Chapter 162 Elementary education? Teaching by subject?
After several days of intense exams.
Changsun Chong, Yuchi Baolin, Du Gou, Qin Ruochan...
In short, except for Qin Huaidao who already had an official status, most of the younger generation of sons of the princes took part in the imperial examination.
After the exam, we gathered together and nervously compared answers to each other and talked about our exam experiences.
What they have in common is...
Everyone is very nervous about their future and destiny.
More than ten days passed.
The results of the college entrance examination are finally announced...
Thanks to the precepts and deeds of the Duke's family, these young people's grades varied from "A" to "B", but they all passed the exam, and each of them has a real place to go.
That feeling is completely different from the previous feeling of being forced into the officialdom with the help of my father's influence.
The people around them were either from aristocratic families who were still licking their faces and working around power and making money, or they were people from humble families who worked hundreds of times harder than them and had extremely outstanding abilities, completely outperforming them.
The children of the Duke of Guo are different from these two groups. On the one hand, their background is indeed much better than that of the poor family, but compared to the children of the five surnames and seven eyes, their glorious family background makes them more shameless than these dudes.
If you do a job that you are not good at, you will always be looked at strangely by people from a humble family.
At the same time, if you don't dare to hang out with the children of these aristocratic families, you will really "lose the prestige of your family".
Being in a very subtle and awkward passive position...
But after this big exam, everyone has a new official status and a new place to go!
You can do things that you are really good at, you can show off your talents, and you can compete with outstanding young people in the world. It is simply a perfect experience that you will never have in your dreams.
And they know... that person has contributed a lot to all of this!
The word "Confucian Immortal" is indeed not a wasted reputation...
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Imperial College!
It is also the highest institution for cultivating talents in Datang tradition.
Wang Fuchou, as the top scholar in the Tang Dynasty, was the Grand Priest of the Imperial Academy.
His power is not important, but his status is transcendent and no one in the world disrespects him.
Even though Changsun Wuji's son had recently arrived, Wang Fuchou treated him normally.
Without real talent, there is no way you can expect to be valued and cultivated by me, Wang Fuchou.
On this day, Wang Fuchou was revising history books.
This is also one of the important functions of the Imperial College.
I was concentrating on reading when suddenly someone came to report,
"Dai Jijiu, there is a manuscript left behind. Do you want to read it?"
"The lost manuscript? Whose is it?"
"The large sacrificial wine has no signature on it."
"If you don't want to look at it, just put it there first."
Wang Fuchou shook his head.
Although he is only the chief minister of the Imperial College and not the prime minister of the country, he is still the highest official of the Imperial College. He has to take care of seven or eight thousand things every day. Of course, he cannot personally deal with every situation.
Therefore, although it is not too common for someone to leave a manuscript behind, it is undoubtedly not a big deal.
Wang Fuchou simply put it aside and continued to revise his history books...
After a while...
Two or three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Wang Fuchou was also a little tired and called someone over.
"Master Wang, what are your orders?"
"Help me buy some cakes and ask someone to send a message to my house. I won't go back for dinner today."
Thinking of the grievances of his wife and children at home, Wang Fuchou had to sigh with emotion.
This Imperial College is not as peaceful as outsiders see it.
While waiting for others to buy cakes, Wang Fuchou also moved his shoulders.
He is still not used to the charcoal writing that has become popular in Chang'an recently, and using a brush is very taxing on his shoulders.
During the break, Wang Fuchou suddenly discovered a stack of manuscripts on the table.
What's this?
When I picked it up and looked at it, I remembered that someone had left a manuscript near the Imperial College.
The Imperial College is an important place and no casual people are allowed to enter or exit easily, so this manuscript is obviously written by someone from the Imperial College.
As for where it comes from...
Wang Fuchou naturally didn't know, so he opened it and took a look.
The content is not the lecture notes of the Imperial College, reading experience, etc., but a strange name.
"National Literacy Education Plan"
“National literacy? Isn’t this a joke?”
When Wang Fuchou saw this title, his first reaction was two words.
absurd!
Literacy for all is a wonderful thing.
But in fact, paper, pen and ink all cost money.
Now that the imperial examination edict has appeared, it is a little better with this motivation.
In the past, no matter how much people tried to pretend to be scholars, paper, pen and ink still cost money.
Who is okay? Who would spend money on something they can’t eat?
Even though paper, pen and ink are now cheap, with the imperial examination, it is possible to become an official and get a salary after studying, and the people have real motivation.
But others don't know the actual situation among the people. As the chief official of the Imperial College, how could Wang Fuchou not know it.
Even with power, paper, pen and ink are cheap.
But a large number of people have always been conservative in their ideas, and they will always be suspicious of anything that cannot realize value immediately.
For example, this imperial examination, who knows whether it will disappear again in the future?
After studying hard for so many years, wouldn’t it be a loss if it came to nothing? Using these time to grow food in exchange for something delicious is not safer than studying.
This idea may seem stupid, but in an era of frequent famines, I'm sorry to say that this is really not stupid, but rather a clever idea.
Wang Fuchou was very aware of this matter, so when he saw the words "universal literacy", his first reaction was disdain.
But after all, it is something that comes from the Imperial College. It is a break anyway, so there is no harm in just watching it for fun.
So I continued reading.
However……
As he watched, Wang Fuchou's face gradually showed a serious look.
When I saw the end, my eyes were full of horror.
Incredible.
"Elementary education? Teaching in different subjects?"
"newspaper?"
"Wait...choose people based on their aptitude?!"
There are countless new words and concepts in this manuscript.
Wang Fuchou was confused at first, but the manuscript also contained explanations of these terms.
Looking at this, he felt like he couldn't help himself.
Primary school education is taught in different subjects.
This made Wang Fuchou feel that he had entered a new world!
This idea is absolutely brilliant!
Some time ago, His Majesty issued an edict to conduct examinations on all subjects of the imperial examination.
Wang Fuchou felt that this idea was really wonderful. In this way, "specialists" who are more powerful than generalists in various fields can be selected, and at the same time, the risk of unrest can be greatly reduced...
Its value is immeasurable!
However, Wang Fuchou also knew the origin of this idea. It came from the gentleman whom he apprenticed to on the night of the piano duel...the Immortal of Qin and the Immortal of Poetry!
Later, it is said that he was hailed as a Confucian Immortal by the people.
Now that I have come up with this strategy, my reputation as a Confucian Immortal is well deserved!
But now that he saw this manuscript, Wang Fuchou really wanted to scold himself.
Master can think of recruiting students according to their talents, but he actually forgot about teaching students according to their aptitude!
In the past, this seemingly beautiful principle was very difficult to implement in practice.