Chen Jue seemed to be very interested in the reforms Liu Yi mentioned, so he ordered him to explain it in detail.

Chen Jue's way of pretending not to know anything made Liu Yi think that the discussion about education reform with His Majesty in the Wenhua Hall yesterday was a dream.

With Chen Jue's permission, Liu Yi took out another memorial and said, "Your Majesty, the reformed education law mentioned by me and how to implement it are all in this memorial. Please read it."

Hearing this, Chen Jue seemed to be a little interested, "Go and bring up the memorial, let me take a look."

Hearing this, Liu Zhong, who was beside Chen Jue, trotted down quickly and took the memorial from Liu Yichen with both hands.

Then he respectfully handed it to Chen Jue with both hands.

Chen Jue took the memorial and opened it with his right hand.

He quickly read through the contents of the memorial, and his expression became more and more joyful.

Seeing His Majesty's expression, the group of ministers below looked sideways at Liu Yi, each greeting flashing in their mind.

What kind of reforms did this man write that made His Majesty so happy?

Seeing His Majesty's grammatical expressions of joy, several elderly ministers couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts, and had a bad feeling about to come.

But they soon had their answer.

After he read the memorial, Chen Jue smiled and said, "Liu Qing's intention is exactly what I am. You should also take a look."

He handed the memorial to Liu Zhong again, "This matter is of great importance. After reading it, do you think this method is feasible?"

The ministers, who still didn't know what was written in the memorial, looked puzzled.

It was not until they saw the contents of this memorial that their expressions were surprised and suspicious, just like when Wang Yuanqi, Su Xing, Liu Yi and others learned about the contents of the education reform, they were still surprised.

I even thought it was incredible, thinking how could anyone come up with such an idea?

"Your Majesty, please don't charge lightly!"

The person who took the lead to stand up this time was wiser and said "don't accept it lightly" rather than "can't".

Chen Jue raised his eyebrows and asked him, "Why? Isn't it good to build a school so that the children of Chen State can learn, read and understand?"

"Uh..." This is really hard to answer. Yu Shushang can't say bad, right?

If he really answered like this, Your Majesty would have done well not to drag him down immediately!

It is true that this reform is indeed good for Chen Guo, but... what good will this do to their family?

But seeing that His Majesty seemed very interested in this reform, he didn't know what to choose.

Yu Shushang thought about how to ask his Majesty to give up this idea, "Your Majesty, please think twice. Building a large number of schools is time-consuming, manpower and money."

Now that the imperial mausoleum is being built, and another school is being built, the people will only be miserable, and there may be a public rebellion."

After Yu Shushang finished speaking, he raised his head and took a cautious look at His Majesty.

"Arouse people's rebellion?" Chen Jue stood up and walked around Long'an, walked to the front and stood with his hands behind his hands, frowning in thought, as if he was thinking about Yu Shushang's words.

Liu Yi looked around and then at His Majesty. Not many people agreed to reform education.

When I learned about this yesterday, I was quite horrified and even thought that His Majesty was having some wild imagination.

But after what His Majesty said, I feel that reforming education is a good reform.

Liu Yi comes from a poor family, and he understands better than everyone present how difficult it is for a poor family to learn and read.

Not for himself, Liu Yi only wanted a future for all the children in the world who were born into poor families.

Therefore, when His Majesty did not speak, Liu Yi stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, what Yu Shangshu said is right, but the education reform focuses on the people. If this matter is successful, all the children in our Chen country can read and be literate.

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"Young boy!" Yu Shushang frowned and scolded Liu Yi angrily, "Your idea is very good, but we must also consider the current situation. The imperial mausoleum is still under construction, and now it is said that it will build a school. It is so wasteful for people and money, what do you think?

Force the people to rebel?"

Yu Shushang did not say how this reform would be, but only said that this reform would waste people and money, and would lead to rebellion among the people.

There has been a civil uprising before, so I think Your Majesty will think carefully about it this time.

Yu Shushang looked at His Majesty and saw that His Majesty's expression was unstable, which made him unable to understand His Majesty's thoughts.

On the one hand, Liu Yi said that the education reform was beneficial to the people, and on the other hand, Yu Shushang said that the reform was a waste of people and money. Both of them seemed to be reasonable.

Some people agreed with Liu Yi, and some agreed with Yu Shushang. Because of this, the two parties quarreled fiercely in the court.

Listening to these words, Su Xing, who was responsible for recording His Majesty's daily notes, glanced at Chen Jue who was standing at the top.

I thought that His Majesty would retreat from his desire to reform education when he saw so many courtiers’ opposition!

Alas! None of this has anything to do with him now. He is not just a common man!

Su Xing sighed, thinking about when His Majesty would no longer let him be a servant, and wrote down a note of His Majesty's words and deeds.

On the other side, Chen Jue was not surprised at all when he saw the courtiers arguing with each other in the court hall.

Since ancient times, there have been debates about reform, and he had long expected it.

Therefore, even if they disagree, Chen Jue will not change his mind about reforming education.

"Okay, stop arguing, it's giving me a headache!"

As soon as the words fell, the ministers who were still arguing instantly fell silent and looked towards Chen Jue.

Chen Jue rubbed his forehead, his eyes swept across the group of courtiers, and finally landed on Cui Zhongli, "Why doesn't Cui Qing say anything today?"

"Tell me what you think." He said.

"Your Majesty, I think the education reform proposed by Liu Shilang is feasible."

As soon as these words came out, those who objected immediately looked at Cui Zhongli with surprise in their eyes, "Cui Shangshu!"

Cui Zhongli did not leave them and continued: "But your colleagues are right. What if the people are allowed to work instead of taxes? I think this problem can be solved by using work instead of taxes."

"If a common family has a labor force, one person will be exempted from taxes for half a year, and then food and wages will be distributed."

“Work in lieu of tax?”

Chen Jue thought carefully about the plan proposed by Cui Zhongli and felt that it was feasible.

The tax system for the people of Chen State was based on head count. During the autumn harvest, every household had to pay taxes based on their head count with grain and money.

That is to say, the more children a household has, the more taxes it pays. As a result, many people cannot afford to pay this tax.

Chen Jue could know this because Mrs. Wang told him.

It is also a good idea to use "work in lieu of taxes" as Cui Zhongli said.

But in this way, the imperial court undoubtedly needs a large amount of money as a backing.

Whether it is food or wages distributed, it will not be a small amount.

Here the Ministry of Finance disagrees again.

"Your Majesty, I am not going to refute Cui Shangshu, but if I want to do what Cui Shangshu said, I will need a large amount of money and food. Where can the Ministry of Revenue get it?"

Moreover, the construction of a school cannot be completed in one or two years. What if something happens in the middle and it is delayed?
Chapter completed!