In August of the seventh year of Yongjing's reign, Rende Hall of Luoyang Palace.
"Your Majesty, this is the list of enrollment quotas for ten universities in the sixteen states of Yanyun! Your Majesty, please take a look."
Xiao Chuo was wearing a black and white Confucian uniform. Her beauty showed a bit of competence, and her slender red and phoenix eyes shone with a shrewdness that did not match her age.
Luo Youdu was in high spirits and said: "Bring it quickly!" More than a year has passed since the Khitan was destroyed. During this time, Luo Youdu mainly spent his energy on three things.
The promotion of silver coins and gold coins, the major project of transferring people from the south to the north, and education.
The promotion of silver coins and gold coins has been very smooth. People all over the world have a certain understanding of the value of gold and silver, but it has never been officially recognized.
Now the government has specially defined the value for it, which has quickly gained popularity and temporarily alleviated the problem of difficulty in carrying long-distance trade currencies for commodities.
The process of transferring people from the south to the north had its ups and downs, but they were overcome by the imperial court and local officials.
The turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms caused great harm to the north, especially the several southern expeditions of the Khitan, not to mention all kinds of massacres, and the forced migration of the population to the south and north of the desert.
Dayu's economic center of gravity is in the Central Plains and in the south, so that the Central Plains and the south are getting richer and richer, and there are more and more people, and there is a crowded situation. On the contrary, the population in the north is never satisfied.
This situation is not a good thing. Only Hebei Youzhou can control the situation, and Monan Mobei and Liaodong will not be in chaos.
Youzhou in Hebei Province is barren and weak. How can you convince the ethnic minorities in southern and northern Mobei?
In fact, the policy of transferring people from the south to the north has been implemented by the Dayu court for three years, with various preferential treatment, but the harvest is not obvious. After all, the development of the Central Plains and Jiangnan is obvious to all. Who is willing to abandon the prosperous place and develop in a desolate place?
Faced with this situation, Luo Youdu lost patience. After pacifying the Khitans, he took tough measures from the beginning of the sixth year of Yongjing's reign. According to their household registration, the people who had fled from the north to the south were forcibly deported back to their hometowns. As for those local ruffians and unemployed vagrants,
They are all on the move.
As expected, once this policy was implemented, it immediately caused considerable turmoil.
However, this matter was a long-term national policy. The attitude of the whole court was consistent, and it was not hindered by the war. The turmoil quickly subsided. As the population increased, resources from all aspects were gathered towards the north, and it was already a prosperous scene.
As for education, it goes without saying that education is a major plan for the country. No matter how hard it is, students cannot be hurt, and no matter how poor we are, we cannot deprive education.
In response to the experience of previous generations, Luo Youdu carried out certain reforms in the imperial examination. He imposed restrictions on the candidates who participated in the imperial examination, and also abolished the tradition of official recommendation quotas. Students in the field strictly followed the procedures of rural examination, state examination, provincial examination and palace examination.
At the same time, a back door has been opened on this basis: local graduates can skip the provincial examinations and state examinations and directly take the provincial examinations with their university diplomas, thus encouraging more students to enter university.
For each imperial examination, Luo Youdu would ask the Imperial College to compile a list, record the number of successful candidates in each subject, list a ranking based on the schools behind them, and grant different awards and even financial support.
The learning atmosphere in the south is strong, and in the face of a good educational environment, many figures have emerged. The north has a small population and has been ruled by the Khitan for many years, so it is inferior to the south in many aspects.
The situation in the north is closely related to Mobei, Monan, and Liaodong. Luo Youdu paid far more attention to the north than the south.
Xiao Chuo presented the information in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I discovered an interesting situation."
"explain!"
Luo Youdu looked at Xiao Chuo in front of him with a smile, and his eyes fell on the list presented by the other party, but he was quite emotional in his heart. This little girl is really amazing, and she really has the talent for politics.
Luo Youdu's original idea was to give Xiao Chuo the status of a female official and let her be responsible for the education of princes, princesses and children of noble families, just like the doctor Han Lanying in history and the five daughters of the Song family in the Tang Dynasty.
Xiao Chuo cherished this opportunity very much. After finishing her job, she took advantage of her status as an assistant teacher in the Imperial College to mingle with her colleagues in the Imperial College. Especially Qi Tongwen, the supervisor of the Imperial College, was even more happy for Xiao Chuo, especially
He accepted her as his student.
This Qi Tongwen was no ordinary person. He was a famous educator in Chinese history and a student of Yang Cui, the founder of Suiyang Academy. Suiyang Academy was the predecessor of Yingtian Academy, one of the four major academies, and is now Yingtian University.
Qi Tongwen inherited his teaching career and continued to run schools in Suiyang Academy. He was known as "Mr. Suiyang". Historically, there were fifty or sixty students who graduated from Suiyang Academy in the early Northern Song Dynasty.
When Luo Youdu chose the Imperial College, he issued three decrees in succession, and then he invited Qi Tongwen from Yingtian University to Gyeonggi to serve as the Imperial College's Prime Minister and prime minister of world education.
Xiao Chuo already had a reputation as a talented woman. After being accepted as a disciple by Qi Tongwen, she replaced the former Emperor Zhou E and became the most talented woman in the capital.
Xiao Chuo was also at home in the Imperial College. In the name of his disciple's assistant mentor, he assisted him in handling the official affairs of the Imperial College and was successfully promoted to Doctor of the Imperial College.
One of the reasons why Xiao Chuo was promoted so quickly was his own ability, but having a sister who was a concubine with military achievements was also the key. She has never been taboo about her identity, and she will not have any psychological burden when using her sister. She is a born politician
thinking.
Luo Youdu paid close attention to education and often contacted the Imperial College to understand the education situation in various places.
Xiao Chuo took on this task again by virtue of his special status.
Xiao Chuo said: "The literary style in the south of the Yangtze River is at its peak, and their overall achievements are better than those in the north of the Central Plains."
Luo Youdu was quite helpless when he heard this. It was true that Jiangnan's literary style was extremely prosperous, which directly led to their overall cultural level being higher than other places. Half of them were students from Jiangnan who were awarded imperial examinations and high school Jinshi.
The other half is divided equally into Central Plains, North, Bashu, Guanzhong, Longyou and Liangzhou.
"I paid attention to the results from the North and South Universities this year and found that students from the north performed better in mathematics and physics than students from the south."
Xiao Chuo knew that Luo Youdu was worried about the cultural differences between the north and the south, and there was a bit of joy in his tone.
Luo Youdu was startled when he heard this. He didn't notice this detail at all. He took the information in his hand and looked at it carefully. It was just as Xiao Chuo said. Northern students accepted mathematical knowledge very quickly, but it was students from the south who accepted it very quickly.
This aspect is not ideal, especially the average grade.
He frowned slightly, thought carefully, and figured out the reason. That was probably the case.
Jiangnan attaches great importance to literature, and they are proud to be Jinshi in high school. As for subjects such as Ci, Yue Mu, Ci Biao and Wenyuan, Xianliang Fangzheng, Maocai and other subjects, Wenjingbang and Guoke, etc., they are not considered. Only for
Only those who lack confidence or fail to pass the exam will choose other subjects.
Among them, mathematics and science are the least favored by students from Jiangnan, but even so, the candidates for mathematics and science in recent sessions are still mainly from Jiangnan and Central Plains.
Now it has achieved a lead, mostly because of practicality.
Literature is more pretentious than practical. On the contrary, mathematics and science can be integrated into life.
Hebei and Youzhou are pilot areas for the implementation of silver coins and gold coins. Coupled with population migration, everything is waiting to be done. Whether it is construction, trade, or even measurement, it is all related to mathematics.
It is used everywhere in life, so naturally there are people who want to learn it. The new mathematics and science textbooks have just come out not long ago. There is not much difference between the north and the south, so it is easy to catch up.
Luo Youdu glanced at Xiao Chuo and said, "Why do you think that is?"
Xiao Chuo said: "I think the key is to be pragmatic."
"What a pragmatic person!" Luo Youdu laughed and praised: "Well said, I prefer pragmatism and truth-seeking to exaggeration. I just feel that if we all have one head and two eyes, who will lose?"
He remembered that the cultural gap between the north and the south was more exaggerated in history. Faced with this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang even had to create a north-south list and a north-south volume to calm the differences between the north and the south.
This kind of north-south list and north-south scroll have certain drawbacks, and will cause serious regional factional differences.
However, during the Ming Dynasty, the northerners had been in decline for hundreds of years, and the cultural development of each other was no longer at the same level. There was no distinction between the north and the south, and the north would never be able to stand out.
Zhu Yuanzhang separated the northern and southern lists, and the northern and southern lists were a helpless move. He could not really ignore them and directly cause confrontation.
The situation faced by the Yu Dynasty was much better. The northern land fell not long ago, but there was a gap between the north and the south, but it was not obvious, and it was not like there was no one in the north.
However, the cultural level of students from the south of the Yangtze River is indeed better than that from the north. Even if Luo Youdu was determined to protect the dignity of the students from the north when he was admitted to officials in various subjects, the final result was that the majority of students from the south were successful.
Faced with this situation, some people in the court suggested separate examinations, of course not the Northern and Southern examinations, but the Khitan examinations, the Korean examinations and even the Japanese examinations.
The cultural level of the Khitan, Goryeo, and Japanese countries is far inferior to that of the Han people. They would suffer too much in the exam together. It is better to give them preferential treatment so that they can better understand the kindness of the emperor.
Luo Youdu was worried that giving too much preferential treatment would make the other party feel superior, and that special treatment would prevent him from integrating better, so he has been unable to make a decision.
Today's incident has completely strengthened his belief in safeguarding fairness. Cultural differences are temporary. If regional differences really develop, it will last a lifetime.
Luo Youdu looked at the information in his hand and felt happy.
"Your Majesty... Mr. Pang is requesting an audience. He has urgent information from the Privy Council."
Luo Youdu wanted to chat with Xiao Chuo for a few words, but when he suddenly received the news, he waved the other person away and invited Pan Mei into the palace.
"Your Majesty! News came from Guohua that there was a riot in the copper mine in Dongchuan County. The Gao family and the Yang family sent troops to quell the riot at the same time. They wrote a letter to apologize to Your Majesty, saying that they had mismanaged it and were shameless to continue to manage it. They were willing to give way to Dongchuan County.
Sichuan County, please return it to Your Majesty."
Luo Youdu's eyes narrowed and he said quietly: "You can fool me by pretending that I am a three-year-old child? Where is Ouyang? What news does he have?" Pan Mei took a secret letter from her arms and said: "This is sent by Governor Ouyang.
of."
Luo Youdu opened the secret letter. The content of the letter was exactly as he imagined. He smiled and said, "It's time to calculate the time. It's time for Dali to come back."