The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 377 The Law of Peace in the World

Xue Baochai came to Qingtang thatched house this time, but she had some relationship with Jiao Shun.

Inspired by Jiao Shun when the two corresponded, the Xue family set up engineering schools in Jinling, Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other places before the Ministry of Industry, and gathered outstanding apprentices from the workshops of the firm for training.

Xue's work-study students had already graduated at the end of last year. After half a year of trial and error, the effect can be said to be quite outstanding.

Not to mention the increase in output and profit, what's more important is that these work-students who are grateful to the Xue family and have a certain ability to replace them have greatly shocked those who, because of the premature death of the old boss and the incompetence of the young master, and The old and the young who are ready to move.

For a while, the ills of passive sabotage, obedience, and self-enrichment in Nanbianer's shops have been effectively suppressed.

While the Xue family was delighted, they also made up their minds to promote the work-study system in an all-round way.

The reason why it was only implemented in the south before was because after the Xue family moved to the capital, the chaos of the business workshops in Beijing and Tianjin has been dealt with to a certain extent, and the need for continuous improvement is not urgent.

Secondly, I am also worried that at the feet of the emperor and copying official policies, it will cause some unnecessary risks.

Now that the first batch of work-study students from the Ministry of Industry has officially graduated, the effect of work-study has also been recognized by the public. There are not a few wealthy businessmen who intend to imitate it, and it is natural for the Xue family to be among them.

Therefore, from the end of May, Xue's family began to set up private schools in the suburbs of Beijing, and at the same time, recruited industrial and commercial apprentices in Zhili, Shandong, Henan and other places who were interested in enrolling.

Because of the experience of running a school in the south, all this went very smoothly, but recently some abnormal noises suddenly appeared.

"A few days ago, shopkeeper Su of Wantong's old company asked my brother if he could send his children to the court's engineering school through the Rongguo Mansion."

"Brother was careless, and didn't take it seriously. Later, several shopkeepers and workshop owners came to the door. Yesterday, even Chen Fan from Jinmen wrote to ask about this, so my brother felt that the limelight was not right. , the trustee reported it to us."

After hearing what her daughter said, Aunt Xue obviously didn't understand the cause and effect of the matter. She tightened the silk gauze wrapped around her legs and said in a daze, "This is so good, why are you making a fuss about going to the government-run engineering school?"

Seeing that the semi-transparent veil couldn't cover the white and greasy patches on her mother's body at all, Xue Baochai frowned unconsciously, and all the words of persuasion came to her lips, but she swallowed them back.

Xue's father was an "enlightened" man before his death. Seeing his wife's shyness, he urged her to wear less regular clothes at home and use more breathable gauze to cover her body. fun.

It was also under his instigation and connivance that Aunt Xue, who had always preferred exotic clothes, developed such a habit.

Especially after Xue's father died, it even became a means for her to remember her deceased husband.

Therefore, even if Baochai couldn't get used to it, she couldn't bear to criticize her mother for it. She could only turn a blind eye and said, "What else could be the reason? Of course, it is because of the government-run industry. If you have the opportunity, you can directly work in the Ministry of Industry as an official."

After a pause, he gave his mother some popular science and said: "This dynasty learned from the previous dynasty, and it was originally a way to donate. Later, Emperor Shizong took pity on the officials and eunuchs, so it was not easy to maintain the family, so he allowed his father and grandparents to be above the seventh rank. Many people donate officials, and those who donate are generally vain jobs, and there is no way to fill the vacancies."

"It seems that ordinary business students can only get a chance to become an official by studying and making a career-but this is less than the inheritance of farming, studying and family education. How many business students can obtain fame?"

"Nowadays, I heard that as long as you do well in engineering, you can directly go to the Ministry of Industry to become a craftsman official, so they naturally flock to it."

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of these shopkeepers, the son's imperial examination is not as good as other serious scholars, but what's so difficult about doing business and working?
Everyone feels that there is an opportunity, and naturally everyone is eager to be the first.

"That……"

After listening to her daughter talking about this big deal, Aunt Xue still failed to grasp the point, so she asked again: "Then is this a good thing or a bad thing for our family?"

"If it is done properly, it will be a good thing! I thought about it all night yesterday, and this trend has probably already spread in Beijing and Tianjin..."

Most of the shopkeepers at the same level have close or loose connections, and the establishment of private schools to train work-students is not only done by the Xue family. I'm afraid the wealthy businessman's family can't stop.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to disobey the will of the people, not to mention that it is related to the future of the children and grandchildren. If you want to stop it blindly, there will be resentment below. ——After all, this is a major event related to the future of the descendants and the glory of the ancestors!
Therefore, from Baochai's point of view, it is better to avoid this matter than to block it.

Moreover, if the family can send people to government-run engineering schools on a regular basis, it can be regarded as an additional means of rewards and punishments for the shopkeepers below.

As for the overflow of outstanding talents...

The Xue family is engaged in imperial business, relying on the influence of the imperial court, they don't really value the so-called outstanding talents so much, and they care more about the issue of loyalty.

What's more, if the children who go out from their own family can really go to the Ministry of Industry to become officials, it will be a help in the future.

Having said that, Baochai made a final conclusion: "According to my daughter's wishes, we might as well contact Brother Jiao and tell the truth about the matter; at the same time, contact the major imperial merchants to form an alliance."

"The number of places in government-run engineering schools is limited, and it is absolutely impossible to recruit a large number of private students at present, but the status of the major imperial merchants is special, and there may be room for change——Brother Jiao may as well take the opportunity to show his authority if the matter is not feasible at that time. Xie, it can be regarded as an explanation to the following."

Although Baochai has tried to be as straightforward as possible, Aunt Xue still half understands what she understands, but this does not prevent her from being so relieved, she pulls her daughter and praises: "My son, it is because of you that we are here, otherwise we can't help it." Watching your brother mess around, this family business will have to be wiped out sooner or later."

Sister Bao is mature on the outside, but in front of her mother, she often entertains her relatives with colorful clothes.

Following Aunt Xue's pull, she leaned into Aunt Xue's arms, pressed her face against the towering granary, and said in a muffled voice, "Mom, don't praise me, there are still some things that require you to come forward."

"And my business?"

Aunt Xue looked down at her daughter in surprise.

Baochai nodded slightly, shaking the ground in the warehouse: "The key to the matter is actually still on Brother Jiao, and he handles the engineering and learning affairs by himself, and now he is in charge of the secret in the Ministry of Industry. You can't get around him—so I want to ask my mother to come forward and communicate with Lai's aunt, and it's best to ask Brother Jiao face to face."

"That's pretty simple."

Aunt Xue wondered: "But why don't you let your elder brother do it? They are all men of the same age, and it is easier for us to talk."

"Mother doesn't know about brother?"

Baochai said helplessly: "He has always said that there is no doorman, no matter whether it is Brother Jiao or the family members of the several imperial merchants, which one is easy to get along with? If you say what you shouldn't say at that time, just say it." I'm afraid that good things will turn into bad things!"

"Each royal merchant must have his elder brother to come forward, so it's best to separate Brother Jiao's side, and simply hide from him what should not be said - it just so happens that my mother has such a relationship with Lai's aunt, so naturally only I can ask my mother to come forward."

Speaking of this, Xue Baochai suddenly remembered that Jiao Shun drove Shi Xiangyun with a rickshaw a few days ago.

If it hadn't been...

Now, don't you have to work so hard, and you have to alert your mother to come forward?

But when Aunt Xue thought of her son's temper, she nodded quickly and said, "It's because you are thoughtful, then I will invite Wang's family later..."

Just as he was talking, the servant girl outside came in to report that the attacker was looking for a girl for something.

Xue Baochai sat up straight and asked strangely, "What is she looking for me at this time?"

If Xiren went to Hengwu Courtyard to look for her, she wouldn't think it was strange, but she purposely chased her to the hut in Qingtang...

Could it be that there is something urgent?

"Mom, I'll go out and have a look."

Saying that, Baochai hurriedly got up and went outside.

At this time, Xiren, with a sad face, was holding Ying'er and whispering. Seeing that sister Bao came out, she hurriedly dismissed Ying'er and came forward to greet her.

Xue Baochai supported Xiren, and said with a smile, "Why are you being polite to me? I heard that you have something to ask for me. Could it be the clothes we sewed together last time? Something went wrong?"

The attacker hurriedly said: "It's not about this, how can the girl's craftsmanship be wrong?"

As she spoke, she told Baochai about Jia Baoyu's recent obsession with Buddhism, and said with a bitter face: "It's fine if I go once in a while, but it hasn't stopped since the beginning of spring, and I go every day these days. I was really worried about what would happen, so I..."

Xue Baochai couldn't help frowning when she heard the words, and asked, "Have you ever told your wife to know?"

"This……"

The attacker hesitated and said: "I mentioned it to my wife, but I didn't say it in such detail. Besides, the second master didn't make such a mess at that time—now that the matter between the wife and the master has just turned around, how can I bother my wife at this moment? "

Saying that, he gave Xue Baochai a slight salute, and said expectantly: "So I ask the girl to come up with an idea."

Xue Baochai was silent for a while.

These rationale and meditation can confuse idiots the most. Jia Jing, Jia Zhen's father in Dongfu, was also a flirtatious playboy when he was young, and he didn't change his temper in middle age, otherwise he wouldn't have given birth to Jia Xichun at nearly fifty years old.

But after a sudden enlightenment, such a replica Jia She actually abandoned his wife and son and became a Taoist priest, often living in the Xuanzhen Temple outside the city and refusing to go home.

If Jia Baoyu also learned from his cousin...

Baochai couldn't help feeling remorse again, if it's just that she doesn't know how to make progress, it's fine, as a wife, she will try her best to help, but if she wants to become a monk and escape from the world, what can she do?

But now two times have already started to talk about marriage, and it's already too late for me to regret it.

Therefore, Baochai can only suppress the depression in his heart and think about how to cut off Baoyu's "wisdom root".

After thinking for a while, she decided: "He only went to Changcui Temple?"

Xiren nodded, and after a moment of hesitation, he answered truthfully: "Young lady also knows about him. She feels uncomfortable when she sees those aristocratic teachers, and only Miss Miaoyu can catch his eyes."

To put it bluntly, other teachers and wives are old and fading, but Miaoyu's youth is just beautiful and refined, not to mention that her Buddhist knowledge is not bad, even if she can only read funeral scriptures, Jia Baoyu will probably be happy with it.

Hearing the meaning of Xi Ren's words, Xue Baochai lowered his head and pondered for a long while. He clearly had an idea in his heart, but he didn't speak again.

Attacking people is also a fine person, at first I didn't understand what it meant, but then I gradually realized it, and hurriedly raised the corner of her skirt and knelt down in front of Baochai: "The servants now treat the girl as a grandma, so they have the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard." I don’t dare to tell the truth—I beg the girl to give us an idea in the future!”

Jia Baoyu admires that Miaoyu very much now, if Xue Baochai secretly tried to target the relationship between the two, it would be difficult for Baoyu to know.

After all, Baochai still has some doubts about Xiren.

For Xiren, this was a bigger problem than Jia Baoyu's obsession with Buddhism, so he knelt on the ground and swore to be loyal to his future grandma.

"Get up, get up!"

Seeing Xiren like this, Baochai hastily helped her up again, and said: "I have long regarded them as sisters, so what is there to hide from you? I didn't say anything just now, I just thought about how to get the best of both worlds. "

After a pause, he said again: "That Miaoyu is a different kind, and the incident is all caused by her, why not invite her out of the Grand View Garden?"

After Xiren heard this idea, he felt a little disappointed, and murmured: "So, you still have to alarm your wife?"

That Miaoyu was specially invited from outside because of Wang Xifeng's decision and the old lady's approval. If she is to be kicked out of the Grand View Garden, at least Mrs. Wang must come forward.

But why should Baochai think about such a method?

But Xue Baochai shook her head again and again: "Although this matter cannot be kept from my wife, I can't let my wife come forward directly."

Xiren was immediately confused, and asked in confusion, "What's the point? I beg the girl to speak more clearly."

"You know brother Bao best, but why are you so confused?"

But I heard Baochai explain: "Recently he has become more and more free-wheeling, and the more others persuade him, the more he will go his own way - if the wife directly invites Miaoyu out, it may be counterproductive, and he will really fall into these reasons. "

It was only when Xiren heard this that he suddenly realized.

Jia Baoyu is now in the rebellious period of youth, and the more things his elders have banned, the more he will have to study them.

Although the root cause of this matter lies in Miaoyu, but if the person is driven away, the root root is deeper, wouldn't it be self-defeating?
She lost her mind for a while, and hurriedly asked: "Has the girl thought of a way to get the best of both worlds?"

Baochai took two more steps back and forth as he murmured, and finally said with confidence: "If Miaoyu is driven away because of brother Bao's affairs, it's naturally not appropriate, but what if it's because of other things?"

"Anything else?"

"For example, sister-in-law Zhen wanted to ask her to be the child's godmother a few days ago, but she not only refused outright, but also spoke rudely... If sister-in-law Zhen insists on pursuing the matter, and we continue to follow the trend, even if brother Bao finds out, it will only be Miaoyu who caused trouble by lying. , naturally don’t worry about him going astray.”

After Xiren heard this clever plan, he immediately felt that the clouds had dispersed for a day—the most important thing was that if he did it this way, he wouldn't have to worry about Jia Baoyu suspecting her.

Immediately, he praised sincerely: "It's the girl Lan Xinhui's nature, who can come up with such a perfect plan - I also ask the girl to tell the wife and settle the matter as soon as possible!"

But Baochai waved his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry, why don't we wait until the matter of the wife and the master is settled."

(End of this chapter)