"We must speed up the implementation of compulsory education in the whole city!"

Inside the government hall! Lu Dafang said urgently.

The expansion of the branch of the Taiyi Medical Bureau and the free education of the medical school aroused the enthusiasm of the whole people, which made the doctors lose face for a while.

According to Fan Zheng's compulsory education plan, the first step is compulsory education in the whole city, the second step is national compulsory education, and the third step is to implement free compulsory education in the country, so that the cultural governance of the Great Song Dynasty has reached its peak.

However, now that doctors have implemented free education, the first step of the Confucian plan has not yet begun to make compulsory education in the whole city.

"Lu Xianggong should not be anxious, there are many cities in the Great Song Dynasty, and it took three years for doctors to build hospitals to spread the hospitals throughout the Great Song Dynasty, and now the compulsory education in the whole city has just begun. Zhang Dan said solemnly.

Although the new party and the old party are incompatible, they are in the same vein as scholars, and their positions on the promotion of compulsory education in the whole city are the same.

"However, the doctor's ship is a good turn, there are not many schools needed, and the doctor itself can be profitable, even if it is free to learn medicine, the doctor can still be supplied! We can only survive on the education debt! Yang Wei said helplessly.

In this regard, doctors do have more advantages than Confucianism, and the major hospitals of doctors are all over the cities of the Great Song Dynasty, and employment is not a problem at all.

"That's right! The treasury bonds that Fan Zheng promised to issue can be in place! Lu Dafang suddenly asked.

Cai Jing nodded and said: "The first batch of education bonds of one million yuan of education bonds have all been underwritten by the Royal Bank, and now they have reached the household department, and the national eunuch can take them at any time. ”

"Good! After passing the order, Guozijian took the Great Song Dynasty and Sijing as the center to speed up the promotion of compulsory education in the city. Lu Dafang ordered.

At present, in the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, doctors and Confucianism are like a competition, speeding up the construction of the college, and doctors and Confucianism began to consciously compete for talents!

Confucianism has the advantage of being an official, and doctors have the advantage of being free, and the two can be said to have their own merits, and it is difficult to distinguish between them for a while.

"Qiqi official family, compulsory education in the city is very popular among the people, but there is a problem, that is, there is no master!" Dr. Zhang Yong of Guozijian said helplessly.

With the support of a large amount of money, the compulsory education in other three capitals was promoted quickly, but the problems also quickly appeared.

With the support of money, there is no shortage of school houses and students in compulsory education in the city, but the master has encountered a problem.

"No Master?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng on the side.

You must know that Fan Zheng proposed to his father to promote compulsory education in Kaifeng City, but it was a great success, and there was no lack of master at all.

Fan Zheng spread his hands and said: "Qiqi official family, when my father promoted compulsory education, he also encountered a lack of masters, so my father recruited people who came to Beijing to take the exam, so that these people can not only have a way to make a living, but also allow these people to reduce the time wasted traveling to and from their hometowns and prepare for the exam in Beijing." ”

Hundreds of officials can't help but draw, no wonder Kaifeng City is not short of masters, just go to Beijing to take the exam is the best master in the world, and there are many of them. Coupled with the local masters, Kaifeng City not only lacked masters, but also the competition was quite fierce.

"In that case, why don't the other Sanjing use Kaifeng's formula?" Zhao Xu asked.

Zhang Yong said with a wry smile: "The official family doesn't know, the reason why Kaifeng City does not lack masters is because many Kaifeng cities are the best places in the world, and the master's income is higher, plus many people in distant places are unwilling to waste time going back and forth, so they are willing to stay in Kaifeng as a master, but the other three capitals are not the place of the palace test, and there are very few candidates who are willing to serve as masters." ”

Lu Dafang frowned and said: "Although the other three capitals are not the places of the palace test, they are the places of the hospital test, and they can't recruit people at all, can't they recruit talents?" ”

Zhang Yong spread his hands and said: "It is true that Xiucai came to Sanjing to participate in the hospital examination, but Xiucai are all from this house, and the time required to travel is not much, and the cost of staying in Sanjing is quite large, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"Then they need the master's job even more." Zhang Duan frowned.

Zhang Yong nodded and said: "That's true, serving as a master can indeed make a living, but serving as a master also requires teaching and educating people, so it will waste a lot of time, which is not conducive to the preparation of candidates for the exam at all." So................... ”

Fan Zheng added: "So they would rather go home and rely on their backs than stay in Sanjing as masters and wait for the hospital exam." ”

The hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty nodded sympathetically, the examination of the imperial examination is to cross a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops, and if they are negligent, they will fall behind, if it is them, they are probably not willing to serve as masters to delay the imperial examination.

"How's that to be?" The scholars frowned.

The compulsory education in the whole city is the merit of a group of scholars and doctors, and now it has just begun to reveal the biggest shortcoming.

"Fan Taicheng, do you have a good prescription?" Zhao Xu habitually asked Fan Zheng for advice.

Fan Zhenglang said: "It's very simple to recruit a master, and you adults also know this in your hearts, but you don't want to use it!" ”

"Oh! There is such a thing! Zhao Xu was puzzled.

The hundreds of officials were also silent.

Cai Bian is a good man, and said helplessly: "The method Fan Taicheng said must be that it is not enough to recruit talents, so recruit children, if there are not enough children, people who can read and write can be done." ”

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, Sanjing is my great Song Dynasty, and there are many literate people, I think it is more than enough to find Tong Sheng as a master." ”

Yang Wei was the first to object: "Although this method can recruit enough masters, but it is uneven, the education of the whole city is a century-old plan of the Great Song Dynasty, how can it be indiscriminately filled." ”

The other officials also nodded, this is exactly what they are worried about, if the compulsory education in the whole city is promoted, then the gap of masters in the world will be even greater, and lowering the standard is just drinking to quench thirst!

Lu Dafang added: "This is just the implementation of compulsory education in Sanjing has encountered such a problem, in the future, to promote compulsory education to the cities of the Great Song Dynasty, and even to promote compulsory education throughout the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the required master will be astronomical, how can it be solved so rashly." ”

Fan Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "So, do you want Xiucai and Juren to serve as masters?" ”

The hundred officials were guessed to think, and they couldn't help but be a little arrogant.

In the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, many of the masters in Kaifeng City were held by people, and the lowest was Xiucai, while the other three capitals were Tongsheng as masters, and the difference between them was really different, which naturally made the other three capitals dissatisfied.

Fan Zheng smiled and said: "If you want to raise people and show talents as masters, it is not without a way, but I am afraid that you will not dare to use it!" ”

"Teaching the way of the saint and promoting education for all is the century-old plan of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as the people of the world can be taught the way of the saint, even if it is an evil prescription, the old man will still use it!" Lu Dafang said impassionedly.

In Lu Dafang's view, promoting education for all is the greatest glory of literati, and as the prime minister of the dynasty, he will naturally not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"That's easy! According to the records of the imperial court, in the imperial examination of our dynasty, the average age of the Zhongju was twenty-nine years old, and the average age of the Zhongjinshi was about thirty-four years old, that is, once a person passed the age of thirty-five, his talent and knowledge were fixed, and it was almost impossible to make further progress. Fan Zhengzheng said.

Many officials nodded slightly, they had personally experienced the imperial examination, and naturally knew that Fan Zheng was right.

Lu Dafang was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of twenty-two, and Zhang Dian was also admitted to the Jinshi at the age of twenty-two, but his nephew Zhang Heng of the same clan was admitted to the top prize.

Two years later, he took the imperial examination again, and finally entered the scholar and the first place in the Kaifeng government examination, which was the official.

Not to mention Su Song, he is also a twenty-two-year-old jinshi and first.

can even rank in the court, most of them are young and middle-aged, otherwise they would not be able to climb such a high-ranking official.

"So if the court wants to show off talents and raise people to serve as masters, then it must limit the age of the imperial examination, and Fan thinks that thirty-five years old is the best!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Limit the age of the imperial examination!"

There was an uproar among the officials, and everyone knew that as soon as this party came out, the world's movers would definitely be in an uproar, after all, they had spent their lives in poverty for the imperial examination, but now above the court, they suddenly said that they would not be allowed to take the exam, how could they accept it.

"Not bad! Only by limiting the age of the imperial examination, and after the age of 35, will they choose to become masters, otherwise once they embark on the road of the imperial examination, they will not accept their fate anyway. Fan Zheng spread his hands.

The hundred officials were silent again, as Fan Zheng said, unless they were disheartened and took the initiative to go into hiding and give up the imperial examination, it was common for black-haired children and white-haired old men to sit in the same room during the imperial examination, and it was not without officials in their sixties and seventies who were in the middle of the jinshi.

"But if the age is restricted, wouldn't it be a legacy of talents!" Zhao Xu said worriedly.

The Great Song Dynasty did not think of the idea of limiting the age, but allowing countless elderly people to participate in the imperial examination was enough to show the royal benevolence.

"Not bad! At that time, Jiang Ziya was over 70 years old, and he fished with a straight hook, which finally attracted the appreciation of Xibo Hou Jichang, and finally he was determined to achieve a great cause in old age! Yang Wei said proudly.

Other officials also nodded their heads, citing many examples of old age and ambition.

Fan Zheng explained: "Jiang Ziya's example is because there was no imperial examination back then, and now my Great Song Dynasty governs the country according to Wenwen, and the imperial examination is the most fair selection of materials in all dynasties. ”

Zhao Xu couldn't help but look proud, for the imperial examination of the Great Song Dynasty was the most fair in the world, which made him quite complacent.

"As for other examples of old age, it does happen, but at present, my Great Song Dynasty officials retired at the age of sixty, and Yin Shu, the oldest champion in the Tang Dynasty, was seventy years old at the time of the champion, if it happened in my dynasty, the front foot was awarded the official, and the back foot retired, what is the meaning!" Fan Zheng said viciously.

"Ugh!"

Suddenly Zhao Xu was speechless,

Other officials are also silent, according to the benefits of the Great Song Dynasty, officials retire at the age of sixty, if there is no limit on the age of the imperial examination, there is really a possibility that the situation mentioned by Fan Zheng will happen in the end.

"Since it is a child, it is limited to twenty years old, and if you haven't taken the exam at the age of twenty, then you don't need to take the test again!" Fan Zheng said directly.

"Tongsheng!"

The corners of Baiguan's mouth twitched, so that there would probably be no gray-haired old boys in the imperial examination anymore.

However, Baiguan can't refute it, after all, Tong Sheng is a young student as the name suggests, and if he hasn't been admitted to Xiucai at the age of twenty, his chances of wanting to be a jinshi in the future are very small.

Children are limited to 20 years old, and the imperial examination is limited to 35 years old, which means that there are only 15 years of imperial examination time.

"There are only fifteen years of imperial examination time, according to the three-year session, it is only five sessions, there are only five chances, is that too harsh!" Zhang Dian objected.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "My Great Song Imperial Examination is not five chances, the Enke of the court is continuous, almost an average of two imperial examinations every three years, since this is the case, then simply, one imperial examination a year, fifteen opportunities, just the same as the original imperial examination time that a person can participate in in his life, so that the chances of the imperial examination in his life have not decreased, even if he has not been admitted at the age of thirty-five, he can still have the road to be a master!" will not waste a lifetime of time for the imperial examination. ”

Although the benefits of the imperial examination are huge, the cost of those who fail is also very great, many people waste their lives, and in the end it is just a dream, and it may be the best outcome to stop losses in advance before the age of thirty-five.

"Once a year?"

The hundred officials couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't help but think about it, if the world was directly allowed to raise people at the age of 35 to restrict the imperial examination, it would definitely cause anger among the masses.

If according to what Fan Zheng said, let the number of imperial examinations for the world's people remain unchanged, it will definitely be able to calm the anger of the people, and it can also take the opportunity to solve the livelihood of the people who have failed to make the list, and by the way, solve the problem of the lack of masters in the city's education.

"But how to appease the talented people who are now overage!" Lu Dafang finally moved, and now the biggest problem is the overage lifters, who have the most losses.

Fan Zheng raised his head and looked at Zhao Xu and said, "Then there is only one way, Enke!" ”

"Enko!"

Zhao Xu's heart moved, knowing that this was the best way, if he wanted to satisfy the overage Xiucai and Juren, there was only one way, let him take the imperial examination again, and those who won the list would be officials, and those who failed would be the masters, which could be regarded as having a livelihood.

"What do you think of this?" Zhao Xu looked around at Baiguan and asked.

The eyes of the hundred officials suddenly focused on Lu Dafang, and now Lu Dafang wants to promote compulsory education in the whole city, and let Xiucai and Juren be masters, this is probably the only way.

Lu Dafang gritted his teeth and said: "For the sake of the way of the saint to benefit all the people, the old man would rather be this wicked man!" ”

He knew that even if Fan Zheng's evil prescription had benefited everyone as much as possible, there would still be people who were dissatisfied with it, and if he wanted to get the reputation of letting all people be the way of a saint, then he must be a wicked person who limited the age of the imperial examination! (End of chapter)