Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 291 Opening a School

Looking at Tang Ruowang's leaving figure, Zhao Wen suddenly had an idea in his heart.

That is, the entire Xuan Town has gradually stabilized, and the population of Xuan Town is also growing.

Especially in recent years, the number of newly born children has gradually increased.

It's not the same thing for so many children to wander around Xuan Town in a day, and it's time for them to go to school to study.

"This school can't be the school of this era, it should be the school of later generations, and the knowledge taught can't be all Confucianism.

A series of natural subjects such as mathematics in later generations should also be added.But if you want to teach these things, you can't just let me teach it alone. If you let me teach it, wouldn't it exhaust me to death? "

Zhao Wen walked up and down the hall, thinking about this question non-stop.

In fact, Zhao Wen thought about this issue a long time ago, but at that time, Zhao Wen had a relatively small territory and there were still many things to do, so he put this matter on hold.

"But it's hard to find a professor's teacher. After all, scholars in this era read the Four Books and Five Classics. If they teach mathematics, they probably don't even understand themselves, let alone physical chemistry. These things are more complicated and cumbersome."

Zhao Wen stood outside the hall, looking at the sun in the sky, "By the way, don't people like Tang Ruowang just come and teach me these things? Even if they can't teach other things, but this basic mathematics and physics can be taught. Yes Let these people teach."

Zhao Wen made up his mind and walked outside.

Establishing a school was a big event in ancient times, and the site selection, scale, etc. of the school had to be carefully negotiated.

These things can not be sloppy, no matter in ancient times or later generations, whoever is sloppy in education will be criticized by others.

After a while, Zhao Wen walked outside Liu Wenzhong's classroom.

He looked at Liu Wenzhong who was busy in the classroom, and walked in directly.

Liu Wenzhong looked at Zhao Wen who came in, stood up hastily, saluted Zhao Wen, and asked respectfully, "My lord, why are you here today?"

Zhao Wendao: "It's not a big deal, I have an idea, that is, I want to set up a few schools in Xuan Town."

Liu Wenzhong's eyes brightened, and his face glowed with excitement, "My lord, this is a century-old plan that benefits the country and the people. It is very good that your lord has the idea of ​​establishing a school."

Sitting opposite Liu Wenzhong, Zhao Wen said slowly, "Don't be too happy, my school is different from other schools."

"What else could be different about the school?" Liu Wenzhong was taken aback, unable to react.

Zhao Wendao: "Today, a group of Frangji missionaries came to visit me. Do you know about this?"

"I know, there were rumors on the street today that it was haunted, and then some people came here, saying that it was just some Francophones who came to see the Lord." Liu Wenzhong replied.

Zhao Wen nodded and said, "That's right, the people who came to visit me today are none other than Frangji, and one of these Flangji is the master of Qin Tianjian."

"Cut, barbarians are barbarians after all, and they will still be barbarians in a few decades, and they won't be able to achieve anything." Liu Wenzhong said with some disapproval.

Most of the scholars and Confucian scholars in this era are arrogant people. Sometimes they even look down on the emperor, so how can they look up to Westerners like Fu Langji?

In Daming, there are still quite a few people who think that our Daming is a kingdom of heaven, and you are just a small country of Quer, that's all.

These barbarians are all barbarians who don't accept the king's transformation, how can they compare with my Ming people?
Many mainland scholars and Confucian scholars are full of contempt when they mention these Frangipani.

This kind of mentality is very different from that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The purpose of the Ming Dynasty towards Westerners was, I will not touch you if you are in peace with me, but if you do anything wrong, then I will be embarrassed, and I can only ask You go fill the moat.

The same is true of Liu Wenzhong, who looks down on these Francophones from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenzhong like this, and said with a smile: "Confucius once said that three people must have my teacher, let's leave it alone. The most important thing now is to run the school.

My plan for this school is this, that is, the school should not only teach Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics, but we should also add mathematics and practical studies. "

Liu Wenzhong slapped his thigh, his eyes glistening, "My lord, even if you don't come to me, I will still come to you, the learning of mathematics and practical learning must be added to the school.

Nowadays, empty talk is common in the entire imperial court, and everyone can only talk in exaggeration, and there are fewer and fewer people with real skills.But empty talk cannot govern the country, and governing the country must be a practical study. "

"You're right, but I want to ask you something, do you understand mathematics?" Zhao Wen asked back.

"Study of mathematics? I really don't understand this, but there are people who understand it. Among other things, those accountants in the city can teach this science of mathematics. After all, these people have been calculating their accounts for a lifetime, so let them teach them. The study of numerology is just right." Liu Wenzhong said eloquently.

Hearing Liu Wenzhong's words, Zhao Wen couldn't help laughing. The accountant did know some mathematics, but compared with Tang Ruowang and the others, it was still far behind.

Zhao Wen shook his head with a smile, and said: "Those Francophones who came to visit me today have a very solid foundation in the study of numerology, I think we should let them teach the study of numerology.

Of course, students in the school still have to study Confucian classics on weekdays, but the proportion will be lower. "

"My lord, is it really okay to let these Frangian people teach? What kind of real talents can these barbarians have? Besides, people who are not my race must have different hearts.

What if this group of Franc robots take the opportunity to preach while teaching students?My lord, the Jinling Lesson Plan is not far away from now. "When Liu Wenzhong heard that these Frangji people were going to teach mathematics, he became a little worried for a moment.

The tragedy that happened in Jinling back then is not far from now, so we have to be vigilant.

Zhao Wen frowned tightly, what Liu Wenzhong said was very reasonable.

But these missionaries are probably the best in mathematics in the Ming Dynasty now. Apart from them, Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua's mathematics knowledge is not bad, but there is still a little gap compared with Tang Ruowang and others.

And now these two are the busiest two in Xuan Town, and they don't have time to teach students.

Zhao Wen thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "What you said is also reasonable, but the most suitable candidates are only these missionaries.

I think they still have to teach the science of mathematics, but when teaching, we must strictly monitor them, and we must not let these people take the opportunity to preach.

When they are in class, they will send someone to stay in the classroom and stare at them. "

"Since my lord has made up my mind, I can't say anything. Anyway, these missionaries are not some fuel-efficient lamps." Liu Wenzhong still has some concerns about Zhao Wen's method. After all, these missionaries are too troublesome.

"I'm responsible for everything that happens. I don't believe it anymore. It's just some missionaries. They can turn the world upside down." Zhao Wen slapped his thigh and said loudly.

"As for how to open this school, I think we should discuss it carefully."

In the next few hours, Zhao Wen and Liu Wenzhong had a careful discussion on how to open the school.

According to Zhao Wen's idea, it is to directly take out the school system of later generations. Although the education system of later generations has many flaws, it is also a very good system.

But when Zhao Wen spoke out about this system, Liu Wenzhong had some disagreements.

Liu Wenzhong feels that Zhao Wen's system is good, but the training period is too long, six years in elementary school, three years in junior high school, three years in high school, and four years in university. It's almost 20 years.

These 20 years are really too long for now, the cycle is long, the effect is slow, and there is no effect in the short term.

It doesn't fit the current social environment of Daming, nor does it fit the current environment of Xuanzhen.

After Liu Wenzhong refuted Zhao Wen's method, Zhao Wen frowned and thought for a while.

After a while, Zhao Wen said, "I think we can train them separately.

Build middle schools first, and compress middle schools into four or five years.

In the past few years, students with excellent grades have been admitted to universities for further studies.As for those with poor grades, let them become the productive forces of our Xuan Town as soon as possible.

But the primary school can't be given up either. Now the number of middle school children in Xuan Town is increasing day by day, and the strength of our Xuan Town in the future depends on these children.

So we manage in batches and teach in batches. "

"My lord, this is a good idea. In this way, the learning cycle can be effectively shortened, and it will be of great help to the future development of Xuanzhen." Liu Wenzhong kept nodding his head, obviously agreeing with Zhao Wen this way.

"You are right, in this way, it will really help Xuanzhen a lot.

However, I only control one general direction in this matter.

You'd better come up with a charter, and you will handle the specific matters. I'll take a look at that time, and if possible, follow your charter. "

"My lord, what should I pay for the school's Shuxiu? It costs a lot of money to start a school.

If we collect less from beam repairs, we will invest more money in it.

Although one or two years is not a problem, but after a long time, it will inevitably become a burden.

But if the collection is too much, it is estimated that most of the people in the city will not let their children go to school.

After all, reading is very expensive. Even if it is sent to read, it is probably with the intention of not being illiterate.

This level of reading is of no use at all, it is better not to read. "

In ancient times, studying and going to school was a very expensive thing.

A child is basically about 20 years from birth to the time when he is a scholar, except for those child prodigies.

In the past 20 years, I have been studying, and I have been spending money.

Families without a certain financial strength simply cannot afford it.

Moreover, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones used for reading are relatively expensive. Except for the pens and inkstones, these things are disposable and will be gone within a few days.

The prices of paper and ink are not low, and it is impossible to read without writing, so the consumption of these two things is very large.

Later generations said that it is difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family. In fact, no matter in ancient times or later generations, it has always been difficult to produce a noble son from a poor family.

And the later generations are better than the ancient times. In the ancient times, it was not an easy task to support a completely full-time child to study.

Even if the living standard of Xuan Town is improving now, and the money in the hands of the people is gradually increasing, it is not so easy to support a child to study.

When Zhao Wen heard Liu Wenzhong's words, he couldn't help thinking.

Indeed, reading is a labor-intensive and costly thing.

The students of later generations spend a lot of money on their studies every year, let alone the Ming Dynasty, which is underdeveloped in science and technology?
But education must be held. Without education, Xuanzhen will have no future.

Zhao Wen thought for a while, then said, "How about this, we will subsidize half of the fees for the six years of elementary school and four years of middle school, and we will subsidize the full amount for the university.

You can't give up this matter just because of the money. Education is a long-term plan, and no matter how much money you invest, it will do. "

"Okay, then I'll do what your lord said." Seeing that Zhao Wen had made up his mind, Liu Wenzhong couldn't say anything more, so he had to agree with Zhao Wen's idea.

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After walking out of Liu Wenzhong's classroom, Zhao Wen returned to his study.

The matter of the school has been settled, but the textbooks needed by the students have not yet been obtained.

Elementary school textbooks are easy to solve. According to Zhao Wen's idea, elementary school only needs to be able to recognize words and be able to do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

So you only need to take out the elementary school textbooks of this era, and you can use them.

After all, Mengxue in the Ming Dynasty was relatively developed.

But it is impossible for the textbooks of middle school and university to be so rough.

Zhao Wen sat at the desk with a charcoal pencil in his hand, thought for a while, and then took out some rice paper.

"The middle school textbooks should focus on the content of junior high schools in the future. Let's set up the two courses of Chinese Studies and Mathematics first. After all, physics and chemistry are still a bit esoteric for now."

Zhao Wen muttered something, and then quickly wrote on the rice paper.

"As for the university, it is mainly based on the high school content of later generations. After all, the university content of later generations is more esoteric than it is now. It is estimated that no one in the whole world can understand it."

Zhao Wen lay down on the table and wrote an outline first.

Writing a book is not an easy task. It is almost impossible to complete middle school and university textbooks in a short period of time.

At dusk, Zhao Wen dropped the charcoal pencil in his hand, twisted his neck, and stood up.

"It's not something people do, it's too much effort."

Zhao Wen felt a little bored when he saw that he had not written many junior high school textbooks.

In the evening, Zhao Wen returned to the study after dinner.

Not long after returning to the study, Liu Wenzhong walked in with a document.

"My lord, this is the school regulations I sorted out today." Liu Wenzhong stood in front of Zhao Wen and put the documents in his hand on the desk.

Zhao Wen picked up the document and read it. After a while, Zhao Wen said with a smile on his face: "Not bad, not bad, let's do it according to what you said above."

Liu Wenzhong's charter is not cumbersome, that is, to build four primary schools in Xuanzhen, each of which can accommodate [-] students.

Build two middle schools, each middle school accommodates [-] students.

As for the university, there is only one, accommodating two thousand students.

(End of this chapter)