Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 521 Going to School
With suspicion, Chunniang and Sister Feng went to work at the place arranged by the government.

Because they knew that they might do rough work, they all wore rough clothes. Their work today was mainly to wipe the desks, chairs, windows and so on in the school.

The Confucian Temple also moved a lot of desks and chairs. Although they are very simple, they are neatly placed. In addition, they carefully wiped them. Although they are a bit crude, they are clean and comfortable.

In the first two days, not many women came, most of them were women from poor families who came to work for some food.

Gradually, the number of people increased, not only from poor families, but also from wealthy households in the city, some women brought their maids and so on.

But at this time, it doesn't matter who the maid is. Everyone is treated the same. If you do a good job, there will be some rewards. If you are too slow, you will be deducted from wages.

But no matter what, after the Confucian Temple and the school were cleaned, everyone got their wages.

Looking at the Daming coins in their hands, all the women were very excited.

Not to mention women in this era, it is not so easy for men to make money. Ordinary women can embroider and embroider at home, and even if they are skillful, they can make some clothes.

Nowadays, everyone has a few yuan of Daming coins in their hands. This is not a small amount. It can provide food for a family for several days. Families with few people can even save some food. It is not a problem to be able to eat for half a month.

You know, studying in the past was only the attitude of a rich man and a young master, not to mention that now girls can go to school, and the food is similar to that of boys. It is also a very lucky thing for many poor families.

This group of scholars is naturally different from ordinary illiterate people. They are knowledgeable, and some people even clamored to go to Beijing to sue.

One Yuan Daming Coin, which can only be earned by a man working as a small laborer for a day, a child can earn it, and it can be earned as long as he can study and pass the exam.

After all, scholars who can study in this era are naturally from families with good economic conditions, and Tu Dashan's decision will naturally damage their interests.

Even girls from powerful families are taught by older gentlemen before they are minors. After they become adults, because of the problem of male and female defense, they generally seldom have contact with strange men.

In addition to the Chinese class, there is also a math class. Basically everyone is new to this subject, and they all learn from the first page.

"Father, don't worry, there are Dabao and Xiaobao, as well as me and Sister Feng, the four of us attend classes together, and our daily income is three yuan of Ming coins, which is completely enough for us to spend. You can just watch Dalang at home!"

The language is very basic, mainly literacy, but it is different from Dabao and his literacy in the past. What the teacher teaches is called Hanyu Pinyin. The sounds are very strange, but they can read a word together Pronunciation, after learning pinyin, learning Chinese characters is fast and convenient.

Regardless of the fact that these two people only know a few words, they are considered outstanding in the class at this level. Many girls who come to study do not know a single word, and some of them have never even held a pen.

At the beginning, many women were afraid or even unwilling to come to class, because they felt that it would not be good for women to come to class in public.

So Chunniang and Sister Feng came to class for less than two days, and more girls came to class, and many of them were girls from good families. Those girls were a bit taboo at first, but they knew that female gentlemen could make money, so soon also participated.

They also took a quiz, and Sister Feng was rewarded with one Yuan Daming coin because she was No.1 in the exam!

Chunniang comforted the anxious Landlord Yang and said.

Yes, classes for all!
The purpose of cleaning Confucian temples and schools is for the whole people to attend classes. It is said that there are not only this one place, but also many places in the city, including the suburbs and the countryside.

It is said that those female gentlemen were cultivated in advance by them, and they were sent to help teach when the cities in the south were changing. They called it "education"!
Those female gentlemen are really good. Not only can they teach Chinese, but they can also understand those characters. They are also very good at writing Chinese and poetry. They are also proficient in mathematics and numbers.

It is said that when there was a revolution there, there were more movements than here. The guards were also used there, and they fought for several hours. However, Wang Shangshu was famous in the south for his battles. Who is his opponent? Those people were all captured, killed, exiled, and more sent to the mine.

Chinese class is not too difficult for her because she has more literacy. In math class, Chunniang feels that she is much slower to react than Sister Feng and the others, especially since Sister Feng is the best math student in the class now.

Because you can earn money by studying, and there are rewards for studying well. Now the students in the class are studying in competition.

Landlord Yang also wants to go, but he is too old to go, which is a pity. As for his stupid son, if he is not worried that he still needs to be taken care of and cannot attend classes normally, he really wants to send him there directly.

Those people were discouraged after going through such a situation. For them, this situation is not much different from self-government. Whether they can keep their lives alive is another matter, and they can only let go of the rest.

Although girls from poor families don't taboo so much in order to survive, they will be more accepting when they know that it is a female teacher who comes to teach.

Landlord Yang thinks that it is very good that his family can live a good life in the city now. This is much better than the previous worrying situation. As long as they keep a low profile and do not cause trouble, they can do whatever the government says. So he felt relieved and stayed at home to take care of his son.

At first everyone thought it was weird, but they didn't understand what was going on until after the decree was issued.

"Auntie, are you still reciting? I'll chop the vegetables. It's more convenient for you to sit down and light the fire. I'll check for you later if you're reciting correctly!"

Those female gentlemen are not from Xuzhou Mansion, but teachers from Yingzhou and Suzhou. I heard that those teachers are all from Suzhou or Yingzhou Mansion, and it seems that there have been changes there.

What kind of work can you do these days?If you have work, you will perform well. For the work arranged by the government, you will earn wages if you work, and you will get a subsidy if you go to class. As long as you go to class normally, regardless of gender, you will have a subsidy of 1 yuan per day. This is also a sum of money. A lot of money.

After being grouped according to different age groups, each family received a set of textbooks and stationery for free.

Dabao and Erbao are the grandsons of Landlord Yang and Chunniang's sons. One is seven years old and the other is five.

Therefore, as soon as the policy was announced, children from poor families flocked to the school. If the other children in the family were not too young, some could not walk, and the government stipulated that they must be over five years old, those families would like to send all their children to school.

If Sister Feng hadn't been involved in an accident at home, her family conditions would be very good. Like Chun Niang, she could read a few words.

Fortunately, there is no vassal land in Xuzhou.

After all, some of the powerful aristocratic families were imprisoned, and some were even dispatched to the mines.

It is absolutely unimaginable for a woman to support a family in this era.

Families that didn't pay much attention to women before began to be kind to their own women.

From the beginning, many people opposed it, but later they expected the capital to know, and now many people have begun to give up or accept it.

Now not only can I go to school, but I can also make money, which is naturally better.

In short, up to now, as long as they are living in this city, even if they are princes and grandsons, they can only behave with their tails between their tails, and they are even more afraid. No one knows whether this Tu Dashan is a wolf ambition or not!

The schools and Confucian temples in the city are not very large, and it is really not easy to achieve universal education.

As for adults, you can choose to take classes during the day, and if you have other jobs, you can also choose night classes.

At the beginning, many people didn't understand what happened to the sudden cleaning of the Confucian Temple and the State School. Later, seeing many tables moved to the Confucian Temple, they began to wonder if there would be classes here?
It's just that I have some doubts. There are schools and private schools in the city, which are completely enough for those scholars.

"Auntie, it takes skill to recite and understand mathematics. Let me tell you about my method, so it will be very fast..."

Chunniang and Sister Feng were appointed as group leaders within a few days after entering the class to help teach other students.

Of course, what's even more novel is that the teachers who teach them these lessons are all female students.

The stationery is not the writing brushes used by those scholars in the previous imperial examinations, but black hard. Hard things called ink pens. Hard pens are convenient for beginners.

Tu Dashan is a ruthless person. He first threw a group of scholars into prison, and released them only when they were hungry, and then let them go home and suspend classes.

The Confucian Temple in Xuzhou Prefecture is next to the State School, which can also be said to be linked in one place.

Seeing that these women made money, some families who used to have a lot of food and wealth also began to send their women back, asking if there was any work to do, and they were all eager to try.

Sister Feng was busy washing clothes outside, after washing, she saw how busy Chun Niang was, so she hurried over to help.

Chunniang and Sister Feng had previous work experience, so this time they said they were allowed to attend the class, so they trotted to sign up.

Recently, Chunniang suffers from the slowness of reciting the nine-nine multiplication table. When cooking, she always takes out a small book and memorizes a paragraph.

"Sister Feng, why do you think I'm so stupid! The teacher has taught you a few times and you'll memorize it after reading it. I've read it so many times, but I'm still so stupid..."

Nowadays, there are still two meals that can be shared in class. This is not very good for many people who are worried about lack of food and hungry stomachs.

There are only two books, one for Chinese and one for mathematics, as well as some crude hemp paper and a few pens.

Sister Feng is now the most enviable child in the neighborhood.

The children are assigned to the school to study and read. As long as they go to class every day, they will be given a big pancake to eat, and each child will be given a daily subsidy of 2 jiao Ming coins. There will be classes in the morning, and some small meals will be arranged after class in the afternoon. work, such as weeding, picking up litter, etc.

After learning these numbers, they began to learn various operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, which was quite novel to Chunniang and the others.

Unlike Chinese, some have already attended school and can read a lot. Although they have pinyin, because those who are literate learn quickly, the progress is different, especially for men. They are divided into classes according to their learning level, whether they have passed Classes are divided into classes by schools, directly speaking, classes are divided according to the level of learning, so that teachers can easily grasp the progress of teaching.

What's more, there is also a subsidy of 2 cents in Daming coins. This 2 cents can be said to be a lot of subsidies for now, which is equivalent to taking it for nothing.

On the second day after the cleaning of the Confucian Temple was completed, the government issued a new decree, that is: all people attend classes!

Minors and young people attend classes during the day, and middle-aged people attend evening classes at night.

And now they are basically in a state of suspension, so I don't know what this is going to do!
When Tu Dashan first led his troops into the city to promulgate new policies, in fact, apart from some dignitaries who opposed it, most of them were scholars who opposed it.

For 1 yuan per person, if the whole family goes to class, that is a lot of income.

Not only the children in the family, but Chunniang and Sister Feng also received books and stationery. Landlord Yang is over 55 years old, and his son Yang Dalang has mental problems. get busy.

During class, basically everyone listens carefully and takes notes. Sometimes many people stay behind after class and ask questions honestly, hoping to get a good grade in the exam.

Chunniang and Sister Feng have two classes a day. The first is Chinese and the second is mathematics. They are both arranged in the morning, so they can be busy with their own affairs after class.

Chun Niang said with some worry.

The Prefect Tu was quite able to think of a way, that is to organize the residents of the city into different groups according to different ages, and every 50 people were assigned to a class, and classes were held at different times in the morning, middle and evening.

The new math class is quite special for Chunniang and the others. The teacher taught some messy symbols, and said what numbers are called. Chunniang thought that it was just like the symbols drawn by ghosts, and it was very interesting to read:
Zero, one, two, three, four... all the way to quadrillion etc...

At the beginning, many parents paid more attention to the study of the boys at home. After all, being able to read and count is very good. I heard that as long as they do well, the government will hire them to do some jobs. The boy in my own family can be useful and stand up outside.

Chunniang's father is a scholar, and because of his father, he can also read some words, but in this era, except for some women who can read, write, and recite poems, most women are illiterate. This is the age of virtue.

According to the situation in this era, children from poor families can seldom go to school and work at a young age. However, although there is no saying that child labor is not allowed these days, there are really not many places where child labor is used. At most, they help the family Things like chores rarely directly reflect productivity.

Later, I found out that the girls in the family can make money even when they go to school, especially the smart girls can make more money than the boys in the family.

Nowadays, many shops are run by the government, but some people will be hired to work, and the condition for being hired is to be able to read and write.

Everyone found that some shops not only hired men, but also hired women. For example, some shops specializing in selling women's clothes and daily necessities hired women to do things. The salary was very good, much higher than that of men who did physical work!
Sister Feng is highly valued because of her good studies. She has not graduated yet, and the female teacher has promised her two jobs:

One is the accountant, and the other is the female teacher in the school!

As for which one, she will arrange it when she graduates!You must know that the salary of Mr. Xuetang is 80 yuan per month!That is definitely a high salary, a huge sum of money!
The news that Sister Feng of Landlord Yang's family had a job before graduation spread all over Xuzhou Mansion!
(End of this chapter)