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Nanjing University was founded by Liu Sheng, and the various rules, regulations, teaching methods, etc. of the university were naturally modeled on those of later universities and adapted accordingly.

Although the current rules, regulations, teaching methods, etc. of Nanjing University may not be practical, it is at least a bold attempt - if anything inappropriate is found, it can be changed in the future.

In addition, because there is no corresponding school education system, it is foreseeable that in the next few years, Nanjing University students will have to rely on special recruitment and independent admission examinations to obtain admissions.

The components of special admissions are very complex.

For the first time, there were not only the former warlord's disciples like Zheng Sen, but also Yao Qisheng and others recruited by Liu Sheng, as well as talented people recommended by the local government, etc.

Of course, special enrollment only accounts for a small portion of Nanjing University’s freshmen and will not have much impact on the quality of freshmen.

Education is the foundation.

Leaving aside the Qing captives entrenched in the northeast, Da'ei took over Dashun and the remaining territory of the Ming Dynasty in the southwest within the past two years. The world was about to be reunited, and most of Liu Sheng's energy was naturally transferred to internal affairs.

Internal affairs focus on finance.

In addition to finance, education is also an aspect that Liu Sheng attaches great importance to, because the country's layout in education should be implemented sooner rather than later.

A few days before the start of the school year at Nanjing University, Liu Sheng summoned the main officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Rites to hold a special meeting on education in the Wenhua Hall.

"Education reform is imperative." Liu Sheng set the tone at the beginning of the meeting.

"As for how to reform, here is a document that you can take a look at."

Following Liu Sheng's signal, the clerk from the Secretariat distributed documents one by one to the ministers attending the meeting.

Li Changwen, Qian Qianyi, Qian Yunsheng and others took the documents and sat down to read them carefully without any surprise.

Because this is not the first time Liu Sheng has done this kind of thing of formulating the things discussed or the policies to be implemented into documents and brochures for the ministers and workers to understand, but has done it many times, and it has almost become a routine.

Usually Liu Sheng has an idea or mentions something below. Then Liu Sheng convenes Li Changwen and other military ministers for a small meeting, and extracts some of the main contents agreed upon at the meeting, which are then drafted into documents and brochures by the secretariat. , and finally put it into a larger meeting for more relevant officials to understand and discuss.

Generally, at conferences, it is difficult for officials to change the core content of the document, and most of them propose some additions, improvements, or minor corrections.

This is obviously the case for this education thematic conference.

There was not much content in the document, and it was printed. Jiang Dejing read it quickly.

According to this document, the education reform Liu Sheng mentioned is mainly divided into two aspects.

The first is to implement compulsory education, and the second is to modify and integrate existing educational resources into the school system.

Although "compulsory education" is a new term, it is relatively easy to implement in this education reform.

Because Liu Sheng is currently only planning to implement three-year compulsory education in five prefectures: Yingtian Prefecture, Shuntian Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Yiyang Prefecture, and Nanyang Prefecture.

The reason for this choice is that the funds required for compulsory education are mainly borne by local governments. Although the Da'ei imperial court also allocated funds, it accounted for at most 50% of the compulsory education in the local area, or even lower.

Among the five prefectures that have implemented three-year compulsory education on a trial basis, except for Nanyang Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, the other three prefectures are relatively wealthy.

Shuntian Prefecture was chosen because, after all, Shuntian Prefecture is where Beijing is located and has special political significance. Moreover, there are not many people living there today, so even if compulsory education is implemented, it does not require much funding.

As for choosing Nanyang Mansion, we took into consideration that Nanyang is barely half of the land of Longxing, and there are not many people in Nanyang Mansion.

If there is any difficulty in implementing compulsory education, it is that it requires girls to enroll in school.

Although Jiang Dejing believed in Catholicism, he couldn't help but frown when he saw this. It’s not that he is opposed to girls enrolling in school, but he thinks this will be difficult to implement.

Even the core requirement that "children between the ages of five and ten must go to school" is difficult to implement.

Although Jiang Dejing comes from a gentry family, he is in his fifties after all. He has seen a lot and knows that in poor families, a four-year-old child may help with some chores within his ability, and a ten-year-old child may even be half an adult. Although compulsory education does not charge tuition fees or book fees, it saves people's labor and requires them to provide three meals a day for their children, which will undoubtedly increase the burden on people.

Although the Five Prefectures such as Yingtian Mansion are not poor places, there are definitely many poor families, and these families may not be willing to allow their children to receive compulsory education.

Of course, compared with the trial implementation of compulsory education, the integration of old educational resources and the reform of the system are undoubtedly more complicated and have more problems...

"Have you all read the document on education reform? You can tell me what you think."

Liu Sheng's loud voice echoed in the Wenhua Palace, and all the ministers raised their heads.

But no one spoke for a while.

Seeing this, Li Changwen had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, as long as the court and local finance can support the trial implementation of three-year compulsory education, there will be no big problem.

The second item of education reform, on the other hand, involves the interests of scholars in many schools and localities in the past Ming Dynasty, and requires much consideration and improvement of strategies before it can be implemented. "

Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng looked at Qian Qianyi, Wang Duo, and Jiang Dejing and said, "The Ministry of Rites should know about the affairs of the Qianming School, right? Why don't I tell you about it."

Qian Qianyi originally wanted to show more performance in front of Liu Sheng, and Qianming education and school matters were something he knew well, so he immediately stood up and started talking.

"Your Majesty, the schools in the former Ming Dynasty are mainly divided into official schools and private schools..."

As a former Tanhualang and Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, Qian Qianyi was indeed very familiar with the education system and school system of the Ming Dynasty.

He also has good eloquence and profound knowledge. After explaining it, everyone from Liu Sheng to the doctors in various ministries had a relatively comprehensive and profound understanding of this aspect.

Zhu Yuanzhang also attached great importance to education, so the Ming Dynasty began to establish official schools during the Hongwu period.

There are social schools in rural areas, county schools and state schools in prefectures and counties, and government schools further up, and at the top are the Southern and Northern Imperial Colleges.

However, social studies were not compulsory, and the Ming court and local governments did not allocate funds. They were all run by squires and landlords, so some places had them but some did not. They were quickly replaced by private schools, or in other words, they never succeeded. Went to private school.

The experience of local officials and schools in the Ming Dynasty was similar.

Because after the talent selection system of the Ming Dynasty matured, the imperial examination became almost the only way to enter the officialdom, so scholars also aimed at the imperial examination.

Although local official schools have some welfare benefits, they are often not as good as private schools (that is, various academies and famous teachers) in terms of teachers and educational achievements.

Therefore, by the middle and late Ming Dynasty, most local official schools had almost become decorations.

For example, in a county school, if there are capable and famous teachers, there may be dozens of students to support the scene; if there are mediocre and incompetent people, it is common for the county school to be empty.

The Ming court also cracked down on private schools several times, especially academies, because academies could not help but usurp the court's rights and prestige in education, and were often the place where students and officials formed cliques.

However, even if the establishment of a college is explicitly prohibited, the effect will only be temporary. Not to mention, the policies of the Ming Dynasty often changed due to changes in cabinet ministers and emperors, and they could not be sustained.

Therefore, looking at the teachings of the Ming Dynasty, most of the time private schools outweighed official schools...

After Qian Qianyi finished speaking, other officials were still thinking. Liu Sheng concluded after thinking for a moment: "So, the reason why private schools prospered and the official schools declined in the former Ming Dynasty is ultimately because the Ming Dynasty all used the imperial examination to obtain officials? "

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, many ministers were stunned. Qian Qianyi even turned pale after being stunned.

He never expected that Liu Sheng would sum up such a sentence from his introduction to the official and private schools of the former Ming Dynasty.

As early as last year when discussing how to hold the provincial examination, Qian Qianyi knew that Liu Sheng intended to change the system of selecting scholars through the imperial examination.

However, Liu Sheng has not disclosed this idea in front of many officials before, and today is the first time.

If word of what happened today spreads out, wouldn't scholars all over the world mistakenly think that it was Qian Qianyi who made Liu Sheng have such an idea?

In this case, he will definitely be hated by the scholars even more. (End of chapter)