Chapter 314 Everyone goes home to find a stick
Of course, Meng Changqing did not expect to hear the answer from the children, and she soon continued: "Our Beishan County is a new county, and it is younger than all of you here.
Just look at Liangzhou. With the exception of Beishan County, how many years have the other counties existed?
For hundreds of years, no matter whether they have experienced war or not, at least they have always existed, and there have always been people operating on that land.
But Beishan County is different.
The night before New Year's Eve in the 14th year of Yongxing's reign, I took more than 200 refugees and set out from the gate of Yangmen County to the north. We faced a wilderness with only traces of the battle between the two armies.
It was not until the Beishan City Wall was built that Beishan County finally came into being.
How long has it been until today, April of the 16th year of Yongxing?
We are completely created from scratch. The houses and fertile fields you see were built by your parents brick by brick and turned over inch by inch.
In such a short period of time, Beishan County has transformed from a wilderness to what it is today. It seems amazing, right? ”
There were children below who nodded.
But Meng Changqing said, "It's not enough, it's far from enough! What does our Beishan County look like in the eyes of other people? You don't need to ask others about this. Just ask the children here who just moved here this year. Before you came to Beishan County, what did you think of Beishan County?" What do you think?
Poor? Dangerous? If you could survive in your original place, you wouldn't want to come to Beishan County, right?
I want to ask again, are you willing to remain poor like this? Would you rather pass the exam in the future but have a hometown that makes you embarrassed? ”
"Unwillingly!" Even the people standing outside the house were shouting.
"Okay. Just because I knew you were reluctant, the Yamen opened this school." Meng Changqing said, "It's not terrible to be poor now, but the terrible thing is to always be poorer than others.
Think about the hundreds of years gap between us and other counties. If we don’t catch up desperately, won’t we always be lagging behind? ”
"I think some of you are asking again, how to catch up? What is the connection between poverty and school?" Meng Changqing asked and answered, "Of course there is a connection. Imagine that now your parents are not like those in other counties. All their experience in reading is passed down from their ancestors and taught by others.
But when a few years pass, when you are adults and you know how to read, if you want to do something but don’t know how to do it, what will you do? You can ask your elders or the people around you, but unfortunately they don't know how to do it, and they have never encountered such a situation. You can also find solutions from books.
For the same thing, a child from another county couldn't find the answer after asking everyone around him. What should he do? He was illiterate and books couldn't help him, so he had no choice but to give up.
This is the purpose of the county government's opening of schools. It is not to ask you all to get the top score in the scientific examination.
It means that you can read and write, be able to understand the contents of books, and have the ability to increase your knowledge.
I want you to be better than the children in other counties.
It is up to you who have received education to catch up with the gap of hundreds of years. The most valuable thing in the world that is hard to buy even with money is knowledge, and now the school will teach it to you for free.
I hereby promise that Beishan County will not charge any fees for opening schools. All the tools and books you need will be provided by the county government.
But as I said before, the knowledge that can be taught in the school is limited, so what I teach you is not all the knowledge, but the key to acquiring knowledge.
I hope you will take this key to gain the knowledge you want to know, pursue the life you want, and experience the vast world.
When you have finished your studies and leave this school, you are not required to remember me, nor are you required to repay Beishan County. As long as you remember, you are deeply favored by the country and will be used by the country in the future. ”
Not to mention the children below, even the people outside the house straightened their backs and their blood rushed to their foreheads. They wanted to be used for the country.
When Meng Changqing coaxes people, he is definitely at a professional level.
At this moment, Bafang suddenly started grinding ink with an inkstone. Meng Changqing took out a big writing brush from nowhere, dragged it across the table in the front row, stepped on it, and wrote eight big characters on top of the board where he would teach in the future: < br>
A clear mind and a clear mind will strengthen the county and the country.
She jumped down, handed the pen to Bafang, and asked the children below, "Does anyone know the writing on the wall?"
Most of the children shook their heads and said they didn't know. Only the two children in the front row moved their mouths but did not speak.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know it now. The purpose of letting you sit here is to let you know it, understand it, and remember it." Meng Changqing pushed the table back to the distance, "You each go home and find a stick. You can use it in class in the afternoon. , get out of class is over, let’s go home.”
After Meng Changqing left, among the children sitting in the first row, a girl asked the boy next to her, "Mingxian, don't you know the words on that too?"
Mingxian pursed his lips and whispered: "I know him."
"Then why didn't you tell me when the adults asked?" Mingyue looked at her brother in confusion.
Mingxian's answer was still in a low voice, "Dad told me not to be conspicuous in front of adults."
"How can you be conspicuous when you answer the adult's question?" Mingyue came closer and asked, "Then what did the adult write?"
Mingxian read out the words, and Mingyue asked what they meant. Mingxian did not answer, but said: "Let's go home quickly."