Cutting 1719

Chapter 632 Education Gap

The Emperor of Japan is dead!

For Ning Yu, this is not good news. It is not that he has any affection for the so-called emperor, but because in Japan under the current rule of the shogunate, the government represented by the emperor can always play a role in the shogunate. Certain checks and balances, such as setting some small stumbling blocks for the shogunate.

Of course, the public is not capable of exerting too much influence on the shogunate, but as long as the public still exists, the shogun has to pinch its nose to control it, so that Japan cannot be integrated from top to bottom, let alone help each other.

Therefore, even though Ning Yu was very dissatisfied with the title of Emperor, he never thought about changing him to King of Japan—this kind of face-saving problem is not a big deal after all, but without the Emperor, it will cause unknowable political changes in Japan For Da Chu, this is naturally a threat.

Ning Yu shook his head lightly, handed the letter to Cui Wancai, and said in a low voice, "It's really not the right time to die, it seems that the shogunate is playing tricks inside."

According to the investigation by Shadow's intelligence personnel stationed in Japan, the 36-year-old Emperor Nakagomon has never been in poor health, and he has never heard of any hidden diseases. Then at the beginning of this year, the shogunate presented him with a card from The piano imported from the West seems to be a metaphor, but within a few days after this incident, Emperor Chugomon collapsed directly, and even the successor, Prince Zhaoren, was never summoned. Everything happened inexplicably.

After Cui Wancai read it, he said in a low voice, "I'm afraid there is a mystery behind Qingren's death, but in my opinion, I might as well send an envoy to offer my condolences, and further understand Tokugawa Yoshimune's thoughts."

Ning Yu nodded. He didn't dare to underestimate this shogun, because he was a very outstanding public official in the original history, and the reform of enjoying insurance really boosted the financial economy of the shogun at that time. , and introduced a large amount of orchid knowledge, which secretly laid the groundwork for the future reform of the shogunate's New Deal.

In this era, due to the rise of the Great Chu, Japan has returned to its old path, which is to learn from China-Tokugawa Yoshimune even began to prepare to send Tang envoys again that year, and asked the Great Chu to be able to Let these young people enter China's latest universities to study.

Ning Yu naturally completely denied this request. He rejected Tokugawa Yoshimune because the school has not been established for a long time, but this did not stop Tokugawa Yoshimune's ambition. He began to send people to buy newspapers in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places. Then let people take them back to the shogunate to check the latest policy changes of Dachu, and to learn and imitate them.

In addition, Tokugawa Yoshimune also imitated the actions of Da Chu and further relaxed the restrictions on Lanxue. On the basis of the original "Foreign Book Removal Ban", he reissued a "Foreign Book Reward Order", that is, for Anyone who can bring books from China or Europe will be rewarded. At the same time, he also sent ministers Aoki Kunyang and Nolu Yuanzhang to learn Dutch so that people can learn more about Western culture.

And this work is naturally fruitful. For example, Aoki Kunyang compiled works such as "Translation of Helan Dialect", "Translation of Helan Wen", "Examination of Helan Currency", "A Brief Examination of Helan Characters", and Yelu Yuanzhang also wrote Wrote "Alando Materia Medica Reconciliation", "Alando Animals, Insects and Fish Map Reconciliation", etc., and even imitated the pioneering work of revising the map in the [-]th year of the Great Chu Dynasty, and dispatched Japanese mathematician Kenhiro Kenbe, a vassal, to draw "Japan General Map" to Masao Bao , Genrok's map has undergone large-scale corrections.

All of these, it does not mean that Tokugawa Yoshimune's inner ambition is not just to be a general, Ning Yu is naturally vigilant in every possible way, and is particularly sensitive to the death of the current emperor.

"Send Han Ming, Director of the Department of Japan and South Korea of ​​the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to pay my respects to Emperor Yumon on my behalf. In addition, for the shogunate Tokugawa Yoshimune, it is best to see what he is planning."

In Huangcheng Public School, a group of teenagers are kicking the ball on the playground. Most of them are teenagers, wearing jerseys that have been changed to a smaller size, and they are attacking and defending in style. Middle-aged people and young people watched this game with great interest.

The 11-year-old Ning Chengze is rushing forward with the ball. He is much taller than other teenagers of the same age, but he does not look too bulky. On the contrary, he shows a witty energy, and he quickly overwhelmed the opponent's defender in front of him. , Then his body accelerated suddenly, and he broke into the penalty area with the ball.

"Quick, quick, knock him down!"

"Are you all turtles? You run so slow!"

The goalkeeper of the opposing team suddenly panicked. He didn't know whether he should take the initiative to attack or defend the goal, so he could only yell at the other defenders. However, when he saw Ning Chengze getting closer, he finally ignored it and moved towards the goal. Ning Chengze rushed forward, obviously hoping to block the opponent's attack with his body.

Ning Chengze smiled unhurriedly, but kicked the football towards another teammate. The boy also smiled, and kicked the ball into the opponent's goal with a straight kick.

"The ball-go-in!"

A group of teenagers rushed forward in cheers. They warmly hugged Ning Chengze and the boy who scored the goal, then lifted Ning Chengze and the boy up into the sky, and then let out another loud roar. After catching the two who fell, there was joy among the crowd.

The faces of the young players on the opposite side were not very good, especially the goalkeeper's face turned red, he rushed over and shouted: "Ning Chengze, Cheng Wanjun, don't be complacent, if it weren't for my teammates, you wouldn't May kick in!"

When everyone heard this, they stared at each other angrily. On the contrary, Ning Chengze and Cheng Wanjun smiled and did not refute verbally. However, the referee dressed in black hurried over, and he Signaling to separate the players on both sides, and trying to reach for the card, this made the goalkeeper leave angrily.

At this time, the middle-aged people on the sidelines were watching this scene with a smile. They didn't try to participate in it, but just watched the ball game in front of them seriously like watching a regular professional game.

Finally, with the sound of a whistle, the whole match was declared over, and Ning Chengze's team won the match as they wished. Among them, Ning Chengze, as a striker, scored two passes and one shot. The face was also quite excited, and while wiping the sweat, he whispered something to the young man beside him.

The middle-aged man on the side came over at this time, with a smile on his face, he raised his hand to say hello: "Chengze, come here quickly, Grandpa Seventh brought you a gift."

When Ning Chengze saw the middle-aged man, a smile appeared on his face. He didn't run over like other escaped teenagers, but turned around to bid farewell to his teammates before taking Cheng Wanjun away. After coming over, the whole person's temperament seemed extremely confident and decent.

"Chengze met Uncle Seven."

"Wan Jun, a descendant of the Cheng family, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Shu."

It turned out that the middle-aged man was none other than Ning Zhongquan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Education. Because he was recognized by the ruling and opposition parties in presiding over the follow-up education reform, he was renamed King of Shu during the ten-year reform period.

Ning Zhongquan chuckled, and asked someone to bring over a big wooden box, and said with a smile, "Chengze, open it and have a look."

Ning Chengze's face was a little curious, but he lifted the lid of the wooden box, and his eyes suddenly lit up, because there was a whole set of jujube wood miniature carvings in the wooden box, which were taken from the market scene in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". He was lifelike, and his demeanor had a charm of his own, but it made Ning Chengze fall in love with him immediately.

"Thank you Grandpa Qishu for your kindness. This set of wood carvings is obviously not ordinary, but I don't know which master it came from. It's really troublesome for Uncle Huang."

Things are not very expensive, the key is that they are relatively rare, so it is not so easy to find them.

Ning Zhongquan said with a slight smile: "This set of things is the work of Mr. Zhao from Leizhou. Because the whole thing is troublesome, it took him three years to carve it. This is the only set in the world, so my uncle bought it for you. gone."

Ning Chengze hurriedly said respectfully: "Uncle is an important minister of the imperial court, so he probably wouldn't make a special trip to give gifts, but is there anything you need to talk to Chengze about?"

"You're really not an inefficient lamp. This time, uncle and grandpa really need to trouble you."

Ning Zhongquan laughed loudly, but attracted the attention of others, and then said: "Well, let's find a place to have a meal first, and then uncle will talk to you slowly."

Immediately, the two of them walked into the restaurant opened by the Imperial City Public School together, ordered a few of the more popular seasonal vegetables and side dishes, and ate them so heartily, without any so-called royal temperament, on the contrary Like an ordinary family.

The Ning family all pay attention to food and sleep, so the two didn't talk about anything. After eating, someone came over to make two cups of tea. With the fragrance of the tea, Ning Zhongquan slowly opened his mouth. mouthed.

"Chengze, do you know what happened in the court recently?"

"Grandpa, I'm just a student, where do I know the news?"

Ning Chengze smiled wryly, he is indeed just a slightly precocious student, he would never live in the palace on weekdays, but lives in the school dormitory like other children, naturally he has no channels to contact other people s things.

Ning Zhongquan coughed in embarrassment before slowly opening his mouth and said: "Your Majesty wants the same style in nine states, the key point of which is to reform at the education level, but since the reform at the imperial examination level, I can't think of the next step. How should it be changed?"

Ning Chengze said strangely: "Grandpa, it is natural for the adults to manage such a big government affairs. Why did Uncle ask a child like me?"

"Hehe, it's not entirely true that you are a child. It's just that His Majesty said that if you can't think of it, you can come here to have a look." Ning Zhongquan had an embarrassed smile on his face. Anyway, he had to admit that he had indeed Can't think of it.

Ning Chengze was slightly silent, and said softly: "I understand what uncle means, but I am indeed just an ordinary student. Even if my father asked me to, I will only study in this school as an ordinary person. , so I may not be able to tell my uncle more things."

Ning Zhongquan pondered for a while, chanting the word 'ordinary' non-stop, but his face showed a trace of confusion.

What exactly is his emperor's nephew thinking?How can it be so incomprehensible?
Ning Chengze smiled slightly at this time, he still maintained an upright sitting posture, but his hands moved a little more when he spoke, "Grandpa, Father's meaning may not be as complicated as you think, I just want to do well It's not that easy."

Ning Zhongquan asked suspiciously: "What does this mean? Your father is such a character, he likes to be guessed and understood, but I am just a wooden fish head, good nephew, don't embarrass grandpa any more. "

"Pfft-"

Ning Chengze couldn't help laughing, he shook his head and said, "Grandpa, I'm not embarrassing you, but I don't know if my thoughts are right or not, but I just heard my father said earlier that Huangcheng Public School The establishment is by no means just for the royal family and the children of the powerful, in fact it has assumed a very important responsibility."

"What responsibility?"

"The establishment of Huangcheng Public School is essentially to become a model and a benchmark for the future. All the experience gained in Huangcheng Public School in the past few years now needs to be promoted to the whole world in the future."

Ning Zhongquan was slightly silent. He had already understood the meaning of this sentence, but it was precisely because he understood it that he felt a trace of unreality—because according to the specifications of Huangcheng Public School, it is necessary to spread it to the whole world. Money and food are simply an astronomical figure, and the high tuition fees required can completely keep other ordinary people out!

At that time, no matter how good the successful experience is, it will be pure nonsense. After all, ordinary people can't afford to learn it, so what's the use of it?

Even though the current imperial examination has been reformed to new schools, most of the people who take the scientific examination are just old bachelors. Most of them spent a sum of money and participated in high-priced training courses to pass the imperial examination. For most ordinary people, it is still out of reach.

Seeing Ning Zhongquan's expression, Ning Chengze also sighed softly and said, "Grandpa, although I'm just an immature child, I also have my own understanding of money and food. If I use it to cultivate talents that cannot be applied to reality , is essentially the greatest waste of people.”

Ning Zhongquan was suddenly a little surprised. Being able to say these words is enough to show that Ning Chengze is not simple, because many people think that in the past, there were private schools and schools all over the world, and they didn't see how much money they spent. There is a folk saying that poor culture and rich martial arts, how come it becomes so expensive when it comes to Xinxue?

The reason is also very simple. In the past, everyone studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and there were only a few books in total. As long as you have thought about some of the above things, no one will say anything to take the imperial examination, even without a teacher. Self-study - so the cost is very low. There are many such self-taught masters who have left their names in history.

But now it is different, just like this Huangcheng Public School, which itself is divided into three grades of elementary school-junior high school-senior high school. Among them, the elementary school needs to learn Chinese, mathematics, nature, science and other courses, and the middle school and high school will go further. Take courses like astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, and even a language class.

And behind these courses, they are all piled up with white money, so the cost between the two cannot be compared at all. Of course, the talents they cultivate are naturally very different.

(End of this chapter)