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118. Opening of literacy schools

Before the person returned, the voice spoke first.

Time is running out for literacy education. Although the king of Qin did not accept the memorial proposal to make "ancient Qinwen" the second language of Qin, he included it in the scope of examination questions. It has to be involved a little bit.

Therefore, after receiving the imperial decree, Wei Bingjun immediately served the country and sent the news back first in the name of thinking about the scholars in Licheng.

After Tang Yu got the news, he was very happy, and immediately discussed with other people in the yamen to make arrangements, and wrote notices and posted them in the streets and alleys and villages to inform them.

"Master, what does this notice say? Why did you ask all the masters to come to our village to inform you?"

There are many literate people in the city, and the notice does not need to be explained too much, and there will be a poor family who can read and write to help answer it.But it’s not the case in the villages. Most of the villages in the branch are basically illiterate, and only a few of the villages are literate.

In this way, the villagers murmured in panic, not knowing what major event had happened, and asked the Yacha to come and say it in person.

"It's a good thing, don't worry everyone."

The official who handles the matter knows that the people are afraid of the government, so he first comforts them, so as to save everyone from panic, and then listen to it.

"... Your Majesty has included the ancient Qin Wenwen into the scope of examination questions. Weng Gong, the famous scholars in Licheng, are very interested in this knowledge. They also think that this grand relic was discovered in Licheng, so they raised a lot of money. Less gold and silver, ready to carry forward this glory."

"The government plans to set up schools in selected towns and villages to teach ancient Qin characters. Everyone, whether children or adults, male or female, can come to learn for free, without teaching Shuxiu. In addition, the school for children aged 5-13 is also open. There will be two meals in the afternoon and evening, but the premise is that you must study hard and pass the teacher's assessment, whoever sends the child to fish in troubled waters for a living will be severely punished."

Because the king of Qin did not allow the ancient Qinwen to become the second language of Qin, Tang Yu also had no way to issue a notice to force the people to learn, so he could only try his best to lure and think of other ways.

Even if the school was free, he estimated that not many adults would come to learn it. Adults are busy earning money to live, who would waste their working time learning books that are useless to them?Therefore, the enrollment target this time is still children.

Children aged 5-13 can't do much work at home, and the school provides free meals, but anyone who doesn't need children to support the family is probably willing to send their children here.

After all, half-children eat to death. There are many children in every household here. It is a good thing to be able to save a few meals of food. When recruiting students before, it was also effective in this way.

"Everyone, don't think that learning ancient Qin Wen is useless. Although the government's free school will not teach the content of the examination of merit and fame, ancient Qin Wen is now also within the scope of the test questions. All scholars must have a little bit of it."

"Besides, this school is run by Princess Weng Zhang, who is a famous scholar in the city. If you perform well, you may be favored and become his disciple. It is also a chance..."

In order to prevent the common people from thinking that it is useless to learn this and ignore it, Tang Yu specially gave the official office who notified the announcement the key points of persuasion.

As he expected, the villagers didn’t react at all to going to school for free, but their eyes lit up when they heard the free meals in the back, and they heard that their children might be favored by the famous scholar Weng Gong after hearing that their mentality became serious. .

"Really? You don't need to give money and provide two meals for free? Is there such a good thing?"

"It seems to be, but you have to pass the examination, sir, and you will be punished for fishing in troubled waters..."

"If you read it well, you can really be admired by those celebrities, Mr. Weng. Why does it sound so unreal..."

"Men and women are not limited, girls can go too?"

The villagers talked a lot, thinking that this sounded like a good thing, but it felt very unreal. Is there really such a good thing in the world?

"In short, this is a good thing. Those who are willing to send their children here and those who want to learn them should go to your Lizheng to register their names. If they don't want to, don't force them. But in the future, don't complain about the future of other children. There are only three days, and everyone can decide for themselves. "

After the yamen sent out the notice, the rest of the statistics were handed over to the village officials, and they quickly returned to the yamen to report.

And the people who got the news started discussing as if they had exploded that night, what to do with this matter, whether to go or not to go.

After struggling all night, everyone finally decided that the adults don’t care, the children can be sent there, and it doesn’t matter what they learn in school. Anyway, half-grown children are still playing around at home. Sending them out to be disciplined can save food.

As for whether the child can pass the teacher's assessment, that is a must, if he fails, he will be beaten!Saving food is making a contribution to the family!

What's more, the notice said that there is no limit to men and women. Girls under the age of 13 are more useless than boys at home. Since there are places to eat for free, the common people think about the pros and cons and make a decision on their thighs.

Therefore, the result of the final quota statistics is that there are twice as many female students as male students...all of them are sent to eat.

Tang Yu couldn’t laugh or cry after sorting out the list, but he also gained a deeper understanding of the living conditions of this era. Ordinary people are basically still struggling on the line of food and clothing. The task of infrastructure construction is a long way to go, and eating is a problem. What about other things? What about infrastructure?

But it just so happens that the girls have a delicate and quiet personality. If they are taught, these girls will be able to replace those gentry children in the future and become the next batch of teachers.

Due to strict etiquette, Tang Yu divided the students into four classes: boys, girls, adults, and scholars according to gender and age.

I have to say here that educated scholars are indeed easier to deal with than ignorant and ignorant ordinary people. They don’t need much persuasion, so they take the initiative to sign up first, just because the ancient Qin literature has been included in the scope of knowledge of the test questions, so there is no need to spur everyone Will find a way to learn.

Everything was ready, an auspicious day was chosen, and the literacy school officially started.

The children of the gentry who were trained before were also arranged to serve as teachers in schools in various towns and villages in Licheng.

The students who had been recruited and taught for two months before were also arranged to become assistants and monitors to help with management and literacy teaching.

Because when recruiting these children in the past two months, it was clearly stated that they were apprentices of the entry school, so no matter how old these children are, as long as they pass the assessment and become assistants, they will be paid 100 copper baht per month. , Let the people understand that this matter is not a joke.

This news made other people envious, and they all regretted that they were short-sighted at the time. 100 copper baht per month is not much, but it is still a share of income, and it was created by a half-grown child. How can it not be rare?

Most people don’t have a long-term vision. At first, they thought that this school that only taught ancient Qin literature was useless. Now that they saw the real benefits, they felt a little more enthusiasm in their hearts. In any case, knowledge is better than hard work in farming.

Therefore, on the opening day of the literacy school, the villagers sent their children to the school with a curious attitude and did not leave immediately. Instead, they stood at the door and window of the school to join in the fun, wanting to see what the school taught. a cow.

It's amazing to hear this.

As a person who came from exam-oriented education, Tang Yu knows very well that learning is boring, and it is necessary to cultivate people's interest in learning.

So on the first day of class, he didn't let the teachers of the gentry children directly teach knowledge, but first told everyone what happened to the "Ancient Qin State" in the form of storytelling, and why he had to learn ancient Qin literature. , What is the use of learning ancient Qin Wen well?

Only when everyone has a concrete concept of "Ancient Qin", students will be attentive, generate curiosity and motivation, just like every time a modern school adds a course, the first class teacher will always tell the history and significance of this knowledge generally.

This son of a noble family has been trained (washed) and trained (brained) by Tang Yu for several months, and he has long been interested and curious about the incredible and prosperous legends of ancient Qin. With great enthusiasm, some legends and stories were told, which really fascinated the ancient people who had almost no entertainment.

It turns out that their Qin ancestors were so powerful!

It turns out that their Qin country still has such a prosperous history!

It turns out that their study of ancient Qin literature is not only to carry forward it, but also to restore the glory of the ancestors that the ancient Qin manuscripts will reappear one day so that everyone can understand them!

Since ancient times, the belief in ancestors in the East has far surpassed that of gods, and they have special worship and yearning for those ancestors who have passed away. The concept of restoring the glory of ancestors is the firm ideal of countless families, countries and even nations when they are down and down.

The children yearned to worship, and the adults who stood by the door were also interested in it. The storytelling of the scholars who have studied is different, and they are much more enthusiastic than the old man at the entrance of the village...

Facing these adoring gazes, some of the gentry children who were originally reluctant to surrender their identities to deal with the common people suddenly felt a little flustered. In the past, they only knew about eating, drinking and having fun, but now the value of being affirmed and needed makes people feel novel.

But this is just the first few days. After officially entering the study, the adults will not come. They don't like the boring study, and they don't have the energy. The adults have to work to support their families.

As for the children, it's better. Children are at the age of absorbing knowledge. It's just that simple learning of pinyin and literacy is not difficult for them. The children in this meeting are also working hard, and no one wants to go home to eat wild vegetables.

When the children in the school were almost used to learning, Tang Yu immediately asked those noble children who were teachers to assign a special homework - go back and teach their parents and grandma how to read.

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119. 'Little' teachers and 'big' students

The time limit for obtaining bonus points for literacy missions is only two years, and although the land of Licheng is not large, it still has a range of thousands of miles. Even if it is only counted from 5 to 50 years old, there are 80 million people. So many people use ordinary methods to affirm It is impossible to complete the task.

So after Tang Yu thought about it, he simply referred to the literacy plan at the beginning of the establishment of Huaguo to train children, and then the children went back to teach their parents. With the method of raising soldiers, adults learned to read and children also consolidated their foundation.

In order to make this matter more actionable, Tang Yu worked hard. He not only set up a task competition for the special homework of literacy for godparents, but also spared no expense in setting up honor awards, and rewarded copper coins according to the ranking in the competition.

He is the only one who spends money to ask others to learn.

But the effect of doing so is very significant. When the children went back, they said that this is not only schoolwork, but also a competition to get money. Not to mention how much the top few have, even the last one has a full hundred yuan of money. Immediately excited light.

Anyway, regardless of whether it recognizes ancient Qin characters, Qin characters, or Chu characters, in short, it is right to be positive about rich things.What's more, if the children can't complete this coursework, it is said that they will be expelled from school, so they won't be able to get free and nutritious meals, and the loss will be huge...

But the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. There is no real pie in the world. A group of adults who have been illiterate for half their lives suddenly learn to read. The picture is really horrible.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Children are in the developmental stage, which is the best time to absorb external knowledge, and they have a natural advantage in learning; but adults can't do it, the speed of their brains accepting new knowledge is simply not comparable, let alone people who have never received cultural education, at this moment Learning words is really difficult.

In just two days, the excited adults lost their expressions, like frosted eggplants, and quickly retreated. They would rather go to the fields to work non-stop for a day than coolies. Willing to recognize those words that look like a bible!No wonder the scholar Jingui, this is really not something that ordinary people can do.

But the adults backed down, but the children disagreed. Mr. Xuetang said that this is not only an honor contest, but also an exam. If they can't teach their parents to read, they can't stay in the school anymore.

Perhaps it is a very happy thing for modern children not to go to school, but for children here, although learning to read is a bit boring, but staying in school does not need to work, and can play with friends, the most important thing is that it is better than eating at home. Well done, not only the meat and the occasional pastry sweets, silly kids will want to go home!

The hard-pressed adults stared at the words in the sand table in circles, crying bitterly, "...baby, let's not go to school? Anyway, the ancient Qin literature can't be an official, it's useless, go home, Father and mother raised you, so we don't care about those two meals."

The children who have been addicted to school meals shook their heads resolutely, with a look of love to study, "No, studying has great promise, we have to work hard!"

The bitter tears of all the parents: ...

In fact, the adults are sad, and the children who are the little teachers for their parents are also very bitter, because they never know that their parents are so stupid. , I was so angry that I vomited blood.

Anyway, since the special homework arranged by Tang Yu, every night in the entire Licheng, every household is basically in a mess.

Among other things, let's take the Tang family as an example.

According to the literacy age range of 5-50 years old, except for Tang's grandmother and the old housekeeper, basically everyone in the Tang family is included.

What's more, the Tang family is still my own family. How could Tang Yu not cultivate her own family well? The so-called ancient Qin literature will become a popular trend in the future, so all the cousins ​​in the family, including Tang Xiaogu, were sent to the school to learn.

As a student of the school, it is natural to abide by the rules of the school and complete the homework assigned by the school.

Several cousins ​​and sisters have parents, and Aunt Tang must not be left behind, she also has a mother, so Grandmother Tang was unfortunately caught at a young age and became a test product for her youngest daughter.

Then, the Tang family will inevitably be like other families, jumping around every night...

"Father, why are you so stupid! I've taught you dozens of times, and you can't remember just two words!"

"Son, you, you teach it again, and Dad will remember it again."

"Okay then, I'll teach you again, this word is pronounced as fangs, fangs of fangs——Okay, dad, you read it again."

"...Son, what did you just say?"

"..."

This is a simple and honest three-bedroom.

"Mother, this word is obviously easy to spell, melon, the melon we ate, the melon of white melon, you try again."

"Gua - gua, gua of Bai ga."

"...Mom, when will our father come back? We miss him."

This is the clever fourth room.

"Mom, you are going to piss me off! Don't teach, don't teach, I always give up on treating you!"

"Hey, girl, wait a minute. Mom can't remember when she's old. If you teach me again, Mom wants to learn my grandson's name."

"Well, I'll write it again, mother, if you don't do it again, I'll ignore you."

"Uh-huh……"

This is Grandmother Tang who is full of interest and humbly asking for advice, but has limited qualifications.

A campaign of literacy education turned the entire city of Licheng into a bloodbath. I don't know how many family harmony has been "destroyed", and father and son have become "enemies"...but the overall task effect is indeed surprisingly remarkable.

Children's learning progress is not fast, but the foundation is very solid; although adults are learning painfully, they are slowly making progress. If it is only the standard of literacy and literacy, it will not be difficult to complete the task of literacy within two years according to this form.

And Wei Bingjun finally arrived in Licheng at this lively time after a long journey back.

That night, Wei Bingjun didn't even have time to rest, so he immediately went to Prince Li's Mansion to report the status of the mission in the royal city. Everything went smoothly as planned without any problems, and the baby he brought back on the way was delivered to him.

This baby is none other than the little prince who was supposed to be 'infirm' in the royal city.

Yin Yu glanced at this half-brother, and felt that his appearance was somewhat similar to his own, so he was not very interested, and directly called Qiao Yuchun over, and gave the child to him to complete the transaction promise.

Qiao Yuchun's eyes were obviously bright when he saw the child. For him, this child is the spiritual pillar of his life.

He was somewhat expectant and apprehensive, "His Highness really wants this child to be named Wu?"

After all, it is the blood of the royal family, which represents the dignity and face of the royal family. If he really inherited someone else's surname, if the ancestors under the Yin's spring knew about it, he would be so angry that he would come to life.

Yin Yu remained expressionless and did not speak, obviously a tacit attitude. With so many princes in the Yin royal family, there is no shortage of this child.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the fulfillment. Yuchun will also do what she said, and become the shield of the son's most loyal minister."

Qiao Yuchun was delighted to hold the child half-kneeling and bowed cautiously.

However, Yin Yu did not allow such a weak person to stay by Tang Yu's side. Qiao Yuchun's loyalty is tied to this child. If the child is captured by others, the other party can easily turn into a sharp sword to hurt others. .

So... "Young Master Yu doesn't need you. Since you are good at collecting news, start reporting at "Publishing House" tomorrow."

This little eunuch should not be kept by your side, but it is very good to put it on the newspaper. The newspaper needs this kind of person who is good at collecting information. Knowing people and making good use of them is the way to be superior.

Qiao Yuchun knew in her heart that she accepted the arrangement without any objection, nodded and accepted the order, and left with the child in her arms.

Afterwards, Wei Bingjun was also arranged to meet him and became the new right-hand man of Licheng Prefecture Wei, taking care of things within the jurisdiction of Licheng, and completely controlling Licheng without leaving a trace.

On the surface, Yin Yu is still the crippled King Li who doesn't care about anything.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the seemingly peaceful city of Li is actually undergoing turbulent changes...

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at the same time.

In the lands of the other six countries, at some point, two kinds of rare goods began to be added to the goods of merchants traveling from south to north: glass and paper.

These two kinds of goods are extremely rare. The beauty of glass products is no worse than that of colored glaze. The wine utensils, table utensils, and ornamentals made of them are very exquisite. As soon as they appeared, they were loved and sought after by the nobles of the gentry, and they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy them. .

Moreover, the origin of this kind of glass is quite mysterious. According to rumors, a lucky commoner accidentally encountered a divine bird in the mountains. The divine bird was like the legendary phoenix nirvana. On the carrying thing, it immediately turned into this crystal-clear glass!

Later, the commoner resold these glasses to merchants everywhere, and took gold and silver to change their appearance and disappeared...

Because of this, glass treasures are scarce, and nobles of the gentry are not necessarily able to buy them even if they have money. Except for the big nobles, they are basically collected by the royal families of various countries. As long as there are such things in any caravan goods, they must make a lot of money. The pots and bowls, the common people envy and sigh.

Although paper is not as precious as glass, it is also a commodity that attracts a lot of attention, because it is a kind of "fabric" that is very convenient for writing. It has no effect on ordinary people, but it is a good thing for scholars.

There is also a story about paper. It is said that it was invented by a descendant of the ancient Qin State who lived in Jiang State, based on the research of his ancestors' notes.

The ancient state of Qin is said to be the ancestor of the state of Qin. It turned out that before the founding of the state in the Xia Dynasty, the state of Qin had already taken the lead in establishing the state. However, the country’s luck was not good, and it was destroyed by natural disasters. Only a few survivors survived and lived everywhere. Didn't keep it in the slightest.

Therefore, at this moment, the descendants of the ancient Qin State lived in the Jiang State. After inventing paper, they failed to patronize the Qin State. Instead, they were used by the Jiang State and sent a big businessman, Ji You, to start a paper business and sell it to the six countries. He made a lot of money here, which made King Jiang happy and King Qin angry.

However, it was also this lesson that made the King of Qin pay more attention to the so-called "Ancient Qin State" and issued an imperial decree to mobilize the entire Qin State to search for ancient Qin relics. If there are ancient Qin descendants, they can report to the government and recruit officials.

After such an imperial decree was issued, the King of Qin was furious, but he did not expect to find many "relics of ancient Qin".

Although there is no such useful thing as "papermaking" found in it for the time being, it is only from the funerary objects and mural carvings of those ruins that we discovered a piece of history unknown to the ancestors of the Qin State, a period of incomparable prosperity...

Not only the king of Qin was shocked, but all the officials were also extremely amazed, so they remembered the memorial that Licheng had submitted in order to ask the ancient Qin script to be the second script of the Qin country.