Chapter 327: The First Step of Universal Education
"The widow went to see Wenchen and asked them to help think of a way." Zhao Kuo said.
On the other side, the ministers are still working hard.
"There needs to be at least one road in each township to connect the milk factories in various places, so that the milk products can be transported quickly to Handan. In this way, the road from Hetao to Handan is a little narrow, and it must be at least twice widened, and the roads connecting Jinyang and Shangdang to Hetao and Handan can barely be enough. In addition, I think that in order to reduce the time of delay on the road, we should set up a fast lane for dairy products on the highway and eliminate the toll for dairy products. ”
Li Si is responsible for the development of products such as cow wool and milk and goat's milk in Hetao, as well as transportation issues. Zhao Guo's road is already the top in the world, but Li Si found after calculation that a single backbone is far from meeting Zhao Guo's needs.
"In addition to dairy products, tolls should also be abolished for fruits, and fast lanes should be set up so that dates from Taiyuan, persimmons from Hebei, pears from Handan, and mulberry from Jixi can be sent to all parts of Zhao and even other countries. Increase the income of fruit farmers and make them eat fresher fruits. Based on the statistical data, I calculated that as long as the fruit can be safely transported to the neighboring county, it will be enough to increase the income of the grower by 50% to double. ”
Han Fei took out a piece of paper, I don't know when it started, everyone likes to use data to speak.
"This is okay, I will react to the king." Xunzi nodded, "Is there anything else?" ”
"The Problem of Education." Lu Zhonglian took out a stack of paper from under the table and handed it to Xunzi. "Each township builds a primary school, and every year from June to August, October to December, all school-age children in the township go to school to receive basic education."
"In addition, each county will build an intermediate college, and those who pass the examination can enter the intermediate college. Eventually, each county built a senior academy, which was at the same level as Handan College and smaller in size. Basic education teaches only literacy and arithmetic. Intermediate colleges allow everyone to accept something more esoteric. The Senior College, like Handan College, teaches hundreds of schools. ”
"Have you calculated how much it will cost? Many families may not even be able to afford pen, ink, paper, and inkstones. Han Fei said.
"Do we only teach them until they are twelve?" Gongsun Long frowned and said, this was far from what he had thought before.
"If you can't afford to buy pen, ink, paper, inkstone, you can use tree branches to make pens, and the earth to make paper, as long as you want to learn, you can always think of a way. No matter how poor they are, can they be poorer than I was? When I was a child, I herded cattle for the nobles of Chu every day, and when I heard that the gentleman invited by the nobles in the school was teaching their children to read, I hid behind the window and eavesdropped. They write on bamboo slips, and I write on the ground, so I can still be literate? ”
Huang Shigong said in a deep voice, "We have to take care of everyone as much as possible, but we must also admit that we can't take care of everyone. From the age of six, learn five words a day for six months a year. Six years is nearly 6,000 words, and after six years, it is enough to read most books, and in addition, we will teach them arithmetic, and after they have learned, it will never be a problem to be a bookkeeper to support themselves. And we're going to build a library in each county, so they can study on their own if they want to. ”
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"Yes, we can't pave all the roads for them, all we have to do is to lead them to the road of study, but it's up to them how to go and where they can go. The vast majority of people in the middle will be eliminated, but their elimination is not meaningless, and there will continue to be people who will inherit their will in the future. Xunzi said.
"They are born unequal, and they have no right to complain because it is useless to complain. They are lucky, at least they still have this chance, although it is very slim. True despair is when there is no hope at all, and even if you try hard, it is still pitch black ahead. It's like a rat in a toilet, no matter how hard you try, you can't outcompete a rat in a granary. Lees said.
"What's the problem?" Xunzi looked at Lu Zhonglian.
"None of this is a problem." Lu Zhonglian shook his head. "The main problem is the teachers, the venue is easy to solve, the teaching materials can also be solved, and the funding is not a problem, but where do so many teachers come from?"
In this era, literate scholars are a rarity, to put it mildly, there are few people in these families who are short of money, who wants to go to the poor countryside to teach a few snot children.
"You don't need to be very knowledgeable to recruit scholars across the country, you just need to know how to read and write." Huang Shigong said.
"Even then, we can't recruit so many people." Lu Zhonglian shook his head.
"After a certain number of years of teaching, you will be rewarded with a knighthood." Huang Shigong said.
"Rewarding knighthood? This opening cannot be opened. Han Fei frowned and said.
"It's just a reward for low-level titles, and the nobles don't look down on it, but the middle and lower classes will cherish this opportunity." Huang Shigong said that with the title as a reward, it is not a problem to recruit enough teachers.
"Just do it according to Huang Shigong's method." Xunzi nodded.
"Are you done?" Zhao Kuo smiled and pushed the door and walked in.
"Your Majesty, it will be planned in a few days, and the rest is to develop step by step." Xunzi didn't raise his head, and said while writing hard.
Resettlement, farmland reclamation, water conservancy, horse administration, cattle and sheep disease prevention, roads, medical and health care, education, milk, goat's milk, cow hair and wool product development, etc., all have to be handled by them.
The key is that Zhao Kuo doesn't do anything every day, he is just looking for trouble, he has nothing to do with Ben and Gai Nie outside, and if he finds any problems, he will leave them to deal with.
Is it difficult to find fault and fix it? What's more, the person who finds fault is himself the top handful in the world. Zhao Guo's gang is already capable enough, and they can't keep up with Zhao Kuo's speed of finding problems.
"In three days, we will leave for Daijun, and whoever hasn't finished dealing with it by that time will stay here and continue to deal with it." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"Don't worry, the king, even if the minister is desperate, he will deal with it within three days." Gongsun Long took a sip of tea to refresh himself and continued to write and draw on the paper.
In front of him was a map of the various routes, on which he needed to find the most suitable location for the city. Because of this work, he has not closed his eyes for several days, and a lot of his hair is falling out.
Everyone else also has a lot of information in front of them, and some people are not here, but they have gone out for field investigations.
Xunzi reported to Zhao Kuo what everyone had just discussed.
"Everyone has worked hard, so do what everyone says." Zhao Kuo said this, but there was no apology on his face.
"Is there anything else going on with the king?" Xunzi asked, the implication is that if there is nothing to go, don't disturb our work.
"There's really something, this king wants to ask if there is a way for you to catch the Sky Wolf God?"