The next day, Qingji held a great court meeting in the Fengtian Palace, and all the ministers and officials with a rank of more than 600 stone in the court must be present to participate.

This time, the national politics that Qingji and the ministers want to discuss is nothing more than the issue of further improving the compulsory education system.

This involves various things, such as the Education Law, the regulations of elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and universities, and the question of whether or not to pool educational resources.

Prince Heng was the first to list: "Your Majesty, Erchen believes that my Dawu should add "full-time academic education" to the education system, that is, except for Saturdays, Sundays, and any holidays, students must stay in school, and the school should take care of food and housing."

"In addition to primary schools, all other junior high schools, senior high schools, and universities are required to implement such full-time academic education."

"The reason is that the educational resources of junior high school, high school and university must be concentrated."

"The junior high school is set up in the township or county, and the high school and university are set up inside and outside the county, and the students will inevitably have a long way to go to school.

Prince Heng said this question, throwing bricks and stones, and then the ministers began to have a heated discussion.

Students have difficulty travelling to school, and this is a real problem.

It is true that the infrastructure of the official roads in various parts of Dawu has been very perfect, but after all, it is impossible for everyone to have a fast horse and a carriage at home......

Even if there are "means of transportation" such as horses and carriages, they can only shorten the travel time, and wait for students to go to school and leave school.

At this time, Deng Xi, the waiter, frowned, got up and asked, "Prince, on the issue of the concentration of educational resources, the old minister is in favor of it."

"However, with such a full-time academic education, if the school provides food and accommodation, not to mention the accommodation problem, in terms of food, is it borne by the state, or is the student's parents paying out of their own pockets?"

That's what the ministers are going to discuss.

Prince Heng said slowly: "Lord Deng, in this matter, I think that my Great Wu is now full of treasury, and there is no shortage of money and grain, so the imperial court should give more grace to all the people in the world and give these students."

"Why don't you go on a further free day of room and board?"

After being the prince for so many years, Prince Heng is no longer what it used to be.

The original Prince Heng was a little "selfish", he put the interests of the country first in everything, and did not care much about the people's livelihood, but under the careful training of Qingji, Prince Heng had completed the "transformation", and he was completely like a generation of benevolent monarchs.

This made Qingji very pleased.

"No!"

As soon as Prince Heng's voice fell, Deng Xi immediately retorted: "Your Majesty is gracious, so that everyone in the world can have books to read, not only the implementation of twelve years of compulsory education, but also free education for all, this is already a great grace!"

"What happens if room and board are waived?"

"The consequences are unimaginable!"

After a pause, Deng Xi expressed his opinion.

"How many students does my Da Wu have now? In the future, when the education system becomes more complete, how many students will there be?"

"Prince, the old minister conservatively estimates that if the so-called full-time academic education is implemented from junior high school, and the students' room and board are all free, it will be too much of a burden on the treasury!"

"How many students are between the ages of thirteen and twenty-two in junior high school, high school, and university?"

"Absolutely not less than four million!"

"Like the Guozijian, they were free of board, lodging, and the standard was originally two meals a day, but later, by the grace of His Majesty, the scholars of the Guozijian were ordered to have three meals a day."

"The food standard for a meal is 5 to 8 yuan, and it is important to ensure that the nutrition is balanced, with three dishes and one soup, two meat and one vegetarian, or two vegetarian and one meat."

Deng Xi furrowed his brows, looked around for a week, and said, "This is an account, and it can be seen."

"Even if it is five dollars for a meal at the minimum standard, three meals a day for a student, it is fifteen yuan a day, and four hundred and fifty yuan a month, one

That's five thousand four hundred dollars a year."

"From junior high school to university, students have to study for a whole decade! Then in ten years, the cost of training a student is 54,000 yuan!"

"Four million students! That's more than 200 billion dollars!"

"My Dawu's annual financial income is seven or eight million taels of gold, which is about 80 billion yuan, and it is 800 billion yuan in ten years."

"The students' food expenses alone account for more than a quarter of the revenue of the state treasury."

"The remaining one-third should be used for officials, soldiers, soldiers, military, people's livelihood, etc., how can it be counted as insufficient?"

"With this expenditure, can I do anything else in the future?"

"With such a focus on education, Lao Chen is afraid that the rest of the social resources will be insufficient, and chaos will inevitably arise!"

"Your Majesty, please be clear!"

As soon as Deng Xi's words came out, the ministers and officials present couldn't help but turn their heads and whisper.

Prince Heng couldn't help frowning, and said loudly, "Lord Deng, you didn't settle the account like this."

"The income of my Dawu treasury is seven or eight million taels of gold a year, which is only real money and silver, and the rest of the cloth, silk, grain, etc. have not been converted, and the country's financial revenue is increasing year by year."

"Besides, you are counting a student from junior high school to university, and the students have to study for a full ten years, don't you know that there is a difference in the actual situation?"

Hearing this, Deng Xi shook his head and said, "What the prince said is also a fallacy."

"According to my education system, students of all ages are required to attend different institutions according to the regulations."

"Some people here graduate from university, some people graduate from high school, and students from the next level of education will be enrolled, so there will be no less than four million students included in the "full-time academic education" system."

"I am a great Wu and now rely on the merits of Your Majesty, the country and the people are safe, the treasury is full, and the money and grain are piled up, yes. But who can guarantee the future?"

"Sitting and eating the sky, sooner or later something will happen."

「……」

Deng Xi's perspective on this matter is from the perspective of national interests.

It's all for the sake of Dawu Sheji.

At present, the national strength of Dawu is strong, and the money and grain piled up in the treasury are incalculable, and the money (hard currency) alone is converted into more than 800 million taels of gold, which is worth more than 100 years of financial revenue of the treasury of Dawu.

And that's not counting the rest.

As well as the rare treasures that the vassal kingdoms pay tribute every year, as well as a variety of money and souvenirs......

Instead, it only counts the financial revenue of Dawu for a year.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why the treasury of Dawu is so rich is that it was looted from other places.

For example, when Qingji was on an expedition against the Achaemenid dynasty in Persia, he captured several of its capitals and brought back all the gold and silver treasures in them.

However, even if Dawu is so rich, it is not a reason for the country to implement "full-time academic education" and let millions of students pay for room and board!

Just like Deng Yi said, if you sit and eat empty, something will happen sooner or later.

If the country's fiscal revenue and expenditure are not proportional and the income cannot make ends meet, after the death of Qingji, no matter how much inheritance is left to future generations, it will be in vain!

"Your Majesty, I think what Lord Deng said is very true!"

Deng Xi's high feet, Li Ke, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood up and said to Qingji: "If full-time academic education is implemented, students are exempted from room and board, and the state can bear it, it is too ridiculous!"