The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

At this time, Zhao Yao was sitting by the second-floor window of the largest teahouse in the commercial district of Marsh Prefecture. While drinking tea and listening to a book, he admired the bustling scene downstairs.

On the stage in the lobby on the first floor of the tea house, the storyteller was telling the story of the late emperor and the emperor who conquered the country in the past. The tea guests listened very carefully. When the storyteller tells something wonderful, the tea guests will burst into excited cheers.

Since Zhao Yao came to Marsh Mansion, he arranged for storytellers to talk about the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which can make the people of Marsh Mansion have a sense of belonging. Facts have proved that his arrangement was right. Over the past year or so, the people of Marsh Mansion have heard a lot about the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as the stories of the late emperor and the emperor. They have gradually become proud of being the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They no longer deny that they are people of the Zhou Dynasty, and work hard to learn the Mandarin of the Zhou Dynasty.

In the past, the people of Marsh Mansion were not willing to learn Mandarin. Of course, the most important thing was that they did not have the opportunity and means to learn Mandarin. Now, the free school built by Zhao Yao allows them to learn Mandarin for free.

Previously, the free school established by Zhao Yao had been constructed a few months ago and had been put into use.

Zhao Yao was worried at first that no one would want to go to the free school. Unexpectedly, the people were very active in letting their children go to the free school.

In the past, people would not have believed that the yamen would be kind enough to build free schools for them to study. However, His Highness the King of Han is different. He really does good for the people. They believe in His Highness the King of Han.

Now, Zhao Yao, His Royal Highness the King of Han, is like a god in the hearts of the people of Marsh Mansion. The people will do whatever he asks them to do without hesitation.

In addition to the free schools built by the yamen, there are also many free schools donated by wealthy businessmen. So far, there are dozens of large and small schools in Marsh Mansion. More than a year ago, there was not even a single school in Marsh Mansion.

These free schools are full of students. In addition to learning the Four Books and Five Classics, chess, calligraphy and painting, they also learned arithmetic, business, farming, textiles and other technologies.

Each free class focuses on different teaching content. For example, some schools focus on teaching students to study the Four Books and Five Classics so that they can take the imperial examination in the future. Some schools focus on teaching students arithmetic so that they can calculate accounts in the future. Some schools focus on teaching business and let students learn to do business.

In short, there are many kinds of schools in Marsh Mansion, and the teaching content is also very rich. Of course, the free school can only last for three years. After three years, if students want to continue studying, they have to go to a fee-paying school.

In fact, the tuition fees of the recovered schools are not expensive. If students have no money to study, they can apply for bursaries. After entering the school, you can also receive a monthly subsidy. Scholarships are also set up in the school, and those with excellent grades can get them.

Nowadays, almost every household in Marsh Mansion has children going to school. In addition to children studying, many adults also go to study. For adults, three years of reading is enough to make them literate.

In the past, only those who were officials and wealthy people could study. Ordinary people could not afford to study at all. Now, even beggars can go to free schools. Of course, there are no beggars in Marsh House.

There is a relief house in Marsh Mansion, which specially takes in homeless people, including beggars. In Jiminyuan, they have a place to live and food to eat. Of course, we won't let them stay there shamelessly for food and accommodation. Jiminyuan will help them find jobs and let them go out to make money. Basically everyone will actively go out to work and make money.

There are also people in Jiminyuan who want to live and eat for free and are unwilling to go out to work to make money. Such a person will be kicked out of Jiminyuan and will not be allowed to live in it again. In other words, they will be blacklisted by Jiminyuan.

Since last year, construction has been going on everywhere in Marsh Mansion, so there is no need to worry about running out of errands to do. Even if you really can't find any errands, the yamen recruits workers every day and they provide food for you.

The Jiminyuan only provides temporary relief and allows homeless people to find a home temporarily.

Zhao Yao was worried that many people would have no place to live after leaving Jiminyuan, so he built public rental housing. People can rent public rental housing. The rent is cheap and most people can afford it.

In Marsh Mansion, people don't have to worry about having a place to live or food to eat. As long as you can work, you can support yourself.

In addition to the Jimin Yuan, there are also the Jisheng Yuan, which adopts orphans, and the Fusheng Yuan, which takes in orphaned elderly people and the disabled.

Whether it is Jimin Yuan or Jisheng Yuan, the Yamen will provide money and food every year. Many businessmen also donated money.

The donation was initiated by Zhao Yao. Nowadays, people have donated money for the construction of many places in Marsh Mansion, which has saved the Ministry of Household Affairs a lot of money.

In addition to the free school that has already been built, a medical center has also been built.

"The First Medical Center of Marsh Mansion" was established by the imperial court and was similar to the public hospital in Zhao Yao's world in his dream. The First Medical Center of Marsh Mansion is very large and has many doctors inside. Medical treatment and medicine are not expensive here, making it affordable for most people.

The medicine hall in the medical center is open twelve hours a day, so people can buy medicine no matter when they go to get it. In the evening, there will also be doctors at the hospital for consultation. If someone falls ill in the middle of the night and goes to a medical clinic for treatment, there is no need to worry about not having a doctor.

In addition to the medical center, a medical school has also been built, and many people are studying and studying there, including foreigners.

There are foreigners in the schools of Marsh Mansion. Some of these people came to the Marsh Mansion to do business, so their children or clerks, or themselves, went to school to study and learn the culture of the Zhou Dynasty. Some come to Marsh Mansion specifically to study. In other words, there is no distinction between Zhou people and foreigners when studying and studying in Marsh Mansion. In Marsh Mansion, women can also study. In the free school, there is a special school for girls.

There is a library near the school. This is a free library built by Zhao Yao's small court. Anyone can go in and read books for free, but the books in the library cannot be borrowed.

Although the library is not open at all hours, it is open until midnight every day.

Since the library was built, many people have been reading there every day. Many people are still copying books inside. Books in the library cannot be taken out, but people are allowed to copy the books in the library.

Many people opened bookstores near the school. Because there are many schools and bookstores, people call this street Reading Street.

Back to the teahouse, this teahouse is the center of the city's business district. Near it, there are various shops. Some of these shops are from Dazhou, and some are from foreigners such as Annam or Johor. It's very lively and prosperous here, but it's still a little worse than the pier.

After Zhao Yao finished drinking tea and listening to a book, he took Tongxi to the pier for a walk.

The pier was crowded with people and boats of all kinds. People here are very busy, some are busy moving things from various ships, some are busy selling things, and some are busy going to sea.

At the pier, you can see all kinds of people and people with different skin types. Since the trade conference was successfully held, in addition to the nearby foreign countries such as Annan and Johor, which came to the Marsh Mansion to do business, there were also businessmen from various countries in the Western Regions thousands of miles away who came to do business.

Although it is busy here and even looks a bit chaotic, it is orderly in the chaos. No one dares to cause trouble here because there will be guards or soldiers patrolling day and night.

You can clearly feel the fireworks on earth at the pier. When Zhao Yao has nothing to do, he likes to hang out here and see the lives of the people.

Seeing some people resting not far away, Zhao Yao walked over with Tongxi and chatted with them.

Zhao Yao and Tongxi specially dressed up and looked no different from ordinary people. Zhao Yao also blackened his face.

These people thought that Zhao Yao was looking for work, so they enthusiastically introduced the job to them and told them how much money they could earn in a day.

There are many things to do at the dock, and there is naturally a lot of work to do, so you don’t have to worry about finding something to do. The most important thing is that working at the dock pays a lot of money. For example, a person who carries things can earn at least fifty or sixty cents a day, and a maximum of one hundred cents a day.

The reason wages are so high is because there are so few people doing the work. To be precise, there are too few people in the entire Marsh Mansion.

There are many things to do and few people, so the wages will naturally not be cheap.

In the past few months, many people have come from all over the country, and they come to Marsh Mansion specifically to work. Some of these people's relatives and friends work in Marsh Mansion. I heard from them that the wages in Marsh Mansion are high, they can have enough to eat, and most importantly, they have meat to eat. They followed.

After arriving at Marsh Mansion, they fell in love with it and decided to live here.

In order to attract more people to Marsh Mansion, Zhao Yao had previously issued an order that all Zhou people who came to Marsh Mansion would be given the status of good citizens by Marsh Mansion. Also, you don’t need a road guide to Marsh Mansion.

In Dazhou, no matter where you go, you need a guide. If you are caught without a guide, you will be sentenced. Zhao Yao felt that it was too troublesome to need a guide when going out, so he simply scrapped it.

After coming to Marsh Mansion for three years, you can obtain the household register of Marsh Mansion, which is the household registration.

There are many benefits to becoming a citizen of Marsh Mansion. First of all, you can get some tax exemptions by opening a store and doing business. If you farm, you can also get some subsidies. Second, there are many subsidies for studying. Third, there are also subsidies for childbirth, medical treatment, and elderly care. Fourth, you will also receive some subsidies during holidays and New Years. For example, during the Mid-Autumn Festival some time ago, the government distributed fruits, meat, moon cakes, and money to the people.

After the trade conference, Zhao Yao's small court made a lot of money, which can be described as a daily income, but it was still less.

The people who came from other places did not expect that the Yamen would give them money. Since ancient times, the yamen have always asked them for money and never given it to them.

The local people in Marsh Mansion told them that His Highness the King of Han liked to give them things without making a fuss.

The purpose of people from other places coming to Marsh Mansion is just to have a bite of food to survive. Unexpectedly, after arriving at Marsh Mansion, they would not only have food to eat, but also make a lot of money, making their lives better. (End of chapter)