Chapter 47 Servant Knight
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Li Xiao gave the set of Nine Confucian classics sent by Liu County Magistrate, and gave them to Yang Dayan.
Dayan looked at the Confucian classics written in wooden box sets and ox bones as a scroll, and his eyes were excited. "It's great, there will be books in school in the future." Yang Dayan is old and fears most is that he has a bad memory. He will teach the wrong students and mislead his children.
He opened the books one by one, flipped the scroll, and looked at the ink marks on it. The book was written in a handwritten rather than a printed form, but the words were written very neatly, which surprised Li Xiao, just like a printed form. No wonder he would have to make a thousand quota for copying a book, which was indeed worth this price, and it was simply a work of art.
"Good, there's no mistake."
Li Xiaodao, "This book was given by the magistrate of Liu County. The Liu family in Hedong is one of the most famous aristocratic families in the world." Such aristocratic families have their own family traditions and even have their own family collections. Of course, the books they took out would not be of the wrong quality.
"Sanlang, I want to move the school to this big mansion. I have seen it. There are quite a lot of rooms in this big mansion. Just buy a room in the east wing room in front to build a school. Do you think it's okay?" Big eyes asked Li Xiao.
Li Xiao also considered this issue, "I was about to talk about it, but now that the ancestral home has been taken back, we will live here forever in the future, and the children who come here to study will be more caring for them."
This is not only a matter of distance, but Li Xiao also considered teaching. He did not plan to teach just like in traditional private schools. He had his own plans. He had thought before that he was responsible for the enlightenment education of these children in the village households, which was not only a benefit to his own people, but also a way to cultivate some talents for himself.
Even if you just learn arithmetic by learning some words, you are actually a good talent.
Now, he was considering it longer-term. He was not enough to train literacy and arithmetic people by himself. He also hoped to make his school a technical school, and even train these children as attendants and knights as future retainers and warriors.
At this time, the West was the dark medieval era, and it was also the era of feudal aristocrats. The aristocratic feudalism and manor economy were popular because the vassals whose vassals were not my vassals, and the vassals who were not my vassals.
The nobles would cultivate their own knightly armed forces, and a feudal lord would ask their knights to send their young sons to the manor for training, and they would start knightly training at a age.
This kind of knight attendant training is not only to teach children martial arts, riding and shooting skills, but also to teach children knowledge, etiquette, and even a way to strengthen their relationship with their knights.
In fact, there was a similar situation in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the three palaces of the inner guards, and those who were selected from the children of the nobles and bureaucrats, and they were asked to serve as the inner guards in the capital and serve the emperor.
It would be too simple if it was just to give the children of the Zhuanghu a chance to read and read. But taking this opportunity to give the children of the Zhuanghu a chance to read and open their eyes, and put them in their own house for education, and conduct a training method similar to half-working and half-students, allowing them to learn culture while learning some skills, and follow Li Xiaoshi and learn some etiquette. He would select the best children from them every year for key training. He felt it was necessary and it was also important for the future development of the Li family.
"I didn't expect Sanlang to think so far." Yang Dayan had always been a poor pedantic before, but he never thought that Li Xiao was so ambitious that he not only opened his eyes to the children, but also thought even further.
"Very good, I think it's very good. They are all poor families in the village. They are not blind when studying, but they cannot just read the books of sages. They still have to learn some real knowledge and learn to settle accounts. If they learn craftsmanship, they can still have a skill to earn money. While studying, they can also learn etiquette and other things, and they can also support themselves. It's great."
Yang Dayan thought about it carefully and thought Li Xiao’s idea was quite good.
"But, I, Yang Dayan, have no ability, so I can only teach some simple things. I can open my eyes to the children, but I have no other skills."
"Uncle Yang, you don't have to say that. In fact, it's not that complicated. There are so many people in our village, so everyone teaches them together. I also know how to read and recognize numbers. Mr. Zhao is still a doctor and has studied as a doctor. Let's teach them together."
Li Xiao didn't want all the children in his village to become blind, but he didn't want these children to become isolated and separate from their parents because of studying, and he didn't want them to end up becoming nerds who can't do anything but study.
"You must learn Confucian classics and you must know how to arithmetic. You must also learn some fist, footwork, and even ride a carriage and horse," Li Xiaoti said.
"Listen to you, they are miserable children. If you have the opportunity to study, you can't forget your book because of this. While studying, you can learn more skills."
The two reached a consensus in a few words. After Lijiazhuang School was placed in the east wing room of the courtyard. The children's reading courses include not only the Thirteen Confucian classics, but also had to learn arithmetics, medicine, and agricultural books. They also had to learn martial arts and practice skills. They also had to act as a servant in the Li family, serving tea and water, cleaning the courtyard, feeding horses and chopping grass and other miscellaneous tasks.
Once every three years, you can be admitted to the next level to continue your studies if you study well. If you don’t have that talent, you won’t continue to waste time, but learn more professional technical skills, etc.
Yang Dayan sighed, "There are thousands of landlords in the world, but how many of them can be as kind as Saburo, who is willing to take such care of the tenants. Not only will they have the opportunity to read for free, but they can even plan for them so long. Meeting a boss like you is a blessing for them in their previous lives."
Li Xiaoxiao, this is actually a win-win and mutual benefit model. Li Xiao invests more in the early stage, but this way of cultivating talents by himself is beneficial to the Li family in the long run. These people trained by themselves must be more loyal to the Li family and have a sense of belonging.
Li Xiao can also get more talents and more loyal talents.
"However, this is a long-term expense, and the expense will not be small." Yang Dayan reminded Li Xiao, why have so many people not studied in these days? Because the cost of education is high, many children from landlords have never studied in the school.
Li Xiao opened a class, taught a group of children, and even formed a regular basis, and then the investment was endless. He had to read books and be responsible for their food and drink. This was like helping the merchants raise kids, and he would raise so much at once, so he would never spend less money.
Chapter completed!