Chapter 52: Change, Education First!
When Zhao Xu was struggling with Zhao Xiaoxi's handwritten letter, Zhao Xiaoxi was not worried at all about what this cousin, who was the emperor, would think of him. Living in this new southern city, Zhao Xiaoxi doesn't seem to care about Zhao Xu's thoughts at all.
In the eyes of others, the gift given by Cho Hyo-seok is of high value. But in Zhao Xiaoxi's opinion, the value of these things is extremely cheap. Compared with Zhao Xu, who represents the royal family, the crown Xia Phi given is simply an unequal gift.
It's just that Zhao Xiaoxi knows that Zhao Xu, as the emperor, has no shortage of gold and silver in the world. On the contrary, this kind of thing, which transcends the times, is far from being available to Zhao Xu. Sending these can also be regarded as giving him some insight.
With the establishment of the school in the migrant village of Xinnancheng, Cho Hyo-seok asked the household department to post a notice. From now on, all the children of the people who have moved to New South City will be admitted to the school for free to read and write.
And Cho Hyo-seok deliberately emphasized that it is boys and girls who receive education together. In the eyes of many, this is almost a break from the mold. But this decree was unanimously agreed by Mu Wanqing and others.
In order to issue this decree, Cho Hyo-seok also specially convened a meeting of officials from the six ministries. At the meeting, Cho Hyo-seok only said one sentence: "If you think this is wrong, then go back and ask your wife, do they support this decree?"
Now the new south city is a new city under the rule of this king, and all its laws and regulations have the final say in this king. Since those girls are also the future citizens of New South City, they also have the right to education. Men and women are treated equally! ”
In the face of Zhao Xiaoxi's insistence, there are still the resolute support of several princesses, and those officials are also clear. Now that Cho Hyo-seok has decided, it is not good for them to oppose it too much. After all, many of the rules of New South City are different from those of the Great Song Dynasty.
It's just that what Zhao Hyo-seok didn't expect was that after this decree was promulgated. Officials, on the other hand, were less likely to object. On the contrary, the people in the immigrant villages feel that they can't accept the girls' admission to the school to read and write.
For this matter, Zhao Xiaoxi specially brought Mu Wanqing and others over, and said with a smile: "Regarding the girl's schooling, I will leave it to you to work next." Anyway, you're idle. Go and tell the people about the benefits of women's literacy.
You can try to tell the people if their daughters are far better than the boys in their studies. Perhaps in the future, under the rule of this king, there will be female officials. The role of women is sometimes irreplaceable by men.
In order to give you the right to do so, this king has given you a messenger to inspect the immigrant people on behalf of this king. Secondly. It is through you that I will publicize the purpose of this king's school, are you willing to accept it? ”
For such an appointment, the women who felt bored every day in the City Lord's Mansion naturally accepted the task happily. Especially Li Qinglu and Wang Yuyan, girls who have received a good education since childhood, know the importance of culture very well.
Nowadays, many people think that as long as their daughters can do housework. If you can be a female celebrity, you are a good woman. But in their opinion. In fact, women can also be half the sky. Most importantly, Cho Hyo-seok is willing to give them the opportunity to do things.
Under the banner of persuading the envoys, these princesses finally found something to do. In the face of these princesses' nonsense persuasion, the immigrants under the rule of New South City also slowly accepted the reality of sending girls to schools.
Anyway, these girls of the right age. There aren't many things that can really help the family. Now send it to the school, and you can eat lunch for free. If you have good grades in school, you can even earn a certain reward, which is rare for the people.
The most important thing is that the people know that this matter was generously given by the king. They will come. Maybe they don't have to listen to the decrees of the Great Song Dynasty, but if they live on this island for a day, they have to obey the decrees of Zhao Xiaoxi, the prince.
With this mentality, some of the schools that hired Mr. started classes one after another. But Zhao Xiaoxi, who went around the new school, found that at this time, the speed of teaching and literacy of these talents was really too slow, and the students had a hard time learning.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaoxi suddenly felt that maybe he should get Hanyu Pinyin out. So much so that in the next time, the nine princesses of the palace saw Zhao Xiaoxi start to write pinyin textbooks.
Of course, in the eyes of these princesses, these pinyin seem very strange. But looking at the puzzled eyes of these girls, Zhao Xiaoxi said with a smile: "You learn these letters first, learn them well, and let you teach those Xiucai lessons next time!" ”
As soon as they heard that they could be a gentleman for Xiucai, the women were naturally very interested. Especially Wang Yuyan and Li Qinglu, they are even more attentive to learning. For them, by Zhao Xiaoxi's side, they also want to reflect their value.
With these pinyin letters, they learned, and watched Zhao Xiaoxi take out the three-character scripture and use pinyin to give it all to the standard. Wang Yuyan, who has the best pinyin alphabet, quickly saw that she was so quick to read.
Listening to Wang Yuyan's spelling, Zhao Xiaoxi said happily: "Yuyan, when I mark these books, you will take these books to the printing workshop to print as a supervisor." With these materials, children will be able to read faster. ”
In Zhao Xiaoxi's view, China is strong when the youth is strong, and this is not true at all. At present, the children of these immigrants are the foundation of the future of the Great Song Dynasty. There is no way to change the education system of the Great Song Dynasty for the time being, but he can do it here.
Sure enough, as several women regarded this matter as a major event to accumulate merit for Zhao Xiaoxi and pass it on to the next generation. Nine women are also considered to have something to do, and they spend their days in the printing press, waiting for these books to come out.
With the first batch of books coming out, Cho Hyo-seok ordered Xiucai, who is currently arriving in New South City, to be allowed to do so. Gathered in a school, Wang Yuyan acted as the old master, and taught these talents and old children.
As a result, what made Zhao Xiaoxi a little angry was that several of them showed talent and Tong Sheng, and said directly: "Lord Wang, if you think we can't educate our children, then why do you hire us here?"
Although we are young people, it is not the turn of a woman to teach us to read and write. What's more, the new education mentioned by the prince is simply some ghost paintings, how can it be our inherent Chinese writing? ”
In the face of the discooperation between these talents and children, as well as the anger of Wang Yuyan and the women, Zhao Xiaoxi directly came to the stage and said: "Education and education should be taught by materials." But during this time, you gentlemen taught children to read, how much did they know?
In addition, after the king finished speaking, in the king's school, those things that do not move corporal punishment should be removed. How many of you do? Perhaps in your opinion, the teacher of heaven and earth is very sacred. But do you really deserve that title?
Now that the children are also in class, how many literacy do you teach students? This kind of letter seems deviant to you. In this king's view, it can make children literate and read as soon as possible.
If children can't even read words, how can they know the meaning of words? How long will you have to teach this so that the children can read and understand the etiquette? Pedantic to the extreme!
A few of you, don't you think this pinyin is weird? But do you dare to gamble with this king, give this king and these princesses a month, and they will be able to let the children understand all the words of this three-character scripture.
If this king can't do it, then he will no longer manage your teaching and educating people in the future. If this king has done so, what will you say? Do you really think that this king invites you here to let you show the majesty of your master? ”
Seeing Zhao Xiaoxi angry, these Xiucai and Tong Sheng felt a little scared. can look at a three-character scripture, and there are thousands of words in size. How can these words, with these children, be learned in a month?
waited until these shows to follow Tong Sheng and take the bet of Zhao Xiaoxi. said that if he can do it, then in the future, they will not charge a penny in the academy. Bai teaches and educates people for Zhao Xiaoxi!
Regarding the replies given by these showmen, Zhao Xiaoxi directly ignored them. Immediately ended this teacher training and handed over the school in Xinnancheng to Wang Yuyan and Li Qinglu to be responsible for teaching.
Some well-informed businessmen and showmen would gather outside the school every day to watch the princess teach. If it were replaced by the era when Zhao Xiaoxi was reborn, the child might not be able to do it, and he could recognize thousands of words in a month.
But in this era, both boys and girls know that reading and writing is a very sacred thing. It's just that in the face of these square words, how can students who have never been educated learn to recognize these words?
Many times, in the last day's class, they can really learn less than one word. At this speed, they don't know when they will learn to read and write.
But with Wang Yuyan and others, they began to teach these children to learn pinyin. In the eyes of these old scholars, the strange pinyin alphabet is very famous for the children, and they are very attentive to learning.
When they learn these pinyin letters, the children quickly discover some of the words on the Three Character Classic. Even if there is no teacher to teach them, they can spell it out. This change naturally makes the parents of the children very happy.
knows this bet, and basically bets on Zhao Xiaoxi's dignity as a prince. The nine women were all very attentive to the teaching, and the children also knew how lucky they were to be able to teach them to read and write.
Every time Wang Yuyan and others assign homework, these children will work hard to complete it. As a result, it was not until January later that these shows listened to the children's sound of speed reading, and were completely stunned.
Of course, this is not shocking. Some hard-working children can even write these words. As long as you standard the pinyin alphabet, you can write a sentence fluently.
Seeing this effect, Xiucai Tongsheng, who thought it was impossible a month ago, was finally speechless. And the matter about the pinyin alphabet once again detonated the people and merchants of the whole island.
Those merchants knew how important it would be for their families to have such a holy book of reading. And some Fanbang people, yearning for the culture of the Central Plains, felt how precious this book was to them, and began to find a way to seek purchase from Zhao Xiaoxi.
In this regard, Cho Hyo-seok said that everything will be said after the printing of the island's teaching materials. If you want to learn this kind of pinyin, you need to bear the corresponding training fee. In this way, the funds spent on subsidizing the school are really not at all a loss! (To be continued......)