Long Xiao set up a school in Shenwu County, and soon it became a fashion in Shenwu County, and many businessmen talked about it, even those rich officials, and some followed suit. The little "said".『 X" Especially several county lords in the county, such as the county Chengwu, the main book Xing Mantang, and the classic history Zhang Cheng. Even Zhang Cheng now has 2ooo taels of silver, and he really doesn't know how to spend it, seeing that Long Xiao donated money to run a school, he found Long Xiao to discuss.

"Lord Long, this silk factory you opened, I am 2ooo taels of silver dividends a year, it is too much, I used to, every time I was honored by some shops, there are thousands of taels a year, I think it is good, now it is 2ooo million taels all of a sudden, I really don't know how to spend it, you donate to run a school, why don't you notify us, we also want to donate, but I don't know what to do."

Long Xiao said with a smile: "It's too easy to donate, there is a Jishan Hall in the county, if you want to donate, you can donate as much money as you want." Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Lord Long, I've heard that Jishantang, it's 40,000 taels of silver every month, and it can't be spent at all, 40,000 taels of silver can buy 4oo million catties of food, and every year there are so many homeless people, it's enough, I don't have any fun, I want to donate 5oo and 20,000 yuan to enjoy it." Long Xiao was stunned when he heard it, this Zhang Cheng really didn't take money properly, although he said a little money, he donated 5oo taels at once, but it was really not a small amount, it took great courage.

Long Xiao: "Do you really donate 5oo thousand taels?" Zhang Cheng: "That's natural, I am 2ooo taels a year, donate 5ooo thousand, and 15oo, what's the matter." When Long Xiao heard this, he was very moved: "Okay, I will also donate 5oo taels, let's build a bigger school in the county, a school that can accommodate 5ooo students, how about it?" ”。 When Zhang Cheng heard it, he didn't understand it at all, because Zhang Chengcheng hadn't heard that a school could accommodate 5ooo people, what kind of concept is this?

Zhang Chengcheng asked: "Lord Long, the two of us are 1ooo ten thousand taels, is the silver enough?" Long Xiao estimated: "It is said that it is enough, but for long-term operation, the 1ooo taels of silver can only be used to build a school, and it would be good if there were donations coming in." Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "There is also Wuxian Cheng, Master Xing, I have a talk to the two of them, I guess the two of them are also willing." Long Xiao smiled: "Then you ask, don't force it, it's voluntary, if the two of them want to, they can donate, if they don't want to, forget it."

Zhang Chengcheng found the county Chengwu and said Long Xiao's plan, Wu Er didn't say a word, he took out 5oo thousand taels, the main book Xing Mantang hesitated, but he also took out 5oo million taels very happily, and the four people made up enough 2ooo million taels, Zhang Chengcheng discussed with Long Xiao, prepared to build a school, and posted a notice, this post doesn't matter, many people are very interested, they want to donate, and they all come to ask, how to donate. As soon as Long Xiao saw that the enthusiasm of the businessmen was very high, he asked Zhang Cheng to set up a temporary donation department, saying that within one month, the businessmen in the county could donate freely, and they were building the county school. And it is recorded on the merit tablet of the county school.

This statement, many people are interested, if the county school is to establish a merit monument, their own name can be passed on to the history, this is a good thing to benefit the children and grandchildren, all have to roll, the county's 15oo Qinglou Museum, take the lead, each donated 10,000 taels, 15,000 shops, each is 1oo taels, and 4ooo restaurants, each is 1o taels, for some personal donations, the least there are one or two, the most are also 10,000 taels. Later, the donation from the society reached 2ooo taels, and now it became 4ooo taels.

Long Xiao asked Zhang Cheng to acquire a homestead of 1ooo acres in the new urban area of Shenwu County, spent 1ooo million taels of silver, and spent another 1ooo million taels to hire skilled craftsmen to rebuild the upper and lower two-story school buildings on the 1ooo acres of homesteads. He also hired 2oo well-educated Confucian scholars from all over the country, and the monthly salary was 1o taels of silver, and there were filial piety rules and regulations for every New Year's holiday, and there were more than 2oo taels a year, which was much more generous at the level of private schools.

The county school has been established, and the next problem is to recruit students, and the county school is a school that examines people, that is, only Xiucai is qualified to enter the county school, and the problem comes. There are only 15oo villages in the county, and there is an average of one Xiucai, and in some villages, there is not even a Xiucai, which is only 15oo people, and there are more in the county, there are 15ooo people, which adds up to 3ooo people, and the scale of 5ooo people is still much worse. The county school posted a notice in Linxian County, this trick is very effective, and there are 3ooo people who signed up without a month's effort. However, the school can only accommodate 5ooo people, so it has to admit 2ooo people on the basis of merit, so that there are 5ooo students in Shenwu County and County School.

Long Xiao saw that the school only used 2ooo taels of silver, and 2ooo million taels, all of which were stored in Hu's Qianzhuang, and let Hu Xueyan manage it on his behalf, and use the 2ooo million taels of silver to lend, Hu's Qianzhuang and Xuetang divided it equally, generally speaking, the interest of the silver loaned for a year is one percent, that is, the income of 2oo thousand taels of silver. Long Xiao asked the school to allocate 1oo million silver every year as the school's expenses, and stipulated that no one could withdraw the principal, even the prefect of the county, and could only use interest. Long Xiao thought, this 1oo taels of silver is enough, and Mr. Private School's annual salary is only more than 2oo taels, which adds up to only 40,000 taels, even if the house is repaired, plus the books and expenses for teaching, it is only 1o thousand taels.

Long Xiao saw that there was too much silver left, so he simply canceled the students' own living expenses and implemented all free education, even the students' clothes were centrally customized, and the students only needed to enter the county school of Shenwu County, just study with peace of mind, and they would not spend a tael of silver at all. Since then, the school has become a well-known school. It is the children of many officials, and they all thought that for a while, the Shenwu County School became the most famous public school in Dalu County.

The news soon spread to the capital, and Liu Qiyou, director of the Department of Ritual and Cleansing Officials of the Ministry of Officials, heard about it, so he personally came to Shenwu County, and after three days of inspection, he returned to the capital and reported the results of the investigation to the emperor. As soon as the emperor heard the great joy, he rewarded the county of Shenwu County with 10,000 taels of gold, and ordered the whole country to learn from Shenwu County and build a school, as long as the establishment was successful, the imperial court would reward 1,000 taels, and if it was not successful, it would be fined 1,000 taels. So, everyone has followed suit, all counties across the country have set up schools, although there is no large scale, but the emperor ordered, at least to accommodate 1ooo students, just like that, more than 5ooo counties in the country, have established their own schools, the Great Sui Dynasty opened up the world of schools, providing hundreds of thousands of people for the imperial court every year.

In this way, every three years into Beijing to catch the examination of more than 100,000 people, even the emperor is overjoyed, said that the world into my pocket, since then, the Sui Dynasty's imperial examination system has also been modified, not each subject to 12oo people, but each subject to 12,000 people, than before the increase of 1o times. Among the officials of the Sui Dynasty, there were all learned people, which is a later story.

Since the county school has been in the county seat, the atmosphere has also changed greatly, many rich people hire private schools by themselves, needless to say, those who have no money also want their children to study, there are more than 12o people in the entire county town, and there are not a few children who can meet the requirements of reading, they have asked the county, and some private schools have been established in the county, Long Xiao thought about it, and only cared about the establishment of private schools in the countryside, and the lack of private schools in the county is also a defect. Long Xiao sent someone to count how many children are studying in the county. [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］