With Zhu Di's edict, the magistrates, gentry, and village elders of the other states and counties in Beiping Mansion also quickly gathered in Yanwang's Mansion with maps of their various states and counties that could build Mengxue.

Then, it was reviewed by Zhu Fu and Guo An, and Zhu Di also took a look.

However, these states and counties are not as many as the people of Wanping County and Daxing County.

Naturally, there are fewer school-age children.

Therefore, in some prefectures and counties with a large number of school-age children, only four Mongolian schools can be built, while in prefectures and counties with few people, only three can be built.

Even so, those magistrates are very satisfied, and these are the merits of their tenure.

As for the village elders and gentry, they were all full of joy.

They all know that Shi Guo'an, the governor of Yanwang Mansion, prefers Wanping County, and then Daxing County.

Who made Wanping County and Daxing County the annex of Beiping City.

Now, they are very satisfied to be able to build four or three Mongolian schools in their state and county.

Moreover, now on top of Mengxue, there is an additional three-year primary school, which is equivalent to Zuoxue!

This is even more joyful for those gentry and villagers.

In this way, they will not have to invite some masters to teach at home after the enlightenment of the cubs in the family.

After a long discussion, some villagers raised their concerns.

"But Guo Changshi, with so many Mengxue, can you recruit enough masters?"

"The master in Mengxue can enjoy the same salary and treatment as the scribe of the Yanwang Mansion."

"In addition, within ten years, if you are a five-year master in these Mengxue, you can directly become a scribe of the Yan Wangfu, or you can enjoy the same quota as the Yanwang Mansion scribe, and go to Goryeo or the Wa Kingdom as an official!

Ten years later, anyone who has been a master for three years in Mengxue can add ten points when he examines the scribe of Yanwangfu! ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

A group of gentry and villagers were all full of joy.

In this way, there will inevitably be many scholars who go to those who are studying to become masters.

Only the faces of the Zhizhou magistrates hesitated, but after only a moment of hesitation, those Zhizhou magistrates slowly spoke: "His Royal Highness King Yan, Guo Changshi, in this way, many children and students have gone to Mengxue.

And the state and county schools in various states and counties are a bit wasteful. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di, Guo An and others couldn't help but be stunned.

It seems that from the beginning, they forgot about the state and county schools of each state and county.

"In this way, each state and county should build one less Mongolian school!"

As soon as Zhu Di's words came out, all the gentry and villagers were suddenly shocked.

As for those governors and counties, their faces were happy, and they looked at Zhu Di with anticipation.

It's just that after waiting for a long time, Zhu Di didn't mean to speak again.

And those gentry and village elders couldn't hold back any longer, and their faces were full of misery.

"Your Highness, the villages in our various states and counties are already far apart, if there are only two or three Mongolian schools in each state and county.

Children who are far away have to walk dozens of miles to get to school. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, not to mention the dangers of the country roads, there are wild beasts. It is such a long way that many children walk from home to Mongolia, but it is already dark and they cannot go to school at all! ”

"Your Highness, if you can't enroll all children in Mengxue, then the Mengxue that Your Highness has worked so hard to build will be a great waste......"

"This ......"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then looked at Zhu Fu on the side.

"Zhu Qing, there is some truth in what the squires and villagers said. Can the Mongolian schools built in Wanping County and Daxing County also have such a problem? ”

Hearing this, all the gentry and village elders couldn't help but have a trace of pride in their eyes.

It was because they paid attention to the Mengxue in Wanping County and Daxing County that they said this.

Sure enough, Zhu Fu nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, forgive me, during this period of time, Weichen has also received several reports from those who have learned from the master, although there are some children who are far away, but the number is not very large."

Zhu Di asked, "Why is this?" ”

Zhu Fu thought about it for a while, and then said: "Your Highness, only one of the five Mengxue schools in Wanping County and Daxing County is in Beiping City.

The remaining four are scattered in the villages below.

As a result, there are still fewer students in that situation! ”

There should be a lot of people who are still waiting and don't dare to let their children go to school at will, right?

Guo Anxin complained silently.

"I see!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and couldn't help but say: "Could it be that in other states and counties, four or five Mengxue also need to be built?" ”

With the previous lessons, Zhu Fu hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that we should combine the situation of the people in various states and counties to decide how many Xuemeng schools to build!" ”

The gentry and village elders were suddenly full of joy.

However, Zhu Di looked at Guo An on the side, and he felt that this matter should not be as simple as Zhu Fu thought.

"I don't know what a good solution Guo Qing can have in this matter?"

Guo An pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Your Highness, Weichen thinks that Mengxue should be converted into social studies!" ”

"Sociology?"

Zhu Di, Zhu Fu and others were all stunned, and then their eyes lit up.

Guo An has already spoken: "In the twenty-third year of the former Yuan Dynasty, the former Yuan court issued an order: All villages belonging to each county should have fifty families as a society, set up a president, teach and persuade farmers and mulberry as affairs, and set up a school, select those who are familiar with scriptures as teachers, and let the children enter school during the agricultural slack.

At that time, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places began to establish social studies. ”

Guo Andao: "It's just that social science is the most basic Mongolian science in each township, and it is difficult for the imperial court to supervise it."

Therefore, many officials and squires used social science to poison the people, and the children of the common people had to pay additional taxes, chickens, food, wine, and even additional labor.

It was like a hard labor to enroll the children of those people in social studies. ”

In the eighth year of Hongwu, His Majesty also ordered the world to establish a social school, which was also in accordance with the Qianyuan system, and each prefecture and county set up a social school for every fifty families to enroll private children between the ages of eight and fifteen.

It's just that since ancient times, officials and squires have liked to exploit and oppress the people to squeeze money.

It is difficult for social studies to be built in an all-round way like county studies, and His Majesty's thoughts on building social studies have also faded a lot. ”

"As for Beiping Mansion, His Royal Highness also knows that Beiping Mansion has been trampled too badly by the Northern Yuan, even if the King of Zhongshan has governed Beiping for many years under the order of His Majesty, and many people have moved from all over Shanxi and Shandong, so that Beiping can recover some vitality.

Therefore, to this day, the social science of Beiping Mansion has not been built. ”

For Guo An in front of them, he said that they, the officials and gentry and the elders, like to exploit and oppress the people.

The officials and gentry and village elders couldn't help but be embarrassed.

But there was no excuse.

This is a fact, if it weren't for the pressure of the Yan Wangfu in Beiping Mansion, and the long history Guo An took them to make money, they would not be able to help but bully some people.

In fact, it is not only easy to exploit and oppress the people, but also to worry about any consequences.

Now, however, they have not been exploiting the people for many years.

Zhu Di asked thoughtfully: "So, Guo Qing is going to establish social studies?" ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An nodded in response.

Hearing this, all the officials and gentry and village elders couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"It's not impossible!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness is merciful!"

A group of officials and gentry and village elders stood up with excitement on their faces in an instant and bowed to Zhu Di.

Guo An looked at the officials and gentry and villagers, and asked slowly, "You also want me to run a social school in Yanwangfu?" ”

All the magistrates and gentry of the county couldn't help but be stunned and noticed that something was wrong.

However, in the face of the temptation of sociology, I still nodded subconsciously.

Guo An's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "Social studies, His Royal Highness King Yan agrees to build it." However, social science was built by my Yan Wangfu, so I will not let these officials and gentry and village elders use social science to exploit the people. ”

Hearing this, the faces of the magistrates and gentry of the county governors and gentry suddenly changed greatly, and they hurriedly reassured.

"Please also ask His Royal Highness King Yan, Zhu Changshi and Guo Changshi to rest assured, Xiaguan and others are by no means like those corrupt officials in the former Yuan, wantonly exploiting the people!"

"The villain and others are also good families, and they will never oppress their neighbors!"

Guo An stared at the gentry and village elders for a long time before he said slowly, "That's what you said!" ”

A group of governors and counties, gentry and village elders, nodded hurriedly.

Guo An said again: "In this way, all the social studies built by His Royal Highness King Yan do not need to serve any forced labor, and you should treat them with respect and courtesy.

At the same time, neither those masters nor you are allowed to collect taxes, chickens, rice, wine and food from the people without authorization, and they are not allowed to condone the children of your families to oppress the heirs of those poor people at will by relying on the wealth and strength of their families.

I wonder if you can do this? ”

"Please also ask His Royal Highness King Yan and Guo Changshi to rest assured, the villain and others will definitely obey the edict of King Yan's mansion!"

A group of gentry and village elders hurriedly responded.

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded with great satisfaction, and then looked at Zhu Di, "Your Highness, I don't know if this is possible?" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, then slowly glanced at the governors of the prefecture and county, as well as the gentry and villagers, and said lightly: "What Guo Qing is worried about, we remember that it happened in Jiangxi and Fujian.

For this reason, my father was furious, how difficult it is to do good things!

In the past few years, we also know your good deeds.

However, in some good homes, there will always be some scum.

Therefore, after the establishment of social studies, we will send people to secretly inspect from time to time. If we find that anyone dares to use social science to oppress the people and the masters of social science, we will not spare it! ”

"Please also rest assured, His Royal Highness King Yan, if there is scum in the villain's family, no matter how severely His Highness punishes him, we will never complain in the slightest!"

A group of gentry and villagers hurriedly said.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then looked at Guo An again.

"What else does Guo Qing suggest?"

Guo An said: "Your Highness, in this way, there must be a lot of social science masters to be recruited by my Yan Wangfu.

Since they enjoy the treatment of the scribes of my Yanwang Mansion, then the masters who are traitors or do not teach well should also be expelled, and those who are serious should also be severely punished! ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded.

Guo Andao: "In addition, the knowledge taught by social studies should be in accordance with the regulations of the previous court.

Enlightenment should be "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", "Thousand Character Text", etc.

After the enlightenment is completed, you should learn the knowledge of the Four Books and Five Classics, history, arithmetic, etc., and also read the "Imperial Decree", the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and some etiquette such as crowns, marriages, funerals, and sacrifices! ”

"In addition, students who are not from social studies are not allowed to enter county and state schools, let alone enter academies!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded again.

In this regard, Zhu Fu on the side looked at Guo An with a surprised face, this is still Guo An who didn't know anything in the past, and could only make and calculate?

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(End of chapter)