"Father."

Prince Heng bowed to Qingji on the throne again, and said: "The national character of my Great Wu, the loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith advocated by my Great Wu, are inconsistent, and only scholars can understand it, but most of the people fail to understand its true meaning. ”

"Who dares to say that peasants, artisans, and merchants cannot read and write?"

"My Dawu has a Guozijian, and the Guozijian has six colleges: politics, soldiers, industry, agriculture, commerce, and medicine!"

"Shinong industry and commerce, four people's business. Why is it that only scholars can study and have the opportunity to be educated? ”

"Aren't the rest of the craftsmen and peasants from the country of my Great Wu?"

"The prince is serious!"

Deng Yi frowned and said, "No matter what profession they are engaged in, they are all my great Wu people." ”

"However, what the old man is most worried about is that once the people's wisdom is opened, it will give people all over the world a wrong idea."

"What idea?"

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high!"

"If everyone has the opportunity to go to school, who would go to farming? Who still goes to work, and who still goes to fight as soldiers? ”

"The reason why the old man opposes the opening of people's wisdom and the implementation of free education for all in Dawu is not to deny that the rest of the people have no opportunity to receive education."

"It's that the old man thinks it's not necessary."

"I have a national superintendent in Dawu, a county school, a county school and a township school, and there are thousands of schools in various places, which can train tens of thousands of scholars for Dawu every year, even hundreds of thousands of scholars!"

"Isn't that enough?"

"Does everyone have to have a book to read?"

As soon as Deng Xi's words came out, the ministers and officials in the court also rarely exchanged heads and whispered.

They think that what Deng Xi said is not unreasonable.

After all, Dawu has a lot of official education, and the talent reserve is completely sufficient.

Prince Heng also wanted to refute Deng Xi, but was preempted by Zhongshu Ling Zeng.

Zeng Dian stood up and retorted: "Lord Deng, you keep saying that my talent reserve is enough, but is it really enough?" ”

"Definitely!"

"For example, how many of the scholars who were selected to serve as courtiers and officials in the various vassal kingdoms had real talents and learning? And how many people are making up the numbers? ”

"As for the official schools set up in various places, not everyone can enroll in them."

After a pause, Zeng said meaningfully: "I am a big Wu and now my family is full, not to mention that every family is well-off, but it is enough to eat and wear." ”

"The vast majority of families can afford to pay the school fees for their children."

"Why do they have the desire to study, but they still have no books to read, and they can't even enter the official school or even the most basic township school?"

"It's nothing more than identity and connections!"

"They are not nobles, but commoners, and maybe the previous generation was still slaves, slaves and untouchables who didn't even have a surname. But is it their sin? ”

"It's not! Their father and grandfather, through their own efforts, went into battle to win military merit and got rid of the status of slaves, but in the final analysis, they are still civilians, unable to get rid of the identity of ordinary people, and are destined to not go to school. ”

"Wealthy businessmen can also let their children go to school by stuffing money, continue to study, and finally change their fate, enter the house, and make a steady career in the career."

"And the family is barely fed, and even the family that does not worry about food and clothing, but still can't study."

"A father is a soldier, a child is a soldier, and the next generation is a soldier."

"The father is a farmer, the child is also a farmer, and the next generation is also a farmer."

"Such a toiling masses have no upward channel, they can only settle down in their own business, where does the people of the world get the motivation?"

"At the beginning of the establishment of the military merit lord in my Great Wu, wasn't it to break this shackle and give the people of the country a chance to get ahead?"

"Good!"

"Color!"

As soon as Zeng Dian's words fell, a cheer suddenly sounded in the huge Fengtian Palace, and it was obvious that many ministers were on Zeng Dian's side and agreed with his proposition.

This court seems to have become a venue for debates, allowing the ministers and officials to express their opinions and speak freely.

And Qingji did not stop this.

Zeng Dian mentioned a more serious problem in Dawu now-

Class solidification!

This is something that is very detrimental to the development of the country.

Today, Dawu's development speed is very fast, the national strength is constantly improving, and it has once again broken through the bottleneck, so there are more and more prominent problems.

Class solidification is a serious problem faced by every dynasty and every country throughout the ages.

If you don't do it well, it will make the country perish directly.

Although everyone is a Wu person, there are also high and low nobles, and it is impossible to treat them all equally, without any difference.

However, the children of farmers are still farmers, the next generation, and the next generation are still farmers.

The children of the nobility are still nobles, the next generation, and the next generation is still nobles.

Is this what Qingji wants to see?

Definitely.

If this is the case, Dawu's future is worrying.

No matter how hard Li Shu at the bottom worked, he was still a flat-headed person all his life, and there was no way to rise, how could they be self-motivated?

If the people of a country are not motivated and lie flat, the country will be finished.

However, in a certain sense, "class solidification" is also conducive to national stability and long-term peace and stability.

So Deng Xi followed up to refute Zeng Dian's remarks.

"Master Zeng, the old man thinks that what you said is simply nonsense."

Deng Xi said vigorously: "Isn't it beautiful that the people of the country will be safe and secure and that the country and the people will be safe?" ”

"At the beginning of the establishment of the Military Merit Lord, the problem of how to improve the morale of soldiers was solved."

"It was in the time of war, and today, the next unification, the four seas are stable, although there are still wars outside the territory and overseas, but no matter whether they win or lose, they can't move the national capital of my Great Wu."

"If such a stable environment is placed, the imperial court will also arouse the desire of the people to pursue fame and fortune. IMHO, the future of Sheji ...... Worrisome! ”

"This ......"

Hearing this, Zeng Dian had a stunned look on his face.

He wanted to come up with words to refute Deng Xi, but he couldn't.

Ministers such as Zeng Shen and Fan Chi couldn't help but look at each other.

As ministers of Confucianism, they were actually very much in favor of the "class solidification" of Great Wu.

Because, this means that their children and grandchildren don't have to work too hard to get a life of fine clothes and food, and if the officials can inherit it from generation to generation, it will be a great thing.

As for the toiling masses, they have been toiling masses all their lives......

They are happy to hear about it.

The solidification of the class has made the people up and down of Dawu lose the heart of struggle, but it can also make the society stable for a long time!

And Qingji, who saw this scene, couldn't help frowning.

According to Deng Xi, if Qingji has to implement free education for all in Dawu, it will be purely a blind toss, and it may eventually cause a catastrophe......