Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 295 Reforming Sociology
It can be said that in today's Ming Dynasty, from the rule of law to the distribution of agricultural income and land resources, the grassroots ruling power is controlled by the clan, and even personal life, property and personal freedom are controlled by the clan, regardless of men and women, from birth to death In fact, weddings, funerals, and reading and earning a living are inseparable from the clan, but they can be separated from the court.

Many officials are idealists, but in the end they all follow the rules and even become the vanguard of the rulers to exploit the common people. It is probably because of the pressure of the clan. Sometimes in the eyes of many bureaucrats, the interests of the clan are greater than the interests of the country or even the interests of the nation. .

What Zhu Youjian wants to break now is the clan's right to rule over the grassroots of the Ming Dynasty, so that the central government can truly control the localities and even the grassroots. The patriarchs of most clan societies are gentry and country officials.

"As Liu Aiqing said, today's learning puts too much emphasis on the art of restraining art, and analyzing learning is just picking up the wisdom of the ancients, emphasizing one's own principles and principles, and not emphasizing the education of the world. The Ministry of Rites is responsible for the education of the world, and it is necessary to guide the world. Human thinking, for scholars, we must emphasize the way of being loyal to the emperor and patriotism. They know the difference between the Han people and the Hu people, what the 5000-year inheritance of China relies on, and let them know what the Ming Dynasty represents."

When Zhu Youjian said this, Liu Zongzhou and others also understood a little bit, knowing that as an official of the Ministry of Rites, he was nothing more than running academies and literary societies to promote the study of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and guide people to understand the difference between Huayi and Yi.

"The literati use serious learning, but the warriors and the common people need to popularize the way of literacy and education. Next year, the Ministry of Rites will unite with the education and administration of the provinces to supervise the social studies of the world.

Every village must have a social school, and the social school has an official position for teaching. Every [-] schoolchildren are assigned a teacher. Those who serve as the social study teacher will be awarded the meritorious service of the students for the children, and the meritorious service for the students, and the government will distribute the salary uniformly. It is the same as the instruction, and it must be carried out.

My requirement is that children over the age of seven in all places must not have unenrolled students. No matter what the household registration of the child is, they must study for three years. The social credits are divided into high school and junior elementary school. Each level is divided into three years. Those who have completed three years can go to middle school at their own expense Elementary schools can also take part in imperial examinations. My purpose of doing this is to make sure that after the Ming Dynasty, no matter whether it is in the countryside or in the city, as long as they are the people of my Ming Dynasty, they must not be illiterate, and cannot know the thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism! "

Liu Zongzhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was quite horrified, and he was even so excited that he was at a loss.

He did not expect that His Majesty Zhu Youjian had already had an idea. The former founded the Tianxia Academy and the Wenshe, and he quite agreed. Since the end of Wanli, the Tianxia Academy forum has flourished again, and teaching studies has become popular, but what he did not expect is the latter :
"Your Majesty wants to change the system of social studies in the world, and intends to educate the common people in the world. It can be said that it is not good governance, but if this is the case, will it not increase the expenditure of the court?"

"It doesn't matter. I will halve my meal size in the future. I don't have to cook dozens of big dishes again and again. I will change to an a la carte system in the future. The emperor's pomp is not like this. In addition, after the Ming Dynasty, the tax is part of the high salary and high income. Those, including your contribution income from Guanghua Daily and other newspapers and periodicals, and the fees paid by high-paying people such as shopkeepers in various companies and workshops are independently used as funding for education. In the future, there will be unified management of scenic spots in various places by the Ministry of Rites Fees are charged, and the profits earned are also used as student aid, which is more than enough to satisfy Daming's children in school for three years and to support teachers and scholars;

In addition, folk gentry are still encouraged to open private schools and academies. If the heads of private schools and academies have no background, they will be awarded to the teaching officials, and the private schools or academies will be awarded honors by the same social studies students. Their students are equivalent to social studies students and can participate in imperial examinations and other types of Ming Dynasty. Selection exams, but students in private schools and academies are not free, and the government does not provide salary support. "

When Zhu Youjian said this, Liu Zongzhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Huang Daozhou, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Siren, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, were all very surprised. They did not expect that His Majesty would not hesitate to reduce the size of the royal meal in order to complete such a great cause of aiding students, and also allocated tax types separately student aid.

"Your Majesty's move can be said to be unprecedented, and the king of the prosperous age is hard to match His Majesty's benevolence. On behalf of the students of the world, I first kowtow to the Holy Lord Long En."

Huang Daozhou, a famous minister of Neo Confucianism, is in charge of imperial examinations and school education affairs full-time. Now he naturally has to express it first, and he is indeed grateful to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian hurriedly asked Shi Kefa to support Huang Daozhou: "You don't have to be like this, for the sake of the future of the Ming Dynasty, and for the eternal life of our Han people to live on the top of the world, this is what you and I should do. Next year you will have Confidence made it happen?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will not disgrace His Majesty's order, but I don't understand one thing, what is the management fee for scenic spots in the world, does Your Majesty mean that the imperial court manages the scenic spots in the world, and it is impossible to collect fees?"

When Huang Daozhou asked this question, Zhu Youjian nodded: "The tombs of loyal and virtuous ministers, the land of Zhongling Yuxiu, and the relics of Xiangxian emperors all need to be maintained. This is the treasure of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire Han people. , There must be a lot of traveling around, how to maintain it without charging fees, and most of the people who visit the world are rich, just take a small profit from it to help teaching."

With Zhu Youjian's explanation, Huang Daozhou understood that most of the people visiting the world's famous sites are literati and scholars. His Majesty meant to collect money from literati and scholars again, but His Majesty used the money to support literati. It's not easy for him to say anything about the scholar's study.

"In addition, after this implementation, there will be an urgent shortage of scholars in sociology all over the world. Scholars all over the world will focus on careers and official careers, and neglect teaching careers. In the future, I will make a decree. From the 19th year of Chongzhen, all those who have been teaching for three years will be the same. Guozijian students can directly participate in the provincial examination, and they should be marked separately when marking the papers. There should be no less than [-] people with teaching experience on the examination list, and the provincial examinations can be deduced according to the same ratio. Only in this way can the scholars of the world be enthusiastic about teaching. !"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Huang Daozhou, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, nodded and did not refute. In his opinion, His Majesty's move can be regarded as changing the career of the imperial examination. The means of sub-employment.

But it is much better than giving Jinshi background to people who have not taken the road of career, and since Chongzhen, the state system has already been disordered, which has caused the sudden increase of Jinshi, and he, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, naturally did not want to stop Zhu You Check the meaning of doing so.

(End of this chapter)