A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 775 Confucianism and Inspectors

In the lobby, Li Banghua, the deputy governor of Anbei Dufu Mansion, Zuodu Censor Li Banghua was sitting a little decadently. Beside him, Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of the Xuanfu Mansion, also had a serious expression on his face.

When he arrived in Xuanfu Town in mid-October, Li Banghua looked haggard and aged a lot.During this period of time, he had a difficult life. Although he was the Deputy Chief Protector, he had no power whatsoever. Wang Dou didn't nod his head.

Wang Dou's treatment did not short him, he was provided with delicious food and drink every day, and he could also receive a monthly salary called "subsidy" from the Financial Secretary, but Li Banghua was not a vassal king, and he was treated as a Pig Yang, he is an ambitious person, how can he be so idle and full of food all day long?
But Wang Dou couldn't open his mouth, so he could only do nothing. Unknowingly, the number of times he went to teahouses increased. He understood Ma Guoxi's style at that time. He had nothing to do all day long. What can he do without teahouses?
The accompanying family members around him also changed from hope to disappointment. Those who said goodbye said goodbye, and those who were doing business and doing business all left him one after another.

In the past few months, Li Banghua had nothing to do, and Li Banghua also traveled up and down Xuanfu Town. Except for sensitive and vital parts, Wang Dou did not prohibit Li Banghua from walking, so that he could better understand the strength and power of this place. , At the beginning, my mind changed a lot.

What he recalled in his mind was the words Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong at that time, said to himself after leaving and returning to Datong Town: "Mr. Li, it is the most important thing to appease the Marquis of Yongning, bear the humiliation and bear the burden!"

Yes, when appeasement is the most important thing, no matter what, the Marquis of Yongning is domineering and he is still good to the people. He didn't raise the flag to rebel, did he?This mighty force still belongs to Da Ming, if the persecution is too much, and he becomes angry, Da Ming will be truly doomed.

What I can do is to try my best to appease and persuade the Marquis of Yongning to be more loyal. If the dynasty collapses, he can send troops to turn the tide and save the Ming Dynasty from the fire and water.

Moreover, the most important thing is that now I need a job, and at the same time to display my ambitions, I can gain Wang Dou's trust, so that he can pay more attention to me and increase my right to speak.

After staying in Xuanfu Town for a few months, he also understood a lot of local popular words, such as work, right to speak, etc., which were said by Wang Dou unintentionally at the time, but caused a stir in Xuanfu Town. What else? High-end atmosphere, high-grade, etc., are all new words in Xuanzhen or Daming.

Li Banghua sat and waited silently. What he was looking forward to the most in his heart was still wanting to work in the Education Department and control the students and education in Xuanfu Town.

He had been in Xuanfu Town for several months, and what impressed him the most was the education system of Xuanfu Town.

There is a school in every village, and the whole people are educated. There is no household in the town who does not want to learn, and there is no household who does not want to learn. This is very shocking.

People say that toughness cannot last long, and softness cannot be defended. If Wang Dou is only strong in military strength, then it is not scary.

If it is as strong as Meng Yuan, without the support of scholars, it will only last a hundred years, but paying attention to education is a matter of a hundred years, or even hundreds of years. How can Li Banghua not pay attention to it?

And the education in Xuanfu Town...

He remembered that day when he went to a fort near the town, which was not far from Wanquan Zuowei. It was considered a big tun. According to the current division of Xuanfu Town, it was a township unit. The locals called themselves Qianhusuo City. , the entire township has a population of more than a thousand households, which is equivalent to a thousand households in the past.

Li Banghua knows that Xuanfu Town is not as autonomous as the gentry in the rest of the Ming Dynasty, but is managed by the government and is responsible for local affairs.And as in the early days of the country, the general system of village chiefs was implemented, and even further, the Baojia system was implemented, so that the military force, like the inspection department, penetrated into every village and every place.

The total population of the township is about twelve guarantees, and there are hundreds of boys aged ten and under. All these boys must go to school to read and read. According to Wang Dou, this is called six-year compulsory education, which is compulsory. No one can disobey, otherwise the head of the household will be caught and sent to the mine for hard labor.

And there is no distinction of nationality within the administration, temporary residence, naturalized nationality, Han nationality, and children of Yi nationality are all like this, and they must all receive education.

They usually have a school in a township, Wang Dou calls it a primary school, just like the old school.

What surprised Li Banghua was that boys were not charged for schooling, and all board and lodging were free. How much would it cost?

In addition, there are girls' schools in each township, but because boys and girls have different schools, and girls are not forced to go to school, there is no disturbance.

In Daming, if the family has money, women also receive education, but they just invite private school teachers to stay at home.After all, the male leads the outside and the female leads the inside. A woman from a wealthy family will manage the livelihood and finances of her husband's family in the future. How can she do it if she can't read and write?
But at this time, we still pay attention to boys, even if it is free, only some rich and far-sighted merchants, wealthy businessmen, and daughters of officials' wives are sent to girls' schools, and there are not many girls enrolled.

According to Li Banghua's inquiries, the most numerous schools in Xuanfu Town are primary schools, which are found in every township, and there are also secondary schools, usually only one along the way.However, Donglu Middle School has the most, with five schools, and Baoanzhou has three schools.

The university is the Xuanfu Town Military Academy, the Civil Affairs Academy, etc., where elites gather.

In the Ming Dynasty, people were generally enlightened at the age of seven or eight, and then studied hard in the cold window, step by step from a child, to a scholar, to a scholar, to a Jinshi, and so on. There was only one way to pass the imperial examination.

Bao Gong was elected at the age of 29, and he became an official at the age of 39, which is lucky.

Here in Xuanfu Town, anyone can enter school at or before the age of ten. After receiving six years of education, they graduate at about the age of 16, and they are qualified primary school students. Many places are rushing to ask for it.

Xuan Town's business is well developed, and there are quite a lot of technical schools in the area. In particular, many commercial firms and factories are supporting them. They specially recruit these primary school graduates, support them to study in technical schools for a few years, and let them work in their own commercial firms after they come out.

However, for these elementary school graduates, the people of Xuan Town still used to call them Tongsheng. Later, the official also confirmed that only students who have obtained a diploma can be called Tongsheng, otherwise they are only quasi-Tongsheng.

It's not like other places in Ming Dynasty. Once you are enlightened, you are a child student, and those who fail to pass the exam are still a child student in their [-]s and [-]s.

Because it is a six-year compulsory education, Xuanfu Town adopts the principle of lenient admission, and all school-age children can go to school, but the graduation examination is strictly restricted.

Those who are admitted to the middle school are quasi-scholars. Because the admission of middle school students is strict, more than [-]% of the primary school students will be eliminated. Therefore, after they enter the school, they continue to receive free education. It means that these people were supported by the family in the past, but now they are supported by the government.

If they graduate, they will become official scholars. At this time, they are about 20 years old, and they can participate in the civil service assessment, become officials and so on.

Also because of the popularity of middle school students, the Education Department later stipulated that children are allowed to take the exam again. They can study hard at home or continue to go to school to repeat their studies. At this time, they will charge a fee, and then they can take the exam once a year, three times in a row.

After three times, there will be no chance. After all, after so many years of repeated studies, they still can’t pass the exam, which proves that they are not suitable for studying, and there is no need to waste family money and food.

It also avoids the fact that the 80-year-old boy is still taking the exam for a scholar, and his life is wasted like this, which hurts himself and his family.

The same is true for those prospective children who cannot graduate from elementary school. They are allowed to repeat their studies for three years at their own expense.Those who still can't graduate, go home without a diploma, and taste the pain of not working hard and failing.

Talents are higher, and those who can be admitted to the university are directly recognized as Juren, and graduates are Jinshi, assigned assignments, and appointed officials, because they are part of the most elite in Xuanfu Town.

Those who come out of the military academy, outstanding students, are directly awarded the rank of cavalry captain, and in the future they can serve as team officers, deputy team officers, and ordinary people will be awarded the rank of sergeant and become a captain.

Those who come out of the civil affairs college enjoy department-level treatment and work in various forts, the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Ministry of Supervision.

This is Wang Dou's educational approach to Xuanfu Town, popularize primary education, pay special attention to the education of newborn children, and when it comes to middle school, it is very strict, strict entry and strict exit, being able to recruit readers is all about learning excellent man,

It also prevents too many high-level intellectuals in the future, not to mention college students walking around everywhere. At this time, hundreds of thousands of students in Ming Dynasty are idle and have no way out, which is a great harm.

After going to university, there is only civil and military subjects, but the elementary and middle schools in Xuanfu Town, there is no distinction between civil and military. A man of both ends, a high-level talent in their eyes.

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After learning the details of Xuanfu Town's enlightenment, Li Banghua sighed for a long time, feeling more and more unfathomable about Wang Dou.

In his opinion, the popularization of education in Xuanfu Town completely overwhelmed the most developed places in the south of the Yangtze River, Suzhou and Hangzhou. Not to mention being the leader of the Ming Dynasty, the system is smooth and orderly, which may be the direction of the future education of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, this system also captures the powerful and elite among the people, and does not care about the resentment of the leftovers and the resentment of the people.

After all, anti-thieves have always been rebellious, and there is nothing to fear if there are no scholars to join, just like robbers, before Li Yan and others joined, they would not be afraid.But the more scholars joined, the greater the harm, and eventually became Daming's confidant.

And Wang Dou's strength in recruiting talents even surpassed that of Daming many times, it's really scary to think about it.

There is just one thing, not to mention the university graduates in Xuanfu Township, as few as Ming Scholars.

However, middle school graduates can take the official examination. Although compared with the students from all over the Ming Dynasty, there are many more opportunities for everyone to be an official and enter politics.

How to arrange more and more talents in the coming year?
Xuanfu Governor Zhu Zhifeng has been by Li Banghua's side recently, and at this time also went to the Tunpu Road.

He pondered for a long time and said: "So, this is the reason for the redundant officials and officials in Xuanfu Town. In fact, it is not redundant administration, but refinement. Daming's local governance is too rough, and the imperial power does not go to the countryside. It is also because the local officials are too Because of the small amount, we can only rely on the gentry, so the taxes are getting less and less. On the other hand, in Xuanzhen, all kinds of taxes are getting more and more. Acceptance, the reason for the smooth flow of officials and administration."

He said: "Furthermore, after these old students graduated, they also entered the local bureaucracy. If they were not as good as Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty, they would start as county magistrates. They are just scholars, how can they handle the taxation of tens of thousands of households in the local area?  … Not to mention the ministers of the cabinet, if they are good scholars, they will enter the Hanlin Academy, then go around in the capital, and finally become assistant ministers. How are they familiar with local affairs, so all kinds of strategies are often wrong..."

Daming also referred to Tong Sheng as elementary school students, and those who were selected as scholars or above were generally called old students. Li Banghua was not surprised that Zhu Zhifeng called them scholars in this way.

He heard Zhu Zhifeng say: "Everyone in Xuanzhen starts as an official, and when they become officials in the future, they will know local affairs well. Naturally, they are all general-purpose materials, far better than all scholars... and here are college students. , After they come out, they are all local officials, or small and medium-sized military schools. The more taxes they pay, the more they can support a bunch of redundant officials. They start at a low level, and they can be promoted to more positions, regardless of how many monks there are, but there are many political positions that can be arranged..."

Zhu Zhifeng finally sighed: "This kind of thinking is only thought of by the lower officials recently, but Yongning Hou has far-sighted considerations and thought of it early, which makes people shudder."

(End of this chapter)