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In the Huagai Palace, Qin Mu proposed to establish some normal colleges to train professional teachers, and to give corresponding treatment through some professional title assessments to encourage those excellent teachers to teach and educate better.
Respecting teachers and valuing education has always been a Chinese tradition. Heaven, Earth, the Emperor, Parents and Teachers are listed together, which shows the importance attached to teachers.
The country is so big and has such a large population that it needs a large number of teachers. However, as Qin Mu said, there has never been a special training of teachers in the past dynasties. Most of the teachers in county schools or private schools are those who failed the imperial examinations.
These failed people, some who were not even qualified to take the Ministry of Rites examination, had no other options but to work as staff members, teachers, or open their own private schools to teach students.
These failed candidates are usually frustrated and their academic levels vary. According to probability calculations, many of them are not suitable to be teachers and will only mislead students.
However, the enlightenment education throughout the ages has basically been undertaken by these people.
Qin Mu sighed sincerely: "For a country to be strong, education must come first. And to run a good education, teachers are the most important part. A school can be without a good building, but it cannot be without good teachers.
For various reasons, the past dynasties failed to train teachers. Now, our great Qin is rich and powerful, and we have neither a lack of training funds nor the corresponding conditions. We can fully train all the teachers in the official schools and make them have professional teaching qualities. Then we can select the best and eliminate the worst, and exclude those who lack knowledge and have bad conduct from the ranks of teachers, so as not to mislead the students. "
Upon hearing this, Yang Tinglin immediately said, "Your Majesty's move will surely benefit the whole world and countless people. I deeply agree with it. I am willing to assist Your Majesty in achieving this benevolent policy as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Sima An and others also praised in unison that the Qin Dynasty even unified the training of pestle workers in all prefectures and counties. How could they be stingy in spending some funds to train teachers? In this matter, if anyone opposed it and spread it out, he would be drowned in spit.
"For the training of current teachers, we can select some people with high reputation, profound knowledge and rich teaching experience to undertake it. But this is only a short-term mechanism. We need to establish some normal colleges to undertake the task of training teachers in the long term.
Students of the Normal College can enter the Normal College after passing the examination. Students with the title of Xiucai or Juren can also take the entrance examination, and those who pass the examination can enter the Normal College.
At the same time, all those who have passed the examination and obtained the teaching qualification should have their salaries increased accordingly. I heard that the salaries of some prefecture and county teachers in the previous dynasty were so low that they could only afford to buy meat once during the New Year and other festivals.
Most teachers can hardly support their parents, wives and children with their salaries, let alone bring their wives and children with them. They may not see their wives and children for many years. How can they concentrate on teaching and educating people when their lives are so difficult
The court wants talents, but those who are responsible for talent training are treated so harshly. Everyone says that teachers should be respected, but most teachers are struggling to survive. If our Great Qin allows this phenomenon to continue, it will be the fault of our monarch and ministers. "
There is no doubt that once Qin Mu's words spread, all the teachers in the world will be grateful, and even shed tears of gratitude. These benefited teachers will become staunch supporters of the Qin Dynasty and loyal subjects of his emperor.
Out of their sincere gratitude to the emperor, they will spontaneously implement the emperor's thoughts in their future teaching, and thus influence tens of millions of students.
All of this will lay a solid foundation for Qin Mu to implement the integrated teaching of mathematics, physics and chemistry.
At this time, Li Yuan said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there are 2,000 counties in the Great Qin. If we calculate that there are five teachers in each county on average, that's 10,000 people. Adding the prefectures, counties, and prefecture schools, the total number of teachers in official schools may exceed 20,000. If we significantly increase the salaries of teachers, it will be a considerable expense..."
"If the monthly salary of 20,000 teachers is increased by one dragon coin each, that would be 20,000 dragon coins. In a year, the expenses would increase by 240,000 dragon coins. This is indeed a considerable expense." This is the calculation by the Minister of Revenue Liu Boquan.
Is 200,000 or 400,000 Dragon Coins a lot every year? It is indeed a lot.
Is it really a lot? Not too much.
The key is how much you value education and how much money is worth investing in education.
Qin Mu said calmly, "The annual income of our Great Qin has reached hundreds of millions of dragon coins. Do you think it is too much to invest an extra 240,000 dragon coins in education? I don't think so. Talent is the most precious resource of a country. It is extremely short-sighted to be stingy in cultivating talents."
In fact, compared with the annual income of hundreds of millions of dragon coins of Daqin, the additional investment of 240,000 dragon coins in education is not too much. Yang Tinglin was the first to express his support, followed by Liu Boquan.
The other ministers had already made up their minds about Qin Mu, and since the amount of investment was not large and was used for education, they did not object anymore.
After reaching a consensus with the six cabinet ministers, the matter was basically a done deal.
The meeting in Huagai Hall ended here. Qin Mu still had some ideas in his mind, but some of them could not be discussed with the ministers, and some of them were not the right time and could not be said in advance.
After Sima An and six other cabinet ministers left, Qin Mu returned to the harem in the bright spring sunshine.
In the past, emperors would usually ride on a dragon chariot when they returned to the imperial court from the front court. In this regard, Qin Mu was quite special. Apart from the necessary pomp during the morning court session, he usually walked in and out of the imperial court, accompanied by three or four attendants. His pomp was small and did not alarm anyone, so he could see some interesting things in the palace from time to time.
When I came to Kunning Palace that day, I saw Momo "painting" on the face of the sleeping Ruoruo. She was not very serious about it until Qin Mu walked behind her. Then she jumped up in surprise. Qin Mu could not help laughing. Ruoruo, awakened by the laughter, hurriedly climbed down from the couch and saluted, not knowing that there were two crabs on her face.
"Ruoruo, be careful of your sister next time, hahaha..." Qin Mu laughed loudly, went up to pinch Momo's face and said, "I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll become tomorrow..."
Momo looked embarrassed and pleaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please be kind and don't make it public, okay?"
"Hahaha.....where's the queen?"
Just as Qin Mu finished asking, he saw Qin Zhi coming out of the back hall with a dignified gait. As soon as she saw Ruoruo's face, she couldn't help but chuckle and then scolded Momo, "You girl, you are always bad. Look how you tortured your sister. Ruoruo, go and wash the ink off your face. It's a serious crime to be disrespectful in front of the king..."
Qin Mu didn't bother to care about how the two sisters, Mo Mo and Ruoruo, were in a mess. He walked up to Yang Zhi, held her hand and said, "My lady, I'm hungry. Let someone bring lunch up."
When Yang Zhi heard this, she didn't care about anything else and immediately asked someone to serve the meal.
"My husband is busy with state affairs, so he should also take care of his health."
"My lady, stop talking and sit down together." Qin Mu pulled Yang Zhi to sit down together. He had accomplished an important task today and was in a very good mood. He set out two jade cups by himself, and then picked up the silver pot to pour two cups of fine wine. "Come, come, spring brings blessings, and everything is glorious. The spring scenery is just right before our eyes. My lady, how about drinking this cup with me?"
"That's not right. My husband just said he was hungry and hasn't eaten yet. How can he drink? My husband, please eat first."
The palace maids quickly brought up the dishes one after another. Yang Zhi snatched his wine and helped to serve the dishes while urging him to eat quickly. Her earnest concern was not false at all.
Qin Mu smiled bitterly, picked up the bowl and started eating. Yang Zhi helped him pick up some food. Suddenly, a series of crisp children's voices came from the palace gate: "Daddy has no shame! Daddy has no shame, and he even asked the queen to help him pick up some food..."
A pretty little girl walked in from outside the palace gate. It must be Mingyue. She scratched her face proudly and said with a smile: "Mingyue doesn't even need mother to serve food to her? Daddy..."
"Oh, my precious daughter, come here quickly..." Qin Mu was even more cheerful when he saw his daughter. He put down his bowl of rice, immediately stood up, held his precious daughter on his lap and gave Mingyue a kiss, leaving her face covered in grease. As a result, Mingyue was not polite either, and rubbed her greasy little face against him.
When Yang Zhi saw the happy father and daughter, she couldn't help but think how nice it would be if she also had a daughter.
***(To be continued...)
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