Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 749 Population Statistics of Ming Dynasty, 6000 million people, nine-year obligation!
"According to the current situation of the imperial court, it is undoubtedly unrealistic to implement nine-year basic education in all 24 provinces in the two capitals."

"Whether it is the talents reserved by the imperial court, or funds, or related educational resources, they are not enough to support the completion of all, or even half of the plan."

"If you want to do it, you can only do it step by step."

Lu Xiangsheng slowly talked about the current situation of Daming.

Indeed, Da Ming is big, Da Ming is very strong, and Da Ming is very rich.

But Daming, there are too many people.

There are 24 provinces in the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty, with more than [-] million households under their jurisdiction. Today, the population of the Ming Dynasty is more than [-] million.

And with such a huge population, if you want to satisfy their basic education, not to mention the lack of money, even enough teachers can't be found!

Zhang Ruitu, as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the most concerned about this matter, because the education that spreads all over the world is a great prestige, whether he is the second minister of the cabinet or the minister of the Ministry of Rites. promote.

As the minister of the Ministry of Rites and in charge of the world's education, Zhang Ruitu is very aware of the massive resources needed for the new party's plan.

Fu Xu smiled, Zhang Ruitu obviously had a plan long ago: "The old man also knows what Xiang Lu said."

"If the nine-year basic education is to be fully implemented in the 24 provinces of Daming and Beijing, it needs to be done step by step."

"Now, it might be a good idea to use one or two places as a pilot first. On the one hand, we will experiment with the nine-year basic education, and on the other hand, we will also accumulate talents for the future."

Huang Liji asked: "This pilot site is too small to be effective, at least it needs to be a place with several counties to be effective."

"Where did Jisuke get chosen?"

Zhang Ruitu said: "The current situation, in fact, everyone can see clearly that if we want to implement the nine-year basic education, it is unrealistic in the south. We must first step by step in the north."

"When the north gets used to it and there are enough talents, it can be pushed to the south at one go. At that time, wherever the New Deal covers, the nine-year basic education can be implemented."

"Right now, we might as well build on the old foundation and cover Zhili and Shandong first."

Zhili, Shandong.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the place where the new party started is an old foundation.

If the nine-year education is carried out in these two places, there will never be any problems with the new party's deep roots in the grassroots over the years.

Zhang Haogu nodded: "It's feasible. Now Zhili and Shandong are promoting nine-year basic education. The imperial government allocates funds, and local implementation, with prefectures and counties as units, to implement."

"These nine years of basic education are for the great plan of the imperial court. It is to cultivate enough talents for the Ming Dynasty and prepare for the broadening of the wisdom of the people. This plan is led by the Ministry of Rites and made corresponding preparations and research."

Zhang Ruitu said with a smile: "Yuanfu don't worry, the Ministry of Rites has already made preparations."

Qian Qianyi asked: "Such a huge plan now covers both Zhili and Shandong. Who is the right person in charge of this plan?"

Zhang Haogu said: "The Ministry of Rites takes the lead in this plan, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Industry will follow up; the Education Department of the Ministry of Rites is in charge, and the secondary assistant leads. The first is to lay the nine-year education as the main focus, and the national examination will be slowly advanced."

Qian Qianyi stopped talking.

This kind of plan involves the transfer of personnel and the direction of funds. It does require high officials from the imperial court to sit in charge. The minister of the Education Department of the Ministry of Rites is in charge, and a cabinet elder is the leader. It is the most stable.

"The old man agrees." Huang Liji said. Anyway, he doesn't have much power now, and this matter has nothing to do with him. Since the nine-year basic education covers Zhili, his hometown is naturally included, so what else can he say? of.

Qiao Yunsheng nodded: "I agree."

Qian Qianyi also nodded in approval.

Seeing that everyone agrees, Zhang Haogu looked at Zhang Ruitu: "The assistant, I will leave this matter to you."

Zhang Ruitu chuckled: "Yuanfu, don't worry, the old man will definitely sit in charge of this matter."

This promotion of education is the right thing for the Ministry of Rites.

And people all over the world focus on education, and they all know that children need to read and write to have a good future.

Zhang Ruitu is naturally happy to do something that can gain popularity and prestige in this way, and he is still doing it in the new party and on his own territory, so what can go wrong?
Even Zhang Ruitu was thinking that with the thorough promotion of basic education in the past nine years, as the main person in charge, at least he could set up a monument to write a biography, leave a name in history, and it is not impossible for thousands of families to become Buddhas.

After the cabinet meeting confirmed the implementation of the nine-year education, it is natural that it will be implemented at the court meeting.

But before that, Zhang Haogu and Zhang Ruitu, the main person in charge, still have something to talk about.

"Yuanfu, do you have any other instructions for promoting education in the past nine years?" Zhang Ruitu asked curiously.

Zhang Haogu pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Cifu, don't you think the current characters are still too troublesome for children to read, recognize, and write?"

Zhang Ruitu frowned, Zhang Haogu didn't think it was word change, did he?

This is no easy task!
Since ancient times, the promotion of each type of character has required the strong promotion of the will of the state and the recognition from top to bottom, from those pictographic characters, to the insect and bird seal script used by nobles, to the popular seal script, small seal script, official script, and regular script , changed step by step until now.
That's right, the Qin and Han Dynasties have changed, the Sui and Tang Dynasties have also changed, and the Song and Song Dynasties have also changed. Why can't the Ming Dynasty change? !
Today, His Majesty Bu Weide spreads all over the world, bestows benevolence and love in the universe, Wang Shi conquers the four barbarians from the east to the west, and the overseas countries are transformed into kings, and all nations come to the court. Therefore, at present, the Ming Dynasty has established a prosperous world and created peace for all generations.

How can there be no symbol for such a great cause comparable to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors?

Qin has Zhuan, Han has Li, Tang and Song have Kai, so what does Your Majesty have?

Zhang Ruitu, who wanted to understand for a moment, deeply realized the importance of changing characters: "Yuanfu, how do you plan to change?"

Zhang Haogu looked at Zhang Ruitu who suddenly became serious, as if he had raised the word change to some political task, and smiled helplessly: "It's not that serious, but it's too difficult for people to read and write, and complicated characters are inconvenient to write."

"That's why I came up with the idea to simplify the font so that people all over the world can read, recognize, and write."

Zhang Ruitu nodded with a serious face: "Understood, Yuanfu, please rest assured, the old man has taken this matter to heart."

Looking at Zhang Ruitu's serious appearance, Zhang Haogu didn't know whether he was right or wrong in bringing up font reform, but now he doesn't take advantage of the newly opened education system to enlighten those children, and wait for the children to grow up before making changes. more troublesome.

That being the case, let Zhang Ruitu try it, but Zhili and Shandong have the cost of trial and error.

Zhang Ruitu left with a serious heart. He thought about Zhang Haogu's requirements for fonts, which should be concise, easy to write and read, and began to gather people to discuss the simplification of the existing fonts.

How many calligraphers are there in the Ministry of Rites?

From the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy, select people who are good at calligraphy and proficient in calligraphy such as Xing, Kai, Li, and Cao, and then discuss how to make the existing fonts uniform and concise so that people all over the world can read and recognize them.

"What the court needs to do is to simplify a character that is convenient for the people of the world to read and write. It is a character that everyone can master proficiently. Only in this way can the wisdom of the people be enlightened and the people educated, so that the king can be transformed and the barbarians overseas can be transformed." Zhang Ruitu raised the simplicity of the font to a level that surprised everyone in these calligraphy.

Afterwards, everyone became serious about these calligraphy. After all, this simplification of fonts does not involve their fundamentals. It is just a simplification of fonts that can make it easier for the general public to read and write, and it can also make it easier for overseas countries to get started.

Contrary to the general public, those who can write cursive calligraphy and have good handwriting will definitely be more respected at that time. This is what happens in the cultural circle.

What's more, this event is also a good opportunity for everyone to gain reputation. Simplify the font so that the general public can read and write, and educate all people. This is a good opportunity to leave a name in history.

This is more recognized by the people of the world than writing your own fonts, so these calligraphers are also very hardworking, and Zhang Ruitu himself is also a calligrapher, and he writes good calligraphy.

So everyone started to simplify the process based on the official Xingkai of Ming Dynasty.

This process is destined to take a long time, but the current nine-year education plan of the Department of Education is just a plan that has not yet been implemented, and everyone has time.

Zhang Ruitu also took the time to report to Zhu Youxiao some of their achievements in simplifying the fonts, which was highly recognized by Zhu Youxiao, who "though I don't know what happened, but I feel that this is right", and praised Zhang Ruitu for his loyalty to the country and knowing how to share the worries of the court , and praised Zhang Ruitu's move as a plan for the Ming Dynasty and all people in the world, which can leave a name in history.

Now Zhang Ruitu is even happier. He is very happy to inform the calligraphers of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy of Zhu Youxiao's recognition of their achievements. Now everyone has worked harder. This is recognized by His Majesty and confirmed that he can leave his name in history. big plan.

When Zhang Haogu knew about this, he shook his head amusedly: "Forget it, let them go, it will be beneficial to the country and the people, and it will save them from moaning about illness when they are free."

It is also a good thing to be able to integrate those guys in the Imperial Academy who are concerned about the country and the people all day long, but who can do nothing other than this, to do something, at least the court can be quieter.

The nine-year education system and the simplification of Xingkai were also brought up at the court meeting by the way. This plan proposed by the Education Department of the Ministry of Rites did not cause any big disturbances in the court. After all, it had been laid out before. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry agreed, and at the same time, many people in the Imperial Academy also agreed. With the majority agreeing and a small part being neutral, the nine-year education system and the simplification of fonts were decided and implemented with Zhili and Shandong as pilots.

When this plan was publicized in various parts of Ming Dynasty through the Ming Newspaper, it attracted countless people to discuss it:

"It's a good thing that the court wants to let the dolls read and write for free. Your Majesty is truly a saint."

"Who says it's not? The ministers in the cabinet are indeed Qing ministers who serve the country and the people. If this happens, my little brat will study for nine years for free in the future, and maybe he can go to middle school and become a university student. If you can't go to middle school, you can still go to a vocational college to learn a craft."

"This plan is good, but when will you come to us?"

"Didn't the imperial court say that the imperial court doesn't have enough money, and neither does the husband, so we can only save one province at a time? Since the imperial court has said it, we must have our share in the future. Don't forget that we are also northerners."

"That's right, when Zhili and Shandong are popularized, we will be the next one. To be honest, we don't know when the south will want to popularize it!"

"Hmph, those southern barbarians are still unwilling to accept the new government policy, why should they popularize education like us!"

There was a lot of discussion among the people. As Zhang Haogu expected, the general public supported the imperial court's plan. They were the most simple and knew what was good and what was bad. They will no longer be deceived by gentry and landlords, they can see the latest policies of the imperial court and enjoy the benefits of the most intuitive imperial court policies.

And education is what the people desire most.

The imperial court is currently implementing a free trial education plan, so that the common people can have the opportunity to read and write, and get more future possibilities. This is extremely supported by the common people.

However, the regional barriers among the people, the gap between the north and the south, are too large to be eliminated in a short time.

Not to mention the estrangement between the north and the south of Ming Dynasty, even the two adjacent provinces have estrangement and discrimination.

Just like Shanxi people and Shandong people are both northerners and Ming people, but let them say that they are a family?

Ah bah, who is with your family? !
Not to mention the estrangement between provinces and prefectures, after all, even two adjacent counties and towns have estrangements, and only their own village, within their own farm, is considered a family.

This kind of situation is extremely common, and Zhang Haogu doesn't have much to do right now. After all, the officialdom of Ming Dynasty is like this. Every time the imperial examination forms the division party, and the provincial party where he is located forms the local party and the township party. This kind of opposition It's not all bad things, and if the upper class is like this, one can imagine the situation of the lower class people.

Therefore, at the moment, we can only open up the wisdom of the people first, so that the people of the world can read and understand the truth, and then gradually eliminate the barriers.

If you have enough food and clothing, you will know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace. Only by being able to read and write can people recognize each other, and then eliminate the barriers.

Zhang Haogu is not in a hurry, he has enough time to do all this.

As for now, after the implementation of the nine-year education system, it should be a matter of Nanyang development that everyone in the world loves to see.

After all, the implementation of the nine-year education system did not cause any turmoil. It is normal for the north to be like this. After all, the north is the territory of the New Party, and the vast southern region, which is a land of money and grain in the traditional sense of the Ming Dynasty, has no turmoil. Naturally, it belongs to the south. The vast majority of merchants and gentry have acquiesced to the nine-year education system in exchange for their tickets for the development of Nanyang.

As Zhang Haogu said before, they have knowledge and money. Even if the imperial court reforms education, they are also beneficiaries. They started at a higher level than ordinary people. There is no need to show themselves at this time. It will not usher in any cheers and prestige , Only the iron fist of the imperial court will fall, after all, the imperial court is probably waiting for someone who is not long-sighted to jump out to make an example of others.

Since the gentry and merchants in the south are so knowledgeable about current affairs, Zhang Haogu is naturally happy to get a piece of their pie. What's more, the development of Nanyang was originally led by the imperial court and developed by gentry and merchants. We don't expect these guys with funds, manpower and material resources to develop. , Do you still expect ordinary people to take risks there?
In Wenyuan Pavilion, the cabinet of the Great Ming Dynasty, there are quite a lot of people nowadays.

The six ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the North and the South, and many ministers gathered together. Because the capital investment of the North and the South was involved, it was necessary for these people representing the North and the South to be present.

"Yuansuke."

These ministers from the north and the south all looked at the young man who was coming towards him. The official of the dynasty, who was dressed in the imperial scarlet robe and embroidered with dragon and python scripts, was the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the Grand Master, the Grand Master of the Martial Arts Hall, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Haogu, the man who has reached the pinnacle of the rank of the Lord, Zhang Haogu, and the old eunuch wearing a fish-dragon suit next to him, is in the hands of the chief of ceremonies He also wrote a pen, Wei Zhongxian, the governor of the East Factory.

"Everyone has worked hard. Many people have come all the way from the south. It is really not easy."

"However, it will be much better in the future. When the north-south Zhili road is completed, it will be much more convenient for everyone to come by train."

Zhang Haogu was still smiling and chatting with everyone.

"Eunuch Wei, please."

"Yuanfu, please, this servant is here to listen."

Zhang Haogu sat down with Eunuch Wei, and Eunuch Wei sat back very sensibly. There was no objection from these ministries and servants. Wei Zhongxian came on behalf of the royal family. Qualification represents the attitude of the royal family, and the development of Nanyang, to put it bluntly, is the interests of the big guys, and the royal family must have [-]%.

"Yuanfu, shall we start?" Qian Qianyi asked.

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Qian Xiang, let's start."

Qian Qianyi cleared his throat: "The Netherlanders, as Western barbarians, wantonly invaded the east, disturbed the peace of our Daming sea area, oppressed our Daming vassals, and ran amok in the Nanyang land, causing the people of Nanyang to suffer. .”

"I am the Zhengshuo of the Central Plains, and all foreign nations abroad have paid tribute and proclaimed their vassals. Since your majesty ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty has broadcast mighty virtues all over the world and attracted all nations to the court. It is the central state. Now the Dutch are oppressing Nanyang. To damage the prestige of our country, to destroy our great tomorrow, for the sake of the Great Ming, and for the people of Nanyang, we cannot allow the Dutch to continue to cause disasters in Nanyang."

All the officials nodded in agreement, yes, the Dutch cannot be allowed to cause disaster in Nanyang!

So much land, goods, minerals, and forest resources should all belong to my Daming!
After talking about these scenes, Qian Qianyi changed hands and took out a document: "This is about the situation of the Dutch in Nanyang, you can take a look."

This information shows how much land, how many minerals, how many cities, how many colonies and aboriginals the Dutch have in Nanyang. The officials who read it are even more envious. This overseas colonization is too profitable. Overseas trade and colonization are so profitable. How could Daming not get involved?
After reading the information, Zhang Haogu spoke slowly: "As Prime Minister Qian said, the imperial court cannot allow the Dutch to continue in Nanyang. Whether it is for the imperial court's overseas trade or for the people of Nanyang, the imperial court is ready to take action. .”

"And how much effort should be made to wipe out the Dutch, and how much effort should be made to maintain the stability of Nanyang, this is what we will discuss next. We will discuss this matter today and come up with a charter."

"Li Shu in Nanyang is waiting for us to save him."

(End of this chapter)