"Zhili Yan Yuan...but Boye Yan Yizhi?"
As soon as Zhu Heji heard the name "Zhili Yanyuan", he immediately stood up, turned around, and respectfully saluted with clasped fists.
This not only stunned the "heroes" present, but even Yan Yuan himself was stunned.
He still doesn’t know that he is a Confucian who “has the most thorough liberation of old ideas in the Qing Dynasty” (Liang Qichao’s evaluation), nor does he know that he will “open a mouth that cannot be opened for two thousand years, and will not open for another two thousand years.” "Dare to write", overturning "the Neo-Confucianism passed down for six hundred years in Song and Ming dynasties" (Qian Muyu). Let alone know that he is "the last salvation of Confucianism" (Zhu Hesheng said).
Of course, he would not have thought that his own thoughts were actually one of the sources of the "original Confucianism" of Zhu Heji, the great sage of the "Lingnan Killing Confucians" school that he highly admired...
And the "saint" he admired actually knew the name of a country man who was only slightly famous in Baoding. How could he not be moved?
Thinking of this, Yan Yuan took a step back, and then bowed to the ground: "Hou Xue is none other than Yan Yuan, a village man from Boye, who has met the saint. The saint's writings are like a new sky opening in front of Hou Xue, and Hou Xue is willing to study To a saint, bear the rites of a disciple!"
Yan Yuan...'s teacher?
This student is a bit over the top!
Of course Zhu Heji can't push others to the outside... This is a rare great Confucian!
Confucian scholars such as Gu Yanwu, Zhu Shunshui, and Qu Dajun are all very old, and their practical abilities are not sufficient. And this Yan Yuan is not yet forty, his energy does not seem to be exhausted, and his mind should still be active.
It can be of great use!
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji took a few steps forward, lifted up Yan Yuan who was bending down to salute, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lizhou said in the original minister chapter of "Ming Yi Waiting for Visits" that if an minister regards the world as his If you do things, you will be your mentor and friend... Is Mr. Yi Zhi willing to do things for the world, and be your mentor and friend?"
"Yan Yuan is willing!" Yan Yuan's eyes were full of tears!
Finally found the organization!
In the eyes of the "heroes" in the hall who have not yet formally served as officials, this scene of a king and a minister, a teacher and a friend, can directly label Zhu Heji as a "Ming Zhu"!
What is Mingzhu?
What is Corporal Lixian?
That’s Sage Zhu!
In Wu Sangui's opinion...this is just acting! The man named Yan was in cahoots with Zhu Heji.
This is to win people's hearts!
No wonder this grandson of Zhu San has risen so quickly, he really has some tricks up his sleeve!
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui quickly winked at Wan Sitong and asked a question, which was a bit difficult!
Wan Sitong coughed quickly and said, "It seems that the third grandson has read through his master's "Records of Visits to the Ming Yi"."
Zhu Heji glanced at his chief minister Pang Siming and asked the latter to quickly arrange (treatment) for Yan Yuan, and then he sat back at the long table. Then he replied with a smile: "The Gu family has indeed read through "The Record of Visits to Ming Yi."
He was a top student who just missed being admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University! How is it possible that I can't read "Mingyi Waiting for Visits"?
Wan Sitong asked: "So what do you think, the third grandson said, how will China prevent the disaster from happening again in the future?"
“The first priority is to open a school!”
Zhu Heji gave an answer that surprised Wan Sitong. Because all the private goods in "Mingyi Waiting for Interviews" are in the "School" chapter. "Yuanjun" and "Yuanchen" are big principles, "Yuanfa" and "Zhixiang" can be discussed casually, but the "School" chapter is amazing!
Huang Zongxi wants to run the "school" as a council!
But what Zhu Heji said next surprised Wan Sitong.
"If we want to build a large school, we must have books for everyone to read, and everyone can write and do math!" Zhu He said, "We Confucians have been talking about educating all peoples for many years. ? But why has there been no way to actually implement it from ancient times to the present? The Gu family has been traveling among the people in Chaozhou for many years (grabbing some things and tying up meat tickets by the way), and they know that many people are illiterate, and those who can write and read, ten There may not even be one among individuals.
They are illiterate, cannot do difficult arithmetic, and do not know the laws of the court and the decrees of the country. If you are bullied by a squire or a minor official, you don't know where to go to complain or report. Of course, you don't understand the principle that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, or even how the family, country, and world are interdependent.
They had not received any martial arts or military training in school. After joining the army, they couldn't even understand the officers' commands, making it extremely difficult to train them.
It is precisely because there are such people in the world that the Mongolian Tatars and Qing demons can destroy our China! "
Wan Si Tong said: "But Confucius said: The people can be made to follow it, but they cannot be made to know it."
"Paper didn't exist when Confucius said this," Zhu Heji said. "Of course there was no printing technology, and there were no cheap textbooks. Therefore, the cost of 'knowing it' was extremely high, and it was destined that only a few people could predict it. .
In this case, the knowledge of the people can only give way to the knowledge of the nobles and officials... Only some people can know it in advance, and most people can know it later, so the people at that time can only let it go. . "
How else can we explain it this way? Wan Sitong thought about it carefully and felt that Zhu Heji's words made sense.
Zhu Heji asked Wan Sitong again: "Has Mr. Shi Yuan ever served as an official?"
Wan Sitong shook his head: "I have never been an official."
"Mr. Shiyuan considers himself a remnant of the Ming Dynasty, so he cannot be in the banner." Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Have you not been an official and not in the banner? Hasn't Mr. Shi Yuan been a grassroots citizen for the past twenty years? Since he is a grassroots man, he knows so much. What to do?"
Wan Sitong was stunned again and again - he always thought he was a scholar-official, but he didn't expect that he was actually a commoner!
Zhu Heji added: "My ancestor is a grassroots man, and Li Zicheng is also a grassroots man in Shaanxi. Although Nurhaci has the official position of General Longhu, he is illiterate and illiterate! Since a grassroots man who cannot read can rebel and become the emperor, an illiterate Tatar You can also rebel and become the emperor...then what's the point of not being able to know it?"
"That makes sense!" The Fengtian Jade monk laughed. "You scholars, after you have a little knowledge, want to be officials and corrupt money, but you are also afraid that others will expose your evil deeds after they become educated, or compete with you for official positions. If there is an opportunity, he says, "The people can follow it, but cannot make it known." Confucius also said that it is better for the Yi and Di to have a king than for the Xia to die... Why are there so many scholars who want to give up to the tyrants of the Yi and Di? Be an official?"
Wan Sitong didn't know what to say.
Wu Sangui came to the rescue for Wan Sitong, "Third grandson, it's easy for you to talk, but it's hard to do things. There are so many people in the world. If everyone wants to study, how much money will they have to spend on textbooks and teachers?"
"Actually, it doesn't cost much." Yan Yuan interjected at this time, "President, I have run a private school in the countryside of Baoding. I know this matter of reading and learning calligraphy. If you are rich, you will be rich in reading, and if you are poor, you will be studying hard... If The purpose is not to take the imperial examination, but to enlighten people in literacy and arithmetic. It is enough to find some village scholars to teach them for three years. It does not cost a few pennies. And it is not necessary for men, women and children to go to school. It only needs to be done from childhood, and it will take thirty or forty years. After that, most people in the world have read books."
"Yi Zhi is right!" Zhu He said, "But elementary education alone is not enough. The purpose of running a school and educating people is not only to teach people to read and learn calligraphy, but also to select talents for the use of the country, the country and the world. Therefore, on top of elementary education, we must also establish Primary school, a middle school above the primary school, a university above the middle school... This allows children from ordinary families to take exams and advance to higher schools, with two-thirds eliminated at each level.
In this way, one-third of the people can go to primary school, one-ninth can go to middle school, and one in 27 can go to university. One of these twenty-seven people is probably a talented person worthy of development. "
"But these primary schools, middle schools, and universities will definitely cost a lot of money, right?" Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "Now that the world is in decline and all industries are stagnant, where can we have so much money?"
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "It is true that the world is in decline, but the population is smaller... so the per capita is not low. Such a world with few people and stagnant industries is the foundation for our future governance. Time. Once the foundation is laid, the world will have great potential in the future! Popularizing education is the first policy to officially lay the foundation of China for thousands of years!"
