From the moment he decided to come to Taiwan, Jia Huan knew that it was impossible to guess the clues based on Princess Jian'an's intelligence. Therefore, he prepared the words for a long time. He thought for a while and said: "It's not really a sign of rebellion.
, we just want to be at the forefront of the world with our countrymen. As you can see, we want to change the entire social system. This system has been around for thousands of years, and our countrymen have long been accustomed to it. But no matter how long the system is, it will have an end." Nai scratched his head.
, "I am always not as clear as Cong'er in explaining this kind of historical trend, and I can't draw it clearly even if I just draw a picture from a gourd."
Princess Jian'an said calmly: "I don't understand many of the words you said."
"I didn't understand it at first," Jia Huan said. "I didn't understand it until I heard it more. Anyway, our generation is at a juncture of historical transformation. From now on, and until the future, the whole world will not understand it."
If there is an autocratic monarchy system, there can only be a constitutional monarchy because economic and technological development have reached a breakthrough point."
Princess Jian'an said: "I don't understand the four words autocratic system. I don't understand anything after these four words."
"How about this." Jia Huan took out his pocket watch and looked at it. "Let's get two certificates of cleaners and go to the night school. I wonder if we will talk about this tonight." Princess Jian'an met on the street today.
Cleaners who were full-time cleaners were called "cleaners" in the capital, but they never wore bright orange clothes like them. Shi Xiangyun once said at the time that they wore orange to see clearly the carriages passing by on the street.
Don't make a mistake. This color is something that lower-class people cannot wear.
Jia Cong then sent someone to get two work certificates for cleaners. The two of them changed into ordinary people's clothes and took the night bus to the Dajiala No. 1 Adult Night School. When they got there, they realized that everyone was holding charcoal pens and
Notebooks, Jia Cong hurriedly went to the night school canteen to buy two sets. He didn’t have a class that explained the social system tonight, so he sat in on a biology class. The gentleman was a young woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old, who must have been the earliest in Taiwan.
Those students in the compulsory education school. This class is about the popular science of genetic inheritance, using a Westerner named Mendel who planted pea flowers as an example.
Princess Jian'an felt very interesting after hearing this. After class, she went to look for the gentleman and asked him for a long time. However, the people she asked about already knew about it. Jia Huan coughed a few times and wanted to tell her but was embarrassed to say it. It was very difficult to bear it.
Finally, the female gentleman glanced at Jia Huan with a smile and asked, "Who is this?"
Princess Jian'an said: "He is my man." Jia Huan nodded slightly from behind.
The female gentleman said: "I can see from your man's expression that he seems to understand biology quite well. This sister, I just ask him for advice." Jia Huan suddenly blushed in embarrassment.
Princess Jian'an looked back at Jia Huan: "What does he know?"
Jia Huan coughed twice again: "I just attended a few popular science classes." The female teacher smiled slightly and went to answer other students' questions. Princess Jian'an glared at Jia Huan, who was a bit sarcastic.
The two of them took the bus and carriage back to their residence. As soon as Princess Jian'an came back, she asked Jia Huan to buy books according to the book list given by the female gentleman. Jia Huan couldn't laugh or cry: "All the bookstores are closed now, and even the library is closed.
"
Princess Jian'an hummed: "Anyway, you can get it for me tomorrow morning."
"As you command, your highness the princess!"
Princess Jian'an picked up the notes she had copied and looked at them, saying: "This night school is for ordinary people to study? What does it teach?"
"Teaching everything," Jia Huan said, "focusing on science popularization. Those who don't know the alphabet must take a rapid literacy class before attending night school to learn some commonly used characters."
"Don't you need to hand it over to practice?"
"No need to hand it over to repair."
"You don't need to practice writing to read?"
"No. Moreover, the rapid literacy class is compulsory, which means that anyone who wants to settle in Taiwan must know some words, whether they can read or not, they must read."
Princess Jian'an turned around and looked at him steadily: "Who will pay for the invitation, sir?"
"The government pays." Jia Huan also met her gaze and said, "To put it bluntly, it's tax money. It's called taking it from the people and using it for the people."
Princess Jian'an said calmly: "Therefore, the people in this Taiwan Mansion are all subjects of the Jia family."
Jia Huan shook his head: "That's not right either. Have you ever heard of anyone praising the Jia family?"
Princess Jian'an thought: "It's really not like it's for the people's hearts. If it's just for the people's hearts, just publicize it. Throughout the ages, those who read are all scholars, and how can the lower-class people know how to read?"
Jia Huan said: "That's because books were expensive in ancient times. Now it's much easier to print books. You can use the money from selling hardcover editions to print some "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" for ordinary people to read." He hesitated.
Huizi said, "The men in our family don't have wives, and they don't like to make the house magnificent. Save the money to hire a husband."
Princess Jian'an was drinking tea with her head down. She suddenly raised her head when she heard this: "Are you saying that my father behaves extravagantly and has many wives?"
"No, I have also raised many little wives." Jia Huan hurriedly waved his hands, "I mean, all the monarchs in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, have kept many little wives. Even if one or two generations are still frugal, at least they will start to be frugal in the third generation.
It's extravagant. This is human nature, human nature, there is nothing right or wrong. I just want to explain, please sir, it doesn't cost much to print a few literacy books. It is much cheaper than raising a wife and buying extravagant things.
Already."
Princess Jian'an snorted and asked, "The Taiwanese government behaves in a very disrespectful manner. Is this intentional?"
"Yes, it is intentional." Jia Huan said, "You must first put the gold and sand into the sieve together before you can find the gold. There are also many smart children in ordinary people's homes. Pick out those who are well-educated and have natural talents.
Constantly.”
"You want so many talents, but why else would you want to rebel? To build a country overseas?"
Jia Huan thought for a long time and said: "It is definitely necessary to establish a country overseas. Building a country overseas is much simpler than this. Oh, tomorrow I will go to the library to borrow a copy of "The Evolution of Human Society" and come over and take a look. You will understand it after reading it."
Princess Jian'an was silent for a moment and said: "If you let the lower class people read and read, they will have wild minds and won't want to do lower class things anymore?"
Jia Huan spread his hands and said: "Then let's do it for the new immigrants! There is an endless stream of new immigrants anyway. Besides, not everyone can study. After all, there is a lot of sand in the big waves, but how many gold are there?"
Princess Jian'an took another sip of tea, sat upright for a while and said, "I want to read the book you just mentioned, "The Evolution of Human Society", right now."
Jia Huan thought for a while, she probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, and said, "Zhonghua Bookstore must have it, I'll ask someone to get it right away." Princess Jian'an casually twisted up the book list given by the female gentleman and handed it over to Jia Huan.
Smile, take it and send it to Zhonghua Bookstore to look for books.
That night, Princess Jian'an read a book all night. Jia Huan accompanied her honestly and explained something to her that she didn't understand. It wasn't until the next morning that she got a general idea and vaguely knew about the Jia family.
What do you want to do? He closed the book and said: "You are trying to end the Situ family's empire."
Jia Huan said: "Princess, think about it, if there is a civil war among the kings, no matter which one inherits the great treasure, the lives of the others will not be safe? After all, the emperor has too much power."
Princess Jian'an said: "Without a master, how can we avoid chaos?"
Jia Huan smiled and said: "There is always a way, and the world will definitely get better and better. People often say that people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. They say it as if the ancient times were good. In fact, what is so good about the ancient times? They live in thatched sheds and eat
The food we eat is coarse food, we wear animal skins, and people starve to death every day. You see, we have running water in our yard, so we don’t have to go to the well to fetch water. It would be great to use the saved manpower for overseas expansion."
Princess Jian'an thought for a long time and said, "I want to meet Jia Cong."
Jia Huan looked at her dark eyes: "Would you like to lie down for a while?" Princess Jian'an shook her head. Jia Huan then sent someone to invite Jia Cong over.
Jia Cong was originally discussing Fujian affairs with Wu Xiaoxi and others, but after hearing this, he put those aside for the time being. In Beijing, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law were more shy about meeting each other, but Da Jiala had long since lost his scruples. Jia Cong bowed his hands to Jia Huan and his wife:
"Third brother and three sister-in-law!"
Princess Jian'an sighed softly and signaled Jia Huan to get out. Jia Huan really did. Princess Jian'an said seriously: "Jia Cong, can you predict what will happen next?"
Jia Cong looked at the book in her hand and said sternly: "Yes. Nothing written in this book is conjecture. Monarchy is like water flowing eastward. Once it goes away, it will never return. This is true in all countries in the world."
Princess Jian'an said: "This book says that in a hundred years, everyone will be equal, and no one will be born superior or inferior to others."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "This is an ordinary popular science book, for ordinary people to read and dream. A hundred years later, three hundred years later, people will still be born with high and low levels. Take reading, for example, ordinary people can still only recognize it.
A few words, don't be blind. If you want to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you still have to be a child from a wealthy family. It's just better than now... much better than now. Many ridiculous things will no longer happen."
"What a ridiculous thing?"
"For example, Prince Ui-tada failed to seize the rightful son. Blood stained the vegetable market countless times, and countless unrelated people died. Babies who were just a few months old, and relatives of Prince Ui-tada's men who could not be hit with eight poles.
There are also officials who committed crimes and sent their sons and grandsons to the army to work as coolies, and their female relatives as prostitutes." Princess Jian'an was silent. Jia Cong added, "For example, there are thousands of eunuchs and thousands of maids in the palace.
, the emperor’s women are not allowed to leave the palace... Isn’t the emperor’s family also a victim? Doesn’t the princess like to travel around? If it weren’t for the enfeoffment of the world, Concubine Ning would never be able to get out of that palace ever since she entered it.
.There is also King Xiaolu. If there is no enfeoffment in the world, maybe a few of his brothers will get him involved when they seize the legitimate rights. Even those who are not involved are not safe. The second Qin Dynasty will kill all Ying Zheng's children.
Li Longji, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, was considered a wise ruler in his early years. He even killed several of his sons. These are the shortcomings of human rule. People are not machines and will make mistakes. We want to establish a country under the rule of law overseas first. Someone committed a crime.
It's just that person's own business, and it doesn't involve relatives, friends, or neighbors."
Princess Jian'an said: "The method of implication can also shock people's hearts."
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "The crime is so serious that it involves nine clans. It must not be a sneaky thing, but a big thing. How many people who are willing to commit big things will care about their relatives and friends? Besides, committing big things can also make big profits. In
How many people in front of Dali are willing to care about their relatives and friends? Talking about Dali, there are not many people who are willing to care about Xiaoli. Take the fight for the legitimate son. Who among the princess's uncles and brothers doesn't know that they will die if they lose? But who is willing to go?
Do you want to lose by yourself? How many talented people and generals have been unjustly killed even if the money goes into unrelated people." He sighed, "It would be great to leave them to fight against the Westerners."
Princess Jian'an raised her eyes and looked at him: "In the final analysis, it's for the Westerners."
"That's right. If King Yan, King Wu and others really seize all the Western colonies, the follow-up development will be natural, and I can be lazy."
Princess Jian'an picked up the book and flipped through it again. After a while, she said, "What would have happened if you hadn't come down this trip?"
Jia Cong knew that she had taken him for Nezha, and thought for a moment: "About a hundred years from now... Let me think about it, when did Sun Yat-sen establish the Republic of China? About one hundred fifty or sixty years from now, there will be a
The Revolution of 1911. But before that, almost all of our country had become a colony of Westerners. They had been bullied by Westerners for decades. I have forgotten how many people died. Mr. Sun and his colleagues relied on the Westerners’
Methods established a democratic government and regained the land from the Westerners. But at that time, our national power was too weak. Later, we were invaded by the Japanese, and many soldiers and civilians died - later statistics were more than 35 million, maybe more
many."
Princess Jian'an took a breath: "More than 35 million?"
Jia Cong smiled bitterly: "White bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. Anyway, it is almost the same as the tragic situation of the Wuhu chaos in China back then. So I encouraged several princes to destroy the country of Japan. And, does the princess know that at that time?
The emperor is not a foolish king and has done nothing wrong."
Princess Jian'an said sternly: "How could you have misled the country to such an extent if you weren't a foolish king!"
Jia Cong pursed his lips: "I have said it many times, and the princess must have heard of it." He pointed to the book, "It is also in the book."
Princess Jian'an thought for a while: "Fire. Guns and artillery."
Jia Cong nodded: "Fire. The root of guns and artillery is science and technology. The biology you went to listen to last night is one of the subjects. The purpose of our Taiwan government's science popularization in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology is to select talents and science from ordinary people.
Miao Zi - Who among the officials is willing to let their children learn this? Our dynasty has never paid attention to these for thousands of years. Now we are too far behind the West. We must catch up while the Westerners are fighting a civil war. Otherwise, a hundred years later,
The civil war between the Westerners has been over long ago, and we still have to be bullied by them - even if we conquer America and Australia now, it will be useless. They can still take it back when the time comes." He shook his head and said, "What I want in Shu and Yan.
It is too difficult for students to learn basic science knowledge. Those old-fashioned people in the Hanlin Academy really wish they could be kicked out of the window."
Princess Jian'an smiled bitterly and said: "Of course, the children of officials are not willing to learn that."
Jia Cong said with a bitter face: "Someone has to learn... We are lagging behind. We are really lagging behind a lot. In the past few years, I have been traveling around various countries for this reason."
Princess Jian'an held the book "The Evolution of Human Society" in her hand and looked at the cover. After a while she said: "Taiwan has only a small population, so the number of people we can select is limited. If you want to select more people, you have to do this in the capital city."
School."
Jia Cong immediately understood what he meant. He was overjoyed and bowed to the ground: "Sister-in-law Three is right!"