"My brother has not allowed children over the age of seven to study in Beijing this year. My brother plans to do the same in the next few years until the youngest family member studying in the Royal Academy is eleven years old."
When Yunlan heard Yunxi's words, she was about to ask again when she caught a glimpse of Min'er and other children sitting nearby. They were not very young, and only Wenyao was listening to what Yunxi and Yunlan were talking about, and Min'er was still listening.
Erzheng and Siqi were whispering something. Although Wenqi and Wenyuan didn't speak, their expressions showed that they felt bored.
"Brother, nephew, and niece are still young, so I have to force them to sit here. Why don't we let them go out and play. My sister built a garden in the house. Now the flowers and plants are prosperous in summer, and the trees can block the sun.
Let them play in the garden so they won’t be too exposed to the sun," Yunlan said.
"That's fine." Yunxi turned around and smiled at Min'er and others: "Min'er, Wenyuan, you all go out to play. You don't have to listen to us here."
"Yes, daddy." Min'er was the first to jump up and agree. She saluted Yunxi and Yunlan and then pulled Lan Siqi to go out. Siqi could only salute in a hurry and ran out with her.
: Although Wen Yao listened to what they were saying, he never disobeyed Yun Hei's words. After getting down from the chair, he saluted and went out. Wen Qi had long been impatient and saluted like Wen Yao. Only Wen Yuan complied completely.
After the etiquette was completed, he left the room and came to the end.
"Brother Emperor, Wenyuan looks like a prince, and my sister looks very good." Yunlan said with a smile after Wenqi and Wenyuan went to play in the garden together.
Of course her original intention was to praise Wenyuan and make Yunxi happy, but Yunxi shook his head and said, "He was taught to believe too much in Confucianism."
"Isn't it a good thing to believe in Confucianism?" Yun Lan asked curiously.
"What is Confucianism? It is used to deceive the people not to rebel. But if the emperor completely believes in Confucianism and really thinks that if he cultivates virtue and governs internally, he will be able to rule the world with the help of his guests from all over the world, and he will not be eaten by the literati and officials.
"Left!" Yunxi said. Because Yunlan's family was also included in the ruling class, he told the truth.
Any country with a vast territory that is not in crisis all the time must have a suitable set of governing ideas. As the first unified country, Qin proved that simple Legalist ideas were not suitable. The Han Dynasty continued to explore, and finally in
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was established as the country's governing ideology, and it lasted for more than two thousand years until the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War.
But to put it bluntly, the so-called ruling ideology is to let the subjects settle down in their respective positions through the words of king, minister, father, father and son, not to cause trouble, and to let the throne be passed down forever in the family. It is used to deceive the people. Which emperor really believes it?
This Confucian theory is a big fool. But sadly, there seem to be quite a few emperors in the Song and Ming Dynasties who really believed in this theory.
"I must bring Wenyuan over!" Yunxi said firmly again.
Yunlan spent a long time with Yunxi in the palace, and was influenced by her in a subtle way. In addition, as a woman, she received much less Confucian education, so she was more accepting of Yunxi's ideas. But even though he was the emperor's sister,
, the emperor did not dare to say anything casually about the topic of educating the prince. He just said: "Wenyuan is the son of the emperor's brother. It is just because he is too young now. When he grows up in the future, he will naturally be like the emperor's brother." Then he immediately changed the topic:
"Brother Imperial, we just said that children will not be allowed to enter school until they are at least eleven years old. What about the arrangements for the princes who are under eleven years old?"
"From now on, my elder brother's children will start reading at the age of seven. Before the age of seven, they only need to read the "Three Character Classic" a little, and they don't even need to know how many characters. After they reach the age of seven, they will officially start reading, reading "The Hundred Family Surnames"
", "Thousand Character Essay" and other enlightenment books, it took a few years to learn to recognize one or two thousand commonly used characters. Then he entered school at the age of twelve," Yunxi said.
Yunxi's arrangement is equivalent to delaying children's education in this era by two years. He believes that too early literacy education will be of no benefit to children. Children in modern Western countries play foolishly before entering elementary school at the age of six or seven, and even in elementary school.
The courses are very simple, and you don’t start studying seriously until you are twelve years old when you go to middle school. Aristocratic schools in Western countries also start from middle school.
But this does not mean that Yunxi does not pay attention to education from the age of seven to twelve years old. "If you want to be a good person first, you can learn as much knowledge as you want, but if you don't teach your child's character and spirit well when he was a child, you can't change it in your life."
Coming!"
"In the five years from seven to twelve years old, my elder brother mainly helps the children to have a healthy body and a correct character."
"My brother once told Chen Ji, the director of the Wucheng School, that since Dong Zhongshu came, the teaching of students' character in the past generations has gone astray. You can't read noble characters in exams, and you can't learn from sages." He immediately
He repeated what he said to Chen Ji that day.
"Brother Huang is right." Yun Lan agreed: "It is true. Teaching moral education to students cannot rely on reading. It requires the words and deeds of parents or teachers."
"It's just that it's hard to find a teacher who can teach students morals with his own character. Most of the private school teachers themselves are not upright, so how can they teach students by words and deeds?"
"This can only be done by chance." Yunxi said. This is what Yunxi said is a problem with moral education: there are too few qualified teachers, and education cannot be popularized. After all, most people's character cannot meet the standards of a wise man.
, especially Yunxi’s moral concepts are still different from the prevailing moral concepts of this era. Even if you want to find a hypocrite, it is difficult to find, let alone someone who completely conforms to his moral concepts. Even the Royal Academy and the Five City Academy,
He also went through a lot of hard work to find a barely qualified gentleman.
The brother and sister sighed a few words, and Yunlan said again: "Brother Emperor, after my sister is born, both men and women should be sent to the palace to be taught by the Emperor Brother. If it is a girl, live in the harem, and if it is a boy, let him live in the harem every day."
Yang Feng will be taken home when he is off duty."
"Okay, as long as you don't miss your child." Yunhe said with a smile.
Yunlan also smiled, but said nothing. For the sake of her child's future, her thoughts were nothing.
Yunxi felt strange about Yunlan's smile, and was about to ask a question when suddenly a servant ran in and announced: "Master, my uncle has returned home."
Hearing the servant's words, Yunxi turned his head and glanced at Ke Lu, and said with a smile: "It turns out that it's already this time. I didn't know it. Time flies so fast." Then he stood up and said, "Come on, let's go and greet him."
Your husband-in-law."
"Brother Imperial, who is my wife? How can I allow Brother Imperial to greet me?" Yun Lan said quickly.
"Now we don't talk about national rites, only family rites. Yang Feng is my brother-in-law, so he can naturally welcome him."
"Even if we are just talking about family etiquette, the emperor's brother should not go to greet me. This is my sister's mansion, and my husband is also the owner of the mansion. The emperor's brother is a guest. How can I let the guest welcome the master?"
"Hey, what are you talking about here? Brother, just go and greet her." Yunxi couldn't reason with her, so he just said this and walked out of the main hall of the backyard to greet her. Yunlan couldn't stop her, so she could only rush over.
Yang Feng was a little surprised to see Yunxi in the mansion, but then he felt happy. Whether the emperor came to see Yunlan specially or stopped by for a visit, he showed that he valued Yunlan, which was certainly a good thing for his family.
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After the two of them answered their greetings, Yunlan also came over. Yunxi had to say goodbye and go back to the palace because it was already getting late. Of course Yang Feng and Yunlan did not dare to have guests, so what was the purpose of leaving the emperor in his palace at this time?
As for staying for meals, it was customary for the emperor to come out of the palace in the morning to visit the palace and have a meal at noon. There was never a situation where he had dinner outside.
Yun Lan sent two little men to call Min'er and others over. At this time, they sat down in the pavilion in the courtyard to rest and chat casually.
The content of the conversation naturally turned to the topic of children. After hearing what Yunxi said, Yang Feng suddenly thought of something and said: "If we talk about teaching students by words and deeds, I know a very upright person who is also a private school teacher.
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"Why didn't you tell me earlier if there was such a person?" Yunxi said immediately. When he established the Five City School, he searched all over the capital for a suitable teacher. Why didn't he recommend it to him at that time?
"Your Majesty, brother-in-law," Yang Feng quickly changed his words and said, "This person is a private tutor in Zheng Guogong's mansion, teaching the young masters in the mansion. Because he taught well, Zheng Guogong was very satisfied with him, and some people once wanted to invite him.
The private school teacher went to teach his own young master, but he was rejected by Zheng Guogong and said that he would never let the private school teacher go. Since Zheng Guogong said this, I can't recommend it to my brother-in-law."
"That's it." Yunxi thought about it. If he had not been a private school teacher or taught in a private school at this time, it would have been easy to invite him into the palace to teach his children; but he had already entered the gate of Zheng Guogong's palace.
You can summon him to the palace with a decree of your own, but it will offend Chang Sheng, and it will not be conducive to the cultivation of aristocratic spirit.
"When I look back, I will think of a best-of-both-worlds solution to let him enter the palace to teach my children." He finally thought.
"What's the name of this private school teacher?" Yunxi came back to his senses and asked again.
"Brother-in-law, this man's name is Yu Xu."
"Yu Xu? Yu Qian's father?"
"This man does have a son named Yu Qian." Yang Feng said while looking at Yun Xi with some surprise: How could he know the name of Yu Xu's son.
"This man is not only a qualified private school teacher, but also Yu Qian's father. In this way, I have to hold him in my hand." Yunxi didn't pay attention to Yang Feng's gaze and murmured in a low voice.
While he was thinking, he suddenly heard the laughter of a child. When he looked up, he saw Min'er and others walking towards him, being served by their servants.
Seeing that the children had come over, Yunxi stood up and said to Yang Feng and his wife, "Brother is going back now."
"Sister, I would like to send you to the emperor." Yunlan said.
"You don't have to send me there. You're still pregnant, so there's no need to send her to the inner hospital to the outer hospital." Yunxi hurriedly declined.
Yunlan also said that she wanted to send him to the gate, but Yunxi firmly refused, so he let it go. In the end, Yang Feng sent Yunxi and the child to the gate.
"Did you have a good time at your second aunt's house just now?" Yunxi asked Min'er and Siqi with a smile after getting on the carriage. This time he, Min'er and Siqi took the same carriage.
"Okay!" Min'er responded: "Dad, my daughter thinks the garden in the second aunt's house is more interesting than the gardens in the palace." She complained again: "Dad, there are many royal gardens in the second aunt's house that are not found in the palace.
There are no flowers, and there are no tall trees in the palace garden. It’s very sunny this month when playing in the palace garden, but the garden in the second aunt’s house has a canopy of trees to shade it, so it’s not that sunny.”
"There is a reason for this." Yunxi said: "The palace has to guard against assassins, so there are no tall trees; and some flowers have poisonous parts, so they are not grown in the palace."
"What else is fun?" He hurriedly asked again in order to prevent Min'er from asking too many tubeless questions.
"Yes, there are many toys in the second aunt's house. There is something called football that is very fun." Min'er added. (To be continued)
