In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, winter is coming, the temperature in the north drops rapidly, and people begin to put on thick cotton jackets to resist the cold winter.

This year, the life of the people in the northern provinces is still much better, first of all, the burden of conscription has been greatly reduced, although the land endowment of the Ming Dynasty is relatively low, but the conscription is relatively heavy. Of course, since the conscription could pay and did not have to go, it was not considered a martyrdom, but the construction of water conservancy facilities was finished again.

Since the promulgation of the "Conscription Act," the burden of conscription on the people of all provinces across the country has been reduced. At the same time, this year, Zhu Youxiao exempted a large number of field taxes in the north, especially in northern Shaanxi, and the field taxes were directly exempted for three years, mainly because he was afraid that the peasants would not survive and would be coerced by thieves. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for the government in northern Shaanxi to urge the department to avoid the situation of official obsession and rebellion.

In order to thoroughly insure the situation, Zhu Youxiao also raised the salaries of local officials in northern Shaanxi, lest some people borrow Beijing debts or something, so as to frantically collect the people's fat and ointment.

At the same time, in the poorer areas of Gansu, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Anhui, Zhu Youxiao was also exempted from land endowment.

The income of the northern Tianfu is only six million stones a year, or summer grain plus autumn grain, it is not as good as the income of Huangzhuang, so it should be exempted!

In addition to those areas where people's livelihood is relatively poor, as well as those areas that have been affected by disasters, Zhu Youxiao has also exempted all of them from paying land taxes for one to three years, and has allocated enough food and materials for disaster relief.

Throughout the year, nearly 2 million stone of land were exempted. The amount of money and food spent on disaster relief also reached more than 3 million yuan. Taken together, nearly six million dollars were spent.

Although the cost is a bit high, the effect is still very good. The people of the provinces were exempted from the relief of the imperial court and the tax and forced labor. There was no unrest. There were no starving people in the patches, and there was no tragic situation of cannibalism. The people in the affected areas were also able to resume production with the help of the imperial court, which did not turn into a factor of social instability.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty generally showed a stable situation. In Liaodong, the wild boar skin did not find any flaws in the second year of the Apocalypse, and the Ming army in Liaodong Town, Jinzhou Town, and Dongjiang Town were generally in a defensive posture. Guerrilla warfare was the mainstay, so the situation in Liaodong was also stabilized in the second year of the Apocalypse.

Stabilize his footing, and the rhythm has gradually been grasped by Zhu Youxiao.

The examinations of the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Academy of Science and Technology were in full swing at this time, and the second phase of the Royal Academy of Science and Technology was enrolled, and there were more participants.

There are so many talents and people who can't be officials in the Ming Dynasty, they have come back to their senses and applied for the Royal Academy of Science and Technology, and the good treatment of the Royal Academy of Science and Technology, as well as opportunities, have become a new way out.

If you want to say what opportunities there are at the Royal College of Science and Technology. That's a lot. The first is that the Royal College of Science and Technology can enter the Ministry of Engineering, which is a reform made by the Royal College of Science and Technology this year. And he was admitted to the Royal College of Science and Technology. It does not affect the participation in the imperial examination, after entering the Royal Academy of Science and Technology, the imperial court also supported them for three years, and if they can't keep up with their studies after three years, they will not be expelled, but the imperial court will no longer issue subsidies, and when they pass the graduation exam, they can continue to read until they pass the graduation exam or don't want to read.

There is no way to do such a relaxed system, after all, the cost of cultivating a scholar is relatively high in these years, and the Royal Institute of Science and Technology has also paid a certain cost to absorb these scholars to study mathematics, physics and chemistry. This is not just a random brick smashed down or a few college students, so it can only be done like this.

Some of the students who applied for the Royal Academy of Science and Technology even held the idea of going to the Royal Institute of Science and Technology to eat and drink for free and continue to study Bagu.

For those who have this kind of thought, I really can only hehe. Because Enke in the first year of the Apocalypse finally conducted the palace examination in the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao may not have the idea of opening the imperial examination in the future. Of course, this kind of thinking cannot be said explicitly, because the imperial examination system is the heavenly rank for scholars in the world to be promoted to the ruling class, and once the imperial examination system is openly abolished, it will lead to the confrontation of Confucian literati in the world, which will be absolutely devastating for a feudal dynasty.

But after all, the imperial examination is once every few years, and when the time comes, it can be canceled under various pretexts and then postponed indefinitely.

Another very important opportunity to apply for the Royal College of Science and Technology is to make a fortune. There have been many students who have invented some patents through studying mathematics, physics and chemistry, and these patents have been put into use or sold to the royal capital, and several have received rich returns, of course, there are more worthless patents, and many patents are actually relatively chicken.

There are also many applicants for the Royal Military Academy, because after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, you can directly become an officer and thus obtain a military position. Although the Ming Dynasty still had the upper hand in the civilian clique at this time, smart people saw that after Zhu Youxiao established the Supreme Command and created a new military rank system, this system was no longer interfered with by the civilian clique.

So much so that in the second year of the Apocalypse, the Royal Academy of Science and Technology and the Royal Military Academy had a lot of applicants, but the elimination rate of the exam was still frighteningly high.

The Royal Institute of Science and Technology only recruits 1,000 people, too many and not so many teachers, after these 1,000 people are enrolled, teaching has to rely on seniors to teach them and self-study.

On the other side, the recruitment activities of the Central Army are also being carried out everywhere.

The recruitment sites in various places can definitely be described as crowded. You must know that the treatment of the Central Army at this time is the envy of countless young people.

Every month, they can get a military salary that can support the whole family, and after the death in battle and disability, there is a pension. At the same time, it is said that the food treatment of these central troops is also very good.

But for young people, it's not these things that really appeal to them. It's an opportunity to get ahead.

Those who read can soar through the imperial examination, but for those young people who do not have the conditions to study, or who do not have the talent, they are relatively lacking such opportunities. However, when entering the Central Army, there are enough opportunities to get ahead.

As long as the soldiers of the Central Army have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield and are willing to learn culture in the army, they can be sent to the Royal Military Academy for further study and become officers.

If you get military merits on the battlefield, you can also get land rewards, and if you go to the battlefield to fight hard, maybe you will become an officer and become a landlord, and then you can return to your hometown in beautiful clothes. is to be able to enter the Central Army and become an ordinary big-headed soldier, and the food and clothing of the whole family will be directly decided.

It's just that the Central Army's recruitment quota in the provinces is obviously not much, and most of the quota is reserved for the border army, and the remaining quota is even less allocated to the provinces.

The southern provinces are fine, but the name of the Central Army is not very loud. However, in Beizhili, Shandong and other provinces, the competition is extremely fierce. (To be continued......)