back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 690
Lu Chengqi was very surprised. Generally speaking, official positions are bestowed by the emperor, even after going through the procedures of the Ministry of Officials, this is the case in name.It makes sense for Kong Lin to come here to beg for an official.It's just that the emperor bestows officials, and except for the imperial examinations, he usually doesn't care about the promotion of officials.It's all because the Ministry of Officials has its own assessment and specialization in the art industry, and random intervention will only cause dissatisfaction among officials.If there is a person who is very pleasing, and the emperor suddenly gives him the job, how will the courtiers be convinced by this?An inferior position is shameful, and an official is close to flattery. This is an ancient saying, and the ancients are sincere and never deceive themselves.

Logically speaking, Kong Lin's official position is not low. He is an official of the fourth rank, even if he has nothing to do on weekdays, he is also a serious official, which is different from a rank official (Jilu official).You can't say that he is an extremely human minister, but he can be regarded as a high-ranking official with a generous salary.This is still here to ask for an official, can't you justify it?
Shocked at first, then frowned, seeing what Kong Lin wanted to say, Lu Chengqi interrupted him and said, "Let's talk in the hall."

Kong Lin was about to spit out his grievances in one breath, but was interrupted by the little emperor, so he obediently followed into the Chuigong Palace.After Gao Gao moved the chair, offered tea, and withdrew, Lu Chengqi said indifferently: "Why does Kong Qing want to ask me for an official? As I remember, Kong Qing is already a fourth-rank official, so why not?" Are you dissatisfied with this official position?" After speaking, Lu Chengqi's voice became more dignified.He was a little angry. If everyone came here to beg for an official like Kong Lin, would there still be order in the officialdom?
Kong Lin said neither humble nor overbearing: "I don't want to be promoted to a noble, but I want Your Majesty's permission to let me serve as a school official just like Sun Jue and Chen Xiang."

Lu Chengqi was very surprised. He originally thought that Kong Lin thought that the official in the matter was not big enough, so he asked a bigger official to do it.I never thought that I came here for the school officials. You must know that the school officials in this place are the lowest official positions, and they are only the third rank.Even a doctor of Taixue is just an eighth-rank official.Taixue is under the management of Taichang, and Taichang is one of the nine ministers and a fourth-rank official. Isn't this the same as Kong Lin's?And Mengxue is the enlightenment of common people's children, so naturally it can't be set too high, so it is tentatively designated as the same official position as Taichang Shaoqing, and it is the fifth rank.Even so, Kong Lin had asked himself to be demoted twice in a row, from the official fourth-rank teacher to the fifth-rank apprentice, so why bother?
In fact, Taixue in Dashun has formed a relatively complete academic system. Taixue students are recruited from the children of officials below the eighth rank and outstanding children of common people, and the students in the dormitory are also provided with food by Taixue.If the students in the outer hall want to have a meal in Taixue, they have to pay "fasting money" before they can eat in the official kitchen; the poor will pay half of the payment;

The students each study a classic and give lectures with their academic officials.Students are divided into three classes, that is, the upper house, the inner house, and the outer house.The system of assessing students' grades and students' promotion is called the "Three Houses Law", which stipulates that freshmen study in foreign houses, pass the public examination and private examination, refer to their daily skills, and be promoted to internal houses.Students in the internal dormitory take the exam once every two years. The test scores and the scores of the public and private examinations of the year are all excellent. Two equals or one excellent and one not are students of the lower class, and are allowed to be exempted from the test.Students in the upper hall will no longer participate in the public examination.The private examination is held once a month, and the students are self-examined by academic officials; the public examination is held once a year, and is presided over by an official sent by the imperial court.The students study in groups, with 30 students in each class. Five rooms and one furnace kiosk are used as reading and meeting places for the whole class. There is a chief and a teacher who are responsible for supervising and inspecting the students' performance.

What’s even better is that there is also the theory of work-study programs in Taixue. The staff are called academic staff or clerks. salary.Workers are called Zhai Pu, Tie Zhai, etc., and they also receive "monthly money".

It's a pity that Taixue is good, but it can't benefit all the people of Dashun.Educational resources are relatively limited, and it is understandable that they are concentrated in Guozijian, Taixue and Royal University.But Lu Chengqi's purpose is very simple, just to make the whole people literate and count, and does not require them all to take the imperial examination.Of course, bright students from elementary school can be recommended to local government schools for further studies.Then recommended by the local official school to Taixue, and then the imperial examination.What Lu Chengqi has to do is to form an industrial chain for talent training, and even invest money from Huangzhuang to subsidize poor and outstanding students, all the way to Taixue, and then go directly to the imperial examination and finally become an official.

Logically speaking, this elementary school is the lowest school, and it is also the most important school.Once the foundation is laid, the next step is to learn quickly.According to Kong Lin's qualifications, he must go to Taixue to be a Taichangqing, right?Lu Chengqi was very puzzled why he wanted to go to school, "Kong Qing, are you sure you're not talking nonsense?"

"Your Majesty, as a descendant of the sage Confucius, I should take enlightenment as my own responsibility. Enlightenment is the first thing to do. In the past, there were many private studies, good and bad, and I was willing but powerless. Now that your majesty sets up elementary school, I recommend myself, that is to do. As a teacher, I have no regrets or complaints!" Kong Lin said firmly.

Lu Chengqi said a little distrustfully: "But this elementary school is not just about teaching classics. I want Sun Jue and Chen Xiang to teach the six arts of a gentleman, rites, music, archery, imperialism, books, and mathematics. Unity, advocating literature and martial arts', didn't Kong Qing always sneer at warriors?"

Kong Lin said sternly: "I despise warriors. They are ignorant warriors. They are extremely vulgar. They only know how to dance sticks and guns, but they don't know how to care about people's livelihood. The ancestor Confucius said, 'Repay virtue with virtue, and repay grievance with straightness', He also advocates the art of archery, how can I abandon the art of martial arts?"

Lu Chengqi understood a little bit in his heart: "Then if Kong Qing is a school official, how will he teach and educate people?"

Kong Lin cheered up, knowing that the little emperor was preparing a test for the school: "The master said, there is no distinction between teaching and learning. If you do it yourself, you will have no regrets. If you are above the middleman, you can speak well; if you are below the middleman , It cannot be said in words. The respect of etiquette, the harmony of music, the richness of poetry and books, the subtlety of spring and autumn, are all in the space between heaven and earth. The learning of a gentleman is also in the ears and in the heart. It is distributed in four bodies, and its shape is about movement and stillness. In terms of end, creeping and moving, one can be a rule. Why don’t you learn husband’s poetry? You know more about the names of birds, beasts, vegetation, and trees. You thrive in poetry, you stand in ritual, and you succeed in music.”

Lu Chengqi was a little helpless, and asked him to talk about how he planned to teach others, but he quoted the words of Confucius and Xunzi.If it's even worse, wouldn't it be memorized "Encouraging Learning"?Immediately waved and said: "I ask, what does Kong Qing want to teach people?"

Kong Lin said respectfully: "Your Majesty also said that there are "Thousand Characters", "The Analects of Confucius", and "Mencius". I think that the "Book of Songs" can be added to be more in line with Mongolian learning."

Lu Chengqi asked again: "If he is dull, how can Kong Qing teach him?"

Kong Lin thought for a while, and then slowly said: "There is no distinction between teaching and teaching, and teach students according to their aptitude."

Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude was first proposed by Lu Chengqi, and Kong Lin quoted it to prove that he really worked hard.It seems that Kong Lin is determined to follow the path of his ancestor Confucius, to teach and educate people.Lu Chengqi asked again: "Great talent Kong Qing, why don't you go to the Imperial Academy, go to the Taixue, even if it is an official school in the state government, why do you want to go to Mengxue?"

(End of this chapter)