Chapter 27: Hidden Worries
The first update
"Your Majesty, you can't support me so much, I will be spoiled by you." Qingyu looked at Xianfeng with a smile, the only thing she was moved by over the years was that Xianfeng supported her. Absolute!
"Support because you've been right!" Xianfeng is still smiling, these years, they have really had a hard time. If not, Qingyu used internal currency, but I am afraid that the courtiers would have stopped doing it a long time ago. Otherwise, Prince Hui would not have said, 'Over the years, Niangniang has used tens of millions of taels of silver, which should always be of some use.' ’
At that time, everyone thought that it was the money spent by the mother, and it was the mother's wishful thinking game. Some people even say that with tens of millions of taels of silver, they can actually do more and more useful things.
Xianfeng was actually on his wife's side when and where, and immediately asked, so what do you say, what is more useful, asking for money. As long as I can say it, I will go back and tell my mother.
The one was dumbfounded again, yes, what is more useful? The Ministry of Household Affairs is doing it, all walks of life are recruiting workers, and then the Ministry of Household Affairs will let those factories that recruit workers run a night school, and part of your taxes will be exempted. If you don't do it, double it. This is to force the factory to run a staff school, but the yamen also said that it does not mean that you really cultivate talents or champions, but let them know how to read and let them learn crafts.
When those companies looked at the constitution of the yamen, they felt that the pressure was not very great, and they only had to hire a show to teach them to read. As for preaching craftsmanship, this does not need to be forced by the yamen, they themselves feel that this is very important, and skilled workers are treasures in every factory.
Later, it was found that the workers who learned the craft after learning the craft were twice the result with half the effort, and those owners who had some brains were more energetic, forming an advanced school for recruitment, and then entering the factory after studying for a year. Of course, you have to sign a ten-year long-term contract with the factory, otherwise, people will not accept it.
As a result, workers over the age of 12 in urban areas in factories everywhere have been literate. And skilled workers no longer rely on the most primitive kind of eyes to see, and their brains are rote and different. They will use notes to write down, and the advantage of using notes is that they can correct them at any time and remember them more firmly. If the foreigner engineer is gone, they will not be blind. And such a mechanic is easy to copy.
With a large number of skilled workers, the development of industry and commerce is also rapid. This kind of subsidized school-running effect is very good, and the imperial court does not need to use cash to do it, but it collects less taxes. This is not much pressure on the imperial court. Although it was not effective at the time, after two or three years, everyone could find that the companies that ran good schools were significantly more prosperous than those that were perfunctory. Employees are also more centripetal, and even if they dig with high salaries, they can't dig them away.
With such publicity, other families also began to do it seriously. There are those who are more savvy, and they have directly set up a staff primary school, and the children of technicians can go to school. Originally, people just wanted to buy people's hearts, thinking that if I help you take care of the children, you can work harder for me. What's more, having the money to run a private school was originally a way for wealthy Chinese people to show that they have a social conscience, which has existed from ancient times to the present.
This kind of thing is reported to Xianfeng, Xianfeng is also very happy, and feels that this is a virtuous circle, and there will be more and more people who can read and write. Go back and tell Qingyu, Qingyu smiled, and asked Xianfeng to vigorously commend that person, in fact, it doesn't cost anything to Xianfeng, just write a sign for the good side. also deliberately went to the Central Daily, and asked people to go to the old man to take some photos and put them on the front page.
In order to get Xianfeng's commendation, in the past two years, those rich people in various places have compared to running schools. Xianfeng will no longer be commended, just wait and see, but you can't just do it casually. So in all kinds of tricks, one of the rich people directly set up a comprehensive university with the help of foreign partners.
These are all things that have not been spent by the imperial court, just various tax exemptions. All kinds of publicity, as long as you run education and do charity, can be tax-exempt. Of course, in this way, the General Administration of Taxation was also established, as well as the State Administration of Education and the Charity Federation...... The alternate officials in various places finally have a place to go. Because of this, Xianfeng's status in the hearts of the majority of officials has been greatly improved.
And Qingyu has more and more newspapers from all over the world, and the sales are getting better and better, so she knows that there are more and more literate people. The people who read newspapers are no longer only the 10th of the readers. If you can read books and newspapers, your brain should become better. But she thought about it, life literacy is a trouble, for all the ruling class, reading is the beginning of chaos.
"Do you really think so?" Qingyu smiled and pulled Xianfeng to take a walk, which was the most relaxing moment of their couple's day.
"You still don't believe me?" Xianfeng is not happy, he is a man, although he thinks that the woman around him, Qingyu is the best for him, but he doesn't know why, he always feels that he and Qingyu are more like partners, not more like a couple.
"How come, if the concubines don't believe in the emperor, who can they trust." Qingyu was telling the truth, hugging Xianfeng's arm, even if it was July, she sometimes couldn't help but feel a little cold from the depths of her heart. The more power Xianfeng gave her, the more she felt this way.
"Is it cold?" Xianfeng also felt that she shivered, and immediately forgot the little uneasiness in her heart just now, and asked anxiously.
"It's a little worrying, we're going big this time. It also showed its strength in advance, and to be honest, I was a little scared that in a few years, these powers would not unite to fight us on trumped-up charges. Qingyu looked at Xianfeng.
"You also said it, that's unwarranted, Lao Tzu beat his son, can you still let him not fight?" Xianfeng was very indifferent and said casually.
"You're not worried?"
"It's useless to worry about it. Just because we dealt with it this time doesn't mean we can handle it next time. People's desires are always unlimited, and now every year, we ask them to buy equipment and equipment for millions of taels of silver. And then they actually know that our arsenal can make bullets, and we can make spears and artillery. In the past few years, they should have started to take precautions, and many things will not be available. The silver can't be spent, and if you call it one piece, there will be no suspense. ”
"You comfort me again. Obviously not like that. We showed them a different Qing Dynasty at this time, and they should be about to start thinking about how to make a mess of ourselves first. Only when we mess up will they have a chance. Qingyu shook her head and sighed.
In the past few years, they have had the money to buy equipment and buy these state-of-the-art equipment that they desperately need. Countless scholars have been brought in, and their own national education system has been established professionally.
Then, as she just thought, there were more and more people who could read the newspaper, and then, there were more and more schools, and there were more and more books from various countries in the schools. Many of them are wise, but there are also those who are wise and not in the right way.
No matter how thinly sliced the cheese is, it will have two sides. She is really not afraid that these people will awaken their consciousness, but she is really afraid, afraid of those who don't know that they have become traitors.