William always had more ideas about the way he looked at the problem, and when he thought about the ideas of the Reformation, he at the same time diverged his thinking to the education system and culture that did not align with each other.

"Why can't the Reformation and the Educational Reform be combined to spread the French language and Norman culture to the rest of the empire by taking advantage of the opportunity to popularize the French version of the Bible?" Thinking of this, William looked at Pope Hamelin and said:

"Hamelin, I have a new idea, I wonder if you would like to discuss it with me?"

"It is an honour, my majesty!" Hamelin nodded slightly, smiling in response.

"Hamelin, have you studied the education system in our country, especially in France?" William said with a slight slap in his mouth.

Although Hamelin did not know what William planned to do, he still answered William truthfully: "Your Majesty, our country's education system can be traced back to the time of Charlemagne more than two hundred years ago.

He was the greatest monarch of Christendom, the greatest supporter and defender of the Catholic Church, and he creatively encouraged learning and the arts through the Church, establishing schools in the Catholic Church to educate officials and nobles and thus improve the quality of government.

These ecclesiastical schools can be divided into monastic schools or monastic schools, parish schools established by dioceses, and episcopal schools established by cathedrals.

Of these three schools, the schools run by local parishes are more extensive and do not only train clergy, but they are inferior in conditions and facilities to those of convents and cathedral churches (such as the Duomo of Milan).

In addition, Charlemagne also vigorously established court schools, mainly teaching religion, natural sciences, and legal sociology, in order to train the officials of all levels required by the royal family.

Finally, there is another type of education, which is knightly education, which has no fixed place and is a conventional mode of education. Generally speaking, the knight's parents personally educate them at the beginning, and then the knights send their own children, usually the second son, to the higher nobles as acolytes, following the lord and his wife to learn high knowledge and culture, and when the age of 21 is the time, the squire who finishes his education will be awarded the title of knight.

At present, China's education system also largely follows these three types of education systems, and the universities of Paris, Cambridge, and London colleges, which you have established in recent years, generally belong to the category of court education. ”

Pope Hamelin spoke in great detail, and William listened attentively, without interrupting him a single word.

"That's a lot of knowledge! Hamelin, your answer is really helpful. William smiled excitedly: "I was also thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity to promote the French version of the Bible to promote French education more effectively and comprehensively, so that children from more families have the opportunity to receive French universal education and change their future destiny." ”

"Your Majesty, you are so merciful and generous, and I thank you on behalf of all the children." As if moved by William, Hamelin touched the tears in the corners of his eyes and said, "If you need me, please just ask!" ”

"Well, I have also conducted a series of surveys on the education system of our country before, and found that at the stage of primary education, that is, the largest number of parish schools in our country, the conditions of teachers and hardware are very difficult, and there is neither the teaching conditions of the palace universities and colleges, nor the strong financial backing of the cathedral schools, and I intend to subsidize the parish schools throughout the country in order to improve their operating conditions.

On top of that, I intend to encourage merchants, missions, and guilds in the city to open specialized colleges.

This new type of school was different from the previous court schools and ecclesiastical schools, and they were opened more to educate students with more secular knowledge, especially the basic knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic, as well as all the professional knowledge of their respective guilds.

I hope that you will be able to help the parish schools improve their conditions on the one hand, and at the same time be able to open up the network of urban schools and guild schools.

I know that the mass beginning of urban schools and guild schools will break the monopoly of the church on education, but it is necessary for social progress, so please grant my request! William looked at Hamelin and said in a solemn tone.

William's request did make Hamelin a little embarrassed, it is better to fund the parish school in general difficulty, after all, the meat is rotten in the pot, and there is also William's financial support, so it is reasonable not to do it?

However, if schools such as the city school and the guild school were allowed to develop, it would indeed provoke a violent backlash because of the breaking of the Church's monopoly on education, as William suggests.

This backlash is not limited to the upper echelons of the Church, but to the general opposition of clergy at all levels of the Church, because the rise of urban schools is bound to undermine their basic interests and right to speak.

"Your Majesty, are you serious?" Hamelin reconfirmed.

"I have made up my mind to promote universal education in French, a determination that no one can stop." William's eyes stared straight at Hamelin, and he said solemnly, "Are you willing to help me?" ”

"Your Majesty, since you have made up your mind, I have no choice but to sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman, no matter what, I will persuade the priests in the kingdom to support your reform decision!" Pope Hamelin breathed a sigh of relief, his face grimaced, and he nodded in promise.

"Hamelin, with your help, why worry about not being able to achieve great things?" William said with a laugh.

"Your Majesty, if you have any new ideas, please tell them all, and I can also consult them with you." Hamelin was a little afraid of the emperor in front of him, although William was quite capable and lucky, he could always get what he wanted, but his unique ideas would always frighten many people, and sometimes even cause a lot of disputes.

Before the controversy over William's new ideas began, Pope Hamelin intended to check his decision-making, and it was better not to let him be as impatient as he is now, and to seize the educational monopoly of the church before the implementation of religious reform.

Of course, perhaps William had the right to be radical, because the Holy See no longer existed, and the Catholic Church, which had been reduced to a disarray, could compete with the powerful royal power? He only hoped that there would be less bloodshed in the process of reform.

"Yes, I intend to set up different school districts in the various kingdoms of the empire, such as the Normandy school district in the Duchy of Normandy with the University of Normandy at the University of Normandy, and the Valois school district with the University of Paris as the core, and these universities as the center of the school districts will be public schools funded by the royal family and the government.

These public universities are surrounded by scholarly schools, cathedral schools, monastic schools, and city schools, which will be bound by the core universities to form school districts.

In this way, the previously scattered education system can be completely integrated, and it is easy to manage and deploy teachers. ”

"What a creative idea! I will support your decision. Hamelin breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately William didn't give him any more problems.