7 Reading and Happiness
Shen San asked.
Let me first share my personal experience.
Like everyone in the audience, I have children and am a father of two.
I should know you better than the other three, and I never expect my children to be rich and rich, I just want them to be safe.
Of course, it is better to be rich and prosperous at the same time as peace.
When I first became a father, I was nervous and happy.
I don't know what to do, I'm afraid that I can't do it well, no one has taught me how to be a father, and I don't know what kind of father my child wants. Is it harsh, or gentle.
A lot of work has been done on this.
I have consulted many people who are known as teaching their children how they teach their children to be sensible and promising, and when I meet such a talented person, I want to know what kind of person his father is, and then study and learn some scriptures.
As long as my son is good, I will be happy as a father.
When the children grew up, I hired a master for them and taught them to read, and later the elders sent people to the clan to study, worried that my son would be taught badly, my wife and I checked each master to see how their character and knowledge were, whether the reputation was good or not, and whether the son liked it or not.
Of course, he didn't know any of that.
I think you have the same heart as I do.
The village likes bullies who bully people for no reason, and children who don't learn well will also tell their children to stay away from them and not hurt themselves.
As a father, he will protect his child and want to prepare the best for his baby so that he can live a better life.
Parents are the same all over the world, so I'm here to share some personal thoughts with you.
Now, Da Zhou has introduced an education reform policy, and soon, every child will have a book to read.
I'm sure you're struggling with what to do.
Of course, it is good to be able to read, but the people who read are not necessarily much more noble than the croppers, and some people are so black-hearted that they may be bullied by the rich and noble when they go to the school, these are all problems.
And money, it will also be a big problem.
You may think that how can the state pay for your children to study, it is not easy to support a child from a poor family, and even fight for a place in school, why is this year suddenly this policy.
Speaking of which, it is necessary to first say a conclusion.
Whether a person lives well or not depends not on whether his material life is rich or not, no matter where he lives, whether he sleeps on the street, in a dilapidated thatched house mountain temple, or a high bed and soft pillow, or lives in a palace, whether he has a house or not, but depends on his emotions.
Some people will feel happy if they can eat steamed buns every day, some people will be satisfied if they want to earn more silver and surpass others, and some people will be happy when they have the power to trample everyone under their feet.
So, people don't live in a house, but in their own emotions.
To educate children is to educate them to experience the joy of being a human being, to control their emotions, and to be their own masters.
Then the question arises again, how can we make ourselves happy, if we don't know happiness, how can we let our children understand the truth of happiness?
Some people may ask, how to behave and how to be happy, what does it have to do with this policy?
Could this policy still make many people happy? Aren't there a lot of people who oppose it? Whose happiness is it that is worth everyone's efforts to make such a big effort together, so that the whole week can be cooperated!
That big official? Are the opposing families still poor officials?
Speaking of which, everyone should have guessed that this person can only be one person, that is, His Majesty the Emperor.
Only the wish of His Majesty the Emperor is worth everyone's great effort, regardless of the cost, and it is worth emptying the treasury and spending many years to create a bright future for Da Zhoubo and fight for a future for the people of the world.
Maybe you don't believe it, the most worrying thing is that the children won't be able to eat in the future, and it is important to teach them the ability to eat first.
Is it because Your Majesty is stupid?
That's certainly not the case.
Under what circumstances do people feel happy, many people have never thought about this question, but I have an answer after thinking about it for a long time.
There are only two situations, one is when there is progress, today is better than yesterday, the present moment is better than the previous moment, whether it is financial or emotional, or even the progress of loved ones, as long as there is growth, the mindset will become better. The other is when giving, helping others, when interacting with others, one's own value has been proven, communication between people, the expansion of contacts, and when you are willing to give, there will be a burst of happiness.
If you haven't been on the ground for a few days, you will think about whether there is grass growing in your heart, whether the dealer has pests, and you will not feel at ease if you don't move.
No one likes a boring life, eating the same food every day, getting the same harvest, the same income, and when you stand still, the pain will take advantage of the void.
Because at this time, all the happiness you have gained has become something you already have, and the happiness you have gained has decayed, and standing still is going backwards, just like you have lost important people or wealth.
If a person only knows how to do evil, and most people respond with a tooth for a tooth, and when they can't find new pleasures, they are constantly hurt, and then it is even more difficult to reap happiness.
Neighbors help each other, give to each other, and take turns to solve problems.
And what about Your Majesty?
Your Majesty is far more comfortable being the queen mother than being the emperor, many people know the king of Luling, but everyone may not know what kind of person the king of Luling is. I know that King Luling is the same as many bear children, he is willing to give the best things to his most important person, he gets a treasure, the first thing he will think about whether his mother and wife like it or not, special filial piety.
What the Queen Mother says, what should he do. Whatever Princess Merriam-Webster wants, he will agree to as much as he can.
Because those are the people he really cares about, and his happiness is to give happiness to those he cares about.
But Your Majesty is different, Your Majesty and Gaozong have governed the country for decades, witnessed the victory of every war in the Tang Dynasty and the progress of people's livelihood, and have a very strong affection for the country and the people.
The emperor's family regards the world as private property, for the Ming monarch, if the people are not doing well, it is not as good as when the first emperor is in power, it is regression and dereliction of duty, and you see that the harvest at the end of the year is the same feeling.
That's why we have today's education reform. Your Majesty hopes to create a prosperous and powerful empire, not a world where Zhumen has frozen bones on the stinky road. And education is the beginning of all this, reading gives everyone the opportunity to re-understand the world, no longer stick to their origins, and take their destiny into their own hands.
Your Majesty can use the children of the poor family, and you can also use your children and grandchildren, as long as they have real intelligence, they can make the life of the people under their rule better, and it is definitely not an empty word to only learn by talent and not to look at their background.
Reading has many functions, and being an official in the imperial examination is only one of them, and it can also enrich life, communicate with others, and solve problems in life, and so on.
I'll give you an example.
When you see a beautiful woman, what can you say if you haven't read a book, this person is so beautiful, so beautiful, more beautiful than the widow of the king at the head of the village.
What will people who have read the book say, this woman has a beautiful face and affectionate eyebrows, sinking fish and geese and closing the moon and shy flowers, and her hands are like soft skin and white snow, which makes people fall in love at first sight, just like an ordinary fairy.
If you were a woman, what kind of compliments would you like?
From true beauty to real beauty, to the specific description of the beauty of appearance, this is the role of reading to enrich knowledge.
Of course, this is only a straightforward and superficial benefit, but what is the deeper level?
The ancients had clouds, poems and books in their bellies, and reading was to make a person talented and arrogant, and his temperament exuded from the inside out.
Reading poetry and books can improve a person's inner self, that is, let a person have mature concepts and ways of doing things. The process of having your own ideas and ways of doing things is what I call growth. Learn to distinguish right from wrong and recognize yourself from many people's different articles and opinions.
Books are the experience of his predecessors, and when there is no one around him who can guide them to move forward and strive for the direction of their efforts, they will take him to experience a different life and realm, so that he can slowly mature.
Education is absolutely necessary for them, what they don't understand, they can find answers from books, and then combine it with reality analysis, let them read as much as possible, arm their minds, and this will become an advantage in their lives in the future.
If you can read and understand the things in the book, you can learn more experience and grow better, even if you are farming. In the future, what you do not understand, your children and grandchildren will teach you in turn.
That's what I'm going to say to you today, read and embrace a better future.
After Shen San finished asking this, the audience fell into a brief silence, and the needles could be heard silently.
What a thought-provoking statement!
Unhappy because there is no progress, helping others is the second source of happiness.
They usually help people, but they don't think about it so much, they just do what they want, and now that they think about it, it's what the horse master said.
People live in their own emotions, and it has nothing to do with whether they are rich or not. It's really like this, there are many people who can't compare to their own family, and they have more smiles than their own family.
If you want to live happily and happily, you can only have long-term happiness if you start from your own changes, become better, progress and grow.
These words brought a lot of inspiration to his three subordinates, if they did a good job of summarizing when they came to power, put forward the truth, and then crumpled and talked about it, would they be as convincing as the horse master.
Several people carefully noted down the important content of this speech, and at the same time began to carefully scrutinize the details of the speech.
It's so hard to do!
They can only take their time, Master Ma is not an ordinary person, his ideological realm is so easy to achieve. They are really lucky to be able to follow such a master, learn from him, and even one day learn his philosophy and principles of life, learn the means and methods of his speeches, and spread these to the public.
It's so exciting.
The farmers in the audience are also thinking, what this master said is really reasonable, and he understands a lot. They understood every word, but when it came together, it wasn't something they could think of and say.
It's not like the first master said that I don't understand, the second master said it is also good, although the third master has a good starting point, but who can guarantee a certain high school, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, the imperial examination is too difficult, and the family will be hit hard if they fail.
Also, the fourth master said that His Majesty really plans to run education, and the officers and soldiers brought them here, this must not be fake.
It's really good, they have worked in the field all their lives, and they can actually make the baby recognize words, they are really born in a good era, and there is a good emperor.
It's a pity that you can only choose one teacher, if you let these dignitaries teach their own babies.
If you choose this, will you really teach them the baby in person? A good teacher is already a good background!
The excitement of the farmers in the audience was beyond words, and their excited faces were full of smiles. When the first three people spoke, they were still calm, but after Shen San asked and analyzed, they really believed it.
If King Luling is not filial, His Majesty will not let him come back, right? Your Majesty must be a person with ambitions and ideals, not a faint king, not for the sake of coveting glory and wealth, but truly treating the people of the world as her people.
There will be a good life in the future.
Shen Sanwen left a short time for everyone to think, he said too much, I hope it will be useful to the people attending today, if they can gain something, it will definitely be the best.
And only then began to introduce them to the voting rules.
Each person has two small pieces of paper as a vote, and let them vote for the master they want to choose for their children the most, either for one person or two.
Four people came to the stage in a line as candidates, and a wooden box was placed in front of each person. There is also a recycling bin at the back, if you are really not satisfied, you can put the ticket in the recycling bin.
These peasants voted very sincerely, and all of them voted according to their own wishes.
There were two votes in the recycling bin, Shen Sanwen won the majority of votes, followed by Ouyang Lin with five votes, Wu Shengyu with three votes, and Wang Cheng with one vote.
The internal competition, there was no ticket singing session after the end, Wang Cheng's face turned into a persimmon, it was too embarrassing! A lonely vote.
Shen San asked naturally that there would be no fluctuations because of this result, after all, there are still people who abstain from voting!
It's too faceless, he didn't even win everyone.
Now this score is barely passable, everyone else gets a single vote, and the other vote is with him.
After the vote counting, Shen Sanwen first thanked everyone for their support, and then briefly told the 30 people about the purpose of this selection, and promised to pay attention to the enrollment of their children, hoping that everyone would also support his work.
Then, the men were asked to leave.
Shen Sanwen suddenly became serious, and reprimanded a few subordinates sternly, "What did you all say?" Well? A group of peasants can't convince you, and they still expect you to carry forward the great cause of education! Not a single five-vote!
If you look at your speeches, especially Wu Shengyu, his attitude is perfunctory and extremely bad, what can be accomplished in this way?
Three days later, the next competition will be held, and you will start by convincing your parents, relatives and friends, to train your abilities and take this resolute task well. ”
Ahh
It's gone crazy.
(End of chapter)