Chapter 131: Linking Theory with Practice
After Deng Qifan finished writing the letter to his guards, he thought that Wu Shigong would arrange his errands for him.
Deng Qifan still had a literary attitude. Although he was forcibly left by Wu Shigong, Deng Qifan still fantasized that Wu Shigong could treat him like Liu Bei treated Zhuge Liang in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Deng Qifan is best. Wu Shigong first visited the cottage three times, and then Deng Qifan gave a "Longzhong Pair" to make Wu Shigong so angry that he was so angry that he was tender on the outside. Wu Shigong immediately bowed to Deng Qifan and said, "If you don't come out, the world will be unstable!"
But would Wu Shigong do such a brainless thing? He had no discussion tone at all, and directly arranged for Deng Qifan to teach his illiterate subordinates to read and read.
Although Wu Shigong's cultural level in his previous life was not high, he still respected knowledgeable people (except Yu Zilian). Besides, he found that the illiteracy rate of the people in the Ming Dynasty was a little too high. If this continues, even the transmission of orders will be problematic in his army in the future. Even those illiterate orders cannot be understood by handwritten orders.
But after listening to Wu Shigong's arrangement, Deng Qifan was even more reluctant. But he did not dare to fight against Wu Shigong, so Deng Qifan found a reason: "Sir, the students are only one. Teaching so many people to study, the students are too busy. Adults have to find more teachers."
After hearing Deng Qifan's words, Wu Shigong thought his words made sense. But where to find a teacher? Wu Shigong remembered the teacher Gong Haoran who was talking back to him when he was guarding the county town.
That day, Wu Shigong rummaged through the boxes, found his literati robe from the boxes containing his clothes, and asked Xizhu to dress him up.
When Wu Shigong put on a long robe and tied a literati scarf, looking at him, all the wives of Wu Shigong in the inner house couldn't help laughing out loud. Wu Shigong looked like a martial artist, but he made such a literary dress, which really verified an idiom - Mu Monkey and Crown.
Wu Shigong brought the gift and came to the residence of the county teacher Gong Haoran in the strange eyes of others.
As soon as Wu Shigong and Gong Haoran met, they immediately bowed and said, "The students are still in love with the teacher's teachings that day. Today's students are here to listen to the teacher's teachings."
Gong Haoran was very happy after hearing Wu Shigong's words and said repeatedly: "You are kind. You are kind." He took Wu Shigong into the house.
After the two sat down, Wu Shigong said to Gong Haoran: "The students came to find a teacher this time, and there was something to ask for help from the teacher. The students arrested some rioters this time, and some of them were children. The students thought that the rioters had to rebel, and they had to be afraid of them by severe punishment and law, and also taught them to be polite and loyal. In this way, they could support themselves and become useful people in the future. Therefore, here we would be asking for the teacher, and find a few rioters to teach the students so that they could teach those children."
Gong Haoran was very helpful after hearing Wu Shigong's words. He smiled and said, "The sage's meaning of education is indeed the case. How can I not help Wu Qianhu's current education move?"
So, Wu Shigong and Gong Haoran had a great conversation. When Gong Haoran learned that Wu Shigong was also a supervisor, their relationship became closer. Because Gong Haoran was the senior student of Wu Shigong in the last few classes. Therefore, Gong Haoran forced Wu Shigong to stay for a family dinner.
A few days later, Gong Haoran arranged five children from the county to teach at Wu Shigong. The five children were basically hopeless and older. But their arrival was a treasure for Wu Shigong now. Wu Shigong immediately gave them eight taels of silver each month to each of them. This made these children very satisfied.
Wu Shigong immediately arranged for all the orphan boys he took in to learn to read. He also arranged for all his officers to start night school to learn to read after training in the morning.
Wu Shigong's regulations made the officers a little resistant. Wu Shigong was very straightforward and stipulated that if anyone's literacy level does not meet the standard within the specified time, the military pay will be deducted immediately. Under the power of money, all officers obeyed Wu Shigong's orders.
Afterwards, Wu Shigong inspected the teaching situation. The five children taught the children and officers to read, and they worked 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, teaching people to read was to let those who knew literacy memorize all the textbook contents in a vague way, regardless of whether the person understood the true meaning and explanation of the textbook contents.
After memorizing the textbook content, the teacher will talk about the great principles of saints based on the textbook content. Generally speaking, this is considered to be finished teaching.
If there are some smarter school children who can learn from one example and apply it to other things, then the teacher will focus on cultivating this school child. To be honest, the education in the Ming Dynasty was the elite education after casting a net everywhere. That is, only the best students' real knowledge, and the others just don't let them become blind.
Wu Shigong's purpose in running a school was that he didn't want to run a university at all, he just wanted to run a technical school. Moreover, although the great principles of those saints also had to be explained, they could only be explained selectively. Some of the principles Wu Shigong wanted to blur them and did not want to instill the minds of those children and officers who were studying.
For example, those thoughts of loyalty to the emperor, Wu Shigong felt that these people eat me and wear me, so they should be loyal to themselves and care about the emperor's affairs?
So Wu Shigong felt that he should compile a supplementary textbook for learning. In this supplementary textbook, there is no need to talk about the deeds of the saints. Those saints are too far away from Wu Shigong's era. Not to mention the fairy tales of cats and mice, and mice love rice. We should talk more about the current things and the things around us. Theory is related to practice.
He did it as soon as he said that, after Wu Shigong returned to the inner house, he called all four of his wives over and asked them to help him compile such a supplementary textbook.
After hearing Wu Shigong's thoughts, Li Xin asked in confusion: "Husband, how should I write that textbook?"
Wu Shigong explained to the four wives: "For example, the first sentence of the Three Character Classic - When a person is born, his nature is good. His nature is similar and his habits are far apart. The conventional explanation means: everyone is born good, but because the acquired learning environment is different during the growth process, everyone's temperament is different from good and bad."
"After teaching the conventional explanations of those who are literate and children, we will connect with reality and tell some stories that happen to us to deepen the impression of those who are literate and children."
"For example, it can be said that their Qianhu Gong is a person with a noble character. Therefore, they will wipe out the rebellious people and take in those who are bullied by the Qianhu Gong Gong, let them work and eat a meal, and now they can read. In this way, with such noble Qianhu Gong Gong as a role model, they will become a good person in the future."
"Tell me, how about my teaching method?" Wu Shigong asked proudly.
His four wives stared at the shameless husband blankly, opening their mouths wide and unable to say anything.
Xiuzhu, who is more straightforward, answered Wu Shigong's words, and she said, "I can't understand what the young master said. I only know, you are so shameless."
Xiuzhu's words caused a smile from the other three women. Wu Shigong, who was angry and embarrassed, grabbed Xiuzhu by his side and walked towards the bedroom. While walking, Wu Shigong also said hatefully: "Today, the young master will let you take a look, what is really shameless."
After the wife compiled this supplementary textbook according to Wu Shigong's intention, Wu Shigong gave Deng Qifan the textbook and asked him to give him some suggestions and suggestions. When Deng Qifan saw it, his eyes were about to fall from his sockets.
However, Deng Qifan reacted quickly. After reading it carefully, he suggested to Wu Shigong: "Sir, your textbook is of course very good, which can give those who know how to be kind. However, in the textbook, you should also highlight the words of the saints, and also highlight the saints, so that others can not easily catch their braids."
Wu Shigong suddenly understood. His textbook was too prominent. If it was spread out and used by people with ulterior motives, it would cause a lot of trouble for him.
Wu Shigong immediately followed suit and asked Deng Qifan to help improve it. This was the first time Deng Qifan showed his skills in front of Wu Shigong, and he also used all his skills to supplement the contents in the textbook.
Finally, this textbook became: What does the original text mean? How did the saints do it before? Under the wise leadership of the emperor, how did the Qianhu, who is of noble character, do things now? This form.
Wu Shigong was quite satisfied with the supplementary textbook that Deng Qifan finally finalized. He can now use the power of culture to brainwash his subordinates. Wu Shigong also praised Deng Qifan and was also impressed with the role Deng Qifan could play.
This knowledge is indeed power!
Chapter completed!