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The first batch of merchant ships that followed Zhao Kuangli to sea had already returned to Palembang.
Not only did they earn food freight, they also brought spices, porcelain, tea and other goods, which they sold to the Dutch in Ceylon and made a fortune. When they returned, they were loaded with cotton and ivory brought back from India (and Ceylon).
, gems and other commodities.
Maritime merchants from Guangdong went to Palembang for trading and brought these Indian goods back to the mainland, bringing back Zhao Kuangyi's immigration policy.
Zhao Kuangli's old classmate Fang Zixin was sent back to Guangzhou to accept immigrants. He not only spread the news along the coast, but also spread the immigration policy to Jiangxi through inland freighters.
The first large group of immigrants came from the Badai Yao area. Zhao Kuanglui's cousin brought more than 600 people, more than 80% of whom were Yao people who were proficient in Chinese.
Immediately afterwards, the Hakkas in the southern Gansu mountainous area heard from the merchants who came to buy tobacco that they would be allocated paddy fields when they went to India, and they would also receive a settling-in allowance before going to sea. Some Hakkas in the mountains were moved, and one after another
Nearly a hundred people continued to go to Fang Zixin in Guangzhou to report.
Continuing further north, the people of Ji'an Prefecture got the news.
This is Zhao Han's land of Longxing, and it is also the place with the largest population, the most tense land, and the most intractable imperial examination in Jiangxi!
The prosperity of Ji'an Prefecture is no less than that of Nanchang Prefecture. Especially with the boom in maritime trade, a large number of Jiangxi commodities flowed down the Gan River from Ji'an Prefecture and were transported to coastal ports through Guangdong. This place was even more prosperous than in the Ming Dynasty.
Within half a year, two hundred people successively went south to Guangzhou to find Fang Zixin and sign up to go overseas.
Of the two hundred immigrants from Ji'an, more than 95% have graduated from primary school, and more than 60% are middle school dropouts. They are willing to go to India, and the next step is to divide the land, because they are rushing to become officials!
The competition in the imperial examination here is too fierce.
In this time and space, the Ming Dynasty had a total of more than 80 champions, 12 of whom came from Ji'an. Especially in the 80 years from Jianwen to Chenghua, one-third of the champions came from Ji'an Prefecture. In the second year of Jianwen, Ji'an Prefecture
Scholars won the first prize, third place and second place. Zhu Di came to power and took the first imperial examination. Scholars from Ji'an took all the top seven places.
In Jishui County, Ji'an Prefecture, there are five champions within ten miles.
Before the new dynasty of Datong was established, Ji'an Prefecture was the first to introduce compulsory education. Thanks to the excellent imperial examination tradition, the poor people here in the mountains still have to send their children to study. The primary school dropout rate is the lowest in the country. Just ask anyone on the street
Most of the young people have obtained primary school diplomas.
However, the number of public-funded students in middle schools is limited. Those who can go to middle schools at public expense are the top students who have fought their way through the ranks. There are even more self-funded students in middle schools, and there are even coolies on the docks who eat rice bran to support their children in middle schools at their own expense.
The number of places for publicly funded students in universities is also limited, and the tuition fees for self-funded students are prohibitively high.
As a result, a large number of high school graduates emerge in Ji'an Prefecture every year. After all, only a few can pass the civil service examination, and the rest can only find jobs on their own.
I heard that the King of Jin founded the country in India, and scholars became officials when they went there. The scholar community in Ji'an Prefecture quickly became a sensation.
If India was not too far away, I am afraid there would be more than 200 people who signed up to go to sea. Even if the destination was changed to Nanyang, there would probably be thousands of people who signed up. The long sea route would scare away most of the interested people.
With these high-level intellectuals gone, Zhao Kuangyi will have no shortage of officials for the time being, and all of them are treasures!
When these two hundred Ji'an scholars successfully arrive in India and settle down, some of them will write letters and send money home, and some will simply take their families with them. After a few years, the demonstration effect will be established, and more scholars will be willing to do so.
Go to sea.
If you go there, you will be able to become an official, and you will be allocated paddy fields that can be harvested twice a year, and you can also have wives and concubines, and slaves everywhere. This kind of information spread, and for the scholars who were unable to pass the civil service examination and were not satisfied with working in a trading company,
It is simply a paradise-like existence.
Perhaps in a few years, with the participation of a large number of scholars, Zhao Kuangyi will be able to completely rule Camme City. By then, with Taiwu City and Camme City as the center, and colonizing the two counties at the same time, the expansion speed will inevitably be doubled.
Zhao Kuangluo obtained a high-quality population, and Ji'an Prefecture alleviated the contradiction between man and land and the employment pressure of scholars. A win-win situation!
Maybe after someone emigrates, he may take his whole family with him.
For example, the father is a dock coolie and the mother is a housewife who works part-time to support the family. There are a lot of brothers and sisters in the family. Their children will be officials in the Jin Dynasty, and the whole family will definitely have to immigrate. The parents enjoy the blessings in the village community and are old ladies.
He and the old lady were served by a bunch of Sudras and untouchable slaves. The brother may not have a high level of education, but he is more than capable of managing tenants. There is no need to let soldiers manage the village community. Just choose a prestigious Han village chief.
In a few decades, this kind of lower-class family in Ji'an Prefecture will become a prominent local family in India.
The only one who is really troubled is Li Quan. This guy’s American immigration plan has always been difficult to implement. In the past, ordinary people immigrated to Southeast Asia, but now there is an additional option of India. Who is willing to go to the Americas to explore unless they have enough to eat?
Li Quan could only rely on high profits to attract more maritime merchants to do business in the Americas. Rely on high wages to attract people to work as crew members for him. As for immigration, he had to rely on the imperial court to send a few serious criminals to exile.
Today's Datong China has ushered in a real population explosion period.
Many children born in the new dynasty are able to make a living. The society is stable, they have enough food and clothing, they give birth to babies vigorously, and schools are crowded with school-age children.
Three years of compulsory education has long been out of reach.
Now, not only are there no free lunches, but you also have to pay for textbooks, and some states and counties have even begun to charge miscellaneous fees. The purpose is to reduce the number of students enrolled, otherwise there will not be enough classrooms.
The court turned a blind eye to this.
However, the imperial court has repeatedly emphasized that book fees cannot be forcibly collected and students can bring their own books.
Local officials also have some sense of conscience. Children who cannot afford tuition and miscellaneous fees can stand outside the classroom and observe, and they can also have student status. Once they find outstanding students, they will definitely waive all fees and put them in the classroom to listen.
Let these poor question writers be able to study with peace of mind.
Zhao Han's compulsory education policy has entered an embarrassing state. As the population continues to increase, the situation will become even worse in the future. The number of children who have not attended primary school for a day will become more and more.
Again, the backward productivity of agricultural society cannot support an advanced education system.
…
The second prince, Zhao Kuangping, became very popular in India, and the third prince, Zhao Kuangping, also graduated from college.
Zhao Kuangping and the prince share the same mother and were both born to Fei Rulan.
Moreover, Zhao Kuangping has very good academic performance, and his problem-solving ability is better than that of his two brothers. He can obtain a college diploma based entirely on his strength. Next, he can even take part in the general examination, and maybe he can become an official as a Jinshi - provided that
Give up the title.
By the way, the second prince was awarded the title of King of Jin, and the third prince was awarded the title of King of Chu.
The King of Chu, Zhao Kuangping, is obviously not stupid. Is it inappropriate for a good prince to be sent out to the outside world and start as a junior official?
Of course, in order to prove himself, he decided to take part in this year's examination. He also told his father in advance that he would only take the exam and not become an official, so that when the Ministry of Rites admitted Jinshi, he would admit one more place, so as not to cause trouble for a certain scholar because of himself.
Failed.
Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites.
After ten days of grading, this year’s list of tributes has finally been released.
The Ministry of Rites is only responsible for organizing examinations and is not allowed to participate in the invigilation and marking of exams. Wang Tiaoding, the Minister of Rites, rushed to inquire about the situation: "Did King Chu pass the exam?"
The person who presided over the examination was the censor of Youdu of the Inspectorate. He smiled and replied: "The King of Chu passed the examination and was among the best, ranking 142nd. In addition, this year there was a female tribute scholar from Jishui.
Zou Huaiyu from the county."
Wang Diaoding said with emotion: "The Zou family is a prominent family in Jishui. Although the main sect was confiscated by Your Majesty, I didn't expect that another branch of the family would produce a female Jinshi."
It was normal for the first female Jinshi in the New Dynasty of Datong to come from Jishui County, but she came from a wealthy family whose family was confiscated, which made Zhao Han difficult to deal with. Of course, Emperor Zhao was generous and would not embarrass a little girl.
Outside the Gongyuan, the list of tributes was posted.
Zhao Kuangping and Zou Huaiyu are particularly conspicuous because the Ministry of Rites marked their identities with red pen when making the list.
Behind Zhao Kuangping's name, draw a red circle and write the word "King of Chu". After Zou Huaiyu's name, draw a red circle and write the word "女".
The list was posted, and the scene was in shock.
Zou Huaiyu was wearing a Confucian shirt, with a long sword slung across her waist, looking up at her name with a smile. Not only was she admitted to the tribute list, but she was ranked ninth on the tribute list, ranking higher than the more than 100 people ranked by the King of Chu.
Much more.
"Is there a female tribute?"
"Who is the female minister? Can you please come forward and tell me?"
"May I ask where this lesbian is? I am so impressed that I would like to ask for advice."
"..."
Voices came and went, all asking for news about the female tribute.
When Zou Huaiyu graduated from middle school, she was admitted to Jinling University as a publicly funded student. However, her family was worried about their daughter leaving, so she stayed at Nanchang University to study. Therefore, she was really not well-known in Nanjing.
Candidates from Nanchang University naturally recognized Zou Huaiyu and came over to greet him and congratulate him.
The bystanders looked at it and shouted: "The female tribute is here, the female tribute is here!"
Not only the candidates, but also the people watching the excitement gathered around, wanting to see with their own eyes what the first female Jinshi of this dynasty looked like.
Zou Huaiyu's appearance is not outstanding, she is not very beautiful, and she cannot be said to be ugly, she is just ordinary. But she is wearing a Confucian shirt, with a long sword hanging from her waist, standing there with a heroic appearance, and with the aura of a female Jinshi, she looks like that at this moment
of dazzling brilliance.
"What a talented woman. She has an extraordinary appearance."
"I would like to ask if my husband-in-law has ever been married. Although my son has failed the examination this year, he can still continue to take the imperial examination. Even if he fails in the imperial examination, he can still be a state official. My family has more than ten trading companies in the north and south provinces. If my husband-in-law is willing to get married,
From now on, I can work as an official without worrying about money."
"This girl is in the same year, and several of us have passed the exam. We plan to go to Xuanwu Lake to hold a literary party to celebrate. Can we attend together as a favor?"
"..."
Facing the messy inquiries, Zou Huaiyu bowed and said: "Although I have not yet gotten married, I have already been engaged. After the palace examination, I will go home to get married." He also said, "I have to go back to the inn to prepare for the palace examination. I will not participate in any entertainment. I am letting you down.