On 24 August, Lin Qing'er, as the prime minister of Tianjing New Town, came to the newly built school in Tianjing New Town to give lessons to the "middle school students" studying here. In the third year of Daodao, Yang Peng built a school in Tianjing New Town to carry out universal compulsory education. Yang Peng let school-age children attend classes during the day, and veterans of the Tiger Benshi Division attend classes at night, and no tuition is charged.

For children who attend classes during the day, Yang Peng also provides a free lunch. The people of Tianjing New Town send their children to school to read and write. As for the veterans, the scholars of this era have a special social status, and the veterans have a light training task, and they are all happy to go to the school at night to read and write.

Now, five years later, the school has grown in size. The veterans and school-age children of Tianjing New Town have received three years of literacy and numeracy training, and they are able to read and write and write and cope with daily reading and calculation. As a result, Tianjing New Town became the city with the highest literacy rate in the Great Song Dynasty. Elsewhere, scholars have a high status, but the poor have no money to pay for school. Tianjing New City has also become a topic of conversation among the people near Cangzhou because of the reading of the whole people. The people in the vicinity said that as long as they followed King Yan, they could make their children and grandchildren become scholars.

Today, these children and veterans have graduated from "primary school" and have become the backbone of Tianjing New Town. No matter what notice is issued by the official hall or what document is issued by the army, these literate people need to read the words out and read them to other illiterate people, so as to convey Yang Peng's spirit to the grassroots level.

However, Yang Peng has further plans for the school. Yang Peng wants to open a "middle school" on top of the "primary school" to cultivate administrative talents for his career. With the expansion of Yang Peng's career, more and more administrative talents are needed. Simple jobs, such as tax accounting, can be done with simple arithmetic knowledge and calculations from the Yellow Tax Book and the Fish Scale Atlas, which can be recruited from among the primary school graduates of Tianjing New Town. But some complex tasks, such as word processing, cannot be done by literate elementary school students.

Those large paragraphs of classical Chinese are incomprehensible to elementary school students. What's more, primary school students only learned literacy and arithmetic, and did not carry out ideological and moral education, which could not meet Yang Peng's demand for talents. In Yang Peng's mind, his subordinate administrative team should be a team with both culture and morality. Their own administrators must keep the bottom line in front of all kinds of temptations and do good things for the people.

If the personnel under him have no moral character, they will be fine at the beginning, but after a long time, all kinds of favoritism and fraud will appear. Once such a situation occurs, it will distort Yang Peng's career and make Yang Peng's various plans come into being. Without moral education, it is very difficult to rely on supervision alone.

Therefore, moral education becomes a very important thing. Yang Peng should lay a good foundation at the education stage and cultivate qualified talents for his career. Therefore, Yang Peng built a middle school to cultivate the knowledge, literature and most crucial character of children and veterans on the basis of primary school.

The qualifications for secondary school students are not available to everyone. Only six adults with better academic performance in primary school are eligible to become secondary school students. Middle school students offer the same benefits as primary school students, but the most important difference is that as long as they can study for three years and graduate from secondary school, they will definitely get a job in the industry of Tianjing New Town or in Yang Peng's administrative team.

In these years, there is a shortage of soldiers outside, and Tianjing New Town is a peaceful blessed land like a paradise. Among the people of Tianjing New Town, the people who "have jobs" live the most decent. The people heard that they could be "assigned jobs" after graduating from middle school, and they sent their children to Yang Peng's middle school one by one.

Especially those people who work as small traders in Tianjing New Town, they are most envious of the "working" industrial workers in Tianjing New Town on weekdays. Almost none of these vendors gave up the opportunity as long as their children were eligible to attend secondary school. August 24 is the opening day of secondary schools. Lin Qing'er came to one of the classes and gave a lesson to a group of fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers.

Lin Qing'er stood in the classroom and talked eloquently: "You are middle school students, and after graduation, you will be the backbone of King Yan." You will work in various government offices, tax offices, and factories. What you do will directly determine the atmosphere of a place and the success or failure of a factory. ”

"Some of you, after a few years of grassroots training, will be promoted to leadership roles." When the young man heard the prospect described by Lin Qing'er, his eyes lit up one by one, and he looked at Lin Qing'er very longingly. "Do you know what I value most when I work under the command of King Yan?"

Lin Qing'er looked at the ignorant teenagers and said loudly: "What I value most is virtue. "When I speak of virtue, I mean public morality, not private morality." "In my eyes, the so-called filial piety of those Confucian scholars is not morality. If others are good to you, you will repay others, and if your parents raise you, you will provide for your parents, which is just a basic means of cooperating with others, and it is not moral. If there is only private morality and no public morality, all kinds of despicable things will be done. ”

"Why do those Confucian scholars open their mouths about morality and keep their mouths shut, but they privately accept bribes to sabotage the dynasty and bully one side in the fish and meat township?" "Because they have only private virtue, they only know filial piety and faithfulness, and they only see their own interests and the interests of those who are good to them. However, they do not understand what public morality is, and they do not know that they should follow the overall interests of society and do things that are beneficial to society. ”

"If you only have the private virtue of filial piety and faithfulness, but you don't know social morality, then if someone else gives you money to help the bad people and the people, why don't you do it? What does it have to do with the people you don't know and with filial piety and faithfulness? The people of fish and meat do not violate the values of filial piety and faithfulness! ”

"If those in power are Confucian scholars who only know filial piety and faithfulness, then who will uphold justice? Who cares about the efficiency of society? Who will tell the difference between right and wrong? Who will understand the responsibilities and responsibilities of society, nation and state? ”

"No one in power cares about social justice, no one cares about the efficiency of society, and the emperor who only knows how to honor his parents and loyally give himself power, how can the officialdom not become a miasma of party power struggle, bribery and corruption? If officials only talk about Confucian private morality and not public morality, what is the difference between those traitors who bribed him with money and his parents who raised him? It's all benefactors! ”

"Confucian scholars only talk about private morality and ignore public morality, and in the end they will become well-dressed beasts who hold power and wait for the price to be sold! A group of well-dressed beasts occupy the court and chaos society, when the Khitan kills it, can we stop it? ”

"If we continue to maintain this kind of society with only private morality and no public morality, the organizational capacity of society will become more and more unbearable. The people can't farm, the soldiers can't fight, and we Han people will be enslaved! ”

Lin Qing'er paused, looked at the ignorant young people sitting on the seats, and said loudly: "However, in Tianjing New Town, we want to build a society that stresses public morality. "We are the officials of Tianjing New City in the future, and the starting point of everything we do should be for the best interests of the society as a whole, not for our own interests, not for the best for those who are good to ourselves."

"If there is a tax collector who insults the small people, even if the tax collector is friendly with you, you must stand up and make decisions for the small people. Because the small people are bullied, the tax system will be chaotic. If no one stands up and speaks, there is no incentive for a small people to dig wells and build water conservancy, and no one to fertilize the fields. The small people may even abandon their fields and go into exile and become thieves. ”

"If there is a traitor bullying a small trader who comes to Tianjing New Town to do business, even if the traitor who did it is your friend, you should stand up and stand up for the small trader. Because only in this way can the social order of Tianjing New Town be intact, and more people will want to come to Tianjing New Town to do business and make our city prosperous. ”

"These are the little things around us. In general, if there is a war in Tianjing New City in the future, and someone kills the good and riskes the merits, should you abide by filial piety and faithfulness and turn a blind eye? If you have public morality, you should stand up and punish those who kill ordinary people! ”

"If you have a sense of public morality, you will not be like those Confucian scholars who only have private virtues, sitting back and watching the country's silver being corrupted and exploited by layers of officials, and be indifferent."

"A family with a family that does not have a sense of public morality will continue to decay. A country in which those in power have no sense of public morality will perish sooner or later. The Great Song Dynasty sat on tens of millions of fields but couldn't afford to raise more than 100,000 border troops, and the Khitan with millions of guards but couldn't beat tens of thousands. ”

"You are my Lin Qing'er's students, and you are the future officials of Tianjing New Town, in Tianjing New Town, we must not build a society where there is only private morality and no public morality, and there is only interests and no right and wrong."

"In the future, in Tianjing New Town, my Lin Qing'er's criteria for selecting officials is not to see whether the person is strong or not, but to see whether the person has public morality. People with public morality are less capable, and they can also supervise their capable subordinates to make profits for the society. If a person without public morality is capable, this ability will become a terrible weapon for his own gain. ”

"What we want to build in Tianjing New Town is a Tianjing New Town where everyone understands public morality and discusses right and wrong everywhere. Let every farmer in Tianjing New City be able to build water conservancy fertile fields with peace of mind and grow more food. So that every craftsman can improve his craft with peace of mind and make a fortune with his ability. So that every small trader can plan to buy and sell goods with peace of mind, and fill the container with all kinds of goods, without worrying about the extortion of the green skin, and not worrying about the servants coming to exploit it. ”

"What we want to build is a new society with a sense of public morality!"

The young people who were like blank sheets of paper looked at Prime Minister Lin Qing'er who was talking eloquently, and their eyes lit up with excitement. Building a society in which everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, without oppression and injustice, has been the highest ideal of the Han people for thousands of years, and these ignorant young people also yearn to live in such a society.

Yan Wang is now leading everyone to build such a society with their own hands, how can the students not be excited? Lin Qing'er smiled and said: "Today is your first class, and the teacher of the "Public Ethics Class" will teach you the 'Public Virtue of Officials', and learn how to maintain the social order around you by example as an official official. Everyone applauded and welcomed our teachers. ”

Amid the applause of the students, a thin young man straightened his turban and stepped onto the podium. "Students, I am your public morality teacher, my name is "

After September, Lin Qing'er's fleet transported the 50,000 people to Taiwan in batches. On 2 October, Lin Qing'er went to Taiwan with a fleet of ships transporting peasants to inspect Taiwan's development. Cangzhou is already a little cool in October, but it is still warm in the south. When the fleet went all the way south and approached Taiwan, Lin Qing'er had already taken off the liner and protector on her body, and only wore a middle coat under her official robe.

When she arrived in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Lin Qinger had not yet gotten off the ship, and she saw that a large commercial market had been formed on the wharf in the harbor. Every time the fleet sails to Taiwan, it brings a large number of daily necessities. Cotton, ironware, pottery, porcelain, cement, farm tools, etc., all need to be transported from the mainland. These commodities were purchased by Gao Ligong in Tianjin, and when they arrived at the port in Hsinchu, they were all sold to Taiwanese peasants. Of course, Lu Hu does not retail these goods one by one, he sells them wholesale to local traders in Hsinchu.

At this time, the fleet docked, and some vendors pushed carts, waiting for the ships to unload the goods sold from the mainland. Although these vendors are not engaged in agriculture, they can also earn a lot of money by retailing a variety of goods.

Of course, compared to the various cargoes in the ballast, there are more poor people on board who have come to clear the wasteland. As soon as the peasants disembarked, they saw officers in crimson Tianjing New Town uniforms guiding them. Under the guidance of the officers, the peasants walked in groups to temporary settlements in various parts of Hsinchu.

Lin Qing'er looked at the boat and saw that although there were 35 boats with thousands of people and goods, under the organization of Guan Shan and Lu Hu, all the work was in order. Guan Shan wore a red official robe, led the officials of Hsinchu, and waited on the dock to greet Lin Qing'er. As soon as Lin Qing'er got off the boat, Guan Shan ran up to bow down and shouted: "Guan Shan has seen Prime Minister Lin, congratulations to Prime Minister Lin's disciple for being crowned King Yan, and we are honored." ”

Lin Qing'er patted Guan Shan's shoulder and said, "This time to destroy the Khitan, you have also accumulated merit and been promoted to the second rank of the capital of soldiers and horses, are you happy?" Guan Shan said loudly: "Happy, Guan Shan is overjoyed, grateful to Dade, and is willing to work for the cause of King Yan." Lin Qing'er laughed, stepped on the horse led by Guan Shan, and headed for Hsinchu City.

Halfway through a temporary resettlement site for newly arrived farmers, Lin Qing'er pointed to the horsewhip and said, "Go in and have a look." Guan Shan hurriedly jumped off his horse and led Lin Qing'er's horse to the resettlement site.

Yao Minle is a farmer in Qingxian County, Shandong, and his family was lucky this time, so they chose the team to reclaim Taiwan and followed the fleet to Taiwan. When the couple got married, they separated from the clan, and there was no land in Shandong, so the two tenants cultivated 35 acres of dry land in the village. Those dry fields harvest seven or eight buckets of wheat a year, cut off fifty percent of the land rent and one bucket and two liters of seeds, Yao Minle and his daughter-in-law are busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and they can also get eight or nine stones of wheat into their own warehouse. These grains barely allowed Yao Minle to eat food and clothing.

Even if it was the Chinese New Year, he and his daughter-in-law didn't dare to eat a bite of meat. The two have been married for three years and gave birth to a daughter the year before last. But this daughter did not bring joy to the Yao family, but became a piece of Yao Minle's heart. He was always worried that his daughter would not be able to feed the eight or nine stones of grain when she grew up, where would she be able to feed a family of three?

At the end of July, Yao Minle heard that King Yan had recruited the second batch of people to open up Taiwan, so he signed up without saying a word. The matter of Yan Wang Yang Peng, everyone in Qingxian County knows that as long as you keep up with Yan Wang, you will have an endless good life. As for where Taiwan is and what it will experience when he arrives in Taiwan, Yao Minle didn't even think about it.

When I heard that I had raised it and that a family of three could go to Taiwan with the boat on the first day of the ninth lunar month, Yao Minle and his daughter-in-law jumped in two dilapidated houses at home for a night, celebrating that a good day was coming.

The officials of the Shogunate of Tianjing New Town, who was responsible for organizing the staff, asked Yao Minle not to bring anything, and said that everything would be sent to Taiwan. Yao Minle trusted Yang Peng, the king of Yan, very much, and when he heard this, he gave all the pots and pans at home to his relatives, and took his wife and daughter to get on the boat empty-handed and headed for Taiwan.

The big ship of the Yan King was very tall and looked like a fort. But when he went out to sea, Yao Minle realized how big the sea was, and the big boat he was on was like a leaf in the sea, drifting with the ups and downs of the waves. The boat was too bumpy, and Yao Minle's daughter-in-law vomited, but Yao Minle did not vomit. Yao Minle has been standing excitedly on the top deck when he was at sea, holding the side of the ship and looking excitedly at the sea he had never seen.

When he arrived in Taiwan, Yao Minle thought he would see a dilapidated wasteland. But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the port, as soon as he stepped off the ship, Yao Minle saw a large area of prosperous merchants, and the mules and horses were noisy and crowded.

Yao Minle and his family got off the boat, and more than 100 people followed an officer and walked a mile forward, and the officer led 200 people into a small square full of small stalls. At the entrance of that small square, there was a brick and stone door with the words "Talent Market" written on the door.

The officer who led the way said loudly: "If you don't want to farm, you can find something to do in the talent market, let's go in and have a look!" "Can you still farm when you come to Taiwan? Yao Minle was stunned and walked into the talent market. Walking in, Yao Minle found that there were many stalls in the market. The stalls were unattended, but each booth had a sign with dense words written on it.

Yao Minle and the peasants behind him were illiterate, and they didn't know what was written on the stalls, so they all looked at the officer leading the way with a pleading face. The officer walked up and pointed to a stall and shouted: "Hsinchu City Zhang Ji Restaurant recruits two young people, requiring them to be over fifteen years old and under fifty years old, and have good conduct. Those who have been a small servant are preferred, those who are quick with hands and feet are preferred, and those who are good at entertaining guests are preferred. The treatment is four taels per month, including one lunch. Interested parties go to Hsinchu City South Street Zhang Ji Restaurant to find the shopkeeper Boss Liu. ”

Hearing the words "four taels a month, including one lunch", Yao Minle opened his mouth wide in surprise. Recruit a small guy to give four or two months of money? You must know that in Qingxian County, Shandong, those who are willing to pay one or two or five dollars to hire someone are considered good owners. Such an errand is often robbed by more than a dozen people, and the various requirements of the owner, the recruits can't grab their heads. For ordinary errands, you can recruit people with one or two dollars a month.

However, in Taiwan, a small restaurant came up, which was four or two months' money, and a meal. This is a good day to keep up with King Yan? This is Taiwan! Walking to another small stall, the officer read again:

"Ko Kee Tailor Shop recruits female workers. This store is the official cooperative tailor shop of Yanwang, with strong strength, and has long undertaken the clothing customization of Yanwang's newly recruited farmers, with a stable income. The recruitment of female workers is required to be over 15 years old and under 50 years old, and female workers are preferred. The basic salary is added to the piece-rate bonus, the basic salary is two taels per month, and there is another piece-rate wage. The average monthly income of the existing tailor is four taels or two. If you are interested, please apply in the Gaoji tailor compound on Hsinchu City West Street. ”

It is another job recruitment that pays more than four taels a month, and it seems that in Taiwan, it is not difficult to earn four taels of silver a month. The officer who led the way looked at the excited peasants and said, "In Hsinchu, if you share the prince's field, as long as you are nimble with your hands and feet, you can harvest an average of 20 stone of rice into your granary in a year." According to the current price of two taels and five dollars a stone in the parity grain store, this is fifty taels of silver. ”

"After calculation, the monthly income of a farmer in Hsinchu is more than four taels of silver, so the monthly income of other industries to recruit people must be higher than four taels of silver."

At this time, it was September of the fourth year of Xianping, and the grain prices in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty had been maintained at a relatively high level because of the military disaster last year. Yang Peng's parity grain store adapted to the situation, and changed the buying and selling price of grain to two taels and five dollars and one stone. This change has greatly increased the peasants' incomes.

Taiwan's farmers are now well-off. The officer who led the way said: "Of course, Hsinchu's labor is more expensive, and everything depends on shipping, and the price is also higher. Except for the price of grain, which is the same as Cangzhou, everything else is thirty percent more expensive than Cangzhou, and the silver is not so durable. ”

The peasants did not react much when they heard the officer's words. These peasants have been living above and below the subsistence line, and their living expenses are basically food, and they have not yet developed the habit of various consumption. They secretly said that it doesn't matter if things are 30% more expensive, as long as the food is cheap, they can raise a few more children. For things other than food, just spend less.

The officers smiled when they saw that the peasants had not yet realized the qualitative change in their lives after the monthly income of four taels. The officers read all the job advertisements on the other stalls. Speaking of which, there are many farmers in Hsinchu today, and there is an urgent need to develop supporting commercial and service industries. However, most of the farmers who came to Hsinchu with the ship were willing to work in agriculture, and there were few people who were willing to go to the city to do chores, and there was a serious shortage of people in various jobs in the city.

Every time the peasants heard about the treatment of four or two months' money, they were amazed, as if they had never been able to react from their surprise. However, I heard from the officers that farming can earn more than four taels of silver, and only a very few people are interested in going to the city to do things.

The officer shook his head and continued to lead the new peasants forward. At this time, the paddy fields on both sides of the road have been fully opened, and only the thousands of acres of fertile fields are staggered and staggered. It was September and the late rice had already been planted. The fields are green, and many farmers are busy working in the fields. This is the first time that the farmers in Tianjin have seen paddy fields, and they only know that paddy fields are highly productive, and they will plant this kind of paddy fields themselves in the future, and they are full of interest to see them one by one. In the future, the good days will depend on this paddy field.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.