While Lu You and Wang Qi were talking, Yu Yunwen walked in front minding his own business.
He walked for a while and felt something was wrong. When he turned around, he saw Lu You and Wang Qi walking behind and chatting animatedly. He couldn't help but feel even more dissatisfied, so he slowed down slightly and tried to hear clearly what the two were talking about.
Then I heard some obscure words such as [work points] [work points] [distribution] and so on.
Collective farming?
what is that?
Does the Ming Dynasty still want to make any changes in agricultural production?
Yu Yunwen didn't know.
However, Lu You listened to the general idea, gained some understanding of the causes and consequences of the implementation of collective agriculture, and learned the reasons for the implementation of this policy.
Then he was very emotional.
"I thought that the peasant association was already a pioneering work, but I never thought that the Ming Dynasty could go further... If collective agriculture can be successfully promoted, such problems can indeed be solved. In the future, the water conservancy projects and road projects of the Ming Dynasty will also be greatly benefited. Good solution.”
Wang Qi smiled. .
"Then let me lend you your good words and hope that the collective agricultural policy can really succeed."
Lu You also smiled and said nothing more. Instead, he began to think about whether he could try to promote this policy in the Southern Song Dynasty. Maybe it could solve the food problem of some farmers and the serious problems of some basic infrastructure in the Southern Song Dynasty being in disrepair.
Lu You was deeply aware of this issue during his study tours and business trips.
Due to poor fiscal policies and conditions, local financial problems in the Southern Song Dynasty were very serious. Except for some traditional wealthy areas near Lin'an City, most of the land in the Southern Song Dynasty had very poor infrastructure. Water conservancy was in disrepair, roads were in disrepair, and people were in poverty.
He once wrote to the court in the hope that it could be resolved, but the answer he received was that the court had no money.
Good water conservancy projects can resist floods and droughts to a considerable extent, and have a great impact on agricultural production. The imperial court claims to emphasize agriculture and production, but what is the result?
The only thing that matters is their own good life!
At this thought, Lu You couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart, and he was even more dissatisfied with those people who were eating corpses.
Thinking and walking, the group of people came to the edge of the Meng School in the village.
Because it is close to Zhongdu, Xiaoze Township is one of the first batch of beneficiaries of the Mongolian School Construction Plan. It has early built a Mongolian School that can accommodate 100 people. All the facilities are relatively complete, including tables, chairs, benches, and a large wall. , the lighting effect is also quite good.
So Yu Yunwen walked closer and took a look, and was immediately dumbfounded.
At this moment, dozens of children in the village are learning to read under the leadership of a farmer association cadre.
Today, the young children are recognizing the word "country".
The cadres of the peasant association in simple clothes wrote the word "country" on the wall with charcoal. The writing was large and clear, and every stroke was very clear.
"This word refers to the country, and this word refers to the family. Together they are the country. Without a strong country, there will be no rich family."
The cadres of the farmers' association read it once, and the children repeated it again. After repeating it several times, the cadres of the farmers' association began to arrange for the children to practice writing with pen and paper.
Yu Yunwen looked confused outside the school.
At this time, Lu You and Wang Qi also came over. Lu You stepped forward to take a look curiously and was stunned.
"King...Mr. Wang, what is this?"
Lu You pointed at Meng Academy and asked Wang Qi.
Wang Qi smiled and said: "This is a Mongolian school. His Majesty has ordered that a Mongolian school be set up in every village to teach farmers how to read and get rid of illiteracy. It also teaches young children how to read and write so that they have knowledge." , be educated and stop being blind.”
"What?"
Lu You and Yu Yunwen, who turned around, exclaimed together.
"Every village? Every village? Every one?!"
Yu Yunwen took a few steps forward and approached Wang Qi, his face full of disbelief: "Really?"
"Of course the policy is real, but there is not enough money to fully promote it yet."
Wang Qi shook his head: "His Majesty's plan is to spread Mongolian schools in every village with a peasant association within ten years, so that Mongolian schools and peasant associations can prosper the countryside together. Unfortunately, due to financial problems and problems with the literate population, This plan will take ten years, and Ozawa Township is one of the first townships to implement this policy."
Wang Qi briefly introduced Su Yonglin's Mengxuetang plan and felt that it was not a big deal because they were already used to it and had more ambitious goals waiting to be achieved.
Multi-level education is also planned in the future. Everything has been set, but it just takes time and resources to achieve it.
However, in the eyes of Yu Yunwen and Lu You, this is completely a fantasy.
"Are you...serious?"
Yu Yunwen said in disbelief: "There are so many people in the world, tens of millions, and you...all want to educate them?"
Wang Qi paused and looked at Yu Yunwen with strange eyes.
"Deputy Ambassador Yu, is this strange? I was an illiterate son of a tenant farmer six years ago. I had the opportunity to read and write because of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Now, I am a court official. Do you think the Ming Dynasty is joking?"
Yu Yunwen looked at Lu You, and Lu You also looked at Yu Yunwen.
"Master Wang, are you really serious about this?"
Yu Yunwen swallowed and said.
"Seriously of course, otherwise why make plans?"
Wang Qi smiled and asked: "Speaking of which, Deputy Ambassador Yu, why are you so surprised? I remember that Master Kong had the concept of teaching without distinction, and this has always been what you agree with, isn't it? "
When the words "education without distinction" came out of Wang Qi's mouth, Yu Yunwen suddenly felt extremely ridiculous, and the absurdity made him laugh.
He pointed to the south, the land of Shandong.
"Didn't the Ming Dynasty want to depose Confucianism? Didn't the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations have already been reformed? Didn't the Kong family in Qufu have been eradicated by you? You...you are now using the words of saints to do things? I remember wrong?"
"No, you remembered correctly."
Wang Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "All this is true. The Ming Dynasty is indeed reforming and no longer uses Confucianism as a strategy for governing the country, but... this does not prevent us from popularizing education? Popularizing education is the right approach, since Correct, there is no need to be rigid about who proposed it.”
"ah?"
Yu Yunwen felt that his head was a little confused: "While the Ming Dynasty was eradicating the Kong family in Qufu, it also pursued the policy of teaching without discrimination? Why?"
"No matter why, just do the right thing."
Wang Qi said sternly: "Old Master Kong's wish to return the world to Zhou rituals is impossible to realize, but when it comes to education, he is indeed a great master of the generation. It was he who created private schools and he led the trend of academic downward movement. It's just that the downward movement has not been completed.
Later, the Confucian scholars seemed to have forgotten that there is no distinction between education and distinction. They also seemed to have forgotten that Master Confucius was a great educator. It didn't matter. What he did not complete and what the Confucian scholars were unwilling to complete, Ming Dynasty would complete for them. "
