Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2162 Yan Ruyu

The rich don't have to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millets in the book.

There is no need to erect high-rise buildings in Anju, and there is a golden house in the book.

There is no one to leave when you go out. There are many horses and carts in the book.

Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife. There is Yan Ruyu in the book.

The man wanted to read the Five Classics in front of the window.

Throughout the ages, there have been many articles and poems that persuade people to study, but this poem is probably the most famous and most able to inspire the hearts of scholars.

This poem was written by Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty to encourage the people to read and study.

Although this poem seems a bit vulgar, it is also the most suitable for some people's situation.

After thinking about it, Qin Tian wrote down the poem and handed it to Ma Zhou, asking him to spread the poem throughout Xiliang, so that officials from all over the country can communicate with those who have school-age children at home. They send their children to school to go to school.

The weather in Xiliang is very hot. After planting crops, the busy season of farming has passed.

If you really want to be busy, I'm afraid you have to wait until autumn.

In the past, during the slack season, these people might not have much to do, but now it is different. Now the coal mines in Xiliang, and some cement factories are all recruiting workers.

Many people are more keen to work in factories at this time, and then earn some money.

Although the time was not very long, the money they earned improved their lives a bit.

Lao Li's family has two sons, both of whom are seven or eight years old. If Lao Li goes to work, there will only be a wife, two sons, and an old mother left in the family. His old mother's health is not very good. Take care of my own mother-in-law.

So many things in the family ended up falling on the two children.

For this, Lao Li didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Boys were supposed to bear the burden of the family, and they didn't have anything to do. It was normal for them to entrust the housework to them.

But recently, there was a poem in their village that was very popular.

On this day, a group of them gathered together, surrounded by a cultural person in their village.

The so-called cultural people are people who can read and write.

"Old Zhangtou, what do you mean by such a powerful poem?"

"Yeah, there are this and that in this book, why are there?"

"........."

Everyone chattered, Lao Zhangtou had read the book after all, and his appearance was fairer and tenderer than the others.

Asked by everyone, he smiled slightly and said: "The meaning of this poem is actually very simple. It is not about what is in the book, but about many things that you can obtain through reading. After this person reads the book, he will Become smarter, and have a better business mind than others. People who have studied have poetry and books in their stomachs. What do you mean? It means good temperament. Look at those officials, they are all Compared with those of us, educated people, their aura is much better, these are all learned from reading..."

Old Zhang muttered something, and Lao Li felt a little shaken when he heard it. A few days ago, the county government sent someone to let his son go to school to study. He felt that studying was useless, and it was better to herd sheep at home. There is no consent.

But now listening to old Zhangtou's explanation, he suddenly felt that it made sense. If his son studied, he would be smart in the future. If this person is smart, he can make money in business.

Look at him himself, he doesn’t know any big characters, and his head is stupid, so he can only do coolies, but those businessmen, they have a flexible mind, and they make a lot of money by selling this thing. Sometimes he looks at it and feels envious .

And this Yan Ruyu.

His old Li's appearance is actually not bad, but he is not very knowledgeable. He finally got a wife in his thirties, but the appearance of this wife is really not flattering. If he can read and write, I'm afraid he will be able to marry a wife early, right?

I am a person with two sons. Could it be that if they go their own way in the future, they won't be able to get a wife?
Wouldn't their old Li's family want to cut off their children and grandchildren?

Thinking of this, Lao Li felt a wave of dread all over his body. It was terrible, terrible to lose his children and grandchildren.

So he didn't bother to listen to what the old man continued to say about the golden house here, so he hurried back.

"Go to school, both of you go to school."

Lao Li is very talkative at home. He said he wants to go to school, but no one dares to object. Anyway, he doesn't need money, so why not go?
The two children of Lao Li's family went to school in this way.

This poem was spread in Xiliang, coupled with the persuasion of some local officials, basically many school-age children went to school. After all, they are parents who are somewhat greedy for future benefits.

If reading is useless, they will naturally not let their children waste time going to school, but if they know that reading can change their children's future and their destiny, will they still refuse?
People are all profit-seeking, and people also have selfishness. In many cases, it is useless to talk about big principles, and it is enough to let them know that reading can bring benefits. In this way, education is much easier to do.

In one midsummer, scholars arose everywhere in Xiliang, not to mention Liangzhou City.

Those who came to Xiliang Academy to sign up could be said to have a very long queue. In the end, when Xiliang Academy started, more than 500 people enrolled.

This number can be said to be very huge.

There are more than 3000 people, there are more than 3000 people in the Academy of Datang?
Of course, the quality of these 3000 people cannot be compared with those of other academies. Many of the students in other academies are already considered scholars. .

They are also relatively old, and have reached the age of weak crowns, and their knowledge is also acceptable.

As for Xiliang Academy, those who are really knowledgeable and have reached the level of a scholar may only have a hundred or so people, and more people are in the stage of enlightenment. Even if some people already know how to read, many books have not been read. Pass.

If the other academies in Datang were universities, then Xiliang Academy could only be regarded as a junior high school.

However, Qin Tian doesn't care about this, because a single spark can start a prairie fire, as long as Xiliang is given a few years, these people can slowly reach the level of other academies.

And at that time, Xiliang Academy is not comparable to other academies.

Education is something that has to be done slowly.

Anything that is eager for quick success is not acceptable.

With midsummer approaching, the children started to go to school, and Xiliang Academy gradually got on the right track.

(End of this chapter)