harmonious society failed, Su Yonglin inherited the glory of his ideals.
Beginning in the third year of Hongwu's reign, he began to order the construction of almshouses.
By the end of the 11th year of Hongwu's reign, every county in the Ming Dynasty had set up a comprehensive relief hospital, which was under the supervision of the local revival society.
In addition, although the relief home is managed by dedicated personnel, all revival members in the county, regardless of their position, have the obligation to serve as volunteers in the relief home, and there are obligation quotas every year.
The relief home specifically targets widowers, widowers, and orphaned children without anyone to take care of them. It counts the widowers, widowers, orphans, and orphaned children within a county and includes them within the scope of welfare coverage.
The widowed, lonely elderly people and orphaned children who are unable to take care of themselves will be taken to comprehensive relief homes and supported by state finances.
The elderly will be supported until the end of their lives, and the orphans will not only raise them to adulthood, but will also arrange for them to go to school and learn skills.
The Ministry of Finance and the Supervision Department of the Renaissance Society send personnel to inspect almshouses across the country every year to verify the accounts of local almshouses.
In order to prevent the almshouses across the country from becoming mere facade projects, Su Yonglin also asked the Skynet Army in various places to allocate part of their energy to target almshouses and report any lawbreakers immediately.
Anyone who dares to use the materials and cash flow of the workhouse to make profits will be regarded as a serious crime and will be severely punished.
At that time, some officials raised objections, believing that this would bring a huge burden to the court's finances, and that supporting widowers and widowers was never what the court should do, and no substantive actions were taken in the past dynasties.
Su Yonglin refuted this view and insisted on promoting the establishment of the workhouse. Subsequent facts proved that this part of the financial expenditure was far less huge than expected.
As long as other policies keep up, there are actually not that many widows, widowers, and lonely people in need of support across the country.
The reason is that everyone has land, a job, personal safety and security, and the average life expectancy has made great progress. Su Yonglin has tried his best to control the probability of death of an ordinary farmer's family within an acceptable range.
Without land annexation, there would not be so many families destroyed and people killed.
There are not so many families broken up and people dying, and there are not so many widows and widowers.
There are not so many widows, widowers, and lonely people, so the financial expenditure pressure on the relief homes is not that great. The number of widows, widowers, and lonely people in a county is far less than imagined.
This is a forward cycle.
The feudal dynasty was in a cocoon.
They originally didn't care about the farmers, but when Mr. Qingtian showed them a piece of well-packaged data to show them how miserable the farmers were, they lowered their eyes and pretended to cry. look.
Then they vigorously promote the ideal that all widows, widowers and lonely people are supported, and cover themselves with a fig leaf to make themselves look dazzling, so as to increase the legitimacy of their rule.
But just like dogs who can't stop eating shit, they really can't suppress their desires, and they can't use the profits they grabbed to give to the poor to improve their lives.
If the poor could drink alcohol and eat meat, their lives would be difficult.
So while they were shamelessly stealing men and women who were prostitutes, they were doing their best to bankrupt people, creating so many widows and lonely people that even if Cai Jing had a little conscience, the imperial finances couldn't bear it.
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That is an unsustainable vicious cycle.
Therefore, it was impossible for real welfare policies to exist in feudal society. Even if they appeared occasionally, they would be short-lived and ultimately just a mere formality.
This situation will not happen again in Ming Dynasty, and Su Yonglin will not allow it.
Seeing that Uncle Li was being taken care of properly and looking at the moisture-free diesel rice noodles in his house, Su Yonglin nodded with satisfaction.
Before leaving, Su Yonglin followed Uncle Li to the tomb of his former fiancée's family, burned incense, paid homage, and expressed his feelings.
In Su Yonglin's memory, the former fiancée was a very typical lady.
She is the kind of traditional woman who is knowledgeable but not completely knowledgeable. She only reads articles on women's virtues such as "The Precepts of Women". She has been taught the three obediences and four virtues since she was a child, and she has learned a lot of knowledge such as obeying her father and obeying her husband at home.
To say that she is an educated person, she is indeed an educated person. She is literate and able to read and write. She is an educated person in every aspect, but there is no more.
The remaining things she is best at are female celebrities and some cooking skills, which are completely cultivated towards the role of a good wife and mother.
Girls from such families have been working hard to be a good wife since they were born, and they only work on this one thing throughout their lives.
Su Yonglin had met her several times and knew that she was a gentle and pleasant girl. He had also thought about growing old together with her, but it was a pity that it never came true.
The two families used to be very friendly. If God had not violated it, Su Yonglin would have gotten married early. Even if there was a revolution, he would have taken his family north with him.
If that were the case, today would be very different.
Su Yonglin placed a few sticks of incense in the incense burner in front of the tombstone, and silently saluted to express his condolences.
After the worship service, Su Yonglin said goodbye to Uncle Li. He asked Su Changsheng to leave an address for Uncle Li. If Uncle Li had any difficulties that could not be solved in Dinghai, he would write to Su Changsheng and Su Changsheng would be responsible for solving the problem. .
Li Bo wept and thanked him.
After Su Yonglin said goodbye to Li Bo, he went to the dock to leave Dinghai and return to Zhongdu.
At the dock of Dinghai Port, Su Changsheng was the host and invited Su Yonglin to have a meal at a fisherman's restaurant next to the dock. The food he ate was all unpretentious sea fish, shellfish and crabs. The price was not expensive and very affordable. The flavor is simple, but also very fragrant.
After eating and drinking, Su Yonglin and Su Yong boarded the boat prepared in advance, set sail, and said goodbye to Su Changsheng on the dock.
On the first day of June in the twelfth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin successfully arrived at Tianjin Port. On the second day of June, Su Yonglin returned to Zhongdu.
After returning to Zhongdu, Su Yonglin immediately held a nine-person group meeting to make a report and summary meeting on what happened in Zhongdu during this period and what they had handled. He himself also reported on what happened in Shandong, Henan and other places.
The meeting lasted from noon to late at night, and everyone talked about many things.
One of the things Su Yonglin talked about in particular was about the publicity outlet. He gave his suggestions, that is, from now on, the publicity outlet will adjust its caliber and transform the traditional model of promoting one person into a nine-person group. collective propaganda.
“My most profound feeling during this trip south is that after years of publicity, the people know me, understand me, and believe in me. I am very happy, but I soon discovered that they only know me, understand me, and believe me. I.
In the past, there was no problem because I was the emperor and the only leader of the Ming Dynasty. But soon, our Ming Dynasty was no longer an empire, and the leader was no longer just me, so propaganda could no longer be directed at me alone. .
Just imagine, if this crisis had occurred under the premise that each of us had received publicity, would it have resulted in such a tragic outcome? Will anyone else sacrifice their lives for this? Will the people still be provoked just because they only believe in me? "
