At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 88 The ID Card and the Three Character Classic

Xu Mu was very excited when he walked out of the institute.

The paper problem was solved smoothly. I didn't expect engraving, which only gradually emerged in the Song Dynasty, to come out so soon.

These two things, on the one hand, can maximize the efficiency of paper office, and on the other hand, can popularize education.

And Lin Qingcheng...Xu Mu decided to pick her up after a few months, so as to save her from fussing.

And Wanmin City has successfully entered the expansion period.

Under the escort of the army in Wanmin City, the people of Yangcheng were brought into the deep mountains one after another.

Under the auspices of the Lord's Mansion, they compile and compile records, sort out household registration, and guide them to live outside the city.

In the city, the first phase of the residential area that Lao Yang presided over is finishing, and it will take a few days to complete, making it impossible to live in.

On the second day, Xu Mu handed over the method of papermaking to Fang Xuanling, and asked him to start recruiting people to build a papermaking workshop.

"This... this can really make paper as white as snow?" Fang Xuanling's hands trembled when he got the secret recipe.

In this era, although there is paper, it is mostly yellow, extremely rough, and very hard.

According to the lord, the paper produced by this method is as white as snow, as delicate as jade, and easy to carry.

The most important thing is that the cost is low, and in the deep mountains, the raw materials are endless.

He thought deeply for a moment.

With so much paper, the office efficiency of the Lord's Mansion will definitely increase several times in the future.

You must know that administrative orders must be communicated in written form, otherwise mistakes are prone to occur and accountability cannot be pursued.

Seeing Lao Fang's excited appearance, Xu Mu smiled and nodded.

Later, he took out woodblock printing and briefly introduced the usage of this tool to Lao Fang.

Fang Xuanling was even more excited, and immediately prostrated himself, "The two methods created by the lord are destined to last for thousands of years, and will be used forever. In the future, government orders will be popularized, and the great order of the world depends on them!"

In his mind, with paper that is as white as snow, easy to spread, and cheap to make, government orders can be passed on throughout the city.

The divisions of various departments can unify their responsibilities and work effectively.

However, woodblock printing can omit the process of publishing and writing government orders, and only need to write a copy, which can be printed directly and distributed everywhere.

The efficiency is so fast that there will be more than ten times the time left!

After getting these two treasures, it took Fang Xuanling a long time to recover from the excitement, and immediately reported the situation of compiling household registers.

Each of these accepted people needs to be interrogated, have a detailed understanding, and then compile a file.

Even in this day and age, it is quite rigorous.

The old house is in this area, directing hundreds of small officials, and it is very organized, without any mistakes.

Xu Mu was very satisfied with this.

As expected of an old house, it was the pioneer of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty decades later.

It's just... Xu Mu frowned suddenly when he saw the account book.

After pondering for a while, he suddenly thought: "Since it is for the convenience of management, why not make up an identity certificate for all the people in Wanmin City?"

What he thought was, the identity card of future generations.

On various occasions, it can prove that you are the best evidence for you.

This can largely avoid confusion and disorderly management.

Otherwise, you have to look through the household registration every time, and inquire about the relevant personnel from the household registration, which will consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

Fang Xuanling was a little puzzled: "Identity certificate? Is your lord referring to tokens like tiger charms?"

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there is actually a proof of identity.

It's just that the identity certificate in Fang Xuanling's cognition is the representative of the real identity.

For example, the Tiger Talisman is the general's identification.

For example, seals and ribbons are the identity certificates of ministers.

For example, the Guozijian Book is the identity certificate of the Guozijian Jiansheng.

As for ordinary people, they are not worthy of having identity certificates.

So when the lord made this statement, Fang Xuanling instinctively resisted.

In his view, the common people are the common people, so what identification do they need?
Unexpectedly, Xu Mu shook his head and said: "This identity certificate is only to prove that he is a member of our Wanmin City, not a proof of identity."

Afterwards, Xu Mu made a rough plan: "On the identity certificate of the people, name, gender, date of birth, place of household registration, appearance and other characteristics should be indicated..."

"In the future, people will need to register when entering and leaving the city, and the same is true when entering Wanmin Square. In this way, the Lord's Mansion will know the activities of any common people in Wanmin City!"

Xu Mu's last words made Fang Xuanling's eyes brighten, and his mind became lively.

It has to be said that the identity certificate proposed by the lord has a miraculous effect on management!

Especially when entering the city, based on the appearance and characteristics, you can even roughly judge whether it is the real person!

In this way, problems such as impostors and management confusion can be reduced.

"My lord's... policy is really an act of seeking the country!" Finally, Fang Xuanling admired: "This subordinate will formulate a plan and order the small officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to implement it."

Xu Mu nodded, thinking, isn't this nonsense? !

The national policy implemented by the Great Heavenly Dynasty in later generations is to facilitate management.

It's just that what he's thinking about now is the appearance and characteristics...

In fact, relying on text descriptions is not accurate enough.

How many feet tall, how fat or thin, etc., unless the difference is extremely large, it is impossible to accurately distinguish two people.

The best way is still a portrait!
"It's a pity that the research institute wants to make a camera, and I don't know how long it will be..."

Xu Mu sighed in his heart, and immediately thought of the famous painters of this era.

Yan Liben!
"By the way, isn't Yan Liben the best at drawing characters?"

He suddenly discovered another talent.

Back then...cough cough, in the future he hand-painted portraits of the 24 meritorious officials in Lingyan Pavilion, which were lifelike and looked like real people.

Asking him to draw portraits of ordinary people is absolutely easy!

At this time, Yan Liben, a talented person, lived in Chang'an, but his painting skills were already well-known, and he was also well-known in the world.

"It seems that I have to find an opportunity to go to Chang'an."

Xu Mu thought so, let Lao Fang produce a generation of resident ID cards first.

When Lao Yan is "invited" to come, he can update and submit a second-generation resident ID card.

However, when the ID card system was implemented, Lao Fang discovered another problem.

"My lord, the common people are illiterate..." Fang Xuanling smiled wryly.

Even if ID cards were written and distributed to those common people, they could easily lose them or confuse them with the ID cards of other people in the family.

At that time, they themselves don't know which one is their ID card.

Xu Mu was immediately taken aback.

He had no idea that this system hadn't been implemented yet, and it was stillborn.

The literacy rate in this era is really frighteningly low.

After pondering for a while, Xu Mu decided to issue a literacy order in advance!

"Literacy order?" Fang Xuanling was puzzled.

Xu Mu explained: "Let the little officials go out of the city to teach them to write their own names, at least they can write and recognize their own names, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the city!"

If he doesn't even know how to write his own name, how will he build a high-quality modern city that leads the development of the whole world in the future?
People in this era are very old and slow to learn. Xu Mu does not have high demands on them, as long as they can write their own names.

In the future, signing and drawing a pledge will not only draw a pledge.

With Xu Mu's order, the Lord's Mansion immediately issued a literacy order, announcing it to all the people in the city, and entered into a vigorous wave of name writing.

However, Xu Mu's prestige among the common people is full. Although these common people were somewhat resistant, they still learned it honestly.

On the contrary, the people who joined later were full of puzzlement.

They somehow migrated from Yangcheng to the deep mountains, and they still want to learn Laoshizi's characters?
There are many thorns who refuse.

In this regard, the people in the Lord's Mansion did not force him, but only said that he was not allowed to enter the city in the future.

The people from Yangcheng didn't take it seriously. Many people who have entered Wanmin City said that Wanmin City is poor and empty, and there is nothing.

Wanmin City has no attraction for them.

In this way, the common people who could write their own names obtained the first batch of ID cards and were allowed to enter Wanmin City.

According to the statistics of the Lord's Mansion, a total of more than [-] copies were distributed.

After Xu Mu learned of this number, he was filled with emotion.

The people of this era... really don't think about making progress.

Yangcheng received [-] people, plus Wanmin City itself, there are [-] people.

But only half of them are willing to learn to read and write.

"It seems that the establishment of the school is really necessary. At least some positions in Wanmin City in the future will require literacy."

He is not asking for universal literacy, but at least the literacy rate must break through zero percent, right?

So... the first school that Xu Mu plans to build is not for scholars.

It is for those people who are willing to learn to read and write.

Commonly known as... adult night school!
As for textbooks...Xu Mu now needs a textbook that can teach those three or forty-year-olds how to read.

He thought about it from his memory, and decided to make the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" ahead of time.

These two are standard children's literacy books, but for Xu Mu, the people of this era are similar to children in terms of culture.

Also do not know a big character.

Back in Xiaoyanglou, on the third floor, Xu Mu started writing the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic silently.

The Three Character Classic is catchy, it contains history, classics, etiquette, righteousness and shame, it is most suitable for teaching the common people.

The Thousand-Character Classic is composed of a thousand different characters, and it is also an essential teaching material for literacy.

After finishing the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic", Xu Mu went down the first floor and found Fang Yizhi.

"Come on, I will teach you another nursery rhyme today, and you will be rewarded for reciting it."

The corner of Xu Mu's mouth curled up, and he handed over the newly written "Three Character Classic" to Fang Yizhi.

As expected of Fang Xuanling's eldest son, Fang Yizhi was quite intelligent, and he knew all the characters in it, so he recited it in no time.

The voice of a childish child echoes in the small western-style building.

"At the beginning of human beings, nature is good; nature is similar, habits are far away..."

"If you don't learn, it's not suitable for you; if you don't learn when you are young, why are you old..."

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"A bereaved child is full of gold; I teach my son, the only classic; hard work is meritorious, but play is useless; beware of it, you should work hard."

……

"My lord, I'm done reciting!" Fang Yi looked at Xu Mu eagerly.

And on the second floor of Xiaoyang Building.

Through the window, looking down at Xu Mu and Fang Yizhi, it was as if they had been immobilized.

Especially Wang Tong.

His mind still echoed the first "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good", and the last "I teach my son, the only scripture".

"This... This is the classic of spreading texts and teachings. It is catchy, teaching people etiquette, knowing the rise and fall, understanding the truth, learning characters..." At this point, Wang Tong couldn't help trembling.

With this scripture, he is one step closer to his goal of developing Confucianism and educating the people!
(End of this chapter)