Monument Yangmen

Chapter 326 Inside Seoul

"You really want me to be the Prime Minister of the Southern Kingdom?"

"I was the seventh-rank official in Song Dynasty..."

"..."

Su Yijian questioned Yang Yansi in disbelief along the way, and Yang Yansi gave him a very affirmative answer, and stuffed the Nanguo Xiangyin that had been cast in advance into Su Yijian's arms.

Su Yijian played with Nanguo Xiangyin, pointed to the inscription on it, and asked doubtfully, "Why are there four lines of writing on it?"

Yang Yansi explained: "The first line is simplified Chinese, the second line is Jiaozhi script, the third line is slang, and the fourth line is Liaowen. In southern China, the current people's conditions are relatively complicated. There are four ethnic groups. Single It is definitely not appropriate to use one language, so four languages ​​are used together for the time being.

The first thing you do when you take office is to promote education.

Take some old Confucian scholars who were cheated from the Song Dynasty, and I will assign them all to you. You pick and choose those who can be officials, and then appoint them to the local government.Those who can't become officials are appointed to teach in local areas and promote simplified Chinese.

My idea is very simple. Within three years, people all over the country must know Chinese characters and be familiar with Chinese. "

Su Yijian was stunned, and said: "Promote education to the local area, so that everyone can read and write? Do you want to make money in disguise?"

Yang Yansi was stunned, and slowly shook his head, "What kind of money are you collecting? The basic education of Chinese characters is free, and you don't need a penny. Before you came, I had established nearly 100 educational societies in the southern country.

All materials in the society are provided by the national treasury.

Since the pre-education mainly focuses on teaching Simplified Chinese, you must allocate personnel well. More than 100 people will be in the education society, and as few old Confucian students as possible will be dispatched.Most of the remaining people are all sent to the whole country by me.

At present, the registered population in the Southern Kingdom is less than 200 million.

It is not difficult for five thousand Confucian scholars to teach 200 million people to read and write, right? "

Su Yijian pondered: "It's not difficult, but have you ever thought about how much it will cost to make 200 million people literate?"

Yang Yansi waved his hand, "You don't need to worry about money, you just need to be responsible for spending money."

"By the way, these old Confucian scholars who have been assigned are not only responsible for basic education, but also responsible for resettlement work. In the future, Han people who have been replaced from the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun will arrive one after another. Resettlement work is a big problem."

Su Yijian was puzzled and said: "According to what you said, the population of the southern country is only 200 million, and the southern country is also considered vast. Those Han people who came from the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have been suffering. When they come here, give them food and drink. Give back a large amount of land. What problems can there be in the resettlement work?"

Yang Yansi stopped in his tracks, clicked his mouth, and sighed: "You don't know the real situation in southern China, the Han people from Yanyun sixteen prefectures will have no problems, the key is the problems of the women here.

At that time, there will be a large-scale robbery incident, are you ready? "

"Steal people?!"

Yang Yansi said quietly: "In order to replace the Han people in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in Liaodi, I spared all the cochin males in the Southern Kingdom and sent them to Liaodi to replace them..."

Hearing Yang Yansi's explanation, Su Yijian understood the robbery incident and was willing.

Pointing at Yang Yansi, he gritted his teeth and said, "Are you too ruthless?"

Yang Yansi said indifferently: "As long as it's not my Han people who suffer, and it's not my people in the southern country who suffer, I don't care."

Yang Yansi chatted with Su Yijian about other things, and wandered into Seoul.

As soon as he entered Seoul, Su Yijian was slightly taken aback, "Is the ground in this city paved with bluestone?"

Yang Yansi nodded, and said calmly: "I like to be clean, so the roads in the city are all paved with bluestone. Most of the houses have also been rebuilt..."

Su Yijian took a brief look. The streets in Seoul are really clean and tidy, and the houses are arranged in an orderly manner. Many houses seem to be carved out of the same shape.

"Bianjing City, a city with more than 100 million people, doesn't dare to pave all the roads with blue stones. It's too extravagant for you to do so..."

What Su Yijian said is the truth, although Bianliang in Tokyo is the largest city in the world, but in Bianjing City, except for a few main roads where bluestone is laid, most of the streets are paved with loess, and at most some broken pieces are sprinkled. pebbles.

"How much did you spend?"

Yang Yansi waved his hand and said, "It didn't cost any money. There is no shortage of stones in the Southern Kingdom. There are a large number of cochin males, adding up to about 200 million, and they haven't been transported to Liao for replacement, so I used them as waste."

Su Yijian couldn't help sighing, "You are so cruel..."

Walking along the street, although there are many shops on both sides of the street, there are only two or three shops opened, and most of the rest are closed.

Pointing to these shops, Yang Yansi said, "The business system in Southern China is still very crude. After you take office, you need to attract investment as soon as possible to encourage business development."

Su Yijian said in a deep voice: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, the first thing is to establish an official organization and select officials. Businessmen are just at the end, and we will mention it later."

"fart!"

Yang Yansi rolled his eyes and said: "In our southern country, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are all treated equally regardless of high or low. Merchants can drive the prosperity of a place. Once the docks in the southern country and the Song Dynasty are built, commerce will flourish. When the time comes A large number of businessmen poured into the southern country.

The annual commercial tax can reach at least [-]% of the agricultural tax.This is still a small amount. I hope that when you leave office, the commercial tax will be three times the agricultural tax. "

"This is impossible!"

Yang Yansi patted Su Yijian on the shoulder, "There is nothing impossible. Regarding the issue of commercial taxation, we will discuss it slowly later."

Along the way, Su Yijian found that the people on the road did not avoid or fear when they saw Yang Yansi, and everyone was busy as usual.

Occasionally, I ran into a few people who knew Yang Yansi. After coming up to see the ceremony, Yang Yansi gave a few words of encouragement and left.

Seeing this, Su Yijian couldn't help asking, "Is this how you became the emperor?"

"Otherwise what?" Yang Yansi raised his eyebrows and said, "Put yourself high above the sky, don't eat the fireworks of the world, like a fairy?"

Su Yijian said in a deep voice: "The emperor should pay attention to his majesty..."

Yang Yansi shook his head and said with a smile: "What's the use of prestige? If you really hold yourself high, you are really high? There is a small courtyard in the imperial city, and there is a former high-ranking one in it. I will take you to see it later. .”

Su Yijian sighed, "I really don't know what you are thinking in your head. As the king of a country, you have supreme authority, so naturally you must match the corresponding majesty."

Yang Yansi said calmly: "If you really do this, the country will not sit for long, and sooner or later the country will perish."

Su Yijian sarcastically said: "Do you think your country can sit forever?"

Yang Yansi smiled and said: "As long as my descendants don't die, this southern country can be passed on forever."

(End of this chapter)