Education is something like this, right? The families of Zhuxia have always attached great importance to it, but they only attach great importance to the education of the core clan members, and the rest of the people who are not relatives or friends should be spared.
Nowadays, every family has its own private school. The prerequisite for enrolling in school is blood relationship. Without blood relationship, there will not even be a literate environment.
Another point is that no matter what kind of writing it is, whether it is large seal script, small seal script, official script... it is not easy to learn the hieroglyphics in Zhuxia, and it will take a long time to learn the characters.
Therefore, before Pinyin appeared, the number of teachers needed for universal education would be beyond imagination, and the related difficulties would be far greater than imagined.
Zhiyao uses simplified Chinese characters when taking some notes, but is not currently promoting simplified Chinese characters.
Regarding pinyin? Zhiyao has actually thought about whether to do it, including promoting simplified characters.
Since no one can help with this, Zhiyao needs to do everything by himself. He is doing it slowly. What is more important is the recognition of letters. The letters and initial consonants need to be recalled slowly, and it can be done not only by recalling
Can remember.
In general, simplified Chinese characters can still be written character by character, while pinyin is a huge project.
In addition, is it the Spring and Autumn Period now? Many fonts have not yet been born, and there are very few words.
Regarding culture, Zhiyao is working on it alone. I don’t know how long it will take. It may take ten or twenty years, or a lifetime?
The Wei family itself is engaged in education. It had no area with other families before. The reform they want to carry out now is to let more people join in.
So, would the Wei family allow non-blood relatives to obtain education? Given people's perception of the value of knowledge, it might be difficult.
Zhiyao thought about it for a while and agreed to Wei Ju to provide a certain amount of paper, including related supporting equipment for writing on paper, that is, inkstones and ink.
As for pens? Wei’s owns them and can produce them.
In fact, it was the current business atmosphere that prevented Zhiyao from selling paper aggressively, otherwise it would have been almost a matter of minutes for him to become the world's richest man.
Resources are in the hands of a few people, and most people have no resources. It is not difficult to guess what the business atmosphere will be like.
Nowadays, large-scale transactions are generally carried out between families, and retail sales are carried out by each family in some cities. The objects of sale are not ordinary people, but are actually "disciples" and above.
If Zhiyao sells paper aggressively, it will not benefit the common people, but will completely give other families an opportunity to catch up.
What the Zhi family wants is to always be in the lead. It would not be a good thing for other families to become stronger.
Waiting for the day when Zhiyao will accomplish something big, even if he allocates land to the common people, it will be difficult to extend education to the common people in a short time.
To put it bluntly, people don’t have enough to eat, they have to work for their own belly, and they have to pay taxes. They need to do all kinds of work at the age of eight or nine. How can they spend time on education?
"Education and other matters actually depend on the level of productivity. Without education, it is difficult to improve production levels. Now it is more difficult to find high-yielding crops across the ocean than to reach the sky, rice..." Zhiyao feels that she has done enough
Well, at least it has benefited the 'disciple' class within the family.
One thing that must be clearly understood is that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, rice was not grown in large quantities in the Central Plains. Instead, various millets were mainly grown, and various beans were added after harvest.
Even when rice began to be planted in large quantities in the Central Plains, the initial yield per mu was less than a stone. It can be said that the yield was really not very good.
Rice cultivation in the south is not very productive. A yield of close to one stone per mu can be considered a bumper harvest.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State was able to fight a century-old war for hegemony with the Jin State. One theory is that the Chu State's rice was harvested twice a year at that time. It is a bit difficult to say whether this statement is reliable.
However, considering that the climate of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period was similar to that of Guangdong, maybe Chu State really had two crops of rice a year?
From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the Chu State had never been troubled by food shortages, and they were even able to sell or give away food in large quantities to foreigners. There are quite a few records on this point.
There was also no food shortage in the Jin State. Even though troops were deployed every year, there was no mention of food shortages in the Jin State in historical records.
Is it just that? The various versions of history books that record the Spring and Autumn Period rarely mention the occurrence of food shortages? Is this because of climate problems, that is, there are no frequent natural and man-made disasters, so even if the army is deployed every year, there is no food shortage crisis?
"There were no man-made disasters before, and there will probably be one next." Zhiyao firmly believed that her idea was correct.
In the past, wars between various countries did not deliberately target Li Shu, nor did they destroy each other's production system.
In the future, wars between various countries will seek to attack the enemy's war potential. They will not only attack Li Shu in a planned manner, but also wreak havoc on the opponent's various facilities.
The person who started this curse is already seeking retirement and wants to spend the rest of his life perfecting his work.
The person who kept up with the times was Zhao Yang. He attacked the Wei Kingdom several times and kidnapped the guards in batches. He also caused disputes because he entrusted Handan Zhao to take care of five hundred households of the guards.
Zhiyao can also be regarded as one of the people who takes action, which can be seen from the last military operation against Zheng Guo.
"Sir." Zhiyao finished her work and came to Zhishen's place.
Jishen was looking at a list and worrying.
This list is about rewards. There are too many people who originally had nothing. After receiving rewards, they will have their own farmland, houses and servants.
"Yao, is the reward too generous?" Zhishen has been hesitating for two or three days.
Zhiyao said calmly: "The law has been announced, and the combat power of the new army is obvious to all. Why are you still hesitating, sir?"
Why? It’s not because only people of the “disciple” and above class can receive rewards now. It doesn’t matter if a small number of people of the “disciple” class or below receive rewards. A larger number will have a great impact.
Seeing that Zhishen was still hesitating, Zhi Yao repeated: "The law has been announced."
Regardless of good or bad, rules must be followed anyway. What's more, the new law not only inspired the new army, but didn't you see that the enthusiasm of the rest of the Zhi family to participate in the war was also inspired?
Zhishen put down the list, took a deep breath, and said: "Since the Fan family is dead, my family will continue!"
For people who don't understand the background of the times and Fan's past, it will sound completely baffling.
Obviously it is the Fan family, why is it prefixed with "Shi"? That is because one of the heads of the Fan family held the position of "Judge" in the Jin State. The Shishi was not only the chief judge of the Jin State, but also responsible for the Jin State.
The important task of revising the law.
The Fan family was proud of that, and from now on, they chose to use "Shi" as the prefix of their family, instead of using the fiefdom as their surname.
Xun's side has similar examples. For example, "Bank of China" was born from a certain deed, and a new small sect emerged out of pride.
Even if the Jin Kingdom becomes a mess, Zhiyao is still looking forward to getting the Zhi family and the position of "judge".
Zhishen said: "There is another thing. The sage said that using the head of my family to record merit is really cruel."
Yes, it does seem cruel.
In today's world, unless there is any deep hatred, no one will kill the enemy and then use the enemy's body to attack him, or even bury him alive.
I don’t know where the remarks about Zhi’s cruelty first appeared. Not only have there been voices of criticism within Jin State, but also other countries have also aroused great negative public opinion.
"Can't you cut off your nose but your ears?" Zhishen asked.
Cutting off your nose or ears doesn't make it look cruel, right?
If anything, it really is.
The reason is that there were related methods of recording merit in ancient times, and many of the criminal laws in Zhou Li were aimed at mutilating people's limbs, often cutting off noses, ears, fingers, toes, palms, soles, etc.
The criminal laws of Zhou Li are inherited from more ancient formulations.
People are used to it! But don’t they think it’s nothing?
In recent times, Zhiyao has often talked to Zhishen about related topics, saying something new about an old saying: "Today is a time of great strife, and it is important to seek strength through reform. How can other people's words be better than self-improvement?"
Besides, fighting with a human head hanging from your waist is really intimidating to the enemy. Those who are timid will turn around and run away, and who of the enemies left behind to fight would not be frightened?
Why should we change something that can give a beneficial "Buff" to Zhishi's army, but can also give a negative "Buff" to the enemy?
"That's it, that's it." Zhishen signed his name first, then took out the family head's seal and stamped it on the signature place.
With the signature and the family head's seal, the reward list only needs to be handed over to the relevant personnel, and it can be considered approved and executed.
"The Wei family wants to train a new army, and the Zhao family, the Han family, the Hu family...all the families are following closely behind." Zhishen looked proud when he mentioned this? He must have felt that it was too embarrassing.
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Zhiyao smiled bitterly in her heart after seeing this, and there was no way she would regret letting the new army appear.
The Zhi family, the Zhao family, the Wei family, the Han family and the Hu family are the current high-ranking families in the Jin State. It is a good thing for the Jin State to continue to seek to strengthen their military force. The worst thing is that they are sometimes friends and sometimes enemies of each other.
Doesn't Zhishen understand that today's allies may be Akito's enemies? He must know that, which does not prevent him from being happy because Zhishen pretended to be intimidating. At the same time, he is also happy that Jin's military strength can be enhanced.
"The Wei family wants to train three 'brigades', the Zhao family has one 'division', the Han family has 'two brigade', and the Hu family has one 'brigade'. Will my family grow more?" Zhishen seems to still have a sense of crisis?
Zhiyao: "..."
Dear dad!
It’s true that other families are building new armies, but they are not building standing armies, right?
If they also want to build a standing army, things will get very interesting.
Regardless of whether each family should follow the example of the Zhi family in establishing a standing army, each family in the Jin Kingdom was training new armies. In fact, it was a big change in history.
Other countries may have some reforms, but what Jin is pursuing is a kind of reform, or a spontaneous search for a new way out.
Just for this point, even if the historian did not record it carefully, Zhishen would have left a heavy mark in history.
After all, the new changes in Jin were driven by the Zhi family, and the current leader of the Zhi family is Zhishen!
"Should we increase the number of standing troops?" Zhiyao began to think seriously.
