Chapter 808: Change
On the streets of Shanghai, because the communication technology of this era is still very backward, so although China at this time is much more developed than in history, there are still many people gathered in front of the many newspapers on Wangping Street as usual, waiting for the latest news.
And they were not disappointed, after waiting for some time, they could see many older 'newsboys' running out of the newspaper building, and their shoulder bags were still full of freshly baked newspapers, some of which were not even dry with ink...
However, the people who had been waiting outside for a long time didn't pay much attention to this, and in the blink of an eye, they saw that they surrounded the older 'newsboys', and then bought the ββββββ newspaper they had been waiting for for a long time from their hands...
When the newsboys sold out all the newspapers in their shoulder bags, those who couldn't wait quickly began to read, and even those who didn't spend money to buy newspapers gathered around those who had newspapers to read along.
At the same time, the newsboys returned to their respective newspaper offices, refilled their shoulder bags, and briskly walked down the streetsββββββ they couldn't just sell them, and when they had sold them on the streets, it was time to go somewhere else. At the moment, the market on Wangping Street has been saturated with the sales they just made.
Right now, these teenage newsboys are running towards a few nearby streets, perhaps to get ahead of their friends and sell the newspapers in their shoulder bags. They run one faster than the other...
But at present, these older newsboys, who are in their teens and close to 20 years old, are also in the most energetic age. So there's no need to worry about things like the consumption bodyββββββ consumption body lΓ¬ or something, usually the 'old people' will only think about it, all they need to think about is how to squander it...
Because of compulsory education, almost all of the newsboys employed by newspapers are such young people.
There is no way, whoever calls school-age children has been sent to school by the government.
After all, the future of the country is provincial or not. It has a lot to do with education, and Yan Shao is really clear about this. Therefore, Yan Shao has always attached great importance to the implementation of compulsory education. Annual funding from the Ministry of Education. It's also one of the more departments in all departmentsββββββ it's definitely not comparable to the Ministry of Defense, but it's still very powerful compared to other departments.
Naturally, so much money is invested in the Ministry of Education, which can easily breed corruption and corruption. However, the current Minister of Education is Cai Yuanpei. Some of the other high-ranking people were also more upright literati. In addition, there is Song Jiaoren, the minister of clean government, so it is relatively clean.
On the other hand, although China is much more prosperous today than it was a few years ago, Yan Shao is also well aware of one thing, that is, in just seven years, it will not be able to completely change the situation of poverty in China.
Seven years may be enough time for China to change a lot, but it is almost impossible to change the big picture. After all, China is just too big. Especially after experiencing the expansion of territory, the huge China. Coupled with the population of more than 500 million, it is by no means something that can be reversed in a short period of time.
At least for now, most of the improvements have been made in some of the larger cities or counties, and the changes in those remote mountainous areas and villages have not been very large.
That series of tax exemption policies may have benefited them, but it will take a long time for everyone to live a prosperous life. Even in Yan Shao's time, after decades of development, life in those remote areas was still very poor, let alone now.
Similarly, it is conceivable that in order to make ends meet, how many families would rather let their children go out to work than go to schoolββββββ well, some children may prefer to work rather than go to school, at least when Yan Shao was young, of course, he just didn't want to go to school...
For him, if he can happily make a rice worm, it would be very suitable.
In fact, in his early years, Yan Shao was indeed a person with no ambitions.
Ahem, what should I say, if you can eat and wait for death for the rest of your life, it would be great, this is what Yan Shao thought when he was young.
It wasn't until later that the situation changed slightly, but overall, it was still the same as usual, and even the motto was "contentment and happiness", which shows how ambitious this guy is.
If it weren't for the time travel, I'm afraid he would still be eating and waiting to die in the original era.
And in this era, if it were not for the women around you, if not for life, if not for this era, and the embarrassing identity of Chinese in this era, I'm afraid ...
I'm afraid he'll still be the same as before...
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Anyway, because of the experience of later generations, Yan Shao is more or less aware of what will happen. That's right, what will happen, because later generations of China happen to be a time of many changes, and because of this, almost all the bad things that can happen are encountered.
Although Yan Shao said that he didn't learn and didn't know anything at that time, he still knew some things thanks to the gift of nine years of compulsory education. What's more, the era he was born in was a period of alternation between the old and the new, and movies such as 'No One Left Behind' used to be his childhood memory.
And even in Yan Shao's time, child labor was definitely not a rare term. At least in Yan Shao's memory, child labor could be seen everywhere in his early years. Of course, the number of children was much smaller later, but even so, there were occasional reports of child labor in the media.
With similar reading, it is natural to know what to expect, and at the same time to make certain contingency measures according to the situation.
For example, according to the law, local police stations have the right to do so if the evidence is conclusive. It is natural to arrest parents or guardians who do not allow school-age children to go to school, and to educate and even punish them to a certain extent, for ββββββthe sake of the children. The punishment is certainly not too much.
On the other hand, in order to prevent the law from being abused, it is necessary to obtain a determination from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice before an arrest can be made. Especially the Ministry of Education, after all, this matter also has a lot to do with the Ministry of Education, and without the approval of the Ministry of Education, it is absolutely impossible to indiscriminately arrest.
In addition to this, the law also stipulates: It is illegal to employ child labor. Any business that employs child labor is subject to a fine, if the behavior is severe. You may even be arrested.
Of course, part-time jobs are still allowed during the holidays. However, there is a certain age requirement, for example, you must be at least 16 years old. Only students are allowed to work outside during the holidays.
Besides. It also needs to be approved by the school, and you can only have an approval slip.
In addition, there are strict regulations on the places where students work, such as factories, and students are never allowed to go to places, such as shops, restaurants, and coffee shops.
All in all, the rules are very strict, and if anyone dares to break them. Then the punishment will be very severe.
As a result, as mentioned above, newspapers today are basically employing 'older' newsboys. These are not as good as the wheels. Because they are relatively old, they are excluded from compulsory education.
There is no way to do this, after all, educational resources are limited, and only those suitable candidates can be given priority.
And from a certain point of view, if the older ones can also receive compulsory education, then those who are dozens of years older can also do it? You must know that from a certain point of view, almost all the Chinese people in this era are illiterate...
If everyone is really allowed to enroll, then I am afraid that out of more than 500 million people, at most tens of millions will not need to go to school...
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Naturally, this regulation of the state government has more or less harmed the interests of some people, even the interests of newspapers. After all, the salary required to hire these older people is also relatively high.
Fortunately, since it is a newspaper, the IQ is usually slightly higher. Leaving aside the part that will not be raised for the time being, there may not be much, you must know that compulsory education is a project that everyone expects, and there is almost nothing that can be 'black'.
Similarly, the prohibition of child labour and the sending of school-age children to school are also matters that are endorsed by all sectors of society. If they chirp crookedly on this matter, then the result can be imagined.
Therefore, the vast majority of newspapers, even if they spend a little more on hiring newsboys, do not say much.
But on the other hand, there will still be some guys in this world whose IQ is not as good as that of pigs, even if the average IQ is relatively high.
So when the government promulgated these laws, there were really a few guys with brain problems who jumped out and attacked the government. It is unreasonable to think that the government prohibits the use of child labor, that the contract between the business community and child labor is a matter of your will, and that it should not be prohibited at all, and that this kind of behavior of the government is completely dictatorial and authoritarian...
It's all...
Of course, such people are still very few in the press industry, after all, it is very rare in the press industry to have such a low IQ. The fate of these newspapers was also very miserable, first the leaders were arrested by the government and put in prison, and then a series of criminal evidence of their crimes, including tax evasion.
And their newspaper has also been spurned by all walks of life because of this series of remarksββββββ although child labor is not allowed, it is indeed harmful to the interests of some people, but this is indeed an act of popular will, so even if there is someone who opposes it, it will never jump out to oppose it at this time, or it will definitely not openly oppose it.
And for these guys who have brain problems, they naturally won't be soft because their positions are the same...
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Of course, other newspapers acquiesced to this. In addition to the support from all walks of life, another reason is that the way of selling on the street has gradually fallen behind the times.
At present, the profession of newsboy still exists. But it is gradually beginning to be replaced by newsstands.
According to the survey, the number of newsstands in the country is increasing, and this method is gradually replacing the traditional formββββββ of course. The only ones who can do this kind of boring survey are the major newspapers...
In any case, with the gradual increase in newsstands, the newsboys and other newspapers are like chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon them, plus it is a small profit. Except for a few guys with bad brains, no one will jump out against it at all.
Of course, the newsboy industry. It's not really going to be gone.
In fact, there is another way of doing so, and that is the way of ordering and delivering newspapers. With the gradual increase in the income of the Chinese people, the level of consumption has also begun to increase. Many families are well-to-do and literate at the same time. Newspapers are usually ordered from some of the newspapers with good reviews.
Since the newspaper was ordered. Of course, it has to be sent over, and this is another form of zΓ i that the newsboy saves.
At present, all major newspapers employ a number of newsboys, who ride bicycles to deliver newspapers ordered by ordinary people to local areas. Although because of the relatively affluent life in this era, there are still very few literate families, so the number of orders is not very large. But it symbolizes a trend, a new way...
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Putting aside those newsboys and newspapers for the time being, in front of Wangping Street. Many people are looking at the newspaper in their hands and pointing at the pictures in the newspaper.
"Is that the guy...", gesturing to a bearded man in the newspaper. A middle-aged man in a robe and a horse coat looked a little curious between his words.
In this era, although western clothing or more westernized clothing has been promoted, there are still many Chinese people who still wear the kind of robes and horse coats of the past. Therefore, this situation is not very rare in China today.
"That's right, it's this Japanese who actually got the president's parent-child reception..."A middle-aged man with a flat head next to him, after looking at the news in the newspaper, nodded his head and said something envious between his words...
Some time ago, Yan Shao received the monstrous news of Miyazaki in front of the presidential palace, and it soon spread throughout the country. Although the technology of infinite fax has not yet been developed in this era, in this era, transportation technology has developed a lot after all, especially in some mail problems...
At least for now, Yushi Group operates a courier company, and one of its main business areas is air mail business.
As the name suggests, it is the way to send letters and so on by air. There are only letters, because although the reliability of airplanes in this era is stronger, the space and load capacity are still relatively light, so only some letters can be mailed, or more important texts...
These photos taken in Beijing were sent back to Shanghai by the journalists who were active in Beijing by air courier...
Although photography technology in this era was not very developed, even so, people could still see it clearly. In front of the steps of the presidential palace, Yan Shao is shaking hands with a bearded middle-aged Japanese, and there is a photo of Yan Shao leading Miyazaki to the presidential palaceββββββ in today's China, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Empire State Building and the presidential palace are all well-known buildings, and on some banknotes, Yan Shao's presidential palace is often stored as the back of the banknote.
And on some stamps in the post office, there are also stamps of the presidential palace, and the price is relatively expensive...
In addition, the photos in the newspapers, even the photos in some textbooks, and even the photos in some advertisements, because of this, the Chinese people are not very unfamiliar with the presidential palace itself.
At the same time, the eyes of those who were reading the newspaper were also full of envy and jealousy for Miyazaki, who was received by Yan Shao's parents and his children in the photo.
For the Chinese people of this era, Yan Shao is already close to a god, and even almost a god. What an honor it is to be able to let Yan Shao go to the front of the steps to meet him in person.
"I don't know what this bearded guy does, but he can actually let the president meet in person."
"It seems to be a Japanese organization called the Koya Association, and listening to the commentary, it seems that the ideas of this organization are very useful to us, and perhaps it is for this reason that the president is so polite to this person."
"Japanese?" Hear the words above. Someone said with some disdain. "Hasn't Japan already been defeated by us, what use can a defeated general have? What's more, it's just an organization in the defeated generals. β
As he spoke, the man glanced at the newspaper report and spoke again. "And it's just an insignificant small organization in this country, what is the use of such an organization, you see, the members of the entire organization are only more than a thousand people, and it is said that it is all of Japan, doesn't that Sun Wei also have an organization in Japan. I remember that although it has collapsed a lot over the years, there are no less than thousands of people, and this organization can't even compare with Sun Wei. What can it be for! β
"And you see, this person still had a lot of friendship with Sun Yi in the past, and it is said that he is still a best friend, I really don't understand. How could a great president be so courteous to such a person. β
Hear this man's words. The others next to him also bowed slightly.
Sun Reverse is Sun Yat-sen's name in China today. The contradiction between Yan Shao and Sun Yat-sen is very complicated, not only because the Kuomintang was Yan Shao's early enemy, and Yan Shao drove the Kuomintang out of the mainland, but also entangled in the affairs of Otsuki Kaoru during this period.
It can even be said that because of Da Yue Xun, Yan Shao can tolerate or even welcome Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren back, and will definitely not allow Sun Yat-sen to return to the mainland. At least in his lifetime. None of them will be allowed.
On the other hand, the Chinese Revolutionary Party led by Sun Yat-sen. Obviously, there is no intention of giving in. It is also because of this relationship that Sun Yat-sen and his Chinese Revolutionary Party have always appeared as a negative character in China's state media.
Naturally, because the media in this era is still relatively free, that is, the so-called freedom of the press, so the Chinese people know very well why Sun Yat-sen was 'hacked' like this. But with the exception of a few, the vast majority of people don't feel much about it. I won't have any good feelings about Sun Yat-sen, the first president of Chinaββββββ well, it's the provisional president.
It's not surprising, because for the vast majority of Chinese people, it was Yan Shao who really rescued them from the troubled times, as for Sun Yat-sen, who is he? Did he achieve anything? Or did he do something that was good for the people?
I'm sorry, but it doesn't seem to be a single one, and if that's the case, people can't blame him for neglecting him.
What's more, today's Chinese people respect Yan Shao very much, in this case, even if Sun Yat-sen has not caused any harm to China, and even made a certain contribution to China's revolutionary cause, people are still hostile to him...
Of course, the original words were just to see Sun Yat-sen unpleasant, and he was not hostile to the point of calling Sun Rebellion at every turn.
Merely...
During the Korean War, although Sun Yat-sen did not support the Japanese government, it is a fact that his Chinese Revolutionary Party has remained in Japan, and during this period, he has repeatedly attacked the Kuomintang government and even the National Defense Forces, especially Yan Shao...
From the Chinese people's point of view, since war has broken out between China and Japan, then China and Japan are already hostile. In this case, even if Sun Yat-sen did not help Yan Shao, he should have left Japan, to the United States, or to Hong Kong, in short, he should not stay in Japan.
However, instead of leaving Japan, the Chinese Revolutionary Party continued to attack Yan Shao and even the government and the army, and even though he did not support the actions of the Japanese government, he was still hostile to the Chinese people...
That's one of the reasons why he's called Sun Rebellion...
On the other hand, while the people of Wangping Street were still reading the newspapers about Miyazaki's monstrous visit, news was circulating in other parts of the world.
In particular, Japan, as a related aspect, has become one of the most widely circulated regions for this news...
From a certain point of view, Yan Shao's show is indeed a success, because at this moment, looking at the newspaper where Yan Shao welcomed the monstrous visit of Miyazaki and his party, the Japanese who were originally very hostile to China still have some changes in their mentality at this moment...
Some Yan Shao is happy to see the changes, but the powers and even those right-wingers are not willing to see... (To be continued......)