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Compared to the bustling noise downstairs, the third floor of Xinglong Tea House was completely silent at this moment.
Just now, the Fourth Prince was just standing beside the Emperor, toasting everyone around him according to the Emperor's instructions. As for the food, it was all served to him by the eunuchs quietly. So he only ate a few bites of many dishes in a hurry. He thought they were delicious, but if you asked him how they tasted, he couldn't tell you. Because he was just quietly poking his father with his fingers, hoping that his father would help Zhang Shou a little.
But at this moment, he was also stunned. Zhang Shou asked Zhu Ying to tell him that today they would talk about rectifying the name of this place and building a school here, but he never expected that the whole thing would be so big!
Seeing that no one said anything, the Fourth Prince suddenly became anxious, but just as he opened his mouth to break the unspeakable silence, he found that Liu Zhiyuan suddenly raised his head and looked at him, and then smiled at him. Just when he felt that his mind was confused, he saw Mr. Liu, who his father had just ordered him to personally support, slowly stand up.
"Your Majesty, there are many private schools in the world. Even in the countryside where families live together, there are often village schools. The court also strongly advocates community schools, and even asks for donations from the big families in the countryside. Therefore, each prefecture often has dozens of community schools, and a province can have hundreds. Shuntian Prefecture has 62 community schools, but all of them are outside the capital. There is only one in the inner city and one in the outer city."
"But if you really count, in every village in the country, three out of ten people can read, and seven are still illiterate. And in the capital, although there are all kinds of private schools everywhere, the number of literate and illiterate people is still 50-50."
"The literacy rate of the people in the capital is not really that high, but because the capital gathers the world's talents. The number of officials is the highest in the world, plus their children, nephews, students, and various servants. If this huge group of people is excluded, the proportion of illiterate people in the capital is similar to that in other parts of the world. If we count by number, there are still hundreds of thousands of people."
"This is really not suitable for the capital city under the feet of the emperor. Moreover, many things taught in the community school, although called education, such as teaching literacy, poetry and etiquette, are always rote memorization. However, if it is suitable for students who are going to take the imperial examination, it is really boring for ordinary children who will never take the imperial examination in their lifetime."
"Can they understand the sages' books? Can they teach them to their descendants? Of course, no. And will their literacy help them to farm or work in workshops when they grow up? Of course, no."
At this point, Liu Zhiyuan bowed and said, "Lu Jijiu just said that he wanted to establish a public school in the outer city. Although I am old, I am willing to do my best to take on this responsibility. I just hope that ordinary children in the world who cannot study and become officials will have a suitable way out. After all, the world has more and more people. For example, near the capital, the land is scarce and the population is large, which is particularly obvious."
"Among the people living in the capital, less than 10% make a living by farming, and the other 90% make a living by other industries. The proportion of idle and unemployed people is also increasing day by day. This is definitely not a strategy for long-term stability!"