"In essence, education itself is also an investment in resources, and most of the talents cultivated by a few broken books are just decadent scribes who can read a few words, but they are not the talents needed for national construction."

In the imperial study, Ning Yu looked at Cui Wancai, Li Fu, Ning Zhongquan and others in front of him, and said such words calmly, not treating these people in front of him as the so-called 'rotten scribes who only know a few words'.

Of course, these people here will not drill this bull's horn, in fact, they have been in charge of national politics for a long time, and the things they have experienced are naturally unimaginable to ordinary people, and they will not regard special cases as a general situation, and their understanding of traditional Confucianism is actually much deeper than that of Emperor Ning.

Cui Wancai still agreed with Ning Yu's meaning very much in his heart, but he didn't want to say some things so bluntly, as for Li Fu as a representative of Jiangxi Shilin, he didn't agree a little, and said bluntly: "What Your Majesty said may be reasonable, but it is just that the changes in the economic system for thousands of years have converged into this furnace. ”

Ning Yu's face was calm, he was not unhappy because of this, in fact, Li Fu's words made sense, the reason why he was able to forcibly promote the reform of the imperial examination system was because Emperor Ning did have a big stick in his hands, and on the other hand, because of the reform of the imperial examination system, he could come up with ten times or even dozens of times the number of admission places every year to win people's hearts, but even so there was a change.

Of course, in the eyes of these Confucian gentlemen, they naturally did not fight for their own interests, but purely for the sake of maintaining the saints' unity, which was a great 'sacrifice'.

And this time there is a big difference, although Emperor Ning still has a big stick, but he has no interests that can win people's hearts, and even for ordinary people who can really benefit, they don't realize the benefits of Xinxue education at all.

What the? Can you become an official by studying? What are you kidding, it's all a matter of old men, you want me to pay money, don't dream!

That's right, the essence of new education is to improve the overall quality of the national population, this kind of thing, for the people, there is not much significance, because there are not so many high-income jobs, can support the cost of this education, if you learn to go to the field to eat, then learning this is a pure waste of money.

The reason why Ning Yu did not propose to reform education from the beginning, but only reformed the imperial examination, was not because he did not want to change the status quo in one fell swoop, but because he had to eat the meal so bite, and eating too much at one time would only choke him to death.

And the reason why he judged that the time was ripe was that the industrial revolution in Dachu had created a large number of industrial jobs after ten years of development, and a large number of talents were urgently needed, and at the same time, the official group also needed to be further sublimated and learned, so he had to let this wind out.

Ning Yu pondered for a while before slowly explaining: "I know that some things cannot be solved overnight, such as the current national education problem, but in my opinion, when thinking about this kind of development problem, the thinking must be more long-term, and some things may as well be dealt with in advance. ”

Cui Wancai immediately nodded, and sighed softly: "The minister also agrees, if you have to change it in the future, it is better to slowly figure it out now, at least you can better control the change." ”

In fact, everyone knows very well that if they can push the boat down the river, these people will naturally have no opinions.

Ning Yu laughed softly: "I can now tell you very clearly that in the future, Dachu will implement compulsory education nationwide, and when the time comes, we will follow the Huangcheng Public School as a template to build a complete grassroots education, and we will run a primary school in each township in the future, a junior high school in each county, and a high school in each prefecture, so as to select talents for our university in this way." ”

"At that time, any child of school age will be obliged to go to school, and this will be enshrined in the law, and of course all primary school tuition will be free. As for the junior high school and high school, it is carried out on a partial-fee basis. ”

Everyone quickly calculated in their hearts, and immediately shook their heads in shock, but Li Fu smiled bitterly: "If you popularize education in this way, I'm afraid that the court's belongings will not be enough if they are sold out." ”

Ning Yu shook his head lightly, and said in a deep voice: "This matter needs the imperial court to bear most of the costs, as for the basic education, we also need to build higher education and vocational education, which need to be charged, so in the future, these students can enter universities or vocational colleges by registering for exams, so as to provide relevant talents for industrialization." ”

"In addition, I gave the old bachelors ten years to adjust, and now that the new school is going to be fully popularized, I will naturally not continue to retain the quota of the old disciplines, and all the imperial examinations will be comprehensively reformed into civil service examinations, which will be held once a year, and the admission quota will be limited to the number of places recruited by the imperial court and local departments that year, and the content of the examination will be selected within the scope of the new school."

Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Ning Yu's face, "Of course, I think that the eldest husband can't bury himself in the case all day long, but still have to do some practical things, that is, there is another rule, the civil service examination is limited to the age of thirty, and each student can only take the test three times, if he fails to pass the three times, he will also reach the age of thirty-three, so don't continue to waste time and energy." ”

When everyone heard this, they were stunned, this time the reform was much more ruthless than the previous one, like this, almost all the old scholars who were poor were dumbfounded, and this time it was completely finished.

Sure enough, when he learned about the emperor's thoughts, Li Fu suddenly showed a stunned look on his face, he stepped forward suddenly, then knelt on the ground, and let out a sad cry: "Your Majesty, this move is undoubtedly to completely cut off my sage and sage system, if the minister does not agree, the world will never agree." ”

Compared with the state ten years ago, Ning Yu now has enough confidence, he just glanced at Li Fu lightly, and then sighed and said: "I have no intention of exterminating Confucius and Mencius, but I hope that some things can return to his original position, Confucianism is certainly available, but it is a philosophy after all, but it cannot be used as a guide for national politics." ”

"But...... But ......."

Li Fu was dumbfounded, it wasn't that he didn't know how to refute, but at this moment, what was the point of his refutation?

In fact, this is not just the judgment of the emperor, but the consensus of the government and the opposition in the past few years of power, all the officials who came out of the new academic system have almost completely destroyed the traditional scholars in terms of governing ability and efficiency, and these people are more rational about the development of industry and commerce, rather than confused like the old scholars.

Ning Yu snorted coldly, waved his sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Everything I have done, the merits and merits have been commented by later generations, the national civil service selection examination has become a foregone conclusion, the traditional imperial examination will be completely canceled from next year, and all the traditional scriptures will be classified as a course in the national language, and the score ratio is no different from other subjects." ”

"I am not for myself, and I will never be just for the royal family, I still hope that Da Chu can cultivate more elite talents, only through science and technology, business and business, and fighting in the army, etc., can we really change the status quo of the country, instead of holding the words of my ancestors all day long and pondering over and over again!"

"Is Your Majesty in such a hurry? If there is chaos in the world......"

"Back then, they only dared to march, but now what should we do? I won't hide it from you, now that the country is peaceful and the reform of the Wehrmacht is basically completed, if such fanatics dare to jump out and defy the law, I don't mind using bullets and bayonets to teach them to be human beings again! ”

.......

When Ning Yu's murderous words spread, the most intuitive impact was that more than dozens of people in the court chose to resign the next day, the first of which was the second assistant Li Fu, and this was the second time he chose to go to work.

Just after Xu Enping, the deputy director of the chamberlain, finished announcing the emperor's dictation, Li Fu stood aside with a lonely expression, and his students were also standing behind him, with a little fear and trepidation on their faces, and some people with a little indignation.

"Mu Tanggong, this time it's really too impulsive...... Your dismissal is only afraid that the villains of the New Party in the court will be proud. Xu Enping sighed slightly, the villains of the New Party he mentioned were all officials who supported the reform of the imperial examination, and they were naturally very happy about the resignation of Li Fu and others, after all, many positions were vacated.

In fact, Li Fu also regretted more or less in his heart at this time, the reason why he resigned with so many people was originally hoping to make the emperor take back his life, but he didn't expect that the emperor would be so ruthless this time, regardless of his face, and directly let him go home - when he thought of this, his face was a little ugly.

Xu Enping saw that Li Fu was still doing his own thing, so he no longer continued to persuade him, bowed his hand, and then turned around and left.

After Xu Enping left, one of Li Fu's students couldn't help it anymore, he glanced out of the door, and then said indignantly: "The teacher is in the position of second assistant and is good at state affairs, but now he is so disliked by the emperor, he doesn't even have three invitations and three concessions, it really makes people lose face, isn't the teacher's virtue enough?" ”

Li Fu let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "It's pointless to talk about it now." Back then, His Majesty's imperial examination reform itself had already conceded once, and now there is no strong enemy at home, and the authority is even more overwhelming, so naturally it will not be allowed again - but for the teacher, how can he let him be in the position of second assistant? ”

When the disciple heard the teacher's words, he couldn't help but speak: "But if this happens, Your Majesty will inevitably take our Shilin too seriously, if this policy is fully passed, I am afraid that the severance of the Dao system in the future will only be just around the corner, but why is the teacher the only one among the princes of the imperial court come out to protest?" ”

Li Fu walked into the hall with his hands in his hands, and soon ordered his subordinates to pack up the luggage, and waited until everything was arranged in order, before beckoning his students to come to the study, and said softly: "Hey, after all, it's time and time, now that the reform of the Wehrmacht has been fully completed, Your Majesty's ability to control the army is incredibly high, it can be said that no emperor can compare with Your Majesty in this point, these Wehrmacht can ensure that Your Majesty has the ability to turn the table and start over at any time, which is where Your Majesty's confidence lies." ”

Speaking of this, Li Fu took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "As for the so-called princes of the imperial court, where are the princes?" Now most of the ministers of the New Party are in the imperial court, and they have risen rapidly in the past few years, but we have not moved, and many people have even been deposed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate........"

Everyone looked at each other, their faces couldn't help but be a little ugly, and even many people exhaled hatefully, the situation was so corrupt, it really made them a little disheartened.

Li Fu has always been cold-eyed to the looks of the audience, but at this time, he was a little lost in his heart, it seems that even if he was a disciple he personally taught in the past, he was helpless at this time, and he didn't know where to go when he talked about it on weekdays, maybe he really had to return to his hometown to farm earlier, thinking of this, Li Fu was suddenly a little disheartened.

Three days later, Li Fu took his family out of the city and left Nanjing, they will take a boat from the dock all the way back to their hometown in Jiangxi, there are not too many people to see them off, only some old friends and disciples come to see off, as for the emperor only sent an attendant to see off, the scene is somewhat bleak for a while.

After Li Fu left, the city of Nanjing did not become quiet, but with the publication of a series of newspapers and periodicals such as "Qingliu Bao", "Industrial and Commercial Daily", "Nanjing Daily" and so on, it caused a new round of boiling in the city, but these newspapers did not oppose the further reform of the imperial examination, but only thought that it would be difficult to popularize basic education in a short period of time, while "Shilin Bao" euphemistically stated that the privilege of scholars should not be abolished altogether, at least leave a little leeway.

In the traditional society in the past, whether it was "Tian Shelang in the court, Tianzi Hall in the evening", or "there is a golden house in the book, and Yan Ruyu in the book", it was a kind of value propaganda for scholars in the society at that time, so that scholars became a class above others and had all kinds of privileges.

However, when Ning Yu canceled the privileges of scholars at various levels, the scholars were left with only one last possibility, that is, to become an official through the imperial examination, regardless of whether they were admitted or not, as long as there was a possibility of being admitted, then others would look up to him more or less, maybe which one would be lucky enough to become a master?

However, when the new civil service examination was introduced, coupled with the age limit and the number of exams, the dreams of all scholars were shattered, especially those older scholars, and many people jumped directly into the Qinhuai River!