People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 327 The Fifth Round of Qingli New Deal

The New Year of the sixth year of Qingli had just passed, and the people of Song Dynasty were still immersed in the joy of the New Year in the first month of the year.

A special official document on "Suppressing Crime and Evil in the Song Dynasty" was sent by the Political Yuan to the Police Department, Imperial City Department and Yushitai.

The content mentioned in it is that the protective umbrella behind the local evil forces will not be capped at the top or guaranteed at the bottom. Big tigers need to be beaten, and small flies need to be swatted.

The bosses of several departments did not dare to neglect and quickly started to push forward.

Various documents were passed on, from the court to the roads, and then from each road to the state. The road offices, state government offices, and county government offices in various places acted upon the news and arrested people everywhere.

In addition, various censorship departments also sent people to monitor and patrol everywhere. The local imperial city bureaus had overt guards and secret guards. The secret guards were like plainclothes and blended in with the people.

As they searched around, they discovered that a large number of evil forces and those behind them were about to face annihilation.

However, after a government order is issued, the results are not immediate. Especially for a huge country, it naturally takes a period of time to ferment.

This time may be several months, half a year, or even one or two years.

Establish a postal system, establish a postal department, and incorporate the original post system into the postal system. From then on, writing letters and delivering items are no longer exclusive to officials, but all people can deliver letters and send items.

Don't think that establishing a university at this time is confusing.

Early March, Bianliang.

As for college.

In addition, the officialdom system, military and national defense, economic development, agricultural construction, etc. have all undergone changes to varying degrees.

The University of Oxford began to teach and study here in 1096, and was officially established in 1167 AD, which was only 1046 years ago in 121 AD.

Elementary schools and junior high schools are located in all states and counties, while high schools only have one in each county.

High-rise buildings are rising from the ground, rows of tree shades are blowing in the wind, and painted boats are swaying gently on the river.

Between the white walls and gray tiles, there is a touch of beauty.

Therefore, under this social background, from another perspective, as long as the direction of reform is adjusted well, the difficulty of reform is actually lower in the Song Dynasty than in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In fact, the first university in the world was established forty-two years later, at the University of Bologna in Italy.

There are also cowpox vaccinations, disease prevention manuals, boiling water theory, etc. I believe that in the near future, there will basically be no dispute between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, because they are all Chinese medicine.

Therefore, when the Song Dynasty established a relatively complete scientific system, no matter whether the universities established in the future can reach the heights of later generations, they will at least provide a place for countless students to study and make progress.

The criss-crossing streets come and go, and rows of signboards sway in the wind. As the weather warms up and the temperature rises, vendors and footmen walk through the streets wiping their sweat.

Otherwise, just allowing human anatomy would be treason and would be intolerable to the world.

From the first year of Qingli to the present, there have been no less than a hundred policies, large and small, in the five rounds.

At this time, Tokyo in the Song Dynasty was no longer what it was ten years ago.

In addition to promoting traditional Chinese medicine, the development of Western medicine is also indispensable. The imperial court will give prisoners sentenced to death an opportunity to be an anatomy teacher. If they voluntarily donate their bodies, their families will receive a share of state compensation funds so that medical schools can perform human anatomy.

With funds allocated by the imperial court and the government reserves of each road, state, and county, nationwide infrastructure construction was launched, and large-scale repair work was carried out on official roads, rivers, and wasteland in the county.

But this seeming combination of modernity and classicism does not feel inconsistent at all, because these buildings are full of soft lines and beautiful oriental elements.

After all, if you want to build a factory, you have to build roads first. Only after you have rammed earth roads can you build a cement factory. Once you have a cement factory, you can build a cement road. Once you have a cement road, you can build a steel factory. Once you have a steel factory, you can build a highway.

It is still in the preparatory stage.

Therefore, except for Gyeonggi Road, which has officially been led by the police department and has begun operations in all 18 counties in Gyeonggi Road, the other roads are only about to start work.

In terms of medical treatment, we promoted medical construction, established the Ministry of Health, established Bianliang Hospital and the affiliated medical school, and recruited experienced and highly skilled doctors from across the country to serve as expert professors and train students.

In terms of science and technology, we have increased investment in mathematical, physical and chemical research, cultivated and valued scientific talents, and actively protected scientific research levels and findings. We have also established scientific and technological journals and distributed them in a small area in Bianliang, slowly increasing people's interest in science. knowledge and understanding.

Link by link, it is impossible to jump directly from the rammed earth road to the highway. That is unrealistic.

For example, women are not allowed to be maids, they can go out, remarry, and get divorced. Men were not allowed to be slaves, businessmen could take part in the imperial examinations, and traditional lowly statuses such as Lehu, prostitutes, beggars, and Danhu did not exist, and they all fell into the category of free citizens.

However, the overall changes are not major, because these things have basically become similar in the previous rounds of reforms, and there is no need to make drastic changes.

This new policy also covers all aspects, including supplements to previous policies and new policy guidance.

"Spices, spices, spices from the Western Regions, good quality and cheap."

Originally, large-scale infrastructure construction definitely requires design plans and drawings. For example, if you build a road, you must have a plan of where to build it and where to build it?

But this time the infrastructure construction is not to build new roads, but to renovate the old roads so that they can play a role.

In addition to these aspects, what is closely related to the people is this year's major infrastructure projects.

For example, at the official level, the imperial court allowed various roads to establish state-owned enterprises on their own to build the steel, coal, cement, textile, and brick-burning industries on their own roads. The specific construction methods were guided by personnel from the Wu'an Iron and Steel Works.

Fortunately, at this time, feudal ethics had not yet developed to the same level as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the entire social atmosphere was still in the relatively open era of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Private merchants are allowed to participate in contracting coal mines and iron ores, and establishing cement factories, spinning mills, brick factories, newspapers and other industries, further liberalizing business controls.

In the midst of this process, in February of the sixth year of Qingli, the imperial court once again issued a large number of new policies.

Therefore, all aspects of construction are actually slowly establishing a prototype for the Song Dynasty to enter industrial development, which is equivalent to laying a foundation to officially transform from a feudal society to a scientific society.

It is the time of spring, and the spring sunshine is just right, spreading warmly on the earth, making the world full of vitality.

In terms of education, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools were officially established.

In a world full of two- and three-story wooden houses, these five- and six-story reinforced concrete buildings stand out.

This New Deal officially belongs to the fifth round of Qingli New Deal.

"Here, the wontons are freshly baked. They are delicious."

"Let's take a walk and take a look. The best Hangzhou silk satin only costs two guan for a piece. It only costs 2 guan for a piece!"

All kinds of hawking sounds, all kinds of fragrant smells, and all kinds of people are like fish flowing into the sea along the river, full of excitement.

At the intersection of Xiaozhifang Street in the inner city, several scholars were eating in the Zhuangyuan Building next to it.

They are students of Bianliang Academy.

Beginning in the fourth year of Jingyou's reign, the imperial court established a school in Bianliang and named it Bianliang Academy.

Different from Taixue, in addition to Confucianism, science is also taught here.

The students recruited do not look at their family conditions, but only at their learning ability, moral character and ability to endure hardships and stand hard work.

To put it simply, this school is the pilot school for science education in the Song Dynasty. It is also the first batch of children to be exposed to science besides the first group of students taught by Zhao Jun.

Extracurricular books such as "Interesting Experiments in Physics", "Basic Chemical Reactions" and "Primary School Mathematics" that Zhao Jun brought from later generations have also become textbooks here.

Nine years have passed, and many students here have successfully graduated and participated in last year's imperial examination.

In the spring of February this year, because the imperial court officially included mathematics, physics and chemistry in the imperial examination this year, Bianliang Academy became the biggest beneficiary. More than 200 Jinshis were awarded, and more than 120 people came from Bianliang Academy.

Bianliang Academy suddenly became famous in the capital, and this school that originally only existed in legends and had little reputation became a household name overnight.

At this moment, several people were toasting each other in the Zhuangyuan Building.

"Everyone, this time Chunwei High School has avenged its past humiliation. No one dares to say that the science we studied is useless anymore."

"Yes, years of hard work has finally paid off."

"After passing the Jinshi examination, you will be selected as an official. Brother Wang, Brother Li, Brother Zhang, what are your plans for the future?"

"I want to join the Academy of Sciences, what about you?"

"Brother Wang, are you too?"

"What a coincidence, so am I."

"The principal has said that science is the way of the future. What's the benefit of being an official? Who doesn't respect the academicians of the Academy of Sciences when they are walking outside?"

"Um, am I the only one who wants to be an official?"

Several classmates who were admitted to the Jinshi class together said to each other that most of them actually wanted to enter the Academy of Sciences to engage in scientific research, which was a strange thing.

However, the current threshold of the Academy of Sciences is indeed very high. In addition to professional qualities, one must also have academic standards and a Jinshi background. Unless the first two have excellent abilities and are granted the same Jinshi status by the court, it will be difficult to get in.

No way, the Academy of Sciences is still linked to the rank of officials. It can be understood that the Academy of Sciences is not a scientific research institution, but an official residence under the imperial court for scientific research.

The senior experts and professors there are all in the fifth rank and up, and the president of the Academy of Sciences is in the third rank.

Although Zhao Zhen is now the dean of the Academy of Sciences, and the work is usually presided over by the three vice-presidents Jia Xian, Wan Zhichen, and Yan Su, as the imperial court attaches great importance to science, their status is higher than that of ordinary ministers and their remuneration is more generous. .

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers. The imperial court has another new policy. Take a look. This time it is another big reform, which concerns every one of us."

At this moment, the newspaper boy walked in waving the newspaper in his hand.

Someone quickly said: "Get one quickly." "I want one here too."

"Brother, give me two here."

"okay."

The newsboy went back and forth selling newspapers, and soon there were more than ten newspapers missing in his pocket.

"The imperial court is planning to build scientific schools in an all-round way. All states and counties should have primary schools and junior high schools, and there should be a high school on the road."

"That's great. I don't know how many students have stepped into our scientific way."

"I changed my mind and I'm going to the Ministry of Education."

"Brother Liu, why do you want to go to the Ministry of Education?"

"Nowadays, science schools are being set up all over the country. There is definitely a shortage of people in teaching. I want to join."

"Brother Liu wants to be a teacher? I wonder if the salary will be generous."

"Well, you really need to ask."

The Jinshi surnamed Liu, who was aspiring to enter the education field, also hesitated.

He was born in poverty, but he was eager to learn since childhood. He studied hard for nine years before becoming a Jinshi.

Although he knew that he had no background and no one to support him, it would be difficult for him to enter the officialdom. It was better to find another way and find a better way.

For example, it is possible to go to the Ministry of Education, to be transferred to the local education bureau in the future, or to be the principal of a high school.

But I am also worried about the poor treatment from the court. Is it like being an official, who not only allocates houses but also pays high salaries?

But after a moment, he said firmly: "The imperial court attaches so much importance to science now, and it will definitely not treat educators harshly. I am a Jinshi and have devoted myself to education. I must have started directly as a principal, so the salary will not be too bad."

"Then I wish Brother Liu a world full of success."

Everyone gave their blessings.

In fact, not long after, the Ministry of Education issued a new notice.

For newly promoted Jinshi who are willing to go to various places, it is true that they start as deputy principals of primary and junior high schools in various places. They all start from the seventh-grade level, which is equivalent to the level of the local county magistrate.

The principal of Yiyi High School is not a newly promoted Jinshi, but a group of doctors selected from the Academy of Sciences, with a rank of 5th grade.

At this time when science is just beginning to enlightenment, the principals of primary and junior high schools who teach new science must have at least a diploma from the imperial examination and Jinshi, and the teacher must also be a civil servant. You can know how much the imperial court values ​​education.

In the restaurant at the moment.

In addition to a few new Jinshi, there were many businessmen in the restaurant. They were actually very concerned about the court's policies, and they seemed to be buying newspapers one after another.

There is a table next to the table, and the Ma family, who makes paper in Bianliang, is hosting a banquet for the Meng family, who is in the grain and oil business. The eldest son of the Ma family is in his thirties, about the same age as the eldest son of the Meng family, and it is time to take over the family business.

When Boss Meng saw in the newspaper that the imperial court had opened up industries such as steel, cement, and textiles, he immediately said excitedly: "Brother Ma, the imperial court finally allows us to operate steel and cement."

Boss Ma wondered: "Brother Meng, considering the relationship between your family and the Imperial Academy, you still only found out about this by reading the newspaper?"

Many people in the Bianliang business district knew that the Meng family was originally just a middle-class grain merchant family, but later they fell in love with the Zhiyuan and bought shares in a state-owned commercial bank. Only then did they become prosperous and squeezed into the top circles.

Mr. Meng shook his head and said: "The Imperial Academy has always been upright, and my second uncle is not a man who is good at maneuvering. He only knows that as long as the court allows us to contribute, even if it means bankrupting our family, we must help. Only in this way can we gain the favor of the court. How could we be given to him in advance?" Where’s the inside information?”

Boss Ma said with admiration: "Shu Meng is really the contemporary Lord Mengchang."

"Since this steel plant and cement plant are what the imperial court wants everyone to build, then our Meng family must not fall behind. I plan to register a business myself to respond to the imperial court's call."

Mr. Meng said righteously.

Boss Ma thought for a while and then said: "Brother Meng dares to be the first, which makes me admire you very much. Since Brother Xian is in such a mood, Brother Fool naturally can't just watch. He is willing to share stocks with brother. What do you think?"

"That's a good feeling."

Mr. Meng nodded repeatedly.

In fact, although many businessmen are already inquiring about steel plants and cement plants, most of them are waiting and watching.

Everyone in the steel factory can see profits. Private steel demand is huge and there will be no shortage of sales in the future.

But the cost of setting up such a factory is unknown. Ordinary businessmen will definitely not be able to run it. Only those wealthy businessmen are qualified.

The cement factory does not know whether there will be a market in the future or whether it will lose money.

However, there are inherent risks in doing business for merchants. The imperial court has given out the future development direction of the cement factory, so there is naturally no shortage of people who are willing to be the first to eat crabs.

Soon after the news came out, many businessmen in Bianliang planned to go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to inquire about the establishment of these factories.

It caused quite an earthquake in both the education and business communities.

Compared with many scholars with scientific backgrounds and businessmen who value steel and cement, the situation among the people is another.

In fact, there are not many lower-class people in Bianliang who actually read newspapers. Most of the people who read newspapers are Bianliang citizens.

These Bianliang citizens were just like the citizens of Beijing in later generations. They owned real estate and industry in the local area, and they all had small family assets, so they could read and read newspapers, and their literacy rate was also high.

But the people at the bottom don't understand. Most of them don't live in the inner city, not even in the outer city, but outside the city.

At this moment, the wilderness outside the city is no longer the same as before.

In recent years, there has been a lot of construction work in Bianliang. A large number of houses have been built in the east and west suburbs outside the city and are filled with people.

The lowest housing prices are in the eastern suburbs. The eastern suburbs are close to the city and to the canal docks such as Bianhe River, Caihe River, Wuzhanghe River, and Jinhe River. You can walk to the docks within a stone's throw, so it should be the most sought-after place.

However, the housing price outside Xincaomen is as low as less than 300 Wen per month, which is more than 100 Wen cheaper than the public housing built by the government. Compared with the rent in the outer city near Xincaomen, it is five times worse.

The rent outside Chaoyangmen and Datongmen is slightly more expensive, about 500 yuan a month, which is about the same as two to three days' wages for dock workers now. However, compared with the houses in the city near Chaoyang Gate and Datong Gate, it is still very cheap.

The reason why rents are low in the eastern suburbs is not only that most of these houses were built by the imperial court to provide housing for people outside the city, but the most important reason is because tens of thousands of people died outside the east city.

Zhao Jun was dealing with Wuyou Cave and Ghost Tower, as well as investigating the filth in the entire Kaifeng. Whether they were corrupt officials or evil forces, they were arrested one after another and imprisoned in the Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion Prisons. The prisons were overcrowded for a period of time. , there are more than ten prisoners in a six-square-meter cell.

After interrogation by the Imperial City Division, batches of prisoners were taken to the outside of the East City for execution. They were cut down for more than half a year. At that time, the outside of the East City was still a wild land. At one time, the grass there turned red and the hillsides there were It became a mass grave.

As a result, in just seven or eight years, Bianliang's urban circle began to expand outside the city. The mass graves outside the east city were also bulldozed and transformed into a new urban area, with a large number of buildings rising from the ground.

Therefore, the eastern suburbs are far superior to the western suburbs in terms of geography, environment and distance from work. However, the housing prices in the western suburbs are more expensive than those in the eastern suburbs.

Who can reason with this?

At this time, compared to the city that was undergoing a transformation of buildings and bungalows, things outside the east city were much simpler.

It is like a criss-crossed town. You exit the city along the Xincao Gate. After crossing the bridge, you enter the riverside road. On one side of the road is the moat surrounding the outer city of Bianliang, and on the other side are the streets.

There are three- and four-story houses, four- and five-story houses, and there are also two- and three-story houses. What they have in common is that they are basically no longer wooden houses, but reinforced concrete houses.

There used to be many wooden houses in the eastern suburbs, but now they were expropriated and demolished by the imperial court. According to the plan, a market town was built that extended one mile outside the city.

Although the town is not as prosperous as the city, it still has everything you need, and all kinds of store operations are not much worse than in the city.

There are notices at every intersection and outside some government offices outside the city.

The eastern suburbs were under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture. At the intersection leading to Xincaomen, Datongmen and Chaoyangmen, and across the bridge into the city, several government officials came over with notices and rice paste.

Seeing this scene, the people around them stopped immediately. Some nearby shop owners stopped looking at their stores, some workers who had to go to work in the city chose to be late, and even the nearby children who did not go to school and ran barefoot gathered around to join in the fun.

"There's another notice."

"Let's see what new policies the imperial court has in place?"

"Good news. The imperial court is recruiting workers on a large scale this time to build roads and canals."

"Really? Many places in the city are full now. The eldest brother in my family has found a job. The second and third children have nothing to do every day. I am almost worried to death."

"As mentioned above, if you want to go directly to the local government to sign up, you will be working on building roads and water canals, and the salary will be generous."

"That's great."

Many people immediately started talking about it.

In recent years, Bianliang has become increasingly prosperous and economically developed, attracting countless people to come to work.

The problem is that in the de-industrial era, even if the economy develops rapidly, where are there so many jobs?

Therefore, as the number of people has increased in recent years, jobs in Bianliang have become increasingly difficult to find.

Although this problem will be easily solved in the future with the spread of the first industrial revolution, at least for now there is still a huge shortage of labor.

Now that the imperial court has begun recruiting workers again, it must be very good news for the surplus labor force in Bianliang.

For a time, people rushed to tell each other, and there were long queues outside the Kaifeng government office and the Ministry of Industry office responsible for recruiting workers, all of whom came to sign up to participate.

(End of this chapter)