Popularize education, writing, knowledge, laws, etc.

It is a very long time, there are more than 60 million people, and 90% of them are illiterate. Even the military attachés in the court are more than half illiterate. It is far more difficult than imagined.

The early Ming Dynasty was the best era and the most blank era.

The mountains and rivers of the past were shattered, allowing Han culture to end its era here. Perhaps later generations will find out through careful examination of the classics that much of the history before the Ming Dynasty was almost continued, or in other words, filled in by the Ming Dynasty.

The issuance of the Jingshi Di newspaper involves a large level.

That is the popularization of ideas and education.

At a deeper level, it is: enlightening people’s wisdom.

In the early Ming Dynasty, was it the right choice to enlighten the people?

If you have this question, ask those who are well-read in poetry and literature, rich nobles, children of aristocratic families, and wealthy people.

They will tell you without hesitation that you should not enlighten the people.

Especially the mainstream thought, Confucianism, which only respects Confucianism, advocates not to enlighten the people's wisdom.

The Confucian ideal is that scholars and nobles monopolize state power, and the lower classes can be docile cattle and sheep. Therefore, Confucianism calls its ideal "herdsmen on behalf of the emperor."

The word "mu" is extremely eye-catching.

In the Ming Dynasty, learning knowledge requires a complete set of four treasures of the study: pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which poor farmers cannot afford.

Did so many cultural and erudite people in ancient times ever think of this?

They thought about it, but they just didn't want to.

In today's daimyo, county and county magistrates are responsible for promoting education, but they only encourage those who can afford to go to school.

For example, those who have at least dozens of acres of land at home.

Have they ever thought of doing something for those who cannot afford to go to school?

No.

In the Ming Dynasty, movable type printing had been invented for a long time, but almost the entire cultural circle rejected him.

He denounced such printed books as having no spirit, no God, and unable to feel the essence of the sages.

Have they ever thought about improving and producing cheaper books for the lower class people?

No.

Regardless of whether they surrender to the Ming Dynasty or not, whether they surrender to His Majesty or not, this does not affect them from standing aside for their own interests.

Even now, the Capital's Dibao is widely spread in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

A large number of memorials and memorials kept appearing on the desks of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying.

There are a lot of analyses, a lot of predictions, and a lot of advice in it, all of which are about major national events. How can we let the people know about them?

"They are afraid. They are afraid that when the common people become sensible, they will no longer be able to be corrupt when serving as officials, and they will no longer be able to deceive superiors and deceive others."

"They want to stop it, but are they able to stop it?"

"They keep saying that when the people's wisdom is enlightened, the people will no longer obey, but we also come from the lowest level of the people, and they have deceived the emperors of all dynasties."

"But the only thing you can't do is fool us."

"Even after we became the emperor, we knew very well that the people rebelled not because they had read a few more books, or because they understood the truth, or had heard that princes, generals, and ministers had the guts to do so!"

"Rather, they were so hungry that they couldn't eat. They watched their parents, wives and children starve to death in front of them."

"Lying on the bed, I was even careful with my breathing, for fear that if I moved too much, I would get hungrier."

"It is so miserable to exchange children for food, it will be a hell on earth."

"When you are at the end of the road, can you still resist? Is it possible that you have to die alive???"

In the Qianqing Palace, the grandfather and grandson reviewed the memorial together.

More than ten books in a row were all about the impeachment of the Di newspaper.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang curse loudly, and then he began to talk about it, also teaching his eldest grandson.

For many things, it does not mean that ministers are right if they agree.

Zhu Yingdao: "From ancient times to the present, it has never been because people are literate and sensible that they like to rebel. On the contrary, those people who are ignorant are more likely to be incited and follow blindly."

"At the end of each dynasty, many heroes are working hard for the country. So far, I think of Cao Cao throughout his life. No matter how big the territory and how many people there are, he is still the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, not the Emperor Wu of Wei."

Listening to the grandson's sigh, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "To be honest, we didn't say we wanted to be the emperor back then. Even if our stomachs were not full, we didn't say we had to join the Red Scarf Army."

"Tang and my old brother invited us to join them. We were in the temple at the time. Although we didn't have enough to eat, we were still hungry. We wanted to refuse, but someone wanted to frame us and force us to run away."

"If no one forced us, I might still be making a living in the temple at this time."

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

Some past events flash in my mind.

Zhu Yingdao: "This is God's will. Even if grandpa doesn't go once, there will be a second and third time."

"This world needs grandpa, and only grandpa can shoulder such an important task of saving the Han family."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and shook his head and said: "When the dynasty changes, even if we don't have Zhu Yuanzhang, there will still be Li Yuanzhang and Liu Yuanzhang. We just happen to meet them."

When Zhu Ying heard this, he immediately thought of the division of Western Europe and said firmly: "There is no Li Yuanzhang and there can be no Li Yuanzhang and Liu Yuanzhang in this world."

"Not everyone can fight against Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang. Grandpa, have you ever thought that if the world is taken over by them, will there still be a unified dynasty?"

Chen Youliang was arrogant and arrogant, while Zhang Shicheng wanted to guard his own three-quarter acre of land.

Without Zhu Yuanzhang, could these broken mountains and rivers really be restored?

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he didn't express much, he just raised his head slightly and raised the corners of his mouth.

Dasun is not the first person to say such flattery.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the unification of the world, the literati have made great achievements and made them more elegant and majestic.

It was good at first, but after listening to it every day, I got tired of it.

The ears are already calloused.

However, from what Da Sun said, the taste was completely different.

"As for Di Bao, we will definitely implement it in an all-round way. No one can stop it. We will let the Jin Yiwei write down the names of those who submitted the report."

"Check it carefully to see if there is any corruption or illegal behavior."

"The army to defeat the Japanese will be setting off in two days. Dasun will pay more attention in these two days."

"Over at Qintian Prison, we will ask Liu Rixin to lead the team there to identify the weather for the army."

"This time we defeat the Japanese, we must achieve success in one fell swoop."

Zhu Yuanzhang talked about the arrangements for conquering Japan.

Zhu Ying paused slightly when she heard Liu Rixin's name, and then remembered that Feng Shui masters of this era knew astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom.

Is it reliable to just use them to predict the weather?

Although Zhuge Liang took advantage of the east wind, it still feels a bit strange no matter how you think about it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying still felt that she had to ask Liu Rixin in person.

...

The effect of Dibao was unexpectedly good.

Almost everyone in the capital was talking about what was written in the newspaper.

In this era of lack of entertainment, the novelty of Di Bao is enough to fascinate all the scholars and common people.

Even old farmers who sell vegetables will go to the teahouse to listen to a piece of music.

In the past, major national affairs had nothing to do with poor people like them. They were all the work of the officials.

When hearing about the grandson's wedding ceremony, the old farmer also wanted to clap his hands and say hello.

Many people were grateful to Taisun, because with the intervention of the Department of Public Security, the business gangs in the capital had almost disappeared.

What this brings is that vendors no longer need to pay protection fees.

Even the patrolman of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, which was in charge of the market, suddenly became much more polite.

In the past, everyone ate for free, but now the vendors are rushing to deliver it, and the police officers don't dare to pick it up.

When the grandson gets married, the people feel the blessing from the bottom of their hearts.

And the school.

The old farmer who listened to the Di newspaper had a son who was studying in Taisun's school.

This is our family's hope for the future.

If you can learn from the family, if you can have the honor of being a member of the public, it will be the blessing of the ancestors for the old farmers.

Every time the younger son comes home, the old farmer will severely scold him and tell him that he must study hard with his husband in school.
To be continued...