I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 394 New atmosphere, Ming Dynasty Literacy Movement!

Seeing Lao Zhu lonely, Zhu Yunxuan felt extremely uncomfortable.

But people get old, get sick and die.

This has been the norm since ancient times, and there is really nothing Zhu Yunzhen can do. In fact, as long as he has been in this world, walked through it once, established this immortal achievement, and enjoyed all the best things in the world.

This life is a life without any regrets.

"Grandpa Huang, don't worry, take good care of your health, and you will surely be able to see the prosperous Ming Dynasty one day in the future."

Zhu Yunxuan comforted him.

But in his heart, Zhu Yunzhen really knew that Lao Zhu really had only a few years to live. He was overworked when he was young and had many hidden injuries. He was lucky to live to this age.

It will be the 28th year of Hongwu soon.

It was almost like a countdown, reminding Zhu Yunzhen how long Lao Zhu had to live.

This feeling is really uncomfortable.

It's a pity that Zhu Yunxuan only knew some common medical knowledge in his previous life, but he never learned any real medical knowledge.

"That's all, we can only improve the medical conditions as much as possible."

Zhu Yunzhen no longer thinks so much.

Instead, he turned to chat with Lao Zhu about other topics. The grandfather and grandson were like a normal pair of grandfather and grandson, and they started chatting about home affairs.

The end of the year is approaching.

Lao Zhu still has no plans to return to the capital this year and plans to stay in Yangshan.

In Lao Zhu's words, "We won't cause trouble for you when you go back." Lao Zhu also knows very well that there are no two masters in the world, and Zhu Yunxuan is the master of the current Ming Dynasty.

Then he returned to the capital palace.

No matter what he does, it is actually a kind of containment for Zhu Yunzhen.

Even on a day like the Spring Festival, Lao Zhu did not intend to go back and cause trouble to Zhu Yunzhen, but wanted to leave Zhu Yunzhen alone in the palace.

I would like to take this opportunity to let the courtiers and the people in the capital get used to a life without Lao Zhu.

Let them get used to the days of only Zhu Yunzhen.

On weekdays, he is treated as if he is dead, so as to reduce the resistance to Zhu Yunxun's succession in the future.

After all, if Lao Zhu's influence is reduced by one point now, when Zhu Yunxian succeeds to the throne, Zhu Yunxian's influence will increase by one point, and there will be fewer dangerous situations.

As for Lao Zhu's thoughts, Zhu Yunzhen could not change it.

After all, Lao Zhu is very stubborn, and there is no way to convince him of his decision.

So Zhu Yunxuan had to return to the capital from Yangshan Mountain alone.

Started preparing for this year’s Spring Festival.

This was not the first Spring Festival that Zhu Yunzhen had celebrated in the Ming Dynasty, and he had long been accustomed to spending the Spring Festival alone. Except for Xu Miaojin, who would enter the palace to accompany him, no one entered the palace.

Most of the vassal kings had a bad relationship with Zhu Yunxian.

Moreover, Lao Zhu was in Yangshan, so he naturally wanted to go to Yangshan to visit Lao Zhu.

As for Zhu Yunwen's mother, she still has not met Zhu Yunwen in person. Regarding Zhu Yunwen's matter, it is estimated that the other party will not be able to overcome this hurdle in this life.

Zhu Yunxun felt more deeply what it was like to be alone.

Therefore, Zhu Yunzhen could only use all his energy on matters for the second year.

The national policy of recuperation has been set.

In the past three years, Zhu Yunzhen no longer plans to make any big moves in hardware.

Anyway, most of the national highways have been built, we just need to check for the deficiencies.

As for the reservoir, it can be repaired slowly.

The problem of food is not a problem at all for the current Ming Dynasty. The reason why Zhu Yunxuan wanted to build the reservoir was to consider it decades or even a hundred years later.

By the time.

The population is growing rapidly and land resources are no longer sufficient.

Maintaining harvests despite droughts and floods has become a matter of great significance.

But now in the Ming Dynasty, the food itself is increasing every year, not to mention the existence of big killers like sweet potatoes!
The reason why Ming Dynasty wanted to transport food back from overseas.

In the final analysis, the reason lies in Daming's eating habits, not the lack of food!

But Zhu Yunzhen will not deal with hard power matters.

When it comes to soft power, Zhu Yunxi can show off his talents!
Beginning of the new year.

The first major thing Zhu Yunxuan has to do is to comprehensively carry out night school literacy activities!Take advantage of the slack time to eradicate illiteracy!

At least, learn how to write your own name!

You also need to know how to count!

Zhu Yunzhen's requirements are not high and he is not greedy. After all, the fundamental purpose of literacy is not to make everyone knowledgeable.

This is obviously impossible.

Zhu Yunzhen's fundamental purpose was actually to make everyone in the Ming Dynasty able to recognize a few words. In this way, at least when training the next generation of the Ming Dynasty, the literacy rate would increase by leaps and bounds.

And Ming's underlying soft power will be deeper, and the probability of talents emerging will be greater.

For some people who are older or have passed the learning stage, asking them to read and read is simply a fantasy.

But if everyone can recognize a few words.

With this kind of culture and customs, when raising the next generation, the next generation of Ming people will be able to recognize more words.

This is Zhu Yunzhen's real purpose.

The benefits of cultivating talents do not happen overnight, but are long-term.

But this kind of thing cannot be stopped just because there is no immediate benefit. On the contrary, it is exactly what should be done, and it must be done!

A great country can be a great country if it does not consider long-term solutions.

Only looking after immediate interests.

Then the Ming Dynasty could not become a great empire!Furthermore, Zhu Yunzhen is still young. At the age of ten, he falls into the definition of the next generation.

You can wait until these young people grow up.

It’s totally okay to grow up even younger than you are now!
After deciding on the matter of literacy in his mind, Zhu Yunxu immediately summoned Zhan Wei, the Minister of Rites. After thinking about the matter of literacy for a long time, Zhu Yunxu decided to leave it to Zhan Wei.

Although this person is above the court, he is not very conspicuous.

The achievements are not outstanding.

But after all, he has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites for so many years, and the Ministry of Rites is probably the most suitable to handle this matter.

Under the summons of Zhu Yunxu.

soon.

Zhan Wei, the Minister of Rites, came to Zhu Yunxu.

"Sir, see Your Highness!"

Zhan Wei was full of joy, with a hint of alcohol on his body. He seemed to be still immersed in the joy of the Spring Festival.

I must have drank a lot last night.

But looking at his face and clothes, there was nothing messy. It was obvious that he had changed his clothes and tidied up his face before meeting Zhu Yunzhen.

He is a careful person.

Perhaps it would be a good choice to leave this matter to him.

A small detail inadvertently made Zhu Yunxuan make up his mind. Zhan Wei, who was opposite, didn't know that he had been assigned an errand by Zhu Yunxu.

Just stood on the opposite side respectfully.

In my heart, I have no idea what the purpose of His Highness Taisun is to find me.

There was even a hint of uneasiness.

After all, Zhu Yunzhen had killed so many people in the past few days that Zhan Wei could not help but feel frightened. What's more, he had already seen Zhu Yunzhen's butcher knife several times in his life.

When attacking North Korean and Chinese officials, they show no mercy at all!

"Don't be nervous."

Zhu Yunzhen also saw a trace of uneasiness on the other side, and explained: "I came to you this time because I have an errand for you to do."

"I want to ask your opinion."

Hear Zhu Yunxuan's words.Zhan Wei's heart skipped a beat. Since he had decided to leave the errand to him, he had no right to refuse, let alone any opinions.

That is to say, this opinion does not refer to whether or not to accept this job.

But this job is definitely very difficult!Even His Highness Taisun himself is not completely sure!
That's why I asked for his opinion.

So that he can make the request and then get it done.

In just the blink of an eye, Zhan Wei understood the underlying meaning of what Zhu Yunxuan wanted to express. He was indeed an old fox in the court.

But again I understand.

Zhan Wei could only accept Zhu Yunzhen's arrangement.

"Your Highness, please rest assured, no matter what errands Your Highness entrusts to me."

"Even if I have to go through fire and water, I will definitely complete it!"

In this era when the emperor wants his ministers to die and the ministers have to die, the emperor's order is the highest order.

Although Zhu Yunzhen was only a supervisor in name.

But in fact, there is no difference between him and the emperor. That is, Lao Zhu's power is now weaker than that of Zhu Yunzhen. The difference is only in the opinions of the emperor and Taisun!

Zhan Wei stated this.

He just wanted to win Zhu Yunzhen's favor.

Moreover, after making such a clear statement, Zhu Yunzhen must be embarrassed to assign him a task that is simply impossible to complete?

"Haha, there is no need to go through fire and water in this matter."

Zhu Yunxuan spoke slowly: "I asked you to come here this time because I saw that the results of the last night class were very good."

"Suddenly a lightbulb flashed in my mind."

"Since we have decided to recuperate, why not take advantage of everyone's leisure time to open a night school."

"Set up a literacy night class to teach the people of the Ming Dynasty to read. Whether in the city or in the fields, the people of the Ming Dynasty must know more than fifty characters!"

"I want to wipe out all illiteracy in the entire land of Ming Dynasty!"

“Start a literacy campaign!”

"I have thought about it again and again, and I feel that the person suitable to handle this matter is you."

"I wonder what you think?"

Zhu Yunzhen's tone was calm, even with a hint of smile.

But it’s in Zhan Wei’s ears.

But it was like bursts of thunder!

Even the wine he drank last night completely woke him up, and he suddenly became sober.

Eliminate illiteracy in the Ming Dynasty?
What the hell kind of mission is this?

Zhan Wei was full of embarrassment. How could there be so many scholars in Ming Dynasty now?In a village, it is relatively rare to have six or seven people who have read books!

Most people simply do not have the conditions for their children to study!
Although Zhu Yunzhen's task requirement is to recognize more than fifty characters, it is still a huge difficulty that Zhan Wei can't imagine if every citizen of the Ming Dynasty wants to recognize more than fifty characters!
There are more than tens of millions of people in Ming Dynasty?

But if you want to say that, there are probably less than 10 people who have actually read books and have achieved some success in reading.

Even if we include those who have only studied for a few days, the number will not exceed one million.

How to eliminate illiteracy?

Establish night schools... But in the past, night schools only trained some bright and talented people who had already studied in school!

Zhan Wei didn't know what to say for a while.

Is it unrealistic?
Or is it simply impossible?
But he couldn't say either of these, because he knew that once His Highness Taisun decided something, it could no longer be changed, and many things seemed impossible, but after passing through the hands of His Highness Taisun.

But it can turn decay into magic.

What His Highness Taisun is best at is creating miracles!
Just like the matter of harvesting fields, wasn't it considered impossible by many ministers before?But in the end, wasn’t it still completed smoothly?
It must have been a matter of literacy in the Ming Dynasty.

And so it should be.

Thinking of this, Zhan Wei thought about it again and again and said: "Your Highness, if you want to educate the people of the entire Ming Dynasty about illiteracy."

"This will definitely cost a lot."

"You need at least 500 million taels of silver to start."

"Moreover, this also requires the cooperation of teachings from all over the country, arranging students from all over the country to become night school teachers, and educating all the people of the Ming Dynasty about illiteracy."

“To motivate these students.”

"Perhaps Your Highness will have to issue an imperial edict to link the participation in night school with the imperial examination."

"We were able to mobilize their enthusiasm."

"Besides this, as for the teaching situation, I think we should not rigidly teach the people of the Ming Dynasty the knowledge of the saints, but should start from the areas that the people are more interested in."

"For example, in the form of a storybook."

"Or my own name, etc..."

Zhan Wei said cautiously.

After all, this is the case.

There is no such thing as the teachings of a saint, and there is no way to tame the people, but they want to complete the goals set by Zhu Yunxu.

There is only one possible way!

After all, if you really preach some great truth to the people, I'm afraid you'll fall asleep within a few seconds!
I can only speak some scripts and stuff.

Only by arousing the interest of the people and then slowly teaching them to read and write can it be effective.

"Not bad!"

"That's a great idea!"

Zhu Yunxuan looked happy.

Unexpectedly, Zhan Wei had some ideas and thought about how to deal with the matter so quickly.

Not only the required conditions are put forward.

It also pointed out the method.

It seems that leaving this matter to him is indeed a good choice!

"Very good, then I'll leave this matter to you."

"If you need anything, just ask Gu."

"And Gu will also ask the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs to cooperate as much as possible. At the same time, Gu will also give orders to the governors to include the literacy rate of the people in next year's assessment target."

Zhu Yunxuan knows this very well.

As for local governments, we want them to act proactively.

The most important thing is to include this matter in the assessment criteria.

After all, the world is big and the black gauze hat on my head is the biggest!
Zhan Wei saw that Zhu Yunzhen had made up his mind.

They can only accept orders and decrees.

But I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: I was living a good life in the court, but I didn't expect that I would end up in such trouble!

only.

Zhan Wei also felt a fighting spirit in his heart.

If this matter is handled well.

I believe that in the future, I may be able to gain Zhu Yunxuan's importance!So as to gain a firm foothold in today's court!

There is no need to worry about being stabbed by young people at any time.

"I retire!"

After Zhan Wei bowed respectfully again, he slowly withdrew.

And wait for Zhan Wei to leave.

Zhu Yunxun's mind began to come alive again.

Now that he has focused his energy on practical matters, Zhu Yunzhen's head immediately started to work.

Thinking about Lao Zhu's physical condition, it became more and more wrong.

then……

(End of this chapter)