Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 458 You Can Die

Emperor Chongzhen first talked about the lottery lottery, and finally said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the result of the lottery this time was very good. A commoner at the bottom just bought a lottery lottery and won the special prize. It was exchanged for 100 taels of silver!"

"That's congratulations!" Liu Weichao said with a smile when he heard it, "The next lottery sales will definitely hit a new high!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he also laughed, and then said to Liu Weichao: "By the way, in this newly built school, I plan to let them take the Four Books, Five Classics and science classes together. Tell my staff how to make reasonable arrangements. it is good?"

What he had already thought about was to learn the way of science.However, he still wanted to hear from Liu Weichao on how to arrange his studies.After all, Liu Weichao's study here is the most authentic.

After hearing this, Liu Weichao thought for a while and said, "To be honest, I really don't understand the Four Books and Five Classics. However, I can give some advice on other aspects!"

In terms of science, it is simple, just follow the elementary school curriculum at this time.Of course, I just kicked out that damn English, so I don't need to learn it.

In terms of language, pinyin must be learned, and as for the content, whether to study the Four Books and Five Classics is up to Emperor Chongzhen himself to decide.

There is also mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, so there is nothing to talk about, just follow the elementary school curriculum.

By the way, thinking of this, Liu Weichao also remembered a piece of news he just saw.

It is said that the school must have a legal vice principal in the future, and it is estimated that it is necessary to cultivate students' legal awareness from an early age.Liu Weichao thinks this is good, or he can suggest to Emperor Chongzhen that the newly revised "Law of the Ming Dynasty" can just be used.

Thinking of this, he told Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen listened carefully, and after Liu Weichao finished speaking, he immediately said to him: "In terms of the way of science, it is better to rely on your suggestions. The candidates for the teachers will be selected from the Daming Academy of Sciences first, and the teachers from the Beijing Normal University will be selected." The new school should be established as soon as possible, and if there are no problems, a new school will be opened in Gyeonggi."

After hearing this, Liu Weichao reminded him: "By the way, there is one aspect, I don't know if you are the emperor, would you know?"

"What aspect?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately, very modestly.

I only heard Liu Weichao say to him: "According to what I know, the children of poor families are also the labor force of the family, and they will do what they can. Therefore, some families may not let their children go to school, even if it is tuition-free. Kind of, not necessarily. For example, in our side, for this kind of poor children, the imperial court has subsidies, and will also set up bursaries, scholarships and the like."

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard it, and refused to let him study for free. Are there such parents?But he didn't ask, but asked very interestedly: "How about it, let's hear it?"

Of course Liu Weichao was willing to tell him, so he immediately said: "The imperial court provides free tuition fees, but you still have to pay for school supplies such as books. For ordinary people, the money is very little, so it doesn't matter." Yes. But for those who are really poor, even this small amount of money is a big expense. Think about it, if you have to pay more, you need one less labor force, and you may not be able to read achievements in the future. So they may choose not to let their children read!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he frowned and said, "That's true. If you don't pass the exam, this book will be for nothing!"

Hearing this, Liu Weichao also frowned.This idea seems to be very universal!For ordinary people, it's okay to have this idea, but for the emperor, especially the real emperor who controls the direction of the country, it is a bit dangerous.

So Liu Weichao immediately said with a very serious expression: "You are wrong!"

"I was wrong? Where did I go wrong?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard it, and at the same time felt Liu Weichao's seriousness, especially because he knew that Liu Weichao's speech was always casual, so it must be a big thing to be so serious this time, so Emperor Chongzhen also became serious, corrected his attitude and asked for advice, "Please tell me about it."

After hearing this, Liu Weichao continued to say with a serious expression: "The fundamental purpose of reading and literacy, from a personal point of view, is to understand reason and broaden horizons. In your era, knowledge came from more than experience. Books. Knowing how to read and write, even if you don’t get into college, that is, you don’t have fame, your personal choices will be much wider.”

Emperor Chongzhen listened carefully, but he didn't necessarily understand this.Because of his living environment, there is no such thing.It can even be said that he has no chance to understand the lives of ordinary people.

And Liu Weichao continued to explain to him: "From the perspective of a country, it is literacy. Reducing the proportion of illiteracy is of incomparable importance to improving the strength of the country! Let me give a very simple example , if your people don’t know how to read, then their understanding of imperial policies can only come from those squires who can read. In this way, ordinary people can only listen to how squires interpret imperial policies. And if they all could read, it would be different, don't you think?"

As for the local gentry, what Emperor Chongzhen is doing now, such as rectifying the region, and setting up the Department of Political Affairs to promote national policies, are all based on the local gentry's control of the place.

Hearing what Liu Weichao said at this time, he understood that this is the fundamental way to solve the problem of local gentry controlling the region, that is, to open up the wisdom of the people and prevent the gentry from fooling the local area.

After thinking about this, he nodded seriously.

However, Liu Weichao did not finish his sentence, and continued to say to him: "For another example, for some new things, people who have read books are more likely to accept them than those who have not. A simple example, in a It is generally a country that has read books. Once the country needs it, it can immediately recruit enough workers, that is, it can operate machines that they have never touched, and do jobs that they have never done, because they can accept it more easily. It is a new thing; it can also pull up enough mechanized troops at once, including driving tanks, aircraft and other technical arms.”

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately understood that Liu Weichao was using the example of that era as an example.But for the same reason, if there are more people who can read and write, it will indeed be more useful than being illiterate.

In this ancient era, there was actually a popular view.Just don't tell the people. In other words, it's better for the common people to be stupid, so that it's easier to obey.

Under the influence of Liu Weichao for more than two years, Emperor Chongzhen did not directly talk about this matter, but he was actually influenced.

A very simple example is that Emperor Chongzhen already knew that if the people were stupid, they would be easily controlled by the local gentry. For him, he definitely didn't want to see it.

Not to mention, the current Emperor Chongzhen may not have much affection for scholars who have achieved fame.

Among other things, those local gentry are all well-known, what have they done?
In addition, almost all civil and military officials in the dynasty were corrupted. Before that, all the yamen in the capital were shut down, and those officials with high reputations were still causing trouble for him!
If all the people of the Ming Dynasty could read and write, Emperor Chongzhen would have the impulse to kill all the moths in these countries, and he would not be afraid that there would be no one who could be used.

After all, once there are more people who can read and write, even if they have no fame, they may be used to become officials. I believe there are quite a few.

On the basis of this understanding, he also heard Liu Weichao say that once the court needed it, he could have enough workers and troops at once, and he was immediately happy!
So, he showed joy, nodded to Liu Weichao repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, you can have this, you can have this!"

Liu Weichao saw that Emperor Chongzhen accepted it well, so he smiled and said to him: "If you force all school-age children in Ming Dynasty to learn this kind of teaching for school-age children, it will bring you an unexpected benefit!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being overjoyed immediately, and quickly asked, "What unexpected benefits?"

If at the beginning, in his mind, a new school was built so that the school-age children of Daming could go to school, he was more concerned about promoting the way of science.Secondly, it can also train more people who are officials; then, after Liu Weichao's explanation, he already knows that this method of promoting education is of great benefit to the country.

For this, he was already happy, but in the end, Liu Weichao said there were benefits, so of course he was even happier!
Regarding this point, he also had to sigh deep in his heart: After all, Liu Weichao’s side has been more than 400 years away from his era, and many things can be seen more thoroughly. Daoxi felt that he could die.

Truth!
the truth!
Hearing his question, Liu Weichao smiled and said to him: "Didn't we talk about the issue of chieftains in the southwestern part of Ming Dynasty before? We also wanted to see if even the chieftains were taken care of by using the thieves. Drive away Let them rush to the chieftain's territory. It would be best if they could fight each other. Whether the chieftain wiped out the bandits or the bandits killed the chieftain, it would be beneficial to the court. Even if they united, there would be an excuse , can be wiped out together. Isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly and said: "That's right, after you mentioned this before, I felt it was reasonable, and I have sent a secret decree to Sun Qing to explain this matter."

After a pause, he asked curiously: "The unexpected benefits you mentioned just now are also related to this aspect?"

(End of this chapter)