Chapter 145
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The next year, Cheng Yeran selected more than a dozen new students.
Moreover, he also picked up the top scholar. Generally, the top scholar would enter the Hanlin Academy, where they would have better development opportunities. However, Cheng Yeran's news department had just been established, and Cheng Yeran was their immediate superior, who was only a fifth-rank official. Many people said that their upper limit was too low, and it was a pity for those who were chosen.
Especially for the top scholar Chu Wenqing, someone even gave him an idea, asking him to beg Cheng Yeran to let him go and transfer him away.
But this top scholar is a little fan of Cheng Yeran. He said that his goal is to be a good official like Cheng Yeran who serves the country and the people.
Chu Wenqing stared at Cheng Yeran with a heated gaze every day, which made Cheng Yeran feel creepy.
They have been very busy recently because the results of the public vote have come out, and they are going to put the results of the vote on building a welfare home in the newspaper.
In addition to the cold numbers, Cheng Yeran also sent people to interview the masses and write down their ideas.
Most people think that this is a good thing to do, while a small number of people think that it is meddling. The country has so much spare money, so why doesn't it give some to him instead of giving it to those useless people?
There are also some people who say that as a healthy person they can only do odd jobs and the money they earn is not enough to support a family, so why should they find such easy and stable jobs for the disabled? Those snack jobs should be given to people with healthy hands and feet.
Chu Wenqing asked Cheng Yeran: "The emperor agreed to build the welfare home. Do you want to get rid of these opposing voices?"
Cheng Yeran told him, "No, write about all of them. Negative voices can sometimes promote development. You can start by writing about why so many people make little money and can't support their families. You can also conduct some interviews."
Chu Wenqing was stunned for a moment. "Master Cheng is right. Our purpose is to help the weak. Of course, those healthy people who don't have enough food will feel resentful. I will go and investigate now."
"As a top scholar, you won't find it difficult to do the field visits, right?" Cheng Yeran had never worked in journalism before, and the most he knew was entertainment news. Now, he is also groping his way forward in building this news department.
He assigned tasks to all newly recruited people. Before writing an article, you must do sufficient research and not write carelessly.
Some people also feel resentful. They thought that after passing the exam they could live a leisurely life drinking tea every day and occasionally writing articles. However, they had to run around every day, interact with ordinary people, and did not receive more salary.
Cheng Yeran listened to the complaints of these people and said to them, "Those who want to leave can leave now. For those who stay, I will apply to His Majesty to give you subsidies."
Some people left immediately and were transferred to other departments. Of course, after they were transferred, they found that the other departments were also very competitive, and their superiors were not very good either. They were scheming all day long. Cheng Yeran was relatively easy to talk to.
Almost all of those who remained were Cheng Yeran’s fans and listened to him very much.
But Chu Wenqing was the top scholar, and even though he stayed, Cheng Yeran was still worried that he would get emotional.
He underestimated Chu Wenqing's passion for the country and the people.
Chu Wenqing said to him: "I study hard to serve the court and to help the people live a good life. It doesn't matter if I suffer a little."
Moreover, he really enjoys the process of working hard for himself and bringing happiness to thousands of families.
Chu Wenqing's investigation revealed that employment opportunities in the capital were limited. Ordinary people without any skills could only work in the service industry, working as clerks in shops, waiters in restaurants, washing dishes and doing groceries, or working as helpers in rich families, chopping wood, cleaning toilets, and washing clothes. The hardest job was carrying large bags, and they had to carry hundreds of bags every day for only a small amount of money.
There were few employment opportunities for women and men in the capital, and in most families, married women and men were not allowed to work outside and had to stay at home. This resulted in a situation where only the man in the family had to go out to work to support his parents, children, wife, and husband.
Previously, the magazine company opened by Shen Yuntang employed only girls and boys, but these people's families were very open-minded and their family backgrounds were also extraordinary. They were educated since childhood and were able to do this writing work. However, most girls and boys from ordinary families did not have the opportunity to read and write. At most, they could do work such as weaving and embroidering for others, or work as cooks.
Cheng Yeran asked him to raise a question in the newspaper and continue voting. If the country provides opportunities for the girls and boys in the family to go out to work, would they be willing to do so?
After he finished speaking, he was still wondering whether Chu Wenqing was the opponent.
But Chu Wenqing said: "My wife used to be a female teacher, specializing in teaching young ladies from wealthy families to read and write. I support her very much."
This time the newspaper wrote that the emperor supported listening to the opinions of the people and building an orphanage to shelter homeless children and the elderly, and that the disabled could work in Manager Wang's pastry shop.
This shop cooperated with the imperial court, and cakes continued to be sold as tribute. The money earned was used to run the shop and pay wages to the disabled, and the rest was sent to the welfare home.
If the children and the elderly in the welfare home still have the ability to do things, they will be assigned some work to do.
"The people will definitely be happy to see the newspaper this time." Chu Wenqing recalled that when he was in the countryside, many people said privately that the officials in the court did not have to do anything every day. They took the people's money and went to court every day to pretend. The people worked so hard, but they had to pay money to use them. It was really not worth it.
Now the people think that the emperor built the welfare home after listening to their opinions, so they should think that the current emperor is a good emperor and will love him even more.
Cheng Yeran said, "It's not over yet. I want to make two pages this time. I've already asked them to do the second page."
"What should be on the second page?" The front of the newspaper in Chu Wenqing's hand said that the emperor agreed to build a welfare home, and the back said an investigation into the hard work of the people at work, as well as the issue of whether the daughters of the brothers and sisters should go to work. There was nothing to write on the second page.
"It was mentioned at the end of the previous two issues of the newspaper that if the people encounter any injustice or difficulties, they can write to us. But so far, we have only received two letters. One was written very vaguely without the name of the sender. He must be afraid that we will not stand up for him, and he is even more afraid of our officials protecting each other. The other letter was written in blood." Cheng Yeran handed the blood letter to Chu Wenqing to read.
The messenger opened a clinic with his father in the capital. Later, his father treated the child of the Minister of Works. The child was seriously ill and his father was unable to help. However, the official blamed his father and killed him.
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They beat him to death and smashed the clinic. All five members of his family were killed by the Minister of Works. Only he managed to escape.
"I have sent people to investigate the matter." Cheng Yeran said.
"But our newspaper currently publishes once every three months, which is already very slow. Your Majesty wants us to publish once a month. Will we be able to get the results in time?" Chu Wenqing asked.
Cheng Yeran: "Let's wait and see whether there is a result. Let's write down the content of the report first, let the people discuss it, let the people know that the court attaches great importance to this matter, and let more people who have grievances dare to write to us to expose the darkness. I have found the victim and protected him, and the other party can't seek revenge. Moreover, the Minister of Works is the Third Prince's man. Is he so rampant because he is protected by the prince? The prince's affairs can not be written in the newspaper, but the emperor must know."
The new department was established not long ago, and there was too much and too complicated work to do. Cheng Yeran had to take care of everything, and he would go home after dark every day.
Shen Yuntang made him some soup and waited for him to come back to replenish his body. "Why is it that now that you are an official, you are even busier and more tired than when you were studying?"
Cheng Yeran held his hand and said, "You've worked hard too. Why do you seem to have lost weight recently? You still look a little tired. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. We have so much money that we can't spend it all in our lifetime."
"I don't know what's wrong with me lately. I just can't seem to muster any energy. I haven't done anything lately." Shen Yuntang couldn't help but yawn as he spoke, "I'm always sleepy."
"It's dark now, of course you'll feel sleepy. After I finish this bowl of rice, let's go back to sleep." Cheng Yeran hugged his wife and kissed her. If he hadn't been so physically exhausted recently and was so hungry, he really wanted to not even eat and just hug Shen Yuntang and go back to sleep.
"Eat slowly," Shen Yuntang thought he was in such a hurry because he wanted to do that thing, so he turned his head away and pretended to refuse, "I'm too tired today, I don't have the heart to accompany you."
"What are you thinking? I just want to hold you to sleep. If you fall asleep first, I will wake you up when I go back to bed. I want to finish eating within five minutes, and then we can go back to sleep together." Cheng Yeran acted like a spoiled child to him aggrievedly, "You have to comfort me if you misunderstand me like this, otherwise I will be angry."
Shen Yuntang didn't expect that after so many years, he was still acting like a child, acting coquettishly and using repetitive words!
"Do the officials under you know that you talk like this?" Shen Yuntang was really afraid that he would use this tone at work. Would those people obey his orders?
"I am very mature in front of them. They all regard me as an idol." Cheng Yeran hugged him and acted coquettishly, "I am a limited edition in front of you. You must cherish me."
Lying on the bed, Shen Yuntang couldn't fall asleep again, and the two chatted for a while.
Shen Yuntang said that he had made several more sewing machines recently. Lin Yu led his maid and several female workers to use the sewing machines to make clothes and embroider wheat seedlings.
Cheng Yeran thought about the employment issues for boys and girls mentioned today, "Why not set up a clothing factory, mass-produce some sewing machines, and hire more girls and boys to make clothes. This way we can make money and solve the employment issues for girls and boys."
"But who should we sell so many clothes to? People nowadays are still used to wearing clothes they make themselves. Except for those noble ladies who would hire tailors, the rest of the people can't afford it." They had sold some ready-made clothes before, but they were lucky if they could sell a hundred pieces a year at most. Running a clothing factory would require producing thousands of clothes a year, and if they couldn't sell them, it would be a waste of manpower and resources.
"We have just published a novel magazine. Let the heroes and heroines in the stories wear our clothes. Let them mention that if they don't wear clothes of XX brand, they will be out of date." Cheng Yeran said, imitating the tone of a future advertisement.
"When you were writing Liu Ya's story, he often went to Shen's Noodle House to eat noodles. It did attract a lot of customers to our noodle house. Now there are 20 franchisees in Beijing alone, and many people in the surrounding cities have come to me to discuss cooperation." Shen Yuntang thought that this method might also work on clothes.
Recently, Shao Hui followed Cheng Yeran's express delivery method and tried to set up a security agency next door. It would be more convenient to transport goods between the two cities, and the franchisees of noodle restaurants in the next city could use the security agency to deliver seasonings.
"What about those boy and girl groups? Let the popular idols in their groups wear clothes produced by our clothing factory and appear in magazines. Introduce the advantages of the clothes and let the people who read the magazines imagine what they would look like wearing the clothes, so that they will have the desire to buy them." Cheng Yeran's father is a capitalist. He is the best at brainwashing people and creating fantasy taxes to make people buy things they don't need. He has been influenced by his father since he was a child and has learned some things.
"Ever since the boy band debuted, the eldest princess comes here to spend money every day. The sales of the boy band's small cards are several times that of other groups. She once mentioned that she wanted members of our boy band to drink with her. I rejected her, and she didn't mention it again. But I was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable and retaliate against us. Was it right for me to reject her?" Shen Yuntang said worriedly.
"You want to drink now, but after drinking you will want to sleep. If we break the rules once, we won't be able to abide by them in the future. You refused very well." Before Cheng Yeran traveled through time, he had indeed seen many unspoken rules in the entertainment industry, and there were also many occasions where he accompanied the sponsors for meals and drinks in broad daylight. People in the future might be accustomed to it, but he didn't want to bring this unspoken rule here, especially not in front of Shen Yuntang. He wanted to keep the world in front of Shen Yuntang clean forever.
"Don't worry," Cheng Yeran hugged Shen Yuntang, "She is a princess, she won't take us seriously, if she wants revenge, she will be retaliated, if she doesn't retaliate, it means she doesn't care at all."
Shen Yuntang yawned and said a few words until his head felt dizzy. After saying a few more words, he fell asleep.
Cheng Yeran thought that he was too tired and that was why he was always sleepy recently. The next day, he told the maids and assistants around Shen Yuntang to persuade Shen Yuntang not to work so hard.
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