Although Yangzhou relied on salt politics to prosper earlier, and now the salt merchants are not there, Yangzhou is still one of the important towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

Those families who are based on the salt industry and rely on abundant capital to invest in sea trade to make a lot of money are still singing their unique stories of Fengyue in Yangzhou City.

The clouds on the horizon were particularly enchanting against the backdrop of the West, and Jia Cong, who was dressed in regular clothes, did not attract too much attention from others, and went all the way into the city and came to the front of the Lin family house in Yangzhou.

"Uncle, the eldest girl went outside the city today, and it is estimated that she will come back later......"

Xue Yan led people to welcome Jia Cong into the house, and the courtyard not only did not become dilapidated due to the departure of the master, but was more quiet because of the lack of human disturbance.

In the past few years, the house has been taken care of, and everything is as it was at the beginning, quiet, elegant and well-organized.

After a tiring journey, Jia Cong was obviously tired.

After a brief freshening up, he lay down on the soft bed and fell asleep.

Yangzhou in early autumn was still very hot, and in his sleep he felt the softness of his body and smelled the familiar fragrance.

When he opened his eyes, it was Daiyu who was clinging to him, snuggled up to his chest.

"I don't want to wake up, it's late at night. You won't wake me up when you come back......"

Daiyu rubbed Jia Cong's chest, like a lazy cat.

"I saw that you were sleeping soundly, and you must have been tired, so I didn't call you."

As he spoke, the voice of the maid came from the door, asking if she would set the meal now.

The two of them got tired of it for a while, and then let people in, talking about their experiences in the past few days, and having dinner.

Jia Cong put on a slightly thinner cloak for Daiyu and took advantage of the moonlight to walk in the courtyard to eat.

Daiyu was nagging and asking Jia Cong's opinion, but she said: "Everything seems to be normal in the public school in Yangzhou Mansion, but I always feel that something is wrong. Hearing you say this today, I kind of understand a little bit......"

Originally, after Da Daiyu came to Yangzhou Mansion, he asked for the public school roster and account records in the government and county from the government.

If you only look at the rosters and account books, the public schools in the counties of Yangzhou are very good.

There are not only direct grants from the imperial court, but also a large number of private donations.

It is said that the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, and there is an old tradition of donating money to schools, and at first glance, everything in the public schools in Yangzhou is thriving.

But after Daiyu looked at the public schools in two of the counties, she found that most of the students who came out of public schools, those with excellent grades, became guests of major wealthy families.

Last year, there were 50 people on the list in the Yangzhou government examination, and nearly half of them were public school students.

According to the inquiries of their relatives, these people have established an extremely special relationship with the wealthy.

Compared with the earlier Xilin and Jin Party gates, the methods of the emerging wealthy families are slightly softer, and most of them adopt marriage methods or show favors to others, and gradually infiltrate their own power into Shilin.

In just two years, these people have relied on donations to support education, and most of the talents taught by public schools have been enveloped......

"Obviously, the imperial court invests nearly 10 million taels of silver every year to build schools, implement egg and milk projects, and support orphans, but in these public schools in Yangzhou Mansion, those businessmen who donated hundreds of thousands of taels have been engraved and passed on, and they have become charity saints with a century-old plan......"

Daiyu was not against the businessman's donation to help her education, but was indignant at the efforts made by the imperial court for the hundred-year plan, and finally the fruits were picked by others.

This is completely unbearable for Daiyu, and a large part of the students in the public school regard those wealthy businessmen and tycoons with scheming as saints, thinking that they can go to the public school because of the credit of these people.

Of course, Jia Cong can understand Daiyu's indignation, since the imperial court implements compulsory education, no matter whether it is cold or hot, Daiyu will find time to patrol the north and south.

Three hundred and sixty days a year, work without stopping.

Those heavy and cumbersome accounts, the construction of schools in each county, she has to review them by eye.

Other people's little girls are either discussing the headdress gold hairpin or silk and satin, and she is the princess of the dignified dynasty, the favorite daughter of the Jia and Lin families, and even her favorite poems are forgotten, and she talks about court official affairs every day......

worked so hard, but in the prosperous place of Jiangnan, he was robbed of all the credit by others!

Jia Cong soothed the obviously annoyed little girl in a soft tone, gently hugged her into her arms, and stroked her smooth and smooth hair.

This is also understandable, because what the court does is a responsibility and an obligation, and it will slowly be taken for granted by many people. And many of these wealthy businessmen donate money to education, many of which are themselves for fame, otherwise where would they come from? ”

How many selfless people like Wei Wenzhenggong are there in the whole world?

Jia Cong didn't care about the business Jia's request for fame, but he would never allow the imperial court to invest tens of millions of taels of silver a year to raise seedlings, and in the end they were picked by others.

"The imperial court invests so much financial, manpower, and material resources every year, and they are good, spending a little money to get famous, and they want to rob people for their own use? Delusion! ”

After Jia Cong sneered, he added with a dumb smile: "But speaking of those brainless people, since they are willing to mess with these new wealthy giants, let's go to business, the imperial court is not short of those so-called talents." ”

People who can be coaxed away by a little frosting, Jia Cong doesn't care, and the court doesn't care.

Think about the talents cultivated by the public schools in Gyeonggi, who want to repay the imperial court when they are struggling, and where they are remote and poor, they will go to be Mr. Master, such people are what the imperial court really needs.

After Jia Cong's persuasion, it really made Daiyu's heart feel a lot better.

The two of them discussed the gains and losses in the promotion of compulsory education in the courtyard sentence by sentence, and finally went back to the bedroom and lay on the bed, both of them were still tired of each other, whispering and whispering.

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and the night in the early autumn of Jiangnan is not much cool, greasy and crooked for more than an hour, and finally the sweaty two hug together, satisfied and unsatisfied.

Early the next morning, Jia Cong became energetic again.

Daiyu got up early as usual as planned, and after saying goodbye to Jia Cong, she drove out of the city.

She is now the court's third grade of the Ministry of Rites, and she is the princess of the country, and the eyes of the officials of Yangzhou City have been focused on Daiyu recently, and they can't wait for the legend of this woman to leave quickly.

If she stays at home all the time, it will be inconvenient for Jia Cong to do many things after all.

Jia Cong, who was refreshed, sat in the middle hall, and after thinking about it, he still asked his soldiers to set off with a warrant to the Songjiang Water Division.

He didn't dare to bet on the loyalty of the Jiangnan camp, and it was more reassuring for the sailors directly under the central government.

"Third master, the brother who was sent out is back......"

As soon as the city gate was opened early in the morning, the soldiers who had arranged to go to the place for an undercover investigation rushed back.

After Jia Shiyi came in with a few people, he listened to one of them report on the situation he had found in Yangzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou and other places.

"The third master guessed right, these families who relied on sea trade to make their fortunes have now replaced the Xilin Party, salt merchants and those big families who started smuggling, and have become the new head snake ......"

According to the analysis of the situation probed by the pro-soldiers, this group of people who got rich first soon colluded together, wanting to monopolize wealth and even power, cut off the upward channel, so that their families could control the place like previous families.

Unfortunately, they still underestimate the influence of Confucianism for thousands of years.

Although these families have endless wealth, Jiangnan Shilin is not monolithic.

Among them, a large number of Confucian scholars are very dissatisfied with the gradually changing Shilin atmosphere, among which Zhou Yichang, the dean of Qinghe Academy, the largest academy in Nanzhili, and the great Confucian of Suzhou, is the most opposed.

Zhou Yichang is not only a friend of Jia Cong's teacher Xu Qingteng, he is also an apprentice of Old Man Wei, a fierce man who has fought tigers with his bare hands.

When the old man Wei passed away, the imperial court spent a lot of money to establish the largest academy in the south of the Yangtze River in Jinling in order to commemorate the old man.

In the past two years, he has gathered a large number of scholars to compete with the new wealthy forces for the right to speak in Jiangnan Shilin.

"Uncle Zhou really knows people's hearts, and he actually thought of the trick of running a newspaper......"

Jia Cong looked at the "Shilin Shiwen" in his hand, and was overjoyed.

Sure enough, some people really don't understand the things of readers.

With this newspaper in the hands of the imperial court and Confucianism, it is difficult for the nouveau riche who relied on sea trade to completely grab the fruits that the imperial court has spent a lot of manpower and financial resources over the years.

"I'll write an article in a while, send it to Qinghe Academy with my letter, and ask Uncle Zhou Shishu to publish it in the latest issue of Shilin Shiwen."

Jia Cong was happy, he raised the newspaper in his hand, and said with a smile: "Since they think that the imperial court does not know how to make a name, then I will say a word for those meritorious people who have worked hard for several years in order to implement compulsory education!" ”

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What is the hottest topic on the banks of the Qinhuai River in recent days?

First, Princess Wen'an and Fairy Lin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, were ordered to inspect Jiangnan, and scholars, academies, schools and thousands of students from all over the country were "looking forward to it".

It is said that the scholars of those academies and schools are about to drive the students crazy, not only to clean the academies and academies spotlessly, but also to show their best state.

Second, Yongfeng Hou Jia Cong actually came to Jiangnan again!

Ma Daoyuan, the political envoy of Nanzhili, was beheaded, and the Liao family of the Huai'an Mansion clan was raided, and the head of the family, Liao Wanyi, was immediately decided, and the family property was confiscated......

The good heads of the two were hung on the flagpole, and the Jia family's personal soldiers took them through the state to cross the mansion, and they were shown to the public for a month, and finally they were hung on the gate of Jinling City to dry.

The tough and bloody methods almost frightened the officials and businessmen of Nanzhili, and the officials of the city department were even more frightened like headless flies, running around to inquire about Jia Cong's whereabouts.

"I heard my cousin's uncle's cousin's sister-in-law say that the man should have entered Jinling City by now, do you see that there are a lot fewer gentlemen on the street these days?"

"Brother Tai's means are okay, and he can find out the whereabouts of that man! Songjiang is already in chaos, and the eunuch Hui E is said to have sunk into the canal, and it is rumored that Marquis Jia wants to wash Songjiang City in blood......"

"Not to mention the city boss, the master of the royal cat has a three-piece set of imperial gifts in his hands, a golden order, a golden sword, a golden sword, a warrant passed to Jinling City, and the political envoy department, the inspection envoy department, and even the officials of the states and counties in the south are crazy!"

Can you not be crazy?

That's the man!

It has changed the south of the Yangtze River several times, stirring up the entire southeast half of the existence of turmoil.

Thinking that the Zhen family was in full swing back then, Jia Cong, who was only eight years old, cut off the hands and feet of the Zhen family for the first time when he went south, forcing him to shrink in Jinling and not dare to move.

I think that the Xilin Party almost controlled the entire Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River back then, and it was this man who bombarded the Xilin Academy and bombarded the Xilin bigwigs into slag.

His brother Jia Lian is in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, and that is the existence of a protective god.

Those people who have been slaughtered and bullied by the Japanese invaders, which family has not set up an immortal tablet for them?

Jia Cong, which corrupt official is not afraid?

Even if you are not a corrupt official, if the royal cat Jia Cong wants to check you, where can he not find anything wrong?

There are many stories of talented and beautiful women on the banks of the Qinhuai River, and heavy news like Jia Cong's southward journey has long been spread here, especially the fact that his warrant made Nanzhili officialdom and shopping malls shake.

However, these talents are just eating melons and watching dramas, and the things in officialdom and shopping malls have nothing to do with them.

In early autumn, the scenery on the banks of the Qinhuai River is just right.

It's okay for the big guy to gossip a few words, but the next thing is their own big thing.

"Huh? In today's "Shilin Shiwen", there is an article by that man! ”

"Huh? Who? Yongfeng Hou? I'll take a look at ......"

"Who's the cutest person? It's not elegant enough! ”

This is the first reaction of everyone when they see the article on the front page of this issue of "Shilin Times", and the title is not written and straightforward, which is indeed not in line with the reputation of Jia Cong's six-yuan leader.

The whole article is not a flowery article, but a documentary story, from beginning to end to tell the proposal, suggestion, planning and implementation of compulsory education policy.

Including Princess Wen'an Lin Xianzi and Jia Cong chatted about the teaching of Confucius Sage and the education of the national dynasty, the two brainstormed and devised the concept of compulsory education.

Then he wrote a note, and for the first time put the implementation of compulsory education on the desk of the emperor.

After that, the emperor favored the people, took out millions of taels of silver from the inner treasury of the palace, and tried this strategy in the land of Gyeonggi......

Among them, the reaction of the imperial court, the raising of silver money, and the hardships at the beginning, Jia Cong used the small stories of many heroes including Daiyu of the Ministry of Rites to show them in front of everyone.

What moved everyone the most was that those officials of the Ministry of Rites traveled to all corners of Gyeonggi for the sake of this century-old plan, choosing a site for a public school, hiring teachers and professors, urging and persuading the people to send their school-age children to the school, and so on.

When it is officially implemented nationwide, the amount of money spent every year alone is unimaginable.

"The imperial court's annual investment in public schools is as high as 11.28 million taels!"

One of the people on the boat suddenly exclaimed, looking at the numbers in the newspaper with a look of disbelief.

It's just a small public school......

Wait, one public school in one mile, how many in the territory of ten thousand miles?

The imperial court had to provide the students with books, pay the salaries of the professors, and implement the egg and milk project to strengthen the health of the young people......

More than 10 million taels of silver, it seems like a lot, I'm afraid it's just enough.

At this time, another person frowned, because he found a big problem.

It seems that in this rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, when people talk about the prosperity of Wenhua today, they will only talk about the "benevolence, righteousness and virtuous gentleman" engraved on a certain stone tablet, a certain righteous and wealthy businessman, and it seems that they never mention the efforts of the imperial court in this and the hard work of those court officials.

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That's it for today, and it's going to go back tomorrow!

It's been a little busy lately, and it's possible that the update will be a little late, sorry!

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