"My brother didn't let a child over the age of seven enter Beijing to study this year, and my brother plans to do the same for the next few years, until the youngest of the children of the clan studying at the Royal Academy is eleven years old."

Yun Lan heard Yun Xi's words, and was about to ask again, when she caught a glimpse of Min'er waiting for the child who was sitting on the side. They are not very old, and only Wen Yao is still listening to the topic that Yun Xi and Yun Lan are talking about, Min Er is whispering something to Siqi, although Wen Qi and Wen Yuan are not talking, but their expressions can also show that they are bored.

"Brother Huang, my nephews and nieces are still young, and it's really hard for them to sit here. Why don't you let them hang out. My sister has built a garden in the house, and now the flowers and plants are flourishing in summer, and the trees can block the sun, so that they can go to the garden to play without too much sun. Yun Lan said.

"It's fine." Yun Xi turned his head and smiled at Min'er and the others: "Min'er, Wenyuan, you all go out to play, you don't have to listen to us here." ”

"Yes, Daddy." Min'er was the first to jump up and agree, and after saluting Yun Xi and Yun Lan, she pulled Lan Siqi to go out, but Siqi could only hurriedly salute and ran out with her: Although Wen Yao listened to them, he never disobeyed Yun Xi's words, and after getting off the chair, he also bowed and went out; Wen Qi was already impatient, and he also saluted like Wen Yao; Only after Wen Yuan had finished his salute in full accordance with the etiquette did he leave this room, and he ended up in the end.

"Brother Huang, Wenyuan looks like a prince, and my sister looks very good." Yun Lan said with a smile after waiting for Wenyuan to go to the garden to play together.

Of course, she meant to praise Wenyuan and make Yunxi happy, but who knew that Yunxi shook his head and said: "He was taught to believe in Confucianism too much." ”

"Isn't it a good thing to believe in Confucianism?" Yun Lan asked with some curiosity.

"What is Confucianism, it is used to fool the people not to rebel. But if the emperor completely believes in Confucianism, he really thinks that he can rule the world by cultivating virtue and politics and serving from all over the world, and there will be no bones and dregs left that will be eaten by literati and doctors! Yun Xi said. Because the Yunlan family was also included in the scope of the ruling class, he told the truth.

Any country with a vast territory and not always in danger must have a set of suitable ruling ideas, Qin as the first unified country proved that pure Legalism is not suitable, the Han Dynasty continued to explore, and finally established Confucianism as the ruling ideology of the country during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it continued for more than 2,000 years, until the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War was shaken.

But the so-called ruling ideology is to put it bluntly, that is, through the saying of the monarch and the ministers, the father and the son, let the subjects settle in their own places, do not make trouble, and let the throne be inherited forever in their own family, which is used to fool the people, which emperor really believes in Confucianism is a big fool. But sadly, there seem to be many emperors in the Song and Ming dynasties who really believed in this set.

"I've got to get Wenyuan over!" Yun Xi said categorically.

Yun Lan has been with Yun Xi for a long time in the palace, and has been subtly influenced, coupled with the fact that she has received much less Confucian education as a woman, and she is more receptive to Yun Xi's ideas. But even if he is the emperor's sister, the emperor didn't dare to say anything about the topic of educating the prince, but just said: "Wenyuan is the son of the emperor's brother, but now it's just because he is too young, and when he grows up in the future, he will naturally be the same as the emperor's brother." Then he immediately changed the subject: "Brother Huang, Shicai said that they will only be allowed to enroll in school when they are at least eleven years old." How does the prince who is not yet eleven years old arrange? ”

In the future, the elder brother's children will start reading at the age of seven, and they can read the "Three Character Classic" a little before the age of seven, and they don't even need to know how many words. After reaching the age of seven, he officially began to read, reading enlightenment books such as "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text", and learned to recognize one or two thousand commonly used words in a few years. After that, he entered the school at the age of twelve. Yun Xi said.

Yunxi's arrangement is tantamount to postponing the education of children in this era by two years. He believes that writing education too early is not good for children, and children in modern Western countries are foolish before they go to primary school at the age of six or seven, and even the curriculum of primary school is very simple, and they only begin to study seriously when they go to middle school at the age of twelve, and the aristocratic schools in Western countries also start from middle school.

But that doesn't mean that Yunxi doesn't pay attention to education between the ages of seven and twelve. "If you want to be a person in advance, you can learn as much knowledge as you want, but if you don't teach your child's character and spirit well when you are a child, you can't turn it around for a lifetime!"

"In the five years from the age of seven to twelve, the elder brother mainly wants the children to have a healthy body and the right character."

"My brother once told Chen Ji, the secretary of the Five Cities Academy, that since Dong Zhongshu came, the teaching of students' character in the past generations has gone astray. If you take the study test, you will not be able to read the noble character, and you will not be able to learn the sages. He then repeated what he had said to Chen Ji that day.

"Brother Huang is right." Yun Lan agreed: "It is true, teaching students moral education cannot rely on reading. It requires the words and deeds of parents or teachers who teach and educate people. ”

"It's just that it's hard to find a gentleman who can teach students morality with his own character. Most of the teachers themselves are not right, how can they teach their students by word and deed? ”

"It's just a matter of luck." Yun Xi said. This is the problem of moral education that Yunxi refers to: there are too few qualified gentlemen, and education cannot be universalized. After all, most people's character is not up to the standard of a virtuous person, especially Yun Xi's moral concept is still different from the prevailing moral concept of this era, that is, it is difficult to find a hypocrite, let alone a person who completely conforms to his moral concept. Even in the Royal Academy and the Five Cities Academy, he had to work hard to find a barely qualified gentleman.

The brother and sister sighed a few words, and Yun Lan said again: "Brother Huang, after my sister's birth is born, both men and women will be sent to the palace to be taught by the royal brother." If it is a girl, it will live in the harem, and if it is a boy, let Yang Feng take it home every day when he is on duty. ”

"Okay, as long as you don't want to miss your own children." Yun Xi smiled.

Yun Lan also smiled, but did not speak. For the sake of the child's future future, what is my own thoughts.

Yun Xi felt strange about Yun Lan's smile, and was about to ask something, when suddenly a subordinate ran in and passed the word: "The official, the master, the uncle has returned home." ”

Hearing the words of the next person, Yun Xi glanced sideways at Ke Leak, and said with a smile: "It turns out that it's already this time, I don't know yet, time flies so fast." Then he stood up and said, "Go, let us go and meet your husband." ”

"Brother Huang, what is the identity of my grandson, how can I let Brother Huang go to greet him?" Yun Lan hurriedly said.

"Now we don't talk about the national ceremony, only the family ceremony, Yang Feng is my brother-in-law, so I can naturally greet it."

"Even if it's just a family ceremony, the royal brother shouldn't go to greet him. This is my sister's mansion, my grandson is also the owner of the mansion, and the royal brother is a guest, so how can I let the guests welcome the host? ”

"Hey, what are you talking about here, my brother will go straight to greet you." Yun Xi couldn't reason with her, so he simply said this and walked out of the main hall of the backyard to greet her. Yunlan couldn't stop it, so she could only rush over.

Yang Feng was a little surprised to see Yun Xi in the mansion, but then he felt happy in his heart. Whether the emperor came to visit or passed by to visit, he showed that he attached great importance to Yunlan, which was of course a good thing for his family.

After the two finished saluting, Yunlan also came over, and Yun Xi was about to leave and return to the palace because it was not early. Of course, Yang Feng and Yunlan didn't dare to stay guests, what was the intention of leaving the emperor in his own mansion at this time? As for the stay-at-home meal, according to the custom, the emperor went out of the palace in the morning to visit the palace and had a meal at noon, and never had dinner outside.

Yunlan sent two villains to call Min'er and the others over, and at this time they sat down in the pavilion in the courtyard to rest, and also talked casually.

The conversation was normal and turned to the topic of the child. Yang Feng heard Yun Xi say a few words, suddenly thought of something, and said: "If you talk about teaching students by word and deed, I know a person who is very upright and is also a teacher. ”

"Why didn't someone like this tell me earlier?" Yun Xi said immediately. When he set up the Five Cities School before, he was looking for a suitable teacher in the capital, why didn't he recommend it to him at that time?

"Your Majesty, brother-in-law," Yang Feng hurriedly changed his words and said, "This person is a tutor in the Zheng Guogong Mansion and teaches the sons in the mansion. Because of his good teaching, Zheng Guogong was very satisfied with him, and some people wanted to invite this tutor to teach their son, but Zheng Guogong refused, and said that he would never let this tutor go. Since Zheng Guogong said so, it is not easy for me to recommend it to my brother-in-law. ”

"That's right." Yun Xi thought about it. If he hadn't been a tutor or teaching in a private school, it would have been easy to invite him into the palace to teach his children. But he has already entered the gate of the Zheng Guo Mansion, although he can summon him into the palace with a piece of will, but it will offend Chang Sheng, and it is not conducive to the cultivation of the noble spirit.

"When I get back, I will think of a way to get him the best of both worlds, and let him enter the palace to teach my children." He thought to it at last.

"What's the name of this teacher?" Yun Xi came back to his senses and asked again.

"Brother-in-law, this person's name is Yu Xu."

"Yu Xu? Yu Qian's father? ”

"This person does have a son named Yu Qian." Yang Feng looked at Yun Xi with some surprise as he spoke: how could he know the name of Yu Xu's son.

"This person is not only a qualified tutor, but also Yu Qian's father, so I have to hold him in my hands." Yun Xi didn't pay attention to Yang Feng's gaze, and muttered in a low voice.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard the laughter of children, and when he looked up, he saw Min'er and the others walking towards this side under the service of his subordinates.

Seeing that the children had already come, Yun Xi stood up and said to Yang Feng and his wife, "Brother, I'm going back." ”

"Sister sends off the royal brother." Yunlan Road.

"You don't have to. You're still pregnant, so you don't have to be sent to the outer courtyard in the inner courtyard. Yun Xi hurriedly excused himself.

Yun Lan said that she wanted to send him to the gate, but Yun Xi resolutely refused, and it was enough, and finally Yang Feng sent Yun Xi and the child to the gate.

"Is it good to play at the second aunt's house?" After getting into the carriage, Yunxi asked Min'er and Siqi with a smile. This time, he sat in the same carriage with Min'er and Siqi.

"Good!" Min'er responded: "Daddy, my daughter thinks that the garden in the second aunt's mansion is more interesting than the garden in the palace. She complained again: "Daddy, there are many flowers in the second aunt's mansion that are not in the palace garden, and there are no tall trees in the palace garden. ”

"There's a reason for that, too." Yun Xi said, "The palace has to guard against assassins, so there are no tall trees; And some flowers are poisonous in some parts, so they are not raised in the palace. ”

"What's there to be fun about?" In order to prevent Min'er from diverging to ask too much inner tube, he hurriedly asked again.

"Yes, there are a lot of toys in the second aunt's house, and there is a thing called a football that is very fun." Min'er said again.