After Zhang Gui personally read the will to the meritorious personnel, he handed them the official uniforms, swords and silver, and at the same time gave them the silver taels that were routinely rewarded by the West Factory, and personally pasted the gold medals formulated by the West Factory on their chests.

There is a very complete reward system within the West Factory, and three medals of gold, silver and bronze represent three different levels of contributions.

According to Zhang Gui's request, those who have more than a gold medal can come to the mansion to see him directly, without notification, and will be given priority to get promotion opportunities and other privileges.

Therefore, at this time, the other official schools in Beijing in Xichang, who gathered here, couldn't help but look hot after seeing Xu Du and other members of the hoe team winning this honor.

Of course, this is also what Xu Du and others deserve.

After all, if the operation fails, it will not only face death, but may also be tortured in various ways.

It is worth mentioning that because the reform of the official system of the Ming Dynasty is a very prudent matter.

Therefore, the West Factory and the East Factory are the same, the internal backbone is the official position of Jinyiwei, and the reward is also the official position of Jinyiwei, but it is not actually responsible for Jinyiwei affairs, it is just a fictitious position.

"Your heroic deeds of capturing Nurhachi and Li Yongfang this time will also be quickly circulated throughout the world through the "Daming Daily", and it is impossible for anyone with ulterior motives to erase your deeds, and you will not be labeled as lawless and full of evil just because you are a person from the West Factory and an eagle dog of the imperial court."

"Not only will the "Daming Daily" publicize your deeds, but the major literary societies and theater troupes specially funded by the West Factory will also publicize you by writing scripts and scripts, and it is impossible for some civil officials in the DPRK to discredit you."

"So you don't have to worry, if you work for the court in Xichang, you won't be a person inside and out, and you can't return to your hometown, this won't! There can be a flagpole in the imperial examination, and there will be meritorious service for the imperial court in my West Factory! The West Factory will organize the people and instigate the people to do this. ”

Zhang Gui then said some words of encouragement.

The Xichang official school, especially Xu Du, who was originally a literati, was deeply worried that he might no longer be respected by the world, and they all replied: "We are proud to work in Xichang!" We must remember the grace of the cultivation of the West Factory! ”

Zhang Gui nodded, then looked at Xiao'e, who had been rewarded for her meritorious service in the capture of Nurhachi and Li Yongfang, and asked, "Miss Xiao'e, what are you going to do next?" ”

At this time, Liu Zongmin's expression also became solemn.

And Xiao'e, who was already an official, replied a little confused: "Back to the governor, the little maid's family was killed by Jiannu, and was captured by Jiannu to make a cloth slave for the traitors, and now there is a chance to stop being a cloth slave, it all depends on you West Factory, Xiao Wan wants to continue to do things for the West Factory, because I don't know what else to do for the West Factory, as long as I am in the West Factory, I can do anything, I don't have a home, the West Factory will be my home in the future." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Gui said: "You don't need to be called a little maid, you are now a hundred household officials of the imperial court." ”

"Yes!"

Ming women can be military attachés, such as Qin Liangyu and Zhang Fengyi.

Xiao'e never thought that she would be an official, but in any case, she undoubtedly had some fierce effect on the Han people who were still enslaved by Jiannu in Liaodi.

Zhang Gui agreed to Xiao'e's request and asked her to continue to work for the West Factory, and said: "Then you will stay in the West Factory and take the West Factory as your home!" ”

"Commander Xie!"

Xiao'e agreed.

Liu Zongmin showed a hint of joy that was not easy to be noticed at this time.

There are many people like Xiao'e who are born at the bottom and are orphans, such as Liu Zongmin, who became orphans because of the bankruptcy of a large number of homesteaders in the late Ming Dynasty, and now they have to take Xichang as their home.

These people will have a high loyalty to the West Factory and are willing to do things for the West Factory.

And what Zhang Gui has to do now is to prevent them from being stigmatized by the civil officials and doctors, and also through internal education, so that they can get rid of their inferiority complex cognitively, and they will not feel that they are really morally inferior to the civil officials and doctors because they are from the bottom and are factory guards, and they are not as popular as these civil officials and doctors all over the world.

In this way, it is also avoided that the people of the West Factory will choose to move closer to the civil officials and doctors in order to obtain moral recognition in the future.

Zhang Guide let the establishment of their sense of honor not come from the recognition of scholars.

When Zhang Gui saw the meritorious personnel of the West Factory, Yang Jingchen, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, also talked about this matter to Gong Dinghe, the secretary of the General Administration, and said: "The new "Di Bao" does not need to publish the incident of the capture of Nurhachi and Li Yongfang in the West Factory this time. ”

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Gong Dinghe nodded and said, "That's what I mean!" How can the factory be praised by the world! ”

Yang Jingchen smiled contemptuously: "Especially this time, the main meritorious person is Xu Du, who betrayed my Shilin, and publicized this person's merits, undoubtedly telling the world that if you want to repay the national merits, you should abandon the pen and join the West Factory!" As long as the "Di Bao" does not contain this matter, there is no way for the poor scholars below the level of people to know about this matter, which is so conducive to the peace of the world's corporals. ”

"What Yang Gong said is very true."

Gong Dinghe agreed.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! ”

"The new "Daming Daily"

"The slave chief Nurhachi and the traitor Li Yongfang were captured alive by Xu Du, Xu Qianhu and others of the Xichang hoe team!"

"There is the emperor's personal trial of Nurhachi and Li Yongfang's content, see how the slave chief answers my Ming Emperor's question, and see why the traitor Li Yongfang kneels and cries for His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Chen Zizhuang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, wrote an article praising the exploits of the Xichang hoe rape, and there is a poem given by Yuanfu Han Gong for this matter."

……

At this time, under the teahouse where the two were talking, the voice of a newsboy suddenly came.

After hearing this, Yang Jingchen suddenly sank his face, squinted out, and saw a boy wearing a Xishan cotton cloth shirt holding a large pile of paper with four vertical rows of big characters written "Daming Daily", which resembled a post, and was much larger than the post, shouting and selling on the street.

Outside the comprehensive store of the Xichang direct store that everyone knows, there are scholars from poor families who are also wearing Xishan cotton clothes reading the contents of the newspaper to a cadre of scholars.

And these people are listening carefully, the key is that more and more people are gathering, because it is written outside the city, "After listening to the newspaper, you can receive three feet of cotton cloth." ”

The textile industry in Daming Xishan is developed, especially after the spinning machine can be used for spinning with sixteen spindles at the same time, there has been a serious overcapacity.

After all, most of the people in the Ming Dynasty have little money and are self-sufficient, so the domestic consumer market is not large, and the main consumer groups are still the powerful and gentry, but these people are mainly silk and satin, which also causes overcapacity in Xishan, and many cotton cloths are unsalable.

For this reason, Zhang Gui simply asked the West Factory to purchase these cotton cloths in large quantities and continue to use them as wages to mobilize the people at the bottom to do things for themselves.

Begging beggars in the city and children of common families can get a cotton coat if they sell newspapers for the "Daming Daily" in Xichang.

If a scholar from a poor family reads a newspaper for the people for ten years, he will also get a cotton cloth.

Even those who come to listen to the newspaper can get three feet of cotton.

These cotton cloths are unsalable surplus products for Xishan, but for the people at the bottom who lack clothing, they are still hard currency that is very needed.

Therefore, after Zhang Gui improved the productivity of the textile industry, he still made it a help to transform the Ming society.

"How can this be true? Outrageous! Why is his Uncle Zhang so vicious, and he uses his cotton cloth and cotton clothes in Xishan to buy the common people, even if the cotton cloth in his Xishan is as much as mud and sand, why not burn it directly, it is better than harming the world like now! ”

Zuo Tongzheng Gong Dinghe had already knocked on the table first, blew his beard and glared: "How can we hide this?!" ”

"We can't let them continue to publicize like this, if this continues, it is useless for "Di Bao" to hide it or not!"

Yang Jingchen also gritted his teeth and said.

"So what to do?"

Gong Dinghe asked.