Chapter 43: One small step for us, one giant leap for civilization
In the eighth year of Wucheng, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, Xiangping City.
The heavy snow fell all night, making it snowy inside and outside Xiangping City.
In the early morning, the heavy snow finally stopped, and the whole Xiangping City became as noisy as usual. Black smoke from coal was sprayed out from the chimneys on the roofs of every household, and the smell of coke was filled with the air.
After people were busy cleaning the snow in front of their gates, they walked out of the city to clean the snow on the official road, just like last year, at the call of the government and the temptation of distributing money.
The secretary pavilion in the Junhou Mansion is warm and charming. In the dormitory of Ji Kang, the wall behind the pavilion is hung with a topographic map of Liao and surrounding areas on the right side, and the topographic map of the seven Central Plains is hung with a topographic map of the seven countries in the Central Plains on the left.
Shi Gan held the stack of paper that was still yellow in his hand and said excitedly to Ji Kang: "Young Master, I can finally write with paper. I didn't dare to use the stack you gave me last time, so I didn't dare to use it.
Now, Shi Xiaomatsu, the manager of the paper mill, said that it has been finalized and mass production, so we can use it with it."
Ji Kang smiled and said, "We can't just think of ourselves. The first batch of paper is given to the county and county government offices and Xiangping College first.
It’s not enough to count this. Besides, the printing factory has been built for two months, and I’m just waiting for this batch of various books from the Paper Printing Academy. Don’t worry! You can’t be missing.”
"Haha, young master, you are the best person now!"
Ji Kang looked at Shi Gan's happy smiling face and teased: "Oh, can I be bad before?"
"Okay, okay. The young master's place is good. As long as I don't let me steal the things treasured by the boss manager, it's even better. Last time, the boss manager came back and found out that my butt still hurts!"
Ji Kang laughed out loud.
"Young Master Qi, the opera minister and Su Qing, the senior doctor of the Ministry of Commerce, came to meet the king and the marquis." The voice of an eunuch came from the front.
Ji Kang and Shi Gan hurriedly walked out of the dormitory behind and saw Jun Xiangju Xin and Su Qing coming in, cleaning up the snow on their bodies.
Ji Kang waved his hand and stopped Ju Xin and Su Qing from worshiping, saying, "Didn't I say it long ago? You don't have to salute me in private, so you don't have to do this in the future."
Ju Xin and Su Qing both laughed and said, "Young Master, the courtesy should not be abolished."
Ji Kang shook his little head helplessly and said to Ju Xin: "I didn't expect that after the New Year, it was snowing again, and the houses in the villages outside the city did not collapse, right?"
"Don't worry, my son. It was winter last year, and it snowed a few times more than this. According to reports from various counties and counties, no house collapsed.
This is not the time when we first came the year before last year. Since last year, we need to mention the houses at each resettlement site, and must be of quality and quantity.
It was the old house. Last year, the government organized people to start renovation. According to the emperor's instructions, the renovation cost was paid by the government and allowed to be repaid for ten years.
In this way, people only need to pay a small amount of money and food every year. Since last year, I have rarely heard of collapse due to heavy snow."
Ji Kang laughed and said to Ju Xin: "That's good, that's good. My mother was talking in the morning, saying that such heavy snow would be poured in Ji and how many people would die! I wonder what my land is like?"
Then he said to Zou Yan and Lu Zhonglian: "Dramaster, Su Qing, are you two coming to see the paper?"
The two laughed and Su Qing said, "As soon as I heard the news, I went to Xiangping Academy, pulled the drama that was teaching the students, and ran over together, wanting to see what the stereotyped paper is like?"
Ji Kang asked Shi Gan to hand the fixed paper to the two present and said, "Look, this is the fixed paper. I just wrote a few words and will never penetrate again. Now the paper mill is already producing in large quantities."
Ju Xin and Su Qing looked at the paper in their hands, their hands trembled slightly.
Ju Xin said to Ji Kang excitedly: "Young Master, the paper that was fixed this time is whiter than what we saw last time. As the young master said, if it is printed into a book, what would it be for the people in the world?"
Su Qingze smiled and said, "With this paper, bamboo slips and wooden slips, we will say goodbye. As the young master said, a new era is coming, and our small step is a big step in civilization!"
Ju Xin even laughed and said, "With this paper, we are convenient and concise. Young Master, how much does this paper cost?"
"The drama, let me tell you the three gentlemen. The paper we use is much cheaper than the current wooden slip. For the outside world, in Su Qing's words, you will make a lot of money."
Everyone laughed after hearing Ji Kang's words.
Ji Kang immediately said to the two: "Play, Su Qing, in order to let the officials of Liaodong and western counties know the future policies of our Liao area, I plan to start taking turns training officials from various departments and counties in Xiangping College this year. The training time is only one month! The time should be arranged, and try to be in the slack farming time."
Ju Xin and Su Qing looked at each other, and both of them said to Ji Kang together: "May."
Ji Kang sighed: "This is because we have too few talents in Liao, so we can only take this method."
Ju Xin nodded and said to Ji Kang: "Yes! There are too few talents. According to our plan, the first batch of hundreds of students will be graduated from Xiangping Academy next year.
After more than two years of study, these more than a hundred students have reached the age of seventeen or eighteen, and they can fully enrich themselves in various departments, counties and counties. We will be able to take a breath next year."
As soon as he talked about Xiangping Academy, Ji Kang became excited and smiled with his big eyes: "Yes! Thank you very much for the teachers of the Academy of Drama Xianghe Academy.
The drama is that next year, this group of graduates will be arranged to serve as village chiefs in the local area, and those in the military will be arranged to start from the second chief. This is Yongli.
We must inform the students in advance to prepare for these problems. Just as the couplet at the college gate says: Please go another way to get promoted and get rich, and do not enter this door if you are greedy for life and fear death."
After hearing this, Ju Xin and Su Qing both nodded in recognition. Students who graduated from the college start from the grassroots level and can be promoted as long as they pass the annual assessment, and their promotion speed is much faster than others. However, they can also prevent graduates from lacking grassroots experience and lay a solid foundation for being able to hold higher positions in the future.
Ju Xin then picked up the silk on the table and handed it to Ji Kang and said, "Young Master, this is the "Interim Provisions on the Conscript System" you requested. This is the final manuscript formed by the Ministry of War, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue and other departments of the Junhou Mansion after several discussions."
Ji Kang picked up the silk, looked carefully, nodded, and said, "Let's implement this system temporarily. When problems are found in practice, we will correct them in time.
The population of Liao is now one million, and the military pressure is not small. The conscript system must be implemented as a supplement to the regular army to deal with future large-scale wars.
This conscript system must be implemented intensified. During the slack season, retired sergeants or active sergeants serve as instructors, and young and middle-aged men will be organized to train military formations. We can call him "militia".
Every year when recruiting soldiers in early October, the retired soldiers will be retired and they will be arranged to engage in other work in the local area. They must complete the virtuous cycle of the army in our Liao area and keep the regular army at around 40,000.
Before the end of June this year, the overall dressing of the regular army must be completed. The weapons eliminated by the original army can be distributed to various counties, townships, villages, and village militias to keep and maintain, and responsibilities are assigned to individuals.
We want to keep a low profile, but we must also be in case. In the future, if we encounter a large-scale war, we must ensure that at least 200,000 trained militia reserves aged fifteen to fifty. During war, no less than 100,000 trained reserve militias aged eighteen to thirty-five should be drawn, and no less than 100,000 should be cooperated with the army to enter the battle. This must be clearly stipulated in the conscript system.
In addition, the medical team must also be built. In addition to each county, it is necessary to ensure that all townships have doctors stationed in the center and can go out with the army during wartime. On the basis of the existing foundation, the army should pay more attention to medical care, support and other support work. We must speed up the formulation of management systems for various industries such as doctors to ensure the development of our Liao area."
Ju Xin stood up and said, "The old minister is obeying the order of the young master. In this Liao land, the old minister can say with certainty that as long as the young master is there, it will get better and better.
This was built by the young master with everyone in his own hands over the past year after he came to Liao. We will never agree to anyone who dares to destroy and hurt him."
Ji Kang waved his hand and said, "Play, Su Qing, I have said a long time ago that this Liao land is not the Liao land that I am alone, but the Liao land that everyone lives in this land. This is our common home."
Then he stood up, looked outside the house, and whispered: "The people in this era have been suffering enough. I always have a dream to make Liao land the place that the people in the world yearn for the most. I just hope everyone will encourage me."
Chapter completed!