Borrow the day to change the day

() Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, and after sorting out his thoughts, he grabbed a brush and prepared to write it down on paper.

But after writing a few characters, Zhong Jinwei still gave up, not to mention writing traditional characters, even using a brush to write simplified characters, he was unable to do what he wanted.It is not easy to write down the words, but with a shake of the hand and a drop of ink, the paper will be useless.

Zhong Jinwei put down the brush directly, and asked Li Simin, who was standing by grinding ink, "Can you write?"

Li Simin was startled, he didn't expect the young master to ask him if he could write.Her face was a little reddish, but she couldn't see the change of her face with this light, she replied in a low voice: "My family has never read and can't write."

Without Archie, it's really hard to do anything.I have decided that everyone in the mansion must learn to write.Zhong Jinwei made a secret decision in his heart.

Li Simin can't write, and Zhong Jinwei can't write well, so let's forget what happened tonight and talk about it tomorrow.

On the morning of December [-]th in the second year of Chongzhen, the people in the Earl's Mansion of Zhongxing started to get busy early.

Zhong Jinwei was a little sleepy and woke up early, remembering that today is New Year's Eve, he stopped sleeping in.

After grooming, when they came to the courtyard in front of the hall, Yu Haining, as the housekeeper, was the first to come over to greet him.

Zhong Jinwei saw Yu Haining, remembered what happened last night, and asked him, "Uncle Yu, do you know how to read and write?"

"Yes, son." Yu Haining didn't know why Zhong Jinwei asked this, but he answered truthfully.

"Okay, you call all the people in the house, I have something to say." Zhong Jinwei ordered.

So, after a while, everyone stood in the yard.Seeing under the eaves in front of the hall, there are six majestic Dongchang soldiers standing, guarding Uncle Zhongxing in front of them, and I don't know what he is going to say.

After Haining reported that everyone had arrived, Zhong Jinwei cleared his throat and asked, "Those of you who have read and can write raise your hands."

Yu Haining raised his hand, and Yu Changjian slowly raised his hand. Yu Changjian's son also wanted to raise his hand, but his mother beat him down.Then, nothing more, just two people raised their hands.

Zhong Jinwei looked at such a large group of people below, only two of them could read and write, shook his head, but it was expected.

"Do you want to read and write?" Zhong Jinwei asked loudly.

The people below looked at each other in blank dismay, young master, what's the matter, are we all going to learn to read and write, I have never heard of the master in the family who would do this.

There were several voices wanting to learn in twos and threes from below, among which the voices of children were the loudest.

"You group of people are not as self-motivated as a few children. Tell me loudly if you want to learn." Zhong Jinwei said loudly after talking.

Reading and writing are the necessary abilities to become a superior person, and no one would be unwilling.

"Yes." The voice rang this time.But after shouting, there were a few big men below who looked at each other embarrassedly.

"Okay, Uncle Yu." Zhong Jinwei looked for Yu Haining.

"Yes, my lord." Yu Haining was standing in the front row, and when Zhong Jinwei was looking for him, he came out and answered.

"You come to teach everyone how to read. Teach a few every day, and strive to teach them all to read and write."

"This..." Yu Haining didn't expect that Zhong Jinwei didn't ask his husband to teach, but let himself teach.He turned his head to look at the men, women and children in the yard, and he couldn't help feeling absurd in his heart.

"What's the matter, is there any difficulty?" Zhong Jinwei asked in puzzlement, it shouldn't take much energy to squeeze in a few hours a day to teach.

"My lord, there are so many people, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, desks, stools and books all cost a lot of money. Moreover, the old man is alone and has limited energy. I'm afraid he won't be able to teach so many students." Yu Haining complained.

"Oh, you don't need the kind of teaching you used to. It's as simple as it is. The only requirement is to teach them how to read and write. Those who want to be the number one scholar can apply with me alone."

The group of people at the bottom laughed out loud when they heard what the young master said. There was no such smoke on the ancestral grave in the examination for the number one scholar.

"My lord, how should I teach?" Yu Haining was still confused.

Zhong Jinwei didn't answer his question, looked at the bottom, and found that the old Li who he had accepted before was smiling very meanly over there, so he called directly: "Li old four, come out."

Thanks to the execution guards, for the sake of the supervising army, they acted lightly, and Li Laosi's butt is almost healed.

When he saw Zhong Jinwei calling him, he was taken aback. Could it be that his smile was so charming that he attracted the young master's firepower.

Zhong Jinwei saw Li Lao Si who passed the crowd and walked in front of him and said: "Go and buy some big wooden boards, um, the same as the door boards, it doesn't need to be thick, a thin layer is fine, one side should be smooth, and then use The ink is evenly blackened. Then find some small wooden boards, just this big, and treat them in the same way, understand?"

Zhong Jinwei said while gesticulating, and told Li Laosi what to do on the blackboard.

Unexpectedly, Li Laosi said with a mournful face: "Young master, I don't know how to do carpentry."

"You don't know how to just find someone to do it. You are responsible for this matter, and then find a few people to help you carry the plank." Zhong Jinwei directly gave him his strength.

Then he told Haining how to make chalk, and after explaining, he said: "After you get all these things together, I will demonstrate how to teach it. It's very simple. Uncle Yu, you save time and effort, and it's easy for them to learn. "

Yu Haining said he didn't understand, Zhong Jinwei ignored him, and he would naturally understand after the demonstration.He turned around and said to the group of people below: "As the saying goes, as long as you live, you learn. No matter men, women, young or old, they all study hard. Whoever wants to learn fast, I will promote him to work. Whether you want to make progress, you can see for yourself. Do it." Then Zhong Jinwei dismissed the crowd.

Mr. Li ordered a few people to work on the wooden boards. It was not easy to find wooden boards on New Year's Eve.

Zhong Jinwei kept Yu Haining and asked him how much red envelopes he would give.When Yu Haining heard this, he said seriously to Zhong Jinwei: "Young master, if you can save red envelopes, you can save money. These days, spending money is like running water. If this continues, the young master's money may not be enough to spend."

"Oh, how much did it cost?" Zhong Jinwei asked.

"Right now is the time when prices in the capital are skyrocketing. The mansion buys a lot of things, and the cost is several times higher than usual. The son is kind, and he has hired more servants. Now there are so many people in the mansion. The cost of food and clothing has increased several times. The silver tael given by the young master is running out. The old man's account book, the young master can go to verify it at any time."

I really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. I tried my best to help Emperor Chongzhen solve the financial crisis, but ignored the family's economic situation.

But it seems wrong. Emperor Chongzhen said before that the salaries of officials are enough as long as they are not compared or extravagant.I am also considered frugal, so the crisis of salary came out.It seems that Emperor Chongzhen was wrong.Zhong Jinwei thought to himself.

In fact, Zhong Jinwei wanted to marry a daughter-in-law, and the money he gave to Archie's family took away half of his annual salary.

"It seems that salary alone is not enough to support the family." Zhong Jinwei said to himself.

"Young Master, you know. If we officials of Ming Dynasty really have to live on their salary, unless there are only a few people, then we can live well." Yu Haining introduced what he had learned when he heard Zhong Jinwei's feelings. "But this situation is only at the beginning of the founding of this dynasty."

"why?"

"Because of the price, things are getting more and more expensive." Yu Haining said here, subconsciously looked around, but classified the few people in the East Factory behind Zhong Jinwei as a family and were not in the range of vigilance.

Then gossip with Zhong Jinwei: "There is another reason, that is, when the imperial court used to pay officials' salaries, they used the Daming Treasure Banknotes. These things are worthless, and it is the same as not being issued."

Zhong Jinwei understood after hearing Yu Haining's gossip.At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's official salaries should be enough for the officials of the Ming Dynasty to live.

But with the passage of time, prices began to rise, the value of Daming banknotes began to depreciate, and the number of official families increased, which led to the so-called situation that the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were too low to live.

Zhong Jinwei thinks about it, in the current Chongzhen Dynasty, the price of goods is higher, the actual salary of officials is lower, the family size will be larger, and the economic pressure will be greater. It seems that their salary should be raised to a certain level. Only in this way, the follow-up A lot of reforms will reduce a lot of resistance.