Li Aiqing also had no intention of usurping the throne and committing rebellion.
"You can build your academy with peace of mind. Let's do this. I will donate one thousand taels of silver to your academy first."
As an emperor, he has always cared about the young children at the bottom, just like the guards he prepared for the princes and grandchildren, all of whom were orphans he specially found.
He gives these orphans a way out.
But for those children whose parents are still alive and whose family background is not good, there is nothing he can do. There are too many such children.
How could he care about it?
Their parents are stretched thin by a mouthful of rice, and they will starve to death.
However, now that Li Aiqing is taking the lead in setting up a school, he is willing to provide money.
These are all his people.
Sheng Hong strongly supported it and donated a thousand taels of silver. Li Qiao was very happy. After leaving the palace, he met the seventh prince before he reached the gate of the inner city.
The seventh prince was about to enter the palace to visit Shen Liangren. When he met Li Qiao, he naturally wanted to say hello.
After hearing Li Qiao talk about setting up a school, he immediately said: "Then I will also donate a thousand taels of silver."
Li Qiao was even more happy after receiving another thousand taels of silver from the seventh prince.
When he arrived at the gate of the inner city, he asked Li Man to go back and report the news to Tao Zhu, while he took the remaining guards to the south of the city to find a suitable house.
Now that he was familiar with the south of the city, he quickly settled on a house.
It was already dark when he got home, and his family was waiting for him to have dinner together. After dinner, Tao Zhu and he went back to the main room, while Li Xiaorui took Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan to see Li Erbao and Brother Ju. .
This is the daily life of their three little guys.
It was cold, and Zheng Qianqian and Li Xia wouldn't let Li Erbao and Brother Ju leave the greenhouse, so the three little guys took the initiative to run over and play with them.
Li Qiao and Tao Zhu went straight into the bedroom. Tao Zhu came to his desk and picked up the account book on the table: "This afternoon, the eldest prince and the sixth prince both ordered someone to send a thousand taels of silver. They said it was Donated to the academy. They should have gotten the news from the Holy One or the Seventh Prince."
"Huh? These two princes have sent money? Then our school has not yet opened, but we already have four thousand taels of silver?"
Li Qiao was very happy and walked up to the desk.
"Yes, plus Xiao Rui's five hundred taels, Chang Fengyunfan's five hundred taels each, and the two of us each have five hundred taels, that's six thousand five hundred taels. Everyone is doing well."
Tao Zhu smiled and handed the account book to Li Qiao.
To be honest, although he had obtained a large number of information on the lower class people before, what he wanted was to give these families a stable job so that they could have a stable income.
As for the children of these families, he really hasn't paid any specific attention to them.
He knows that these children have a difficult life, but he has been here like this since he was a child. As long as the family has a stable income, these children will naturally be able to survive.
But Li Qiao paid attention to these children.
Li Qiao took the opportunity of educating Li Xiaorui to find a way out for these children.
Why is this person so good?
Li Qiao took the account book. This account book was brand new. There were only a few accounts recorded on the first page, which he scanned at a glance.
Seeing that the names of Sheng Hong, the seventh prince, the eldest prince, and the sixth prince, including the three little ones, were already on the book, he was about to get a pen so that he and Tao Zhu's names could also be written.
However, after turning his head, what caught his eye was Tao Zhu's sparkling eyes, as well as the undisguised love and joy on his handsome face.
"What's wrong?" Li Qiao immediately put down the booklet in his hand and reached out to hug Tao Zhu's waist.
"You are a great man."
Tao Zhu didn't hide anything, he just praised him when he deserved it.
But Li Qiao was amused by this sentence.
His brother Zhu actually gave him a good guy card.
"Because we have suffered, we have come from the bottom step by step to where we are today, so naturally we can sympathize more with people from poor families."
After Li Qiao said this, he stretched out his hand and gently stroked Tao Zhu's cheek: "You're fine too."
"Not as good as you."
Tao Zhu couldn't help but laugh, such a good person was his man.
After staring at Li Qiao's face for two seconds, he held Li Qiao's cheeks with both hands and kissed Li Qiao's lips.
Such a good person, dear~
This kiss naturally ended up on the kang. However, because Li Xiaorui would be back soon with his two little cubs, the couple didn't do much. They just hugged each other and kissed for a while, and then they Talking about the academy.
This school is only for children from poor family backgrounds.
Provide a meal.
Moreover, they will only teach for three years. After three years, those with particularly outstanding results can transfer to other private schools or academies to study, and take the imperial examination route. Those with average grades must obey the arrangements of Li Qiao and the court to work.
These people have to do whatever work is arranged by Li Qiao and the imperial court.
Of course, Li Qiao and the court would give them wages and would not let them work in vain.
Moreover, this school does not only teach books such as the Four Books and Five Classics. This school also offers skills courses.
For example, Li Qiao must take carpentry classes. To build a waterwheel, a lot of carpenters are needed.
There are also raising livestock, growing crops, and playing cotton, all of which require professional skills.
Li Qiao is willing to provide a way out for children from poor families, but the situation in the next ten years is not optimistic, and the imperial examination is too slow. Therefore, he prefers these children to learn trades.
Chapter 201 Even though the magistrate was promoted, Sheng Hong suspected Li Qiao. Sheng Hong felt guilty and rewarded Li Qiao for his farm produce.
In the next few days, Li Xiaorui asked Li Qiao to take him and his two uncles to the south and west of the city every day to select the children he wanted to sponsor.
At first, Li Qiao's plan was to select a few children from poor families for Li Xiaorui to sponsor their studies. But now he wants to set up a school to help more children. In order not to dampen Li Xiaorui's interest in helping others, Li Qiao decided to accept all Li Xiaorui's selections. After leaving the school, the children have to work for Li Xiaorui.
Li Xiaorui is very excited, he likes this decision!
So Li Xiaorui became even more interested in selecting people.
At the same time, in daily life, he thinks more.
For example, when eating.
Nowadays, the Li family has a rich meal, and a large table is laid out for every meal. However, because Li Qiao is not there in the morning and noon, there are leftovers at every meal.
From Li Liang's point of view, these leftovers must be for the servants to eat. Each plate is either made of meat or oil, flour or polished rice, and is accompanied by delicacies from the mountains and seas. The former Li family would never have dreamed of it. So many dishes.
But as a wealthy family, how can we let our servants eat leftovers every day?
It would be unpleasant to hear this spread.
Besides, Li Qiao Tao Zhu treats the people under him very well. People like Li Dao, Li Man and Li Yu are all well-behaved and capable. Can they feed these people leftovers?
Definitely not.
Therefore, the Li family would first ask the servants in the house for the leftovers of every meal. If the servants were not interested, they would either feed them to livestock or take them out to places where beggars often hang out.
Now Li Xiaorui thought about the children from poor families who were still eating steamed buns during the Chinese New Year. Then he looked at his own leftovers, frowned and thought for two days, and then he made a suggestion to Li Qiao.
Leftovers are not good. The family should cook as much as they eat for each meal.
If there are still leftovers, you can give them to poor children. Children from poor families definitely don’t care whether there are leftovers or not.
Li Qiao greatly praised Li Xiaorui's suggestion.
good.
sympathetic.
Practical methods can also be given.
But the second thing is that children from poor families also have self-esteem. How can they give leftovers to others? Instead of giving leftovers that they cannot eat to others, it is better to use them to raise livestock.
Gao Zhiyuan said that there would be a major locust plague in the fifteenth year of Shengping, affecting three provinces, including Hexi Prefecture.
Next year will be the 14th year of Shengping, so we must find ways to prevent the locust plague from happening and minimize the harm of the locust plague.
But Gao Zhiyuan is a small person and does not understand the entire Dasheng situation. Therefore, Li Qiao doesn't know which provinces the locust plague will appear in in the fifteen years of Shengping.
Li Qiao doesn't know whether there is one in Shengjing.
Just in case, Li Qiao could only think that there was a locust plague in Shengjing.
Locust plagues have existed since ancient times and have been recorded in many history books. Their frequency is second only to drought and floods, and they occur all over the north and south. In this case, people have summarized some measures to deal with locust plagues.
As the saying goes, if a drought lasts for a long time, there will be locust plagues. To avoid this situation, more canals should be dug so that crops can drink enough water and the breeding ground for locusts will disappear.
And it happened that Sheng Hong in Shengjing had already agreed to the seventh prince's suggestion to dig more rivers and ponds to facilitate farmers' irrigation.
Therefore, Li Qiao no longer needs to worry about drought.
In addition to eliminating the breeding ground for locusts, they can also raise more chickens and ducks. Chickens and ducks eat locusts. Therefore, Li Qiao plans to raise some chickens and ducks on his farm. The leftover food in the house can be transported to the farm to feed the chickens and ducks.
In addition, locusts do not eat all plants. He plans to plant more soybeans this year. Locusts will not eat soybeans when there are other food options.
Soybeans are very good. Not only can they be used to make soy milk, but they can also be used to make various soy products. They can be used in his hot pot shop and duck shop.
As for Hexi Prefecture, he doesn't have to worry about Pingcheng at all, because the situation in Pingcheng is very similar to that in Shengjing. Farmers raise chickens and ducks in their homes, and there is no shortage of wells, rivers and streams.
But the whole Dasheng...
Li Qiao sighed, his own strength was limited after all.
Li Xiaorui didn't know what his uncle was worried about. After listening to Li Qiao's explanation, he wrinkled his face and thought for a long time, and finally nodded his head.
Well, it’s true that you shouldn’t give leftovers to others.
"Uncle, if the children I choose enter the school, can I divide some of the food that I can't finish that day and send it to these children?"
"Of course it's possible. If you separate it in advance, it won't be leftovers. Xiao Rui is so kind and smart."
Li Qiao heard this and praised him without hesitation.
His grandnephew is awesome!
Li Xiaorui received the compliment and puffed up his chest proudly: "When will the school start?"
