"What was the imperial court's budget for education last year?" Zhang Chao asked.

It is the Ministry of Rites that is in charge of education, and the prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Rites is Du Yan.

"800,000 yuan." After Du Yan was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, he also did a lot of homework. The data also came out of his mouth, but the figure of 800,000 still surprised everyone.

The fiscal year is 100 million, and the annual budget is 90 million, but the education part is only given a budget of 800,000?

"Too little." Zhang Chaodao. Not even one percent.

Even during the supposedly chaotic Beiyang period, the warlords attached great importance to education. At that time, the Ministry of Education even stipulated that the central government's funding for UNESCO should not be less than 15 percent of its total budget. In the province, it shall not be less than 25 per cent of its total budget. In counties and cities, it must not be less than 35 percent of their budgets. It also requires the establishment of educational and cultural funds and industries in accordance with the law and provides guarantees.

At that time, the monthly salary of education was as high as 600 yuan, which was basically the same as that of government ministers.

When Yuan Shikai was in power, Zhili Province had a total of 12 specialized schools, 20 industrial schools, 3 excellent normal schools, 90 junior normal schools, 5 normal training centers, 30 middle school halls, 7,391 primary school halls, 121 women's schools, and 2 nursing homes, totaling 8,723 schools.

He even took out one-third of his monthly salary as a scholarship to fund middle school students in the Beiyang New Military Academy.

Even in troubled times like Beiyang, the warlords greatly respected cultural people and vigorously promoted education, and the expenditure budget for education accounted for such a large proportion.

In Datang, the imperial court, which clamours every day for education, only accounts for less than 1 percent of the central government's budget, and the local budget is not much higher.

Even Fang Xuanling felt that the education budget was indeed less in the past.

"Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, it is very important to open up the wisdom of the people. And the Sinicization education in the development area is more important.,It's related to whether we can gain a firm foothold in those places.,Whether we can assimilate those barbarians into Zhuxia.。 Zhang Chao tapped his fingers on the table.

"I think we must increase investment in education, 1 percent is too little, and next year's education budget must be at least 10 percent, let's set 9 million yuan."

Eldest Sun Wuji frowned.

"I also support increasing investment in education, which can be increased from 800,000 to 9 million at once, an increase of more than 11 times, is it too much. Our general budget is almost decided, and at this time, 8.2 million yuan will be transferred from other places to education, and then other places will be full of gaps and loopholes, how can we fill them? ”

Zhang Chao ignored President Sun Wuji.

"Trying to find a way to fill it, it really can't be done, and our prime minister's special budget has been drawn out of 200,000 yuan per person. If that's not enough, take a lump sum out of the treasury or simply issue education bonds. ”

Dai Zhou asked, "There is still 100 million yuan in the treasury, there is no need to issue bonds, right?" ”

He used to work as a household minister, but for economic management, he still stayed in the meaning of a small farmer. The model of issuing bonds to advance consumption is still not very acceptable.

"It's okay to take some from the treasury, and it's good to issue some education bonds appropriately. The central government of the imperial court increased the budget for education, and the local government had to increase it accordingly. I hope that the money invested will be mainly used in three aspects, one is to build a number of higher normal schools in the capital and some important cities, and in various prefectures, a number of junior normal schools will be built, and the normal schools will be specially used to train teachers to meet the needs of teachers in our schools in various places. ”

"It is necessary to popularize six-year compulsory education and ensure that there is at least one primary school in every village in Datang."

"Teaching should be free in both normal schools and primary schools."

Zhang Chao put forward these things, Fang Xuanling and others thought about it carefully, but they also felt that it was quite reasonable.

If tens of millions of dollars are spent a year to raise soldiers and tens of millions of officials and officials, can't we spare a few million yuan to run education? In the past, education was mainly organized by the local gentry themselves, and private schools were prevalent.

But it is true that the children of the poor do not have the opportunity to read, nor can they afford to read.

In the past, paper was expensive, ink was expensive, and there were few teachers.

Now, with the expansion of new industries such as printing, papermaking, and ink making, and the upgrading of technology, the price of stationery such as paper has plummeted.

The imperial court set aside special funds to establish primary schools in each township and district, and to provide free tuition for six years of primary education.

However, it is not just a matter of money to achieve universal access to six years of primary school.

Where can I find so many teachers?

If there is a school in one mile, and Datang is originally one mile for one hundred households, one mile for five or six hundred people. Datang has a population of 60 million, which must be nearly 100,000 miles.

Build 100,000 primary schools? Even if money is no problem, how can you find so many teachers?

Even the establishment of 10,000 primary schools across the country is a very difficult task at present.

100,000 teachers are all financed, which is quite a huge burden. Even if a teacher only gives twenty or thirty yuan a year, one hundred thousand yuan will cost two or three million yuan. Moreover, a soldier of the forbidden army has a salary of fifty times a year, and there are other rewards for serving as a soldier, and rewards for the capture of battle.

When I am a teacher in January twenty or thirty, it is a little less, and the teacher who can't teach is less than the income of an ordinary soldier, so what kind of promotion and education is there to talk about.

A teacher should spend at least 50 yuan a year, and then 100,000 teachers will spend 5 million yuan a year on their salaries alone. Half of the solution is solved by the imperial court, half is solved by the local government, and the imperial court has to spend 2.5 million yuan a year.

In addition, the maintenance of the school building, desks and chairs, student lunches, and the cost of students' textbooks, paper and pencils.

And 10,000 primary schools in the country are just the least investment.

To really have primary schools everywhere, there must be tens of thousands.

What's more, the imperial court still has to invest money to build a normal school, and the normal school trains teachers, and they are also free of tuition, and the imperial court has to subsidize them.

"There is a long way to go, Wenyuan, and the establishment of education cannot be solved overnight. It's better to do what you can and take your time. I thought that we should set a small goal, such as building 10,000 primary schools across the country, such as having 100,000 primary school teachers. 100 normal schools have been built and a large number of teachers have been trained. What do you think? Fang Xuanling said to Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao nodded, "Well, it's true that you can't get fat in one bite." If a primary school in a mile cannot be reached temporarily, then there will be at least one primary school in a township. If there are few teachers, let the teachers work harder, and accept more students in each class, so that the children can work harder, and the teachers will also work hard. ”

"In addition, we will find ways to let the private sector take on some of the tasks of running schools. Encourage private landlords and gentry to run schools, and encourage those businessmen to donate money to run schools. Let the local scholars go to the school to teach as substitute teachers, and let those scholars go to the countryside to teach. ”

Let the talents go to the countryside to teach for a year or two, and then add a few points to them during the imperial examination.

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned.

Zhang Chao is so shameless, he actually used this method of adding points to the imperial examination, what about the festival?

What about the fairness of the imperial examinations?

"The imperial examination not only has to measure the talents, but we also have to test the character of the scholars. If they are willing to go to the countryside to teach, it fully shows that their character is not bad. Zhang Chao thinks this method is good, and he is even thinking about whether it should be added to the system of the imperial examination, before participating in the examination, Xiucai must have more than one year of teaching experience to be eligible?

Now the largest group of scholars in Datang is not these scholars who study the imperial examination.

"We can also set up a Hope Primary School Fund to raise funds from all walks of life, which will then be used to build Hope Primary Schools in difficult areas around the world, so that children can read."

"We also have to encourage primary school teachers, for example, if they have served in primary school for five years, they can take the clerk exam. Even the principal of the primary school is included in the list of officials, and the principal can be promoted to a local school official such as teaching and teaching, and become a formal high-ranking official and enter the official career. ”

"That's good." Cen Wenwen praised.

Speaking of the back, Zhang Chao decided to spend 100,000 yuan to donate to build 100 local primary schools. A thousand yuan to build a rural primary school is enough. The local people contributed their work and efforts, and the materials were relatively cheap, and a thousand yuan was enough to build it.

Zhang Chao took the lead, and Fang Xuanling and others naturally donated money.

Fang Xuanling gave 80,000, and the other prime ministers also gave 50,000. Fortunately, everyone is rich, all of them are real nobles, and there are still many industries in their families. 50,000 yuan, it is only a little blood, but it can be regarded as a good reputation if it is spread.

"The Sixth Guards Army has also been formed, and it is planned to retire one-third of its soldiers next year and call up conscripts instead. Every year, a batch was replaced, and after three years, all the soldiers of the Sixth Guards Army were replaced by conscripts. ”

Cen Wenwen, who was in charge of the military department, said.

"Wait until next summer, let Su Dingfang lead the newly formed Sixth Guards Army to Monan and drive Xue Yantuo to Mobei. After this battle, you can change a group of new recruits to the camp. Zhang Chao decided.

Several others had no opinion.

War is imminent, and there is no rush to dismantle veterans.

Elite veterans, retained as non-commissioned officers. Of the 800,000 soldiers and horses of the Southern and Northern Yashui Divisions of the whole army, 120,000 were selected to be retained as non-commissioned officers, and another 30,000 officers were retained.

The rest are to be disarmed and discharged, and then replaced by compulsory soldiers in batches year by year.

600,000 troops, of which 450,000 were conscripts. Conscripts only receive allowances and do not receive salaries, and serve for three years, but in the end, the expenditure on military expenses will be reduced. What the imperial court really raised was the 30,000 officers and 120,000 non-commissioned officers.

On the contrary, their monthly salaries have been increased compared with the past, and their salaries have become better.

Raising the backbone of these armies, on the contrary, the combat effectiveness will not be reduced.

Iron battalions and flowing soldiers.

An official knocked on the door outside.

"Yuanfu, the Privy Council just sent it, and the credibility is good. Admiral Wang Xuance defeated the Japanese army in Xindu, and Admiral Wang led the soldiers and horses of Xindu to launch a counterattack on all fronts, and raided the Japanese army. After that, he led a large army to pursue and fought seventeen battles with the Japanese army! ”

"Seventeen battles are all victorious!"

"At present, Admiral Wang has invaded the territory of the Ring Sun Kingdom and captured seventeen cities in a row!"

Hearing this news, the cabinet ministers couldn't help but lift their spirits.

The Xindu war, the imperial court has been included in next year's battle plan, and it is expected that it may take a long time next year. Unexpectedly, Wang Xuance actually rushed to defeat the Japanese army before the New Year.

"Calculating the time, the battle of credibility began during the Chinese New Year last year, and it has been exactly one year now. In a year, although the Central Plains has changed, the reliability is somewhat confused, and there are no reinforcements. But they still held on, and now they are fighting back on all fronts, breaking the Japanese soldiers and horses, which is really good. ”

Chu Suiliang said with a smile, "Famous teachers are high apprentices, Wang Xuance, as a disciple of King Zhao, really lives up to expectations, and this battle is beautiful." ”

Zhang Chao laughed, "The battlefield of Xindu is considered to lock in the victory in advance, and our pressure will be reduced a lot next year." ”

"Be rewarded for Wang Xuance!" Cen Wen said.

Seventeen battles and seventeen victories, breaking seventeen cities in a row, annihilating more than 70,000 Japanese troops.

It's not a false victory, it's a real victory.

In this battle, Wang Xuance really played the prestige of the Tang Army and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army.

Great!

Zhang Chao couldn't help but praise his protégé in his heart!

Five chapters are still owed!

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