Passing through the station

The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not prohibit same-sex marriage, although there was no express provision saying that same-sex marriages were allowed.In some special places, usually relatively backward places, there are quite a few men who get married and live with each other.Relatively speaking, marrying a wife always requires a lot of expenses, while two men don't pay so much attention. They just live together as a partner and have more labor.

However, Da Zhou does not advocate this behavior.After all, for local officials these days, during their term of office, changes in the local population are directly linked to their political performance. Once they reach the age of no marriage, even widows and widowers who are still fertile, the government will not let go. The official media was sent to the door.

Now, due to the rapid development of the postal system, the marriage of Chu Hao and Ruan Bai spread rapidly throughout Dazhou.

The status and status of the two of them obviously wouldn't just roll in the kennel and live their lives behind closed doors.All kinds of attention must be paid, and it is more important than ordinary marriage and daughter.

Possession is sometimes an attitude.

For example, the amount of dowry gift given by the man directly shows how much the man attaches importance to the woman.In contrast, the amount of dowry given by the woman is also the same as the value given to the man.Of course, this will include all kinds of show-off complexes.

Unlike Chu Hao's dowry/betrothal gift, which was prepared by Princess Pingxi since she was a child, Ruan Bai's property was all earned by herself in a short period of time.Materials are scarce these days, and many things cannot be bought immediately even if you have money.He simply put aside this part and focused on other items to show off his wealth.

When it comes to low-key luxury, Ruan Bai thinks he still has some ideas... It's just that they were all shot to death by the emperor's little old man.

"Why doesn't this work, and that doesn't work either!" Seeing that the wedding was imminent, but he didn't even get the most basic things done, he immediately jumped the wall in a hurry, and even put aside his respect for the emperor for the time being.

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "The dowry you chose...cough, dowry, it's useless at all."

"Why?!" Give him a reason!

Being questioned like this, the emperor was not angry, but instead patiently presented the facts and reasoned: "No matter what, after you get married, you have to live in the Pingxi Palace, right?"

"Hmm." The structure of the palace is actually similar to that of the imperial palace, with a shop in front and a house in the back...the office in the front and the house in the back.Of course, the composition above is more complicated, and there are more things to deal with.Even if his house is very close to the palace, after all, it is not convenient to live directly in the palace.

What's more, if they moved out, there would only be the concubine and the prince left in the palace, which would make it even more empty.In case of any emergencies, it would be difficult to deal with them without their presence.

The emperor's words interrupted Ruan Bai's thoughts of running away, and the little old man poked on the gift list with his increasingly ruddy and healthy fingers: "These things are all available in the palace, even if you are ready, do you still exchange the things from both parties? Send it there just to change the house?" And it is obvious that the Chu family's things will be better.

Ruan Bai curled his lips: "Okay." The coal boss decided painfully, "At worst, I will move ten carts of gold there..." Sure enough, low-key luxury is not something ordinary people can enjoy, so he should be a simple and happy local tyrant~ Ten Che Jinzi... The emperor opened his mouth, why is a little postman so rich?

In the busy schedule, the day soon came to the day of marriage.

The weather is no longer cold, spring flowers are blooming all over the city, and the trees are full of shade.

On this day, everyone in Xijing City got up early, put on their most beautiful clothes, and some of them carried baskets filled with various flowers and fruits.

With the approaching of the wedding date, and without knowing where it started, Xijing City fell into an inexplicable festive atmosphere, as if the Spring Festival had not yet ended, and the joy on people's faces could be seen even by the blind.

Without the restriction of identity, besides being a nominal matchmaker these days, the emperor would take Tian Kaifu and Fang Maomao for a walk in the streets whenever he had time.Originally, Zuo Yuanliang was supposed to be accompanying him, but the emperor disliked that Zuo Yuanliang's face was too recognizable in Xijing, so he directly ordered him to coordinate the wedding ceremony.

Until the first day of the day, the emperor still couldn't figure it out, and asked the general who finally joined him: "Old Zuo, you said that Chu Hao and Ruan Bai, two young talents, got married just like that. The girls in Xijing City Shouldn't you be crying? Why are you so happy with each other?" I was so happy!

Zuo Yuanliang didn't understand at first, but he has been with the old man for a few days, and he has already heard the answer: "Your Majesty doesn't know. From the eyes of the women in Xijing, Prince Chu is unattainable, and Ruan Lang is not from Xijing in the first place." Whether the two of them get married or not has nothing to do with the local girls. On the contrary, Xijing has developed a lot in the past year, and the lives of ordinary people have become much easier. I heard that Chu Shizi and Ruan Lang are planning to go to Xijing Set up a public school, free of tuition fees, for the children to go to school. The common people appreciate it, how can there be any dissatisfaction!"

"Public school?" The emperor became interested, "Let's hear it?"

"I don't know the details, but I know a little bit about it." In front of the emperor, Zuo Yuanliang didn't dare to tell the truth, and said directly, "Ruan Lang's initial plan is to set up four rooms in Xijing. Shushu accepts children under the age of ten to study. All tuition fees are exempted, and children who go to school only need to buy books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone by themselves.”

After a little thought, the emperor understood the purpose of this establishment.

There is no doubt that literacy is useful.But the cost of reading is not small for ordinary people.Ruan Bai could easily say to bring ten carts of gold, even if the miscellaneous fees were waived, he could do it.But the reason why he didn't do that is probably related to the current... well, the level of social productivity.

The really poor people, not to mention ten-year-old children, even three or four-year-old children may have to take them with them and do some work.Ten-year-old children can already be half of the labor force, how can they be allowed to read and write?

To put it bluntly, reading is still a privilege that only a small number of people can enjoy.Now that there is a public school, the threshold for reading is lowered, and some children who can't afford a husband can also read and write. It has to be said that it is of great benefit to Da Zhou.If it weren't for the gap in the state treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor would also like to implement it in the capital.

Yamen spends a considerable amount of money every year to maintain some vacant houses.And according to the concept of this public school, it should only be used for children's enlightenment, not for teaching children to learn. Sir, you can invite some poor scholars who have failed.To do other things, to those lofty scholars, he might even say a few words that are insulting to the dignity; but to be a teacher to the children, he is sure that he will never touch the sensitive nerves of those scholars.

Well, if you add the marketing methods mentioned by Ruan Bai, for example, to make the social influence of enlightening children bigger, I am afraid that many people will cry and shout to be Mr.

Unfortunately, no money!

The emperor was not curious about Ruan Bai doing any weird things. What he was curious about was: "When did this kid do so many things? Seeing him busy these days, he never stops."

Mentioning this, Zuo Yuanliang also took a pinch of teeth: "It's been a long time. The stinky boy cooperated with the princess to do it. Even the prince knew about it not long ago." The mother-in-law is still solid.According to his wife...

"My husband is busy with official duties, so it's fine for me to take care of such trivial matters, so I don't need to worry about my husband." It means, tell him there is something wrong!

If it was not to be carried out in the name of the public, I am afraid that King Pingxi would have to wait until the Shushu was completed before he would know about it.

"Then Chu Hao doesn't know?"

"Chu Hao knows, he was the one who found the Shushu house."

Xijing, like Beijing, has many public rental housing for officials, and the location is good and the price is moderate.In addition to the houses built with public funds, some of them were confiscated from the private sector for various reasons.

This part of the house can be used to reward officials with outstanding performance, and can be used as public facilities such as charity halls, post offices, and property management offices; it can also be used for rental and trading.

Of course, housing prices in Xijing are high, and some relatively large-scale houses are rarely visited even if they are rented out.It happened that the scale of the school building that Ruan Bai needed was more demanding, so he selected some houses that had been in disrepair for a long time and bulldozed them for reconstruction, and the other one was simply a piece of vacant land.

In order to celebrate the marriage of the two, all the initial construction of the school and teaching aids and other equipment were sponsored by coal boss Ruan Bai and his son Chu Hao.

Not to mention how much manpower and material resources are needed to build such a Shushu. After the completion, the Shushu will recruit various administrative and logistics personnel from the outside.Isn't this an employment opportunity for nearby residents?

From the point of view of most ordinary people in Xijing, their children will not need to be repaired by their husbands to go to school in the future, and other miscellaneous expenses will be borne by themselves.Isn't it good for the government to send people to school for free?

And this kind of thing that has nothing to do with most of the upper class, they can also find a way to get involved.How much do the officials and dignitaries care about their reputation these days!They spend a lot of money on porridge and charity every year, just to have a good name.Now buy some pens, inks, papers and inkstones for the school, for the enlightenment of children, as long as the most common ones are fine, how much money can I spend?As soon as the news spread, many people were inquiring about it.

The shrewd emperor turned his head and came up with an empty-handed white wolf plan.While there is still some time, I wrote a letter directly and sent someone to the capital: "Let the crown prince recruit all the ministers to discuss."

The crown prince has practiced dead fish eyes/expressionless face within a few days of supervising the country. When he received his father's shameless letter, he read it calmly, and recruited all the important officials to the imperial study to work together.

The important ministers deserved to be the most insidious, especially the bearded Li of the Ministry of Accounting: "Such a good plan should be vigorously implemented." What the Ministry of Accounting needs to give away is just a few houses.

There were a few who reacted slowly and were still thinking about how to spend the money. This stingy Li was the first to agree. After the discussion went on, they found out...

"Mister's question, let the Imperial College come. The professor doesn't have to go, and the students can occasionally give lectures."

"Go and check a few temples in the capital to see who gives more incense money. Don't you like to do good deeds? Letting children read and write is not as useful as burning a few incense sticks and lighting a few oil lamps?"

After discussing and discussing, in the final analysis, it was one sentence: "The Ministry of Households does not need to pay money." Li Shangshu stroked the baby's beard in relief, and his majesty went to Xijing, which is enlightening.Before he leaves office, will he be able to see the day when the treasury will be filled again?

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