Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 645, Public and Private Schools
"Public expenditure?"

"Build bridges and pave roads?"

"Build a public school?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but looked at Liu Jin again.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, everyone must be aware of the role of this concrete road. Tianjin and Beijing, when there was no concrete road before, it was very troublesome to go back and forth, and it took two or three days."

"However, with the cement road, it is very convenient to travel. Two or three hours is enough, and the fish from Tianjin will still be fresh when it arrives in Tianjin."

"If all the provinces of our entire Ming Dynasty can be connected by such cement roads, it will be extremely beneficial to the circulation of goods and people in our Ming Dynasty."

"Not to mention anything else, just in terms of disasters, it used to take ten days and a half months to transfer grain from the south to the north, and because the road was not smooth, the loss on the road was also very large, often one hundred catties About [-]% to [-]% of food will be lost on the road.”

"But with the cement road, using the most convenient four-wheeled carriage, calculated according to the speed from Tianjin to Beijing, a few days is enough to adjust grain from the south to the north, and the loss on the road can also be reduced to a minimum. The lowest, not even [-]% loss.”

"In the future, when the imperial court provides disaster relief, the pressure will be very small, because when a disaster occurs in one place, other places can quickly provide food support."

Liu Jin looked at everyone, and continued to talk about the importance and benefits of building bridges and paving roads.

To be rich, build roads first.

This is a truth that almost everyone knows in later generations. There is no doubt about the importance of roads, and the cement has already been produced. Naturally, this cement road will be built on a large scale in Daming.

"Well said~"

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nodded.

The land of Huaxia, affected by the subtropical high pressure, has always been plagued by disasters, floods in the south and droughts in the north, or droughts in the back and south, almost every year, and it is rare to say that the weather is good. .

Therefore, disaster relief has also become a major event for the courts of all dynasties.

In terms of disaster relief, the most important thing is food.

The common people can do all kinds of things if they don't have enough to eat. As long as they can have enough to eat, then everything can be completely eliminated.

But food is a big problem. All dynasties have attached great importance to the construction of granaries and grain storage. In fact, it is mainly for disaster relief.

Now Liu Jin proposed to overhaul concrete roads in various parts of Daming, which was mentioned in Emperor Hongzhi's heart.

Every change of dynasty almost started with a famine. The people who couldn’t get enough to eat couldn’t survive.

With concrete roads, disaster relief becomes easier, and it becomes easier for people in the disaster area to escape to other places, and the impact of the famine can be minimized.

This is very important for stabilizing the country of Ming Dynasty and stabilizing the throne of their old Zhu family.

"Well, if the imperial court has money, it is indeed possible to build large-scale concrete roads in various places in Ming Dynasty."

The other ministers also nodded after listening.

The benefits of cement roads are too many. In many places, they even spontaneously organize the construction of cement roads. The rich contribute money and the powerful contribute.

However, this kind of concrete road connecting various provinces naturally needs to be built by the imperial court, and its expenditure and cost will be huge, and only the imperial court can afford it.

"I think this is okay. The Ministry of Industry can come up with a plan. Now that the court has money, the common people's money should be used on the common people."

"As Liu Jin said, building bridges and paving roads, building river lifts, and building reservoirs are all good. Roads can facilitate people's travel, river lifts can prevent rivers from flooding and destroy fertile fields, and reservoirs can prevent floods and store water. It is a good and important event that is beneficial to the national economy and the people's livelihood."

"In the past, the imperial court had no money. Even if they wanted to do these things, they were often powerless, and there was no way to benefit our Ming Dynasty on a large scale."

"Now that the imperial court has money, it should be implemented on a large scale, and really do some big things, so that the common people can feel that this tax is taken from the people and used for the people."

"In addition, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials also came up with a plan for Liu Jin to raise salaries for officials, and it's time to raise salaries for everyone."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the crowd, thought for a while and said slowly.

It's easy to do things when you have money.

The flower that should be spent, the flower that should not be spent, seems to be able to spend a little bit.

So he is also very generous, build bridges and pave roads, build bridges and pave roads, increase salary, increase salary, even though Emperor Hongzhi knew that none of these officials lived on salary.

Which of these ministers and officials in the DPRK and China does not have a large number of fields and shops behind them, and which one does not have shares in commercial firms in Tianjin?
Countless factories, workshops, etc., large and small, in Beijing and Tianjin are all behind the shadows of these ministers in the DPRK and China.

There are many corrupt officials, but there are still many clean officials, and some clean and stupid officials who don't know how to invest.

In the past few years, with the development of the Beijing-Tianjin area, the living standards in the Beijing-Tianjin area have improved rapidly, and consumption has increased a lot. Many clean and honest officials have found it difficult to survive.

Those officials who only rely on rent collection from their family's land property have a very difficult life.

So this salary should go up~
Emperor Hongzhi was also a good emperor, and he was not stingy when he was rich.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but look at Liu Jin again.

What a talent!

Not only did he bulge up his own pockets, but now he also bulged up the treasury of the imperial court, but he didn't plunder the common people, it was all money earned by his own real ability.

I am rich, the court is also rich, and the common people seem to be rich now, as if all of a sudden, everyone is rich, and life is easier.

It's incredible to think about it.

But all of this is very real. Now go outside and see. The price of the entire Beijing-Tianjin area is very cheap. The goods are many times more than before. What is more important is the income of the people in the Beijing-Tianjin area. It has risen too much.

Factories and workshops now hire one person, and they can only hire people after paying three taels of silver a month.

"There is also the matter of building a public school. In my opinion, it is also possible~"

"My Ming's vassal states are constantly hiring gentlemen from my Daming to teach and educate people. We, Daming, naturally have to pay more attention to it."

"As Liu Jin said, in the future, a certain percentage of the national treasury will be set for running schools every year, so that more children from poor families can go to school."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said again.

"Your Majesty, if public schools are opened on a large scale, will this lead to a lower admission rate for future imperial examinations?"

At this time, Liu Jian thought for a while and said.

If many public schools are opened in various parts of Ming Dynasty, and more people study, more people will take the imperial examination in the future. At that time, how can the imperial court have so many positions for so many people?

Moreover, every time the imperial court takes the imperial examination, there are strict regulations on the number of candidates and Jinshi. If there are too many people participating in the imperial examination, it will be even more difficult to win the imperial examination and Jinshi in the future.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"

"This public school opened by the imperial court thinks that it should focus on popularizing literacy and basic arithmetic, knowing some basic common sense, coupled with specialized skills training, rather than relying mainly on imperial examinations."

Liu Jin thought about it and suggested.

Yes, it is very difficult to take the imperial examination. This public school should not continue to immerse itself in stereotyped essays, but should follow the example of later generations of education, distinguishing between disciplines, emphasizing basic education, and laying the foundation for the development and vigorous development of science.

If this public school is also based on the imperial examination, then it will be meaningless, it will only cultivate more nerds, and it will be of no use to the court and the development of the country at all.

"If this is the case, I think it's okay. If the public schools run by the imperial court don't take part in the imperial examinations, it will be much fairer."

"It's just that if you can't take the imperial examination, will someone send you to study?"

After listening, Liu Jian nodded after thinking about it.

That's right, if public schools are basically free, it's very unfair to those who go to private schools, if they can't take the imperial examination, it's more fair, for rich people, their children spend money If you go to a private school, you can take the imperial examination and become an official.

Children from ordinary families go to public schools for free and cannot take the imperial examinations, which is fairer.

"It doesn't matter if you can't take the imperial examination. Not everyone wants to be an official. After studying and gaining knowledge, you can also work as an accountant, work and manage, and you can also learn to build bridges and pave roads, learn shipbuilding, and refinery. Iron and all that."

"Now these are also very popular, at least it is considered a good way out."

There was a smile on Liu Jin's face.

Yes, yes, that's how it should be.

These stereotyped essays and imperial examinations have already entered a dead end, and more people must not be allowed to enter them. This public school will be run according to the schools of later generations.

It is best not to rely on the imperial examinations. At that time, I will run some shipbuilding colleges, iron and steel colleges, engineering colleges, etc., and recruit those from these public schools, so that there will be scientific and technological talents in Ming Dynasty in the future.

Liu Jin knew clearly that technology was the primary productive force. If Da Ming wanted to truly stand firm on the earth, he had to master the most advanced technology, and even lead the development of technology.

The original education system of Ming Dynasty is obviously not good, so it must be changed. This public school is obviously a good opportunity.

In the future, people in this private school will continue to study stereotyped essays, take the imperial examination, and become officials after passing the exam.

The children of this public school learn more content and take various college entrance examinations. After they have learned well, they have mastered various skills and technologies. With them, Daming's development will not have to worry.

And Liu Jin believes that as long as a few decades pass, everyone will naturally understand the disadvantages of stereotyped essays and imperial examinations. At that time, even if Liu Jin does not abolish imperial examinations and stereotyped essays, the ruling and opposition parties in the Ming Dynasty will demand that they be abolished. These eight-part essays and imperial examinations came.

　Do you think this arrangement is okay?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)