In the process of the Tang Empire's rapid rise to prosperity, there were many problems. Too many contradictions were exposed, and many of them were not easy to solve, which made many ministers of the imperial court very distressed.
The problem of transportation had already left the relevant yamens in a terrible fix, and the problem caused by the shortage of housing was even more thorny. The gap between the rich and the poor was so great that many common people were willing to take risks. Moreover, some of the rich and powerful were heartless, oppressing the common people as they pleased, further inciting social conflicts and causing many people of the Great Tang to hate the rich. If too many people had such a mindset, it would inevitably be detrimental to the prosperity and stability of the Great Tang.
Naturally, these problems could not be ignored. They had to find a way to solve them. However, some problems had not been encountered before. It was very difficult for the existing government offices to deal with them, and it was very difficult for them to deal with them well. Therefore, it was really tricky.
Because they could not deal with the various contradictions within their jurisdiction, many government runners in the government offices were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. Many of them even quit their jobs because of the great pressure. Of course, there were also some bad-tempered government runners who directly used violent means to deal with various social contradictions. On the surface, it seemed that they had really solved the problems quickly, but in fact, it caused new contradictions. Some people even hated and resented the government runners, and it even led to frequent conflicts.
Although science and technology were very important, Ang Lee was also very concerned about these phenomena, because only when the people of the Tang Empire lived a stable and good life could Ang Lee be at ease to do research. Otherwise, if he did not care about these things, if one day the Tang Empire fell into chaos, then the high-tech Ang Lee developed would be meaningless. Even the weapons he developed would become the accomplices of the rioters. Wouldn't that be terrible?
For the thriving Tang Empire, the threat of foreign enemies was no longer worth mentioning. They could not shake the Tang Empire at all. Whoever dared to invade it was courting death. However, if there were internal problems, it would be very dangerous.
There was an ancient saying that the country was destroyed by the weak, while the Han Dynasty was destroyed by the strong. The powerful Great Han Dynasty could not be shaken by any external enemy. However, it was destroyed by the people's uprising and the warlords that followed.
At present, the Tang dynasty was also extremely powerful and could not be shaken by external enemies. At present, there was only one possibility that could destroy the Tang dynasty — there was a serious internal problem.
This internal problem could be the rebellions of the ministers and generals, or the princes fighting for the throne. It could also be that the common people couldn't bear the hardships of life and launched a large-scale uprising and riot, or even something else. In short, there must be an internal problem that could lead to the downfall of the Tang dynasty. No matter how serious the external problem was, it could not lead to the downfall of the Tang dynasty.
Therefore, Ang Lee attached great importance to the various internal problems. He could not neglect the importance of internal problems just because he was mainly in charge of science and technology.
In the process of rapid prosperity, the Tang dynasty encountered various problems that had not been encountered in many previous eras. Therefore, there was no experience at all to learn from. Most of the time, they could only feel the stones to cross the river and accumulate experience little by little. In the process, it was inevitable that many mistakes would be made and blood would be broken from time to time. However, Ang Lee had experience. For the various problems that had occurred in the Tang Empire, Ang Lee would have better solutions. Moreover, Ang Lee's position was higher, so his words were more influential. His correct opinions could be quickly recognized and then implemented.
In terms of traffic intervention, Ang Lee had done the most and most successfully. After helping Li Yu design underground parking lots and underground passages, the traffic in some prosperous areas of the Tang dynasty had been greatly improved. The previous traffic jams had been greatly reduced, which made many people very satisfied. At the same time, the imperial court had passed a new resolution to build more underground passages. After that, dung trucks and large-scale caravans would have to pass through underground passages. Especially during periods of high traffic, large caravans would definitely be forbidden to pass through the streets. As long as they were allowed to pass through underground passages, the traffic pressure on the surface would be greatly reduced and the traffic situation in the Tang dynasty would be alleviated to a certain extent.
In terms of housing intervention, Ang Lee had invented multi-story cement buildings. Buildings with four or five stories could accommodate more poor people, allowing more people who came to Beijing to make a living. If it weren't for Ang Lee's important invention, the housing problem in Beijing would be even more serious. As far as the current situation was concerned, so many multi-story cement buildings were still difficult to meet the huge demand for housing for the population of Beijing. The housing problem was still quite serious.
With the gradual popularization of multi-story buildings, many new problems also appeared. In the past, it was at most two or three stories wooden, and falling from above might not kill people. But now, it was a four-story building, and falling from above would inevitably cause serious injuries or even death. This was not a big deal. Some people with very low quality always liked to throw things from upstairs without looking at whether there was anyone downstairs. In this case, it was very likely that passers-by would be accidentally injured. This kind of situation had happened many times around Beijing, causing many bloody casualties and bringing great suffering to the lives of the people. Many people hated this kind of thing, but this kind of thing was always impossible to stop, and even the murderer could not be found at all.
In the end, they could only let all the suspects be jointly responsible, and everyone would pay some money to compensate the victims. However, this caused the majority of the people to resist, because the majority of the people didn't do this at all, so they naturally felt that they were wronged, and since they were wronged, how could they be willing to compensate the victims? In short, there was a lot of trouble, and in the end, it couldn't be carried out at all, and the injured people could only admit that they were unlucky.
With such a thorny problem, even if it was left to Ang Lee to deal with, it would still make Ang Lee worry half to death. This kind of thing was indeed very difficult to deal with, and if it was not handled properly, it could cause a lot of trouble. As for the bailiff who did this job, it was really very hard, and as the population of Beijing increased, this job would become more and more difficult.
Since there was a problem, it had to be solved. They couldn't let it continue to exist, otherwise, the contradictions would accumulate.
From the analysis of many solved cases, the proportion of children throwing things at random was the highest. More than half of the high altitude throwing things were done by ignorant children, and some were done deliberately. There were even many children who gathered together to see who could throw it at the passers-by below. Whoever could throw it at the passers-by below would be the most awesome one, thus gaining the admiration of other children. The appearance of this kind of situation reflected that the quality of children in the Tang dynasty was still generally low. It was necessary to let them understand that this kind of behavior was very wrong, and it was an extremely shameful and uncivilized behavior.
At present, within the scope of Beijing, not to mention high-quality education, many poor children could not enjoy the right to education at all. From the moment they were born, they were doomed to a miserable fate. They could not get many of the most basic education opportunities. Before they became adults, the only thing they could do was to play with children of the same age and cause trouble from time to time to make their parents unhappy.
These children who did not get an education would have many problems. First, because their elders were busy with work, they could not get a good education and would do a lot of bad things. They would be easily led astray by people with bad intentions, thus becoming a public hazard to the whole society.
Second, because they could not get an education, the work they could do in the future was the most difficult work at the bottom, which would make their lives extremely difficult. It could only be regarded as survival, but there was no so-called life, let alone traveling and enjoying life.
There were many other problems that would be greatly affected. Therefore, it was very abnormal that so many poor children could not get the education they deserved. It was a situation that must be changed as soon as possible.
Since ancient times, education was a right that only a few people could enjoy. The vast majority of ordinary people did not have the opportunity to get a cultural education. Therefore, many officials in the imperial court were not so concerned about the popularization of education. Many officials even thought that cultural education did not need to be enjoyed by too many people. Ordinary people who did manual work only needed to have the strength to work. They really did not need to learn culture. It was a complete waste of time.
There were too few people like Ang Lee who complained about the injustice for ordinary people. Therefore, the popularization of education had not been approved. However, at this moment, Ang Lee still wanted to continue to work hard to persuade those opponents in the imperial court to dispel their doubts and let them agree to promote the popularization of education.
Most of the educational talents in the Tang dynasty were naturally in the Imperial College. Since Ang Lee wanted to take care of this matter, he naturally had to go to the Imperial College. After that, he would go to the Imperial College, the four schools, the study of law, the study of calligraphy, and the study of arithmetic. However, the Imperial College represented the authority and was the highest institution of learning in the Tang dynasty. If he wanted to persuade the imperial court to popularize education, he naturally had to go through the sour scholars in the Imperial College first.
The gate of the Imperial College was very imposing. It was the highest institution of learning in the Tang dynasty. Naturally, it could not be shabby. The students inside were all aristocrats. Only the aristocrats could enter this school, which reflected the importance the imperial court attached to the aristocrats.
In this highest institution, there were 300 aristocratic students and 24 teachers in charge of educating them. The overall scale was really not big. Compared with the universities in the future, which could easily have tens of thousands of students, it was simply too small. However, this was a very normal thing. After all, in the Tang dynasty, only a few people could enjoy education. In the era of universal education in the future, everyone could go to school. The difference in the number of students was more than a hundred or a thousand times. Naturally, the number of students in the school increased exponentially.
"What a magnificent school!"
Li An smiled faintly and walked in.
"Oh, Assistant Minister Li is here. This old man pays his respects to Assistant Minister Li."
A few of the older scholars even knew to salute Li An when they saw him. However, their tone was a little arrogant. Perhaps it was because they had read too many books and knew too many things. Therefore, they looked down on many things. It could also be understood as being aloof.
Or maybe it was ingrained in their minds that they were superior to others because they had read the sages' books. This was not something that Ang Lee, an engineering talent who pursued strange skills, could compare with. They had placed themselves in a very high position, a height that others had to look up to.
"Chancellor, you don't have to be so polite. We are old acquaintances. I just came here to have a look. I haven't been here for a long time. This place is still the same as before!"
Ang Lee said casually.
"Assistant Minister Li, the school is a place for teaching and educating people, not a brothel or a teahouse. There is no need to constantly change the scenery to attract people. By the way, Assistant Minister Li has been studying the Ten Thousand Miles Sound Transmission all day long. Why do you have time to come to our Imperial College?"
The Chancellor's tone was very normal, but his words were very unpleasant. Perhaps he had heard something, so he deliberately gave Ang Lee a bad look.
"Why? Am I not welcome here?"
Ang Lee asked with a serious look.
"I don't dare."
The empire's chancellor only said two words. His attitude was very clear. He didn't welcome Li An here.
Under the circumstance that everyone was fawning on Ang Lee, this guy was actually so ignorant of the current situation. This was really abnormal. Perhaps many people were right. If a scholar read too much, he would easily become stupid. Or, if one read too much, it was easy to have a strength of character and not be flexible.
"Chancellor, why don't you dare? Your unwelcome attitude is written all over your face. However, I don't care. I am thick-skinned enough. Even if you don't welcome me, I won't leave. You have to provide lunch for me at noon. Simple tea is not enough. There must be wine and meat."
Ang Lee said very overbearingly.
The Chancellor was stunned for a moment and said helplessly, "Assistant Minister Li, you are exaggerating. I have always been like this. Although the budget of the Imperial College is not very generous, we can still afford to provide ordinary wine and meat. Assistant Minister Li, please don't dislike it."
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Dislike? Why would I dislike it? I haven't drunk with the noblest scholar of the Tang dynasty for a long time. It's really an honor! "
The Chancellor pondered for a moment and said, "Since Assistant Minister Li thinks so highly of the teachers and students of the Imperial College, why do you have a problem with them?"
After saying that, he looked unhappy.
"I have a problem with the teachers and students of the Imperial College. Where did this come from? How could I do such a thing? Chancellor, you must have misunderstood. "
Ang Lee said with a smile.
"I heard that Assistant Minister Li plans to open a school so that all the children in the world can go to school. Is it true?"
The Imperial Chancellor asked.
It was obvious that this fellow had been unhappy to receive Li An all this time because Li An's plan had infringed on his interests. Therefore, he appeared to be very unhappy.
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