In the Tang dynasty, the official school system was quite developed. In addition to the Imperial College, which was under the Imperial College, the Imperial College, the four schools of study, the study of law, the study of calligraphy, and the study of mathematics, the royal family also had the Chong Wen School and the Hong Wen School. The Hong Wen School was set up in the Menxia Province with 30 students, while the Chong Wen School was set up in the East Palace with 20 students.
In addition, the official schools in each province and county were also very comprehensive. According to historical records, the local schools of the Tang dynasty included the Capital Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, the Prefectural Academy, and the Prefectural Academy.
In particular, it could be seen that in the Tang dynasty, whether it was the central government or the local government, the official school system was very complete. But there was a fact that could not be ignored, that was, the official school had a limit on the number of people who could enter. Not everyone could enter the school. Most of the ordinary people were not qualified to enter the official school. Even many rich and powerful businessmen were not qualified to enter the school they wanted to go to.
Rich merchants naturally didn't have to worry about their children's education. With money in their hands, they could invite tutors to educate their children in their manors or send their children to private schools to study. As for ordinary people with weak economic strength, because they couldn't afford the school fees, they could only give up on education.
There was a limit to the number of students in the official schools, and tuition fees were required for private schools. There were also more advanced secluded academies that required tuition fees. Of course, if you were outstanding and could be appreciated by the teachers, the tuition fees might be waived. However, most of the poor children had average aptitudes, and only a few could be appreciated. Therefore, even if all three types of schools were added together, they could not meet the needs of most people. They could only meet the needs of the children of the rich and powerful.
What Ang Lee was doing was to popularize education in a comprehensive way so that all children could receive the most basic education and become more useful people in the future. This popularization was very strong, so there must be social forces involved to alleviate the lack of financial resources of the imperial court. The nature of such schools could be called a government-private partnership. The main funder was private, but the imperial court would provide the most basic management. In addition, the land of the schools was free of charge, and no fees would be charged in the future. If the students performed well, they could even receive rewards from the imperial court.
Of course, the rich people who were willing to invest in the schools of the imperial court didn't care about the rewards. They cared more about the reputation they could gain, especially the naming rights of the schools and the rights of daily management. The naming rights could greatly increase their reputation and satisfy their vanity, and the daily management could let them experience the feeling of being a leader, just like the feeling of playing health games.
In short, under the lead of Ang Lee, more and more powerful and rich businessmen in the capital joined the ranks of schools. Schools of universal education were being built one after another.
The capital was considered a pilot project. After the schools in the capital were established, comprehensive universal education could be promoted throughout the country. Education was a hundred-year plan. It had to be done step by step. It couldn't be rushed. If it wasn't done well, it would have a counterproductive force.
Although many of these schools were run by private individuals, the imperial court had to control them. From time to time, they had to investigate openly and secretly to make sure that the schools were teaching normally and not being used by people with ulterior motives to rebel.
In an ancient society where the media wasn't very developed, ordinary people rarely had access to the outside world. Therefore, most of them were relatively ignorant. Under such circumstances, it was easy to be used by others. It was very likely that they would believe whatever others said, and once they believed this set of ideas that were unfavorable to the imperial court, then it was very likely that they would become a rebel force.
In ancient times, there were so many forces that rebelled against the imperial court. Many of them started from ideological education. Through a set of ideological routines that could justify themselves, they used the reasonable resentment of the common people towards the imperial court to achieve the goal of angering the common people and making the common people follow them to rebel. These people used the banner of the people, but in fact, they were all using the common people for their own interests.
Many of these groups used the church to spread the idea of rebelling against the imperial court, and the target of the spread was basically adults. However, if these ideas entered the school and were passed on by teachers to children of a few years old, then the harm would be even greater, because childhood was an important period for a person to form their worldview. At this stage, the children would be instilled with the idea of rebelling against the imperial court. In this way, the children might live in a world where they hated the imperial court for the rest of their lives. Once they had the chance, they would do something to rebel against the imperial court.
Many of the rebellions against the imperial court that happened in later generations were caused by the inappropriate education received from childhood. For example, a small place in the imperial court had been very noisy. The reason for such a situation was mainly because the area had been separated from the imperial court for too long. The education that the common people received from childhood was relatively more hostile to the imperial court. Many textbooks distorted the imperial court as much as possible, causing the common people to hate the imperial court from childhood. Then, their hearts were filled with hatred and dissatisfaction. Once they encountered the slightest thing, they would rebel against the imperial court.
The ancient imperial court was most afraid of the church with ulterior motives. The Yellow Turban Uprising of the Great Han Dynasty almost overturned the entire empire. Although it didn't succeed in the end, it caused a huge loss to the imperial court. If the imperial court hadn't released the local power and allowed the local lords to recruit their own troops to resist the Yellow Turban Army, the Great Han Dynasty would have been destroyed in advance.
In the end, although the Great Han Dynasty was saved temporarily, the feudal lords in various places couldn't get rid of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Thus, the Great Han Dynasty didn't last for many years before dying.
The Red Turban Army Uprising directly created the Great Ming Dynasty. It was the most successful uprising. As for the various small uprisings that happened during the reign of the various dynasties, they were countless. Most of the uprisings were instigated by churches and people who were good at inspiring people. Therefore, many dynasties were very vigilant against churches that suddenly appeared. They were afraid that these churches would spread the idea of rebelling against the imperial court. In this way, it was very likely that a dynasty would be overturned.
Because of these problems, the imperial court attached great importance to education. All the knowledge learned in the school absolutely couldn't contain any content that rebelled against the imperial court. In the Great Ming Dynasty, Shi Naian wrote the Water Margin. Because of the spirit of rebelling against the imperial court, he was imprisoned. In the end, he had to change the content at the back and let the heroes of Liangshan accept the imperial court's offer of amnesty. It could be said that this content was the flaw of the whole work, but there was no other way. If he didn't change this aspect, Mr. Shi Naian was afraid that he would be beheaded. Therefore, he was also very helpless.
In this world, it was impossible to do whatever one wanted. No matter who it was, they couldn't do it. Even the emperor was restricted, let alone a scholar. It was fine if he wanted to write, but he absolutely couldn't write as he pleased. No matter what he wrote, he couldn't harm the interests of the imperial court. If he harmed the interests of the imperial court, he would be punished by the imperial court. Therefore, Mr. Shi Naian was also helpless! He also knew that letting the heroes of Liangshan accept the imperial court's offer of amnesty was the flaw of the whole work. However, in order to save his own life, he couldn't care less. Compared to the work, his own life was more important.
Later on, Luo Guanzhong also learned his lesson. When he wrote about the Three Kingdoms, he described the Yellow Turban Army as traitors. In the Three Kingdoms, he strongly praised the Liu Bei Group. This way, he used this method to promote loyalty and orthodoxy. This was because the Liu Bei Group was the continuation of the Great Han Dynasty's bloodline and could better represent the Great Han Dynasty. On the other hand, Cao Cao was a rebel. This way of writing was naturally approved by the imperial court of the Great Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the imperial court of the Great Ming Dynasty did not find trouble with Luo Guanzhong.
At present, no interest groups had appeared in the Great Tang that were rebelling against the Imperial Court, and the entire empire was in an atmosphere of prosperity. It was still impossible to see where the problem was, but it was necessary to nip in the bud. It would be too late to deal with the problem when it appeared.
In short, the imperial court attached great importance to universal education. Since they wanted to promote universal education, they must let the imperial court obtain tangible benefits. Nothing was more important than loyalty to the imperial court. As long as all the people who received education were loyal to the imperial court, the imperial court would obtain the greatest benefits.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites was mainly in charge of etiquette, such as receiving foreign friends. However, the education department was also in charge of the Ministry of Rites. The head of the Ministry of Rites was equivalent to the combination of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Education, and the Minister of Culture. He had greater power.
However, in ancient times, these Ministers were not very valuable. Therefore, the head of the Ministry of Rites was not very valued. Even in the movies and TV series of the future, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War and the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Appointments were more important. The Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites rarely showed his face.
However, the Ministry of Rites was indeed a very important department. Whether it was diplomacy, culture, or education, they were all related to the cornerstone of the stability of the empire. The importance of the Ministry of Rites was hidden. In many cases, it might not be so obvious. However, if an empire wanted long-term stability, the role of gifts was irreplaceable.
The Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites was equivalent to the Minister of Education in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Minister of Rites under him was at least the Director of the Education Bureau in the capital.
The Minister of Rites had more important things to do. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of promoting comprehensive universal education in the capital fell on the shoulders of the Minister of Rites.
The Minister of Rites' official position was not very high. He was a middle-level cadre. At least in a place like the capital, there were many officials above the Minister of Rites. This official position was nothing. However, in the education circle of the capital, this official position was very important. He could manage many people. Except for the super national institutions like the Imperial College, which was managed by the Chancellor, all the other education departments and all the schools were under the management of the Minister of Rites. Even the popularization and education in the capital this time was specifically implemented by the Minister of Rites. Therefore, if Ang Lee wanted to know the basic situation of the promotion, he had to find the Minister of Rites to understand the situation.
The Great Tang's officials were frequently reshuffled, and many of their positions were frequently replaced. The Director of the Bureau of Rites was no exception. Previously, the Director of the Bureau of Rites had been an old man, but now, he was a young man in his twenties. It was said that he was a relative of Wei Jiansu.
For this official who had a lower official position than Ang Lee and was younger than Ang Lee, Ang Lee could directly and affectionately call him Xiao Wei. There was probably no problem with this name.
Ang Lee left the Transmission School this time to find Xiao Wei. He wanted to know how the universal education school in the capital was going, how many people were participating, how many schools were needed, how many students were expected to be, and so on. Although these were not under Ang Lee's control, he was interested in this. There was nothing wrong with being concerned.
Due to Li An's proposal for comprehensive universal education, he had also obtained the opportunity to pilot it in the capital. This had caused the Ministry of Rites to be extremely busy. Just the staff responsible for explaining the policy had already become mute from exhaustion. They had even temporarily recruited a group of unemployed scholars to do the hard work after some simple training.
As the Minister of Rites, Xiao Wei was naturally exhausted. If ordinary small businessmen came to ask about the situation, his subordinates would naturally be responsible for sending them away. However, if the Duke or other dignitaries came to see in person, he had to personally receive them. He could not afford to offend any of them.
It was likely that the imperial court had considered that it was too tiring to implement universal education and that there was too much work to do. Therefore, they transferred the old Minister of Rites away and transferred the young and energetic Xiao Wei over. Only a young body could withstand more pressure and not tire oneself to death.
As a matter of fact, Xiao Wei had just sent off an influential official. Before he could even catch his breath, Li An had arrived.
"Assistant Minister Li, why are you here?"
Xiao Wei greeted him with a smile, but it was obvious that he was haggard. It was obvious that he was too tired.
"I just came to take a look."
Ang Lee said. He carefully looked at the corner of Xiao Wei's eyes and said, "Xiao Wei! It's been hard on you these past few days. Look, you even have dark circles under your eyes. "
"Many thanks for Assistant Minister Li's concern. This is nothing. I can still hold on."
Xiao Wei smiled.
"Aiya! If this official hadn't proposed comprehensive universal education, you wouldn't have had to work so hard. Are you blaming this official? "
Ang Lee said with a smile.
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