"Your Highness, how is the situation here in Huairou County?"
After visiting Imperial College, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao went to the School of Mechanical Engineering next door to visit. The School of Mechanical Engineering has been running for several years. There are many teachers and students, and it is very lively.
"The situation here in Huairou County is not bad. I have formulated a set of plans, mainly based on the rich coal resources in Huairou County, coupled with the advantage of being close to the capital."
"The focus is on the development of the coal industry and agriculture and animal husbandry, mainly on greenhouse vegetables, the one we built last year. I have already had people try it out in Huairou County. As long as we make money, more people will definitely follow suit."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said.
In the past, he did not realize the difficulty of governing the country. After becoming the magistrate of Huairou County and managing one side, Zhu Houzhao truly realized that managing the country was not an easy task.
Zhu Houzhao found it difficult to manage the small Huairou County, especially if he wanted to lead the people in Huairou County to make a fortune. This was definitely not an easy task.
If they just maintain law and order, support justice, open courts to try cases, etc., of course it will be very easy, but what is the difference between such officials and officials of previous dynasties?
Without any difference, naturally there will be no progress and we will still have to follow the old path of history.
"Your Highness, this idea is very good, but the competition in agriculture is very fierce. As far as I know, there are basically many people in the counties around the capital area working in agriculture and animal husbandry. In addition, with the opening of trains, people from Liaodong and Guanwai
, it will be more convenient and faster to transport agricultural and animal husbandry products from Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and other places. This advantage of Huairou County is not obvious."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
"I know, but this is all we can do here in Huairou County. It's really not easy to develop anything else."
Zhu Houzhao said helplessly.
"That's true~"
Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded in approval.
While the two were talking, they had arrived at the library of the School of Mechanical Engineering.
The library is actually the library of later generations, and they are essentially the same.
In every school founded by Liu Jin, Liu Jin would set up a library as large as possible and collect a large number of books for the students of the school to freely borrow.
The cost of studying in this era is very high, far beyond the imagination of future generations.
Among them, the cost of books alone is extremely expensive. In fact, ordinary family readers cannot afford to buy any books at all, so they basically copy books.
You must know that in ancient times, people who could go to school had a wealthy family, but for families with good food and drink, buying books was a luxury. You will know how expensive these books are.
Of course, this is mainly due to backward productivity, relatively simple papermaking, and poor printing. But on the other hand, it is also because books carry knowledge. Ancient scholars paid attention to the fact that there is only a house of gold in a book, and there is only Yan Ruyu in the book. This book is naturally
Not cheap.
Many schools founded by Liu Jin are free for people to attend, but schooling is free and textbooks are given to you, but other books besides textbooks have to be bought or copied by yourself.
For ordinary families, meaninglessness is a heavy burden, so libraries became popular in later generations. Library buildings were built in every school, where you can read for free, and borrow or copy for only a small fee.
This greatly facilitates students to learn a variety of knowledge.
There are many people coming and going in the library. Students in twos and threes walk in here with the attitude of pilgrims, and the books in their hands are all well kept.
"Let's go in and take a look."
Seeing this scene, Liu Jin immediately became energetic and walked into the library with Zhu Houzhao.
The library has a total of four floors, and its structure is basically the same as that of later libraries. There are places for collecting books and areas for reading.
Walking into the library, although there are many people inside, it is extremely quiet. Almost everyone is reading books seriously and carefully, and few people are chatting. Even if someone is chatting, someone will immediately stop them.
For people in this era, reading is a luxury.
It is absolutely precious to have a library where everyone can read and copy books for free.
Compared with later generations, people in this era, even the children of wealthy families, attach great importance and strictness to the matter of reading. As for ordinary families, if they have the opportunity to study and read, they cherish it extremely.
Look at the scene in front of you, and then look at the schools in future generations.
Liu Jin immediately felt that his efforts were worth it.
In later generations, there were many people studying in the libraries of universities, but many people used places like the library to fall in love. This is meaningless and is the biggest waste of the library.
The School of Mechanical Engineering recruits students who graduated from the new intermediate middle school founded by Liu Jin. For these students, they come from ordinary backgrounds.
In the past, there would have been no chance to study.
But Liu Jin gave them the opportunity to study for free and gave them the opportunity to learn.
The ancients' respect for teachers is engraved in their bones. Their respect for teachers and their attitude towards learning are far beyond what people of later generations can compare with. I have to say that on this point, Liu Jin feels that later generations are doing the best in this regard.
It really doesn't work.
Children cannot be spanked, scolded, or controlled in school. Teachers cannot control them. They don’t want to control them, let alone dare to control them. The consequences are too serious.
Many children are just naughty and can grow into talents as long as they are controlled, but because the teachers don't care and their parents don't have time, they end up going astray.
And many parents are also cruel. If their children are criticized by the teacher at school, they will go to the teacher and scold them severely. If they hit their children, it will be even worse, and it will cause a big commotion.
In fact, it is your own child who suffers in the end. When the teacher doesn’t want to, can’t, and even dare not control, what else do your children want to learn?
On this point, the ancients did very well.
Every teacher has a ruler. In class, he has chalk in one hand and a ruler in the other. If you don't pay attention to the class well, you will be punished. If you do not listen well, you will be punished. If you do not obey the discipline, you will be sent home directly.
Under a ruler, everyone studies honestly and obediently. Even if they are children of princes and nobles and are beaten by the teacher's ruler in school, it can only be said that the teacher is strict in discipline, good in beating, and good in education.
Well, I won’t even say anything about going to the teacher to make trouble. I will continue to punish my child severely when I go home.
No matter how much she loves her children, she can only look at her children's swollen palms, apply medicine, and cry: "Well done~"
This is the teacher in ancient times. They have a very high status. The key is that education has always followed the word "strict" and the ruler is ruthless. If children know to be afraid, they will study more carefully and harder. After all, when they are young, it is actually reasonable to be reasonable.
It has no effect.
Of course, teachers in this era are all literati, and literati have their own arrogance. A teacher's prestige is not achieved by a ruler, but by his own virtue and knowledge.
Many times, the ruler is raised high and lowered gently, just to let students understand the value of education and to cherish it.
Looking at the many students studying seriously in front of him, Liu Jin suddenly thought a little far and thought a lot.
"Let's go, let's go~"
"It's boring to read books, but it's more interesting to write your own books."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the library in front of him with some boredom.
"..."
"Your Highness, I am looking forward to the book written by Your Highness."
Liu Jin was a little speechless. Zhu Houzhao really didn't like reading. He was still more active and liked to do things.
"You wait~"
"Hmph, I am sorting out the research and findings related to electromagnetism, and I am preparing to write a book on electromagnetism, which will definitely impress you when the time comes."
Zhu Houzhao raised his head and said confidently.
"Then I'll wait and see."
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately laughed. It is naturally a great thing to spread knowledge in the form of books.
Soon, the two people walked out of the library.
"It's better to be inside the school. There is a library where we can read and copy books for free. If we leave the school, if we want to read or copy books, there will be no place."
"Isn't that right? I've been home for half a month and I haven't read any books. I feel uncomfortable all over. School is better, and the best one is this library."
"Yes, yes, people can go without food for a day, but they cannot go without reading for a day."
"I have been learning some European languages recently, and I am planning to ask someone to bring back some European mechanical books. I found that Europeans are no worse than our Ming Dynasty in mathematics, astronomy, etc., and they even have many unique features."
Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao had just walked out of the library when three students walked towards them, holding books in their hands and chatting.
After hearing the three people's words, Liu Jin immediately stopped and started thinking.
"It seems that we need to invest another amount of money to build a library in the major cities of the Ming Dynasty, where people can read and copy books for free. At the same time, it can also spread all kinds of knowledge and ideas, breaking the tradition of scholars and Confucianism.
The control of thoughts and knowledge.”
"At the same time, you can also find people who can translate books from various countries around the world, so that more people can open their eyes to see the world, understand the humanities, history, nature, etc. of various countries around the world, and also learn the excellent culture of other countries."
Thinking of this, Liu Jin suddenly became energetic again.
Well, just building schools is not enough, we need to build more libraries, not only to cultivate new types of students, but also to spread more and wider knowledge to more people.
"Money is still not enough. I don't know how much money will be spent all of a sudden. Printing and papermaking must be upgraded. Otherwise, how can we buy so many books with so much money."
