"Child, hasn't the imperial court already started to build schools? Why don't you go to school?" the man in silk said with a smile.
"If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know righteousness."
Education plays a vital role in a person's growth.
On the one hand, education is preparation for life for everyone. It transmits culture to individuals, helps transcend one's own opinions to grasp the experience of predecessors, shares the wealth of knowledge accumulated by human beings for generations, and obtains the necessary prerequisites for independent life.
On the other hand, it arouses people's potential, constantly improves and innovates themselves, thereby opening up the path for human development and laying the foundation for the future.
Happiness is people's yearning and pursuit!
Education can lay the foundation for people's future happy life.
To make your short life shine and to live it with dignity and meaning, you must receive education.
The handicraft industry in the Ming Dynasty has reached its peak, and countless skilled craftsmen are working hard to improve the production process in order to get ahead.
In the next ten years, under the guidance of the imperial court, the Industrial Revolution will definitely break out in Ming Dynasty.
By then, factories will also rise, countless people can enter factories to supplement their families, and Ming Dynasty will also usher in a new peak.
In this case, only by receiving education, awakening potential, and developing talents can we get rid of ignorance, increase talents, enrich life, and enjoy modern civilization.
For the people, it can increase their income, improve their lives, and avoid being cheated.
For the country, it can completely break the talent monopoly and help the country go further.
Education is crucial to a person's success or failure. In this sense, education acquires knowledge and knowledge changes destiny.
Since he ascended the throne, Zhu Youjian has been under pressure and opened schools everywhere, serving as the political center of the Ming Dynasty - Beijing. There are no less than ten public schools.
Last year, the imperial court issued a policy that children under the age of 16 can study in public schools for free for one year.
Zhu Youjian also ordered people to spread privately many times about the benefits of reading.
For those poor people, this is definitely an opportunity that may change their destiny.
In Zhu Youjian's opinion, as long as the people are not suffering from brain cramps, they will definitely choose to let their children study.
But now looking at the newsboys having fun in the crowd, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but worry about Daming's future.
"This young master is laughing at me. I also want to study, but my family is poor. Of course we are aware of the court's good intentions.
The imperial court did waive our 1-year study fee, however. Reading and writing require the four treasures of the study!
The four treasures of a study room cost 5 taels of silver, and paper and other items cost 1 taels of silver a month. In my family's situation, we can't afford it at all. "As he said this, the newsboy pouted helplessly.
Everything is inferior, only reading is superior. For thousands of years, under the subtle influence of Confucianism, the status of scholars is high.
But you can’t just read a book if you want to.
Studying costs money.
Books cost money!
The pen costs money!
Mo wants money!
The inkstone wants money!
Paper is a constant expense.
In his opinion, the man in brocade clothes across from him was just a rich man who didn't understand the suffering in the world.
"My meat bun." The newsboy was heartbroken.
As a newsboy, he knew very well that these wealthy young men who did not understand the sufferings of the world were very simple-minded. He is also a good person.
But they are annoying!
If we put it aside in normal times, we would just chat for a few words when we have nothing.
But now, the big news that just came out is all about money.
If he continues to be dragged on like this, let alone a dumpling, he will be scolded to death by the person in charge when he goes back.
If it hadn't been for it, if a brick fell down on the entire capital, it might hit two seventh-grade county magistrates, and the newsboy would have walked away long ago.
"How many newspapers do you still have in your hand? I want them all. I forgot to mention, I am from the Imperial College, and when I came out, those classmates begged me to bring back some of the latest newspapers. This is good, it saves trouble.
Are you hungry? Let's go to the restaurant next door and chat over a table. Don't worry, I'll treat you. "Looking at the anxious look on the other party's face, Zhu Youjian had already guessed something. Then he pointed to the restaurant nearby and said.
"No, no, this will cost you money. If you really want to chat with me, just buy me 10 meat buns then."
"If it's not yours, you can't touch it! If you have a big identity gap, you can't have close friendships." His parents' teachings made the newsboy choose to refuse at the critical moment.
"Okay, it's up to you, as long as it makes me happy, let alone a meat bun, I'll be a meat bun for a month, that's fine."
A vegetarian bun sells for 1 cent, and a meat bun costs about 2 cents, which is only 1 tael of silver a month.
As the saying goes, a child's opinion of the imperial court is likely to be that of their parents. Although it may be one-sided, it is indeed true enough.
1 tael of silver in exchange for a piece of information is quite cheap for Zhu Youjian.
"As you said, you can't go back on your one-month-old meat buns." The newsboy said with a smile.
Bah, this young man can get it with just a few words of conversation. A month's worth of meat buns, such a good thing, may not be found even with a lantern.
"Don't worry, a gentleman's words are hard to catch."
"I want to know, are you planning to be a newsboy forever?"
"There is no way. The imperial court strictly prohibits people under the age of 16 from engaging in hard labor. Now that we are so big, except for some craftsmen and doctors recruiting apprentices, no one dares to accept us.
When I get older, I can work in the engineering team set up by Mr. Wang. I heard that the engineering team is not only fully managed but also gets 10 cents per day. "
"Haven't you ever thought about studying?"
"I also want to study, but I know I'm not that good at it, and my family doesn't have the money to support it. If I have the money to study, I might as well get a wife and give birth to a fat boy as soon as possible."
"Get married and have children." Zhu Youjian was stunned. The newsboy in front of him was only twelve or thirteen years old. It was a time when he was full of dreams. How could he only think about getting married and having children.
"Besides that, do you have any dreams?"
"What is a dream? Is it something to dream about?
I want to be a high official, live in a big house, and have a concubine with 18 rooms. "
"More or less, the so-called dream is an expectation for the future, a goal that you work hard to achieve. Don't you only think about money and women, and don't you think about doing something for the Ming Dynasty?"
"Sir, you are laughing. I am just an ordinary person. According to the storyteller, the purpose of our life is to live.
One house, one bed, one clothes, one wife, enough food for every meal, and enough money to see a doctor when you are sick.
If you don't get bullied by dog officials and local gangsters when you go out, and if the court provides relief when disaster strikes, you can already live a good life.
I know that many of you scholars are dissatisfied with His Majesty and think that His Majesty was deceived by traitors, but to us, Your Majesty is really a good emperor. "
