Gu Yanwu's face was sad and unabashed, "What if they decided to name the private school after their own name! Do you also agree?"

Zhou Xianxiao said, "Why can't you agree? If Gu Yanwu donated 5,000 taels of silver, I can name the private school Yanwu Private School. Don't say, this name sounds pretty good."

Gu Yanwu looked surprised, "Supervisor, you are not kidding me!"

Zhou Xian shook his head and said, "I have never been a joke. The name of a private school is just a false name. They can just use it to name it casually. Zhongqing, among the thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty, the literacy is single digits. I asked you to open a private school and force children of appropriate age to receive three years of primary school. This is a matter of benefit for a long time. Some minor details are not necessary to pay attention to. Some time ago, Taichong presented me a book specifically listing the chapter "School". He believed that schools should open up a wide range of ways to speak out and make it a place for public opinion and political discussion. Establishing schools is not to support scholars, but also

It is not for the imperial examination, but for the 'all those who govern the world are all out of the school, and then the school is set up to prepare'. At present, several colleges in Shandong can temporarily meet the needs of selecting talents, but in the future, there must be a large number of people who are literate and willing to continue studying. This is the purpose of I asked you to establish a private school in the primary school. But at present, war is about to begin, and I cannot provide you with more money, so I can only take this method. Regarding how to obtain talents from schools, Taichong has more thoughts on this aspect, so you can talk to him more about this matter."

Gu Yanwu's face changed again and again, and finally nodded and said, "I understand."

Zhou Xian continued: "On the other hand, it is equally important to inspire people's wisdom. Now there are three main ways for people to obtain information, one is the official notice, the other is the newspaper you founded before, and the last is the various news passed down by the people. The official notice spreads too slowly, and only a few gentry people can read the newspaper, while the people who pass by the people are mostly deceitful words. By running more newspapers, the gentry people can understand the advantages and disadvantages of the government. But for ordinary people who are illiterate, drama and storytelling are more attractive to them. A song of the Yang family will lead to many loyal and righteous people.

, A passage about Yue Chuan made many people cry. I asked those who edited books, opera singers, storytellers, etc. in the name of the government to transmit these ideas to the people through them. You asked them to compile more scripts that promote current policies, promote loyalty and righteousness, and then sing them to the people. I do not make any requirements on the details, but there must be a guide to let ordinary people understand that they are one with the government. Just as you said to me before, 'The rise and fall of the world is responsible'. What you have to do is to arouse the national consciousness of ordinary people, so that they can understand that there is no end to the collapse of the nest, and automatically serve the country."

Gu Yanwu thought for a while and asked, "What should be written in the newspaper?"

Zhou Xian said: "There are two aspects for the time being. One is to promote the reform of the tax system, so that people can understand what benefits and imperative reasons such reform can bring, so as to reduce the pressure faced by implementation. The other is to criticize and belittle Li Zicheng's policy of not paying grain and the Longwu rebels' camp and village, and directly write down its disadvantages, so that the world knows that only our reform is the best policy. Tell the interests of scholars, tell the people about loyalty and righteousness, tell the officials about loving the people, and tell the soldiers and generals to defend the country and protect the people. In short, I want all the resources in Shandong, and I want all the scholars and people in Shandong to serve to defend Shandong."

After hearing this, Gu Yanwu and Yu Chenglong were stunned for a long time without saying a word.

The series of measures adopted by Zhou Xian seem to be useless in the short term, but they can truly reunite the gentry and people of Shandong. You don’t like Shandong’s reform, so do you like Li Zicheng’s recovery of stolen goods and the farming system of Longwu Army? Compared with the two, Zhou Xian’s policies adopted are the mildest and most easily accepted.

Ordinary people are most influenced by drama and storytelling. If they can take the initiative to take on the responsibility of defending the territory, the pressure on the government troops to defend the territory in the future will be greatly reduced. In addition, they will preach the policy of defending the country and protecting the people to ordinary soldiers, and strictly enforce military discipline, so that they can be completely integrated with the people. The soldiers come from ordinary people, and if they can realize that they are fighting for their relatives, their fighting spirit and fighting spirit will definitely increase.

Only then did they realize that what Zhou Xian thought was much deeper than them, but also farther away. In fact, it was much more effective.

Zhou Xian continued: "Zhongqing, there are two more points. First, all the employed private school teachers will provide wages for them by the government, and no longer collect academic income from students to encourage more children from poor families to enter school. In addition, the government will subsidize 300 taels of silver to each private school every year. Excellent teachers and students will be rewarded. Those who write articles in newspapers, or those who write scripts, sing operas, and talk about excellent storytelling will also be given a certain amount of silver and money subsidy. Second, for

The three newly established colleges no longer focus on the Four Books and Five Classics, but should be divided into Confucianism, Calendar, Water Conservancy, Music and Survey, etc., and teach different knowledge. In the future, specialized talents will be recruited from special colleges to fulfill their strengths. At the same time, it is also necessary to gather the Bachelor of Great Religious Studies to compile new textbooks, use the same teaching for elementary school students, and add Calendar to teaching. The most important thing is to implement loyalty education for the students of the college so that they can clarify the concept of the country and the people."

Gu Yanwu nodded, "I remember. The method of calculating accounts using numbers that the governor told me before is very useful and simple. Will it be included in a private school to teach calendar calculations?"

The numbers Gu Yanwu mentioned refer to Arabic numerals, which are probably the most convenient number in the world for mathematical development. Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Yes, but first of all, more literate people should be trained."

At this time, Song Yingxing and Zhao Yu walked in. Song Yingxing was fine, Zhao Yu was a little drunk, probably because he drank a lot of wine.

Zhou Xianren poured them two cups of strong tea, ignored Zhao Yu, but looked at Song Yingxing with a playful face and said, "Mr. Song also has this hobby?"

Song Yingxing was stunned at first, and soon understood what Zhou Xian was referring to. He coughed twice and said calmly: "Ziyi said that Shuyuguan is the most famous restaurant in Jinan, with the most delicious food and the best singer. I went to see it. But after I went there, I felt it was average." Ziyi was Zhao Yu's name.
Chapter completed!