Education is the foundation of a country, and talent is the foundation of a strong country.

Education equals science and technology, and technology equals productivity.

A country that has not produced truly well-educated citizens cannot be called a great power; A country that cannot pass on the basic values of civil society to the next generation cannot be a good country; No country can be strong without giving it the highest priority.

After a hundred years of educational efforts, the beautiful country has grown from a colony attached to Britain to the world's largest military and economic power.

According to the study of later generations of beautiful countries, half of the country's economic strength comes from the contribution of education. Of the top 20 universities in the world, 17 are in beautiful countries. It is precisely because of the strength of education that the beautiful country has emerged in an endless stream of talents, and has achieved its absolute hegemony in the military, economy, and science and technology, and China has also suffered greatly from it.

If compulsory education could be promoted in China in the early thirteenth century, then China would not know how many years ahead of the world, and the world's civilization would also be infinitely promoted by the Great Song Dynasty.

How many scholars did the Great Song Dynasty have?

In the Humble Administrator's Garden, in the imperial study, the same question, Zhao Hong threw it to several ruling ministers.

Of course, the purpose of his question is also to check and fill in the gaps in the implementation of compulsory education.

Seeing that several ruling ministers were ignorant, Zhao Hong continued to speak.

"In other words, how many children aged 6-15 are studying in the entire Great Song Dynasty?"

It is always impossible for the children and grandchildren of officials and magnates to have fine clothes and food, and all of them have official jobs, and the children of the common people do not even have the opportunity to study.

Things are done too desperately, and the common people will scold their mothers. And he is thin-skinned, and he can't stand being poked in the back.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has known Tanzhou, 140,000 households in Tanzhou, the sum of the state capitals and counties, as well as the local private schools, etc., and the number of scholars is about 7,000. The rest of the place is the same, when it is about one percent. As for children aged 6-15, they are also 10% of their peers. ”

Zhen Dexiu used to be the prefect of Tanzhou and served as a parent official, so he had some right to speak.

"Tanzhou is a rich and noble place, there are more readers, and less than one percent of the people who want to come to my Great Song Dynasty."

According to the proportion of population, the number of children aged 6-15 should be nearly 10 million, and the number of students studying is about 1 million.

Among the more than a million people are children who have been in school for two or three years and then dropped out.

"Your Majesty asks about this, what is the matter?"

Xue was extremely nervous and asked softly.

According to the emperor's consistent performance of martial arts, he won't let people go to school, right?

If that's the case, it's a story for the ages!

So what's going on?

It's not the compulsory education that Zhao Hong can't forget.

Talent is the foundation of a strong country, so that every child of the Great Song Dynasty can go to school!

"I plan to implement compulsory education in the Great Song Dynasty, so that all children can go to school for free, and everyone is no exception."

Zhao Hong made no secret of his ambitions and told the truth.

Ten years of trees, 100 years of people. It is related to the century-old plan of the Great Song Dynasty and the hundreds of years of national fortune of the Central Plains Dynasty, no matter who is the emperor, it is an unshirkable responsibility.

"Compulsory education? Free schooling? ”

Xue Ji was ignorant, and looked at each other with several other ruling ministers, and everyone waited for Zhao Hong's explanation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, yes, it is compulsory education. I want to open up the wisdom of the people, let more children go to school, and improve the quality of the whole people. Therefore, this compulsory education is imperative! ”

Zhao Hong's face was calm, but his tone was unquestionable.

Education is the foundation of the nation. Therefore, he must continue to carry out compulsory education.

"Your Majesty, the minister is stupid, can you explain more clearly, what is compulsory education?"

Xue Ji understood a little, but he couldn't say why.

Everybody goes to school for free, which sounds good. But the children of the common people enjoy the grace of the court just as much as the children of the powerful, and they feel a little strange and unnatural.

"Zhongqing, the so-called ten years of trees, a hundred years of people. Compulsory education is the foundation of our great Song Dynasty. It has three points: compulsory, public welfare, and universality, which are the characteristics and nature of compulsory education. ”

Zhao Hong's saliva flew sideways, gushing endlessly.

The so-called public welfare is clearly stipulated in the laws of the Great Song Dynasty: no tuition and miscellaneous fees will be charged. Therefore, public welfare is free of charge and does not charge a penny.

Zhao Hong's approach was the same as that of later generations, but the six-year compulsory education system was implemented. In later generations, the level of physical chemistry and foreign language mathematics was profound and broad, and it took nine years to learn in elementary and junior high school. And in this day and age, six years should be enough.

As for kindergarten, he does not encourage it. Children's nature is indelible, so let them have fun before going to school.

As for uniformity, it is to formulate unified standards for the setting of textbooks, teaching standards, funding standards, construction standards, and public funds for students in the compulsory education stage. The standards are reflected and guaranteed in different forms by the law.

Compulsory, also known as compulsory, is also a major feature of compulsory education. It is the obligation of schools, parents and society as a whole to make compulsory education for children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 15. Whoever violates this obligation will be punished by law. Parents who do not send their students to school must bear legal responsibility; Schools do not accept school-age children and teenagers to attend school, and schools are responsible for the law; The imperial court does not provide the corresponding conditions, and it must also be regulated by the law.

"That's a ......"

Xue Ji's heart was shocked, and he wanted to speak and stopped.

Isn't this giving the benefits of the second and third generations of officials and the second and third generations of power to the poor?

Several ruling ministers looked at Zhao Hong together, and their eyes were straight.

It sounds high-sounding, how do you feel favoritism, high and low.

"Zhuqing, this first step is that the imperial court should formulate laws and protect them with laws to ensure the implementation of compulsory education. One of the basic guidelines of the new Compulsory Education Law is that children between the ages of 6 and 15 must attend school, otherwise the court will force their families to fulfill their obligations. ”

In a trance, Zhao Hong put forward the basic requirements for compulsory education.

"Your Majesty, how will this school system and teaching materials be formulated?"

Zhen Dexiu reacted, and unconsciously his tone was a little urgent.

Children aged 6-15 must be enrolled!

His middle-aged heart beats faster unconsciously.

All the children go to school, this is a great event that will leave a name in history. As for whether it is high or low, there is no distinction between high and low, he doesn't care.

At this moment, he is like a "scholar" who worries about the country and the people, rather than a "scholar" who is only an official.

"That's a good question. The school system is first set at six years, three years for the primary level, and three years for the intermediate level, and these six years are compulsory education. The teaching materials are based on the Jinling School and are passed down from simple to difficult. The teaching materials were compiled by the teachers and instructors of the Jinling University Hall and the Jinling Lecture Hall. It is necessary to give prominence to practical learning and apply it to the world, such as mathematics, surveying and mapping, agriculture, astronomy, calendar, geography, water conservancy, and so on. ”

The Taixue of the Song Dynasty all had these subjects, which were being taught in Jinling University, and their foundations could be divided into levels according to local conditions and taught to students at all levels.

Zhao Hong originally wanted to join steel smelting, industrial manufacturing, etc., but eventually gave up.

These more advanced things are more suitable for Jinling University Hall and Jinling Lecture Hall, as well as Taixue Teaching.