The monthly court meeting is a very grand event in the Taiji Palace, as long as the entire Chang'an City is more than five hundred officials will be present, and every major decision in the court will be announced on the day of the monthly court meeting.

"Li Duo of the Confucius Academy, go to promote primary schools, popularize compulsory education, and let all the people in the world learn the doctrine of the saints." A Zhongshu provincial official said loudly with a song in his hand.

Baiguan couldn't help but smile, this is not the first time Li Duo has been in a book, every time it is over, presumably this time is the same.

"Elementary school?" Li Shimin frowned, he naturally attached great importance to primary school and compulsory education, but in this era, Datang adopted elite education, and most of the educational talents and resources were concentrated in the hands of the family.

"Let's discuss it!" Li Shimin waved his hand and threw the problem to the hundred officials.

"To promote primary schools, we can't steal." Du Chuke hurriedly got up and said, he is a member of the family, and naturally he is not willing to let the family's educational advantages be lost, and he is the most active in taking the lead in opposing the promotion of primary schools.

"As far as the minister knows, Li Fuzi's primary school students are of mixed origins, even if they are the sons of peddlers and pawns, as long as they can afford to pay the restraints, they can be enrolled, and the masters used are even children who can't even get into the show, students with poor qualifications, and masters who are famous in Sun Mountain, how can they teach the pillars of the country, Weichen thinks that primary schools are just a waste of human and financial resources."

In addition to the compulsory enrollment of all children in Mojia Village, most of the children of wealthy families in Luoyang, Chang'an choose private schools, hoping to be nominated for the gold list in the future.

Li Fuzi in order to promote the primary school. It can be said that everything is done, the source of students is not enough, there is no limit to qualifications, there are not enough masters, not to mention children, as long as they have been in private school for a few years, it is enough to be able to teach six-year-old children, so as to attract many poor children, which makes the development of primary schools.

Zhongshu made Ma Zhou arrogantly retorted: "No, Confucius said: There is no class, as long as it is dedicated to scholars, the master will teach with all his heart, above the history books, the talented and stupid people are late bloomers, and among the seventy-two disciples of Confucius, Sun Shi is extreme, Zeng Shen is dull, Gao Chai is stupid, Zhong You is rude, Yan Hui is often poor and has nothing, and finally they all become a generation of sages, and the minister believes that Li Fuzi's primary school is the practitioner of Confucius's concept. ”

In his opinion, Li Fuzi's primary school can be described as the gospel of the children of the poor family, the children of ordinary families can afford private school, and the primary school makes the original high bundle evenly spread to many students, directly let the bundle drop greatly, even ordinary people can bear it, which is a rare opportunity for the children of the poor family.

Du Chuke sneered: "It's a pity that Li Duo's primary school does not use Confucius's Four Books and Five Classics as a book, but compiles the so-called "Chinese Studies" and "Mathematics" by himself in order to make money, and even divides it into six years at once. ”

Li Shimin's face couldn't help but sink, he had seen the textbook "Chinese Studies", although it included a lot of four books and five classics, but it also included other hundred schools of thought and common sense of life, and more importantly, to promote the patriotic idea of loyalty, it can be said that it is even his mind, but it is not a bad act.

Ma Zhou countered: "Confucius Sheng's knowledge is broad and profound, how can he be understood by the children, Li Fuzi did this, but also for the sake of gradual progress, and the students of the primary school are not only literate and literate, but also more polite, hygienic, and safety knowledge, these are the knowledge that the children of the Mongolian school need, just take this year's winter, there have been several children in the private school playing on the ice and causing the ice to break and drown, while the students of the primary school are familiar with the common sense of safety, and no one is in danger, I think this is what the children of the school must learn, as for the sage's words, It's never too late to learn when he's older. ”

Many officials nodded their heads and said that children are ignorant and ignorant, and these common senses of life are very necessary, and they cannot be learned from the doctrine of the saints, which is a major drawback of private schools.

Li Shimin's face also sank and said: "Summons an order to all private schools in the country, and must admonish students not to wade into danger on the ice in winter to prevent tragedy." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Ma Zhou said solemnly that although Li Shimin's move was for the sake of students all over the world, it also indirectly helped him and affirmed the role of primary schools in teaching safety knowledge.

Du Chuke explained: "Most of the ice cracks occur in early winter and early spring, it is just that the family is not well supervised, and the real pillars of the country are genius children who memorize ancient poems at the age of three, know thousands of words at the age of five, and read the four books and five classics at the age of seven. ”

The other officials nodded one after another, one of the biggest flaws in primary school education is that it recruits too many students, so it is impossible for teachers to focus on one student, and in this way, the teaching effect is far inferior to the elite education of private schools.

"Qi Yuchen has a good performance, maybe he can make the primary school have the best of both worlds." Suddenly, Kong Yingda came out of the ranks. Immediately silence the entire court.

The eyes of the hundred officials were all focused on Kong Yingda's body, although Kong Yingda's official position is not high, but his status is really impossible to ignore, after all, the Kong family is the face of Confucianism.

Li Shimin was stunned in his heart, nodded and said, "Kong Aiqing, please speak!" ”

"Your Majesty, if today's schoolchildren are enlightened to enter school, they must be confused, but in the private school, how can the master be close to him at any time to solve his doubts, today Weichen specially dedicates a book to His Majesty, with this book, children in the world can be accompanied by good teachers, doubts are solved, and the results are twice as effective with half the effort." Kong Yingda said proudly, Confucianism with the "Dictionary" is naturally not willing to be lonely, Kong Yingda deliberately chose a large court meeting gathered by hundreds of officials, reported the good news to Li Shimin, and was determined to revitalize Confucianism.

Li Shimin was surprised and said: "Oh! There are still such strange books in the world, I want to see them. ”

The other officials also turned their heads and looked at Kong Yingda in disbelief, but because of Kong Yingda's identity, everyone did not show it.

"Your Majesty, please look!"

Kong Yingda bowed down to present the "Dictionary", and the pride on his face was revealed, which made the officials a little more curious.

"Dictionary!" Li Shimin looked at the book lightly and read it out involuntarily.

Kong Yingda nodded and said: "Yes, this book includes the world's words, paraphrasing, making words, if there are children who do not know words, or do not understand their meaning, you can quickly look it up in the dictionary to solve the confusion in your heart, it can be said to be like a good teacher." ”

"It's so convenient?" Li Shimin was surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but start looking up, and sure enough, he quickly found out the words in his heart, although the interpretation was simple, but for Mengxue children, it was enough.

Kong Yingda distributed a number of dictionaries to the ministers, and the ministers searched according to the method Kong Yingda said, and it worked, and everyone couldn't help but be amazed.

"This book is indeed like a good teacher, there are a few people in the world's children who can afford to hire a private school master, most of them are taught by a master, with this book is like a good teacher, which is very beneficial to their studies." A civilian official was full of praise.

The other officials nodded one after another, on the one hand, it was Kong Yingda's identity, and on the other hand, the dictionary was indeed extremely practical and extremely useful for enlightening children.