In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 388 Do you want to be literate?
Li Liang and Zheng Youcai were quite surprised that there were people from the Song Dynasty who were willing to move here in Haisanwei. After chatting with the local garrison navy, they found out that there were many discounts for people from the Song Dynasty to move here, and most of them were the hometowns of the garrison. Villagers and relatives and so on.

"What? Can I add twenty points to the imperial examination?" Li Liang was chatting with the deputy commander of the local garrison navy at this time.

Li Liang and Zheng Youcai were also shocked when they heard that they could move their family to Haisanwei and gain twenty points in the imperial examination.

The current imperial examination system in the imperial court is a hundred-point system, which is completely different from before.

In the past, the scoring of imperial examinations relied entirely on the appreciation and recognition of the marking officials, and then compared with each other to determine the grades of A, B, and so on.

Nowadays, most of the questions in the imperial examination have fixed answers, except for a few articles and essays that do not have fixed answers, and the scoring standards are relatively uniform.

Adding twenty points is very exaggerated and can turn defeat into victory for most people.

Moreover, according to the deputy commander Zhang, if the family lives in a remote place like Haisanwei, not to mention the [-] points added to the imperial examination, once admitted, priority will be given to officials in Jiangnan, Shandong, Central Plains and other places. Unless they request it, try not to Will be assigned to remote places again.

Li Liang's son is also 12 years old. He has been learning to read and read, and he will have to take the imperial examination in a few years. But he moved to Haisan City, which is different from here. The conditions are slightly better than here. His son's imperial examination can only add ten points.

At that moment, he cursed: "If I had only known that I would become a navy man, my whole family would have moved to Haisanwei."

Deputy Commander Zhang laughed and scolded: "It's easy for you to say it. Your Haisan City was originally the capital of the Eastern Xia Kingdom. We built it step by step with a piece of stone and a piece of wood."

"I have dozens of blisters on my hands."

Li Liang and Zheng Youcai immediately nodded in agreement. They also participated in the construction of Changchun City at the beginning. They worked for more than half a year and knew that it was quite hard.

Hai Sanwei is located in the southernmost part of the island and has less manpower and material resources than Changchun City. It is indeed more difficult for them to achieve the current scale.

In addition, life at sea is not as good as in Haisan City. For those who are willing to immigrate, it is not easy to gain twenty points.

Of course, there are many rules. For example, the whole family must live in Haisamwei for at least ten years to get extra points.

Basically, it is for your descendants. It is useless for you to come here. Of course, there are also scholars who are willing to come and live for ten years. They may also turn around and pass the imperial examination in ten years.

The imperial court offered many benefits, and the common people were exempted from agricultural taxes for the first 20 years, while other commercial taxes were pitiful.

The salary of the garrison navy is also higher than that of Li Liang and others.

Li Liang and other cities in Haisan are considered remote areas of the Song Dynasty, and their salaries now exceed those of ordinary Central Plains and even elites from the capital.

Hai Sanwei's is even higher.

"How many years do you have for rotation?" Zheng Youcai asked at this time: "Our cavalrymen in Sea Cucumber City can apply for rotation after five years."

"The same, five years." Deputy Commander Zhang said.

"Where do you want to be in five years?" Li Liang asked again.

Generals like them in remote areas can choose.

Those who are older can retire if they wish, and those who want to continue can choose a place, but they may not necessarily be recognized by the court. For example, if everyone chooses Jiangnan, the capital, when there are more people, they will definitely be lined up according to their level and contribution.

Deputy Commander Zhang thought for a while: "Go back to my hometown, Fujian."

"..." Li Liang.

"This place is so cold. I almost died from the cold when I first came here." Deputy Commander Zhang also cursed.

Fortunately, when the Song Army moved the Southern Navy over, there was an adaptation process. They first moved to Shandong, stayed there for a while, then moved to Lushun, stayed for a while again, and then moved to Liaodong or here.

"Where are you two?" Deputy Commander Zhang also asked them.

Li Liang and Zheng Youcai looked at each other and said in unison: "Go back to your hometown, Caizhou."

The three people seem to represent the wishes of most ancient people in this era. Most military attaches prefer to return to their hometowns, and most civil servants prefer to enter the capital.

Li Liang and Zheng Youcai stayed there for two days. More and more Song Army generals and sergeants came from Changchun City and nearby areas.

About the fifth day of April, Deputy Commander Zhang informed them that the Shandong Navy ship was coming and they could leave.

The scene was filled with cheers, and many military officers and soldiers were waiting to return to their hometowns.

Most of those who went back with Li Liang were from the Changchun Army, but there were two armies in the Changchun Army, and he didn't know many of them.

There were more than 120 people on board the ship with them this time. The one with the highest military attache position was Li Liang, and the only civilian official was a bookkeeper near Changchun City.

This guy was an official who immigrated to Changchun City. The imperial court recruited the first batch of people to come to Changchun City, and he was given priority to become an official. He signed up early, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs did a little assessment of his background and family background. After confirming that he was from the Song Dynasty, he became the chief clerk.

On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, more than 100 of them boarded two ships. Li Liang and his companions boarded a sea-going ship with [-] barrels. As soon as they boarded, they were slightly stunned and saw artillery everywhere on the ship.

This was the ship with the most guns they had ever seen.

On the way to Haisan City before, they also took a boat ride, which was purely a transport ship. Today, they took a naval warship for the first time.

Li Liang and Zheng Youcai touched the heavy artillery beside the ship with envy on their faces. This was much larger than the artillery in their infant camp.

"Brother, are you from the Changchun Army?" While the two were chatting, several military attachés came to them.

Li Liang and Li Liang looked up, first looking at the left chest of each other's armor.

There's a mark on it.

"Capital level" Li Liang was secretly pleased. He had the highest rank on the ship, and he quickly puffed up his chest: "Yes, brother, which army are you from?"

Several military attachés on the opposite side gathered around and announced their homes.

The speaker's surname was Yuan, and the other party claimed to be Huining Jun. Like them, he belonged to the Liaodong Dusi.

Huining is the place where Aguda established his capital in Beijing. It is near the Acheng District of Harbin in later generations. Yuan Dutou's station is more than 900 miles away from Haisan City. It is in the northwest of Haisan City and close to the location of Harbin in later generations.

After the two parties sat together, they immediately talked about everything, and both had a lot of bitter things to say.

Huining City was rebuilt from the original Jin Kingdom, and its conditions were worse than Haisamwei City.

After all, Haisanwei City was the capital of the Eastern Xia Kingdom before the Song Dynasty occupied it. Shangjing declined after the Jin Kingdom moved its capital, and then was invaded by the Mongols. Then the Eastern Xia, Jin Kingdom, and Mongolia were looted.

After the Jin Kingdom moved its capital to Huining Prefecture, the local population dropped again and again, and there was also a large-scale migration.

When the Song army occupied it, Huining Prefecture had less than a thousand households in total. The place was later called Ice City, and the conditions were even worse than Haisan City.

The Song Army stationed 3000 people from the first army of Ning Army and their families there, and their treatment was the same as that in Haisan City, slightly worse than that in Haisanwei.

When Yuan Dutou and others returned home from visiting relatives, they originally had two conditions. One was to go south to Lushun and then take a boat to Shandong. The other was to go southeast to Haisanwei and then take a boat back to Shandong or Zhejiang.

The front road is more than 700 miles by land, all by horseback or on foot, and the back road is about [-] miles, but the back road is longer by water.

The holidays for the two routes are also different, with the former lasting two months and the latter up to three months.

Yuan Dutou and the others all chose the back road, preferring to take more boats than ride more horses.

And it happens to be a three-month long vacation, so it’s okay to take more rest on the road.

"How long does it take for this ship to arrive in Shandong?" Li Liang asked immediately. Yuan Dutou didn't know either, so they immediately asked the navy on the ship for Dutou.

Na Dutou shouted, they are not going to Shandong, but to Haizhou. It depends on the wind direction. In this season, it is estimated to take about fifteen days (it will only be three or four days in later generations), and they will stop at Korea or Jeju Island for one day for supplies. rest.

As for whether to stay in Goryeo or Jeju Island, it mainly depends on the opinions of these Song Jun who are visiting relatives and returning home.

Because it takes a long time to resupply in Jeju Island, some people may not be able to stand being on the ship for a long time, so they will resupply in Korea.

Li Liang and the others immediately shouted: "We all come by boat. We have already gotten used to it. Let's go to Jeju Island to make up for it."

Yuan Dutou immediately said: "Goodbye, Gao Libu." After saying that, he winked at them.

Li Liang and the others didn't understand what it meant, but later decided to make up for it in Korea.

When the ship approached Jeju Island, they went to nearby Korea for supplies. Then Yuan Dutou took them ashore and went to the Red Mansion in Korea.

This is a place that the Song Army's navy often passes by. The Koryo people developed the area and formed a good port. There is also a red building dedicated to entertaining the Song army. Because the Song soldiers passing by are quite rich, the Koryo people certainly want to make money from the Song people.

Li Liang's wife had always been with the army, but Zheng Youcai and the others were not, so when the Song army passed by here, they all wanted to supply supplies in Goryeo.

In late April, the two of them sailed to Haizhou. The whole process took sixteen days, which was much slower than that of later generations, but it was considered super fast in this era. A ship without a triangle sail could not compare at all, even Zheng He's ship in the Ming Dynasty. The team is not as good as them.

After arriving at Haizhou, the Song troops on the ship were divided into groups, and those going to Fujian and Zhejiang had to take a boat.

Li Liang and Zheng have two choices: fortune and horse.

There are two types of boat rides. One is the boat arranged by the imperial court. This type is faster and is basically used exclusively for the imperial water station.

The second type is the private boat, which travels slower. The latter needs to pay for it yourself, but you can travel around the mountains and rivers.

When the two of them put it all together, Zheng Youcai felt that the vacation was quite long. It lasted three months in total. Riding a horse was not as comfortable as a boat. It was better to continue taking a boat and visit the Jiangnan and Huaihe Rivers.

They always rode horses when they were in the army, and it was pointless to ride horses every day. Now of course they chose to take a boat home.

And since the two of them were carrying large packages, it would definitely be convenient to take a boat.

So the two of them took a private boat and traveled from Haizhou to Caizhou for ten days, as if they were sightseeing.

At the beginning of May, the two returned to Caizhou and went back to their respective homes.

I haven't been home in the past two years, and the city of Caizhou has also changed a lot. The city walls are covered with artillery, and the city seems to be much more prosperous than before, with people coming and going everywhere.

Zheng Youcai was so excited to return home that he rented a carriage in the city and rushed home with a large package.

Before he returned home, Zheng Youcai's cousin Zheng Youbin had just returned home from the county government office.

After the Song Army occupied Caizhou, they replaced a large number of local government officials and gave priority to the family members of the Song Army.

As a result, his cousin Zheng Youbin was elected as a local government official.

Zheng Youbin belongs to the Li Fang, and his immediate boss is the Li Cao.

He is just a yamen servant, not a clerk or an official. He gets the same amount of money every month and gets additional subsidies for doing important things.

The salary in the Song Dynasty is indeed not high, not even as a soldier, but you are a yamen servant, you have face when you go out, and you work in the yamen, so it is good for you to have good relations with everyone.

Zheng Youbin is also very dedicated to his work. In addition, the imperial court has often issued new policies in recent years. Every time he does a big thing, he is given subsidies and his income is sufficient.

But he was a little unhappy these days because there were tasks coming down from above.

Caizhou Zhizhou has some difficulties as the assessment is approaching, and some of the data are not very good. Jin Yiwei has come to remind him, and the Zhizhou master is very anxious.

As mentioned before, Zhao Yurui opened schools in various places in the Song Dynasty, starting at the road level (i.e., like the provincial capital).

This year it has just been extended to other state capitals.

Caizhou City surrounded more than 500 acres of land, set up a school, and recruited more than 30 teachers, including two sent by the imperial court to teach new courses.

The imperial court also allocated [-] guan each year to cover part of the school's expenses.

As a local in Caizhou, in addition to some subsidies from the state finance, we also have to recruit some students.

The imperial court gave Caizhou a quota of 300 people, but it turned out that school was about to start in two months, and they only recruited more than 100 people.

Caizhou City had just been taken back by the Song people a few years ago, and most of the people had changed from Jin people to Song people.

The original landlord class and Jin Dynasty officials were almost swept away by Zhao and Rui. All their grain fields and property were confiscated. Some of them were used as state treasury, some were distributed to military generals, and some were leased to the people.

Most of the landlord class are educated scholars and can read. Nowadays, the city is mostly composed of ordinary people. Who is interested in reading and learning calligraphy?

The key point is that most of these ordinary people did not have land before, but now the court rents land to them, and every household is short of labor.

The prefect is under a lot of pressure, and the Li Cao chief is also under a lot of pressure.

This time, Li Cao was under great pressure, and Zheng Youbin was also under pressure.

Shangguan was simple and rude, and directly assigned him ten places. Within two months, he would find ten students to enter the school.

In addition to these students, the imperial court also plans to recruit a hundred apprentice craftsmen and fifty apprentice doctors in Caizhou. The latter two are okay and easier to recruit, but the first three hundred students are really difficult to recruit.

Zheng Youbin had just come out of the Yamen, with a grimace on his face all the way. He had to pay money to go to school, and it would require less labor. Ordinary people would not be willing to go to school.

There is no way, just like future life insurance, it comes from family first, then relatives.

Zheng Youbin thought about his worries all the way back home.

Zheng Youbin first went to his cousin-in-law's house (Zheng Youcai's house).

The two families were right next door. As soon as I entered my cousin-in-law's house, I saw several children playing together in the yard.

Zheng Youcai's nine-year-old son and Zheng Youbin's eight-year-old son are both there, as well as several children of neighbors and relatives, the youngest is five or six years old, and the oldest is ten years old.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law?" Zheng Youbin called as soon as he entered.

Cousin-in-law Mrs. Liu quickly came out of the back room and greeted him cordially.

Zheng Youcai is not at home, and several cousins ​​and neighbors help with the fields at home.

Mrs. Liu was also very grateful to Zheng Youbin.

But today Zheng Youbin said to her directly: "Let the child go to school. Once he becomes literate, he can become an official in the future."

Mrs. Liu immediately shook her head and said: "There are a lot of things at home. The older the baby is, the more he can help. You see, his father is not at home all year round. I won't let the baby go so far anymore."

Since her husband surrendered to the Song Dynasty, Mrs. Liu's family has received a monthly salary and been allocated fields. However, the fields cannot be planted. In addition to relatives and friends, she has to spend money and food to hire help.

These days are incomparable to the past. She feels that they are pretty good now. Besides, her son is not young anymore. It is probably too late to learn how to read now.

(End of this chapter)