The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son

Yes, there is nothing better than seeing the truth.

Emperor Hongzhi got up and looked at Zhang Sheng and Ma Wensheng: "Go, stay with me, go for a walk."

The emperor Hongzhi walked and walked out of the county government. The three layers of the guards and the third layer of the imprisonment surrounded him.

Not far from the county government office, as expected, the sound of reading came from far away.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up, and he looked back and looked at Liang Min.

Liang Min followed Ouyang Zhi step by step.

And Ouyang Zhi is like the tail of Fang Jifan.

I have n’t seen my teacher for such a long time, and I met today. Although the way of meeting is a little weird and crowded, it ’s not easy to tell the heart, but Ouyang Zhi ’s eyes, which are as old as waves, are rippling.

Fang Jifan followed the emperor Hongzhi.

He looked down at his feet and stepped on the shadow of Emperor Hongzhi. This shadow moved one step forward, and he also followed one step. He could not help feeling with sorrow. His majesty was really a dragon and a tiger. He really deserved to walk after Emperor Taizu Gao It's so pulling wind.

In front of us, there is a huge academy.

The reason why it is huge is because a college has an area of ​​tens of acres. Although it is not grand, it has a large scale.

Outside the academy, there is a stele with a school rule set on it.

After that, it was the plaque, and the book "Rongchengmeng Xuetang" was written.

Liang Min introduced: "This is a preparatory establishment by the merchants in the county. It covers an area of ​​67 acres and costs amazingly. There are 132 instructors, and there are as many as 3,000 readers. This It is the largest academy in the county. In the south of the city, there is another academy, which is smaller. In addition, there are three more in the suburbs ... "

"The merchants are also interested in enlightenment?" Emperor Hongzhi was surprised.

Zhang Sheng and Ma Wensheng looked at each other.

The layout inside is very compact. Bookshelves are lined up one after another. There are not too many landscapes. The bookshelves are waiting for their grades. Children of different grades are studying in different places.

Teachers dressed in kerchiefs and rushan, some teach children to study in bookstores, and some are still preparing lessons or resting.

Hearing that Sheng Sheng was here, the dean of the college was busy with a group of idle teachers. There were thirty or forty people, and they bowed in fear.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows and couldn't help looking at Liang Min: "Liang Qing's family hasn't answered my question yet."

"Your Majesty ... the merchants are interested in education, because ... the children pay for tuition when they go to school."

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

Liang Min again said: "This school, the tuition fees it receives in a year is as high as twenty thousand two. In addition, the county will also provide some subsidies, which is about two thousand two thousand a year. So, In a year's income, there will be fifty thousand and two. If you cut the expenses, this college alone will make a profit in one year, and you will have a net profit of two thousand and two silvers. "

Emperor Hongzhi was surprised, reading ... Do you still make money?

Fang Jifan couldn't help but take a look at Liang Min, this scum, can you speak, who taught you?

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I think money is second, and the most important thing is to teach and educate people."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Not bad."

Zhang Shengrao looked at with interest: "Not necessarily."

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi and Fang Jifan, two people who broke away from low-level fun, couldn't help looking at Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Shengxing said with great enthusiasm: "Your Majesty, all the so-called celestial beings in the world, are all profitable. When studying, how can you not count the accounts. When the old minister was young, because his family had a lot of surplus, his father built ethnography, and it also cost , Because the recruits are the children of the clan, so this cost is in the dark. "

Zhang Sheng then said: "Your Majesty think about it, if you can't maintain the expenses in the school, then aren't those gentlemen who are teaching too hard? These people, most of them are unsatisfactory readers, although they have merit, they are difficult Good work, no production, hardship at home, life is not easy. The minister remembers that the old gentleman who had been enlightened for the minister had a very bad life, even if someone gave him two eggs, he was also a baby It's terrible, I don't want to eat. "

"If such a large-scale academy can be profitable, the ministers see these teachers, they have no face, they want to come, and the days are gone." Zhang Sheng said, stepped forward, and asked a kneeling instructor: "Dare Ask the surname Gao. "

The instructor was startled and hurriedly said: "The last name is Zhang."

"Mr. Zhang." Zhang Sheng smiled: "You and I are still my family. I don't know if Mr. is here, what is the treatment?"

Teacher Zhang seemed a little hesitant: "The students are students who have been enrolled in the college. They have been teaching for half a year, and they have a salary of 45 or two a year. Although they are not many, they have to eat and live in the school.

Forty-five is less than some skilled craftsmen.

It is very rare to eat it all.

There is no burden, the pressure is also light, enough to live a decent life.

Zhang Sheng struck a beard and was happy, and his eyes were bright, saying: "Your Majesty, this is really a good thing for mutual benefit. If it is really profitable, the merchants will not have much to build a college to recruit more children to study. The readers can also seek a job. Since the minister took charge of the rites department, there are now more and more scholars who have merits and demerits. There are also many people who are in trouble in their families and have difficulties in life. They can not only place readers, but also be widely educated, and even ... Also profitable ... not right ... "

He looked at Liang Min: "How come there are so many children studying?"

Liang Min hurriedly said: "When I returned to Zhang Butang, the parents of these children were mostly artisans, some ... doing some small business, and even a lot since the farmer and the New Deal in Rongcheng County, many of them have earned some Silver, a year later, dozens of silver income, most people are ... "

Zhang Shengjie nodded his head. Sure enough, the tuition for five or six years a year was quite a lot, but ... if the family's life improved, it wasn't too much.

"Of course, this is not the most important." Liang Min said: "Here in Baoding, everyone pays attention to education. In the past, the readers were only for the sake of fame. The so-called most useless readers are because if the readers can't list the title, he The shoulders ca n’t be picked, neither the hands nor the hands. If the family is in trouble, the life will be even more difficult. "

Emperor Hongzhi kept nodding, and he knew a little about these things.

"But now, the people know the benefits of reading, and the so-called study is better, but even the poorer. If you can read and write, in Baoding, you will always find a good way in the future. For example, do this Teachers, for example, working as a clerk in the workshop, even if the business hires shopkeepers, people need to be able to read and write, and there are many senior craftsmen. If they do n’t know the characters, they are simply not competent. These jobs are of course far inferior. The title of the gold list is comparable to the ordinary coolie, which not only earns a lot of income, but also a lot of decent. "

"So in Rongcheng County, many parents are willing to send their children to study, and the school has been expanded repeatedly, which is still insufficient."

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized.

Seven thousand or eight thousand scholars in a county originally came out like this.

Emperor Hongzhi listened and laughed: "This is education, even if there is no need to worry about the government, everyone is willing to learn. The so-called reading Mingzhi, reading reasoning, if all the states and counties in the world follow the example of Rongcheng, why not worry about this education? Xing? "

Zhang Sheng and Ma Wensheng were a little bit unhappy at this time, showing a smile. Zhang Sheng nodded again and again: "Reading knowledge, you can learn, you can use it, you can use it, so that more people can learn ... The veteran ... has nothing to say. "

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help feeling emotion.

He suddenly said: "I used to think about how to rule the world. I once persuaded the peasants, ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and also promoted education, and even ... advocated thrift. I have been thinking Our peace and prosperity, why did I use countless strength, but I ca n’t always take a step, but instead, go farther and farther with that goal. "

"Today ... I understand that the so-called Dazhi seeks the people to be rich, full, and warm, and will naturally have something to ask for. There is no need to deliberately educate, and everything will come naturally."

Fang Jifan was also touched and said, "Your Majesty, this is the reason that the people are extremely clever. What the government has to do is just to enable them to support their families by their own abilities. Other things are naturally guided by the situation, and they are natural. "

When Emperor Hongzhi heard the school, the children read: "Zi said:" Gentlemen don't seek food and live in peace, they are sensitive to things and prudent, they are righteous and just, they are also good to learn ... "

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to think of his time when he was young, and he danced: "Education has merit, education has merit, Rongcheng County, education has merit, and it is a model."

Liang Min looked ashamed: "Your Majesty, you are not ashamed to be a servant. Eleven counties of Baoding Prefecture and Rongcheng County of Weichen County have the fourth lowest enrollment rate, ranking in the middle and lower. It ’s also not as good as a prince ... When the four characters of merit are not to be taught. "

Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes looked at Ouyang Zhi: "Baoding Mansion ..."

Ouyang Zhi was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, the enrolled scholars in Baoding Prefecture have reached 90,000 people last month."

Emperor Hongzhi breathed out a breath ~ www.readwn.com ~ with a solemn face: "This is the country's luck, it is my luck."

His face flushed with excitement, and after a few days of visiting, he suddenly discovered that there was a golden avenue in front of him.

In front of yourself, there are Fang Jifan, Ouyang Zhi, Liang Min, and many others, young, capable, but unable to name.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Fang Jifan has great merits, Ouyang Qing's family, hard work, and the rest of the officials of Baoding Mansion are also outstanding contributors. The new city can have such a success, I am very relieved!"

He took a deep breath: "Where is Xiao Banpan?"

Xiao Jing came out sourly, bowed his head and said: "The slave is here."

Emperor Hongzhi closed his eyes: "Let's make it, Baoding Mansion, listed as a model, Ouyang Zhi, promoted to governor ..."

"The governor ..." Zhang Sheng froze: "Your Majesty, this is the land of Gyeonggi. How do you come to the governor?"

Emperor Hongzhi shouted: "I said yes, there is!"