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Text Chapter 699: The Speedy Parthian Mission

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    This year has been relatively peaceful. The Yong'an Palace project was restarted. It did not make people complain as much as when it started in the ninth year of Zhenguan. Instead, it brought smiles to the faces of many poor families in Chang'an.

    When the construction of Yongle Palace was started in the ninth year of Zhenguan, the method of levying corvees was used, and laborers from Chang'an City and nearby counties were recruited. There was no wages, and they only had one meal a day, which was not meaty, but it was okay.  Just eat enough.  But the key point is that this group has corvees. Those who are assigned to the head have no time to do their own work and cannot make money. How can they just feed themselves?  There are people of all ages at home waiting for the rice to be cooked.  .

    But it wasn't that Li Shimin wanted to exploit him. At that time, Wang Kuang's new farming method only existed in the experimental fields of the Shen family. In addition, in those years, the world was either flooded here or droughted there. Li Shimin had to go to Luoyang every year.  As for food, under such circumstances, he was able to make the inner government try his best to provide the people with a full meal, which was already commendable.  But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that it takes up the labor time of the people, especially those poor households, which is an important source of income, making their lives even more difficult.  However, filial piety comes first. The emperor built Yong'an Palace for the Supreme Emperor. This is a manifestation of filial piety. The people also thanked the Supreme Emperor for ending the long years of war and restoring peace to the world. No matter how hard it is, it will only be three years of pain.  Five years, let's look at the new dynasty. The days are becoming more relaxed year by year. Therefore, although there are complaints, the people who are assigned to work as corvees do their best, no matter what.  Having a full meal is better than the former Sui Dynasty corvee who had to bring his own food, right?

    But this time it is different, because with the 2.8 million yuan donation as the foundation, it is conceivable that under the leadership of the big shots in the court, Wang Kuang deliberately brought the Shen family, Jiang family and Xinghua Village to  If you come in and set an example, subsequent donations will continue to increase.  Those local officials and wealthy people would also donate a little bit.  Xu Guoxu also vowed that he would never spend a penny from the treasury.  * If it's not enough, the inner government goes out and buys steel bars or something.  It will be paid according to the market price, and it can even repay the part of the money that Yong'an Palace appropriated from the treasury a few years ago. Moreover, the queen also affirmed Xu Guoxu's statement, and for the first time, she issued a decree in the name of the queen, calling her a saint.  I don¡¯t like disturbing people¡¯s livelihood the most. I hope that local governments will not impose apportionments. People who have no money should not donate. Those who have the ability should do what they can. The government has enough money and materials to build Yong¡¯an Palace, so you can live a good life.  Making more money, having more good children, and raising them into adults will be a great support to the court, and the saint will also feel gratified.

    It can be said that this is different from the past.  Nowadays corv¨¦es are also recruited, but the targets are not laborers, but women, children and the elderly who are still healthy. The tasks given to them are also simple, which is to bring tea and water, boil water for cooking and carry some light things.  For example, carrying a rafter, handing tools to craftsmen, holding a ladder, etc. are all light tasks.

    As for labor, the method of recruiting workers ranges from twenty to fifty cents per person per day, depending on their skills. Those who can only do manual labor will get the minimum twenty cents, and those who can carve beautiful buildings will be paid.  , then get the highest fifty coins.  But no matter how much you get, including the conscripted corvee, you will have to eat two meals a day. Not only will you be satisfied, but every meal must have a meaty dish, whether it is pork, mutton or fish, etc. If you meet anyone  When your birthday comes, you will also have a bowl of thick noodle soup cake with two poached eggs made by the chef of the imperial palace. It is said that this is what the Marquis of Jian'an said. There is only one long stick in the whole bowl of soup cake.  It symbolizes longevity, and two poached eggs mean a hundred years old. Although everyone doesn¡¯t know how these two poached eggs are connected with a hundred years old?  But he was also happy. Marquis Jian'an's heart was kind, and he was so considerate.

    Those who were conscripted into corvee service were naturally treated the same as those who were recruited as laborers, except that they were not paid.  Even children, over five years old, are allowed to be brought to the construction site to eat with their families, help pull weeds or look at the materials on the construction site to prevent them from being stolen.  But everyone knows very well that Qian Niuwei is watching all around the construction site. Who is so bold as to steal materials in broad daylight?  Not only is there a curfew at night, but there are also patrols, and they don't need to watch. Isn't this just a way of letting the children have a meal?

    But when we arrived at the construction site, everyone was dumbfounded. What happened?  The children were all gathered into a pile. The eunuchs and maids sent by the palace first gave the children an assessment, then divided them into several groups, and started classes for them in the work shed in a corner of the construction site!  Those who like reading will be taught literacy by the eunuchs, and the young ladies who like nvhong will be taught nvhong by the palace maids. Those who really don¡¯t want to read and don¡¯t like nvhong, and Qian Niuwei  The soldiers taught them some basic swords, horses, bows and arrows.

    At the beginning, some old people were worried, worried that this was a new election for the palace.I was brainwashing the children, so I secretly ran to listen. After listening for a while, they all came back with smiles on their faces. Why?  The eunuchs and maids did not tell the children how good things were in the palace. Instead, they told them that they should practice Chinese and hyphenation well. In the future, if they could read, they would study and take the exams, take part in the standing exams, and imitate the younger brother of Marquis Jian'an.  Just like Wang Sanlang, if he is sent out to be a local official, those who cannot read will not suffer the disadvantage of being illiterate. The teachings are the same as those in private schools or official schools; as for those who study female celebrities, then  It is said that if you have learned n¨¹hong, you will be a good husband and wife in the future. You can take care of your husband and raise your children at home, and you will be praised by your neighbors and happy by your husband's family. As for those who practice martial arts, they compare them with the guerrilla general Huang Da. If you study hard, you will be good in the future.  , can also make achievements on the battlefield.

    Chang'an has not yet reached the level of Jianzhou. All children can go to school for free, and there is no need to tie up their husbands. In Chang'an, although there are free borrowing bookstores and libraries, when it comes to school, each family only has one child who can study for free.  However, the rest of the children still have to spend money. Therefore, many children from poor families still cannot afford to go to school if they have many brothers and sisters. But now it is better. As long as they can learn the calligraphy, they can go to the bookstore to borrow  Now that I¡¯ve read the book, Yong¡¯an Palace needs to be repaired for at least three to five years, right?  In three to five years, if someone teaches you step by step, even if you learn three to five words a day, after three to five years, you still won't have three to five thousand words?  If children cannot study well, there is basically no possibility of becoming an official.

    Of course, every day the children have to go to the construction site for an hour under the leadership of the eunuch or the maid to help. This is the light work like pulling weeds and other things mentioned before. It can be regarded as their contribution.  But the symbolic meaning of this is too strong?

    Calculated in this way, even if you are recruiting workers with the lowest wage, twenty cents a day is much better than finding work by yourself elsewhere. Twenty cents is much higher than ordinary physical work, Chang'an  Those who do manual labor can earn only about fifteen cents a day, and they only have to pay for one meal at most. This is an opportunity that only comes when you meet a good employer. If you meet a stingy or more stingy employer,  Those who are in a tight situation have to solve the problem of eating by themselves.  And from this fifteen cents, after deducting household expenses, it would be considered good to have three or five cents left over a day.

    Now, the elderly, children, and mothers-in-law at home are all at the construction site, which means that they have saved food. In this way, they no longer have to spend their own money on the biggest expense of the day. Twenty cents can be left over at the end of the day.  For only a dozen pennies, I can still eat well, take care of myself, eat both meat and vegetables, and my children are being disciplined so that they don¡¯t run wild everywhere. First of all, regardless of whether they can succeed in their studies, at least they don¡¯t have to worry about their safety.  Isn¡¯t it?

    Therefore, there are many more smiles in Chang'an City now. Even the shanty town outside the city, which Wang Kuang calls a slum, is full of laughter and laughter. Everyone is suddenly full of expectations and a lot more longing for the future.  The court has taken such good care of us. It is hard to find such a good emperor, and such a court is rare. It seems that we people have to live a stable life for at least a hundred years. Not only is it stable, but there is also hope.

    It was just a small move, but overnight it brought the people of Chang'an closer to the imperial court and made them proud to live in such an era.  Of course, this is also because the government has become rich in recent years, and the big bosses have donated so much. After all, if we follow the previous design and the method of recruiting corvees, and the materials are all ready, the Yong'an Palace can be built.  Even the 2.8 million yuan may not be fully spent.  Now that the design has been improved and the corvee method has been changed, if the 2.8 million guan are deducted, at most the inner government can come up with another 3 million guan. This amount of money is enough?  Xu Guoxu curled his lips: What is this?  Even if there are several times more, the inner government can also get it!  These words and the expression on his face are what Xu Guoxu has done the most during this period.

    It snowed heavily the first night. This was the first spring snow in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan. It was heavy snow. The ground was knee-deep. All the big guys who originally thought that no one would be working on the construction site would  , looking dumbfounded at the people working enthusiastically on the construction site with smiles on their faces and shouting slogans in unison, with incredible expressions on their faces.  Wang Kuang pointed at the construction site and said with a smile: "How about it? The people's request is that simple. Let them live a good life, and they will sincerely support you. I dare to say that at this time, if that thief gathered millions of people  If Chang'an is surrounded, these people will definitely rush out of the city to fight them! Because they understand that they are fighting for their own happy life in the future and guarding their own homes."

    "Good. Erlang Guo is a very good person." Old Wei blushed and praised Wang Kuang. In his opinion, Wang Kuang's actions were much smarter than what he said and did. Wang Kuang considered it from the perspective of the common people.  As for the problem, he considered the problem from the perspective of the royal family. Although the effect was similar, the starting point and purpose were different. Obviously Wang Kuang was better than him. Thinking about the one hundred thousand yuan bet, this old man was a little  ashamed.

     The big bosses were about to return to the court when they saw a small official from Honglu Temple running over to report: "Marquis Jian'an, the Xi'an delegation is here. They are currently resting at the post station in the west of the city. They will enter the city tomorrow.  ." Wang Kuang is in charge of Honglu Temple, so he naturally has to report to him.

    So fast?  Wang Kuang was a little surprised. How long had it been?  It's simply amazing speed.

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