Destiny Only Han

Chapter 797 Liu Ying: Talents from all over the world are in my pocket, so let's reform education!

Rich families don't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of grains in the book...

There is no need to raise the hall to live in peace, there is a golden house in the book...

Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book...

Amidst the murmurs and chanting of countless people, the preliminary examination for the recruitment of the new second officer began.

In the south of Chang'an City, Yichun Palace, the former royal garden, has been transformed into an examination room.

Well, the main reason is that this place used to be the burial place of Hu Hai. Liu Ying felt that it was a bit unlucky. In addition, he built a lot of palaces in various places, so naturally he donated the Yichun Palace in a high-spirited manner, and then according to his plan Evil fun, the demon changed to the appearance of the Gongyuan dedicated to holding imperial examinations in later generations...

It's just that there are no plaques of "Tiankai Wenyun" and "Mingjing Selecting Scholars", but there is only one piece of "Selecting Scholars for the Country"...

At this moment, on the incomparably wide roads and squares outside Yichun Palace, there are huge crowds of people, and the water can't get through, and there are bursts of shouting and cursing from time to time.

But for those candidates who started laying the floor on the square a few days ago, their hearts are full of rejoicing.

After all, they have learned from their seniors that there are not many good seats above the examination room, so they are first come, first served. If the opportunity is right, they can also sell the seats at a high price to those local tyrants who are crowded by the crowd and don’t know where they are. make a fortune...

But before that, the first people who were happy to see their teeth but not their eyes were the bosses who opened guesthouses around Yichun Palace, the common people who renovated their houses into homestays for rent, and those who carried pens, inks, papers and inkstones. A food vendor with a chicken burrito.

After all, tens of thousands of candidates flocked to Chang'an to take the exam, and many of them even brought three or five book boys and servants with them. Food and lodging were naturally the first problem to be solved.

Especially accommodation.

In Chang'an City, the capital of goodness, although the price of houses is not as exaggerated as in later generations, it is definitely not something that local tyrants can afford casually. The important thing is that the income from selling land is not the main source of income for the government at this time. Therefore, the appreciation space of the house is not high.

Therefore, if you have the money to buy a house, it is better to invest in building a factory, or buy development bonds issued by the local government...

Therefore, almost [-]% of foreign candidates live in rented houses.

This caused the area around Yichun Palace, which was originally somewhat desolate, to quickly become prosperous. On the wasteland where wild beasts used to be infested, tall buildings were erected on the flat ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There are not only accommodation, but also catering, and various teahouses, but in fact, it is a place for communication and learning among writers.

And this is an important reason for them to gather in Chang'an City half a year in advance.

After all, Chang'an City has gathered a group of old Confucian scholars who are the most learned in the world and who have been the most accurate in guessing questions over the years...

Although for some reason, most of the old Confucian scholars who were engaged in education and training before were exiled to small cities on the borders of the empire, where they needed to teach for ten years to redeem their sins, but when a chicken dies and a cock crows, there will naturally be another group of people who are vacant in the industry Come on top.

Like many Zuo Erguan who were exiled overseas...

This is why this year's 'National Examination' is extremely hot.

There are generally three sources of candidates who are eligible to take part in the national examination, that is, local tyrants and young talents recommended by county magistrates; relatives, nephews, relatives and old friends of noble and high-ranking officials; and current or previous graduates of Dahan Public School.

The number of the first two is not much. After all, in feudal dynasties, not everyone must follow the principle that every entry must be tested. They will have various ways to become officials.

Therefore, those who come to take the 'National Examination' are mainly graduates of Dahan Public School.

This is why Liu Ying implicated a large number of Confucian scholars when he interrogated his uncle Sun Tong for his crime of disrespect.

How can one's own field grow other's seedlings?

Liu Ying is not the same as a native like Liu Che, he knows how powerful the 'party' is...

A subset of Confucian classics and histories can be read, but officials in the DPRK and China form cliques under the banner of Confucian scholars, and they will inevitably be hit with an iron fist!
"So, that's why you set up government-run education and training?" Zhang Buyi squinted, his face full of contempt.

"Of course not!" Liu Ying said decisively, "How much money can I make? I'm not interested in money...really."

"Bah!" Zhang Buji sneered again and again, expressing disdain for some people's behavior of monopolizing a large market with an annual income of millions of dollars under false pretenses, especially when he thought of the huge patent fees he gave out every year, the expression on his face The look of disdain grew stronger.

Beside them, Liu Bang looked at the busy traffic on the market in the distance, feeling inexplicable.

At this moment, like Li Er, he had the thought of 'the heroes of the world come into my trap'.

"How many secondary officials will be recruited this year?" Liu Bang asked back.

Liu Ying thought for a while, shook her head and said:

"The exact number of people has not been fully determined yet. After all, the empire's territory is too vast now, and the governments at all levels in the inland areas are easy to handle. A total of 740 people will be recruited... After all, what happened last year."

"As for the government offices directly under the Central Government, such as the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yushi Dafu's Mansion, Tai Pu, Feng Chang, and Dian Ke, a total of 120 people were recruited, and most of them were interview envoys stationed in overseas countries. Little official..."

"The undetermined amount is mainly the various governor's mansions and governor's mansions. Needless to say, the governor of the Western Regions and Hu Zhonglang, the governor of the East, are all rapidly expanding, and at least two thousand or more assistants are needed. The officer is responsible for maintaining order and appeasing people's hearts..."

"But more, in fact, it is still in the south."

"For example, we took down Yazhou Island, known as Lingao, before. At that time, there were too many trivial things to do, so Yazhou Island was temporarily managed by Chen Ying, the governor of Nanhai County, and Yang Wu, the governor of Xiangjun County..."

"Now that Chen Ying has become the prime minister of Zhongshan, and Yang Wu has been transferred to the prefect of Sishui County, his successor lacks an understanding of Lingnan geography and people's hearts. Therefore, Yazhou Island has a separate county and is managed by a special person. Naturally, a whole set of top-to-bottom management is needed. The bureaucrats will take control."

"As for the other side, there is the Nichinan Protectorate. The cinchona tree that can treat malaria has grown into a forest, which means that the jurisdiction of the Nichinan Protectorate can go deep into the Indochina Peninsula. Development, population doubling, and the most important thing is that the wasteland has also grown into mature land, so naturally a large number of assistant officials are needed to guide and manage the reclamation work..."

"After Lin Lin finally figured it out, even if it is a conservative estimate, at least 5000 assistant officials are needed."

"So, we only need to recruit people here, and the subsequent distribution will be done step by step..."

After listening to Liu Ying's words, Liu Bang didn't say anything, but Zhang Buyi pointed to the bustling crowd in the distance, and asked in a low voice:

"Do you think those people would be willing to become officials in wild places? I don't think so. After the first test, you can see that the number of people applying for imperial and local officials is definitely several times that of other places!"

Liu Bang also nodded lightly, expressing his approval of Zhang Buyi's judgment, but for some reason, he would never praise the pig that stole his own cabbage!
Even if his granddaughter is a beauty, and the grandson grows more and more beautiful...

Liu Ying shook her head:
"It doesn't matter, anyway, judging from the recruitment examinations over the years, the second officer in the frontier can also be fully recruited. Many people have the mentality of you, which has led to popular positions sought after by thousands of people, but the key to the problem is that the principle of recruitment is merit-based Recruitment, which led to many people passing the exam, but in the end they couldn't compete with others, and then they had to prepare for the exam for another year..."

"Therefore, there will be many candidates who are self-aware, or from ordinary families, who will take the initiative to apply for unpopular positions in order to have a high pass rate..."

"After all, the country has special subsidies. This has led to the fact that although the two assistant officials in the border and inland are at the same level, the annual comprehensive income of the former is five times that of the latter!"

"Not bad, not bad, you are very thoughtful!" Liu Bang patted Liu Ying's shoulder vigorously, and while Liu Ying grinned, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Buyi with contempt: "Use your brain more in everything, don't always If you think about it, you have to think about it, you are also an official in the court now, you need to be diligent and diligent, don't always worry about making money and doing business..."

When Zhang Buyi bowed his head to be taught, Liu Ying suppressed a smile and made a face full of contempt.

Although both he and Liu Le have inherited Liu Bang's prodigal nature, especially Liu Le, who has never worried about money since he was a child, and has developed a character of buying what he likes, but it is a hundred times harder for people to make money than money. Therefore, even if Liu Le buys and buys endlessly throughout the year, his property is still increasing day by day...

Therefore, Zhang Buyi's so-called hard work to make money to support his wife and children is actually a kind of self-impression, in order to feel at ease and be a good boy and eat soft food...

However, although Liu Ying echoed Liu Bang with a contemptuous look, she didn't make any words or deeds that would add insult to injury. She just looked at the crowd in the distance and sighed silently.

"You also think what Nai Gong said is right..." Liu Bang looked like he had found his bosom friend.

What the hell... Liu Ying was stupefied, and under Zhang Busu's surprised eyes, she said weakly, "Well, I'm actually feeling that there are too many people..."

Liu Bang frowned: "Why are there too many people?"

Liu Ying pointed to the bustling crowd in the market square: "There are too many people taking the exam... Conservative estimates, there must be about 5 people."

Liu Bang froze for a moment, looked left and right, and nodded slightly: "You said less, according to Naigong's understanding, there must be at least 8 people!"

After all, he has fought battles for half his life, so by taking a condescending look at this moment, he can naturally roughly judge how many people there are.

Liu Ying sighed and said: "This is only the first day of the preliminary test, and there are two more rounds to come. Although the number of people may not be as large as today, overall, there will always be 20 people."

"The crux of the problem is that the number of places is limited. It is not an exaggeration to say that thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge..."

Liu Bang came over and said in a voice that could only be heard by him and Liu Ying: "This is very good, it must give people something to look forward to, otherwise..."

Although he didn't say it clearly, Liu Ying understood it in seconds.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty when the imperial examination was founded, in the early days of the Anshi Rebellion, scholars in Hebei had not gone to Chang’an City to take part in the imperial examination for many years. Fight to the end with the central court...

For example, Huang Chao, although he failed the imperial examination, he stepped on all the bones of the public...

Another example is to write "Xia Song He Zengsheng, Han Qi is not surprising."Manchurian dragon and tiger chariots, Zhang Yuan, who still talks about "military aircraft", also failed in the imperial examination...

There is also my big green fruit, the imperial examination is abolished on the front foot, and the people on the back foot are gone...

Therefore, sometimes letting graduates come to take the national examination is also a magic needle for a stable society.

Moreover, World War I, World War II, and even three wars and four wars, such a long period of time not only made them abide by the law and did not dare to go beyond the threshold, but also made the law and order better, but also allowed the businessmen who held training courses and sold teaching materials to make small profits. a stroke of...

But Liu Ying felt that it was time for Kong Yiji to take off his gown...

So he looked at Liu Bang and shook his head: "Although that's the case, it's really a waste to hang them like this... Especially the tuition fees of Dahan Public School are mainly funded by the state finance and donations from big households, and the students are not even provided with board and lodging. No need to spend money!"

"In the beginning, this kind of education model was originally intended to cultivate a large number of literate talents and enrich all levels of the empire."

"But now that the national examination is out, many students who have studied science and engineering and civil engineering are also thinking about taking the second official exam and doing administrative work, instead of becoming a technical talent as we expected..."

"If everyone is like this, why do I still have to teach so many subjects at Dahan Public School?"

"Isn't it enough to only offer a grammar major? And these students are more comfortable doing administrative work!"

Liu Bang was silent for a while, and agreed: "What you said is indeed reasonable. The country always needs talents from all walks of life. It is really wasteful to come to the second official for the exam...but the deal is done, so what?"

Liu Ying thought for a while, then tapped the railing with her finger:

"Actually, I don't object to them applying for the second officer examination. After all, the expansion of the empire is too fast, and a large number of low-level officials are needed. The only thing I care about is that the technical talents I have spent a lot of money to train have also gone to administrative positions. ..."

"So I plan to split up Dahan Public School and establish independent colleges according to different disciplines. At the same time, I will cancel the subsidies for some majors, that is, no longer implement free education in an all-round way, and reduce the country's financial burden."

Liu Bang frowned, swallowed the accusation, just stared at Liu Ying and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Liu Ying chooses her words carefully:

"Free schools for young children in various places are still free. This kind of basic literacy work is worth the continuous investment of the court."

"As for schools such as civil engineering, metallurgy, and electric power, there is still no tuition fee, but they need to sign an employment agreement after enrollment, that is, after they graduate, they must work in a professional-related factory or institution for ten years, otherwise they will be charged [-] yuan per year. money for tuition..."

"As for Haoyou Xungui's favorite grammar school to send his children to, they charge a tuition fee of [-] yuan per year..."

"Well, by the way, there is also a military academy. The affiliated martial arts hall costs [-] yuan a year, but those admitted to the military academy not only do not charge tuition fees, but also receive a monthly allowance..."

"Military academy?" Liu Bang was stunned for a moment: "Is this also something that can be taught?"

(End of this chapter)