Chapter 25: King James (1st Update, Asking for Support)

(Today's three watches, ask for support)

Since it is not Kaienke, it is gracious to the world.

So what's the most important thing?

Of course, it is to sweep away the world's blood, for this Daming, this is what is important, in contrast, Kaienke, on the contrary, is in second place.

"As for the three ......"

Talking about the reasons for the rise and fall of social studies, Wang Fuzhi replied with some bitterness.

"Under the premise that everyone in the world is promoted to the official career by the imperial examination, the people send their children to read and read just to take a simple and fast road to the imperial examination. In this regard, some teachers who are familiar with the village are better than the social teachers, so people are more willing to send their children to study in the village school, rather than only teaching the social studies of reading, writing and arithmetic etiquette. Moreover, many poor children in the private sector have neither financial resources nor an urgent need to go to social studies. And this is the root cause of the decline of sociology. ”

Wang Fuzhi's answer made Zhu Mingzhong nod quite approvingly, and he said with a smile as he listened to the children reading aloud in the classroom.

"Indeed, in this social science, neither the eight strands nor the scriptures are taught, but the method of salute shooting books is taught" a study of books, according to celebrities, more than 500 words a day, a count, to be proficient in the "Nine Chapters" of the law", such a place, naturally can not teach people to enter the scholars, and naturally it is not popular with the people! ”

In the private acquaintance, the village is familiar with the scriptures, the eight shares of the emphasis is different, as early as the Hongwu period has been prescribed the content of social learning, reading and writing is the foundation, and then is the practice of etiquette, knowing the law, the former is not enough, after all, the purpose of the school for thousands of years has been "Xi Li" said, but "knowing the law" is the biggest feature of the content of social education in the Ming Dynasty, learning the decrees promulgated by the government, knowing the laws and regulations. This kind of legal education is even ahead of China in the 21st century, because this practice began in childhood, and the content of legal education in social studies is not limited to the Great Edict, but also includes all the laws and decrees of the Ming Dynasty. And the reason why they "read the law part-time" is not to cultivate the obedient people of the imperial court, because the people who know the law cannot be obedient to the people, and the people who know the law are troublesome to the government, and they will use the law to protect themselves, which is also the reason why the grassroots cadres of later generations said that "the people have a strong sense of knowing the law and protecting their rights, and their work is not easy to do".

The people know the law, but the government does not dare to break the law, and the people do not know the law, so the government can be the fish and meat people without scruples. In the social education of the Ming Dynasty, the "part-time reading of the law" cultivated the people who knew how to use the law to protect themselves, rather than obeying the people. This is also the reason why there are many "people's uprisings" in the Ming Dynasty, because the people will use the law to protect themselves when the government violates the law, of course, they often choose to express their wishes in the way of "people's rebellion", and the result of this "people's uprising" often ends in the victory of the people.

Now, with the revival of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of popular law education, which was ahead of the times, was of course used by Zhu Mingzhong. In today's social studies, it is also necessary to "read the law part-time".

Unless there is literacy, etiquette, and law, there is also the study of ethics and morality, poetry, etiquette and music, and of course, arithmetic, proficient in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", according to Zhu Mingzhong's understanding of Ming Dynasty sociology, after seven years of social studies, those students who are academically excellent should have an educational level equivalent to that of junior high school students. Of course, they didn't study geography, chemistry, or physics, but even so, in the 17th century, or between the 14th and 17th centuries, the Ming Dynasty had millions of students equivalent to the junior high school education stage, which was an educational miracle in itself.

And now, what Zhu Mingzhong hopes for is to replicate this miracle.

After all, compared with the scholars who focus on the eight strands and scriptures, these students who are familiar with the scriptures, can compose poems and compose, can be regarded as "coarse literature and ink", and are coarse "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", are the "great Ming people" that Zhu Mingzhong needs, these people are more likely to be influenced by "practical learning" and are more likely to accept modern science.

Of course, no one knows what Zhu Mingzhong really thinks, for the outside world, "If you want to sweep away the world's blood, you have to revitalize society, and social studies are the key to today." But no one knows that behind this sociology is Zhu Mingzhong's "long-planned conspiracy". It can even be said to be a conspiracy similar to the "Reformation" in Europe, except that this conspiracy is concealed in a seemingly unassailable pretext.

However, in the process of implementing social studies, Zhu Mingzhong also saw the shortcomings of social studies, such as the fact that it is like a private acquaintance, there is no class, and all students live together to study together, which does not conform to the basic principles of education. The reason for this is, of course, fundamentally related to the limited number of social teachers, and more importantly, the funding.

If you want to improve social studies, you have to invest more money, and investing more money means that you will have to face a backlash from Shilin, and this backlash will be accompanied by calls for the resumption of the imperial examinations.

Now there are not only calls for the resumption of the imperial examinations, but also within the imperial court. However, Zhu Mingzhong himself did not have the will to restore the imperial examination system, and the reason why he established academies and vocational schools, and established a post-graduation examination recruitment system, to a certain extent, was for the imperial examination system.

"Now, in the DPRK and China, many people can't understand why we are willing to invest a huge amount of money in social studies, but when it comes to scientific research, they are calculating."

Seeing that His Majesty finally mentioned the "scientific expedition", Wang Fuzhi immediately listened attentively.

"Because what will determine the future of my Ming Dynasty will never be more than 10,000 scholars, think that I have been a Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, how many Jinshi have I taken? But there are only more than 24,000 people, and how many people are there in my Ming Dynasty? Among these people, how many of them have the opportunity to participate in the township test to become a showman? How many people have the opportunity to enter the school and enter the Taixue? It's very few, but ......"

Pointing to the classroom on the side, Zhu Mingzhong said with emotion.

"But in the Ming Dynasty, in the future, everyone will enter the social studies, learn to read, write and arithmetic, learn etiquette and music, and learn the law, this Ming Dynasty is like a bucket, and the mountain, which determines the capacity of the bucket, is never the highest plank, but the shortest one, and social science is the shortest plank of my Ming Dynasty, its height directly determines the future of the Ming Dynasty, so in my opinion, this social science is the most important ......"

However, Wang Fuzhi on the side was still shocked by His Majesty's words, and even surprised to hear it, he naturally knew that all children under the age of 14 were accepted in this social study. What I learned was just some enlightenment knowledge, and it could even be said that this was a place where "only teaching questions, not doing knowledge", and this was just teaching people to read, write and arithmetic.

Standing in this inconspicuous social school, looking at the blue tile and gray walls, the courtyard looks very simple, but the huge courtyard is very neat, and the courtyard is extremely clean. The window frames of the dormitories are even more spotless. Wang Fuzhi looked in and found that the dormitory was very tidy. The school building is also very simple, with a few long wooden planks laid on bricks that serve as desks, and there is a sand table for learning calligraphy on the desk.

"However, there are still some problems with the setting of the current social studies curriculum."

Seeing that Wang Fuzhi's expression became serious, Zhu Mingzhong spoke.

"Thousand-character text, three-character scripture plus scriptures, this is the course learned in the social science of Dajiang Nanjiang, as for the nine chapters of arithmetic, there are not many social teachers who can be proficient, so in the social science textbook, it must be improved......"

His Majesty's words made Wang Fuzhi suddenly ask.

"Your Majesty wants to have the books in order?"

This is not new, after all, even Zhu Yuanzhang has deleted Meng Sheng's article, and now, it is not surprising that his descendants want to do this.

"It's not a book, but a book suitable for children, a thousand-character text, a three-character classic, which can be used for study, but not as a teaching material, this social science must have special language, arithmetic textbooks, of course, there must be geography, nature and other aspects of the textbook, only in this way, can we broaden students' horizons, not just limited to a few enlightenment articles hundreds of years ago, after all, this world is no longer yesterday's world!"

His Majesty's words fell on Wang Fuzhi's ears, and his heart almost immediately realized what it meant to compile social studies textbooks, which meant that the editors could use them to promote their own knowledge.

"Of course, these studies are not limited to one year at a time, but are divided into grades, just like Qinghe Academy, the first grade is mainly literate and numeracy, so that it progresses year by year, from simple to difficult to ......."

While talking about his ideas, Zhu Mingzhong said.

"What we learn in social studies is actually the most basic practical knowledge, that is, the practical knowledge that is used in general daily life. They can write letters and keep accounts, they can use abacus, they can do arithmetic, and so on. However, the duration of this social study can be shortened to six years, and after six years, students who pass a certain examination can enter the prefecture, state, and county schools. One day, Daming will surely achieve "no one in the city who does not learn, and no one in the family who does not learn." ””

His Majesty's words made Wang Fuzhi slightly stunned, he didn't think that it would be a lot of expenses to pay for social school students in the future, although there are more than 4 million stone of grain every year as support, but if these grains are used for social studies, then the future county school, government school...... His Majesty said that they still want to enter the county school and the government school, is it ......

Suddenly, Wang Fuzhi thought of the current Qinghe Academy, and thought that Qinghe Academy had long since stopped learning Bagu, and as for the Confucian scriptures, they were also selectively studied, and more time was spent on learning "practical knowledge", and as for the implementation of social studies, it was also "practical learning", so county schools and government schools......

At this moment, Wang Fuzhi suddenly had an awakening, he seemed to understand His Majesty's thoughts, once upon a time, he also wanted to ask His Majesty when to reopen the scientific examination, but at this moment, he understood, His Majesty never thought about resuming the scientific examination!

His expression was dazed, and suddenly, Wang Fuzhi spoke.

"Your Majesty, it's difficult, isn't it really a scientific examination? So, so, this, what can the world do in this world? ”