Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2161 Academy established
With the arrival of early summer, the sound of cicadas can be heard everywhere in Liangzhou City.

At this time, the Xiliang Academy that Ma Zhou had been in charge of was finally completed.

This academy is very large, including a teaching building, a playground, and other facilities. The entire academy covers an area of ​​about [-] acres.

Such a large academy can be counted in the entire Tang Dynasty.

It stands to reason that there is no need to build such a large academy for only one Xiliang, but such a large academy is necessary for one Xiliang.

Because the children who come to study here are not only those [-] orphans, but the whole of Xiliang, as long as the children reach the school age, they can come here to study.

Even Qin Tian issued an order that all school-age children must come to Xiliang Academy to study, and the academy gave all school-age children the opportunity to study for free for three years.

That is to say, as long as you reach the school age, you can come to Xiliang to study for free for three years. During these three years, there will be the best teachers to teach them various knowledge, such as book culture, such as Horseback riding and so on.

After three years, as long as they have outstanding performance in a certain field, they can continue to study for free. However, if their grades are average after three years, they can choose to drop out of school, or pay some tuition fees to continue schooling.

Qin Tian's order is somewhat similar to the compulsory education of later generations, the difference is the time, the compulsory education of later generations is nine years, but Qin Tian's is three years, three years is not very long, but in fact for For the students here, it is enough.

The nine-year compulsory education in later generations, the reason why it is nine years, is naturally related to the fact that they learn too much, but these students don't need to learn a lot, as long as they can read and understand some arithmetic up.

The purpose of Qin Tian doing this is mainly to eliminate illiteracy.

And those talents who stand out can continue to learn here.

As long as these children in Xiliang know how to read, most of their future achievements will definitely be better than those who do not know how to read.

And when people have knowledge, they can understand some things.

As long as this continues, many people in Xiliang will be able to read and write. At that time, education in Xiliang will become terrible.

Of course, it does not mean that all children from Xiliang must come to Xiliang Academy to study. In various places, Qin Tian has ordered the governors, county magistrates there to open some schools and enlighten some children. Those with good academic performance can be directly recommended to study in Xiliang Academy.

There are many things involved in this, and Qin Tian and Ma Zhou have discussed it for a long time.

The academy has been completed, but if the school starts, it will have to wait until the scorching heat is over.

In Xiliang, in summer, the weather is very hot. If these children stay together, they are afraid that they will not be able to study because of the heat. It is better to wait for the scorching heat.

During this period of time, what they have to do is to do a good job in education, so that all those children can go to school.

However, at the end of early summer, Qin Tian's order didn't seem to have much effect.

"My lord, the lists of children from all over the world have been sent, and they... are very few in number."

Ma Zhou brought Qin Tian the information about the students recruited by some schools in various places. After Qin Tian read it, his eyes froze slightly.

In many counties, there are not even a hundred students enrolled. This is obviously a bit unlikely. In a county, there are a few tens of thousands of people. Among the tens of thousands, there are not even a hundred school-age children?
Obviously, many children are not enrolled in school.

This situation made Qin Tian a little angry, and asked: "What's going on, are those county magistrates not performing well?"

Let those children go to school for free, and let them have the opportunity to learn knowledge. In Qin Tian's opinion, many people are willing. After all, in this era, there are not many people who can afford to read.

In this case, what else could it be except that those officials were not good at doing things?
Ma Zhou's face was a little ugly, and he said: "My lord, this is one of the reasons. Many counties in Xiliang are relatively poor. The money in a county government cannot support the daily needs of too many students. They come to study. Can’t you buy paper, pens and books for them? These all require money, but the county government can’t afford it, so it’s inevitable that there will be fewer people enrolled in some counties, but this is not the main reason.”

The situation that Ma Zhou said is true. Education seems to be a great thing, but his greatness also needs money to support it. If there is not enough money, it is so easy to send people to school for free?

Qin Tian's expression moved slightly, and he asked, "Then what is the most important reason?"

"It's a lot of people who don't want their kids to go to school."

"Ah?" Qin Tian was a little surprised, how lucky to be able to read, but there are still people who don't want their children to study?
Ma Zhou nodded and said, "These school-age children are actually the laborers of the family. They can do some things within their ability, such as herding sheep. If they all go to school, these poor people have no Therefore, in order to be able to herd sheep and keep their family labor, many people do not want their children to go to school."

Learning is just, it sounds great, but for many ordinary people, it doesn't seem to be of much use.

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, Qin Tian immediately understood that this kind of situation not only existed in the Tang Dynasty at this time, but also in later generations.

Many families may drop their children out of school because of tuition fees, etc. For them, going to school is worse than going to work, and going to school is worse than earning money.

This kind of situation has to be said to be the tragedy of human beings, but such sorrow is inevitable, and it happens all the time.

It is sometimes very difficult to change this situation. Unless many people's ideas can be changed, it is almost impossible for all school-age children to go to school.

Qin Tian hesitated for a while, and after a long time, he said: "Tell the county magistrates all over the country that all students who are willing to enroll must be recruited. If anyone dares to obey the law, this king will kill him. If the funds are not enough, you can come to the Xiliang Palace to report. Reimbursement for some."

The matter of money is easy to solve, as long as you give enough money.

However, many people's minds cannot change this, but it is difficult to solve, but Qin Tian still quickly came up with a solution.

(End of this chapter)