As a result, his school was indeed full of students, but this was not his school's merit, but his charisma. To put it bluntly, those maritime merchants knew that he would make money, could make money, and was a powerful backer on the sea, so they all sent their own children and the children of relatives and friends, plus the children of the Tan family and the Li people, in order to fill the source of students. If it weren't for the help of maritime merchants, and if it weren't for the Tan family and the Li people, two outsiders who were not treated well in the Great Song Dynasty, unless he could make money in this school, there would be no children of the Song people to go to school.

Why? Luo Youde told him the answer, because the universal education system of the Song Dynasty was not bad, as long as they wanted to, most people could still go to school!

The education system of the Song Dynasty was very complete from top to bottom, and it was founded by the central government called Taixue, which was divided into two civil and military schools, which was equivalent to a university in later generations, a liberal arts university and a military school. Taixue adopts a three-rounding system, the outer house, the inner house, and the upper house, what does it mean? It's almost the first grade, the second grade, the third grade; Each house is divided into a number of fasts, which are almost classes. The most interesting thing is that there is also a credit system in the Taixue of the Song Dynasty, where first-year students will be promoted to the second grade if they have accumulated enough credits, and second-year students will be promoted to the third grade if they have saved enough credits. This thing is amazing, what is the essence of the credit system? It is to quantify the academic performance into credits, which will never be able to be played without a set of scientific methods to support it. When did the specific credit system start to be implemented in the world, I didn't look it up, anyway, the credit system of the Great Song Dynasty is not in its original form, and it is indeed a hundred years ahead of the world!

In addition to the credit system, there was another feature of the universities of the Song Dynasty. It's open! That's right. The Taixue in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty was not like any dynasty. It is made to be like a high-ranking existence of the government, and it allows anyone to enter the class, that is, the auditors. Of course, there is definitely no place for you in the classroom, so if you want to listen, you can stand outside the classroom and listen.

It is said that when Hu Ai, a scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, gave a lecture, there were thousands of people when there were many auditors. Sun Fu, who is known as Mr. Song Chusan along with Hu Ai, is best at teaching "Spring and Autumn". Every time he lectures, countless auditors will enter Taixue to listen to the lectures. There is a record in the seventh volume of "Henan Cheng's Anthology" compiled by Zhu Xi, which says this: At the beginning of the day, I don't know how many people come. The hall did not tolerate it, and then thanked it, and immediately listened to the crowd outside.

Under Taixue, it is the official school established by each state and county, which is open to all citizens in principle, that is to say, the school-age children of the Great Song Dynasty can be enrolled. Whether it is a Taixue or a government school, tuition fees are charged. How much do you charge? It's just a penny or two a day. Unbelief? Go to see Li Tao's "Continuation of Capital and Governance Tongjian Long Edition" volume 150, which contains a passage of rich words: The husband of the burden. Those who are very small also seek to ascend to the su of the union every day, and take one or two dollars for their wives and children every day, so that the children can go to school, which is called a class. I also want to reward my children for reading and literacy, and make progress.

According to the income level of the common people in the Great Song Dynasty at that time, it was about 100 yuan a day, and spending one or two yuan to send children to school was indeed not expensive, or even very cheap, one percent. Don't be more serious, there are even poorer people who can't afford to go to school, and this problem has not been completely solved in New China, and there are still poor children who can't afford to go to school, which is not a problem of the education system, but a social problem. The education system can only guarantee that the majority of people can receive education, not for everyone, is there an education system for everyone in the world?

The fees for official learning are very cheap, and the fees for learning too much are not expensive. There is a record in the official position: since the beginning of the country, but the person who is alive, that is, the 2,000 bundles, belong to the public use of the superintendent. That is to say, college students in the Song Dynasty were admitted to the university, and the tuition fee was two dollars per person, not one year, but until graduation. Moreover, when this tuition fee arrived at Song Yingzong, it was also waived, and it was free to enter the university in the future.

Not only is it free, but it also gives scholarships, 850 essays per month for the first year, and 1,100 essays per month for the second and third grades. Not only universities give scholarships, but all government schools give scholarships, which is called food subsidies. I didn't find the specific number, but some students can use this food subsidy to support their mothers, which shows that it is not a piece, at least it can feed two people.

In addition to the official schools run by the central government and governments at all levels, the people of the Song Dynasty were not enough, so private schools, academies, clan studies, dormitories, book clubs, and family schools founded by private individuals sprang up again. This is a bit like the private schools and tutors in the later generations, it is estimated that ordinary people are not blessed to enjoy, and they are facing higher educational requirements.

Moreover, there is another aspect of the education system of the Song Dynasty that is very advanced, or very civilized, and it does not exclude girls from going to school. A woman is virtuous if she is not talented! This concept had no market in the Song Dynasty, and on the contrary, Zhu Xi of Zhu Cheng also advocated letting women study. During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were also girls who participated in the imperial examination, can this thing be imagined in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties?

It is precisely because of such a complete education system that Hongtao's school really can't recruit students if there is no special place. Fortunately, his nautical school was really special, and the Manchu and Song dynasties could not find a school that specialized in teaching nautical knowledge and training future captains and sailors. And this school just met the needs of some Song people, that is, the maritime merchants in the coastal cities, so he had no door to do here, but flourished.

Someone asked again, you said that the education system of the Song Dynasty was so good, so how much was the literacy rate of the Song Dynasty and did it eliminate illiteracy? I think it's a bit harsh, don't forget, it's a feudal court, and it's always beaten by foreigners, and you have to lose money to foreign countries, so it's good to insist on taking out a lot of money from the treasury for education. Eradication of illiteracy? If you look up the current education data, did you eliminate illiteracy in 2015?

In addition, the Song people are a bit of a blessing and do not know the blessings, and many Song people are not willing to let their children go to school, or they will not go to school in a year or two. Why? Because there are a few people who are determined to take the scientific examination and want to climb to the sky in one step, most people still hope that their children will learn some crafts, so that they can find a serious job to do in the future. The civil service exam in the Song Dynasty was still very fucked, it was once every three years, and if you didn't pass the exam, you had to wait for another three years, how many three years could you waste in your life?

Therefore, in Hong Tao's view, Da Song does not lack universal education and high-end education, but lacks employment education, that is to say, Da Song lacks such things as technical secondary schools, vocational schools, and Lanxiang technical schools. And if you want to develop rapidly in an era, it is useless to rely on high technology alone, you have to have enough blue-collar class to become it, without them, who will realize the high technology you invented, you can't let every scientist learn fitter!

At this time, Hong Tao felt that he was very lucky, although the guy in the sky was always working against him, but his luck was really good. Now he has finally found a direction, that is, to get out of the Lanxiang Technical School in the Great Song Dynasty. Not only do you have to influence the concept of commerce of the Great Song Dynasty, but also give them thousands of skilled workers, but you don't have to toss it yourself, these merchant class plus the working class can take the life of Mongolia, and maybe the old life of the Southern Song Dynasty court by the way. Whatever, if you don't do it, no one knows the result anyway, the Southern Song Dynasty was originally a dead horse, and no matter how bad it is, it won't be much worse.

Speaking of which, let's talk about two idle sentences. Many people may be very disgusted with Zhu Chengli, thinking that their set of things has harmed many generations of Chinese, especially Chinese women. Actually, before writing this book, I thought so too. Cheng Hao (hao), Cheng Yi, Zhu Xi, these fucked things, it's okay to come up with such a bunch of theories that destroy human nature, isn't it a waste of people!

However, as I read more and more books, I found that there were many things that seemed to be not the opinions of a few of them, but were deliberately misinterpreted by some people in later generations. For example, the noble women of the Song Dynasty and some literary and artistic workers did bind their feet, but they did not wrap their feet in a three-inch golden lotus, but wrapped their feet very thinly, which was called "get on the horse quickly". This thing is the same as modern women wearing sky-high and high-heeled shoes, it is spontaneous, not advocated by anyone, everyone has a love for beauty.

Interestingly, Cheng Yi is clearly opposed to women binding their little feet. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a book called "Zhan Yuan Jingyu" that the women of the Yichuan family in Song Cheng did not bind their feet and did not pierce their ears. Later, Tang Liu couldn't perform and came out. It can be seen that the Song Dynasty and the five generations of aristocratic women are inexhaustible. In other words, Cheng Yichuan, the woman of Cheng Yi's family, did not tie her little feet or pierce her ears and eyes until the Yuan Dynasty.

If the records of the Yuan Dynasty are insufficient, then there is a more convincing person, Che Ruoshui of the Southern Song Dynasty. He wrote a book with a cheesy name called "The Athlete's Foot". This book is not a medical book, nor is it about how to treat beriberi, but this Che Ruoshui himself has beriberi, wrote a book, and used this name to himself. There is also a record of women's foot binding in this book: the woman's foot binding does not know when it began, the child is not four or five years old, innocent and innocent, and causes infinite suffering. It's so small that I don't know what to do.

Who is Che Ruoshui? He was a disciple of Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, if Zhu Xi advocated foot binding, would he, a student, dare to publish a book against it? This was a great disrespect in that era, and it would be spurned by the whole society.

In addition, we often spit on a saying: starvation is a small matter, and a loss of festival is a big thing! said that it was evidence of Zhu Chengli's use to suppress women. In fact, this sentence is not understood in this way, it also has a preface and a postscript. The correct interpretation of this sentence is mainly aimed at the spiritual integrity of the scholar class, and has nothing to do with the common people. In other words, this sentence is used to demand the national elite, not to ordinary people, which is similar to the degree to which the phrase gentleman is far away from the kitchen is misunderstood. (To be continued.) )