Chapter 396

"Chinese!"

Master Li chewed these two words carefully and couldn't help nodding.

Chinese, the language of a country, is indeed just like its name. More importantly, once these books are compiled, reading and literacy is one of them. Secondly, they can popularize some basic common sense. Thirdly, they publicize the loyalty to the monarch and serve the country, which is naturally strongly supported by the Imperial court.

In this way, the imperial court will not become the resistance to the implementation of compulsory education, but will become the biggest main force of compulsory education. In particular, the emperor must be very excited about being loyal to the king and serving the country.

"If you have books, you need some teachers!" Merton continued.

"Master?"

Master Li frowned and wanted to refute.

Merton quickly waved his hand and said, "after the successful implementation of compulsory education, how many people read in the world? What should we do with so many more readers at that time?"

"This?" Master Li immediately frowned.

"There are more than a million school-age children in the world. If you choose the best one out of ten, there will be no less than 100000 excellent students. Where is the way out for these 100000 excellent students? It should be noted that cultivating a student in a family is not a small amount of money. Can these 100000 students be officials?" Merton said.

Master Li shook his head solemnly. The imperial examination was held every three years, but only one or two hundred people were admitted each time, which was just a drop in the bucket for 100000 students.

"Not all families see secondary education. If they don't have a bright future, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to implement compulsory education." Merton nodded.

"You mean to let these excellent students be masters?" Master Li immediately understood Merton's meaning.

Merton nodded and said, "first of all, we need a large number of teachers to implement compulsory education. After the implementation of compulsory education, we should choose the best and enter a college specialized in cultivating teachers like the Imperial College. In this way, we can not only cultivate more teachers for compulsory education, but also find a way out for scholars all over the world. Isn't it the best of both worlds.

"A college specialized in training teachers?" Li suddenly brightened his eyes.

Merton nodded: "Yes, since what compulsory education needs to teach is new Chinese and mathematics, the traditional teachers are no longer suitable. It's better to cultivate themselves. With the continuous establishment of schools, more and more teachers are needed. There are ten roads in the Tang Dynasty, ten counties in each road, ten counties in each County and ten villages in each county. At least 10000 schools need to be built in the whole Tang Dynasty."

"Ah! Ten thousand!" Master Li was shocked and speechless.

No wonder he wrote many times, but the stone sank into the sea. I'm afraid the construction of tens of thousands of schools will be astronomical. No wonder Merton said that if we want compulsory education, we must get the support of the emperor. Who can start such a large project without the support of the imperial court.

"Ten thousand schools need at least twelve masters each, that is, once compulsory education is established, the imperial court can provide at least 120000 master positions." Merton broke another shocking figure.

"120000 masters!" Master Li was numb.

Merton said with a smile: "for an official family, it's natural not to see a teacher in the eyes. However, for ordinary people, it's no less tempting to let their children become scholars and become a teacher than to be an official."

Master Li nodded. How many officials are there in Datang? In contrast, the master who has many posts and is easy to be admitted is valued by ordinary people.

"But can the imperial court afford the salary of 120000 masters?" Master Li smacked his tongue. There are less than 10000 officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the taxes of the imperial court can naturally support it. If you suddenly add the salary of 120000 masters, I'm afraid you can't catch it!

"Of course, compulsory education will not be carried out in a handful. In the early stage, it must give priority to the city and gradually popularize it in the countryside. I'm afraid it won't be effective without 20 years. The tuition fees of students in the early stage are enough to pay the teacher's salary, and there is no need for the court to allocate much money and food. Compared with the future income, the court still calculates this account clearly."

"I'm afraid compulsory education will be greatly reduced in this way," sighed Master Li.

What he has been longing for is the real compulsory education in Mojia village, in which all students enter school and receive education free of charge. If you need to pay tuition fees, I'm afraid the effect will be greatly reduced, and many poor families are simply unable to pay tuition fees.

Merton said reluctantly, "there's no way. We can only do it step by step. In the future, the imperial court will become rich and strong. It's not too late to implement compulsory education at that time. What we can do now is to prepare in advance and go there step by step."

"Yes, if you don't, I won't. I'm afraid the day of universal compulsory education will never come." Master Li stood up and said firmly.

Now Master Li only feels that his whole body is full of energy. He did not come wrong today. Everything has been clear. He compiled the Chinese language to the satisfaction of the emperor, and then created a special master's college. The rest is to hand over all the plans to the imperial court. One day, he will be able to realize compulsory education for the whole people.

"The master is really righteous! Naturally, students can't be stingy. Mohist hospital is going to build a medical school in Quchi square to train doctors for Mohist hospital. If the master doesn't dislike it, he can be a neighbor with Hua Lao," Merton said.

After a year of development, the Mexican hospital has been a great success. If it were not for the lack of doctors, the Mexican hospital would have opened a branch long ago. When it saw the model of women's medical school, the Mexican hospital immediately prepared to train doctors by itself. However, the scale of the medical school was much larger. Finally, HuaLao and sun Shen discussed and finally selected Quchi square with the cheapest land price.

"Seriously?" Master Li said in surprise.

"Why is it difficult? It's just to build more schools." Merton said bluntly.

Master Li immediately smiled.

Merton added: "in addition, Mojia village will build 50 school buildings in Guanzhong area within three years to be driven by the master."

Mr. Li took a deep look at Merton. If there was a plan to train the master's college, it might be just on paper, but now if there were 50 school buildings to make use of the trained students, his whole plan for compulsory education began to be on the right path.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. These fifty school buildings are a timely help.

Master Li let go of his teacup and said solemnly, "the Mohists have paid so much. I don't know what they want?"

Although he is known as a strange Confucian and despises some hypocrites of Confucianism, he is a Confucian after all. Once compulsory education is established, it will certainly bring great reputation to Confucianism. However, Merton gives money and ideas. He doesn't think his face can be worth so much money.

Merton smiled and said, "while Confucianism gains fame, it can also cultivate a large number of elite talents. The Mohists just pick up some students who have no intention of officialdom. However, the master can rest assured that being an official and studying ink technology are two kinds of people. There is no conflict between Confucianism and Mohism."

Master Li immediately smiled bitterly. How many students in the world really entered the officialdom? I'm afraid many frustrated talents went to Mohism. However, the benefits of this matter for Confucianism can not be estimated, and master Li naturally can not refuse this temptation.

However, Master Li is not a narrow-minded person. Knowing that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for Confucianism, he can only accept it calmly.