Chapter 341: The Rule of Tang Yu

Zhu Chun was shocked to hear this.

Looking closely at the man, he was actually carrying his family with him, and seemed to have quite a lot of belongings with him.

“Taiping Mansion? Why are you going to the Taiping Mansion?” Zhu Chun said.

The man was sweating with urgency, constantly calling out to his family before they got too far away, and desperately moving forward on one side.

It was only when Zhu Chun pressed the matter, but he politely said, “Because if you go to Taipingfu, you will have a full meal. What, are you a foreigner?”

The man looked a little skeptical, though, as Zhu Chun’s official language was pretty standard.

Zhu Chun then said, “Isn’t there enough to eat here?”

“Eat shit.” The man said angrily: “Here days can not live, no longer go, must be a family old man starved to death in this can not. Do you know …… that my family was originally a tenant here …… In the past two years, the rent has risen year after year, and they have also recruited tenants all over the place, often beating and scolding us, and this year, we have been hit by a drought, and the days are really unbearable. Originally said that people away from their hometown cheap, but no longer go to Taipingfu, there is really no way to live.”

The woman on the side, holding a child in her hands and another in the back in a burlap sling, urged the man, “Go, go, this one ship is leaving.”

The man then grabbed his mother-in-law in a death grip and desperately pushed his way forward.

The official stopped him, shouting under his breath, “Road guide, road guide ……”

This person immediately began to desperately pull something out of his own body, and only after half a day did he pull out a string of money and shove it towards this official.

Officials weighed one or two, looked at each other, looked dissatisfied, mouth cursed: “Count your luck, today’s master’s mood is good, since you have a road guide, then …… will go.”

The man immediately thanked him profusely, “Many thanks, Master Differential, Master Differential Gong Hou Wan Dai.”

The official only nuzzled, and then stopped the rear-enders again.

When they reached Zhu Chun and the others, Liu Desheng tugged on Zhu Chun’s sleeve and said, “We’ll be arriving at Yingtianfu soon.”

Zhu Chun faintly said, “There’s no rush, go and take a look first.”

The official bellowed at Zhu Chun, “Road guide, you may not pass without a road guide.”

Zhu Chun said, “We are scholars, according to the laws of the Great Ming, the students can ……”

“Our rule here is to ask for a road guide, you say you are a scholar, you go back to the school to open a note to. Want to go to Taipingfu …… need this road guide.”

This errand boy bumped the copper money in his hand, and it turned out that …… the so called road guide to the Taiping Mansion was not the kind of road guide that Zhu Chun imagined.

Zhu Chun was dumbfounded, just one trip to the Taiping Mansion, how can you stuff money?

Stuffing money is fine, but there are so many more people who tend to do it.

For a moment his jaw dropped and he was speechless.

On the contrary, that Liu De Sheng was afraid of getting into trouble, and quickly took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the officer.

This errand boy only with a big belly, up and down to look at them, hehehe smile: “Yo, it seems to be we have eyes not recognize Mt. Tai, actually bumped into the nobleman, the boat is about to sail, the next trip will take two incense sticks, quickly go, the next one.”

Zhu Chun was then pushed by people and boarded a passenger ship.

This passenger boat sailed, rippled, and then went down the running stream.

Zhu Chun sat at the rear of the ship and saw all the people who boarded the ship, crowding together, but many of them looked excited.

They were in rags, but each of them had a light in their eyes.

Zhu Chun only heard them noisily gossiping about something.

Some were desperate and came with their families in tow, and since they were planning to go to Taipingfu, they had no intention of going back.

Others, because this Guangdezhou is not far from Taipingfu, and thus have relatives in Taipingfu, intend to join them.

That had previously been to the Taiping Mansion, came back to pick up the family there, which has been settled down in the Taiping Mansion, immediately became the object of envy in the eyes of the people.

Then heard the man: “you go, don’t easily go to what dental line, dental line of people introduced you to do labor, is to deduct your wages, in each county, there are special plaza, where the government has a special bulletin information, there are many workshops, will send their own people to recruit workers, we must bear in mind.”

“Also, two silver dollars a month for the price of work, be sure to listen to whether they pack food and shelter, if it is not, can never go, if it is living outside, at least three silver dollars. If you have a craft, you can still get four silver dollars upwards.”

“Older brother, what kind of camping do you do in Qixia?”

“Me?” The man smiled, “I’m a cattleman.”

“A cowherd?”

“It’s not quite a cowherd, it’s mostly trading cattle and sheep, all the counties and townships have to go, it’s a good trade now.”

It dawned on the crowd.

Zhu Chun was only listening intently, yet he was acting as if he didn’t show anything.

On the contrary, it was the two of them, Liu Desheng, who revealed their displeasure, they were not used to such a noisy environment, and most of the people in this boat were vulgar, making them frown.

That cowherd saw Zhu Chun and the others and said, “There are still a few Xiucai here.”

Zhu Chun then said, “Shame on you.”

The cowherd then smiled and said, “It’s good to be a scholar, it’s good to be a student, and if you read, you’ll be many times better than us.”

Liu Desheng then smiled, he and colorful, but the readers well, even if and colorful, can speak between, but also can not help but bring a few points of condescending breath, he said: “Reading of course, good, Qi family, ruling the country and world.”

The cowherd, however, shook his head and said, “What I mean is, after reading, you can work as a bookkeeper, or enroll in an academy, or even become a civil official, all of which have a great future, with a good salary and decent people.”

When Liu Desheng heard this, he was suddenly ashamed and angry, and he felt that the cowherd’s words had insulted him.

Zhu Chun, however, laughed, “The salary is not low, how much is that salary?”

“It’s hard to say, some can earn dozens of taels of silver, some worse, maybe seven or eight taels, but it’s better than us roughnecks.”

Zhu Chun said, “Are there many readers in Taipingfu?”

“That is of course, read a book, there will be a good future, this reading of course more people, not to mention other things, nowadays the children are growing up a little, the family will urge to enroll in school. Into the school, can read and write, but also arithmetic, only in the future can raise eyebrows.”

Zhu Chun showed a few moments of surprise and said, “Many children study?”

“My son is then studying in the elementary school.” This cowherd proudly said.

The moment these words came out, the people on the boat all showed envy.

A few children who had come with their parents, huddled in the corner of the boat, couldn’t help but raise their eyes in confusion and curiosity when they heard the school …… also.

Liu Desheng heard, since the appearance of disbelief, he guffawed: “Your cowherd’s son, but also read?”

“This can still cheat you?” The cowherd said, “He also learned to memorize poems from the school …… Well …… what is it called, oh yes, the Yue Wang Zujian broke the Wu return …… the righteous man to return to his hometown as much as possible ……灏�……灏介敠琛�……”

This statement caused everyone to laugh.

Liu Desheng was actually too jaw-dropped to speak.

Zhu Chun, however, smiled and said, “Your child, has been studying for at least a year.”

“Ah, you actually know? It’s really only one year of school.”

Zhu Chun only felt funny in his heart, this line, is a poem by Li Bai, but the average child who is enlightened, even if he will learn poetry, what he learns should be simpler and catchy verses.

This one, Li Bai’s “Exploring the Ancient World in Yuezhong”, however, is not one of Li Bai’s masterpieces, nor is it suitable for enlightened study.

Although Zhu Chun did not know that the so-called small school, how to arrange the coursework, but there are some things, connoisseurs just take a look, know whether there is.

Thus he immediately judged that this should be the reading of the child after he had been enlightened and before he had been able to familiarize himself with the Scriptures and history.

Zhu Chun added, “Why did you send your child to school to study?”

“This ……” cowherd awkwardly said: “my mother-in-law in the textile workshop labor, I myself also have to run around, the child is not big, stay at home also teach people to worry, not to mention … … primary school over there, the government encourages children to study, if enrolled in school can receive thirty pounds of rice per month, although this is not much, to pay tuition fees, in fact, to raise this child to study is not easy. … … small school over there, the government encourages children to study, if enrolled, you can receive thirty pounds of rice per month, which is not much, pay the tuition, in fact, to raise this child to study is not easy. But …… this illiterate, can only do hard labor like me, but if you read a book, even if the future errands hard, but the income can be like me more than double the human laborers.”

“The oracle in the county, and the clerical officials in the countryside have been telling people everywhere that it is twice the work with half the effort, and that they can lead a good life after studying, and that I, a rough man, who is just a little bit poor, can afford the tuition fees and can barely afford the tuition, and that I always hope that my children will be better off than I am in the future, don’t I?”

Chu Tsubaki nodded with a nod of his head.

Liu Desheng face disdainful with the side of Liu Guangjin muttered in a low voice: “to lure people with profit, hey …… reading this is to cultivate the body, running to the silver to read, this can teach what?”

Liu Guangjin smiled awkwardly and didn’t respond.

Zhu Chun glanced at Liu Desheng.

Immediately afterward, this Zhu Chun then said to that cowherd, “Being able to read is ultimately a good thing.”

The cowherd said, “Mr. I think you are a well-read man of poetry and books, is it possible that you are also going to be a teacher in Taipingfu this time?”

As soon as this cowherd said the word “teacher”, he was looking admiringly, as if he was some kind of great person.

Zhu Chun smiled slightly, “Yes.”

“Yah.” The cowherd was busy saying, “Out of respect, out of respect.”

Zhu Chun said, “But I’m shallow, so I’m afraid I can’t teach much.”

“Where is this coming from!” The cowherd said, “In our Taiping Province ……”

When he said to the Taipingfu, his voice was a little high pitched, and he looked extremely proud: “I heard that all the schools, are recruiting Mr. Teaching, the government to give money and food …….”

“The government gives money and food?” Zhu Chun was even more surprised.

“You are not aware of this?” The cowherd said, “Up and down the Taiping Prefecture, there are thousands of teachers recruited, in order to recruit, but it is a big effort, in the Taiping Prefecture, the teachers are also treated as civil officials.”

“Clerks ……,” Zhu Chun laughed dumbly.

He couldn’t understand that the readers who taught were treated the same as the untouchables.

Just this …… yet it still seems like something remarkable.

It s a pity …… that at this time the boat arrived at a ferry, and it is obvious that this is already the boundary of Taipingfu.

The boatman yelled, “Xu Jia Ferry has arrived.”

A few people disembarked sporadically, and a few more boarded and came up.

The boatmen who had come aboard this ship were mostly clothed in cloth, but the clothes they were wearing were obviously all cleaner and tidier than quite a few of the people on the ship, and although they were not freshly cut clothes, they were not worn out.

With this Guangdezhou come, a ragged look, but seems to be two models.

Most importantly, the men were full of color, and even though their skin seemed to be tanned, their mental outlook was very different from those who came from Guangdezhou.

Zhu Chun fell into deep thought again, next, the ferry boat downstream, Zhu Chun did not say a word, he looked at Xu Xu on both sides of a swaying rice paddy thoughtfully.

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In the Forbidden City.

At that moment, Yilungha arrived at the Wen Building with hurried footsteps.

“Your Majesty.”

Zhu Di looked up at him and said faintly, “What is it?”

Yiluoha’s face looked a bit ugly as he said, “Your Majesty, something has happened.”

“Something happened?” Zhu subconsciously tightened his brows.

These days, he was in a bad mood, and when he heard about the accident, he was furious.

Taking a deep breath before saying, “What is it again?”

Yiluoha anxiously said, “His Highness, the King of Shu, is nowhere to be found.”

Zhu Di directly exclaimed, “How is this possible?”

Also lost ha bitterly smiled, “slave girl at first also feel unthinkable, his last, is in Guang Dezhou a post station, according to reason, two days ago, from that post station, this time, should have entered the capital.”

“That Guangdezhou stage people, early to send people to know, so we expected, he should be yesterday afternoon, or early this morning will arrive. Who expects …… has been missing, so …… the East Chamber went to probe, only to find that …… he to a ferry after, then I do not know what boat, gone …… so far …… no whereabouts.”

Zhu Di’s body trembled, his eyes slightly opened wide, “You are trying to trap me in injustice.”

Zhu was furious.

This is actually understandable, not to mention that Zhu Chun is Zhu Di’s brother, and has a reputation for virtue, and now the ministers are saying that he is a virtuous king that has not been seen in all dynasties, and as a result, at this time, Zhu Chun disappeared.

This is not inevitably tantamount to telling the world that it must be this His Majesty, who cannot even be compatible with his own nephew, who is cynical about Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, so ……

Also lost Ha was shocked, panicked and bowed down, “slave servant …… slave servant has already tried to find a way to find it.”

Zhu Di carried his hands behind his back and paced back and forth, the whole person looked unusually annoyed, saying, “Do the others know the news?”

“I’ve heard there’s …… there’s …….”

Zhu Di impatiently bellowed, “You fucking tell me!”

Also lost ha scared forehead covered with cold sweat, busy: “Yes, yes …… I heard that His Highness the King of Shu arrived at the Guangdezhou stage, the Ministry of Rites side of the news, so a lot of readers inquired about, are yesterday afternoon and early this morning, outside the city to meet, just waiting for His Highness the King of Shu to the Beijing …… can wait a long time ……”

Without waiting for Yiluoha to go on, Zhu Di sneered, “Such a big living person, how can he just say he’s lost, how many guards did he bring with him?”

“This …… I have heard that there are not many, all of the retinue combined, there are not ten.” Yilungha hesitantly said, “His Highness the King of Shu ……”

Zhu Di sighed: “I this brother ah …… is like this. At first, ah, Tai Zu high emperor ordered us brothers to go to Fengyang plowing, body to compensate for the hardships of farmers, I and other brothers, are not bother to care, one by one to avoid laziness, only he enjoys himself, and actually really wore a cloth under the ground rice planting ……”

Zhu Di continued to back his hand, paced a few steps, then said: ”Think of a way, give me immediately to search. This matter …… is still to try to block the news first, although this news, I’m afraid it can not be blocked. Under the secret decree to Zhang Anshi, Jin Yiwei side, also can not be idle, Zhu Chun that kid, must not be something, if he is not something, in the future, there is no your business.”

Yiluoha heard, face white, busy is kowtow: “slave servant to comply with the decree.”

Zhang Anshi’s Right Governor’s Mansion, a mansion of the original Jinyiwei.

The owner’s house here was abandoned because of a raid, thus the Jinyiwei repaired it and wanted to use it for their office.

But now, the signboard of the Right Governor’s Office was put up here, and Zhang Anshi formally moved his own governor’s office, here.

It was adjacent to the South Zhenfu Si and the government offices, and because of the original expropriation by the Jinyiwei, several towers were built as a precautionary measure to keep an eye on the neighborhood streets.

But now, it came in handy for Zhang Anshi.

What he is doing now, however, is not detailed, just catching some of the main tasks.

Of course, he is not idle, after all, in charge of Jin Yiwei and the large right governor’s office, many things are ultimately to him to take the idea.

At the moment he is anxious about the problem of teachers in the various schoolhouses.

This is actually understandable, the expansion of the school is too fast. After the government has a large amount of money and food, coupled with many of the people, have the will to let their children to study, the entire right governor’s administration of the various provinces, the teaching staff is in short supply.

Schools are easy to build, but teaching staff are hard to recruit.

After all, many people who have read the book, career choice direction is also quite a lot, whether into the workshop as a steward, or do the bookkeeper, or clerical officials, business, or even write a little lyrics and music for the troupe, and even a group of people who learn to read the art of craftsmanship, their salaries and prospects, and may not be worse than the teaching staff.

The readers are limited, the real meritorious readers, naturally, do not have to beg for a living, but the readers …… from the cold family are nowadays all babies.

The academics, one by one, looked embarrassed and wished to raise the salaries of the teaching staff a little more.

“It’s not that I’m petty, but because even if this salary is increased by another level, those who are unwilling to come will still be unwilling to come.” Zhang Anshi said, “How many staff are lacking now?”

Wang Xuezheng stepped forward, “The Taiping Prefecture side has the most shortages, and is still more than seven hundred short.”

“So many?” Zhang Anshi lamented, “But where is the recruitment?”

“In it. Right there in the Qunru Pavilion, recruiting all around …… just …… to inquire about the people are there, but really willing to join the …… there is … . there are also quite a few people who …… aren’t qualified …… despite their willingness to ……”

Zhang Anshi exasperatedly said, “I don’t believe that I still can’t recruit anyone. Yes, how about this ……”

Zhang Anshi turned around and said to the clerk at the side, “This afternoon, what are the arrangements?”

“Afternoon?” The clerk took out a book and then said, “Dudu, there is a group of seafaring merchants visiting in the afternoon, and …… that is …… the Fengyang Prefecture Tongzhi is coming to pay his respects …… ”

Zhang Anshi said, “It’s canceled and rescheduled for tomorrow. Come with me to the Qunru Pavilion in the afternoon.”

“This ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “I personally go to a trip, only to appear to us to teach the importance of the teachers, at least this look to do out, perhaps …… can make people change some.”

That Wang Xuezheng then said, “This is not a bad idea, and it is really admirable that the Governor attaches importance to literature and education.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Say less, this is something you only dare to say in front of me, if you have the ability to go and say it on the streets of Yingtianfu, believe it or not, someone will beat you to death.”

Wang Xuezheng: “……”

After having lunch and having eaten and drunk enough, Zhang Anshi then set out for Qunru Pavilion with his men.

Group Confucian Court here …… is quite a lot of people.

Upon his arrival, Zhang Anshi had attracted quite a few people who wanted to meet him.

Zhang Anshi accompanied by, mostly plain clothes, lest too much fanfare, appear to be afraid of death.

Inside, however, he wore a layer of armor.

Zhang Anshi immediately met with everyone and entered the Qunru Pavilion, where the clerical officials of the Xuezheng Yamen were already busy here.

Several oracles and trainers, then rushed to gather around, Zhang Anshi said, “How many people were recruited in the afternoon?”

A disciplinarian said, “Dudu, there are thirteen.”

Zhang Anshi frowned and said, “Too few, I see that there are many applicants outside.”

This instructor smiled bitterly and said, “Since it is a teacher, there is always a need to have some foundation, there are quite a few people who come to apply for the recruitment, just barely able to read and write, arithmetic is not proficient, it is really difficult to be competent.”

Zhang Anshi nodded with his head, “How many more people are coming to enlist next?”

A disciplinarian looked at the directory, “Roughly seventy.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Call it in, I’ll examine it myself.”

The accompanying officials did not dare to be slow, while Zhang Anshi then took his seat and hugged the tea that was poured by someone.

At this point he was calm and thoughtful.

“Feng Yang student …… Liu Chun.”

Someone is singing.

Immediately afterward, a man stepped in, who didn’t feel the slightest bit intimidated, and came in grandly, looking up and scanning the place.

And then smiled at Zhang Anshi and said, “Student Liu Chun, meet …… you.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I am Zhang Anshi.”

Liu Chun nodded, still smiling, and looking down, he saw a small stool, so he settled straight down, and after straightening his clothes, he looked up at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi said, “What is the age?”

“Now thirty-seven.”

Zhang Anshi was surprised to look at him, this person …… is not like thirty seven years old, looking at the appearance of thirty years old and above.

This is less common because …… the ancients are showing their age ……

There are a number of people who start to develop a lot of gray hair after they reach their forties.

This one was particularly youthful.

“Why do you want to come and teach?”

“Just thought I’d drop by and see ……”

Zhang Anshi’s face instantly pulled down, and then he fiercely glared at the Hokage and Disciplinarian on the side.

The men winced and lowered their heads, looking at their toes.

This is not a joke? Dare people come to get together, such a person …… also put in the interview?

Zhang Anshi then said with a cold face, “There’s nothing to see here, next.”

This is called Liu Chun’s people but smiled and said: “Don’t be anxious, the students just never heard of, this area of a government, there is a shortage of so many teaching teachers, so only feel curious. And students …… happen to have read some books, then thought, perhaps students and teaching teachers, quite some destiny, it is not allowed, to enlist it.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Do you have merit?”

“There is ……”

Zhang Anshi then said, “What merit?”

“Almost won the show.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhang Anshi had already chilled his face and said, “That means there is no merit, without merit and still pretending like this, it seems that the character is not good, next.”

“And wait.”

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