"Your Highness, what you said today is inspiring to me. The old minister believes that to teach children to learn, it is not enough to just rely on those fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys. The old minister is willing to come forward and negotiate with the literati and let them teach them.
children."
"Your Highness, what Mr. Zhang said is absolutely true. Those children who are fifteen or sixteen years old can only teach those children to learn writing. They don't understand too profound knowledge."
"That's right, they can't understand any of the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, or the Four Books and Five Classics. We must find knowledgeable people to teach them."
…
The officials seemed to have opened their chat boxes and spoke freely.
Although Lin Fan didn't quite agree with their views, he kept nodding.
It is a great thing if they have this idea, but it is still too early to let children learn the Tao of Confucius and Mencius and the Four Books and Five Classics.
Thinking of this, Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, have you ever thought about it?
Is it too early for children as young as seven or eight to learn the teachings of Confucius and Mencius?"
"The teachings of Confucius and Mencius are too early, let alone the Four Books and Five Classics?
This shows that our existing education system in the Ming Dynasty is not suitable for children."
"What I mean, the prince, is that it is best to start learning the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, the Four Books and the Five Classics, at the age of fifteen or sixteen. In the early stage, it is better to focus on writing, filial piety, and arithmetic."
kindness!
After hearing what Lin Fan said, all the officials were shocked. They did not expect that Lin Fan could say such words, and they were all shocked when they heard it.
"What His Highness the Crown Prince said is absolutely true! Quanzi has been taught by Weichen since he was a child. However, he learns very slowly. It takes a month to memorize a piece of advice!"
"That's right! This article on encouraging students to learn is both long and stinky! Children are not willing to learn either!"
"I agree with this point of view. In fact, I don't really want my children to learn such articles from an early age. It's just that everyone learns it, so I can only teach it this way."
…
When all the officials heard Lin Fan's proposal, they all expressed their own opinions. Lin Fan said: "It seems that all of you, dear friends, agree with this prince's point of view."
"In that case, we will compile new teaching materials as soon as possible. I will simply plan the subjects, which are Chinese, mathematics, nature, and history!"
"Of these four subjects, Chinese is naturally used to teach children to learn characters. As you all know, mathematics is used to teach children to learn arithmetic."
"Nature is the vast world, such as the animals in the forest, the plants growing in the fields, fish, etc. There are many things you have never seen before!"
"I want children to see it in books from an early age, and the books should also record the habits of animals and the growth environment of plants."
"In this way, after the children study, even if they don't become great talents, when they go back to farm, they will know how crops grow and how to achieve high yields!"
"History, this is something we must learn, mainly modern history, so that children can know what happened in the Ming Dynasty, write more about the generals who loved them, and cultivate children's patriotism!"
Lin Fan explained.
After hearing this, all the officials' eyes widened. How did His Highness have such a brain?
There are so many fantastic ideas that they can’t even think of!
"Your Highness, you have thought too carefully!"
Baiguan said in a deep voice.
"This is just for children to learn. The books must be divided into batches. I will tell you about this in detail later. Your first priority now is to find talents, collect materials, and prepare for compiling books."
Lin Fan warned.
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Wen Qunchen all bowed and said.
After everything had been arranged, Lin Fan announced his resignation from the court. All things could not be accomplished overnight and needed time to be adjusted slowly.
Therefore, he cannot arrange too many tasks so that all officials will be motivated.
As soon as he returned to the prince's residence, Ni Yuanlu followed him. Lin Fan looked at Ni Yuanlu with a puzzled look. This old boy still had something to tell him?
"Ni Shangshu, what are you doing?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Hey, Your Highness, I have something important to report, and I have to say it here!"
Ni Yuanlu said with a smile.
"Oh! Tell me what is going on."
Lin Fan said.
"Your Highness, after checking the accounts during this period, I discovered that our Ming Dynasty has a large amount of money, which is all in Nanjing City. I don't know the specific reason."
"However, according to a rough estimate, there should be more than 100 million taels of silver there. However, I have not calculated their consumption. I don't know the specific amount."
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
After hearing this, Lin Fan was so excited. What he was doing now required a lot of money. If he could get money from Nanjing City, wouldn't it be possible to launch the South-to-North Water Diversion Project to attack the city?
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project was a major project that Lin Fan had been plotting for a long time, but he had been putting it off due to lack of money.
"Master Ni, why did you tell me such a big thing secretly?
Instead of saying it in the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Your Highness, if I tell this kind of thing in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, wouldn't everyone know about it?
If something else happens, I can't afford it."
Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan knew that Ni Yuanlu had completely figured out his temper. If all the civil and military officials knew about this money, even if he wanted to come from Nanjing City, they would still have to divide a lot of it.
But now, no one else knows, all you need to do is send people there to get the money, and then you can spend it however you want, and when others ask you, they say no.
"Ni Shangshu, you have done a great job in this matter. I will send someone to Nanjing to ask for the money now."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
At this time, in the city of Nanjing, the officials of the Ministry of Rites had just solved the problem of literati's son-raising, and then another big trouble came.
"What! The Ministry of Household Affairs has issued a new tax collection policy, and we people also have to collect taxes!"
"This is too much! We have studied hard for ten years. Everyone has a hundred acres of land and does not need to pay taxes. Now they have to collect taxes. We are not convinced!"
"I know, this matter was caused by the people from the Ministry of Etiquette again, haha! They are trying to kill us!"
"Although we people are powerless, we are not easy to bully, brothers! Let's go to the Ministry of Etiquette to ask them for an explanation!"
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The literati in Nanjing City went completely crazy and once again surrounded the Ministry of Rites. The officials of the Ministry of Rites were as big as a bucket.
Damn it!
When will this end?
We really didn't do anything. Every injustice has its owner, so don't come to us!