98. What suits you is the best
Just after Zhang Chao carried out the vigorous reform within the four schools, the reform of the colleges has also achieved initial results. Students believe that this credit system reform is very good, which not only allows students to choose a flexible learning process, but also can regulate their own learning progress, which can reduce the cost of reading. But others are also harshly opposed, especially teachers who teach poorly and often beat and scold their students. Because once those teachers open up their students' course selection system, there are fewer and fewer students who study with them, and everyone is not willing to learn from them, because many of their teaching standards are not good, but they will beat and scold students. And this situation makes everyone feel very disgusted, because they have changed from a leader to a servant, so no one can stand it. It's like a government official, and it is certainly unacceptable for many people to change a government official from a ruler to a servant. Therefore, they were naturally very disgusted, so they all joined forces to prepare to sue the emperor.
"Dr. Zhang, I have something to tell you!" Said a man with a male duck's voice.
And Zhang Chao immediately asked: "Mr. Liu, don't you work in the Royal Service Group, why do you have the time to come and sit with me?" ”
This Mr. Liu is actually not a real "sir", he is a eunuch and a eunuch. He has been the director of the Royal Service and is a very powerful man. However, Zhang Chao always called them "sir", instead of calling them "chamberlain". And this "gentleman" made many eunuchs feel comfortable for a while, because this is the respect that others have for them. Zhang Chao actually knew more about it in later generations, this kind of eunuchs are actually disabled, and their feelings are no different from those disabled people in later society.
Persons with disabilities in later generations are often discriminated against by many people. And some people with disabilities can turn pressure into motivation and take the initiative to make everyone recognize themselves through their own efforts. But these are a minority, and there is also a group of people who hope to take revenge on society by holding power. In fact, in many cases, in order to give respect to these disabled people, it is necessary to dilute their identity as disabled people. Therefore, Zhang Chao deliberately called them "sir", which was not too flattering. It's not too lowly, and the relationship is just right. The title "sir" is a certain respect for them, and they are not called "chamberlain". The title of chamberlain also reminds them that they are eunuchs and disabled people. On the contrary, the word Mr. is not too far away for ordinary people, nor is it too flattering, just right.
In fact, many people with disabilities do not need special help. They don't want discrimination, but they don't want excessive help. All they want is equal and respectful treatment, so Zhang Chao can treat them with this kind of no-distant and non-proximity title, so that they actually have a good impression of Zhang Chao in their hearts. In particular, they are definitely not from the scholar family, they are all from poor families, and many of them are from poor families, so they are eunuchs. They can't have anything to do with the scholars, and even the scholars look down on them very much. For Zhang Chao. These chamberlains in the palace can actually cooperate and win over. Everyone came from a poor background. And they are all looked down upon by the scholars, plus Zhang Chao can be treated equally, which is enough to make those eunuchs have a great impression of Zhang Chao. If Zhang Chao is willing to promote their side nephews and other family members in other aspects, then they must be willing to cooperate with Zhang Chao.
"Dr. Zhang, I actually have some things to do today. I have now been promoted to become the Inner Chamberlain of the Inner Servant Province. It can be regarded as sitting in the third position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. And I recently inquired about something, so I wanted to tell Dr. Zhang. Dr. Zhang, you got that royal service group at that time, and many people in our palace also benefited. And in addition to the income given by the emperor every month, I also have a full 100 yuan in dividends, which are the dividends of my shares. And these are all that you brought to us at that time, Dr. Zhang. We're not much of a grateful, so I'll tell you when I hear the news! Eunuch Liu said.
"Oh? What's the news? Zhang Chao asked.
"Actually, it's very simple, that is, Zheng Xuanyi, the official in the political affairs hall recently, is going to borrow your four schools to carry out reforms, and then impeach you. And this time it is said that it was Jia Wanchun, a doctor of your four disciplines, who complained, but was heard by Zheng Xuanyi. Zheng Xuanyi, the queen official, hopes to take this opportunity to impeach you, and then he can take the opportunity to pour feces on you. In this way, the emperor has an opinion on you, as a means to make you lose the emperor's favor. Eunuch Liu said.
When Zhang Chao heard this, he immediately asked: "Is a hall official so bold?" ”
When Zhang Chao heard this, he felt a little incredible, a post-hall official has the courage to impeach himself? The back of the hall is also the "official" after the political affairs hall, the back of the hall is actually not an official, they are a group of scribes without grades, according to the rank, they should be officials who are not in the stream, and they belong to the officials. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty it was not as strict as in the later dynasties, and there were many scribes during the Tang Dynasty who had the opportunity to become officials, because the Tang Dynasty had a special examination called Liuwai Inside, which was specifically for those scribes, and they could become high-grade officials after they passed. This kind of examination is different from the imperial examination, and in the words of later generations, it belongs to the recruitment of oriented personnel examinations.
However, it is different in the government hall, which is the place where the prime minister discusses things. The government hall is only accessible to the emperor and the prime minister, representing the power to discuss matters, and those who can enter are those standing committee members of later generations. The prime minister system in the Tang Dynasty was a committee system, and when they discussed things, they naturally had to have some people to help them deal with some chores. At this time, it was the Houguan of the Tang Dynasty, these scribes who did chores in the political affairs hall, that is, the Houguan of the Tang, that is, the low-level secretaries of the State Council Office Department in later generations.
But a court official actually has this kind of courage to impeach himself, this is obviously different.
"Hehe, although this hall Zheng Xuanyi is the official of the hall, his father is Zheng Renji, the former Sui Tongshi. And Zheng Renji, he can't write two Zheng characters in one stroke! ”
Zhang Chao immediately knew that this Zheng Renji and Zheng Xuanyi should be members of the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the Zheng family in Xingyang is one of the big families and one of the number one scholar families in the country. And this side of the Zheng family. I'm afraid that I hope to make them gain the attention of the family by impeaching themselves. Or maybe they simply use this method to grind hard bubbles, hoping to wear away Zhang Chao's trust in Li Shimin's heart. If Li Shimin no longer trusts Zhang Chao, then they can all clean up Zhang Chao casually.
"I see, I know what to do." Zhang Chao said.
Since those scholars want to hear a steady stream of impeachments to erode Li Shimin's trust in themselves. So this method is actually a kind of three-person tiger. Maybe one person complains is nothing, but two people will be suspicious, and if three or four people say it together, then I'm afraid anyone will be suspicious. This is also the saying that three people become tigers, and once there are more people who say it, it will become true. So they systematically used this method to erode the emperor's trust in Zhang Chao, so that it was very easy for them to clean up Zhang Chao. But Zhang Chao naturally has his own way, otherwise he would have mixed up so many officialdoms in vain.
"Okay, since Dr. Zhang has a way, then I'll rest assured." Eunuch Liu said.
It didn't take long. Zhang Chao also wrote a recital, and then let Li Shimin see it.
"Zhang Chao wants me to see the results of the restructuring of the four schools?" Li Shimin muttered.
Li Shimin felt very surprised, because Zhang Chao suddenly wrote a book to himself in a daze, hoping that he would go and see the results of the four-door school reform? Zhang Chao has just gone to study in the four courses for less than ten days, how can he have results, this is too surprising to her. If there are results so quickly, then isn't this telling Li Shimin, that is, telling Li Shimin that Zhang Chao has reformed the four schools? Since ancient times, all systems have been restructured. That's all a huge risk, if you don't like it. That would likely lead to ruin of the future, or even become the public enemy of the old school. Zhang Chao's willingness to carry out reforms in this way must be remarkable.
"Zhang Chao claims that he can let more people study, and the number of graduates in the four schools will increase by more than ten times every year in the future, which is really remarkable." Li Shimin said.
If the number of students in the four schools can really increase by more than ten times, then Li Shimin is definitely very happy. Because there are now more than 1,000 people in the four disciplines. If you can increase the number of students by more than ten times, then it can be said that many people will be able to graduate every year. At present, the population of Datang is also more than 20 million, and if the more than 20 million can graduate thousands of people every year, it will be very beneficial to the cultural popularization of the entire Datang. Of course, Li Shimin knows the importance of cultural popularization, so he naturally supports cultural popularization. The popularization of culture was very beneficial to break the monopoly of the nobles. Everybody knows this. Therefore, Li Shimin saw this situation and thought that Zhang Chao could be successfully restructured.
"Let's go, let's go with me to see, what has changed in the four disciplines?" Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin soon left the palace and came to the Four Sects, ready to check the changes in the Four Sects.
"Minister Zhang Chao has seen the emperor!" Zhang Chao said.
"Oh? Zhang Chao, is it true that you said that the number of graduates of the four schools will increase by more than ten times every year in the future? Li Shimin asked.
Zhang Chao immediately assured; "It's true, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can listen to me introduce the credit system of this four-course course."
Zhang Chao then introduced the advantages of the credit system to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin was also a little surprised by the method of choosing courses by himself and then letting them study by themselves. Since ancient times, teachers have chosen students, and ordinary students are not qualified to choose teachers. Only a small number of wealthy families can choose famous teachers through their fathers. However, even for students from wealthy families, it is their parents and elders who choose teachers, rather than their own choice. Students simply do not have the right to choose their own teachers. However, Zhang Chao's credit system not only allows students to work and study part-time, but also allows them to choose their own teachers, which breaks the consistent thinking.
When Zhang Chao finished talking about this credit system, that Jia Wanchun also came out immediately.
"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Zhang Chao, since he was appointed by the emperor as a doctor of the four disciplines, he has also abused his power, making our four studies a mess. And Zhang Chao is going to mess up this four-door school, so many teachers of our four-door school also think that the emperor should be asked to punish Zhang Chao and transfer Zhang Chao from the four-door school. Zhang Chao's credit system is really deviant, and it is instigating students to deceive teachers and destroy their ancestors. And do not respect the methods of the teacher. And if this credit system is not abolished, then I am afraid that the students taught by our court in the future will be all students who deceive their teachers and destroy their ancestors, so what future is there to speak of? Jia Wanchun said.
Soon, a large number of teachers also came out to criticize Zhang Chao in front of Li Shimin, obviously thinking that Zhang Chao's credit system was a flood beast. The credit system hurts their interests and leaves them with few students to attend. And they are all half a bucket of purple water. There is no real educational ability, so they naturally cannot attract students. If the school does not use mandatory instructions to assign students to attend classes, then they will not have students. If they dare to beat and scold students, then the students will not pay attention to them, and they will choose to go to other teachers to listen to the class. This makes them very angry, and this is a damage to their power.
"Zhang Chao, what do you have to say?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the students what they think?" Zhang Chao said.
Soon, according to Zhang Chao's arrangement. Immediately, a student came out and said, "Your Majesty, Dr. Zhang's method is very good, we can all study according to our own ideas." In this way, we can study and find a way to earn money and support ourselves, without having to reach out to our parents at home to ask for money. ”
"Hmph, what are you doing when you go out to earn money, thinking about all this money all day long? Isn't it important that a saint doesn't have to make money? Jia Wanchun said.
But the student immediately retorted, saying, "Of course the knowledge of the saints is important. But the saints also have to eat, don't the saints have to eat? It's like Dr. Jia. Don't you have to get the imperial court landing to support your family? ”
"You, you still dare to talk back, I'll beat ......" Jia Wanchun immediately stretched out his hand to fight.
But Zhang Chao immediately stopped him and said, "Dr. Jia, you beat the students in front of the emperor like this. What is it? ”
"Your Majesty, I just want to teach this rebel against the division commander a lesson!" Jia Wanchun said.
Zhang Chao said to Li Shimin in turn; "Your Majesty, the so-called truth becomes clearer and clearer the more it is debated, Dr. Jia Wanchun requires students to study without sleep and food, even if they starve to death. And it is better to starve to death. They can't stop studying, and the students think they can't do it, so they refute Dr. Jia Wanchun. And Dr. Jia Wanchun can't refute it, so he can only use his fists to force the students to submit, what is this? ”
"Who did I say I would rather starve to death than study?" Jia Wanchun said angrily.
"Isn't that what you meant, Dr. Jia? Earning money to support yourself is not as important as studying, so don't you let these students who don't have much income starve to death to study? Zhang Chao asked rhetorically.
"You take it out of context!" Jia Wanchun said angrily.
But at this time, Li Shimin immediately said: "Okay, the two Qing families don't need to quarrel." If people do not ensure their own survival, how to study, and there is nothing wrong with the students thinking about earning their own money. It's like the court officials, if I didn't give them money, then why would they do things for me? The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers! We can't expect all students to starve to death without eating, right? ”
"The emperor is wise!" Zhang Chao said.
"But the emperor, what do you say about this course selection system to deceive teachers and destroy ancestors?" Jia Wanchun said.
But Zhang Chao said; "Your Majesty, my course selection system is in line with the teachings of the sage, and I want to teach him according to his aptitude!"
"What? Individualized? Jia Wanchun said disdainfully.
"Your Majesty, teaching students according to their aptitude is a matter for teachers to students, why did this deceive teacher and destroy his ancestors become teaching students according to their aptitude?" Jia Wanchun said.
Zhang Chao retorted: "Teaching students according to their aptitude is not something that any teacher can do. To be able to teach students according to their aptitude, the first thing is that the teacher is a Bole. If a teacher is not a good teacher, how can he teach him according to his aptitude? So I did the opposite, why not let this 'material' show itself? Everyone's ability to read is big and small, and the big talent can read and complete it quickly, but the small talent needs more time. However, the school system before the four courses has always been required to be completed within three years, which is obviously only possible for a small number of outstanding students. And our credit system is flexible learning, so we can let those who are not very good also get the opportunity to learn and have the opportunity to study. It can also allow those students who have no money in the family to have the opportunity to study part-time. ”
"Your Majesty, if you don't have wealth and talent, what do you read?" Immediately, a teacher said.
As soon as this teacher said this, people were immediately shocked. Because these words are an offense to the public, since ancient times, they have been particular about teaching without class, and even stupid people who are not math want to study. If you say that you have no talent and no wealth, then you can't study, which is obviously directly telling those students who have no money and no talent not to come to study.
And Li Shimin's face was also dark, but this was not in Li Shimin's interests. What Li Shimin hopes most is that everyone in the world can read, so that the monopoly of the scholars can be broken, and then everyone can have the opportunity to study, so that he can choose talents at will. As an emperor himself, he doesn't have to be bullied by the scholars, so he naturally hopes that everyone in the world can study. But this guy actually directly said that if you don't have wealth and talent, you shouldn't study, this Chiguoguo is the thinking of elite education.
Once those who go first can get the opportunity to receive education, they naturally hope to continue to leave this opportunity to their descendants, rather than to people from other families. They have the privilege in their hands, and naturally they want to be able to pass it on to their descendants, and then let their descendants take their place. Therefore, elite education is the foundation of the scholars, and monopoly culture is the pillar of the scholars. And what the emperor hates the most, that is, the scholars, and the importance of eradicating the scholars lies in popularizing education and realizing popular education.
Mass education is the real foundation for class mobility, so this teacher came out so directly and said that he had no wealth and talent, so he was not worthy of education, and his subordinates opposed Li Shimin, the emperor.
"Hmph, teach students here, but you have even forgotten the teachings of Sage Kong, so what qualifications do you have to be a teacher here? Pull this guy down, and the four schools won't take him in in the future. Li Shimin said.
And Zhang Chao immediately continued; "Your Majesty, this credit system is to realize that more people have the opportunity to study, so that more people have the opportunity to study, isn't it better?"
"Your Majesty, no! Although this will allow more people to have the opportunity to study, but let students choose their own teachers, isn't that a sweep? What's more, if the teacher beats and scolds the students and the students leave the teacher, isn't this encouraging the students to bully the teacher and destroy the ancestors? Jia Wanchun said.
"Your Majesty, the foundation of education is to let more people receive education, and all methods that can make more people study are the most fundamental. Is it not permissible for teachers to choose their students, and not for students to choose their own teachers? Students themselves know best what kind of material they are, and if they are a talent, they will naturally choose a suitable teacher. If his talent is relatively poor, then he can also choose a student with a more suitable teaching method. The minister thinks that the so-called teaching students according to their aptitude is not only a teacher's business, but also a process of cooperation between students and teachers. For students with strong talents and students with dull talents, different teaching methods can also be used. Students can choose their own teachers, which is the best way to truly teach students according to their aptitude. There is no such thing as the best teacher in this world, only the best one for yourself. What's right for you is the best. Zhang Chao said.
"Good! That's right, that's right, that's it! Li Shimin also inevitably suddenly admired.
Li Shimin also sighed in his heart, why can't students choose their own teachers? Li Shimin, the emperor, also came from students, and he was deeply touched by this. Li Shimin, the emperor, has also received the guidance of many "famous teachers". But a famous teacher may not be suitable for him, and Li Shimin is also deeply touched by this. Only what suits you is the best, this is in Li Shimin's heart, so Li Shimin couldn't help but admire. (To be continued......)