Beihai Province and Heilong Province seemed to have negotiated, and they went to the Council of Government at almost the same time.
There are many indigenous peoples in the local area with language barriers, and communication is difficult, but the population of each ethnic group is very small. It is obviously unrealistic if public officials in Fuxian counties are required to learn aboriginal languages.
In order to strengthen the management of the indigenous people, the two provinces have issued inquiries about whether the Government Affairs Council can consider setting up a Chinese language school in the local area so that the indigenous people can learn Chinese.
If the indigenous people learn Chinese, it will not only strengthen the communication and intermarriage between the indigenous people and the government, and between different indigenous people, but also speed up their sinicization.
This is a major event, involving the issue of indigenous people in the two provinces of naturalization.
If the Government Council decides to be fully naturalized, it will need to build a large number of schools and have a large number of Chinese language teachers. In addition, the financial investment cannot be too small.
Huang Liji could not be the master, so he had to report to Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youjian reviewed the Shangshu in the two provinces and decided to discuss it at the North Korean meeting.
According to Zhu Youjian's instructions, Premier Huang Liji of the State Council read out the two provincial governors.
"All Aiqing, everyone discusses the requirements of the two provinces. If you have any good ideas, you may as well speak out in public." Zhu Youjian already has his own ideas, but he wants to listen to the thoughts of the ministers first.
"His Majesty, the requirements of the two governors, the old ministers believe that it can be implemented. People outside the customs are not civilized and do not understand the words of the saints, and it is difficult to obey the government's discipline. The government will inevitably be difficult to manage, and the words of the saints should be passed on. The four directions can make the four barbarians surrender." Kong Zhenyun, who has always liked to speak, praised the teaching of Chinese and the promotion of the words of the saint the most.
"Master Kong, how much money does it cost to open a school outside Guan, I don't know if Master Kong has calculated it?" When Bi Ziyan saw the money, he felt distressed. Just now Zhu Youzhen asked him to allocate a huge sum of money for design, He was annoyed by the construction of a new-style warship! Bi Ziyan didn't dare to get angry with Zhu Youjian, but Kong Zhenyun asked him to put out a lot of silver, which he certainly didn't like.
"Master Bi, you need money, so the school won't be opened? Schools in the five northern provinces are not the same for money? Isn't Heilong Province and Beihai Province the land of Daming?" Kong Zhenyun led the war to Zhu Youjian. In the past, the compulsory education in the five northern provinces, but Zhu Youjian single-handedly facilitated it, is the top priority of his reforms.
Bi Ziyan really shrank, "Master Kong, the five northern provinces are all Han, can this be compared with Heilong Province and Beihai Province?"
"The minister agrees with Master Kong's view." Although Li Chunye does not fully understand the importance of education, he is already a big fan of Zhu Youjian. "There are many indigenous people in Heilong and Beihai provinces with different languages. If you want to learn their language well, For communication, I don’t know that it will wait until the Year of the Monkey, and it will also require a lot of manpower. These people also need to pay a lot of salary. If you want to solve the problem once and for all, you still have to promote Chinese in the local area."
Kong Zhenyun is overjoyed. Today, I finally have like-minded comrades in arms. "What Mr. Li said, promoting Chinese can also speed up the localization of Chinese."
Li Chunye handed over to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Majesty, the old minister believes that in order to speed up the Sinicization of the two places, it is better to open two types of schools, one is a full-time class, so that children can learn Chinese from a young age and receive the influence of the saint's words. Their influence will be deeply ingrained; in addition, adult classes must be opened so that adults can set aside a certain amount of time every day or every month to learn Chinese and learn to communicate with Han people as soon as possible."
"The minister agrees!"
"The minister agrees!"
"The minister agrees!"
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Everyone seconded. They really couldn’t find any objection. Since Heilong Province and Beihai Province are already the land of Daming, all the people should naturally learn Chinese and accept the overall management of local officials. If they are allowed to develop themselves, it will take decades. , Hundreds of years later, it is very likely that it will be another Wusi Zang and Dorgan.
As for the money needed to open a school, that is a matter of self-sufficiency, anyway, they will not be deducted from their salary.
In the face of the flood of consent, Bi Ziyan couldn't scream alone. He originally wanted to oppose, but in the end he secretly swallowed what he wanted to say.
"Since all the secretaries agree, the matter is so settled, and Kong Aiqing is responsible for the specific operations."
Operated by Kong Zhenyun, all the natural studies are the words of the saints. He would never think that science education should be given to students.
Zhu Youjian also believes that there is no need to educate the indigenous people about science. They don’t even have a language of their own people. They are still in the nomadic or even fishing and hunting period. It is good for them to integrate directly into Ming’s farming society by learning Chinese. What science to talk about
The book of sages and sages of the Han people has a huge impetus to the assimilation of foreign nations. Whether it is Mongolia or the Manchu, once they enter the pass, they will all be proud of mastering the book of sages of the Han people, and once these people like the book of sages , It will gradually lose its original wildness and become as weak as the Han.
Now is the best time for the assimilation of various peoples outside the Guan, they do not have written words yet, and they cannot know the past of their own people.
Zhu Youzhen remembered a sentence, but forgot its origin: The best way to assimilate a nation is to split its history. These ethnic groups outside the pass have no history at all. Often a tribe is a nation. If they come into contact with the words of the saints and the books of the saints, they will be assimilated by the Han nationality.
Zhu Youjian had other plans, so he asked Kong Zhenyun: "Kong Aiqing, how long will it take for children who don't understand Chinese to learn the point where they can basically talk to Han Chinese?"
"His Majesty, the minister has not studied this matter, because the children who usually learn Chinese characters are all Chinese-speaking children. It takes about five or six years for them to learn to read and write freely." Kong Zhenyun based on experience , Children must learn Chinese characters to a level that can write freely. At least they have to finish "The Analects", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", and "Da Xue". A certain amount of literacy and certain grammatical skills are required to express themselves freely Heartfelt.
"Five or six years? Is this a child who can speak Chinese? It takes at least seven or eight years for a child who can't speak Chinese to learn Chinese, and those adults who work for a year to learn Chinese may not be able to learn Chinese for a lifetime." Zhu Youzhen is not afraid to exaggerate, the more exaggerated the better, "Zhongqing, is there a good way to shorten the time?"
"His Majesty, the minister has a law that can shorten the time of study. It takes about two years for a child who is completely ignorant of Chinese to express his meaning freely." An official of the Ministry of Education Xia Hu participated in the performance.
"What is Xia Aiqing's method? Let me tell you." Zhu Youjian smiled, looked at Xiahu deeply, and encouraged him to continue with his eyes.
"My Majesty, the minister's method is very simple. If this method is adopted, it will save a lot of time even if the children of Han people learn Chinese characters.
"Master Xia, don't linger, you can speak quickly." The ministers urged Xiahu.
"First, teach the vernacular, which is closer to the lives of the people, and facilitates daily communication. If you learn and use it, you will learn much faster. If you master about 2,000 commonly used Chinese characters, you can conduct daily conversations and master 3,000 Chinese characters. , You can write some articles freely."
Kong Zhenyun tried to open his mouth several times, but Zhu Youjian stopped him and motioned for Xia Hu to finish speaking.
"Secondly, simplifying Chinese characters. There are too many strokes in Chinese characters. It is troublesome to recognize and write. If it is a work of art, it is not bad, but as a communication tool, it is complicated. If the strokes of Chinese characters can be reduced, then recognize it. It's much easier to read and write."
"Third, the phonetic notation of Chinese characters and the usual learning of Chinese characters are based on classics. They learn word by word, book by book. Children need to memorize the pronunciation of every Chinese character in the book. It is very difficult to learn. When I was sorting out the classics, I accidentally discovered that if there is a way to annotate Chinese characters, as long as you master the phonetic method, you can find the pronunciation of the characters you don’t know, and your child will learn it with less effort.
"Phonetic? How to phonetic? What phonetic to use?" The ministers talked about it. No one knows what phonetic spelling is. But they heard that it can shorten the study time, and they agree that it will be necessary for their sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren to learn in the future. Much easier.
"Your Majesty, the veteran opposes. If it is changed to the vernacular, then how will the future generations know the book of sages and sages?" Kong Zhenyun also glared at Xiahu, blaming him for such a big matter without discussing it with himself in advance.
He is the Minister of Education. He naturally has a say in the reform of Chinese characters. He faintly felt that he could shorten the time of learning and it was acceptable, but he learned the vernacular and simplified Chinese characters. After that, the students who remember the old ancestors will stay Sage book? Others don't care about it, but Confucius is his direct ancestor, and he has to fight for his ancestors.
"Master Confucius, the book of sages can't be discarded. While teaching vernacular Chinese, the school will also teach ancient Chinese, so that students can realize the beauty of ancient Chinese and the missionary function of the book of sages. For the book of sages and historical books, you can use it. The simplified Chinese characters were transcribed again for the children to learn." Xia Hu himself didn't quite understand, he just said Zhu Youjian's words intact.
"All the classics have to be re-transcribed, how long does it take? The money will not be less, right?" Kong Zhenyun still refused to follow, but his tone was a little softened.
"It can shorten the time for children to study, and it is worth spending some money." Zhu Youzhen is basically satisfied with Xiahu's performance. The words taught to him last night can be used in the court today.
However, Zhu Youjian believes that there are many obstacles to the reform of Chinese characters. If he does not help him, Xiahu will not be able to carry it out with the power of Xiahu alone. Helping Xiahu is to help himself.
Since we want to reform the writing system, we must continue to reform thoroughly, learning the vernacular, simplifying Chinese characters, pinyin, and introducing punctuation.
At present, it seems that the greatest resistance comes from Kong Zhenyun... Confucius’ descendants must make him back down. Zhu Youjian took out a note from his sleeve, “Yesterday I received a memorial, and one sentence in it was I. I don't understand the meaning, can Kong Aiqing interpret it for me?"