Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

It's no wonder Xu Miaoyun and the others were so shocked.

You must know that what Yang Xian said is beyond this era.

At present, Yang Xian has won for all women in the Ming Dynasty the right to work openly and openly, as well as the right to remarry. In the eyes of Xu Miaoyun and others, it is already an incredible thing.

But after all, there are examples to be found. After all, before Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism became popular, these could be done, just to a certain extent.

You should know that in the Song Dynasty, women could even divorce their husbands.

But what Yang Xian said later, Xu Miaoyun and the others didn't even dare to think about.

Women go to the battlefield to kill enemies and make achievements? If a woman takes the imperial examination and becomes an official, will she become an official in the court?

Xu Miaoyun has read a lot of books since she was a child and is a well-known female student in the capital, but so what?

Why is it a female Zhusheng and not a female number one scholar?

Why didn't she want to take part in the imperial examination to see where she stood among the people in the world? But she was born a girl, and even though she was now a princess, there was nothing she could do.

But now Yang Xian actually told her that she could do it one day.

Whether women are treated equally in a society depends on the following four aspects.

Women should be classified as workers, that is, women have the freedom to choose any career and receive equal pay for similar work. This has been accomplished under Yang Xian's promotion.

Women should belong to the category of educators, that is, they should enjoy the same educational opportunities as men. This is exactly what Yang Xian is going to do next.

Women should belong to the law, and in civil law, wives should be given the full status of legal personality and full authority in civil law before the law. In the criminal law, all provisions that discriminate against women have been completely abolished. Under public law, women have the right to vote. This is a long way to go, but it will be possible one day.

Women should belong to the social life, which means that the entire society recognizes the noble value of women's work in the family and society and excludes women from the scope of various men's activities, the defects, roughness, bias and monotony of life.

Xu Miaoyun and Xu Miaojin looked at Yang Xian's serious face and knew that he was not joking.

Instead, he was answering Xu Miaojin's question very seriously.

It is precisely because of this that they are even more shocked.

Yang Xian looked at Xu Miaojin and said, "I know what Miaojin wants is actually fairness."

"The three most important things in this reform are fairness, fairness, and fairness!"

In any society, the degree of women's emancipation is the natural measure of universal emancipation.

Therefore, Yang Xian chose to use women's liberation as the entry point.

If the issue of gender equality cannot be solved, how can we propose the idea that all men are created equal?

And this is also an opportunity for Yang Xian to earn a lot of merit points.

Women can hold up half the sky. This saying also applies to providing Yang Xian with merit points.

Yang Xian said: "You need to fight for this fairness yourself."

“How can women truly have the same treatment as men?”

"Only when you women can do what men can do, and are doing it, will no one really dare to look down on you."

"Women can hold up half the sky, and if you can hold up half the world, then half of the world should belong to your women."

"Rights and responsibilities are unified!"

Yang Xian said with a serious face.

Yang Xian quickly put back his divergent thoughts, then looked at Xu Miaoyun and said: "Women's rights must be fought for step by step. To realize these, the first thing is to let women accumulate strength."

"Knowledge is the most powerful force in the world, so it is imperative to establish a women's college!"

"I want to hire Miaoyun as the first president of Ming Women's University."

With that said, Yang Xian officially extended an olive branch to Xu Miaoyun.

Xu Miaoyun looked at Yang Xian's serious look and knew the weight behind this sentence itself.

As a big fan of Red Mansion, Xu Miaoyun deeply understands the pain of women in this era, and it is precisely because of this that she looks forward to the future that Yang Xian depicts for them.

Xu Miaoyun first saluted Yang Xian solemnly, and then replied: "I will definitely witness with my own eyes that the day you said will come, sir."

There are many preparations required for a women's university, and hardware conditions are the easiest to solve.

With the current capabilities of the construction team of the Mingji Real Estate Department, it is not difficult to build a modern university. They also have experience in building Yangzhou University before.

What gives Yang Xian the most headache is the issue of teachers.

Currently, we can only choose from Yangzhou University and students who graduated from Yangzhou University.

Yang Xian thought to himself that a normal school would be built in Yangzhou in the future, specifically to train teachers.

After all, except for women, Yang Xian plans to implement universal education throughout the Ming Dynasty.

At the very least, we need to make all people literate and able to do the math of multiplying and dividing a three-digit price.

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people.

Education is never something that can be accomplished overnight.

The training of teachers must also be put on the agenda. A few days ago, Zhu Biao also discussed with Yang Xian whether, because of the new imperial examination, whether to establish a royal academy directly in the name of the imperial court to provide various facilities that the imperial court would need in the future. Cultivate a talent reserve. Most of the talents from several schools in Yangzhou in recent years have gone to Mingji itself, and not many have become officials.

Sure enough, no matter which dynasty, talent is most lacking.

And since we want to promote education for all, it is no longer just a small matter limited to Yangzhou.

A systematic and systematic education must be formed.

Today, Yangzhou primary schools still use the traditional "three hundred thousand" to teach children to read.

Namely, the Three-Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, and the Thousand-Character Classic. In ancient times, these three books were the most basic literacy books and were also used as textbooks for children in private schools. In the process of learning to read, you can also learn about some long-standing history and culture. Essence.

Yang Xian does not intend to give up on this point.

But this also has disadvantages.

Today's children in the Ming Dynasty learn to read, but there is no pinyin for later generations. At the beginning of the education, it was three hundred thousand.

What do children who are only three years old and less than four years old know? Because I have to memorize words, my thoughts are all rigid.

Therefore, Yang Xian planned to figure out the pinyin for "Three Hundred Thousand" and systematically sort out the educational methods for literacy.

Before there was Chinese Pinyin, learning to recognize characters did not rely on pronunciation, but only on the meaning of the characters. If you don't remember the meaning, it's useless to know the word. Unless you can truly master it after several years of systematic study.

This is also an important reason why elementary education was more difficult in ancient times and education was difficult to popularize.

For other courses, we can refer to the advanced experience of several schools in Yangzhou. Several schools in Yangzhou have also achieved a lot of results in recent years.

In addition to Mandarin (Chinese), another most important course is mathematics. From one plus one to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and then to linear equations in two variables, Arabic numerals are naturally used.

Mathematics is the foundation of all natural sciences. Any natural science needs to use "quantity" to measure and explain all the principles, laws, and laws it contains. And "quantity" requires the use of relevant mathematical knowledge.

Moreover, mathematics, like literacy, is closely related to the daily work and life of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

For older officials, if you want to avoid being confused by the people below you, you need to understand the accounts.

Soldiers in the army also need to use the most basic mathematical knowledge when conducting map surveying.

Smaller, even if you are a small stall hawker, you can't do without this when settling accounts.

In addition to Chinese and mathematics, the third textbook is natural science.

This is a textbook that integrates chemistry, physics, astronomy and geography. It will tell students the essence of various natural phenomena, such as how wind, rain, thunder and lightning are formed, how many types of mountains, rivers and landforms are divided into, and other basic natural knowledge.

Then there are non-cultural courses such as physical education, music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

The importance of sports is self-evident. Physical exercise can enhance physical fitness, provide a material foundation for a healthy personality, civilize the spirit and barbarize the body.

Yang Xian didn't want to train a bunch of weak chickens who couldn't lift with their hands or resist with their shoulders.

Non-cultural courses such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting can cultivate children's sentiments and develop their intelligence.

Literacy, learning, and universal education are the paths to a strong country.

These projects are extremely complicated and huge. If it were another time traveler, they would not be able to complete them in just a few years.

Take Pinyin as an example. You can think about the roots, finals, and initial consonants, and see if you can still write them out systematically.

Although this thing has been integrated into the blood and become instinct, it is not a simple matter to refine it again.

Fortunately, Yang Xian has the system.

Exchanging some teaching materials would be a great addition to his massive merit points.

Out of the narrow nationalism in his heart that he did not want to dwarf himself, Yang Xian planned to promote Chinese phonetic symbols instead of the Latin alphabet.

Anyway, the two can basically be converted into each other, and Taiwan Province has practiced this method in later generations and it is indeed feasible.

It’s not much more difficult than the Latin alphabet version, and a slightly smarter child can master it in about a month.

No matter how bad the talent is, it will not last more than three months.

During the days when Yang Xian was compiling teaching materials, Xu Miaoyun and his brothers and sisters accompanied him throughout the process.

While they are helping, they are also receiving education.

Although it only lasted a month.

But what appeared in front of Xu Miaoyun and the others was a new world.

Comprehensive education still takes time. Now the seeds have been planted, the fertilizers have been applied, and the water has been irrigated. All we have to do is wait for the flowers to bloom.

At the same time, Japan.

Away from the control of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, and Zhu Biao, the nature hidden in Zhu Ping's bones finally emerged. Because of boredom, he began to develop a romantic industry in the fiefdom.

You must know that this is not the future. Today, Japan Fengyue Industry is simply a younger brother compared to Ming Dynasty.

The Japanese Fengyue industry really took off until their Warring States Period.

The fiefdom is in Japan, far away from the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhu Xi can be said to be lawless and no one can control him. He is the emperor of Izumo and Iwami.

In addition, in order to obtain the Daming Firearms, Ashikaga Takauji naturally flattered and curried Zhu Xi in every possible way, giving him gold treasures today and BMWs and beauties tomorrow.

Fortunately, Zhu Xi's brain was still there. Although he was immersed in this life of luxury and luxury, he did not sell advanced firearms such as Hongwu rifles to Ashikaga Takauji. He still knew the importance of this.

However, he acted cleverly, facing the great temptation of Ashikaga Takauji who proposed that as long as he successfully captured the Southern Dynasty, he would dedicate half of the territory of the Southern Dynasty.

Zhu Xi decided to sell the backward firearms that had been eliminated to Ashikaga Takauji.

The thing Xu Da was most worried about before leaving finally happened.

In Zhu Yan's view, this was no big deal. Not only did he deal with the eliminated firearms and gunpowder for Ming Dynasty, he also exchanged for such a large territory and so many gold and silver treasures.

This business is really profitable.

After temporarily solving the problem of public education, Yang Xian refocused his attention on productivity reform.

In fact, compared to gold and silver, steel is what the Ming Dynasty needs to develop most.

Nowadays, financially speaking, Ming Dynasty has basically escaped from the danger zone and has come to a relatively safe and even wealthy position.

It's about time that the railway construction issue was put on the agenda.

To build railways in the Ming Dynasty, labor was very cheap, but the amount of steel needed to build roads was astronomical compared to current production.

Therefore, if you want to build a railway, the first thing you need to do is to smelt steel.

There is also the opportunity to take advantage of this period of steel smelting to build roads and bridges across the country on future planned railway routes.

If it were still the original wooden bridge and stone bridge, its bearing capacity would definitely not be enough. Fortunately, now there is cement, which allows Daming's bridge-building technology to directly span one level, perfectly solving this problem.

In order to increase steel production, Yang Xian asked Zhu Biao to send people to Ma'anshan to survey for iron ore.

The troops sent by the imperial court successfully found several iron mines in the Xiangshan area, as well as some associated copper and gold mines.

At Yang Xian's suggestion, a large steel plant was built on site in Ma'anshan.

For a long time in the future, this place will become the main steel production area in Ming Dynasty.

These are just preparations for the next large-scale steelmaking.

But this can only provide convenience for steelmaking, but it still cannot solve the current situation of low output.

Nowadays, the blacksmiths of the Ming Dynasty have long been able to skillfully use the steel filling method to control the carbon content in wrought iron and produce steel with various carbon contents according to needs. In terms of steelmaking, it was not until the Europeans invented the crucible steelmaking method two hundred years later that they could catch up.

But whether it is the steel filling method or the crucible method, there is a serious problem, that is, the production volume is too small and the cost is too high.

That's why there is a saying that 'good steel is used on the blade'.

In short, people in this era cannot imagine who would use extremely precious steel to build railways?

However, in the next few hundred years, all the powerful countries in the world will be made of steel, so no matter what the cost, Yang Xian must mass-produce this damn steel. (End of chapter)