Chapter 1517: Major National Policy
Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, the later part of this charter is clear. The county should add a county school. This county school is no longer just like before, but is responsible for managing students. Instead, it directly opens a school to teach tutorials for various subjects. Scholars learn arithmetics and classics, and supplemented with some other knowledge. This is a child student. If you have achieved success in your studies, you can enter the provincial school to continue your studies. Of course, you still have to take the exam. The provincial school also lasts for three years. In the three years, the knowledge you learn needs to be more complicated. You can choose a subject according to the different preferences of the scholars. When the provincial school is successful, you will continue to take the exam. If you have achieved success in your studies, you will be more complicated in your studies. You can directly choose business, engineering, arithmetics, medicine and other subjects. If you have achieved success in your studies, you can be called a juren."
"If there are still people who want to further their studies, they can take the entrance examination of Xishan Academy. Cough cough... I think that if you can be a Jinshi if you can be a Chinese Academy of Xishan Academy and have excellent grades and are not eliminated, you can be a Jinshi."
To be honest, Fang Jifan was a little embarrassed.
Of course, this is also the result of Xishan Academy's efforts.
In the eyes of the deans and the great scholars of the academy, it is not an exaggeration to give a Jinshi who is so powerful that he can graduate here.
Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath and looked up at Fang Jifan: "If all counties, prefectures, and provinces set up schools, and they also specially hire professors and doctors to teach them, the school building will also have various teaching costs, which will cost a lot, right?"
Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, education is the foundation of the country. The benefits that a good talent can bring to the court and the Ming Dynasty are obvious. Therefore, my ministers think that the Ministry of Rites should allocate some of this fee, and in addition, various counties, prefectures, and provinces can also allocate some of it. In addition, the tuition fees for students can be raised."
Emperor Hongzhi sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his expression: "Once the memorials you have posted are released, I am afraid that the world will be shaken."
Fang Jifan said seriously: "Your Majesty, for Your Majesty, I will not frown before you. If I can do the Ming Dynasty, even if I die, I will never regret it. My Majesty believes that today has come to a situation that must be changed. Do you still remember to manage that workshop? What a workshop involves is already a lot of things, but the world is completely different from the past. In the past, there were only officials and civilians, but now they are scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, with a hundred flowers blooming. The categories involved in one industry and commerce are countless. Does Your Majesty think that people who read the classics and history can govern the area?"
Emperor Hongzhi was indeed deeply touched by this. He understood Fang Jifan's meaning very well. In fact, judging from the memorials of many local parents and officials, Emperor Hongzhi felt ridiculous because these people were completely different and knew nothing about new things in the local area, but they were very polite and made many jokes.
Fang Jifan continued: "The so-called "study and good at studying" will lead to official positions. But now the eight-part essays are taking scholars. If what you have learned enters the career of officialdom, it will harm the country. Please think twice. If the outside is shocked and the scholars are constantly scolding, the scholar wants to be this sinner, then the scholar can be this sinner."
Emperor Hongzhi saw Fang Jifan's resolute look.
In the past, Emperor Hongzhi and Fang Jifan were digging together the corner of the eight-legged essay. Scholars felt it hurt, but the pain was only within a controllable range.
But now... the corner of the wall has been dug almost.
It was time to see the picture and send them to the crematorium completely.
Emperor Hongzhi seems to be still weighing the trade-offs.
He knew the consequences of this matter.
After all, he is the emperor.
In the eyes of the emperor, there is no good or bad, only the pros and cons.
Emperor Hongzhi knew the harm of eight-legged essays.
However, in Fang Jifan's constitution, there was almost no scholar who could win scholars, and it completely extended the education model of Xishan Academy to the world.
In the future, no matter whether you are an official, a businessman, or a great scholar, you will have almost no scholar who will study the eight-part essay.
Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "I will continue to watch."
He continued to read, there were a lot of strategies to encourage children to enroll, and there were placement of enrollers...
Emperor Hongzhi looked at it very carefully. After more than an hour, Xiao Jing changed the tea after another. He handed it over. Emperor Hongzhi refused to drink it, and it became cold. He continued to take it down and replaced it with new hot tea, but Emperor Hongzhi still did not move.
Not only did he have to read it, but he was also constantly thinking in his mind.
After reading the charter twice, Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and looked at Fang Jifan meaningfully: "I am thinking about something."
Fang Jifan's feet were sore when he stood. After finally seeing His Majesty move, he suddenly felt a sense of tears in his eyes. He immediately said excitedly: "What are your Majesty thinking."
"Hope!" Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan: "The hope mentioned in Wang Qing's family."
Fang Jifan: "..."
Emperor Hongzhi had a serious expression and said, "He has always said that the fundamental reason for education lies in hope. I figured out what hope is."
Fang Jifan roughly understood the emperor's ideas and said, "Your Majesty, it's like the imperial examination. Why do scholars want imperial examinations? Isn't it because they can be officials? Being an official is their hope."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "This, I understand, what you mean is to make people benefit from reading? Is there no other reason?"
Fang Jifan thought for a while: "This..."
Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "What is hope and the truth... I naturally understand it, but... I still don't understand it very much, or in other words, I don't understand it deeply."
"Or otherwise..." Fang Jifan's mind was turning quickly. He looked at Emperor Hongzhi carefully and said, "Your Majesty finds some scholars to ask?"
Emperor Hongzhi was happy: "Okay, I'll ask you, why are you studying?"
Fang Jifan didn't expect that Emperor Hongzhi was the first to ask him. He said without hesitation: "Sons are of course studying for the sake of the country, and sons are of the sake of repaying the emperor's kindness."
Well, very confident!
Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "Look, I ask you why I study, and you say it is to serve me. If I summon other scholars to ask, I think they will answer the same way."
Fang Jifan: "..."
Damn, your majesty, you are quarreling.
Fang Jifan immediately said, "Your Majesty, my sons are different from other scholars."
Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said meaningfully: "Your constitution is very important. I know that this will benefit the court, but I still dare not make up my mind easily. So... I still want to know what hope is. Of course, I have to ask those scholars in person, but I cannot recruit them to the palace to ask. Otherwise, the answer I get will be like Jifan."
Fang Jifan was a little anxious, as if he had a misunderstanding, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please listen to my son's explanation."
Emperor Hongzhi was amused: "You don't need to explain, I naturally know that you are studying to serve me."
Even though he said this, Fang Jifan still didn't believe it.
However... Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi was still weighing the pros and cons, and he was a little unresolved.
Abolishing the national policy that the dynasty has been implemented for a long time and the system of ancestors is almost the same as the imperial examinations held during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is an unprecedented event. Only God knows how much resistance it will produce and how much destructive it will be.
Emperor Hongzhi had to be cautious.
He pondered: "A few days ago, there was a memorial saying that Wang Guang, the governor of Luzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili, was in charge and had good academic performance. Under his rule, his academic style was prosperous... I really wanted to see and see. Luzhou Prefecture is just a wall away from Fengyang, Zhongdu. I thought that such a great policy must be observed. I want to go to Zhongdu and go and take a look in the name of worshiping ancestors."
Touring Jiangnan?
Fang Jifan did not expect that Emperor Hongzhi had such great courage.
But when I think about it carefully, even though Taizu and Emperor Wen were there, the civil officials could not control wherever they wanted, and they did not dare to care. After that, the emperor, because the civil officials had more and more voices, had many obstacles to leaving the palace. Therefore, if the emperor was parading around, he would inevitably be opposed.
Now, it is obvious that the atmosphere has improved a lot, not to mention that it is still in the name of worshiping ancestors.
Emperor Hongzhi had a persistence in his eyes and said, "I will go to Luzhou Prefecture and see how the prefect of Luzhou Prefecture educates you, and then make a decision."
Fang Jifan said, "Your Majesty doesn't know when to set off?"
Emperor Hongzhi said: "It's better to be early than late in these few days. You and Wang Qing's family are also preparing for it. You will never be allowed to bring you with you at that time."
Fang Jifan was a little reluctant to go and went on a tour with Emperor Hongzhi, which was to seek retribution.
At this time, Fang Jifan said again: "As for this charter, I will not issue it for the time being. Yes, how many people have participated in the formulation of this charter, or did Jifan think it out?"
Fang Jifan coughed: "Dozens of people participated, they were all from the sons..."
Emperor Hongzhi: "..."
"Can they be warned in advance, not to disclose it?"
Fang Jifan: "..."
The king and his minister stared at each other, which meant...
Finally... Emperor Hongzhi understood everything: "Well, try the water temperature first. In the past few days, you will stay safe and don't add fuel to the fire."
"My son follows the order."
Fang Jifan bowed in shame and left.
The next morning, an order came out, and Emperor Hongzhi wanted to go to Zhongdu to report to his ancestors.
All officials did not seem to have much reaction to this.
Actually... everyone is used to it.
Even if someone wants to object in the name of wasting people's wealth and cream, if you think about it carefully, it seems that the money spent is not the treasury. The most important thing is that the risk is too great and it is not worth it.
OK!
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Chapter 2 is delivered, and there are at least two updates, at least... In addition, I also recommend a book by an old author, Magic Detective Firm. It is quite interesting, everyone can take a look.
Chapter completed!