Updated: 0/4/0/202

On the morning of the 26th, Bai Baoxiang, Qian Shuiting, Yunlan and other cabinet scholars, as well as officials from the Ministry of Rites, gathered in the conference hall of the General Military Office. After the greetings, according to the pre-planned arrangement, Qian Shuiting, on behalf of the cabinet, appointed Huang Shisan as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and appointed Huang Yizhou and Hu Kun as the members of the theoretical department of the Ministry of Rites.

"Congratulations to Lord Huang, congratulations to Lord Huang!"

"Congratulations to Lord Hu, congratulations to Lord Hu!"

Huang Yizhou and Hu Kun held the appointment certificate in their hands, and their faces were like blooming flowers.

Qian Shuiting pointed to Mao Pi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Ding Yusuo, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Fu Zi, the priest of the Guozi Priest, and Zhong Lanmao, the theoretical secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and said with a smile: "Lord Huang, the Ministry of Rites is our central department, which is in charge of the etiquette system and education propaganda. These are all your colleagues. ”

"It turned out to be Shangguan." Huang Shisan immediately greeted Mao Pi, Ding Yusu and others.

Mao Pi said with a smile: "The Ministry of Rites is busy with affairs and needs manpower, Lord Huang is like that timely rain." ”

"Don't dare to be the rain in time, Lord Shangshu can only send if he has something."

Mao Pi Zhengse said: "At present, the Theory Department of the Ministry of Rites wants to compile a book and a political textbook, which will require the help of the three adults. ”

"Writing political textbooks?"

"Yes, the Semu have a Book of God that tells the origin of their world. The Semu also used sword and fire to force the people of the world to read this book and make people believe in their god. ”

"Their god seems to be called 'Gordon', and there are several foreign temples in Dinghai."

Bai Baoxiang said: "Semu people pay attention to utilitarianism and attach importance to contracts; And we pay attention to benevolence and morality. Now Huaxia meets the Semu people, just like the Xiongnu at the beginning of the Han Dynasty and the Turks at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, our benevolent and righteous division will inevitably eventually win the state of tigers and wolves, but it is easy to eliminate the Semu people, and it is difficult to completely defeat them ideologically, so we must have a Bible of our Chinese to replace their God Book, so that China can unify the world and open peace for future generations. ”

Thinking of the many sins made by the Semu people in China, Huang Shisan was a little excited, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"Elder Huang Wei, if you read the books of sages, you must know that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were two scholars who flocked to it."

"Confucianism and Moxue."

"Yes, why did ink studies become declining in later generations and were almost lost."

Huang Shisan thought about it and said uncertainly: "It will be used in the world." ”

"That's right, 'half of the treatise on language to rule the world', the root of Confucianism is benevolence, and all dynasties need to use Confucianism to govern the world. However, since the Song Dynasty, the Mongol Yuan and Manchu Qing invaded the Central Plains, and they built a literary prison, tampered with ancient books, and destroyed the essence of Chinese civilization. The true meaning of Confucianism is almost lost, and false Confucianism prevails all over the world. In the past, Confucianism was proficient in the six arts, and the horse could be safe, and the horse could determine the country; Today's literati only know how to read dead books, and as a result, the people with strong ships and cannons come in, and they are all helpless. ”

Zuo Shilang Ding Yufu took Bai Baoxiang's words, "We want to compile such a book, a "Confucianism Zhengyuan", as a must-read classic for all our students in the future." This book tells the origin of Yanhuang, summarizes the essence of the thought of the saints, takes the essence of the world's 5,000-year-old civilization, uses the ancient for the present, and uses the foreign for the Chinese, and specifically describes the Datong world that the sage said 'the world is for the public', and explains how to realize it. We want to spread this book all over the world, so that all people in the world can study our Confucian classics.

We are the saints and kings of the outside, serving the people internally and defending the dignity of China externally. 'Practical application', 'learning from things', and 'seeking truth from facts' will all be thoroughly expounded in these books.

Politically speaking, our Datong society is to realize the Confucian principle of 'no poverty, no widowhood, no peace and no inclination', and those who are under heaven are the people of the world.

In terms of origin, the republic realized by our Datong society inherits the republic of Zhou Zhao, and our era name also originates from the Republic of Zhou Zhao.

Economically speaking, our Datong society will also restore the 'weekly system' praised by the sages, establish 'public land' and abolish 'private land', ban mergers and acquisitions, and support agriculture and mulberry. ”

"Haha, the old man is naturally duty-bound. But this book is not so easy to compile, and it won't come out for a while! ”

Mao Pi smiled: "The classics are not so easy to write, but we have drawn up a preliminary plan to divide the book into two paragraphs and complete it step by step. The first volume tells about the formation of heaven and earth and the origin of China; The middle volume tells about the justice of heaven and earth, and the true meaning of Confucianism; The next volume tells about the dynasties and the holy words of the saints. Lord Squire and the two Wailang are both great talents, and with your help, the speed of this compilation will naturally be faster. ”

Then, Mao Pi said: "Lord Huang, there is another incident that needs your help. We are preparing to gradually implement compulsory education for all in the areas under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and here is a preliminary plan. ”

"Compulsory education for all?"

Qin Fuzi handed Huang Shisan a newly drafted education plan, "Compulsory education for all means that the imperial court is responsible for the establishment of education, and all school-appropriate children go to school for free." This is our new proposal. ”

Huang Shisan turned the page, and when the paper was full of simplified characters, he raised his head suspiciously, "What kind of font are you?" ”

Bai Baoxiang took the words, "This is a regular character." ”

"Orthography?"

"Yes, our ancestors just went overseas, in order to revive the Ming Dynasty, they translated many Western books, learned to make steel and artillery, shipbuilding and military training, during which they needed to write a lot of words. However, many Chinese characters have too many strokes, which are too cumbersome, and it is extremely inconvenient for work and study. Therefore, the ancestors selected a batch of simplified characters from the cursive characters written by the literati of all dynasties and dynasties as orthographic characters to replace traditional characters, and it is much more convenient for you to write these orthographic characters. ”

Hu Kun couldn't hold back a little, "Lord Quanjian Guo, I think these simplified traditional Chinese characters represent the essence of Chinese civilization, such as the 'Yi' character in compulsory education, from 'I' and from 'sheep'. 'I' is a weapon and a guard of honor, and the guard of honor is a banner held high, and a 'sheep' is a sacrificial animal. As soon as I knew it, I would sacrifice for the banner of my faith. ”

"You have a point, but this cumbersome way of writing is difficult for people to learn, and the word 'Yi' has only three strokes, which is very convenient for writing, and this kind of simplified writing has existed since ancient times."

Huang Shisan was serious, nodded and said, "Come carefully, these old men know all the orthographic characters." ”

"There is only one 'curtain' word for this orthographic character that was created, and every other word has a provenance, as long as it is a well-educated person, it is not difficult to identify our orthographic characters."

"But~" Hu Kun wanted to say something.

"Nothing, but." Huang Shisan stopped him, "Knowing the complex and using the simple, it is normal for people to understand." Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, most of the literati also liked to simplify their writing. ”

"Yes, since Tartar came up with a Kangxi dictionary, people have had to use this kind of traditional Chinese characters. Although we enforce the use of traditional characters, the literati can still use traditional characters as usual when they recite poems, paint, write seals and other leisure and entertainment. ”

Huang Shisan began to flip over the plan in his hand, and Huang Yizhou and Hu Kun stretched their necks and stood behind him and watched together.

Ding Yusu explained to them in detail that we are going to divide education into three stages, early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and university education. At present, it is planned to implement compulsory compulsory education for early childhood and primary school in the area actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

This means that every child must attend an early childhood education class after reaching the age of five years. The nursery class is divided into two classes, the first year of the small class and the second year of the large class.

Immediately after the completion of early childhood education, primary education is transferred. Primary education is divided into six grades, starting at the age of 7 and continuing to the age of the year.

After graduating from elementary school, students will be transferred to the corresponding middle school according to their academic performance and hobbies, and receive education in liberal arts, medicine, engineering, science, etc.

Secondary school is divided into four years. Specialized training of talents in surveying and mapping, translation, medicine, education, shipbuilding, steelmaking, machinery and other aspects that are urgently needed by the Ming Dynasty.

University education is higher education and is not compulsory. University education lasts for four years, and talents are selected from among the best secondary school graduates to continue their studies at the university.

After finishing, Huang Shisan was a little puzzled, "What about the imperial examination?" Could it be that the Ming Dynasty has canceled the imperial examination? ”

Qian Shuiting was the initiator of this system, and he patiently explained, "We also have the imperial examination, and our imperial examination is the entrance examination. As for the fame of talents and people, we changed them to a degree system. ”

"Degree system?"

"When you graduate from college, if you are excellent in every subject, you can write a degree report, apply for a Xiucai degree, and if you pass the approval, you will get a liberal arts Xiucai degree, a medical Xiucai degree, an engineering Xiucai degree, and so on."

"What about the people and the jinshi?"

"There is a graduate school in the university, and Xiucai can pass the examination and enter the graduate school to study for a degree; The same is true for Jinshi, who can continue their studies at graduate school and pursue a Jinshi degree by passing the examination. Finally, after the review and approval of the Academic Degree Committee, the corresponding Juren and Jinshi degrees will be awarded. ”

After listening to this, Huang Shisan and the others were a little dizzy, "Why is it so modified?" ”

Yun Lan blurted out, "In order to keep pace with the times and not let the people of the West come ahead of us." ”

"What do you say?"

Yun Lan's face was serious, "Western warships often move on the surface of the Dinghai Sea, you must be familiar with it!" In England, the chief engineer who built such a large warship had to study for six years at a Western university and obtain a reputation equivalent to our degree before he could engage in such a job as a chief engineer; The same is true for the construction of artillery, and the chief engineer of the artillery factory must have such a reputation as lifting people. ”

"I wonder how many such talents we have in Daming?"

Yun Lan didn't know how to answer, he glanced at Bai Baoxiang, "The chief master of building the cannon warship, there are several people in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all Jinshi degrees." Our Quanjian Guoren and Shoufu are also Jinshi degrees, as for me, then I am ashamed~~"

Bai Baoxiang and Qian Shuiting were sweating on the side, this Yunlan opened his mouth, and there was no one to open the door.

Yun Lan just wanted to say that he had just obtained a Xiucai degree, but Bai Baoxiang interjected his words, "Yun Xuanfu doesn't need to be ashamed, you are already a person with a degree at such a young age, if you continue to study, obtaining a Jinshi degree must be just around the corner." ”

Huang Yizhou felt a little strange, "After entering the office, can you continue your studies?" ”

"Absolutely." Bai Baoxiang Khan, a lie must be covered up with another lie, "Continuing further studies is divided into two ways: full-time and non-full-time, as long as those who can be admitted to the on-the-job graduate class, they can use their spare time to study and finally obtain a degree." ”

"Shame!" Huang Shisan shook his head with a wry smile, "I thought I was also a well-educated person, but the gap with you is too big." Political science, geography, geology, biology~~~ these disciplines, we don't know it. ”

Bai Baoxiang said with a smile: "Elder Huang Wei, you are too modest, with your Confucian treatises, as long as you apply, the Academic Degree Committee of the Ministry of Rites will definitely be able to award you a Jinshi." ”

Ding Yusu added: "Lord Huang, geography, Gezhixue, biology~~~ are not difficult, you just haven't been exposed to this knowledge before. As long as the reader carefully studies it several times, it will be very easy to get started, we have teaching materials, and some teachers have it, but in the face of thousands of teenagers entering school in the future, our teachers are far from enough. ”

Huang Shisan somewhat understood what Ding Yusu meant, "There are also two or three hundred Confucian scholars in Dinghai, and the old man can also contribute to this aspect, as long as the old man greets him, he thinks that they will come out to serve the Ming Dynasty, I don't know if they can be used!" ”

"Two or three hundred people are definitely not enough. There should be hundreds of children in Dinghai who have not entered school, right? ”

"Counting it, there should be as many as six or seven hundred."

"Then open a branch in Dinghai and recruit all the scholars who are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty." Qian Shuiting was very simple, "After recruiting in, we will hold a training class to train urgently needed talents in education, military, shipbuilding, etc." ”

Huang Shisan gently combed his beard under his jaw with his hand, "It's a big deal to open a branch and take a doctor, you can't be in a hurry, after all, Dinghai is too small." ”

Bai Baoxiang heard the meaning of Huang Shisan's words, nodded and said, "We must be cautious, we have to recruit people of insight in the whole eastern Zhejiang." Those who pass the assessment of the training class will be awarded the degree of Xiucai; Those with excellent grades can be awarded a degree after a short training; Jinshi degree will not be considered for the time being. ”