Straight man of steel

Chapter 273 Reading and Literacy
In this era, no matter whether it is the emperor or the nobles below, as long as they see good things, they stuff them in their homes. It is very rare for Liu Che to take out all the royal collections and give them to the Imperial Academy. Conditional.

"Ayuan, don't think that it's His Majesty looking at your face. It's all because of those great Confucian scholars who wrote letters all day long, which made His Majesty make this decision."

To tell the truth, Qin Shihuang's burning of books and burying Confucianism is actually the same behavior as Liu Che's establishment of the orthodox position of Confucianism.

The two dynasties desperately don't want to let a hundred schools of thought resonate again. Unified thinking helps to consolidate the rule. If the thinking is flourishing, the most uncomfortable thing must be the ruler.

After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, the masters of Confucian classics gained time to breathe and develop. Many schools of inheritance changed from oral to real writing on bamboo slips at this time.

It seems that everyone is working hard to restore the dying Confucianism decades ago to glory again.

Now it seems that these people have indeed done it.

"I don't care whose reputation it is, if these books can be placed in Imperial College, they will be of great use."

Recalling that when he first entered the Zhuo Mansion, Zhuo Wenjun only asked Zhang Yuan to be a coder. Even wealthy families like the Zhuo family had difficulty obtaining books to read, let alone those from poor families.

The key to Tianlu Pavilion is still in Chu Da's hand, but it will be handed over to Zhang Yuan in a while.

Chu Da stepped forward to open the door, and then let Zhang Yuan and the others go in to have a look.

After just reading for a while, Zhang Yuan can feel the heaviness in these books.

The scope of the royal collection is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Not only the classics of Confucianism, but also all kinds of schools of thought, astronomy, arithmetic, agriculture, pharmacy, and even alchemists' methods of cultivating immortality and alchemy can be found in it.

Regarding these classics, the first decision Zhang Yuan made was to put the books of the alchemists into boxes and seal them up first.

Alchemist's books are definitely useful, but most of them are really detours.

From Liu Bang to Liu Che, Zhang Yuan can almost say with certainty that, except for Liu Bang, the other emperors of the Han Dynasty were basically the same as Qin Shihuang, dreaming of the spring and autumn dream of becoming immortal, hoping to prolong their lives for thousands of years.

If these books were really read by Taixue students, and then those foolish tricks were used to fool Liu Che, the blow to Taixue would definitely be very big.

"Brother Yuan, do you also want to learn the skills of an alchemist?"

Chu Da asked Zhang Yuan very suspiciously, but Zhang Yuan just shook his head in denial.

"The things written in these books will shake people's hearts. Imperial students should not see such books here."

Chu Da didn't answer anymore. It was obvious that he also believed in ghosts and gods.

The existence of Zhang Yuan is basically a miracle. In fact, if you think about it, if you can confirm a few gods in advance, instead of worshiping all gods like now, the effect will be much better.

It's just that Taoism is not mature yet, and the time when people like Lao Tzu lived is still too close to now.

"Let's go, the first thing to do after Taixue is opened is to classify the books here.

Those who want to study the calendar and stars can go to the special floor, and those who want to study Confucian classics don't need to run around. "

"So good."

After leaving Tianlu Pavilion, Chu Da took Zhang Yuan to the front hall of Taixue.

This is the main teaching place for the Pentateuch doctors, and it is used to answer questions.

It is impossible for these PhDs to be like the teachers of later generations, explaining students' doubts while lecturing.

If you want to become a disciple of a doctor of the Five Classics, the first thing you can confirm is that you must be literate.

Then if you want to worship Hu Wusheng, you have to read "Spring and Autumn" first. You must not understand what it means just by reading it. At this time, you have to ask Hu Wusheng, and Hu Wusheng will use them. Gongyang sent his understanding of "Spring and Autumn" to clear up the students' doubts.

Therefore, doctors do not have the job of giving lectures.

In fact, at this time, learning is particularly important. Zhang Yuan has not only wasted his time in the past six months, but also learned a lot about this aspect.

The Han Dynasty had Mongolian classics, but there were no people to teach them.

Knowing a hundred characters is enough to be a scholar. The Mongolian classic "Cang Jie Pian" has a total of about 2000 characters. If the repeated characters are removed, there should be more than [-] characters.

Someone who knows more than 2000 characters is a big deal. At least he can be a small official in an important government department, and his salary must be higher than that of a teacher.

Therefore, only very rich families and those powerful families can hire elementary school teachers. It is still very difficult to popularize elementary school among the Han people.

Zhang Yuan also thought that after the students of Taixue completed their studies, they could return to their hometowns to work as teachers of Mengxue, but he just thought about it and quickly rejected this idea.

Most of you come to Taixue to become officials, and a small part is to study knowledge. Even if you are a Taixue order, you can't make people give up their ideals.

Those great Confucians who want to teach students wholeheartedly, but they don't like Mengxue, let them teach children how to read, it is probably more difficult than asking them to cut off their beards.

Why did ancient education become a tool for nobles? To put it bluntly, the poor can't afford to go to school and hire a gentleman.

Zhang Yuan believed the story of those humble scholars who eventually became prime ministers.

But understanding is always different from person to person. Everyone always thinks that if you are poor, you will die of poverty, without food or clothes.

From what Zhang Yuan has come to see over the years, the humble family is a level between the middle class and the aristocratic family.

That is to say, most of the poor families are families that have declined, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how poor the poor family is, they are hundreds or even thousands of times richer than ordinary people.

In this environment, it is really difficult for everyone in the world to have books to read.

The most important thing is that our Majesty does not want too many people to be literate, and the officials below do not want too many people to be literate.

As long as more than 90.00% of people who cannot read or write occupy five or more, the law will always be interpreted by those in power.

The common people pointed to the law, which they did not know a word of, and asked the officials what sins they had committed.

Officials can just point to one and say that you have committed this crime.

Ordinary people ask again, why did I commit a crime.

Officials can say that the Dahan law says you have committed a crime.

The people continued to ask, but the law could not speak.

Officials can continue to say, it's not that the law can't speak, it's that you don't have eyes.

The common people feel that they have been wronged extremely, I have eyes.

The official said with a smile, isn't it like a blind man who doesn't know the words?
(End of this chapter)