Chastity Layman

This doesn't include the stewards and buddies in those properties of the Qin family, not to mention the dividends, which are purely the monthly money of the master and servant in the mansion, and do not include living expenses.

Qin Lang couldn't help sighing, it's really a wealthy family selling gold, no wonder the Jia family collapsed as soon as they said it in the Dream of Red Mansions. With such a large expenditure, once they lose their stable source of income, they can eat for a few days.

The princess said that all the monthly and daily expenses of the family would be paid from her in the future, how could Qin Lang agree, since he couldn't afford to pay, how could he use his wife's private money.

"Treasure Island is now on the right track. To tell you the truth, nearly a thousand taels of gold can be mined in a day. After excluding the cost, the income is still a few hundred taels. This business is very profitable, and the net profit is not less than a year. One million is more than enough to support the family. Besides, our family also has so many other industries. Which one does not make money in sugar, glass, perfume, and sea trade? You don’t have to worry about supporting the family. From now on, I will deposit money into the family account every month. You are in charge of accounting, monthly payment, and expenses."

The princess was astonished.

"Is there so much gold mining in Treasure Island?"

"Well, it's a bit far overseas, it's not convenient to travel, and the cost is higher."

"Sanlang, after I came to Lingnan, I found that Wu'an Prefecture has established many schools, and even provided six years of elementary school education for free, exempted their tuition fees, provided students with free board and lodging, and even distributed free school uniforms, books, pens and ink, etc. , these are really well done.”

"It takes ten years to grow trees, and a hundred years to cultivate people. Education is the foundation. The merits of the present age will benefit the future." Qin Lang said.

"Although Wu'an is far away in southern Xinjiang, it is really remarkable. I found that there are not only a large number of free elementary schools here, but also many literacy classes. There are barely literacy night classes in various towns and towns, free of charge to teach people literacy and literacy. .”

"Sanlang, I also want to do something for Lingnan," said the princess.

"I support you!"

The princess said that he found that in Lingnan, the number of schools and literacy classes in the five prefectures under the Wu'an Governor's Mansion is much higher than that in other places. The main reason for this is that the Qin family has invested a lot of money in support.

"I want to use a sum of money to build more schools and literacy classes in other places."

"I support you, but I suggest that you can use another method, such as setting up an educational cooperative, or called an educational charity society, to raise funds through public fundraising, and then hire special people to work in some impoverished areas. Free elementary schools have been set up in mountainous areas to educate students during the day and to serve as adult literacy classes at night.”

"Arrange special people to be responsible for the dispatch and use of the raised funds, recruit teachers or volunteers to run schools and educate people in mountainous areas, manage these funds by yourself, supervise the expenditure of every sum of money, and put them into practice. The money plays a real role, not handed over to others, so as not to be embezzled or embezzled.”

Although Qin Lang's development of Treasure Island requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, Qin Lang is still willing to support the princess' enthusiasm.

He persuaded the princess to use the money to set up an education fund and operate it himself, instead of giving it to the government or to others, because he always felt that he would pay directly, but in fact the money would be embezzled and embezzled.

Just like the Qin family has spent a lot of income and profits every year these years to do good deeds, and part of it is used for education, which is the free six-year primary school, and secondly, adult literacy classes. Another part is used to adopt abandoned infants and orphans, run nursing homes, take in and help some disabled people, etc.

Qin Lang agrees with Confucianism's idea that the poor can only benefit themselves, and the rich can benefit the world at the same time. If you have the ability, you should give back to the society. The more you get from the society, the more you should give back.

The Qin family earns a large amount of income every year. While making money, of course they have to give back to the society. It's not just about paying taxes and taxes, it's also a duty to help the poor and the weak. Even those who do green forest robbers know how to rob the rich and help the poor. Qin Lang believes that they should have a sense of social responsibility.

On the other hand, taking out some proceeds to do this kind of public good will also help their reputation and popularity, which is equivalent to a disguised advertising strategy, but it is more practical than spending money on advertising for marketing. If you give back to the society and help the weak, the money can play a better role.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and only a good reputation can have a good market.

Anyway, these years, Qin Lang has insisted on this direction, starting from the side, so although Wu'an Mansion is now a place in southern Xinjiang, when it comes to this kind of free free education, it should definitely be at the forefront of the country.

After these years of perseverance, the Qin family is in Lingnan, especially in the area of ​​Wu'an, and the people's hearts are definitely not weaker than the imperial court.

Another great advantage of insisting on educational support is that after the literacy rate of Wu'an Prefecture increased, it also transfused a large number of fresh apprentices and fellows into the Qin family's business group.

"Let me give you an idea. If you title yourself Princess Taiping, why don't you name it Taiping Education Charity Society. I will donate 100,000 yuan to your society first, and I will support you first."

The more the princess heard, the more excited she became. When she was in Chang'an, she followed Empress Wende to help the orphans and widows, and helped the poor, but usually it was just spending money. But now her husband Qin Lang is talking about a brand new one. way.

This made her feel very excited, and she seemed to have found a passion. In the past few months, her husband was not at home, and she stayed in Wei Gongbao, but she actually felt very empty.

Now I finally found something to do.

"Then I will pay one hundred thousand coins."

Qin Lang smiled, "Let me give you a few more suggestions. First recruit a professional management team and remember to recruit some enthusiastic volunteers to join. The most important point is that all accounts must be clear and accurate. It is necessary to publish the accounts of the funds raised on a regular basis, and try to ensure that every amount of money raised has an account to check the ins and outs of the money, and it has to be used for real purposes.”

"Your management is excellent, but you must have the remuneration and benefits that should be given. In addition, you'd better form a board of supervisors with your fundraisers, and send people to regularly review the accounts, check the status of the school, etc. Since you want to do it, You have to do a good job, make a sound, implement it, and let those who really need it truly enjoy your assistance and donations."

"I suggest to build primary schools and literacy classes, popularize education, and build a small number of higher-level academies, and help the top seedlings in those small schools, so that they can have the opportunity to go further and help them In the future, you will be able to take part in the imperial examination or enter the Imperial Academy, state school, etc.”

The princess was so excited when she heard this that she couldn't fall asleep, so she directly pulled Qin Lang to sit up and called the maidservant.

The four maidservants came in together, thinking that they would finally have a chance to serve Wei Gongtong's room, but the princess asked them to get paper and pens, spread paper and ink, and record everything Qin Lang said one by one. , so as not to forget it all until tomorrow.

Qin Lang also supported the princess' enthusiasm.

As a princess, staying here in Lingnan does not have much to do. It is good to find something to do, and it is such a positive career.

Although Datang has greatly increased investment in education over the years, both Chang'an and Luoyang have Guozijian, which not only accept the children of high-ranking officials and nobles, leaders and nobles of vassal states, and foreign students from various countries, the number of people in both Guozijians has exceeded the 10,000 mark.

In addition, all prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty have basically realized the coverage of government schools. Even the most remote counties have at least one county school, and the government also encourages private schools to run schools.

But in general, education is still not fully universal these days.

Even the lowest government-run county school has a high threshold, and the tuition fees of family schools and private schools are not cheap.

The Qin family started with a technical school in the early years, and took another educational support model. The Qin family’s workshop first recruited apprentices, and then sent them to the Qin family’s technical school, where they were trained. After completing their studies, they returned to the original shop where they were trained Workshops, etc., the Qin family is responsible for their tuition and other expenses, and they go back to work for the Qin family after training, a win-win situation.

It's just that this kind of education is looked down upon by the literati and bureaucrats, who think that they can't be regarded as scholars, let alone scholars, but just a group of literate craftsmen.

However, Qin Lang still insisted on this path. After all, the Qin family spent real money to run the school. This model is a more long-term model.

Later, the Qin family began to spend some money to run some free primary schools and literacy classes in the name of those industries, which not only did good deeds but also gained word of mouth, and cultivated some fresh seedlings for the Qin family.

Some officials once came to the Qin family, wanting them to hand over the money directly to the government, and let them plan the money, use it to strengthen state and county government schools, or propose to establish an academy with the Qin family in partnership, that kind of formal academy, a collection of classics and history , to train imperial examination scholars in the future.

But Qin Lang refused.

Qin Lang has no intention of setting up that kind of academy, he would rather set up a few more Bailu Technical Academy, because that kind of academies are unaffordable for poor children, who only study poetry, songs, Fu, classics, and history, and they may pass the imperial examination after all. There are very few of them, so for the children of the poor, it would be good if they can popularize some basic education. If they can learn some skills that can support their families in the future, it will undoubtedly be more affordable.

There are many official schools in the imperial court, and there are also many gentry and village sages running schools in the local area, Qin Lang doesn't want to mix with them.

"Let me give you another suggestion. In fact, you can also set up one or two girls' schools in the future to recruit some girls."

"Girls' school? I heard that Sanlang opened a girls' school? He specialized in teaching them techniques such as weaving, embroidery, and silkworm rearing?"

Qin Lang nodded. The Qin family did have such a girls' school, and it was actually a technical school for girls. After all, the industry and commerce are booming, and there is a shortage of manpower in the Tang Dynasty, so it is inevitable that many workshops began to use girls, such as some weaving Workshops, embroidery workshops, etc., and even some other industries began to use a large number of female workers.

So it became inevitable for the Qin family to start setting up a technical school for women workers.

"It's different. I think you can also set up some girls' primary schools and recruit some girls to study, learn literacy, arithmetic, and even painting, music, embroidery, etc."

"What will you do after learning these things?" the princess asked.

Qin Lang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the princess to ask such a question, and he said after a long time, "Let them keep their eyes open in the future, after all, besides the ordinary families of nobles and relatives, how many girls have the opportunity to read and write?"

The princess was also silent, but she still felt that when such a girls' primary school was established, not many people would be willing to send it to study. After all, in the eyes of the people at the time, girls were meant to be married, and they would belong to other people's families in the future. People with money will naturally ask someone to teach them at home, and they will not be willing to go out to show their faces, while people with no money may have to help with things since they were young, so why would they let them go to school?

For a boy, he may be thinking that the opportunity to study is not easy to come by. Reading a book may change his destiny. Not to mention passing the imperial examination, at least he will have a better chance of being an apprentice in a shop in the future. Something like that would be even better.

Thinking of this, Qin Lang couldn't help but sigh.

"Sanlang, I can try."

Qin Lang could only nod his head.

He felt that these ideas of his were still a bit too advanced, even in Datang, where women had a higher status, the matter of running a girls' school was still a bit too advanced.

Half a point ahead of the times, that's a genius, a few steps ahead of the times, that's a madman.

"In the past, people always said that the people in the Central Plains are outstanding and the people in the Lingnan are wild and ignorant. In fact, there is no difference between the people in the Central Plains and the people in the Lingnan. Although people are tall, short, fat and thin, they are born with the same. There is no distinction between good and evil, but later they lived in different environments and received different educations, and they were gradually distinguished under the influence of the environment."

"The children of the gentry in the Central Plains will become scholars in the future, the children of farmers will still be farmers, the children of craftsmen will grow up to be craftsmen, and the Hu Di barbarians will become barbarians and barbarians from generation to generation. In fact, in the final analysis, the education they receive is different. If you want to To spread Chinese civilization to the world, the culture of the Han family must first be popularized, and only through education can it be possible to change an ethnic group."

"The first emperor unified the six countries, with the same text and the same track, so that Huaxia became one family, and we Han people. Now that the Tang Dynasty has opened up all four sides, I think we also need a sword and a book in order to allow them to truly integrate into us. , become a family."

The princess nodded, "I support Saburo."

"It's so good to have a wife, what more can a husband ask for?" Qin Lang put his arms around the princess and kissed the princess several times, causing the servant girls to keep looking sideways.

Although Li Lizhi was the emperor's favorite princess, she didn't have any ambitions for power. Like Empress Changsun, she didn't want to get involved in any court power, and she had no interest.

Originally, she was supposed to stay in the capital of Luoyang, but the princess voluntarily asked to go south with Qin Lang, thinking that after getting married, she just followed her husband.

When he arrived in Lingnan, facing the huge property of the Qin family, he had no desire to control it.

Now Qin Lang has guided her to a bright path, allowing her to find a direction to fight for, she is very happy.

After talking for a while, Qin Lang agreed to donate 100,000 yuan to the Princess's Taiping Education Society, but he didn't feel any pain.

He can make money, the princess can spend money, and spend it meaningfully, Qin Lang thinks it is very good, this is the real husband and wife.