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Although it is Jiangnan, the early morning in late autumn still looks a little cool. The sky was white, and the early birds had begun to chirp. On the old city wall, the bell tower rang again, as in the past, and the low and thick bell echoed over the city for a long time.

As the sky grew brighter and the bell rang outside, the whole city woke up. The houses in the city were lined up one after another, one after the other, one after the other, and although they were different from the old and the new, they were all the same color, and from a distance they looked blue-gray.

It seems that there is little change from the small city in the past. But the people who live in it can appreciate the difference from the past. Now the women no longer have to endure the smell of bringing out the toilet bowl and placing it in front of the door, waiting for the excrement diggers to take it away - last year, the construction of sewers in the old town eliminated the manure fields outside the city, as well as the toilets in people's homes, of course, at first the residents were not happy, as if they were resistant to running water, but after the intervention of the health police, the wells were filled in, the wooden toilets were confiscated, and people could only accept a change in their traditional way of life, if they did not want to. Just as the health police inspect the sanitary environment of residents' homes from time to time, in order to cope with the inspection, they will always clean the home and outside the house to avoid the punishment of street sweeping.

Of course, there are also children going to school, and since five years ago, when the first national primary school was opened in the temple of the Shing God, teachers from the north, accompanied by the police, have been going from house to house to inform them that all children under the age of 14 must go to school, which is compulsory, and whether it is a boy or a girl, if they do not go to school, parents will be punished with heavy penalties. At first, some people didn't take it seriously, but later, as many people were arrested by the police station, the people finally learned that it was possible to force them to study.

Whether to adapt or not, in the past six years, people have been constantly adapting, adapting to the changes in life, and these changes, most of which are imposed by the government, and it is this imposition that makes people develop new habits, and also makes new changes in the city, such as the ten-meter-wide main street, as well as the street lamps on both sides of the street, and now, for the people in the city, they have adapted to these changes, just as they have adapted to the scene of street lamps lighting up the city every night, many things have become habits, It's hard to change.

Just like at this time, the students who are lining up to go to school no longer arouse people's curiosity, and for the citizens of the city, these have long been a part of their lives.

Standing at the door of the school, Cheng Xiyuan, as the principal, always had a smile on his face when he watched the students line up to enter the school, and whenever the students bowed to him to say hello, he would also bow slightly to welcome them to the school.

Six years ago, he entered the city as a child to study at the city's accelerated normal - most of the millions of children and talents of that year entered the normal school, which was the last time that the imperial court placed everyone after the abolition of the imperial examination. After graduating from the Normal School, he co-founded the school, and now, most of his former colleagues have been transferred to other schools, but he remains here and manages the school as the principal.

For the students in the school, Cheng Xiyuan always has a lot of expectations, although this is only a four-year compulsory elementary school, but last year, more than eighty percent of the students were admitted to the high school, and sixty percent of them chose to continue to study, which is an extremely rare ratio, after all, from the national point of view, even in the city, the proportion of willing to continue to study in the high school is not more than 30%. After all, although the upper primary school is still exempt from tuition, it is not forced.

"As long as there are 30% of them who are willing to go to junior high school, and then ......"

Of course, Cheng Xiyuan knows very well that this is impossible, unlike the free high school, secondary education is charged, unless those who are excellent in their studies will be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees, they need 20 yuan of tuition fees every year, although the current working families also have an income of dozens of yuan every month, but not every family is willing to pay this money, and the poor class is even more powerless. Besides, when the child goes to school, there is one less person to work in the family, right?

Thinking of this, Cheng Xiyuan couldn't help but think of the dozen or so students who graduated with excellent grades last year, they are all poor class without exception, originally, their parents were not even willing to let them continue to study, as their former principal, he spent a summer vacation lobbying their parents, but what about next year? What about after they graduate from high school next year?

"Hey......"

Cheng Xiyuan, knowing that these things were no longer what he could ask, looked at the time, and when the hour hand pointed to eight o'clock, he entered the campus, and the school worker saw the principal entering the school, and hurriedly closed the door of the school.

As usual, before the teachers entered the classroom, the classroom was in a commotion, where the students were chattering noisily, and the moment the teacher entered the classroom, the classroom immediately returned to quiet, and the teacher, standing on the podium, cleared his throat and said loudly as the class bell rang.

"Salute to Your Majesty's Imperial Shadow!"

Salute to the Imperial Shadow This is the ritual of the national elementary school, in fact, it is also a kind of ideological immersion, in the history of China, there has never been a dynasty, like the current Chinese Empire, the Imperial Shadow of His Majesty will be hung in every school and public institution, and in the school, these children have to salute the Imperial Shadow every day, and over time a subconscious surrender and allegiance will be seared into their consciousness in this constant repetition.

Of course, no one thinks there is anything about this, after all, even in Western countries, it is normal to salute the imperial shadow during ceremonies, but there is no country like China, through this kind of awe salute every morning, to carry out some kind of brainwashing, this is of course not from the hands of officials of the Ministry of Education, in fact, it is completely from the emperor himself, it is based on the understanding of psychology, he will take great pains to formulate some policies.

"Recite the Edict of Education!"

In China, every student in every school must recite the "Edict on Education" before class every day, and the "Edict on Education" was issued in the name of the emperor six years ago when the country was first established. And this kind of recitation is also from the emperor himself, brainwashing is through thousands of repetitions, it is in this daily repetition, these reciters will be affected by the "Edict of Education" that is just a few hundred words, this short few hundred words, not long, but in their most vulnerable childhood, through daily repetition, it is seared into their brains, memory, and finally in their life path continues to affect them, affecting their behavior.

“…… The essence of our country's system, and the origin of education also exists. Subjects are filial to their parents, friends to their brothers, and husbands and wives, faithful to friends, frugal, kind, and scholarly to enlighten their minds and attain virtue. Expanding public welfare, opening up world affairs, and always respecting national law ......"

Cheng Xiyuan's expression was extremely solemn when the children's immature recitation sound came from the classroom, and he also recited the "Edict on Education" with the students, although China has not yet agreed on a constitution, but to a certain extent, this "Edict on Education" is regarded as China's constitution.

The reason why it is so understood is that in the "Edict on Education", from the emperor to the common people, they must all abide by it as one. The emperor's observance means that the government does not change the purpose of education, and the people abide by it. However, the emperor and his subjects "fought together", indicating that it has the nature of a covenant, which is different from the situation of the emperor under the absolute **** monarchy in the old days. Moreover, the "unity of the upper and lower levels" commonly used in the empire is not only that the monarch requires his subjects to be "one" with him, but that the monarch must also be bound by the covenant and become one with the people.

Perhaps, compared with others, the meaning revealed in this "Edict of Education" is the most important, as the old time reader Cheng Xiyuan naturally agrees with the "loyalty" and "filial piety" in the "Edict", which is in line with the requirements of traditional Chinese morality, and because of this, for the new dynasty, this is also what he appreciates the most. Never before has the Chinese Dynasty attached so much importance to education. As the "Edict on Education" reveals the meaning of attaching importance to education, Cheng Xiyuan believes that perhaps in a dozen years, when these generations grow up, they will never prevent their children from receiving further education. Because they are the first generation under the influence of the Edict on Education, they know the meaning of education better than their own parents.

"In a way, our education is a failure!"

As the Minister of Education, Cai Yuanpei said this, his expression seemed a little cautious, in the Ministry of Education, he is an alternative - not from a professional class, many officials of the Ministry of Education are graduated from domestic or foreign universities, this is a study and education background, and he is a Jinshi of the Renchen year, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, but he was affected by the "Renchen Change", only to contact Western learning, three years later, at the invitation of Yuan Shikai, he was appointed as the superintendent of Zhejiang Chinese and Western School, but although he was not born in education, but in the following ten years, With his efforts, Zhongxi University, which evolved from a Chinese and Western school, has already become a well-known university in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he himself has become a well-known educator in the country.

Last year, he accepted the emperor's appointment to relinquish his university teaching position and become Minister of Education. Surprisingly, he did not make a drastic effort to implement reforms after taking office, and began a year-long national expedition, which was more focused on the countryside than his predecessor, the education secretary, who focused on the cities.

"Your Majesty, perhaps, through the efforts of Your Majesty and the ministers, it took six years to establish 237651 primary schools across the country, and truly achieved the goal of "no household in the city who can learn, and no one in every family who can learn" ......

It is not easy to do this, not to mention the training of millions of teachers, but it is a difficult task to urge school-age children to study, and in the process of implementation, the central government has adopted a high-pressure policy and passed special laws to enforce the law by the police, which has caused dissatisfaction with the local authorities and the people against the central government.

However, even so, the central government still did not change its original intention, and His Majesty himself emphasized on many occasions that "universal education, taxation, and military service have become the three major obligations of the people", and even mentioned that "if any official violates the three obligations, he should be punished according to law". It is precisely because of this high-pressure policy that China was one of the earliest countries to fully realize universal compulsory primary education in the whole country in a short period of time. Through universal primary education, the people's knowledge level and basic quality have been generally improved, and a good foundation has been laid for rapid economic development.

"Failed?"

Tang Haoran looked at Cai Yuanpei in surprise, how is this possible, in his opinion, the current education is successful.

"Your Majesty, at the same time that many apprentices in the factory now have a junior primary school education, we must also see the other side, that is, at the same time, in the countryside, there is still a theory that education is useless, for most rural parents, the reason why they send their children to school to receive education is because they are afraid of a fine of 100 yuan or a punishment of up to four years of hard labor, but it is good for these children to finish junior high school, and if there are those who have graduated from high school, they must be regarded as outstanding. Regardless of whether they can be admitted to junior high school or not, of course, there are many times, even if they are admitted to junior high school, because their grades barely pass, so it is impossible to get a scholarship, and they can only be forced to abandon school, but this also brings a problem, the child has been studying in primary school for six years, wearing a school uniform, he disdains to help his illiterate brother do farm work, and help his father farm, because he feels that he is a special class, these people are like children in the past, and they regard themselves as scholars......

Cai Yuanpei said it very tactfully, but in fact, what he wanted to say was far more harsh than this -- the current education has produced more "useless scholars" or turned more people into "waste".

"In the countryside, these high school students who have been studying for six years, they can neither help their families with their work, nor do they disdain it, and even, they also disdain to go to the city to work, in their opinion, even if they enter the factory, it is an insult to them, Your Majesty, can this be regarded as a failure of education?"

"This ......"

Cai Yuanpei's words were completely beyond Tang Haoran's understanding, how could this be? He couldn't believe his ears, how could this be? Originally, in his opinion, education was a success, and he popularized education in such a short period of time, allowing tens of millions of school-age children to enter schools, and education improved the moral and cultural cultivation of the people. It can be said that many people have praised the cultivation of social morality and hygiene habits of the people, and some people even refer to those people as new citizens. But...... Why did you cultivate another batch of waste? (To be continued.) )