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Zhao Zhenfang jumped up and down and asked, "Second brother, can I learn mathematics from them in the future?"

"Okay, as long as you have something you like to do." Zhao Han said with a smile.

The two brothers and sisters stepped out of the gate, and a guard handed over a letter: "The farmers in the general town and Jianchang Mansion have also rioted. Zhao Bingyuan (Fei Ruhe) asked if he would send troops to take over."

Zhao Han also didn't care about eating, so he went back to the office first and asked the secretary to write a few transfer orders. He signed and stamped them with his own hand and sent them out before returning to the inner house.

There is also a vassal king in Jianchang Mansion, called King Yi, whose ancestor is the sixth son of Zhu Jianshen.

This department is quite famous, so it's not a big deal.

The first King Yi was very frugal, with few concubines, and his burial was simple.His eldest and second sons were equally frugal.The eldest son left no heirs, and passed the throne to the second son.The second son has five sons, and he voluntarily asked for a reduction of 2000 Shilumi.

But these five sons gave birth to 86 grandchildren!

By the time of Chongzhen, there were 40 people in the Yiwang lineage only at the county level, and there were countless generals and lieutenants.

They do have a good reputation because they never make trouble, but the people of Jianchang Mansion don't think so.Here, like Raozhou Mansion, there was no whipping law, and Zhang Juzheng couldn't control Jianchang Mansion when he reformed.

This year, Jianchang Prefecture suffered from floods and droughts, and the Nanfeng sect banditry revived.The Southern Jiangxi Uprising next door is raging, and Fuzhou is also building a peasant association next door. How can the people of Jianchang Prefecture not follow suit?

Now, Nanfeng County is occupied by the Secret Esoteric Sect, and Fucheng is occupied by the peasant uprising army.

Mi Tanjiao also went to Guangchang County to preach, and it will definitely be the number one enemy of the peasant association in the future. We must resolutely attack this kind of folk sect!

"Anything happened again? I just came to eat now." Fei Rulan asked with a smile.

Zhao Han said: "There is a mess in Jianchang Mansion, we must take it down in advance, otherwise I don't know how many people will die."

Fei Rulan said: "In the morning, Uncle Lin and Mrs. Ling came to visit, and they told Fei Chun about their marriage. They will get married at the end of the year, and the date has been chosen."

"Which family is the bride from?" Zhao Han asked casually.

Fei Rulan smiled and said: "I know you don't like to involve the big family. You are the daughter of an old master in the village school. I heard that she looks good and can read some words. The female celebrity is also doing very well. I don't know how many matchmakers come to the door."

"That kid is lucky." Zhao Han also laughed.

Fei Rulan suddenly said: "Rumei and Zhenfang have reached the age of marriage, shouldn't they think about it?"

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "There's no rush, you're only fifteen or sixteen years old, getting married too early can easily lead to dystocia."

"My mother is very anxious, she is already looking for Rumei's husband's family." Fei Rulan said.

Zhao Han smiled wryly: "Don't think about these things all day long, just find something else to do."

Fei Rulan said: "I have something to do. The teachers in Saomei Girls' School are all married talented women. I often correspond with them, chatting about literature, music and art."

Zhao Han thought for a while and said, "If you like, you can also go to a girls' school as a teacher."

"Can I do it too?" Fei Rulan's eyes sparkled.

Zhao Han said: "If you are too busy, you can only go for half a day. You will be at home in the morning and be a teacher in the afternoon."

"That's great!" Fei Rulan cheered up, and immediately cheered, as if she had returned to her girlhood.

Zhao Han always felt that Fei Rulan was a little bored, most of them were idle at home, and it would be fine to go out and do things in the future.If he really takes over the world in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go out, and he will definitely be opposed by the officials.

After lunch, Zhao Han held Fei Rulan in his arms, took a nap for a while, stretched his waist and continued to work.

Before processing a few official documents, the secretary sent information: North Korea surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

During the first month of the lunar year, Huang Taiji sent troops to North Korea, all the way to the city of Pyongyang.The king of Joseon was terrified, and fled to Namhansan with his eldest son and his officials, while his second son and his royal family took refuge in Ganghwa Island.

The Ming army got the news in February and went to sea for rescue in March. Before the reinforcements arrived, they received the news that North Korea had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

This year, the whole country is in a mess, there are bandits everywhere, North Korea's surrender did not cause any disturbances, and Zhao Han didn't receive the news until now.

Zhao Han called Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua, and took out the secret letter from North Korea to the Qing Dynasty.

Pang Chunlai frowned and said, "Da Ming is in danger."

"The whole territory of Jiangxi must be occupied in advance." Li Banghua suggested.

A few years ago, the Manchu Qing had surrendered Mongolia, and now they have surrendered North Korea.It means that there are no constraints on the left and right, and you can attack Daming with all your strength in the future, and it will definitely be more fierce every time!

Both Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua panicked, fearing that Beijing would not be able to hold on.

Really, the situation this year is too scary, most of China has suffered disasters.The drought in Nanzhili and Zhejiang dealt the heaviest blow to Chongzhen, and its influence far exceeded that of Zhao Han's uprising in Jiangxi.

Daming's taxes are all supported by Nanzhili and Zhejiang!

Zhao Han said: "Jianchang Prefecture was occupied by rebels, and Nanfeng County was stolen by religious bandits. I have ordered the army, officials and peasant associations to take action in advance."

"It should be like this," Li Banghua said. "This year we must take all of Jianchang, Fuzhou, and Ruizhou. In this way, there will only be Nankang, Jiujiang, and Guangxin in Jiangxi. We will strive to occupy the whole of Jiangxi after the summer harvest next year." territory."

"I agree with this strategy." Pang Chunlai immediately agreed.

Pang Chunlai is from Liaodong, and he knows how cruel the Tartars are.North Korea's surrender made Pang Chunlai feel a sense of crisis, fearing that one day the Tartars would suddenly capture Beijing.

At that time, if Chongzhen moved south and ruled with the Tartars, Jiangxi would become a thorn in the court's side.

It is necessary to occupy Jiangxi as soon as possible, and then take Fujian, Guangdong and southern Huguang, so that Chongzhen will definitely not dare to go to the south.

Chapter 227 [Luling County Middle School]

The first batch of students to receive compulsory education have already graduated.

The older ones were fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger ones were eleven or twelve years old. Among them, those with excellent grades were assigned to work as mathematics teachers in village and town primary schools.

As long as you have good grades in mathematics, you can become a teacher at the age of eleven or twelve!

A small number of students with excellent grades were recruited to Ji'an Prefecture for further study and could serve as middle school mathematics teachers.

The current educational reform can only be rolled out in the seven counties of Luling, Jishui, Anfu, Taihe, Xiajiang, Xingan, and Yongxin for the time being.The main reason is that there are not enough math teachers. Before that, they were taught indiscriminately. Many rural schools did not offer math classes at all.

This situation will be alleviated in another year or two, and qualified math teachers will inevitably emerge in batches.

At least, it is enough to teach elementary school.

In the primary education in New China, many mathematics teachers teach students while self-studying.Especially in rural areas, a ruined temple, a blackboard, a teacher, and a group of students are a school.

Under such educational conditions, hundreds of millions of migrant workers who can write and count have been trained.

The same is true under Zhao Han's rule. It is said that it is three years of compulsory education (it was four years before, which is a bit unbearable), but in fact the teaching is messy.Many old pedants teach students while learning by themselves.After a few years, the quality of the students was not good, but they learned mathematics by themselves.

Luling County School officially changed its name to Luling County Middle School.

School was supposed to start in August (lunar calendar), but due to flood delays, many things were not ready, and it was delayed until the end of September.

Zhao Han attended the opening ceremony in person, and the scene was not lively because there were very few teachers and students in the school.

There are six towns in the county, and the mayor of the town presides over the graduation examination. The top ten can enter the county-level middle school for free.There is only one middle school in the whole county, with a total of [-] public-funded students, and the rest of the students have to study at their own expense.

At present, there are only the first grade of middle school, with 187 students and 8 teachers of each subject.

It must be admitted that the reading culture is really strong in Jiangxi's major imperial examination counties.In the first year of middle school enrollment, which is very new, there are 127 students at their own expense.Some students at their own expense, even from ordinary peasant families, save money to send their children to middle school.

There will definitely be more and more self-funded students in the future, and the second county middle school will be opened by then.The address of the school has been selected in advance as Wuxing Town, which is one east and one west from the county seat, which can take care of the students in the whole county.

"Welcome Mr. Zhao!"

When Zhao Han appeared, the principal brought all the teachers and students to bow.

Zhao Han immediately bowed to return the salute, and said in a loud voice: "From now on, it will be changed to welcome, don't greet me. I don't need your respect, I just hope you can be happy when you see me!"

The principal immediately bowed again: "Welcome Mr. Zhao!"

The headmaster's name is Zhang Chunqin, an old boy who was born in his 50s and has not been admitted as a scholar.In order for him to study, the whole family was starving to death. After Zhao Han occupied Fucheng, the examinations in Luling County were interrupted, so Zhang Chunqin simply went to the village school to be a teacher.

Zhang Chunqin knows traditional arithmetic, and he can learn mathematics quickly by himself. He is the only teacher in the whole village.

In this year's graduation exam, four of the top ten in Wuxing Town are mountain children taught by Zhang Chunqin.When Zhao Han learned of the situation, he immediately summoned him in person, encouraged him to continue his self-study, and appointed him as the first principal of Luling County Middle School.

At this moment, Zhang Chunqin stood behind Zhao Han step by step, and looked at all the teachers and students with his head held high.

This was the highlight moment of his life. Zhang Chunqin thought that he had no hope of being a scholar, but he never thought that one day he would be a county school teacher.He didn't think that his ability was too weak, but that there was a problem with the previous imperial examination system. He was very active in supporting education reform, and determined that Zhao Han would definitely be the emperor in the future.

Some people think that Zhao Han's education is messing around, and naturally there are die-hard supporters like Zhang Chunqin.

Zhao Han began to lecture: "Students, congratulations, you have become the first batch of students in Luling County Middle School. The imperial examination is excellent, but how to conduct the imperial examination and how to conduct culture and education is debatable. The Chongzhen Emperor in Beijing, and All the lords of the court felt that there was a problem with the selection of officials in the imperial examination. Therefore, they increased the military strategy in the provincial and general examinations, and restored the recommendation system in the early days of the country. They were all wrong!"

"As you can see, there are famines in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Nanzhi, and Zhejiang this year. Even if Zhejiang is as rich as Zhejiang, people cannibalize people! Why is this? Not only natural disasters, but also human disasters. Many officials in Zhejiang have committed heinous crimes. In the new year, they don't think about disaster relief, but they are still exploiting the people. The classics of Confucius and Mencius, benevolent government is the first, these officials, sages and sages have read the dog's belly!"

"Twelve out of ten officials elected by the imperial court can do things, and nine out of ten can only talk. The officials who talk about it often make the officials who do things fail to do things. I reformed culture, education, and official management. I want to select people who can do things. Officials. You are all the first batch of students of the new culture and education. You will surely make great achievements in the future, and you will be able to clean up the filth and seek the well-being of the people..."

"You read the Four Books and Five Classics, and you study mathematics, all of which can be used to do things. You have studied in middle school, and you know that students who have not entered middle school, even if they cannot become teachers, merchants are willing to recruit as apprentices. Why is this so? Because they Literacy, they know mathematics, it is more convenient to use, no need to spend more time teaching..."

"From now on, even if you don't become officials, teachers, or study, you can easily make a living..."

"Being an official is not the only purpose of culture and education. People who study must first learn to be a man, and secondly learn to do things. Knowing how to be a man and how to do things, you can't go anywhere in the world..."

As Zhao Han said, many students with poor grades are very willing to be recruited by merchants as apprentices, because they can save a lot of training costs.

These students, after graduating from elementary school, are about 10 to 13 years old. They have a cultural background and can learn everything quickly.

If it was changed to the past, either the big households would train their own slaves, and then throw them to shops and workshops as apprentices.Or just recruit apprentices from the society, and it takes five or six years to train one. How can it be as easy as it is now?

Children in rural areas, especially those in mountainous areas, are very willing to go to cities as apprentices.

Even if the family divides the land, other family members can take care of it.If farming is not enough, you can still spend money to hire part-time workers. The income from working in the city is more than enough to hire part-time workers to do farm work.

This is the advantage of the new education system, which enables students to better integrate into society.

Of course, the premise is three years of compulsory education, otherwise the cost of education for lower-class children is too high, and they may not be willing to go to the city to serve as apprentices.

Moreover, there must be a stable social environment. Under the governance of Daming, apprentices must ask for entrustments and gifts, and more than three good people must form bonds.Under Zhao Han's rule, it doesn't matter, taking out the primary school diploma is more reliable than any guarantor.Even if something happens, such as running away with a donation, the government can go to the school to investigate the family information.

After Zhao Han finished his speech, he bowed to the teachers and students, and the teachers and students also bowed in return.

Among the more than 100 students, there were actually a few older teenagers, or youths, about 20 years old.He must have studied at his own expense, and his family conditions are not bad, so he doesn't look like a commoner in his clothes.

Eight teachers, six classes, two people take a break and take classes in rotation.

In addition, several janitors were recruited to do chores, and the school canteen was contracted to merchants.If it is not contracted, it will definitely be a mess, and the cost of food will skyrocket.

As for merchants tampering with food, hehe, scholars in ancient times were treasures. Believe it or not, they went directly to the county government to petition!

Zhao Han stood outside the window and looked in. The class was teaching Geometry.

This is also the reason why only seven county-level middle schools are set up for the time being, because there are only seven people who know "Geometry" and are willing to be teachers.Moreover, these seven people are also half-baked, self-study while teaching, after all, they only got "Elements of Geometry" last year.

But the seven seeds were sown, and three years later, there will be hundreds of thousands of graduates who know "Geometry".

Passing the torch!

Zhao Han went to another classroom, where he was teaching the first "Great Learning" of "Four Books".

After watching quietly for a while, Zhao Han left silently. He was in a very good mood, even better than defeating the official army to expand their territory.

When you find time, you can also compile "Physics".

He has forgotten everything that is too advanced, but he still remembers the basic knowledge of mechanics in junior high school.It is impossible to forget the first law and the third law of Newtonian mechanics in this life, but the second law is somewhat unclear.

It's okay, I can remember two, and I am already at the forefront of Europe. After all, Newton has not yet been born at this time.

The school is very close to the General Military Mansion, and it is nothing more than walking from the south city to the north city.

Zhao Han walked back slowly, and unexpectedly met a person, Xu Xiake, who passed by this place last year, came back again.

Xu Xiake in history did a lot of immoral things during this trip.

Before this product arrived in Jiangxi, he was almost out of money, so he borrowed ten taels of silver from a friend on the way.When I was in Hunan, I was ransacked by bandits, leaving only a silver ear pick.He ran to Hengyang again and asked his friend's son to borrow money.But the son of a friend has no money, so he can only help contact the local union, mortgage the land rent of the Xu family's 20 acres of land, and borrow 14 taels of silver.At the same time, the chief eunuch of Prince Gui's Mansion mobilized the eunuchs to donate [-] taels.

When he arrived in Guangxi, some officials gave him a set of passing horse cards.

With this horse card, you can use the carriages and horses of the post station, you can eat and drink for free at the post station, and you can also enslave the people to work for free.

Then Xu Xiake began to act recklessly, often using horse cards to force villagers to carry sedan chairs.Including the luggage, seven or eight bearers would be used, and once the young man ran away, he asked two women to carry the sedan chair for him.The villagers still have to provide him with food and drink, and the food should not be too bad. In his own words, it is called "boiling eggs and offering milk", at least eggs must be eaten.

This horse card can only be used in Guangxi. After entering Yunnan, Xu Xiake has to rely on himself.Once he took off the quilt and hung up all his clothes, shoes and socks for sale, because he really had no money, so he finally sold a skirt.

"Why did you come back, sir?" Zhao Han asked.

Xu Xiake sighed and said: "Southern Hunan is in great chaos, and it is difficult to move an inch. The servants below are dead, all the money they have borrowed has been robbed, the money they borrowed has been robbed, and even the clothes have been sold, only this dilapidated one is left. No one can buy it. To tell the truth, I... I came back from begging all the way. Mr. Zhao’s rule is really rich, and it is difficult to beg for food in southern Hunan. You have to pick wild fruits and eat wild grass. After entering Jiangxi, there are many people who are willing to give alms.”

Zhao Han suppressed his laughter and asked, "How can there be such chaos in southern Hunan?"

Xu Xiake said: "Hengyang has been occupied by rebels. All the counties in Hengzhou are thieves, and there are Miao people in the southern prefecture. I managed to raise some money, but I was robbed three times."

Zhao Han immediately became serious: "Let's talk about it in detail."

Chapter 228 [Bonds]

Xu Xiake was invited into the General Army Mansion, and while eating cakes, he said: "In the beginning, only the king of sweeping the land, Yubu, came from Jiangxi to Liuyang and Chaling counties in Huguang. His name is Wang Hui, and he is brave and good at fighting. Therefore, the bandits who rushed into Liuyang did not cause any trouble."