Military training is just an appetizer, and the real course is yet to come. These more than a thousand children are not here to be soldiers, and learning is their main occupation. After the military training is over, the formal class begins.
Su Ren slept just in time at home. He was the most tired of the ten-day military training. Not only did he have to train the ten students assigned to him, but also the Imperial Guards who he invited to train the students became his students. After finishing his work during the day, he spent the evening He also had to accept the harassment from Gongsun He and others. Even a strong man could only sleep for two hours a day, and he would fall down sometimes.
After teaching others what he knew about military training, Su Ren went home, fell on the bed and slept for three days.
"Sir! Sir, something big has happened. Go to the academy and have a look!"
Su Ren got up from the bed in excitement. Anything could happen, but nothing could happen to the academy. He sat on the edge of the bed and was stunned for three seconds: "What's wrong? What's the big deal?"
Han Qing shook his head: "It's not clear yet, but Mr. Dong is scolding someone, and it sounds like he is scolding you!"
"Scold me? What are you scolding me for? I've been tired for ten days, what's the point of sleeping in?" He muttered while getting dressed.
"I don't seem to mind you sleeping in."
"What else?"
Han Qing didn't say anything, but just helped Su Ren get dressed. As he was getting dressed, he ran out. Before he entered the courtyard of the academy, Dong Zhongshu's voice penetrated his ears. Han Qing was right, the old man was scolding him in classical Chinese. The good thing about Ci is that you clearly know that he is scolding you, but you can't understand what he is scolding, and you don't even have a chance to talk back.
Seeing Su Ren coming, Dong Zhongshu cursed even louder and wanted to eat Su Ren in front of everyone. Wen Dang tried to pull him three or four times but failed to stop him. Su Ren winked at Han Qing and Han Qing said Qing hurriedly and Wen Dang sent the old man to his room to make trouble.
Kong Dingguo and Gongsun Hong shook their heads and sighed. Guan Fu said: "What's the point! It's not a big deal to be illiterate. I'm not literate yet!"
Su Ren was confused by what he said, and quickly grabbed Kong Dingguo and Gongsun Hong. Kong Dingguo is a descendant of Confucius, an absolute representative of Confucianism, and has profound attainments in the Four Books and Five Classics. Gongsun Hong is relatively older and more mature, only forty years old. He began to study Confucianism and achieved high attainments in just a few years. It was Kong Dingguo who recommended Su Ren.
"You two, what happened?"
Kong Dingguo laughed twice: "Although there is no distinction between education and distinction, you must at least be literate, right? How can you learn if you are illiterate?"
Su Ren was stunned and looked at Kong Dingguo. Gongsun Hong motioned Su Ren to look aside. Only then did Su Ren realize that where Dong Zhongshu was standing just now, there were thirty or fifty students with their heads lowered and silent: "Why, these students Did you make a mistake and make your father-in-law unhappy?"
Gongsun Hong sighed: "More than unhappy, they are the illiterate people Mr. Kong said."
"What?" Su Ren was confused all of a sudden, as if there were a hundred thousand alpacas running past in his mind. What does it mean to be illiterate? What is the purpose of such a person coming to the academy?
Gongsun Hong added: "These are illiterate, and there are more than a hundred people who can only write their own names. The master father made some statistics just now, and found that less than 10% of the people in the entire academy can barely write an article."
Su Ren was crying without tears and almost vomited blood. When he recruited students, he relied entirely on his own experience. In his understanding, illiteracy has basically been eliminated in the world, and everyone has received at least nine years of compulsory education. Unfortunately, he also graduated from elementary school. But he forgot that this was the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago, and he forgot that literacy was not something that only money could do.
Su Ren wanted to curse, but when he saw those quail-like guys, he held back. He slapped himself in the face, which was very painful. The joke was too big. Not only did he slap himself in the face, but he also slapped the emperor Liu Che.
He was also slapped in the face. Liu Che's passionate speech at the beginning was all about dogs. Not only did it not have a good effect, but it would be ridiculed by everyone in the world.
He came in a hurry and walked back silently without saying a word. Wherever he passed, people automatically made way for him. Looking at Su Ren's back, those doctors and lecturers had already made up their mind to pack their bags and go home.
Dong Zhongshu was lying on the bed angrily and still cursing. It was lucky that the old man was not angry to death. Seeing Su Ren come in, he turned his head to the side and ignored him. The literary party came over and patted Su Ren on the shoulder: "Mr. Chunyu has already seen it, it's nothing.
Serious problem."
Su Ren saluted, Wen Dang sighed and walked out with Han Qing.
Su Ren knelt down in front of Dong Zhongshu's window with a bang, and kowtowed respectfully: "Father-in-law, I'm wrong! I didn't expect such a thing to happen. My father-in-law can beat me up if he wants to. Don't be so angry.
Body."
Dong Zhongshu snorted, but still didn't look at Su Ren.
"We opened the academy to teach knowledge. Since they don't know how to do it, as teachers and professors, I thought about it and decided to divide all the students into batches. Those who are illiterate will be taught how to read, and those who are literate will be taught the most basic Analects of Confucius.
, those who can’t write articles can be taught to write articles, and those who can write articles can be taught to learn knowledge.”
"Our academy has just been established, and outstanding sons and nephews from various families will not be sent here. As long as we can train a group of people, more people will enter the academy in the future. I have also thought about it, waiting for them to graduate.
We can also treat them in different categories. Those with poor qualifications will be put down to the county professor Meng Tong, and those with fair qualifications will be put down to the county to open academies. With such a layer-by-layer training, those who will enter our academy within a hundred, no, ten years will not be
In this situation, more talents will emerge from our big man to serve your majesty."
Dong Zhongshu finally turned his head, glanced at Su Ren, and sighed: "Hey! Starting a mountain and establishing a clan has not been an easy task since ancient times. In this situation, I can't escape the blame. All the scholars in the world are wealthy and poor.
The people don't have enough food and clothing, so how can they have time and money to study? Thousands of people came in at once, and I was overwhelmed by the joy in front of me. Get up!"
Su Ren stood up slowly and came to Dong Zhongshu's side: "I would like my father-in-law to explain this to all the doctors and lecturers. No matter how hard it is, I will ensure that the academy continues."
Dong Zhongshu nodded: "That's all we can do!"
This moderate storm finally came to an end under the handling of Su Ren and Dong Zhongshu. The original plan to fill the campus with talented people was ruined. In line with the objectionable saying that there is no distinction between education and discrimination, Su Ren
Ren took a thorough examination in the academy. In fact, one advantage of these people who are like blank sheets of paper is that they are clean. No matter how you describe them, they will follow the path you have chosen for them.
The exam questions were set by Su Ren himself, and he selected some of the questions from the doctors. Not to mention the results were very good, some of them who were illiterate knew carpentry skills well. Some of them had great experience in leading troops in war. Some
After seeing a painting, he can talk to you for half an hour without ever drying up. Of course, there are also the most outstanding ones. Du Ling and Zhang Tang are such talents. Not only are they familiar with the laws of the Han Dynasty, but they also write
The prison documents are clearer than those of old officials.
Dong Zhongshu shook his head and sighed: "Except for one jailer, the rest are useless!"
Wen Dang laughed and said: "Something is better than nothing. No one can say. What will these children look like in six years' time? One or two talents will emerge by then."
According to Su Ren's method, the students were divided into subjects. Those who were illiterate were grouped together and started with literacy. Those who were slightly literate were taught some Analects of Confucius, Book of Songs, etc. Only those who could write articles would learn different subjects according to their personal circumstances.
Subjects. Those with a talent for Confucianism will learn Confucianism, and those with a talent for military strategism will learn military strategism. Anyway, everyone can find their own niche in the academy.
I have been busy for a whole month on this matter. When everything came to fruition, and when I had my own ideas about what to do and how to do it, Su Ren could finally take a rest. Although the academy had a bad start, Su Ren felt sad in his heart.
I also understand that as long as I can persevere, one day it will become the highest academic institution in the Han Dynasty. All the imperial families will fall behind.
Su Ren was also a teacher in the academy. His arithmetic skills were unparalleled in the world, so he took on the arithmetic class for all students. For the ancients, not to mention arithmetic and counting, it was a joyful thing. Zero
When Su Ren taught the Arabic numerals nine and ten for three whole days, there were still people who didn’t understand what they represented. When an eighteen-year-old boy took two numerical models of six and nine and said it was eighteen, Su Ren
They all have thoughts of murder.
Just like that, an important day arrived.
The Cold Food Festival is a big day for worshiping ancestors. For this reason, the academy has a three-day holiday for students to go home and worship their ancestors. I thought that after leaving the academy gate, these boys would like to run wildly in bright clothes, but no one expected that no one would take off their clothes.
Even if the weather has warmed up, I can't even walk a few steps in the thick cotton clothes without sweating and I don't want to take them off.
Of course, the Su family also has to worship their ancestors, but how to worship them and who to worship them has become a problem. To worship the ancestors, you must add the names of your parents, but maybe your parents will live well in future generations. Doesn't this mean they are cursed to death?
?There must be this person to pay homage to the teacher. After thinking about it, Su Ren slipped out alone on this day as usual.
Spring is already strong, the willow trees by the pond have also sprouted new buds, and walking on the gravel road all winter is no longer as timid as before. Han Qing did not worship his ancestors. It was not that he had no ancestors to sacrifice, but that he could not. Han Xin was
Because those who were executed for treason have not yet been rehabilitated, worshiping a treasonous official is the same crime as treason according to the law. So last night, Han Qing secretly held a small sacrifice in the back mountain and ended it.
The two of them were walking side by side, breathing the mountain air. Su Ren suddenly asked: "It's been a year since you came to Chang'an, right?"
Han Qing nodded: "It's been more than a year, and I came with my husband two years ago." (To be continued)