"Mandarin!"

Li Fuzi chewed these two words carefully, and couldn't help nodding again and again.

The national language, the language of a country, is indeed worthy of its name, and more importantly, once such books are compiled, reading and literacy is one of them, and the second is that it can popularize some basic common sense, and third, to promote the heart of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, so that the book court naturally supports it strongly.

In this way, the imperial court will not only not become an obstacle to the implementation of compulsory education, but will become the biggest main force of compulsory education, especially the article of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, presumably the emperor will be moved.

"If you have books, you still need some masters!" Merton continued.

"Master?"

Li Fuzi frowned, wanting to refute.

Merton hurriedly waved his hand and said: "After the successful implementation of compulsory education, there are so many people in the world who read, and what will happen to so many extra readers?" ”

"This?" Li Fuzi suddenly frowned.

"There are more than a million school-age children in this world, that is, the best ones are selected, and one out of ten is no less than 100,000 excellent people. Where is the way out for these 100,000 outstanding students? It is necessary to know that a family cultivates a student, and the money is not a small amount, can these 100,000 students be officials? Merton said.

Li Fuzi shook his head solemnly, the imperial examination is held once every three years, and only one or two hundred people are admitted each time, which is just a drop in the bucket for 100,000 students.

"Not all families are educated, and if there is no bright future, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to implement compulsory education." Merton nodded.

"You mean to let these outstanding students be masters?" Li Fuzi immediately understood what Merton meant.

Merton nodded and said: "First of all, we must implement compulsory education, which will definitely require a large number of masters, and after the implementation of compulsory education, those who choose the best will enter a college like Guozijian that specializes in cultivating masters, so that we can not only train more masters for compulsory education, but also find a way out for the world's scholars, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds."

"A college dedicated to training masters?" Li Fuzi's eyes lit up suddenly.

Merton nodded and said, "Yes, since compulsory education needs to teach a new national language and mathematics, the traditional master is naturally no longer suitable, it is better to cultivate it yourself." As the school house continues to be built, more and more teachers will be needed. There are ten roads in Datang, each province has ten counties, each county has ten counties, and each county has ten townships, and the entire Datang needs to build at least 10,000 schools. ”

"Ahh 10,000! Li Fuzi was speechless in shock.

No wonder he repeatedly went to the book but fell into the sea, the construction of tens of thousands of schools may be astronomical, no wonder Morton said, if you want compulsory education must be supported by the emperor, without the support of the imperial court, who can start such a big project.

"Each of the 10,000 schools needs at least 12 masters, which means that once compulsory education is established, the imperial court will be able to provide at least 120,000 masters." Merton burst out with another shocking number.

"120,000 masters!" Li Fuzi was already numb.

Merton smiled and said: "For the official family, it is natural not to look at a master in their eyes, but for ordinary people, being able to let their children become scholars, become masters, and have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, the temptation for them is no less than being an official." ”

Li Fuzi nodded, there are only a few officials in Datang, in comparison, there are many positions, and the masters who are very easy to obtain are valued by ordinary people.

"But can the court afford the 120,000 masters?" Li Fuzi smacked his tongue and said, there are less than 10,000 officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the taxes of the imperial court can naturally support it.

"Compulsory education will naturally not be achieved in one handful, the early stage must give priority to the city, and slowly popularize the countryside, without twenty years I am afraid that it will not be effective, the tuition fees of the students in the early stage are already enough to pay for the master's salary, and there is no need for the court to allocate much food. Compared with the future income, this account is still clearly calculated by the imperial court. ”

"In this way, compulsory education may be greatly reduced." Li Fuzi sighed.

What he has always longed for is the kind of real compulsory education in Mojia Village where all students are enrolled in school and receive education for free, and if he needs to pay tuition, I am afraid that the effect will be greatly reduced, and many poor families cannot afford to pay the tuition at all.

Merton said helplessly: "There is no way, we can only take it step by step, in the future, the court will become rich and strong, and it will not be too late to implement compulsory education at that time, what we can do now is to prepare in advance and go to that step by step." ”

"Yes, if you don't do it, if I don't do it, I'm afraid that the day of compulsory education for all will never come." Li Fuzi got up and said firmly.

Now Li Fuzi only feels that his whole body is full of energy, he came here today and there is no mistake, everything has been clear, compile the "Guowen" that satisfies the emperor, and then create a special Confucius Academy, and the rest is to hand over all the plans to the imperial court, and one day, it will definitely be able to achieve universal compulsory education.

"Master is really righteous! Naturally, students can't be stingy, Mo Hospital is going to build a medical school in Quchifang to train doctors for Mo Hospital, if the master doesn't dislike it, he can be a neighbor with Hua Lao. Merton said.

After a year of development, the Mo Hospital was a great success, if it weren't for the lack of doctors, the Mo Hospital would have opened a branch long ago, when seeing the model of the female medical school, the Mo Hospital immediately prepared to train its own physicians, but the scale of this medical school is much larger, and finally Hua Lao and Sun Shen discussed and finally selected the cheapest Quchifang.

"Really?" Li Fuzi said in surprise.

"What's so hard about that? It's just a matter of building a few more schools. Merton said boldly.

Li Fuzi suddenly smiled.

Morton added: "In addition, Mojia Village will also build fifty school buildings in the Guanzhong area within three years for the master to drive. ”

Li Fuzi glanced at Merton deeply, if there is a plan to train the Confucius Academy, it may only be on paper, but now if there are fifty school buildings, so that the trained students can be used again, then his entire compulsory education plan will begin to go on the right path.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and these 50 school buildings are simply a relief in the snow.

Li Fuzi let go of the teacup in his hand and said solemnly: "The Mo family has paid so much, I don't know what I want to get?" ”

Although he is known as a strange Confucian, he is not used to the style of some hypocrites of Confucianism, but after all, he is a Confucian person, and once compulsory education is established, it will definitely bring great reputation to Confucianism, but Merton has contributed money and ideas, and he does not think that his face can be worth so much money.

Merton smiled slightly: "While Confucianism gains fame in this matter, it can also cultivate a large number of elite talents, and the Mo family is just picking up some students who have no intention of officialdom, but the master can rest assured, being an official and studying ink skills are two types of people, and this matter Confucianism and the Mo family are not in conflict." ”

Li Fuzi suddenly smiled bitterly, there are a few students in the world who have really entered the officialdom, and I am afraid that many down-and-out talents will flow to the Mo family. However, the benefits of this matter to Confucianism cannot be estimated, and Li Fuzi naturally cannot refuse this temptation.

However, Li Fuzi was not a narrow-minded person, and knew that the benefits of this move for Confucianism outweighed the disadvantages, so he could only accept it calmly.