c_t; After saying these things, Zhang Yi looked at Tang Guoan and said: "Brother Guoan, in terms of education, the top priority now is to build the Fengtian Military Academy, as the education supervision, this matter will fall on you, and those who need assistance are like Brother Shaochuan to coordinate, in addition, I have ordered Duan Qirui and other high-achieving students of Tianjin Military Academy to assist you, they have some understanding of the construction of military academies, which should be helpful to you, if you encounter something difficult to decide, you can ask Xu Huaijin Junmen, Like you, he has studied abroad for three years at the German Army Academy, and he has a lot of experience. ”

Tang Guoan nodded and said, "General Jianzhi, after the preparation of the past few days, according to your requirements, I have made a plan for the construction of the Fengtian New Education School, and then I would like to ask you to review it." ”

Zhang Yi nodded and said, "Brother Guoan's efficiency is high enough, you can talk about your plan in Xi'an." ”

Tang Guoan replied: "I plan to build five secondary education schools this year, for children over the age of 13 to enroll, plan to enroll about 1,500 people, if there are poor families and get recommended, tuition waiver, the school is divided into three levels: first-level class, second-level class, third-level class, after the completion of the study, equivalent to the level of American middle school students; It is planned to build 12 low-level education schools, for children over the age of seven to enroll students, the planned enrollment is about 3,600 people, those from poor families, tuition is free, the plan is divided into five classes, after graduating from the fifth grade, it is equivalent to the level of primary school graduation in the United States, and can be promoted to secondary education schools; These schools will have two middle schools and six primary schools in the provincial capital of Shengjing, and the remaining ones will be opened in Jinzhou, Jinzhou, Benxi and other state capitals, and it is expected that the investment will exceed 800,000 taels of silver this year. ”

Tang Guo settled down for a moment and then said: "In the second year, the construction of two universities began, one was the National Central University and the other was the National Engineering University, and the construction of the two universities took one year, and the enrollment began in the third year, and the planned enrollment reached 5,000 people. Students will be recruited from all over the country. At the same time, from the second year onwards, we will build 12 new primary schools and 5 new middle schools every year, so that by the fifth year, the primary schools in Mukden Province will be able to enroll 60,000 students and the middle schools will be able to enroll 30,000 students. It can basically cover all the state capitals and counties in the province, but by the fifth year. Our annual expenditure on education will be as high as 4 million taels of silver, which is really huge, and now our financial revenue in Fengtian Province is only nearly 2 million taels, and I am really a little whimsical to support such a large education program. ”

Saying this, Tang Guoan's face turned red and lowered his head.

Zhang Yi nodded, and said with some excitement: "Brother Guoan, you have a good plan." We need to have the energy to dare to think and dare to do. However, your plan is still a bit small, and I suggest that the construction plan for secondary and higher education can be adopted, and the detailed provisions will be given to me after you have formulated them. The scale of primary education is too small, and you haven't taken into account what the population of Mukden will grow like in the next five years, but to be honest, the population of Mukden will directly increase from the current 5 million to more than 10,000 in the next five years. Become a first-class populous province in the Great Qing Dynasty! Your current primary education plan is simply not going to cover the entire population, so I ask you that your primary education plan must be doubled! By the fifth year, the year of Yicho, we must have 120 primary schools, capable of accommodating nearly 150,000 primary school students. Moreover, the growth rate of the number of primary schools in the future should be maintained for ten years, and all school-age children in Fengtian Province will be included in the future, without cultural knowledge, we will not be able to meet the needs of industrial and agricultural development, and without the great development of industry and agriculture, we will not be able to compete with the Western powers in the future! ”

Tang Guoan's face turned red. said: "General Jianzhi, what you said is too right, education is the foundation of the country, but my vision is too narrow and I have no courage, you can rest assured that I will definitely make every effort to revise the education plan and improve it even more!" ”

As soon as Tang Guoan said this, Tang Shaoyi stood up with a flushed face and shouted: "Jianzhi, Guoan, your plan is unrealistic, with the current level of Fengtian's financial revenue, how can it support such a large education plan, education is a field with only input and no output, where does the money come from if we have such a big investment?" There are many other areas that need funds, and it is really difficult for Fengtian Finance to support such a large-scale investment in education today, I don't agree, I definitely don't agree with reads;! ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "Shaochuan, don't worry, don't we still have interest-free loans for future Germans?" For such an investment in education, it can be fully supported. ”

Tang Shaoyi said angrily: "Jianzhi, what you said is light! Even if you really have a German loan of 50 million pounds, you can't help spending it like this, you have forgotten your military plan, but in the fifth year, there will be hundreds of thousands of troops, all of them are well-equipped and well-trained elite troops, how much will such an army spend on a year's military salary? There is also the future investment in the construction of Port Arthur, have you calculated? It takes tens of millions of taels of silver a year to invest! In addition to the military plan, your policy of promoting the people will also cost no less than two or three million taels in a year, where does this money come from, and the salaries and maintenance of a number of officials, these expenses are too great, I really can't accept it, even if I have three heads and six arms, it is difficult to support it! ”

Zhang Yi looked at the angry Tang Shaoyi, and couldn't help but have a big head for a while, such a large expense was indeed difficult enough for him.

However, Zhang Yi did not give in, and said indifferently: "Brother Shaochuan, don't worry, since I dare to make such a plan, I am sure that I will earn you so much money, you can rest assured, five years, not five years, after three years, the annual income you see in Fengtian Province will definitely not only increase by two or three times, and then there will be an amount that will scare you to appear in front of you!" ”

Tang Shaoyi did not relent, and said: "Jianzhi, what you said is light enough, now Fengtian is in ruins, and silver must be used everywhere, our best way is to lay a solid foundation and develop steadily step by step, the step is too big, and the scene will be difficult to clean up." ”

Zhang Yi rubbed his head and said helplessly: "Shaochuan, don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory answer." At least we don't need so much investment in the first three years, we use the accumulation of the first three years, and when the time comes, our natural town's finances will grow explosively, and I won't let you be short of money to spend. In addition, I will assign you a brand new task, this task is extremely difficult, I don't know if you can bear it? ”

Tang Shaoyi pursed his lips and said, "You said, as long as you stand in the back and fully support me, there is no task that I dare not bear!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )

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