Take the mall to Datang

To put it bluntly, there are fewer civil servants hired, and some who are going to retire are all sent home. Li Shimin's doing this is undoubtedly reducing the court's funds. Otherwise, there will be more than 7000 officials who make up the quota every year. Salary can cost a lot of silver.

Maybe there are some other reasons, but Yuan Shan didn't think much about it. When he heard that it was a good thing that the imperial doctor wanted to find a job, he immediately said: "This is very good. As long as you pass the preliminary training in the medical center, those who pass the examination can do it." If you stay and work in the medical center, your remuneration will be determined according to the assessment standards."

"That's what I said, but you may also know the situation of those imperial doctors. Unless they are forced to make a living, each of them has a bad temper. It is difficult to make them abide by the assessment system of the medical center, so I want to say whether it is based on Under these circumstances, adjust the assessment rules properly, first bring these imperial physicians to the medical hall and then slowly train them, it will take a process for them to accept the new system of the medical hall." Yao Zhengdao.

As soon as Yuan Shan heard it, he understood that Yuan Shan and Yao Zheng wanted to open the back door for those imperial doctors, but he was wrong about this matter. No one can make Yuan Shan give in when it comes to principles.

I heard Yuan Shan say: "I know about this matter. The door of the medical clinic is always open to real doctors. There are strict and scientific assessment indicators for the appointment of doctors in the medical clinic. An assessment is required. To be honest, Dr. Yao, you are an exception, but this exception is only due to you alone. Moreover, you must abide by the system of the medical clinic. You know this. There is no need to talk about this matter. You must accept training and assessment, otherwise you won’t talk about it.”

Yuan Shan made it very clear that even the current Yao Zheng is only in charge of logistics. The reason is that Li Shimin asked him to stay. It is still very good to be a management medical staff, but he can also be a lecturer, but let him To go to the clinic to treat patients, I'm sorry, according to the regulations of the hospital, only formal doctors who have passed the examination are qualified to do so.

Although Yao Zheng is an imperial doctor and his medical level is very good, he can't treat patients without participating in the training and assessment in the medical hall, and the medical hall stipulates that working doctors are not allowed to do private work, except for first aid.

"I understand." Yao Zheng looked a little disappointed, but he decided to participate in the next doctor training assessment. He has always been unable to save face. After all, he is also an imperial doctor. In front of the famous head, he became too ordinary, and then became obsessed with medical equipment. Just after listening to Yuan Shan's words, he realized that he might have made the stupidest mistake, that is, if he wants to hang out in a circle, he must know to blend in.

He knew that there were quite a few former royal doctors in the medical center. Didn't they also put down their faces and were treated like students to participate in the training, and they were not formally appointed doctors after passing the assessment. Now, their medical skills are constantly improving. He has improved, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. Looking at what he has done as the chief imperial physician, people don't think that he relies on the title of imperial physician to make a living in the medical clinic, but this is the appointment of His Majesty. As for the purpose, no one will say anything in person, but it does not mean that people will not say three or four things behind the scenes.

"Dr. Yao, don't be under pressure. There is a strict system for appointing doctors. If you open this hole from me, how will the hospital be managed? The medical clinic must be responsible for the patients. This is also for the development of the medical clinic and for the doctors. I hope you can understand the future of this profession." Yuan Shan comforted.

Yuan Shan still knows a little bit about the working status of the imperial doctor. He has to face the nobles in the palace every day, as well as the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Communication habits, to avoid everyone taking responsibility, what survives is not how good their medical skills are, but more because of their tact, such people Yuan Shan actually doesn't like to be hired, but Yuan Shan is still willing to give these people a chance .

Chapter 395 Employment Center

In the second year of Zhenguan, there was just a heavy snowfall, and the roads between the villages were still covered with snow. This year’s Winter Games in Yuanjiazhuang was much worse than last year, because Hanzhong was short of food, and many people were desperate for a bite. Worry about where I am still in the mood to participate in such entertainment.

Is the imperial court short of grain? The grain tax for each mu of land is collected in full, which puts a lot of pressure on the common people. Later, the common people in the villages around Chang'an City sold their sons and daughters, and the imperial court came forward to redeem them with grain. The children of the common people returned it, but this did not solve the problem of food shortage.

At this time, Yuanjia Medical College issued a recruitment information, requiring 50 male workers and 50 female workers. In addition, the medical school also recruited 500 students, and the requirement was that the poor would have a monthly ration subsidy.

Then Hepingfang Mall also sent out recruitment information. As long as the female salesperson meets the conditions, the treatment will be favorable and they can also be deployed in Hepingfang or Department Store. There are as many as 300 female salespersons recruited this time. The Yuan family was still recruiting coal mine workers, workshop apprentices, glass workshop porters and coachmen.

According to the rough statistics of Yuanjia’s recruitment, the number of workers recruited this time can roughly reach about 2000. Why are there so many? Coal mining requires a lot of labor and the salary is still the highest. Besides, the driver and female salesperson also accounted for this part. A large proportion of the students recruited by the medical school are considered to be trained by Yuanshan, and they all sign long-term contracts. It means that the return on investment takes longer but the rate of return is really high. Talent investment Yuanshan is not sloppy at all. .

The building materials chamber of commerce is also doing the same thing. There is a great demand for kiln factory workers. Basically, the kiln factories of the building materials chamber of commerce have solved the labor employment problem in a county, but they are not satisfied with the status quo. The current development of the building materials chamber of commerce can only be regarded as a start. At present, the projects that need cement are several roads and the CBD business center, so the market space for the building materials chamber of commerce is still very large, and the transportation fleet also requires a lot of manpower.

Moreover, the benefit of the building materials chamber of commerce is directly linked to the transportation fleet. The price of the bearings produced by Yuanjia's newly built bearing factory has dropped a lot, which will also increase the number of purchases, and the number of drivers with more than one carriage will increase. , and the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce also needs to hire stevedores, which also requires a lot of manpower.

Other merchants also hired more workers this year than in previous years, because many merchants have invested in the corn project, so if they want to get a return, they have to convert the corn into money. When Hanzhong was short of food, the merchants began to The power was mobilized and all the transportation capacity was dispatched to transport grain to Chang'an.

After a winter of hard work, although the transportation time of grain has become longer, the grain in the centralized warehouse is still increasing. In March, the corn will officially go on the market and the average price is [-] yuan a catty. This price is cheaper than wheat. It will be sold within a few days. It caused a looting of grain, but the situation was quickly controlled by the merchants, and they explained to the common people that there were sufficient corn reserves.

But even so, there are still many people who have no money to buy food, so many people go to centralized warehouses to find work. Here, food is transported every day and a large number of people who carry large bags need to be carried. It didn’t take long for the number of people carrying large bags to increase to There are hundreds of people, and the job is fairly stable, and the wages are not bad, so the centralized warehouse quickly attracted many people.

However, the demand for labor is limited after all, and there is not so much work for so many people gathered. Gradually, a gathering place for scattered labor is formed in the centralized warehouse.

"Master, those people don't affect the operation of the centralized warehouse, and they can be hired at any time if they are needed," Zhou said.

"What you said is not wrong from your point of view, but from the perspective of management, warehouse workers need to be trained before they can take up the post. Our centralized warehouse adopts a very advanced management system, and the work is very strict. So I don't agree with letting those people stay here and continue to 'stay'. The current work here can't meet their work needs, which is a waste of their time." Yuan Shan said.

Zhou Zhou only said this out of kindness, but he had to listen to Yuan Shan anyway, so he said, "Then I'll ask someone to drive those people away."

"Wait, don't do this first. It's not easy for the common people. We can't wipe out their hope for life like this. Let's put up a notice saying that the Yuan family will set up a talent recruitment center in Lantian County. If you want Those who are looking for a job can go to the employment center to have a look." Yuan Shan said.

"Employment center." Zhou Si asked in confusion.

Then Yuan Shan introduced the employment center to Zhou Zhou, and then asked people to start drawing up the plan for the employment center, but there are not many jobs available now, and this is still a new thing, and it will take some time to develop. , the key is to do something again.

Three days later, a lot of people gathered in front of a store facing the street in Lantian County. The recruitment information written in chalk is basically very few people can read, so a few reception staff standing in front of the blackboard are responsible for the whole process of reception.

"The Zheng family now needs 30 coachmen, and those who dare to go to the right to sign up." After the man finished speaking, he saw several people squeezed over from the crowd, and then hurried over to sign up. Those who could not read could only ask someone to write for them and take the money. After receiving the letter, they were asked to go to Zheng's house to report.

Then the receptionist shouted again: "The Shi family needs 20 laborers, and they are required to be healthy and old..."

Not many people sign up to find a driver, but when it comes to labor, many people start to flock to it. The crowd all want to find such a job, and then the first few people get a letter of introduction, which is actually a seal from the employment agency center. .

But most people still have no way to find a suitable job, and soon the daily traffic around the facade of the employment agency center in Lantian County will be dense, and Guo Shouyi will come and walk around every now and then, after all, there are many people in many counties during the day Everyone would come here to register and look for a job. As the parent officer of Lantian County, he naturally had to take care of it.

After several observations, Guo Shouyi found that there were more people looking for jobs than jobs, and it was not a solution to continue this way, so he found Yuanshan again to solve the problem. Now that the incident happened in Lantian County, he was somewhat responsible. So Guo Shouyi was very sad, and if the court intervened, he would have an explanation.

Chapter 396

"Magistrate Guo, you are right to worry about these problems, but the root cause is that the farmers who can't eat because of sweating lead to food shortages are all out to find work. The current situation is not bad. If it were changed to the past, where would there be such jobs? It’s just that many people have been recruited to work for them before, and the businessmen only have cost considerations, and it’s impossible to hire all those people back, which is unrealistic.” Yuan Shan said.

Guo Shouyi thought it was unrealistic that you would open some employment agency center in Lantian County, isn't this causing trouble for me, but Guo Shouyi couldn't say that on the surface, so he could only say helplessly: "It seems that this Lantian County needs It's a mess."

"Not necessarily, by the way, have you reported to the court about the disaster that happened after the profuse sweat that I told you earlier?" Yuan Shan asked suddenly.

"I have handed over the memorial, but the court has not given an answer." Guo Shouyi said.

"This matter cannot be delayed. County magistrate Guo still needs to organize the gentry to take preventive measures. Recently, there are a lot of stock chickens in Erli, Wuli Township. If anyone wants to buy them, they must hurry up and take precautions against pests." Yuan Shan Said.

Guo Shouyi was a little melancholy. The matter of the locusts was out of the question now, but Yuan Shan didn't need to go out of his way to lie to him, so he, the county magistrate, had already informed Lan Tian of these matters before the court made an order. County gentry.

As for whether there were really locusts, he also had doubts in his heart, but he did his best to do so for the sake of insurance, but the country gentry said that they were all wealthy people after all, but ordinary farmers were different. Where do they have the capital to raise chickens.

Even if there were a few of them, they would only breed a few, which would not be of much use to dozens of acres of land, so Guo Shouyi was very worried at this time. If the locust incident was true, the harvest might have to decrease again in those few years. The poor harvest for three consecutive years can make the people live.

The fact is that it rained heavily the year before last, and many places were severely affected. Last year, the people in the profuse sweat began to sell their sons and daughters. If this year's insect plague is real, what should the people do?

"Magistrate Guo, don't put so much pressure on you. After all, manpower is limited, but I can guarantee that our Lantian County will not be defeated by insect plagues." Yuan Shan comforted.

In fact, Yuan Shan has no idea about things like insect disasters. Even if he raises so many chickens, it may not be of much use. One person's power is limited. What he has to do is to let more people realize this. disasters and then prevent them.

He is not the savior of the world. It is good enough to ensure that there is no insect plague in Wuli Township. Even if he spends all he can, he will not be able to affect the world's insect plague. This kind of thing should be left to the court.

A few days later, the imperial court also realized the matter of the locusts, but it still involved the issue of Li Shimin. In the feudal society, the locusts were the same emperor. Since the Xuanwumen incident, Li Shimin's actions in the country were not justified, so this For two years, the imperial court tried its best to appease the people, but the policy of cultivating health and rest was not fulfilled. The continuous natural disasters put too much pressure on Li Shimin.

He is an emperor, not a god, so he really can't change anything on these issues, and according to the concept of people in the feudal era, even if this kind of thing happened, they had to find a way to get rid of the rumors, such as the theory of immorality, killing locusts Acting against morality, so for this kind of thing, it is usually to hold a sacrificial activity to admit mistakes and then comfort the people with some beautiful words, but in fact this approach is also very effective, and there is no way to let this be a feudal society.

Li Shimin held a memorial in his hand, one was presented by Prince Li Chengqian, and the other was the conclusion drawn by the court after investigation, including the work of Guo Shouyi. After his memorial was submitted, Li Shimin actually knew that he had obtained the prince's memorial. , just to use this matter to let the court investigate, and it turned out that there is indeed such a record in the history books.

However, when the new emperor Li Shimin ascended the throne, natural disasters would occur again and again. If you carry a boat, you can also capsize it.” Although this sentence was first said by Xunzi, Li Shimin’s theory of governing the country can also be guessed by Li Shimin’s comparison of the people to water.

In the Xiande Hall of the Eastern Palace, Li Shimin hesitated. The prince’s memorial mentioned the method of controlling locusts. These are actually what Yuan Shan said, including the growth characteristics of locusts and the targeted treatment methods. Drive them away during the day and drive fires in the fields at night In other words, the method of burning and burying locusts when they see fire.

After the court meeting just ended, Li Shimin left several close ministers to discuss the matter, seeing that Li Shimin was sitting on the dragon chair without making a sound, and the people below were also silent.

"What do you think about this locust thing?" Li Shimin asked.

Now Changsun Wuji has been promoted, from Zhongshuling to Youpushe, he is the prime minister of the dynasty, so Li Shimin asked his opinion first.

"Your Majesty has not made a conclusion yet. I think it is better to hold a sacrifice." Changsun Wuji said.

Most people would be held accountable for this kind of thing, and Fang Xuanling on the side also thought this way, but at this time Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty thinks this is inappropriate, and the people are living in such a difficult situation. If the locust incident is true, then it is not just The loss of the common people is even more the loss of my Tang court, and I think that we should take precautions early to reduce the loss so as to stabilize the hearts of the people."

"Your Majesty seconded the proposal." Wei Zheng followed up.

It's just that this one is half and half again, but it's the first time that Fang and Du's opinions are at odds in this situation, which is something new.