Wang Zhong mentioned Jiang Fan's visit to Zhao Xin yesterday. Zhao Xin didn't pay attention at the time and agreed casually.
He wore a newly purchased fine-fur fox fur vest, underneath a dark blue woolen cotton robe, and a mink hat. The clothes were bought from Beihai Trading Co., and the money for the clothes came from Cheng Yi, who Zhao Xin gave to seven people after meeting a few days ago. Each person received 500 Beihai dollars.
After Liu Taigong took the money, he ran directly to the elementary school library and wanted to buy the set of "Wenyuan Pavilion Edition of Sikuquanshu" in the library. He had set his sights on it when he visited before. This was purchased by Zhao Xin from later generations. In one of the two sets, the preface written by later generations was removed and the publication information on the last page was obliterated.
Five hundred silver dollars was not even a fraction of the price of this set of books, so Zhao Xinlong bought two sets in total, costing him more than two million! One set is in the primary school library, and the other set is placed in my own study room.
So Zhao Xin asked the library to print a set of scanned copies for Liu Taigong, and charged the cost price of one hundred silver dollars. Duan Yucai and Hong Liangji also decided to have one each after hearing about it. Now the three of them are waiting in the library, typing and reading page after page.
However, the more the three of them watched, the more frightened they became. Liu Taigong was the one who compiled the "Sikuquanshu". The original "Sikuquanshu" was copied by more than 3,800 people, which took 13 years. It was not until the 47th year of Qianlong's reign that a set was completed and kept in In Wenyuan Pavilion.
How come there is a complete set of printed editions here in Beihai Town? The three of them read it from the first page to the present without finding a single mistake. This is too weird! Could it be that King Zhao had spies around the emperor?
Jiao Xun, Zhong Huai and Huang Chengji each bought several algebra and geometry books and several sets of exercises carefully compiled by Lao You. However, the mathematical formulas above made the three of them look at stars and call them heavenly books; Early this morning, the three young people went to primary school to attend class and followed a group of children to familiarize themselves with mathematical formulas.
In the Qing Dynasty, people who studied mathematics generally started from the "Book of Changes", and then studied the "Ten Books of Calculation", and finally fell into the astronomical calendar. Like the book "Pythagorean Cutting the Circle" that Zhao Xin saw in Guangzhou before, Dai Zhen tried to come up with a theory that could rival Western trigonometry, but it was ultimately proven to be a failure. Cutting and cutting, the ultimate goal is to calculate the equatorial difference.
Because of the hierarchical social structure of "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce", the purpose of calculating the astronomical calendar ultimately lies in the agricultural season, so as to guide agricultural production.
When Jiang Fan followed Yin Bingwei into the house, he first saluted Zhao Xinshen, and Zhao Xin also stood up and returned the salute. The two sat down, A Miao brought tea, and then left. Only then did Zhao Xin say, "Mr. Ziping is here today. What can I do for you?"
Jiang Fan was startled after hearing this and thought, didn't Wang Zhong say it yesterday? However, he also understood Wang Zhong's ambitions. He was good at etiquette rather than military affairs, and he liked to be quiet and restive. So he first said some compliments to Zhao Xin and Bei Haijun, and then said: "Wang had heard what brother Rong Fu said before. Last year, King Zhao led his army to defeat the Rakshasa and captured Baihar Lake. He expanded the territory thousands of miles and was invincible. I yearn for it. If King Zhao agrees, the feudal lord would like to go there and see the local customs and specialties. So I came here and begged King Zhao for permission."
"Lake Baikal?" Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the other party should be talking about "Lake Baikal". In Chinese history, it has been called Beihai since the Han Dynasty. It was also called Xiaohai in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, it was called the Mongolian phonetic translation.
"Mr. Ziping, it's not impossible for you to go, but it's already early winter, and it will soon be frozen for thousands of miles. Unlike Guan Nei, the winter climate here in Beihai is extremely harsh. Let alone us, even the Qing army has to go." Mao Dong.”
"Then the people of Beihai Town stay at home during the winter and wait until spring to busy themselves with farming?"
Zhao Xin laughed after hearing this and said: "How can we stay here! We have a lot to do in winter here. Not to mention military matters, ordinary people should take advantage of this time to study and become literate, and it can also be done in winter. Grow vegetables.”
"Studying?" Jiang Fan was stunned, and then asked in disbelief: "Everyone?"
"Yes! Everyone, regardless of gender." Zhao Xin showed a confident expression like an old god and gave Jiang Fan a rough explanation.
It is said that in addition to the military, Beihai Town's largest financial expenditures in recent years are education and medical care.
Medical care does not make any money at all. I originally thought that it would be enough to break even, but the result is that the money has been reduced. However, this has also won the gratitude of the people at the bottom.
And education requires a huge investment. In addition to the cost of books, there is also a lunch to take care of. In the end, we even opened a paper-making workshop to solve the problem of using a lot of paper; of course, wiping our butts was also very important.
All children of school age, regardless of gender, must enter school. This is unreasonable and must be enforced. If any household dares to disobey, the land will be taken back directly. In serious cases, they may even be sent to dig coal in Ezo, and the children must be left behind before leaving. .
Moreover, since the Li family incident happened two years ago, the medical system in various residential areas has been gradually improved, and households in Beihai Town no longer dare to abandon their babies. Because the people have no worries about food and drink, the birth rate has jumped up.
Among the first group of children to enter the literacy class, dozens of 13- and 14-year-olds, including Xu Funan, are now primary school teachers, teaching children who have just entered school.
Among the orchid scholars from the island country, except for a few who knew geography and followed Lin Ziping to do surveying and mapping, the others were all studying Mandarin in order to integrate into the system of Beihai Town. Zhao Xin requires these people to first enter the education system for a period of time after mastering Mandarin conversation; self-improvement is one thing, and the popularization of basic education is the most important.
For example, the reason why a person like Zhu Dagui can become a village chief is first of all because he is literate and attended a private school for a year when he was a child. In the winter of the past two years in Beihai Town, the village chiefs of each village have to organize literacy classes for the villagers, convey and explain various laws and regulations, so that the people are familiar with them; factory workers also have to hold literacy classes in the evening, and they need to master 500 characters to be promoted. Job and salary increase.
Although the current system of Beihai Town is similar to the public ownership system of later generations, it is not a big pot.
There is a serious shortage of skilled workers in Zhao Liang and Zhang Bo. At present, many workers "know what is happening but don't know why" when working. After a few years, some machines no longer have any problems in use, and minor faults can be repaired, but when major faults occur, they are blinded.
Especially in military production, various dimensions, weight density, particle size, burning speed, etc. are not even close, let alone close. The standardization of weapons and ammunition means a large number of mathematical models. Even if you can spend money to buy mathematical formulas, you still need constant testing.
At present, the salary and benefits of various positions in Beihai Town are linked to job performance and literacy level. Someone who can read 800 and knows some mathematics can earn twenty silver dollars a month as a mechanic; if you can read 50, you can only burn boilers and earn two and a half yuan a month.
Moreover, the agricultural production in Beihai Town is no longer "facing the loess and back to the sky", with a drop of sweat smashing into eight petals, waiting for God to provide food; whether it is spring sowing or autumn harvest, it is basically completed by large agricultural machinery, which is completely broken. The old farming model.
When there is a surplus of labor, these people will look for other income channels to improve their living standards. There are too many good things in Beihai Trading Company, and new things will be added from time to time. But if you are illiterate, you will have to queue up to even sweep the streets, let alone burn the boiler for the bathhouse.
Nowadays, when neighbors come to chat, they often talk about how their men are doing, how their children are studying, and what kind of job they have recently found to earn more income. Each other has an account in their hearts. If you can earn more money by literacy, why not learn it? Who doesn’t want to live a better life?
Recently, Zhao Xinzheng has a plan to spread the word about the land across the sea through his "Gold Medal Secret Agent" system that spreads across every village and town. He felt that in order for the people of this era to gain a foothold there instead of earning money to go back to their hometowns to buy land, build houses and marry young wives, the land must be privately owned.
For the Chinese, only their own land will be cherished a hundred times. The only problem now is how much each family will give. Zhao Xin has to discuss it with others, but one of the prerequisites is that he must be literate.
Not to mention the common people, in addition to training during the day, the Northern Navy also has literacy classes and elementary mathematics classes at night. Unlike Monk Zhou's group of officers, today's soldiers want to be promoted. Starting from upper class, each level must be linked to literacy and mathematical knowledge.
After mastering Mandarin, those Sendai clan soldiers who were born in the feudal clan turned into teachers every night, going to each company and class to teach the soldiers, and they could also receive an extra subsidy.
Starting from the year before last, the Beihai Navy has held a promotion exam for all officers and soldiers in the army every November. After passing the exam, even if they are not promoted temporarily, their allowance will be increased by one level.
As for those who want to be artillerymen, they need to study geometric algebra, and their basic salary is twice as high as that of ordinary soldiers.
Li Yansheng, the former Qing army artillery battalion assistant commander who had defected, was determined to join the artillery unit of the Northern Navy, so he had been studying mathematics hard this year. For a person in his thirties, it is really difficult for him to learn from the basics.
There is no way, I don't understand trigonometric functions, I can't even read the artillery calculation board, let alone take aim.
After hearing Zhao Xin's introduction, Jiang Fan couldn't help but open his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time. Even farming requires reading and literacy, which is simply unbelievable!
However, after listening to so much, he grasped a core problem, that is, what Beihai Town teaches are all practical studies and have nothing to do with Confucian culture.
Just like what Duan Yucai asked that day, where is the etiquette? Where is Tsuna? Where is the human heart?
If Zhao Xin continues to do things like this, in the future, being an official will only require literacy and arithmetic, but the most important "moralization" will be gone. Thinking of this, Jiang Fan's mood became heavier and heavier. If things go on like this, the orthodoxy will really be in danger.
He was silent for a moment and then said: "The sage said that giving to the people can help everyone, and Yao and Shun are still sick. King Zhao's move is unprecedented in ancient times. However, the "Tao Jing" says that people's hearts are in danger , the subtlety of Taoism. Only a wise gentleman can know how dangerous it is."
Zhao Xin smiled and said, "What's the point of answering yes?"
After Jiang Fan heard this, he also smiled, nodded and said: "One Confucian can conquer ten thousand, and one heretic can destroy hundreds."
"oh?"
"In ancient times, the reason why the sage kings succeeded to the heaven and established the supreme power to rule and teach all the people was not only about the clarity of the rule of law, but also about the subtlety of the mind and the way."
"Inner Saint and Outer King?"
Jiang Fan nodded and said: "Confucian scholars write lectures to explain the principles, and Zen is beneficial to politics. With sages as kings and teachers, the inheritance of Taoism for eternity is the basis of governance for eternity."
Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "But can Confucianists make bullets? Can they build railways? Mr. Jiang, economic people's livelihood and national defense cannot be achieved by relying solely on the Four Books and Five Classics. Times have changed."
Jiang Fan was unwilling to accept it and said: "Everyone who talks about knowledge in ancient and modern times says that the learning of emperors is different from that of Confucian students, but the feudal lord thinks otherwise. The classics can explain the way, and history can record events. The two are inseparable, and we can expect great success in the future."
Zhao Xin nodded in approval and said: "This makes sense. For those who engage in politics, reading scriptures and history is still indispensable."
Jiang Fan said: "I am addicted to skills and stagnant in chapters and sentences, although Confucian scholars do not respect it. If you are deprived of the source of life, study the subtleties, study the six classics, and study the affairs of the world, is it not the intention of Confucians?" The so-called person who meditates respectfully and silently is the source of life and the return of subtlety. Those who are in prison but ignore the consequences are the ones in this world."
Zhao Xin patted the table and said with a chuckle: "Sir, what do you mean, sir, so that I dare not disobey Cheng and Zhu in the near future, and far dare not disobey Confucius and Mencius?"
Jiang Fan looked at Zhao Xindao: "The emperor's rule is based on the heart, and the emperor's heart is based on respect."
The two of them came and went, asking questions and answering questions. A Miao and Yin Bingwei, who were standing outside the door, were confused, as if they were reading a book from heaven.
In fact, what Jiang Fan and Zhao Xin were talking about was fighting for the status of Confucianism in the future.
At first, Jiang Fan praised Zhao Xin, saying that your measures are widely spread among the people under your rule, and everyone can enjoy the benefits and benefits. This is something that even Yao and Shun failed to achieve. The meaning implies that Confucius taught Zigong that "it must be a saint" and complimented Zhao Xin as a saint.
However, Jiang Fan’s next words are the core.
"The human heart is dangerous, but the Taoist heart is weak" comes from the "Tao Te Ching", followed by eight words: "Only the essence is the only one, and the right to hold it is in the middle."
Don’t underestimate these four sentences. For five thousand years, from the earliest time when Yao passed the throne to Shun, these sixteen characters have represented the fire of Chinese civilization; sincere instructions have been passed down from generation to generation, and almost all classics and knowledge are centered around these sixteen characters. Elaborate.
Jiang Fan means that the human heart is unpredictable, but the Taoist mind is subtle. The most important thing in doing things is to be precise and single-minded, and the most important thing in governing the world is to abide by the middle way. Only a gentleman can appreciate the subtlety of this change and the subtleties of Taoism. In other words, only scholars who have mastered Confucian knowledge have this ability.
Zhao Xin's answer was based on the words of Mencius, "What's the point of answering yes?" The phrase "Mencius - Chapter 2 of Gaozi" means "What's the difficulty in answering this?"
In fact, the key is not this sentence, but the following words in the original text, that is, "Don't understand the roots but understand the ends. A square inch of wood can make it taller than a lofty tower." It turns out that you, Jiang Ziping, are saying that I don't try to figure out the basics, but only deal with the final details.
Jiang Fan said that Confucian knowledge is comprehensive and can be used as the program of all knowledge; blindly pursuing the details without seeking the foundation is heresy. The reason why the spirit of ancient sage monarchs has been passed down to all generations and their holy names are immortal is not only because of their meticulous governance methods and policies, but also because they followed Taoism.
Zhao Xin said, are you talking about the principle of "inner sage and outer king"? But times have changed. Things in Beihai Town cannot be solved by Confucianism. I can't rely on the Four Books and Five Classics to climb the technological tree, right?
Jiang Fan was unwilling to give in and argued that the purpose of Confucian scholars writing books and studying knowledge was to clarify what the subtle Tao is, which was absolutely helpful to politics. Without the eternal Taoism, there would be no governance. The two are mutually exclusive.
To put it simply, without the recognition and endorsement of the scholars in the world, your rule by Zhao Xin will be like a rootless rule, even if you win the world.
He went on to say that a true Confucian would not indulge in stereotypes and rhetoric. Study the subtleties of the saints, sincerely adhere to the only way of excellence, and use the classics and history to verify the gains and losses of government.
Zhao Xin agreed with this point. No matter when, people engaged in politics must read more history books and classics. However, he said bluntly, does Jiang Fan mean that I should reuse Confucians and promote education based on Confucian culture in school education?
Jiang Fan made the final statement, saying that the essence of imperial politics is to balance, and to have a heart of "allowing and holding on to the center"; and the essence of balance is to take Taoism as a teacher and seek answers in Confucian culture.
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