The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 180 Jue Jiao's First Tour of Mongolia

Flip the day to April nineteenth.

Jiao Shun left the house early in the morning, but he did not rush to the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, but went through Zhengyangmen to the outer city, and went straight along the street to You'anmen in the southwest corner.

The workshops in the vicinity of the capital all resume work on the ninth day of the first lunar month.

It took three full months until the ninth day of April, and it took another seven or eight days to compile the statistics. Yesterday, there were more than [-] work-study students in each workshop, and they had already settled in the government-run elementary school near Zuoanmen.

Today is the official start of class!

As the initiator of the work-study program, Jiao Shun failed to win the management right of Mengxue because the Ministry of Rites killed him and refused to give in, but it is still necessary to attend the opening ceremony—especially the Ministry of Rites. Obviously, there is no plan to hold any entrance ceremony for these work-study students.

There is a saying in the capital, "the east is rich and the west is expensive, the south is poor and the north is cheap." Zuo'anmen Mengxue is located in the southwest corner of the outer city. Although this area also has the word "west", it does not match the word "expensive" at all. Up above, it was a famous poor place 300 years ago.

When Xia Taizu set up the government-run elementary school, the imperial court paid for all the fees. This Zuoanmen elementary school was actually larger than other places. In its heyday, there were nearly a thousand students studying.

However, as the appropriation from the imperial court became less and less, the tuition fee also went from scratch to more, and the elementary school opened in the slums naturally declined earlier than other places.

Up to now, there are only two classrooms that are still in normal use, and they are often not full of people.

Arranging the work-students here this time is considered waste utilization—after a simple renovation of those old classrooms, some of them can be converted into Datongpu dormitories, and the equipment used by the old craftsmen in teaching also has a place to be placed. .

But Jiao Shun drove to Mengxue.

Zhao Yan and Liu Changyou led a few servants, and they had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, but there was no Dean, Jiaoyu and others inside.

Seeing Jiao Shun scanning the crowd, Zhao Yan hurriedly stepped forward and explained with a smile: "Dean Zhou occasionally feels unwell, so, so he didn't show up."

Seeing his embarrassment, he knew there must be something else going on.

Furthermore, since the dean can't come due to illness, he should arrange for other people to come forward to receive him, but now only the officials from the handyman's office are here, and the dean's attitude this week is self-evident.

But this is normal.

Today's government-run Meng Xueben is a gathering place for down-and-out literati, some are cynical, some are self-proclaimed, and more are muddle-headed bastards.

Most of the people who can serve as the dean will not be the latter.

Regardless of whether it is cynical or self-proclaimed, it is perfectly normal to look down on Jiao Shun, who was born in slavery and became an official. Because these people have less experience in the officialdom, they are more staid and old-fashioned than those who have obtained a serious official status. .

Jiao Shun didn't care about it.

Anyway, he came this time mainly to see the students, and he didn't care about the teacher's behavior—mainly, it was useless to care. The Ministry of Rites had the right to manage the personnel of Mengxue, and Jiao Shun could at most take care of it to impart experience. old craftsmen.

Right now, he went straight to the topic and said, "What about the group of work-study students?"

The term 'work-study student' was naturally coined by Jiao Shun.

"Should you be having breakfast?"

Zhao Yan replied uncertainly, then turned sideways and stepped in: "My lord, why don't I take you there first?"

Jiao Shun nodded slightly, Zhao Yan and Liu Changyou led the way and turned into a relatively independent small courtyard.

As soon as you enter the door, you can see dozens of people squatting or standing under the east corridor, all of them are strong and strong men, most of them are between 25 and [-] years old, and more than half of them are married and have children.

Originally, according to the resolution above, it was planned to recruit a group of teenagers first. Firstly, young people are easy to manage and learn things quickly, and secondly, they will not delay the production tasks of the workshop.

Jiao Shun also thought so at first.

However, after conducting detailed research, he insisted on raising the entry age for the first two batches of work-study students.

The reason is very simple. After completing the short-term training, many of the work-study students must take up the grass-roots management positions. However, these years, the workshop is most concerned about the seniority, and wants to let a group of half-grown children who have not even grown up go to work. Managing one's uncle and elder brother is simply a dream.

Although relying on official means, it is not impossible to forcefully promote it.

But what Jiao Shun wants is merit, not intensifying internal conflicts.

Therefore, he plans to recruit three or two batches of young and strong workers who have already married and set up businesses for a one-year short-term training. After the superiority of the system is proved, young people will be recruited for long-term training.

As for the young and middle-aged people whose thinking is initially fixed, it is more difficult to enlighten than the young people...

He, Lord Jiao, doesn't have to be a teacher on the front line, and he doesn't even have jurisdiction over these teachers. Of course, he can do whatever is beneficial to himself and the Ministry of Industry.

Less gossip.

But when he saw this group of officials entering the courtyard, the work-students who had been squatting on the ground hurriedly stood up, timidly forming a row under the wall.

As the leaders selected by each workshop, their sense of obedience and discipline are relatively strong.

But Jiao Shun's eyes did not fall on them, but looked at the steps in front of one of the classrooms.

Because there was a broken bowl upside down on the steps, and there were two steamed buns and some soup and water scattered beside it.

Zhao Yan, who was in the lead, also saw this scene, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, when he came to inspect earlier, the Mongolian school was clearly arranged very well, but how could there be so many moths all of a sudden when Shangguan came to inspect it?
He took a few steps, looked around at the work-study students and asked, "What's going on? Who did it?!"

The work-students nearby all shrank their necks, while those in the distance stretched their necks to look around, but no one responded to Zhao Yan.

Seeing this, Zhao Yan became more and more annoyed, and was about to say a few threatening words, when suddenly a scholar in a robe walked out of the classroom, looked down at the work-student next to him and said, "Master Zhao, you don't need to ask, this is what I did. of."

"you?"

Zhao Yan didn't know this scholar, but only vaguely remembered that he was a tutor in Meng Xueli, so he frowned and asked, "Why are you like this?"

"Humph~"

The scholar exhaled some turbid air from his nostrils disdainfully, and said loudly: "It is because these people are disrespectful, they went to the classroom to eat, and they yelled and behaved vulgarly, so I drove them out." Go out, and overturn the food of one of them as a warning to others."

During this period, many work-study students stared at him viciously, obviously they had just been insulted by the teacher.

If you were in an ordinary private school, most of the people would have been full of old fists, but this is a government-run elementary school after all, the gentlemen in the school eat all the food from the emperor, and there are even four government servants from Shuntian Prefecture arranged in the school, who dares to mess around with this posture rash?

"This……"

Hearing this, Zhao Yan immediately became embarrassed. From the perspective of a literati, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the scholar's approach, but he also knew how much Jiao Shun attached importance to these work-study students.

"You did a good job."

At this time, Jiao Shun also came up to Shi Ran, looked at the food on the ground, then looked at the teacher who was still showing his head up, and said with a slight smile: "The rules in this school are to stand up for a while—but it's not good. Let them squat outside to eat all the time."

Speaking of this, he turned his head to Liu Changyou and said: "Liu Suocheng, you turn around and ask someone to send some tables, chairs and benches, and decorate one of the rooms as a canteen."

Seeing that the school teacher was still pointing his nostrils at him, Jiao Shun pointed at him again and said, "From now on, this gentleman will only be responsible for maintaining order in the cafeteria."

Then why did Dean Zhou say that he would not be sick, but arranged for such a stupefied young man to come forward, obviously wanting to lend him a blow to Jiao Shun, how could Jiao Shun let him get what he wanted?

The school teacher was stunned for a moment, and then he said angrily: "The gentleman is far away from the cook, the student is the teacher of this elementary school, but not the slave of the Ministry of Industry..."

At last, he has not completely lost his mind, took back the 'servant' that came to his lips, and changed his words: "But he is not a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry, how can he manage a canteen?!"

Jiao Shun smiled, pointed to the ground and asked, "Don't you just take care of it well? This officer is doing his best, that's why..."

"Shut up nonsense!"

The school teacher flicked his sleeve angrily: "Zhang would rather resign from this post as a school teacher than be humiliated by others!"

Saying that, he didn't say goodbye to Jiao Shun, put one palm on his belly and one palm on his back, and walked away with his head held high.

"grown ups."

Seeing this, Zhao Yan subconsciously persuaded him: "On the first day of school, my husband hangs up and leaves. Isn't this a bad influence?"

Jiao Shun glanced at him, and asked back, "Is this Suanxiu your man?"

"how come!"

Zhao Yan hastily argued: "Xiaguan and this Mengxue..."

"Since it's not yours, why do you think so much?"

Jiao Shun didn't wait for Zhao Yan to finish speaking, and interrupted him rudely: "This is a tutor hired by the Ministry of Rites, and we have no jurisdiction at all. If he wants to resign, what does it matter to us?"

Zhao Yan was a little dumbfounded at the moment, and blurted out: "Then just now you said to let him go to the cafeteria..."

Jiao Shun spread his hands together: "I just suggested that he manage the cafeteria. As for whether the Ministry of Rites and Mengxue will accept my opinion, that's another matter."

Zhao Yan was speechless immediately, and at the same time mourned silently for the proud teacher just now.

Although Mengxue is in a downturn, the tutors here are also serious errands to receive the emperor's rations. With the temperament of that person just now, it may not be so easy to find a similar errand in the future.

At this time, Jiao Shun looked at the work-students who were still holding their rice bowls and standing stupidly in the corridor, and casually ordered the guards to bring over a meal.

He originally intended to imitate others' way of sharing weal and woe, but when the food was served, he found that the soup was muddy, and the corn bread was not the kind that later generations would eat, it was so dry and dry that it cut his throat.

Jiao Shun had never eaten anything like this in his two lifetimes.

Damn it, stop pretending!

Master Jiao is Master Jiao and not Comrade Jiao. Why do you share weal and woe and go deep into the masses?
He returned the food to the guard, walked with his hands behind his back to the place where the work-students were facing each other, and said loudly: "You may or may not have heard of me, but I received His Majesty's grace last winter. That Jiao Shun who jumped from a slave to a seventh-rank Beijing official!"

Although many people had already guessed Jiao Shun's identity, this remark caused a lot of whispering discussions.

Jiao Shun waited for them to calm down for a while, and then continued: "I have a hard background like you, and I also built my family by means of craftsmen. It stands to reason that at this time, I should eat a few mouthfuls of corn bread and get a bowl of soup, pretending to be with me." The big guys are close and close - but my mother can't eat it, and I don't want to eat it!"

This time, no one was talking about it, on the contrary, it was quieter than before, but most of the eyes were full of doubts.

I heard Jiao Shun continue to talk with eloquence: "Yesterday I played with two beautiful maids until midnight, and I got up late this morning, so I didn't let the stove bother me, and just ate some bad food." Duck feet, marinated tendons, fried shrimp with rapeseed, vermicelli ball soup, and a bowl of shredded pork noodles with pickled mustard, and two pieces of glutinous rice cakes wrapped in white sugar and almonds and raisins."

After talking about this long list, there will be a lot of tongue-in-cheeks on the other side, and the Wotou vegetable soup is not delicious anymore.

Of course, some people wondered what that beautiful maid looks like.

At this time, Jiao Shun asked again: "Do you want to live a life like this?"

Everyone was still silent, but that envious expression already explained everything.

"to be frank."

Jiao Shun walked back and forth for two steps with his hands behind his back, then pointed at these work-students and said, "I can't guarantee that all of you will live such a life, but it's not difficult for one or two out of ten! "

As he said that, he spread his palms again: "50 years, 50 years, no craftsman has ever been a seventh-rank official, and the eighth-rank is already the best among craftsmen! However, I am only 17 years old. Craftsmen have reached the seventh rank, in charge of hundreds of workshops, and tens of thousands of craftsmen!"

"what does that mean?"

Jiao Shun looked around the crowd and said decisively: "This means that the opportunity has come! An opportunity that your father and brother have waited for all their lives, but you have caught up with your shit luck!"

He pointed back: "I am the first craftsman who seized this opportunity and made great achievements!"

Then pointing to the opposite side: "And among you, there may be a second, third, or even more!"

The work-study students couldn't help being uproarious at this moment.

They have already guessed that there will be benefits after they complete their studies, but they never dare to think about it!

Let alone a seventh-rank Beijing official, being able to have a ninth-rank or even a low-ranking official is enough for these ordinary craftsmen to honor their ancestors!

In fact, hearing this, the first reaction of many people is that they can't believe it.

But Jiao Shun was a living example, standing in front of everyone, they couldn't help but believe it!
Although "Hao Nu" are generally domineering masters, but in terms of status, they should not be much better than craftsmen, right?

If he can do it, why can't he? !
"To tell you the truth, I'm an outlier in the yamen."

Just when people's hearts were stirring, Jiao Shun quietly called out in a deep voice: "A stranger who doesn't fit in among a group of civil servants! After all, how many scholars can look up to craftsmen and servants?"

Everyone seemed to have been poured with a basin of ice water. Thinking of the arrogant school teacher just now, their hair was cold and their heads were on fire. They couldn't tell whether it was ambition or unwillingness to burn.

"That's why I came up with this work-study solution!"

Jiao Shun raised his voice again: "Let you all be able to study, show respect, and accumulate some capital that can be compared with scholars, so that you will have more opportunities to walk on the road to heaven like me, and let me no longer be a member of the yamen. heterogeneous!"

"I am not the dean of this elementary school, let alone a teacher who teaches! But when you leave this elementary school, you will be regarded as disciples by me, Jiao!"

"I, a self-proclaimed teacher, can't guarantee that everything will go smoothly for you when you return to the workshop, but I will never let anyone confuse him for his merits and dignity!"

"So, motherfucker, let's study hard, not for others, but for your own prosperous future!"

(End of this chapter)