People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 872 The usefulness of learning

"Send this multiplication table to the Imperial College." Li Shimin said in a low voice.

Zhang Gongjin replied: "I sent it to the Imperial College before, and Kong Yingda also accepted it, but the students of the Imperial College..."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "What happened to the students of the Imperial College?"

Zhang Gongjin glanced out of the window and said, "Old Master Kong Yingda has seen this table of multiplication formulas and knows its usefulness, but the students are different. The students in Jingyang are the children of ordinary villagers. These children are simple and clean like a sheet of paper. Blank paper, they are easy to learn."

"But the children of Guozijian are different." Zhang Gongjin took a look at Li Shimin's face and continued: "The children of Guozijian are all the children of the rich and powerful, and nowadays there are very few who are proficient in numerology, and more children like to read classics, history books, or Confucian books. "

Li Shimin frowned and said, "I don't want to learn mathematics."

Zhang Gongjin nodded and said: "Mathematics is a subject that is difficult to understand. It is very difficult to learn, and it is even more difficult to master it. It is very difficult to learn, and you may not be able to become an official if you learn it. The children of the rich and powerful are studying in the Imperial College It’s just for being an official, and it doesn’t matter what they have learned, it’s just related to entering the court as an official and inheriting the mantle of their parents.”

"For such children, it is a thankless task for them to really be proficient in numerology."

Hearing what Zhang Gongjin said, Li Shimin also understood the reason, and then he thought, in fact, there are many uses of numerology, whether it is marching and fighting, or overall calculation, all need the level of numerology.

Zhang Gongjin added: "Many people don't need to be very proficient in mathematics, but the children in Jingyang are different. Many children in Jingyang do not learn mathematics to be officials. Most of the children study here to Learn skills, so that they can have skills to make a living in the future."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Is such a good skill just to make a living?"

Zhang Gongjin nodded, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. The children in Jingyang who are about 15 years old are the first batch of children taught by Li Zheng. Seven of the children brought by Daoist Li Chunfeng have reached the level of masters in mathematics. , and even the same as Li Chunfeng, which also caused Li Chunfeng to teach those children while learning, otherwise, with the growth speed of those children, I am afraid that Li Chunfeng will have nothing to teach in the future."

"Chu Suiliang's is better. Calligraphy needs to rely on accumulation and accumulation. There are also a group of children who learn Sun Simiao's medical skills. Sun Simiao's medical skills are more difficult to learn, but children can make a living by practicing medicine as long as they learn a little. The most students are Yan Liben, Yan Liben's artisan learning is the most immediate, and after learning it, he can go out to find work by himself, which can be regarded as a skill for making a living, and the one who follows the least is the minister."

Speaking of this, Zhang Gongjin sighed, "Sometimes I think about what I can teach these children. Most of what I teach is about etiquette and behavior, so that children can understand some human relationships when they go out and deal with people, and Some basic etiquette."

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

"The existence of Jingyang Academy is to find a way out for the children in the future, to let the children have a foothold, but the children of the Imperial College, they study to become officials, and they are not interested in anything that has nothing to do with being an official. If the children of the Guozijian cannot be officials, they will not have the ability to make a living after they leave the Guozijian, but the children of Jingyang have the ability to make a living. You can stand on your own, and you don’t need to rely on your parents to farm for a living.”

Li Shimin said with emotion: "When it comes to teaching and educating people, is the practice that the Imperial College has always followed wrong?"

Zhang Gongjin said in a low voice: "The Guozijian is right, but Jingyang Academy is more suitable for poor children, and academies like Jingyang are more suitable for poor students. What children from ordinary families lack the most is a skill that can make a living, and can Reading knowledge, I thought that Li Zheng built this academy just to make a living for these children."

Laughter came from the academy. It turned out that a group of children ran out after class.

Zhang Gongjin took Li Shimin around the village again.

At the entrance of the village, here is the Jingyang Guard, and a group of six or seven-year-old children are doing military training.

"This is the training that every child in the village has to do before entering school. After half a month of military training, they can enter the academy to study." Zhang Gongjin explained: "The purpose of letting the children train here is to exercise their minds. Kids here learn how to stand, how to sit, as well as physical fitness, discipline, and better habits."

Li Shimin looked at a group of children standing upright in the sun and said, "Indeed, this is very good."

After walking around the village, Li Shimin came to Li Zheng's home in the evening.

When the little son saw Li Shimin, he ran up and said, "Father, my son can already do geometry problems."

Li Shimin looked at Xiao Si, who looked to be ten years old now, "What is the geometry problem?"

"Geometry is geometric calculation, which calculates the area of ​​various objects. Do you know, father? It turns out that various cuboids and triangles have very interesting laws."

"Really?" Li Shimin smiled awkwardly, "I can no longer understand what my daughter is saying."

Dealing with state affairs all day long, now that I think about it, I don't know that the little sizi and the childish slaves have grown so fast.

Li Zhi held the book and said, "Father, the teacher is cooking, and we can eat soon."

Li Shimin nodded slightly and sat down, looked at Li Zhi and said, "What have you learned in Jingyang for so many years?"

Li Zhi put away his book and said, "My son has been studying mechanics recently."

Li Shimin asked curiously: "What is mechanics?"

"Mechanics can also be regarded as one of the sciences, just like the assembly line in the printing workshop in the village, which is the embodiment of mechanics."

"science?"

Li Zhi went on to say: "In fact, there are many aspects involved in mechanics, and many aspects are used."

Li Shimin thought that the children in the village could make a living after learning skills in the academy, learning artisan skills and medical skills, all of which can make a living and asked: "I ask you, what is the use of this mechanics?"

Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "Does Father know about thrust?"

"Thrust?" Li Shimin frowned and became more puzzled.

"For example, the conversion of power. When we throw a stone, the stone will go towards the target. This is because after the stone is stressed, it will produce a force when it leaves the hand. This force can make the stone go further. ..."

Li Shimin had already heard it in a cloud, and his mind had drifted to Tubo, and he began to worry about the situation in Tubo.

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he asked, "Did your father understand?"

Li Shimin regained his senses and nodded hastily.

(End of this chapter)