297 Tempting people to read

"The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. (Vertex hand-hitting) know and then have a certainty, set and then can be quiet, quiet and then can be peaceful, safe and then can be considered, and then can be ....... ”

Between the two jujube trees in the inner courtyard, three men gathered around and whispered, a pot of rice wine was placed on the small table, and the sound of reading aloud kept coming from the private school classroom next to them, and they nodded again and again.

"Brother Jingzhen is still elegant, he doesn't ask about things outside the window behind closed doors, and he is dedicated to teaching and educating people, which is really a great merit." A man smiled at Yang Jingzhen, who was sitting in the middle, pricked up his ears and listened for a while, and then nodded again and again.

"Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, leveling the world, a university tolerates the world, but unfortunately now that foreigners are in charge, the court is constantly fighting for the party, and they actually let Taiwan autonomy go, and this ancient precept of governing the country and peaceful the world is all gone" Another old gentleman with gray temples sighed.

"Brother Pang, you and I are just Mr. Teaching, and it is our duty to educate people, so why bother with those idle things?" Yang Jingzhen smiled slightly: "Besides, now that Young Master Li is in charge of the Northeast Northeast, it is enough for us to keep this pure land in our hearts." ”

"That's a good word, but what are we studying for? Isn't it for the sake of educating people to become talents and becoming a country? Brother Pang, who had gray temples, seemed to have a little temperament, and said excitedly: "But look at what the world is like today, I heard that there is a ** party in the south again, and even Li Zhongtang, who is on leave, has re-emerged from the mountain and was sent by Lafayette to pacify the trouble."

"Whatever." The first man to speak took a sip of his wine glass: "No matter how chaotic the south is, it can't be messed up with us here, although that Young Master Li plotted to seize the three provinces is unjust, but at least the management is only orderly, neither disturbing the people nor raising taxes, but stabilizing the township and clearing up the banditry, and now the railway has been built, so many factories have been built, and those poor people have been recruited into the factory, ensuring that they have three meals a day, which is also a great merit." ”

"Yes, it's a good thing to build a factory and build a railway, but haven't you noticed it, Brother He Xian? After those mud-legged people turned into those workers, they were extremely public, will they rely on these illiterate people to govern the country in the future? Brother Pang said angrily, as if he was very unaccustomed to the new working class that had just emerged.

"Hehe, it's not okay to rely on them to govern the country, but well, Brother Pang is a lie if he doesn't know big characters." The man surnamed He said with a smile: "Do you know that Young Master Li ordered people to recruit craftsmen who are all young and strong between the ages of sixteen and thirty-five, and before they want to enter the field, they still need to undergo three months of training coursework, during which they must not only learn the craft, but also have to take a kind of coursework class called cultural class, and anyone who fails to pass after three months cannot be recruited." ”

"Cultural lessons?" When Yang Jingzhen heard this new word for the first time, he couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "That cultural class teaches people to read?" ”

The man surnamed He nodded: "Brother Yang guessed well, that kind of cultural class happened to be seen by Brother Fool once, simple, clear and not profound, the words are round from the sketch, and then to the words and words, but it is really the same." “

"I heard them say that they must learn 2,000 words in three months, and finally after the assessment, if they are wrong more than 30% in the answers, they can only continue to go back to study, otherwise they will not be able to enter the factory." The man surnamed He said himself, but his face was also a little surprised, and continued: "Although I haven't finished reading it for three months, it just so happens that there are a few children from the next door who want to enter the factory, and they are all in it at the moment, memorizing words every day, and it seems that the effect is not bad." ”

"But a few days ago, two boys didn't pass the assessment, and they came to pester me, asking me to teach them how to read as soon as possible anyway, and they also sent me a few chickens." The man surnamed He smiled: "You see, the wild boy who used to take a detour when he saw me and had a headache when he saw the book is now begging me, hehe." ”

"Brother Xian, aren't you taking us for fun, are you, there are still such things in the world?" Brother Pang was full of disbelief, took a sip of the small wine cup and shook his head.

The man surnamed He laughed: "It's normal for Brother Pang not to believe it, and I didn't believe it either, but I didn't know the reason later." ”

"Oh, why? Say it. Brother Pang couldn't help but be attracted and got a little closer.

"Pro"

"Leigh?" Yang Jingzhen and Brother Pang glanced at each other and shook their heads.

The unknown appearance of the two attracted a burst of laughter from the man surnamed He, and he took a sip of wine before saying: "Although the two brothers are idle, they don't know the market too much, do you know how much money those factories pay for recruiting people?" ”

"How much can I have, a tael of silver will hold up the sky."

As soon as Brother Pang finished speaking, the man surnamed He hurriedly shook his finger and said with a smile: "Brother Pang guessed wrong, let me tell you, we don't talk about private factories, but as long as it is from the Pacific Army, the worst will be three taels of silver per month, and it is said that the best one has seven taels a month."

"Seven taels" Don't talk about Brother Pang, even Yang Jingzhen's jaw dropped in shock, not to mention anything else, before the Pacific Army came, buying and selling children still often happened, although it is forbidden now, but the price will not change, at that time a good little girl is only thirty or fifty taels of silver, if you want, buy a three or four-year-old little girl to raise by yourself, at most no more than twenty taels

But now? I give seven taels to God in January, even if it is three taels, it is enough to buy a maid in a year

Yang Jingzhen took a breath, he finally understood what the word meant, even if it was a factory that could enter the minimum three taels of silver, in the case of a family of five, as long as one person could enter, then it would be enough for the whole family to chew the grain, and if two people entered, then they would be able to live well.

No wonder those wild boys have changed their habits and are pestering to learn to read

"Eli Tempts to Read and Write"

Yang Jingzhen smiled bitterly, sat down slowly, and sighed: "It's ridiculous that I, Yang Jingzhen, think I'm quite well-informed, but I've never seen this kind of method of luring people to read and write, so Young Master Li can't see through it, can't see through it."

"It's not just that, it is said that the workers who entered the factory are all in accordance with the foreign calendar for five hours a day, six days off and one day off, and there is also one day to learn to read and write, the strictest is those soldiers who have joined the army, there is a cultural class and a political class every two days, I heard that those teaching materials are compiled by Young Master Li himself, and if the soldiers are quite officers in the future, they must pass the cultural class, otherwise don't want to go further in this life."

"Is this the case?" Brother Pang also frowned, but after a while, he shook his head: "Even if he can teach those mud-legged people and soldiers to know a few words, but that is a small way after all, we have studied hard for many years, and we are still in a difficult situation, how much can we learn by relying on a few months of rough learning?" ”

Yang Jingzhen also nodded: "What Brother Pang said is also reasonable, this is a small road after all, if you want to enlighten the people's wisdom, you must start from the doll, this is the right way." ”

"There is also the right way." The man surnamed He was slightly drunk, patted his thigh and immediately said: "I said two brothers, you should really go out for a walk, now that Young Master Li has begun to implement a method called stage education, which divides reading into three classes, just like the Mongolian school we refer to, middle schools and universities are similar, I heard that school buildings are being built in various places at the moment, and they are preparing to roll it out after the New Year, and I also heard that that Young Master Li is also preparing to use the reward and punishment system, but if there are school-age children in each family, if they are not sent to the new school, they will be punished with hard labor or fines"

"Servitude? Fine"

"Yes, if you don't send your child for a day, then you will be fined a day of hard labor, or pay a penny of silver, and so on, if you don't send it for a year, then you will never have a place in the Northeast"

"Fines for hard labor"

"Nonsense, it's really nonsense" Brother Pang heard this, and immediately became angry, and reprimanded angrily: "We are all people who study, the way to study is voluntary, if it is forced, it is not possible, and if you don't study, you will be punished with hard labor and pay a fine, this is really too domineering, those children from poor families, where can they afford to pay tuition, do you want people to sell their children and daughters, or stay away from home?? ”

"Brother Pang, Brother Pang don't be impatient, and listen to me." Seeing that Brother Pang was so excited, the words were so hurried that people couldn't interject, the man surnamed He smiled bitterly, and waited for him to finish before continuing: "People's Mongolian school and middle school are free, students only need to bring their own lunch, only the university needs to pay, but it is also half charged, if the poor can pass the two levels of Mongolian school and middle school, they can also be free of tuition."

"What"

Not to mention Brother Pang with a big temper, even Yang Jingzhen couldn't help but widen his eyes, all free tuition? How much does it cost?

Although the three northeastern provinces are vast and sparsely populated, in the past two years, no less than a few million people have poured in from Shandong, Shanxi and other places, even if they do not count the coolies all over the three provinces, the population is nearly 10 million, of which the school-age students are almost 780,000, such a huge base, even if it is only Mengxue and middle school, even if those teachers do not collect money, it adds up to at least 10 million silver every year to fill in

Besides, it will take at least seven or eight years from Mengxue to middle school, and that is the consumption of hundreds of millions of taels of silver. And where did he recruit so many teaching gentlemen?

The man surnamed He seemed to be speechless and endless, picked up the wine glass and said: "Don't believe it, one of my brothers from my own family, who was originally doing clerical writing in the yamen, is now on an errand in the new government office in Fengtian, but he has already seen the official letter with his own eyes, and according to him, the school buildings have been almost built, and students who are far away can still live in the school, and the young master Li of the family has specially invited a thousand teachers from the south, and it is said that many of them have drunk foreign ink

Also, I heard my brother say that the young master Li paid for himself to build four foreigner-like universities in Jinzhou, Fengtian, Changchun and Heilongjiang, and the school buildings have already started, and they are also preparing to invite foreigners to start classes, and I heard that they have now begun to recruit people in Citigroup and Great Britain."

Every year, he subsidizes tens of millions of dollars to forcibly order school-age students to go to Mongolian school, go to middle school, and also pay for the construction of a Western university and invite foreigners to teach

Just as the three of them were shocked by this series of news and were silent, a crisp knock suddenly sounded outside the courtyard, and before the three of them got up, the old family had already hurried to Yang Jingzhen, with a nervous face and hurried: "Sir, ...... outside, there is a military master looking for you outside." ”

Master Jun

Yang Jingzhen's face changed suddenly, since that Young Master Li occupied the three northeastern provinces, he has been teaching and educating people at home, and he didn't ask about the outside at all, how could he recruit a military master?

Even the man surnamed He, who was a little drunk, was scared to wake up, and he didn't know what was going on, but fortunately, Yang Jingzhen was also a well-known teacher in Haicheng, and his mind was calm, so he hurriedly comforted his old family and went to greet him in person, and the two friends were afraid that something would happen to him, so they hurriedly followed.

As soon as the three of them left the hospital, they saw a young man wearing a thick blue military uniform standing in the center of the front yard, with a straight posture and neat posture, smiling and looking around, followed by a soldier with two short guns in his waist, Yang Jingzhen hurriedly bowed his hand and greeted: "This military master, I don't know ...... you." ”

"Teacher, you don't know me anymore?"

"Teacher"

The three of them were shocked, especially Yang Jingzhen, his eyes widened, looking at the young man, although he also felt a little familiar, but the other party should belong to a high-ranking and powerful figure in the army at a glance, otherwise there would be no special guards to protect him, so he still didn't dare to recognize each other.

"Haha...... it turns out that the teacher really doesn't know me, I'm Zhang Zuolin, do you remember? At the beginning, you sheltered me and taught me to read and write, if it weren't for your reinvention grace, I wouldn't be where I am today. ”

As soon as Zhang Zuolin's words were finished, the impression of the former down-and-out students suddenly jumped out of Yang Jingzhen's mind, even a character like him, he couldn't help but look at the students excitedly a few times, and then said in surprise: "Yuting, you are ......." ”

"Teacher, Zuo Lin didn't disgrace you, now I am a colonel and staff officer of the Xinhua Army."

"Xinhua Army? What kind of army is that? Could it be that after the three of them sat for an afternoon, the sky in the northeast changed again? ”

Seeing the three of them with their eyebrows tightly locked, Zhang Zuolin realized that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly explained: "Hehe, it's all my fault, I didn't make it clear, the name of the Xinhua Army has just been decided, and it is actually the Pacific Army in your mouth." ”

"Too ......, Pacific Force"

Not to mention Yang Jingzhen now, even the few people next to him were wide-eyed and wide-mouthed, speechless, Zhang Zuolin saw this and smiled slightly: "Sir, you won't let me go in and sit?" ”

"Oh, yes, yes, hurry, Uncle Zhang, go and drink, make good wine, and then chop some meat, today our master and apprentice will not get drunk or return" Yang Jingzhen, who was awakened, was suddenly in a hurry, Zhang Zuolin saw this and hurriedly grabbed him, bowed to the gift of teacher and student, and said at the same time: "The teacher and I have the grace of recreation, how can I let the teacher break the bank, Chen Bing, go and take down the gifts and wine and food brought in the car." ”

"Oh, by the way, the gifts from the chief of staff and the young master are also in it, but be careful not to break them." Zhang Zuolin didn't forget to instruct, but the speaker had no intention of listening, and the words seemed to explode in the ears of Yang Jingzhen and the others.

The young master gave himself a gift?

Now in the three northeastern provinces, can an officer like Zhang Zuolin be called a young master, is there a second in the world? God, what has I experienced as a student in the past few years? How big is this colonel's staff officer? And looking at this tone, it seems that I often see that Young Master Li, what the hell is going on?

Yang Jingzhen finally couldn't hold it back, and Zhang Zuolin was his own student, so he hurriedly took his hand and asked, "Yuting, how did Young Master Li know about me?" And you're here today? ”

Knowing that Yang Jingzhen would definitely be suspicious, Zhang Zuolin hurriedly smiled and said: "Teacher, don't panic, today's students really came to visit you, but they were seen by the young master when they went out, so they personally picked out some gifts for me to bring to you, and in addition, let me ask you if you are willing to go out of the mountain to help." ”

"Out of the mountains to help? Help what? I can't carry a gun on my shoulder, I can't lift a knife in my hand, ...... my hand. ”

"Teacher, how could you be allowed to do such a thing?" Zhang Zuolin couldn't cry or laugh, it seemed that the teacher was really a little frightened because of his sudden appearance and became an officer, and hurriedly said: "My young master wants to ask you and two gentlemen to help contact the teaching gentlemen in various places, and go out of the mountains to help him popularize basic education and build a new school."

"Universalizing basic education and building new schools?"

This sentence made the three of them look at each other, what day is today? I didn't see a magpie calling the door in the morning.

PS: With emotion, a hundred years of education, education first, if the word is used well, it can also do good deeds, but I am afraid of using the wrong place and asking for votes