I became a mysterious person in textbooks after being pushed by the emperors

Chapter 33 Compulsory Education Begins

Time passed quickly, and as the teaching materials were swept away, all the students could not help but devote themselves to the study of these teaching materials.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Soon it will be time for the New Year's Boy Trial.

Children's Examination, that is, the qualification examination for participating in the scientific examination in the imperial examination era, was called the county examination in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the county examination in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including three stages of examinations: the county examination, the government examination and the courtyard examination.

The imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty continued to improve and develop on the basis of the Song Dynasty. The system was very complete and the scale was larger. The number of people participating in the imperial examinations increased greatly.

By the Yongle period, the number of Tongzishi in the Ming Dynasty had exceeded [-].

At this moment, the heads of all county government offices have been transferred.

And this time the test questions for children have also been sent to all parts of the country.

That's right, the exam questions were directly issued by the Ming Dynasty, Jin Yiwei was in charge of escorting them, and Dongchang was in charge of supervision.

to prevent problems.

As a first attempt, it was undoubtedly successful, and the exam questions did not reveal anything.

Soon the county examination was passed, followed by the government examination and hospital examination.

When everything was over and the end of the year had come, this time there were more than [-] candidates, but the number of people admitted in the end exceeded all the usual ones, reaching a total of more than [-] people, which is unbelievable.

Of course, this is also normal. There are no fools in this era who are qualified to study.

General qualifications are fine.

But this time what Ming Dynasty needs is not elites, but only talents with universal education, so the ratio of admissions will naturally be much higher.

With these 3 people, Xia Yuanji also began to carry out drastic reforms.

The first is the two capitals.

Kyoto and Yingtian.

Naturally, it is impossible for a mere 3 people to carry out the whole country directly.

Daming's execution ability is not so strong.

Xia Yuanji's plan is to spread out.

Next, the imperial examination will be held every year, and admissions will be made every year. In addition, those who graduated from the school can directly act as tutors. It does not take ten years to spread to the entire Ming Dynasty.

So when the spring breeze that took 14 years fell on the earth.

The capital, Ying Tian, ​​suddenly changed.

The two places directly added 12 schools. All children aged six but under [-] must be enrolled in compulsory school. The school provides food and all supplies without individual responsibility, and no one can stop them.

Well, no one is stopping it.

If it is over 12 years old, some people may object, after all, this is a labor force.

However, they are over six years old and under 12 years old. These children can only consume food, but cannot provide enough labor. At this moment, Daming not only teaches, but also provides meals. It goes without saying how to choose.

But at this moment, the population of the two capitals, especially Yingtian, has exploded after Lao Zhu's decades of governance.

In the 26th year of Hongwu (1393), there were 163915 registered households with 1193620 people. In the Yongle period, the population increased further, and the hidden households exceeded at least 120 million.

With a population of one million, the number of newborns every year is a terrifying number. In fact, Yingtian is already saturated. The so-called "there is no gap in the city, the market must be built outside the city gate.

Among the [-] newly built schools, Yingtian occupied [-] schools, and these [-] schools had already recruited more than [-] students in less than three days. Xia Yuanji had to order another [-] schools to be added. The number of schools increased to [-] in Yingtian and [-] in Kyoto. At the same time, the qualifications of teachers were expanded to students who passed the county examination.

Of course, these people who passed the county examination were not directly awarded official positions, but were only agents. If they passed the examination in the next year, they would naturally be able to become regulars.

But even this point has directly increased the number of teachers from 10 to [-]. With [-] people, this kind of expansion can continue.

However, this consumption is also extremely terrifying. In just three months, the consumption of Wenyin exceeded tens of millions of taels.

That's right, tens of millions.

If such a value had been placed before the 12th year of Yongle, it would have been enough to make Xia Yuanji jump. You must know that the year before the 12th year of Yongle, the annual fiscal revenue was less than 3000 million stone grains.According to the silver exchange rate at that time, it was about 1500 million taels.

At this moment, it took three months to spend the fiscal revenue of the treasury in the past year, which is simply terrifying, but at this moment, it seems that it is really just sprinkled water, which has almost no impact on the entire Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty, and even because of the large amount of funds invested, Nanjing and Kyoto actually began to prosper.

After all, the construction of a school requires labor, the school needs to recruit handymen, and the procurement needs materials. These gradually flow into the private sector, allowing the private commodity economy to further flourish.

The development of the commodity economy has also begun to drive the development of the two capitals.

This is even more evident in Kyoto.

After all, compared to Yingtian's prosperity, Kyoto didn't develop to a certain extent until Yongle moved the capital.

But it's just a little less deserted, not prosperous.

It is also difficult for Kyoto to prosper.

But with the establishment of a school and a large amount of money and food, the whole capital of Kyoto undoubtedly changed quietly.

This is almost visible to the naked eye.

And the entire Ming Dynasty seems to have entered a new chapter under this circumstance.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile on his face as he looked at the memorials in front of him.

"Zhen, I didn't expect that spending money can make people rich!"

Zhu Di smiled lightly.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"According to this method, it will only take a hundred years to implement the world, and my name will last forever, and it will be the foundation of eternity!"

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but speak with emotion.

He really didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would be able to take out tens of millions of taels without blinking an eye.

"Hahaha, Natsuhara Yoshi, you did a good job this time!"

"From now on, I will give you full authority over this matter. As for the money issue, you don't have to worry about it. Everything on my side is enough."

Zhu Di's smile grew stronger.

For other emperors, it is impossible to agree to such a huge spill of funds, but for Zhu Di, this is not a problem at all.

As long as he can create his great achievements, all sacrifices are necessary.

Don't talk about money.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xia Yuanji nodded excitedly.

And just when the Ming Dynasty was promoting education in full swing, the Song Dynasty also quietly entered a new chapter.

At this moment, Da Song has completely established a firm foothold in Los Angeles.

Within a few months, a simple city had been built.

Tens of thousands of people have already started working with a clear division of labor.

Basic institutions have been restored.

Facing Jiang Chen's words, Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie also started to act.

(End of this chapter)