Chapter 116 History Occasionally Begins with Absurdity(1/2)
During the Tang Dynasty, when he left the Xijing Chang'an City for dozens of years, there was a Liyoucao outside the city of Chang'an. This place was very close to the capital and was adjacent to the Wei River. It had convenient transportation and excellent scenery, so it became a place where the powerful and wealthy people at that time built a wide range of land and other businesses.
Since the relocation of capital to Luoyang in the Wuzhou and Zhou dynasties, the powerful and nobles have gathered at the foot of Longmen Mountain and placed other businesses, thinking that they are in the place of leisure and entertainment for business.
Qingxinzhuang was originally a separate property of a royal family of the Li Tang Dynasty. Later, the Li Tang Dynasty family was frequently slaughtered, and the prince was unable to escape, so his family property was confiscated into the palace. After Wu Zetian approved it, Shangguan Wan'er allocated it to Tang Song to become the place where the general subject was opened.
The scholars and folks outside are thriving, but the various transformations in Qingxin Village are in full swing. Wearing a light blue Confucian shirt and looking tired, Tang Song, who had two dark circles, came to the renovated school building and raised his head and said, "Old Hu"
Hearing this, a thirsty middle-aged man with a beard on his face was in his forties, slid down from the roof of the house on the bushes of boards, walked to Tang Song, rubbing the dirt on his hands and smiling, "What's the matter with the young master?"
"I slaughtered two pigs in the kitchen at noon today, plus a sheep to add vegetables to everyone..." Tang Song's voice was not loud, but it was still heard by other busy craftsmen, and a small cheer suddenly appeared on the construction site.
"This relationship is good." Old Hu let go of his rubbed hands and bowed to Tang Song in a jealous manner, "Thank you, my son..."
After doing this, the old Hu was clever and arranged his work in a concise and smooth manner, but he couldn't do it immediately. Every time he saw him saluting, Tang Song couldn't help laughing, "You are not a man who saluted me, hurry up and stop..."
When Old Hu heard this, he put away the thief's hand and smiled honestly, "What else do you have to do?"
"What are you going to do? I'm going to give me what I'm going to do..." Tang Song smiled, "I just want to ask, how long will it take before you finish the final construction?"
"Ten days" Lao Hu said, and his hands were rubbed together again, "In fact, eight days is enough, but we have to stay for two days to do some final things..."
"Thank you for your hard work," Tang Song nodded, pondered for a moment and smiled, "Lao Hu, have you ever built a city wall besides renovating the palace? Have you ever done water conservancy?"
There is no need to build walls and carry water in Qingxin Village? Although I wonder why Tang Song had this question, Lao Hu still answered: "I learned from my master since I was a child to build and repair palaces and houses. Although I have done city building and water conservancy, I just don't know the French way of working with people..."
"Do you know there are such craftsmen?" Tang Song finished speaking and added, "It would be even better if he could not only use the French style of building cities and water conservancy, but also give it to others..."
"Lao Zeng, Zeng Guangcheng" Tang Song just finished speaking, and Lao Hu gave the candidate. "He was transferred to the general three years ago. He was in Huainan Road before. Huainan Road has a lot of water, and there are often floods in local prefectures and counties. Therefore, he is very familiar with the French style of building cities and water conservancy. He is also a lively person and very good at talking..."
Zeng Guangcheng and Tang Song wrote down the name of the afternoon in his heart, "Can he be here?"
Lao Hu shook his head, "But if the young master needs me, I can find him..."
"Of course I need it..." Tang Song reached out and patted Lao Hu on the shoulder, "I will trouble you with this matter as soon as possible..."
After finishing the matter, Tang Song stopped staying here and turned back to the office building located in the village.
Now he has almost finished the teachers required for various subjects, but in the past two days, he has gradually discovered a problem. Most of the people found from the six ministries and various yamen are officials. Although the ranks of the ranks are not high, since they are officials, there are not many people who really practice. Therefore, this group of teachers in the art subjects generally have more theory but lack the ability to act.
For example, the one who was drawn from the Ministry of Works was a very familiar book called "Qimin Yaoshu". However, when he really asked about the specific construction of a city and the water was in trouble.
There must be a theory, but since it is a science department, it will not be possible without practical experience. In the final analysis, the official of the Ministry of Works was still reading the science department using the method of reading "The Justice of the Five Classics". The difference between this liberal arts and engineering department was self-evident. Tang Song had to find a way to make up for it.
The way he thought of was to gather cutting-edge talents from the front line of the industry to supplement the shortcomings of the previous teachers. He always had to have both theory and practice.
Alas! To open an unprecedented general science school, even with the strong support of the inner palace, it was still extremely trivial and difficult. All kinds of problems that could not have been imagined before emerged one after another, which made Tang Song's busy spinning the top of the top of the body and mind go all the way. (Look at "" yz
He walked in front, and the craftsmen behind him were talking loudly, and the topic of discussion was naturally the Prince Tang who was not touching the ground every day.
No matter how outsiders argue that Tang Song is arrogant and loses his mind and goes crazy, the craftsmen who are about to work as prison are very satisfied with the white-bodied young man.
Although the general manager gathered many skilled craftsmen in the world, the craftsmen in this era had a very low status, which was just slightly better than the musicians. Although the craftsmen were listening to the supervisor, they were neither officials nor officials, but they were just allowed to call and dispatch them.
With a low status and low status, the treatment of craftsmen is naturally extremely low. In addition to doing it every day, it is a blessing that Weibo’s money and food will not be deducted. How dare you ask for anything else?
However, since these craftsmen were transferred to Qingxinzhuang, Tang Song immediately tripled their daily money and grain, and paid them every ten days and distributed them directly to their individuals. The income increased by three times, which was unprecedented for craftsmen. How could they not be happy and encouraged?
In addition, Tang Song's attitude towards these craftsmen was also very comfortable. He was not like the officials who were in charge of the jail. When the construction period was about to be reached, he would smile and be hypocritical. After the construction period, he was still criticized and denied. He was not like those officials who often regarded craftsmen as being in charge of the charity of the ox and horse.
This young master Tang is ordinary in his craftsmanship, neither looking up nor being inferior to him. He is usually casually like a neighbor, but it is this ordinary thing that makes the craftsmen feel like working under him like a person and doing work at ease.
Over the past few days, it is really the favorite of these craftsmen. After talking about this often discussed topic, craftsmen inevitably talked about one of the characteristics that made them most happy.
When it comes to what to do, this young master Tang will never ask questions if he is fine. In addition to asking about the construction period and quality, the specific French method and how to do it is not a question, and the craftsmen will do it.
This matter is nothing, but for craftsmen who work in specific work, it is simply a burning incense to meet such a person. Not to mention anything else, there are too many people who are blindly commanding in the prison. Often, a random idea is required to spend countless blood and sweat on the craftsmen in vain and end up in vain.
But this matter cannot be said, let alone argue. Those men from the imperial examinations refused to admit that they did not understand the tricks. Even if the practice finally proved their fault, it was also a problem created by craftsmen. All the punishments should be borne by the craftsmen.
Speaking of which, it is better to be the prisoners of the capital, and this situation is common among the Daozhou and counties below. I don’t know how much money, grain and how much labor force will be used every year.
Therefore, when craftsmen from all over the world gathered together, they often felt that if the world was managed by officials who knew what was going to do, this would be the great luck of the court, craftsmen, and even the people who were serving labor service.
While feeling moved, the craftsmen couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly. How could such a thing be possible?
The craftsmen's discussion continued, and Tang Song had returned to the noisy office.
Tang Song had just entered the door and welcomed his son, "The recruitment of the young master has been assigned..."
Yu Dongjun is a capable and neat man in his thirties, just like many people who are working in Qingxinzhuang at this moment, he is the one who is used by various merchants who were drawn a few days ago.
Tang Song wanted to run a general science school, but it was impossible to get alone, and it was not convenient to draw people from various departments of the Imperial City. In the end, Shangguan Wan'er implemented a solution and seconded the merchants from the merchants who had contact with the inner palace of the Shendu family. When she spoke, no one in each merchant company would try her best to flatter her. In a short time, she formed such a team of elites from various merchant companies.
All those who can communicate with the inner palace are big business companies. People who can use them in these big business companies are not simple. They are all achieved through apprentices step by step for many years. Not to mention anything else, the execution ability and efficiency of doing things are absolutely high. With this team, Tang Song can support him all the way to the present, and support him to the Tongke School in ten days.
Upon hearing this, Tang Song nodded, "Can my recruitment regulations be conveyed clearly?"
"The young master repeatedly reminds the villain not to forget..."
"That's good, thank you for your hard work," Tang Song asked while walking, "By the way, are the people I borrowed new to arrive?"
"Just arrived half an hour ago, there were six masters in the two businesses, and they are now placed in the side wing of the North Courtyard."
"Okay" Hearing this, Tang Song was excited, "The food supply of these six people must be arranged. I will go and talk to them later..."
The busy time passes quickly, and in a blink of an eye, nine days have passed. As the renovation of the prison house is completed, more and more people gather outside Qingxin Village. Needless to say, these are all about watching the fun.
Among these crowds of people watching the fun, there were fewer ordinary people. The servants and followers of wealthy families accounted for more than half. At the foot of Longmen Mountain, the place where the other families of powerful people gathered. Recently, these powerful people were waiting to see Tang Song's jokes, so they arranged for their servants to wait outside the village. If there was a slight movement in Qingxin Village, they would immediately fly back.
First, I heard that Tang Song recruited a group of merchants to help with affairs, and these powerful people laughed a lot, one for righteousness and the other for profit. Who doesn’t know that scholars and merchants are natural enemies? Tang Song is so good that he can get a group of merchants to help run schools. Isn’t this a big deal?
This joke has just been read. Seeing that Qingxin Village has been renovated, no student has come to the door so far, and the powerful are getting more and more nervous, making the servants watch the most, just waiting to usher in the most part of this farce.
On the morning of the tenth day, Tang Song got up and just finished washing up, Yu Dongjun had already arrived.
At this point, Tang Song simply stopped eating breakfast and took Yu Dongjun straight to Jinxiu Satin Village in Shendu Nan City.
The Jinxiu Satin Village, located in the center of Nan City, is the largest satin shop in the world. All the best silks and satin in Jiannan and Jiangnan are available. Other fabrics such as Bozhou Qingrong, which are more than gold, are in stock, and even the exquisite and rare production is just for tribute. As long as you can afford the price, you can find them here.
Yu Dongjun was originally from the Jinxiu Satin Village, and the two of them did not delay in the front hall. After entering the door, they headed straight to the warehouse behind.
The brocade silk and satin house is big, and the warehouse is also big. There is a large open space in the middle of the high warehouses on all sides for transporting goods. When Tang Song walked up, he saw a group of people gathered on the open space and looked at it with a large number of 300.
These more than 300 people spontaneously divided into two parts in the open space. Not only were the clothes different, but the expressions on their faces were completely different.
The people on the left are mostly wearing new clothes. The eyebrows and eyes are too flexible, but they look a little slippery. These people have natural expressions and strong expectations on their faces.
The people on the right are completely opposite to those on the left. Most of the clothes are thin and old, and the season is clearly beginning early autumn, and most of them are wearing single shirts for summer.
The cool breeze invaded the bones, but these people refused to shrink back and bowed to keep warm and were so hard.
In addition to wearing it, the expressions on the faces of the people on the right were also very sad. They were not only relieved, but also deeply guilty and regretful. They seemed to be doing something extremely disgraceful. The awkwardness was really uncomfortable to see.
While Tang Song was walking and looking at these people, he followed Yu Dongjun and said in a low voice: "There were 2,132 people who signed up. After being selected by 18 stores, they won the 347 people. All the people who won the exam according to the requirements of the young master were under 35 years old, and they had a clean life experience and entered school for at least five years..."
Hearing this, Tang Song nodded, "Very good"
After receiving Tang Song's praise, Yu Dongjun's face flashed with joy, and then he was invisible. He continued to walk as he continued: "Young Master, you see, most of the people on the left are from small merchants. This time, he saw eighteen major merchants recruiting together, and wanted to try his luck: As for the ones on the right, they were all down-and-out literati, and there were scholars who had no food and clothing after being stranded for many years and tutors who could not be sustained in the local temple..."
Tang Song was not sure about the group of people on the left, but the group of people on the right was not actually used for introductions from the Eastern Army. It was obvious that they looked at their clothes and expressions.
The imperial examination was difficult, but the poor scholars had no other way to advance. Therefore, a large number of scholars from all over the country who had been stranded in the capital for a long time and refused to return home. It was difficult for the capital to live in the capital. Over time, the lives of these scholars became extremely pitiful.
The most typical and famous of these people is Du Fu, the poet of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After Du Fu failed the two exams, he was in Chang'an for ten years. He could not find a way out and could not go back to his hometown. His life was so miserable that he had to rely on selling medicine in the city and living around for the autumn wind.
The sentence "Knocking at the rich door in the morning, and following the fat horse dust in the evening. The remaining soup and cold roasting everywhere condemn the sadness..." is actually a vivid exposing the cruel situation of the down-and-out scholars living in the capital.
However, if it is not really because of life, I am afraid that these scholars will not come to this recruitment.
Tang Song had not yet arrived, and the boss of Jinxiu Satin Village and Jingzhao Yamen who had been waiting here all came to greet him.
Tang Song was really grateful to these two people, but it was not a good time to talk. After a few simple greetings, Tang Song winked at Yu Dongjun beside him.
After Yu Dongjun bowed to the three of them, he took the gang that had already been set up in front of more than 300 people. He coughed lightly, and the bottom was silent.
"I am Yu Dongjun, and now the chief manager of the outer hall of Jinxiu Silk Village, an annual salary of 150 knots..."
Yu Dongjun's words were very concise, but in the ears of the more than 300 people below, there was a lot of commotion in the photos.
For those who were born in Jia Xing on the left side of the crowd, Yu Dongjun in front of them is their vivid role model. The Jinxiu Silk Satin Village is well-deserved as the number one in the industry. It is said that Boss Zheng, his mother, Shangguan Dizhao, has been intimate. How grand is it to be able to do things in such a silk Satin Village?
What makes people even more refreshing is that Yu Dongjun has become the chief manager of the outer hall in his thirties. Tsk tsk, these big business companies are just as brave as the small place where they were before. It is already awesome to be able to become the chief manager of the outer hall in his thirties. Looking at Yu Dongjun in his thirties, the future is really unlimited. Within ten years, they must be a person who can make a sound even if they stomp their feet in the south city.
Regret: Regret entered the wrong business when I was an apprentice, but fortunately it was not too late. This time, the eighteen largest businesses in Shendu recruited each other, and it would be very promising to join the company.
Just as the people from small businessmen on the left were looking forward to the bright future of the general manager and even the shopkeeper of the big businessmen, the down-and-out literati on the right were tempted by the annual salary of 150.
For these sluggish literati with a slim future and unsustainable food and clothing, an annual salary of 150 knots is really tempting. It not only can it solve the problem of unlimited difficulties in redeeming clothes for money, but it can even buy a few new clothes for meeting guests.
Now that I have money, I really can't live in such a dilapidated place now. The owner of the house is really vulgar. He just chases the house to ask for money every day, which is really a shameless person. There is also a wine shop that Wang Laoer never goes to. Not to mention the amount of water in the wine, the same five cents of beans are obviously four less than other places. Bah, a profiteer! What's even more hateful is that he only quits twice and he doesn't let him eat wine again. Bah, stingy skin
Thinking of taking out a handful of copper coins and placing them on Wang Laoer's greasy counter, watching Wang Laoer's eyes gradually narrow into slits and a dead face laughing to make apologize, the down-and-out literati immediately felt a sense of pleasure.
Just for this, it is worth it to be sold to 18 major merchants for two years. Although it is really a disgrace to sell their bodies for scholars, what we do today is actually what the sub-saint Mencius said about power is urgently followed by power in the end, in order to overcome this difficulty and better recite the way of the saint.
Ignoring the following messy thoughts Yu Dongjun on the stage continued: "You have already applied for the recruitment and stand out again. Let's write and write a note. After signing the painting, your salary will be calculated from today. The annual salary is also 150 knots. After signing the painting, you can pay a salary of half a year first..."
He said this simply. As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly said aloud. At this moment, Yu Dongjun's face darkened and said, "But I would like to remind you that this book is a two-year contract. If you want to regret it within two years, you will need to compensate 30 times the annual salary..."
Isn’t it just two years? Is it rare for me to wait for a coolie? Who would spend an annual salary of 150 to sign a coolie? Yu Dongjun is so useless. Immediately, someone below said loudly: “What do you think you’re going to do? Sign your salary quickly and your family is still waiting for news…”
At this point, Yu Dongjun didn't say anything anymore. After getting off the platform and waved his hand, the waiter immediately carried the book table. The six accountants of Jinxiu Silk Satin Village lined up in a row, responsible for signing calligraphy and painting seals.
After signing the left, you can get the money immediately on the right. Looking at the baskets of yellow Tongbao carried by the guy, and then looking at the stacks of flying tickets held in the accountant's hand, the applicants' emotions became higher and higher, and the smiles on their faces were really brighter than today's weather.
To be continued...