Back at the yamen, Huang Xiaobo and the policeman came to report the number of rescues during today's inspection, and each of them only held one baby girl.
They are all placed in the nursery as usual.
Wang Yongji, who thought clearly about his joints, only felt that his heart was cold.
The only good thing is that now the baby girl is useful. When she grows up, she can spin textiles for machine households to support herself. She doesn’t even need to grow up. She can be sent to earn money to support the family when she is half-year-old. Therefore, the baby girl is more Worth raising.
Similarly, with more work being done, manpower has a place to go. Abandoned babies have dropped dramatically for both sexes.
Parents raise their children not because of family affection, but because of making money.
How can Wang Yongji, an orthodox Confucian scholar, accept this naked reality with peace of mind. Because this directly overturns the foundation of the theory of good nature that I have always believed in.
After recording all this, he was sent to Gao Hanwen, the prefect of Hangzhou.
Because he knows that Taixi’s learning is not based on the good and evil of human nature.
Wang Yongji himself is actually somewhat resistant to Taixi learning. He bluntly talks about the benefits and disadvantages, which is too utilitarian. But the display seems to be more on the Kochifu side.
There was not much time to feel sad about the spring and autumn. Wang Yongji had to go and inspect the situation of the nursery.
It is said to be the Foundling Hall, but actually people around here prefer to call it the Dead Infant Hall. The infant mortality rate is about 70 to 80%, and the babies brought in barely survived a narrow escape.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Emperor Taizu ordered the establishment of relief institutions such as sales homes in various places.
In the beginning, the atmosphere was really boosted, and many poor people, especially abandoned babies, were able to survive.
This is also why in the end of Taizu's reign, no matter how the officialdom tossed about, the people's hearts were always on Taizu's side.
However, this system has a natural flaw. The finances of Salesian homes in various places are entirely borne by local governments. In this way, after Chengzu, the central government quickly lost its supervision over local finances. In the future, local governments will only find ways to reduce related expenditures, or even contract them out, completely getting rid of the burden. This has resulted in Salesian homes in various places being basically paralyzed or semi-paralyzed in name only.
Jiande County is still good. After all, it is backed by Jiangnan and can still manage to survive. However, they often cannot make ends meet, which results in the babies being malnourished during the upbringing process. They do not have enough food and clothing to keep them warm, and it is normal for their illnesses to remain untreated. As a result, the mortality rate has remained high.
Of course in this era, the mortality rate of children raised by the lower class is not low, basically upwards of 30%. This is still the situation where parents are willing to raise children. If abandonment is considered, the mortality rate is also upwards of 50%.
After such a comparison, it seems that the nurseries in Jiande County are doing a pretty good job.
In fact, if you compare the nurseries in other places that have been contracted to private parties, the one in Jiande County is even better, because private contracting depends entirely on the contractor's character. There are few who try their best, and most of the babies are dead.
As a conscientious Confucian scholar, Wang Yongji was unaware ofWith a mortality rate of 70% to 80%, we can only feel complacent.
Since working can make parents more willing to raise children, then it stands to reason that working can make nurseries more willing to raise children.
The assistants of the nursery are more utilitarian than parents.
Wang Yongji’s improvement of the nursery is also very simple, that is, first number the babies in the nursery, and then match them with the names of the helpers. The wages of the nursery assistants are linked to the wages of the babies they support from working after they reach the age of twelve.
The specific linking method is that after the baby reaches the age of twelve, the Yamen will take the lead in introducing the weaving work of the Jihu. The Jihu will directly allocate one-third of the salary to the nursery to encourage the assistants who raise it, and one-third of the salary will be given to the nursery. The second one belongs to the individual child.
In ten years, at almost twenty-two years old, the child left voluntarily.
Feed your child’s youth with his youth. Although the yamen still has to spend a lot of money, it should be able to guarantee that the assistants will do their best.
Wang Yongji thought of the tragedy of child labor almost immediately, but as long as he can live to 12 years old, even if he is a child laborer, the mortality rate will be greatly reduced. After all, living is better than anything else.
I thought that I had not paid much attention to Taixi's studies before, but I didn't expect to borrow its ideas everywhere. Wang Yongji calmed down and continued to write a report to Gao Hanwen. At the same time, he wrote a letter requesting the city to allocate looms. Jiande County was so poor that he had no money to buy them. There are several teenage babies in the nursery now, as hungry as skin and bones. They lie in the yard basking in the sun every day, and occasionally go to do some part-time work for the assistant. There is an urgent need to improve life.
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