Chapter 678: Famous all over the world
What kind of character Xia Yuanji is, his vision is naturally not limited to the vanity in front of him.
It's just that since he entered Liangshan, he was still shocked by what was in front of him, the streets with rows of houses extending in all directions, and the endless flow of cars and horses, such prosperity, even Jinling, was difficult to compare.
Xia Yuanji was in the court, and his impression of Liangshan was mostly a barren land, but when he arrived here, he realized that he was wrong, very wrong, the urban area here is several times that of Nanjing, and all the houses are almost newly built, in just five years, it has formed such a scale, which makes him feel like he is dreaming for a while.
He was arranged to serve as a clerk in Liangshanwei, and now the Liangshan Guard has gone to Siam except for 2,000 people left, and the rest have gone to Siam, but even so, Xia Yuanji's work is still busy, in fact, a lot of the clerical work has been replaced by some 'staff officers', and his business is nothing more than a bridge between Weili and other yamen.
Although these things are cumbersome to dispose of, Xia Yuanji solved them by dividing them by two.
Of course, another job is night classes.
On a single day, it was the staff officers who gave lectures, talking about nothing more than some tactics and the use of firearms, and it was said that they also taught everyone to learn how to use a ruler and measure the firing range, which was a layman for Xia Yuanji, and on the double day, it was the clerical who gave lectures.
This Liangshanwei set up the position of doctor, and this doctor assigned the task of homework. The next paperwork should be prepared for the lesson and then preached.
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 the Five Classics, and those who learn arithmetic, and it is said that these things are very popular, and many people are willing to come here to serve as soldiers. It's because if you get injured here, the Luguo Mansion can always arrange idle errands. Let you have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, some go to work as a staff officer, some go to the Hao family's workshop to watch the door, or serve as some clerical positions. Even if he wasn't injured. The usual treatment is also very good. In the past few years, there are some savings, not only that, as long as there are no mistakes in the army, but all those who have been retired, all the workshops are rushing to get important people, on the one hand, these big soldiers have entered the army. Yunwen Yunwu, everything is clear-sighted. Compared with those homeless people, even the superficial craftsmen and apprentices do not know how many times higher, so as long as they enter Lang Son Wei, it means that it is not a problem to easily mix with the middle class.
Xia Yuanji was arranged to teach the Four Books and Five Classics, he naturally despised these at first, good men are not soldiers, these people, I am afraid that they don't know a few big characters, teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, isn't it playing the piano to the cow, but when the class really started, he knew that the level of these guys is not low, reading and writing is not a problem, there are already many people, who can recite some scriptures and articles, and the rules of writing are also written, although it is far from the level of Xiucai, but it is enough to be a child.
Xia Yuanji couldn't help but be shocked, cultivating a child is of course nothing, but cultivating tens of thousands of such people is really terrifying, not to mention, these are just big-headed soldiers, a group of big-headed soldiers are like this, so other military attachés ......
Xia Yuanji's interest in this Liangshan became stronger and stronger, he found that everything here is fresh, there are many interesting things, such as the craftsmen here, there are also a lot of literate people, sometimes Xia Yuanji asked about their situation, asked about their children, their answers were all one, studying in a certain school, some were proud, saying that their children were very good at schoolwork, it seems that in the future, they will be able to enter the Chen Xue University; Some are full of chagrin and complain a few words, saying that in the future, it seems that they can only be apprentices.
Xia Yuanji heard this, and sometimes sighed in his heart, up and down this Liangshan Mountain, isn't everyone good at reading?
Doesn't it mean that this Liangshan is full of chasing copper smell, and the streets are full of businessmen, and the education is not good?
Xia Yuanji watched, listened, and thought, finally, he realized.
Of course, the people of Lang Son are literate, of course, it is not that there are no illiterate people, but the vast majority of them are older, but all children or young people, the vast majority, are learning spontaneously.
The reason why this is so is nothing more than three reasons, one is that the people here have wages, and their income is much higher than that of other places, so they have some surplus money in their hands, which provides a condition for the children to study.
On the other hand, reading books is valuable, but in other places, there is only one way to study, and that is to start a career, and if you can't do it, especially those poor families, who desperately give up their children, they may end up bankrupt, and it is difficult to have a return. But here, there are many craftsmen, and there are a lot of brokers, clerks, shopkeepers, doctors, and teachers who need to be able to read and write in a lot of money, but they all need to be able to read and break words, even if they are craftsmen, if they can read and break words, it is said that the wages are much higher than others, and the future in the workshop is also great, and the East mainly selects a foreman from the craftsmen, and often prefers those who have read books, which means that although it is impossible to be an official in reading, there are many tangible benefits.
In addition, it is none other than the encouragement of the Luguo Mansion and Chen Xue, the Gongfu there, recruited a lot of errands, these errands are different from the other places in the Ming Dynasty, they are holding, but they are all issued by the government, not only that, the salary is not low, and the work is a lot more stable, and even if it is a small official, the required conditions must also be able to read, not only can read, but also have to pass the examination, although the examination is not as formal as the imperial examination, but also attracts many people to rush to it.
It is said that many wealthy families are willing to donate some money to Chen Xue, Chen Xue will set up a school again, give some preferential treatment to many people who come to study, and even directly reduce or exempt tuition fees for some people, so that those businessmen who contribute often have a good reputation and are hyped up by Chen Xue's students, and even some schools directly let these businessmen be named, and in the school, hang their portraits, and Chen Xue has improved his prestige by this, and spread Chen Xue, as for those who read, It also relieves a lot of burdens.
These three conditions come together to form the current atmosphere of Lang Son. Xia Yuanji originally thought that Chen Xue was not worth mentioning, but now that he thinks about it, he thinks that these people are so terrible, the terrible thing about this Chen Xue is not its scriptures, in Xia Yuanji's opinion, many of Chen Xue's classics even look naïve and ridiculous, and even vulnerable, but their crazy and enterprising skills have taught him some worries.
Over time, this Chen Xue will continue to improve, and then spread through this, I am afraid that it will not be long before Huguang, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang......
"Hey......" Xia Yuanji's heart was full of worry.
But some time ago, he also encountered something interesting, after all, he is a famous person, although Chen Xueren respects him, but there are also some people who come to pay respects, most of them are scholars, and there are even businessmen.
With the current situation of Xia Yuanji, people come to visit, if he can't hide, he will inevitably be a little ignorant, he is not a clear stream after all, he is an official who has been in charge, but he does not have such a mind of being a thief and a thief.
Xia Yuanji understood, these people are from the bookstore, he has seen many books on the market in Langshan, all kinds of books, everything, many of them are shoddy, but there are no eye-catching boutiques, but these books, Chen Xue's color is too heavy, Xia Yuanji is a little repulsed, now people are asking for books, he wrote some articles on science, and then, he took the poems of this way south.
I thought that the people in those bookstores didn't dare to publish it, but who knew that it was really published, but it didn't sell well, and the people from the bookstore came to send silver, just a few taels of silver for the pen fee, and the mouth was polite, saying that it wasn't Mr.'s article that was bad, but the people here didn't read it.
Xia Yuanji knew that what people loved to read was those Chen Xue's articles, and he didn't care about it, after all, this was Chen Xue's base camp, and he was a praying mantis blocking the car, but he was just doing his best.
He has a good impression of this Chen Xue in his heart, in this Langshan, his own article is taken out, and the bookstore dares to send it, not only dare to send it, but it also does not provoke a group of people to shout and kill, if this is changed to make a Chen Xue article in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I am afraid that it has already been raging and inextricable, but people don't pay attention to it, but there are some temperament and minds.
In this way, a few days later, Siam there was a great victory, Xia Wenwen was shocked by the great victory, and he was still thinking about whether there was a factor of risk, but he didn't have the heart to think about these at the moment, because the official business gradually became busy, and there were dozens of official documents from various yamen and even Guangxi a day, most of them were asking about Siam, at this time, someone came to the door, as usual, it was the businessman of the bookstore, this time he brought, but it was a pile of passes from Langshan Qianzhuang, which was tattooed with more than 900 taels of silver, and came to humane: "Mr.'s poems are selling well, In just half a month, more than 3,000 copies were published, and not only that, but many people sang Mr.'s words, which caused a sensation, Mr. ...... This is the manuscript fee and the money sent by the theaters, and they are now asking Mr. everywhere, just to ask, not only does Mr. have poems, but also whether Mr.'s poems can continue to be published here in the future, Mr. rest assured, this manuscript fee can be discussed again......
Xia Yuanji was dumbfounded, this is not bright in the east and bright in the west, and his statement as a gentleman in the court is not obvious here, but he is famous for his poetry and lyrics.
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Chapter 2 is delivered. (To be continued......)