"This gentleman, please show me your CD!"

The southern suburbs of Jinling, the first county school in Jinling.

At the gate of the school, there was a long queue waiting to enter the school.

The school's guards are checking the identity of the visitors and are not allowed to enter by any non-parents of the students.

At this time, at the position of the door, a member of the guard stopped a young man with a serious expression.

The young man was dressed in a patched blue coarse cloth garment, which was a little worn but cleanly washed.

The young man is ordinary, with a hint of kindness between his eyebrows, and at a glance he knows that he is a person with a gentle personality and is very easy to get along with.

"This is my document and invitation!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled and took out his paperwork and invitation letter, and handed it to the guards at the school.

Zhu Zhangui came to the school today, not to do any private interview.

It was his son Zhu Qirui, who told Zhu Zhangui yesterday when he was resting that there will be a graduation ceremony in the school today, and he, as the class president of the second grade of Jinling County School, will lead the whole class to participate in the graduation ceremony of the fourth-grade seniors, and also perform on stage with several classmates.

This is the first time Zhu Qirui has shown his face like this since he went to school, so he hopes that his father can cheer for him on the spot.

Hearing his son mention this, Zhu Zhangui remembered that the first batch of new students who entered the school were about to graduate from the county school and enter the intermediate school to study.

Although the school is next door to the county school, it is only a few steps away. However, this is the first batch of children to graduate, and the Wenqu Academy attaches great importance to this, and orders all county schools to conduct a report performance, so that parents can see the results of their children's learning in the school in the past four years.

The new learning of the Ming Dynasty was different from that of later generations.

I don't graduate in June or July, but in mid-November at the end of the year.

After the children graduate, and then the month before the New Year, there will be no holidays to let them idle and bored at home.

The school will arrange a graduation internship according to their individual abilities.

This graduation internship will be arranged in different jobs according to different ages and different content of expertise.

For example, county school students who are about to graduate, because they are still young, will definitely not participate in government affairs, or enlist in the army to fight wars and other things.

During the internship, they will be assigned to work in the county government and various chambers of commerce.

For example, helping the scribe in the county government copy some content, or going to several major chambers of commerce, helping to settle accounts or doing some chores and other things.

Don't look at the fact that these county school students are still young, but after four years of study, their own knowledge accumulation and cultural level are no worse than those of later generations of middle school students.

In this era when illiteracy accounts for 90%, these children can already be called little talents.

These basic tasks assigned by the school are still easy for them to do.

In addition, the imperial court will not let them work in vain, and after the end of the New Year's internship, they will be given some wages and New Year's goods, so that these children can experience the happiness of paying and reaping.

It can be said that new learning is not only the cultivation of knowledge, but also allows children to learn and accumulate some daily experience.

After graduating from university, if they do not return to school to teach, they can be arranged to various departments according to their personal strengths and easily take over these jobs.

This kind of education is many times stronger than the Confucian one.

Like many Confucian disciples who have been admitted, don't look like they are full of economic growth. In fact, after being an official in the following places, there is nothing but learning. Many things need to be handled by the master and the officials below, they don't know anything about government affairs at all, and some of them can't even distinguish between oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and grains.

In this way, if the limbs are not diligent, and the grains are not divided, they will only be the ones who make money and embezzle, and they are expected to benefit the people.

Hehe, to put it mildly, a pig in an official position can be qualified for these jobs.

In addition to a short internship after graduating from the county school and the prefectural school, the education on the new school side is almost half a month of classes and half a month of internship at the university.

For those with outstanding ability, Zhu Zhangui will directly arrange them to various departments of the imperial court, so that they can learn from this experience and accumulate a foundation in this area.

When these students graduate in the future, they can easily integrate into various departments and accept the work of the imperial court.

Even if it is a scholar with average grades, if he is placed in the local yamen, he is better than those scholars who can only do it.

"Hello uncle, I am Chen Jin, a third-year student at the county school, and I am the receptionist of this ceremony, can I help you with anything?"

Just as Zhu Zhangui walked into the school and observed the surrounding environment, a little boy wearing a county school uniform walked out generously and saluted Zhu Zhangui.

Looking at the little boy in front of him who bowed generously and had no stage fright, Zhu Zhangui also smiled and returned the salute.

"There is Mr. Lao, I don't know where my son's class seat is, please help me guide me!"

The little boy who was called Mr. Little for the first time was a little red with excitement, and he hurriedly returned the salute happily. He took Zhu Zhangui's invitation with both hands, watched it and said happily.

"It turns out that you are the father of Zhu Rui's junior brother, and the seat of the second grade is here, please come with me!"

As he spoke, the little boy stretched out his hand to invite him, and led the way in front.

"The little gentleman knows my son!"

Zhu Zhangui looked at the school environment while smiling and talking to the little boy.

"Well, we sleep together, see each other every day, often study and chat together, and are very good friends."

Knowing that the little guy in front of him was his son's friend, Zhu Zhangui began to ask about his son's performance in school.

I don't know if it's to cover up for my friends, or if it's the real situation.

According to this little guy's account, his little cub is very popular in school and is good friends with many people.

And he has a strong learning ability, and he knows a lot of things that the teacher doesn't teach.

Zhu Zhangui was not surprised by this.

The father and mother attach great importance to the education of this eldest grandson, and every time he comes home from vacation, the father will take time to teach his grandson in person.

In order to show that he attaches importance to new learning, the old man also asked Zhu Qirui to learn from Jin. When Dad didn't have time to teach, he taught 1-to-1.

Although Zhu Qirui is still in the second grade, his learning progress has reached the fourth grade, and even the fourth-grade students may not be able to compare with him.

As for the martial arts class, Zhu Zhangui specially arranged more than a dozen veterans for him to teach Zhu Qirui the art of riding a horse and archery to fight in battle.

This child is also very interested in this aspect, and has good archery skills at a young age.

In terms of melee combat, it is no worse than ordinary soldiers.

The child was very talkative, and finished talking about his little cub. The child then introduced Zhu Zhangui to the various buildings in the school, as well as their practical uses, and the little gossip between the students.

Seeing the little guy's eloquent appearance, Zhu Zhangui nodded secretly with satisfaction.

This little guy is good, he will train him in the future and become his son's right-hand man.

The little guy who was leading Zhu Zhangui into the playground never dreamed that just receiving a good friend's father today would make a earth-shaking change in his future life.

Zhu Zhangui was not the only one who entered the school who was led, but many parents of students were led by a little guy to find their children's seats.

Most of the people who come are elderly, they should all be the children's grandfathers or grandfathers, and there are very few fathers.

Zhu Zhangui is also very clear about this phenomenon.

Most of the parents of the new students are children of military families.

With the frequent use of troops in the imperial court, many people were conscripted into the army, and those who did not enlist also went to Ah San's side to manage slave farming.

It is for this reason that the school has two modes: residential and day school.

If the child is accompanied by a relative such as an uncle or uncle, the child does not need to live in the school.

If the parents are not at home, they can stay in the school. And the price paid is only to work for the imperial court unconditionally for one year when he graduates in the future.

Some people may ask, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, women were generally at home, why their mothers were not at home.

Actually, the reason is very simple.

With the opening of the road to the Asan area, the migrant workers also began to travel by land to the Asan work site.

Thinking about the time of leaving for too long, the husband and wife have been separated for a long time, if something bad happens, it is easy to affect future recruitment.

After all, no one wants to go out to work for 5 years, and then return home with the money from their hard work, and find that their daughter-in-law has just given birth to a big fat boy who has just given birth to a full moon.

Therefore, after consideration, the imperial court can go to Ah San to work together if both husband and wife are willing.

Men were allowed to manage slaves, arrange for farming, and inspect the territory of the territory.

The women can be responsible for drying the grain, and daily life.

In terms of wages, women are paid a little less because they are responsible for very little work and are more relaxed.

None of the workers had an opinion on this, but they were deeply grateful to the imperial court.

After all, in this era, women generally do some manual work at home, and the countryside at most helps their husbands take care of the farmland, and there is no such thing as going out to work, and there is no work for women in the outside world.

Now that she accompanies her husband to work, not only can the husband and wife live together and accompany each other, but also earn some living expenses.

The wages earned by the wife are enough for the daily expenses of the husband and wife, so that the salary and reward money received by the husband can be kept and used to build a house for the children and daughters-in-law in the future.

It is precisely because of this idea that many migrant workers set off for Ah San together as husband and wife, and the children at home were also handed over to their relatives, friends or the elderly to take care of.

They don't have to worry about the safety of their roads, and they are protected by the army along the way. Meals will also be provided at various stops on the road. Even if you are sick, there are doctors in each area who are in charge of diagnosis and treatment, and provide various medicines free of charge.

The imperial court can be said to have taken everything possible into consideration, so that these people who go out to work do not have any worries.

In order to better integrate his son into the people and prevent his wife from spoiling the child too hard, Zhu Zhangui also sent this guy to school and chose accommodation.

In this way, Zhu Qirui can integrate into the folk since he was a child and see more people, instead of being pampered and growing up in the harem and becoming a vexatious and willful waste.

Such an advantage is that when he inherits the reunification in the future, he will not be ignorant of the affairs of the common people.

After all, he grew up mixed with the people, what the people are like, his little cubs know it in their hearts, and they will not be fooled by the courtiers at all.

Zhu Zhangui and his father Zhu Chubby have also taught Zhu Qirui more than once that everything should be people-oriented.

Don't look at Zhu Qirui's young age, he also knows in his heart that he carries many people's expectations on his shoulders.

Grandpa hopes that he can keep the country that has been fought for generations in the future, and grandpa hopes that he can understand that the people are benevolent and love the people.

Although his father didn't say much, Zhu Qirui could also understand that his father's expectations for him were also very great.

With so many people's expectations, Zhu Qirui not only did not feel the pressure, but was full of fighting spirit.

He assured his mother that he would become a great emperor like his grandfather, and he would love the people like a son like his grandfather, and he would learn from his father and work for the welfare of all the people in the world with the world in mind.

"Uncle, this is your place, you rest here for a while, the ceremony will start later, if you have any requirements, you can call us at any time."

came to a playground, and the little guy took Zhu Zhangui to the viewing area of the parents of the students on the side of the playground, and stopped at a seat.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiao, when you have time in the future, let Rui'er invite you to come to our house to play."

got thanks, which made the little guy very happy, and nodded again and again.

He had been curious about his friend's house for a long time.

Every time this good friend comes home, he can bring him some very nice and delicious snacks.

But every time he asked where these things came from, his good friends would tell him that these delicious and beautiful snacks were brought back by his aunt, who was on an errand in the palace.

What a mysterious place the palace is.

He had always longed for it in his heart, thinking that when he had a chance to turn around, he would go to his good friend's house and ask his aunt what the palace was like.

"Temple..."

Seeing the little guy leave, Zhu Zhangui was just about to sit down in his position, sitting next to him, a man with a scar on his face, a broken left wrist, staring at Zhu Zhangui for a long time in confusion, seemed to recognize Zhu Zhangui, and hurriedly got up and saluted.

Zhu Zhangui hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed the other party, shaking his head at him slightly.

The man instantly understood that His Royal Highness might have come from Weifu for a private visit.

"Come, brother, sit down and talk."

Seeing that the people around him didn't notice anything unusual, Zhu Zhangui smiled and invited the other party to sit down together.

The man was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his head.

What are you kidding, how dare he, a small military household, be on an equal footing with His Royal Highness Taisun.

"Oh, if I let you sit down, you can sit down, today I am nothing, just the parent of an ordinary child, and our identities are the same."

"Besides, this is not in the army, they are all parents of children, there is no big or small."

Zhu Zhangui smiled and pulled the other party to sit down.

Sitting next to Zhu Zhangui, the man was nervous and honored in his heart.

Being able to sit with His Royal Highness the Grand Sun, and shoulder to shoulder, is a blessing that has done good things for eight lifetimes and can't be cultivated.

"Which army did my brother belong to!"

The other party can recognize himself, he is still disabled, he must be a veteran who has been discharged from the army, and he is a veteran who has seen himself.

"Return..."

When the man heard this, he subconsciously got up and stood upright.

Well, that's no need to ask.

From the other party's reaction, it can be seen that it is definitely the Shenji Battalion.

In the entire Ming Legion, only the Shenji Battalion, which Zhu Zhangui personally trained, would reflexively stand up when he heard the commander's question.

As for why not other forces and the navy.

The reason is simple.

Although other units have been trained in this area, the time is too short and it has not been integrated into the bones.

It's even more impossible on the navy's side, those guys who drift on the sea every day, because of the long stay on the ship, it is impossible for the military posture to stand so steady.

And when the Navy walks, it is very different from the Army.

The reason for experiencing storms at sea all year round is that when they walk, they will subconsciously stretch out their hands to keep their bodies steady.

What's more, when the Navy stands up, it will habitually grab the items around it to keep its body stable.

Seeing that the man was about to salute habitually, Zhu Zhangui reluctantly pulled him down again.

was pulled to sit down again, and the man said a little restrainedly: "The subordinate is the Left Cavalry Regiment of the Shenji Battalion, and he traveled thousands of miles with you to fight Mahamu!." ”

When Zhu Zhangui heard this, a trace of memory flashed in his eyes, and he remembered those two arduous attacks.

"How's the family doing now?"

met an old comrade-in-arms who had fought side by side, Zhu Zhangui was also very happy, and asked about the other party's current life.

"Thanks to His Royal Highness Taisun, his subordinates were injured when he was fighting the Mahamu camp, and after he recovered from his injuries, he was unable to fight due to his disability, so he was arranged to serve as a patrol in the craftsman camp, and he was not tired from working every day, and he still had a surplus to support his family."

Hearing that the brothers of life and death who fought together at the beginning are now doing well, Zhu Zhangui was also relieved.

For these veterans who have sacrificed their lives and bodies for the imperial court, Zhu Zhangui is very careful.

He didn't want these brothers who shed blood for the court to cry silently because of life.

Although the imperial court needs to pay a lot of money every year to support the families of these disabled and killed soldiers, Zhu Zhangui has never felt distressed, and even if the money on the part of the military department is not enough, he will post the money out.

People have given you their lives, and you can't even give up this money, who is willing to work for the court in the future.

It is precisely because of the court's subsequent compensation for the disabled soldiers and the families of the dead that the officers and soldiers on the front line have the highest sense of belonging to the court.

If nothing else, let's talk about military morale and morale.

In the past, if the army was short of food, as long as the news spread, the army would definitely be in turmoil, and there would even be desertion and collapse.

But if the soldier receives this news now, he may only be surprised, and then why should he continue to do it.

Not for anything else, just because they have absolute confidence in the imperial court.

In the past, except for the three battalions of the Beijing Division, other troops suffered more than 20 percent casualties, and they might lose their morale and fall into the brink of collapse.

But now the generals of many troops say that with the current soldiers' recognition of the imperial court and the morale of the army, the casualties have reached 4 percent, and they still have the strength to fight.

The improvement of military morale and morale is also manifested in combat effectiveness.

The combat effectiveness of the ordinary Ming army is now several percent higher than before the reform.

Such a big promotion and performance has also silenced officials who feel that they are compensated too much.

For the rest of the day, the two talked about the past while waiting for the ceremony to begin.

When the time arrives, the first graduation ceremony of the prefectural school officially begins.

All the students dressed in school uniforms and walked into the playground in a neat queue under the leadership of Mr. Ben.

The cohort of students, except for the first grade, and the upper grades, are all very neatly arranged.

Xinxue is different from the schools of later generations, the teachers in charge of physical fitness will not get sick often, and all the students of Xinxue are excellent talents in civil and military studies.

In the morning, they will study cultural classes, and in the afternoon, they will be taught the art of battlefield combat and the law enforcement in the army.

Saying that they are students is actually more like the Ming Boy Scouts, and they are strictly trained Scouts.

Zhu Zhangui once said that these children were all trained as officers.

After graduating in the future, those with outstanding ability will be able to serve as middle-level commanding officers, while those with average ability will have no problem commanding a 100-man unit.

Looking at the children who came out of the queue, Zhu Zhangui was looking forward to what kind of changes they would bring to Daming when they graduated from college and devoted themselves to various departments of Daming in the future.

The appearance of the children made the parents very excited, and they stood up from their seats one by one and waved at their children.

And the parents of the first grade are blaming the children who are looking around in the line and not walking well.

"Where do you look at you, bastard, follow Mr. well, and then make a small move for me, and I'll go back and beat you to death."

"Grandson, grandpa is here, follow the good gentleman, don't run around. Your grandmother is already at home, ready for you to eat, and you can eat it when you get back from school. ”

The scene was noisy.

As the group of students reached the playground, a middle-aged man dressed in a scribe's uniform and holding a loudspeaker walked out.

"Parents of students, students, gentlemen, the first graduation ceremony of Jinling County School is about to begin, please keep quiet."

Parents who were looking at their children from their seats, or greeting their children, quickly kept quiet when they heard this.

Out of respect for learned people, or do not want their children to be embarrassed by their actions, parents are very obedient, one by one honest and honest, for fear that there will be some out-of-the-ordinary behavior, anger the school's husband, and then implicate their own children, and be reprimanded by Mr. afterwards or wear small shoes.

When the playground was quiet, the scribe smiled and arched his hand at the crowd, and after saying that he had done his best, he continued to speak loudly.

"Let me introduce myself, in Xia Song Wen, thanks to the imperial court's attention, he served as the sacrificial wine of the first county school in Jinling, and was responsible for managing all matters of the college."

"Later, after the ceremony, everyone can come to the next place at any time for children's learning or other problems."

"Next, I will report to you the learning results of the child's four years in school."

"Let all the villagers and elders know that our school is really serious about teaching every child, and we hope that each of them can become the pillars of the imperial court."

After the brief opening of Song Sacrifice Wine, he began to talk about the situation of the graduating children.

"The graduation examination of this school is divided into three parts, namely the literary examination, the martial arts examination and the internship examination!"

"The literary examination and martial arts examination have ended, and the children are very good, living up to the 4 years of time, and living up to the teaching and dedication of you and our gentlemen, and have handed in satisfactory answers. Many of the students have even received perfect evaluations from their husbands and instructors, and I am confident that these children will ............ in their future studies."

The school's sacrificial wine speech, listening to Zhu Zhangui was drowsy.

Sure enough, both ancient and modern, the principals of schools are very able to speak.

Song Wen's speech made Zhu Zhangui seem to return to the moment when he first entered the university, and he always had the urge to lie down and sleep.

Zhu Zhangui was drowsy, and the other parents did listen carefully.

Although they couldn't understand some of the quotes from the scriptures, they had a sense of being lofty.

As an illiterate clay leg, I usually don't want to listen to these cultural people, and I rarely even have the opportunity to see them speak.

Therefore, many people cherish this opportunity, thinking about whether they can be edified, let themselves be enlightened, and can also hyphenate words.

This lecture is half an hour, and finally ends with Song Wen's blessings to the graduating students and his expectations for the students who have not graduated.

After the speech of the sacrificial wine was completed, the graduation ceremony officially began after the speech of the teaching director that Zhu Zhangui was worried about did not happen.

Under the leadership of Mr., all the students returned to the training room and began to change their military uniforms and prepare for the military military review to be held.

I have to say that the parents of today are much more qualified than the parents of later generations.

The children went to change their clothes, and the parents didn't speak, they all sat there and waited honestly, looking at the viewing platform opposite, and glaring at each other with Mr. Song Wen and others.

Song Saijiu, who returned to his position, felt this strange atmosphere, and his face was a little embarrassed.

He planned everything, but he ignored the gap between the end of the lecture and the students going to change their equipment.

Knowing this, I would have put my speech to the end.

In that way, everyone can go home directly from school after listening, and there is no need to look at each other so awkwardly.

We can't do that again next year, so we must plan our plans well.

Fortunately, the embarrassment didn't last long.

With the rhythmic drum beat, at the entrance of the playground, the children who changed into military uniforms, holding the Ming military flag and the school flag, lined up in a neat queue, and stepped into the playground with a serious expression under the leadership of the instructors of each class.

In an instant, everyone remained silent, and the school guards in charge of security and the instructors of the lower grades, as well as the parents who came to watch the ceremony and were disabled and discharged from the army, stood up to salute the Daming military flag and the children who changed into military uniforms.

At this moment, these students were no longer their children, but Ming soldiers who wore battle robes like them.

ps: The mood is bored and causes a pause in thinking, today is a chapter of 7000 words, let me take a break, watch the Xiaohuang movie, relieve my mood, and adjust my thinking.

Since I got used to writing six or seven thousand words a day, I feel weak and feel that I have written less.

I can't figure it out now, when I wrote 4,000 words the day before, how could I have the confidence to ask everyone for a monthly pass?