The Spring Festival of the sixteenth year of Zhenguan was spent amidst all kinds of discussions.

Xu Jingzong also acted very quickly. Before the Lantern Festival passed, he announced the establishment of the Graduate School of Guanshishan Academy and also clarified the recruitment arrangements for the first batch of master's students.

January is the month of spring for the imperial court. Originally, a large number of scholars gathered in Chang'an City. These scholars chatted and discussed the government affairs all day long.

Now the imperial court plans to establish a wide range of academies and establish an education ministry, which are closely related to the interests of scholars.

Everyone's enthusiasm for discussion became even higher.

Under such circumstances, Guanshishan Academy's master's degree recruitment assessment caused even greater shock.

"Aye, what kind of graduate school is Guanshishan Academy planning? Should we follow up?"

Even though Changsun Chong hated Li Kuan, he was more interested in matters related to the Chu Palace than anyone else.

The Changsun family has specialized personnel responsible for collecting information related to the Chu Palace.

"Let's take a look first. Guanshishan Academy has just announced the establishment of a graduate school. If we at Weishui Academy follow suit, it will make many people laugh. The most important thing is that we have to figure out what this graduate school is for and how it is related to the current teaching.

Different? Don’t make it nondescript when the time comes, it’s better not to do it at all.”

Changsun Wuji's suggestion basically represents the mainstream attitude of various academies.

If you think Shishan Academy likes to create new things, then you should do it first.

If I think it's good, I'll follow it immediately.

If it's not good, then I'll just watch from the sidelines.

"My child thinks so too, but now we are on the cusp of educational reform. If there is no movement at all in our Weishui Academy, then all the academies in the Tang Dynasty will probably listen to the words of the Prince of Chu. This long-term impact will be huge.

Yes."

"Of course we are not doing nothing! Li Kuan is not proposing to His Majesty to set up more academies. Then we will take this opportunity to transfer some of the staff from the iron-making workshop in the house to set up a special iron and steel academy. Maybe there will be more

I might ask the future Ministry of Education for some funding."

Iron smelting and the production of iron tools are the core industries of the Changsun family, and Changsun Wuji has no intention of giving up.

However, after competing with the iron-making workshop of the Prince of Chu in recent years, Changsun Wuji also felt the importance of technology.

In this case, we might as well establish an academy to study steel smelting and ironware making.

In this way, while meeting the needs of the eldest grandson family, it can also be regarded as responding to the call of the imperial court.

In Chang'an City, there are many nobles with similar ideas.

"Steel Academy? This is also a way. Then why don't we just name our Iron and Steel Academy Datang Iron and Steel Academy? Then it will make Li Kuan uncomfortable."

Although the Prince of Chu's Palace occupies the most high-end segment of the Tang Dynasty's iron and steel industry, and Changsun's iron-making workshop can only be ranked second, Changsun Chong wants to seize the title of Datang Iron and Steel Institute in advance.

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"Okay, you can discuss the specific matters with the shopkeeper of the ironmaking workshop and come up with a plan as soon as possible."

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Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet!

As nobles in Chang'an City, they are often the first to know about the court's movements.

Before Li Shimin officially announced the establishment of the Ministry of Education, various academies were established individually or jointly by various academies, waiting to apply for funding from the Ministry of Education.

10% of tax revenue is a huge amount, and everyone wants to take a bite.

"Your Majesty, the advertisements published in Datang Daily in the past few days are almost all recruitment information for various academies. There were only a few academies in Chang'an City, but I feel that this year the number has suddenly increased to more than a dozen, or even more.

It's possible, there's something wrong with this situation."

"Datang Daily"'s advertising expenses have increased rapidly during this period, and King Luo Bin should have been happy.

But I found it strange that they were all advertisements from various academies.

"After the spring of this year, the imperial court should officially announce new education promotion policies. It will establish a separate Ministry of Education to oversee the country's education work, and the rumored allocation of 10% of tax revenue to the Ministry of Education is basically confirmed. Nowadays, most

The Tang Dynasty had no special restrictions on private academies. The relevant funding allocations would initially be at the same level as government-run academies. In this way, establishing an academies would no longer be a money-losing matter.

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Li Kuan was not surprised by what King Luo Bin reported.

The noble families of the Tang Dynasty were not stupid. They could use the imperial education funds to develop their own academies. Why not?

Although the students in the academies established by various schools cannot be considered as members of their families, it is normal for them to mix in all kinds of private goods under the influence of their own eyes and ears.

By then, this kind of private academy will definitely leave some mark.

Li Kuan also had some predictions about this.

The noble family had a great influence on the Tang Dynasty. No matter what they do, it is unrealistic for you to completely abandon them.

Especially when it comes to preparations for the establishment of academies, if all government-run academies are organized by the Ministry of Education, then we don’t know when the progress will reach expectations.

On the contrary, if we open this door to private individuals, the number of academies can increase rapidly in a short period of time.

As for the problem of uneven quality, it can only be solved slowly in the future.

For Datang, we must first solve existing problems, and then consider improving quality.

If half of the children in the Tang Dynasty had the opportunity to receive education, even if most of them only reached the level of literacy, it would be of great significance.

"But if you do this, wouldn't you just be watching these people take advantage of the imperial court?"

Although King Luo Bin has been in charge of Datang Daily for some time, he has not completely lost his scholarly spirit.

"It depends on how you understand this. If you look at it purely from a financial perspective, when the Ministry of Education allocates funds to these private academies, it can be said that they are being taken advantage of. However, looking at it from another perspective, the imperial court originally wanted to encourage the establishment of

If we only need to be responsible for paying for the academy, and the academy can be successfully established, it can be regarded as reducing the burden on the court."

Li Kuan's words left King Luo Bin speechless.

Wang Xuance, who was on the side, listened to Li Kuan's words and quickly took the opportunity to put forward his own suggestions, "Your Majesty, the East China Sea Fishery has many fleets sailing in Dengzhou and overseas, and the scale of the shipbuilding workshops is also constantly expanding; can we

Set up a Dengzhou Shipbuilding Academy in Dengzhou? This can train specialized shipbuilding personnel, as well as train crew members and sailors needed to go to sea, laying a foundation for further expansion of the fleet in the future? "

"Yes, not only can the Dengzhou Shipbuilding Academy be established, we can also ask the Datang Royal Bank to come forward and establish a separate Datang Finance and Economics Institute; we can also ask the Police General Administration to set up a Datang Police Academy; we can even ask the Municipal Shipping Governor to come forward.

The government stepped forward to establish a Datang Taxation College. Whether it is for various yamen, or for business services, or for the imperial examination, as long as it is a college that teaches and educates people, the Ministry of Education will support it."
Chapter completed!