Chapter Eighty-Eight: A bosom friend can be covered with a song

Yelu Chucai took a deep breath.

The windows were bright and neat, and if he had been amazed since he had been on the water, he was even more shocked now.

The school should be like this, only in this way, can Li Shu be educated, there is this place, the rest of the fresh water is not enough to worry.

Yelu Chucai quietly walked to the front of a room, looked inside through the window, and saw a person who looked like a young man, standing on a high platform, holding a chalk to the blackboard, writing words, and dozens of children and teenagers sitting underneath, all upright and straight, staring at the blackboard with blazing eyes. He was waiting to see what was written on the blackboard when he heard the sound of people chanting in unison from another classroom.

"The tide of the spring river is even with the sea, the bright moon on the sea is born together, and the ripples follow the waves for thousands of miles, where there is no moon and bright ...... in the spring river"

This is the Tang Dynasty Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", Zhang Ruoxu's poems are not much, this poem has always had the reputation of "the only piece of the Tang Dynasty", and it is also very happy for Yelu Chucai. His heart moved, and he walked to the classroom, and through the glass window, he saw children and teenagers in their fifties, all reciting the whole poem written on the blackboard in unison.

"Entering the school with Tang poems?" Yelu Chucai couldn't help but sigh lightly: "The owner of the island is elegant and bright, and he is beyond the reach of an extraordinary husband and a vulgar man." ”

He didn't know that in the literacy textbooks of the Tamsui Primary School set by Zhao and Ju, the first year was a thousand character essays, the second year was Tang poetry and Song Ci, and the third year was the prose of famous artists. This is not only to teach the literacy of young people in the school, but also to carry out humanistic education, in the loyalty of the country, the filial piety of relatives, the friendliness of peers, and the hatred of prisoners.

Here "Spring River Flower Moon Night" is not finished, and there is "Ninety-Nine Multiplication Table" again, Yelu Chucai is even more surprised, he has never seen one who specializes in arithmetic in the school. He was erudite and good at arithmetic, so he went over to look, but saw the crooked numbers written on the blackboard, all of which he did not know, and when he was about to distinguish them carefully, Ah Mao was impatient to wait, and came up and grabbed him.

"Shh Ah Mao made a silent gesture, and then pulled him away, and Yelu Chucai suddenly realized that he had forgotten that he had forgotten that he had come here to do something else. He glanced back at the classroom, nodded, and shook his head again, only to feel that his heart was full of emotion, but he didn't know where to start.

He noticed that the main building of this school was two floors, and there were 20 classrooms on top and bottom, and if there were 50 or 60 people in each room, it meant that there were more than 1,000 children in this building alone. Although when he was in Zhongdu, he had also seen many middle schools in Dajin Taixue, and he had even heard that Da Song Xing had a large number of students in Taixue Middle School, but it was raised by the power of Xingyi. Now this Tamsui is just a small city, and it has raised more than 1,000 students, using poetry and teaching them to count......

Thinking of the righteous young man who talked to him, not to mention the adults like Meng Xianyan and Li Hanfan, even Sima Chong is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and all of them have expertise, if all the schoolchildren here can be like them, after three years, with these people, they will be enough to manage a mansion with more than one million people.

"A hundred years of planning, a hundred years of planning!" Yelu Chucai sighed, and his heart was even more eager to see the island owner who had not yet met.

After following Ah Mao, they walked around the school building to a row of two-story houses in the back. Yelu Chucai saw that the rooms here were obviously smaller, only about half of the front of each room, and they were also made of glass. Ah Mao led him to the front room and knocked on the door.

"Please come in." Yelu Chucai heard a voice say.

Ah Mao pushed open the door, stood upright like a guard, and said loudly: "Teacher Chen, on the order of Steward Fang, send one person here." ”

"It's hard work, you go back first." It was Chen Zicheng who he called Teacher Chen, and when he saw Yelu Chucai standing in front of the door a little at a loss, he sent Ah Mao away first, and then came up and said, "This is Yelu Jinqing?" ”

Yelu Chucai's beard was very peculiar, so Chen Zicheng could recognize it at a glance.

"It's Yelu Chucai, please ask Teacher Chen what to call him?" Yelu Chucai also returned the salute.

"Brother Chu Cai, please sit here." Chen Zicheng beckoned him to sit down and said: "Under the name Zicheng, the master of the family gives the word Bohan, and Brother Chu Cai calls me Bohan." (Note 1)

When Chen Zicheng said that the words were given by the master, his expression was obviously a little proud, just like that Meng Xisheng and Li Ye, Yelu Chucai secretly admired, the power of the island owner to win people's hearts was like this.

"I don't know what Brother Chu Cai has to teach here?" There was not much politeness, and after introducing himself, Chen Zicheng asked.

"It's not a secret, I originally came to intercede for my companions together, but now it seems to be ......" Yelu Chucai shook his head and smiled bitterly, those people still wanted to mix with officials in this Tamsui to do things, but they never thought that the key point of this Tamsui was, all of them were the disciples of the island master, how could they be allowed to interfere!

Chen Zicheng smiled knowingly: "There is a stone tablet in this school, on which there is what my master himself said, in Tamsui and even the whole stream, those who work hard will have income, Brother Chu Cai went back and made it clear to your friends that now they are placed in the manufacturing bureau, it is only a temporary move, if they are good, once they are discovered, they can be used for another purpose." ”

This is said very clearly, if those former Jin officials and the children of the noble family from Zhongdu can have some strengths, they will naturally have the opportunity to be promoted, if they are not good at anything, this fresh water will not give the corpse meal to the person who is in a high position. Yelu Chucai is a very transparent person, and he knows that this matter should be done, so he will not say more. What he has to think about now is himself.

"Brother Bohan, I don't know how your master should settle the district?" He said intently to Chen Zicheng.

"Brother Jin Qing has been coming to Tamsui for some time, I don't know what Brother Jin Qing taught me?" Chen Zicheng did not answer his question, but asked another question.

Yelu Chucai understood that this was actually an examination of his own talents, and he groaned slightly, if he couldn't make amazing words to impress the young man in front of him, he was afraid that he would go to the manufacturing bureau with his companions to make glassware. Besides, if you want to see the owner of the island, you have to pass this Chen Bohan first. He raised his eyes and smiled: "When I first arrived in Tamsui, I only said that this place was a wild place, but this morning, I thought it was a paradise, so I entered this school, and only then did I know that this is the place where Confucius floated overseas (Note 2). ”

This is a compliment to Tamsui, but Chen Zicheng just smiled and did not answer. Sure enough, Yelu Chucai said: "It's just that although it's good here, there is a shortcoming. ”

"Oh?" Chen Zicheng said in surprise.

"Lack of money." Yelu Chucai said with a smile: "Although Brother Kong Fang is a blockage, it is indispensable, as far as I know, fresh water should be given to everything, and all should be produced, and all of it should be returned to the public." Short fashion can be, long time must be embarrassing. ”

Chen Zicheng was silent, in fact, it has already appeared now, such as those ten immigrants who have been granted land, now they are not as active as usual, there is no other reason, ten acres of land, already enough for food and clothing, no matter how active they work, they will not be able to exchange for self-sufficiency. This matter was expected by Zhao Heju, but it was only more than ten days after this Yelu Chucai landed on the island, so it was no wonder that the master valued him so much.

"According to Brother Jin Qing's intentions, I think there is a solution?" Chen Zicheng asked.

"This matter ......" Yelu Chucai pondered for a long time before he said: "The gentleman is righteous, the villain is profitable, and the people in the world, the villain is more and the gentleman is less, so it is natural to move it with righteousness." ”

"Brother Jin Qing doesn't have to hide it, please say it directly." Chen Zicheng's eyes were blazing.

"Whoever makes money in fresh water, or with copper coins or silk, and whoever has worked will get something." When they got the copper coins and silk, they used them to buy houses, or to buy property, or to buy things from the island, or to buy things from the Golden Song. Yelu Chucai said in a low voice: "In this way, the copper coins and silk are circulated, and all the prices sold on the island are controlled by the owner of the island, so that there are no people who are extremely rich and too powerful, and there are no people who are extremely poor and resentful. It is a long-term solution for the people to use, for the public to hide, and to get the two right! ”

Chen Zicheng stared at Yelu Chucai for a long time, silent for a long time, Yelu Chucai also stared at him, trying to find out whether he agreed or opposed from the expression on his face, and after a long time, Chen Zicheng laughed.

"Hahahaha...... To tell the truth, the master of the family said that Brother Jin Qing is talented, if he is placed in the manufacturing bureau, he can stand out, but it is too wasteful, and Brother Jin Qing should be asked around first, and he will be able to pick up the gaps on the island. Brother Jin Qing, please look at this. ”

Chen Zicheng took out a booklet from the library behind him, and then handed it to Yelu Chucai. Yelu Chucai picked it up and looked at it, and the top side of the booklet was written with nine words: "Freshwater Bank and Monetary System". Among these nine words, he didn't understand the word bank, and when he opened it again, there was an introduction to the bank on the first page.

"Issuing currency, attracting savings, promoting investment, stabilizing the market?"

Seeing these sixteen words, Yelu Chucai's heart moved, and there were some words he didn't understand. He quickly looked down and noticed that there were more and more words he didn't understand, but some of the sentences were roughly intelligible. All the strategies he has just spoken of are recorded in this booklet, and they are more detailed than he has said, and they cover far more extensive content.

"This ...... Is this book written by your master? This look was half an hour, and after turning it over, Yelu Chucai said to Chen Zicheng with a disgraced face.

"Exactly, part of it is added by me, my master said, everything must be realistic, not only books, not only top." Chen Zicheng said.

"Celestial ...... O God! Yelu Chucai muttered to himself, and only sighed after a long time: "I only said that my family found a shortage of fresh water, and now I know that your master has already been thick...... I was just a frog at the bottom of a well! ”

"Brother Jin Qing's words are wrong." Chen Zi said sincerely: "My master has studied the past and the present, but Brother Jin Qing has only been on the island for more than ten days, and he can see the flaws, which is enough to see Brother Jin Qing's talent." My master has a letter here, saying that if Brother Jin Qing discovers this loophole, please help me with this banking and currency system! ”

Yelu Chucai was surprised again, his words and deeds on the island were actually expected by the master, could that master really have a ghost and god unpredictable?

He didn't know that Zhao and Ju had traveled from later generations, and they knew what he was good at, and the instructions given to Chen Zicheng and Chen Ren were also different. If what he proposed was the theory of dictionaries and classics, then Chen Ren would compile the Tamsui Encyclopedia with him. In short, as long as he is willing to work for Tamsui, he will naturally have a place to play.

After some amazement, Yelu Chucai took the booklet and asked Chen Zicheng for advice on the many questions on the booklet. Chen Zicheng didn't hide his secrets, and after some explanation, he heard the bell in the kitchen of the school, and then stopped.

"Brother Bo Han is far better than me, the commodity, equivalents, market laws are even more deafening, the implementation of this bank currency policy, there is Brother Bo Han Xian, plus I am a snake to add enough." Yelu Chucai sighed.

"I'm just close to the water and the building is the first month, and I have followed the master of the house for seven years, and I have only learned a little bit." Chen Zicheng shook his head and said: "It's that Brother Jin Qing is too humble, if Brother Jin Qing met the master of the family earlier, he would only learn ten times better than the younger brother!" ”

After this long talk, the two felt extremely compatible, so they became brothers.

After looking at each other and smiling, Chen Zicheng said with a straight face: "Brother Jin Qing, there are still variables in the operation of this matter, although I have learned these things with my master, but I have no experience in governing one city and one place, with Brother Jin Qing's help, I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

Yelu Chucai smiled slightly: "Dare to disobey your fate? ”

After a while, he sighed again: "You and I are really vulgar people talking about this thing in this Sven land, and they are vulgar, vulgar and unbearable!" ”

The two laughed again.

The start of coinage in Tamsui was originally a plan of Zhao and Ju, and the corrupt currency system of the Great Song Dynasty made the economy of the Great Song Dynasty fall into obscurity, which was originally the strongest reliance of the Great Song Dynasty against the northern barbarians, but in the end it became an important reason for the collapse of the Great Song Dynasty.

Currency reform is inevitably linked to banks, and in the relatively closed market of freshwater, there needs to be a regulatory department to attract and guide private wealth to be used by freshwater.

At the beginning of freshwater's development, everything was intensively managed, so the importance of money and circulation was not obvious. However, with the expansion of freshwater, especially the emergence of the first land grantors, coupled with the limited land development and the near-infinite population growth, the enthusiasm and sense of belonging of immigrants could be increased by allocating land at first, and later, only through monetary incentives. This required Tamsui to establish its own monetary system, which would not be corrupted by the Jin State or the Great Song Dynasty. This has always been a headache for Zhao Heju, he knows that if this matter is done well, it will be very meaningful for the flow to seek long-term stability, if it is not done well, I am afraid that his early investment will be useless.

Moreover, controlling the flow of demand through the invisible hand of the market is much more ingenious than relying solely on orders and planning control, which is in line with the principle that "the saint does nothing at all, does what he does without words, does everything without resignation, is born without being, does not rely on it, and succeeds and lives in it." (Note 3)

If the coinage is to remain stable, it needs sufficient reserves of precious metals, and Zhao and Ju sent the most loyal Zhao Ziyu to Keelung two years ago, and during these two years, the development of freshwater has almost changed with each passing day, and the same is true of Keelung. There are now more than 500 people in Keelung, all of whom are homeless people who have signed death deeds bought at high prices from Lianghuai, and their main job is to pan for gold, using methods learned by Zhao and Ju from later generations, and using mercury in large quantities. The gold mined by these more than 500 people will be transported to Tamsui every few days, and the gold is personally put into the basement under the Tamsui School by Zhao Ziyue, and a total of more than 7,500 taels of gold have been obtained in the past two years (Note 4), plus 6,000 taels of gold obtained from the trade between the Dingyuan and the Great Song Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, and the currency reserve of Tamsui is this 13,500 taels of gold. (Note 5)

Note 1: The characters of NPCs in this book are by no means chaotic, and the ancients were particular about taking words. Like Li Ye's character Han Domain, it is recorded in the "Taiping Guangji" that there was a famous Liu Ye character Han Domain in the Tang Dynasty. Another example is Chen Zicheng's word Bohan, Zeng Guofan's original name was Zeng Zicheng, the word Bohan.

Note 2: "The Analects of Gongye Chang": The road is not good, take the floating chariot in the sea, from me, the reason for it.

Note 3: "Tao Te Ching": The world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil is evil. We all know that what is good is good, and what is not good is good. Therefore, there is no mutual birth, difficulty and ease are compatible, the length is comparative, the high and the low are inclined to each other, the sound and sound are harmonious, and the front and back are followed. It is to do what the saint does not do, and to teach without words; All things do not give up, are born without being, are not ashamed, and live in success. The husband is the one who lives in the Ephesus, and the one who goes to the Ephesus.

Note 4: Taiwan's "Provincial Tongzhi Mining Chapter" contains, after the discovery of gold ore in Jinguashi, more than 3,000 people came to pan for gold, and between October 15 and 80 at the end of the year of Guangxu 16, the amount of gold declared by freshwater was 4,509 taels, and those who did not file taxes did not know how many. Based on this, I estimate that 500 people will mine more than 7,500 taels of gold in two years, which should not be too much.

Note 5: Finance and market circulation are not as simple as the article says, but they are really a university question.