Fu Song

Chapter 434
Sun Jing is a subordinate that Xiao Cheng values ​​very much.

In any other part of the Song Dynasty, it is impossible for Sun Jing to have the status he has today.

He was originally just a doctor, not even a scholar.

But reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Sun Jing practiced medicine and traveled all over the Southwest. In order to improve his medical skills, he also traveled to other places in the Song Dynasty.

This allowed him to have a very clear understanding of the suffering of the people, the bad government of the government, and the pros and cons of governance.

And he was even luckier to meet someone like Xiao Cheng.

Being an official under Xiao Cheng's command is a very comfortable thing.

Because you just need to do your best to do things well. As for other unnecessary troubles, Xiao Cheng will take care of them properly for you.

The so-called scholar dies for his confidantes, Sun Jing really did his best to do a good job as the magistrate of his place.

Putting Sun Jing in Qiannan was also the result of Xiao Cheng's deliberation.

Qiannan has a one-stop iron and steel industry that is related to the lifeline of the entire Guizhou Road.

The most basic reason why there is Guizhou Road is not because Xiao Cheng is a good hand in governing the region, but because of his powerful armed forces, which not only conquered the region, but also made the court helpless.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, Xiao Cheng has a deep understanding of this sentence.

In the face of absolute power, any moral preaching seems so feeble.

If you want to preach, if you want to convince people with virtue, the first step is to knock people to the ground first, and ask if you are convinced?
Convinced, let's come to the rule of virtue and the rule of law.

If you don't accept it, then beat him again, and after stepping on it a few times, ask again.

The construction of the army has always been Xiao Cheng's top priority.

Guizhou Road was divided into six prefectures and three states by Xiao Cheng. Of course, Liupanshui has not been taken back yet.

Xiao Cheng's plan is that every prefecture must be able to support an army.

Now, Xiao Cheng already had the Tiannan Army, Tianwu Army, Sirius Army, Tianping Army, Tianyi Army, and the pacifiers led by Han Kai.There are still three armies short of Xiao Cheng's request.

If this idea is really followed, there will be more than [-] well-equipped and powerful troops on the Guizhou Road. In the Song Dynasty, except for the Hebei Road, basically no other road had so many troops.

The army on Hebei Road also relied on the central government's finances to support the army's expenses, not Hebei's local support.

Moreover, any army on the Guizhou Road can compete with the frontier army on the Hebei Road in the past. Xiao Cheng absolutely does not want an army that is just a fake.That kind of army, apart from consuming food and salaries, is useless.

On Guizhou Road, Xiao Cheng had abolished the establishment of the Xiang Army, and the local armed forces were replaced by local regiments.The local regiment training is not a permanent army, they are just some ordinary people organized by the government to train during the slack season, similar to a militia organization.

Under normal circumstances, they are used as a reserve force. Once a large-scale war breaks out on Guizhou Road, they will be organized as civilian labor or logistics transportation forces.

Civil servants who have undergone formal military training and civilian servants who have not received training are completely different things when a war actually breaks out.

Cancel the Xiang Army, so as not to waste food and pay, and prevent local officials from using the Xiang Army as their own servants.

Training the local group training also makes it so that when something really happens, the local people will not be at a loss.

In fact, well-trained group training in some places can even keep one party safe.

The world is not peaceful until now on Guizhou Road. There are still many bandits in the mountains, and it is basically impossible to exterminate them.When you enter the mountain with a large army, they escape without a trace, and a small group of troops go to destroy them. If one is not good, it will be taken advantage of by them.

Now Guizhou Road's policy for these bandits is to block them.Block off the main roads of each checkpoint, set up security checkpoints, and rely on local regiments to fight against them.

In the past two years, when the local group training was not in shape, they really suffered a lot, but last year, the situation has completely reversed, and the bandits no longer dare to go down the mountain easily.

A few unbelievers went down the mountain to attack local villages, encountered local regiments, and the attack was unsuccessful. Then they were surrounded by other local regiments who heard the news from the surrounding area, and finally were completely wiped out by the local forbidden troops.

But these bandits are still tenaciously surviving under such a strict blockade. The article in this article can understand what is going on with your ass.

Someone is secretly supporting these people.

Those who support these bandits are naturally those guys around Guizhou Road who are eyeing them.

The imperial court's strategic encirclement of Guizhou Road still exists.

But Xiao Cheng didn't take them seriously.

For these bandits, Guizhou Road has started a new plan to be implemented by the Statistics Department.

This time Xiao Cheng came to Qiannan, the first was to inspect the steel industry in Qiannan, and the second was to see the popularization of the medical clinic that Sun Jing was building in Qiannan.

Sun Jing is a doctor, and a doctor with very good medical skills.

Even now that he has become a senior official, he still hasn't forgotten his profession.

Therefore, he built the first school in Qiannan to train doctors. Experienced doctors taught medical skills, and whenever he had free time, he would teach in person.

Like many other industries, doctors with their own unique skills are actually quite self-cherishing, and there are a lot of traditions that are passed on to sons but not daughters, and to daughters-in-law and not daughters.

Being a doctor is a respectable profession in its own right.

And on Guizhou Road, there is a person with a skill, whose income is much higher than that of ordinary people.

I don't know how many people want to learn a craft but don't have any connections to learn from a teacher. Now that Sun Jing is opening the door, it naturally caused a commotion.

Xiao Cheng went to see Sun Jing's medical center first.

Conditions are still poor.

The Medical Museum is located on a large piece of wasteland in the west of the city. There are two rows of adobe houses covered with thatch. One is used as a teaching place, the other seems to be a kitchen, and there are a few more rooms where everyone rests.

"Because there is no budget, the lower officials still get their own money now, and some other local business gentry contribute some money. The lower officials don't need money to give lectures, but the other doctors hired to give lectures still have to be paid." Sun Jing was a little surprised, and said embarrassingly: "The recruits are all teenagers, middle-aged and middle-aged, poor old people, and the monthly expenses are really quite a lot."

"It's indeed a bit crude!" Xiao Cheng said: "What should we mainly talk about now? Is it still a general subject?"

"Basically teach everything!" Sun Jing said: "Actually, on the road in Guizhou, there are too few doctors. They know a little bit of everything, and then in the process of practicing medicine in the future, they will gradually develop their own strengths. This is also a way to deal with it." It is the most effective method in our current form. They are not required to learn too much, and they are going to learn it for two or three years before releasing it."

Xiao Cheng nodded silently, right now having a doctor is more important than anything else.Even if this doctor is just a three-legged cat.

But of course Xiao Cheng would not be satisfied with the current situation.

"Let's expand the scale. For the funds needed, make a list for Tian Yi and ask him to give it to you!" Xiao Cheng said: "It must be expanded by at least two to three times to recruit more students."

"As long as you have money, of course it will be easy!" Sun Jing smiled broadly.

Speaking of which, although they are not considered poor now, every penny is worth a penny. Opening additional schools like this really can't squeeze out more money. After all, this is not the top priority.

"In addition to learning everything you just said, we also need to set up some specialties." Xiao Cheng said. "For example, those who specialize in trauma, for example, those who specialize in midwifery and gynecology. Every year, women and some dolls die because of giving birth. The number is really amazing."

"Is Futai going to train doctors for the army?"

Xiao Cheng nodded: "The army needs a large number of doctors. You have made a good start here, and if you do this well, it will be followed by other places in the future. By then, we will have more people available."

"The officer understands."

Physicians, not only in Guizhou Road, but also in the whole world, are also an industry with scarce talents. Ordinary people basically rely on minor illnesses and depend on their fate for serious illnesses. It is almost impossible for people to die because of a minor illness. too much.Now on the roads of Guizhou, the life of the people is getting better day by day, but seeing a doctor is not just a matter of money, no one, it is useless, let alone a small village, even a county, how many doctors can there be? ?
"Will the hired doctors be willing to teach them all?"

"Of course not now." Sun Jing said with a smile, "I'm worried about teaching the students and starving the master to death! Now I'm willing to come because I'm afraid of the government. It's normal to keep both hands. Take it easy!"

In fact, the Song court still attached great importance to medicine. It not only had a special medical officer system, but also specialized medical education. It began to develop in the direction of professionalization and institutionalization. There are strict rules and regulations for the education, promotion, and appointment of medical officers, and there is also a strict assessment system for medical officers.

But the number of people is too small, and how many of these doctors who have been appointed officials are willing to go to the fields to give up their heads to treat ordinary people?

This is true of economically developed places, not to mention Guizhou Road, which was previously regarded as a barbarian place by the Song people.

You must know that even though Xiao Cheng has been the pacifier of Guizhou Road for three years, there are still a large number of witch doctors on Guizhou Road.

It can't be said that these witch doctors have no common sense, but Xiao Cheng really doesn't catch a cold with the kind of treatment method that uses some ancient inheritance and dances like a god.

But when there are not a lot of doctors to fill them in, there is still a lot of market for these guys who dance to the gods.

This cannot be changed in a short period of time.

Now that Sun Jing is willing to open a school to solve this problem, it is naturally a great thing and must be supported vigorously.

The medical officer system, the medical system, etc., are all ready-made in the Song Dynasty, and they can be used when they are used, but it will take time to fully promote them on Guizhou Road. I don't know when it will be finished.

Everything, in the end, will have to be resolved by time.

When it was time for lunch, the two casually found a roadside stall on the street, and Xiao Cheng's guards silently occupied some key points around them to protect their safety.

"Boss, here are two servings of yellow cake and two servings of horned fish!" Sun Jing shouted loudly.

There were no tables at the roadside stalls, and everyone was shopping. Some people just stood there and finished eating before leaving, while others walked while eating, all of them seemed busy.

"Come here!" The vendor smiled and agreed.

"Yellow cake is a local delicacy. It is made of glutinous rice, added with soybeans, red beans, green tea, sugar, etc., and then wrapped in bamboo leaves. It is sweet and soft. But the best yellow cake should be added with rock sugar. I am afraid that this stall will not be used. Rock candy!" Sun Jing explained with a smile.

Hearing this, the vendor laughed and said, "All those who can afford rock sugar are in big stores. No one would believe us if we dare to use rock sugar here, but I use the best red sand sugar, although it is not as good as rock sugar." , but also very good."

"You are sincere!" Sun Jing laughed.

"I dare to brag about it, but I don't believe it either!" The vendor smiled and handed over two servings of yellow cake, then washed the horned fish in a bowl of salt water on one side, and then dipped some crude oil into the other bowl. The salt was wrapped in bamboo leaves and passed to the two of them.

Peeling off the bamboo leaves, Xiao Cheng took a bite of the yellow rice cake, and it really had a different taste, and then he tasted the horned fish, and he couldn't help but praise, the local snacks have their own flavors, and they are the best things that can reflect the style of a place.Xiao Cheng had stayed in Qiannan for a long time before, but he had never eaten the snacks at the roadside stalls.

The two of them didn't leave, they just stood by the stall, eating yellow cakes, while watching the vendor doing business.

Business is really good.

Xiao Cheng didn't finish eating one piece of yellow cake, and saw that the boss had already sold more than ten copies.

A piece of glutinous rice is two Wen, and a serving of horned fish is three Wen. Generally speaking, five Wen can solve a meal. After eating this glutinous rice, I will be hungry.

But what made Xiao Cheng even more happy was that the people he saw coming and going used all the Jiaozi issued by Lianquan Bank.

Only a very small number of people use copper coins, and these people seem to be from other places.

When the street vendors collected copper coins, they were obviously unwilling.

Xiao Cheng knew the reason.At the beginning, in order to promote the circulation of Jiaozi, there was no handling fee for those who used Jiaozi to exchange copper coins under a hundred documents.

But now Jiaozi has occupied a dominant position in Guizhou Road, and copper coins are not used by many people. If you collect copper coins, you have to go to the bank to exchange them for Jiaozi, but the bank charges a handling fee.Moreover, you will be exchanged for a deal when you reach a penny, and you will be charged a handling fee of [-] Wen. For this small vendor, this is equivalent to ten yellow cakes.

Therefore, whenever copper coins are used, Huang Ba will cost three Wen coins each.

This kind of practice is now commonplace on Guizhou roads, and it can be regarded as a disguised price increase, but for the government, it is happy to see it succeed.

The more and faster Jiaozi circulated, the more money the government made.

Xiao Cheng's favorite thing to do is to squat on the side of the road, looking at the bustling streets, looking at the busy people, looking at those people under the rule who are no longer thin and pale.

Whenever he has time to go out for a walk, this is what he must do.

Although such free time is very little.

It's a sense of accomplishment.

People's livelihood has always been the most basic support for a local government.

(End of this chapter)