Chapter 1213 Shangyuan University
After the personnel framework for the construction of the new capital was established and it could operate independently around the project, Li Tai no longer stayed in Chang'an to keep an eye on it. He just ordered the relevant personnel to report the progress of the project to him every once in a while, and then he returned to Shangyang Palace in Tongzhou again.
This time, Lu Rou and some people who had been in the court for a long time also came to the Bafu. In addition to working as a literary official in the Bafu, Lu Rou also had an important task in Tongzhou, which was to be responsible for the education of Li Tai's son.
Last year, Li Tai used his son's enlightenment as an opportunity to communicate with the envoys of Northern Qi, but in fact, his son Li Jin had not formally received enlightenment education last year.
This time, Li Tai went to Chang'an and originally planned to arrange his son to study in Longyuan Academy, but thinking that the boy was still too young after all, leaving home too early would certainly help him develop a certain independent character, but at present he was far from being able to independently handle complex personnel relationships, and he still couldn't distinguish and identify the approach of some people with ulterior motives, so he decided to keep him by his side for a few years.
After returning to Bafu, he first brought his son to Shangyuan Villa, and naturally received a warm welcome from all the neighbors. Today, Shangyuan is still prosperous, but the oil pressing, ink making, smelting and casting workshops established by Li Tai in the early stage of development have moved away from here one after another, and instead, industries with less environmental and labor pressure, such as fruit and vegetable cultivation and essential oil preparation, have emerged.
Today, the people of Shangyuan have more human resources than what is seen in the village. The children of the village have long been distributed all over the world under the leadership of the King of Tang. Those who live and work happily either expand their land to become a village in their hometown or in northern Shaanxi and Shannan, and live a rich and prosperous life. Those who like to read and study may receive primary education in Shangyuan Village, and then travel to study in all directions. The footprints of these students can be seen in Chang'an, Xiangyang and other places.
There is no need to say more about those who are ambitious to make contributions. The children of Shangyuan have long become the backbone of the Guanzhong Prefecture soldiers, with merits in the court and names in the village. Whether they are officials or businessmen, they are all very active.
Although Li Tai lived in Shangyang Palace not far away, he was busy with official duties and the size of the guards was not small. It was inconvenient to go in and out of the village frequently and it would inevitably disturb the villagers, so he did not go to Shangyuan frequently.
This time, when he returned to the village, he took his son to wander around the countryside while his son was getting more and more sensible. He told him about his deeds of bringing only dozens of followers to the village to establish a business and fighting against the local tyrants.
This was not to educate his son to remember the bitterness and think of the sweetness through his own deeds, but simply to show off. This kid was still young, and he could not understand what military and national affairs and the struggle for hegemony were with his experience and knowledge, but the scenery of the village was vivid and the hometown feelings were warm and real, so it was much easier to understand.
Sure enough, after Jiang Lingle followed Laozi around the village, he looked at him with double admiration. It was really hard to know until he heard it. Only after hearing it did he realize that his father was much more majestic than he had imagined!
Li Tai returned to Shangyuan not just to cultivate his fans and harvest emotional value, but he planned to continue to put his son in the village for enlightenment education.
The school in Shangyuan was established very early. At first, it was used to educate the children of the village and the boys who were fostered here, such as Ruo Feng. It has continued for so many years and is mainly managed by the family members who stayed in the village, such as Li Zhusheng.
Although Li Tai invited his cousin Lu Rou to be his son's enlightenment teacher, he actually didn't want his son to only receive the education of scriptures and etiquette. From childhood to adolescence, a person's curiosity is the strongest and his ability to accept is the strongest. What concepts and habits are formed at this age can often affect a person's life.
Compared with those well-educated scholars of the time, Li Tai is indeed a little ignorant in academics, but when it comes to primary education such as children's enlightenment, he is also very experienced, after all, he has Ruo Feng, Li Ya and Liu Ang to practice with. Regardless of how these boys are doing academically, their personalities and ambitions are above the passing line, which also makes Li Tai more confident in the education of his children.
Today's Shangyuan Academy is larger than before. Many villagers have taken the initiative to donate materials to expand the academy, making it the largest and most imposing building in Shangyuan today. Of course, Li Tai's Shangyuan Village has also been occupied by most of it. If Po Ye Tou had not walked a little further when measuring the land, the village would not be enough now.
If the Longyuan Academy in Chang'an has a strong traditional academic atmosphere because of its gathering of contemporary trends and a large collection of books, then the Shangyuan Academy seems to be more wild.
The new industry that Li Tai created in the village by improving various crafts and tools brought an unparalleled impact to the villagers. As a cultural desert for many years, Guanzhong did not have a strong atmosphere of emphasizing classics over skills. Pragmatism was more popular. Since there were real benefits, it was worth studying.
Li Tai had not paid much attention to Shangyuan Academy for so many years. This time he returned and found that the knowledge and skills taught in the academy were richer than those of Longyuan Academy, which he intentionally guided, and the development of the education model was more avant-garde.
Entering the academy, there was a row of wall boards with the subjects and class schedules of the academy posted on them. Li Tai browsed through them and found that there were more than 20 subject categories alone. In addition to basic literacy and more formal poetry and book education, the style of painting gradually became abnormal.
"Preliminary Geometry"... The villagers are quite nostalgic, and they actually still retain the teaching materials I compiled in the early years, but they also maintain the spirit of scientific knowledge.
Li Tai sighed silently in his heart. When he saw that the following textbooks such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic Plum Notes" and "Hundred Interpretations of Arithmetic Classics" compiled for Shuofeng and the others are still used as elementary and advanced textbooks in today's schools, he felt relieved. It's delicious.
But next, water exploration? Oh, it turns out it’s about finding water. The Canal Alliance funded it to teach and study the techniques of finding water and drilling wells, and to train technical talents for drilling wells. The corresponding building blocks, pottery, etc. are the cradle for the old friends of civil engineering to thrive.
Seeing these technical disciplines that were born due to industry development and experience summarization, Li Tai felt really happy, but he still raised his hand slightly reservedly and pointed at these disciplines and said: "These miscellaneous tricks can be learned, but there are really people who can't learn them." ?”
When other people in the school heard this, they felt a little guilty, worried that the King of Tang would be displeased because of their obscene academic style. However, Li Zhusheng, who was traveling with him, was an old man who entered the country with Li Tai, so he naturally knew that his family What kind of piss-poor is the master? If he really wanted to feel dissatisfied, he wouldn't have this attitude.
So he said: "Although the people in the country value classics and etiquette, even if they study hard and carefully, they may not be useful if the times are not favorable. However, these kinds of miscellaneous studies are often related to current affairs, and the people in the country are suffering from them. , learning a trick is enough for me, not only the villagers will humbly ask for advice, but even the government will pay a courtesy visit. "
As he spoke, he sent people back to the school office to fetch a thick stack of greeting cards and presented them to Li Tai. Li Tai flipped through them briefly and found that most of them were sent by officials in the counties and counties in Guannei, and most of the contents were The school is designated to introduce students with certain skills to serve as subordinates.
For example, finding water and digging wells is a matter that deeply benefits the people's livelihood in the countryside. Especially now that Guanzhong's land is equalized among households and the military government allocates land, all local government and military governments have a very heavy task of reclaiming wasteland and encouraging farming.
However, water resources cannot be distributed evenly, which often hinders the implementation of these agricultural policies. When allocating fields, everyone naturally hopes to be able to allocate fertile land close to the meandering waters. After all, once they settle down, their ancestors will breed here for generations, so of course they can't be careless.
The upper echelons of the government only care about local political performance, but they do not investigate the specific implementation of local administration and how to solve problems. The government cannot send envoys or troops to the fields to coordinate and suppress rural disputes over land and water.
Therefore, the implementation of specific affairs certainly requires local governments to find their own solutions. Nowadays, local officials still enjoy a lot of autonomy in personnel matters. Generally, except for the chief official and the main lieutenant, who are appointed by the overlord, the other lieutenants are recruited by the chief and recommended by the village.
To solve these specific problems, talents with specific skills are needed. The only one in Guanzhong that has relevant skills training is Shangyuan Academy. The civil engineering elder in the school was successful and was appointed as a county official. He led the government officials to explore the mountains and dig holes to find water sources, so as to resolve rural disputes and expand the scale of land reclamation.
Li Tai also heard about this situation, but it was not as detailed as what he learned in school. After listening to the explanations by Li Zhusheng and others, he couldn't help laughing: "Who said that common people are inferior in arts? When a person is alive, he needs food and clothing. If he can't do these things well, even if he holds the talisman and holds the constitution, he will not be able to do it. The fall is not far away! These state and county chiefs are ingenious and need to recruit scholars, so they can be regarded as shrewd and skilled in world affairs. "
The education of Shangyuan School is more content than form, and it is mainly aimed at the villagers who are eager to have a certain skill and hope to support their families, rather than those heroes or eminent families in Chang'an Public and Private Schools, so they are destined to be more pragmatic. , learn whatever you need.
Without Li Tai's direct intervention, the people of Shangyuan Township, who had benefited deeply from the previous rural construction, also realized the importance of skills and education. It was rare that a place like Shangyuan School appeared that specialized in teaching common arts. Therefore, they also carefully cared for its growth and development, hoping that it could continue to benefit future generations, and thus the scale and situation of Shangyuan Academy was achieved today.
But these were not the only surprises that Shang Yuan Academy brought to Li Tai. Soon he was attracted by several smoking earthen stoves on the north side of the academy.