System, help me become the empress

Chapter 64
Although Xu Youxi gave up the plan of "Teaching at the Imperial College", this did not prevent her from going to the Imperial College to report on time for several days in a row, answering questions from the teachers and students of the Imperial College.

In order not to disturb Xu Youxi, Qiao Siye specially granted her a separate room to rest. At this time, there were only her and He Muqing in the room.

"Li Si, who came up with this 'punctuation mark'? At first, I thought it was superfluous, but after using it for a long time, it is very interesting. It seems that I can understand the emotions that the writer wants to express." He Muqing also said Quite pleasantly surprised.

In fact, as early as the Han Dynasty, the term "judu" was born, but the function of judu is only to mark pauses, and the books that have been circulated in the world still occupy the vast majority of books without judu.

"Each textbook is compiled by the joint efforts of many people. It is different scholars who invented pinyin and standardized punctuation marks. Every independent story in the book has its own editor. These books seem simple. , are actually compiled by imitating children's thinking patterns." Xu Youxi explained.

"I think these subjects can be included in the compulsory courses of the Imperial College. Are these subjects too difficult for ordinary children?"

He Muqing also began to worry about this problem.

"What's so difficult? Since ancient times, all of my children have been gifted and intelligent, born in accordance with the fate of the country. They can memorize the Three-Character Classic and the Thousand-Character Classic, learn riding and shooting rituals and music, and dabble in all of them. These esoteric scriptures I understand the righteousness, how can I not be able to eat a few pages that only need to be memorized by rote?"

Xu Youxi's tone was firm.

"These children were born in troubled times, and they must study hard and study hard. The slogan of saving the country can be chanted first by scholars from the Imperial College and various academies, but in the end it must be passed on to the children who grew up in public schools."

What Xu Youxi said about the troubled times is really not exaggeration; if it were not for her to hold on, the big work would have already fallen apart by now.

He Muqing quickly looked around, and whispered: "Li Si, don't shout so loudly, it will be terrible if the factory guards hear it."

"..."

It's a pity that He Muqing didn't know, the factory guards panicked even more when they saw Xu Youxi!I have always run as far as I can, for fear that I will hear too much.

"There are more unhealthy trends in the world today, but it is far from the point of troubled times, right? And after the empress ascended the throne, we not only repel foreign enemies, but even the officialdom is constantly improving. Everyone is saying, wait another ten years , Daqian is another ZTE rule.”

"Maybe, but the world won't be more peaceful in the next few years." Xu Youxi changed the subject helplessly, "Which subject does Mu Qing plan to teach in a public school?"

"Language. Qiao Siye is responsible for the lectures and assessments. When the time comes, I will be in charge of a class with another student. She will teach pinyin, and I will teach intonation and punctuation."

"Li Si! You also came to the Imperial College today!"

Pei Yao walked into the empty room with a big abacus in mind, while Bao Youjin followed behind her humbly with a big cloth bag on his back.

"Look at this posture, is Pei Yao planning to teach mathematics?"

"That's right." Pei Yao threw the abacus on the table next to them, and then sat down near the two of them, "I have read some almanacs from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, but it's a pity that the Tianyuanshu and Siyuanshu mentioned in it Many algorithms of this class have basically been lost in recent dynasties."

"But I didn't expect that after I finished "Primary Mathematics", I read those few "Sunjing" again, and suddenly I could understand about half a level. How should I put it, I feel that primary school mathematics is like " The basics of the Sutra, although it seems that the things taught are very different, but they are basically the same!"

"Also, when I reconciled the account book with the shopkeeper of the shop at home today, I found that his account book was written too cumbersomely. I simply helped him rewrite all the account books into Arabic numerals, and it looked much cleaner afterwards. In order to urge everyone The shopkeeper is free from the abacus and can use Arabic numerals for written calculations, so I specially brought his abacus too!"

Bao Youjin's face was full of doubts: "Pei Yao, but I clearly saw... your boss is crying."

"The shopkeeper is afraid that I will damage his antique abacus. I promise him that as long as he is proficient in arithmetic, I will return the abacus to him immediately."

"But the shopkeeper's abacus is very good, and it's not as slow as multiplying and dividing numbers..." Bao Youjin hesitated, "Pei Yao, isn't it a good idea to force others to do so?"

Pei Yao shook her head and said earnestly, "It's not called making things difficult for the strong, it's called being flexible; it's taboo for those who do business not to know how to be flexible."

Xu Youxi reminded: "Don't change them all into Arabic numerals, capitalize one, two and three. Although it looks complicated, it also prevents those who are interested in tampering with the numbers in the account book to make fake accounts."

"Don't worry about this, I'm on guard."

Pei Ruo believes in himself.

"However, I understand Chinese for the sake of literacy and understanding; I also understand science, which can broaden your horizons and see strange things." Bao Youjin frowned, "But what is the use of learning mathematics? Everyone can't run away in the future Let's do the bookkeeping."

Pei Yao was also very depressed: "Forget it, it doesn't make sense to you and me, anyway, you also believe that mathematics is useless from the bottom of your heart."

"Mathematics is a basic subject and a method of calculation." Xu Youxi took over the words, "After elementary school, there will be middle school, and the subjects will increase from Chinese, mathematics, and science to physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history, and follow-up physics. Both chemistry and chemistry require mathematics as a basis. After middle school, it is university. At that time, everyone’s study direction will be more detailed, such as business, history, medical ethics, experimental research and development, academic research, astronomy and geography. "

"The Ministry of Rites is going to play a big chess game. Teacher Rong came up with all these?!" He Muqing sighed, "No wonder Teacher Rong was always so capricious in class before. Talented people are not ordinary."

"Li Si, are the news you said reliable?" Pei Yao keenly sensed that something was wrong, "Elementary school has at least three years of study, and middle school and university are counted as three years, so the sum of before and after is nine years. How can the imperial court have enough money to support such a long education. Moreover, if all the children go to school, they will be 15 years old when they finish school. Who will cultivate the farmland? Wouldn’t it be deserted? It's bound to be a mess."

"Don't worry about this. You think the reform of the court is just for fun?" Xu Youxi said condescendingly, "But for the time being, these things have to be kept secret, so we can't talk about it yet."

"Li Si, you are too powerful, how do you know so many secrets about the imperial court?" Bao Youjin was full of surprise, "You have not been free to come to the Imperial College these days, could it be that you are helping Teacher Rong plan how to work and study? "

"Yes." Xu Youxi replied.

"Li Si, is there someone in your family who is a trusted minister by the empress's side?" He Muqing continued to ask.

"Naturally!" Xu Youxi nodded, stood up and said as if concluding, "After the Empress ascended the throne, she first made major changes to the law, and then popularized education for the whole people. The reform is to pave the way. It's getting late, so I'll go to Lord Rong first."

"Well, Li Si, go get busy."

It wasn't until Li Si decided to leave that Bao Youjin whispered: "Have you guessed what Li Si's family does? The power behind Li Si is not small. You didn't realize that she not only participated in public school affairs, but even Do you know much about the new "Great Law"?"

"Isn't your father the chief minister of the cabinet? You have many more sources of information than us." He Muqing looked at Bao Youjin.

"It's a bit of a guess, but I can't be sure yet."

"Don't be tricky, just speak up." Pei Yao immediately urged.

(End of this chapter)