Here at the primary school affiliated with the Jingcheng Machinery Factory, the entire campus is quiet. Exams are taking place in each classroom. The entrance examination from primary school to high school. Those who pass the exam can enter the middle school run by Liu Jin to continue their studies.
If you fail the exam, you can start to enter Liu Jin's industry as an apprentice to learn and polish. After reaching a certain age and mastering certain skills, you can gradually be promoted from apprentice to master.
Such a route planning was implemented by Liu Jin with reference to the education system of later generations.
You don’t need too many people to engage in research, you just need real geniuses. In fact, the most important thing for most people is to master a technology and specialize in a field, which is actually better.
Therefore, those who graduate from primary school will take the technical route, while those who enter middle school will gradually take the research route.
Maybe many people will want to laugh. Elementary school, middle school, etc. are still children in later generations. But this is the Ming Dynasty, an era when technology has not yet been enlightened. The knowledge in elementary school and middle school in later generations is very important to this era.
Very advanced.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with engaging in research after graduating from high school. Once you have the basic things, you have a trunk, and you will see whether it can branch out later.
"I heard that Liu Jin built more than 30 primary schools like this in the Beijing-Tianjin area alone, and nearly a hundred in the entire Ming Dynasty."
On the campus, several people were strolling very leisurely.
Emperor Hongzhi took a closer look at the appearance of this new school with great interest. The new school was very different from traditional private schools.
There are several classroom buildings here, all made of reinforced concrete. The windows in the classrooms are also very large, all made of glass windows. They are very bright, and you can clearly see the candidates who are writing hard inside.
At the same time, there are many slogans written everywhere on campus.
For example, without the Ming Dynasty, there would be no Chinese clothes.
Without Emperor Taizu, there would be no Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Hongzhi guided the Ming Dynasty forward with his foresight.
Emperor Hongzhi loved his people like his sons~
China is number one in the world.
The descendants of Yan and Huang should constantly strive to improve themselves!
Loyal to the king, patriotic, self-reliant, and self-loving!
Slogans such as this are actually similar to some slogans seen on campuses in later generations. They are nothing more than promoting the patriotic spirit and providing ideological and moral education to children.
Seeing these slogans, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nod his head.
Well, yes, it was well publicized and won my heart.
Without his ancestor, Comrade Lao Zhu, wouldn’t this land of China still be under the tyrannical rule of the Mongols?
It is precisely because of Lao Zhu who led the Chinese people to rise up, overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and restore the Chinese clothes that everything is possible today.
Only Emperor Hongzhi himself was praised for his virtues, but he still felt that he blushed because he seemed to be not as good as he imagined. The above description of Emperor Hongzhi's majestic image, well, basically seemed to be in line with him.
This propaganda of loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, self-improvement, and self-love is also very good. In the Ming Dynasty, loyalty to the emperor naturally comes first, followed by love for the Ming Dynasty.
Okay, okay, I like it very much and feel reassured.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Liu Jin likes to build schools. Every year, there are many schools built with his own funds. These schools enroll children from poor families. As long as they are willing to come here to study, it is free, plus you can study at noon.
Have a meal.”
"It is said that Liu Jin spends millions of taels of silver on these schools every year."
Liu Jian, who came out with Emperor Hongzhi, also nodded solemnly and said.
Everyone knows that Liu Jin likes to run schools, but the schools run by Liu Jin are too different from traditional private schools. For this reason, they are also strongly opposed by Confucianism. Many great Confucianists have written letters to Liu Jin, hoping that he can be in the school.
Strengthen the education of the Four Books and Five Classics in the schools we run.
Because of this incident, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, received many letters from all over the Ming Dynasty, asking him to put pressure on Liu Jin. He hoped that Liu Jin could change his teaching methods.
Liu Jian specifically knew about this matter and knew it very well.
"A million taels of silver!"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help being slightly stunned. Liu Jin was actually willing to spend such a huge amount of money.
"Liu Jin said that he used to come from a poor family. In order to support his education, his mother suffered a lot and suffered a lot, so when he is able, he will help more children from poor families to study."
"He also said that reading is the most effective way to change a person's destiny. He hopes that one day, every child will be able to go to school."
Liu Jian nodded slightly and continued.
He actually admires people like Liu Jin.
He is young, talented and capable, but he is not arrogant and licentious. Instead, he is very keen on education. When he has money, he likes to build schools and provide free education for people.
Such a person is definitely a person with a noble spirit and the most admirable person.
Liu Jian felt that he could not do this. Let alone spend one million taels of silver a year, even if he spent one thousand taels of silver every year to run a school, Liu Jian felt that he could not do it.
"Can every child go to school?"
"He really said that?"
Emperor Hongzhi's eyes widened slightly after hearing this.
"Yes, he said so."
"He also said that not only boys should study, but girls should study more, because only by studying can they be sensible and understand right and wrong. And a woman can often influence three generations, so it is also very important for girls to study."
Liu Jian nodded solemnly and said.
Sometimes Liu Jin's words and deeds are very strange, which makes people feel weird, as if they are out of tune with this era. Sometimes Liu Jin's words are very straightforward, not literary at all, and don't look like the way a scholar talks.
But what Liu Jin said contains profound truths, and is easier for people to understand and read. Compared with what Confucius said, Confucius said Chengren is easier to understand.
"It's true that Liu Jin loved running schools, but the schools he built taught only heretical doctrines. There was very little content about the Tao of Confucius and Mencius. These heretical doctrines were all trivial Taoism. How can there be such a great truth as the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, every word of which is like a pearl?"
"Your Majesty, I believe that we should put pressure on Liu Jin and ask him to strengthen the content of Confucius and Mencius in these schools, teach more about the Four Books and Five Classics, and reduce the teaching of heretical doctrines."
At this time, Wang Kuo, the Minister of Personnel, stood up and said that he was very clear about this matter, and he had been suggesting to Liu Jin that children should read more of the Four Books and Five Classics and learn less heresy, so that they could
Let children have a deep understanding of righteousness, right and wrong, and respect Confucius and Mencius.
"Sideways?"
"What are the things taught in this school?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately became interested and said quickly: "Go and get some of their books."
"Yes~"
When Xiao Jing next to him heard this, he quickly gave instructions to the little yellow door next to him.
"Your Majesty, the teaching in these schools founded by Liu Jin is very different from traditional private schools. They do not read the Four Books and Five Classics, but divide all content into eight categories: Chinese, history, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, physical education, and geography.
courses.”
"Among them, only a small amount of content about the Four Books and Five Classics is included in the Chinese language courses. There is no content about the Four Books and Five Classics in other courses."
"This physical education class is even more degrading to civility. They actually teach these children martial arts, how to dance with knives, guns, bows and archery. Isn't this degrading to civility?"
"There is also this chemistry class. The content taught in it is all the knowledge and content of charlatans. The biology class actually talks about the defense of men and women. And the geography class teaches some Feng Shui masters' theories.
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"What are these if not heresies?"
"Reading such a book will not only have no effect, but will also lead the children astray and away from my teachings of Confucius and Mencius. How can they know the carelessness and understand the ways of kings and ministers?"
Wang Hao said with some sadness. When he said this, his beard started to flutter with anger.
For this matter, he had a long chat with Liu Jin, hoping to get Liu Jin to change the teaching content of these schools. Teaching these things was not helping these children, but simply harming them.
Those who do not read the Four Books and Five Classics, do not understand the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, do not respect the teachings, and do not understand the ethics. They are all heresies. The content written in the books does not have any profound meaning. There are more and more schools like this, attracting more and more people.
If you want your children to go to school, wouldn’t it be misleading your children if you continue like this?
"My lord, you have gone too far~"
After hearing Wang Hao's words, Li Dongyang couldn't help but stand up and say.
This said that the schools run by Liu Jin were useless. Although Li Dongyang also felt that the content of the Four Books and Five Classics was too little and was not conducive to the teaching of Confucius and Mencius, the schools run by Liu Jin still had their merits.
It's wrong for Wang Hao to deny it completely. He, a rotten scholar, only knows the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, but he doesn't understand anything else. Just like the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, many of them seem to be of no use except for the basic knowledge.
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The Four Books and Five Classics are very important. You need to read and study them more, so that you can understand the meaning deeply. However, just reading the Four Books and Five Classics may not be of any use.
We are all people who have been here before. The Four Books and Five Classics are just tools for their scientific research. The real way to govern a country can be learned from other books.
"Yes, the prince went too far~"
"The purpose of Liu Jin's founding of these schools was not for the imperial examination, but to enable children from poor families to read and write, and also to obtain some knowledge that would be helpful in life. The starting point was different, so naturally we could not impose strict requirements.
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Liu Jian also nodded and said that he actually supported Liu Jin very much. As for Wang Hao, he was just a corrupt scholar.
