Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 798 New Policy

Zhou Xu looked confused when he heard this. Maybe it was because he was too tired. His reaction was much slower at this moment, and it took him a while to recover.

[I almost forgot, I still have three concubines.]

Although it is not a good thing to say this, since the winter, he has been busy with government affairs and researching mantras, and at the same time he has to worry about the alliance with the wood elves. All these things put together, he is really too busy. When I was busy, I really forgot about the three concubines.

To be honest, he is so sleepy right now that he just wants to sleep.

But upon careful reflection, it seemed that he had indeed not favored a concubine for a long time.

"Then, let's go to Concubine Shu's place tonight, Concubine Shu's place."

Zhou Xu made a simple decision. He asked Li Bowen to do the hateful thing before. Li Bowen did a good job and has been working diligently since then. He should also express himself and send a positive signal to the other party.

With this thought in mind, Zhou Xu went directly to Li Qin'er's palace to have a meal.

After finishing the meal, Zhou Xu felt even more sleepy. After the maids removed the bowls, chopsticks and plates and retreated, Li Qiner looked at her Majesty, whom she had not seen for a long time, with a blush on her face.

"Your Majesty, wait a moment, I am going to take a bath right now."

"Oh, go ahead."

The sleepy Zhou Xu waved his hands casually. After Li Qin'er went to take a bath, he took off his coat and fell on the bed. The next second, the loud snoring echoed in the palace...

After a slight reprieve for two or three days, Zhou Xu quickly returned to his normal routine.

Meanwhile, far away in Black Moon City, the ship manufacturing project also officially started in early spring.

Zhou Xu asked Wang Dong to take the position of 'consultant'.

After all, we are modern people. We have seen things before, and our minds need to be more active.

Sometimes Wang Dong takes a look and asks a few questions, which can save the project team a lot of detours and save a lot of time and financial expenses.

Of course, on the other hand, Wang Dong had already promised to engage in education. Although Zhou Xu delayed it for a long time, he did not fall behind and officially started it two years ago.

In fact, when it comes to education, starting two years ago might not be as good as it is now.

At this point in time, their new generation of children has formed a certain size, and at the same time they have reached the age of enlightenment. It is just the right time for education to be connected, and everything is so logical.

But from a teacher's perspective, Wang Dong's power is limited after all.

Their children who need enlightenment and learning are now scattered in various cities. It is unrealistic to gather them all in one city, and it is even more unrealistic for Wang Dong to run to various cities to teach them one by one.

Therefore, the task Zhou Xu assigned to Wang Dong years ago was not to teach children, but to teach teachers, so that he could teach a group of teachers who could provide enlightenment education for children.

Wang Dong is not picky about this. As long as he is engaged in education and is committed to the development of the education industry, he is enthusiastic.

Now, with Wang Dong's dedicated teaching and the task of providing enlightenment education to their older children, the first batch of teachers have officially started teaching and have been assigned to each city by Zhou Xu.

The problems with the school during this period are relatively simple to deal with. All you need to do is build a large enough room. Other than that, there are no hard requirements.

All preparations are now in place.

And Zhou Xu also took the initiative and officially launched his new policy, which is 'compulsory education'!
As long as they are citizens of Dazhou, children under the age of twelve can go to school for free!

As soon as this decree was issued, the people had no idea. Officials of the old dynasty headed by Li Bowen took the lead in making a fuss.

"Minister Li, what do you mean by your Majesty's introduction of compulsory education?!" The official who said this had a look of shock and anger on his face, with a hint of panic in his brows.

Facing this problem, Li Bowen, who was sitting there, also frowned deeply.

A few days ago, news came out that His Majesty was resting in Concubine Shu's palace. As a result, not even a few days later, this decree came down.

Their Majesty is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Minister Li, what time is it? Could you please say something?!"

Li Bowen frowned even more after hearing the urging.

"Noise, noisy, noisy, what are you arguing about?!"

Although even the emperor has changed now, Li Bowen's prestige among the officials of the old dynasty is still high.

Take now, for example, if something big happens, don't these guys have to come and ask him?
Now, as soon as Li Bowen spoke up, the scene, which was as noisy as a vegetable market, suddenly became quiet.

Feeling the gazes falling on him, Li Bowen spoke in a deep voice...

"Is His Majesty negotiating with you? This is His Majesty's order! You'd better figure it out!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of all the officials present were filled with uncertainty.

"Then we just accept it?!"

Obviously, they are really unwilling to do so.

You know, this is an era when you can get a good job as long as you are literate.

Under this premise, why are the people still illiterate? Or why don't they learn it?
The key reason is that this knowledge is in the hands of those wealthy families, and the common people cannot learn it even if they want to.

In addition, studying costs money and time. In this era, families without any savings cannot afford to study.

Ordinary people are busy working every day. Even if they save some money, they will only think about marrying a wife, adding some items to their home, or even improving their food, but they will not think of using the money for studying.

Because essentially speaking, reading is too far away from them.

This directly led to the fact that during the old dynasty, and even earlier when the countries on this continent were still there, the court officials of each country were almost monopolized by those aristocratic families.

If the emperor doesn't reuse them, then there will be no one to use them!

But now, Zhou Xu not only arranged teachers and schools, but also waived tuition fees and established compulsory education, directly lowering the reading threshold for ordinary people to the lowest level.

In the eyes of those aristocratic families, this approach is tantamount to prying at their foundation!

In the long run, their transcendent status will not be guaranteed, even if they don't think about it in a hurry.

Their original idea was to bring everyone together to unite the front and then discuss countermeasures. Li Bowen, who was the original backbone and whose influence cannot be underestimated today, was naturally the top priority.

Unexpectedly, Li Bowen's approach was completely different from what they expected.

Li Bowen shook his head, then slowly stood up and walked outside.

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness!"

(End of this chapter)