One Piece of Song Dynasty

The first day passed like this, and Ruan Xiaowu left with his fleet early the next morning. It was too slow to build the city with just these few thousand people, and more people and materials were needed. .

After Ruan Xiaowu left, Li Xin began to lead the people to build the city. Li Xin planned to build a large city with a circumference of kilometers and a length and width of five kilometers. It was expected to accommodate a population of in the future. The city was bordered by a tributary of the Tamsui River to the north and the Tamsui River to the west.

Li Xin first found Wang Wenlong and said, "You Confucian scholars, when a ship arrives, register the number of new people and supplies, explain our policies to them and register their choices, and take care of them when there is no ship." Collect all kinds of supplies and record the details of receiving the supplies."

Wang Wenlong cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, I understand."

Li Xin also invited Niu Gao, Ruan Xiaoqi, Liu Laohan and other craftsmen. Li Xin drew a simple diagram on the ground with tree branches and said, "A certain person plans to build a large city with a circumference of forty miles here. The city wall will be two feet high. To the north is the tributary of the great river, and to the west is the great river.”

As the representative of the craftsmen, Old Man Liu said, "This city is not small and requires a lot of materials. We don't have enough materials now, nor do we have enough manpower."

Li Xin waved his hand and said, "This is not a problem. The manpower and materials will increase in a few days. From now on, people and materials will be replenished every two or three days."

Old Man Liu said, "That's no problem, but it will take a long time to build such a large city."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Uncle Liu, I'm going to divide the people into two groups. One group will build the east and south walls first. The north and west sides are close to the river. Don't rush to build the walls yet. The other group will build houses. We can't let people live in them all the time." Tent, and Uncle Liu organized a few craftsmen who can bake bricks to build a brick kiln to bake bricks. We can't just rely on shipping, and it just so happens that the fire here has a lot of charcoal that can be used."

Old Man Liu replied, "Well, I understand."

Li Xin continued, "First measure the location of the city wall before starting to build it. Build two gates on the east and south walls, and one gate on the north and west walls. When building the west wall, it should be closer to the inside, because the west side needs to be built. Leave space for the wharf and the shipyard. The wharf will definitely be expanded in the future, and the west gate should be facing the wharf."

Old Man Liu nodded and said, "Yes, I understand. Does the master have any other instructions?"

Li Xin thought for a moment and then said, "The City Guard's Mansion should be placed in the middle of the northern city wall. I don't need to ask how big the City Guard's Mansion should be. A large courtyard with a circumference of two hundred feet would be enough. There should be six Imperial Colleges built on both sides of the City Guard's Mansion. There is a Chongwu Academy, a Chongwen Academy, a medical school, a craftsman college, an agricultural college, a mining college, and ten primary schools will be built in the city. From now on, all children over six years old, regardless of gender, will first go to primary school to study the sixth grade. In the year, the money spent for six years of primary school study will not be set too high. These six years of study are compulsory and every child must participate. Those who have family members who obstruct it will be punished. After six years of study, they can enter according to the child's choice. Chongwuyuan or Chongwenyuan or medical school or craftsman college or agricultural college or mining college.”

After hearing this, Old Man Liu and other craftsmen immediately knelt down and said, "I would like to thank you on behalf of everyone. We will never forget your great kindness to us. Don't worry, we will not stop the children from studying."

Li Xin waved her hands and said, "Get up, this is our home from now on. To build a good home, of course we need a lot of talents. If we want a country to survive for a long time, we also need a lot of talents. This is what we should do. Let's continue. A barracks will be built in the southeast corner of the city. Your brick kilns and places for making iron and steel to make weapons will be placed around the barracks. A large market and two large warehouses will be built in the southwest corner of the city. Two warehouses will be used for one purpose. One to store food and one to store other supplies. The main street in the city must be wide enough to carry four carriages at the same time. The city's sewer system must also be repaired. You can repair the rest, restaurants, hospitals, brothels, and inns. They are all indispensable.”

Old man Liu cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, I understand."

After finishing the explanation, Old Man Liu and other craftsmen went to lead people to start building city walls and houses.

Li Xin said to Ruan Xiaoqi and Niu Gao, "Brother Seven should go to the city wall and be a supervisor. Brother Niu will continue to lead the Xiang Barracks to guard the two miles outside the city wall on the east and south sides, and no one will be allowed to approach."

The two clasped their fists and said, "Yes, brothers, brothers, take orders."

Ruan Xiaoqi and Niu Gao left, and Li Xin went to find Zhao Fei, the manager of the workshop. The tribute supply could not be cut off for too long. The stock in Hui'an County alone could not support it for a few days, so the workshop had to be built quickly.

Li Xin said to Zhao Fei, "Go to Old Man Liu and ask him to build a workshop for you in the southeast corner of the city. After it is built, you can start the work. The tribute supply cannot be cut off for too long. The inventory in Hui'an cannot last for a few days." "

Zhao Fei cupped his fists and replied, "Yes, Master, I understand."

Everyone started to get busy. Li Xin walked around with nothing to do and found a place to spread out a piece of paper and prepare to write something. Li Xin first wrote down the education policy just mentioned, but how much is the annual tuition for primary school? After thinking about it, Li Xin decided to set the tuition fee for elementary school at NT$ per child per year; as for the four colleges after elementary school, Li Xin planned that these four colleges would be four-year studies, with tuition fees of NT$ per child per year; primary schools mainly offer There are three subjects, Confucianism, arithmetic, and physical education. Physical exercise is indispensable for children when they are growing up. In addition to learning some simple articles in Confucianism, arithmetic is also some basic arithmetic.

Of the six academies after elementary school, Chongwu Academy is equivalent to a military school, offering subjects such as strategy, tactics, martial arts, espionage, drawing, scouting, special operations, etc.; students in Chongwen Academy will mainly become civil servants in the future, mainly studying Confucianism, Politics, economics, advanced arithmetic, etiquette, law and other subjects; medical school mainly studies medicine, pharmacy, work and other subjects; craftsman college studies more, such as carpentry, blacksmith, shipwright, physics, chemistry, advanced arithmetic, etc. Subjects; the Agricultural College mainly studies subjects such as farming, biology, and animal husbandry; the Mining College mainly studies subjects such as prospecting, mining, advanced arithmetic, and drawing. Li Xin plans to personally serve as the mountain director of these six universities. With this Only with the talents of the six colleges can Li Xin lead the Song Dynasty to achieve rapid industrialization in the future, and the students from these six colleges will be Li Xin's most loyal supporters, and will also become Li Xin's foundation for controlling the Song Dynasty in the future.

Except for educational policy, except for land policy, Song laws will be adopted for the time being. Of course, the privileges of scholar-officials were also abolished in Li Xin's territory. Scholar-officials who committed capital crimes would also be beheaded. Li Xin would not be used to some literati. , Li Xin will also improve the status of craftsmen, soldiers, and businessmen. Of course, the fact that businessmen cannot be in politics will not change. Children of businessmen can be in politics, but they cannot use power for personal gain. Li Xin will be beheaded if he uses power for personal gain.

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