The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 354 Prevent the slightest change

Wei Ning followed Qin Ziyu to the courtyard. The entire acre of land was covered with cotton trees, and green cotton fruits had already grown.

Qin Ziyu asked Wei Ning curiously: "Is this a fruit?"

Wei Ning shook his head and said, "No, it's for dressing."

"what?"

Qin Ziyu was a little confused. It was obviously a group of fruits, how could it have anything to do with dressing up?

Naturally, she did not question Wei Ning, nodded and said, "Okay, I will take good care of you."

She glanced at Weining, hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing. She seemed worried, and Weining didn't pay much attention to her.

……

Entering August, Dade planned to leave Chang'an, go to various parts of the country to teach and preach, and to complete the compilation of his Book of Rites.

He knew that he would not live long, and he only hoped that the Book of Rites could be compiled into a book during his lifetime, which would establish etiquette rules for the Han people and provide the country with an additional basis for governing the country.

Let the people not only abide by the law, but also be restrained by morality and not do anything immoral or rude.

Wei Ning personally went to the south gate of Chang'an to bid farewell to Dade. Weining paid great attention and respect to this pure master.

Gratitude smiled and handed over to Weining, and anxiously thanked the crown prince for seeing him off in person, and said what virtues and abilities he had to make the prince favor him so much.

After hesitating for a moment, Dade still said to Weining worriedly: "Your Highness, I have visited various academies in Chang'an in the past few days and observed some things, and I am a little more worried."

He smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Of course, it may be that I am too sensitive. Your Highness, just listen."

Wei Ning nodded, cupped his fists and said, "Master Dave, please speak."

Dade organized his thoughts for a while and then said: "I visited some academies around Chang'an and Gyeonggi and discovered some bad phenomena."

"Many knowledgeable teachers have all been hired by academies run by businessmen."

"Teaching resources are scarce in the country, and all these outstanding personnel are recruited by businessmen, who give these teachers extremely high amounts of money and monthly salaries."

“These teachers are also doing their best to educate the children, which is certainly a good thing.”

"But there are still some academies where the teachers are mixed, and many are half-qualified masters. It is extremely difficult to educate good students."

After a pause, he said gratefully: "Those better academies charge extremely high fees. Children need to pay high tuition fees to enroll, and their studies also progress rapidly."

"Those not-so-good academies have relatively cheap fees and average progress."

"In the worse colleges, the teachers are all doing errands and receiving their salaries."

"Two days a day, one month or two may not seem like much, but over time, this kind of abnormal education will naturally destroy our original intention of educating future generations."

"The descendants of rich people will be better, and the descendants of poor people will be left behind."

"Moreover, parents will spend all their wealth to put their children into better schools, and the fees of the schools will become increasingly expensive."

"In this way, education deviates from its original intention and becomes a tool for businessmen to make money."

"Over time, it may cause harm to the country."

Dade smiled helplessly and said: "Perhaps I am too worried. Your Highness, just listen to me. I will just say it casually."

After Wei Ning listened, he fell into a long silence.

He thought about it for a long time, and what Dade said was very reasonable. If this goes on for a long time, children from poor families will still lose at the starting line.

In the end, the big businessmen will control all the country's resources and talents, posing a threat to the court.

As Dade said, nothing can be seen in one or two years. After a long time, ten or eight years, when the foundation of a big businessman is cultivated, how will the country respond? Isn't this similar to forming a family?

At that time, the power of big businessmen can control the court, which will undoubtedly be a huge threat to the country, and it must be guarded against!

Dade's words gave Weining a blow. He had never thought about these issues before. He always believed that education was a purely good thing and a good thing that promoted the development of national knowledge.

But during the implementation of a system, various loopholes will always appear.

If we don't take precautions now and take a long-term view, once harm is caused in the future, it will be doubly difficult to control it.

Wei Ning remembered Dade's words in his heart and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Dai, for reminding me. I will keep it in my heart."

"Bon Voyage."

Dade nodded, cupped his fists and said, "I'm taking my leave."

After watching Dade leave, Wei Ning also returned to Weiyang Palace.

On the way, he had been thinking about the question raised by Dade. He really had to guard against this matter.

In the Qilin Hall, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw Wei Ning and said calmly: "Have you figured it out? Did you know that you are here to see your father? Humph!"

Obviously Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is still venting his anger. If you don't come to see me, I won't go to see you either. Let's see who can outlast the other.

Wei Ning smiled bitterly and thought to himself, why are you still acting like a child? How can I be angry?

He hurriedly said: "Father, I just have something to do these days, so I didn't come to Weiyang Palace. I have no other intention."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty smiled playfully: "Really? Why don't you tell me what you are busy with?"

Wei Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Father, Dade asked me a question, and I have been thinking about it."

"I remember that you said at that time that you would open an academy and that the imperial examination would drive the development of the academy. In the final analysis, it was all about inducement."

“It’s certainly developing very well now, but what about the future?”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Weining said: "Now all local academies are trying their best to recruit good teaching resources and provide these teachers with high salaries to let them teach."

"Then their colleges are charging students with high tuition fees."

"In other academies that are less advanced, the teachers fool around as much as they can, without caring about the students' academic performance."

"If this continues over time, all elite talents will come from these big businessmen."

"In addition to the harm, parents will try their best to send their children to better schools, which will make the people poorer and their money will be taken away by big businessmen."

The original intention of opening the academies was to increase the education penetration rate of children across the country, but in the long run, it seemed to have the opposite effect.

You can't just look at the immediate interests in everything, especially in running a country. You have to take one step at a time, take three steps in advance, plan for a rainy day, and plan everything for the future.

There is no small matter in governing a country.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was slightly stunned after hearing Wei Ning's words. After thinking for a while, his expression became serious and he nodded secretly.

What Weining said was not unreasonable. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very intelligent, and he could naturally hear Weining's concerns about the future of the country.

The fact is indeed what Weining considered. In this way, the big businessmen not only gained huge amounts of money, but also cultivated batches of elites, which would definitely be a disaster for the country's future.

To prevent micro-circulation, we must put an end to it now!

He looked at Wei Ning and said, "Do you have any ideas?"

Wei Ning said: "Yes! But it's difficult!"

(End of this chapter)