Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 624 The Power of Example

Qiao Hong nodded in relief when she heard what the children said:

"Good boy, you can even understand the Da Ming Daily, that's amazing."

The children laughed innocently:

"Sister, we are all studying, and of course we can understand the Da Ming Daily. Nowadays, almost all children like us, boys and girls, are going to school."

In ancient times, rural girls would help with the housework, but it was almost impossible to study.

Girls in the city are not allowed to show their faces at will, and they are all bound into small feet, that is, three-inch golden lotus.

All of this is slowly changing now. Years of wars and famines have caused the population of Daming to decrease sharply. In order to develop rapidly, restoring the population is a top priority.

After the commercial and tax reform, Zhu Youjian formulated a plan for population recovery and gradually entering industry.

No matter what kind of family girls have to go to school, at least they must know common words.

When girls are around 15 years old, the imperial court encourages them to marry and have children. If they marry before the age of 15, if they become pregnant and have children, the imperial court will reward them with two dragon coins.

Boys who read or study well still need to continue to study.

And those boys who have no interest in reading can choose to work in factories to make money after they know a certain number of words and don't want to continue studying.

The industrial development momentum in southern Daming is very good. Textile factories, garment factories, porcelain kilns, glass manufacturing and various handicrafts are blooming everywhere. There are also agricultural plantings, mainly fruit and tea.

Northern farming, paper mills, natural soap manufacturing and shampoo manufacturing are also developing, all of which require workers.

In order to allow the heroes of the Ming Dynasty to use their talents, the imperial court made relevant regulations on this.

If women and girls in the family want to come out to work, no family or family shall stop or interfere.

Otherwise, if you are suspected of violating the law, you will be punished with restriction of personal freedom or fined.

Even the emperor is a good example of this, and the three princesses of Ming Dynasty also run the Royal Chamber of Commerce in public.

In the past two years, the culture of children in ordinary households in Ming Dynasty has almost reached the level of the third grade of elementary school, and their mathematics has reached the level of the second grade of elementary school.

But this is enough for ordinary families in Ming Dynasty.

In the past, they couldn't even afford food and clothing, and of course they didn't have money to go to school. Reading was a luxury for their family.

Qiao Hong stretched out her hand to touch the head of a fat boy and said with a smile:
"It's amazing, you can read the big daily newspaper and your family listens to it. My sister wants to know who taught you the national anthem?"

The little fat man looked at the beautiful sister and said without any hesitation:

"Sir, every school is the same. Everyone must be able to sing the national anthem."

"Oh I got it."

Qiao Hong finally understands now that singing the national anthem is a task that every school must complete, no wonder the children can sing the national anthem.

After interviewing the children, Qiao Hong turned her target to a middle-aged man:

"Uncle, I'm a reporter from Da Ming Daily, and I want to interview you now. May I ask what uncle thinks about the situation in front of me."

The uncle said firmly in a tone:
"Proud, I suddenly have an urge to go into battle and kill the enemy. The national anthem is majestic. Look at our triumphant soldiers. They are not only the patron saints of our native land, but also the patron saints of the entire Chinese nation. Let my son enlist in the army tomorrow."

"We also want to send our son to serve as a soldier. I heard that Daming is not only receiving good treatment, but also has very few casualties. If he performs well enough, he may even become a Viscount!"

"That's right, we will let our son serve as a soldier when we go back. If, as you said, if the son makes meritorious service and can be awarded a title, it will really honor the ancestors."

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Hearing that the uncle said that he would send his son to serve in the army, several middle-aged men standing beside Qiao Hong wanted to send their son to serve in the army.

Qiao Hong took out a notebook and carefully wrote down the words of the uncles in the notebook. As a reporter for the Daming Daily, Qiao Hong certainly knew that Daming was recruiting soldiers every year.

She is going to step up the promotion of recruitment and try to get more young people to join the army to serve the country. This is what the official media of Ming Dynasty should do.

After interviewing a few more girls, Qiao Hong left the crowd. She wanted to interview some soldiers, preferably the general.

Interviews with military soldiers are sometimes rejected, and they cannot even enter the barracks.

When the imperial court generally issues announcements, there will be special personnel to send the manuscripts to the Daming Newspaper, and generally they will not accept interviews.

Qiao Hong was going to find an opportunity to sneak into the team, and quietly interviewed a few soldiers who had just returned from overseas.

Listening to their experiences of fighting overseas, she believes that ordinary people like to read such newspapers.

The triumphant return of the army and Zhu Cihong's return to the capital is a great joyous event for the officials, and under normal circumstances a large banquet should be held to celebrate.

After the army entered the city, the soldiers returned to the barracks to rest, and the generals rushed home as soon as possible to reunite with their families.

Especially a group of young generals, who haven't touched women for so long, can't control it long ago.

After entering the imperial city, the officials gathered around Zhu Cihong for a long time, unwilling to leave. They all wanted to hear what the prince had gone through and the process of the overseas campaign.

As the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet, Sun Chuanting was going to apply to Zhu Cihong for a banquet to celebrate his achievements, and by the way, he would clean up the dust for the prince.

Seeing that the officials were unwilling to leave, Zhu Cihong knew what they were thinking, but he didn't want to show off his experience with King Ding, so he waved to the officials:

"My lords take care of everything and work very hard. It's getting late now, everyone, please go back!"

Sun Chuanting stepped forward and cupped his hands and said:
"His Royal Highness has returned, and the overseas war has won a great victory. We should hold a banquet to welcome His Highness to celebrate the overseas victory and triumph."

Zhu Youjian could understand the mood of the officials. When he entered the imperial city, he thought of his mother, and he was really not in the mood to celebrate. Besides, his father hadn't come back yet, so why did they celebrate.

Now that the chief minister of the cabinet opened his mouth, Zhu Cihong couldn't just refuse, he smiled slightly and said:

"My lord, I can understand your feelings. Let's celebrate together after the emperor's triumphant return! What do you think, Master Sun?"

After Zhu Cihong said that, what else could Sun Chuanting say, and he said goodbye immediately:
"Okay then, just follow His Highness' instructions, wait for the Holy Majesty to come back and celebrate together, and the minister will retire."

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, he waved to the officials:

"Colleagues, His Highness said, we will celebrate together when the Holy Majesty returns triumphantly, everyone please go back!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, I will take my leave."

A group of civil and military ministers, led by Sun Chuanting, quickly disappeared beside Zhu Cihong.

After the officials left, only the three princesses and the old eunuch Wang Cheng'en remained beside Zhu Cihong, so he fell silent.

Zhu Cilang called Princess Kunxing:

"The three imperial sisters, let's go for a walk with the emperor. The emperor is going to the East Palace first. After leaving for so long, the East Palace is probably very dilapidated.

Kunxing stepped forward and took Zhu Cihong's arm and began to act like a baby:
"Brother Huang, don't worry, the Crown Prince's East Palace is cleaned and tidied up every day. What you were like when you left is what you are now. My sister wants you to accompany the three of us to have a meal together."

(End of this chapter)