Chapter 678: Famous all over the world
What a person Xia Yuanji is? His vision is naturally not limited to the vulgarity in front of him.
But after entering Liangshan, he was still shocked by what was happening in front of him. The streets with houses and endless streams of cars and horses were still unparalleled. Even Jinling was unable to match such prosperity.
Xia Yuanji's impression of Liangshan was mostly barren in the court, but when he arrived here, he realized that he was wrong, and he was very wrong. The urban area here was several times that of Nanjing, and almost all the houses were newly built. In just five years, it had formed such a scale, which made him feel like he was dreaming for a while.
He was arranged to join the Liangshan Guard as a clerk. Now, except for two thousand people left behind, the rest of the Liangshan Guard has gone far away from Siam. But even so, Xia Yuanji's work is still busy. In fact, many of the clerks have been replaced by some "staff officers". His business is nothing more than a bridge between the guards and other yamen. How much is spent today, how much military supplies are required, and even if there is a official document, where the public security problem is not solved, the police cannot solve it. I would like to ask Liangshan Guard to help.
Although these things need to be handled in a cumbersome way, Xia Yuanji solved them in a few ways.
Of course, another job is night classes.
The officers and soldiers of Lang Sang Vail had to attend classes. On a single day, the staff members gave lectures, which were nothing more than some tactics and the use of firearms. It is said that they also had to teach everyone to use rulers and measure shooting distances. These were outsiders for Xia Yuanji, while the Shuangri was lecturers.
Liangshan Guard has set up a doctorate position, and this doctor has assigned homework tasks. The documents below need to prepare lessons and then preach.
In addition to teaching people to read and write, it is also divided into many classes, such as those who specialize in calligraphy, those who teach the Four Books and Five Classics, and those who learn mathematics. It is said that these things are very popular and many people are willing to come here to join the army. Because when you enter here, if you are injured, the Duke of Lu's Mansion can always arrange leisurely chores. Let you have food and clothing for the rest of your life. Some go to the staff, some go to the Hao family's workshop to inspect the door, or hold some civil positions. Even if you are not injured, your usual treatment is very generous. Over the years, you can have some savings, not just that, as long as you don't make any mistakes in the army, all workshops are eager to ask for people. On the one hand, these big-headed soldiers enter the army. Yunwen and Yunwu are very careful in everything you do. Compared with those refugees, even the superficial craftsmen and craftsmen, they don't know how many times the quality is. Therefore, as long as you enter Lang San Wei, it means that it is not a problem to be easily a middle-class person.
Xia Yuanji was arranged to teach the Four Books and Five Classics. At first, he naturally despised these. Good men did not serve in the army. These people were afraid that they could not read or have a large number of characters. Isn’t it not to teach the Four Books and Five Classics? But when he started the class, he realized that these guys were not low-level. Reading and writing were no problem. There were already many people who could recite some articles of scriptures and write, and the rules of writing were written. Although they were far inferior to scholars, it was enough to be a child student.
Xia Yuanji couldn't help but be shocked. Cultivating a child is of course nothing, but cultivating thousands of such people is really terrifying, not to mention that these are just big-headed soldiers. This is the case with a group of big-headed soldiers, so other military officers...
Xia Yuanji became more and more interested in Liangshan. He found that everything here was fresh and there were many interesting things, such as the craftsmen here, and there were also many literate people. Sometimes when Xia Yuanji asked about their situation and asked about their children, their answers were all the same. He studied in a certain school, some of whom were proud and said that his children had good school studies. It seemed that they would be able to enter Chenxue University in the future; some were full of annoyance and complained a few ineffective words, saying that they were the future, and it seemed that they could only be apprentices.
When Xia Yuanji heard this, his heart was sometimes suffocated. Is it easy for everyone to study around Liangshan?
Isn’t it said that Liangshan is full of chasing the stinky scent and the streets are full of merchants. Isn’t education good?
Xia Yuanji looked, listened, and thought, and finally, he realized it.
Lang Son people are all studying, of course, not without illiteracy, but most of them are older people, and most of them are learning spontaneously for children or young people.
There are only three reasons for this. One is that people here have wages, and their income is much higher than the hardships in other places, so they have some extra money, which provides a condition for their children to study.
On the other hand, reading is valuable. In other places, there is only one way to study, that is, if you can’t do it, especially those poor families who try their best to provide their children, and they may end up losing everything and it will be difficult to get a reward. However, here, there are many craftsmen, and there are also many brokers, clerks, shopkeepers, doctors, and teachers. These people often have a lot of income, but they all need to be able to read. Even if a craftsman can read a literate and write, it is said that his salary is much higher than that of others, and his future is also great in the workshop. Dong mainly picks out a foreman from the craftsman, and often tends to read. This means that although it is impossible to become an official in studying, there are many real benefits.
In addition, there is no more encouragement from Duke Luguo's Mansion and Chen Xue. The Duke's Mansion recruited many servants. These servants were different from the public servants in other places in the Ming Dynasty. They all received salaries from the government. Not only that, their salaries were also not low and their work was much more stable. Even a minor official had to be able to study. Not only could he be able to study, but he had to pass the exam. Although the exam was not formal, it attracted many people to flock to it.
There are many rich families who are willing to donate some money to Chen Xue. Chen Xue will set up schools and give some discounts to many people who come to study, and even directly reduce tuition fees to some people. In this way, those merchants who invested often get a good reputation and are widely promoted by Chen Xue students. Even some schools directly ask these merchants to name them and hang their portraits inside the school. Chen Xue has used this to increase its reputation and spread Chen Xue. As for those scholars, it has also reduced a lot of burden.
These three conditions gathered together to form the current Lang Son atmosphere. Xia Yuanji originally thought that Chen Xue was not worth mentioning, but now when he thought about it, he actually felt that these people were so terrible. The terrifying thing about Chen Xue was not its classics. In Xia Yuanji's view, many classics of Chen Xue even looked naive and ridiculous, and even vulnerable, but their crazy and enterprising skills taught him some concerns.
In time, the Chen learning has been continuously improved and spread it with this, it will not take long, so Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang...
"Ah..." Xia Yuanji was full of worry.
However, a few days ago, he encountered interesting things. After all, he was a famous person. Although Xueren Chen kept away from him, some people came to pay homage. Most of them came to scholars and even merchants.
Given the current situation of Xia Yuanji, if someone comes to visit him, he will feel a little ignorant. After all, he is not Qingliu, but an official in charge, and he does not have the intention of being incompatible with the traitor. The merchant came to ask for books and asked him if he had any articles recently.
Xia Yuanji understood that these people were from the bookstore. He had seen many books on the market in Langshan, all kinds of which were all rough and bad, but there were also some excellent works that were eye-catching. However, these books were too strong, and Xia Yuanji was a little repulsive. Now that people are asking for books, he thought about it and wrote some Neo-Confucian articles, and then he took the poems that went south.
I thought those bookstores dare not publish them, but who knew they really published them, but they were not selling well. The bookstores came to give away silver, but they only had a few taels of silver to moisten the pen. They were polite, saying that it was not that Mr.'s article was bad, but the people here didn't read these.
Xia Yuanji knew that what people like to read was those articles from Chen Xue, so he didn't care about it. After all, this was Chen Xue's base camp. He was a mantis blocking the chariot, but he just did his best.
He felt a little fond of Chen Xue. In Lang Son, when he took out his article, the bookstore dared to publish it. Not only did he dare to publish it, but he did not cause a group of people to shout and kill. If it were a Chen Xue article in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he would have been in a hurry and would have been in trouble, but he ignored it, and he had some demeanor and broad mind.
After a few days like this, the great victory in Siam was shocked by the great victory. She was still thinking about whether there was a factor in taking the initiative. But he was not thinking about it at the moment because the official business was getting busy. There were dozens of official documents in various yamen and even Guangxi in one day, and most of them were asking about Siam. At this time, someone came to the door, but it was still a merchant from the bookstore. This time he brought a stack of passes from Lang San Money House.
, with more than 900 taels of silver, people came to say, "Mr.'s poems were sold well. In just half a month, more than 3,000 copies were published. Not only that, many people sang Mr.'s lyrics, which caused a sensation. Mr.... This is the royalties and the silver sent by various theaters. They are asking about Mr.'s everywhere, just to ask, "Mr. Not only does Mr. have any other poems, but also whether Mr.'s poems can continue to be published here. Don't worry, the royalties can be discussed..."
Xia Yuanji was stunned. This was not bright in the east, and the west, and his statement as a gentleman in the court was not revealed here, but he was famous for reciting poems and lyrics.
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Chapter completed!