Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 902 Jiminfang

When the Jiminfang was established, an official said: "If we only give them alms, it will waste our granaries and it will be difficult to sustain; if we let them survive on their own, it will lose the foundation of the court's benevolent governance."

This sentence speaks to the human heart.

If the court is too pure and saintly, it will breed many pests, but if it stands idly by, it will be unfair to the people under its rule.

For this reason, many regulations were established when Jiminfang was first established, the most important of which was "not to support lazy people."

The imperial court can protect the homeless and find a way for them to make a living, but it will absolutely put an end to "getting something for nothing".

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

Sometimes, we really can't underestimate the evil of human nature.

According to history books, Jiminfang is a typical "flash in the pan" political achievement project.

Financial exhaustion, breeding corruption, and intensified social contradictions all concern human nature, and the most chilling of all is "sending children into the brothel."

Don’t want to raise the baby?

It doesn’t matter, send him to Jiminfang and the court will help raise him.

Can’t afford to raise the baby?

It doesn’t matter, just send him to Jiminfang and the court will still help raise him.

The baby wasn’t a son?

This is easy. Send him to Jiminfang and try to have a son next time.

There are more and more babies in Jiminfang, and the financial expenditure is gradually far greater than the income. If it were just like this, we can still get through it by gritting our teeth.

But what if the imperial court raises the babies and then their parents come back to snatch them away?

What does "entering the neighborhood and getting out of the household" mean?

I am an honest commoner and I don’t understand these things.

All I know is that it is my seed, which was taken away by your court. Now that I have found my child, I must take him back.

Bring back a young teenager, a man who can work and a woman who can get married.

Your court won’t give it to you?

That is heartless and unjust.

I can't defeat you alone, but what if I find a large group of people, dozens or even hundreds of people, to make trouble together? You have the guts to kill us all.

There are even children who want to go home with their parents.

The lack of love during their growth makes them extremely eager for family care, even though this love has long been full of purpose.

In this way, due to various factors, Jiminfang was established quickly and collapsed quickly, and the huge amount of money invested was all wasted.

"In that case, do you still want to take this job?" Yu Shizhang looked worried.

Shen Zheng also sighed, "It's not a matter of whether I want to accept it or not, but His Majesty has never thought of handing it over to anyone else."

She had just been thinking that there were two fundamental reasons for the closure of Jiminfang.

One is the imbalance between income and expenditure.

This is especially difficult to achieve when food productivity is low.

Second, the court’s measures were not harsh enough.

Helping the world and the people does not mean being a saint. Instead, one must make the bottom line clear and not let anyone cross it in the slightest.

"Let me think about it..." she said.

It is indeed difficult for charitable organizations to establish themselves, but the current Great Zhou is not without advantages.

Taking in the homeless is more than just a job for her.

It is the social responsibility of individuals and officials.

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The next morning, the morning light was dim.

In Ziyiju, Huaduo and four other people sat around the stone table in the courtyard, writing, recognizing words, and reading aloud.

To date, they already know over a hundred characters, and it is no longer difficult for them to write their own names and Shen Zheng's name. They can write them with ease.

But they don't know whether this progress is rapid.

In Teacher Yu's words, they are "geniuses in reading and writing", "pillars of the Shen family", and "Sister Shen's right-hand men and left-hand men".

But in Teacher Pei's words, they became "okay", "still need to practice", and "be humble and calm".

"When can we help the master..." Pei Yu put her chin on the stone table and sighed, "Eat the master's food, drink the master's drinks, wear the master's clothes, live in the master's house, and use the master's things. Sister Mu Qing, I always feel like the master is busy outside, and we are at home enjoying a good time."

It’s like...the peaceful days are theirs, while it is the master who is carrying the heavy burden.

But is this right?

They are obviously the maids.

Mu Qing's writing hand paused for a moment.

She felt the same way.

But she didn't dare to show it, nor did she dare to slack off. She just wanted to work harder and harder so that she could be like Hua Duo as soon as possible, able to do things for her master and share his worries.

All four of them envied Huaduo.

Although they were both illiterate, Huaduo was very strong and knew martial arts. He was with his master almost every day and was taught by his master.

"Don't be impatient." She comforted Peiyu and herself, "The master trusts us, so we must finish our studies as soon as possible and share the master's worries. And the master said that teaching us to read and write is not to make us achieve something, but because if we can't read, we will suffer a lot of losses in the outside world."

Speaking of this, Huaduo shared an interesting story with them.

Pei Yu opened her mouth slightly after hearing this, "So those people who read the notice can read, but they are afraid that others will take the quota from them, so they lied to deceive others?"

Hua Duo nodded, "One of them passed the selection and was recognized on the dam. Many laborers disliked him and refused to eat with him."

Peiyu was about to respond when the courtyard door opened from the outside.

When Nanny Gu came in, she saw them chatting and immediately became furious. She hit one of them on the head.

"You girls are just chatting and disturbing the adults. Don't take advantage of the adults' kindness to you and become arrogant."

Several people stood up and lowered their heads, "Mammy, we were wrong..."

Although Nanny Gu was teaching them a lesson verbally, she knew in her heart that these girls were actually working harder than each other.

The curled-edge enlightenment books on the table are proof of that.

"Is your Excellency up?" she asked.

Several people shook their heads together. "The master went into the study after dinner yesterday and turned off the lights at midnight. Mammy, does the master have a new errand?"

Whenever there was a new errand, the master would lock himself in the study for a long time, and sometimes even sleep in the study.

Gu Mama sighed, "You are so smart that you dare to guess anything. His Majesty trusts you, so you have to work hard. The kitchen will make a few more nourishing dishes tonight. You have to persuade you to eat more, understand?"

When Shen Zheng came out of the room, she saw Pei Yu and the others nodding their heads like chicks pecking at rice.

"What's going on?"

Gu Mama came forward and said, "Sir, many of the masters' houses have sent people here, saying that they are... paying fines. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Fine?

Shen Zheng woke up completely from her doze.

The emperor just opened his mouth yesterday and he started collecting fines today?

Although the emperor asked her to deal with the fine, should the money be sent to the palace?

This is obviously unreasonable, and someone must be fanning the flames.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Tell me that I have already left the house and don't take the fine money."

How could she fall for the trick of someone wanting her to be the only one in power?