Zhu Biao, who had not spoken much, heard Li Chang mentioned the archway, and instantly had an idea. He wrote it down, the archway is OK.
There are many archways, and for those that don’t have one, I can think of a name for them at the last moment.
When the battle was won and two archways were added to Xiaqiu Village, everyone was happy.
The imperial court offered the favor without any expense, and Xiaqiu Village felt that it had a card. Anyway, both parties knew that money could not be used as a reward.
"Zhu Lichang, do you want to build a school in Xiaqiu Village?" Zhu Biao took a sip of beer and asked about business.
“Private education and ethnic studies have existed since ancient times. Private scholars are usually officials or hermits who serve as teachers and teach children in the local area.
Ethnic studies should be conducted in the school of Xiaqiu Village, for the children of Xiaqiu Village. Outsiders can also enter, and the requirements are very strict.
In both cases, outstanding students will be exempted from any miscellaneous fees or even be given subsidies.
Children with poor academic performance who have made no progress for two consecutive years will also be expelled from school. "
The head of the village first talked about how individuals used to fund schools in the past. In fact, there was another type of school called village school.
In large villages, rich people hire gentlemen to teach their children and are called good people.
If someone spends so much money to teach your children, do you still have the nerve to accuse them of being rich and unkind?
What? Excuse me? And you still think you gave too little? Which dynasty could do this?
Anyway, there were many private schools in history, and they chose good children to pass on the mantle.
If you encounter someone who is not making any progress, drive him away immediately and get out! Even if you don’t give me money, don’t bother me. It will make you annoyed when you see it.
Zhu Biao nodded his head and asked, "Xiaqiu Village runs a school. What do we teach our children?"
"If you don't teach your students, they will wait for current affairs to come out and print publications. They will read them for themselves. Now they are learning accounting and trading rules.
Xiaqiu Village specializes in teaching children, only literacy and simple arithmetic, and nothing else.
Once the children have learned how to recognize and write commonly used words, and can calculate simple arithmetic problems, they will be finished.
If they are willing to learn, they can find someone to teach them. If they are unwilling to learn, they can use it in their lives. "
The village chief gave the answer: Xiaqiu Village only teaches the most basic things, which is equivalent to Zhu Wentian’s primary school content.
Even worse, because they don’t teach time-wasting courses such as nature, ideology and morality, music, painting, foreign languages, dance, and speech.
If they all learn, it will take many years to teach them. Hanhan means two years at most, so let them leave quickly.
If you have basic knowledge, don't come here to learn. We don't offer advanced courses. Find someone else to take them.
Zhu Biao was stunned after hearing what the chief said. He couldn't figure it out. He initially thought that the masters in Xiaqiu Village wanted to imitate Wang Anshi in raising their hopes.
He taught many students, and when these people got up, his prestige became higher and higher. Once he entered the court, he became unusual.
Xiaqiu Village only teaches a few things, what the heck is that? After others have finished studying, they will never be able to pass the imperial examination or become an official.
I feel like I'm better at doing business. I can write and do simple accounting. If I'm farming, I know the yield per mu and read a scale.
But thinking about it again, the master is different from Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi was waiting for the opportunity to come up when he was raising his family. He had never done anything in his original place, except teaching students.
The experts in Xiaqiu Village were different. They started talking about things from the very beginning.
Watching him lead a village to live a good life, watching him change a county, watching him influence a government, and watching his every step push forward things in the court.
He does not need to do what Wang Anshi did. Wang Anshi's reform first got the support of Song Shenzong and then started.
The expert's method is to do it yourself first, and make a good appearance. You can't stop it even if you want to, and it is clear at a glance whether it works or not.
So... what is the purpose of teaching children that little skill?
"Zhu Lichang, if you teach like this, what benefit will it bring to the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Fang asked the question Zhu Biao wanted to ask.
He thought he was cooperating with Xiaqiu Village to cultivate a large number of talents useful to the court!
Li Chang swallowed the meat he was chewing: "If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles. If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't build a river or sea."
"I know this. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap, and a horse can ride ten steps without giving up." Zhu Ping said that there is no need to mention the leader.
"Normally, children need to learn for two years, and during these two years they will be taught to stand in a queue, which they should be able to do in a military formation.
When they grow up and enter the military camp, do you two highnesses know what will happen?
Every soldier could read and write, and every man could do simple arithmetic.
Each side has 100,000 sergeants. Your Highnesses are leading the Ming Dynasty's army. The enemy is using what I call an army of soldiers.
Have you ever thought about the differences between strategic arrangements, tactical operations, and intelligence transmission?
When a new weapon is first introduced, which army can learn to use it faster? "
The commander gave the simplest example: A knowledgeable person is better as a soldier than an uneducated person.
Otherwise, according to what Hanhan said, when His Majesty went to war, Queen Ma was in charge of logistics at the rear because Queen Ma came from a scholarly family.
Zhu Xi swallowed his saliva: "That way everyone in the enemy can organize logistics, and anyone sent out will be a good scout.
When fighting, we talk about the 50-50 formation, so there is no need for people who don't know arithmetic to adapt to it.
If the baggage train is attacked and the person responsible for the accounts dies, there are orders written in letters.
The teams that were illiterate and unable to calculate were panicked, so they changed to another one, and anyone could just join them. "
Zhu Biao wiped his sweat and admitted that he did not want to face such an army.
The head of the village added: "Before, Xiaqiu Village published a book on veterinary treatment, and the imperial court sent local officials to each village to teach them patiently. For difficult areas, we could only ask them to report to the county seat after encountering them.
If everyone in every village was literate, it would be enough to just give them a book, and there would be no need for anyone to teach them.
Then even if these people grow up, they will not become soldiers, they will always get married and have children.
Their children will receive their education from an early age and learn literacy and arithmetic, and it will be easier for them to learn other things in the future.
What's more, people who can already read and write, don't they learn other things themselves?
There is no charge for borrowing books from the library. Even if they grow vegetables, they can read a book while selling vegetables and wait for customers to buy. "
"That's the truth. After all, some people are willing to continue learning the most basic things in the church, but that's just..." Zhu Biao didn't say the next words.
"Your Highness, Xiaqiu Village does not need to use this method to gain prestige. Eat scallops. The price of seafood shipped from the sea is quite expensive!"
The director picked up a scallop and put it on the plate in front of Zhu Biao. The scallop was very big, and it was almost spit out after being raised all the way here.
Zhu Biao put the seasoning on it himself and ate it deliciously: "The imperial court has already arranged the things mentioned in the title book last time. What the village wants will be delivered to you in a while."
"The adjustment of the revolving flintlock gun has been completed. Previously, the revolving spring was not good enough. Your Highness can send someone to get it, including the drawings."
The village chief mentioned another thing that was more important than food. After hard work, the village finally made the revolving flintlock gun strong and durable.
The original ones had to be replaced with parts, so the next step was to build more of them and put them in the village so that the villagers could practice shooting when they had nothing to do.
What if one day someone really wants to kill me and fights me? The village must fight back firmly.
(End of chapter)
