Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

"Old Chen's family, where are you going?"

The woman slung the bamboo basket and said with a smile, "I'm on vacation for two days to go pick wild vegetables."

The aunt said: "You wait for me! Let's go together!"

The two talked and laughed, and as soon as they climbed to the top of the mountain, they saw someone building a bridge by the river between the two mountains.

"When this bridge is built, it will be much more convenient for us to go outside in the future! If we want to go there before, we have to take a bullock cart for two days."

In the past, who would have thought that the higher-ups would take care of their horns and build roads and bridges?

That is something I dare not even dream about. People in their village may only leave the village once a year or so to exchange grain and wild animals for some oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.

Now it’s all right, the road in the village is open, although it’s not as fast as walking on the bridge, but the distance from the previous two days has been shortened to one day, you can walk before dawn in the morning, and you can arrive there before dark.

Many young people in the village have found work in the town.

The old people farm at home, and the young people go to work in the town. The life of the family is much better than before.

Women also work in the laundry room in the town. Because there are many people building roads, their dirty clothes are collected and washed together.

One basket is the clothes of one class, and they should not be confused with others. They will mark it themselves, and they will know which one is which when they send it back.

The salary is paid by the court. Because the construction period is not clear, it is paid once a day, and it is calculated according to the number of boxes to be washed.

Two baskets are worth a penny.

At this time, the clothes are thin, and women can wash at least ten boxes a day, which is five Wen.

There are also 150 essays in a month.

What's more important is that the laundry room includes food and lodging, which is a net profit for them.

How many people want to squeeze in.

The aunt was picking wild vegetables: "It's still your luck, you won't be recruiting people on the second day after you go."

The woman also felt that she was lucky, but she said seriously: "Maybe I will recruit people in the future."

The aunt shook her head: "The road is almost finished, the bridge repairer is on the opposite side, and they are also using the laundry room on the opposite side."

The woman was taken aback.

This money-making business is about to disappear.

"At that time...you should be able to find other jobs." The woman smiled with difficulty.

Since she went out to work, the life of the family has become much better. With her wages, the family can eat several meals of meat a month.

Although I can't eat all I can eat, it's a world of difference compared to my previous life.

The aunt said: "That's right, there is no shortage of work now. I heard that a big businessman is coming to build a factory and make knitwear!"

Woman: "What is knitwear?"

The aunt thought for a while: "I don't know either."

Knitwear is a new thing, and few people know what it is for.

Lin Yuan did not expect that there would be people weaving wool. Merchants saw business opportunities, and sometimes they would raise artisans to make sweaters and other knitwear. Although it is not industrialized and there is no way to carry out assembly line operations, it is absolutely impossible to hire workers. questionable.

And since the government implemented the working model of basic salary plus commission, businessmen have also learned from it.

This can greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of workers.

Of course they lowered the base salary...

But it was not as low as the baseline set by Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuanding's basic line is factory employees who have worked for a long time, and the basic salary should not be lower than [-] Wen.

Except for probation, the longest probation period cannot exceed three months. After three months, they will either become regular or dismissed. There is no need to use the probation period to take advantage of loopholes and not pay normal wages.

Of course, this will cause some people to lose their job opportunities.

But now the breeding industry has started, and there are not a few people who raise pigs, chickens and geese.

The government of each place has to carry out a five-year plan. When reporting to Lin Yuan, the local government should give him a clear direction and a rough action plan on how to develop in the past five years and which directions to focus on.

But the good news is that the aquaculture and handicraft industries are indeed moving forward step by step. Although it seems that the steps are not big, more factories will pop up almost every six months.

In addition to infrastructure construction, these factories have provided many jobs.

In the first few years after the end of the troubled times, people were in a state of panic, and people had to find something to do before they could settle down.

Otherwise, people don't know what to do in fear and despair.

Lin Yuan now set his sights on agriculture.

Many old farmers have their own planting experience. What the local governments have to do is to gather old farmers, let them communicate, plant experimental fields, and then confirm whether their planting methods can be promoted based on the results of the experimental fields.

The water conservancy system has Tuotuo supervision, and the first phase of promotion is in progress.

Although it seems that the effect is not great, it is indeed moving forward step by step.

There is also the military merit classification and death and injury compensation for soldiers.

This part of Lin Yuan was handed over to Song Shizhao and the others.

Lin Yuan received countless reports and memorials every day, and the officials seemed to find that Lin Yuan preferred people who did practical things and cared about people's livelihood.

The Civil Code is still being compiled, with Song Lian majoring in it and the Imperial Academy assisting.

The people in the Hanlin Academy were the first batch of children from aristocratic families to become officials. Song Lian was better at employing people than Zhou Rong. At least none of his people opposed the civil law. Maybe some people opposed it, but he could suppress it.

Zhou Rong is still too young. Young people are more sharp-edged and aggressive, but they are also easier to be controlled.

As for dictionaries—although Song Lian is still majoring in them, compared with civil codes, he spends much less energy on dictionaries, and now basically throws them to his disciples.

Although they are the first batch of children from aristocratic families to become officials, they are not young anymore. Most of them have sons, and a few even have grandsons. The years have given them peace and made them more cautious.

Meng He is one of them.

The Meng family is regarded as a noble family, but it is a poor family. They rely on their ancestral land, they don't even have a shop, and there are not many servants in the family, so when the employment system was reformed, almost nothing changed in his family.

Even the old servants did not leave.

After all, his sisters also weaved and cooked since they were young, and he himself went to the mountains to cut firewood to save firewood.

The only thing that is better than ordinary people is that they can study.

The sisters are also literate.

At that time, he was able to enter the palace to face the saint because he had the cheek to follow him. Even though many people laughed at him, he did not back down.

Because he knew that this was the greatest opportunity he could ever encounter in his life.

The first batch of officials selected by the new emperor.

If there is no accident, the future will be better than the future.

"Brother Meng, look at this one." The colleague pointed to a first draft on the paper and asked him to read it, "How is it?"

Meng He poked his head over and saw that this article was for merchants, but not merchants' merchants, but ordinary people's.

It is the people who use one surname as a business to buy and sell goods.

Meng He asked strangely, "One surname is Shang?"

The colleague laughed and said: "Exactly. I see that many vendors work as a family and have never hired outsiders. Naturally, they are not merchants, but they are also engaged in business. They should not be the same as merchants."

Meng He thought carefully: "That's true."

The colleague also said: "It is neither equivalent to merchants, nor should taxation be equivalent."

Businessmen pay the highest tax.

But if these small families paid the same taxes as businessmen, their profits would be too small to cover their household expenses.

Then their path will be cut off.

In the end, only big businessmen with family backgrounds will be able to do business.

People can't even set up stalls and open shops.

Meng He suddenly said: "Personal tax!"

The colleague looked at Meng He strangely: "What is the relationship between the two?"

Meng He's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty has revised the personal tax. If a person earns ten cents, he will get one cent of the tax."

"The same applies to commercial taxes!"

The colleague lowered his head in thought, then suddenly raised his head: "It makes sense!"

"Wait for me to revise this article, let's go find Mr. Song together!"

Song Lian was so busy that he had nearly a hundred people in his hands, and among the hundreds of people, there were some people who had nothing but a few inches of sky above their heads, and what they had learned in their whole life was only the principles in books. They didn't know how the people lived, nor did they What to pursue.

They boasted and thought that they could assist the emperor in governing the country, but he couldn't beat them all out.

There are many people who do things, but those who do things are either the real noble families or the poor families who have already fallen.

These two origins do not work together.

The progress of the compilation of the Civil Code has been slow.

It would be great if someone could help him.

Song Lian let out a long sigh.

Now that he is getting old, he lacks mental strength, but he has no successors. Even if he wants to bring people up, he can't find anyone who can convince the crowd.

Robben is now in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He is as busy as Song Lian. He wants to lead the compilation of "Criminal Law".

How is petty theft determined?

How to define the law for insulting women?

How is murder determined?There are several types of homicide, intentional homicide, manslaughter, excessive defense, etc., how to determine the law for each?

There are also wounding laws, minor injuries, moderate injuries and serious injuries.

Fraud and snatching and more.

Robben wakes up with a mess in his mind every day.

He didn't know that there were still so many contents to be revised. Take murder as an example. In the past, it was killing for life. Some officials would investigate the reason, but some would not.

After all, someone died, and the murderer should pay with his life.

At this time, Robben would think of his teacher. If the teacher was there, he wouldn't have to be so tired.

But His Majesty issued more than a dozen summoning letters, and the teacher did not answer the call.

Teacher this year... should be seventy, right?

The teacher is now in Xinghua, and Xinghua is now prosperous in commerce and the people are rich. The teacher should be able to enjoy his old age there, so why ask him to travel all the way to the capital?

Robben rubbed his wrist. Since they used the "pencil" on their side, their wrists are not as painful as before.

Although the tip of the pen will always be broken due to excessive force, it can continue to be used as long as it is sharpened.

If you need to change it, you only need to wipe it gently with the cork to erase the original traces, which saves a lot of paper.

I heard that the students in the prefecture schools also use "pencils".

Children have small arms and cannot write serious characters with a brush.

I heard that His Majesty is going to make "pens".

Robben exhaled.

Many things appeared suddenly, but instead of panicking, people quickly accepted them.

People are smart enough to know what is beneficial and what is not.

When the pencil came out, many people opposed it, but since it was known that it was only for children's enlightenment, the opposition became smaller and smaller until it disappeared.

This is probably the frog boiled in warm water, right?

Compared with looking good, what His Majesty wants more is "easy to use".

Good-looking calligraphy is a bonus item, but bad writing will not detract from it.

What Your Majesty wants is someone who has real talents and learning, and can manage the world and help the people.