Looking at the noisy government officials in the audience, Li Jie and Liu E looked at each other silently.
Sure enough, things were exactly as expected.
Quarrel!
Endless noise!
Of course, there is a difference between this 'noisy' and a shrew's scolding. After all, this is the imperial court, and it is like that. A crime of 'impropriety' will definitely not escape.
The correct posture for a quarrel in front of the emperor is to have just finished speaking, and the opponent will immediately follow up and cite scriptures to refute the former as useless.
For example, Huang Zongdan, the judge of the Ministry of Quanhu, just said that the wealth of the three divisions is not enough to support the large-scale granting of academic fields to establish official schools.
However, as soon as his words came to light, Chen Yaozuo, the deputy envoy of Duzhi, expressed his opposition and directly refuted Huang Zongdan, saying that this was a secret exchange of ideas.
We have just held a funeral for the late emperor, and the wealth of the three divisions is indeed not much surplus.
But this is not much and is only relative. If you dig here and there, save here and there, you will be able to get a few million coins, which will definitely be no problem.
Of course, looking at more than 300 state capitals, millions of dollars are definitely not enough to afford it.
Not every state capital is like Yingtian Mansion. Many places don't even have a state school, or in other words, they don't even have an academy large enough to be promoted to a state school.
The cost of building a state school from scratch is huge.
Therefore, if we look at the whole world, Huang Zongdan's speech is not wrong. In the large-scale construction of prefectural schools, the three divisions must have more than enough ambition but insufficient strength.
Not only that, Huang Zongdan also used the banner of "fairness" to select a few states to establish state schools, which would be unfair to students in other state capitals.
Therefore, his point of view is to either build it together or delay it a little until the government's fiscal surplus is enough to support it, which is not too late.
Taken together, there is nothing wrong with Huang Zongdan’s argument.
After all, he only suggested postponement, not denial.
Whoever dares to mention that there is no education is the enemy of scholars in the world?
Who dares?
No one dares to do this!
Huang Zongdan's speech will certainly offend a group of people, but compared to those in the pilot program, most of the students in other programs will think of him favorably.
Regardless of ancient or modern times, the ownership of educational resources is a very sensitive topic.
In the past, except for a few well-known academies that were specially promoted to state schools, all academies in other places were the same, each based on their ability!
In this case, even if the educational resources of some state capitals are insufficient, local scholars will not be too harsh.
The only thing to blame is the lack of local support!
The imperial court is not to blame.
But if the pilot program for establishing schools is launched and the first batch of students are selected for the pilot program, the local scholars will definitely enjoy the blessings.
In places where there are no pilot projects, seeing this situation will inevitably make you feel unbalanced.
Besides, pilots, pilots are mainly for trial and error.
Is it wrong to start a school?
Can't go wrong!
This is political correctness!
Therefore, the establishment of prefectural schools does not need to be piloted slowly, and can be promoted nationwide!
As we all know, Huang Zongdan is Ding Wei's man.
Therefore, as soon as his speech ended, the ministers present all glanced to the left more or less.
That's where Ding Wei stood.
The prime minister is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, so he naturally has to stand in the best place.
With the east as the left and the left as the respect, the left head is the best position.
However, Ding Wei seemed to have no interest in speaking today. He had not spoken a word since the previous court, just like a clay statue in the temple.
Ding said that he was quiet and had to let others think more.
For example, is Huang Zongdan’s meaning the same as Ding Wei’s?
What does Ding Xiang mean?
If Huang Zongdan was the mouthpiece of Prime Minister Ding, why didn’t Prime Minister Ding stand up for him when Huang Zongdan was ‘surrounded’ by several people?
In addition, if Huang Zongdan had not obtained the approval of Prime Minister Ding, would he have been so bold?
Huang Zongdan can’t afford to wear the label of ‘preventing the establishment of schools’!
While the ministers were secretly speculating, Ding Wei was secretly proud of himself.
Make a noise!
Make a noise!
It would be best to annoy both the officials and the Queen Mother!
As the Prime Minister of the imperial court, Ding Wei naturally wanted to take some credit for the establishment of the school, but the current public opinion was not suitable.
I don’t know what the officials and the Queen Mother think, so they frequently let a selected person stand out?
Fan Zhongyan, is he really that good?
How can one be so virtuous as a mere candidate?
Fan Zhongyan appeared again and again in the imperial edicts, and Ding Wei also became somewhat curious about this life.
Not long ago, he specifically checked the records of Dazhong Xiangfu from the same year.
The result was not good. Fan Zhongyan's name was not even found. Later, after being reminded by his subordinates, he learned that Fan Zhongyan was still called "Zhu Shuo" when he was promoted.
Then I took another look, OK, I’m ranked 97th in Division B.
Not even a top three!
Ding Wei, who was ranked 97th in Division B, was so angry that he could receive this holy grace.
Of course, he would never admit that he was sour.
How could he criticize a selected person?
When you are the prime minister, are you jealous of your choice?
After that, Ding Wei felt the need to kill Fan Zhongyan for his arrogance.
Let’s mix the water first!
After the turmoil over Fan Zhongyan's letter subsided, he would continue to implement the strategy of establishing a school!
As for the money problem, it is not difficult to solve.
Ding said that although he was a master of financial management, he could not make something out of nothing. The current surplus of the three companies was indeed not enough to support the large-scale construction of state schools.
However, just because the court has no money does not mean that there are no other options.
How did the academy of Yingtian Academy come about?
The first is donations from gentry, the second is land granted by the court, and the third is local allocation.
This "one, two, three" is divided according to the source, and the amount donated by the squire is far greater than that directly given by the court.
The better the academy, the more enthusiastic the squires will donate.
Of course, the squire's money did not come from the strong wind, it had a purpose.
We’ve all donated money to stuff one or two of our own children into the academy, isn’t that too much?
Ding said that this was the idea of the "Squire". He had been in charge of the Third Division for many years in the past, and he knew very well whether the Squire had money.
When the time is right, one-third of the funding for the establishment of the school can be provided by the court, one-third by the local government, and the remaining one-third is "self-raised."
Ding said that this plan was also carefully considered. The country's finance and taxation implemented a three-part rule, with some being offered as tribute, some sent to envoys, and some left to the state.
If you allocate a sum of money to fund education, except for a few states with poor conditions, most other states should have no pressure.
With money, fair education will be established.
The squires can not only gain a good reputation but also gain profits (Sai people are admitted to school), and local officials can also gain a good reputation as scholars.
The court not only saved money, but also got things done.
In the end, Ding said he could take a considerable part of the credit.
Squire, locality, court, Ding Wei, four wins!
If you include the official family and the Queen Mother, it will be six wins!