After hearing this, the housekeeper felt disgusted with Wang Jinbao's words for the first time. He said in his heart that even if the court wanted to buy people's hearts, it would be better than some people not taking any money.
Wang Jinbao asked again: "How many students and teachers are there in this school?"
The housekeeper replied: "I heard that there are five gentlemen and more than 300 students. Children from two nearby villages are studying in this school."
Wang Jinbao dismissed it and said with a smile: "As expected, the imperial court has no intention of running the school well. How can a gentleman teach more than sixty students well? The reason why the imperial court does this is
In order to stabilize the world, he allocated some of the money he plundered from wealthy and powerful people to set up schools. When the situation was peaceful, the public schools would be abandoned. Killing the rich and giving to the poor, I think killing the rich is true, but giving to the poor is false."
After saying that, Wang Jinbao came to his senses and glanced at the housekeeper subconsciously. Seeing that there was nothing strange about him, he felt relieved.
If the words just said reached the government, it would be troublesome.
Wang Jinbao said to the housekeeper: "You have many elderly people and children at home, and your expenses are high. From now on, your monthly salary will be increased by 20%."
When he said this, Wang Jinbao felt that his heart was bleeding.
The butler was overjoyed and quickly thanked: "Thank you so much, sir, thank you so much, sir."
The next day, Wang Jinbao left home and went to his store to check the accounts. When he passed by the public school, he heard the catchy sound of reading, and the voice was full of vitality.
Wang Jinbao asked the coachman to stop the carriage, then got out of the carriage and came to the front of the public school.
I saw that this school was very simple, just made of some simple wooden planks and wooden pillars. It was spacious, but it was ventilated everywhere.
If it rains, a lot of rainwater will flow in, and the students inside will not be able to study at all. Such conditions are completely different from those in the academy.
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However, in stark contrast to such simple conditions, there are those children, all of whom are full of vigor and hard work. This feeling is somewhat familiar to Wang Jinbao, but it is also strange.
After watching for a while, I arrived at the school just as classes were over and the students went home to eat. Many students left the school in groups, and some parents came to pick up their young children in person.
I saw a farmer picking up the child with a loving face and saying, "Xiaowu, how did you learn today? Did you behave in class? Did you listen to your teacher?"
"Um."
The child said "Yes" heavily, nodded and said: "I am very good and listen to my husband. My husband also praised me and said that I knew two more words, and I might win the imperial examination in the future. Dad, what is the imperial examination?"
mean?"
"real?"
The farmer was very excited, "Did sir really say that you might win the imperial examination? Okay, okay, our family will rely on Xiaowu to get ahead in the future. When you grow up and pass the Jinshi exam, you will become an official. Even if you fail,
Those who are among the most talented people will be able to teach in this school and repay the favor of the court. If it weren't for the court's kindness, you would never have the chance to enter the school in your life."
"Yes, Xiaowu remembers it."
Wang Jinbao on the side was greatly shocked when he saw this. He did not expect that the prestige of the imperial court had reached such an extent. The people had already formed an atmosphere of serving the imperial court. If a child grows up in such an atmosphere, how can he support the imperial court when he grows up?
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While he was feeling emotional, Wang Jinbao saw several students holding each other's shoulders and walking happily on the road. They were chatting and kicking each other, and they were cheerful and innocent, with innocent smiles always on their faces.
At this moment, Wang Jinbao thought of his son Wang Yike and his bitter face, and suddenly Wang Jinbao felt unhappy.
Unable to help himself, Wang Jinbao followed the group of students to a shady place filled with many small water tanks.
Wang Jinbao was puzzled, why are there so many water tanks here?
Soon, the students solved his doubts. They put down their school bags, took out a brush from the bag, then dipped the brush into the water in the water tank, and then started on the stone slab.
Write.
It turns out that I am practicing calligraphy and saving pen, ink, paper and inkstones.
For ordinary people, pens, inks, paper and inkstones are relatively expensive, so in order to save some money, children from poor families use water instead of ink and slates instead of paper. This is a good idea.
At this time, the children all had serious faces and were extremely serious. They were each practicing their own calligraphy. If they forgot how to write, they took out their textbooks from their school bags and copied them stroke by stroke.
This kind of atmosphere for children is very attractive, and people can't help but want to blend in, and they don't dare to disturb them in the slightest.
Suddenly, Wang Jinbao was attracted by the children's textbooks, which seemed to have pictures.
The textbooks all contain the Four Books and Five Classics, so why are there pictures?
Out of curiosity, Wang Jinbao walked up to the child and said to him: "Child, can you lend this book to your uncle to read?"
Children are naive and would not refuse, so they showed the textbook to Wang Jinbao.
Wang Jinbao took a look and saw three big characters printed on it, "Hero Book".
Wang Jinbao opened it and saw that the records on it were all heroes from ancient times, including people from all dynasties, such as Wang Jian, Li Mu, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Han Qi, Yue Fei and others.
It not only records their life stories, but also their illustrations, all of which are drawn with heroic and majestic figures, as if gods descending to earth, which is awe-inspiring.
"Golden Dog, your grandfather-in-law is here, why don't you just arrest him without restraint."
Suddenly there was a shout, and Wang Jinbao looked around. It turned out to be a child pretending to be Yue Fei, holding a wooden stick as a spear in his hand, and wanted to fight with the Jin man.
"Hongnu barbarians, your Grandpa Li Mu is here, take my sword."
The children each had their own heroes, and they started fighting and had a great time.
Wang Jinbao asked the child who was pretending to be Yue Fei: "Child, why are you pretending to be Grandpa Yue?"
The child said: "Sir, I said that Grandpa Yue served the country loyally, so of course I will dress up as him. When I grow up, I will also learn from Grandpa Yue to serve the country loyally, kill enemies for the country, and destroy the Kingdom of Jin. Then
Then I can be a great hero like Grandpa Yue."
Wang Jinbao was deeply moved, and there was a brilliance in his eyes that he had not seen for a long time.
On the second day, Wang Jinbao took his son Wang Yike to a public school. He also wanted to send his son to the school.
"Sir, I'll beg you from now on, Quanzi. Here is one hundred coins. It counts as my support for repairing the school. Please accept it, sir."
Wang Yike happily sat reading with his companions, with a face full of excitement. Wang Jinbao handed a hundred guans into his husband's hands as a token of his appreciation.