Wentang

Chapter 375 Education-based
Suppressing Confucianism to force them to improve themselves is just something that has been planned long ago, and Li Shimin's lack of prestige has not been implemented before.This time, after defeating Xieli and God's punishment of Tianwei, he secured his throne and finally started to fight.

Naturally, Yue Shan couldn't tell him the real reason, he didn't even say some 'guess' words, he only reasoned that he didn't know Li Shimin's recent thoughts because he had not been in the capital for a long time.Then I turned the topic to academies and the compiling of great dictionaries.

After posting these few letters, he returned to his busy business.

Half a month later, the recruitment examination for civil servants in Dizhou officially ended, and a total of 310 six-room clerks were recruited.Among them, 40 people belonged to the sixth room of the governor's mansion, and 30 people from each of the nine counties.

"310 people, [-]% of them are from the gentry class, [-]% from poor families, and only half of the common people." Yue Shan closed the list, and said to Ke Xun: "Yu Cishi, you have a long way to go."

Yu Kexun naturally knew what Yueshan meant, but he felt that there were too many gentry classes and too few people from humble and commoner backgrounds.How to change this ratio?
Daxing Education.

"Don't worry, Yue Hou. I have selected more than two hundred scholars with solid foundations from the unsuccessful candidates, and I plan to hire them as teachers." Yu Kexun nodded solemnly:

"In the past, the construction of the academy was slow because of the lack of teachers. Now that this problem has been solved, I am sure to open at least one academy in every county and every town, and recruit children from poor families to study."

"This is only treating the symptoms but not the root cause. The root cause of people's inability to read books is poverty and they cannot afford them. If this problem is not solved, education for the common people will be empty talk." Yue Shan said.

"That's your business. I only care about teaching." Yu Kexun said relaxedly.

"Who said it has nothing to do with you? In the future, students who come to the academy to study will have a free lunch. They must have a job and hope, and the book fee is free." Yue Shan said.

"Ah? This...how can the school afford it." Yu Kexun was shocked.

"The books are printed by the governor's office and distributed to the students for free, and the lunch money is paid by the county government." Yue Shan said.

"Oh, that's good." Yu Kexun almost broke into a cold sweat.

"Don't worry about it now? Remember that Shuxiu must be unified, and no one is allowed to set up a name to charge additional fees in private." Yue Shan said.

"Thank you Yue for the student of Dizhou." Yu Kexun stood up and said solemnly.

Yue Shan waved his hand to show that he didn't care, and then reminded: "The children of the gentry and bureaucrats will be recruited if they want to enroll. But remember to ensure fairness and justice within the academy, and don't treat them differently because of their background. Once such students are found, they must be severely punished." No loan."

"Fair and just?" Yu Kexun's eyes lit up, and he said: "This is a very good statement, I want to list this as an admonition and tell the students, what does Yuehou think?"

Yue Shan shook his head and said, "It's too simple, how about this, what do you think of this sentence?"

"Everyone is on a blind date, everyone is equal, people's hearts are upright, and the world is a public. This is called Great Harmony."

Yu Kexun was overjoyed at first, but immediately frowned again, and said hesitantly: "Everyone is equal, this seems to be a Buddhist statement, and I am afraid that scholars will not like it."

"Hehe...Did Confucius and Mencius say that there is a distinction between high and low? We don't need to argue about this. I don't know what scholars all over the country think, but I can do whatever I say on this three-acre land in Dizhou." Yue Shan chuckled and said:

"If anyone has an opinion, don't come to the academy to study. And the scholars you mentioned are probably Confucian scholars?"

"As far as I know, the sages are very disgusted with certain pedantic words of Confucianism. They are running around looking for a way out. I have opened an academy to teach Confucianism. It is too late for them to be grateful. How dare they trouble me with a sentence or two? .”

"Also, equality for all is not a statement of Buddhism. The core idea of ​​Legalism is that everyone is equal before the law. If Confucian scholars really have an opinion, just find a few disciples of Legalism to come over and argue with them."

"Hey, Yuehou, you really..." Yu Kexun smiled wryly, this method is too damaging.Conscience of heaven and earth, he is an authentic disciple of Confucianism, Yue Shan's words simply put him on fire.But he has no way to refute.

Does he dare to say that Confucius and Mencius divided people into three, six, and nine classes?Although everyone does this in real life, no scholar dares to say so.

Because dividing people into high and low is in itself contrary to Confucius and Mencius' thought of benevolence and righteousness.

"Take the words I just said as the school motto, and set up a stone tablet at the entrance of the academy to engrave these words. It should also be hung in the school, and this sentence should be printed on the title page of every book." Yue Shan immediately came to update ruthless.

"This... okay." Yu Kexun also went all out, anyway, you are the boss, so you can do whatever you want.

There is no end to people's compromises, one compromise can be compromised a hundred times, when Yu Kexun was willing to be a puppet, there was no need to persist in front of Yue Shan.

The excuse he made for himself was that everything was for future generations.

What Yue Shan said just now was not entirely his own, but Kang Youwei's.Only the phrase 'people's heart is upright' was added by myself.

But it doesn't matter, can the matter of the transcendent be called plagiarism?

"Would you like to meet the newly recruited scribe?" Yu Kexun didn't want to dwell on this issue any longer, so he changed the subject.

"It's gone, let them sit on the public trial platform outside the south city gate for two hours, and then go to take up their posts," Yue Shan said.

"Uh...Okay, I'll give the order." Yu Kexun was full of sympathy for those clerks.

So the people in Yanci County soon discovered an interesting fact that the empty public trial platform was crowded with people.Because there were too many people to stand on the stage, many people had to stand in a circle around the public trial stage.

Soon the place was full of people, and everyone whispered and asked what these people were doing.It soon became known that these were the newly recruited six-room scribes, and Qing Shuihou asked them to come here to experience it as a warning.

The common people were immediately overjoyed, this kind of thing was called an anecdote, and they rushed to tell each other, and more and more people came to watch.

Many people deliberately reminded those clerks loudly that they should be honest and good officials, otherwise they would be invited to come to Taiwan for sightseeing next time.

Some people shouted loudly to express their gratitude to Prince Qingshui Hou Wandai.

The originally smug Xinke scribes seemed to have been poured cold water on their heads, and their wandering thoughts were firmly suppressed.

After finally staying for two hours, these people hid their faces and fled as if they had been pardoned.

The three shifts and the six rooms were fully staffed, and the work of the yamen was quickly on track, and all work was carried out in an orderly manner.

The division of labor is clearer, and there are dedicated responsible persons for each task, which reduces the room for buck-passing and perfunctory. The work efficiency of the yamen has increased dozens of times, and the common people have also gained convenience.

This reform of Yueshan finally convinced everyone in terms of function, and more and more people recognized the three classes and six rooms.

Especially the wind watcher sent here by the imperial court sent three secret letters a day to the capital to tell the lords what happened here.

After the manpower is fully staffed, some work that has been temporarily put on hold has also begun.For example, the excavation of brine ponds and the construction of salt fields in Quandi Prefecture.

Of course, salt pans are only built on saline-alkali land that is not suitable for cultivation, and those lands that are suitable for cultivation are specially protected.

The foundation of an agricultural society is arable land, and everything else is false.The cultivated land cannot be destroyed for the one-sided pursuit of salt profit, and Yueshan can still distinguish this point.

Once people get busy, time passes quickly, and before they know it, it will be New Year's Day, which is the Spring Festival for later generations, but it is not called Spring Festival at this time.

This was Yue Shan's first New Year's Day in Dizhou, and he planned to make it more grand.

(End of this chapter)