Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

News about people's livelihood always spread very quickly. Li Xu just made a decision here, and the people outside already know that King Shun is going to build an academy, because there were two elementary schools and a library as the foundation before, and everyone also Not surprised.

Someone joked: "My lord has worked so hard to build a library that stores thousands of books for everyone to read for free. He must want everyone to make progress. The intention of building an academy is obvious, which is to encourage everyone to study."

Others asked in a low voice: "My lord really wants to compare the humble scholars with the children of the aristocratic family? Is this... feasible? Children of our status can also be officials with their own abilities?"

The man sighed and said: "At first I was skeptical too, but look at the prince's several measures, which one cares about family status? When the two private schools in the north and the south were first built, everyone waited and waited and doubted, and dared not send their children. You see, Now everyone is scratching their heads, I heard that there are not enough classrooms this year."

"Then let my boy try it. He has studied for a few years anyway, so don't expect him to be a prime minister. It should be fine to be a little civil servant, right?"

There are not a few people who are tempted. They had no chance before, but now the opportunity is in front of them. It would be a fool not to try.

However, the academy can't be built in a day. For such a big project, Li Xu expects to start enrolling students next year. It just gives those who want to go to school a time to review. He also plans to print out the review data and put them in two bookstores sell.

The printing factory has been built, but the technology is still immature. Li Xu asked them to try to print some test papers. The printed effect is very similar to the test papers used in schools in the 80s. You can touch the ink with your hands.

He asked Cheng Guanshi, "Is this the level of the books you printed before?"

Cheng Guanshi is getting old, unlike his grandson who is not afraid of tigers when he is a newborn calf, he knelt in front of Li Xu and shivered, "My lord, the books used to be sold at a high price, so every page is printed carefully, and the materials are carefully selected. It is the best, but you require cost saving, the printing volume is large, and the printing is not a classic, so the villain has changed the raw materials on his own initiative, so the cost of each page is about one penny."

Li Xu looked at the test paper in his hand. It was about the size of an A3 paper in his previous life. If it is too small, the original movable type templates can no longer be used. These look like temporary engravings, and the carving is a little more casual.

"Who carved the template?" Li Xu asked.

Cheng Guanshi wiped his cold sweat and said, "It was engraved by the servant, grandchildren and grandchildren together."

Li Xu recalled his grandson, frowned and asked, "How old is he?"

Cheng Guanshi hurriedly replied: "It's already thirteen."

"Let him go to the North School to study for a year, and let him read all the characters. He is still young, and this living book king will send someone else to do it." convenient.

Cheng Guanshi thought that it was useless for the prince to dislike his grandson's young age, but luckily he didn't drive him out of the house, but just let him go to school. This result is still satisfactory.

Li Xu is used to reading vertical characters, but in fact he thinks this kind of typesetting is more of a waste of space, but he has no intention of breaking the rules for the time being, and only asks them to engrave each character clearly, so as not to mislead the public.

"The paper is changed to medium rice paper, and the ink is also changed. After the craftsman has carved the template, you can print it again to see the effect, and then calculate the cost." Li Xu knew this gray-haired Cheng Guanshi. He is not proficient in management, and the printing factory has not officially started production, so the staff has not been fully equipped. It is time for Li Xu to start thinking about candidates.

The craftsmen from Sun's family submitted several improvement plans before. After reading it, he didn't feel much. It was obviously not thorough enough. Li Xu didn't find talents in this area for the time being, so he kept them for now.

"You go back first. Tomorrow, a manager will take over the daily management of the printing factory. You just need to concentrate on solving technical problems."

Cheng Guanshi thought that he disliked what he did not do well, so he agreed tremblingly, and then bowed and left the door. His grandson Cheng Yishan was waiting for him outside the door. When he saw him coming out, he hurried forward to support him, and asked anxiously: " Grandfather, is the prince still satisfied?"

Cheng Guanshi shook his head, without saying a word, his demeanor had already answered everything.

Cheng Yishan was a little disappointed. He felt that they did a good job this time. The cost was lowered by more than half, and the printed things could be read. The prince is still not satisfied.

After returning to the factory, Cheng Guanshi said to his grandson: "My lord wants you to go to the North School to study. You pack up and go tomorrow. If you don't know who to contact, you can go to the palace and ask Mr. Liu."

"Ah?" Cheng Yishan didn't know whether it was joy or surprise, and after a while he asked with a blushing face, "Does the lord despise your grandson's ugly handwriting?"

"It's good to have self-knowledge. Go to a private school and study hard. I will ask the prince to let you come back in the future."

Cheng Yishan became a little excited. He had always heard that the two private schools in the north and the south were very lively, with hundreds of children, but is he too old for his age?If you go, you will be laughed at, right?

Regardless of these, who would refuse the opportunity to study?He has heard that if the grades are good, he can continue to study in the academy in the future, and those who can graduate from the academy can be officials in the future.

Cheng Yishan knows that he cannot be an official because he is a domestic slave, but what if he learns better than everyone else?Will the prince be lenient?Even if he can't be an official, he still wants to be a big steward for the prince, a big steward like Mr. Liu.

Li Xu has the temperament of doing what he says, so he called a lot of people to the meeting that day. He can have a model of what size leadership team a printing factory needs, and he can have a model after a little thought, and various logistics departments can also copy other factories. , The key is the technical post.

The people who were called were a little confused, they didn't understand how they got into the eyes of the prince. Some of them were the deputy shopkeepers in the shop, and some were the team leaders in the factory, and they were not very outstanding people.

Li Xu summoned them, and said straight to the point: "This king has built a new printing factory and needs management personnel. Anyone of you who is willing to work can stand up."

When everyone heard this, their thoughts immediately moved. No one is a fool. The prince has recently opened a bookstore and built a library. He obviously intends to catch scholars, and it is said that an academy will be built to print books in the future. You don't need to think too much about how important the factory is.

Immediately, the atmosphere in the conference room became tense. Everyone looked at the people around them, secretly thinking about their own chances of winning. It was a matter of the future, and no one wanted to fall behind.

Li Xu asked Liu Shu to post the positions he listed for everyone to see, and then said: "The job I want to settle today is middle management, you can see what you are suitable for, and then apply for a name with Manager Liu, and talk about yourself. If it suits you, you can go there, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to go.”

The middle-level managers of this kind of factory didn't need Li Xu to come forward. They could get things done as long as they ordered the big manager. There is definitely a difference between the candidate and the candidate selected by the senior manager. The senior manager and the middle management do not need to be too close.

He handed over the interview to Liu Shu, and when he walked out of the palace, he suddenly had an idea and asked the carriage to take him to the county guard's mansion.

The officials of the Sheriff's Mansion were used to the occasional inspection by King Shun, and they all worked hard, looking very dedicated.

Actually, Li Xu doesn't come to supervise them. Whether everyone is doing well or not can be judged by the results. As for whether they made it through hard work or chatting over tea, Li Xu doesn't care too much, don't worry. Just too lazy.

He found Ji Hanyu and told him what he thought, which shocked Ji Hanyu.

"My lord...you want officials to take care of the printing factory? Is this...appropriate?" He had only heard that the law forbids officials to engage in business, but he had never heard that officials were allowed to make a living.

"My lord, I don't quite understand what you mean. Are you going to put the printing factory under the management of the sheriff's office?" Ji Hanyu asked wonderingly.

Li Xu only thought of it when he went out. South Vietnam lacks a Ministry of Education. There must always be a department in charge of student affairs. Especially when there are more and more students in a few schools, conflicts will be much easier. There must always be official help to resolve. question.

"It's like this. This king wants to set up a yamen in charge of education to control all scholars in South Vietnam, whether they are in school or not. At the same time, they will supervise two bookstores, the Nanyue Library and the printing factory. These are related to education. closely related."

Ji Hanyu's eyes lit up. As a scholar, he certainly knows the importance of the group of scholars. It can be said that more than [-]% of the officials who will hold power in the future will be selected from these people. Before they become officials, they will be managed by the county guard. , It is indeed a good idea. In this way, the prestige of the Sheriff's Mansion will rise to a higher level.

"My lord wants to build an academy, and I thought it was a very forward-looking move. I didn't expect that my lord can always think what others can't. I really admire it."

Li Xu was not impressed by his flattery, he thought: If you were born in the 21st century, you must be a top student and know much more than me.

Li Xu is a person who doesn't even know much about history. It took him a lot of time to sort out the official structure of the Dayan Dynasty. From his point of view, it is definitely not ideal, but the reform is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It has to be done slowly. Come.

"Do you think it's feasible? Let's analyze and analyze the pros and cons of doing this together. If the pros outweigh the cons, just keep doing it. If the pros outweigh the pros, forget it."

Ji Hanyu said excitedly: "It is impossible that there are no disadvantages. For example, what kind of person should be selected for the head of this yamen? The prince has a deep understanding of how arrogant the students are. It is definitely not easy to make them obey the discipline, and you have to It's hard to find such a person to let him take care of his livelihood."

Li Xu took out a pen and paper and drew an organizational chart, dividing the occupations from the principal to the subordinate officials, "The principal needs to have sufficient social status and influence, and let the subordinate officials do the real work, and one person is in charge of school admissions." One person is in charge of teachers, one person is in charge of bookstores and printing factories, and one person can be selected to do cultural propaganda. Education should not only be paid attention to by the city of Minzhou, but should be paid attention to by all counties and villages.”

Ji Hanyu listened and recorded, occasionally expressing a few words of his own opinion, "We can start with the surrounding counties. In fact, you don't need to promote it. They are already doing it, but there is a lot of money shortage, and the speed is a bit slow."

Education is a large part of financial expenditure, so many poor people are illiterate and cannot afford education without money, so Li Xu added a job, "Add another person to be in charge of the construction of schools in various places, how much money do they need to report to the county Shoufu, the part of the financial shortage can be paid by the Wangfu, let's find a few big counties as a pilot."

Ji Hanyu reminded in a low voice: "You want to build an academy, you want to build a new military camp, if you add more colleges and universities in various places, the economy of the palace will be dragged down, right?"

Li Xu also knows that these are huge expenses, and the speed at which he can make money is never as fast as the speed at which he spends money, but what can he do?

"So we still have to find a way to make the county governor's mansion and the finances of various places rich themselves, otherwise everything will be subsidized by the king, and gold and silver are not enough."

Ji Hanyu blushed a little. He was an official who didn't know much about business. The economy depended entirely on the prince. Otherwise, the people of South Vietnam might not even be able to eat.

Li Xu also knows his shortcomings, but he can't ask a good official to be able to handle affairs and make money at the same time, even if he is all-rounder, he must separate his duties and powers, otherwise there will be troubles.

"May I give you a deputy who understands economics?" Li Xu also suddenly thought that none of the officials in the Sheriff's Mansion seem to be good at doing business, but a group of people who can settle accounts and record income and expenses every day. It would be good to earn more money for the sheriff's office.

He doesn't even need to make money himself, as long as he can develop the people's livelihood and the economy, business tax is also the highlight.

"You can't ask for more than you want."

There is also a candidate for Li Xu, and that is Lei Yang, "Lei Yang has been in poor health since the end of last year. I don't dare to let him go out to do errands anymore, but staying at home is a waste of talent. Let me use it for you. He My physical strength is weak, but my brain is still very flexible, and I have many years of business experience, so it should be helpful."

Ji Hanyu and Lei Yang are also very close, when they went south together, how could he have expected that the two would become colleagues in the end, this person is the first confidant of the prince, and he is very respected by the prince, it must be good to have his help.

"Thank you, my lord. With Master Lei's help, I feel that the county guard's mansion doesn't have to worry about money."

"Ask him out for dinner that night."

After the two finished talking about Lei Yang, they continued to discuss the matter of the education office, and finally sorted out the context before dark.

Ji Hanyu had some calculations in his heart, and he knew how to handle the matter well. This yamen is beneficial to the prefect's mansion in every way, and he believes that everyone will not object.

"My lord, there is one more thing. You wanted to set up the Ministry of Industry at the beginning, with Guanshi Cen as the head of the Ministry of Industry. Now that this matter is brought up again, there should be no objection."

Speaking of Cen Jin, Li Xu's face showed some anxiety. Cen Jin is also getting older, and his health is worse. Now he basically takes care of himself at home. He occasionally changes the design drawings for Li Xu. After the incident of Cen Huan, he even proposed After submitting his resignation, he felt that he was not worthy of being a steward.

Li Xu didn't engage in implicating others, so he didn't agree to his request, and what he promised Cen Jin hadn't been done yet, so he felt ashamed.