On August 24, Lin Qing'er, as the prime minister of Tianjing New City, came to the newly built school in Tianjing New City to teach the "middle school students" studying here. In the third year of Zhidao, Yang Peng built a new school in Tianjing New City. The school provides universal compulsory education. Yang Peng allows school-age children to attend classes during the day, and veterans of Huben Division attend classes at night without charging tuition.
For children who attend school during the day, Yang Peng also provides a free lunch. People in Tianjing New City send their children to school to learn literacy. As for veterans, scholars in this era have a special social status, and veterans have lighter training tasks. , everyone is also happy to go to school at night to learn literacy.
Now five years have passed and the school has continued to expand. The veterans and school-age children in Tianjing New Town have received three years of literacy and arithmetic training. They are literate and can handle daily reading and calculations. Tianjing New Town Therefore, it became the city with the highest literacy rate in the Song Dynasty. In other places, the status of scholars is very high, but the poor have no money to pay for education and cannot afford to go to school. Tianjing New City has become a popular talk among the people near Cangzhou because all people are studying. A topic. People nearby said that as long as they followed King Yan, their children and grandchildren would become scholars.
Nowadays, these children and veterans have graduated from "elementary school" and have become the backbone of Tianjing New City. No matter what notices are issued by the government or what documents are issued by the army, these literate people need to read out the words and provide them to other illiterate people. Only by thinking can Yang Peng's spirit be conveyed to the grassroots.
However, Yang Peng has further plans for the school. Yang Peng wants to open a "middle school" in addition to the "elementary school" to cultivate administrative talents for his own business. As Yang Peng's business expands, the number of administrative talents needed is increasing. More and more. Some simple jobs, such as tax accounting, only require simple arithmetic knowledge and calculations based on tax yellow books and fish scale atlases. Such jobs can be done by primary school graduates in Tianjing New Town. Recruitment. But some complex tasks, such as document processing, cannot be completed by elementary school students who are only literate.
Those long paragraphs of classical Chinese are incomprehensible to primary school students. More importantly, primary school students only learned literacy and arithmetic without ideological and moral education, which could not meet Yang Peng's demand for talents. In Yang Peng's mind In China, the administrative team under you should be a team that is both cultured and moral. Your administrative personnel must hold the bottom line in the face of various temptations and do things well for the people.
If the people under his command have no moral character, it may be okay at first, but over time, all kinds of favoritism, fraud, and fraud will appear. Once such a situation occurs, it will distort Yang Peng's career and make Yang Peng's various plans come to nothing. Without moral education, it is very difficult to rely solely on supervision.
Therefore, moral education has become a very important thing. Yang Peng wants to lay a solid foundation in the education stage and cultivate qualified talents for his career. So Yang Peng built a middle school to train children on the basis of primary school. and the veterans’ knowledge, documents and most crucial qualities.
Not everyone can obtain the qualifications of a middle school student. Only 60% of primary school students with better academic performance are eligible to become middle school students. Middle school students are provided with the same benefits as primary school students, but the most important difference is that as long as they can study for three years, After graduating from middle school, you will definitely be able to get a job in the industries of Tianjing New City or in Yang Peng's administrative team.
In these days of war and chaos outside, Tianjing New City is a peaceful paradise like a paradise. And among the people in Tianjing New City, those who "have jobs" live the most decent lives. People heard that they can be "assigned jobs" after graduating from middle school.
All of them sent their children to Yang Peng's middle school.
Especially those people who work as small traders in Tianjing New City usually envy the industrial workers in Tianjing New City who have jobs. As long as their children are eligible to go to middle school, almost none of these traders will give up this opportunity. August 20
The 4th was the day when middle school started. Lin Qing'er came to one of the classes and gave a lecture to a group of fourteen and five-year-old teenagers.
Lin Qing'er stood in the classroom and talked eloquently: "You are middle school students. After graduation, you will be the backbone of King Yan. You will work in various government offices, tax bureaus, and factories. What you do will directly determine
The atmosphere of a place is the success or failure of a factory."
"Some of you, after several years of training at the grassroots level, will be promoted and assume leadership roles." When the young people heard the prospects described by Lin Qing'er, their eyes lit up and they looked at Lin Qing'er with great yearning.
"Do you know what I value most when working under King Yan?"
Lin Qing'er looked at the confused teenagers and said loudly: "What I value most is morality." "The morality I talk about is public morality, not private morality." "In my eyes, those who
What Confucian scholars call filial piety is not morality. If others treat you well, you should repay others. If your parents raise you, you should support them in their old age. This is just a basic means of cooperating with others, and it cannot be regarded as morality. If there is only private morality but no public morality
, will do all kinds of disgusting things."
"Why do those Confucian scholars talk about morality but not about morality, but secretly collect bribes to undermine the imperial court and bully one party in the fish and meat village?" "Because they only have private morality, know only filial piety, loyalty and trust, and only see their own interests and people who are good to them.
interests. But they don’t understand what public ethics is, and they don’t know that they should follow the overall interests of society and do things that are beneficial to society.”
"If you only have the private virtues of filial piety, loyalty and trust, but don't understand social ethics, then if someone gives you money to help bad people and prey on the common people, why don't you do it? What does it have to do with the people you don't know and filial piety, loyalty and trust? Compromising the common people is not against the law.
The values of filial piety, loyalty and trust!”
"If those in power are Confucian scholars who only know filial piety, loyalty and trust, then who will uphold justice? Who will care about the efficiency of society? Who will distinguish right from wrong? Who will understand the responsibilities and responsibilities of society, nation and country?"
"No one in power cares about social justice, no one cares about social efficiency. Each one only knows how to honor the parents who raised him, and is loyal to the emperor who gave him power. In the end, how can the officialdom not turn into a miasma of party struggle for power, bribery and corruption?
Land? If officials only talk about Confucian private ethics and not public ethics, what is the difference between the traitors who bribed him with money and the parents who raised him? They are all benefactors!"
"Confucian scholars only talk about private morality and ignore public morality, and in the end they will become well-dressed beasts who hold power and want to sell it! A group of well-dressed beasts occupy the court and disrupt society. When the Khitans come to kill them, can we stop them?"
"If we continue to maintain this kind of society with only private morality and no public morality, the organizational capacity of the society will become worse and worse. The people will not be able to farm, the soldiers will not be able to fight, and we Han people will perish and become slaves!"
Lin Qing'er paused, looked at the ignorant young people sitting in the seats, and said loudly: "However, in Tianjing New City, we want to build a society that respects public ethics." "We are the officials of Tianjing New City in the future. We
The starting point of everything you do should be for the best interests of society as a whole, not for the best interests of yourself, or for the best interests of those who are good to you."
"If there is a tax collector who bullies the common people, even if the tax collector is friendly with you, you must stand up and make decisions for the common people. Because the common people are bullied, the tax system will be chaotic. If no one stands up and speaks out,
No common people will have the motivation to dig wells and build water conservancy projects, and no one will fertilize their fields. The common people may even abandon their fields and go into exile and join thieves."
"If there is a traitor who bullies a small vendor who comes to Tianjing New City to do business from other places, even if the traitor is your friend, you should stand up for the small vendor. Because only in this way can the social order of Tianjing New City be maintained
If it is in good condition, more people will want to come to Tianjing New City to do business and make our city prosperous."
"These are small things around us. Looking at the big picture, if there is a war in Tianjing New City in the future, and someone kills good people and takes credit, should you abide by your filial piety, loyalty and trustworthiness and turn a blind eye? If you have public morality, you should stand up and punish those who kill people.
Ordinary people, military leaders and thugs!”
"If you have a sense of public morality, you will not be like those Confucian scholars who only have private virtues, sitting back and watching the country's money being embezzled and exploited by officials at all levels, and remain indifferent."
"A family without public morality will continue to decline. A country without public morality among those in power will perish sooner or later. The Song Dynasty had tens of millions in land but could not afford hundreds of thousands of frontier troops and millions of guards.
But the army could not defeat the Khitan army with tens of thousands of people. It was because the officials in the court had no moral ethics, so the situation was declining."
"You are my students, Lin Qing'er, and you will be the officials of Tianjing New City in the future. In Tianjing New City, we must never build a society with only private morality but no public morality, only interests without right and wrong."
"In the future, in Tianjing New City, I, Lin Qing'er, will not select officials based on their ability, but on whether they have public ethics. People with public ethics may be less capable, but they can also supervise capable subordinates.
Society makes profits. If people without public morality have strong abilities, this ability will become a terrible weapon for making profits for themselves."
"What we want to build in Tianjing New City is a Tianjing New City where everyone understands public ethics and discusses right and wrong everywhere. Every farmer in Tianjing New City can safely build water-conservancy and fertile fields and grow more food.
Let every craftsman improve his craftsmanship with peace of mind and make a fortune based on his skills. Let every small merchant can plan his purchases and sales with peace of mind, fill the container with various goods, and will not worry about blackmail from Qingpi or the government officials.
Come and exploit."
"What we want to build is a new society with a sense of public morality!"
The young people, who were like pieces of blank paper, looked at Prime Minister Lin Qing'er who was talking eloquently, and their eyes shone with excitement. Building a society where everyone lives and works in peace and contentment without oppression or injustice has been the highest ideal of the Han people for thousands of years.
These ignorant young people also long to live in such a society.
King Yan is now going to lead everyone to build such a society with his own hands. How can the students not be excited about this? Lin Qing'er smiled and said: "Today is your first class, and the teacher of "Public Morality Class" will teach you."
"The public ethics of officials," and learn how, as a government official, you should set an example to maintain the social order around you. Everyone applauded to welcome our teacher."
Amidst the applause of the students, a thin young man straightened his headscarf and walked onto the podium. "Students, I am your public ethics teacher. My name is"
After September, Lin Qing'er's fleet transported these 50,000 people to Taiwan in batches. On October 2, Lin Qing'er followed the fleet transporting farmers to Taiwan to inspect Taiwan's development. In October, Cangzhou has already
It was a little chilly, but it was still warm in the south. When the fleet was heading south, and when it was approaching Taiwan, Lin Qing'er had already taken off her underwear and protective gear, and was only wearing a middle coat under her official robe.
Arriving in Hsinchu, Taiwan, before Lin Qing'er got off the ship, she saw that a large commercial market had been formed on the pier inside the harbor. Every time the fleet sailed to Taiwan, it would bring a large number of daily necessities, including cotton cloth,
Ironware, pottery, porcelain, cement, farm tools, etc. all need to be transported from the mainland. These goods were purchased in Tianjin by Gao Ligong's organization. When they arrived at the port of Hsinchu, they were all sold to farmers in Taiwan. Of course, Lu Hu
Instead of retailing these products one by one, he sells them wholesale to local traders in Hsinchu.
At this time, the fleet docked, and some traders were pushing carts, waiting for the ships to unload goods sold from the mainland. Although these traders were not engaged in agriculture, they could still earn a lot of income by retailing various goods.
Of course, compared to the various cargoes in the ballast, there were more poor people on the ship who came to open up wasteland. After these farmers got off the ship, they immediately saw officers wearing crimson Tianjing New City military uniforms guiding them. Under the guidance of the officers
Next, farmers walked in groups towards temporary resettlement sites across Hsinchu.
Lin Qing'er took a look on the ship and saw that although there were thirty-five people on the ship and the goods were all complicated, under the organization of Guan Shan and Lu Hu, all the work was in order. Guan Shan, wearing a bright red official robe, led the Hsinchu team
Officials, big and small, were waiting on the pier to greet Lin Qing'er. As soon as Lin Qing'er got off the boat, Guan Shan ran up to him and knelt down, shouting: "Guan Shan has met Prime Minister Lin. Congratulations to Prime Minister Lin's disciple for being named King of Yan. How honored are we?"
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Lin Qing'er patted Guan Shan on the shoulder and said: "This time to destroy the Khitan, you have also accumulated merit and been promoted to the second-level military and horse prison. Are you happy?" Guan Shan said loudly: "Happy, Guan Shan is overjoyed.
, I am grateful and willing to contribute to the cause of King Yan." Lin Qing'er laughed loudly, got on the horse brought by Guanshan, and walked towards Hsinchu City.
Passing by a temporary resettlement site for newly arrived farmers, Lin Qing'er pointed at the riding whip and said, "Go in and have a look." Guan Shan quickly jumped off his horse and led Lin Qing'er's horse towards the settlement site.
Yao Minle is a farmer from Qingxian County, Shandong Province. His family was lucky enough to join the team that reclaimed Taiwan and followed the fleet to Taiwan. When the couple got married, they separated from the family and had no land in Shandong.
Mr. Qiao's thirty-five acres of dry land in the tenant farming village. Those dry fields only harvest seven or eight bushels of wheat a year, excluding 50% of the land rent and one bushel of two liters of seeds. Yao Minle and his wife are busy from the beginning of the year to the new year.
At the end of the day, he could get eight to nine shi of wheat into his barn. These grains could barely keep Yao Minle fed and clothed.
Even during the Chinese New Year, he and his wife did not dare to eat a bite of meat. They had been married for three years and had a daughter the year before last. However, this daughter did not bring joy to the Yao family, but instead became a worry for Yao Minle.
He was always worried that his daughter would not be able to feed the eight or nine stone of food when she grew up. How could he feed a family of three?
At the end of July, Yao Minle heard that King Yan was recruiting a second group of people to open up Taiwan, and he signed up without saying a word. Everyone in Qingxian County knew about King Yan Yang Peng. As long as he followed King Yan, he would be in trouble.
It was a good day. As for where Taiwan was and what he would experience when he arrived in Taiwan, Yao Minle didn't even think about it.
When I heard that I had raised funds and my family of three could sail to Taiwan on the first day of September, Yao Minle and his wife spent the whole night dancing in the two shabby huts at home to celebrate that the good day was coming.
The Tianjing New City shogunate in charge of organizing manpower asked Yao Minle not to bring anything, but to send everything when it came to Taiwan. Yao Minle trusted Yan Wang Yang Peng very much, and after hearing this, he gave away all the pots and pans at home.
Relatives took their wives and daughters on the boat empty-handed and headed for Taiwan.
King Yan's big ship was very tall, and it looked like a fort. But after going to the sea, Yao Minle realized how big the sea was. The big ship he was riding on was like a leaf in the sea, floating with the waves.
The boat was so bumpy that Yao Minle's daughter-in-law vomited, but Yao Minle did not. Yao Minle stood excitedly on the top deck when he was at sea, holding on to the side of the ship and looking excitedly at the sea he had never seen before.
When he arrived in Taiwan, Yao Minle thought he would see a shabby wasteland. But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the port and stepped off the ship, Yao Minle saw a large number of prosperous business houses, with the noise of mules and horses and the bustle of people.
Yao Minle and his family got off the boat. More than a hundred people followed an officer and walked forward for a mile. The officer took two hundred people into a small square full of small stalls. There was a brick at the entrance of the small square.
Shimen, with the four characters "Talent Market" written on it.
The officer leading the way said loudly: "If you don't want to farm, you can find something to do in the job market. Let's go in and have a look!" Is it possible not to farm after coming to Taiwan? Yao Minle was stunned and walked into the job market.
When he walked in, Yao Minle found that there were many stalls in the market. Those stalls were unattended, but each stall had a sign with dense words written on it.
Yao Minle and the farmers behind him were illiterate and didn't know what was written on the stalls. They all looked at the officer leading the way for help. The officer laughed, walked up and pointed to a stall and shouted: "Hsinchu City Zhang Ji"
The restaurant is recruiting two boys. They are required to be between fifteen and fifty years old, with good conduct. Those who have worked as boys will be given priority, those with quick hands and feet will be given priority, and those who are good at entertaining guests will be given priority. The salary is four taels per month, including lunch.
"Dun. If you are interested, please go to Zhangji Restaurant on Chengnan Street in Hsinchu and ask for the shopkeeper, Boss Liu."
Hearing the words "four taels per month, including lunch", Yao Minle opened his mouth in shock. To hire a servant, you need to pay four taels a month? You know, in Qingxian County, Shandong, people are willing to pay one, two or five yuan.
The one who hires people is considered a good employer. Such jobs are often filled by more than a dozen people. The employer has various demands and applicants can’t get them even if they try hard. For ordinary jobs, people can be hired with only one or two yuan a month.
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However, in Taiwan, a waiter from a restaurant came up and paid for four or two months, and a meal was included. Is this a good time to follow King Yan? This is Taiwan!? Walking to another small stall, the officer said
Read:
"Gaoji Tailoring Shop is recruiting female workers. Our shop is the official cooperative tailor shop of King Yan. It is strong and has long-term custom-made clothes for newly recruited farmers in King Yan. The income is stable. The recruitment of female workers requires those who are over fifteen but under fifty years old and who are skilled female workers.
Priority is given. The wages are based on a base salary plus piece-rate bonus. The base salary is 20 taels per month, and there is also piece-rate wages. The current average monthly income of tailors is 40 taels. Those who are interested should apply for the job at the Gaoji Tailoring Courtyard on Chengxi Street, Hsinchu."
Another job recruitment job that earns more than 40 taels a month. It seems that in Taiwan, it is not difficult to earn 40 taels a month. The officer leading the way looked at the excited farmers and said: "In Hsinchu, if you farm the prince's fields on a tenant basis,
, as long as you are more agile, you can collect an average of 20 taels of rice into your own granary in a year. According to the current price of 2 taels and 5 cents per shi in cheap grain stores, this is fifty taels of silver."
"After all, the monthly income of a farmer in Hsinchu is more than 4 taels of silver. Therefore, when recruiting people in other industries, the monthly income must be higher than 4 taels of silver to recruit people."
It was already September of the fourth year of Xianping, and grain prices in various parts of the Song Dynasty had remained at a high level due to last year's military disaster. Yang Peng's affordable grain store adapted to the situation and changed the buying and selling price of grain to 20%.
Two five cents per stone. This change has greatly increased the income of farmers.
The farmers in Taiwan are now considered well-off. The officer leading the way said: "Of course, labor in Hsinchu is more expensive, and everything depends on sea transportation, so prices are also higher. Except for the price of food, which is the same as that in Cangzhou, everything else is higher than in Cangzhou."
Cangzhou is 30% more expensive, and silver is not that durable."
The farmers had no reaction when they heard the officer's words. These farmers have been living below the subsistence line, and their living expenses are basically food, and they have not developed various consumption habits. They secretly thought that it doesn't matter if things are 30% more expensive, as long as food is cheap,
You can raise more children. Just spend less on things other than food.
The officers smiled when they saw that the farmers had not realized the qualitative change in their lives after earning four taels a month. The officers read all the job advertisements on other stalls. Speaking of which, there are many farmers in Hsinchu now, and it is urgent to develop supporting facilities.
commerce and service industry. However, most of the farmers who came to Hsinchu by boat were willing to work in agriculture, and fewer people were willing to do odd jobs in the city. There is a serious shortage of people in various positions in the city.
Every time the farmers heard about the salary of four taels a month, they would marvel, as if they could never recover from their surprise. However, after hearing from the officers that farming could earn more than four taels a month, only a very few people were interested in going to the city to do it.
matter.
The officer shook his head and continued to lead the new farmers forward. Paddy fields had been opened up on both sides of the road, and only thousands of hectares of fertile fields could be seen. It was September, and the late rice seedlings had been planted. In the fields
It was a green area, and many farmers were busy working in the fields. This was the first time for the farmers in Tianjin to see paddy fields. They only knew that paddy fields were highly productive and that they would plant such paddy fields in the future. They were all very interested in what they saw in the future.
Good times depend on these paddy fields.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.