Tongsheng is a scholar who has passed the county examination, government examination, but failed the academy examination. Those who have passed the academy examination are scholars. Tongsheng does not have any privileges, but he can still be regarded as a decent scholar.
But Tang Shidian, a boy, is not decent. He is thirty-two years old this year, his parents are dead, and he has never been married. Originally, he taught in the Tang Family School and earned a living. But this year, TJ suffered a military disaster, and Tangjia Village
The one hundred stones of grain in the barn that could not be moved in time were looted by the Tatars, and the ancestral hall in the village was burned by the Tatars. The funds and venue for running the school were all gone, so the ethnic school had no money to continue, and Tang Shidian lost his life.
Finished the business.
Fortunately, Tang Shidian still had more than ten taels of silver in savings, so he would not starve to death for a while. In the past few months, he rented a shabby house in Acropolis, Tianjin, and went around asking if there was a shortage of teachers. He went out everywhere
After searching for several months, I couldn't find a job for my husband. Even the accountant was willing to work, and finally even the clerk was willing to work, but he still couldn't find anything to do.
These days there are wars and chaos everywhere, and there is a depression everywhere. There are fewer and fewer places to hire people every day, and there are more monks and less rice.
Tang Shidian didn't find anything. He was afraid of running out of money and starving to death, so he only dared to drink two bowls of gruel every day. After a few months, he was so hungry that his face became sallow and skinny. He was worried that day and was wandering around when he saw a man in front of the governor's office.
Zhang Xin announced. Tang Shidian was fine anyway, so he went up to take a look, but what he saw was a surprise on his face:
Fanjiazhuang wants to recruit 120 gentlemen to teach! No student status is required, as long as they know how to read and do arithmetic.
Tang Shidian had heard of Fanjiazhuang and knew that it was the richest place in Tianjin, where everyone had enough food and clothing. Isn’t it a good thing that Fanjiazhuang wanted to recruit a gentleman? Tang Shidian felt refreshed.
Then he rushed to Fanjiazhuang.
Halfway through the Liuhe River, Tang Shidian saw more than a thousand people building irrigation canals by the river.
This guerrilla general from Fanjiazhuang also engaged in water conservancy and reclaimed new fields? I have never heard that the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty had such vigor. Tang Shidian watched for a while by the river and found that the farmers were well organized and pounded the soil by the river.
The efficiency of canal repair is quite high. The irrigation canal is one foot higher than the river surface, so water trucks obviously need to be lifted up.
Still using water trucks? Organizing such a complex water conservancy project?
Tang Shidian suddenly felt that the chief officer of Fanjiazhuang was different from other military attachés of the Ming Dynasty.
When they arrived at Fanjiazhuang, Tang Shidian explained his origin at the city gate and was taken to the official hall by a soldier.
Although Tang Shidian had heard about the wealth of Fanjiazhuang, Tang Shidian was still shocked when he walked into Fanjiazhuang for the first time:
The weather was cold in November at this time, and the pedestrians in Fanjiazhuang City were all wearing half-new or even brand-new coats. Even if they had patches on them, they were not many. They were definitely not as poor as the people in Tianjin City, who were all covered in patches. In the city
Pedestrians walked calmly one by one, with no trace of malnutrition on their faces. They all obviously had enough to eat every day, and even ate meat from time to time. People like Tang Shidian, who wore a coat full of patches,
He has a disheveled face and looks like an outsider at first glance.
Both sides of the road are covered with two-story houses, with snow-white walls and black tile roofs. They are rows of unspeakable style. There are shops under the houses along the street. Customers are coming in and out of the shops, and the business is booming.
Occasionally I passed by a few teahouses and restaurants, and they were full of people, all of them wealthy residents drinking and drinking tea.
There are many children playing and playing on the road. The innocent and carefree appearance of these groups makes people not feel the atmosphere of troubled times at all.
Tang Shidian was led by soldiers as he passed a market and heard a commotion. There were meat sellers, vegetable sellers, chicken sellers, fish sellers, pot sellers, pot sellers, and sellers in the market.
There were everything, there were shouts and shouts, there were voices of bargaining everywhere, people were coming in and out, and it was a bustling scene.
Nowadays, there is a war and chaos, and every town outside is in a state of depression. But here in Fanjiazhuang, there is a vibrant economy, and it seems that it is not affected by the war at all.
Even the road under your feet is different. The spacious road in Fanjiazhuang is paved with bluestones and is very clean. There is no garbage on the road. It is not as dirty as other cities. The middle of the road is high and the sides are low, and dirty water flows along it.
The road flows into the sewers on both sides. The sewers are covered with bluestone, and people can walk on them. Every few dozen meters on the road there is a big bucket for garbage, and the people throw all the garbage into the bucket.
The whole city looks prosperous and clean, and it's not an exaggeration to say it's a paradise.
Fanjiazhuang, under the rule of Mr. Fanjiazhuang guerrillas, is so rich and clean! Tang Shidian passed by Fanjiazhuang a few years ago. It was still a poor settlement, dirty and messy. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have believed that Fanjiazhuang had become such a poor place in a few years.
Such a great place.
If I can get a job as a teacher here, I will truly be worthy of the rest of my life.
Tang Shidian walked with admiration all the way, and slowly walked to the official hall. The soldiers who led the way led him into a side room in the official hall to wait. The official in charge of the official hall gave Tang Shidian a red paint with "No. 21" written on it.
The wooden sign asked him to come out for an "interview" when his number was called.
There were already several scholars sitting in that wing, probably all here to apply for jobs as teachers.
The soldier who brought Tang Shidian into the city did not leave, but stood outside the wing waiting for Tang Shidian. It seemed that he was afraid that Tang Shidian, who had no one to protect him, would do bad things in the city. Not only was this soldier waiting outside, but also the soldier beside him.
There were still five soldiers standing, probably one for each applicant watching.
Tang Shidian also understood this. A city like this Taoyuan should build more defenses, otherwise it would be destroyed by bad guys.
Tang Shidian sat in the side room for a while, and then was called out by an official. He met the guerrilla general Li Zhi in the main hall of the government office. It turned out that the task of checking the applicants' details was done by the guerrilla master himself. Tang Shidian saw that
The second-rank official was very nervous. When he walked into the lobby, he was about to kneel down and salute, but he heard Master Guerrilla shouting "no ceremony".
Li Zhi pointed to a chair in the lobby and asked Tang Shidian to sit opposite him.
Tang Shidian was very grateful at that time. He was grateful to the guerrilla general, Corporal Li Xian, for allowing him, a boy, to sit and talk. He sat down on the chair with trepidation, only half of his buttocks sat on the chair, when he heard the general's question.
Asked: "Have you ever been a husband?"
Tang Shidian quickly replied: "The student has taught for ten years and taught the village's ethnic studies to the children in the village."
"Oh? You teach people to read?" Li Zhi became interested and said: "How many years of teaching can the average child understand the notices and documents?"
Tang Shidian raised his hands and said: "If a child is under ten years old and wants to understand general notices and documents, three years of teaching is enough. If a child under ten years old has not yet developed his or her intelligence, it will take four or five years."
Li Zhi nodded and asked, "Do you have any fame?"
Tang Shidian's face turned red and he said: "The student has no reputation and is just a child."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Tongsheng is not bad! You have read a lot of saints' books, right? But I only teach ordinary words and sentences here. The purpose is to allow children and soldiers to understand the proclamations and documents, and not to teach the saints.
Do you have any questions?"
Tang Shidian raised his hands and said: "If we don't teach saints, we only teach literacy, and students are willing to do so!"
"oh?"
Tang Shidian thought for a while and said: "Nowadays, wars are raging. It is the time for heroes to wear swords and make achievements. It would be a bit pedantic to continue to preach and educate saints every day. At this time, it is about selecting generals for battle, recruiting warriors, and practicing bows.
Only by building armies can peace be achieved in Kyushu. Once the four seas are pacified, it will not be too late to teach the saints their teachings."
Hearing Tang Shidian's words, Li Zhi nodded, secretly thinking that this boy was not stupid after reading so many sage books.
Li Zhi smiled and said: "What books do you read?"
Tang Shidian held up his hands and said: "In addition to books by saints, students have also read The Six Taoists, Han Feizi, Sun Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Mozi, etc. They have read quite a lot!"
Li Zhi secretly thought that this was a sensible person, and asked: "I want the people and soldiers in Fanjiazhuang to be literate and able to read books. What do you think?"
Tang Shidian said: "If the people can read and write, they will not be easily deceived by gangsters. When the government publishes notices and provisions, the people will soon know about them. There are many talented people among the people, and the government will choose officials more easily.
More. If a soldier can read well, he will understand good and bad, and his knowledge and reaction will be better than that of an illiterate man. He will advance and retreat in a controlled manner, and his morale will be higher on the battlefield."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Okay, that's good. I'll ask you to be the leader of the forty teachers in the Chinese language group of the children's class. You will be responsible for organizing teaching and researching teaching content. You will be paid three taels a month! You will also be responsible for three meals a day.
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Tang Shidian's face flushed with excitement when he heard these words. He felt joy falling from the sky, and the gloom of several months was swept away. He staggered up from the chair, cupped his hands and said, "Student thanks the guerrilla general!"
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