A few days later, Fang Yuan found the three members of the cabinet and explained in detail to the three of them that there was a work to promote basic education in Jiangnan and simplified Chinese.

The three members of the Cabinet knew nothing about this kind of basic education, especially modern mathematics and simplified Chinese.

Fang Yuan took out the corresponding table of the 1,000 commonly used traditional Chinese characters corresponding to the simplified Chinese characters that he purchased from Taobao and gave one to each of the three people.

As a representative of Jiangnan literati, Mao Bijiang looked at this table of traditional and simplified characters, and asked hesitantly, "Regent, why do you suddenly promote this kind of simplified characters?!" ”

Fang Yuan knew that the first to bear the brunt of the impact of the promotion of simplified Chinese characters was the scholars led by Mao Bijiang, and if the people's wisdom was opened, their sense of superiority would be gone.

Just like the reason why there were literary masters and great talents during the Republic of China period was because the illiteracy rate in China was 95% at that time, as long as you know a few words, you can spell a few words into a poem, plus a small circle of literati praise each other, today praise you as a literary master, tomorrow I am a young talent.

The more ignorant the people's wisdom is, the easier it is to produce masters and talents. This is how the so-called literary masters and great talents came from during the Republic of China, which is actually the product of cultural monopoly. That's why there are freaks such as the national crisis, the wind and snow, and the mandarin duck butterfly pie.

Why there were no literary masters before the crossing, it was because of the promotion of basic education, simplified Chinese characters, and the people's wisdom has been opened, who will bow down to any literary masters and great talents? ! So before the crossing, only keyboard warriors, civil science, and no masters can be produced at all.

Fang Yuan took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly, "Traditional Chinese characters are too complicated, ordinary people can't understand them, and simplified Chinese characters are easier to promote!" ”

Mao Bijiang asked rhetorically and said, "If you can make those people live and work in peace and contentment, it is already a peaceful and prosperous era, why do you have to make every citizen literate?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "The so-called solo happiness is not as good as the joy of everyone, the scholarly family can be literate, and the peddler's pawn should also be literate, right!" ”

"Besides, everyone is literate, and it is good for you literati! I'll give you an account, if everyone is illiterate, how many people can know about your "Water Painting Garden Poetry Collection"? It's nothing more than that the literati in the small circle of the Restoration Society will compliment each other, right? If everyone was literate, the number of people circulating your poetry would multiply, right? The writer just thinks that poetry can be passed down through the ages like Li Du. If it weren't for the popular poems, they would have been lost to everyone in less than ten years, let alone passed down through the ages? ”

"It's like buying and selling, if you want to make more money, you have to let more people know what we're selling, what are the advantages and disadvantages. Instead of pretending to be profound, hiding and tucking it, no one else knows the goods, who will buy it?! ”

Mao Bijiang was speechless when he heard this, and he had to admit that although Fang Yuan's words were a bit strong, they were not all unreasonable.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Fang Yuan asked Wang Bingjian again, "Elder Wang Ge!" You tell me? ”

Wang Bingjian's original intention was that there was no need to promote any basic education, simplified Chinese, nothing to toss around, but the effect backfired, "Regent, you don't know how expensive oil and rice are when you become a family!" Ordinary people! If you live and don't get up to make trouble, it will be peaceful and prosperous. A herdsman is like raising a woman, and no talent is virtue. If the people's horizons are opened, they will have more thoughts, and it will be a difficult matter for the government to govern! ”

Before Fang Yuan crossed, he was the kind of civilian who was alive and talentless and virtuous, if he wanted to say that he had a sense of substitution, of course he would take the initiative to substitute for the role of a civilian, and he was very dissatisfied with Wang Bingjian's words.

He put down the teacup and said lightly, "Elder Wangge, you only know one and don't know the other!" If the common people were illiterate, how would they know the law? If the common people don't know what the law is, and they mess around, if they cause trouble, they will find the township government or even the county government to make trouble, right? ”

Wang Bingjian nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Fang Yuan continued, "How much work will that increase the government's workload? It's easy for the government to govern?! ”

He suddenly smiled and said, "But I know the style of the government, the so-called yamen is open, and there is no reason to come in without money, right?" The government's way to deal with it is nothing more than to look at the money first, and then look at the reason, right? If you don't have money, if you are entangled, you will judge randomly, right? ”

Wang Bingjian was right by him. smiled awkwardly and said, "There are indeed officials who collect cash, but there are also many good officials who serve the country and the people!" ”

Fang Yuan didn't bother to argue with him, and continued, "According to the practice of your government, in fact, it is not to resolve dissatisfaction and contradictions for the people, but to accumulate grievances among the people. This accumulation of resentment, over time, will change from quantitative to qualitative, and suddenly erupt, ranging from social turmoil to great rebellion like Li Zicheng's. So, Elder Wang Ge, your way of governance is to put the world and me on the fire to roast wow! ”

Wang Bingjian shook his head and said, "Don't dare!" Can't! ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Elder Wang Ge, I think that governing the people and preventing trouble before it happens, is far more important than punishment after the fact. The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty is the punishment of the master of virtue! If everyone knows the law, understands the law, and knows what can be done and what cannot be done, many vicious cases will be reduced. As soon as there are few cases, the government can be regarded as truly relaxed. It is not a random judgment like turning a blind eye. Elder Wang Ge, what do you say?! ”

Fang Yuan's words are reasonable, of course, taking precautions is better than making amends, and Wang Bingjian has nothing to argue. If you want the people to know the law, the first thing you must do is to be literate, otherwise there are a lot of thick laws, and you can't just rely on oral transmission, so you can only respond in a loud voice, "Yes, yes." ”

Fang Yuan's gaze fell on Xi Benzhen, who had not spoken, and asked, "Master Xi, what do you think?" ”

Xi Benzhen asked, "I have something unclear and want to consult the regent." ”

Fang Yuan waved his hand, signaling him to say boldly, and Xi Benzhen said again, "Under the governance of the regent, Jiangnan today has long been peaceful and prosperous. What is the reason for promoting basic education and simplified Chinese characters in Jiangnan? ”

Fang Yuan shouted loudly, "The head of the Xi family asked well!" Promoting the foundation and simplified Chinese characters is actually laying a solid foundation, enhancing Jiangnan's national strength, and coping with cruel competition from outside! ”

Xi Benzhen asked, "Jiangnan is rich, the Xuanjia Army is strong and strong, can the Northern Expedition unify the world, at least it is more than enough to protect a corner of Jiangnan, what cruel competition is there?!" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Master Xi, if our enemies are only the Ming Dynasty and Li Zicheng, then there is really no need to toss around. ”

Xi Benzhen was stunned and asked, "Apart from the Beijing Imperial Court, Li Zicheng, what other enemies are there?!" Other Zhang Xianzhong, the kings of the south can't become the climate! ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "There is an even more powerful enemy, it is the Francois Kingdom!" Master Xi, before I came to Jiangnan, how was the Ming Sailor Battleship Beverang? ”

Xi Benzhen has been doing business and dealing with the Francophone people all the year round, and he still knows a lot about the Francos, so he said, "The Ming battleship is small, far inferior to the battleship of the Francophone." ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "What about muskets and artillery?" ”

Xi Benzhen replied again, "Daming's muskets and artillery are all imitations of the Francophone man, which is greatly inferior." ”

Fang Yuan stared straight at him and said, "How much does the head of the Xi family know about the Francois people, and how much is the population?" How much territory? What about technology? ”

Xi Benzhen continued to shake his head and said, "I don't know anything! ”

Fang Yuan stood up and said loudly, "The competition we are facing is only a battle between tomorrow and tomorrow at the moment. In the future, it may be the competition of the whole world. If we lose to the imperial court in the capital, or even Li Zicheng, the Han blood still exists. If they lose to the Francois who drink blood, the Han people will be wiped out! ”

His fist slammed down on the table, and he shouted, "So until we rule the nations, we must always tense our nerves and not relax at all!" Basic education must be forcibly promoted! Minzhi must be opened! ”

The three members of the cabinet listened to his grand ambition, and they not only ruled the world, but also ruled the Franco. I thought that Fang Yuan was tossing around blindly, but now I realized that it was their eyes that were far inferior to Fang Yuan's pattern and vision.

What else could the three of them say, they all said yes, and passed the plan proposed by Fang Yuan to promote basic education, simplified Chinese.