Huang Chengyan arched his hand and said: "The Huang family's talents are withering, but there are also a few talented young children, and I hope that Lord Liu can make it convenient and reserve one or two places for the Huang family in Chang'an Academy." ”

If you want to revitalize the declining Huang family, what is most lacking is talent, and with the current situation of the Huang family, there are really few talents who can get their hands on it. Huang Chengyan is quite self-aware, so he did not ask for an official position for the children of the Huang family, but set his sights on the long-term future.

The first graduating class of Xiangyang Academy will soon be entrusted with important tasks, although this matter has not yet been officially announced, but in order to allow the students of the academy to study more seriously, Cai Yong has revealed the news to them in advance. Huang Yueying was full of joy, she also fantasized about being able to become the first female official of the Han Dynasty, and in addition to being excited, she said that she leaked her mouth without paying attention, and this matter was known by Huang Chengyan.

The academy was founded by Liu Xin, and if the students of the academy are successful in their studies, Liu Xin will definitely give them an arrangement, which is normal. But Huang Chengyan found from this seemingly normal incident that Liu Xin's trust in the students of the academy far exceeded that of those Confucian students who passed the imperial examination. Huang Chengyan keenly felt that this was a rare opportunity to revive the Huang family.

Liu Xin refused very simply: "Liu can't promise you about this matter!" ”

The adults and half-grown children of the Huang family have little hope, and their hopes are pinned on those children. Seeing Liu Xin's refusal, Huang Chengyan became anxious, gritted his teeth, and said: "Huang is willing to let Yueying drop out of school and give up the quota to other children in the clan, and I beg my lord to grant permission!" ”

Although Huang Yueying is just a girl, she is one of the best students of the same age, most of the boys' grades are not as good as her, Cai Yong, the head of the academy, has praised her many times in front of Liu Xin, and Huang Chengyan has always been proud of having such an excellent daughter.

Now, Huang Chengyan would rather let Huang Yueying drop out of school than fight for a place for the other children of the Huang family, which surprised Liu Xin very much, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. is really willing to let Yueying drop out of school?" ”

The teaching at Xiangyang Academy is indeed different from other places, where you can learn a lot of new knowledge, some of which is unheard of even by a famous person like Huang Chengyan. Huang Yueying has been studying in the academy for five years, and her knowledge has improved rapidly, and Huang Chengyan has already sighed a little to himself. The learning content of the next five years will be even more important. To say that Huang Chengyan is really willing to let his daughter give up her studies, Liu Xin naturally doesn't believe it.

In fact, Huang Chengyan has been hesitant about this issue. Huang Yueying is getting older, and it is not appropriate to stay with a group of teenagers all day. And daughters always get married, even if they marry into the Liu family in the future, they may still be of some help to the Huang family, but she can no longer represent the Huang family after all. If you want the Huang family to truly restore its former glory, you still have to rely on the Huang family's own children.

No matter how much Huang Chengyan likes the life of Xianyun Yehe, but now that he has been elected as the head of the Huang family, he must take on his own responsibilities. Huang Chengyan hesitated slightly, finally nodded, and said: "Huang has thought clearly, as long as the adults can solve one or two places for the children of the Huang family, Huang will let Yueying drop out of school and will never regret it." ”

Huang Chengyan actually has another idea, Huang Yueying's relationship with Liu Yu has been decided, but it has not been made public. It doesn't matter whether Liu Xin will be the emperor or not, but the identity of the Liu family's Han family is obvious. Huang Yueying continued to show up in the academy, and she didn't know if Liu Xin and his wife would have any thoughts in their hearts, so they simply took this opportunity to let Huang Yueying drop out.

Liu Xin was also very moved by Huang Chengyan's sacrifice of his daughter's studies for the benefit of the Huang family, but he didn't know that Huang Chengyan still had so many thoughts in his heart. However, Liu Xin still shook his head and said, "Even if you let Yueying drop out of school, it is impossible for Liu to arrange for the children of the Huang family to enter the academy." Starting this year, the college will no longer admit young children. In the future, all students of the college will be admitted from the schools located in various places. ”

This news has not been officially made public, so Huang Chengyan does not know. The school buildings in the county schools are already under construction and will be put into use in the fall.

Due to financial reasons, Liu Xin's original plan was to pilot this kind of primary school in the three metropolises of Xiangyang, Chang'an and Luoyang, and then gradually promote it. However, the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Regions brought Liu Xin far more benefits than expected, and the commercial tax collected in a year was three times that of the past, not including the profits from the large sales of silk and white porcelain. The abundant funds have given Liu Xin the ability to comprehensively expand the construction of the junior school to the county level.

For the selection of future talents, Liu Xin has planned a path of his own. It is obviously not advisable to rely on the children of the scholar clan, but at this stage, except for the children of the scholar clan, there are very few people who study, even if Liu Xin wants to select a large number of children from the poor family. Only by allowing schools to spread all over the country, so that children have the opportunity to study and master certain knowledge, can Liu Xin's selection of talents be wider.

Huang Chengyan is a smart person, and he quickly understood Liu Xin's intentions, and couldn't help but feel moved, and asked repeatedly: "Then what conditions do the children of the Huang family need to enter the school?" ”

Liu Xin smiled and said, "These primary schools are still under construction, and their scale is limited, and it is impossible to accommodate all school-age children. In addition, scholars like the Huang family and the Cai family have their own private schools, so these government-run schools should also take care of some poor families as much as possible. ”

Huang Chengyan didn't give up, and continued to ask: "So, the children of the Huang family can also enter these junior schools, I don't know how to get places?" ”

Liu Xin said: "How the quota will be allocated has not yet been finalized, but according to the situation in each county, each scholar family will not be allocated more than two places per year. ”

It stands to reason that two places are not too small. But this is only a junior school, not a senior school like Xiangyang Academy and Chang'an Academy. After graduating from the junior school, students must pass an exam before they have the opportunity to enter the senior school, and only students who have graduated from the senior school may be entrusted with important responsibilities. This is actually a division of the former Xiangyang Academy into two, and the education of the first five years was transferred to the junior school, and the scale of the junior school was expanded.

You must know that according to Liu Xin, the junior school is not one or two, but thousands of them are opened at the same time. In these thousands of schools, the number of students graduating every year is a huge number, while the number of students enrolled in the senior school every year is very limited. Therefore, even if the Huang family chooses two children to enter the junior academy every year, it is likely that there will be no harvest at the end of the day.

Huang Chengyan suddenly felt that it was too difficult for him to be the head of the family, so he couldn't help but sigh and said: "My lord, the grass people really want the children of the Huang family to be able to learn and succeed, but this quota, alas, is there no other way?" ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "It's not that there is no room for accommodation. Mr. also knows that with so many junior schools held at once, other things are fine, but there is a huge shortage of teachers. If the Huang family can select a few talented people like Mr. to teach in the academy, they can naturally allocate a few more places to the Huang family. ”

Huang Chengyan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind and said, "As long as we can fight for a few more places for the Huang family, the grass people are willing to go to the school to teach." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "Then it's decided, don't worry, sir, when the time comes, I will let the county commander of Cannan personally hire Mr." ”

There were many scribes in the noble family, and these people were willing to come out to be officials, but few were willing to serve as teachers in the school. However, through a dialogue with Huang Chengyan, Liu Xin had already thought of a solution, that is, to further strictly limit the number of places for the children of the scholar clan to enter the academy to study, and force these literati to teach in the academy, so as to solve the problem of the shortage of teachers in the academy.

Liu Xin is not worried that these scholars will not be able to adapt to teaching work after they arrive at the school. Because with Ma Yun's efforts, the textbooks used in the junior school have been printed. The main task of these teachers is to teach the children to read and write, and the content they teach must be strictly in accordance with the textbook.

The curriculum of the junior school is also very simple, with only four courses: literature, mathematics and science, nature, and martial arts basics. The foundation of martial arts has its own retired soldiers from the army as instructors, and there is no problem with these selected teachers teaching literature. The more difficult ones are mathematics and nature, you know, for people in this era, primary school mathematics can be regarded as a very advanced theory, and some of the phenomena taught in nature classes have completely subverted most world views.

Sure enough, after listening to Liu Xin's explanation of what needs to be taught in the primary school, Huang Chengyan said with some hesitation: "Some of the content grass people don't know as well as Yueying, but I'm afraid that it will delay the children's studies." ”

You must know that if you enter the junior school, you must pass an exam before you have the opportunity to enter the senior school, and the content of the exam is these four courses.

In fact, Ma Yun has already considered these problems, and she has issued an order through Liu Xin that before the start of the fall semester, each county must organize special training to conduct special training in mathematics, physics and natural knowledge for those selected teachers, and the students who have not yet graduated from Xiangyang Academy are responsible for training. This is also a very good practical activity for the students of these colleges, and Liu Xin already plans to hold various practical activities on a regular basis.

After telling Huang Chengyan about these situations, Liu Xin said with a smile: "However, there is no need for Mr. to go to the county to participate in further study, just let your family Xiao Yueying teach you at home." ”

At the mention of his daughter, Huang Chengyan suddenly got up and asked, "Dare to ask Lord Liu, can Yueying's studies continue?" ”