Ang Lee had already made the necessity and urgency of promoting universal education very clear. Under these circumstances, all of the doctorate assistants and influential students present had nothing to say. They could only support Ang Lee's decision, or at the very least, not raise any objections.
As for the details of the following discussion, it was up to the Imperial Chancellor and the doctorate assistants to concern themselves with. The influential students left one after another, returning to their studies.
A large crowd of people had left, and there were less than thirty people left. This was practically the entire educational force of the Imperial College. In addition, there were several officials of the Imperial College, and even the lowly official registrar of the Imperial College had come to join in on the fun.
The official registrar of the Imperial College was only a minor seventh rank official. Not only was he far below the Imperial Chancellor's minor third rank, he was also far below the Imperial College's doctorate's major fifth rank upper rank. The doctorate assistants of the Imperial College were major sixth rank upper rank officials. They were mainly responsible for supervising matters and holding the seal. They did not directly participate in the teaching.
"The two secretaries and the doctorate assistants will stay. The rest of you can leave first!"
The Imperial Chancellor looked at the crowd and said.
He felt that discussing the details of universal education was a matter for the most cultured people. The more people there were, the better. Thus, he chased away the eleven doctorate assistants, four lecturers, the Imperial Chancellor, and the Imperial College's major registrar.
"Yes."
The doctorate assistants, the lecturers, and the others could only obey the order. However, they were rather unwilling. Their expressions could be seen clearly. They felt that they had been ignored. Discussing universal education was such an important matter, so how could they be left out? They were also teachers of the Imperial College. The Imperial Chancellor and the Imperial College's major registrar were also officials of the Imperial Court. They were not ordinary commoners. This feeling of being ignored was rather unpleasant.
However, they were already used to it. The doctorate assistants and the two secretaries immediately felt superior. They also felt that only people of high status like themselves were worthy of discussing the details with Ang Lee. Their ranks were also relatively high. The doctorate assistants were major fifth rank upper rank, the two secretaries were minor fourth rank lower rank, and the Imperial Chancellor was a minor third rank high official.
The doctorate assistants who stayed were all major fifth rank and above. This was also a form of respect for Ang Lee. Thus, Ang Lee could not voice any objections. Moreover, there were fifteen doctorate assistants in the Imperial College. Together with the Imperial Chancellor and the two secretaries, there were eighteen people discussing with Ang Lee. This was already a large number.
"After listening to Assistant Minister Li's brilliant ideas, this old man is deeply impressed. However, since Assistant Li proposed this idea, he must have a detailed plan. I wonder if this old old man would have the honor of discussing it with Assistant Minister Li?"
The Imperial Chancellor asked.
Li An nodded and said, "Of course. It's also my honor. I've been thinking about how to implement universal education for a long time. After all, if I don't think about any details properly, it could cause great harm to this cause. In the end, it won't be able to be implemented and will be left unsettled!"
Obviously, since Ang Lee dared to do this, he must have been well prepared. He must have considered all the details before making this bold decision. Blindly making decisions was never Ang Lee's style. It was something that Ang Lee would never do.
"I would like to hear the details."
The Imperial Chancellor said.
Ang Lee smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, according to my idea, universal education must be different from the schools in the past. We can't educate all the children to take the imperial examinations. We must let them choose a career that suits them. This is the most realistic way to avoid producing too many poor scholars."
Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. This was what Ang Lee had said earlier, but there was no problem in saying it again. It could deepen their impression.
Then, Ang Lee continued, "Since it is universal education, boys and girls can go to school. We can't discriminate against girls and not let them learn the most basic culture. What do you all think?"
The Imperial Chancellor and a few professors looked at each other, clearly disapproving. In their eyes, a woman's lack of talent was her virtue. What was the use of a girl learning culture? There was no use at all. It was better for her to stay at home and learn the most basic skills of a female worker.
"Since ancient times, a woman without talent was virtuous. A girl entering school to learn with a boy, isn't this a breach of etiquette?"
"Yes! Girls also need to be literate? "
"If they are only seven or eight years old, it's not a breach of etiquette to mix with them. After all, they are still children."
"This old man feels that Assistant Minister Li's intention is to let the girl learn the most basic skills. Knowing a few words is not a bad thing. What's wrong with being educated like this? It's not like she's going to take the scholarly exams."
"If a girl learns some knowledge, she can be more educated and reasonable. She won't become a shrew. Of course, it's feasible."
"Age is very important! Girls under the age of ten are still children. But when they are thirteen or fourteen, they can get married. At this age, they can't go to school. "
"Why thirteen or fourteen? It's not suitable for girls and boys to be alone after twelve."
Several doctors agreed as they talked. They felt that there was nothing wrong with letting girls learn some knowledge. This way, girls could be more educated and reasonable. As long as they didn't take the imperial examinations and were lower than men, it would be fine. In this way, they could also take care of their masculinity. Of course, it was not suitable for them to be too old. Although this era was the Tang dynasty and the customs were more civilized, the most basic difference between men and women still needed extra attention.
The age of the girls is very important. This official plans to divide the universal education into two categories. The five years from the age of six to eleven is basic education, which is to teach the children to recognize words, read books, and learn some arithmetic and law, as well as teach them the basic principles of life. After that, the three years from the age of twelve to fourteen is professional education, which is to let them learn about their interests and careers that are suitable for them. As for the girls, they naturally have to learn how to be a female worker. Although there are elders who can teach them, the effect of the elders educating the girls is not good. Some of the girls' elders themselves are not good at female work, so how can they teach the younger generation with first-class skills? "
"It's okay for girls under the age of eleven to learn the most basic general knowledge. However, after the age of twelve, they have to be divided into different professions. How should they be divided? If the division is too detailed, won't we have to build a large number of schools? The cost will be too high."
"Yes! Yes! If we build schools for every profession, it will be too much. Moreover, if it's too far away from home, the education will be quite inconvenient. We can't build hundreds of schools in the county! That way, the whole world will be schools. It's too unrealistic. "
Several doctors expressed their concerns.
Since ancient times, apart from large-scale school education, many other skills were taught by masters and apprentices. There was no such thing as establishing a school. It seemed that many people felt that there was no need to do so. Also, ancient people liked to keep their skills to themselves. They were unwilling to teach others their skills, which were their livelihood, because they would lose their jobs if they did so.
However, this kind of behavior would inevitably greatly limit the development of the whole society, causing the development of the whole society to become extremely slow. Only through large-scale universal education could this situation be well changed. For example, Ang Lee's R&D Center was a base for universal education. However, what was taught was the most basic technical knowledge in the industry.
Many skilled talents might not be willing to reveal their skills to the public, but as long as the imperial court could offer enough benefits, some skilled talents would be willing to reveal their skills. After all, having skills was also to support oneself. If teaching could also bring in a considerable amount of income, then who would work so hard to be a coolie?
Ang Lee said with a smile, "You're right. There are three hundred and sixty professions. If every profession establishes a school in each county, it will be unbearable. However, there are many similar professions that can be studied in one school, such as fish sellers, meat sellers, pig butchers, cattle farmers, chicken farmers, and mountain hunting butchers. These people can all be classified into one category, belonging to the animal husbandry school. Women, naturally, will mainly learn how to work and how to support their husbands and children. Let's call it the Women's Work School. This only requires one school. Farmers can also be classified into one category, no matter what kind of crops or vegetables they grow.
It's the same as the schools in the modern world. Before the large-scale urbanization was popularized, many students in remote areas would choose to live in the school after entering junior high schools. They would live there for a week or a month. If they went back to live every day, there would not be enough time. The Tang dynasty could also adopt this method to let older students live in the school to study and learn the most basic livelihood skills.
Everyone had the same idea. After hearing Ang Lee's words, they naturally agreed with him and felt that this method was feasible. However, some people felt that it was not very meaningful.
"Assistant Minister Li, what does the animal husbandry school usually teach? Does it teach the students how to kill pigs, how to kill cows, how to raise chickens, how to raise fish? "
An old doctor said.
In his eyes, these low-level things did not need to be learned in school at all. He could learn them with a few glances from his master. It was not like advanced cultural knowledge, which could be learned in a lifetime.
Seeing that many people felt that the animal husbandry school was not very meaningful, Ang Lee explained with a smile, "This doctor is right. The animal husbandry school teaches these things. Although these things are very simple, there is a lot of knowledge in it. People who have never raised pigs may think that raising pigs is very simple and can be fed with some leftovers. Of course, this is right. However, the pigs raised in this way must be very thin and small. It is not a problem to feed a family of a few people, but for people who specialize in raising pigs on a large scale, it is far from enough. It takes one year and half a year to raise a pig from a piglet to 200 kilograms. The difference in efficiency is twice as much. In the same time, eating the same amount of feed, some pigs are only about 100 kilograms, while some can grow to 300 kilograms. The difference in efficiency is almost twice as much. To put it simply, the consumption of the least amount of feed and the shortest time to raise the fattest pigs is what a pig farmer should work hard to do."
"Can the efficiency of raising pigs be doubled by using different methods? There are so many. "
These sour scholars usually read too many books, so how could they know these things? Moreover, most of the people who raised pigs had similar skills, so the amount of feed consumed was about the same as the weight of the adult pigs raised. However, whether it was raising pigs or other animals, there must be a lot of skills involved. The better the skills, the fatter the pigs raised, and the more tender the meat of the cattle and sheep raised.
In addition, Ang Lee did not mention that pigs could get sick. Any kind of animal that was raised could get sick. How to prevent and treat diseases was also a very big knowledge. If the disease prevention was not in place, it would be a big loss. If hundreds of thousands of pigs were raised with painstaking efforts, if they all got sick and died at once, the loss would be too great.
"A difference of twice is considered small. If you take good care of a pig, it can be out of the pen in five months. The weight is more than 200 kilograms. This is more than double the efficiency of raising a pig of more than 100 kilograms in a year!"
Ang Lee said.
"Raising a pig of more than 200 kilograms in five months, this is unheard of! Assistant Minister Li, you can't talk nonsense! "
A doctor said.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Do I look like the kind of person who talks nonsense? Nowadays, the output of wheat and corn in the Tang dynasty has increased by a lot. Don't you know how much? "
When everyone heard this, Ang Lee believed it. Because of Ang Lee's efforts, the yield of the land around the capital of the Tang dynasty had been doubled. This was basically all due to Ang Lee's efforts. If it were not for Ang Lee's efforts, the yield of the land would never have increased so much.
Since Ang Lee could increase the output of wheat and corn many times, why couldn't he double the output of pork? It was the same reason.
"If we can really raise a pig of 200 kilograms in five months, then the poor can also eat pork!"
"Since Assistant Minister Li said so, it can't be wrong. This is really good news!"
"Since Assistant Minister Li wants to popularize these schools, I think he must teach the pig raising strategy that he has developed to all the pig farmers in the world. This is a good thing for the country and the people!"
The group of doctors all laughed happily.
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