"If the people are strong, the Ming Dynasty will be strong! If the people are rich, the Ming Dynasty will be rich!"
…
Zhu Yuanzhang kept repeating Su's words, and his emotions continued to accumulate.
Zhu Yuanzhang had long understood the relationship between Ming Dynasty and the people.
The people can carry the boat, but they can also capsize it.
This is what Zhu Yuanzhang experienced personally during the uprising.
"If the people are strong, the Ming Dynasty will be strong! If the people are rich, the Ming Dynasty will be rich!"
Zhu Biao also repeated Su Jing's words, and the look on his face became more and more solemn.
"The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important. In this great world, the most important thing is the people. The people truly represent the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes full of determination.
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded: "The people can carry the boat, and they can also overturn the boat. Su Jing, what you said is really good, and it should be passed down to future generations!"
Su Jing smiled lightly and said: "Uncle, these are just ordinary words. The future direction of the Ming Dynasty is ultimately in the hands of the emperor. If the emperor is wise, the Ming Dynasty will prosper."
Although he points out the importance of the people of Ming Dynasty, he still needs to flatter Lao Zhu.
At this moment, even Song Lian had to admit that Su Jing's words really contained the truth.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled when he heard Su Jing's words. He liked to hear these words.
The establishment and stability of the Ming Dynasty was all due to the efforts of his emperor. Even though he knew that Su Jing was deliberately flattering, Zhu Yuanzhang still benefited from it.
"Song Lian, what do you think?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Song Lian aside and asked.
Song Lian immediately replied: "I think what Ren Yuanbo said is very true. However, although Ren Yuanbo's description is good, how exactly vocational education should be implemented, the specific policies and methods, still need to be explained clearly by Ren Yuanbo. "
Seeing that the situation was unstoppable, Song Lian did not act like a mantis, but directly changed the angle and asked Su Jing about the specific implementation policy.
When Song Lian thought about it, he had never heard of this vocational education thing before. It must have just been done by Su Jing. There were general directions, but the detailed content was probably not available.
"Um."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at Su Jing and said, "Su Jing, tell me, how should this vocational education be implemented?"
For the pragmatic Zhu Yuanzhang, this is the most important thing.
We cannot just talk about the benefits without talking about implementation.
Su Jing immediately said: "Uncle, this is related to the imperial examination. Our current imperial examination in Ming Dynasty still needs to be changed!"
Change the imperial examination!
This is what Su Jing wants to do most.
The imperial examination is certainly an excellent system, providing countless scholars with the opportunity to leap over the dragon's gate, and also allowing countless disciples from poor families to demonstrate their talents and ascend to high positions.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is an extremely great initiative.
Since the emergence of the imperial examination, all dynasties have recognized the importance of the imperial examination to the country. No matter how the dynasties change, whether the Han people are in power or the Yuan people are in power, the imperial examination has continued.
Su Jing naturally did not intend to completely deny the imperial examination. It was his choice to take the essence and discard the dross.
"I would like to ask Uncle Ren Yuan, how can I change the imperial examination?"
Song Lian immediately asked Su Jing.
In fact, Zhu Biao had asked Song Lian about the shortcomings of the imperial examination before, and also knew Su Jing's views on the imperial examination.
Song Lian has always been curious about Su Jing's thoughts on the imperial examination.
After all, it was he and a group of colleagues who worked hard to determine the current imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty.
Su Jing glanced at Song Lian and said with a smile: "Song Chengzhi, if my guess is correct, the current imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty should be mainly established by you, right? The general direction is to imitate the Yuan Dynasty, right?"
Song Lian nodded and said, "That's true. The imperial examination has been going on for more than 700 years since the Sui Dynasty. Although there have been restructurings, the overall policy has not changed much. I am just following the old routine."
Now Song Lian has learned his lesson and will stop bragging.
It is true that I presided over the establishment of the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty, but it was not what I wanted to do, but it has always been done like this. I followed the example of my predecessors.
If there is a problem, it's not my problem.
Although it had only been a short time since he came here to meet Su Jing, Song Lian could already tell that Lao Zhu really dotes on Su Jing.
Song Lian has long known about the relationship between Su Jing and Zhu Biao.
As a teacher who has taught the prince for many years, he is not as good as Su Jing, who has taught the prince for several months.
The current generation of emperors of the Ming Dynasty and the next generation of emperors in the future all paid so much attention to Su Jing.
It can be foreseen that Su Jing will definitely be a very important figure in the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Listening to Song Lian's words of defense, Su Jing didn't care and just said: "The current imperial examination has indeed lasted for more than seven hundred years, but there is a saying called advancing with the times."
"The tide of the times is rolling, and we must keep up with the pace of the times so that Ming Dynasty can always maintain its unique strength."
"Just like firearms, which have only been around for a few hundred years and have already demonstrated their powerful power, the same is true for the imperial examination."
…
Su Jing talked eloquently, seemingly just talking nonsense.
But in fact, in order for Zhu Yuanzhang to truly accept the reform of the imperial examination, he must make good preparations, and ideological preparations are particularly important.
Zhu Yuanzhang must understand that the changes in the imperial examination are for the Ming Dynasty! For the prosperity of Ming Dynasty.
"Okay, Su Jing, you should tell me how to modify the imperial examination."
Zhu Yuanzhang urged, which showed that he was already looking forward to it in his heart.
Su Jing nodded and said: "The current imperial examination only has examinations, but no corresponding education system. This is not good. The imperial examination must not be regarded as just a few tests."
"The children's examination, the provincial examination and the general examination are separated into three levels. We can divide education into three stages. The children's examination is called primary education, secondary education and university education."
"Private schools across the country can also be divided into primary schools, middle schools and universities according to this standard."
"Anyone who fails the child examination will study in primary school. The main content of learning is the content of the child examination."
"After studying for a few years, you can take the children's examination. If you pass the examination, you will enter middle school and learn the content of the provincial examination. Similarly, after studying for a few years, you can take the provincial examination. If you pass, you will go to university. This is the general examination assessment. The content is learned.”
"Among these three stages, there will definitely be those who fail the children's examination, the provincial examination, or the general examination. At this time, vocational education comes in handy."
"If you feel that the reason why you failed the test is not that your strength is too low and you can still do it if you work hard, you can continue to study and take the test again next time."
"And if you feel that you are far behind and have little chance next time, you can enter a vocational school to study. Vocational schools that can be entered by those who have not passed the child examination can be some simple vocational trades, such as carpentry or carpentry. It’s a blacksmith or something.”
"Those who have not passed the provincial examination can learn some writing-related occupations, such as teaching."
"As for those who have not passed the general examination, it may be due to lack of ambition rather than lack of ability. You can study in a research-based vocational school based on your own interests, such as the Agricultural College."
…
Su Jing talked for a long time before giving a brief description.
These are a combination of the education system of the previous life and the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. Su Jing also knows that there must be some unreasonable things in it, but things must be done before they can be slowly corrected.
Don’t be afraid of making mistakes in this first step. You have to do it before you can do the rest.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully, his brows wrinkled and relaxed for a while.
It must be said that the reform method of the imperial examination mentioned by Su Jing had a huge impact on Zhu Yuanzhang.
He originally thought that Su Jing was just making changes in the content and methods of the imperial examination to select talents, but he did not expect this to be the case.
According to Su Jing, this is to build a complete education system.
"That's roughly it. To sum it up personally, it is to allow scholars in the Ming Dynasty to have their own corresponding learning stages, instead of studying all the time and then taking exams. If you pass, you will pass. If you fail, you will continue. Different people, naturally There are also different situations, and the purpose of vocational education is to play a greater role in those scholars who failed to pass all the way in the imperial examination."
"Of course, these ideas of mine are still very rough. I believe that both the uncle and Song Chengzhi must have a lot of doubts, and even feel that some places are difficult to implement or handled improperly, and may even be contradictory. These are all It's normal. If you make mistakes, you should correct them. Things don't always happen overnight."
"But I believe that only in this way can Ming Dynasty flourish and become stronger!"
Su Jing made an impassioned summary, on the one hand to enhance Zhu Yuanzhang's confidence, and on the other hand to cover up the shortcomings of his own plan.
The Ming Dynasty is not a past life. It may take decades or even hundreds of years to establish such an education system.
Zhu Yuanzhang's generation is not good enough, and we must continue to rely on the next generation of emperors from the Ming Dynasty to continue to implement improvements.
But, it all depends on man-made things.
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Su Jing believes it herself.
Zhu Biao was still recording everything Su Jing said in detail as before. Right or wrong was not a question he needed to think about now.
Remember first, and then ask Su Jing for advice. This is the correct way to learn.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing and asked: "Su Jing, this improvement method is really strange. How did you come up with it? This classification of primary schools, middle schools and universities is also quite interesting. Su Jing, haven't you thought about it a long time ago? Yet?"
The content Su Jing described was very novel, but the system was quite complete.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang has never been exposed to it, he is not a fool, let alone stupid.
Su Jing replied calmly: "Uncle, do you remember what I once said about teaching in dreams? This is the education I received in dreams, and the so-called nine-year compulsory education teachers refer to primary school and middle school teachers. Course content."
Teaching in dreams has become Su Jing's signature.
For things that cannot be explained anyway, just use the lecture in the dream to explain it.
"Just from elementary school and middle school, are you already at the level you are now, Su Jing?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Jing and was extremely surprised.
He has always been curious about how powerful Su Jing's teacher is, even the teacher in his dream is still curious.
After listening to Su Jing briefly describe the process of primary, middle and high school education, he also roughly understood the education system.
And Su Jing now told him that his nine-year compulsory education was only about primary school and middle school. This really shocked Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because Su Jing, who just learned these things, can already be said to be extremely intelligent!
Su Jing smiled and said: "Uncle, you can't calculate like that. The nine-year compulsory education in my dream and the knowledge possessed by Ming Dynasty are two different things. But if it can be improved according to what I said, maybe the teaching in my dream will be better." Situations can also become reality.”
Su Jing could understand Lao Zhu's shock.
But as Su Jing said, these are two different things.
Today's Ming Dynasty is still a long way from that era of rapid knowledge development and progress.
That legendary hundred years is enough to be worth all the years before human development.
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard this and asked: "Su Jing, are you telling the truth? Can such a situation really happen in the future Ming Dynasty?"
A talent like Su Jing has already been greatly used by Zhu Yuanzhang.
If the future is really like what Su Jing said, then wouldn't there be an inexhaustible supply of people? Why worry about the Ming Dynasty being unable to survive for generations to come?
"Uncle, no one dares to guarantee what will happen after my death. This situation probably won't happen until I die, but what can I do? At least we are constantly working in this direction."
Su Jing said lightly.
I've had enough bragging with Lao Zhu, and it's time to stop a little bit.
This kind of guarantee of a future vision is unnecessary.
"Yes, you are right. This matter cannot be achieved overnight. It may only be seen by my descendants, but so what? At least this matter started with us!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, now showing his majesty as the Emperor of Heaven.
Zhu Yuanzhang really listened to what Su Jing talked about today about the improvement of vocational education and imperial examinations.
Song Lian on the side also listened particularly carefully. After listening, his attitude also changed.
Su Jing's vocational education really does not allow scholars to do lowly craftsman's work.
Only those who can't pass the child examination are just learning a craft to make a living, and scholars who can't pass the child examination really can't be called scholars here in Song Lian.
The vocational education for scholars who have passed the child examination is a profession with a certain social status such as teachers, which is quite acceptable.
Here is Su Jing's clever description. When talking about it in general terms at the beginning, it was very serious. When talking about it in detail, it was more relaxed, which is more in line with the current way of thinking of the Ming Dynasty.
It's like if you want to open a window in a house, don't talk about opening the window directly, but talk about raising the roof.
This makes opening windows an acceptable option.
This is the golden mean.
(End of chapter)
