The World of Yellow Sky

Originally, Jia Xu thought that this life might be like this. He is already in his 40s, and his official career can be seen to the end at a glance.

But the situation in the world is changing, Huangfusong swept the Yellow Turban, the big man just showed signs of rejuvenation, and the good cards in his hand were beaten to pieces in less than half a year.

Then Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang and took control of the government. The two emperors stood side by side, and the two dragons seized the pearl. One after another, shocking events broke out one after another.

The sky and the earth are turning upside down, and the fire is burning; the building is about to fall, and it is difficult to support a tree.

It is precisely because of seeing the situation in the world clearly that Jia Xu persuaded Zhang Yang to cast the Yellow Turban.

"According to Yan Gong's three strategies, supplemented by appropriate publicity, the implementation of the "Taiping Law" should not be hindered too much, and it will not cause public anger."

Jia Xu lowered his head slightly, carefully choosing his words, and said slowly, his gaze gradually became serious.

After wasting half his life, this opportunity has been placed in front of him, and he must seize it.

The current Taiping Dao is at its peak, with famous generals coming out in large numbers, and there is no shortage of strong soldiers. The only shortcoming may be that there are too few counselors available.

"I've been thinking about one thing just now, something that Duke Ming mentioned before."

Jia Xu clasped his hands together, knocked lightly on the desk, and then said slowly.

"Duke Ming ordered that all the county offices should set up sales homes. Ordinary counties have one hospital in each county. Hedong County has a dense population, so there are four, and counties with a large population, such as Shangdang County and Taiyuan County, also have two. , there are [-] sales homes in the jurisdiction, accepting abandoned babies and homeless children."

"Although the daily consumption of the Salesian is not large, I am afraid that as the number of children increases in the future, the daily consumption will gradually increase. This will undoubtedly be a heavy burden."

These few days Xu An has been in the eldest son's mansion, Jia Xu and Yan Zhong naturally also followed Xu An.

Zhang Yang did not follow Xu An, Jia Xu and Yan Zhong were old friends, but he was not familiar with Zhang Yang and Yan Zhong, and he didn't know what to do even in the eldest son's mansion, so he stayed in the house with peace of mind. among.

However, I heard that Zhang Yang got acquainted with Gong Du and He Man. He spent the past few days wandering and resting in the eldest son city.

What Jia Xu is saying now is exactly what Xu An said during the chat before.

"Could it be that Wenhe has a solution?"

Xu An's eyes brightened slightly. Now there are [-] sales homes under the jurisdiction of Taiping Road. However, because the main focus is on the military, the money he can mobilize is indeed a bit small. It is not a stretch to say that point.

It is actually a bit difficult to maintain such a scale now. When more children are admitted, a certain amount of finance must be deflected.

If Jia Xu can solve this problem, it will undoubtedly solve a difficult problem for him.

"Although it cannot be completely resolved, it can also relieve some financial pressure."

Jia Xu clasped his hands, straightened his back, and continued.

"Since ancient times, the solution to financial problems has been nothing more than two points. The first is to reduce its expenditure, and the second is to expand its source, reducing expenditure and increasing revenue."

"Now the seventeen sales homes are all in the city. They are taken from the old land of the house that was originally confiscated. They don't cost money. They seem to save money, but they are not."

"Living in the city is very inconvenient, food and clothing needs to be purchased, and it costs a lot of money."

"That's why I believe that we can move the sales homes to the villages or military villages in Ting Township, that is, in the villages. There is no shortage of carpenters and people's labor in the villages, and it can be built with less money. A rather large sales home for children."

"It is best to choose a military camp near the place where the sales school is set up. Any problems can be solved in a timely manner. Generally, small children do not dare to harass them easily."

Jia Xu paused, and continued to speak.

"Today, Duke Ming's advocacy of 'a family of soldiers and civilians' has achieved initial results. It has been two years since Duke Ming took over Bingzhou, and Bingzhou is rich and peaceful. The people, the people regard the soldiers as brothers, and the soldiers regard the people as their robes."

"If you set up a sales center around the military camp, you only need to publicize it a little, so that all the people will know the benevolence of Ming Gong, and the benevolent government of Ming Gong will be supported by the people all over the world."

"The farmland in the Huajun station is Salesian farm, no money and food will be allocated, and all expenses for food and clothing will be paid from the Salesian farm. The tax on Salesian farm is equal to that of ordinary land, but when the grain is harvested, it will be directly liberated from the farm. In the warehouse of the Salesian Hospital, instead of being escorted into the city, it can also avoid unnecessary loss during the journey.”

"This is the first point I will talk about next - to save money."

"Wen He's words awakened the dreamer. I was too careful and didn't think about it comprehensively. It is indeed more appropriate for the sales school to be built between Ting and Township."

Xu An was a good follower, and he only heard some relevant news about the establishment of the Salesian Home at the beginning. At that time, his main energy was still in Liangzhou and Jizhou.

Yan Zhong also showed a smile, and nodded approvingly at Jia Xu

Jia Xu smiled slightly, gave a salute neither humble nor overbearing, and then continued to speak.

"The second point I want to talk about is to open its source."

"The people of the four prefectures entered Bingzhou. If ordinary people deal with it, they must provide food for them to survive the difficulties. But Minggong is different. Using work as a relief will make the people have surplus money and benefit from it, so I think , Is it possible to do the same in the Salesian's Home?"

"It is stipulated in the sales school that children under the age of [-] are accepted in the hospital. Although children are weak and not as good as adults, they can still do some chores when they reach a certain age. In fact, they are more than ten years old, eight or nine years old. To help do something."

"There are goats raised in the Salesian Hospital in the eldest son city. This method can be promoted. The Xiongnu surrendered and Wuhuan returned. There is no shortage of livestock in Bingzhou. Simply teach the following nurses the knowledge of raising livestock in captivity. It does not need to cost too much to let the children take care of them on weekdays. If you have a lot of money, you can also maintain the daily food and drink needed by the baby. In addition, you can also raise other livestock in captivity to accumulate wealth.”

Jia Xu made a bow with both hands, and saluted again.

"It does work."

Xu An nodded. The method Jia Xu mentioned is theoretically feasible. Xu An once went to a welfare home as a volunteer.

In the orphanage, there are many older children who help take care of the younger children, just like little adults. After all, there are not many nurses, so it is normal for them to be too busy.

Children from rural families help with chores when they are very young, such as cutting firewood in the mountains, and collecting pigweed. Many of them have done it when they were young, and they have helped their parents cook, sweep the floor, and do things within their capabilities.

"Then hand over this matter to the Secretary of Internal Affairs and the Secretary of Agricultural Affairs for joint consultation. After the agreement is reached, an order will be issued to reset the Salesian Home."

Xu An looked at Yan Zhong inquiringly, and after getting an affirmative answer, he set the rules.

The matter of farmland was assigned to the officials of the Department of Agricultural Affairs, and the Salesian House was managed by the Department of Internal Affairs. After all, what Jia Xu said was theoretically feasible, and some things still needed to be practiced to know whether they were suitable.

It is most reasonable to leave this matter to professionals.

Jia Xu's arrangement for Xu An is naturally meaningless. He is not very proficient in agricultural and civil affairs, and what he proposed is only a probability. If he is really asked to implement it, it will probably take more time than those professionals, and it may even be possible. It might even take a detour.

However, Jia Xu didn't finish his words, and before Xu An finished speaking, Jia Xu turned around, facing Xu An, and spoke first in a serious manner.

"In the past few days, Mr. Yan and I have discussed some things about the situation in the Taiping Road. I heard that the Yellow Turban Army now has no military salary from the generals to the soldiers, but is it true?"

Xu An didn't hide anything, this matter was not an important secret, Taiping Dao's finances were tight, and such a large-scale army was actually far beyond the normal capacity.

"The world is difficult, the people are struggling to survive, and the world is in constant chaos. In the troubled times, human life is like nothing. It is not easy to survive in the troubled times. Most of the generals under Duke Ming's command now don't mention money and food because of this."

"Born in sorrow, die in peace."

"Because of Duke Ming, and because of the way of peace, Bingzhou is still a happy land in this troubled world. The people of the four states entered Bingzhou, and let the people of Bingzhou understand the suffering outside. It makes them cherish this hard-won peace even more."

Jia Xu bowed slightly and lowered his voice. His voice is calm and contagious, and people will feel convinced unconsciously.

"If you don't pay the food and salary, it's not a serious problem for the time being, but there is one thing that Minggong must be vigilant about."

"Duke Ming raised his army in the first year of Zhongping, unified Taihang, collected Shangdang in the north, captured Hedong in the west, established the Dingding and merged the prefectures, and achieved extraordinary military exploits. He won successive battles and victories all the way. Today's Taiping Dao can have such momentum. The first contribution should be due to Duke Ming."

Jia Xu changed the topic.

"However, the repeated battles also caused a large number of soldiers under Minggong's command to die. The soldiers who started Minggong were the bandit residents in the Taihang Mountains, as well as the Yellow Turban Army who evacuated from Jizhou. Most of these soldiers did not Families, no heirs."

"The souls of the war dead return to Huangtian, their names are kept on the commemorative stone tablet, they are enshrined by the incense and fire of all people, and they enter the heavenly court as immortals and gods. This is what Duke Ming said."

Xu An nodded. He erected a monument on the central square of Jinyang for everyone to commemorate. Of course, the monument on the square is just a monument with the word "Taiping" engraved on it.

The place where the names of every soldier who died in battle is actually recorded is a Taoist temple outside Jinyang City, and the Taoist temple is called "Taiping Temple".

What stands in the Taiping Temple is not the sculpture of immortal gods, but tall stone tablets one after another. The names of all the recorded and killed soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army are engraved on the stone tablets. The number of the step.

The dead soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army have not been forgotten, their names are engraved on the stone tablet, and their names are also preserved in the government office of Jinyang City.

It was one Fu Zhu after another, who took pen and ink to ask one by one, recorded one by one, and recorded the names.

But there are still many people who died in battle who did not leave their names and were not recorded.

However, after the literacy classes were gradually opened, each of the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army now has their own name, and each of them has a rough wooden sign in their arms. step.

The souls of those who died in battle returned to Huang Tian, ​​and their names were left on the stone tablet.

The incense in Taiping Temple has never been cut off for a day. The worshipers include civilians and blessings, but most of them are soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

"The soldiers serve their deaths, and the generals serve their lives. This is the advantage of the Yellow Turban Army. Because of this, they are invincible wherever they go."

"Nowadays, the trilogy under Duke Ming is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more people are joining Duke Ming's command, following in Duke Ming's footsteps, and under the banner of Taiping Dao. These people have wives and children, but they are not alone. "

"The yin and yang are separated, and the broken family is not a dangerous word. If a man dies in battle without any compensation, his wife and children must be deeply grieved and even resentful."

"Even though Duke Ming has an order to give preferential treatment to the family members of soldiers, some tax fields can be exempted, and food and clothing will not be difficult, but in the long run, there may be changes."

Xu An frowned slightly. Now the army under his command does not pay military salaries, but after joining the army, they can reduce certain taxes to subsidize the family's loss after temporarily losing a male, so that they can maintain their livelihood.

But as Jia Xu said, the current Yellow Turban Army has no compensation for the families of the war dead at all, which will inevitably make them resentful.

"In the first year of Emperor Wu Taichu, Jianzhang Yingqi was first set up, and later renamed Yulinqi, which belonged to Guangluxun. He also took the descendants of the soldiers who died in the army, raised Yulin officials, taught them five soldiers, and was named Yulin Orphan..."

Before Jia Xu finished speaking, Xu An already understood Jia Xu's meaning.

"Wenhe means that a battalion can be set up to recruit orphans of fallen soldiers and follow the example of Habayashi Guard."

A gleam of brilliance flashed in Xu An's eyes.

Bringing up the orphans of the soldiers and collecting them into a battalion can not only appease the hearts of the generals, but also stabilize the emotions of the family members.

Habayashi can be famous all over the world.

Taipingwei might not be famous all over the world.

Chapter 532 Wen Xuan Team

The "Taiping Law" and the regulations of the Salesian House have also been implemented.

After Xu You received the letter, he, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Agricultural Affairs also came up with some solutions.

A total of [-] sales homes were set up in the twelve counties, all of which were set up around the villages in the military villages to house orphans and children.

He also ordered the Propaganda Office to send a propaganda team to preach about the Salesian House in each township kiosk, and publicize it as a model of a military and civilian family.

And this time the propaganda team's activities also allowed Xu An to discover another way to open source.

In the past few days, when the mission was preaching in the eldest son city, it has received the support of many people, and some people even donated money to support the establishment of the sales school.

After several days of preaching, I actually got a lot of copper coins.

When the people from the mission office put the donations on Xu An's desk, looking at the copper coins of different colors and sizes in the bag, Xu An felt mixed feelings for a while.

The copper coins one after another were put into the cloth bag from rough hands one after another.

"The people's hearts are like this, so why worry?"

Looking at the copper coins in the cloth bag, Yan Zhong couldn't help sighing.

"Mission mission..."

Yan Zhong shook his head and laughed at himself.

"When Duke Ming first set up the Mission Office, I thought it was just a new office for propagandizing sects, but I didn't know the word mission. I was talking about propagandizing and enlightening, but I was superficial."

Looking at the money accumulated in the bag, Jia Xu felt a little emotional for a while.

In the past few days, the Propaganda Team of the Mission Office had many performances in the eldest son city, and he also went to see them a few times.

The Propaganda Department is a new department established by Xu An. It belongs to the Central Military Mansion and is under its direct control. It is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. It is in charge of entertainment and missions in the military.

I heard that the propaganda team is performing "drama" in various places, which is completely different from the music and dance dramas of princes, generals, and sons and grandsons.

"I heard that the propaganda team performed 'dramas', but I have never heard of 'dramas'. I heard from others that in the 'dramas' performed in the past few days, there is a 'drama' in the 'drama'. Written by yourself?"

Jia Xu looked at the copper coins in his hand. He had heard about the work of the Mission Department before, but he didn't expect such a strong response, so he wanted to see what magic power the Mission Department had.

Although the Mission Office is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Mansion, in fact, like the Eagle Wolf Guard, it is under the personal jurisdiction of Xu An and is not under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Mansion.

Almost all the staff in the mission office were from Fu Zhu's background, and Yan Zhong didn't know many people.

So Yan Zhong actually doesn't understand the current mission office, and he doesn't know what the so-called "drama" is.

"Since it was written by Minggong himself, I am somewhat interested."

Yan Zhong stroked his beard. Although Xu An didn't know the scriptures, he was always able to say something that surprised him, and even wrote some convincing poems.

Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer, Yan Zhong still remembers that poem.

The "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" are even more pearls, every sentence of admonition, paragraph by paragraph.

"It's just past the unitary hour, and there is still a quarter of an hour before the time for the propaganda team to preach. It happens to be free today, why don't we take a look together."

Yan Zhong stood up and suggested.

"Duke Ming has been staying in the government office of the eldest son city for the past few days, and he hasn't seen the publicity team's appearance in front of the public. Why don't we take this opportunity to watch it together?"

Xu An hesitated for a moment, but what Yan Zhong said was correct.

Of course, he has seen the performances of the propaganda team. Two or three of the scripts were written by him, and then they were polished by others. Finally, after revisions, they were put on the stage.

He has seen the rehearsal, but he has never seen the publicity team perform in front of the public.