I want to ruin the country

Prince Gong was happy.

"Your Majesty, you personally attended the opening of a school. Are you trying to cheat everyone out of their money?"

Yining laughed out loud.

"Sixth brother, they are well fed and well fed. Shouldn't they make some contribution to those poor orphans?"

Prince Gong smiled and said,

"That's right. They deserve it for meeting an emperor like Fourth Brother!"

Yining pointed at him and smiled.

"Sixth brother, you see through it but don't say it out loud, you see through it but don't say it out loud, haha!"

After countless people’s hard work, the Royal First School finally welcomed the day of school opening!

Yining named this school the Royal First School, and he himself was the first principal.

The teachers in the school were the Hanlin editors in the Hanlin Academy who had little to do.

Actually, these people were all Jinshi graduates and were very knowledgeable, but their knowledge was not quite to Yining's liking. Yining was thinking of new-style education.

However, apart from him, there is no one else in the country who can provide modern education. He can't just give up being the emperor and come here to teach every day!

Given the current conditions, we can only do this for now. When there is an opportunity, we will follow the new style of education in the future.

The daily educational management of the school was handed over to Zaiyuan, the Minister of Rites, who was equivalent to the vice-principal.

The logistics and life management was handed over to Wang Yujin and his wife.

Yining appointed them as the eighth-rank principal of a living institution and sent a ninth-rank eunuch to keep accounts.

Yining instructed them,

"You have experienced the pain of selling your daughters, and I hope you will raise these orphans as your own children.

If you do a good job, I can give you a promotion. If you are blinded by money and lose your conscience, my sword will also draw blood!"

Wang Yujin and his wife kowtowed immediately.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. If we violate our conscience, please chop off our heads!"

Shitou, Huzi, Baozi, and Xiaofeng are also studying in the school, and Xiaoling is also in kindergarten.

The mother and her two children whom Yining met at the porridge factory were also here. They went from hell to heaven in one step.

His eldest son went to school, and he worked in the kindergarten, and could take care of his younger son, so Wang Yujin asked her to take charge of the kindergarten work, and the woman was even more dedicated.

Yining instructed Wang Yujin,

"Let Baozi, Xiaofeng and the others come to the palace to play every few days. I will miss them if they stay away for too long!"

Wang Yujin and his wife went from being ordinary people who sold their daughter for food to now being equivalent to the cadres at the section level in later generations. What else could they not be satisfied with?

They have food, drink, status, a fulfilling life and a promising future, all of which are given by the emperor. They swear from the bottom of their hearts that they will work like slaves to repay the emperor for the rest of their lives!

Yining selected two master chefs from the imperial kitchen to be the head chefs here, but at first no one was willing to come.

Yining told them that whoever came to work in the school would have his salary raised by one level and could become an official after three years.

When they heard there was a job, everyone signed up enthusiastically, and people's heads were almost beaten into dog heads.

Yining told Wang Yujin that the other workers needed could be found among the homeless men and women on the streets. The only requirements were that they were healthy and honest.

Wang Yujin quickly gathered other workers.

Ten of the workers were responsible for picking vegetables, washing them and cooking.

Five workers cleaned the entire yard and restaurant.

There are thirty female workers who take care of the children, do laundry, and mend clothes.

These people are provided with food, accommodation and clothing, and are paid 200 wen a month.

These people were very happy. They were all vagrants who lived by begging. They lived in dilapidated temples and slept on the streets every day. They had no idea where to eat and it was normal for them to be hungry and cold.

Not to mention two hundred coins as wages, they would be willing to do it even if it was just for food!

Food and accommodation are provided here, and everyone has enough to eat and wear warm clothes. This is not the life of the gods in heaven!

Therefore, they were not afraid of getting dirty or tired when working, and they were busy every day, keeping the entire school tidy and spotless.

When some Hanlin scholars heard that they were going to give lectures to some young children, they were very resistant at first.

They feel ashamed. These people who have passed the imperial examinations consider themselves to be knowledgeable people, and their pursuit is to support the country and govern the country.

How come he is alive again now? Teaching children, isn't that a job for fallen scholars?

Yining has a solution. Whoever comes will receive a subsidy of 500 coins a day, and meals will be provided. They will have pork stewed with vermicelli every day, enough for everyone!

One cent now is equivalent to one dollar in later generations. Five hundred cents a day means fifteen thousand cents a month. This is almost the same salary for university professors in later generations.

The key point is that the salaries of the Hanlin Academy will continue to be paid, which is free money. This is very attractive, and they immediately put aside their pride and scrambled to get in!

Soon, the orphans moved in one after another. After coming in, they were first checked, bathed, changed clothes, and put on uniform clothing.

Those who are not sick can stay, and those who are sick can come back after being treated by the imperial doctors!

All the old clothes had to be burned. Not only were they tattered and dirty, but they were also infested with lice and fleas. We had to cut off the source of infection.

When Wang Yujin's wife was told to burn it, she was a little reluctant.

"After washing these and mending them, they can still be worn!"

Yining refused to do it.

"It has to be burned. With so many children together, if one gets sick and the disease spreads, it will be troublesome!"

Upon hearing the serious consequences, Wang Yujin's wife dared not insist any longer.

The emperor's plan was quickly accomplished. All necessary items, such as beds, tables, chairs and benches, were soon in place. The Royal School was fully prepared and was ready for the opening of school.

Yining sent invitations to officials of the fifth rank and above and celebrities from the gentry in the capital, inviting them to attend the opening ceremony.

The emperor has made an appointment, who would be unwilling to come, who would dare not come? Besides, this is a matter of showing off!

But showing up is not for nothing, there is a gift to be given.

On this day, carriages and horses gathered in front of the school courtyard, the plaque on the gate was covered with red silk, and the palace's musical instrument band was divided into two groups, playing the music loudly.

There was a large donation box at the entrance of the school, and next to it were two tables. Wenqing and Sushun were sitting behind one table, and behind the other table was the emperor.

Next to the emperor were Prince Gong and several other young princes.

Everyone gasped. Oh my god, the emperor actually came in person to celebrate the opening of such a small school. How much does the emperor value this place!

The one who accepted the gift was Su Shun, and the one who did the accounting was Wen Qing. Looking at the situation, you would feel embarrassed to bother them if you only gave them a few taels.

Prince Gong took the lead and directly took out a silver note of five thousand taels and gave it to Wenqing.

A eunuch sang loudly beside him,

"Prince Gong donated five thousand taels of silver to the Imperial School!"

Everyone was very surprised. Oh my god, five thousand taels in one go, what should others do?

Next came some princes and nobles. With Prince Gong's five thousand taels there, the others couldn't have too little. Some of them had three thousand taels, some two thousand taels, and the least was one thousand taels.