The sound of the whistle stepped on the sea, making ripples, and rushed straight to Aizhou Port.
Zhao Younian, the commander of the Southern Navy, turned the rudder and issued an order to slow down the ship. A black column of smoke erupted from the chimney of the steam engine, which was blown askew by the southeast wind.
Liu Ben, the supervisory censor, looked at Lin Huan, a young talent standing aside. This man was the top candidate in the imperial examination in the eighth year of Jianwen. Entrusted by the emperor, he went to Jiaozhi as the head of the Ministry of Rites to condolences to Zhang Yan, Han Guan, Li Wenmin and others. The duty of inspecting places and understanding the people's conditions.
"Lin Zhuangyuan, there is Aizhou Port in front of you. Did you see that tall building? It is the lighthouse of Aizhou Port. Firewood is burned at night, and the flames reach into the sky, illuminating the military port in the west and the civilian port in the east."
Zhao Younian came over and said with a smile.
Lin Huan had already seen the tall lighthouse. He heard it was twenty feet high and made of concrete. It was hard to imagine how the craftsmen here built such a spectacular and tall lighthouse.
"Zhao Qianshi, please call me Chief Lin. I heard that a month ago, General Du led the navy to station in Aizhou Port, but I see that there are not many warships in the military port. Why is this?"
Lin Huan was a little confused.
Zhao Younian pointed to the north: "It seems that General Du Yu led the fleet to Xin'an Mansion, where there is an area suitable for building a large port and dock. Although the Port of Iowa is large, its ship maintenance capabilities are limited, and it is even more difficult for the dock to support the maintenance of multiple treasure ships and future iron ships. It is inevitable to build a new port and dock."
Lin Huan understood.
At this time, the ship slowly approached the Aizhou Military Port, and the Aizhou Guard Commander Wang Zi led a group of officers to greet it.
Zhao Younian, Lin Huan, and Liu Ben got off the boat and landed along the straight pier.
Lin Huan proposed to go to Qinghua Mansion, and Liu Ben accompanied him. Zhao Younian was unable to escape because he was involved in military affairs, so he arranged for Wang Zi to take two people with him to protect him.
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Aizhou Port is only more than 40 miles away from Qinghua City, and it only takes half a day to drive a carriage.
Lin Huan looked at Qinghua City and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
It is said that Thanh Hoa City is a fence city without walls, similar to a fence city surrounded by wood. But the current city is not a fence city, it is obviously a concrete city.
The city is one and a half feet high and has crenelations. The soldiers on the city wall are powerful and not sluggish. Every ten feet, there is a tower on the city wall. The density of the towers is staggering.
Lin Huan looked at Wang Zi: "Why are there so many towers?"
Wang Zi smiled and explained: "This is Jiaozhi. Unlike other places, it is hot and rainy in summer, so it is difficult for sergeants to be on duty normally. Considering that prevention cannot be neglected, Commander Han Guandu ordered the construction of more towers to protect the sergeants from the heat. Take shelter from the rain, there are lookout points and firearms inside.”
Lin Huan nodded slightly and asked: "Since Annan was pacified in the fourth year of Jianwen, has there been a civil uprising here?"
Wang Zi nodded: "Although the imperial army pacified Annan, the third division of Jiaozhi was established later. However, many people here resisted. In addition, when fighting many states, Zhang Fu killed too hard, causing many people's families to lose their pillars. There was a lot of turmoil for a while, especially the rebellion of the Hu and Chen clans, which had a considerable impact. Later, under the suppression of the capital and the crackdown by the scouts, Jiaozhi finally returned to peace."
"In the past three years, there have been only four local civil riots. At most, there were only more than 300 people rioting, and they were caused by agricultural taxes. The Houdu Secretary and the Chief Envoy handled it in a timely manner, and there was not much trouble. There has been no local riot this year. , the people's hearts gradually surrendered. Of course, this is also inseparable from the teachings of the descendants of Confucius's seventy-two disciples."
Lin Huan knew the power of enlightenment, and a smile appeared on his lips: "I heard that Yan Bao is in Qinghua Mansion and is in charge of social education. Is this true?"
"That's right."
Wang Zi nodded.
Lin Huan bowed his hands to the north: "It is really admirable that a descendant of Yan Hui, a master of Confucianism, is willing to stay in Social Studies."
Wang Zi smiled and said nothing. If he had been educated, he would have stayed in social studies.
Jiaozhi is very different from Jiangxi, South Zhili and other places. In the major provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the status and salary of academic disciplines are generally lower than those of county schools and government schools. However, in Jiaozhi and Xijiang Province, the opposite is true. The salary is higher than that of county schools and government schools.
The reason is very simple. Social studies are dealing with children who have never received Chinese culture. Some people don't even understand Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Starting from scratch is nothing. The key is that they were Annan people, and their families remember the Annan royal family. Knowing Annan's past, how to make them completely forget Annan's mark and put the mark of the Ming Dynasty on them is the most test of Mr. Wang's wisdom.
Zhang Yan and others discussed countermeasures with Ran Zhong, Yan Bao, Min Xing and others. Some officials in the Chief Envoy even proposed to exterminate the Annan culture and burn it All Annan classics, the doctrine of killing Annan elders, wanted to use the method of burning books and harassing Confucians to clean up the Annan relics, and accelerate the process of Annan people transforming into Ming people.
However, these ideas were rejected by Zhang Yan, Ran Zhong and others. Yan Bao and others also believed that although burning books and entrapping Confucian scholars was effective, it could easily bring about greater conflicts and troubles, which was not conducive to the Ming Dynasty's efforts to appease the people and control the local area.
Later, social studies flourished.
Surprisingly, the place with the highest concentration of sociology schools in the entire Ming Dynasty was not in Southern Zhili, nor in Jiangxi, a major education province, but in Jiaozhi County.
With the efforts of Zhang Yan, Ran Zhong, Yan Bao and others, and with the support of the imperial court, Jiaozhi has realized the popularization of social studies. Zhang Yan stipulated in the form of mandatory laws that all children over the age of six should enter social studies and practice Do your homework, know the books and principles, and master the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to ensure that the law was implemented, Zhang Yan directly linked the law to the promotion of subordinate officials. If he set an example and sent his children to social schools, his salary would be increased and his evaluation would be enhanced so that he could be promoted. If the children of the people under the rule do not participate in social studies, it will be regarded as dereliction of duty and there is a risk of dismissal.
The subordinate officials are eager to climb up, so how can they not cooperate?
Lin Huan listened to Wang Zi's talk about Jiaozhi culture and education, and couldn't help but admire Zhang Can.
Emperor Jianwen highly trusted Zhang Can, and not only gave Zhang Can the power to appoint and remove prefects and county magistrates, but also gave him many "expeditious" powers, such as tax rate setting, land measurement, distribution and sales, etc.
Zhang Yan also lived up to the great trust of Emperor Jianwen. He flexed his muscles in Jiaozhi and worked hard to govern, which contributed to Jiaozhi's current prosperity and stability.
The greatest contribution to Jiaozhi's stability may not be Han Guan's garrison and army, but Zhang Yan's policies that won the hearts of the people.
Lin Huan went deep into Qinghua City. Although it was not as prosperous as Suzhou, Hangzhou and the capital, it was very lively because it was an important place for trade and merchants gathered there. Whether it was traveling merchants or caravans, everything seemed to be full of vitality.
The First School of Sociology in Thanh Hoa.
After checking their identities, Lin Huan and others entered the social studies. When they heard voices in the classroom, they went to the window and listened.
Yan Bao was narrating "The Book of Rites" with a loud voice. The students in the audience listened carefully with solemn expressions on their faces.
"When you walk on the great road, the world is for the common good. Select the wise and capable, be trustworthy and cultivate harmony. In the future, you should walk on the great road and be on par with the saints. There is a saying in "Book of Rites: Li Yun", so the saint can take the world as one family and regard the world as one family. China is one person, and it is not intended. You must know its situation, understand its meaning, understand its benefits, understand its disadvantages, and then you can do something about it..."
Yan Bao talked eloquently, his voice rising and falling.
Ruan Ping raised his hand and asked timidly: "Sir, I heard from my father that this was Annan originally, not the Ming Dynasty. Now I heard that the world is one family. I don't know how to understand it for a while. Please clarify my confusion."
Lin Huan outside the window was surprised after hearing this. How dare you ask such a bold question in class? Just as he was about to go over and scold him, Wang Zi pulled him back.
When Yan Bao heard Ruan Ping's question, he didn't feel uncomfortable. Instead, he walked towards Ruan Ping with a smile and taught him kindly: "Yes, this used to be Annan Kingdom, but when King Annam was in power, he didn't treat the people as human beings and acted wantonly. Bullying, not treating the sect master as a relative, but drawing swords against him. As the saying goes, if the world is righteous, rituals and music will be conquered from the emperor; if there is no righteousness, rituals and music will be conquered from the princes..."
"??????????????????The Hu family is ignorant and ignorant, and the people are worse off than dead. Only then did the Ming Dynasty have to punish the people and save the people from fire and water. Looking back four hundred years, there are still There is no Annan, but a place in the Central Plains, the homeland of the Central Plains. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty rules the world, takes back his homeland, and obeys the laws of heaven. After you go home, you can ask your father whether he thinks it is better to become a Ming Dynasty person or to return to the Ming Dynasty. The past Hu dynasty was good."
Ruan Ping nodded in understanding.
Yan Bao looked at the students in the classroom and said majestically: "You are the people of the Ming Dynasty, living in a stable school. Only the Ming Dynasty can shelter you, protect you, and make your life better. Let us stand up Go north to respect your lord and practice our Chinese etiquette."
All the students stood up and bowed to the north under the leadership of Yan Bao, and then bowed to Yan Bao again.
At the end of the class, the students dispersed.
Lin Huan watched the students come out one after another, then walked into the hall, saluted Yan Bao and said, "Mr. Yan has a great talent, Lin Huan is polite."
Yan Bao returned the gift and said calmly: "I have received news a long time ago that the emperor sent the number one scholar to Jiaozhi. I didn't expect it to arrive so soon. How is Qinghua City?"
Lin Huan nodded repeatedly. Seeing several textbooks on the desk, he picked them up and looked through them after saying: "The textbooks here are somewhat different from the textbooks edited by the chief editor of the capital. The history of Annan is directly written here. Is it appropriate?"
Yan Bao smiled calmly: "What's inappropriate? A gentleman is magnanimous. The people and children here know about Annan, and we can't avoid it if we want to. Instead of being secretive, it's better to tell them directly, Annan's crime will be destroyed Wherever it is, it shows that Annan originally belonged to the Central Plains and that the world is one family, which attracts their recognition."
Lin Huan was in awe and apologized: "I am too narrow-minded."
Yan Bao waved his hand, picked up the blackboard eraser, wiped off the writing on the blackboard, and said to Lin Huan: "You came to Jiaozhi not just to check on Jiaozhi and express condolences to the Third Division, right?"
Lin Huan looked at Yan Bao in surprise and asked, "What do you know?"
Yan Bao glanced at Wang Zi behind Lin Huan and said sternly: "King Hassan of the Balni Kingdom is dead, Huang Senping and Prince Temangong began to fight openly and secretly. At this time, the navy is here, and you, the champion, are also here, you Could it be that he was sent as an envoy to the Bo Ni Kingdom?"
