Seeing that the little official was puzzled, someone immediately reminded: "Master Guan, that is the house of Master Zhu's family in Shanghe Village, which was rented by a teacher a few days ago to teach everyone to read. ”

"Oh? Mr. Teaching? The little official was surprised and asked, "Is the teacher called Wang Guocheng?" ”

Hearing this, the surrounding people shook their heads and said, "It's a noble lord surnamed Wang, everyone calls him Mr. Wang, what is the specific name, it's not very clear......

The little official nodded and said with a smile: "Since the surname is Wang, there is a chance that it will be, and when we are done with this time, we will take some time to take a look!" ”

……

At the east end of Shanghe Village, in the old house of the Zhu family.

As a fifth-generation landlord family, the Zhu family's old mansion looks a little dilapidated, but it has blue bricks and gray tiles, and has a huge yard, which is generally not bad, and it can be regarded as one of the best in the whole village.

Ten days ago, it was rented by a teacher, and some tables and chairs were placed in the main hall to teach literacy.

At this time, Mr. Wang Guocheng was sitting in front of the desk with a booklet in his hand, and below him were ordinary civilians, both men and women, old and young, all holding the booklet in their hands, listening attentively.

"Okay, I'll teach you these twenty words today, and now I'm going to ask you some questions." Wang Guocheng put down the booklet and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, this is a teaching program issued by the Ministry of Education a few days ago, because most of the readers have no experience in teaching people to read and write, so the Ministry of Education specially made such a brief outline, stipulating that when teaching, we must strictly follow the content of this teaching.

Hearing this, the student immediately cheered up, because after every class, Mr. would reward the person who performed well with a penny, especially when asking questions, which is very important.

"I ask you, why do you study?" Wang Guocheng asked.

"For literacy!"

"You can be an official if you study!"

"I'm for a literacy certificate, but I'm going to join the army to get a knighthood in the future, and I won't be allowed to enter the knighthood without a literacy certificate."

"My dad asked me to come."

A group of people rushed to answer excitedly, looking at Mr. Teaching with burning eyes, full of anticipation.

"You're all wrong." Wang Guocheng shook his head and said, "In the past two months, how do you think your life has been?" ”

"Then you don't need to ask, of course life is getting better and better! There is a rush! ”

"I harvested a lot of rice a few days ago, and my father and mother said that we don't have to pay tax this year, and our family eats three meals these days!"

"After passing the literacy test, I'm ready to sign up for the army, last time Hu Xiao's kid got a knighthood, and now their family is living a good life, and they have become masters all of a sudden!"

Everyone is gossiping, everyone expresses their own opinions, but there are also some doubts in their hearts, I don't know what this has to do with everyone's reading, isn't reading for a better life?

Wang Guocheng nodded and said: "It's good that everyone knows, our days today are getting better and better, all because of His Majesty's pity, but have you thought about it, the money and food of the imperial court are also limited, and no one can sit at home and be lazy, right?" Only when the country becomes stronger, can our lives be better, right? ”

"Yes!"

"Mr. is right, our Cangguo is getting stronger and stronger now, and now many people in Zhengguo are very envious of us!"

"I heard that now the eldest girls of Zheng Guo want to marry our young men from Cangguo!"

"When the country is strong, our life will be good!"

Everyone talked about it, and agreed with Wang Guocheng's words, in fact, even if there is no foreshadowing from him, everyone has seen the changes in Cangguo these days, in the past, the people's identification with the country was very low, but now it is different, even in the face of Zheng Guo's relatives, there is a sense of superiority, as if as long as there is an identity in Cangguo, there is no need to be troubled in life.

Perhaps, this is the will of the people, Wang Guocheng thought to himself.

In fact, between the three countries, in addition to having troops stationed on the border, people-to-people exchanges have never been interrupted, and it is common for ordinary people to intermarry, and the changes that have taken place in Cangguo have naturally spread in the other two countries through some small shops and walks between relatives, as a nobleman, Wang Guocheng knows some things, for example, some time ago, there were many low-level people of Shenguo who fled to the border of Cangguo to settle down, and the imperial court gave a certain amount of assistance and exempted from paying taxes for a year.

"Everyone! So now do you know why you want to read? Feeling that the atmosphere had been completely mobilized before, Wang Guocheng asked.

"Read for the rise of the kingdom!" Suddenly, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy raised his hand.

"Uh......" Wang Guocheng just wanted to speak, but he was choked back, and looked at the teenager with a strange gaze, very curious, this sentence is the content of the outline issued by the Ministry of Education, how can this teenager who is still learning thousand-character literature know?

Rise...... What a high-level word, it's strange for a rural teenager to know!

Unless, he's a rare talent!

Thinking of this, Wang Guocheng couldn't help but look at the young man twice, and decided to train him in the future, because if he can teach a person who can enter the county school, he can get ten times the points, and he will have a light on his face when he says it in the future!

Being stared at by Mr. all the time, the young man was obviously a little shy, and said: "This sentence is what I heard Li Goudan from the next village two days ago, and the gentleman of their village has already taught it, and he showed off outside yesterday, but I didn't expect our village to ask ...... today."

The boy scratched his head embarrassedly.

Wang Guocheng suddenly realized, the next village should refer to Xiaxi Village, where a child of the Fan family is working as a teacher, and the two also had some friendship in the early years, but I didn't expect him to teach so fast, and they were two days ahead!

Wouldn't it be one step ahead of me if we continued like this? Isn't the literacy pass rate much higher?

No, I have to catch up too!

Wang Guocheng said: "Everyone! Reading for the rise of the kingdom, that's what we're all about! Only when we understand the truth and learn to govern the country, His Majesty the Emperor will have more virtuous ministers to assist, our Cangguo will become stronger and stronger, and the life of the common people will be better and better! Whatever His Majesty the Emperor says, let's do! Not...... I will write these words down and post them on the wall of the lobby, so that everyone will have to read them every day before class! ”

"Yes!"

"Sir is right!"

"Read for the rise of the kingdom!"

In the old house, the crowd was excited, and the voice came far away.

Wang Guocheng deliberately sold a pass, and said: "Then let me ask you again, in the hearts of His Majesty the Great Emperor, what kind of point must the lives of our ordinary people reach before they can be regarded as truly rising?" ”