"The territory of Datang will be wider than in any previous era." Li Ze stood up, walked a few steps back and forth in the house, and said: "Not only under our feet, but also in the future, the footsteps of the Tang people will extend to farther places, although we don't need to occupy so much land that we can't actually control, but we want to spread our civilization and our thoughts to any part of the world, so we need a lot of people, a lot of healthy people." ”

"Our children, not only let them give birth safely, but also let them grow up strong! Without a strong body, you can't do anything. The body is the foundation of everything. ”

Zhang Hui applauded and praised: "I deeply feel the same way as Your Majesty said, and I have been practicing this all my life, so my disciples, if you can write flowery articles, you can skillfully do all kinds of farm work in the field, and you must become the bravest warrior when you get on the horse and draw your sword." That's what barbarism means. ”

Li Ze sat down with a smile: "That's what it means, but in the past, Zhang Gong, you only did this in a small area, but this time, you want to spread this idea and put it in the whole world to do this." ”

"It takes a lot of money." Zhang Hui groaned.

"Indeed, a lot of money is needed, and in the case that the country's financial resources are still very limited, and there are still many places that also need a lot of money, the Culture, Education and Health Commission may still need to think of many ways to make up for the lack of funds." Li Ze smiled: "But I think, this is difficult for Zhang Gong." ”

"With my old face, I can make a lot of fate, but this is not a long-term solution after all. I had to come up with an open source solution. Let's go back and discuss it with the students, since Your Majesty has already laid out the topic, why do I have to do this article well, lest Gongsun Changming's old man always laugh at me for not being able to do anything except a sharp mouth, this time, I want him to see, do I succeed or not? Zhang Hui said with an old face.

Li Ze laughed, these two people are a lot older, but when they are angry, they are much more serious than three-year-old children.

"It's not enough to have a strong body." Li Zedao: "Civilizing their thinking is the top priority in our current work. The country, the nation, the collective, these concepts, how many of our more than 40 million people in the Tang Dynasty understand them? I'm afraid there are very few! Even our members of Yixing really understand the meaning between them, the relationship between them? ”

Zhang Hui shook his head: "As far as I know, I'm afraid that more than ninety percent of people don't have this concept. ”

"That's the problem." Li Ze spread his hands: "A truly strong country, a country that can truly be inherited and continued, these are indispensable. And if you want to do this, you must do one thing well, education. ”

"So over the years, Your Majesty has resisted a lot of criticism, tried his best to promote education, set up countless public schools, and forced school-age children to study?" Zhang replied.

"Yes." Li Zedao: "The world view and values of adults have been basically formed, there is nothing particularly important, it is difficult to change their thinking, but children are different, they are a blank piece of paper, how to draw on a blank paper, that is our business." Begin to educate them from an early age, so that they can understand the righteousness of the country and the nation, understand the connection between the collective and the individual, understand what is the rise and fall of the country, the responsibility of the husband, understand what it means to give up a small family for everyone, understand right and wrong, black and white, understand righteousness and self-interest, and when they grow up slowly, we Datang will truly have the soul of our nation and the soul of the country. To be honest, I am not optimistic about this generation of Datang people, and I pin my hopes on ten years from now, when the first batch of children we have cultivated will already be able to take on great responsibilities. ”

"I think I've figured out what Your Majesty meant!" Zhang replied.

Li Ze smiled and nodded: "Zhang Gong is educating everyone, I don't need to say anything, but I still can't help but ramble a few words, what the child will eventually grow up to depends on what our education looks like." So, in this area, we must not let it go, we need to instill our thoughts, our intentions, in our next generation through the school from an early age. ”

"You can't let it go when it comes to education?" Zhang Hui frowned slightly.

"Yes, Zhang Gong, I think we need to unify the teaching materials!" Li Zedao: "Especially for the most basic textbooks of village studies, township studies, and county studies, we must have a unified textbook that has been reviewed and approved by the Culture, Education, and Health Committee, and this textbook must conform to our national policy." When it comes to the provincial and national university halls, in addition to a hundred flowers blooming, we must also grasp the most fundamental things and not relax. ”

Pointing to his head, Li Ze continued: "Zhang Gong, as soon as you loosen up here, there may be chaos." ”

Is there a uniform textbook across the country?

Of course, there were in the past.

The thousand-character text of the enlightenment boy, the surname of the hundred families, the disciple rules, the three-character scripture, and then the four books and the five classics and other advanced textbooks, because in the past, these things were the stepping stones for readers. However, it is obvious that there is an essential difference between the unified national teaching materials mentioned by Li Ze and these things.

Thinking of Li Ze's ambitions, the concepts of the country, the nation, and the collective, which he has always emphasized, Zhang Hui suddenly felt a little heavy on his shoulders, and these textbooks were only afraid that they would not be easy to write.

"After I go back, I will immediately organize people to discuss this matter, get started as soon as possible, compile a unified and applicable teaching material, and submit it to His Majesty for final approval." Zhang replied.

"Okay, this is the case." Li Ze said with satisfaction: "I can't say that there will definitely be a lot of resistance, but with Zhang Gong's ability, these obstacles will definitely be able to be dissolved." ”

Listening to Li Ze's words, Zhang Hui couldn't laugh or cry. Your Majesty, as long as you have the results, you don't want to be responsible, if something really happens, you have to solve it yourself.

Rewriting textbooks that are applicable to the world is easier said than done. Don't look at yourself, you seem to be the leader of the world's scholars, but among the readers, there are many people who have their own theories. Once such an opportunity arises, who wouldn't want to cram their own set into it? When the time comes, it will inevitably be a fight between the gods. Academic battles, sometimes brutal, are no less than any other battles.

"Zhang Gong, although I said that I don't have much confidence in the current generation, it doesn't mean that we have to give up this generation." Li Zedao: "We still have to think of more ways to fight for it, and every time we fight for one more, we will have more strength." It would be difficult for these people to go to school again. After all, the vast majority of people still have to run around for a living, but we can take some other means. ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty to give you a support!" Zhang Hui smiled.

"Propaganda!" Li Ze said with a smile: "In a way that the people like to see, go to the overwhelming publicity." Whether it's storytelling, singing, country slang, or elegant sounds, we can use anything that can convey our thoughts. Whether they really understand the meaning or not, but over and over again, I think they can always be familiar, right? If you see more, it will naturally slowly enter your brain and heart, don't you say? ”

"Propaganda?" Zhang Hui rubbed his temples: "This old man is not very good at it. ”

"It doesn't matter if you're not good at it, you can appoint someone who is good at this kind of thing to preside over it, they have a way!" Li Ze said with a smile: "Your subordinates, talented people, can let them write books, plays, and songs, and then organize people to perform in various places." Speaking of which, the cultural life of our Datang people is too scarce, doing these can not only achieve our goals, but also make the people more entertained, why not? ”

Zhang Hui sighed, play, these are all ninth-rate professions, why did Your Majesty link them with the major policies of publicizing the country? It's too undignified.

But the emperor said so, and he also had to consider the feasibility of this matter.

Originally, he didn't feel how heavy his task was, just step by step, and move forward step by step according to the previous pace, but when he talked to the emperor today, he found that this was not the case at all.

Strengthens their physique!

Civilization its mind!

Neither of these two things is easy to do, and it is not an easy thing to accomplish in a short period of time.

It's not like a war, where you can tell the winner in a short period of time.

It's not like engaging in the economy, at most one or two years, you can roughly distinguish whether a policy is good or bad.

The timeline of these two events can only be seen with ten years as a boundary.

And it's not just a matter of time, it's a lot of investment. It is unrealistic to expect the imperial court to allocate funds, there is a shortage of money everywhere, and not every official is as long-term as the emperor thinks, and those who control the money are only afraid that they are more willing to invest money in projects that can achieve immediate results, which is also their political achievement after all. And this kind of long-term and large-investment project, I'm afraid they won't be so easy to agree.

As soon as he remembered that he still had to raise money, Zhang Hui's mind was buzzing, full of his son's lawsuit, and after he went back, he was afraid that he would have to sleep all night.

It's really in response to the emperor's words, the merit is in the present generation, and the benefit is in the future!