The big man has a living father

Chapter 114 The Lieutenant Said

When Shi Qingyi first heard that there were a hundred people in the army who wanted to open a school with a thousand retired soldiers who were good at learning simplified Chinese characters.

Is disdainful.

Even though Shi Qing already took Huo Hai, his enemy, very seriously, he still disdained the idea of ​​night school.

Just ask, in Chang'an City, who doesn't sleep under the covers as soon as it gets dark? Even if they can't sleep, they have to lie down?

Who goes out at night?

Not to mention going out to study?
Moreover, people who can't read at all and have no learning foundation, go out at night, spend money to sign up, and learn to read.

This is nothing short of a fantasy.

However, the fact is that there are more people signing up for night school than for primary school!
Shi Qing had absolutely no idea why this was happening.

Shi Qing only knew that his plan had failed miserably before it even began.

Although there are a lot of children signing up for study in schools in Chang'an County, there are 18 schools with 300 places in each school, and all of them are full.

There are 5,400 people here alone.

In Wannian County, although they had tried their best to find sponsors to build so many schools and expand their scale, there were still less than two thousand children enrolled.

In comparison, it seems like we lost from the beginning.

But in fact, not all soldiers in the army live in Chang'an County. The ratio of soldiers' homes living in Wannian County and those in Chang'an County is 50-50.

In fact, there are more soldiers on the Wannian County side.

Because before the establishment of Chang'an ten thousand years ago, the East City, which was closer to the Taimiao and the royal forest garden Shanglinyuan, was more prosperous.

And the soldiers were very rich.

Therefore, apart from those who are extremely wealthy, hold official positions, and have titles and live in Lingyi, more people live in Wannian County.

So, in fact, when the children of those soldiers went to register for elementary school, many of them were from Wannian County.

Even though Wannian County is far away from Chang'an County, many families did not choose to enroll their children in school because the school was too far away. Instead, the soldiers decided to teach their children themselves temporarily.

Also, because there are more families of soldiers in Wannian County, nearly half of the people who finally registered for elementary school were from Wannian County.

So, at the beginning, Shi Qing didn’t care about elementary school matters at all.

Just go ahead and open them. The more primary schools you open, the more benefits they will bring to the people of Wannian County.

Do you think I won’t count them just because they are studying in your school?
When the statistics are collected, the academic atmosphere in Wannian County is terrifying! The enrollment rate of children is ridiculously high!
In Shi Qing's view, Huo Hai's actions were just to make things difficult for himself.

As for night school? That's a joke.

Only the technical school made Shi Qing a little worried.

After all, the Academy of Sciences is there, and most of the people there are paid by Huo Hai to work there, so it is inevitable that these people will sign up to study.

So Shi Qing was only worried that too many workers and technicians would sign up for school.

However, no matter how Ren Shiqing thought about it, he could not have imagined that night school would be so popular, with many more people signing up than elementary school!
Shi Qing dropped the book in his hand. He couldn't believe it and murmured absentmindedly, "Why?"

……

Xiao Zhao night school.

Zhao Zinan held a stick in his hand and knocked on the blackboard: "Fellow villagers, you must know shame! Know shame and then be brave!"

A group of people lowered their heads.

Luo Yun: "At the beginning, Lieutenant, you lifted the ban on business and raised the walls so that everyone could make money and live a better life."

"As a result, one bad apple spoils the whole barrel!"

"At the beginning, several people were bribed and went to slander the lieutenant. What was the result?"

Everyone lowered their heads.

According to the previous rules, a lili was equivalent to the closest relatives, and the four nearby lili were considered one clan.

If one person brings shame upon himself, the whole neighborhood will be unable to hold their heads up.

Why did Zhao Yu find someone in Xiaozhaolu to slander Huo Hai?

Because Zhao Yu was from Chang'an and was born in Ling County.

Xiao Zhaoluli is his distant cousin.

Therefore, when the people of Xiaozhaoli went to slander Huo Hai, in fact, everyone nearby knew more or less about it.

But they didn't stop.

The result was that Zhao Yu fell from power, had his zodiac sign cut off, and was no longer an official.

At that time, Huo Hai did not pursue the person who gave false testimony. If Huo Hai did not pursue him, Emperor Wu of Han would have to!
The first thing Zhang Tang did after taking office was to conduct a thorough investigation into the issue of false testimony, and he eventually proved that several people had committed false testimony at the time.

These people were directly exiled 800 miles away and sent to the four newly established counties of Wuwei and Jiuquan.

You have to know that those who go there now are all serious criminals who are going there for reform, and their lives are ruined.

But the bad impact of this incident is not just this.

This matter could not be covered up and soon spread throughout Chang'an City.

Among those drivers, nearly 20% were directly employed by Huo Hai's enterprises, including miners, ranchers, people from porcelain factories, brick factories, cement factories, steel factories, and research institutes.

They are all Huo Hai's men.

The people in the army were either subordinates of Huo Qubing or Wei Qing.

All the rich people in Chang'an, or the petty bourgeoisie as the hot word nowadays is called, are Huo Hai's people.

These people don't buy food or eat in Xiaozhaolu.

Xiaozhao li was originally located on the side of the highway, and logically should have been one of the 25 li with the best business in Chang'an. However, even the li squeezed in the middle of the city had better business than Xiaozhao li.

Originally, the housing prices in Xiaozhaoluli should have soared tenfold. If everyone was willing, they could just sell their houses and move to a more remote suburb to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

As a result, all the houses in Xiaozhaoli were left in his hands.

Zhao Zinan put down the stick, picked up the chalk, and wrote the word "Zhao" on the blackboard.

Then he pointed at his chest viciously and said: "The first character you need to learn is Zhao!"

"Zhao is our last name! Zhao means running fast!"

"Before, we were held back by others. Now, we want to be at the forefront. In the past, our Xiaozhao neighborhood was the richest neighborhood. Now! We want to develop Xiaozhao Street into the richest neighborhood!"

"If you want to be rich, build roads first; if you want to be rich, plant more trees; if you want to be rich, read more books!"

Zhao Zinan was a soldier in the army, holding the sixth-rank title of Counselor. He had a scar on his face and a face full of flesh. In the dark night, beside a burning brazier, he was telling the story viciously, but it did not make people scared.

Everyone in Xiaozhaoli nodded and agreed with this statement.

Zhao Zinan: "General Huoqi once told me that some things can be changed, and some things cannot be changed."

"Which city you were born in, who your parents are, and what your surname is are all determined by nature. My surname is Zhao, and my name is Zhao Zinan. The Book of Songs says, 'Kaifeng Zinan'. This name was given to me by the General of the Cavalry. He told me to remember to be filial to my parents. 'Kaifeng Zinan' means to be filial to my parents."

"As the first person in Xiaozhaoli to learn simplified Chinese and Mandarin, I could have opened a school in a more affluent place and made more money, but I chose to open a school in Xiaozhaoli without hesitation. I hope all of you will remember the shame of being surpassed by other li and forge ahead bravely!"

“Study hard!”

"Second Lieutenant's reforms will not stop here. Chang'an County will only develop faster and faster. Yesterday we were number two, while other villages were only number one. Today we are only number two, while other villages have reached number ten!"

“If we don’t study and work hard, tomorrow other neighborhoods will achieve 100, 1,000, or 10,000, but we will still be 2nd.”

"Stupid is stupid, stupid is stupid!"

A group of people who were attending night school raised their fists high: "Stupid is stupid, stupid is stupid!"

Zhao Zinan raised his fist high: "If you don't study, you are an idiot!"

Students: “If you don’t study, you’re an idiot!”

Zhao Zinan pressed his hands, and everyone fell silent.

Zhao Zinan continued: "That day, I met the lieutenant who went to see General Huo, so I went up to him and asked him, 'Master Huo, what do you think should be done when a person makes a mistake?'"

"The lieutenant told me, 'You, Zhao Zinan, are studying, but why are you wasting your time? You haven't made any progress after studying for so long?'"

"I'll tell you, lieutenant. Please listen to me and see if what I say is right."

"I said..."

"From a language perspective, there is an idiom called mending the fold after the sheep have been lost."

Zhao Zinan wrote on the blackboard a phrase about mending the fence after the sheep have died: "It is not too late to mend the fence after a sheep has died. If you don't mend the fence after the sheep have died, and still don't repent after all the sheep have died, then you are an idiot."

Zhao Zinan wrote another word on the blackboard: "Read after me, it's too late to mend the fold, you don't repent."

"It's too late to mend the fold!"

Zhao Zinan continued: "I said again, from a mathematical point of view, if you make mistakes in a question, you should collect them and make a collection of them. You can look at them at any time to deepen your memory and make sure to correct them. You should also remember this. You should write down the math questions you made mistakes in to avoid making the same mistake a second time."

"I also said that from the perspective of moral education, 'admitting one's mistakes and being able to correct them is the best thing' means that admitting one's mistakes and being able to correct them is the best thing to do."

"From a scientific perspective, the spirit of science is to verify errors and find the correct laws."

"The lieutenant said, 'You, Zhao Zinan, have learned well, but you only know how to correct yourself, not learn from your mistakes.'"

"Yes, how can we not learn from our mistakes? How can we learn from our mistakes? Copy! Anyone who dares to make a mistake will be punished by copying it a hundred times!"

The people below were nodding.

Zhao Zinan: "Then I told Lord Huo that I am actually from Xiaozhao Village, and I am the same clan as those people who slandered you last time. Please punish me, Lord Huo."

"Second Lieutenant said that if you live your life well and keep up with the times, that is the best way to follow. If you do not live your life well and are left far behind by the times, that is the greatest punishment."

"The lieutenant also gave me a saying, 'You never stop learning'!"

"The lieutenant has told everyone to study hard and make progress every day, and the saying 'you never stop learning' is for us older students."

"Because of this sentence, I dragged my father to study in the night school. If any of you are lazy and don't want to come, I will drag him out and hang him up and beat him!"

A group of people turned around and saw Old Master Zhao shivering as he roasted the fire, and they all burst into laughter.

Zhao Zinan: "Okay, having said so much, let's start the class. You've all heard the ballad that's been circulating all over Chang'an recently, right? That's the standard accent we're going to learn from now on. From now on, everyone must speak with a Mandarin accent!"

"Other night schools start from the first year, but our Xiao Zhao night school starts from the second year!"

"Come on, read with me, two!"

"two!"

It stands to reason that night school is quite cold. After all, there are so many people and there are not enough big rooms, so we have to attend school outdoors.

It's damn cold outside.

But, after all, this is Chang'an, and there is plenty of charcoal fire, so there are many jars on the ground, all filled with charcoal.

We sit here and study.

At the outermost part of the large plain was the gate to the night school. Huo Hai was standing at the gate with his hands folded.

Xiang Xu: "Sir, why do so many people sign up to learn to read and write? They are already old, can they learn it?"

Huo Hai: "Do you believe me when I say they learn to read and write for the sake of face?"

Xiang Xu shook his head.

Huo Hai: "They learn to read and write for three reasons: face comes first, making money comes second, and being useful comes third."

(End of this chapter)