I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 417 Subject "Gewu"

In fact, Li Tian didn't intend for it at the beginning, and put women on an equal footing with men in one step.

Whether it's his previous rhetoric about fighting for women's rights, or his accusations against Yang Shiqi and others for being old-fashioned, they are all just sloppy eyes.

Girls go to school, even those Western developed countries that have entered the modern society for 200 years, some places still have no change in discrimination against women.

Some countries in later generations treated women even worse than Daming at this time.

Even in Huaguo, it took decades of struggle to gradually equalize the status of women with men.

Now he wants to use his own power to bring the whole society right, which is tantamount to fantasy.

But he still insisted on it, and he just wanted to bring a revelation to Daming through this method.

Now put the big hat on them, elevate the situation to a level related to the progress of civilization, and then raise it high and put it down gently, and finally let Yang Shiqi and others feel that they have convinced themselves.

In fact, everything is just Li Tian's routine.

His original plan was to open four or five women's schools to test the waters.

Now that the goal has been achieved, he has nothing to worry about.

"Okay, this matter is settled, let's discuss how to let the common people accept this kind of compulsory education and the subjects taught in peace!"

Kong Yanjin already had his own ideas about letting the common people receive compulsory education.

Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty, the name of the sage Kong is still very marketable, especially for those who are willing to change their status quo, reading, especially under the hands of the sage Kong, no matter how you look at it, it is very important. It's a matter of honor.

In fact, Li Tian and the others only need to change one concept, and this matter is actually easy to solve.

No matter in any dynasty, coercive orders, no matter whether they are well-intentioned or malicious, will always make some people feel uncomfortable.

The method given by Kong Yanjin is to change the term of mandatory order and publicize it with a more euphemistic rhetoric.

Like the large-scale recruitment of Confucius Institutes, all students who enroll can get the opportunity to read and write for free. If they don't participate, it is very likely that several generations will not be eligible to take the imperial examination.

This method of adding sticks and sweet dates is carried out at the same time, even if some people are still hesitant to let their children go to school.

But for the fact that the next few generations will not be eligible to take the imperial examination, even if they don't think about themselves, they must think about their descendants.

If it is true that because of his momentary greed, his descendants will never have the opportunity to be an official again, then his crime will be huge.

Under the influence of such thinking, I am afraid that no matter how stubborn a person is, he should carefully consider the possible consequences.

Li Tian was very satisfied with the suggestion given by Kong Yanjin.

Finally he added,

"In order to avoid people's disapproval, I think it is best to set up a statue of Confucius in each school for this new type of school, which may be more attractive."

Hearing that Li Tian actually wanted to help the Confucian family publicize, this is a good thing to accumulate great virtue.

Kong Yanjin fell to his knees again with a thud, almost incoherent in his excitement.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... On behalf of the Kong family, Kong Yanjin thanked His Majesty for your kindness!"

Yang Shiqi and others also cupped their hands and said,
"Your Majesty's move is really a legacy of sages and sages, and his bearing is not inferior to that of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors!"

At the beginning, Li Tian said that the new school would open new subjects. According to Li Tian's disdain for Confucianism in the past, they thought that Li Tian might completely abandon the traditional education method, and they were somewhat worried.

At this time, Li Tian took the initiative to ask for a statue of Confucius to be added to each college, which meant that Li Tian still recognized Confucianism.

This is undoubtedly a great encouragement for civil officials like them.

But what Li Tian thought in his heart was completely different from theirs.

He agreed to add statues in the school, but only because Confucius is very suitable for the image of teaching and educating people.

More than half of the schools in later generations have the tradition of erecting statues of Confucius, and he doesn't think it's a big deal.

Scratching his head, he felt that these guys were a little baffled, but he didn't reveal it.
"You can think whatever you want, it won't have any effect anyway!"

After discussing how to attract students, it is the turn of specific subjects.

Yang Shiqi and others have always believed that the Four Books and Five Classics are must-reads for students and should not be given up.

Li Tian didn't argue with them either.

Although he doesn't like these old stereotyped literature, he doesn't deny that learning more classics of Chinese studies is still very helpful for improving a person's recuperation.

But that's all. Li Tian wants to train modern students who meet his ideals, but he doesn't want to spend so much effort to train those sour scholars who only know how to shake their heads and read rote books.

In addition to the classics of Chinese studies, he imposed liberal arts content such as history, geography and law, and finally added the subject of Gewu, which they had never heard of.

In his vision, higher education will be divided into two subjects, arts and sciences.

The nature of learning literature is to prepare for the popularization of civil servants in the future.

Those who study science are to continue to send fresh blood to departments related to scientific development like Tiangong Institute in the future.

The junior school is temporarily part of the arts and sciences, learning a little bit of everything, and finally chooses the academic direction of the post-study based on interests and one's own aspirations.

But there is one thing that is troublesome.

That is the study of Gewu in science, which can be regarded as the first of its kind in the world, and there is no systematic teaching material at all.

If Li Tian wants students to learn relevant knowledge in the school, he has to compile textbooks by himself.

Gewu is a general term, which includes mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other subjects.

Some of the wisdom crystallization of the ancients can be found in arithmetic, but Li Tian is fully responsible for compiling the three subjects of physics, chemistry and biology.

It is very difficult to sort out three subjects suitable for beginners by one person, and it must consume a lot of energy and time.

But fortunately, Li Tian often publishes some small common sense about natural science in the Beijing News, and there are quite a few articles accumulated over time.

Dealing with these things in the early stage can also stand up for a while, which can somewhat free up some time for him to compile textbooks.

It was difficult for Yang Shiqi and others to say that Li Tian had imposed so many subjects that had nothing to do with the imperial examination.

Li Tian has compromised so much before, and he is willing to erect a statue of Confucius in every school, which is already a great tolerance for them.

It's not easy for them to say anything at this time, they can only follow Li Tian's thoughts.

(End of this chapter)