sinovels Chapter 131
Chapter 131
The news about the institutional reform of the royal court in Wu State in May was quickly delivered to Zhao Xuan. When Zhao Xuan took this news and saw the name of the director of the Education Department, he couldn't help asking: "Is this the director of the Education Department?" Is Gongsun Pan the great sage from Qimen Mountain?"
"Yes," replied the spy, bowing his head and cupping his fists.
Zhao Wenzai next to him is very interested in the Education Department. "Is the Department of Education open for school?"
"It's a bit the same, but it's also a little different. The Department of Education manages all the schools in the country of Wu. The country of Wu has set up two university houses in Ulsan and Cannes, but it's different from ordinary schools. Each student will learn from several students. Mentor, each tutor has to teach dozens or even hundreds of students, and Gongsun Pan not only serves as the director, but also serves as the tutor of the Kangcheng Academy." The spy told all he knew.
"Stupid, a mentor teaches so many students, how can the students learn the essence of the mentor!"
Zhao Wenzai shook his head. He didn't agree with this method of cultivating talents. Too many students would distract the tutor's energy, and if the tutor didn't have enough energy, he couldn't focus on cultivating good students.
"That's right. Scholars educated in this perfunctory way are unlikely to be outstanding." Zhao Xuan also agrees with Wen Zai's opinion. He himself has been carefully taught by three mentors for ten years, so he can stand out today.
"My lord, if you think about it, that Gongsun Daxian is also a person who seeks fame and reputation."
Zhao Wuzai Boyao shook his head, sons of princes and aristocrats, which family did not recruit famous teachers to teach alone for a few years, then Gongsun Pan actually agreed with such a teaching method, presumably he has no real talent and learning, only flattering horses and beards, and voted for the master's house Well, it's a waste of his great reputation.
"Actually, it would be good for Gongsun Pan to be the director of the Education Department of Wu State." Zhao Xuan suddenly smiled. In the conversation between him and Gongsun Pan in Qimen Mountain, Gongsun Pan gave him the feeling that his talent was not worthy of the name, and his opinion Old fashioned.As the saying goes, there are as many students as there are mentors, and if such a person serves as the director of the Department of Education, the entire student body in the Wu Kingdom will be taught to be mediocre and rigid.
Zhao Xuan couldn't help feeling relieved when he thought that King Wu's court would be filled with mediocre people in the future. Such a state of Wu is nothing to be afraid of.
When Zhao Guojun and his ministers were discussing the matter of Wu Guo Xueshe, Zheng Yuming was testing Gongsun Pan, and now every time he saw Gongsun Pan, he had to ask a question first.
"What thing is wearing a red robe, is really anxious in the stomach, makes the heart angry, and jumps eight feet high?"
"President, what kind of weird thing is this?" Gongsun Pan frowned and thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what Zheng Yuming wanted him to guess.
"You don't even know this? Firecrackers!" Zheng Yuming stared at the change of expression on Gongsun Pan's face.
"Firecrackers? What are they? Bamboo?" Gongsun Pan murmured in his heart. There is no bamboo in a red robe. This is probably something from Bermuda.Ever since he followed Zheng Yuming down the mountain, Zheng Yuming always discussed some strange things with him. Those things were said to be owned by Bermuda, and Gongsun Pan had never heard of or seen them.
"Oh, almost." Zheng Yuming can now be sure that Gongsun Pan is not a time-traveler of the 21st century, not only is he not a time-traveler of the 21st century, he is not a time-traveler of any era, Gongsun Pan is a native of Daqin.
When Zheng Yuming learned that the wooden stick on the courtyard gate and the broom on the path were placed there by Gongsun Pan to test him and Zhao Xuan, he was shocked. This test is obviously a well-known interview technique in the 21st century. surgery.Zheng Yuming suspected that Gongsun Pan also traveled from the 21st century, so he deliberately said something in front of Gongsun Pan that would only be found in later generations. However, Zheng Yuming's temptation did not detect that Gongsun Pan had a trace of a 21st century traveler except for arousing Gongsun Pan's curiosity and sideways glances. clues.
"President, this is the budget for the establishment of a compulsory primary school." Gongsun Pan handed over a white paper full of carbon characters. He wanted to open the primary school in Kangcheng Middle School, the capital of Wangdu, as soon as possible.
Zheng Yuming took the blank paper with a sad face. "The primary school budget can only be allocated in the second half of the year."
Wu State’s finances are very tight. The national finances, except for the tax revenue from business and industry, need subsidies from other places. Chu Chaohui’s army consumption is also a huge one. If it hadn’t been smuggled out of the palace treasury The jewels and jade articles from Wu Mu were exchanged into gold by Wu Mu to the surrounding vassal states, and returned to Zheng Yuming's hands for expenditure. Wu State's finances have long since gone bankrupt.
"It won't be until the second half of the year." Gongsun Pan was a little disappointed.
"Please don't worry, sir. In the second half of the year, the finances will become more and more relaxed, and the primary school can be opened on a larger scale." Zheng Yuming comforted Gongsun Pan.
"Haha, great! Can we open a few more schools next year?"
Gongsun Pan's eyes lit up.
Zheng Yuming invited Gongsun Pan to go down the mountain because he wanted Gongsun Pan to cultivate talents for Wu. In Zheng Yuming's mind, Gongsun Pan was a scientific and technical talent with both scientific and theoretical knowledge and practical skills. The children educated by such a mentor are talented It is the pillar of Wu State.
"As long as the teachers are qualified enough, primary schools will open throughout the entire Wu Kingdom." Zheng Yuming nodded affirmatively.
Zheng Yuming's affirmation made Gongsun Pan suspicious. The cost of opening a compulsory primary school is not 01:30. According to Gongsun Pan's knowledge, Wu's fiscal revenue mainly came from industry and commerce in the first stage, and agricultural taxes were reduced nationwide. Mu 30.00% was reduced to [-]%. While tax was reduced, water conservancy was also overhauled in various places. The investment amount was huge.In addition, in order to promote high-yield grain crops, the grain seeds are all planted on credit to farmers, and the amount of grain seeds will be returned after the farmers harvest. This measure requires a lot of money.
The longer Gongsun Pan stayed in the royal capital, the more he knew about Wu's financial expenditure, and the more worried he was about financial revenue. He was afraid that the universal compulsory education plan that attracted him was just a castle in the air and could not be reached.
The reason why Zheng Yuming has confidence in the second half of the year is that the rebuilt salt field on the coast of the East China Sea has already harvested since May, and the current salt production is dozens of times higher than before.
Because the output of the salt farm will continue to double in the future, and the wholesale price of the salt farm to merchants will be one-third lower than before. Merchants who heard the news have already rushed to the salt farm from all directions. Increased profit margins were given to merchants, and were sold all over Daqin by profit-seeking merchants. As a result, Daqin's coins continued to flow into Wu's pockets.
In August, Wu Guo opened three primary schools in Kangcheng, Ulsan Dalseong, and Nanbu, the capital of the kingdom. The students are free of tuition and miscellaneous fees, and a free lunch is provided at noon.These three schools are pilot projects first, and by next year, all the counties and counties in Wu State will open one after another.
At this time, Daqin Confucianism had not yet prevailed, and social etiquette and customs had not yet become a common rule. Zheng Yuming intended to make girls also eligible to enter schools to enjoy education, so he specially stipulated that all young children should be recruited.It is a pity that Zheng Yuming was very disappointed by the enrollment situation of the three schools. Except for a few girls in Nanbu, there were no girls in primary schools in Cannes and Dacheng.
In August, not only the primary school was busy enrolling students, but also a large number of students gathered at the gate of the North College in Kangcheng, the capital of the kingdom. Most of them came from various places in Wu State, and a small part came from the surrounding princes.They are here to sign up for the entrance exam, and only those who pass the exam are eligible to enter North College for further study.
"Please take the numbers in your hands, don't make noise, go into the building and take your seat." A middle-aged man and several guards stood at the gate of the college, maintaining the order of the students entering the hall.
"Sir, the student is late and has not registered, can I go in for the exam first?" A young man in his sixteenth or seventeenth year, panting, ran to the middle-aged man and asked.
"You just arrived in Cannes?" The middle-aged man could tell that the young man's accent was from other places.
"Yes, the student Yang He is from the state of Lu. Since he got the news of the opening of the college in Cannes, he started from home. Unfortunately, he was traveling day and night, and it was still a little late." Carrying a big backpack, the shoes on the feet were worn out to show the toes.
"Then go ahead and take the test first. After the test, go to the registration office to fill in the information." The middle-aged man saw the young man coming all the way to study, and cherished his talents, and took out a temporary number plate.
"Thank you sir!" Yang He was overjoyed, bowed to the middle-aged man, took the temporary number plate and hurried into the examination room.
Yang He walked into the examination room, untied the big burden on his back and put it in the corner, and sat facing the number plate in his hand. At this time, the examination had not yet started.
After Yang He sat down, he found that although he entered the examination room with accommodation, he was still unable to take the exam because he did not bring a pen and ink, but a knife carved from bamboo slips.The writing in the whole country of Wu State no longer uses bamboo slips, but has been changed to paper.
"My dear friend, can I borrow the next charcoal pencil?" Yang He could only borrow it from a candidate who was close to him.
The candidate sitting next to him was about the same age as Yang He, with a handsome face and a cold expression. Hearing that Yang He borrowed a pen from him, he raised his eyes and gave Yang He a cold look.
"Uh, I just arrived in Cannes, and I have time to prepare in the future. If I have extra, can I borrow it?" Yang He still asked cheekily regardless of the examinee's indifference.
"Here!" The handsome examinee took out a charcoal pencil from the cloth bag and handed it to Yang He. This charcoal pencil was made in Wu State. This examinee only bought and used it after he arrived in Cannes. He only bought two .The pockets of handsome candidates are also not well-off.
"Thank you!" Yang He took the charcoal pen and thanked him repeatedly. "My surname is Yang Minghe, may I ask what your surname is?"
"My surname is Fu Mingchou." After a long time, the Qingxiu candidate said his name in a low voice.
After Yang He passed the written test and was admitted to the North College, he signed an agreement with the North College and applied for a student grant.The reason why Yang He rushed to study at Wu Guobei College from Lu State was because the North College was taught by famous scholars, and Yang He could not afford to invite famous scholars in Lu State.The second is because the North College will provide the college with living expenses, so that Yang He has no worries about food and clothing while studying. However, he was unable to find funding in Lu State.
When Yang He learned from the businessman that as long as he signed an agreement with the North College of Wu State, he could study without worry, he immediately moved to the capital city of Wu State after borrowing some money from his clan relatives.The agreement with North College is only that after graduation, he has to stay in Wu country to work for two years to pay back.
Yang He went through the admission procedures, got the number plate of the dormitory he will live in, and picked up his big burden to find the dormitory.The student dormitory of North College is for two people. When Yang He opened the door of the dormitory, he found that his roommate was Fu Chou who lent him the charcoal pen.