Ming Dynasty: The gentry and village elders all breathed a sigh of relief while being afraid of the drought in Dangzhi County, Beiping Chapter 335.
All good things come in hard times.
His Highness King Yan finally agreed to build a social school for them.
After they return, they can hold their heads high and speak much more forcefully in front of their neighbors.
As for exploiting and oppressing the neighbors?
It won’t happen now, only evil gentry would do that!
In the future, the children in their family will all go to work as errands in Prince Yan's Mansion, go to Korea and Japan as officials, and even go to trade with Prince Yan's Mansion caravan.
Only when neighbors stick together and go out, will they not be bullied by others, will they be safer, and will they be able to earn more money.
The general direction of sociology has been set.
The remaining thing is for the various prefectures and counties, as well as the gentry and village elders, to form their own groups, then select the location of the sociology and count the number.
In less than a month, it was reported to Prince Yan’s Mansion.
All the scribes in Prince Yan's Mansion are also very familiar with the situation in various prefectures and counties under Beiping Mansion.
After the inspection was correct, we began to allocate funds and start building social schools.
However, when allocating money this time, we can only allocate precious banknotes.
Because the courtiers in the court and Zhu Yuanzhang made many exchanges because the people valued money and despised banknotes. Especially the merchants and common people in Zhejiang and Fujian, they could directly exchange 160 copper coins for a long-term treasure banknote.<
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Let the prices of goods such as grain and cloth begin to rise a lot.
After talking about it for more than half a year, I finally thought of a way and issued an edict to ban copper coins!
Originally, the imperial court minted banknotes and ordered both treasure banknotes and copper coins to be used together for the convenience of the people. However, the people were cunning and used the banknotes at a loss at will, making the banknote method useless and unable to facilitate the people.
In this way, the use of copper coins is prohibited, and all copper coins of military, civilian and merchants must be handed over to the government. Anyone who dares to use them privately or bury or destroy them will be punished!
Once the edict banning copper coins was issued, it temporarily curbed the rapid depreciation of treasure banknotes.
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As the weather began to get hotter and hotter, the city of Beiping gradually became like a steamer, so Guo An stayed at home, not wanting to go out.
However, even though Guo An doesn’t go out, there are still people who come to look for him.
On this day, Guo An was taking a nap in the official room of the Chief Secretary of the Yan Palace, when a scribe came in.
"Guo Changshi, a group of gentry and village elders from Wanping County and Daxing County are asking for an audience!"
"Looking for me?"
Guo An raised his head in confusion.
It has been a long time since he had any contact with the gentry and village elders from Wanping County and Daxing County!
"Exactly!"
The scribe said respectfully.
"Well, then invite them all in and serve some ice tea."
"Yes, Guo Changshi!"
Soon, a group of gentry and village elders rushed into Guo An's public house.
Fortunately, as Guo An is a senior official, the public house where he lives is relatively large, which is enough to accommodate these people.
"The villain has seen Guo Changshi!"
"I met Guo Changshi..."
Even though they had not seen each other for a long time, these gentry and village elders were still full of excitement and sincerity when they saw Guo An again.
And Guo An is also a person who is extremely easy to be infected, and he is also very enthusiastic.
After some greetings, Guo An couldn't help but ask.
"The weather is so hot, why do you guys come to the palace so hard to find us?"
"Guo Changshi, villains and others are suffering!"
"Yes, Guo Changshi, the villain and others are not convinced..."
Guo An's words seemed to light an explosion furnace in an instant. All the gentry and village elders suddenly stared and started crying.
"Guo Changshi, the people under our Wanping County are thousands more than those in Shunyi County, Miyun County, and Jizhou!"
"Yes, Guo Changshi, our Daxing County has thousands more households than those prefectures and counties. Why can they build a social school? There is one social school for fifty households, while our Daxing County
There are only five elementary schools in the county!"
"Guo Changshi, many children of ordinary people in Wanping County need to walk more than 20 miles every day to go to elementary school!"
"Guo Changshi, many people in Daxing County also need to walk thirty miles to go to elementary schools!"
"Guo Changshi, there are common people's children over there. They need to walk fifty miles every day to go to school..."
"Guo Changshi..."
"Okay, okay!"
Guo An felt dizzy after hearing this and quickly shouted stop.
"Don't you just want to come to Prince Yan's Mansion and build some social schools in Wanping County and Daxing County?"
"Guo Changshi Mingjian, we Wanping County and Daxing County need social studies even more!"
"Guo Changshi..."
"Stop!"
Guo An shouted stop again, and then hurriedly gave instructions to a scribe on the side.
"Go and invite Zhu Changshi!"
"Yes!"
The scribe ran out quickly.
After a while, Zhu Fu walked in slowly.
"The villain has seen Zhu Changshi!"
"I've met Zhu Changshi!"
"I have met all the country gentlemen and elders!"
After a very polite greeting, he slowly sat down.
However, this time the public room was much quieter.
The several scribes watching on the side were full of astonishment.
They can certainly see the difference, and the rumors are indeed true. These gentry and village elders in Wanping County and Daxing County are very close to Guo Changshi Guo An.
Guo An said: "Zhu Changshi, Wanping County and Daxing County have a large population, and there are many common people and children who are willing to go to elementary school.
All the gentry and village elders also want to ask the Yan Palace to build some social schools for them in Wanping County and Daxing County. I wonder if Zhu Changshi thinks it is okay?"