The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1410

[1410.Chapter 1339: Amazed]

Zhu Houzhao speaks, it always makes people a little embarrassed.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi was already used to Zhu Houzhao’s strange words.

He knew very well what kind of virtue his son was. He was good at everything, but he always made shocking remarks and said some irrelevant things.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi was always angry about this. The dignified prince always talked nonsense regardless of the occasion, which was okay.

But after playing for so many years, there is still no improvement. Obviously, this cannot be changed. He was beaten and refused to change, and he was beaten again and again. In the end, he couldn’t fight anymore, and simply…had to compromise. Therefore, any weird words Zhu Houzhao said, Emperor Hongzhi would automatically filter out and treat him as if he had never heard of it.

Just hearing that these White Lotus cult bandits actually wanted to assassinate Fang Jifan made Emperor Hongzhi extremely frightened. His whole body was trembling a little, and his hands could not help but clenched into fists. His face became stern, and he narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Zhao Da. A cold snort came out of his nostrils.

“How brave you are. I treat the people like my own children. Although I have my shortcomings, I still have a clear conscience. You are so bold and reckless. It is simply abominable.” After saying that, he couldn’t help but be silent for a while, and then asked again.

“You are so rampant and crazy, and you even sacrificed your life to kill the imperial official. Do you have any grievances?”

Zhao Da was silent for a moment. His eyes were a little wandering, but he glanced at the executioner who was guarding him and shuddered. He said: “The villain was just an ordinary farmer before. Because he was pious and always at the side of the leader, he was promoted by him. Growing crops was too hard, but in the church, there were people to support him.”

This is the truth.

It has nothing to do with other issues.

Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to ask any more questions. He frowned in disgust and said coldly: “Take him down, hand him over to the Jinyi Guards, and send him to prison.”

The executioners did not hesitate and took him down.

Regarding Zhao Da’s answer, Emperor Hongzhi seemed a little anxious. After all, there are still many ambitious people in this world. As long as they can inspire the people, they can break away from production, use various banners, and appoint officials and make wishes internally, and there will be success. The bewitched people supported them.

After Zhao Da was taken into custody, Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath and couldn’t help but sigh: “Come to think of it, this is the so-called human heart.”

With a sigh, Emperor Hongzhi continued.

“Therefore, the imperial court still has a long way to go. If one White Lotus Sect is destroyed today, there will be other sects to replace it tomorrow. Although they can’t cause any trouble now, once the way of heaven changes, they will have the opportunity to take advantage of it. “

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the prince and felt a little worried. If he is in power, these people will not do much harm. His own son is also somewhat similar. Come to think of it, even the White Lotus Sect cannot make trouble, but his grandson , where is his great-grandson?

There are really too many variables in this.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but feel a little scared. He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked around at everyone, and asked.

“Gentlemen, what do you think?”

Mou Bin stood aside, too ashamed to speak.

The dignified Jinyi Guards are not as good as Shuntian Mansion in catching imperial prisoners. What can they say now?

Seeing that Mou Binbin was silent beside him, Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help but look at Fang Jifan expectantly.

Fang Jifan said slowly: “Your Majesty, in addition to the executioners and Xincheng soldiers and horses, the common people also gave a lot of help to capture the imperial prisoner this time. If they hadn’t informed him, they could have spied on any abnormalities around him at any time. “To catch these bandits is like looking for a needle in a haystack.”

Fang Jifan paused and said, “Sects like the White Lotus Sect are emerging one after another. If you want to solve them, I believe that the key is to educate them.” Enlightenment is not about enlightenment. In the past, the imperial court only taught people about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but how many of the people could understand it? In the eyes of the ministers, reading can make people understand. The so-called enlightenment does not rely on a few articles to declare benevolence, righteousness and morality. Things that can be accomplished by being in the public eye are not just a matter of a few scholars or a few students in the county. The fundamental way is to let more people go to school to study. Reading can clarify their aspirations and understand their reasoning. Naturally, It will be less easy to be deceived.”

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it, and then nodded: “You continue,”

Fang Jifan said, “In the past, scholars could only take the imperial examination, so for For the common people, the imperial examination route is too narrow. In three years, how many Jinshi, how many candidates, or how many talented people can the imperial court admit? People who are poor naturally dare not let their children study. “

“Therefore, in order to promote this kind of education, I think there are three things to do first. First, we need to vigorously build schools and try our best to reduce the tuition fees. : Make the people more prosperous, able to have enough food and clothing, and can barely support their children to study; the third thing is the most important, it is to make people truly see the benefits of studying. If it is just the enlightenment of benevolence, righteousness and morality, But they didn’t tell people what they could gain from studying. Erchen thought this was inappropriate. In Xincheng, people developed a habit of studying, not because after studying, they could participate in the imperial examination, become a scholar, or be an official. , in this way, the lintel is shining; but the reason is that there are too many positions in the new city that require someone to write and write, and those who have studied not only have a more leisurely job, but also have a high salary. Therefore, everyone is willing to let their children Become such a person. “

“Your Majesty, the people of Ming Dynasty are the most practical. They never dare to have too high expectations, and they never aim too high. For them, the matter of being named on the gold list is far away. What does it have to do with them? Only the immediate and tangible benefits can make them make up their minds. Since His Highness the Prince took charge of Shuntian Mansion, he has always regarded education as a top priority and set up a team in the capital. There are more than a hundred elementary schools and more than thirty vocational schools. They have also changed the functions of the government schools and county schools to recruit scholars who want to learn university knowledge. They even introduced Xishan Academy into the old city and the new city to open joint schools. Today, there are 130,000 children, teenagers, and young people enrolled in Beijing. “

230,000 people…

This… is something that Emperor Hongzhi never paid attention to.”

But now it sounds like this number is really scary.

Nearly 40% of the people of the right age are enrolled in school.

This requires a lot of money.

Emperor Hongzhi was calculating in his mind, but he didn’t have an answer, so he asked.

“Then how much money will this cost?”

Fang Jifan asked: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his ministers have also been worried about this, but… the effect is pretty good. The prince and his ministers dedicated the ceremonial room of Shuntian Mansion to full-time A group of people were created to unify teaching materials and manage public schools. If the teaching materials were unified, books could be printed directly, and there were many children enrolled. One teacher could teach dozens of people. Although it was not as good as a private school, it could be like this After calculation, the cost is actually shared evenly. “

The reason why education in this era is expensive is not only because the books are valuable, but also because children are not engaged in production, and the family has one less labor force. Another problem is that it has no real meaning. Public schools in China do not have a unified standard for education. Once standards are established, a teacher with dozens of children, although a little nervous, can give more children the opportunity to study.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: “I see, I don’t know, is this the prince’s idea or yours?”

Fang Jifan said: “Of course it is the result of His Highness the Crown Prince’s hard work for education. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince often tells people that Beizhili The Shuntian Mansion is the most benign place, at the feet of the Emperor. If even here there are very few people studying, then it is the dereliction of duty by the Yin of Shuntian Mansion. His Royal Highness has spent a lot of thought on the affairs of the public school. , even every teaching material was carefully selected by him.”

Emperor Hongzhi seemed a little unconvinced, but he couldn’t help but feel a little relieved.

This is something that has never happened before. I didn’t expect that my son would be appointed governor here and actually do it.

Although Emperor Hongzhi didn’t know how effective it would be, the White Lotus Sect was wiped out in a flash, which shows that the prince is quite capable.

The most important thing is that the prince can think of promoting education through promoting public education. This in itself shows that the prince has a heart to love the people and has gradually mastered the way of governing the country.

Emperor Hongzhi said with great interest: “What teaching materials are there? Let me take a look.”

Zhu Houzhao looked a little embarrassed and stood still like a wooden stake.

On the other hand, the clerk of the ceremonial room, who was standing in the corner of the hall, hurriedly fetched a textbook.

When Emperor Hongzhi saw it, he saw that it was an elementary school book made of very ordinary paper.

Emperor Hongzhi opened the first page. Hey, there are illustrations on it.

In the painting, Zhu Houzhao is riding on a horse, drawing a bow and arrow.

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

That’s all, the prince has this kind of virtue and is used to it.

The second page.

Still an illustration.

This time it was Zhu Houzhao holding a wrench beside the steam locomotive.

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

This is a bit unbearable, it’s you again.

Emperor Hongzhi patiently turned another page. Why is it still you?

On the third page, there is Zhu Houzhao knitting a sweater.

Page 4…Zhu Houzhao holding a scalpel in the Jamsil.

Page 5…Zhu Houzhao is plowing the fields, serious and focused.

Page six… Zhu Houzhao stroked a farm cow and smiled, as if there was an inscrutable connection between him and the cow. This page seemed to declare that Zhu Houzhao was a man who loved cows, and cows were always in love with cows. Agriculture related.

Every page is full of photos of Zhu Houzhao, who is either heroic, elegant, or focused…

Emperor Hongzhi took a breath, and he felt that his heart was a little blocked.

Then he raised his head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao smiled at him.

“……”

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Chapter 1 has been delivered.

(End of chapter)