Emperor Liu Hong

() After Liu Hong appointed the director of the branch, Sima Hui became completely busy.They are building school buildings and formulating teaching materials, and they are so busy all day long that they never touch the ground.

Seeing that everything was on the right track, Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.Just when Liu Hong wanted to take a good rest, Liu Shu and Sima Hui appeared in front of him together again.

Liu Hong looked at Liu Shu and Sima Hui who were sweating profusely, and felt quite strange, "What is it that makes the prime minister of the big man and the newly promoted minister of the Ministry of Education unable to make decisions?"

"Your Majesty, everyone has no objection to boys studying, and they all strongly support it. But this girl is different. Many people don't want them to study, thinking it's a waste of money. And the voice of opposition is still loud. , I can't make up my mind, so I have to ask His Majesty to make a decision."

"Don't let girls study?" As soon as Sima Hui said, Liu Hong understood. "It should be those old stubborn, patriarchal thoughts at work."

Liu Hong knew that this kind of thinking was very serious for ancient people.They think that sooner or later, girls will belong to other people and lose money.Now that he spends an extra penny, he will pay a penny. If he can spend nothing, that is the best choice.So it is understandable that they object to girls studying.

Of course, with this kind of thinking, most of them are poor.But there are some rich people who are not short of money, but they are also unwilling to let girls study. This is another kind of thinking at work.These people believe that a woman's lack of talent is virtue, and they should be honest at home with their husbands and children.So, they don't allow girls to study either.

Liu Hong does not agree with these two ideas, so Liu Hong is very firm, "Girls also have to go to school, this is a must. They are also the subjects of the Han Dynasty. As the emperor, I need a bowl of water to be fair, and I can't treat one more than another."

"Your Majesty is holy!" Liu Hong's explanation, Liu Shu and Sima Hui both agreed, thinking that this is the attitude of an emperor, who treats his subjects equally regardless of their status.

At this time, Sima Hui said: "Your Majesty, men and women are different. Now that you have made sure, women must also go to school. Do you want to establish a special school for women?"

Hearing this question, Liu Hong was stunned. He had never thought about this question.

In future generations, co-education is a normal thing.But now, it is an uproar.

Thoughts about the difference between men and women, in the Han Dynasty, although it has not reached the level of later generations.However, after so many years of Confucianism's propaganda of ethics, it has become a consensus among people that men and women should not be intimate.

If you want to avoid the conflict between men and women, you need to separate schools for men and women. In this case, you will increase the expenditure a lot.Only now did Liu Hong realize that Liu Shu and Sima Hui came to him not because of girls going to school or not.The real purpose of their trip is to ask him to find a way to get money to build a girls' school.

Liu Hong began to ponder whether to have separate schools for boys and girls?There is no doubt about this when it comes to putting girls in school.As for whether it is a branch school, Liu Hong can't make up his mind.

Separate schools for boys and girls, which costs a lot more.However, after thinking about it, Liu Hong decided to separate the male and female schools.

This is not Liu Hong compromising with the ancients. In fact, Liu Hong feels that the difference between men and women really needs to be paid attention to.

Liu Hong has this idea, not because he is feudal.Because he feels that in this male-dominated society, the difference between men and women can indeed protect girls to a certain extent.

A group of shameless people in the later generations advocated sexuality and openness, and used it to harm ignorant girls. I didn't expect them to succeed.As a result, in later generations, the chaotic relationship between men and women made Liu Hong, a big ghost, blush.

Now that Liu Hong is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he will not allow his people to mess with anyone like wild animals.His people should all be noble and well aware of propriety, righteousness and shame.Therefore, it is better to keep the difference between men and women, and it is acceptable to spend more money for this.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong said: "When they were young, the children were still young, so it didn't matter whether they were divided into different schools. Therefore, the establishment of girls' schools can start from middle school. In this way, a lot of expenses will be saved. of."

Hearing this, Liu Shu and Sima Hui kept nodding their heads in agreement.Then Sima Hui said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, girls' schools don't have to be as cumbersome as boys' schools. There are many majors that girls don't use at all. Weichen thinks that as long as each county town establishes a For girls’ schools, just teach them some practical skills. In this way, you can save a lot of money.”

"Yes, this proposal is very good." Liu Hong agreed with Sima Hui's proposal.He knew that it was pure nonsense to mention equality between men and women.So he said: "When girls grow up, the main task is to teach their husbands and children. According to their actual needs, teach them some etiquette, women's red, nursing and various housework. The skills they can use are this. It is very necessary."

"However, we can't just teach this." Liu Hong thought for a while, and then added: "There are many majors that are suitable for girls, and we also need to train them, such as embroidery, female doctors, stable women, textiles and so on. These, We all have to think ahead to avoid being caught off guard.”

Both Liu Shu and Sima Hui agreed with this, and quickly nodded in agreement.

After confirming these, Liu Hong pondered.Those rich people don't let girls study, he can clean up those people and force girls to study.But for those who are short of money, they don't have the ability, so even if he enforces it, it's useless.So without solving this problem, his order to let the girl read will only become a joke.

"Well, in the final analysis, it's about money!"

Thinking of this, Liu Hong sighed for a while.He knew that it was easy to solve this problem, as long as it could be done completely free of charge.

However, although the national treasury has money, the money is obtained by selling the title, and it is only a one-shot deal.However, with the current taxation, it is absolutely unaffordable, and a large amount of money is needed for free education every year.

"What should I do? The treasury can't afford it, so should I pay the money?"

Liu Hong, I really can't make up my mind now.If free education is not implemented, his universal education will be greatly reduced.Even in later generations, it is not uncommon for children not to study for money, let alone this age.

The implementation of free education will solve the problem.If someone dares not to let their children study, he will be justified in punishing them.But the treasury can't afford this money, so if he is asked to pay, he will really feel sorry for him.

After a while of consideration, Liu Hong gritted his teeth and let him go.Anyway, the cost of building the school has already been borne by the state treasury.What he is responsible for is the remaining teachers' salaries and other expenses.Although there is a lot of money, it is not too much for his annual income.Besides, this is also a matter of accumulating virtue, and it is not a bad thing for him to say it.

Since Liu Hong thought about it, he immediately made a decision.Now that the big money has been paid out, there is no need to be stingy.Not only did he waive all the tuition fees for the students, but he also took care of the meals. If they needed to live on campus, he would also pay for all the living expenses, and there was no need for the parents of the students to pay any more.

But for this money, Liu Hong is really distressed.But when he thought of the matter of donating to help students in future generations, he had an idea, and he could do the same.And in order to get more people to pay, Liu Hong gave out merit points to reward this trump card.