There are about 15 acres of land in the entire school area, about half of which is vacant land, including the square where children now run and play, as well as large kitchens, canteens, warehouses and other areas, as well as dormitory areas.

The classroom is not the same as the traditional Great Wei Palace, the Ming Hall.

In fact, in addition to the Taixue of Jingshi, Dawei has a school palace in every prefecture, prefecture, and county, but these school palaces only accept students who have been admitted to Xiucai, and those who do not have Xiucai qualifications are not worthy of studying in the school palace.

"Bachelor, the school is free of tuition, and there are these meals, no wonder the people don't ask the children to help at home, but send them to the school."

Hou Tong first led Li Han to see the school building, and then turned from the side of the school field to the storage and canteen area.

Now the cooks are preparing their meals, and there is a large vat of vegetable soup with egg drops, and there is also grilled fish, which is absolutely not lacking in the Eastern Domain.

Listening to Li Han's words, Hou Tong said with a smile: "There is mixed rice in the bucket here, our Eastern Domain is opening up a large number of rice fields, and it is still possible to grow twice a year in the Eastern Domain's rice fields, and now we are planting autumn rice, turning over the year to plant spring rice, and harvesting in summer." There are two crops and two crops a year, and when the harvest comes up, we can make rice for the schoolchildren. In addition, it is now six days to eat fish, one sea fish per person, many children are going to eat and vomit, but there is no way, now we put the sheep, pigs, chickens, cows, mules, donkeys, ducks, are still growing, a large number of killing and eating meat, too bad. Every six days, we give the children meat once, no matter what it is, the children are very happy. ”

Li Han listened to Hou Tong's words, and saw that the miscellaneous rice in front of him was still steaming, and there was a fireman adding firewood underneath, obviously the rice had not yet been steamed, and more cooks and kitchen workers were cooking fish in a large cauldron, and the pot was bubbling with an attractive aroma, and the fragrance gradually spread and wafted throughout the campus.

"There are now three hundred and eleven boys and one hundred and seventy-three girls. They are between the ages of six and twelve. Hou Tong continued: "Now the teaching of Mongolian studies is mainly based on literacy, and some teenage children who have already learned to read and write have begun to teach separately. ”

Lu Sien said curiously: "These figures, Brother Hou can recite them like a stream, was he in charge of this matter before?" ”

Hou Tong said with a smile: "I am a first-class official of the guest department, and I have introduced the bachelor when I welcome the guests, and I must be very interested in the school as a bachelor, so I want a record of the school on the island, and I will roughly write down the address of each school, the number of teachers, and the number of students." ”

"Amazing, amazing." Lu Sien was taken aback and said, "It turns out that Brother Hou is so shrewd and capable, it's really admirable!" ”

"This is the basic skill of those who are officials. If you can't do these two items, you won't be qualified to be a official. Hou Tong said with a smile: "In fact, the errand of the guest division is very simple, if the subordinate goes to the cardinal room, or the industrial and commercial house, or the farm house as an official, or serves as a hundred household officials in each village, or a deputy thousand households, a thousand households, it is really a thousand things, everything must be taken care of, in fact, the subordinate is afraid that it is not that piece of material." ”

Lu Sien and the others were silent, they could be a staff member by the side of the Hanlin Bachelor, and they were originally quite good talents, with a good academic resume, and they were meticulous, and they could give advice to Li Han, or do some practical errands. But compared with the Hou Tong in front of them, their attitude and ability to do things in ordinary ways are quite questionable.

In contrast, from the time they came to the island to the present, they have met many officials on the island, all of whom are shrewd, straightforward, honest, capable, and energetic.

This made the arrogance of Delu Sien and others invisibly diminished a lot......

"In September, more schoolchildren will come in. We now have more than 11,000 boys and girls of school-age on the island, and the goal of the prince is to enable them all to attend school by the beginning of September. The island is now divided into 310 households, in fact, there are about 500 to 600 households per 100 households, and we have a primary school and a secondary school for every 500 households, with 6 to 12 years old entering the primary school and 12 to 16 years old. If you are a mature man over 18 years old, who is interested in learning and has a foundation, he will enter Mr. Wu's university hall......"

Hearing the words "Mr. Wu", Li Han also frowned, and Hou Tong knew the opportunity and immediately closed his mouth.

When the clock rang, the children who were frolicking outside rushed back to their classrooms.

Li Han was not very interested in those children who were still enlightened, he glanced at it a few times, and saw that each person had a desk and a chair, the table was slightly slanted, and there was black water on it, as well as a hard pen, and paper, and the teacher did not just stand and open his mouth to speak, or let the children recite it, but on a blackboard, writing new words with a hard pen, Li Han glanced at it, and there were books in front of each child, combined with new words, and even pictures.

"It's really hard." Li Han said with a smile: "Back then, when we were five years old, we read at the age of five, memorized it first every day, and if we couldn't memorize it, we typed, and memorized thousands ......of words in a few days, and then recognized, wrote, read, and memorized word by word."

Hou Tong said with a smile: "Junhou also said that he is literate in reading, including Li Changshi, Mr. Fang, Mr. Fu, Da Chen, Mr. Xiao Chen, and he has been reading like this since he was a child. If there is a good way to save schoolchildren half a year's effort, why not? The textbooks of our Eastern Domain were compiled by the prince and the gentlemen, and the subordinates read it, and they felt that it was quite suitable for the children to be enlightened and literate. ”

"Where's the pen?" Lu Sien said: "These schoolchildren seem to use hard pens? ”

"There is not much difference between a hard pen and a soft pen," Hou Tong said with a smile: "We are fully rationed with hard pens because we save money, and there is no other reason." ”

Everyone laughed, Lu Sien nodded, and said with a smile: "Think about it, more than 10,000 schoolchildren, all use good wolf brushes, but it's a lot of money." ”

Li Han was in a very happy mood, he glanced at the textbooks, as well as the teacher's method of lecturing, and learned the preschool textbooks compiled by the late Tang Dynasty, with pictures, and thousands of poems, which are all commonly used textbooks for the enlightenment of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Of course, the latter requires a certain amount of talent and is not something to be done at will.

Walking further inside, Li Han found that the classrooms here are all large classrooms, and they are horizontal and vertical, which looks almost the same, with good lighting and good ventilation.

For example, Taixue, the deep halls and heavy eaves of the official schools everywhere feel that it is still the classroom model of the Eastern Domain, which is more in line with the actual needs than the same old-fashioned building.

Many private studies are learned from Taixue's architectural style, which is either too old-fashioned and not very applicable, or too scattered and has no planning at all.

There are also many seowon in the north, and the trend of private lectures is not as strong as in the south, but that does not mean that there are no at all.

Judging from Li Han's perception, the schools here in the Eastern Domain, from the architectural style to the practicality, to the scenery, if they were not located on a hot island, these primary schools alone would be completely qualified to be used as private academies.

The building in front of him, thick and simple, scattered, planted with flower beds, the corners of the house have long-lived and lush bamboo, coupled with lawns, bright school buildings, and the scenery of the mountains and rivers, you can overlook the sea in front of you, Li Han had to say sincerely: "This is really a great place, but unfortunately the old man is not a southerner, otherwise I really want to settle here, and my children and grandchildren will also study here." ”

Hou Tong smiled slightly and said, "The bachelor has passed the award." ”

Further on, there are places where teenage children are studying, and several large school buildings are adjacent, Hou Tong said: "It is divided into the Faculty of Mathematics, the Faculty of Commerce, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Maritime Studies, and the Faculty of Law. In fact, these schools are supposed to be taught in middle schools, but now middle schools have not yet opened, and many over-age children have nowhere to go, so they simply open them in primary schools and learn here first. When the middle school opened, many of them were thirteen or fourteen years old, and they were transferred directly, and many difficult schools were also transferred directly. ”

Li Han smiled and listened to the introduction, the time has been delayed for a long time, according to the arrangement, Li Han should go on the road, rush to the Nan'an Hou Mansion, and award the golden book and gold treasure to Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian, Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian will officially become the king of Zhongshan and become one of the princes of Great Wei.

However, this purple-robed important minister was not in a hurry to get on the road, and of course Hou Tong and the others couldn't urge, so they could only hope that Li Han could finish the tour as soon as possible, and then leave as soon as possible.

The school building in front of them is obviously different from the appropriate one, of course, the study of law is to learn Wei law, criminal law, many children here are literate, have played the bottom, so they learn the law, sparse, discussion, as well as the history of the dynasty, learn the long compilation, Di copy, Li Han understood at a glance that this is in the training of qualified officials, not only administrative officials, but also including sentences, judgments and other officials.

Hou Tong also introduced that although pure arithmetic is more of an interest, after it comes out, whether it is technical and financial personnel in industrial commerce, or professors, or government financial departments, they need high-level talents who are proficient in arithmetic. Of course, the military also needs more arithmetic talents, so this course is the foundation of all academics.

Business, on the other hand, is more about teaching the way of management, cost accounting, sales algorithms, etc., all in teaching.

According to Hou Tong, in the military academy, arithmetic and geometry are the foundation of military science, and only by laying a good foundation of arithmetic and geometry can you learn drawing, geography, and astronomy, and then you can learn specific military equipment, training, marching, camping, military flags, golden drums, heralds, formations, and other knowledge.

"The foundation of the Maritime Studies Department is also arithmetic, and then there are some specific things." Hou Tong finally said: "Junhou said that the foundation of all knowledge can be pushed to arithmetic, that is, mathematics. If you are not good at mathematics, you can't talk about anything, let alone in concrete practice. Some of the inventions on this island, if Master Fu and other masters did not have a foundation in mathematics, they would not be able to talk about removing the old and innovating and inventing so many practical instruments. ”

Li Han nodded slightly in agreement.

After everyone finished reading it, everyone had a smile on their faces, and when they walked out, Li Han said to Hou Dao: "Nan'an Hou is really generous, can the more than 10,000 students on the island really enroll in school?" ”

"Of course, as long as the prince is determined to do something, there is no reason to do it badly." Hou Tong said confidently: "By mid-September, more than ninety percent of school-age students will enter primary and secondary schools. ”

Li Han nodded lightly, didn't say anything, the sun was already hanging high when the group left the school, and the people from the guest department drove the carriage and horse directly over, Chen Daojian, who was dressed in a blue robe, rode on a horse and waited, and when he saw Li Han come out, he dismounted and greeted him with forks.

"Chen Gaozhi, right?" Li Han smiled and said gently: "You are not yet twenty years old, you are already a talent, you can still take the exam, and then enter Beijing to try the Jinshi, the Jinshi is the right way in the end, it is worth a try." ”

Chen Daojian said with a smile: "What the bachelor said is that when there is leisure, students will definitely pick up the books again." ”

Li Han nodded, didn't say much, only said, "Are you going to the Hou Mansion now?" ”

Chen Daojian replied: "Yes, the prince is ready. ”

Li Han didn't speak again this time, but boarded the carriage directly.

……

From the farmland, mulberry trees, sugar cane fields, and areas of residential villages on both sides of the vehicle to the place where the large number of buildings was located, everyone knew that the Hou Mansion in Huaxi was in front of them, and there were already a large number of officials in blue and blue official robes waiting, and a large number of soldiers with knives and knives gathered around to wait.

If he had seen such a scene as soon as he went ashore yesterday, Li Han would have been full of disgust in his heart, and he would have felt that the martial arts of the Eastern Domain were too hot, and he had the feeling of being a martial artist.

But at this time, seeing that the army had just come out of the farmland, and Nan Anhou himself was the same, he no longer had any disgust in his heart.

The local officials and the people, including the Son of Heaven, will persuade the peasants on special days, which is nothing more than to set up the oxen and plows, and the Son of Heaven and the officials will help them and make a show, and then they will win praise.

But Nan Anhou led his subordinates to work in the farmland for more than ten days, which are completely two concepts.

"Bachelor?" The vehicle stopped, Lu Sien looked at Li Han with a solemn face, and said in a low voice: "The people from Nan'an Hou Mansion have come over." ”

"yes, I see." Li Han began to tidy up his appearance and prepared to get out of the car.

"The maester seems to have something on his mind?" Lu Sien said: "Are you worried that the Eastern Domain is too powerful?" The students thought that this kind of army did not look like the kind of tiger and wolf army that should cause people to worry. ”

"It's not because of that." Li Han stopped what he was doing, and after a while, he began to arrange his robe again, with a wry smile on his face, he said to Lu Sien and the others: "After I visited the school, I was originally very happy, but then I came to my senses...... Everything is based on arithmetic and practical learning, where do you see the problem? ”

Lu Sien and the others looked at each other, and only after half a sound did someone say tentatively: "Didn't you teach the science of saints?" I think they will also teach the Analects to the schoolchildren. ”

"No," Li Han said in a heavy tone, "That's just embellishment." The school of Nan'an Houfu is completely subverting the foundation of China, starting from practice, taking arithmetic as the root, and taking skill as the branch, so that thousands of people have been cultivated, and their thoughts and thoughts are completely different from those of our generation of Confucian students. A few decades later, if Nan'anhou could take power and promote such a school, hundreds of thousands of millions of people would come out of such a school, and they would also be literate, read, and know the teachings of the sages, but their thoughts and actions would not be the same kind of people as the Confucian scholars of our generation. ”

Lu Sien was a little unimpressed at first, and then his face was full of anger.

Although Li Han seems to be a pedantic scholar, like a teacher in the countryside, with a tall figure, a goat's white beard, cloudy eyes, and a little rickety back, he is not a stupid person, and he also knows how people like Xu Zixian will proceed once they make a decision.

Lu Sien and the others didn't quite understand, and Lu Sien said: "The bachelor can impeach him against the imperial court, or use this to threaten Nan'anhou?" ”

Li Han shook his head and said, "It's useless, even if the bullet stamps are piled up higher than Nan'anhou, the imperial court will just ignore them." ”

"Then let him do anything wrong in the Eastern Domain?"

"We can only wait and see the defeat." Li Han smiled bitterly and said, "There is no other way. ”

"Heaven is good." Lu Sien said hatefully: "I can wait and wait for his defeat." ”

……

“…… The ancients established the kingdom so Wei Jingshi, and sealed the sons so respected the temple. I admired the blessing, tamed to the peace, and was truly tested in the sky. Qixian originated from the ancient times, Shengyi Jiaoju, Hongrui Qiazhen, Fang Yi group heart, to build a feudal room, Nan'an Hou, Jin Ziguanglu doctor, inspection school Taifu, Zuo Wei general, auxiliary general, return to the German army festival envoy, and Yu Shi Dafu, Shangzhu country, 6,000 households of Shiyi, 6,000 households of Shishi Feng, Xu Zixian, Shangqiong, the holy reserve essence, condense the righteous qi to the abyss, the five essences and the heroic, the nature of discernment, the words must have rules, the face of progress, the movement is in harmony, has become a virtuous instrument, still in the good age, and the minister, citing the old classics, the words of sincerity are coming, and the meaning of the concession is glorious, May the auspicious time, special decree, the longevity of the Yang of the Aoyang, the control of the Huaishui of the Ming District, the Xi Jing, the opening of the Mao Society, plus the rank of the left minister, increase the name of the American name, cover the deep mercy, the number of the Long Hui, in the play, the system of the city, although the Yi chapter of the Zhou room, the seal of the half of Chu, with the humility of the Han family, the weight of Gu Zi Chengwei, the rest of the primate, Qin I precepts, no slackness, can be special jin, Shangzhu Guo, Zhenguo general, Zuo Wei general, Fujian Road Metropolitan Governor's Office Deputy Governor, in charge of Fujian Road Ma political affairs, in charge of Nanyang Naval Affairs, and servant, Envoy to the festival of loyalty to the army, into the king of Zhongshan, add 10,000 households to eat, 20,000 households to eat the truth, give Chongren Baoyun meritorious heroes, honor as before, there is a division to choose a day to prepare a book of gifts......"

"Hooray!"

Qin Dongyang, who has always been steady and self-controlled, was the first to raise his arms and shout, followed by all the soldiers of the government army, everyone was raising their arms and shouting, and they were so excited that many soldiers didn't care about standing in line at all, they shouted and shouted, some people were excited and tearful, some people were spinning in place, some people were jumping up, everyone pushed each other, beat each other's shoulders, and laughed and didn't know what to say.

They followed Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian, the longest was more than two years, and the shortest was only half a year.

But when it comes to loyalty and love to Xu Zixian, almost everyone will not make any difference.

The officials were more reserved, but there were still many people jumping for joy.

Li Yi's eyes were filled with tears, his emotions had experienced a lot of turmoil these days, but when it really happened, Li Yi still couldn't hold back his overly excited emotions, and he still couldn't stop crying.

In addition to Li Yi, Kong He, Fu Qian, Chen Zuocai, Chen Daojian and others also have different expressions.

Only Fang Shaoqun is still quite calm, Xu Zixian's status is a judgment for these old followers, and for Fang Shaoqun, it may be a beginning.

No matter how dazzling Xu Zixian's title is, how long the number of words in his official position is, and how scary the food seal is, his essence is still the current territory and everything.

The title of King Zhongshan says it all, the father and son of the Son of Heaven and King Zhao will never give up the Fujian Road.

And after running the Eastern Domain, Xu Zi should not wait any longer. Within this year, it is necessary to extend his hand to Fujian Road, control the chief officials and gentry of various prefectures and counties, sort out the Xiang Army, suppress the forbidden army, cooperate with Lin Douyao, and completely control Fujian Road in one or two years.

That's how we can really get a foothold!