Looking at the guards, Zhang Yue turned over and dismounted, and went forward, saying, "We are Chang'an scholars, who come to Xinfeng to collect folk songs. I heard that there is still a sound of reading in Guiting in summer, so here we look at it..."

After hearing this, the guards' expressions immediately eased a lot.

The person in charge even smiled and said, "Since you are a field recruiter, you can enter the village school... However, you must not disturb the normal order of the village school!"

However, the words unconsciously showed some arrogance and a hint of arrogance.

Zhang Yue did not take it seriously, but just bowed and thanked him, and walked towards the gate of the township school with Liu Jin and others.

When I opened the door, a huge courtyard appeared in front of me.

Going forward to the courtyard, you will see a spacious living room.

Dozens of boys sat on the ground, holding bamboo slips, chanting: "Cangjie wrote a book to teach his descendants..."

The Mongolian book written by Li Si back then has become a must-have item for enlightenment education in the Han Dynasty today.

An old man in his sixties was sitting on the head of the hall, with his eyes squirting at all the boys.

He heard the footsteps, raised his head, and saw Zhang Yue and Liu Jin joining.

His eyes were a little surprised, but he didn't get up.

It seems that in his opinion, as long as these outsiders do not disturb the order of the village school, they will do whatever they want.

"There are so many children in Yangli Township School..." Gong Yu said in surprise: "I'm afraid that all the boys of the right age in the village have come to this point! The three elders of Yangli are really elders!"

Even Liu Jin nodded and said, "Confucius said: "If three people walk together, I will have my teacher. A town of ten families must have loyalty and trustworthiness. If you are sincere and do not deceive me, you will meet an elder when you go out. Please help me..."

Only Zhang Yue's eyes flashed with a dark look.

According to the Han system, the number of households of the people in ten miles and one pavilion is about fifty to two hundred.

Some big pavilions may exceed this number, but not much.

Because the agricultural economy and society before the BC could not carry too much population and gather in a small village.

In the hall in front of him, Zhang Yue counted it, and at least there were more than 30 children aged five or six to **.

It means that almost all the boys of the right age in Yangli came to this village school to study.

This is so scary!

Even in later China, the enrollment rate in some rural areas is probably not so high.

In other words, there are probably other things hidden behind the terrifying enrollment rate in Yangli.

Just as I was thinking this way, suddenly, from the other side of the township school, there were a series of neat footsteps.

Zhang Yue turned his head and saw dozens of young men wearing bamboo armor, holding wooden guns, carrying bows and arrows. Under the leadership of two men who looked like military officers, they ran to the courtyard not far away.

These teenagers are about thirteen or fourteen years old.

My body has not yet fully developed and my face is still full of childishness.

Zhang Yue even saw a few children with a total braid and looked at a maximum of twelve or thirteen years old.

These children obviously couldn't keep up with the speed of others. They barely ran into the courtyard, and were already panting and unsteady.

"Yang Wu!" When a military officer saw this, he strode over and whipped at one of the children who did not stand firm!

Bang!

The whip made of bamboo strips hit the edge of the bamboo armor on the child's body, making a crisp sound.

"If you don't train seriously, do you want to become officials or even be sons-in-law when you grow up? Well!" The military officer scolded loudly, all the children lowered their heads.

Being a son-in-law is naturally miserable in the Han Dynasty and has no status. In many families, even slaves must have a son-in-law.

As for the government's eyes...

The government will take care of the life and death of slaves. According to the Han law, the master will be punished by the compensation for the master to kill or kill the disabled slaves for no reason.

If it's a son-in-law...

Death is in vain, I just don’t care!

But when is even a tragic official? Is it even used to educate and scold children as a means of intimidation?

Not only Zhang Yue, but Liu Jin was also stunned.

"Don't want to!" Almost all the children, including the whipped child, straightened their chests and replied loudly.

"If you don't want to do it, you have to train carefully and don't slack off!" said the military officer: "Now, take an hour off and then start practicing archery!"

"No!" The children cheered, rushed to the corridor, then took off their bamboo armor and sat on the bluestone steps in groups of three or three.

Zhang Yue walked over gently and walked to the child who had just been whipped.

The child is at most twelve years old. After taking off his bamboo armor, his body suddenly became smaller and looked a little thin.

However, Zhang Yue found that his eyes were very firm.

Not like children of this age at all.

"Little boy..." Zhang Yue squatted down, smiled at him hard, and asked, "Why don't you even want to be an official?"

"What's the best thing about being an official?" The child replied without thinking too much, "Even if he can be a rank, he will only have a salary of 100 stones per year, and only earn three or five thousand yuan..."

"Even if you are a county magistrate and a county raft official, your annual salary is 600 stones, you will only get 10,000 yuan!"

"You must also be in a state of mercy and be respectful to villains!"

"How can we do it for real men?"

When he said this, the child was calm and spoke clearly. Obviously, he had been taught countless times with similar words.

Just like the elementary school students in later generations, they were taught by teachers in school and now they don’t study hard, so you will do whatever you want in the future...

Zhang Yue heard this and asked, "What should a real man do?"

"Of course, a real man must use his horse's merit to gain wealth!" The other party clenched his fists without hesitation and said, "Go on horseback to be a soldier, fight on the battlefield, and take the enemy's head among thousands of horses!"

"So rich and noble can be expected, and the family can be revived!"

Zhang Yue was shocked as he heard this.

The Han people are a nation that does not avoid talking about wealth and honor.

In fact, whether it is Confucian scholars, Legal scholars or Huang Lao scholars, the purpose of everyone studying and becoming an official is to be rich.

Before Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, when they were still a peasant, they left behind famous allusions for being rich and honorable, and do not forget each other.

As for poverty, it is even more of an original sin in the Qin and Han dynasties!

When Su Qin was poor, even his family and relatives looked down on him.

Therefore, there is an allusion of idioms such as being arrogant at first and being respectful at the end and being cool in the world.

In the Han Dynasty, this situation became even more uncontrollable with the booming development of industry and commerce since Wenjing.

When the famous minister Zhu Maichen was threatened by his wife to divorce, he said bluntly: I am fifty years old and I am more than forty years old. You have suffered for a long time and will repay you for your achievements.

Luan Bu, a famous minister during the reign of Emperor Taizong, once publicly said: Poverty and humbleness cannot insult one's ambition, it is not human! Wealth and honor cannot be happy, it is not virtuous!

Among the scholars and officials of the world, there is a famous saying that a gentleman is ashamed of poverty and humbleness and enjoys wealth and honor.

The pursuit of wealth has been deeply engraved into the bones of every class in the Han Dynasty society.

Even historical records record that "mortals cannot choose to be officials, and cannot be a businessman, so the villagers will not be ashamed of being a merchant."

As for the so-called emphasis on agriculture and commerce, the promotion of agriculture and the removal of the sub-subs...

It was just the three dukes and nine ministers in the court who spoke.

Among the people, if you have more than one million households, it is called Sufeng.

Many people regard it as a status as a minister of the lords and ministers.

Many rich people even worship countless brainless fans...

The whole society's fanatical pursuit of wealth has made the Han Dynasty society full of vigorous vitality and vigorous enterprising spirit.

At the beginning, Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, was awarded the title of Marquis of the Western Regions, and was appointed as the Nine Ministers.

It instantly detonated the entire Han Dynasty society.

Countless young people have learned from Zhang Qian's good examples, followed his footsteps, and headed westward.

They traveled through the desert and through the mountains. Many people even walked all over the Western Regions with their feet, opening up the first music of the Han Dynasty to run the Western Regions.

After Li Guangli conquered Dayuan, countless Legal scholars joined the army, learning from Zhao Shi's example and trying to find a title of marquis.

Even the king is not surprised by this.

Zhang Shizhi, a famous minister of Emperor Taizong, once told Taizong: Your Majesty loves good ministers, and he will be rich and honored.

The late emperor, Prime Minister Shen Tujia, also said to the late emperor: Your Majesty will be rich and honorable to all the ministers.

Doctor Jia Shan said more bluntly: Wealth is the authority of the ruler.

Today, Zi understood this truth deeply. Since he ascended the throne, he has relied on two moves to win over people's hearts and consolidate his rule.

The first move is to disperse wealth, and the second move is to reward people with great rewards for military merits.
To be continued...