Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

Zhu Youjian listened carefully and waited until Li Chen finished speaking before he touched his chin and started thinking.

This method sounds good, but when you think about it, the amount of work is not small at all.

Almost all private schools across the country have to be renovated.

In addition, there is also Confucian resistance to consider.

They would definitely not dare to say anything openly, but secretly they would definitely not take it seriously.

"Taizu, what if the Confucian people don't cooperate."

"Most private schools in the world are in the hands of Confucian disciples. It is not an easy task to make them obedient."

Zhu Youjian felt that this was a good thing, but the biggest problem still lay with Confucianism.

Private schools in the world are the foundation of Confucianism. As long as these private schools are still teaching Confucianism, Confucianism will not perish.

"It doesn't matter whether it's a private school or something."

"Let me ask you, are there more scholars or illiterate people in the world?"

Li Chen smiled when he heard this, but his expression did not change.

He had already thought of a way to deal with it.

Mere Confucianism cannot stop this trend.

"Of course there are many who are illiterate."

“Only about 30% of all young people in the country are literate.”

Zhu Youjian said without hesitation.

He had long known about the literacy rate in the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that he feels that this Confucian is not easy to move.

Although it was only 30%, there were nearly 60 million Ding in the Ming Dynasty, which was nearly 150 million people.

This does not include those who do not have registered residence.

With such a large base, there are 40 million scholars alone.

This shows how strong the foundation of Confucianism is.

"Thirty percent sounds like a lot, but in fact it's just that."

"If Confucians want to resist, then we should bypass them and train new scholars."

"The biggest advantage of the Ming Dynasty now is that it has money."

"Since you have money, use money to solve this problem."

Li Chen chuckled and pointed out the direction of reform.

Money is not everything, but it can solve 99% of the world's problems.

Confucianism is not something that money can't solve.

"Um, you need to spend money again?"

"How many?"

When he heard that it would cost money, Zhu Youjian's face suddenly twitched twice.

He couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

He always felt that Taizu would tell an astronomical number after a while.

It turned out that he was right.

Taizu slowly stretched out three fingers and said.

"Thirty million, a year."

Um...

Ah!

How many? !

Zhu Youjian stared at this number and jumped up instantly.

"Thirty...thirty million per year?"

"The Ming Dynasty's annual military expenditure is only 30 to 40 million."

"Taizu, why do you want to spend so much money?"

After taking a few breaths of air-conditioning, Zhu Youjian asked quickly.

This is too scary.

Li Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw this guy's distressed face twitching.

"The expenditure in the first few years may not be enough to cover the expenses of 30 million."

"To put it simply, if you want to break the blockade of Confucianism, you must cultivate new scholars."

"And if we want to cultivate new readers, we can only work on those children who cannot afford to read."

"Our idea is very simple. Let the Ministry of Household Affairs take the lead and build two primary schools in each county."

"The construction cost of each primary school is about 5,000 taels."

"Six grades will be established, with ten classes in each grade and forty places in each class."

"Of course, considering that some counties have insufficient populations and some have large populations, appropriate adjustments can be made. For example, in places like Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, three or four primary schools may be built in one county."

"Just building these primary schools will cost about 15 million taels."

"Then if there is a primary school, there must be a middle school. There should be about one middle school in each county, and it should be large in scale. We will allocate 20,000 yuan to each middle school to ensure that it can accommodate students from all the primary schools in the county and still have a surplus."

"And that's nearly thirty million dollars spent."

"Of course, these expenses are fixed. After the construction is completed, it only needs maintenance."

"Six years of primary school and three years of junior high school are what we call nine years of compulsory education."

Listening to Taizu's calculations, Zhu Youjian began to sweat on his forehead.

He finally knew why he spent so much money.

There are more than 1,400 in the entire Damingguang County, and the construction is all funded by the imperial court, so the price is naturally ridiculously expensive.

"Taizu..."

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to make back my money by just collecting tuition fees.”

"We can't always rely on the court to support us."

Wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhu Youjian rubbed his hands and said carefully.

Although it is a fixed expense, the subsequent maintenance fee is not cheap.

"Who told you we're going to charge tuition?"

"Do you know what compulsory education is? That means the court pays money for children to go to school."

“Not only that, the school is also responsible for providing lunch and dinner for the children.”

"That's what we think. We'll set up an [Ministry of Education] under the civil service staff."

“Its departmental agencies will be distributed to all state capitals.”

“For county-owned schools, the teachers’ salaries and school maintenance costs are borne by the state governments.”

"A portion of the taxes they turn in each year will be left over as maintenance expenses for the school."

"Children only need to pay 300 yuan in textbook fees every year, and no tuition fees are levied on particularly poor students."

"Three hundred cents are paid monthly, which is only twenty-five cents per month. Even a farmer's family can easily afford it."

TOLL?

Li Chen glanced at Zhu Youjian in surprise.

Who told you there would be a charge?

Do you know what compulsory education is?

"What?"

"free?!"

"Taizu, are you kidding?"

Zhu Youjian's pupils widened even more.

I have never heard of going to school for free.

As for the book fee of 300 yuan...

What's the difference between free and free.

You must know that the current school charges close to five taels of silver a year, which is still relatively cheap.

Good schools are more expensive!

As a result, the operational pressure of all schools across the country will be on the chaotang.

"Nonsense, how many children in the Ming Dynasty can't afford to go to school now? How many of them do you think can afford to go to a private school?"

"The fees are too high. Is it fun to build so many primary schools?"

"If we didn't want to win over rice, we wouldn't even want to accept these three hundred coins."

"Besides, this is just elementary school and junior high school."

"When junior high school ends, most of the students who don't stand out will be dispersed into society."

"Only the elite can enter high schools! There are two to three high schools in each state capital, and we will give one hundred thousand taels of silver to each one."

"All these students entering high school will become the backbone of the preparations for the Ming Dynasty. In high school, they will receive targeted training to determine their future employment direction."

"Only the best in high school can enter Jixia Academy."

"In general, this will be a very strict screening process, in order to do our best to gather talents into the court."

"In addition to these, the military academy will be set up separately. Junior high school students and descendants of martyrs will be admitted first, and those who are close to filling the grassroots level of the army will be given a strong emphasis on training."

"However, the military academy is an independent expense, and the president of each military academy will be the emperor himself."

"You, Zhu Youjian, are the first principal of the Ming Dynasty Military Academy!"

Is this too expensive?

Education does not cost money.

Li Chen chuckled and continued.

Since education needs to be reformed, it is time to separate the military and political affairs.

We must fundamentally put an end to the idea of ​​weak civilians controlling the army!