Borrow the day to change the day

"Do you still remember those people who escorted the capital from the south of the Yangtze River a while ago? They were captured because of the Nanjing Rebellion." The merchant asked in a low voice.

The short man nodded, and also replied in a low voice: "Remember, there are a lot of people, what happened to them?"

"That's right, it seems that there has been no more text." The strong man was a little puzzled.

The merchant looked at the two foster brothers with even more mysterious expressions. He moved closer and explained in a low voice: "They will be exiled overseas by the imperial court..."

"Overseas?" The strong man couldn't help exclaiming because he didn't expect to be exiled overseas.

When the short man saw it, he quickly slapped the strong man's arm.The strong man came to his senses, and quickly raised his head to stare at those who heard the sound and looked over.

When everything returned to normal, the heads of the three got together again.The short man asked, "Brother, why are you exiled overseas? This has never happened before!"

"Did I make a mistake?" The strong man also doubted.

The merchant glanced at them and knew that they didn't believe it.Because when he first heard it, he didn't believe it.

"Not only will they be exiled overseas, but all criminals in Ming Dynasty will be exiled overseas once they are convicted, and there will be no death penalty, except for one type of person." The merchant further gossiped.

This time the strong man remembered, he didn't dare to speak loudly, and asked in a low voice: "What kind of person?"

"Traitor!" The merchant replied in a low voice but firmly.

When the short man heard it, he immediately agreed in a low voice but fiercely: "That's right, the traitor must die!"

The brawny man knew that the short man hated the traitors who helped the tyrants because of the fact that his mother-in-law's family was built and wiped out.He glanced at the short man, and then asked the merchant, "Aside from the traitors, there are also murderers and arsonists, who are heinous. This is just exile overseas?"

The merchant nodded to show that he asked a good question, and then replied: "Do you think that the punishment of being exiled overseas is very light? Some people are as happy as a death sentence. Let me tell you, there are many types of exile overseas. It is hard labor for a period of time, the most serious is hard labor until death."

The strong man was a little stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't help saying: "Isn't this almost the same?"

"Of course it's different! Overseas is very big, and the place of exile is different, and the suffering is different. I probably know so much now, and the court will probably announce it in a short time." The merchant explained.

The strong man still wanted to ask, but there was movement in the distance.All the people looked over there, and the three of them had no choice but to break off their conversation and watch the fun together.

At the gate of the capital city, many soldiers from the Five Cities Army and Horse Division appeared, and they lined up all the way to this side, separating a long passage.These soldiers are very serious, standing upright one by one.

Then the cabinet took the lead, and the senior officials of the six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out of the city gate first.All the way to the ribbon-cutting point at the starting point of the cement road, stand according to the official position.

This side was not ready yet, the emperor's army appeared at the city gate, and the captain of Jin Yiwei came to clear the way.After General Khan, I saw Yu Jia.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" When Emperor Chongzhen appeared, everyone knelt down and shouted loudly.

Zhong Jinwei didn't come, he just didn't want to participate in these red tapes.It is rare to take this opportunity to play with my son at home by myself.The little guy can already turn over and express his thoughts, which is very fun.

Emperor Chongzhen rarely came out of the palace, and he was in a good mood.First, he looked at the flat concrete road extending to the distance, and then he stood in front of the rostrum. The servant presented a pair of scissors, and two court ladies brought a ribbon, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to cut it.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at the ribbon in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: Master Zhong said that if he did this, would he really be able to make money?

He didn't cut it right away, but looked up at the senior officials present and the onlookers, and then said loudly: "Today, the first cement road in Daming was built and put into use. That is to say, the free primary school in Daming will soon Start to implement. I hope that in the near future, all my people will be able to read and write, and they will no longer be blind!"

When the words of Emperor Chongzhen were passed on by the general of the Han Dynasty, the people onlookers really confirmed that the free preschool education in the legend was true.

For a while, everyone was not calm.Especially those people from poor families were even more excited.

You know, at that time, reading was something for the rich.

It is basically difficult for an ordinary family to study.If the conditions in the clan are better, and there is a free private school in the clan, maybe you can still learn it.But there are also prerequisites, everything must be listened to by the patriarch.If you succeed in your studies, you still have to contribute to the family.

As for those poor families, there is no need to even think about it. How could it be possible to go to school and support themselves is not easy.

But it was different now. In front of so many people, Emperor Chongzhen opened his golden mouth, it was a certainty, and there was nothing to change.

I don't know who took the lead first, everyone knelt down and loudly expressed their support: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

Emperor Chongzhen could hear that the call just now was much more intense and sincere than the previous one.He couldn't help but feel very satisfied. Being able to become such an emperor is really a sense of accomplishment!

After the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "The benefits of the cement road are for the reading and literacy of the billions of people in the Ming Dynasty. If anyone dares to covet the benefits of the cement road and wants to give a hand, I will never be soft. Whether it is The relatives of the emperor and the relatives of the state are still honorable civil servants, and I will punish them severely."

When he said it in public, he wanted to use the mouth of the people to spread it all over the world and let everyone know that the interests here cannot be touched.

The presence of civil and military officials on the scene is also to let them have a vigilance and not to be distracted.

Under Zhong Jinwei's enlightenment, the current Emperor Chongzhen already understood that the foundation of a strong country is talent.The source of talents is the wisdom of the people.

Historically, countries including Britain and other countries eventually became strong and dominated the world because they first implemented universal education and the national literacy rate reached a high proportion.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished what he wanted to say, he cut the ribbon with force.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The deafening voice sounded again, which contained admiration for Emperor Chongzhen, expectation for the cement road, and longing for a better life in the future.

Then it was a show, a specially selected truck drove to the starting point of the cement road, and dropped a Daming Jiusibao banknote into the cash box.Then the commissioner handed him a permit and refused to move away immediately. The truck drove onto the smooth concrete road and headed for a distance.

Emperor Chongzhen watched all this, and secretly sighed in his heart, this is another thing that has never happened before in all dynasties, and it has been completed in my hands.

Thinking of this, he naturally thought of the instigator Zhong Jinwei.I secretly sighed in my heart that so many achievements came from Master Zhong.He is still only a hereditary marquis, but compared to those dukes, he has made a lot of contributions to Daming!