Xinshun 1730

Chapter 214 Starting a New School

"Zhongxian is too modest, how can you be considered an ignorant old woman?"

"My lord, I'm not too humble. For such knowledge, what is the difference between me and those children? If you only look at this kind of knowledge, I am an ignorant old woman."

Kang Buxiu didn't feel that this analogy was an insult to himself. After following Liu Yu for a long time, he knew that there were so many unheard of knowledge in the world.

He has never heard of a lot of knowledge, but it does not prevent him from understanding.It's nothing more than a few new words, and you can make up the original appearance of the world in your mind.

Kang Busifeng is close to Lao Zhuang, and he is very close to such the origin of the world, and does not reject it.

After chatting and laughing, Liu Yu closed the door, dismissed the others, and talked about his plan with Kang Bushao.

Every plan has a purpose.

Liu Yu's purpose is very clear.

It takes ten or even twenty years to artificially create a new literate group.

This group must be separated from the existing scholar-bureaucrat class.

The economic base of this group must also be separated from the existing landowners of the scholar-bureaucrat class.

Ideas, values, and worldviews are completely separate.

They have to learn common sense, nature, mathematics, physics, and chemistry, so that what they learn is not used in the imperial examination, and they are completely separated from the existing scholar-bureaucrat class.

There must be an internal promotion system and internal digestion.

Including officers of the artillery, fortress engineers, engineers, and navy; accountants, internal scribes, and bookkeepers in the Chamber of Commerce; captains and bows of trading companies; heads of various workshops, etc.

Part of the way out for these people is to be in the navy, part is to work in workshops, and the rest is to go to sea as employees of trading companies.

In the future, the workshop will develop, and these people will also be hired in a limited manner.Official positions that the emperor cannot directly control are also given priority to these people.

Apart from speaking the same language and having the same skin color and hair, the difference between these people and the old literate class was even greater than the difference between the scholar-bureaucrats and the chiefs of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the late Ming Dynasty.

Before, Kang Bushao thought that Liu Yu had taken advantage of the disaster year to recruit a group of orphans to support the dead.

At that time, Liu Yu said that he would not support the dead, and Kang Bushao didn't know what Liu Yu was going to do.

Now that Liu Yu said his thoughts, Kang Bushao was convinced immediately.

Xin Dao's own situation was indeed much worse, he could only think of raising the dead, but how could he have thought that Liu Yu was going to make such a big commotion?

The emperor opened up a way to set up a practical school, taking advantage of the high sky and the emperor's distance, and the early stage was extremely secretive and could not see the harm. This is a big thing to do well.

Liu Yu didn't hide his secrets either, many things could not be done by himself, Kang Bushao could be trusted, and Kang Bushao would have to preside over this matter in the future.

After roughly talking about his thoughts, Liu Yu talked about his three-step plan.

The first step is to recruit some people who have a little knowledge of Western learning, mainly those who can't get into the Martial Arts Palace, but who have studied geometry since elementary school.

Use real money as a temptation.

Liu Yu started from scratch and wrote some books that could be read by self-study.

These books are at the level of common sense, such as the earth is round, all things have gravity, all things are composed of atoms and molecules, living things are divided into animals and plants, wound infections are caused by germs, etc.

Liu Yu paid for these people to study by themselves for a year, and then take the exam.

After passing the exam, they will be hired as teachers at a high price of three and a half taels of silver a month.

The first group of people didn't know much, but it should be enough to enlighten children.

At least when children learn to read, they can have an instilled understanding of the world. As for whether they really understand, it doesn't matter, as long as they have a general concept and impression.

In the second step, after the first batch of enlightened children have accepted the common sense knowledge, they will pass the examination and select those who excel in learning.

At this time, the orphans that Liu Yu had recruited while taking advantage of the disaster had also completed their studies in time.

The best of this group of orphans continue their studies, and the rest can directly serve as teachers, teaching the first batch of children who have generally received a general education.

Teaching higher basic knowledge of arithmetic, geometry, physics, chemistry, etc.

The third step is to pass the exam from the second step and select talents to enter the official school of Jinghai Palace.

In addition to the content required by the emperor such as artillery, navy, and engineering, Jinghai Palace Official School also added accounting, teacher training, and navigation.

The entire three-step walk is almost entirely from scratch.

It takes about eight years to fully complete a cycle.

But once this cycle is over, it can reproduce itself continuously in the future.

At that time, as long as there is money, as long as "free schools" are established everywhere, there will be thousands of people who have received new education.

These people have almost no other way out. Under the premise that the imperial examination remains unchanged, these people are almost outcasts of society.

These outcasts are educated, but they are rejected. The only place where they can hug each other for warmth is where Liu Yu lives.

Liu Yu may not be in Weihai or Liugong Island in the future, but no matter where Liu Yu goes, these outcasts from society can only follow Liu Yu.

Unless... the emperor announces that the imperial examinations will be reformed, and graduates of practical studies will be recognized as having the same status as scholars, candidates, and Jinshi.

If the emperor dared to do this, there would be no problem; but if the emperor could not, then there is another way to say it.

Kang Buxiu was startled by Liu Yu's thoughts, admired to the extreme, and couldn't help but think of those words.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was fortunate enough to see the new Jinshi coming out of Duanmen. He said with joy: "The heroes of the world have entered my nest."

In the past, the knowledge of Confucius and Mencius was a must-learn subject for the heroes of the world.If you are good at learning, you will be an official.

Today, if we want to promote practical learning, the heroes of the world do not necessarily have to learn from Confucius and Mencius.

But learning is learning, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people who have learned learning, can read and write, and are proficient in practical learning, but cannot be officials... This is an extremely terrifying force.

And at the beginning of this power, it was so weak that no one could realize the great power contained in it.

By the time I found out, I couldn't stop it, and it was too late.

"Zhongxian also needs to write a simple history book, the kind that children can understand, and there is no need to write too much content. It is a book to let children know where our ancestors came from and how they continue to this day. "

"It started from Zhou's destruction of Shang, enfeoffment and colonization, to Shihuang's unification. Then to the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, until the early rise of this dynasty."

"This shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Kang didn't hesitate to think for a while, if it's just to let the children get a rough understanding of history, it's really not difficult.

But it's not hard to say.History always needs evaluation. What kind of values ​​should be used to evaluate different characters?

Just like Wang Anshi, from a status similar to that of Qin Hui, now he finally has some positive aspects, so what should I say in this set of books?
It's like Han Gaozu's uprising against the White Snake, how should we evaluate it?Is it the alternate reincarnation of the five virtues?Or is it destiny?Or just resist Tyranny?

Kang Buxi knew that the set of books that Liu Yu asked him to write must not be that simple.

When such a book is on the market, it is estimated that no one will spend money to buy it.But if children are forced to learn, it will be different.

Children are born like a blank sheet of paper, whatever is instilled, they will accept.This is especially the case in history books. There are so many celestial dynasties, history is like a galaxy, there are so many shining characters, and how many scum, but what kind of evaluation system should be used to evaluate these people?
"Son, I can't say anything about this matter. But since you have said it, I will try my best to do it. Or, you can try to write an article? I will use this as a sample, so I can know how to write it down."

Liu Yu thought about it, and felt that it should be so, and said, "Well, then I will write a piece about King Wu's defeat of the Zhou Dynasty and the enfeoffment and colonization. You are a smart person, and you can know how to write the following after reading it."

Kang Buxiao said with a smile: "That's right, this is equivalent to the young master drawing a frame, and writing it out with every stroke and stroke. No matter what words you write in the future, it will not be able to surpass this stroke. If it is just to let children understand history, as long as you write With the framework, it is not difficult. But now that I think about it, I have to start from scratch, and there is nothing left to do."

Starting from the beginning, Liu Yu does not agree with the words "a waste of time is waiting for prosperity".The previous foundation has been laid a lot, and now is the time to harvest a wave.

"Your Majesty not only asked me to try to establish a practical school, but also asked me to save Jinghai. Naturally, Wendeng and the immigrant areas along the coast of Jinghai are the main ones. I can't stretch my hands too far. Besides, I don't have that much money. It’s not much money, and I have to subsidize the money myself.”

"I think so. Through the previous catastrophe, I have a better understanding of Wendeng's population and the number of acres of land. And the immigration areas in Vladivostok and other places along the coast of the Whale Sea are extremely easy to control. Try it out from these two places first.”

"This is where it's easy to try it out, how can you say it's starting from scratch?"

Previously, he helped Bai Yunhang to review his political achievements, implemented a series of reforms, and obtained accurate population statistics of the Wendeng area.

Wendeng has carried out a series of reforms that will inevitably lead to death, including the permanent tenancy system, the young crop law, and the pilot project of dividing the tenement into the mu, and so on.

The reforms of these people's political interests are still useful and have laid a good foundation.

After mandatory rent reduction and permanent tenancy, and the promotion of sweet potato planting, farmers in Wendeng area can basically guarantee that they will not starve to death, and they also have a little extra food in their hands.

In addition, the navy stationed in Weihai, the supplies consumed, and a large amount of salary have enabled small traders to develop and earn money from these soldiers.

I have also fully figured out Wendeng's population, acres of land, etc. before, so I can follow the example of the "General School Act" that will be issued by Prussia soon. All school-age children must go to school, and a part of the education fund is collected from each household. The amount does not need to be too large.

Vladivostok and other immigration places, where the foundation is easier.But almost none of those who went there could read and write, and for the time being it was the farming system, so it would not be difficult to promote it.

Liu Yu is guarding the huge dividends from trade with Japan, so for the time being, he can only try to implement a wave of compulsory compulsory education in places like this, covering a population of several 10.

This must not be promoted, because the court cannot afford the money, and it will never spend money to learn these things that have nothing to do with the words of the saints.

It's just that the emperor asked Liu Yu to try out the practical school. Taking advantage of this loophole, he can take advantage of it.

Part of the education funds was specially approved by the emperor, and part of it was paid by himself, and some was collected from the local people, which was still a huge cost.

Although it costs a lot, the money must be invested.The Qingzhou Army was raised by his stepmother. Liu Yu really felt sorry for spending some money, but it was very comfortable to spend on long-term education.

(End of this chapter)