Chapter 35 Early Childhood Enlightenment
Fusu blinked. "Grandmother means that we should know how to use people wisely and recruit talents without being restricted by their background."
Zhao Yuanxi's eyebrows curved, "Fusu is really smart."
Fusu smiled shyly, his hands secretly tugging at his quilt.
"Your teacher's ideas are common among scholars of this era, but you must remember that the common people are the vast majority of the world. Of the five million people in the Qin State, only a little over ten thousand can be called scholars. The common people are the foundation of this country."
Fusu nodded dazedly.
Zhao Yuanxi chuckled, "It's getting late, you should go to bed! If you have any questions, we can talk about it later, okay?"
"Thank you, mother." Fusu blinked and said in a low voice.
Zhao Yuanxi's heart melted, and he couldn't help but kiss Fusu's forehead, "You're welcome, I'm your mother! Okay! Go to sleep!"
Fusu was so embarrassed that he buried half of his face in the quilt, his ears red, and he responded in a muffled voice, "Yeah."
The next morning, Zhao Yuanxi had just finished washing up when Chunyu Yue came to ask for a meeting.
"Let him in!"
When Chunyu Yue came to visit again, the contempt in his eyes was gone, and he said solemnly, "Your Majesty, I have already written the lesson plan you asked me to do yesterday. Please take a look at it."
So fast?
Even though Zhao Yuanxi felt annoyed with him, he had to admire this gentleman's work efficiency.
Zhao Yuanxi took the stack of papers and only read a few pages when his brows furrowed.
Chunyu Yue's heart sank upon seeing this, and he said bluntly, "If you have any questions, Queen Mother, just tell me."
Zhao Yuanxi touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed.
It’s not that he wrote badly, the problem was with herself. There were not many places where words were needed before, and Zhao Yuanxi relied on the little memory of Zhao Ji, so it didn’t affect his daily life much.
But when it comes to articles written by professional literary masters, her knowledge is obviously not enough.
After all, she is a doctor of agronomy in modern times, but now she is half illiterate!
Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and could only look at Jang Geum, "Read it to me."
Jang Geum took a few steps forward, took the lesson plan from Zhao Yuanxi's hand, a smile flashed in her eyes, and she slowly began to read.
Her voice was very pleasant, like the melted water from the snow-capped mountains, flowing among the green grass in the mountains, cold yet full of vitality.
Zhao Yuanxi rarely heard her speak, and most of the time Jang Geum would do whatever she said.
Today, Zhao Yuanxi had the opportunity to savor this voice carefully, and he felt like he was a tyrant.
After reading Fusu's lesson plan, Zhao Yuanxi thought there was no big problem, so he directly asked Jang Geum to read Ziying's one.
Just at the beginning, Zhao Yuanxi's expression suddenly became serious. She took back the lesson plan and read it carefully.
After a long pause, she slowly spoke, "Your teachings are excellent, but they're not what I want. I've already mentioned that Ziying can't read many characters, so the lesson plan should start with early childhood enlightenment, learning the pronunciation, shape, and writing of characters step by step. The Qin Dynasty had over ten thousand characters, but fewer than three thousand were commonly used. I hope you can start with the simple characters first, rather than delving into the writings of sages."
"Since you have inherited Confucius's thought, you should be aware of the difficulty of educating the masses. If you want everyone to be able to read and learn etiquette, you must standardize and simplify the teaching process."
Zhao Yuanxi asked Chunyu Yue to write a set of enlightenment teaching plans for Ziying, hoping to develop an educational method that could be accepted by the public.
Chunyu Yue's heart beat faster after hearing this.
Nowadays, students are mostly taught through lectures. How much they can learn depends not only on the students' talents, but also on the teacher's level.
But what the Queen Mother wanted him to do was to greatly eliminate the differences in teachers' abilities. As long as students were willing to learn, they could reach the level of being able to read and write.
"What the Queen Mother asks of me is difficult for me to do alone."
Although Chunyu Yue was tempted, he knew that his abilities were limited. It was not something he could accomplish overnight if he wanted to compile a set of books suitable for early childhood education.
"That's fine. Mr. Chunyu should have met the students next to you. They can all work with you. The books in Hongwenguan are also available for borrowing at any time. If you have any other requests, I will do my best to fulfill them as long as I can."
At the beginning, Zhao Yuanxi really only wanted to enlighten Ziying, but since he had done everything, and Ziying could learn according to the teaching plan, why couldn't the children in the world learn it?
Now that you’re doing it, you have to do it well!
Chunyu Yue's heart was beating fast. "But this might delay the studies of Fusu and Prince Ziying."
"Fusu, you teach him as usual in the morning, and I'll take care of the afternoon."
"As for Ziying, I will take care of his enlightenment for the time being. If he is willing to take classes with you, you can teach him. However, I will only give you half a year. If you can't finish it within half a year, I will let someone else take charge." Zhao Yuanxi said slowly.
Half a year is neither long nor short. Although Chunyu Yue is unsure, he can only agree to it.
After returning to Canglang Pavilion, Chunyu Yue laughed for a while and then looked sad the next. His three servants thought that their master was mad at the Queen Mother.
"Go call the students from Linyuan over here and tell them I have something important to discuss with them."
On this day, Canglang Pavilion was particularly lively.
Zhao Yuanxi stretched and looked at the time. It was already the hour of Si. As she had been discussing matters with Chunyu Yue all morning, she had not had time to eat breakfast.
She touched her stomach and planned to go to the kitchen to find something to eat.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard rustling sounds from inside.
Zhao Yuanxi's eyes widened. "It's broad daylight, there can't be a mouse in the house!" Thinking of the sanitation conditions in ancient times, her face darkened.
Jang Geum looked at the Queen Mother's dog's sneaky back, and a look of helplessness appeared on her indifferent face. "Queen Mother, there are two young masters inside."
Zhao Yuanxi then realized that he had overreacted. He looked around and found two round little buns sticking out in a corner not far away.
It’s really them!
Zhao Yuanxi turned around and asked curiously, "How did Jang Geum know that it was theirs?"
From her current position, she shouldn't be able to see the two little guys.
Jang Geum pointed to her ears and said calmly, "My ears are naturally sharper than those of ordinary people. I can hear many sounds that ordinary people cannot hear."
The reincarnation of Shunfenger?
Zhao Yuanxi looked at Jang Geum as if he were a god, a real god!
A palace maid with good martial arts skills, who can read and has a particularly sensitive ear? Zhao Yuanxi asked tentatively, "Jang Geum, you were not a killer before, were you?"
"No." Jang Geum hurriedly explained, "Before entering the palace, I learned a few moves from my father. He also taught me knowledge, but he died early, so I only learned less than 30% of his skills."
Only 30% is already so powerful, Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but wonder who her father is?
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