Xuande

Chapter 604

The last large-scale expansion of Taixue was in the sixth year of Emperor Yongjian of Han Shun, from dozens of houses to 240 houses and 850 rooms.

And it has been 60 years since that expansion. Many buildings in Taixue are still built 60 years ago. Over the years, they have only been repaired. Many places have been dilapidated and need to be repaired.

So Liu Bei's first task for the new Taixue Jijiu was to fully preside over the expansion and reconstruction of Taixue.

The plan is to expand to [-] houses and [-] rooms to accommodate a larger number of Tai students and provide them with a wider space for activities and learning places.

Similarly, under Liu Bei's suggestion, it became a rule for the imperial court to allocate funds to Taixue to run schools, and the annual allocation has a fixed amount, which has a considerable increase on the original basis.

Correspondingly, Liu Bei asked Taixue to introduce a relatively successful examination competition mechanism implemented in Liangzhou Zhouxue.

In the case of increasing the number of recruits, Taixue needs to introduce a system of monthly examinations, midterm examinations and final examinations.

There are exams every month, a major exam every six months, and at least ten large-scale assessments in a school year. If you fail to pass the three assessments, you will be expelled from school.

Taixue does not want waste, only elites.

And when the three-year period expires, there will be a final assessment—the graduation examination. The three-day graduation examination will take out all the content that the candidates have learned.

Taixue students can only be officially recognized as Taixue graduates if they pass the graduation examination, and get a graduation certificate issued by Taixue. With this graduation certificate, Taixue graduates can further participate in the talent selection assessment hosted by the imperial court.

All in all, Liu Bei wanted to change Taixue's long-standing bad atmosphere of being overstaffed, not having a strong academic atmosphere, and gilding places exclusively for dudes, and turning Taixue into the highest institution that can truly cultivate the talents needed by great men.

At the Jiade Hall meeting, Liu Bei made a speech on this.

"When Taixue was first established, there were only three doctors and [-] students, but with such a scale, a large number of talents emerged continuously, made dazzling achievements, and helped the country reach its peak. So why is it now There are [-] students in Taixue, but how many outstanding people can achieve fame?
The root cause is that there is a big problem with Taixue’s way of running a school. Taixue has no real school, but has become a transitional place for rich and rich dudes to add their resumes. No one really takes Taixue seriously. , just ask for a name.

At that time, Tai students were the pillars of the country, and the imperial court valued them. Today, do Tai students still have any glory to speak of?No more, only countless jokes!This situation makes me deeply saddened. The state allocates funds to Taixue every year, but this is the result?

If things go on like this, how can the big man select outstanding talents?Is it a bunch of waste who only know how to eat with chopsticks and dishes after spending so much money from the state?If this is the case, I would rather not apply for Taixue, and save this money to build bridges and pave roads, which can be regarded as a gain!

Taixue must not become a place to cultivate waste!Taixue must be the highest institution for cultivating Han elites!I want to make Taixue a place that students all over the world yearn for and admire!I want to make Taixue a place that people all over the world feel fascinated by every time they mention it!Too learned!Must revive! "

Under the promotion of Liu Bei, the Taixue reform plan was put on the agenda and was unanimously approved by the court.

In terms of the educational content and teaching methods of Taixue, the imperial court handed over the authority to Liu Bei. Liu Bei and the incoming Taixue Jijiu were fully responsible. The imperial court wanted to see the results, not the process.

So, starting from this day, the good days of Tai students will come to an end.

Liu Bei simply and thoroughly took the ready-made advanced experience of Liangzhou State School to Taixue, and formulated a strict examination plan that is even worse than that, and strives to make Taixue the number one introspective institution of the Han Dynasty.

Only the king of juan can stand out, and only the introvert is the way out. Such a school is a good school.

The imperial court appropriation is not for you to learn to eat with bowls and chopsticks, nor for you to come here to socialize, but for you to study hard. Those who do not study hard are not qualified to stay in Taixue. Liu Bei wants Taixue The students rolled up vigorously.

As long as you don't die in the test, take the test to death!
Learn from me!Test me!Read to me by candlelight night!Give me a cold window to study hard!
The red-eyed Liu poured out all the unbearable emotions in his heart on the students of the Imperial College.

The Taixue students began a nightmare life like hell. The rule that they would be dismissed after failing three exams became a sharp knife hanging over their heads. Everyone couldn't help but pay attention to the upcoming new Taixue regulations.

Because many people have a background in ancient Chinese classics and have some understanding of ancient Chinese classics, they think that they can still pass the exam.

But what they didn't expect was that Liu Bei not only set up ancient classics courses for Taixue, but also added many other courses.

For example, in arithmetic courses, Liu Bei introduced "Zhoubi Suanjing" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" into Taixue, defined arithmetic as a compulsory subject, and required all Taixue students to study arithmetic.

Then there is the monograph on agriculture represented by "The Book of Fansheng". Liu Bei has repeatedly emphasized the principle that agriculture is the foundation of the country, so he asked Taixue, the highest institution in the country, to make agriculture a compulsory subject, and the educated national elites must not It is a waste that does not work in all four bodies and does not distinguish between grains and grains.

In addition to the "Book of Fansheng", Liu Bei also compiled the agricultural textbooks used in Liangzhou Prefecture School and compiled an Eastern Han version of "Agricultural Affairs Complete Book", which was also designated as a textbook and required to be taught in Taixue.

In addition to agriculture and mathematics, there is also astronomy and geography.

Liu Bei compiled the calendar monographs and geography monographs of the Eastern Han Dynasty from several corners of the library, and synthesized them with the textbooks used in Liangzhou Zhouxue, and compiled two professional textbooks, "Complete Book of Astronomy" and "Complete Book of Geography". , for teaching in Taixue.

In this way, besides learning Confucianism represented by ancient Chinese classics, Taixue students also need to study mathematics, agronomy, astronomy and geography. The cultural examination also includes these five subjects, and all examination questions are selected from these five subjects. .

In addition, in order to enhance the physical fitness of the students, Liu Bei also stipulated physical education courses, setting high scores for the physical education courses, and taking two midterm and final exams to strengthen the students' emphasis on physical exercise .

Every assessment needs to be assessed from two aspects of culture and physique, and those who are lame in either aspect cannot pass the assessment smoothly.

It is very difficult, but those who can pass the two assessments are people with certain basic abilities. Even if they are not serious elites, they are definitely not waste.

There are many people who are skeptical and negative about Liu Bei's series of changes in Taixue.

Many old scholars of the ancient literature school think that it is not appropriate to teach those things publicly in the Taixue. It is enough to teach the Confucian classics in the Taixue, and they will naturally learn other things in their future work.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, insisted on his point of view and demanded that students be pursued in an all-round way in Taixue, and that they should acquire as much knowledge as possible.

They are not only disciples of the ancient literature school, but also reserve officials of the country.

Liu Bei realized the thoughts of these members of the Ancient Literature School. Like the Modern Literature School, they only hoped that Taixue would become a bridgehead for them to spread their ideological teachings and consolidate the ruling foundation of the Ancient Literature School. They didn't care what the students could learn in it.

Their view of Taixue is that politics is more important than education, and politics is the most important thing. It is more important to cultivate fans of the ancient literature school and remove the imprint of the modern literature school.

But Liu Bei really treated Taixue as a school, focusing on education, and added a lot of practical skills education, which weakened the political significance of Taixue in a certain sense.

This is what displeased a part of the Paleographers.

Another point--

Liu Bei is serious about imparting ruling knowledge to these people through the public way of imperial learning. In the past, only the students and disciples of each family could really learn the ruling knowledge applicable to high-ranking officials. Can't learn.

According to the rules, ordinary students can only learn the knowledge of being a small official, and at most the county magistrate level, and there is no way to learn it, because the number of real [officials] in the entire Eastern Han Empire is less than Eight thousand, and the remaining 10,000+ are all petty officials.

Therefore, in order to truly control the ownership of high-ranking officials, the ruling knowledge applicable to high-ranking officials can only be limited to a small number of people. .

And Liu Bei directly expanded this scope to all Tai students.

Even he did this in Liangzhou State School and Sili School.

Although the knowledge of governance he imparted did not really apply to high-ranking officials, even though it was the knowledge of governance at the level of ordinary officials and county magistrates, the number of people who learned it increased so much at once. Is it a good thing?

There are so many people who have learned to govern knowledge, not to mention whether there are so many positions available, but after this group of people grows up, how much impact will it have on the students and disciples of each family?
This is something that seriously affects everyone's interests.

But Liu Bei is extremely strong on this point and insists on his own views.

He must turn Taixue into the highest institution of seriousness and classics, and cultivate groups of outstanding talents, instead of cultivating a group of silly fans of the ancient literary school.

"The Jinwen School only cared about controlling Taixue, and then raised a group of trash with high eyesight and low abilities, making Taixue a complete laughing stock in the world, and did not give the Jinwen School any help in the struggle, but made us a success.

Now that we are in power, if we are still in the same way as in the past, learning the methods of the modern literary school, then it will not be long before the same group of people will appear to replace us and let us die without a place to bury us. Is it what you want to see? "

(End of this chapter)