Xu Fugui can be said to be an old tenant of the Li family in Daqiao Town.
This Xu Fugui is a typical poor class.
There is no property at hand.
The annual harvest is actually not enough to repay the interest on the Li family's loan sharks.
So when he farmed for the Li family, it was basically equivalent to working for nothing. If he could barely survive without starving to death, his life would be considered good.
Xu Fugui had a silly woman who had fled during the White Lotus Sect's turmoil.
She is not very smart and looks like she has become like this because of some stimulation. She is also quite ugly, but as a tenant, she doesn't have much capital to choose what her daughter-in-law looks like.
So Xu Fugui, who was twenty years old at the time, married this silly wife who looked to be in her late thirties or almost forty.
At that time, people in the village felt that Xu Fugui, an old wife, could not give birth to a baby.
But I didn’t expect that they would have four children every five years.
Two survived.
Although the eldest daughter is ugly, she has a bright mind and quick hands and feet.
The younger son may have inherited the stupidity of his stupid wife and is not very good at talking, but fortunately he can do some work.
Life used to go by like this day by day.
Face the loess and turn your back to the sky, farm the land, pay debts, pay taxes, and die.
His son continued Xu Fugui's life.
The results of it?
As a result, the world has changed.
The current court doesn't care about expelling tenants at all.
When Li Zhongyi walked in, he saw this old farmer in his forties, but with a ridged face that looked like he was in his fifties or sixties, lying on the ground howling.
Because Mr. Li Zhongren had decided not to exploit him anymore, and he was kind enough to forgive his family's debt to the King of Hell.
But just look at Xu Fugui’s appearance.
He really wants to continue to be exploited.
Because without those acres of thin farmland, their whole family would have starved to death today.
oh.
Now it is said that there are other ways out, such as going to the Northeast, venturing into Southeast Asia, and other new continents.
But Xu Fugui has never left Daqiao Town in his whole life. The farthest place he has gone is to the old farmers who go to the market in Daqiao Town to buy and sell some local products.
northeast.
Nanyang.
New World.
These are places that are too far away, strange, and even scary.
When you go to those places, who knows whether you will live or die.
"Brother, this. This is not good."
Li Zhongyi, who was preparing for the Sichuan Scholar Examination, looked unbearable.
The emperor was extraordinarily merciful and gave Sichuan people one more chance to take the exam.
At the end of this year, Sichuan scholars tried their best.
In the middle of next year, there will be a unified national scholar examination, and there will no longer be separate examinations in different provinces.
Thus.
This year's Sichuan Scholar Examination is a great blessing to Sichuan people.
Anyway, all Li Zhongyi heard in the academy these days were voices thanking the emperor for his kindness.
This Confucian scholar.
Just give him a red date to appease him.
Emperor Zhu gave Sichuan people one more chance to take the exam.
The heart of Sichuan will be calm.
"It won't work if I don't drive them away."
Li Zhongren pulled at the abacus beads.
He has gone from a Confucian student who asked for orders for the people to a Li Bapi.
"Look, what did he look like after planting the five acres of paddy fields? After a few hoes, the ground below was all hardened, and the soil seemed to have no fertility. It must have been that there was not much fertilization. The soil was too overdrawn, and the water channels We don’t do any cultivation, we all rely on the weather for food. If you plant five acres of rice in a year, it’s considered good if you can harvest two or three acres of it. If you can harvest one or two stones of rice from one acre of land, how much can you do?”
"Tomorrow I will buy two cows, hire a few more people, shovel out the ridges, level the land, and build a canal to divert water from the river. The old Zhang family and the Tian Yu family have many strong men, so they will be left behind. Long-term laborers, all other tenants are driven away."
There are a total of twenty tenant households in the Li family.
Most of them owed usury to the Li family.
Marrying a wife and having children is a waste of time.
It all costs money.
What money this tenant can have can only be borrowed from the landlord.
The interest rate is of course very high.
But that's loan sharking in name only.
In fact, there is no hope that the money lent can be repaid - of course, if the interest rate is not high, it is possible.
The mortgage can be repaid in thirty years.
Not to mention this.
Most of them pay interest every year. In the end, the interest paid exceeds the principal, and the principal has not been paid back at all.
So generally speaking.
The usurious loans that landlords lent to tenants were used to take advantage of them.
Since everyone is in the same village, there is a bottom line for exploitation - the bottom line is that all the tenants cannot starve to death.
One or two families could starve to death.
But if they all starve to death.
Who will farm the land is another matter.
The dog jumped over the wall when he was anxious.
Who among the twenty tenant households can guarantee that no one will fall out and break up. When the time comes, they will be desperate and desperate, and a small household like the Li family will definitely not be able to survive - not to mention the Li family, those bigger ones I'm afraid even the wealthy households can't afford it.
But now.
Two policies of the Ming Dynasty allowed Li Zhongren to break through that bottom line.
The first is the restriction that those over thirty years old cannot take the imperial examination, which made Li Zhongren give up studying and turned from a scholar into a wealthy landlord.
The change in status changed Li Zhongren's life goal from being an official to making a fortune in farming.
The second is that the Ming Dynasty's development of the Northeast and Southeast Asia gave those extremely poor farmers the last way to survive without having to risk their lives.
These two items.
Let Li Zhongren complete the change in identity.
From the gentry landlord class, we evolved into agricultural capitalists - using hired labor to manage land and agriculture, which is fundamentally different from agriculture under the tenancy system.
Capitalist?
Of course, from head to toe, every inch of flesh, hair, and every pore on the body was dripping with blood and filthy things.
Can you expect capitalists to be benevolent people when they engage in primitive accumulation?
Which of these Western capitalist countries did not have bloody corpses on hand during primitive accumulation?
Whether it is the bottom class of the country or the indigenous people of the colony.
The bloody primitive accumulation is actually based on blood and tears.
Guangzhou, Daohua University.
Inside the classroom with the sign "China Endeavor Association".
Several young people wearing "Dao Hua uniforms" and shaving their hair into the Ming Dynasty army's standard round haircut were gathering together to discuss.
"Zhong Yin, how's the situation? What's the origin of Lan Xiang? Why is it that we just started to handle it here, but it's already happening there?"
The young man who was talking looked a little ugly.
The other young man next to him also looked a little downcast.
"We found out that Lan Xiang was run by Wu Wanghai and Wu Xinzhong."
"It turns out it's these two dog thieves!"
The young man at the head suddenly slapped the table with an angry look on his face.
"The establishment of college entrance examination training courses and technical schools was ordered from above. We have only established New China, and the technical schools have not yet had time to open."
Another young man who had been silent until now sighed and said.
As soon as you hear the name, you will know that the China Endeavor Association is the "royalist" among the student organizations in the university town.
There were a lot of people joining.
But the core is just three people.
The leader is Tao Shu, the son of Tao Biquan, the current chief scholar of the University.
Tao Shu, courtesy name Zilin, was from Hunan.
The other one is Guan Tianpei, the loyal son of Saiguan Guanguan, who is now the boating instructor at the Ming Dynasty Naval Academy.
Guan Tianpei, courtesy name Zhongyin, was originally from Jiangsu, but was born in Guangdong.
The remaining one is from Zhang Weiping, the Zhang family in Panyu, Guangzhou.
Zhang Weiping, courtesy name Zishu, was born in Panyu, Guangdong.
The three of them are all young people in their twenties who have received a complete "new education".
Naturally, you can't urinate together with Du Rusong and Wu Xinzhong.
This "China Endeavor Association", according to current terms, is also a quite radical "extreme right-wing student organization."
The ideas were naturally the same as those of Emperor Zhu, and they were obviously more radical.
Guan Tianpei frowned and said: "Brother Zilin, we were asked to set up a new training school to attract scholars over thirty years old, but now someone has interfered."
"It doesn't matter. The purpose of the higher-ups is to provide a way out for those scholars over thirty years old, and at the same time to strengthen new schools. That's all." Tao Shu said, "We set up this training school with the purpose of bringing in private funds. , now it’s just that someone did it first.”
"But the people who run this school are Wu Wanghai, Sun Wen and others from the "Democratic Republic Research Association". Is it possible?" Zhang Weiping said with a worried look.
"The butt determines the head. When the students who come out of the new schools need to rely on the new school to make a living, most of them will naturally speak up for their butts." Tao Shu said.
Guan Tianpei smiled slightly and said: "There are only eighteen people in their "Democratic Republic Research Association". They are called the Eighteen Arhats, but in fact the more active ones are just three or four people such as Wu Wanghai and Sun Wen. If it weren't for Wu Wanghai, there would be no one." Money, I'm afraid their "Democratic and Republican Research Association" sign won't last a day. If they want to open a school, they must go to major schools to recruit people to be teachers. That's great, let's mobilize our people to go to Lanxiang to be teachers. Teacher, go, hehe"
"What a plan!"
Tao Shu and Zhang Weiping's eyes suddenly lit up and they expressed their kindness.
There are only eighteen Arhats in the Democratic Republic Research Association.
But the China Endeavor Association has thousands of members.
And they are all college students who are quite active in Huangpu University Town.
so.
Mobilize people from the China Endeavor Association to work as teachers in Lanxiang.
You run the school.
But the brainwashing people...well, the teachers are my people.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Zhongdu, the Emperor's Villa in Beicheng.
In the reception room.
Lu Jiye, the general manager of the New China Education Group, which is affiliated to the Ming Dynasty Royal Consortium, was holding a report and said to Zhu Daohua.
"Your Majesty, as of the end of January, we have recruited a total of 15,000 junior college students in textile, steel, shipbuilding, chemistry, construction, pharmaceutical, agriculture, mining, finance, commerce, porcelain, animal husbandry, machinery and other industries. In addition, we have recruited Some students majoring in English, law, accounting, medicine, etc.”
"Fifteen thousand people? Is the enrollment going well?"
Zhu Daohua asked.
"It went well. Many of those scholars who have passed the age have chosen to take the junior college examination."
Zhu Daohua nodded.
Now the development of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty has encountered a lull in talent.
If you only rely on training from a few schools such as Huangpu University Town, Zhongdu University Town, and Shanghai's New University, you will have to train until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.
This is far from meeting market needs.
therefore.
Accelerated vocational training has become a must.
"It seems that the upper age limit for the imperial examination has many benefits." Emperor Zhu smiled, and then looked at Gong Zhuman, the commander of the Imperial Guards.
"How many people did Lan Xiang recruit?"
"There are nearly a thousand people. In addition, the background of Wu Wanghai has been found out. He may be a descendant of Jinghai Marquis of Fujian in the former Qing Dynasty."
"No wonder he is so rich." Emperor Zhu nodded.
"Your Majesty, would you like?" Gong Zhuman made a beheading gesture.
Although, Emperor Zhu must be polite.
But he wanted to take a man's life.
It must be a piece of cake.
"No need, no need, he's just a small person." Zhu Daohua waved his hand, "Just continue to monitor him. There are so many people who have served as nobles in the former Qing Dynasty. How can we kill them one by one?"
"What about the Democratic and Republican Research Society?"
Emperor Zhu frowned.
Emperor Zhu didn't take this seminar to heart.
A college student.
It's a bit offbeat, middle school, too normal.
Emperor Zhu doesn't have this bit of mind.
but
That's worrying.
There was actually a man there whose surname was Sun Mingwen and whose alias was Zhongshan, and he was a medical student.
It’s really worrying!
"Mr. Wu, there are quite a lot of people who signed up, and a thousand people were quickly recruited."
At this time, Emperor Zhu was a little worried, and even wanted to send Jin Yiwei to check the quality of Sun Wen. Sun Zhongshan, a classmate of Sun Wen, stood respectfully in front of Mr. Wu and reported his work.
Mr. Wu's eyes were blurred.
A thousand people.
Tuition fee is three hundred.
That’s thirty thousand yuan.
The upfront cost of running this academy is 10,000 yuan, plus recruiting 20 teachers, the annual salary is about 10,000 yuan.
That is to say.
Even if it covers the upfront investment.
First phase of enrollment.
Not only the operating costs but also the operating costs were earned back.
And a net profit of 10,000!
In the future, every issue will have a net profit of 20,000 yuan!
This is education.
It is simply more profitable than making a newspaper and selling advertisements! !
"As long as we have them all, how is the teacher's situation?"
"Many of the teachers who sign up to be teachers are members of the China Endeavor Association."
Speaking of which.
Sun Wen's face looked a little unhappy.
His democratic and republican research association had very few applicants.
But there are still barriers to entry for the China Endeavor Association.
even so.
There are also many college students who yearn for it.
There is no market for democracy and republic in the Ming Dynasty.
After all, the current Ming Dynasty is so powerful that it will not suffer the centuries-old national humiliation of later generations.
in this case.
There is no urgency to save the nation.
Moreover, the current expansion of the Ming Dynasty did not actually bring about the military collapse of the imperial court's finances as many people imagined.
In this aspect, of course, the finances of the Ming Dynasty were different from those of previous dynasties. The Ming Dynasty was a quasi-industrialized country based on the prosperity of industry and commerce.
There is the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty as the central bank.
There are many financial means and financial means to ensure your financial health.
on the other hand.
Of course, this is because the expansion of the Ming Dynasty actually brought benefits to both the industrial and commercial classes and the majority of farmers. Although the farmers may not have voluntarily immigrated, it did provide a reasonable way out.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if they want to influence us, we can also influence them."
Wu Xinzhong said in his mouth.
But my heart was filled with joy.
Anyone who cares knows that the emperor must be behind the China Endeavor Association.
It was the emperor's preparation to support new students to gradually enter the court.
The future structure of the court will definitely become a confrontation between the old and the new factions, rather than the current struggle for power between the Guangdong Party and the Hunan Party - the parties that rely on region to support the group will definitely be eliminated.
There is someone in Wu Xin who wants to be an official.
Not good at the imperial examination
maybe.
Can you become an official through elections?
Being close to the China Endeavor Association is also an opportunity for Wu Xinzhong.
(End of chapter)
