Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After Deng Qifan wrote the family letter for the guards, he thought about Wu Shigong arranging an errand for him.

Deng Qifan still has the mentality of a literati.Although he was forced to stay by Wu Shigong.However, Deng Qifan still imagined that Wu Shigong could treat him like Liu Bei treated Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Deng Qifan would like Wu Shigong to visit the thatched cottage first, and then Deng Qifan will come to "Longzhong Dui", which will make Wu Shigong so tender on the outside and tender on the inside.Wu Shigong immediately bowed to Deng Qifan, and said: "If you don't come out, the world will be restless!"

But would Wu Shigong do such a thing without brain cells?He also didn't have any tone of discussion at all, and directly arranged for Deng Qifan to teach his illiterate subordinates to read and write.

Although Wu Shigong's education level in his previous life was not high, he still respected people with knowledge (except Yu Zilian).Besides, he found that the illiteracy rate of people in the Ming Dynasty was a bit too high.If this continues, there will be problems in the transmission of orders in our own army in the future.Even those illiterates can't understand the handwritten orders.

But after hearing Wu Shigong's arrangement, Deng Qifan was even more unwilling.But he didn't dare to confront Wu Shigong, so Deng Qifan found an excuse: "My lord, there is only one student. Teaching so many people, the students are too busy. My lord has to find a few more teachers to teach." ah."

After listening to Deng Qifan's words, Wu Shigong felt that his words were also reasonable.But where can I find the teacher who teaches?Wu Shigong remembered that when he was guarding the county seat, the instructor Gong Haoran who talked back to him came.

On that day, Wu Shigong rummaged through the box, found out his literati's robe from the box containing his own clothes, and let embroidered bamboo dress him up.

After Wu Shigong put on his long robe and tied up the scholar's scarf, all of Wu Shigong's wives in the inner house couldn't help laughing out loud at his appearance.Wu Shigong looks like a martial artist, but he dresses up like a literati, which really proves an idiom - wash the monkey and get the crown.

Wu Shigong took the gift, and under the strange eyes of others, he came to the residence of Gong Haoran, the county instructor.

As soon as Wu Shigong and Gong Haoran met, they saluted immediately and said: "The teachings that Mr. Ri gave to the students, the students still remember them in their hearts. Today, the students are here to listen to the teachings of the Master."

Gong Haoran was very happy to hear Wu Shigong's words, and said repeatedly: "You're welcome. You're welcome." Then he welcomed Wu Shigong into the room.

After the two sat down, Wu Shigong said to Gong Haoran: "The student came to see Mr. this time, and he still has something to ask for help. The student arrested some rioters this time, including some children. The student thought, the rioters rebelled, It is necessary to make them afraid of severe punishments and severe laws, but also to teach them etiquette and integrity. In this way, they can also support themselves and become useful people in the future. Therefore, there is Mr. Qiu here, and I will find some teachers who teach students , so they can teach those little kids."

Gong Haoran listened to Wu Shigong's words, and he was very satisfied. He smiled and said: "The meaning of the saint's enlightenment is indeed so. How can I not help Wu Qianhu's current enlightenment?"

Thus, Wu Shigong and Gong Haoran chatted happily.When Gong Haoran learned that Wu Shigong was also a prison student, the relationship between the two of them became closer.Because, Gong Haoran was Wu Shigong's supervisor and senior in previous sessions.Therefore, Gong Haoran also forced Wu Shigong to stay and have a family dinner.

Within a few days, Gong Haoran arranged for five children from the county to teach at Wu Shigong's place.Those five children were basically hopeless in the imperial examination, and they were very old.But their arrival is a treasure to Wu Shigong now.Wu Shigong immediately gave each of them eight taels of silver per month for Shuxiu.This made these children very satisfied.

Wu Shigong immediately arranged for all the orphan boys he took in to learn how to read and write.In addition, he also arranged for all his officers to hold night classes to learn literacy in the evening after training in the morning.

Wu Shigong's regulation made those officers somewhat resistant.Wu Shigong was very straightforward and stipulated that if anyone's literacy fails to meet the standard within the specified time, the military salary will be deducted immediately.Under the power of money, all the officers also obeyed Wu Shigong's order.

After that, Wu Shigong inspected the teaching situation.The five boys taught those children and officers how to read, but they did it very hard.However, Wu Shigong discovered a problem.

Those children were taught according to the teaching methods of the Ming Dynasty.In the Ming Dynasty, to teach people how to read means to let those who are literate memorize all the contents of the textbooks first, regardless of whether the person understands the true meaning and explanation of the contents of the textbooks.

After the content of the textbook is memorized, the teacher will combine the content of the textbook to talk about the principles of the sage. Under normal circumstances, this is considered to be the end of the teaching.

If there are some smarter schoolchildren who can draw inferences from one instance, then the master will focus on training this schoolchildren.To be honest, the education of the Ming Dynasty is the elite education after casting the net all over the sky.That is, only the best students are educated in real knowledge, and the rest are just to prevent them from becoming blind.

And Wu Shigong's purpose of running a school is that he doesn't want to run a university at all, he just wants to run a technical school.Moreover, although the great truths of the sages have to be said, they can only be said selectively. Wu Shigong wants to make some truths blurred, and he doesn't want to instill them in the minds of those children and military officers who are studying.

For example, those thoughts of loyalty to the emperor, Wu Shigong felt: These people eat and wear my clothes, so they should be loyal to themselves. What does the emperor care about?

So Wu Shigong felt that he should compile a supplementary textbook for his studies. In this supplementary textbook, there is no need to talk about the deeds of saints, and those saints are too far away from Wu Shigong's age.Not to mention those fairy tales where the cat catches the mouse and the mouse loves rice.Talk more about what's going on now, talk about things around you.Connect theory with practice.

Just do what you say, after Wu Shigong returned to the inner house, he called his four wives over and asked them to help him compile such a supplementary textbook.

After hearing Wu Shigong's thoughts, Li Xin asked with some doubts: "Husband, how should I write the textbook?"

Wu Shigong explained to the four wives: "For example, the first sentence of the "Three Character Classic" - at the beginning of human beings, xing is good. xing is similar, but learning is far away. The conventional explanation means: everyone is good when they are born, but Due to the different learning environment during the growth process, everyone's temperament has a difference between good and bad."

"After we teach those literate people and children the routine explanations, we then connect with the reality and tell some stories that happened around us to deepen the impression of these literate people and children."

"For example, it can be said: their Lord Qianhu is a person of high moral character. Therefore, those rebellious mobs will be wiped out, and those who are coerced by the mobs will be taken in, let them work and have enough food, and now let them They can read and write. In this way, they have such a noble Lord Qianhu as an example, and they will become very good people in the future."

"Tell me, how about my teaching method?" Wu Shigong asked proudly.

His four wives stared blankly at this brazen husband, with their mouths wide open, unable to say anything.

Xiu Zhu, who had a more straightforward personality, answered Wu Shigong's words aloud, and she said, "I can't understand what the young master said. I only know that you are really shameless, young master."

Xiu Zhu's words caused the other three women to laugh.Wu Shigong, who became angry from embarrassment, grabbed Xiuzhu to his side and carried her to the bedroom.While walking, Wu Shigong said bitterly: "Today, the young master will let you see what it means to be really shameless."

After the wives compiled this supplementary textbook according to Wu Shigong's wishes, Wu Shigong showed the textbook to Deng Qifan and asked him to make some comments and suggestions.When Deng Qifan took a look, his eyeballs were about to fall out of their sockets.

However, Deng Qifan reacted very quickly. After reading it carefully, he suggested to Wu Shigong: "My lord, your textbook is of course very good. It can make those who can read and write feel grateful. However, in The teaching materials should also highlight the words of the sage, and also highlight the sage, so that it is not easy to be caught by others."

Wu Shigong suddenly understood.This textbook of mine stands out too much.If it spreads out and is used by people with ulterior motives, it will bring me a lot of trouble.

Wu Shigong immediately followed suit and asked Deng Qifan to help perfect it.It was the first time that Deng Qifan showed his skills in front of Wu Shigong, and he also tried his best to supplement the content in the textbook.

In the end, the textbook became: What does the original text mean?How did the saints do it in the past?Under the emperor's wise leadership, how does the noble Qianhu do things now?Such a form.

As for Deng Qifan's finalized supplementary textbook, Wu Shigong is quite satisfied.Now I can use the power of culture to brainwash my subordinates.Wu Shigong also greatly appreciated Deng Qifan, and was impressed by the role Deng Qifan could play.

This knowledge is indeed power!