"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict that since the first year of Hongwu, in order to explain the study of moral economy, the national sub-prison was set up in order to be of great use. When the first emperor set up a system of six halls of all beings, those who have not passed the "Four Books" will live in justice, lofty ambition and wide industry. For more than one and a half years, those who are liberal in literature and science will be promoted to cultivation and sincerity. Another year and a half, those who are both knowledgeable in economics and history, and excellent in arts and sciences, are promoted. Rise to spontaneity, is points. It is based on its four-year school system. However, today, the learning of the prisoners is becoming more and more complicated,......, the prisoners are afraid that they will not slack off. From now on, the study of the Guozi Supervisor will be formulated for seven years. ”

"Yes," Yun Xi said, "there is no need to change it, just copy it on the holy decree like this, and the seal will be issued." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ji agreed and said, "Then the minister will step back and make a decision." ”

"Slow!" Yun Xi suddenly said: "I still have something to tell Aiqing. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ji felt a little strange. As soon as he entered the palace, he saw Xu Huizu and others waiting outside, and said hello knowing that His Majesty had called them when he went out of the palace to the Five Cities Academy yesterday, and he had already informed His Majesty, what did His Majesty have to tell him first?

But of course he knew it right away. "Chen Qing, I want to appoint you as the secretary of the Five Cities Academy, and manage the daily affairs of the Five Cities Academy for me." Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty, the students of the Five Cities Academy are all noble children and are young, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the ministers to control them; Moreover, the minister has never been in charge of the school, so it is difficult to manage it well. Therefore, the minister asked His Majesty to appoint someone else to share His Majesty's worries. Chen Ji paused after hearing Yun Xi's words and said.

Yun Xi listened to Chen Ji's words, and first sighed in his heart. Although the Five Cities Academy has only been established for less than a day, everyone who should know already knows it, and they quickly understand that the students of this school will have a bright future as long as they or their families do not die. Now is the time to make friends with them, but when the pie falls on Chen Ji's head, he is still afraid of it.

But because of this, Yun Xi appointed him as the secretary general. If a person who is dedicated to business joins the Five Cities Academy, it is difficult to guarantee that the atmosphere of the school will not be disturbed because of the drill camp.

"Chen Qing, you don't have to shirk. Although the Five Cities Academy is all the children of the nobles, but with me, they will never dare not listen to you; If someone really doesn't listen to me, you will report it to me, and I will not spare it. ”

"As for the fact that you've never been in charge of a school before, that's okay. The Five Cities Academy is different from Guozijian and Jiangwutang, and the way of managing it is completely different, even if you have been in charge of the school before, it is not of much use. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that those who have been teachers are more suitable to be the secretary of the Five Cities Academy. The minister has not been a tutor, so it is not suitable. The minister recommended Yang Shiqi, the head of the Gezhi Academy, or Luan Wei, who had taught His Royal Highness the Prince, to serve as the secretary of the Five Cities Academy. Chen Ji continued to shirk.

"The Gezhiyuan in charge of Yang Shiqi is also a yamen that I value very much, and I can't find a suitable person to replace it for a while; As for Luan Wei, I won't hide it from you, he doesn't have the ability to be an official, so he teaches young children in the palace. Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty, even so, Yang Sheren used to be a school teacher, and Hushe people used to be a county teacher, and they are more suitable than ministers." Chen Ji still shirked.

"Neither Yang Zhu nor Hu Yan are fit to be in charge of the school. Chen Ji, you don't have to shirk it. I'll tell you the truth, the Five Cities Academy is extremely important, and I must choose someone with a decent personality to be the secretary. Yang Zhu and Hu Yan are a little sleek in temperament, and they can't be them. You are the only one I can trust now and have no other important errands. Yun Xi said very directly.

"When you go to the Five Cities Academy as the secretary general, I will be able to hand over your current errand to the two of them."

"Since Your Majesty trusts the minister so much, the minister will definitely take charge of the affairs of the Five Cities Academy for Your Majesty." Hearing Yun Xi say this, Chen Ji no longer shirked and bowed down to agree.

"That's right." Yun Xi said with a smile, and then said, "Chen Qing, sit next to me, and I will give you a rough account of your errand first." ”

Chen Ji said yes and sat down beside him. He began to command earnestly.

"Chen Ji, the gentlemen have not yet arrived, so I first instructed the secretaries in the school to let them practice martial arts every day and read the four books and the "Historical Records". But I'll tell you what I'm going to teach them. ”

"First and foremost, of course, is moral teaching. Virtue is the first to learn, and people are familiar with people without virtue? I do not seek to teach them to be saints, but they must also be virtuous people. ”

Although Yun Xi opposed the moralism that Confucianism had developed to the present, he did not oppose the Confucian view that morality was very important. Morality is the standard of being a person and doing things, it requires us to help us, and consciously self-restricts us in life. If there is no morality or no morality, it is difficult for human beings to be beautiful, and even in the animal world, people will have no reason and no wisdom to speak of. It is the moral drive that establishes a harmonious society for human beings; The requirements of morality have been organized by social mass organizations; The embodiment of morality makes people self-respecting, self-respecting and self-loving; It is the spur of morality to create a living space between people. A person who does not know morality and has no morality is terrible. Whether it is Laozi, Confucius or Mozi, they all attach great importance to morality.

This is true not only in China, but also in the rest of the world. Socrates, one of the most famous philosophers of ancient Greece, put forward the concept of 'morality as knowledge', which became the cornerstone of the entire European philosophical community in later generations. The concept of all-round development of morality, intellect and physical fitness was also first put forward by Western countries, and China added 'beauty and labor' after its introduction.

However, "the teaching of morality is not a course that can be taught by reading the books of the sages of the ages." From my point of view, since Mencius, all the great Confucians of all ages have gone astray in moral teaching. ”

Yun Xi unceremoniously belittled the great Confucians of the past dynasties, and grabbed it before Chen Ji spoke: "What is morality, morality is the standard of life." After all, what is read from the book is empty and difficult to see. However, since the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism, most of the moral teachings were for students to read the words of the sages, so I say that the great Confucians of all dynasties have gone astray in moral teaching. ”

In fact, the moral teachings of Sage Confucius are very good. According to the Analects, Confucius seldom instilled an idea directly in his students, but discussed something with his students, enlightening them through constant questions and answers, so that students could find that the idea was naturally accepted. ”

I felt that the method used by Confucius was very appropriate, and it should be used to teach students in the Five Cities Academy. Chen Ji, although you are only the secretary, I will leave the matter of moral teaching to you. ”

"Your Majesty, please." Although Chen Ji felt that what Yun Xi said was reasonable, he had never carried out this kind of moral education and was not sure about it.

"Although there are only more than 30 students in the Five Cities Academy, big and small things happen every day. If something big happens, you should not only deal with or encourage the students involved, but also hold an all-student assembly to clearly tell all the students why they are doing this, on a moral basis. If there is a school rule involved, explain to the students why it was the way it was made. In short, explain the causes, consequences, and reasons for the disposition to the students, and also tell the students what is right and what is wrong. This is moral teaching. ”

Yoon-hee's approach comes from the Harry Potter films. I don't know if you've watched one of the Harry Potter films from beginning to end, and you've noticed a few of Headmaster Dumbledore's speeches. In Yunxi's opinion, every time Dumbledore spoke to all the students, it was an excellent moral education. Especially the speech at the end of the fourth "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", no matter what others think, even if he knows that it is a movie, Yun Xi in his previous life is also extremely infected.

After talking about moral education, Yunxi talked about intellectual education. "There are two types of courses offered, one of which is the course that teaches them to read. Because of their young age, I don't offer many courses. The first is to read the Bible. The Four Books and Five Classics are excellent, except for the "Zhou Yi" which is too profound and the "Zuo Chuan" is a separate historical book, the remaining four books and three classics must be read. ”

"The second is to read history. The city is wise, so be sure to read history books. However, because they were young, they didn't read too esoteric first, and let them read the "Historical Records" in the first grade, and then read the rest later. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the "Historical Records" is very well written and is my first general history of China, it is not suitable for young people to read." Chen Jiti suggested.

"Then what book does Aiqing think they should read?"

"I thought it would be better to let them read "Zuo Biography". "Zuo Chuan" is the first history book in China, and the text is concise and easy to understand, and it is one of the Five Classics, which is in line with the reading of the Bible. ”

"In that case, let them read "Zuo Biography" first." Yun Xi is as good as a stream.

"The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth are the rites, music, books, and numbers among the six arts of a gentleman. The reason why these courses are offered is because I have already said it when I was going to open the Guozijian and Jiangwutang, so I won't tell you. ”

"Seventh, it is a Gezhi class. The human geography taught in the Gezhi course is all-encompassing, and there are no rules. I teach this course myself. ”

After that, it's about military affairs. The first thing to set up in the military class is the martial arts class. However, it does not teach advanced martial arts, but only some superficial martial arts. The students of the Five Cities Academy are all the children of the nobles, and they are also the children of the hereditary command envoys, if they want to learn advanced martial arts, they will go to their own ideas, and the Five Cities Academy will not teach. ”

"Second, the curriculum to be set up is physical education."

"Physical education class?" Chen Ji repeated it with some puzzlement.

"It's a class that allows them to move their muscles." Yun Xi roughly explained this, and then said: "Physical education class is different from martial arts class, martial arts class teaches martial arts, while physical education class only allows them to move their muscles and bones, not martial arts. ”

"Originally, I wanted to have more activities in physical education class, but now it seems that there is only one activity for them to bow."

"Keju?"

"It's Keju. However, the Keju that I wanted to implement in physical education classes was different from the Keju that was popular among the people in the Song and Yuan dynasties. How exactly I will tell the gentleman in physical education, you don't have to care. ”

"These children are still young, so let's just take these courses for the time being." Yun Xi finally said.