"May I ask the Grand Governor, people's wisdom is the issue of education, right?" As soon as Liu Yi finished speaking, Xiong Yi couldn't help asking. If it was about education, these merchants were quite concerned about it. At present, the way for merchants to go up is nothing more than two paths. The first one is the simplest and direct. It has been since ancient times, that is, spending money to donate officials. Although the Ming Dynasty was not as crazy as selling official positions in the Qing Dynasty, there were no loopholes at all. On the contrary, in such troubled times as the late Ming Dynasty, examples of donating officials emerged one after another, and different levels and different cities were different. If you want to donate a large county magistrate, it might cost 50,000 yuan.

There are more than two. If it is a small county, maybe ten thousand taels are enough, but these can only be limited to official positions under the seventh rank, and it is impossible to go further. Officials who reach the sixth rank are basically under the control of the court, and they will not do so blatantly. The other way for merchants is to train their children. They must not have the opportunity to take the imperial examination, but their children may not be certain. For children who are excellent in school, a large family of merchants will be willing to raise them. Perhaps this child will be able to become a family in the future. Therefore, merchants even care more about education than many old masters.

Hearing Xiong Yi's question, Liu Yi said calmly: "You are right, but not all. The right to wisdom of the people must start from three places. The first thing to bear is education. In fact, this work is steadily promoted by the ten prefectures of Jiangnan, and Taiping Prefecture has basically achieved the goals set at the beginning. First of all, our compulsory education has begun to show results. Men and women under the age of fourteen have the right to receive education. Moreover, this is compulsory. I believe everyone knows how compulsory education is being promoted in Taiping Prefecture. This year, we have built two new blog posts and two girls' schools, Bo Xue, which has increased the number of girls' education.

It can be said that children under the age of fourteen in Taiping Prefecture, even if their families are extremely poor, will be funded by the government to complete the most basic three-year academic year. Not to mention any big work, at least there is no problem to recognize words. This is the importance of literacy that I keep mentioning. In the future, as long as I am a teenager in the ten prefectures in Jiangnan, I have to recognize words. The soldiers in the army have special cultural teachers, and all our soldiers must recognize words. Only by recognizing words can we have better thinking ability and implement subsequent policies. By fifty years later, I believe that no one on this land will recognize words."

After Liu Yi finished speaking, he looked below. A large group of people had two completely different reactions. The civil servants and generals on the New Army nodded frequently, obviously very supportive of this policy. The education of Taiping Prefecture has achieved today's achievements, and there are also contributions from these officials. However, the expressions on the faces of some officials from other places, especially some of the Sudi officials, were a little unnatural. Liu Yi's mouth raised slightly, and he certainly knew what these officials were thinking, "Haha, I am the governor.

I also know that some of you must have a resistant attitude towards this policy. Since ancient times, this reading has been the right of the upper class. Even in the Ming Dynasty, poor scholars had the opportunity to study, but everyone still had a deep-rooted concept. To be honest, the governor wanted to break the monopoly of studying. No matter who it is, all the people of China must have the right to receive education. Whoever dares to disobey or resist with all their might, don’t blame me for being ruthless."

Everyone's expressions changed drastically. Liu Yi was obviously not joking. People who came out of the sea of ​​blood would not joking with them. The officials understood that on this land, the new army was the heaven and the great governor was the heaven. His orders must be implemented. The new army never dragged on their work. Everyone bowed and said, "Abide by the order of the great governor." Liu Yi nodded and continued, "In addition, it is necessary to establish higher education and vocational education on the basis of compulsory education. The imperial court also has an Imperial College. This is essentially a supplement and sublimation of education. Those who can become a senior citizen and a doctor are all well-educated people. The ten prefectures in Jiangnan should also be like this. Compulsory education ends.

After that, if you can pass the exam, you will continue to rise. This year, we plan to establish a university called Jiangnan University, and set up an examination system. Those who pass the university exam can continue their studies and make greater knowledge. In addition, we are also preparing to establish Lugang Vocational College. Relying on the General Administration of Manufacturing, we will cultivate senior technical talents with considerable theoretical knowledge to enrich them in the General Administration of Manufacturing and all walks of life. In the future, more masters and craftsmen will be born in the Ten Prefectures of Jiangnan. At the same time, based on Confucianism, we should also advocate the controversy of hundreds of schools of thought, restore the cultural prosperity of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and give more people the opportunity to speak."

If Liu Yi's nature is to abolish the situation of Confucianism's solemnity, Confucianism has a desirable side, but it becomes more and more flavorful as it goes. But now, society still respects Confucianism, rashly shaking the status of Confucianism is not conducive to the development of education. This matter can only be gradually progressed. When other theories develop, Confucianism will naturally be weakened. Everyone does not understand these novel concepts, but they only have a vague concept. Since Liu Yi said this, he simply agrees. Liu Yi is too lazy to explain in detail. After implementing it in the future, they will naturally understand. "After the education is finished, we must talk about the second article of people's wisdom, democracy."

"Democracy?" Everyone made a buzzing sound again. An elderly official asked, "I dare to ask the Grand Governor, this democracy is not what the people do to make the decision." Liu Yi smiled and said, "That's right." "Oh, this is not, no." The old official immediately objected. Before he could continue, an official next to him, who was about the same age as him came out and said, "The Grand Governor has been working as the top and bottom since ancient times. We officials are called parents. How can children make decisions for their parents? Heaven, earth, king, parents, teachers, what do the people know? Wouldn't it be a mess?"

Liu Yi shook his head and said, "On the contrary! The people who are in charge of their own country will not only not happen what you said, but will promote social progress and better implementation of policies. Because people are the people who formulate the plan, there will be mistakes. The real executor is the people. Any decree we issue may affect thousands of people, so we must listen to their voices, and the most direct way is to give them the power to decide. Of course, I say this, not everything will be decided by the people in the future. This is also an empty talk. However, after discussing with the people of the Central Military Governor's Office, we formulated the simplest and most effective method, that is,

To implement the electoral system, in fact, this system has been implemented in the army. The small banner officials of each small banner are proclaimed by the soldiers of the entire small banner. So we need to expand this policy. In the future, the township and village heads and village heads under the jurisdiction of the ten prefectures in Jiangnan must be elected by the people, the village heads are proclaimed by the people of a village, and the township heads are proclaimed by several village heads. This progresses through layer by layer, which can solve the so-called situation where the imperial power does not go to the countryside and terminates at the county level. In this way, the democratic system of the two-level rural level can exert the enthusiasm of the general public to participate in politics, eliminate those who are not qualified for talent and morality, and put people who are beneficial to the people in a suitable position."

"Isn't this the Baojia system?" the old official asked again. "It can be said, or it can be said that it is not, or the more accurate explanation is the result of the more optimized Baojia system. The most fundamental difference between it and the Baojia system is that the Baojia system is passive, and the democracy at the village level is actively participated by the people." The old official stopped asking questions. Although he did not understand any democracy, Liu Yi made it clear that he thought about this from another perspective. The Grand Governor clearly wanted to completely grasp the rural and village levels in the hands of the Central Military Governor's Office. In the past, as long as the county magistrate was responsible, now the Central Military Governor's Office could extend his hand to every village. What is this to do? The old official smacked his tongue. He only dared to think about it, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. Liu Yi looked at these people's eyes and knew that they had thought wrong. If they were wrong or not, let them go. This matter must be done.

"Finally, we must pay attention to science and technology. The Taiping Manufacturing Administration has established an invention award. In the future, we will have more and more scientific and technological awards. At the same time, we must establish a system to protect intellectual property rights such as patent rights, copyrights, etc. For those who invent new things, the ownership of this new thing should belong to him. If others want to use it, they need to pay the fee. The same is true for writing books. The copyright should belong to the author. If others want to print and sell it, they also need to pay the fee. Everyone, you must know that science and technology are definitely not so-called strange skills, but real productivity.

, Why is the Ten Prefectures in Jiangnan so developed? It is precisely because the General Administration of Manufacturing transformed its technological power into civil and military products, so we must clarify a concept, science and technology are the real primary productive forces." Liu Yi threw out the last concept of civil wisdom, and everyone was in an uproar. Another official said: "Grandmaster, why? In the future, if you invent something new and write a book, you will have to protect it? Not to mention anything else, many officials like to copy books when they are at home without any trouble. If you say that you have to pay the authors to copy books by yourself?"
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