The school that Zhu Yuanzhang gifted to Xiao Han was the residence of a high-ranking official in the previous dynasty, and the furnishings in it were even more luxurious.
"I'm afraid this is the mansion the old man left for himself, right?"
After Xiao Han finished visiting the mansion in front of him, he looked at Zhu Biao beside him and chuckled softly.
"Um."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly.
At first, Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to treat this place as a private residence. After all, the furnishings were as before, making it one of the best remaining residences in Yingtian Mansion.
But for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang could only bear the pain and donate this mansion.
"Then you have to come up with a name."
"How can the school not have a name?"
"From now on, this place will be called the Martial Arts Hall."
"The Ming Dynasty Lecture Hall."
Xiao Han's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhu Biao and asked, "How is it?"
"Okay, okay, okay."
Before Zhu Biao could speak, Zhu Di jumped up and said: "As long as you teach the art of war, I will study hard and never be lazy."
"You don't read any books?"
Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows and said.
"Reading is not as interesting as fighting."
Zhu Di replied matter-of-factly.
"Then it seems that there is still a need for a teacher here."
Zhu Biao glanced at Zhu Di angrily, and then said: "Every few days, I will come to give lectures, and no one is allowed to be absent. Otherwise, I will not be the master Li Xiyan."
Li Xiyan, the master of Dabentang, and the teacher of Zhu Di and the others, could hit the prince with a ruler, Zhu Yuanzhang gave permission, but this old master would take his face into consideration and would not really hit him hard.
But if it falls into the hands of Zhu Biao, haha, don't forget Biao, it can also be Biaozi.
"ah."
Zhu Di and Zhu Xi's eyes immediately flashed with pain. The days ahead may not be easy.
After all, none of their brothers, except for the third brother Zhu Fan, are good at reading. Of course, the fifth brother Zhu Ru is also better. He can actually read, but this guy only likes to read medical books. From childhood to adulthood, I just like reading medical books, which really makes me feel helpless.
"Go and pass the message and ask the guards to move the table closer. Since you have decided to make a school, you have to get it done. In a few days, let those brats come over."
"There are also Mu Ying, He Wenhui, Lan Yu, and Zhu Wenzheng, call them together."
Xiao Han thought for a moment, then looked at Zhu Biao and said with a smile: "Nothing happens anyway. In a few days, I will give them the first lesson to let them understand how the battle should be fought."
"The Battle of Sichuan and Sichuan?"
Zhu Biao raised his eyes, nodded and asked.
"no."
But Xiao Han shook his head and said.
"Sichuan and Sichuan are located in a peaceful corner. They are not a serious problem, but they have been a serious problem in the past dynasties. Where is it?"
Immediately, Xiao Han looked at Zhu Biao again and asked.
"I can't generalize, but alien races are always a serious concern."
Zhu Biao said without even thinking about it.
Throughout the dynasties and thousands of years in China, there has never been a dynasty without the invasion of foreign races. Therefore, the only ones that can be said to be a serious problem are foreign races.
"right."
"In general terms, they are aliens."
"As for the current situation in our Ming Dynasty, the grassland is the biggest worry. After all, the people of Beiyuan are eyeing the Central Plains with covetous eyes. This is an indisputable fact."
A flash of admiration flashed in Xiao Han's eyes. Looking at the overall situation, Zhu Biao's strategic policy is indeed long-term. The enemy of Ming Dynasty is not just the grassland. From this point, Zhu Biao is right.
However, we cannot blindly enlarge our strategic vision, as that may be counterproductive. Therefore, at this stage, Ming Dynasty must first conquer the grasslands and stabilize the frontiers. This is the first strategic goal.
"Um."
"Stabilizing the border fortress is indeed a top priority for the Ming Dynasty. The court dare not relax for a day. After all, the people at the border are also my people of the Ming Dynasty and cannot give up."
Zhu Biao nodded again.
"Then let me ask you, which side do you think is stronger on the grassland?"
Xiao Han looked at Zhu Biao again and asked.
"Although I really don't want to admit it, Beiyuan's advantage is highlighted here. It occupies the right time, place and people. If my Ming Dynasty is not careful, the king's army will be defeated and it will be difficult to resist."
Zhu Biao opened his mouth and then sighed.
It’s not like Zhu Yuanzhang never made the Northern Expedition. Although he achieved some victories, it was only a small fight after all, and Bei Yuan did not suffer any injuries.
But Daming invested a lot of resources in this small victory. Therefore, after investing a lot of energy and resources in exchange for some insignificant small victories, this was originally a loss-making business.
It can be seen from this that if the grassland battle is not a large-scale staged victory, if it cannot severely damage Beiyuan, it will be unable to make ends meet, so what advantage is there?
Let's talk about Beiyuan. They are completely self-sufficient. The transportation of grain and grass is not a problem at all. Coupled with their familiarity with the grassland, they can let their hands and feet go free and work hard.
This in itself has resulted in the original 50/50 situation favoring Beiyuan. Therefore, even if Beiyuan has lost countless battles and suffered countless losses, as long as it can defeat the Ming Dynasty in one battle, then it will It can severely damage the Ming Dynasty.
For example, in the five years of Hongwu in history, Xu Da in the middle route was defeated like a mountain, Li Wenzhong in the east route had similar gains and losses, and only Feng Sheng in the west route achieved certain results.
This was equivalent to hurting Ming's vitality, but there was still room for retreat. After all, the three armies, Xu Da in the middle, were defeated, Li Wenzhong did not win or lose, and Feng Sheng still managed to save some room.
But even so, the Ming Dynasty recovered its national strength for several years. Only in the thirteenth year of Hongwu and the fourteenth year of Hongwu did it send troops to the Northern Expedition twice, and achieved a lot.
"Then what kind of military strategy do you think can defeat Bei Yuan on the grassland?"
Xiao Han nodded again, and then continued to ask.
"have no idea."
Not only Zhu Biao, but also the three brothers Zhu Feng all shook their heads. There was almost no way to restrain Bei Yuan on the grassland. Otherwise, with the tempers of people like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, they would have been defeated long ago. After destroying Bei Yuan, how can they still be allowed to dance?
"So, for the grassland, I proposed a four-stage strategy. The first stage is to use the grassland as the center to develop blitz warfare. With thunder and lightning, it can penetrate the grassland infinitely. This is to win by surprise and attack quickly. Run."
Xiao Han raised his eyes, looked at Zhu Biao and said with a smile, "You should be able to guess who this is, right?"
"Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty."
"Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty."
Zhu Biao nodded without hesitation.
The originator of blitzkrieg in history was Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, and the one who brought blitzkrieg to the extreme was Li Jing, the spirit of the Tang Dynasty. The abilities of these two men are obvious to all in history.
"Yes, you can win by using strange things. It is important to know yourself and the enemy. Use the right combination to win with strange things. Only by using high-speed soldiers can you be victorious in every battle."
Xiao Han nodded lightly, and if he wanted to completely destroy Beiyuan, relying on the strength of the blitzkrieg alone was not enough, but it could severely damage Beiyuan with very little consumption. For the Ming Dynasty, this would be a huge blow in a short period of time. , but completely sufficient.
"I trust you."
Zhu Biao raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Handao.
The most important thing between brothers is to be attentive to each other. Zhu Biao naturally understands what Xiao Han means. However, the situation in the world, especially in terms of strategy, is very few who can match Xiao Han. Therefore, we will still have to use troops in the future. It's better to believe in Xiao Han and use it to win.
"Zhang Shun."
"Xiao Han patted Zhu Biao's shoulder and said nothing. Then he looked at Tong Zhangshun aside and said, "Bring that book over. "
"As commanded."
Tong Zhangshun carefully took out the book from his arms, as if he was treating it like a treasure, and then walked over quickly, presented the book to Xiao Han and said: "I always carry it with me, keep it carefully, and don't dare to neglect it in the slightest."
"Um."
"Let's see."
Xiao Han did not take the book. Instead, he looked at Zhu Biao and said softly: "Here is the blitz war situation that I compiled. In fact, I thought about it a long time ago and planned to hand it over to you later, but since it has been opened If you have entered the school, then take it out, anyway, it is all for the Ming Dynasty."
"Um?"
"If you write about the art of war, you will write about the art of war. What kind of paintings do you draw?"
Zhu Biao took the book from Tong Zhangshun's hand and opened the first page. He used oddity to win, but there were some symbols he couldn't understand drawn on it. Immediately, he looked at Xiao Han angrily and said: " It looks really awkward, could you please stop playing like this next time?”
"I'm too lazy to scold you."
"This is the Hongwu Pinyin written by me."
Xiao Han immediately rolled his eyes and shook his head again.
Movable type printing has been created as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, and the technology at this stage is also very mature. Therefore, since printing is so mature, in Xiao Han's view, the popularity of literacy rate has It needs to be put on the agenda.
Moreover, since we want to achieve large-scale literacy, things like pinyin letters are naturally indispensable. Especially in the first year of Hongwu, Xiao Han was already tinkering with these pinyin letters, but it was not too troublesome. After all, it was mainly about transportation. There is nothing too difficult about the thoughts of later generations.
But if I want to take it out, there has never been any suitable opportunity, but it is different now. Since Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to set up a school, it would be just right to popularize the pinyin alphabet together.
"Can you tell me the key points?"
“Wouldn’t printing these things in textbooks cause trouble for typesetting?”
Zhu Biao's eyes were still angry, but then he shook his head and looked at Xiao Han again and asked.
After all, Xiao Han must have his own motives for doing these things, and he just needs to figure out what the Hongwu Pinyin is for?
Furthermore, although printing technology has been very mature, it is still movable type printing. In order to print, the words must be typeset and a symbol is added to each word, which requires at least twice as much typesetting to do it.
Therefore, if the Hongwu Pinyin is not of much use, then Zhu Biao feels that there is no need to go to such trouble.
"Scholars read words, and so do you."
"But what we say is sound."
"Putting them together makes a sentence, so everyone can speak, but not everyone can read and write. In Hongwu Pinyin, each symbol represents a sound."
"And it is this sound that forms the pinyin of Hongwu, and this is also to tell people around the world how to pronounce this word."
Xiao Han looked at Zhu Biao and said without hesitation: "In this way, as long as the people of the world can master these pinyin, even if they are illiterate, they can read out the content in the textbook. In the long run, will it be difficult to remember these words?"
After saying that, Xiao Han touched his chin again, and in a daze, he recalled the feeling of reading according to Pinyin in elementary school.
"boom!"
"That's not true. Everyone in the world can read!"
Zhu Biao's eyes flashed with fire, and his whole body was shocked. He directly took Xiao Han's arm and said.
"yes."
"Just so that everyone in the world can study."
Xiao Han nodded, pointed to the pinyin on the book and said: "As long as you can learn these pinyin and recognize these letters, even if you don't have a teacher, you can still read and read. After all, knowing these pinyin is better than my Ming Dynasty , which one is easier to remember than the tens of thousands of words I have in Ming Dynasty?"
nonsense.
It must be Hongwu Pinyin. After all, there are only twenty-six Pinyin letters in total. Even people who have never read the book can remember it by reading it several times.
Moreover, if the Hongwu Pinyin can really be spread all over the world, then the Hongwu Dictionary that matches the Hongwu Pinyin will be ready to be released.
Xiao Han had already started thinking about Hongwu Dictionary when he was studying Hongwu Pinyin.
Because the Ming Dynasty did not share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, but with the common people.
But since ancient times, scholar-officials have been able to monopolize power and control various dynasties. What is the core reason?
They have a monopoly on knowledge. After all, as we all know, after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial court began to grant favors to people all over the world, allowing everyone in the world to have the opportunity to work as a farmer in the morning and ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening, so as to change their own destiny through reading.
But reading is not that easy. If you want to study, you must first have a book, right?
With books, you still need to know the words, right?
Since the popularization of printing, although books are still valuable, they are no longer as hard to reach as they were in ancient times. A slightly more prosperous family can probably get some if they bite the bullet and save a little from their rations. Printed Confucian classics.
but
Books alone are of no use!
If you don’t know how to read, you will just read the books you are given. So, if you have books but cannot read, what can the people do?
Please teach me, Mr. Shu?
hehe.
Buying books is all about saving money and food. Where can you get the money to hire a teacher?
Besides, you think teachers are cheap?
Take the current Song Lian as an example. He once said that he had a hard time studying when he was a teenager and studied hard.
But now that I think about it, Song Lian is actually lucky at least. After all, if he can read, even if he is not from a clan, he is still from a poor family.
But don’t forget that a poor family is in decline, but there is a big gap between people and the common people.
Therefore, on the surface, the imperial examination is to give the people of the world a chance to change their destiny, but in fact, it is at best an opportunity for Confucian scholars from poor families.
At least ordinary people still have no chance at all, and it is basically impossible for ordinary people to get ahead without taking the extreme route of rebellion, unless there is really smoke rising from your ancestral grave.
Under the pressure of the government, people could still accumulate wealth by doing business. Only by relying on the accumulated wealth and becoming literate could they enter the court.
However, it has always been a taboo for businessmen to enter politics. For example, in the Hongwu Dynasty, the sons of businessmen, or businessmen, could be officials, but most of them were at the bottom, with no power at all, and almost no possibility of promotion.
Besides, after these few steps, which step is not as difficult as climbing to the sky?
But things are different now. If the Hongwu Pinyin and the Hongwu Dictionary can really come out, it will really make people all over the world literate, and at least they can take the step of accumulating family assets.
Although it is still difficult, at least under the intellectual monopoly of scholar-officials, a hole has been opened, and if this hole is opened well, it will be a torrent that will completely flood the world. thereby breaking the monopoly.
"If the world were full of scholars, then scholars would lose their sense of superiority and become more nervous."
"It's just that promoting this is more difficult than reforming the currency trading system."
Zhu Fan took the book from Zhu Biao's hand, looked at Xiao Han again, shook his head and said: "One mistake may cause turmoil in the court. After all, no scholar has selfish motives, and who wants everyone in the world to be able to read?" ?”
"Yes, but not much."
"Ninety percent of the scholars in the world would be against it. Even the old man might be against it."
Zhu Ming also stood up, nodded and said: "After all, the world is based on food, and the court is also based on food. If all the people in the world go to school and waste their fields, it will be truly detrimental to the country."
"Are you quite smart now?"
"Why don't you usually use your brain?"
Xiao Han gave Zhu Xi a high look, and this question was indeed sharp, but it was not impossible to break the situation.
"As a prince and a prince of the Ming Dynasty, everything must be based on the world and the country and the country."
Zhu Ming rolled his eyes at Xiao Han and said.
"That's right."
"If we really let everyone in the world read."
"Then there may be a turmoil in the world. If you get ahead in studies, take scientific exams and become an official, you don't have to farm anymore. But if no one farms, what will you eat?"
Zhu Biao also nodded and said.
This is for the sake of the overall situation. It does not mean that it is not good for people to study. On the contrary, Zhu Biao hopes that people can study. However, under the premise of all this, the fields cannot be abandoned, otherwise, this will be the worst policy.
"Brother."
"Can you use your brain?"
"I really don't care about you?"
"It's really worthy of your last name."
Xiao Han really almost cursed.
Then, he looked at the confused four Zhu Biao brothers and said helplessly: "Brother, don't you eat while studying?"
"Even if you want to study, you have to eat enough, stay up late to read, and read and write. That is their choice. However, only when food is in your stomach can you stop being hungry. If you don't even have enough food, why study? Book?"
"Just like me back then, if food and books were placed in front of me and I had to choose, I would definitely choose food instead of a broken book."
"Because that broken book can't save my life, but when I can eat enough, I will definitely pick up the book, because between the two, it is not a must-choose topic!"
"Moreover, even if the common people in the future have enough to eat and can afford to study, can they all be admitted to the imperial examination?"
"Furthermore, even if you put the book in front of the second and fourth children, they don't study hard. Can you really be sure that all the people in this world are diligent in learning and inquiring?"
After Xiao Han finished speaking, the four Zhu Biao brothers were stunned, but then they suddenly realized that this was the case.
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