I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

Chapter 208 The people don't know what they want, what kind of officials are you?

The first new school in the capital, in a classroom.

Hundreds of boys of different ages carefully held the books in their hands and eagerly listened to the lecture of a middle-aged scribe on the podium.

Although these boys' clothes are worn out and covered with patches, the books in their hands are very well protected, preventing the sweat falling from their foreheads and chins from getting wet on the books.

They cherished this opportunity to change their destiny very much, and they did not want to miss every word the husband said, and they did not even dare to do the small movements of raising their heads to wipe their sweat, for fear that they would miss what the husband said if they lost their minds.

"Students, this is the end of today's class."

The middle-aged scribe closed the book in his hand, picked up the sweat-soaked towel and wiped his face, looked at the child below who was still unsatisfied, and said with a smile: "Today's homework is the article we studied today, "My Grandfather Hongwu Great Emperor" recitation."

"While reciting, you must also think carefully about what His Royal Highness wants to express when writing this article."

"Tomorrow, I will conduct random checks. Anyone who fails to recite will be punished! Whoever answers to my satisfaction and recites fluently will have a mysterious reward!"

"Yes, sir!"

The mysterious reward was very attractive, and the children answered in unison excitedly.

The middle-aged scholar nodded with a smile. He was about to leave get out of class after packing up his things, but just as he picked up his things, he suddenly thought of something.

He patted his forehead helplessly.

I was only thinking about lecturing, and almost forgot what I said about the wine.

"Kids, wait a minute!"

The students who were packing their schoolbags stopped their movements one after another, sat down in the most standard sitting posture, and looked at the gentleman on the podium.

"This afternoon's martial arts class will not be held. Go back and inform your father or elder brother to come over, and tell them that the teacher will convey His Highness Taisun's order!"

The middle-aged scholar didn't talk too much.

These children are still young, and they can't remember if they say too much, and they may even pass the wrong message when they go home, so just let them go back and notify their parents.

Knowing that the martial arts class in the afternoon could not be held, many students cried out.

As mischievous boys, martial arts classes where they can get in touch with various wooden weapons are their favorite.

Although they also like to learn, it is more fun to learn to fight with a martial arts instructor with a knife.

Zhu Zhangui decided to give the first batch of part-time job benefits to the parents of these new children.

These children will be his first backbone in the future, and they will all be his own people, so of course the benefits will be given to his own people.

In the afternoon, an old farmer or a young middle-aged man came to the bright classroom with some restraint.

In the concept of these illiterate old farmers, the school for imparting knowledge is linked to their own ancestral halls, and they are all places they are in awe of.

A tall and thick man carefully sat on his son's small stool.

In order not to damage his son's desk, he raised his buttocks halfway when he sat.The rough hands did not dare to touch it randomly, for fear that if they were too strong, they would damage the things his son was reading, and then the teacher would get angry and drive his son out and stop teaching him to read.

This man is a butcher, and according to the requirements of the first batch of recruits, his son would not be able to enter the school.

But who made him a good brother.

His elder brother joined the army at the time of Jingnan and died in the battle of Jinling.

Since my elder brother had no heirs, and his parents passed away when he was young, the welfare benefits given by the court fell on him.

At this time, the man was a little nervous, thinking why did the teacher ask him to come here?
Could it be that his son got into trouble in the school and called himself over to be scolded.

For this reason, he had already beaten his son at noon.

"Hey, you're here, little tiger!"

Just when the man was nervous, an old voice sounded beside him.

The man turned his head and saw his neighbor Uncle Zhang walking in with a cane.

"Hey, I just came here for a while, why are you here, is Ergou's father free?"

The old man smiled and sat down on his grandson's chair.

"Didn't the emperor increase his troops? Ergou's father has been elected and has already gone to the barracks. His mother is a woman, so it is inappropriate to come here, so I came here, old man."

"oh oh!"

The man nodded and said nothing more.

This is a school, not their street meat stall, try to keep quiet if you can, talk loudly and make noise, if you annoy your husband, you will be in big trouble.

More and more people came.

It was originally a relatively loose room for nearly 100 children, but it was crowded by more than [-] adults.

Although these 100 people did not know any Chinese characters, they were full of respect for the school. After entering, they found their children's seats, nodded and greeted the people they knew, and then sat there and waited.

When the crowd was about to arrive, the gentleman who taught at noon walked in.

"Mr. Su, good!"

"Mr. Su, good afternoon!"

"Mr. Su,..."

A polite greeting sounded.

Mr. Su did not put on airs, nor did he look down on these vulgar farmers and military households.

No matter who greeted him, he responded with a smile.

When he walked to the podium, Mr. Su coughed lightly, and the place below became quiet for an instant, and he even lowered his breathing a lot.

"The purpose of calling everyone here today is to convey the order of His Royal Highness the Grandson!"

Mr. Su cut to the point and explained directly what happened.

It is a hot day now, and there are so many adults crowded in the room, he is afraid that some people will suffer from heat stroke.

"Crash..."

As soon as Mr. Su made a start, the parents of the children who were sitting below and listening to his speech quickly stood up and knelt down to salute.

Zhu Zhangui gave their children the chance to change their destiny. Their respect and awe for Zhu Zhangui has surpassed that of the benevolent prince, and even faintly equaled the current emperor.

So when they heard Mr. Su say that it was Zhu Zhangui's order, they subconsciously kowtowed and waited in the attitude of welcoming the imperial decree.

"Uh, no need, get up and listen!"

Mr. Su was startled, and quickly jumped aside.

He can't bear this gift, not to mention there are old people who are a few rounds older than him.

Accepting the gift from the old man, isn't this shortening his life?

"Just sit and listen, you don't need to salute, I'm just simply conveying His Royal Highness' words."

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, Mr. Su quickly got them up.

The butcher, who was kneeling and was a head taller than everyone else, shook his head.

"Mr. Su, let's just kneel down and listen. His Highness the Grandson has shown great grace to our children. If we don't kneel and listen to his old man's words, we always feel that we are offending him."

"Yes, Mr. Su, you can just pretend that we are sitting."

Hearing what everyone said, Mr. Su couldn't laugh or cry.

After persuading everyone not to get up several times, in desperation, he could only stand at the door to avoid everyone's greetings and convey Zhu Zhangui's words.

"It's like this, everyone. His Royal Highness needs a group of people to go to a place to do something. The general thing is..."

"Let's go!"

"I'll go home and pack my things."

Before Mr. Su finished speaking, he just said that Zhu Zhangui needed a group of people to go to a place to do something.

The men below immediately agreed.

There were even some impatient ones who were ready to get up and go home to pack their things and gather.

Mr. Su: ...

"Don't worry, everyone, listen to me first, and I haven't mentioned the issue of remuneration."

"Don't mention Mr. Su, we are willing to do whatever you want, even if you don't pay."

"That's right, His Royal Highness is kind to our little bastards, let alone doing some work, even if we risk our lives, we will have no complaints."

"That's right, Mr. Su, there's no need to talk about the remuneration. Let's finish the work first, and then His Royal Highness the Grandson will just look at it and give it to you."

Listen to the sincere words of the men.Mr. Su felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

Zhu Zhangui's appeal among the parents of these students is not ordinary.

He even suspected in his heart that if Zhu Zhangui wanted to rebel now, these parents would support Zhu Zhangui without hesitation.

"Don't worry, everyone, listen to me first, and then decide whether to go or not."

Seeing that some people were going back to prepare, Mr. Su quickly stopped everyone, and quickly explained to everyone what Zhu Zhangui wanted to convey.

"Looking at foreign slaves farming and managing warehouses, they get different wages every year according to the harvest. Those who manage more than 1000 mu of land are guaranteed a minimum of 20 taels of silver every year. If they harvest more than a certain amount, they will be rewarded. Food and housing are included. They work for 5 years. Shipping back and forth."

Hearing this treatment, the men who were planning to go were even more excited.

Leaving aside those low-income military households, even the big butcher was very moved.

He wakes up early in the morning and spends his time greedily killing animals and selling meat, scavenging for food, drink and expenses. After a year, he can save four or five taels of silver.

If you want to work for His Royal Highness, 20 taels per year, and 100 taels in five years.

Moreover, His Royal Highness also provided food and drink, plus it was like spring all year round, so there was no need to change clothes frequently.

There is no excessive cost, and it is absolutely no problem to save 5 taels of silver in 80 years. If you grow a lot and get rewards, it is possible to have more than 100 taels of silver.

After a simple calculation in his mind, the butcher made a decision in his heart, and he made up his mind about the job.

As for the stall at home, I can ask my brother-in-law to do it. Didn't that kid want to do this for a long time, so I just give it to him and make a lot of money by himself.

The word part-time job quickly spread among the people.

Any news that can make money is the fastest to spread.

In less than two days, almost all the people of Daming knew about the news that they went to work in the Three Kingdoms to earn a lot of money.

Many people were very moved by this, and asked about the accuracy of the news and the inside story.

When they learned that they could get such a high salary just by going to A Sanguo to take care of the simple tasks of farming slaves and warehouses, more people were tempted.

In their view, this is not a part-time job, it is simply going there to be an uncle.

Although they have never managed slaves, they have never eaten pork and seen pigs run away.

They know exactly how the landlords and old fortunes in the village behave in their daily lives.

Ask them to fight wars and do some technical work, they may not be able to do it.

But it's really not a difficult task for the common people just to take care of the slaves farming the land and watch a warehouse.

And more importantly, this was led by His Royal Highness Taisun.

For His Highness the Grandson, the military households admired him from the bottom of their hearts, and under the influence of the military households, the peasant households also became more fond of His Highness the Grandson.

On the day of recruiting workers, the major recruitment sites were almost overcrowded.

There is only so little land in the family, and the grain grown is paid for rent, which is at most enough for the family to eat.

Except for the seeds planted in the spring of the next year, there is nothing left at all, let alone selling them for money.

If there are seven or eight people in the family, let alone saving money, they will not even be able to eat enough.

Now that there is an opportunity to make a lot of money easily, military households and ordinary people will naturally not give up.

As for leaving their hometown or something, they don't care at all, nothing is as important as money and feeding the family.

In just three days, the major registration points have recruited more than 40 people.

For migrant workers, not everyone can go, and Zhu Zhangui has strict requirements.

Not for those who are too old, not for those who are too young, and not for those who are sick.

After all, you have to cross the ocean, and those with physical illnesses can't stand it at all.

"How could there be so many people? They couldn't be forced by the people below!"

In Shang's study.

Yang Shiqi and his fellow bosses frowned as they looked at the report in their hands.

Yang Shiqi felt that this data was a bit fake, and suspected that the following Chamber of Commerce personnel, in order to complete the quota, used the name of the imperial court to forcibly recruit the strong men.

Zhu Pangpang also frowned.

If this is the case, my son's chamber of commerce will be cleaned up.

It's only been a while since such a problem has arisen. If we don't manage it properly, there may be big troubles in the future.

In fact, Zhu Zhangui thought so at the beginning, thinking that it was the people below who were forced to recruit in his name for credit.

Homeland is hard to leave.

This is the belief in the bones of the Han people.

Just like in a famine year, if many victims were not about to starve to death, they would not leave their hometowns and flee to other places.

For this reason, he planned to ask someone to find out who came up with this idea.

If found out, they will definitely be severely punished.

But just when he was about to send someone to investigate, Hu Yu's words awakened Zhu Zhangui.

While waiting for Ji Gang, Hu Yu who was following him boldly said something.

"Your Highness, this servant should intervene!"

"The reason why you think this data is false is because you have never been short of money, and you have lived a life of luxury."

"But the common people are different from the military households. Even if it is not a famine year, it is a very luxurious thing for them to have enough food, let alone save money."

"The treatment we offer is nothing to the rich and powerful, but to ordinary people and military households, it is simply giving them money."

"If this matter is placed on the servant girl, the servant girl will sign up without hesitation."

"As far as the work you asked to go on, for the common people, this is not going to work, it is simply going to be a master and lie down to collect money. And it also includes food, accommodation, round-trip transportation, 800 years I can’t come across such a good thing, wouldn’t I be a fool if I don’t go here.”

Thinking of what Hu Yu said at that time, Zhu Zhangui also had a wry smile in his heart.

I have too many good days, and I have forgotten the hard work and poverty in my previous life.

If someone gave him this kind of treatment in the previous life, and it was guaranteed by the state, he would squeeze his head and join it.

Looking up at Zhu Pangpang and the others who were still frowning and thinking, Zhu Zhangui explained for them.

"This number is true, and the recruitment effect was stopped in time. Otherwise, according to the time we gave at the beginning, this number will at least double!"

Yang Shiqi retorted in disbelief.

"How is it possible, this is traveling thousands of miles to another place, and you have to take care of so many people's land and granaries,..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Zhangui reached out and stopped him.

"Scholar Yang, the reason why you think this way is because you are well fed, clothed and warm, you are not short of money, and no one in your family starved to death in a disaster year!"

"If you have experienced this kind of life, let alone leave your hometown, as long as you have the backing of the imperial court, you dare to do murder and arson."

Yang Shiqi was stunned.

Zhu Pangpang and several other six big bosses are also thoughtful.

"You guys!"

Zhu Zhangui reached out and nodded to the few people who fell into silence.

"You have been high and high for too long. When you think about problems, you will subconsciously think about them as your own."

"But this is just your thinking, not what ordinary people think, think and need."

Standing up, Zhu Zhangui spoke earnestly to the top leaders of the Ming court.

"If you have time, go down to the people, take a look and ask. As an important minister of the court, you don't even know what the common people think or need. What kind of officials are you!"

"There are sages and sages who say, establish a heart for the world, establish a life for the living and the people, inherit the knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations."

"You have studied the knowledge of saints all your life, and you can't even understand the thoughts of ordinary people. If I say something ugly, have you read all this knowledge into the stomach of a dog?"

"Actually, you are not the only ones. When you go down to the county magistrate and the first-rank officials, when you think about problems, you really think about the common people."

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. You guys know the meaning of this sentence better than I do. Think about it carefully. Later, I will propose to the emperor to conduct a census. If the requirements are not met, I don't think you are an official." If you do it, you will not only live up to the words of the sage, but also harm others, yourself, and even the people.”

(End of this chapter)