The construction of Daming is being carried out in a rapid and orderly manner, and at the same time, the construction of schools in various provinces is also being implemented at the same time.

The team of teachers selected from the Hanlin Academy, together with all kinds of books that had just been printed from the Ministry of Industry and were still scented with ink and paper, embarked on the journey in a horse-drawn carriage.

The earliest implementation is naturally the city of Nanjing at the foot of the Son of Heaven, almost in February of the sixth year of Jianwen, the first children's school took the lead in opening enrollment.

This novel place has attracted the attention of the whole of Nanjing.

What kind of knowledge does a comprehensive and free government-run school teach?

The dignitaries and dignitaries in Nanjing City were all moved, thinking about sending their children into it, so they all found Ying Tianfu, Chen Shao also had a headache, so he could only send away these Wenchen Wuxun, who was difficult to even see in plain life.

The above policy, this children's school and less school is only open to the common class, in principle, children from well-off families are not enrolled, the provinces are better, and there is always a lot of deception and deception, he should be under the emperor's feet, give him a hundred dares, he will not dare to do this.

Three hundred places is naturally not enough for Nanjing, the largest city in the world with a population of more than one million, and the school was blocked on the first day of enrollment in the school.

There are many students who have enrolled in the school, and the teachings of this children's school: there is room to choose from the lectures and readings of a Hanlin Academy, and he has selected 300 children who are about five or six years old to fill in the school.

"Divided classes, one hundred people per class."

The newly made desks and chairs of the craftsmen in Nanjing City completely inherited the appearance of later generations, rather than the common single low table form of this era, a small long table with a bench, two children can sit side by side, and take the book they have never seen before, on the good paper rendered with black ink.

"Chinese Studies: One Year".

There are only three courses and only three books in the children's semester, namely "Chinese Studies: One Year", "Mathematics: One Year", and "Morality: One Year".

In the first year of enrollment, you will get a book marked with one year, and in the sixth year of enrollment, you will get a book marked with six years.

This is based on the time of enrollment, not the age of the student.

Even children who enter children's school at the age of 12 still have to start learning from the first year.

By the time they graduate, they should all be eighteen years old. Therefore, in the early stage of education, this kind of over-age students will never be in the minority, and only when education is fully popularized will it gradually become normalized and age-appropriate.

"Children, cultivate virtue before cultivating talents, so before teaching you knowledge, I will teach you to be grateful."

The young Hanlin student, who was born as a five-year Tongjinshi, put down his books and looked at this group of children who were full of interest and wore the uniform plain shirt issued by the school and raised their little heads, and said solemnly.

"You will read through literacy, enter a new world through reading, and welcome a transformation of life, and I, the guide of your new life, remember my name: Xu Guang. I am your master for the next six years, and I will be your master for the next six years.

As a teacher, you should learn to be grateful before opening the book.

I am grateful to Your Majesty for giving you this opportunity to learn, and for teaching you knowledge.

Now, leave your seats, face north, bow three times, and thank your father for the grace of the school. ”

This group of children all left their seats honestly, and under the leadership of this Hanlin student, they knelt down in their robes towards the position of the palace, solemnly and quietly, bowed three times, and shouted childishly: "Long live the monarch long live." ”

After the children stood up, Xu Guang continued: "Now, you have to bow to the teacher and thank him for his kindness. ”

"Thank you for the grace of the teacher."

"People don't know grace, they can't stand, people don't know etiquette, it's hard to act."

Xu Guangzheng said: "In the first class of every day in the future, you must remember the grace of your father, and in every class, you must remember to salute the lecturer." ”

The children shouted in unison, "Follow the teachings of the teacher." ”

Very satisfied with the attitude of the children, Xu Guang then bowed his head and let the group of children sit down and pick up the books.

"Learn literacy before reading, and learn pronunciation before literacy."

There are ancient cut rhymes, a total of 193 rhymes. It is divided into 54 rhymes in the flat voice, 51 rhymes in the upper voice, 56 rhymes in the voice, and 32 rhymes in the voice. It can be described as cumbersome and complicated, only literacy, it takes several years to get started, Zhu Yunwen naturally can't put the Chinese Pinyin grammar that is more convenient for later generations and has been improved after decades of hard work.

Therefore, the first lesson of this national study is the special character of Popo, which every child in later generations is familiar with.

This is why Zhu Yunwen has repeatedly emphasized that in principle, children's enrollment only enrolls children who have never read and write, so that they can learn from scratch without feeling awkward.

To learn pinyin, you have to come out of the pinyin dictionary, the latter has not yet been born, the Hanlin Academy is included and edited, and the printing work of the Ministry of Industry has not kept up for the time being.

If the foundation of the Chinese culture course is the student's mother, finals and pronunciation.

Then the basis of the mathematics class is to learn the Ming numbers created by Zhu Yunwen and the wisdom of the ancestors, the ninety-nine multiplication table, addition and subtraction, and the like.

These numeric symbols, which are different from Chinese characters, make these children feel more novel.

The moral class after the mathematics class is more boring, and the foundation of the moral class is cognition.

The relationship between cognitive identities and different identities.

"Your Majesty, Father, Mother."

The first thing the children recognize is the meaning of these three identity words, and then it is the extension of the children's song that everyone is familiar with and changed by Zhu Yunwen.

"The father's father is called grandfather, and the father's mother is called grandmother; The father's brother is called uncle, and the father's younger brother is called uncle.

The mother's father is called grandpa, and the mother's mother is called grandma; Mother's brothers are called uncles, and mother's sisters are called aunts. ”

"Master, you said that the emperor is equivalent to our father, so does it mean that the emperor is our father's brother?"

When a student asks a question, the teacher in the room laughs and shakes his head.

"The description of the emperor as a father is a broad identity, he is not only your father, but also your father's father, and can also be your grandfather's father, because the monarch's father is the father of everyone in the world."

"Wow."

The children exclaimed in surprise, and then scratched their heads.

"Standing in front of the emperor's father, is my father and I brothers?"

In the classroom, there was a burst of laughter.

"Poor mouth."

The lecturer walked over with the ring ruler and snorted coldly: "Reach out." ”

"Oh."

The naughty boy stretched out his hand, and suddenly felt aggrieved.

He felt that he had guessed correctly, since the emperor was the father of everyone, from the emperor's point of view, wouldn't they all be equal children?

In addition to playing and playing, these children's homework for the day is very fast and comfortable.

A class lasts only half an hour, followed by a quarter of an hour break. After the third class, it was half an hour of eating and lunch break.

At the end of the lunch break, the children will have a half-hour training session.

After the training class, there is another quarter of an hour break, and then the class will continue.

Half an hour of homework is a quarter of an hour off, and finally the last class is ready to be dismissed.

At the end of the day, it's four hours.

Five study classes and one physical training class.

The children's reading life is comfortable and fulfilling.

And when the day's homework is over, the lecturer of the three classes will also leave the homework homework.

It's as simple as how many words you want to write down or how many words you can copy over the ninety-nine multiplication table.

Just like the school in Nanjing, in the pilot provinces of Jiangxi and Zhejiang, the government-run schools of Daming are also in full swing, and the only difference may be that the 'standard' of enrollment cannot be as strict as that of Nanjing.

Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture.

There is the Qiantang River here, there is the Fuchun Mountain residence map, it is the Yiguo of Hangzhou Mansion, and it is also the foot of Lin'an Mansion, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Outstanding people and prosperous culture.

The spring Qiantang has faded the spring tide, there is still a lot of faint humidity left in the air, Hangzhou is rainy, often half a month, the streets and streets are wet on the road, the Confucian students are holding an oil-paper umbrella in their hands, carefully guarding against the wind and rain that may come suddenly.

"Da-da-da-da."

The crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded, and several scholars raised their heads, just to see a gallop, but to their surprise, on this black high-headed horse, the horse was only a small red-clothed child.

"Oh, good fellow."

These students were not surprised, obviously knowing the child on horseback, and they all exclaimed: "Red boy, ride a black horse to the streets." ”

The childish boy grabbed the reins of the horse, looked directly at these students, and bowed his hands like a decent salute, and then proudly said: "Red Emperor, cut the white snake in charge." ”

"Good!"

Several students applauded and applauded the child's courage, and then asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Hangzhou Academy."

"A six-year-old child, how dare he ride a horse to Hangzhou?"

"Chongling Ganluo, he also dares to live in the temple of Qinguo."

Several students couldn't help but be embarrassed by this little child, and they all got out of the way, respectfully watched this son leave, looked at the back and admired: "This son is a real dragon and phoenix, and the holiday will be the first assistant, and the family is blessed." ”

"It's unbelievable, it's unbelievable."

Qiantang County is the closest to Hangzhou, there are dozens of miles away, just such a small six-year-old child, is riding a horse and crashing into the Hangzhou Mansion, straight to the Hangzhou Children's School of the hall of the master frightened, pinching the roster to look at the child in front of him who is serious about tethering horses.

"Yu Qian?"

"The students have seen their teachers."

The little children are polite and polite, so that this Hanlin student is a little at a loss.

Tianzhong is a talent, called a unicorn child.

"Come on in, classes are a quarter of an hour away."

Unlike other children, this child named Yu Qian walked into the novel school and did not look around, but found his position very steadily, straightened his waist, and quietly flipped through the book "Chinese Studies: A Year" in front of him.

He was literate and could read through Tang and Song poetry as early as the age of three, and the content of this book was very simple for him.

But Yu Qian still came, this is a child who took the initiative to ask for it from the family, Yu Qian's grandfather was the head of the Ministry of Industry and the Lang official of the Zhejiang Qing Officials Division, and the Yu family still has this face.

The times are different, and reading ancient classics at home step by step may not be of much interest in the future, so Yu Qian hopes to come to the school to study.

Start the class, salute.

Although the level of the first grade is extremely simple for Qian, he still works very hard to study, calm down, follow the lecturer to read and read pinyin, and then review the simple introductory poems.

"I don't know when I sleep in spring, and I smell birds everywhere.

The sound of wind and rain comes at night, and the flowers fall to know how much. ”

Reading the idyllic poems made by Meng Haoran in seclusion in Lumen Mountain, Yu Qian looked in the direction of Nanjing.

In Nanjing, Zhu Yunwen is also always paying attention to education.

It has been a month or two since the school opened, and Zhu Yunwen informed Shuangxi that he couldn't sit still and planned to leave the palace to take a visit.

It's not a low-key trip, but it is just a safe environment outside the school on the premise of not interfering with the children's learning in the school.

"This group of children may be out of a provincial government or a ministry in the future, so I naturally want to see it."

Dressed in light civilian clothes, Zhu Yunwen had already pushed the door and walked into the courtyard of the school, just in time for the start of classes, and there were the voices of lecturers teaching in the three halls.

Huang Guan, the new secretary of the Ministry of Education, accompanied Zhu Yunwen, watching the latter peek out of the windows of one room after another with an extremely evil taste, and he didn't know what the emperor was looking at.

What is the Emperor doing? Of course, I want to experience the little fun of the head teacher grabbing the bag.

But then he was disappointed to find that none of the 100 students in the class were distracted or staring intently, all of them were looking intently at the teacher on the podium, or bored on the books.

In this era, a learning opportunity is as valuable as a ladder to the sky, so this group of children is especially cherished.

If you are expelled from school and rushed home, you will really be beaten to death by your parents.

"Your Majesty."

As soon as Huang Guan spoke, he saw Zhu Yunwen raise his hand and was busy silent.

"Don't make a sound, watch with peace of mind."

An emperor and a scholar just stayed quietly outside the school, and watched for two quarters of an hour before turning around and leaving.

"Isn't Your Majesty going to encourage these children?"

I thought that Zhu Yunwen would stay here until this group of students left the hall, but he didn't expect the emperor to turn around and leave directly, and Huang Guan didn't react a little.

"For two quarters of an hour, these children didn't look at us, and even without my encouragement, they would study hard and hard."

In the carriage with simplicity on the outside and luxury on the inside, Zhu Yunwen was sincerely happy, boasting about the performance of this group of children.

Education is the foundation of the country, and children are the future of the country.

Seeing this group of children studying so hard, Zhu Yunwen was very pleased.

"We need to ensure that this group of children is fed and that they can eat better."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, in terms of food, there is meat in every meal."

The emperor felt sorry for the child, and the schools in Nanjing City naturally strictly followed the standards to implement, up and down, even if other provinces had the behavior of suffering from losses, but it was definitely better than ordinary people's food.

"That's good, that's good."

The Ming Dynasty is rich all over the world, there is the whole grassland in the north, countless cattle, sheep and horses, this year, the price of meat in Nanjing has dropped a lot, for example, the people who are not too many children, although they can't do the meal with meat, but a month to open the meat, sacrifice to the temple of the five organs is also easy.

It's just a requirement to be well fed and clothed, and it is no longer a difficult thing in the current Daming.

Returning to the palace, Zhu Yunwen called Zhu Wenkui, who was studying, and asked, "Do you want to go to school with other children?" ”

The latter's two dark eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded without thinking.

"Yes."

"Okay, your father and I'll arrange it."

Rubbing Zhu Wenkui's little head, Zhu Yunwen picked up a pen and wrote a sentence and sent it to Wei Jun.

"Arrange to build a school outside Xuanwu Lake, which can accommodate about 100 people."

After explaining, Zhu Yunwen summoned Zhu Di, Xu Huizu and Yang Shiqi.

"I opened an additional school in Xuanwu Lake, clan relatives. Wu Xun and Baiguan, if you have children at home, you can sign up, this school is different from the three-level education school I am implementing at the moment, and you can learn different things, and the lecturers who teach them will be the main lecturer in person, and the three people such as Qing will serve as deputy lecturers. At the same time, it is communicated to all provinces, and they can also be recommended to enter Beijing, and if they pass the examination, they can be enrolled. ”

There is a general chemistry hall for the people of Shilin, Nanjing, and Zhu Yunwen plans to open an elite school that takes the elite route.

"But let's talk about it first, not everyone can enter this school."

There are geniuses and mediocre talents in this world, which is a manifestation of the injustice of heaven and earth.

Some people are smarter than others as soon as they are born, and they will make rapid progress even if they receive a crude education, but for this group, why let them receive a poor education?

It's not that Zhu Yunwen encourages polarization, but that there is such a group of precocious children who should have received a more mature education.

They will enter the society earlier than the children of the same collar, and the principle of equal rights and responsibilities will make them take on social responsibilities earlier than children of the same age.

Zhu Yunwen doesn't know how to test IQ, and he doesn't plan to engage in any unknown organizations such as the Mensa Club.

He plans to set up a Ming Youth League, so that the children here can receive knowledge related to the country earlier, become a new force in all fields of the country earlier, and contribute to the country and the nation.

The three of them all understood what Zhu Yunwen meant, saying that it was the Youth League, but it was better to say that it was the Pride of the Sky Troupe.

In terms of teachers alone, there is no one else in the world, and the selection of materials must also select the top prodigies.

There are too many whimsical ideas in the emperor's head, and as time goes by, it can be clearly seen that the emperor has been collecting it in the early years, and now he has the attitude of letting go of himself, throwing out new ideas one by one, without education, who can keep up with the pace of the emperor.

So they are also strongly supportive, and they also feel that it would be a good thing if there was a school to tie the emperor, otherwise it would be very difficult for them to follow the emperor every day.

It's a shame not to be able to keep up with the emperor.

"This group will be recruited for the whole Ming Dynasty, and the center will be recommended by the three of you, and the local will be recommended by the provincial political envoys, and finally I will personally examine it."

Only if you pass can you join the group, and if you can't pass, you will go home.

There is no possibility of greeting or showing favors.

Of course, in terms of the probability of final admission, it will still be a greater chance for these nobles in the central court to follow.

Because their family background is here, they can be exposed to literacy and reading at a young age, and the knowledge they receive in the circle is always more advanced than that of children from ordinary families.

But this does not mean how high their celestial posture is, they are only because they are at the mouth of a wellhead to receive knowledge, so they will be more precocious and mature.

The enrollment rate of this group of children will definitely be higher than that of ordinary families in the local area, which is caused by the difference in the starting point, so Zhu Yunwen also has to set up two semi-annual exams and year-end exams, this purpose is to see the speed of growth, and the real genius will definitely catch up.

As long as you work hard, nothing is predestined by God.

"Everyone under the age of twelve can sign up, you will go out when you go back, if you want to participate, just sort out the list and give it to me."

Zhu Yunwen explained: "The time for the test will be after this year's Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

A few more months will also give the provinces a chance to make recommendations.

"Although you are admitted without examination, if you fail the exam in the future, your father and I will unceremoniously cut you."

At dinner in the evening, Zhu Yunwen said to Zhu Wenkui in the Qianqing Palace: "So don't have the idea of slacking off, read books with peace of mind in the past few months, and read the books I have reviewed, if you want to read them, you can read them at any time." ”

"The sons and daughters obey the teachings of their father."

Respectfully, Zhu Wenkui continued to eat.

"Well, you remember, opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared."

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

This sentence is not only said to Zhu Wenkui, but also Zhu Yunwen, the monarch's father, to the children of the whole world.

The Daming Youth League, a meritocracy, ignores background, does not value family background, and recruits all the top ones in the Ming Dynasty at the moment.

Zhu Yunwen's recruitment criteria are red lines, only passing the test and not passing the test, and he does not plan to engage in planned enrollment, but has to recruit a certain number.

If there is no one who passes, then this youth league is vacant.

If there are hundreds or thousands of people who pass the test at one time, then Zhu Yunwen will have to take the test twice.

Only stricter, not looser.

The emperor's intention was transmitted to the provinces, and the provinces began to initiate the corresponding recommendation procedures.

This opportunity was pushed in front of Yu Qian.

"I have heard the reputation of a prodigy, and this official also had a common fate with your grandfather, so I will give you a ride today."

Zhejiang Zuobu political envoy Wang Yu saw Yu Qian in the Hangzhou Academy, and encouraged: "Now the saint is open to learning, and the world's talents are taught in person, once selected, he will rise to the top in the day, child, I am very optimistic about you, I hope you will not disappoint your hometown fathers." ”

The small figure was straight, Yu Qian bowed and thanked him, and said in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant: "The student has thanked Lord Fantai." ”

"Hmm."

Wang Yu summoned a Xu official: "This time, I recommend a total of ten people in Zhejiang, and you go to Hangzhou Wei with your official warrant to borrow a small flag and be responsible for protection along the way." ”

After speaking, he looked at Yu Qian.

"Go home and say goodbye to your parents, pack up your salute by the way, and gather at the gate of the Hangzhou embassy in three days."

"The student quits."

Looking at Yu Qian's departing figure, Wang Yu sincerely admired: "What a real unicorn." ”