The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 610

On the occasion of the seventh year of Chongzhen, relatives discovered that the old men who thought they had died in Hainan had all returned home.

Not only were they safe and sound, but they were all in good spirits. What an accident?What kind of surprise will it be?
More than a thousand scholar-bureaucrats, attendants, and family members who had been restricted for more than three years gathered in the "Huaxia City" Caiyunfei Restaurant. Zhao Shimin happily announced that a passenger ship would be sent to take you home in the next few days.

The labor remuneration of the entourage and family members for the past four years will also be settled. You are welcome to bring your family members to "Huaxia Island" for sightseeing in the future.

These people became free people more than ten days ago, and the auxiliary soldiers of the Huang family's propaganda team took them around the island for sightseeing, not only letting them browse the scenery, but also letting them visit factories and docks.

Among the crowd was the former Qiongzhou fifth-rank magistrate, and others were from the ninth-rank to fifth-rank scholar-bureaucrats.

When these literati and bureaucrats were knocked down and tied up by soldiers with pirate "Guo" banners three years ago, they all thought that my life was over!
The situation that followed was rather dramatic. They were not abused, and neither were the female relatives at home.

Later, he was sent to a big ship to farm in a place he didn't know at all. Even the official of the fifth rank had to go to the field to watch his family work.

Every day, more than a dozen young priests and officials re-read their studies. At first, these people were full of resistance, but they were powerless to resist and could only let it go.

Unexpectedly, after passively listening to these young people's lectures every day, the literati and bureaucrats found it incredible. What they thought before was absurd, but after thinking about it, there is some truth.

In the past four years of militarized management, brainwashing and reading scientific and technological books every day, and participating in labor every day, these scholar-bureaucrats who might not be able to distinguish between wheat and leeks have made great progress.

Daily morning exercises and running exercises also made these powerless literati much stronger.

That's the way people are, just get used to everything. More than 1000 people work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They work, study and exercise every day.

Good news came today, everyone will be released to go home and reunite with their loved ones.For some reason, the scholar-bureaucrats felt uneasy and fearful about returning to Daming.

Zhao Shimin told everyone that he would be free to go back to his hometown soon, and no one didn't believe it, but after returning, how would he face the court and the past?

Over the years, what everyone has been thinking about day and night is going home, but when this moment really comes, too many people feel at a loss.

The "Caiyunfei" restaurant has good wine, good food, good music, and good scenery, but the literati and bureaucrats are all indifferent.

Zhao Shimin looked at them and smiled, and he said: "You are all scholars of my Ming Dynasty. I have studied in 'Huaxia Island' in the past few years. I hope that you can make a living for the people of Daming after you go back. If you are willing to come to Huang's family to seek work, Your Majesty welcomes you."

The Huang family is full of confidence now, Zhao Shimin didn't explain at all, and he didn't agree with the scholar-officials who were about to be released back to Daming, but just warned everyone to know how to govern for the people.

There is no resentment, but when we parted, many scholar-bureaucrats wet their sleeves with tears.

At the end of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Hainan Island officials who were captured by Guo Huaiyi pirates and did not turn against the bandits suddenly returned home.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei went out to invite the adults back home to drink tea one by one, and finally learned that the king of Qiongya County had captured them from Guo Huaiyi long ago, but he didn't know why they had been detained until now.

None of the scholar-bureaucrats who came back were willing to talk more about the king of Qiongya County. They were emotionally stable and seemed not to be surprised by honor or disgrace.The imperial court did not punish them, nor did they reinstate them. Gradually, these people faded out of the sight of the officials.

However, many of these scholar-bureaucrats of the same age and old friends learned from them that the king of Qiongya County was more benevolent and righteous, and would rather spend time and effort raising them than kill the scholar-officials to avoid future troubles.

The scholar-bureaucrats who returned home lost their official positions but few were aggrieved. They didn't resent Qiongya County King at all. On the contrary, they advised their friends to get closer to the Huang family.

Soon many adults in the low-level official circles of the Ming Dynasty learned that the actual owner of "Huaxia Island" was the king of Qiongya County, where there were sturdy people with knives, where there was prosperity no less than that of the capital, and where it was the paradise of kings.

After one or two years, more than half of these scholar-bureaucrats who returned home secretly dragged their families and disappeared from Daming. According to their friends, they may have gone to the new territory of King Qiongya County to take the exam and strive to become local officials for the well-being of the people. ....

Afterwards, many aspiring scholars also defected to King Qiongya County. They were not forced by life to seek refuge for their lives. They went to Xintiandi with the beautiful long-cherished wish of making the country rich and the people strong.

Huang Sheng has never thought that the more knowledge the more reactionary, he does not look at the Ming scholars who come here to join him, and of course he does not look at them with high regard. Everyone will have a chance to compete fairly, and whether they can be reused depends on their strength.

Gradually, the scholars and bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty who came to seek refuge became smarter.

When they came to seek jobs, they were not in a hurry to take part in the unified recruitment examination. Instead, they entered the advanced training courses offered by Huaxia University to learn new knowledge, and followed university professors to the fields and factories to experience people's livelihood on the spot.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the New Year's Huang family system was quite festive. Every household bought new clothes, and more than one million military and civilian households spent more than 1000 million silver coins at the end of the year.

Investment drives employment, and consumption increases employment opportunities. The most common laborers in the Huang family system can earn more than [-] silver coins a year. The average family has three or four male and female laborers, and the annual disposable income exceeds [-] silver coins. silver.

The Huang family also has more than 10,000 soldiers in the army and navy. Their annual net income exceeds [-] silver coins. The income of military officers and civilian officials at all levels is of course much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

The income of skilled workers, managers, and civil officers of the Huang family is not much lower than that of military officers, so the purchasing power of the Huang family makes business more prosperous.

No agriculture is unstable, no business is not rich, the Huang family system has enough grain output to feed twice the population, and has the most advanced business network of this era, of course it is stable and rich.

Several large ports in Hainan Island have passenger ships running to 'New Suzhou', Annan Port, 'Lugong Island', Zhoushan Island, Haizhou Port and other areas. The farthest passenger ships run to Zhongmingbao, and the most frequent flights in the north Of course it is 'Huaxia Island' and Huangjiawan Island.

In the age of sailing, the most important cost of sailing is the construction and maintenance of the ship. Other costs are not worth mentioning. Passengers will bear the food and expenses along the way.

Huang Sheng has been subsidizing passenger transportation in order to encourage the common people to travel long distances and reduce the burden on small traders who take advantage of regional differences and long-distance trafficking to do some small business.

(End of this chapter)