Wang Fugui was very busy during this time.

He is very clear that his prince is promoting the construction of the academy.

Nowadays, various noble families have taken this opportunity to establish various academies.

Even if there are not a few teachings and few students yet, they should first find a piece of land and hang up the sign of the academy.

The Ministry of Education will allocate a large part of the funds for the construction of the academy at that time, which can be said to be a rare opportunity for the imperial court to give everyone benefits.

With such a good opportunity, Li Kuan naturally didn't want to fall into the hands of various noble families.

Therefore, Wang Fugui was arranged to discuss with the shopkeepers of some workshops and encourage them to set up academies, even if the scale was a little smaller.

Today, Wang Fugui came to Jintai's ironwork workshop to persuade Jintai.

"Shopkeeper Wang, you are my great benefactor, I must believe in you. But I don't understand anything about the academy. I'm not afraid of your jokes, ten years ago, I didn't even know a few big characters, and now it's just a literacy hyphen in front of me, and all of a sudden I want to establish a academy to train readers, and I don't have a score in my heart. ”

Jin Tai's idea basically represents the opinion of a large number of workshop owners in Chang'an City.

For these workshop owners who are not directly attached to the door of the noble family, the construction of the academy is a bit far away from them.

"If you don't understand, don't be afraid, Guanshishan Academy will organize a special training class, that is, to teach everyone how to manage a college, and even you can arrange some personnel to go to Guanshishan Academy for internship, and try to manage the academy work for a period of time with their teachings. Now there is still nearly half a year to prepare for everyone, and it is completely too late to wait until the second half of the year to start officially recruiting students. Besides, if you are really worried, you can unite several familiar shopkeepers and jointly establish a academy, and the main content that this academy teaches students to learn can be related to the knowledge of each workshop, so that it is equivalent to letting the academy help everyone's workshop cultivate talents in advance. ”

In this era, it would definitely be unrealistic for the academy to stipulate a grade for them early.

Therefore, a student of the same academy may be oriented to the workshop craftsman, or to the shopkeeper, or even to simply train the helpers on the assembly line.

In other words, at this time, the academy may be equivalent to the higher vocational in later generations, and some are equivalent to junior colleges, of course, such as Guanshishan Academy, which is closer to undergraduate universities.

And it's still that kind of key undergraduate.

At the beginning of the hungry season, there was no way to do this kind of mixed situation.

After a few years of operation, everyone will naturally know the strength and positioning of each college, and when the time comes for students to apply for the exam, they will have a target.

"Can it still be like this? Wouldn't I be able to put the craftsmen in charge of the research of new crafts in the workshop into the academy, and let them take the students to study all kinds of new crafts in the academy? In particular, many craftsmen in the Aniu Special Steel Workshop are experimenting with various new recipes. ”

Hearing Wang Fugui say this, Mrs. Jin was a little relieved.

Although he is considered to have a small fortune in Chang'an City, compared with the Chu Palace, it is not enough to see at all.

So Mrs. Jin is not worried that Wang Fugui will come over to pit herself.

Besides, the fact that he can have the status of Mrs. Jin is the result of Wang Fugui's support.

"Absolutely. Not only that, the imperial court will have special preferential policies for the land used to set up the academy, and basically does not need to spend much money; As for the construction and operation of the college, the Ministry of Education will also send someone to make an assessment according to the scale of the college and give a financial subsidy, which can cover at least half of the amount of the construction of the college. ”

If you want the horse to run, you don't want to graze.

Li Kuan's work is naturally not in this style.

"Will the funds of the Ministry of Education fall on our heads when the time comes?"

It's normal for Mrs. Kim to be worried.

Although the imperial court will allocate a large amount of funds to the Ministry of Education at that time, everyone is actually not confident that the academies established by ordinary merchants will have a chance to get a piece of the pie.

"You can rest assured about this, the Minister of Education, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has proposed that His Royal Highness the King of Jin serve as the deputy minister, and the deputy minister is Xu Jingzong, it is impossible for you to build the academy, but you can't apply for any funds."

"Minister? Shouldn't it be called Shangshu? ”

The relationship between Li Zhi and Xu Jingzong and the Chu Palace, Jin Tai is naturally clear.

With the two of them in charge of the newly established Ministry of Education, Mrs. Kim breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, Li Zhi, the minister, is only in name, and the actual work should be led by Xu Jingzong.

"The status of the six Shangshu is very clear to everyone; Now that the Ministry of Rites is independent from the Ministry of Education, it may not be a good thing if the grade is set too high from the beginning. In addition, in order to reflect the particularity of the Ministry of Education, the rank of officials in it will not be the same as that of the six ministries, but will use a new title. ”

Wang Fugui can also be regarded as the core personnel around Li Kuan, and he knows a lot of information.

Of course, if he wants to persuade various businesses to set up more academies, if he doesn't even know about the Ministry of Education, it will be much more difficult to convince others.

Now is the time for everyone to divide the cake, but can't they finally let the education funds go into the pockets of the nobles of the family.

"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll set up a Jintai Iron Academy to train all kinds of craftsmen; His Royal Highness the King of Chu is so supportive of the establishment of the academy, and I don't need to go to other treasurers to cooperate, so I rely on the Jintai Iron Workshop and the Aniu Special Steel Workshop to transfer some craftsmen to prepare for the establishment of the academy. ”

Mrs. Kim has not made less money over the years.

If the Ministry of Education will allocate more than half of the construction funds, then if the academy covers an area of two or three hundred acres and is not very large, it does not need to pay much money in advance.

Although I don't know how much benefit the construction of the academy will bring to me, at least the risk is still under control.

Mrs. Jin couldn't find a reason to refuse Wang Fugui.

"Good! Congratulations to Mrs. Kim, you will definitely not regret Mrs. Kim's decision. In this way, after you have arranged the personnel in charge of the preparation of the academy, you can go to Guanshishan Academy to find Liu Jie, who is the liaison person specially arranged by Minister Xu in the future to help everyone prepare for the establishment of the academy. ”

After Wang Fugui got Mrs. Jin, he was ready to continue to the next house.

The number of workshops in Datang is increasing rapidly every year, and as long as the pros and cons of building academies are clear, few will refuse to join this feast.

Of course, in just a few years, with so many academies established in one go, it is also a question of how many of them will be able to operate smoothly.

However, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and Wang Fugui is still very confident in his vision of the prince.