Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Yunluo's face immediately lit up with joy, and he quickly thanked him, "Thank you very much, my brother, for your grace."

Honghui was also among them: "Thank you, Father, for your grace."

Yinzhen waved his hand and then instructed: "Yunlu, you are good at business, so I will leave the matter of plaster to you. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works will fully cooperate."

"My brother accepts the order."

"I hope you will do your best. When you succeed, I will reward you two!"

The two men said they didn't dare, and it took a long conversation for Emperor Yongzheng, who was accompanying Prince Zhao's palace, to send the holy carriage back to the palace. Within ten days, a flat and smooth road appeared out of nowhere in front of the Jingzhao Palace, which broadened the horizons of the people in the capital.

"Wow, this road is so smooth. I can't even feel any bumps while sitting in the carriage?"

"Not only that, it rained a lot the other day, but there is not a trace of mud on my feet, and I don't know where the water on the road has gone. It's really magical!"

"I heard that this road was built in a few days, and it is said that the cost is not expensive. I wonder if there is a chance to build this kind of mud road at the entrance of our alley? When it rains or snows, every time I step on the mud, I am really fed up with it." ...

People in the capital were talking about it, and Yunluo was listening nearby and felt very proud. His eyebrows and eyes were flying in joy, and he was about to jump up.

"Let's go to the royal workshop. I have to supervise them. There is still not enough plaster! We still need to recruit more people..." He was only responsible for providing plaster, while various government offices and local gentry would pave the road.

Yes, it was Honghui's idea. To be honest, there was nothing special about it. It was just that each side got what it needed. The court needed to save money, and the gentry needed to use it to become famous. The two sides hit it off, which saved a lot of trouble in promoting the plaster road.

Merchant affairs are what Yunluo is used to doing and are not worth mentioning. It is nothing more than lowering the selling price and inciting public opinion. The things on either side are good, but they lack an opportunity to be noticed by the world.

As for how plaster became so popular, and how plaster roads covered most of the Qing Dynasty within a year, it is needless to say that people were not blind, so why would they choose muddy dirt roads instead of good plaster roads?

In the third year of Yongzheng's reign, the people in all prefectures and regions made a lot of money. The reason was that roads were being built everywhere, and except for the busy farming season, almost every family member, young and old, went out to earn money. At the end of that year, every household had a good year.

But that’s a story for later, let’s not talk about it for now!

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It was the end of the year, and yet things were not over yet. An epidemic that came from nowhere suddenly broke out in the capital, and after only half a month it spread to the palace.

People inside and outside the palace were in panic. The New Year was not festive at all. Yinzhen hadn't had a good night's sleep for many days.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress burned incense and prayed in Baohua Temple all day long, the Forbidden City was filled with the smell of acetic acid and the pungent aroma of mugwort, and the imperial physicians of all ranks in the Imperial Medical Bureau were pondering the right prescription day and night. After all, the Emperor had issued an edict that anyone who could solve the epidemic would be promoted by at least one level and receive a reward of one thousand taels of silver!

With such a generous reward and the reputation of saving countless lives, they could not help but take it seriously.

Around the 20th day of the first lunar month, the imperial physician Wen Shichu was the first to develop a prescription for the epidemic before other imperial doctors, thus resolving the court's urgent needs.

But Yinzhen's thoughts were a little complicated. It was because Wen Shichu had touched his nerves in some way!

"Logically speaking, I should give him a reward, but..." This guy is really not very honest.

Honghui raised his eyebrows and replied nonchalantly: "Since he has good medical skills, let him specialize in teaching and training doctors. Why confine him to the Imperial Hospital? It will ruin his ability!" It just so happened that he had the idea of ​​setting up a medical school, and now he decided to try it by wading in the river.

Why worry about the past life in this life? Wen Shichu is just an imperial physician. If he stays away from the gossip in the harem, his mind will still be very clear!

Yinzhen gave him an interested look in return: "Tell me more about it."

"Nowadays, learning medicine is almost always inherited from family, and the quality of doctors among the people is mixed. When ordinary people get sick, they either wait for death or their family's savings are emptied. It would be good to train more doctors with good medical skills! I want to set aside a place to build a public school, which will only teach medical skills..."

"This is unrealistic. Not to mention that people today are too proud of what they have, there are probably not many people willing to step forward. Moreover, the Imperial Hospital gathers almost all the famous doctors in the world. How many people are willing to leave the Imperial Hospital to become a teacher in a small public school?"

Honghui smiled faintly: "There are always people who are excluded or whose temperament is not suitable to stay in the Imperial Hospital. Isn't this the case with Wen Shichu? Although there is no rank or salary in the public school, there is still a generous salary. There is also a benefit of writing a book and a biography. I wonder if they will be tempted?"

Writing a book and leaving your name in history will definitely tempt someone!

"go on."

"The Qing Dynasty has a large population, and there are many abandoned children. Whenever there is a natural disaster, there are also many orphans. Now, the orphanages everywhere are crowded with orphaned children! I thought, since the court is generous with money and benevolence, why not teach them to do their best and make a living? Medicine is just one of them. Arithmetic, carpentry, blacksmithing, weaving, embroidery, etc. can all be taught by someone."

Yinzhen suddenly realized: "So this is what you are planning, teaching orphans how to make a living, well, it sounds reliable, and it is a great merit! But although the treasury is still full, it is still too much to afford to build public schools in various places."

Honghui had already thought it over and knew that it was unrealistic to do it in a big way, so he didn't even mention it. "No need to do it in a big way. Just open up some wasteland in the suburbs of Beijing and build dozens of houses with plaster, bricks, tiles or stones. It won't cost much money! As for the candidates, first select people from the orphanages around the capital to teach for a year or so. If it is effective, then slowly expand outward..."

After a reasonable explanation, Yinzhen kept nodding his head, and he already had 50% approval in his heart.

"Well, you draft a memorial, and I will consider it carefully later, and then discuss it with the court officials." It sounds like a small commotion, but in fact it is quite big. The allocation of money is just a small matter, and the selection of internal personnel of the public school is a big deal!

Afterwards, Honghui carefully wrote a memorial on all aspects, but was unexpectedly rejected by the court officials.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to build a public school. Isn't it enough to send people to the Children's Bureau to teach?"

"Your Majesty, every deposit in the national treasury must be carefully considered. The orphans in the orphanage live in the public school for at least two or three years, and spend a lot of money on food and drink. It's really not worth it to spend a lot of money every year!"

"Your Majesty, in the past thousand years, I have only heard of public schools being built to teach people Confucianism, but I have never heard of teaching these miscellaneous studies that are not worthy of being on the stage..."