I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 453: I will build a thousand schools and teach a hundred thousand scholars. Education must be linked to the official career of the courtiers!
At Chen time the next day, Liu He was in the greenhouse hall, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Anshi and others.

In the past ten days, as the situation between China and North Korea and outside North Korea has undergone tremendous changes, the inter-Korean parliamentary system that has lasted for many years has also changed.

Because there are only seven cabinet bachelors left among the Chinese and Korean officials who can participate in political discussions, and they are always on duty in the cabinet, so there is no need for the small court discussion.

If Liu He had something to discuss with them, he could directly issue an edict to send them to the Greenhouse Palace, or go to the cabinet in person to check the room, which would be much more convenient.

As for the major court meetings, where the form is greater than the content, it has been changed from once every ten days to once a month - even this only meeting may be temporarily canceled.

Just going through the motions should be avoided if possible. Now that Liu He has mastered the power of the Han Dynasty, he needs to use the imperial meeting to catch the courtiers off guard.

In other words, the Grand Council is a weapon that cannot be used again and again. It can only be held again in the most difficult and dangerous times.

Although the major and minor court meetings have been reduced, it does not mean that Liu He will live deep in the palace from now on and never see outside court officials again.

On the contrary, he thought of another way.

Emperor Xiaowu's original intention of adding Chinese and foreign officials to foreign court officials was to make it easier for foreign court officials to enter and leave the palace without having to ask for talismans from Weiwei Temple all the time.

In the final analysis, a Chinese official is just a person who can pass through the palace gates at will.

So, Liu He found another way and thought of an alternative.

Because Weiyang Weiwei Temple was in charge of palace confinement, it was very convenient for subordinate officials to enter and exit the palace, so Liu He added a false post of walking in Weiyang Palace as an additional official.

He awarded this official title to all the nine ministers, ministers and courtiers he trusted, which made it much easier for these people to enter and exit the palace.

If Liu He wanted his courtiers to come to the Greenhouse Palace to discuss politics on weekdays, he only needed to issue an edict in advance, and the courtiers could go through without any other procedures.

In addition to the convenience of entering and exiting Weiyang Palace, there are no other privileges in this empty position of walking in Weiyang Palace, which is different from the previous Chinese and Korean officials.

Today, in addition to summoning the cabinet bachelor, Liu He also summoned four foreign officials.

The four people are Taichang Su Wu, Guang Luxun Gong Sui, Taixue Ling Wang Shi and general Zuo Yu Wuyou.

Except for Yu Wuyou, the other three are quite old. Su Wu is 64, Gong Sui and Wang Shi are all over seventy.

Together, these three people are over 200 years old. They are considered to be very old no matter what era they are placed in.

Liu He really wanted to have more young people in the court, but he also knew that he couldn't come in a hurry, at least he would have to wait a little longer.

The bells of Chen hour came into the greenhouse hall, and the attendant Fan Ke hurried in from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, Taichang and Guang Luxun are almost here." Fan Ke said respectfully.

"Oh? I'll go to the palace gate to greet them." Liu He said, and came to the palace gate with Fan Ke.

On duty outside the Greenhouse Hall are still Changyi Lang from Yitun - they are the only remaining Lang Wei in Weiyang Palace.

As for Habayashiro and Kimenro, they are no longer responsible for guarding the palace, and have all been replaced by military guards, so that they can better unify their jurisdiction.

Of course, Liu He has another layer of worry - he does not completely trust Habayashi Lang and Qi Menlang at this time.

After all, these two Lang Wei have been controlled by the Huo family for too long. Although the Lang Wei who stayed in Chang'an City did not participate in the rebellion, who knows that nothing has slipped through the net?
As long as there are a few faint-headed remnants who want to avenge the Huo family, then Liu He keeping them by his side is tantamount to taking a risk. Maybe one day the heads will be moved.

Before completing the restructuring of the Han army, the person Liu He could trust most was Changyi Lang whom he transferred from Changyi State.

This is the benefit of the "New Army". It has no historical burden and is naturally the most worthy of Liu He's trust.

Liu He looked at the Changyi men standing in the corridor like sculptures, and suddenly began to think about another thing in his mind.

The restructuring of the Han army may also be put on the agenda.

Once these three things, including the Xiangxue system, the imperial examination system, and the ruling system, were finalized, it was necessary to immediately start reforming the Han army's system.

To prevent some people from counterattacking.

It has been three months since Zhao Chongguo led his troops to retreat to Beidi County from Hangai Mountain. News will soon come from the direction of Wusun Kingdom.

The army that went out to conquer the Huns last year was apparently composed of five groups, but in fact the number of troops sent out was six.

There is also Chang Hui who has been forgotten by people - there are twenty Changyi Lang who went out with him.

The duty of Chang Hui and Chang Yi Lang was to assist the Wusun army in counterattacking the Xiongnu.

If history does not change, Chang Hui and Changyi Lang will lead Wusun to an unprecedented victory.

Maybe the good news is already on the way to Chang'an, and maybe Chang Hui and the twenty Changyi Lang are about to return to the Han Dynasty.

Of course, it is not necessarily twenty, and I don’t know how many Changyi Lang died on the battlefield.

When the news of the victory reaches Chang'an, the courtiers and subjects will remember one thing: Changyi Lang was sent by the emperor, and the emperor also predicted that there would be a great victory.

By then, Liu He's prestige among the Han army will rapidly increase, and with this victory, the Han army can be restructured.

Only with a reliable Han army in hand can Liu He implement a more violent new policy.

Just when Liu He was having wild thoughts, four people, three old and one young, appeared outside the courtyard.

They saw the emperor waiting for them in the corridor at a glance, and trotted towards them.

"Fan Ke, when will Zhang Anshi and the others arrive?" Liu He suddenly asked.

"After half an hour."

"When they arrived, they were taken to the side hall to wait for the order. They said that I was discussing political affairs with the court officials and asked them to wait for a while."

"No!" Fan Ke responded. Naturally, he didn't know that this was a small way for the emperor to manipulate people's hearts.

This small move can remind Zhang Anshi and the others to remember one thing - the cabinet is not necessary and the emperor can discard it.

Just as Liu He finished explaining this trivial matter, Su Wu and the others had already run to the steps in front of the Greenhouse Hall and knelt down in front of the emperor.

In the past few days, the spring rain has been pouring down in Chang'an City, and the ground was slightly wet. A few people didn't care and worshiped decisively.

"I greet your Majesty," several people said.

"My dear friends, please get down quickly. It has just rained and the ground is too cold. Yu Wuyou is still young. I am not worried. But Wang Fu and you, please don't get cold."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The four finally stood up.

"It's windy outside, I'll go into the palace to discuss matters."

"promise!"

Soon, the monarch and his ministers sat down on their respective couches.

Liu He looked at the three old men and one young man in front of him and felt that he couldn't help but smile. At least he didn't have to act like an emperor all the time like he did in the cabinet duty room and the front hall.

These people are all worthy of Liu He's trust.

Gong Sui was the first veteran to learn about Liu He's ambition, and he began to serve Liu He early.

The old man, who is over seventy years old, even found cotton for Liu He - he has already started planting it on a trial basis in Jiuquan County, and I believe there will be a harvest soon.

Although Wang Shi was excluded from Liu He's plan for a long time, he gradually won Liu He's trust and became his ally.

Needless to say, Yu Wuyou was most influenced by Liu He. He was almost a shadow of Liu He. Without him, the work officer would not be able to function at all.

As for Su Wu, Liu He was not familiar with him and had not had much contact with him, but he was a talent that Liu He re-activated.

Moreover, Su Wu's reputation in history is so great. He was imprisoned by the Xiongnu for 19 years without changing the Han Festival. Any Han people will admire him.

What's more important is that there is no shadow of aristocratic families behind these people. "My beloved, please read these two books first. After reading them, I will discuss with you." Liu He handed the book to Su Wu.

"No!" Several people said no more and gathered around Su Wu to watch together.

The words on the cover made their eyes suddenly light up.

Immediately, they understood why the emperor called them to the Greenhouse Palace.

Because the two new policies that the emperor is about to implement are closely related to them.

Moreover, these two new policies are ground-breaking events.

Without any further words or questions, the four of them immediately opened the book and started reading.

After about a quarter of an hour, a few people put down the "Xu Xuexue Yao" and "Imperial Examination Yao" in their hands with some lingering interest.

They each sat back on the couch and looked at Liu He with an extremely complicated look.

"What do you think of these two new policies?" Liu He asked calmly.

"If it succeeds, it will be a great contribution to the great Han Dynasty." Su Wu praised sincerely.

"It's shocking, but it's very difficult." Gong Sui sighed and worried.

"Not only is it difficult, I'm afraid it will get a bad name." Wang Shi said bluntly.

"Your Majesty has issued an edict, and I will do my best!" Yu Wuyou said firmly.

One part expectation, two parts admiration, three parts worry, and four parts fear.

"Yi Yu's heart is kind, and even though he died nine times, he still has no regrets." Liu He gave his answer using a sentence from Qu Zi's "Li Sao".

"I hope that all my dear friends can help me implement these two new policies!" Liu He glanced at the faces of several people in turn.

Several old ministers were silent. If they follow the emperor to implement this new policy, they may be infamy together.

However, the emperor was kind to them all and gave them a hope of prosperity.

"I am willing to go through fire and water to assist His Majesty in carrying out this new policy." Wang Shi took the lead in expressing his stance.

"The same is true for veteran ministers."

"Same goes for me, veteran!"

The three veterans paused again and expressed their determination to the emperor.

"So good, so good!" Liu He nodded repeatedly and replied. After selling his heart for so long, it was finally time to reap the rewards.

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The education system and the imperial examination system are closely related to the important matter of talents.

The first is that this academic system can cultivate suitable talents for Liu He and Dahan.

Today's Han Empire already has a relatively complete education system-divided into official schools and private schools.

Leaving aside private education, official education is the main issue that Liu He wants to reform.

There are Taixue under the jurisdiction of the central court, Junguoxue under the jurisdiction of prefectures, schools under the jurisdiction of each county, Xiang under the jurisdiction of each township, and prefaces under the jurisdiction of each village.

There are several doctoral officers in Taixue, and there is one Confucian scholar in the county Guoxue, county schools, townships and villages.

From large to small, from top to bottom, a top-down system is formed.

Judging from the structure on paper alone, there are not many problems: it is advanced layer by layer, the structure is clear, and there are no gaps.

It doesn’t even require too many reforms and changes.

However, this system has never been concretely implemented.

The establishment of local official schools depends on the wishes of county officials and is not mandatory.

Therefore, it is either not implemented at all, and even if it is implemented, it rarely lasts for a long time, and in the end it is often reduced to a false reputation.

Therefore, Liu He’s new policy plans to start from two aspects.

The first thing to be solved is the problem of school scale.

Now, the Imperial College in Chang'an has one Taixue Ling, five or six doctoral officers, and 300 doctoral disciples.

This number may not seem small, but in fact it is far from enough.

As for schools at local, county and state levels, there are even fewer students.

This situation is mainly caused by two reasons.

First, the prosperity of private schools has greatly occupied the living space of official schools.

Second, there were no books, so it cost a lot to make bamboo slips and order people to copy the books.

However, in front of Liu He, these two reasons will not be a stumbling block.

The prosperity of private schools would not be conducive to Liu He's unification of people, so it was even more important to suppress private schools and build official schools.

There were no books, so Liu He brought printing and papermaking, which could make the price of books drop rapidly.

The most important thing is that as the emperor who holds the power of the court, Liu He has the determination to accomplish this.

With both objective and subjective conditions in place, success is naturally not far away.

Under the system of one-man rule, Liu He, as the supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty, wanted to expand the group of scholars, but that was half the battle.

In addition, printing and papermaking were two weapons in Liu He's hands.

After half a year of expanding production capacity and improving technology, the production of rice paper and the number of books printed can push "knowledge" to a lower level.

At the same time, in order for local officials to pay attention to this matter, the number of schools and students will be included in their annual assessment.

As long as something is linked to one's official career, the local government will do it enthusiastically.

"Counties have schools, counties have schools, and schools have students." This is Liu He's goal.

"The Han Dynasty has 300 commanderies and more than [-] counties... together there are [-] schools."

"Your Majesty, there are so many schools, how many students will each school receive?"

The running of the school has always been something that Tai Chang should take care of, Su Wu asked tentatively while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

At this time, the Han Dynasty had about 5000 million people. By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the population was about the same. At that time, there were 1 imperial students alone.

This means that in the world of the Han Dynasty, there are a large number of people who need to read and be literate, but they are limited by conditions and have not been released.

"I wrote in the "Xiu Xue Yao" that within three years, there will be [-] doctoral disciples from Taixue, at least [-] students from each county, and at least [-] students from each county school."

After Su Wu and others listened, they remained silent, but quickly made a calculation in their minds.

The final result made them unbelievable and excited!
In three years, the Han Dynasty will have one hundred thousand more official students. This is an unprecedented feat.

Immediately afterwards, they immediately remembered some other contents in "Xu Xuexue Yao" and felt a little suffocated.

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