I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 413 I'm out of money again!
Now the few people are even more confused.

"Your Majesty, it is the people's freedom to study or not, why is it mandatory!"

Li Tian shook his head again and said,
"If it is not compulsory, those children from poor families will have no hope of reading and literacy in their lifetime. If they miss the best time, their lives will be doomed, and the original good seedlings may also be buried!

If it is not compulsory, there will always be people who think that studying is useless. Instead of wasting time doing useless things, it is better to come out early to earn money to support the family. "

"This world is full of ordinary people at most. They have never read a book, but people like you, Shi Qi, have completely different ideas. If no compulsory measures are taken, how many people do you think are willing to let their children go to school?"

Yang Shiqi and others pondered for a while, carefully analyzing these two sentences of Li Tian,
"But Your Majesty, these ministers understand the truth, but there are many people, although the children are not old, but they have become the pillars of the family. Forcing them to study, wouldn't it cause unpredictable changes in many families!"

Li Tian nodded and said,
"The pains in the early stage are inevitable, but compared with the rewards that can be obtained from a thorough compulsory education in the future, this pain is nothing at all!
You can imagine that ten or twenty years later, if you catch anyone on the street, they will all be able to read and write, and understand the law. At that time, there is no need to worry about the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

In the army, everyone can read the map and know the route. With such powerful soldiers guarding the homeland, why not worry about the country and the people. "

A few short words seemed to outline a stamp of prosperity, and the few people just imagined it in their hearts, and they couldn't help their blood boiling.

"Your Majesty, can this kind of thing really be done? Will my Ming Dynasty really have a day when everyone is like a dragon!"

"Why is it impossible? As long as everyone has read the book, everyone is sensible and understands etiquette, why worry about this day not coming."

Although the scenery is beautiful, it is almost impossible to achieve this goal.

Huang Zhun, who is very sensitive to money, said bluntly,
"Your Majesty, if you want to achieve this goal, it is not enough to build a few schools and academies. If you want to implement this kind of law in the whole country, you need to build thousands of them!

Although the imperial court is rich now, with such a large-scale popularization, it is just a drop in the bucket! "

Li Tian didn't refute his words, because what he said was indeed true.

Daming now has a population of 7000 to [-] million, and this is just a rough statistic.

If those black households and hidden households were added, the population of Daming would probably exceed 8000 million.

Considering that school-age children account for only one-eighth of the total population, there are still a huge number of 1000 million.

At this time, the number of people who have read books in Daming is only 200 million at best.

There is a huge gap of nearly 900 million people in the middle.

If these more than 900 million people are allowed to enroll, it may not be a big problem for Hua Guo in later generations, but for Daming at this time, it is like a fantasy.

Although Li Tian never planned to carry out compulsory education across the country from the very beginning.

But the capital alone plus the surrounding state capitals has a total population of more than 200 million.

Calculated according to the ratio of eight to one, there are more than [-] school-age children.

This number is still an incomparably huge number.

Assuming that a modern school can accommodate 2000 students, 16 schools are needed to accommodate [-] people.

The money needed to build a school that can accommodate 2000 people is not a small amount.

In the past, the soap workshop needed more than 2 taels just to occupy the land, and it might cost 160 million taels just to buy the land.

If you add the cost of construction, hiring teachers, compiling and distributing teaching materials, and providing students with a meal for lunch, the miscellaneous expenses are calculated, and none of the 1000 million taels is simply not enough.

The several million taels collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs this time are simply not enough.

But even so, Li Tian decided to continue, even if it was to subsidize the household department, he would also get compulsory education.

Because he knew that according to the current state, two or three years later would be the key node for the rapid development of Daming.

At that time, the talents needed were not a small number.

Judging from the current scale of Ming Dynasty's cultivation of scholars, the demand is far from enough.

Moreover, the cultivation of talents cannot be completed in a day or two, and it takes a lot of time to accumulate slowly.

The sooner this kind of thing is prepared, the sooner it will come in handy at a critical moment.

"Think twice, Your Majesty. If compulsory education is really implemented according to your ideas, the Ministry of Households will not only not have enough money, but it may have to pay a lot of money!"

It is impossible to say that Xia Yuanji doesn't feel sorry for the money that has just been obtained and has not been warmed up yet.

This moment of going up and down, but his little heart was tossed hard enough.

But Li Tian had already made up his mind, even if he tightened his belt, this matter must go on.

He said loudly to several people,

"No matter how difficult it is, the compulsory education is settled! You should consult with my staff and discuss the next specific matters!"

Xia Yuanji was so sad that he almost burst into tears on the spot.

"Your Majesty, hold your hand high and leave some for the veterans, why don't we build half of the school first..."

Li Tian stepped forward to help Xia Yuanji who fell on the ground and said patiently,
"Weiji, I understand that you feel sorry for the money, but you also have to be considerate of my feelings, don't you!

After these children have studied, they will be the pillars of Daming in the future. Everything we pretend now is for the future of Daming. Do you understand what I said! "

"The future! The future is very important, but the household department of the old minister..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Shiqi stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said,

"Weiji, just bear with it. When you miss your Majesty's decision, isn't it just a few million taels of silver? This year's one is gone, isn't there still next year? Just bear with it, and next year will come soon." .”

But Xia Yuanji still couldn't turn the corner, and said in a crying voice,
"This money does not belong to your judicial office, so you naturally don't feel bad, and you don't have to persuade the old man, let the old man cry first!"

Seeing Xia Yuanji, an old man in his 70s, crying like a child, Li Tian stepped forward to comfort him,

"Weiji, don't cry. I didn't say that all the money will be paid by your household department. Let's do this. Your household department will give you 400 million taels, and Zhongchang's household reform bureau will give you 100 million taels. I will figure out the rest. Let's do it!"

Hearing that Li Tian had left some soup for him, Xia Yuanji immediately came to life, his small eyes rounded,

"What Your Majesty said is true, really only need 400 million from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

(End of this chapter)