So, he said to Zhu Biao: "Look, do you think these idle books are popular with the public? ”

"Not really!" Zhu Biao listened, nodded and said as a matter of course, "How many people like to read the brain-screwing book?" ”

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he asked him again: "If such a popular book is said to be the story of loyal ministers and good generals, is it that the people will recognize the loyal ministers and good generals, and use this as an example to learn from them intentionally or unintentionally?" ”

Zhu Biao's original face was with a joking smile, but when he heard this, he suddenly realized something, and then his expression became serious, nodded and said: "Yes, you have a point, it seems that these idle books may not necessarily be useless!" ”

Zhang Yifan led Zhu Biao to the backyard where the administrator was resting, in a remote place, and sat down to continue chatting.

I heard him say to Zhu Biao: "In fact, this can actually be regarded as the control of public opinion. In the near future, it will certainly be easier for literati to grasp public opinion. When the time comes, what they say to the people, the people will hear. ”

As he spoke, seeing that Zhu Biao was listening carefully, Zhang Yifan further explained: "Let's take Wang Anshi's transformation in history as an example, the Qingmiao method he launched at the beginning actually has a similar function to my money bank, and the original intention is good." However, the officials at the bottom saw an opportunity to make money, so they misinterpreted the Qingmiao Law, and they told the people that this Qingmiao Law was the Qingmiao Law they talked about, and it was not Wang Anshi's original intention, so the implementation of the Qingmiao Law was distorted. This is the importance of controlling public opinion! ”

Zhu Biao never expected that such a big topic would be triggered just from idle books, and it might even be related to the height of national security.

Moreover, he also admitted that Wang Anshi's example can indeed support Zhang Yifan's views.

So, Zhu Biao immediately became serious, and after thinking about it carefully, he asked, "Then do you have any thoughts in this regard?" ”

Although Zhang Yifan already had the goods in his stomach, he still pretended to think about it for a while before he replied: "I was thinking that the control of this public opinion must be in the hands of the imperial court and in the hands of my father." Otherwise, in the future, the officials below will misinterpret the intentions of the court and the intentions of their father, and the people will not know it, and the emperor will not know it, which is the best soil for them to deceive and conceal it! ”

Zhu Biao listened, nodded solemnly, and listened carefully.

"And the channels for ordinary people to get information, from the current point of view, because they are illiterate, so they can only listen to what the literate have to say. It has a lot to do with what the literate says right and wrong. If they were all literate, then the literate could not distort the true intentions of the imperial court. When everyone is literate, just like these idle books, the place where public opinion is controlled will shift. It may be a popular book, opera, storytelling, etc. In fact, there is also religion, the kind that the Yellow River stone people had one eye, which is also a kind of ......"

Zhu Biao really didn't expect that this public opinion control would be so complicated, and the details that he didn't pay attention to before could be a kind of public opinion control.

If Zhu Yuanzhang was here, it is estimated that he would have a deeper understanding of the importance of public opinion control than Zhu Biao.

At this time, Zhu Biao listened to Zhang Yifan talking eloquently. After Zhang Yifan finally finished speaking, he pondered for a while, then looked at Zhang Yifan and said: "So, the first step to do is to let the people of the Ming Dynasty be as literate as possible, so as to ensure that the people are not fooled by those officials?" ”

Zhang Yifan listened and nodded.

In ancient times, reading and literacy was actually a monopoly. Those who read don't want more readers to appear.

In the earliest days, it was the patent of a wealthy family, the patent of a scholar, and it was impossible for ordinary people to afford to read.

The so-called poor family is actually relative to a wealthy family, and it is not an ordinary person at all.

It was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties began to adopt the imperial examination system that this situation began to slowly change. However, reading still has nothing to do with ordinary people.

Even when the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty became the only one, there were still very few people who really read books. said that Hong Chengchou was young and his family was poor and couldn't afford to study, so he could only audit the private school and be appreciated by the teacher, but who knew that Hong Chengchou's father was a Zhensheng and his grandfather was a Gongsheng.

The common people of China can really study, but they will not be counted until later generations begin to popularize compulsory education.

What Zhang Yifan achieved in Xiangshan County is somewhat similar to compulsory education, but it is not compulsory, and it is induced by profit.

At this time, he took this opportunity to give Zhu Biao, the future emperor, the benefits of universal education, and at the same time to his father-in-law. If possible, I hope that Lao Zhu can go further in his social science policy, so that more people can benefit the Ming Dynasty.

There is no doubt that Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to teaching, otherwise, he would not have ordered the large-scale launch of social studies.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict: "Since Hu Yuan entered China, he has been ruined, polluted China, abandoned schools, and ruined human discipline." Since the military rebellion, people have been accustomed to struggle, Xian and etiquette, and now I have unified the world, and restored the rule of our Chinese ancestors. “

However, Zhang Yifan thinks that this is not enough, his kind of sociological promotion is also a little useful when he is in power, Zhu Di launched a martyrdom, which destroyed social science at once and regressed a lot.

In the Chenghua period, Yang Jizong was the prefect of Jiaxing, and he greatly promoted social studies, and ordered that "if the children of the people do not become scholars at the age of eight, their parents will be punished." "This kind of system is binding if it is formed. It's just a pity that this was just an order from a certain prefect himself.

At this time, Zhang Yifan heard Zhu Biao mention the topic of compulsory education, so he reminded him: "In this area, it is best that the imperial court must have subsidies, otherwise, some people's families will really not be able to afford to go to school." If the imperial court invests this money, there will be a lot more talents in the future, and the benefits will be endless. ”

Zhu Biao listened, nodded and said: "With Xiangshan County as a reference, I know in my heart, when I go back to Beijing, I will discuss it with my father." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan was happy.

Once the two of them reach a consensus, it means that the system of the two founding emperors of the Ming Dynasty will remain unchanged. After the compulsory education of two generations of emperors, the future achievements of the Ming Dynasty will get a peak that cannot be reached in history.

Subsequently, I heard Zhu Biao continue: "Second, it is necessary to control public opinion, including and not restricting the review of these idle books, operas, storytelling, etc., ......"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan reminded Zhu Biao: "Actually, if the literacy rate of the people of the Ming Dynasty is high, you can run a newspaper, which is a collection of paper to report all kinds of news, interpret the latest imperial court policies, comment on some things that happened, etc., it is easy for the imperial court to grasp public opinion and not be led astray by others!" ”

"This can be had!" When Zhu Biao heard this, he said with great interest.

Zhang Yifan looked at him and continued to give advice: "This kind of propaganda is popular, it is more popular, it is convenient for the people to understand, if it can be entertaining, it will be better." ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately thought of something, so he asked Zhang Yifan: "You mean, put your big vernacular statements, as well as the punctuation marks, is this the name correct?" Are they all popularized? ”

"yes, it's better that way." When Zhang Yifan heard this, he also thought of something, so he said to Zhu Biao: "By the way, I think that today's literacy teaching is still too slow and inefficient. You see, can you do this, invent a set of pinyin, that is, annotate how to read Chinese characters, and set a set of standards. In this way, as long as students master the use of this set of pinyin, they can read the words they don't know, what do you think? ”

"Hey, you have a good idea!" When Zhu Biao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "I think it's good, then you can make a set, and I will give my father a suggestion when I go back?" ”

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "I don't have this time, unless I don't have this county order and don't send me other work, then I can do it!" ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the official words were all left over from the previous dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang paid attention to this part.

If you say, at this time, give a set of pinyin, then what is the standard? Zhang Yifan can't call the shots, and he still wants Zhu Yuanzhang to make the decision.

The set of pinyin in later generations is definitely not suitable for this era. However, the idea of pinyin can be used.

According to the current actual situation, if you want to come up with a set of pinyin, it is definitely a nerve-wracking thing.

Under all these circumstances, Zhang Yifan will not be stupid to take over this time-consuming and brain-consuming work.

After Zhang Yifan refused, he remembered something, so he proposed: "Aren't there two people in the reading room next door who are full of poetry and books, just go back and let them do it!" ”

As soon as Zhu Biao heard him mention Song Lian's master and apprentice, he immediately laughed, let go of Zhang Yifan and said, "Okay, I'll talk to my father about this matter when I go back!" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Yifan with an interested face, and asked again: "Say, if you have any ideas, say them all in one go!" ”

"Where do I have it?" Zhang Yifan listened and shook his head, "No! ”

Zhu Biao didn't believe it when he heard it, and then asked: "Think about it again, it's rare for me to come once, and I can say whatever I think, so that I won't come in vain!" ”

"You're here for nothing?" When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately looked disdainful.

How many ideas have been practiced in Xiangshan County in later generations, Zhu Biao has already made a lot of money, and it is in vain!

When Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "I'll just say it casually, of course I didn't come in vain!" ”

However, after his request, Zhang Yifan really remembered something, so he said to him: "By the way, I remember, didn't I hold a literacy competition to get money a year ago?" At that time, the fourth brother was also there, and he found a problem, because the person who wanted to participate in the competition must be able to write his own name. As a result, you don't know, many people in the county asked for a name change, and the name was almost the same! ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was a little surprised and interested, and immediately asked, "What name did you change?" ”

Zhang Yifan looked at Zhu Biao and replied: "Zhang Yi, Zhang Er, Zhang San, Liu Yi, Liu Er, Liu San, Qian Yi, Qian Er, ......"

Zhu Biao: "......"

After being speechless for a while, he asked curiously, "Why is this happening?" ”

"Because it's easy to write! I asked, those complicated words, they have to memorize for a long time, not to mention, they have to write. Zhang Yifan replied, "From this matter, I think, is it possible to simplify our Chinese characters, so that the difficulty of students reading and literacy should be reduced, which is conducive to the literacy of the people of the Ming Dynasty, what do you think?" ”

There are realistic examples, and it sounds reasonable, Zhu Biao listened to it, then nodded approvingly and said: "This idea seems to be available, and I will also mention it to my father." Anything else? ”

Zhang Yifan thought about it, this time it was really gone, at least he couldn't think of what other measures could be used in terms of universal education, so he shook his head and said: "It's really gone!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Biao stopped asking him, and seemed to be a little satisfied and got a lot of useful advice, so he stood up with a smile and said, "In that case, then go and see what the two of them are doing, right?" ”

Seeing that he was full of harvest, Zhang Yifan was also happy, so he stood up and took him to the reading room of Song Lian's master and apprentice.

As a result, what the two of them didn't expect was that after the two of them passed, Song Lian's master and apprentice actually got together to discuss, so that they didn't even find out when they arrived behind them.

"I think that this algorithm doesn't seem right, A's strength only needs such a little bit to pull up such a heavy thing?"

"Teacher, looking at the explanation process here of the horse, the student thinks that there is this possibility."

“……”

Zhu Biao listened, turned his head to look at Zhang Yifan, and said with a smile: "It turns out that I was discussing your book, this is not an idle book, right?" ”

Hearing the voice, Song Lian's master and apprentice came back to their senses and hurriedly saluted the two of them.

At this time, Zhang Yifan had already seen it, so he said with a smile: "So you are discussing the physics related to the pulley group?" ”

I saw the book on their desktop, which was the part of physics knowledge that Zhang Yifan took the time to write, involving the calculation of pulleys and levers.

Nowadays, the wharf in Xiangshan County has been applying the functions of pulleys and levers. For this reason, Zhang Yifan wrote this part of physics knowledge, hoping that people will see it and be interested in learning it.

As a result, I didn't expect Song Lian's master and apprentice to discuss it.

At this time, Fang Xiaoru smiled and explained to Zhu Biao: "The knowledge of horses is always very practical, and on the dock, because of these, whether it is loading or unloading goods, it is much faster." There is also an explanation of the reasoning here, so I will take a look. ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most literati were pragmatic people who applied what they had learned, not the kind of utopians, so most people did not reject the so-called miscellaneous studies.

According to records, Fang Xiaoru despised the study of literary writing, and took it as his responsibility to declare the way of governing the world with benevolence and righteousness and to achieve the peace of the times, and he must attach importance to the application of the world.