Chapter Fifty-Six: The Sailor

Zhou Daodeng came to Beijing, first asked the Forbidden City to hand over the sign to the audience, Zhang Yan invited him to the imperial study to meet the driver, let him ask for constructive opinions on the current situation, how Zhou Daodeng said is also from three subjects and two lists, the book is not read in vain, at least he also knows some of the present, he said three suggestions, one is to abide by the ancestral system, the second is to be impartial, and the third is to be responsible and effective

There is nothing practical about what he said, and it is no different from not saying it, but Zhang Yan felt that what Zhou Daodeng said was quite reasonable, and he really should do it, so he nodded again and again, thinking that it was good

In this way, Zhou Daodeng became the first assistant, and the scholar of Baidong Pavilion University was so dramatic that people were helpless

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Besides, on Yue Su's side, after observing the private school set up by Wu Sinan, Lord Yue intends to develop in the whole of Fujian, so that each county should build at least two such schools, after all, without the permission of the imperial court, it is really difficult to implement it without the permission of the imperial court, it is really difficult to build so many private schools, a certain amount of funds are needed, and the site is relatively easy to solve, as long as the official says a word, he can approve a place casually, but the salary of the teacher must be there, and one or two miscellaneous servants are also needed for bits and pieces, It's all about spending money

However, what kind of person is Lord Yue, the imperial court does not have this order, but I Yue Su dare to promulgate it myself for a very simple reason, it seems that it costs a lot of money to build a school, but in fact, there is not much, as long as the superior leaders eat one less meal, everything comes out, which is called a banquet of wine for the official family, and half a year's food for the people

Yue Su wrote to all prefectures and counties, telling the localities that because Fujian is an uncivilized land, there are not many literate people, and there are still ordinary people among the people, and they do not even know the laws of the Ming Dynasty

In the text, Yue Su didn't say what would happen if he didn't do it, and even the wording was in a consultative tone - hope

Since it is hope, it means that it can be done or not done

This is not a matter of spending a lot of money, a month, there are two or three silver is enough, please a landing talent, the salary is given to one or two taels of silver, two cleaning servants, if you take care of the meal, a three or five dollars of silver, some people are willing to do it

It can be said that the magistrate has a little longer snack and saves some from other places, and there is it

After the document was issued, some officials thought that this was a good thing and saved some expenses, so they did the matter, and some officials, out of fear of Lord Yue, although they were unwilling, still obeyed the order

Did you say that you dare not do it according to orders, there is really no reason why there is no reason here, it is really because Lord Yue's reputation is too loud, for such a small amount of money, if you say not to do it, God knows if Lord Yue will turn his face and be ruthless, and come down to find your shortcomings.

In these years, honest officials will definitely support Yue Su's approach, and will try their best to get things done, so that those who can't read will have corrupt officials who are afraid that Lord Yue will come down to find trouble with him, and they will not dare to make a big mistake because of a small loss, and they will have to do it honestly

As a result, in just three months, two rural private schools were added to each county in Fujian Province to promote local education

Although Fujian is not very civilized, the coastal people are very rude, but there are also a lot of people who want to study, know that reading is the capital to get ahead, Shinong industry and commerce, scholars are the first in line, the family was poor, there is no money to let children study, now there is an opportunity, the government funds the school, children can study for free, even if it is a little farther, there are parents let their children study in less than a year, Fujian's number of scholars has tripled, and the people have praised Lord Yue for the benefit of the people

Seeing the initial results, Lord Yue was also very happy, and even planned to start free universal education in the coming days, with the whole country as the scope, so that the people of the whole world have books to read, because in these years, the cost of universal education is really very low, not like modern schools, there are so many teachers, only one, can cope with 180 students, teach subjects, that is, there are no other messy textbooks, and there is no need to force you to buy them, and if you can't afford to buy books, just follow the teacher to copy them

However, this is all for later, so I will not show it here for the time being

After more than a month, Kong Youde and Mao Youjian arrived in Fuzhou and reported to Yue Su at the same time, Fang Congzhe died of illness, and Zhou Daodeng was promoted to the first assistant by the imperial court, and it was also transmitted to Fujian and there was a letter sent by Yang Yishan, which wrote the situation in the capital and Zhou Daodeng's laws and regulations clearly

Yue Su read the letter, and sighed again in his heart, the other party Congzhe's death, and even a little sad, after all, Fang Congzhe was the first assistant, and the court could still be stronger, and the party was the same as the other, no matter how you said it, he was a capable minister, but this Zhou Daodeng became the first assistant, which really made Yue Su feel uneasy

If you don't worry, there is no way, you can't let Yue Su go to the fold to oppose it, in this way, the queen mother can't be even more disgusted with herself, do her duty first, and finish all the things here

The arrival of Kong Youde and Mao Youjian made Yue Su's spirit lifted, these two, each of them are dragon spirits and tigers, and at first glance they are the appearance of cadres Yue Su is when he uses people, Mao Wenlong did not hide his selfishness, and he really sent talents, which shows that his impression of Mao Shuai, who is loyal to the court, in the heart of Lord Yue, has suddenly improved a lot

After leaving these two people to live in Fuzhou for six days and letting them visit the big competition held every ten days, Yue Su set up camp and led his men and horses to Quanzhou

After getting along for a few days, Yue Su has a further understanding of Kong Youde and Mao Youjian, both of whom are hot-blooded young people, straightforward, daring to act, and Jin Chan, Tie Qiu them, some similar big guys drink together, it can be said that only two days, they got together, talked and laughed, and there was no difference from their own brothers

Kong Youde and Mao Youjian have also heard that the age of the second assistant is not very old, and he is very strict, for fear that it will not be easy to get along with the result, only to find that Lord Yue's age is not much older than them, and why is he kind, and he is quite straightforward, just like Mao Shuai's temper and temperament, especially Lord Yue's cronies, and they are the same as them, they belong to the temperament, and they do not have the slightest habit of being a bad slave in the family of high-ranking officials, because of this, it makes the two of them feel that they are comfortable living here, and they are not much different from being in Phi Dao

Yue Su led the army to Quanzhou, only in the city of a day of rest, then led people to rush to the camp of the water division to the camp, the first order he announced, is to appoint Kong Youde and Mao Youjian temporarily acting as the deputy general of the Fujian water division, the original deputy general, still retained, but the military power, into the hands of Kong and Mao

This kind of thing, whether you agree with it or not, who calls Lord Yue the biggest here, controls all officials in Fujian and Zhejiang, regardless of the two temporary deputy generals, regardless of civil and military promotion, and it is not a promotion, because among these two, Kong Youde is already a deputy general under Mao Wenlong, and Mao Youjian is also a general but the appointment is an appointment, and Lord Yue still wrote a letter and sent it to Beijing to say hello to the imperial court

Lord Yue now has Shang Fang's sword, you can cut it first and then play it, say that whoever is the job, you have to go home, and it is so easy to be promoted

After Kong Youde and Mao Youjian became the deputy generals of the water division, they basically took over the water division, and the chief soldier didn't dare to take care of things now, what do you want to do, then do it, anyway, you can't stay here for too long, and when you leave, I will continue to take care of me

Yue Su asked Kong Youde and Mao Youjian to train the sailors as soon as possible, and strive to make the sailors take shape in the shortest possible time, have a certain combat effectiveness, and fight a beautiful battle

However, the real sailors, Kong and Mao, can't really be created, the two of them, at best, are pirates, don't look at the level of regular soldiers, Kong Youde has a set of training in terms of military training, how he trained the soldiers on the island at the beginning, how to train them to go out to the sea to rob, he practiced according to this way

Fujian's sailors, from top to bottom, are lazy and accustomed, usually negligent in training, naturally nothing can be done with such two half-hung experts to practice, not to mention, after half a month, there is a certain complexion

It's not that Kong Youde practiced well, it's really that he is too strict, as soon as his order is issued, if anyone dares to slow down by half a beat, the whip will go up immediately, and it is still beaten to the death Some soldiers who were beaten really didn't want to continue to do it, but weighed it, and finally persevered for no other reason, mainly because Kong Youde did not hesitate in terms of rewards, and when he took over the water division, he said, under my hands, if you persist for a month, you can make progress, act according to orders, and perform well, ten taels of silver per person

This is also the habit of Phi Dao, if there is merit, it will be rewarded, or it will be punished heavily; If there is a mistake, it will be punished, and it will also be a heavy punishment

Since General Kong said that as long as you persist for a month, there will be a heavy reward, so let's insist on it for half a month, and then see how much money he can reward, and then make a calculation

The officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division, there are really a lot, there are more than 5,000 numbers, if this is rewarded, how much silver, Yue Su even if he has a little belongings, but he can't stand ten taels per person, it can be said that when he was training in Fuzhou, the silver was all out of Yue's own pocket, Kong Youde made this wish, and he didn't even tell Yue Su, he simply shouted it himself, and once he gave it to the soldiers in January, he couldn't get tens of thousands of taels of silver to reward it, and it was estimated that half of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division could run away

Time passed day by day, and I saw that there were less than three days left before the January period, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division were eager to wear it one by one, just waiting for the end of the month, General Kong rewarded the silver as promised