If you look carefully, you can see that this person is actually bringing his family and seems to have a lot of belongings with him.
"Taiping Mansion? Why go to Taiping Mansion?" Zhu Chun said.
This man was sweating profusely and kept shouting at his family to prevent them from straying too far, while moving forward as hard as he could.
But when Zhu Chun asked, he still said politely: "Because when you go to Taiping Mansion, you will have enough to eat. What, you are a foreigner?"
However, this person seemed a little doubtful because Zhu Chun's Mandarin was very standard.
Zhu Chun said: "Isn't there enough food here?"
"What the hell." The man said angrily: "We can't survive here. If we don't leave, our whole family will starve to death here. Do you know...my family was originally a tenant here...for the past two years
, the land rent has been rising year after year, and they are recruiting farmers from all over the place, and they beat and scold us at every turn. This year we are hit by drought again, and life is really hard to live by. People are said to be cheap when they leave their hometown, but if we don't go to Taiping Mansion, there will really be no way to survive.
"
The woman on the side was holding a child in her arms, and carrying another on a linen sling behind her. She urged the man: "Go quickly, go quickly, this ship is about to leave."
The man grabbed his wife tightly and squeezed forward with all his strength.
The official stopped him and shouted: "Lu Yin, Lu Yin..."
The man immediately began to desperately take things out of himself. It took him a long time before he took out a bunch of money and stuffed it into the official.
The officials weighed it a bit, looked at each other, seemed dissatisfied, and cursed: "You are lucky, I am in a good mood today. Since you have a path, then... let's go."
The man immediately thanked you profusely: "Thank you so much, Mr. Cha, I will be a prince for generations to come."
The officer just licked his lips, and then stopped the people behind him.
When Zhu Chun and others arrived, Liu Desheng tugged on Zhu Chun's sleeve and said, "We will be at Yingtian Mansion soon."
Zhu Chun said calmly: "No rush, let's go take a look first."
The official shouted to Zhu Chun: "There is no road to lead. You can't pass without a road to lead."
Zhu Chun said: "We are scholars. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, students can..."
"The rule here is that you need a road guide. If you say you are a scholar, you go back to school and write a note. If you want to go to Taiping Mansion... you need a road guide."
The officer flipped the copper coin in his hand, and it turned out... that the so-called road guide to Taiping Mansion was not the road guide Zhu Chun had imagined.
Zhu Chun was stunned. He went to Taiping Mansion and still had to stuff money?
It's just a matter of stuffing money, but there are still so many people flocking to it.
He was stunned and speechless for a moment.
However, Liu De was afraid of causing trouble, so he quickly took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the guard.
The officer looked them up and down with a big belly, and said with a smile: "Oh, it seems that we are ignorant and bumped into the noble man. The ship is about to leave. We need two sticks of incense for the next trip. Let's go quickly."
Come on, next one."
Zhu Chun was pushed by others and boarded a passenger ship.
The passenger ship sailed away, making ripples, and then went along the current.
Zhu Chun was sitting at the stern of the boat and saw that all the people boarding the boat were crowded together, but many of them seemed extremely excited.
Although they were dressed in rags, their eyes were shining.
Zhu Chun only listened to their noisy chatting.
Some people are desperate and bring their families with them. Since they plan to go to Taiping Mansion, they have no intention of going back.
There are also people who plan to go there because Guangzhou is not far from Taiping Prefecture and they have relatives in Taiping Prefecture.
There were also people who had been to Taiping Mansion before and came back to pick up their families. These people who had settled in Taiping Mansion immediately became the envy of people.
Then I heard the man say: "After you go, don't go to any dental shop easily. The people at the dental shop introduce you to work because they want to deduct your wages. In each county, there are special squares, and the government there has special offices.
According to the announcement information, there are also many workshops that will send their own people to recruit workers, so everyone must bear this in mind."
"Also, for a salary of two silver dollars a month, you must listen to whether they include food and accommodation. If not, don't go. If you live outside, it will cost at least three silver dollars. If you are skilled, you can still get four
A silver dollar up."
"Brother, what do you do for a living in Qixia?"
"Me?" The man smiled and said, "I am a cattle farmer."
"Cowherd?"
"I'm not exactly a cattle herder. I mainly trade cattle and sheep. I go to all counties and villages. The business is good now."
Everyone suddenly realized.
Zhu Chun listened attentively, but looked calm.
On the other hand, Liu Desheng and the other two showed displeasure. They were not used to such a noisy environment, and most of the people in the boat were vulgar, which made them frown.
The cowherd saw Zhu Chun and the others and said, "There are still some talented people here."
Zhu Chun then said: "Ashamed."
The cowherd then smiled and said: "It's good to be a scholar, and it's good to study. If you study, you will be many times better than us."
Liu Desheng smiled. He had a pleasant appearance, but as a scholar, even if he had a pleasant appearance, he could not help but have a somewhat condescending air when he spoke. He said: "Studying is of course good, and the family can rule the country and bring peace to the world."
But the cowherd shook his head and said: "What I mean is that after studying, you can work as a bookkeeper, or enroll in a school, or even work as a clerk. You will have a bright future, the salary will not be low, and you will be decent."
After hearing this, Liu Desheng was immediately ashamed and angry. He felt that the cowherd's words had insulted him.
Zhu Chun laughed and said: "The salary is not low, how much is it?"
"It's hard to say. Some can earn dozens of taels of silver. Some may earn less, maybe seven or eight taels of silver, but they are still better than rough guys like us."
Zhu Chun asked: "Are there many scholars in Taiping Mansion?"
"Of course, if you study, you will have a bright future. Of course, there are more people studying. Not to mention other things, now when the children grow up, their families will urge them to enter school. After entering the school, they will be able to read and judge.
If you can write and do arithmetic, you will be able to feel proud in the future."
Zhu Chun looked a little surprised and said: "Many children study?"
"My son is studying in the primary school." The cowherd said proudly.
As soon as he said this, everyone on the boat looked envious.
Several children who came with their parents huddled in the corner of the boat. When they heard about the school... they couldn't help but raise their eyes in confusion and curiosity.
After Liu Desheng heard this, he looked like he didn't believe it. He smiled and said, "How dare you, the son of a cowherd, also study?"
"How can I deceive you?" said the cowherd: "He also learned to recite poems from school... Hmm... what is it called? Oh, yes, King Gou Jian of Yue defeated Wu Gui... The return of a righteous man is the end of the world.
...all...all in brocade..."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone laughed.
Liu Desheng was so stunned that he was speechless.
Zhu Chun smiled and said, "Your child has been studying for at least a year."
"Ah, you actually know? You really only went to school for one year."
Zhu Chun just felt funny in his heart. This sentence was from Li Bai's poem, but for ordinary children, even if they can learn poetry, they should learn relatively simple and catchy verses.
However, this poem "Looking at the Ancients in Yue Zhong" by Li Bai is not a famous poem by Li Bai, nor is it suitable for enlightenment study.
Although Zhu Chun didn't know how the lessons were arranged in the so-called elementary school, there were some things that an expert would know if they were there just by taking a look.
Therefore, he immediately judged that this should be a reading that the child had read after his enlightenment, but before he was familiar with the classics and history.
Zhu Chun asked again: "Why do you send your children to school?"
"This..." the cowherd said awkwardly: "My mother-in-law works in a textile workshop, and I have to run around here and there. The child is not big, so it is worrying to stay at home. What's more... over there at the elementary school, the government encourages
If a child is studying, if he enrolls in school, he can receive thirty kilograms of rice per month. Although this is not much, after paying the tuition, it is actually not easy to raise this child to study. But... Illiterate people can only be like me.
You work as a coolie, but if you study, even if you have to work hard in the future, your income will be more than double that of a coolie like me."
"Edicts from the county and civil servants from the countryside tell people everywhere that they can get twice the result with half the effort and that if they study, they will be able to live a good life in the future. As a rough guy like me, I am only poor if I am poor, but I can afford the tuition.
, I can barely afford it, and I always hope that my children will be more successful than me in the future, right?"
Zhu Chun nodded.
Liu Desheng looked disdainful and murmured in a low voice to Liu Guangjin beside him: "It's tempting to use profit, hey... Studying is supposed to cultivate one's moral character. Going to study for money, what can this teach?"
Liu Guangjin smiled awkwardly and did not respond.
Zhu Chun glanced at Liu Desheng.
Immediately, Zhu Chun said to the cowherd: "Being able to read is a good thing after all."
The cowherd said: "Sir, I think he is a well-educated poet. Could it be that he is going to Taiping Mansion to be a teacher this time?"
When the cowherd mentioned the word "teacher", he looked admiring him, as if he was some great person.
Zhu Chun smiled slightly: "Yes."
"Yeah." The cowherd said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, I'm disrespectful."
Zhu Chun said: "But I have little talent and little knowledge, so I'm afraid I won't be able to teach you much."
"What are you talking about!" said the cowherd: "In our Taiping Mansion..."
When he talked about Taiping Mansion, his voice was louder and he looked very proud: "I heard that schools everywhere are recruiting teachers, and the government provides money and food..."
"The government gives money and food?" Zhu Chun was even more surprised.
"You don't know?" the cowherd said, "Thousands of teachers are being recruited from top to bottom in Taiping Mansion. In order to recruit them, a lot of effort is expended. In Taiping Mansion, teachers are treated like civil servants."
"Literary official..." Zhu Chun laughed dumbly.
He couldn't understand that scholars who taught were treated like lowly officials.
Just this...but it still seems like something big.
It's a pity... At this time, the boat arrived at a ferry, which was obviously the boundary of Taiping Mansion.
The boatman shouted: "The Xu family has arrived."
A few people got off the boat sporadically, and a few people boarded the boat.
Most of the passengers who boarded the ship were clothed in commoners, but their clothes were obviously cleaner and neater than many people on the ship, and although their clothes were not newly cut, they were not shabby.
The people from Guangzhou were all dressed in ragged clothes, but they looked like two different people.
The most important thing is that these people have full complexions. Even though their skin seems to be tanned, their mental outlook is completely different from those from Guangzhou.
Zhu Chun fell into deep thought again. Next, the ferry went downstream. Zhu Chun said nothing. He looked thoughtfully at the rice fields passing by on both sides of the river.
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Forbidden City.
At this time, Yi Shiha arrived at the Wen Building in a hurry.
"His Majesty."
Zhu Di looked up at him and said calmly: "What's the matter?"
Yi Shiha's face looked a little ugly and said: "Your Majesty, something happened."
"Something happened?" Zhu Di frowned subconsciously.
He had been in a bad mood these days, and when he heard that something had happened, he became very angry.
He took a deep breath and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yi Shiha said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, King of Shu, is nowhere to be found."
Zhu Di suddenly stood up and said in shock: "How is this possible?"
Yishiha smiled bitterly and said: "I thought it was incredible at first. The last time he was there was at a post station in Guangzhou. Logically speaking, he set off from that post station two days ago. At this time, he should have entered Beijing long ago."
"The people from Guangzhou Deyi sent someone to inform them early, so everyone expected that he would arrive yesterday afternoon or early this morning. Unexpectedly... he was never seen, so... Dongchang went to inquire.
Only then did I discover... that after he arrived at a ferry, he took an unknown boat and left... So far... his whereabouts have not been known."
Zhu Di's body trembled and his eyes opened slightly: "You are trying to trap me in injustice."
Zhu Di was furious.
This is actually understandable, not to mention that Zhu Chun was Zhu Di's brother and had a reputation as a virtuous man. Now ministers all said that he was a virtuous king that had never been seen in the past dynasties. As a result, at this time, Zhu Chun disappeared.
This is tantamount to telling the world that His Majesty, who cannot even tolerate his own nephew, must be jealous of the King of Shu, Zhu Chun, so...
Yi Shiha was startled and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Slave... I have already tried my best to find him."
Zhu Di paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking extremely agitated, and asked: "Does anyone else know the news?"
"I heard that there is... there is..."
Zhu Di shouted impatiently: "You f*cking tell me!"
Yishiha was so frightened that his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes... I heard that when His Highness the King of Shu arrived at Guangzhou Yi, the Ministry of Rites learned the news, so many scholars asked,
They were all greeted outside the city yesterday afternoon and early this morning, just waiting for His Majesty the King of Shu to come to Beijing... But it has been a long time..."
Before Yishiha could continue, Zhu Di sneered: "How can such a big living person get lost at any time? How many guards did he bring?"
"I haven't heard much about this, and there are only ten of my retinues in total." Yi Shiha said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness, King of Shu..."
Zhu Di sighed: "My brother...it's like this. At first, Emperor Taizu Gao ordered us brothers to go to Fengyang to plow the fields to compensate the farmers for their hardships. Neither I nor the other brothers even bothered to care.
He is just a lazy person, and he is the only one who enjoys himself, actually wearing common clothes and going to the ground to plant rice..."
Zhu Di continued to put his hands behind his back, walked a few steps, and then said: "Find a way to search for me immediately. Regarding this matter... we still have to try our best to block the news. Although this news may not be blocked, I sent a secret order to Zhang Anshi.
Jin Yiwei can't be idle either, that boy Zhu Chun must not get into trouble, if anything happens to him, you won't have anything to do with him from now on."
After Yishiha heard this, his face turned pale and he kowtowed: "I obey the order."
Zhang Anshi's Right Governor's Mansion was originally a residence of Jin Yiwei.
The owner's house here was abandoned due to ransacking, so the Jinyiwei was renovated and used for office work.
But now, the signboard of the Right Governor's Mansion has been hung here, and Zhang Anshi has officially moved his Governor's Mansion here.
It is located next to Nanzhen Fusi and Fuyamen, and because of the requisition of the Jinyi Guards, several towers were built to monitor nearby streets as a precaution.
But now, it has come in handy for Zhang Anshi.
What he is doing now is not detailed, he only focuses on some major tasks.
Of course, he was not idle. After all, he was in charge of Jinyiwei and Nuo Da's Right Governor's Mansion, and he had to make decisions on many matters.
At the moment, he is anxious and angry about the problems of teachers in various schools.
This is actually understandable. Schools have expanded too fast. After the government has a large amount of money and food, and many common people are willing to let their children study, all the governments under the right governor's government have to teach.
Mr. is very missing.
It is easy to build a school, but it is difficult to recruit teachers.
After all, many people who have studied have a lot of career choices, whether they are working as stewards in workshops, accounting clerks, clerks, doing business, or even writing some lyrics and music for theater troupes, and there are even a group of people who are learning craftsmanship.
The salary and future of those who study are not necessarily worse than those who teach.
There are only a limited number of scholars, and scholars who are truly famous naturally do not have to earn a living, but scholars who come from poor families... are all treasures nowadays.
The students all looked embarrassed and hoped to give the teacher a little more salary.
"It's not that I'm stingy, but it's because even if the salary is increased by one level, those who don't want to come will still be unwilling to come." Zhang Anshi said: "How many staff are there now?"
Wang Xuezheng stood up and said: "Taiping Mansion has the largest shortage of staff, with more than 700 people missing."
"So many?" Zhang Anshi sighed: "But are they recruiting?"
"Here we are. We are recruiting at Qunru Pavilion...but...there are some people who come to inquire, but there are people who are really willing to join...and...there are also many people...who are not qualified...although there are
Willingness, but also..."
Zhang Anshi said angrily: "I don't believe it, we can't recruit people yet. Well, it's better to do this..."
Zhang Anshi turned around and asked the scribe on the side: "What are your plans for this afternoon?"
"Afternoon?" The clerk took out a book and said: "Captain, there will be a group of maritime merchants visiting this afternoon, and...that is...a colleague from Fengyang Prefecture is coming to see..."
Zhang Anshi said: "Cancelled, rescheduled to tomorrow. Come with me this afternoon to Qunru Pavilion."
"this……"
Zhang Anshi said: "I personally went there to show that we attach great importance to the teachers. At least it should be done like this. Maybe... it can make people change their minds."
Then Wang Xuezheng said: "This is also a good idea. The governor attaches great importance to culture and education, which is really admirable."
Zhang Anshi said: "Say less. You only dare to say this in front of me. If you have the ability, go and say it on Yingtianfu Street. Believe it or not, someone will beat you to death."
Wang Xuezheng: "..."
After having lunch and having enough to eat and drink, Zhang Anshi immediately led his people to the Confucian Pavilion.
There are quite a lot of people here in Qunru Pavilion.
As soon as Zhang Anshi arrived, many people came to see him.
Most of Zhang Anshi's retinue were in plain clothes, so as not to make too much of a show and appear to be afraid of death.
But underneath, he was wearing a layer of armor.
Zhang Anshi immediately greeted everyone and entered the Confucian Pavilion, where civil servants from Zhengya were already busy.
After a few instructions and instructions, they hurriedly gathered around. Zhang Anshi said: "How many people have been recruited this afternoon?"
One lecturer said: "Captain, there are thirteen people."
Zhang Anshi frowned and said, "Too few. I see there are quite a few applicants outside."
The instructor smiled bitterly and said: "As a teacher, you must have some foundation. There are many applicants who can barely read and write, and are not proficient in arithmetic. It is really difficult for them to be qualified."
Zhang Anshi nodded: "How many people are going to apply next?"
A lecturer looked at the directory: "There are probably more than seventy."
Zhang Anshi said: "Call in and let me test it myself."
The accompanying officials did not dare to neglect, and Zhang Anshi immediately sat down and picked up the tea cup that was brought to him.
At this time, he looked calm and thoughtful.
"Fengyang Student...Liu Chun."
Someone is singing.
Immediately, a person stepped in. This person did not feel timid at all. He came in boldly and raised his head to take a look at the place.
Then he smiled at Zhang Anshi and said, "Student Liu Chun, I have seen..."
Zhang Anshi said: "I am Zhang Anshi."
Liu Chun nodded and still smiled. He lowered his head and saw a small stool, so he sat down straight away. After straightening his clothes, he looked up at Zhang Anshi.
Zhang Anshi said: "How old are you?"
"Now thirty-seven."
Zhang Anshi glanced at him in surprise. This man... didn't look like he was thirty-seven years old. He looked about thirty years old.
This situation is relatively rare, because...the ancients all looked older...
Many people start to have a lot of gray hair after reaching their forties.
This man looks particularly young.
"Why do you want to teach?"
"Just wanted to take a look..."
Zhang Anshi's face suddenly dropped, and then he glared fiercely at Xuezheng and Jundao.
These people shuddered, lowered their heads, and looked at their toes.
Isn't this a joke? Dare lovers are here to join in the fun, so people like this... are let in for interviews?
Zhang Anshi said with a cold face: "There is nothing exciting to see here, next one."
But the man named Liu Chun smiled and said: "Don't worry, the students have never heard of the lack of so many teachers in this trivial area, so they are curious. And the students... happened to
After reading some more books, I thought that maybe the student and the teacher had some connection, so maybe I applied."
Zhang Anshi said: "Do you have any fame?"
"have……"
Zhang Anshi asked: "What kind of fame?"
"I almost won the title of Scholar."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Zhang Anshi had already turned cold and said: "That means you have no fame. If you still show off like this without fame, it seems like you have bad character. Next one."
"Wait a minute."
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The second chapter will be delivered before two o'clock in the morning, which will be a little earlier than yesterday, and we will try to get the second chapter a little earlier tomorrow.