Guo Liang's legs softened after being kicked by Han Du, and he knelt on the ground. Only then did he realize that the person in front of him was actually the emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
After Guo Liang finished speaking, he was still shocked that the person in front of him was the emperor. Suddenly Guo Liang realized that the emperor just seemed to be saying, should he be given an official title? He, a craftsman, could actually be an official.
day?
"Since you are an official, you can't call yourself young in front of me. You have to call yourself a minister." Lao Zhu corrected Guo Liang's self-titlement with a smile.
Guo Liang's face flushed with excitement. He tried intermittently several times, but could not squeeze out the word "chen".
Seeing this, Lao Zhu stopped caring about him.
Han Du looked at Guo Liang and felt that the ancestral graves in this guy's home must be smoking. That's why he was so lucky that he was appointed official by Lao Zhu himself.
In the Ming Dynasty in the Hongwu Year, there were three ways to become an official. One was to be recommended. If someone recommended you, you could become an official in the court. However, this situation was common in the first few days of the Ming Dynasty, because at that time, the world was uncertain, and many places
Everything was still in the hands of the Yuan Dynasty. Lao Zhu was in urgent need of various talents. Anyone recommended by the princes and ministers could become an official.
The other is to pass the imperial examination. The imperial examination is mainly for scholars, and in the first few years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was no imperial examination at all. Or later, Lao Zhu felt that there was a shortage of talents to govern the world, plus the court officials
The unanimous suggestion of the government was to establish the system of selecting talents through the imperial examination. However, even the imperial examination could not be held every three years. Anyway, the imperial examination in the Hongwu Dynasty has been intermittent until now. Sometimes,
Sometimes not.
This is not to say that Lao Zhu did not pay enough attention to the imperial examination. On the contrary, he attached great importance to the imperial examination. However, after the war in the late Yuan Dynasty, talents were extremely withered. Anyone who had read poetry and books for more than ten years was appointed to become an official.
Nowadays, facing some scholars who are only literate, there is really no need to hold imperial examinations every time. Of course, this situation became much better ten years after Hongwu. There were enough scholars to participate in almost every imperial examination.
The last way to become an official is to be directly appointed an official by Lao Zhu. For example, those scholars who came to the capital in the early years of Hongwu, even if they were not recommended by others, stayed in the capital, if they were lucky enough, they would meet Lao Zhu
It is also possible to be banned directly.
However, please see clearly that even if Lao Zhu was granted an official title, he was still a scholar, but he had never granted a craftsmanship title. Anyway, Han Du had never heard of it, which is why Han Du believed that there was smoke coming out of the tomb of Guo Liangzu.
It was an unprecedented first time. What was it if it wasn't smoke?
Lao Zhu came here with great pleasure and returned home happily. After reading all the production processes of the treasure banknotes from beginning to end, Lao Zhu's worries were finally relieved.
Han Du did not leave with Lao Zhu. Originally, Han Du wanted to come to the banknote bureau after going to court. When he came with Lao Zhu, he was just dragged into the carriage by Lao Zhu, so naturally he did not go with him.
The reason why Lao Zhu left together.
Watching Lao Zhu's carriage leave, Han Du turned around and came to Shanzi Camp. As soon as he entered the commander's camp, he saw Xu Chengfei sitting leisurely at the bottom.
"The last general has met General Han." Xu Chengfei spotted Han Du, stood up and greeted him.
It's just that Xu Chengfei's tone was flat, without any fluctuations, and he didn't say a word after he finished speaking. Thinking about it, General Han Du not only didn't care about anything, he threw it all on Xu Chengfei without saying anything, and he didn't even have much time to come to the military camp, only
Occasionally, I only came to take a look. Xu Chengfei and Han Du had only met a few times. It was really hard to say what they wanted to say.
Han Du didn't care about Xu Chengfei's indifference. He motioned for him to sit down and joked with a smile: "You look very leisurely today. Why do you have time to stay here? Didn't you teach those soldiers how to read?"
Hearing Han Du's words, Xu Chengfei laughed in a good mood and replied: "There is no need for the general to teach you now."
"Oh? Why is this?" Han Du was curious.
Xu Chengfei leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands, and explained: "My lord is a scholar, and the priests and soldiers are not literate themselves. Instead, they leave it to the general. Then the general can also leave the matter to the general.
Among the people below? There are a few smart people below who can read quickly. They have already finished learning the thousand-character essay given by the general. Therefore, the general asked them to teach other people how to read. "
You really understand the essence of blame-shifting.
However, Han Du was not only not angry, but also silently praised Xu Chengfei in his heart. Han Du was a little interested in the fact that someone had already read a thousand words, so he asked: "Someone has finished it so quickly? What about the others?"
How are you doing?"
"Oh, there are a few smart ones who have already recognized it." Xu Chengfei nodded and continued: "Although the others are a little worse, they are generally good. The worst ones now know more than half of the words. If it is
On average, everyone has probably completed 70%."
Seventy percent, this speed is not too slow.
Han Du originally thought that these soldiers were old and illiterate, and it would not be easy to make them literate. He did not expect that the progress would be faster. If this is the case, it should not take long, everyone
If you can read a thousand-character essay, you need to plan some things in advance.
Seeing the smile on Han Du's face, Xu Chengfei also smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the reason why they are so desperate is due to the good idea that the general came up with."
Han Du used meat to seduce the soldiers. Xu Chengfei disapproved of it at first. But the subsequent effect surprised him. The soldiers' drive to learn literacy was really something he had experienced in this military camp.
This is the first time for many people who have seen this for many years. In the past, when generals trained their troops, even if they used whips and military sticks to beat them, the effect might not be as good as Han Du's practice of eating meat.
It was also because of this incident that Xu Chengfei looked at Han Du with admiration. To be honest, Xu Chengfei would have looked down on Han Du if Cao Guogong hadn't personally announced Han Du's appointment. Although Han Du was a civil servant, civil and military officials had never been able to urinate in a pot.
, and Han Du knew nothing about military training, he was even more looked down upon by Xu Chengfei.
But now Xu Chengfei truly regards Han Du as the commander of Shanzi Camp from the bottom of his heart, and he can speak well instead of saying weird words.
However, despite admiration, Xu Chengfei still had some opinions on Han Du's approach. He curled his lips and said, "It's just too expensive."