The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 930 Education Industry [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

When Bingzhou first entered the grassland, who could have imagined that in just a few years, Bingzhou would be able to conquer the entire grassland, defeat the three major overlords of the grassland, drive the Dayuezhi out of the west of the Tianshan Mountains, defeat the Xiongnu, and now is about to destroy the Donghu?
Back then, they supported Bingzhou only because they regarded Bingzhou as a nail driven into the grassland and a stick to stir up trouble.

The only thing they wanted was to use Bingzhou to contain the barbarians on the grasslands, and to contain the barbarians on the grasslands when the Qin State launched an attack on the Central Plains.

Therefore, even though everyone knows that Bingzhou’s promotion of education is playing with fire, because of this pair of king and prime minister, no one dares to arbitrarily assume that they cannot find a solution.

"Yes, because it's them!" Xiong Qi also sighed.

This pair of king and prime minister who can turn decay into magic makes everyone dare not be careless. They will subconsciously choose to believe first and then believe.

This is also the reason why no minister stood up to oppose the implementation of this national policy in Bingzhou.

Even the ministers of the Qin capital would believe it, let alone those fanatics in Bingzhou?
Bingzhou, School Administration Hall.

Yan Yan and An Qisheng knelt opposite each other.

"Although the funding from Qin, Qi and Yan has solved our current urgent needs, rural school education is ultimately a bottomless pit. Once the money is spent, we may not be able to hold on!" An Qisheng reminded Yan Yan that he must make plans in advance.

You can't really wait until the money is gone and then think of a solution when the problem arises.

Although they both signed the national policy plan and told their subordinates not to worry, in reality, neither of them had much confidence.

"The rural school must generate its own income. Otherwise, relying solely on national treasury expenditures is not a long-term solution!" Yan Yan said seriously.

It is impossible for a school to be built entirely by fiscal expenditure, it must also generate its own income.

An Qisheng nodded in agreement. It is impossible for the rural school to rely entirely on financial expenditure. It must also create a certain value on its own. It does not seek to achieve a balance between income and expenditure, but at least it can make up for part of the deficit.

"So, what is the most valuable thing that the rural school can create?" Yan Yan and An Qisheng looked at each other.

A school is a place to cultivate talents and also a place to export talents.

But, they can't just... sell people!

Not to mention that selling people is illegal, their original intention of establishing the rural school was to train talents for Bingzhou. They didn't even have enough people for themselves, so where would they get people to sell?

"Actually, it's not impossible to sell it!" An Qisheng thought for a while and spoke slowly.

"This is not acceptable. All countries no longer agree to the existence of slaves!" Yan Yan reminded.

The abolition of slavery is a move recognized by all countries. Bingzhou cannot go against the will of heaven and do something against the will of heaven.

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking it. The national treasury has no money, but the nine ministries, their subordinate departments, clerks, and offices have money." An Qisheng said with a smile.

The national treasury being without money and the ministries being without money seem to be the same, but in fact they are not the same.

The national treasury allocates funds every year based on the applications from various ministries and departments, but the money may not be enough, and there may not be any surplus.

But who will report the extra money and return it to the national treasury?

If you really do this, it will not be so easy to get money from the treasury next year. The auditors will also subconsciously think that you couldn't use up the money given to you last year, so how can you use up all the money you report this year? Don't you think it will cause waste?

Therefore, even if the funds reported by the various government offices could not be used up, they would never report that they could not be used up. Moreover, many government offices also had their own income channels, and not all of them relied on the national treasury for funding.

The simplest one is the major workshops. Apart from the taxes paid to the national treasury, don’t they have any money?
In the entire Bingzhou, even the government is not as rich as these workshops.

Behind most of these workshops, various departments have invested money to hold shares, and some are even subordinate workshops of certain departments.

For example, the Cashmere Shop was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Imperial Household, and the Ministry of the Imperial Household was even richer than the Ministry of Grain and Grain.

After all, one has his own money, while the other is just responsible for keeping it.

"What do you mean, sir?" Yan Yan's eyes lit up.

The national treasury has no money, but many of the nine government offices are very wealthy.

"People are trained for them, so it's not too much for them to pay some money, right?" An Qisheng said with a smile.

Yan Yan was stunned, remembering that many universities in later generations were directly affiliated with various ministries, and the graduates were first provided to the ministries, and the extra money was considered additional income.

Thinking of this, Yan Yan spoke directly, "Why not just do it in one step and let each department build its own directly affiliated township school!"

An Qisheng's eyes lit up too, this is possible.

The purpose of building township schools is to train officials for Bingzhou. Having each department establish a township school directly under it can also better train professional talents without having to spend a large amount of money from the treasury. Moreover, each department will agree or even take the initiative to do it.

After all, each department has the most say in how much Bingzhou lacks people.

Compared to waiting for the talents recommended by the Prime Minister's Office, it is tantamount to waiting for rain from heaven. Who knows when it will be their turn, and whether they can really be competent for the work of their own government office.

Now they can directly establish local schools to train professional talents for their own offices, which will greatly alleviate their work pressure.

As for money?
I provide you with the opportunity to intern in the government office without asking you to spend any money, which is already a great blessing from heaven. Yet you still want to ask me for money?
The most valuable thing is talent, and the least valuable thing is also talent.

"In addition, once the rural schools are established, their affiliated infrastructure and derived surrounding areas will also be able to create huge economic benefits!" An Qisheng seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up.

To put it simply, where is the place with the most expensive rent in a city?
That must be the properties around the government office, and then the properties near the local school.

Secondly, with a large number of students gathering here, do their food, clothing, housing and transportation also need to be coordinated?
If I want to open a store in or around a township school, do I have to pay the school?
Finally, the teaching aids, teaching materials, paper, ink, brushes, inkstones, bamboo slips, carving knives, etc. of the rural school are also of great benefit.

Once the township schools have grown to a certain scale, will the textbooks published by the higher county schools and national schools also be adopted by county schools and township schools across the country? In this way, will the county schools and national schools also have additional income?

Thinking of this, Yan Yan and An Qisheng had more and more ideas, and their thinking became clearer and clearer.

Education can be developed as an independent and complete industrial chain to form a huge profit line.

Even more, with hundreds of schools taking over Bingzhou, as long as these rural schools are famous enough, their teaching materials and lesson plans will not only be limited to their own schools, but will be valued and purchased by the whole world.

"Then let's call the nine ministers and all the important departments to discuss it. We must form a complete education industry chain!" Yan Yan and An Qisheng discussed it for nearly a night and finally sorted out the outline.

(End of this chapter)