Liu Xie immediately invited Situ Yang Biao to discuss recruiting teachers together.
After hearing this, Yang Biao agreed in principle to the plan, but he put forward a few revisions.
First, we cannot rush to achieve success. We can build so many schools at once and in batches.
There are many household registrations in Nanyang, but not as many as it requires more than 1,000 schools. The reason why there are so many children of appropriate age is that they have not accumulated such a large-scale education before.
It is unlikely that the problems accumulated over decades will be completely solved within one or two years.
It can be divided into three to four batches, and children over twelve years old can be admitted to school first, with one year of school. After one year, it will be decided whether they will continue their studies or go to the workshop to work.
As of now, it doesn’t require too much in-depth knowledge to work in the workshop, you can just read and write basicly.
A year of education is enough to complete such a task.
The second is education, and it is best not to use fundraising.
Things like building bridges and paving roads can be raised by local wealthy households, which can not only solve the financial burden, but also meet their psychological needs for benefiting the countryside. Education is a matter of the court, and it is related to the plan of the next century and cannot be controlled by them.
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The imperial court educated the people in order to fight against these local tyrants and strengthen the majesty of the imperial court.
How can they not know, how can they not hate?
If they ask them to pay, they will inevitably try their best to exert influence, and in the end, the educated people only remember them and cannot remember the court.
The most direct way is to win over teachers who assume the responsibility of education.
Your Majesty, don’t forget that although they are passionate, most of them oppose Du Tian. Although their ideas have changed, they may not be completely completely and easily bewitched.
Scholars from aristocratic families have not changed their attitudes. They will not give up and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Liu Xie felt it was reasonable and decided that Yang Biao would preside over the specific implementation plan.
After Yang Biao's adjustment, the difficulty of implementing education has been reduced by one level, which seems to be more feasible.
The news was soon announced that 300 teachers were recruited in Nanyang County and they could be selected according to the established standard exams.
The content of the exam is not complicated, and there are very few parts of the Five Classics. Just be familiar with books such as "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", and "The Book of Filial Piety".
To be said to be difficult, it may be to take relatively practical content such as mathematics.
Of course, the difficulty is not high, and it can satisfy daily accounting.
Perhaps the last request made many people give up. After the first registration, less than two hundred people planned to participate in the exam.
At this time, Yang Biao issued an order from the Situ Mansion.
Insufficient quotas will be selected nationwide.
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Seeing this result, Liu Xie admired Yang Biao's etiquette and was puzzled.
Nanyang is full of talents, and there are hundreds of students in the county school alone, and they are quite enthusiastic. Why are there so few people signing up?
Yang Biao explained that it was mainly because there was too little knowledge of general math.
Many people only ask about the meaning of the scriptures when reading, but not the rest, and cannot even take care of themselves.
In addition to letting the people read and read the imperial decrees themselves, education also requires practical learning such as mathematics. This is something that scholars did not need to consider before and were willing to spend time studying mathematics.
Of course not much.
Unless you are interested in studying the "Yi" or music, these disciplines must use mathematics.
Therefore, those mathematicians are either those who study Yixue and astronomical calendars, or music experts. Even among scholars, these people are outstanding elites.
With such a level, they have no worries about their future, nor are they interested in taking exams and becoming rural teachers.
Therefore, education has a long way to go, and it will never be solved in three to five years.
This is a real century-old plan, and I can't hurry up.
Finally, Yang Biao said that the transformation of county schools has been completed, and Your Majesty can take advantage of the New Year's opportunity to inspect county schools.
In addition, there is another thing, that is, to make a decision about Liu Biao.
Simply put, it is to determine the posthumous posthumous posthumous.
Strictly speaking, Liu Biao was incompetent as an official, and at most he was an accomplished person and did not fulfill his responsibilities of supporting the court in troubled times. However, as a Confucian, he still made a lot of contributions, and in troubled times, he made many contributions.
People provide conditions for making a living and studying, and retain a trace of cultural context.
Most of the scholars who are about to serve as rural teachers have benefited from it.
At this moment, the title of Liu Biao can calm people's hearts and at the same time show that the court's attitude towards the Confucian school is to transform, not to deny it.
If you consider that Liu Biao is still a royal family, it is even more necessary.
Overall, Liu Biao had faults, but no big mistakes. Since Your Majesty did not intend to pursue his usurpation alone, but as a party member and aristocratic family, it is necessary to affirm Liu Biao's achievements.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of inspecting the county school, he appointed Liu Biao's posthumous title, made an evaluation of Liu Biao, sootheed people's hearts, and could also settle the portrait incident of the county school, so as not to panic and be used by some people.
Liu Xie weighed the pros and cons for a long time and agreed to Yang Biao's request and asked him to lead the discussion on this matter.
Unlike Zhang Xi's incident at the beginning, the situation is becoming more stable now. The court can release a little kindness to ease the resentment accumulated by the scholars and officials, avoid unnecessary conflicts, and then focus on issues that must be dealt with.
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The eighth year of Jian'an, the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.
Emperor Liu Xie, Empress Fu Shou and others visited Nanyang County School.
Standing in front of the re-engraved portrait of Wang Chang, Liu Xie looked at it again and again, and listened to Wang Can tell the story of that year, saying that in extraordinary times, extraordinary methods should be used to show his recognition of Wang Chang's overcorrection.
Wang Can was in full bloom.
With the emperor's comment, Wang Chang doesn't have to worry about his reputation behind him.
When Song Zhong heard this, he felt like a light on his back, a stalk on his throat, and a needle and needle.
The emperor praised Wang Chang as a denial of Liu Biao, that is, denial of his previous affairs, and he was completely defeated.
After reading the portrait, Liu Xie came to the hall and sat down, asking about their lectures in Xiangyang.
With the inspiration in front of him, no one dared to mention Liu Biao's affairs.
Wang Can didn't want to mention it either. He always kept it in mind when Liu Biao thought he was ugly.
Seeing the audience silently, Liu Xie sighed secretly.
It turns out that the tea is cold when people leave. In contrast, although Song Zhong is confused, he is still a person who values friendship.
Liu Xie winked at Queen Fu Shou.
Fu Shou understood and stood up to speak, saying that Liu Biao governed Jingzhou and stabilized the country, recruited scholars from all over the world to gather lectures, and cultivated so many talents, but he still made contributions. Later, he returned to the court and was responsible for the painting of Luoyang's paintings, which was also effective.
No one can be without mistakes if a person is not a sage. Liu Biao’s contributions to his studies and governance are more than his faults, and it is still worthy of being passed down by later generations.
Liu Xie immediately expressed his agreement and asked Liu Biao how to make his posthumous title if he was dead.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone breathed a sigh of relief from the hall, and countless people were ashamed of joy.
The court gave Liu Biao a positive comment and also required a posthumous title, which exceeded their expectations, and also proved that their previous worries were redundant.
The emperor's mind is something that is extraordinary for people to guess, so there is no need to be nervous and act like a child.