"This is a good idea, and it will allow people to send their children to school."
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and nodded.
Liu Jin does have a good way in management, and many businesses he has partnered with Liu Jin are booming. The key point is that Liu Jin knows how to use money to stimulate.
We don't talk about ideals with you, only about money. As long as you can achieve whatever level and level you can get, you will get what kind of treatment. This is naturally what people with skills like the most.
For ordinary employees, Liu Jin's method is also very simple. How much money will you get if you work more for a living? It makes it simple and straightforward for people to understand that if you pay, you will be rewarded.
Nowadays, if we want to attract the children of employees to come to school, we still use benefits to induce them. They let you go to school for free and include a lunch. After graduation, you can become an apprentice, and you can also go to a craftsman school for further study. After you graduate, you will become a master and lead several jobs a month.
Isn’t it nice to have two taels of silver per month?
It must be fragrant.
Especially for ordinary people, they simply don't expect their children to be able to take the imperial examination and become a master. It is enough to have a good job and make money to support their families.
"The Miyun Iron Works will build a primary school affiliated with the Miyun Iron Works and a craftsman's school affiliated with the Miyun Ironworks. The primary school will teach basic knowledge and content, and the craftsman's school will be regarded as a deep modeling school. For the time being, employees in the ironworks will be brought in for further training.
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"The same is true for Tianjin Cement Factory, Tianjin Shipyard and Beijing Textile Factory. They have established corresponding primary schools and craftsman schools. The primary schools learn the basics, and the craftsman schools learn deeper things. But for the time being, they can only learn about the factories.
Employees are trained.”
Liu Jin spoke out his plan. Now the total number of employees in many industries under his command is almost 100,000. With such a large number of employees, every household has children. Even if each family only sends one child to study, they will be able to cultivate more talents in the future.
One hundred thousand seedlings came out.
Once these 100,000 seedlings can graduate from primary school and receive a systematic education similar to that of future generations, then Ming Dynasty's future will be worry-free.
Thinking of this, Liu Jin became even more excited. Once his plan was completed, Liu Jin felt that he had really made a contribution to this era.
When a hundred thousand people similar to those who graduate from primary school in later generations come out, no one knows how many talents will be born among them. By then, it will be completely impossible to build steam engines, guns, trains, or even electrical appliances, etc.
No problem, there will be enough talents.
Instead of like now, those who can read and digitize are all noble scholars with eyes above their head. Except for the four books and five classics, they are not diligent in the four bodies and the five grains are not distinguished, and their thoughts are rigid. There is no way to promote the progress of this era.
progress.
As for the craftsmen who can promote the progress of the times, they are low-class, the lowest level of society. They have no social status. The inheritance of skills is passed down from father to son, master to apprentice, and word of mouth.
These craftsmen are basically uneducated and cannot read or write. They only rely on experience and the inheritance of their predecessors. It is difficult for them to make breakthroughs and innovations. It is also extremely easy for gaps and losses to occur in the inheritance of technology.
Therefore, craftsmen must master knowledge, and it must be the more comprehensive and systematic knowledge of later generations, rather than the current Four Books and Five Classics, Confucian classics and the like.
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable Liu Jin felt. It was necessary to cultivate a large team of craftsmen who had mastered systematic knowledge in all aspects, and then train real scientists on the basis of the team of craftsmen.
"One hundred thousand people~"
"The investment and consumption are huge."
"It is very difficult just to get enough book knowledge for them. Money is not a problem. The key is that the printing technology of this era is not good enough. The printing technology needs to be improved. With the improvement of printing technology,
The paper technology also needs to be improved, rice paper is too expensive, and the quality of other papers is too poor."
Soon, Liu Jin got a headache again. This plan was very good, very grand and vast, but it was too difficult to complete it. It was similar to the education methods and systems of later generations, and it had many requirements.
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"And this teacher, if he recruits existing scholars to teach, will they have any reason to teach other content?"
Thinking of teachers, Liu Jin got even more headache. Scholars in this era are quite temperamental. It seems a bit difficult to ask them to first learn some knowledge and content that is not the Four Books and Five Classics, and then teach others.
Liu Jin estimated that by then the only thing he could do was to keep throwing money at them. If he offered high salaries, he would always be able to recruit some teachers. There would be a lot of scholars who failed to pass the imperial examination, and there would also be many people who were interested in heresy and the like.
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"Everything is difficult at the beginning, so take it step by step."
Liu Jin comforted himself in his heart that this matter must be done, but he couldn't rush it, he should take his time and do it step by step.
"Old Liu, how can we run more schools? Will it cost a lot of money?"
Of course, Zhu Houzhao didn't know what Liu Jin was thinking about at this time, but what he was thinking about was money. Liu Jin knew how to make money, and it was true that he had the ability, but his ability to spend money was also very good.
Liu Jin has millions of taels of silver, and he can spend 7,788 to you within a few days.
"It will definitely cost you some money, but teaching and educating people is a good thing."
"Your Highness, you are the prince, and you are the big owner of these industries. By doing such a good thing as running a school, your highness will also gain a good reputation."
"What's more, Your Highness, do you think I will make a loss-making business?"
Liu Jin smiled and replied.
"That's right, let's build it~ I have no objection."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and nodded. He was still a prince after all, and it was time to brush up on his reputation. Moreover, Lao Liu was a devilish person, and he really didn't seem to be a person who would do business at a loss.
"Your Highness, in addition to running a school, I am sure we have another big thing to do."
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao agreed, Liu Jin was relieved. If he didn't agree, he would have to pay for it himself.
Now that Zhu Houzhao agrees, it will be much easier to do it. It will be done in the name of the factory and everyone will bear it together. If there are any problems or risks, everyone has already shouldered them. Zhu Houzhao's thigh must be held tightly.
After thinking about it, Liu Jin was ready to bring up another matter.
"One more big thing?"
"Tell me?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a while and said.
"Open a bank~"
Liu Jin said directly.
"bank?"
"What is this?"
Of course Zhu Houzhao didn't know what a bank was. At this time, banks were banks, but banks were too low-level, and their business and methods were too low.
Liu Jin naturally looked down upon this. What he wanted to do was a bank, and it was not just an ordinary bank. Moreover, the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty wanted to control the banknote issuance rights in its own hands.
In this era, the Ming Dynasty issued its own banknotes - Baobao.
In fact, Baochao was inherited from the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, it was called Jiaozi, in the Yuan Dynasty, it was called Zhongtong Jiaochao, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was called Baochao.
Originally, banknotes were very helpful in promoting economic development and facilitating the economy and trade in goods. However, when it came to Lao Zhu's family, Zhu Yuanzhang, a cowherd boy, did not understand anything about currency science and did not know what the issuance of banknotes was.
Requires credit and reserves.
He just thought that treasure banknotes were a good thing. The money printing press kept running and printing countless amounts of money, so much so that even half of the official's salary was paid out with treasure banknotes.
People in later generations must know that once this banknote is issued indiscriminately, it will inevitably depreciate and reduce purchasing power. If a large amount of money is issued indiscriminately, it will become worthless.
The Ming Dynasty court issued excessive amounts of treasure banknotes, which had long since become indistinguishable from a piece of paper. Half of the salaries of court officials were still issued with treasure banknotes, which greatly discounted the already extremely low salary.
This is also the reason why official corruption in the Ming Dynasty was extremely serious.
Even Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet, a well-known and wise minister in history, will still charge some writing fees from his subordinates, because the salary of the imperial court is really too low, and he can't even have enough to eat, so how can he talk about running the country?
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Liu Bowen, the famous founder of the Ming Dynasty, almost starved to death. It is incredible to say it, but it is a real thing.
No one wants to buy banknotes now, but banknotes are an inevitable choice for historical development, so Liu Jin wanted to occupy this field in advance and control the right to issue banknotes.
Mastering the right to issue banknotes can facilitate the development of Ming's economy and trade. With the emergence and development of Ming's capital, the future will inevitably move towards capital, and a kind of banknotes will inevitably be needed.
Replace gold and silver.
In addition, Liu Jin also has selfish motives. He has mastered the right to issue paper currency of the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty dominates the earth in the future, it can become a global currency. Once it can become a global currency, he can learn from the shameless old age of later generations.
Eagle.
As long as there is an economic problem, the printing press will be turned on immediately and the world will pay for them. Not to mention how exciting this little life is, and you can also control the global economy and finance. The benefits are simply too many.
"A bank, to put it simply, is a bank dedicated to managing money, but it is different from today's banks. We have to do more..."
Liu Jin began to slowly explain to Zhu Houzhao the definition, responsibilities, and functions of banks. Banks were already quite common in Europe in this era, and they had also developed to a certain scale and level. But in Ming Dynasty, everyone
It is still in the bank stage, very primitive and backward, and its business is extremely simple.
