Jin Feng imparted some economic knowledge to the Ninth Princess, and then said: "I built a palace for you not only to improve your living and office environment, but also to create employment opportunities and stabilize people's hearts. Otherwise, the palace will be built for you."
Auntie always thinks we should run away."
Although the Ninth Princess has ascended the throne, she has not changed her country's name and still uses the country's name of Dakang. She has never announced where to set her capital, and she has never planned to build a palace.
Therefore, people in the village privately believed that the Ninth Princess was still thinking about returning to the capital to make her the capital.
In fact, objectively speaking, Bianjing is located in the Central Plains, has the richest products, the largest population, and convenient transportation, so it is very suitable for being the capital.
But people are selfish. The old village chief, Jin Feng's Sichuan and Shu generals, soldiers, and even Sichuan and Shu officials naturally wanted Jin Feng to locate the capital close to him.
For this matter, the old village chief had talked to Jin Feng several times in private, trying to find out more openly or covertly.
However, the old village chief also knew that the geographical location of Xihewan was too remote to be a suitable capital, so he did not ask Jin Feng to set the capital in Xihewan. Instead, he hoped that Jin Feng would set the capital in Jinchuan or Guangyuan, or else Xichuan.
OK.
In the opinion of the old village chief, as long as the capital is within Sichuan and Shu, it is better than the Central Plains thousands of miles away.
But every time Jin Feng pretended that he did not understand the old village chief's hint, and did not give him an accurate answer.
Because setting the capital was such a big deal, Jin Feng himself had not decided where to place the capital.
Therefore, the rumors in the village have never stopped, and they are getting more and more intense.
The Ninth Princess has been in the village and naturally knows about this.
But she still shook her head and refused: "Husband, I know what the people in the village are worried about, but it is really not suitable to build a palace now."
"Why?"
"Because we are in really difficult times now."
The Ninth Princess said: "Yes, we have our own brick and cement factory in Xihewan, and there are many people from Qin who have not found jobs after coming here. Letting them build the palace can indeed solve many employment problems and prevent them from being idle.
Boredom causes trouble.
But husband, you can let them build factories, cultivate officialdom, or anything else, but they can't build me a palace.
Because I am the emperor, countless eyes in the world are staring at me.
The world is in chaos now, and many people are still starving and freezing. If I carry out large-scale construction projects to build a palace, and my husband thinks that word has spread, what will the people think? Will they think that the emperor has begun to disregard the lives of the people and is extravagant? "
Hearing what the Ninth Princess said, Jin Feng couldn't help but look thoughtful.
Princess Ninth's worries are not unreasonable.
The education penetration rate in this world is too low. To put it nicely, it means that the people are simple and honest, but to say it worst, the vast majority of the people are very ignorant. When they heard that the Ninth Princess built a palace, they did not think deeply about the reason behind it. Maybe they also did not think about it.
clear.
They will only think that after the Ninth Princess established a foothold, she began to squeeze the people.
Even historians of later generations may think so.
"Husband, haven't you always been concerned about education issues? If you want to increase employment opportunities, you don't need to build a palace for me. You can build schools and popularize education."
Princess Ninth continued: "Mr. Fang had to come to Master Tie's house some time ago to ask for money to build a school. In the end, Master Tie had no choice but to come to me to help mediate."
"Mr. Fang is staying at Master Tie's house and won't leave?"
When Jin Feng heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Fang Lingjun and Tie Shixin are sworn enemies. They have disliked each other since they were young. If they were not forced to do anything, Fang Lingjun would definitely not go to Tie Shixin.
I have been too busy recently. After receiving the letter from Fang Lingjun in Zhuangzhuanggou, he just replied a letter and asked Fang Lingjun to find Guan Xiaorou or the Ninth Princess if he had any difficulty. Then he has been fighting and marching.
I completely forgot about Fang Lingjun.
Now that the Ninth Princess was talking about it, Jin Feng suddenly remembered it.
The first batch of students from Jinchuan Normal University graduated years ago. According to the original plan, the first batch of students will be scattered throughout Guangyuan and Xichuan to establish grassroots schools after the year.
Jin Feng still doesn't know how this work is going.
Thinking of this, Jin Feng turned to look at the Ninth Princess.
Before she had time to ask, the Ninth Princess took the initiative and said: "My husband personally ordered it, and Guangyuan and Xichuan took action earlier. Most places had arranged classrooms last year, so you can start classes directly there."
I arranged for people to investigate. Except for three of the first batch of students who resigned, the rest have already started working. So far, the results are very good and the people are very satisfied. I heard that many people want to write the Book of Ten Thousand People.
, thank us.”
"Then what is Mr. Fang doing in Master Tie's house?" Jin Feng wondered.
"Ask Mr. Tie for money," Ninth Princess said: "The funds you approved to Mr. Fang at that time were only enough to train the first batch of students. After the first batch of students graduated, Mr. Fang wanted to train the second batch. At the same time, he wanted to train the second batch of students.
Using the Guangyuan and Xichuan models, we strive to spread education to the two counties and cities surrounding Guangyuan before summer."
"That's it!" Jin Feng suddenly nodded: "I was negligent!"
He didn't take this into consideration when he wrote back to Fang Lingjun.
Jin Feng decided to go to Fang Lingjun at dawn to apologize, otherwise the old man would be in trouble if he gave up his job.
"By the way, how did you mediate?" Jin Feng asked.
"How can I mediate? I just promised Mr. Fang to recruit the second batch of students for him and let him start teaching first, but I didn't promise him to build a school." Ninth Princess replied.
It doesn't cost much just to recruit a group of students to study in Xihewan. The bulk of the money is spent on renovating schools in various places.
Although the old residences or ancestral halls of wealthy gentry and landowners could be requisitioned as the site, the cost of hiring workers to renovate them would have to be paid by the court.
It may not be much in one or two places, but if two counties start construction at the same time, the money required will be a huge amount.
It’s not that Ninth Princess can’t get it out, it’s just that after taking out the money, she needs to stop a few more work-for-relief projects.
Relief for work is also an important means of maintaining stability at present, and Jin Feng has always attached great importance to it.
The Ninth Princess had already taken the decision to kill King Xiang and others without authorization. She did not dare to order the stoppage of these projects without authorization. She could only delay Fang Lingjun until Jin Feng came back.
After hearing what Princess Ninth had said, Jin Feng frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I know about this. I'll go talk to Mr. Fang and Chen Wenyuan tomorrow."
"Why are you looking for Chen Wenyuan?" Ninth Princess was stunned for a moment, wondering what the use of asking Chen Wenyuan was for this matter.