Author: Mu Jili

Military system training is a huge process. Zhang Yuqing has been preparing for it in the past, and it cannot be explained in a few words.

In the afternoon, the Taoist came to report, "Huangzhou wants to see the master Taozi."

After meeting Zhang Yuqing, Huangzhou made it clear what his purpose was, "Headmaster Daozi, I'm here to apply for education funds."

"Have you completed the investigation of Lin'an's education situation?" Zhang Yuqing praised.

Huangzhou told Zhang Yuqing about the education situation in Lin'an area.

Now in the Lin'an public school system, there are two public county schools, and several private schools run by private individuals. There are no more than three private school teachers, and they only teach people how to read.

"I went to those private schools and asked the private school teachers what they thought of the textbooks I taught. More than half of the people had only heard of it but had never read it. These private schools must all be integrated into the education system and use unified textbooks."

Huangzhou handed Zhang Yuqing a report. In the report, Huangzhou decided to establish at least 18 primary schools and six senior primary schools based on the compulsory education policy and the existing 20,000 to 40,000 school-age students in Lin'an and the number of teachers.

Plan for three secondary schools.

Zhang Yuqing had ordered a statistics on the current situation in Lin'an, and most of what Huangzhou described was from the report.

I just didn't expect Huangzhou to go to the private school to investigate in person.

Seeing that Zhang Yuqing was silent, Huangzhou asked, "Can you allocate money for the master Taozi?"

Zhang Yuqing clicked on the number of primary schools and upper primary schools in the report, "Merging the courses of primary schools and upper primary schools together, and establishing vocational schools in parallel with middle schools. Vocational schools can be regarded as apprentice schools, and they will conduct training from the time students are in school."

Various vocational training and internship opportunities are provided.”

Huangzhou discussed it with Zhang Yuqing and decided it was feasible.

Huangzhou had long suspected that Lin'an education would be unsatisfactory, and an on-the-spot investigation in Lin'an revealed that it was not as bad as previously thought.

Now that I have Zhang Yuqing's full support, I have to say goodbye.

"Don't worry." Zhang Yuqing stopped Huang Zhou, "What we are talking about now is school-age education. I don't know if you have any suggestions for adult literacy education."

Huang Zhou sat back on the stool and thought for a moment before replying: "In order for adults working in factories to receive education, they have to establish a school education system."

Zhang Yuqing shook his head repeatedly, "I'm not talking about youth education, I'm talking about universal literacy. The school-age population must receive school education. Outside of school-age education, both men and women must receive literacy education. The goal is that everyone can recognize 300 to

500 words. It is best to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and memorize the multiplication table. It is only at the level of the second grade of elementary school."

Seeing Huangzhou frowning and saying nothing, Zhang Yuqing continued: "If you want to industrialize the entire Song Dynasty, you must make sure that all people in the Song Dynasty are not illiterate. If you want to promote industry in Lin'an, all people must have a level of second grade primary school students.

The level of education is not high.”

This request was completely beyond Huangzhou's expectation.

After listening to Zhang Yuqing's words, Huang Zhou did not answer immediately. He thought about it for a while before replying: "To be honest, I have tried my best to cut out all unnecessary expenses when I made the budget. I don't think it is possible for Headmaster Daozi to do so."

Can agree.

Regarding the literacy of the whole people, I admire the ambition of Master Daozi very much, but to put it bluntly, Lin'an is really not a wealthy place. If the whole population is literate, does Master Daozi really have so much tax revenue?"

Zhang Yuqing found a plan and handed it to Huang Zhou.

Huangzhou only read the first two items and praised: "If you can write your name, place of origin, home address, and family members' names, you will be given two kilograms of food. This is a wonderful idea! Is there just so much food?"

Zhang Yuqing smiled slightly. Since Huangzhou made it clear, he replied: "The land in Lin'an is fertile. As long as it is managed well, there will be no shortage of food."

Huang Zhou frowned slightly when he heard this.

He knows that learning is not the accumulation of words at all. Even if you forcefully memorize words in a short period of time for profit, if there is no long-term application, it will be useless.

However, the content at the back of the plan attracted Huangzhou's attention.

From family activities to street sports games, from women's federations to job introduction training classes. Literacy work is not carried out rigidly by government orders, but by organizing various activities and providing rewards.

After reading the plan, Huangzhou started to think about it.

In his eyes, these methods were a bit eager for quick success, but Huang Zhou didn't want to raise questions.

In a dilemma, Huangzhou handed the plan back to Zhang Yuqing, "Headmaster Daozi's efforts for the country and the people are admirable, but I don't know how to implement Headmaster Daozi's plan, so I ask Headmaster Daozi to hire someone else."

If there is anything I need to do during the execution, I will do my best."

Zhang Yuqing did not force it. Huang Zhou was an excellent educator. When faced with problems that he could not solve, he decisively chose to quit instead of taking credit for his position. His character was very outstanding.

But literacy at the social level is no longer the scope of school education. If Huangzhou cannot be counted on, from an organizational perspective, the most suitable candidate should be the current mayor of Lin'an.

The mayor of Lin'an is vacant, and the acting mayor of Lin'an, Cai Mao, should take up the job. Zhang Yuqing is inevitably a little worried about Cai Mao.

After Huangzhou left, Zhang Yuqing considered whether to take charge of the matter himself. Looking at the military training materials spread out on the table, Zhang Yuqing hesitated.

At this moment, the Taoist came in and said, "Master Taozi, Wu Youping's family members are asking for an audience."

Zhang Yuqing was a little surprised, "Wu Youping's family?"

"He said so himself. Someone has already gone to invite Wu Youping."

According to the information, Wu Youping was from Chenzhou Prefecture in Henan, and his family was a gentry from the Luyi area.

When she met Wu Youping's family, Zhang Yuqing started to do her homework.

The other party is from the same clan as Wu Youping, but he is a long-term employee of the Wu family. This time he came with the intention of Wu Youping's parents to let Wu Youping go home to get married. Wu Youping's parents had already helped Wu Youping find a well-matched lady at home, hoping to teach Taozi.

Being able to be accommodating allowed Wu Youping to go back and get married.

Facing Zhang Yuqing, the Wu family servants were both flattering and wary.

Zhang Yuqing waited until Wu Youping appeared and then left.

Wu Youping exchanged a few words with the visitor, but after learning the purpose of his visit, he immediately became serious. He called Lu Zhixin over, looked at Lu Zhixin, and left on the grounds that he needed training.

Lu Zhixin understood and settled the man in the army guest house first, and then invited him to a meal.

At 9:30 p.m., the lights-out signal sounded. Wu Youping did not go to see the Wu family servants and went directly back to the dormitory.

In the dormitory, Lu Zhixin noticed that Wu Youping was a little unhappy and sighed: "I also feel that there are too many training subjects. Let's think of ways to use different training focuses for different people."

Huang Zhou disagreed, "How can there be so much energy to care about this? Don't worry about those who can complete it. What we want is that everyone can pass the test."

"It's a waste of time. Some people are just stupid. Is there anything you can do?"

"If we don't understand, just ask the headmaster Daozi."

Lu Zhixin hesitated, "But Headmaster Daozi is too busy, so we can't ask about everything, right?"

Huangzhou thought Lu Zhixin's worries were ridiculous, "What is the headmaster Daozi busy with? Isn't he just busy on how to train the troops well?"

Hearing that their conversation had nothing to do with his own worries, Wu Youping became even more irritable. He tossed and turned in bed, but couldn't fall asleep.

The arrival of Wu's servants made him feel homesick. What Wu Youping missed most was his mother, but his mother's face switched between kind and fierce, which made Wu Youping feel very uncomfortable.

When Wu Youping was ten years old, he saw his mother say to his father for the first time: "Those lands must be harvested. If not, where will our faces be?"

The father sighed and said: "That's our uncle's land too, why don't you take a look again?"

"It's useless to look at it. They are broke. If you buy their land now, they will still have land to rent in the future. If we don't buy it, they will only destroy the land!"

The father just sighed but did not refute.

Two days later, Wu Youping's best playmate in private school, Wu Youping's cousin, rushed to Wu Youping, pointed at Wu Youping and cursed: "None of the Xin family are good people!"

After saying that, the cousin turned around and left.

The cousin never went to the private school again, and Wu Youping lost his best friend since then.

When he was twelve years old, Wu Youping woke up early in the morning and heard noises and crying outside. He ran out to watch the excitement and saw two hanged people hanging on the tree in front of his house.

The long-term worker of the Xu family wanted to untie the man and move him away, but the family members of the deceased were crying and cursing, and refused to allow the Xu family to untie the rope.

That was the first time Wu Youping saw someone who hanged himself to death.

From then on, Wu Youping was dull for a long time, and later he simply focused on his studies. Through a lot of reading, Wu Youping saw a broader world and space, which made him increasingly disapproval of his family.

It is recorded in the history books that someone ate the fine horse of Duke Mu of Qin. Duke Mu of Qin said, "A gentleman does not harm people with animals. I have heard that anyone who eats horse meat but does not drink alcohol will hurt people." But he drank the wine.

This is the reason why Wu Youping chose to leave home despite his parents' obstruction.

But today, when he heard that his family wanted to arrange a marriage for him, Wu Youping didn't want to get married at all.

Then I thought that my parents were probably going to give me a woman who was similar to my mother, and I felt even more unacceptable.

But Wu Youping felt that his decision would bring a big blow to his parents, and he felt a little depressed.

Wu Youping fell asleep without knowing when he was just thinking wildly.

Early the next morning, before the wake-up call sounded, Wu Youping opened the door and came in, handing a letter to Lu Zhixin, "I wrote a letter. Please give it to my family for me. I will go to training later."

After receiving the letter from Wu Youping, Lu Zhixin guessed the content without reading it and said with a smile: "During the military service, Taoist priests must obtain the consent of the sect to get married. This is a rule set by the Taoist leader. Do you think that other people besides you will do it?"

Can people truly accept it?"

Wu Youping said seriously, "I don't know what others think, but I firmly support it."

At noon, Lu Zhixin went to the guest house where the Wu family's servants lived.

As soon as he saw the Wu family servant, Lu Zhixin raised his face and handed the letter to him.

After the servant of the Wu family read it, his face was full of surprise. He begged: "Can you let me see the young master?"

Lu Zhixin shouted with a straight face: "Wu Youping's meaning is written in the letter. You go back and tell Mr. Wu that Comrade Wu Youping has joined our longevity sect. There are regulations in the longevity sect that prohibit arranged marriages."
To be continued...