The discussion was established, and Li Yongji, who was determined to go his own way and act decisively, no longer wasted time, and made a little arrangement in Guangde County, so that Li Shanlan and others could get used to it in Guangde County with peace of mind, such as visiting the new library, looking at the surrounding scenery, and seeing where it was suitable to be the site of the university, and then left Guangde County with Wang Tao and went straight to Suzhou.

After arriving in Suzhou, Li Yongji began to live in seclusion behind the scenes with the assistance of the local elite army, with the help of his own golden finger, and let Wang Tao play the forward, and began the vigorous reform of the imperial examination.

Although Li Yongji's reform is very ambitious and resolute, because he is familiar with the complexity of the reform, the current educational reform is not carried out at the same time, but step by step.

That is to say, first find a city as a pilot, wait for the end of the pilot, summarize enough experience, and then promote it city by city, and the first pilot is selected in Suzhou City, where the style of writing is the most prosperous.

Once the pilot city has been chosen, the next step is to collect the local population and find out how many school-age children there are in the local area, that is, a qiē is based on primary education.

Fortunately, Li Yongji had a household registration policy and a city ID card policy, which was first started in Wuxi, and later began to be fully promoted in major cities in the Jiangnan region because it was effective.

That is to say, key cities such as Suzhou, Changshu, Changzhou, Shanghai, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ma'anshan, and Xuancheng have all implemented household registration and ID card handling policies, but some are fast and some are slow, some have already ended, and some are in progress.

For example, Suzhou, because it is the closest to Wuxi and is a key city in the key areas, is the first batch of cities to complete the dual registration of household registration policy and ID card registration, so it is quite convenient to inquire about the population problem in Suzhou, especially the problem of school-age children.

According to the archives of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Suzhou Municipal Government. There are currently 600,000 registered people in Suzhou, including 75,000 children between the ages of seven and 14, accounting for more than 12% of the population!

Considering the high mortality rate of children in this era, it is indeed not easy for Suzhou to have so many school-age children, and it is indeed worthy of the reputation of the richest city in China, almost catching up with the proportion of children in ordinary Chinese cities in later generations.

75,000 people, based on a small school for 1,000 people, if you want everyone to be enrolled, you need at least 75 schools. But in reality, there are not many places that can accommodate 1,000 students, so collecting schools is the next big problem.

This is not a very difficult matter, because in the previous turmoil of the search for reactionaries, Suzhou was the city that was the most hit, because Suzhou had the most gentry and the richest, so it was the target of Li Yongchang's key attack.

In Suzhou alone, more than 10,000 people have been arrested, almost one-fifth of the total number of arrests. There are more than 300 private houses of all kinds vacated, of which more than 100 have garden landscapes. Not to mention anything else, if you average, there are more than 100 private houses with garden landscapes. On average, each building can accommodate more than 3,000 people, and a slight transformation of these vacant rooms into primary schools is definitely enough.

The elementary school is enough. We still have to build junior high schools and high schools, and even universities have to think about it in advance.

Under the current circumstances, compulsory education at the lower secondary level is impossible. Therefore, if you want to go to junior high school, you still have to choose the best of the best, that is, you can get it through the guò exam, and only when you have more financial resources and other aspects in the future can you continue to implement the 6+3 nine-year compulsory education system.

Then, according to the current estimate, or according to Li Yongji's current ability to bear it, his initial idea is that the primary school entrance examination for junior high school, that is, the township examination, will be levied in the ratio of 15 to 1.

If so, one-fifteenth of 75,000 people, that is 5,000 people, considering that in fact, a part of the non-school students will be levied from the society, so double, 10,000 people is reliable.

This out-of-school student refers to those who have a certain degree of fame, or no fame, but have a solid knowledge base.

Although Li Yongji wants to carry out educational reform, it does not mean that they have lost their way to advancement, so he decided to open a preparatory department in junior high school, with a two-year school period, which mainly teaches the most basic, mathematics, history, music, art and nature courses at the level of primary schools in later generations, of course, Hanyu Pinyin also has to be relearned.

After all, these readers have a certain knowledge base, as the saying goes, the IQ is much higher than that of ordinary children, and most of the Chinese are no problem, and it is much faster than children to re-learn these elementary school content such as mathematics and history, so it should be more than enough to have a two-year preparatory study and then go to junior high school.

After choosing and choosing, Suzhou Fuxue is said to be the best junior high school campus.

Due to the flourishing of Suzhou's literary style, the Suzhou Mansion at this time occupies a huge area, and there are many buildings, with more than 210 houses alone, not to mention that there are many vacant land, which can be built and more than 5,000 people can be accommodated.

In the past, the school itself was a sacred place for talented people to continue their studies, and according to the new education system, this is the most suitable place to be a middle school.

In the first year, this should be a preparatory class, and after the primary school graduates come, they will definitely have to add people, so only this one place is not enough, if the students live here for three years, the school's accommodation rate must at least reach more than three times the admission rate.

Therefore, in the first year, Suzhou Fuxue is enough for junior high school, and the second year is not a big problem, when from the third year, with the continuous increase of new foreigners, it is estimated that this place is not enough, and after six years, the first batch of primary school graduates will come again, that will be at least six times the number of primary school age students!

That is to say, if it is normal, the junior high school must be able to accommodate 30,000 talents per year, of course, this is the ideal state, the actual number may be more than this, after all, there are a large number of local readers in Suzhou, they are still in a stage of hesitation, once they are given a repositioning, re-upgrade, re-entry into the career of the same way, they will rush over.

Therefore, Li Yongji, Wang Tao and others made a preliminary calculation, in the first year, a maximum of 5,000 people would be levied to study in the preparatory department, and in the second year, another 5,000 people would be levied to enter the preparatory department, and then the same number of preparatory departments would be levied every year.

Since one school is not enough. Then find another place, at this time, the Suzhou government covers a wide area, and this place will also be transformed into a junior high school, or a lifting school.

There are also advantages to this, Li Yongji himself does not look down on the old Suzhou government, he does not think that it is a suitable place for office, so the office of the Suzhou municipal government is selected in Suzhou's Hanbi Villa, which is commonly known as Liu Yuan, and it is also the predecessor of the famous Lingering Garden in later generations.

It is one of the few places that survived the Suzhou fire. And the scenery is repaired, and the geographical location is also good, so it is regarded as the office of the new government of Suzhou, but in terms of nominal ownership, it is Li Yongji's private estate.

In fact, not only the Lingering Garden, but even the Humble Administrator's Garden was privately bought by Li Yongji, but Li Yongji of the Humble Administrator's Garden is still carrying out a series of renovations, and he plans to change the land near the Humble Administrator's Garden to Soochow University.

Of course. For now, this Soochow University, which is dominated by the Humble Administrator's Garden, cannot be put into use, and can only be renovated in advance, but in the eyes of outsiders. That is to build a private house for Li Yongji, so he is extra careful.

In addition, the Lion Grove, the Master of Nets Garden and these places. They were also confiscated in the previous turmoil against the reactionaries, and according to the meaning of the confiscation at this time, they all belonged to Li Yongji's personal property. However, the Jiangnan government or the Jiangnan Government Council can only govern on its behalf.

Therefore, in places like the Lion Forest, Li Yongji also plans to find someone to renovate them and transform them into high schools, of course, just like universities, there is no rush for the time being, so you can take your time.

It can be seen from this that the most important thing in Li Yongji's new imperial examination reform system at present is primary education and junior high school education, of which primary education is compulsory enrollment and government financial subsidies, and junior high school education is part of the government subsidy in the form of scholarships, and at the same time, certain political and economic rights are also given.

For example, after graduating from primary school, you can only enjoy the right to not pay food for individuals who can enjoy Xiucai, if you are a junior high school student, that is, you can be exempted from the money and food of your immediate family, and you are also qualified to be a small official directly, such as the deputy director of the county public security bureau, the finance bureau, the civil affairs bureau, etc., if you become a junior high school graduate, you have the identity of a talent and a graduation certificate, you have the status of a cadre, and you can directly be a magistrate.

Well, the school is there, and the revised primary and even junior high school textbooks collected by Zhang Xinda are also available, and even all kinds of stationery, including a large number of blackboards, chalk, wooden teaching poles, all kinds of pencils, homework books, etc., are also abundant, and it can be said that the material foundation is ready.

After all these were ready, Li Yongji began to ask Wang Tao to formally set up the Ministry of Science and Education, and appointed him as the first Minister of Science and Education of the Jiangnan Government Council to manage science and education issues in an all-round way.

After the establishment of the Ministry of Science and Education, it immediately issued a notice in Suzhou Chengguang, announcing the abolition of the old imperial examination system and the implementation of a new imperial examination system in the future.

At the same time as the new imperial examination system was announced, new officials from the Ministry of Science and Education, together with the office staff of the Suzhou Civil Affairs Bureau and the local police, began to beat gongs and drums everywhere to issue orders, that is, within a 10-day period, they should lead their school-age children to the nearby neighborhood office to report and go through the school procedures.

School-age children, male and female, from seven to fourteen years old, are enrolled in school. During the child's enrollment, tuition and fees are free, clothing is free, and two meals are also managed. Students can live on campus or go home from school, and the boarding school is free of charge, but if they go home, they must be picked up by their parents, and if they do not pick them up, or they forget to pick up their children, they must live on campus.

Specifically, the school situation is seven days a week, five days of school, and Saturday and Sunday off, that is, these two days can go home and enjoy the family to the fullest.

Of course, if you don't want your child to enter the government school and enjoy the treatment of the official school, that's fine, but you must pay the public school sponsorship fee, which is 10 taels of silver per child per month, and you have to pay this amount regardless of gender.

If it is found that the child is concealed without permission, the school-age child is not allowed to go to school, and the public school sponsorship fee is not paid, the government has the right to forcibly take the child to school, and at the same time, depending on the circumstances, it will also punish the child's parents with a fine of more than 50 taels and less than 1,000 taels, and if they fail to pay the fine, they will be arrested and sent to a labor camp, where they will be imprisoned for more than 15 days and less than 60 days, and undergo labor reform.

In particular, it is pointed out that the above policy is aimed at ordinary citizens, if the families of officers and soldiers of the Jingwu Army or the families of workers make mistakes and hide their children from going to school, then the treatment of the Jingwu Army will be cancelled, that is, if someone in the family is a soldier for the Jingwu Army, no matter what kind of position, they will be forcibly discharged from the army, and the treatment of a military family will be cancelled; If they are workers, they are also forcibly dismissed, and the treatment of a qiē worker is abolished, such as the abolition of cheap grain.

At the same time that the children were forced to enter school, they also told the vast number of scholars that any fame they had previously gained in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was nullified, that is to say, they were all ordinary people, and if they wanted to get ahead, they could either go to the army, work, or business, and of course they could also re-take the imperial examination and become the scholars of the new government again.

The hierarchy of the new imperial examination system has been clearly posted, and if they want to regain superior treatment and reclaim themselves as scholars, they must take the examination.

If you are admitted to primary school and are willing to study with a group of children, you can naturally go to a government-run primary school.

If you feel embarrassed, you can directly take the primary school graduation exam, and if you pass the graduation, you will be given the status of Xiucai.

If there are some places that are not sure, such as the primary school graduation examination to test a lot of new subjects, such as history, mathematics, etc., the government will provide primary school graduation training courses to facilitate them to learn the new primary school curriculum, generally speaking, as long as they are not too stupid, they can obtain primary school graduates, that is, Xiucai qualifications, in about a year.

If you are confident and want to take the exam directly, you can also apply for the junior high school entrance exam, as long as you pass the exam, you can be called a lifter. Similarly, if you don't feel sure about subjects such as mathematics, nature and history, you can go to the preparatory department for junior high school.

The preparatory department of junior high school is tuition-free, but the living expenses are at your own expense, and you do not provide accommodation and accommodation, and you have to be responsible for yourself, but generally only one or two years, you can usually pass the exam and obtain the status of a lifter.

In short, through guò posters, brushing big-character posters, beating gongs and drums to preach everywhere, etc., the new imperial examination system has spread to every corner of Suzhou City in the shortest possible time, although Li Yongji did not go out during this period, but Wang Tao is personally involved, every time he charges forward, and even painstakingly explains the content to many scholars who come to ask for advice.

Basically, the vast number of scholars still have an attitude of obedience to these policies, and although there are quite a few people who resist them, they do not dare to oppose them openly, because after all, the previous wave of cracking down on reactionaries has just passed, and no one wants to fight with the elite army and the new government on this outlet.

The crackdown on the reactionaries was nothing more than news for Li Yongji, but for these Suzhou people, especially Suzhou scholars, it was no less than a nightmare like a Manchu literary prison, and even exceeded it in some places.

That is, after the crackdown on the reactionaries, many people had to cut off their braids, because the new officials of the Suzhou Municipal Government, especially those policemen, often arrested people on the streets in order to make extra money, and they all caught people with braids, because braids were considered to be the heart of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to do evil, and on this article alone, they had to arrest people and raid their homes.

Therefore, although the Jiangnan government did not explicitly issue a braid-cutting order, it was actually forcing everyone to cut their braids.

Since the scholars in Suzhou have even cut their braids for the sake of their lives, and they have already softened once, what does it matter if they are soft again and compromise again in the face of the new imperial examination system? (To be continued......)