If we want to strengthen the country and enrich the people, and if we want to break the cycle of chaos that has been falling for thousands of years, we must greatly increase the productive forces, and we must move from the agricultural civilization to the industrial civilization, and the emergence of the industrial civilization stems from the first productive force change brought about by the machine.

And all kinds of machines are manufactured in batches, which comes from the development of science and technology, and the systematic emergence of science, from the discovery of various theorems and laws, and from the fact that people's cognition of the world has reached a sufficient level.

The development of science is accidental, but it is also inevitable, and many accidental discoveries are gathered and integrated to form the cornerstone of scientific cognition of the world.

It just so happened that Fu Xuechen, a traverser, carried these cornerstones in his mind, and later generations of scientists gradually built high-rise buildings above these cornerstones, and Fu Xuechen only learned a little bit of some of them.

However, as early as junior high school, she had already mastered the knowledge of modern science that took Western scholars two or three centuries to gradually perfect, such as Newton's three laws, Mendeleev's periodic table, mathematics, geography, and so on.

It is naturally the fastest and most convenient to directly build a factory and manufacture various production machines that can change the world, but now Fu Xuechen is only twelve or thirteen years old, and she is still a girl who is not so convenient to go out and do things, and it is extremely unrealistic to build a factory.

So why should she build a school first, start teaching from a young child, select the best among them, and cultivate scientific talents who can take charge of themselves in the future? Even if you can only build a girls' school at the beginning, what does it matter? There can also be female scientists and female doctors among women.

A person's energy is limited, and if a person goes to build a factory and build a machine, if something happens halfway, the person is gone, and science is equivalent to the necrosis of the seed before it germinates.

What if you don't rush to build a factory first, but focus on education first? If one person in five or six years can teach dozens of people with a level of scientific knowledge about the same level as that of a scientist in the seventeenth century, if these dozens of people are scattered and teach one or two classes of students respectively, in another five or six years, the same number of people will become hundreds.

Isn't it much more efficient to spend ten years to get hundreds of talents who have mastered the basic science of science, and then go out to set up factories and invent and manufacture machines in batches than to spend ten years building factories everywhere?

Only one or two people grasp the knowledge, it is simply a secret recipe, spread to a dozen people, dozens of people, still not enough, only spread to hundreds, thousands of people, the new knowledge system, science, only have a chance to survive and develop and grow, only more and more people learn, raise more and more talents, in order to bring about industrial change.

Therefore, Fu Xuechen decided to set the direction of his future efforts on education, and when the scientific power was still very weak, he tried not to touch the powerful Confucian education system, not to dig up the seeds of Confucian reading, and only focused on women and poor orphans.

With her hard work, the girls' school was built, and I don't know if she will be able to get out of the next step and the next step she wants in this girls' school in the future, but now, she has finally succeeded in taking the first step!

In the second year of Yuan'an of the Darong Empire, on the twenty-second day of July, Jinghua Garden was officially opened.

This day of the Chinese lunar calendar, placed in the Gregorian calendar in later generations, is almost the end of August and the beginning of September, which happens to be the first day of all schools.

So it was similar to the opening day of the school in later generations, after the grand lion and dragon dances, firecrackers and other ceremonies, a group of female students who had already arrived by car rushed into the Jinghua Garden.

The attendants who had already been transferred from the palace arranged a row of tables and chairs in the second gate, specially dealing with the female students who had received the admission notice, and handed them the corresponding student certificates according to the classes and classrooms that had been assigned to them in advance, telling them which classroom they should go to to report, and collecting their tuition fees at the same time.

The first day is used for the female gentlemen to move into the Jinghua Garden to live, and for the students to get familiar with the environment, so the school does not prohibit the girls from walking around, only the female guards and chamberlains on duty outside the second gate are watched, and men over the age of seven are not allowed to blend in.

The Qingwei camp also came, they are responsible for patrolling along the wall outside the school to prevent someone from sneaking over the wall to enter, but the outer wall of Jinghua Garden is very high, a cut higher than the ordinary rich and noble, and there are no tall trees outside the wall to climb.

In the school, Fu Xuechen completed the registration and payment process early, and found the fifth-grade classroom where he should be, located on the first floor of the innermost study building in Jinghua Garden, one, two, three, four, the second of the four classrooms.

Fu Xuechen didn't know any peers, and he didn't see Chen Wei, after recognizing the classroom, he left here, and there were many girls around him who came to find and visit the classroom, and it was not too late to meet his classmates when he officially went to school tomorrow, so there was no need to worry.

When I walked back to the front of the study, I coincidentally met Princess Zhiling who came out of the classroom, she was wearing a simple summer skirt, and the headdress was simple, and the little palace maid who accompanied her also changed into the dress of the palace maid, and she looked no different from the little maids of other families.

Fu Xuechen stepped forward and gently patted Princess Zhiling with the fan in his hand.

Princess Zhiling turned around and called in surprise: "Sister Xuechen! ”

Fu Xuechen looked at the classroom where Princess Zhiling had just walked out: "Are you going to the second grade?" ”

"Yes!" Princess Zhiling nodded, from today onwards, she is ten years old, and she does not want to go to the first grade under the age of nine.

Fu Xuechen thinks that it is not appropriate for girls' schools to grade classes according to age, when everyone is at home, their private lessons are different, some enter school early, some enter school late, it is likely that some people are young but have a high level, and it is okay to go to the senior grade, and some are the opposite.

However, now that the girls' school has been created, the teaching system has not yet been perfected, and there is no assessment at all, and the current level can only be distinguished by age, and those who need to repeat or upgrade have to wait for the end of a semester to see.

"I heard that those academies of Guozixue have to gather in the early morning of the fifteenth day of the first month of every month to worship Confucius together." Princess Zhiling asked with some envy: "Sister Xuechen, don't we really worship?" ”

Fu Xuechen shook his head and smiled: "Of course I don't worship!" The disciples of Confucius are all going to take the imperial examination, we girls are mainly literate, not necessarily to learn those Confucian scriptures, let alone the imperial examination, even if you want to worship, you should also worship Cangjie! What's more, what we have learned is more complicated, and we worship Confucius Sheng, so do we want to worship Shuzu, Painting Sheng, Lesheng, Weaver Girl, and Yiyin? ”

"There are too many ancestors who need to be worshipped, so it's better not to worship at all!" Fu Xuechen hoped that the teaching of the girls' school would be the first to get close to science, and where would he be willing to respect the Confucian Confucian Confucius, so he refused at the moment: "Instead of respecting Confucius, I think it is better to set up a flag at the school gate square to represent my Darong Empire, carry out a flag-raising ceremony, and teach students to be loyal and patriotic." ”

Fu Xuechen just said it casually, just to dispel Princess Zhiling's idea of wanting to imitate the Confucian Academy to worship Confucius, but Princess Zhiling listened interestingly: Set up a banner to represent the Darong Empire?

Although the girls' school did not erect any statue of Confucius and did not carry out any ceremony of worshipping Confucius, in the early morning of the official opening of the next day, all the staff gathered in the square and held a short morning meeting.

The purpose of the morning meeting is very simple, that is, to read out to all the girls the purpose and significance of the Holy School, to sing praises to His Majesty the Emperor for his benevolence and achievements, and by the way, to briefly introduce the current wine sacrifice of the girls' school, the third prince and the female gentlemen, so that everyone has an impression of the gentlemen, and usually knows how to meet and see the courtesy.

Si Ye Yuzuo is nominally just a deputy who does miscellaneous work for Yuzhi's sacrificial wine, because he needs to attend classes in Mingde Hall, he did not appear, but Yuzhi finally showed his face, this is a young man under twenty years old, full of bookishness, Fu Xuechen feels that this prince is very suitable for wearing gold-rimmed glasses again, and he has the taste of Sven scum.

What interested Fu Xuechen was that Zhu Jiuniang, a fifth-grade scholar and literature teacher, was appointed as the teacher of the girls' school, which was a higher position than Mr. Jiaoxi, almost equal to the teaching director of later generations.

After the morning meeting, the third prince Yu Zhi left Jinghua Garden, he will not come again if there is no major event in the future, the daily school affairs will be led by Zhu Jiuniang, and several teachers and gentlemen will discuss and decide, if there is anything that cannot be decided, it will be told to the six princes and let Yu Zuo solve it.

In charge of miscellaneous affairs, he is an old eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office who was transferred from the palace, surnamed Li, in his forties, and all other miscellaneous servants except for Mr. are under his control, and the coordination of the guards inside and outside the school is also in the middle of the contact.

Then the crowd dispersed, and each went back to his class to formally receive the education of the gentlemen.

Princess Zhiling and her two companions Cui Xiaoyue and Xia Qinglian were assigned to the same classroom, Xia Qinglian was younger, only nine years old, and should have been assigned to the first grade, but fortunately, she could turn ten years old at the end of the year, and she was a princess companion, so she was lucky to be assigned to the second grade, and she still continued to be the princess's classmate.

Entering the classroom, the three of them were still sitting in the same row of seats, and the two companions were one on the left and one on the right, protecting Princess Zhiling in the middle, fortunately, the other 20 girls in the same class were also from noble backgrounds, and the worst adults in the family were uncles, and a few of them even had a little kinship with the princess, so no one paid too much attention to the princess.

Their class was a book class, and when the gentleman who taught the book came in, the two sides greeted each other as usual.

Later, while introducing himself to the students, he took chalk and wrote his surname on the blackboard, and the students realized that the huge dark green lacquered wooden board on the wall in front of them was a tool for writing.

At the end of the first class, the husband left, and there was a small commotion in the classroom, and on the day of registration, everyone came into the classroom, but no one guessed the correct use of the dark green plank on the wall.

They all thought that this wooden board was used to order paper, so that gentlemen could write on paper, but it turned out that it was not! There was no pen and ink on the table, and the gentlemen took a small piece of white chalk, which completely replaced the role of pen and ink on paper!

Cui Xiaoyue looked at Princess Zhiling in astonishment.

Princess Zhiling hurriedly shook her head: "Don't look at me!" I didn't know there was such a thing. ”

Cui Xiaoyue's eyes lit up, and she said with admiration: "I really don't know who came up with it, you can write at any time, you can erase at any time, you don't need to lay waste paper, you don't need to grind ink, this saves a lot of effort!" ”

Princess Zhiling suddenly guessed: "Do you think this is Sister Xuechen's idea?" During this time, she was in the Jinghua Garden every day to help the gentlemen fiddle with the meaning of the new words. ”

Xia Qinglian whispered in agreement: "It's very possible!" Didn't His Royal Highness say that the idea of building a girls' school was the one that Sister Xuechen came up with? She had such an idea, wouldn't it be strange to come up with these things again? ”

Princess Zhiling smiled and said, "Sister Xuechen is indeed a very good idea!" She also suggested that I come forward and select a few capable students on this campus to form a student council to be the masters of our students! ”

Cui Xiaoyue was curious when she heard this: "Student union? Wear the pants? What do you do? ”

Princess Zhiling recalled a little and said: "For example, from time to time to organize some activities, such as literary meetings, poetry meetings, chess meetings, piano meetings, calligraphy and painting meetings, or some colorful competitions, and occasionally organize some small donations, to send some warmth to the orphans in the nursing home not far from here, etc." ”

"The key is that the student council can represent all students, discuss our own demands with gentlemen, and also protect ourselves from being completely bound by the rules of respecting teachers."

"In case one day in the future, the school accidentally recruits a bad gentleman who is sanctimonious and morally corrupt, and bullies some students in private, our student union can seek justice for the wronged students!" Princess Zhiling couldn't help but squeeze her little fists, these were all things that Fu Xuechen had taught her.

"I—Can I join?" Xia Qinglian hurriedly raised his hand quietly.

Cui Xiaoyue also looked at Princess Zhiling expectantly, and her expression was also impatient.

Princess Zhiling laughed: "Of course! I'm sure I can't do without the help of both of you! Sister Xuechen is also one, and then choose a few more suitable helpers, let's work together to get this student union up! ”

"When the time comes, I will take care of all the things that come forward to negotiate with the gentlemen! Let Sister Xuechen be in charge of helping the workhouse, and Xiaoyue, you will be in charge of the collection and expenses of the student union! Qinglian, you will be responsible for supervising and managing the members of the student council! ”

"Oh yes!" Princess Zhiling finally added: "Sister Xuechen also said that our student union should have its own newspapers and periodicals!" Just like the Imperial Court has a newspaper, it is dedicated to reporting some new things worth mentioning inside and outside the school, and it can also publish excellent poems written by students, which are published once a month, or once a month. ”

Cui Xiaoyue and Xia Qinglian were both Wenchen, and when they heard this, they immediately became interested, and hurriedly asked for details, they had also held poetry clubs in their social circles before, and they also tried to publish poetry collections.

It's a pity that the circle of noble ladies is not big, and the level of their poetry collections is not like Chen Zijin, one of the four famous ladies, who is so good that they are in the circle, and the things they come out of are purely self-entertaining! But now it's different, published in the name of the student union, it is guaranteed to be well-known among hundreds of students in the school, which is not much better than a few people publishing a collection of poems in private?!

Several people discussed and discussed, and they were more interested in this student council and the publications that would be hung under the name of the student union, and they really wanted to take action immediately and put these ideas into practice one by one.

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