Chapter 672 is a heavy meaning

Chen Xie is a person who is very afraid of trouble, and his style of doing things like to be crushed directly has changed a lot on this issue, not because Chen Xie's conscience found out, but because of the fact that compulsory education is written into the law, the meaning is too heavy. This is also the reason why Chen Xie has the patience to deal with several cabinet bigwigs. The simple and crude set, there really isn't much room to play at this time.

Therefore, convincing the emperor and compromising with the cabinet are all things that must be done. No matter what the final outcome of the negotiation is, once an agreement is reached, the cabinet bigwigs will not trouble Chen Xie, and things will be much easier to operate. When you arrive in Jiangnan, with the approval of the cabinet, whoever jumps out to obstruct it will really have to go into a simple and crude set.

As the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Hong Chengchou took the lead and broke with Chen Xie one by one. Facing Chen Xie, Hong Chengchou's inner feelings are quite complicated, on the one hand, his position as the minister of the Ministry of Rites is not the same as others, and he has never entered Hanlin. In other words, if Chen did not incite the first emperor to carry out the reform of the cabinet system, he would not have a chance to enter the cabinet. In this sense, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Shi Kefa in the cabinet all have to thank Chen Xie. On the other hand, Hong Chengchou's fear of Chen Xie has never been eliminated, and it has increased day by day as time goes by.

It seems that Hong Chengchou bargained with Chen Xie on behalf of everyone, but in fact, this heat was well mastered, so that everyone could not see his fear of Chen Xie, and he could not anger Chen Xie too much. The cabinet must have its own attitude, otherwise it will become a hall of Chen someone's words, and what is the need for this cabinet to exist?

One to six, the cabinet bigwigs played a wheel war, Hong Chengchou just picked up the teacup and took a sip, Jiang Fengyuan jumped out and said: "According to Lord Chen, these dolls over the age of eight have to go to school." Otherwise, it is a crime, and it is inappropriate to steal, and it is difficult for a strong man. ”

Chen Xie's purpose is to legislate, but he has to be tough on the details one by one, otherwise it will be too fake. immediately put the teacup on the table and looked at Jiang Fengyuan. sneered: "Master Jiang, according to what you said, don't do this compulsory education." Or is someone Chen abdicating to make way for Xian, you will do it? Chen Xie's behavior immediately shocked everyone, this thing has always had a good attitude before, and the sudden frenzy is probably the reason why he was unhappy with the previous concession.

Zhou Yanru immediately opened his mouth to extinguish the fire: "Sihua, don't be excited, it's all for business." Lord Jiang is always in charge of the Ministry of Rites. It's also a matter of saying two sentences. Hong Chengchou glanced at him quietly, and scolded in his heart, "The old immortal sows discord." As soon as Jiang Fengyuan heard this, he said in his heart that this was a fair word, pointing out that he was in charge of education.

Chen Xie looked at everyone with a sneer, and said lightly: "Otherwise, please ask Your Majesty to add a Ministry of Education in the next play?" Master Jiang can go to do this book, then there won't be so much trouble, right? "Chen Xie, this guy is also bad. One sentence is the temper that everyone says. Now this Ministry of Rites, in fact, Hong Chengchou is in charge. Jiang Fengyuan still has some rights in Guozijian. Who is Hong Chengchou? Can you make concessions on rights? Don't even think about it, especially after Enko's matter is decided.

"Hehe, Enke is coming, don't make any extraneous branches, or continue to talk about Sihua." Yang Tinglin stood up to play the round, and Chen Xie smiled at this time: "Okay." Don't say that someone Chen is domineering, since Master Jiang has spoken, let me take a step below. For each family, one out of two is drawn, and they are over eight years old. When I am fourteen years old, I must go to school, otherwise I will be disobeying the laws of the imperial court. ”

Put the two Ding in this place, and everyone is drunk when they hear it. This Chen Xie, can you be serious? What kind of imperial servitude is this, how can you do this? The problem is that Chen Xie has made concessions, who dares to continue to entangle? Don't flirt with this thing early, lest he put on a rogue face again, and everyone can't help it.

With such an episode, the negotiation progress of this matter has been accelerated. Hong Chengchou fought very hard again, and finally reached an agreement as follows: the cabinet agreed in principle to the implementation of Chen Xie's compulsory education system, and asked His Majesty to legislate to determine this matter. In other words, the most difficult part of this matter has passed, and as for what Chen Xie said, everyone also admits it. Chen Xie's school, how to teach it is his business, and everyone can't worry about interfering, and they don't dare.

In fact, the biggest obstacle is the dominance of compulsory education. The Ministry of Rites really wanted to fight for it, but Chen Xie let it go, and once this matter was legislated, he would personally go to Jiangnan to preside over it. When will this be done and when will you come back. As soon as I said this, everyone immediately had no opinion, and I was sorry that it was best not to come back.

If the Ministry of Rites does not argue, other things will be simple, as for what "the people can make it." Do not know. "These things are just everyone's talk, and in the face of interests, politicians are easy to discuss. Chen Xie achieved his goal, and the rest of the cabinet also achieved his goal, but the only one who was disappointed was Jiang Fengyuan, who didn't intervene much.

The record of the discussion was sent to Zhu Cihong, and the little emperor opened it and looked at it carefully, and Chen Xie came with a preface in front of it, emphasizing the importance of education and asserting that education is the cornerstone of a strong country. Today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the Ming Dynasty that closed the country in the past, and after opening the sea, there are many people who open their eyes to see the world. Even if Zhu Cihong is deep in the palace, he knows a lot about the overseas world. Because of the opening of the sea, a large amount of wealth enters the treasury, enters the inner treasury, and the Ming royal family and clan who get the benefits will definitely not let go. The bureaucrats and gentry who have benefited will not give up lightly. Plundering the South Seas and plundering India, even if no one takes the initiative to publicize these things in China, there are many opinions among the people.

The importance of developing industry and commerce is no longer undeniable, and the reason for cutting off people's money and killing their parents is very simple. At present, the biggest bottleneck in the development of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty is the backwardness of the education system. Nine out of ten people in a country are illiterate, and there are only a handful of scholars, and there are very few who are slightly illiterate. How to solve this problem, compulsory education is the way.

Under such a background, the promotion of compulsory education in Jiangnan will not be met with much resistance, and the timing and conditions are ripe. Jiangnan is one of the provinces of the Special Economic Zone, which will be promoted first, and will go to the whole country in the future. Compulsory education is not based on four books and five classics, but is a rough understanding of writing and arithmetic, and it is not officials who are trained but craftsmen needed by the people.

Chen Xie's deliberate downplay of the threat posed by compulsory education to officials is well-intentioned. It's still the old way, first cultivate a class, and this class is called the literate working class. The key point is to legislate, and to implement this matter through the law, with Chen Xie's strength, there is basically not much resistance among the people.

Zhu Cihong looked at it word by word, three years of compulsory education, a girls' school, whether the girl went to school voluntarily, but once she went to school, the court had a reward, and the specific reward was not said here. Under the rule of Jiangnan, each household draws one out of two dings, covering the range of 8 years old and under 14 years old. The key is that this compulsory education is free, and there is no charge for studying, and some miscellaneous fees are charged. Other specific subsidies or other subsidies depend on the financial status of each province to decide.

All in all, this article needs to be determined in the form of law. First, there were boys' schools and girls' schools, and the imperial court paid for them. Second, the age of school and the scope of application. Third, according to the specific situation of each locality, the size of the investment should be decided.

Zhu Cihong read it quickly, and was quite relieved that the biggest trouble and resistance did not exist, and the cabinet reached an agreement. The only unhappiness is that Chen Xie wants to go to Jiangnan in person to promote this matter. If you think about it, can the cabinet reach an agreement without this article? The Ministry of Rites, which is in charge of this education, must not make a fuss.

That's it, after sorting it out into a document, it will be distributed to the whole country in the form of a newspaper, and the emperor will stamp it, and this matter will be considered over. Everyone, don't make a fuss, stop fighting, don't mess with this product. Zhu Cihong's idea is very good, and the ministers of the court are also quite cooperative. After the result of the compromise came out, except for a few old stubborns who were still making trouble, there was not much movement. The only thing that is unhappy with this thing in the Beijing division is Zhu Yujiao. Chen Xie went to Jiangnan, and she couldn't go with her. The son must stay in Jingshi, which is something that no one can change. Zheng Toniang and Liu Ru happily packed their bags and prepared to return to Jiangnan.

In the end, when this matter was discussed at the court meeting, Chen Xie stood forward, and the ministers did not make much movement. Shun lì was established in the form of law, and Chen Xie proposed another Jianyi, Nanzhili was too big and difficult to manage, so it was simply divided into two provinces, Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and the so-called Nanzhili was abolished. Now it is peacetime, and all the governors who are in chaos will be removed, and one governor will be appointed in each province. As for Nanjing's stay in the capital, it is to continue to keep it. Nanjing's six departments can also be canceled, Daming is now short of officials everywhere, and the officials of Nanjing's six departments can have a place to play.

Nanjing No. 6 has always been an idle institution, with no power in its hands, and no matter how high the grade is, it is useless.

Zhu Cihong's old trick was acted, and it was once again sent to the whole country for discussion in the form of a newspaper, and this discussion went wrong, and Jiangbei didn't do it. Oh, the good places have all returned to Jiangnan, and the Jiangbei should be poor? No, even if it is to be separated, Jiangnan cannot be used as a province. This thing is very noisy, from the local to the Jingshi. In the end, it was up to the Imperial Council to decide.

The initiator, Chen Xie, said very simply at the cabinet meeting that since the Yangtze River could not be followed, it would be better for the two provinces to have Jiangnan and Jiangbei. Well, it's called Jiangsu and Anhui respectively. How to divide it? Simple, Master Chen directly took out the map and drew lines on it. The key to this matter is still Nanjing Liubu, it is natural that the Liubu will not make a fuss, they are all idle and moldy, who wants to stay in Nanjing Liubu will stay.

For the smooth progress of compulsory education, Chen Xie made such a huge move, and it was also quite hard. (To be continued......)