Why do poorer places have more children? Because the more children they have, the more they can serve as a labor force. With labor force, there will be financial resources. In ancient times, it was unimaginable for women to go to school. Women in future generations are not allowed to have sex before their tenth birth. This is to protect young girls. In the past dynasties, it was even decreed that women should leave the cabinet at the age of fifteen. .
In this era, women are more of a reproductive tool, and reproductive tools do not require him to understand too many principles to divide men's rights. Therefore, women in this era generally regard virtue and talent as their beauty. No one wants his wife to disobey him with a lot of sage words. If you don’t study, the three obediences and the four virtues will be a matter of course.
Liang Chuan even lets girls come to the school to study. In his opinion, it is a good thing if the children can go to the school to study when they are still young. After all, sir, not everywhere is free. He can read and write by himself. Can be taught to children.
But when he heard Liang Chuan say that he didn't need to prepare pen, ink, and paper, he was very touched. Don't look at a small pen or piece of paper. It may be the rations taken out from the teeth of a family. The more money a person spends, the more hungry someone will be. This is a very simple account. .
What kind of virtue did He Lu have to accumulate in his current term of Baozheng, to meet such a lucky star like Liang Chuan? He is a very capable man. His mother-in-law is now learning bamboo weaving from his 'servant', and she is doing well. I am afraid that my daughter will be called over to learn with him, so as to supplement the family income. People in the village have a way to survive.
Now there is not only a way to survive, but also books to read. For many generations, people have dreamed of hanging a plaque in this ancestral hall conferring the title of a successful candidate, setting up a flagpole at the door, and not expecting to be a Jinshi. For many generations, other villagers have bullied them. There has never been a famous man in his village standing in front of his village to speak for his people.
He Baozheng was trembling slightly with excitement. If you can study, you can change your destiny. If you can go out, you can honor your ancestors! Even if it's just writing letters home for others, or writing two posts for weddings and funerals, it's still better than playing in the mud in the field.
Mr. Meng Liangchen just lowered his hands with a faint smile on his face, quietly watching and listening to the two people arranging his work beside him, as if it had nothing to do with him. It turned out that he was not such a person. He Baozheng also asked Meng Liangchen to write for him, but it was difficult to find him. He was very bad at studying. However, Meng Liangchen now is like a child who has made mistakes and knows how to correct them, humbly accepting the teachings of others.
Bitter medicine is good medicine.
He Baozheng took a mouthful of vegetables, chewed a few tasty bites, swallowed it, then picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. The rice wine was a little bitter, but the bitterness turned into sweetness, leaving a fragrant mouthful.
"This wine is good. Brother Meng, you should sit down and drink some." He Baozheng said with joy on his face, his eyes narrowed like crescent moons. Said to Meng Liangchen.
"Okay." Meng Liangchen didn't know how to drink, and he never drank. Even when he was doing accounting at Jiang Lizheng's house, Li Zheng treated him to some good rice wine, but he didn't drink at all.
Among the three of them, no one knew what Meng Liangchen was thinking. He always had a smile on his face. He Baozheng was extremely happy, and Liang Chuan had a smirk on his face, as if he had succeeded in some idea.
"Sanlang, are these the two things you mentioned? Are these two things enough to open a school?" He Baozheng knew that Liang Chuan had many clever ideas, and that running a school was a major event. He had never handled it before, so he had to prepare something. Make sure you have a foundation first, so that if something goes wrong later on, you will have to spend money and time to solve it.
"Of course it's impossible to do just these two points. These two points are my minimum requirements. If the teacher doesn't respect the teacher in the school, he will leave immediately without discussion. Even if he gives me money, I don't want him to come to the school in our village. Clothes must be clean, which does not mean that the clothes must be new or gorgeous, but that the clothes on the body must be washed cleanly. If a person cannot clean up his body, will he clean up his soul? Such a person The more books you read, it will be in vain." Liang Chuan said.
Meng Liangchen had never been a teacher or run a school, but he knew what a school was like. He listened curiously to Liang Chuan's new statement. At least he had not seen such a statement in writing. It was Is it correct?
"Then what else should we prepare?" He Baozheng asked.
"The location of the school will be in my house from now on. I will free up a big house to serve as a school for the children. But the house has not been built yet, and it will probably take some time. Let's take advantage of this time to slow down. Hurry and prepare other things." Liang Chuan glanced at He Baozheng and said, "There are a lot of things to prepare, I'm afraid you won't remember them."
"I remember." Meng Liangchen said suddenly.
"Uh... Well, first of all, it's about this student source. Tomorrow you go and notify the villagers in the village and ask every household to come to your house for a meeting. You tell them all the two requirements I mentioned. Once again, only those who can respect it will come. If you can't do it before the time comes, I will kick you out of the school and make you unhappy."
"Humph, give them the courage to make trouble! I will not let them go first. If they dare to make trouble, I will kick them out. They will not be tolerated in the village." He Baozheng's face became upright and awe-inspiring. It is true that studying is a good thing. It's a big deal, and it's free of charge. If you can't even do these two things and still have conflicts with your husband, you're a useless person.
"And what I said, if girls want to come to study, let them come and don't stop them."
When Liang Chuan said this, Meng Liangchen frowned slightly and said: "A wise man can make a city, a wise woman can conquer a city, and a wise woman can be an owl or an owl."
Liang Chuan and He Baozheng were like two illiterate people who had never read a book. They stared at Meng Liangchen with their eyes wide open. They stood there for a long time and said, "What do you mean?"
Meng Liangchen was also stunned. Could it be that Liang Chuan didn't know what this meant or hadn't heard of it?
"The ancients said that if a woman reads too much, she will become a disaster..."
"That's not necessarily true. Knowing the book and being polite is the best state. Trust me."
Although Liang Chuan's words are undeniable, Liang Chuan's behavior has always amazed people, and there has been no problem.
"These are simple. I will explain it clearly to him tomorrow. Saburo, please continue."
"Tomorrow I will go to the mountain to cut firewood and split it into wooden strips. I will ask Master Zhao Jinyu to help me make wooden boxes according to the number of students who have signed up. I will use them to hold sand for the students later."
He Baozheng had never heard of the purpose of having a sandbox in the school, and asked: "Do you still need to play with sand while studying?"
Liang Chuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's so difficult to recruit teachers and let them play with sand in class. You have such a bad idea!"
Meng Liangchen smiled slightly and said: "Third brother wants the students to write on this sand table, using sand as the writing and bamboo as the writing."
"Okay." Liang Chuan cast an admiring look at Meng Liangchen, "Look, people with educated minds are better at handling things than you are with a hoe."
He Baozheng snorted, picked up the wine bowl and raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't hear Liang Chuan mocking him, and drank his own wine.
Liang Chuan said: "Although I am very rich, this Japanese paper is a large amount of consumables. It is a big expense over time. I can save money and save money. I still have to buy pens and paper, but I can put them for the final and midterm exams." Use it when the time comes, good things should only be used on the joints."
The two of them had never heard of the term final and midterm exam, "What does midterm and final mean?"
"We have to take tests regularly to check the students' learning results."
"Of course it is necessary!" Liang Chuan said sternly: "Confucius said that there is no distinction in teaching, but it is more important to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Not all students are taught with the same method. After some students reach a certain standard, for example, after learning to write, You can't force him to take the No. 1 exam again, it's too difficult and unrealistic, but if some students are really talented, why don't they put more effort into cultivating them?"
"The top talent...!" He Baozheng thought that it would be enough to train a master of the exam, but Liang Chuan was very ambitious and wanted to be the top talent. "Can our village produce the top scholar?"
"Of course. In my opinion, our husband is the top talent."
"What!" He Baozheng asked urgently, "Sanlang, what did you say?"
Liang Chuan said nothing, but looked at Meng Liangchen with a smile. Meng Liangchen smiled in return, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled strangely. This was probably how they felt.
Meng Liangchen's change of opinion towards Liang Chuan is astonishing. He used to think that he was a prisoner in Xinghua Prison and didn't want to take another look at him. However, he didn't expect that the poem he wrote in six steps was astonishing. He felt so ashamed that he even drove himself into the devil. Startled. He thought that this man was also a man of many talents, but he did not expect that his thinking was even more unique. He ran a school and ran it skillfully. He taught according to his talents and did not stick to formalities. Looking through the collection of classics and history, I can't find anyone else, let alone any midterms or finals. How can I come up with these clever tricks? What's more important is his eyes, looking at himself, as if he has completely seen through himself.
What I have worked so hard to pursue may not be worth a penny in this person's eyes.
Therefore, there are still too many things to practice. To be an unknown gentleman is to think highly of yourself.
In Liang Chuan's opinion, this young man might have been able to figure out the pair hanging on the door lintel outside his door. If he can't stand up to him, I'm afraid the excitement will be even greater, and he won't be like this now. If Meng Liangchen can stand up to him right now, he is the top talent. It is also possible to have a successful career and be a top scholar, no matter what.
"Then do you want a name for the school in our village?"
"It's still early, let's talk about it later"
