Regarding Zuo Liangyu's question, Zuo Mengeng originally planned to ask Zuo Kuan to help with a message.
It turned out that Zuo Kuan was not up to the task.
If Zuo Kuan was asked to pass the message on to Zuo Liangyu, there is no telling what the deviation would be.
In order to avoid the situation of father and son turning against each other, Zuo Menggeng wisely gave up this move.
Zuo Kuan felt Zuo Mengeng's alienation, which made him very scared.
He didn't understand why Zuo Mengeng was like this?
He felt that Zuo Mengeng was so strange, so why did he ignore family ties?
Zuo Mengeng knew this kind of alienation.
In his view, this is cognitive alienation.
What he wants is vastly different from that of an old man like Zuo Kuan from the old days.
But neither he nor Zuo Kuan knew that this was actually ideological alienation.
And cannot be repaired.
Huang didn't feel anything strange.
After sending Zuo Kuan away, she was still immersed in Zuo Mengeng's marriage.
Holding Xu Ruolin's hand, Huang felt a sense of detachment.
"Now that you have passed the door, I don't have anything to worry about, old lady. In the past few days, everyone has been praising you for your virtuousness. I am thinking that from now on, you will be responsible for all the big and small things in this house.
You have to take care of this house and take care of it."
Huang is planning to hand over power.
Xu Ruolin didn't do anything, but Zuo Mengeng disagreed.
"My mother is in her prime, and she wants to live in old age and enjoy happiness. God will be jealous of her. You have to take care of the affairs in this house. Ruolin still has a lot of things to do outside. Please feel sorry for us."
Mrs. Huang said with a hint: "Old lady, now I just want to have a grandson. I have no other wish."
Xu Ruolin was embarrassed and Zuo Menggeng was absolutely sure.
"We work hard."
Xu Ruolin really can't stay at home, there are indeed many things that need her.
Zhang Zonghuan, Qu Shishu, Liu Ji, Lu Hao and others came together and mentioned one thing.
"Zhongheng, everyone has seen the current situation of Zuozhuang Academy. Among other things, its ability to cultivate talents far exceeds that of ordinary private schools. Each of our families is thinking about whether we can let the children of the clan come to the academy to attend classes?"
Zuozhuang Academy was initially established to cultivate basic talents and taught basic subjects other than the Four Books and Five Classics.
But as time went by, more and more talents came out of here, and they all made achievements. The major families immediately understood that this new school was far better than a private school.
Anyway, they are not preparing for the imperial examination and are going to serve as officials in the court. They must think carefully about the future of the descendants of the family.
It is obvious that Zuo Mengeng attaches great importance to Zuozhuang Academy. Mathematics, physics, chemistry and other subjects will probably flourish in the future.
Linqing and other families are clear-headed and want to get ahead.
They had this idea, and Zuo Mengeng was extremely happy.
Using new education to cultivate more new talents, thereby breaking away from the old order and building a new world, has always been the direction of Zuo Menggeng's efforts.
Now that more and more people support his approach, it means that the possibility of success is greatly increased.
However, Zuo Mengeng had other ideas about various schools requesting admission.
"The city is always too far from Zuozhuang. If children from various families come to go to school, the long journey and hard work are not worth it. How about we open a school in the city?"
Zuo Mengeng looked at Qu Shiqi.
In the final analysis, the scale of Zuozhuang Academy is still limited. Moreover, there is currently no distinction between primary and secondary schools, which has affected efficiency to some extent.
With the increase in territory, there are more and more places that need talents, and Zuozhuang Academy alone can no longer supply them.
Under such circumstances, the expansion of education is an inevitable trend.
Linqing City has a population of one million. As long as new education is popularized, the probability of producing talents will be higher.
What Zuo Menggeng is afraid of is the conflict between the new education and traditional Confucianism. It would be bad if it gets serious.
Unexpectedly, this problem was not a problem for Qu Shichun.
"This is great. Not only can children from various families go to school, but children of ordinary people can also benefit."
Zuo Mengeng asked with concern: "I'm just afraid that some conservative old scholars will be dissatisfied."
Qu Shishu chuckled and said: "The establishment of schools is a great benevolent move. It was the same when Donglin Academy and other schools became popular in the world. At worst, we should also add some classics and meaning courses in our school. After all, school children also need to read and read, so it is good to have the best of both worlds.
It’s convenient.”
Lu Hao clapped his hands and said yes.
"That's it. As long as the Four Books and Five Classics are taught in our school, no one can say anything. As for the main courses, it is not up to us."
The original intention of Qu Shishu and others was to just build a school in the city, but Zuo Menggeng knew very well that education cannot be neglected.
"I plan to set up an education committee, with you as the chairman and fully responsible for the expansion of education. This is a heavy responsibility. Thank you for your hard work."
There is no doubt that the most suitable person to be the person in charge of the Education Committee is Xu Ruolin.
She was originally the principal of Zuozhuang Academy, and all the talented people were her students.
She also has the status of a mistress, so if she focuses on education, she can save a lot of trouble.
Xu Ruolin couldn't be happier to have something to do and not be trapped at home.
"The city has a large population. If we build a comprehensive school, we may not have enough manpower."
Zuo Mengeng had already thought clearly about her worries.
"Put aside the middle school for the time being, and establish the primary school first. It is more important to popularize basic knowledge first, so that more people can read, read, or learn a skill. After five years, only those who excel in learning can be promoted to middle school, and most of the others
I guess I still have to go to work."
Zuo Menggeng does not plan to cultivate all students into great talents, which is unrealistic.
In his vision, primary schools have two main purposes.
One is literacy, so that young children can stop being blind and at least be able to understand things and not be easily deceived.
The second role is the training of basic skills.
Most ordinary people are still troubled by food and clothing, and making money to survive is what they consider.
If children can learn a skill in school, at least they can enter factories and other places after graduating from elementary school and become qualified industrial workers.
What?
You said that children who have graduated from primary school are only fourteen or five years old and are considered child laborers?
Come on, in this day and age, who cares?
Even if Zuo Menggeng imposes a rule not to use people who are too young to do work, he is afraid that the people will be the first to object.
By the time primary school transitions to middle school, even the first batch of students will be five years later.
Five years is the best buffer, enough for the education committee to be prepared.
In the early stage, it is relatively easy to just focus on the construction and operation of primary schools.
Zuo Menggeng informed the Administrative Committee about the establishment of the Education Committee, which was unanimously approved by everyone.
So under the Administrative Council, the first full-time agency was established.
Listed by the Board of Education.
Xu Ruolin serves as the chairman of the committee, and the vice-chairmen are Deng Yuhan, Wang Xiangjin and Liu Zongzhou.
Deng Yuhan was responsible for the promotion and education of basic subjects, Wang Xiangjin was responsible for the education of agricultural knowledge, and Liu Zongzhou was responsible for the education of traditional Confucianism.
In addition, there are Zuo Xianmei, Xue Fengzuo, Huang Zongxi and others among the standing committee members.
Zuo Xianmei will lead people to compile primary school mathematics textbooks, Xue Fengzuo will cooperate with Deng Yuhan to compile primary school physics and chemistry textbooks, and Huang Zongxi will be responsible for ideological and moral education.
With the cooperation of Qu Shichun and other major families, the Education Committee quickly completed the site selection for the school.
Three primary schools were established in Zhima Lane, Zhuancheng, Luocheng and other places in one go.
Together with Zuozhuang Academy, the four schools have established a new educational foundation.
All school teaching staff are drawn from Zuozhuang Academy.
At this time, there was no way to place too high demands on the abilities of the teaching staff. The students who had just graduated from Zuozhuang Academy were all sent to be teachers.
At least there is no problem for them to educate illiterate children.
Although Xu Ruolin has done a lot of work in the past, it was all relatively piecemeal. This time she really stood in front of the stage.
Being given high hopes made Xu Ruolin burst out with great enthusiasm for work. She did not go home for half a month and visited all the school sites.
In addition, in order to recruit students, she also personally promoted it. She went into the homes of ordinary people and explained to them the benefits of the new school.
The leaders are working so hard, let alone the people below.
At least in a short period of time, the entire Linqing people knew that there would be a free school for children to study.
Although the things taught in these schools cannot allow children to take the exams for fame or become officials, they will be able to have skills at their disposal in the future so that they will not starve to death.
Nowadays, many people in Linqing are making a living in Xinjun's industry, and they actually have a certain understanding of the benefits of technology.
At the very least, they were envious of the craftsmen when they looked at them.
I don’t expect my children to be prosperous in the future, I would be satisfied if they could be craftsmen.
The benefit brought by the improvement of people's awareness is that the enrollment work of primary schools is very smooth. In a short period of time, tens of thousands of children have become new students in primary schools.