Ming politicians

The biggest changes that have occurred in various places have not attracted the attention of the officials in the DPRK and China. Their main attention has been concentrated on the wealth and the army. They have not been able to notice the changes that will really play a decisive role. Not paying enough attention.

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Su Tiancheng has spent a lot of effort on education.

Government-run schools have begun to be fully established in prefectures and counties. Considering the special situation, prefectures and counties with better conditions need to have at least five government-run schools, and places with poor conditions also need to have two schools. There were also schools in the dynasty, and there were special teachings, but today's schools are different from before.

The imperial examination still exists, so among the schools in various places, there is a special school that trains those who are about to take the imperial examination, and the rest of the schools begin to recruit children who have reached the age of six. It is forcibly stipulated that all children must enter the school to study, but families with better conditions will definitely send their children to the school to study.

The establishment of the school did not cause any controversy. All important officials in education knew that the only thing that caused a huge controversy was the enrollment of women in the school. Yang Sichang, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou, Qian Qianyi and others all believed that many government-run schools were built in various places. Liu Zongzhou and others strongly supported them, and volunteered to go on inspections on behalf of the imperial court. is against.

Su Tiancheng expended a lot of energy to convince everyone that the improvement of national quality is not a matter of a day or two.It can only be changed by education, but girls cannot enter the school, which is like lameness. You must know that education and family also have a great relationship. A child who is studying, after returning home.The mother who accompanies her every day is illiterate, so how can she educate her? The so-called ignorance of a woman is virtue, without any reason, and it is completely discriminatory against women.

After Su Tiancheng became the emperor, he seldom issued any imperial edicts forcibly, and usually made decisions after discussion among the people. This was also one of the many rules of the Great Jin Dynasty, and everyone got used to it long ago.But when encountering special events, Su Tiancheng would still display the majesty of the emperor and enforce the decree. What convinced everyone was that the end result of the emperor's forcible decree was very good.

Regarding the matter of allowing girls to enter the school, the emperor forcibly issued an order, and the emperor also specially arranged for the Metropolitan Procuratorate.In the assessment and supervision of officials from all over the country, this article is taken as the focus.If some local officials do not implement it, they must be severely punished.

But Su Tiancheng also has room for concessions. After all, the situation that men are superior to women will exist hundreds of years later, and it is unlikely to change it all at once.This realization is that in terms of the size of the number of people and the rules of entering the school, men and women cannot study in the same classroom and must be separated. In addition, prefectures and counties with conditions have set up a school for girls.Where there are no conditions, there are one or two classes dedicated to women.

There is a huge difference in educational resources between men and women. For example, in the capital city with the best conditions, there are ten schools that enroll children, but only one school dedicated to girls.

The understanding of the common people is also impossible to change in a short period of time. When the girls' school was first established, few common people sent their daughters to study. Girls are sent to school to study. In addition, these families who entered the Jin Dynasty from the Western Regions and other places did not hesitate to send their girls to girls' schools to study. The court can find out that officials prevent girls from studying, but they can't track down all of them. common people.

However, this situation soon changed.

The courses taught in women's schools are somewhat different. In addition to imparting knowledge, they also teach knowledge such as three obediences and four virtues, and focus on etiquette. That is to say, women's schools are to train ladies. This has led to the rapid spread of the influence of women's schools, and many ordinary people have also begun to send their own women to the schools to study.

In the fifth year of the Jin Dynasty, all places began to be in a hurry, mainly because the number of schools was not enough, and the number of students increased sharply. For this reason, the imperial court allocated a large amount of banknotes to urge all places to build new schools to accommodate more students.

The total population of Dajin is neither too large nor too small. After all, the good times didn’t start for long. The famines in the past years led to a sharp drop in population, especially in the years when the bandits rebelled, leaving many villages empty. According to statistics in the first year of the Great Jin Dynasty, the total population was more than [-] million. By the end of the fourth year of the Great Jin Dynasty, the total population exceeded [-] million. Well, the number of children born has increased, the survival rate has greatly increased, and the immigrant population has also shown an increasing trend. This has led to a large increase in the population in just three years.

Although the population is not too large, the number of schools in various places is obviously insufficient because of the popularity of schools, because ordinary people send their children to study in schools, and because of changes in common people's understanding.

The changes brought about by education are absolutely unprecedented, but this kind of change will not be reflected in a short period of time, but ten years later, the situation in the Jin Dynasty will definitely be different. Su Tiancheng understands this The truth is that with the popularization of schools, the quality structure of ordinary people will undergo major changes.

Su Tiancheng insisted on instilling Confucianism. Education plays the most important role. While improving personal qualities, people must be required to have faith. If people lose their faith, the imperial court will suffer for themselves. For example, the women's college teaches etiquette, Su Tiancheng Tiancheng very much agrees.

Education is not a single thing, and there is also something that troubles Su Tiancheng, that is, the spread of Catholicism and others.

Su Tiancheng is not very familiar with religion. Before time travel, he was a civil servant, and he was insulated from religion. He knew nothing about it, but he knew that religion is also a kind of belief. In the Central Plains, religion is difficult to popularize, and there will not be too many people who believe in religion.

The previous dynasty had some restrictions on religion. At least in prefectures and counties, missionary work was not allowed. Only in the capital city or where the governor’s office is located, would you occasionally see missionaries. These missionaries from the Western Regions also came to the Central Plains. There is no special place, after all, the court is not very supportive.

Because of unfamiliarity, Su Tiancheng is not easy to make a random decision, not only Su Tiancheng, but the five prime ministers in the court are all at a loss because of the increase in the number of foreigners, especially the capital city, which has become a place of all kinds of people. There are many metropolises, and among the foreigners, many of them used to be religious, and it is impossible to abandon their original beliefs when they come to the capital.

In the end, the imperial court made a decision to allow missionaries to enter Dajin to preach, but the places where they preached were also restricted. Fuzhou counties did not allow missions, and as for the places where missionaries were said, they were allowed to exist.

In this way, in the third year of the Jin Dynasty, there were special missionary halls in the capital. These missionary halls were initially gathering places for foreigners, and later many Han people joined them.

What reassures Su Tiancheng is that there are still very few people who believe in religion, which is insignificant compared with the total population of the Jin Dynasty, and the influence of Confucianism is too great and unbreakable.

From Buddhism to Taoism, these are two aspects that the imperial court cannot avoid. For example, during the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism and Taoism were very worshipped. Those who worshiped Buddha devoutly, in the third year of the Jin Dynasty, the economy developed rapidly and the conditions were very good. Monks and Taoist priests also began to make requests to the imperial court through their own means, imploring the imperial court to pay attention to temples and Taoist temples.

The five prime ministers of the DPRK and China quickly made a decision. The imperial court did not oppose the people worshiping Buddha, but it would not vigorously support the development of temples and Taoist temples. Governments in various places could provide certain funds to support local temples and Taoist temples.

When Su Tiancheng issued this edict, he hesitated for a long time. He would not interfere with the development of temples and Taoist temples on their own, but asked local governments to provide a certain amount of financial support. Wouldn't this be a strong support for Buddhism and Taoism, but he finally I still agree. From another perspective, Buddhism and Taoism inspire people to be good. It is a bit monotonous to think that only relying on the role of the school to fix people's thoughts. After all, not everyone can enter the school. Yes, at this time, monasteries and Taoist temples can play a very good role. As long as you pay attention to the investment, don't compare, don't be extravagant and wasteful, and the problem will not be too big.

From the beginning to the end, Su Tiancheng was extremely careful, and it could be said that he was trembling. The imperial court was responsible for guiding and educating all the people, including officials, and establishing a positive and healthy atmosphere. This is not an easy task, so education is the most important thing. After economic development, the accumulation of wealth will inevitably lead to some thoughts of worshiping money. The government cannot use coercive means to stifle these trends of thought. It can only use education to make the people less worshiping money and realism.

Therefore, what Su Tiancheng pays most attention to is not the great development of commerce and trade. Those officials in the DPRK and China worry about it. What he pays most attention to is the development of education. In any case, it is education that will determine the future fate of the Great Jin Dynasty. Once he leaves this world, What needs to be left behind and what purpose needs to be achieved are all revealed in education. (to be continued..)