Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three Today's People Outsmart the Ancients
Outside the Banshan Hall, Guozi Jian Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye stood side by side. When several Guozi doctors heard Zhang Shou advocating the principles of the world, most of them couldn't help but show dissatisfaction. One of the oldest ones finally couldn't help but shout loudly.
Roaring: "The era of the ancient holy kings was a time when saints ruled the world. How can it be compared with the past? You are simply arrogant and ridiculous!"
None of the students in the room expected that someone outside would suddenly get angry at this time. Even some of them who had just been distracted suddenly became excited. This is the Imperial College, and usually each hall is in charge of its own affairs.
Dr. Zi only occasionally supervises the sections that he is responsible for, and leaves most matters to the chief.
Now, someone actually comes forward to confront their new teacher. This is really exciting!
Zhang Shou had long expected that if he worshiped the present instead of retrospect, he would definitely be criticized. Recognizing that the person who refuted him angrily was Dr. Yang Yiming, who was in charge of Suixingtang in Guozi, he chuckled and said: "Dr. Yang said
The time of the ancient Saint King was the best, so I dare to ask you, do you know how big the territory was during the time of the Ancient Saint King? How many people were there in the world at that time? How many people could read at that time?"
Seeing that the old man was stunned by his question, he continued like a barrage of words: "During the time of the ancient holy kings, Jiangnan was still a land of marshes, Jingchu was still an endless jungle, Liaodong was a land of ice and snow, and the only people inhabited were the small areas in the Central Plains.
A piece of land, that is, the land of a Chief Secretary today. Do you think it is more difficult to govern a Chief Secretary, or to govern the world today?"
Before the old man could clear his mind again, he calmly spoke again.
""Shangshu·Duoshi" says that only the ancestors of the Yin Dynasty have books and canons. Even the history of books only gradually came into being during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The ancient times you mentioned, no matter how many quotations from the sages, can be recorded
Half a point? It should be noted that the Yin and Shang Dynasties worshiped blood sacrifices, and the Zhou Dynasty only worshiped rituals! We now grind wheat flour, but in the Han Dynasty, only nobles could eat flour, and ordinary people could only eat wheat rice."
“The Qin Dynasty had no paper, the Han Dynasty had no water-powered stone mills, the Jin Dynasty had no gunpowder, the Tang Dynasty had no movable type, and the Song Dynasty had no muskets. The Yuan Dynasty’s firearms were far inferior to today’s... Not to mention that hundreds of millions of people have cultivated fields all over the world.
And the world is full. By the way, I remember that even kapok was only grown on a large scale in this dynasty. I dare to ask Dr. Yang, what was used to keep out the cold in ancient times?"
Seeing that Yang Yiming's whole face was twitching, Zhang Shou said calmly: "Yes, there were furs at that time, but since this is the ancient time when you respected etiquette and kingship, if you can only kill wild beasts to get meat and skins to keep you warm,
, how can it be compared to today when you can get everything from the fields and be warm and satisfied?"
Seeing that Yang Yiming was completely refuted, the other Guozi doctors looked at each other and couldn't help but feel very lucky that they didn't rush out to join the refutation, and now they were not in a mess.
When Zhou Jijiu and Luo Siye looked at each other, they felt even worse.
All the dynasties in the past dynasties have admired the retro style, but this dynasty... Ahem, the Taizu of this dynasty hates people talking about the ancient holy kings the most. Back then, when a certain great scholar spoke about this topic, he immediately became furious.
The earth refutes, the ancient ancestors still drank blood like hair, no matter how capable the saint king is, how can he become more prosperous than today's world with his bare hands?
Just when they were temporarily stuck, they heard a low voice of admiration coming from behind them.
"That's right! Everyone talks about what the ancient saint kings were like. Emperor Taizu once said that, let alone the ancient times, there were no stirrups in the Qin Dynasty, and men in the Han Dynasty still wore crotchless pants! In fact, life has been getting better and better day by day throughout the ages.
good!"
Dr. Guozi Yang Yiming, who was racking his brains for words, turned his head angrily and saw that the speaker was none other than Zhu Ying, who was disguised as a man! Before he could warn him that good men don’t fight with women, he recognized
There was another person beside her.
This time, he suddenly turned pale.
Because the person standing behind them and listening with great interest was none other than today.
It doesn't matter that he desperately admires the ancient saint king behind his back on weekdays. It doesn't matter that he admires the ancient world better than the present, because even the emperor will temporarily indulge in the ancient times on certain occasions. However, in this situation, he clamored that the present is not as good as the present.
The emperor obviously listened to what he said back then. He was simply digging his own grave!
However, the emperor just glanced deeply at the old doctor who kept praising the ancient times, and then made a gesture to the others to stop Zhou Xun and other academic officials from coming around to greet him. He did not want his arrival to affect the people inside.
That class.
Zhang Shou, who was in the room, happened to hear Zhu Ying's voice. He didn't know that the emperor from outside had also come to listen with interest, but he retracted the gaze he had just looked at Old Man Yang and glanced at Banshan Hall with a smile.
students in.
"Actually, much of what I said can be found in ancient books and classics. There may have been many mysterious but lost things in ancient times, but now, we have also created a prosperous age that the ancients could not imagine. At least, the ancients never imagined
No one can sail around the world and see all the seas like me."
At this point, he changed his words: "I know that, except for the two princes who are in the enlightenment period, the people sitting here now are probably only ordinary in reading talent, or in other words, they don't like to memorize this by rote.
Set. Therefore, the curriculum I set is also very simple, four classes a day, two classes in the morning and two in the afternoon, each class is half an hour, and there is a two-quarter-hour break."
"The first part is about history. For half an hour, we will talk about the history books of the past dynasties, and also talk about some things in the notes of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign literati. We will also talk about some of the Four Books and Five Classics. Everyone can listen to the story. You can't help but ask questions in the class."
"The second reason is nature. I will simply explain the principles of the world to everyone. At least, no one will be ignorant enough to call evil laws in the future."
When the emperor and Zhu Ying outside the door heard Zhang Shou's words, one smiled and the other sneered. At the same time, they thought of Zhang Huaili, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance who had become an official at home. Unfortunately, the poor man had now suffered a stroke and collapsed, unable to speak or speak.
Writing, even if I were present at this time and heard Zhang Shou mocking the magic, I would not be able to refute angrily.
"The third is ritual and music. To put it simply, various elective courses for cultivating one's sentiments, such as music, chess, calligraphy, painting, etc. are included in it. All kinds of musical instruments, whether elegant or popular, are included in it."
"Fourth is physical fitness, horse riding and archery, martial arts, Cuju, polo, etc. If you are not interested in these too fierce competitions, pitching, cricket, table tennis... I will send you the course selection list for three or four classes later.
Life lies in movement. If you don’t tell the generals and prime ministers, dismount the horse to govern the people, mount the horse to govern the army, at least, you have no power to tie the chicken and are useless. These are the comments of the scholar, and they should not belong to the supervisors of the Imperial College!"
Lu Sanlang, who was also sneaking behind the emperor to watch the excitement, almost shouted loudly, but thinking that it was too exaggerated, he could only suppress his emotions. The next moment, he heard a voice full of excitement coming from inside.
Childish voice.
"That's great, I'm most afraid of being forced to endorse it every day!"
The fourth prince's joy only lasted for a moment, and it came to an abrupt end because his sleeve was pulled hard by the third brother on the side. Realizing that he had lost his temper several times today, he suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.
However, he completely relaxed in a moment, because Zhang Chen followed him and clapped his hands and cheered. The dudes who had been hanging out in Cuiyun Room were all trying their best to cheer him up. As for the others... although some people were still doubtful, but this
This kind of course arrangement is much better than what they imagined, where they would be forced to memorize classics and history and write articles while wielding a ruler.
Therefore, after the initial sparse applause, people continued to join in. Among the more than a hundred people in the room, only a few were still carrying the thorns. Some people even took advantage of the moment when the applause gradually subsided to ask loudly.
One sentence.
"Dr. Zhang just said there are four classes a day. Could it be that you are proficient in everything you mentioned?"
"Of course...impossible!"
After Zhang Shou paused, he smiled but calmly uttered those three words: "In today's world, there is probably no one who is proficient in classics and history, skilled in martial arts, has superb music, has outstanding etiquette, and can also play Cuju well and play polo well.
Of course, I am no exception. However, there is no shortage of people who are proficient in one thing in this capital city where talents from all over the world gather."
"Furthermore, what is an elective? It is just to allow everyone to really learn something that interests you. Based on your respective backgrounds and family backgrounds, if you really study hard, you will naturally be able to invite people who are unique in the world to teach you in the future. The current class is just
It’s just inspiration. So, for the compulsory lectures on history and nature, I say that for the rest of the teachers, everyone can nominate their own candidates and then hire them from outside.”
"The candidates for external recruitment for each elective course are decided by a vote of the people who take this course. After they are selected, everyone will find a way to hire them. Of course, there are rules for the entry and exit of the Imperial College. If someone
If you think about hiring someone to teach romance, give up as soon as possible. If you are good at Cuju, throwing pots, etc., you can also recommend yourself to be a professor."
I heard that you can also decide to hire a teacher by yourself, or even recommend yourself to be the teacher. Although Zhang Shou has stopped inviting those who are proficient in music in the brothel, everyone is still very excited, until there is a clear scream, they just start again
It became quiet.
No one noticed that, although they could not be said to be just convinced by the teacher, they were already willing to listen to him without realizing it.
Zhang Shou knew that if the emperor was willing, he could invite the best scholar in the world or the gentleman with the highest level of lectures for the third and fourth princes. Even Ge Yong might not shirk his request to give lectures to the two princes every now and then.
A prince was thrown to him together with a bunch of bad boys, so he decided on his strategy in Banshan Hall from the very beginning.
Tell stories, not knowledge; do popularization, not research.
He may not be able to make all the twenty-four people who have been to Cuiyunjian turn back, let alone the more than a hundred people now?