For example, Zhang Qigong, the right commander of Tiance Prefecture, was also a civilian, but his father was a prison guard in Huangchi County. With some gray income, he might find a way to get a few books for his son.

For example, Zhou Bing, the military advisor of the Northern First Army, was born as a child of a young nobleman.

So is Luo Wang.

For example, Kou Zheng, the Fenyin Order, although he was a poor and commoner, in his hometown, he had a teacher from the old clan, who taught him his studies.

The possibility of a truly poor and innocent civilian child is too low to access books, almost slim.

Therefore, it is not only royal families, nobles, gentry, and landlords who have the potential to produce talents, but civilians do not have the slightest possibility of talent. After all, the children of ordinary people are only limited by poverty. Is it true that the common people, which account for nearly 90% of the total population of Wei, really lack talent?

This is unrealistic!

Of course, this is just Zhao Hongrun’s inner thoughts and he dare not reveal them. Otherwise, it will inevitably cause the joint resistance of the royal family, nobles and gentry. Even if these people dare not violate his royal order, they will definitely interfere in this matter to ensure that their status and everything they can have, and will not be replaced by the children of ordinary people who have burst out in the future, or the new gentry.

"...I have decided to open schools in several major counties in each county in the name of the Ministry of Rites, and recruit children of a few years old for free, and teach them to learn literature and recognize words..."

Hearing Zhao Hongrun’s first passage, the ministers in the inner courts were not in a state of mind.

Because Zhao Hongrun took this first step very small and very cautious.

At present, the Wei Kingdom has eleven counties including Hetao, Hexi, Sanchuan, Hedong, Shangdang, Henoi, Yingshui, Shangshui, Liangjun, Songjun and Handan.

Among these nine counties, there are actually not many that can be called large counties. Take Sanchuan County as an example. There are only two at present, one is the capital "Luoyang" that is still under construction, and the other is "Luocheng".

In Hedong County, there are only "Fenyin" and "Anyi", plus a barely make do with "Linfen".

Even if it is the fastest-growing Yingshui County in Wei in recent years, the only one that can be called a large county is "Xinzheng" and "Anling".

In addition, the "Shanyang" in Hanoi County, the "Handan" in Handan County, the "Shangshui" and "Yanling" in Shangshui County, the "Xun Family" in Shangdang County, the "Dingtao" and "Suiyang" in Song County are basically in each county, and can be called a big county, with only one or two, and at most three.

Therefore, conservatively estimate it is estimated to be around thirty cities.

Zhao Run hopes that the Ministry of Rites will open a school in these thirty cities to recruit young students free of charge.

These about thirty schools, or the "national schools", can be called "national schools", because they were all invested by the imperial court and were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.

To be honest, with the current financial resources of Wei State, it is not a problem to build these thirty schools.

"Does only recruit young children?"

Feng Yu, the minister of the Inner Court, asked in surprise, because the Majesty in front of him said that he wanted to popularize the Wei people across the country to recognize their words.

After listening to Feng Yu's words, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "No, recruiting young children means formal students. Older people can also attend if they want to study. However, the school is not responsible for their food and accommodation."

The ministers of the inner court understood as soon as they heard this: this was to prevent some local rascals from going to the school to cheat food and drink under the name of learning.

"Do those young children just teach them to read words in the school?" Lin Yuyang asked tentatively.

As if he had guessed Lin Yuyang’s thoughts, Zhao Hongrun said concisely: “These are about thirty schools, which are just the initial enlightenment education. After that, I will ask the Ministry of Rites to open higher schools in each county, about ten higher schools. These ten higher schools are not for ordinary people. Only students who are recommended can enter the school. The best of them will take the exam.”

The ministers of the inner court looked at each other in surprise.

They suddenly realized that the decision of His Majesty in front of them was undoubtedly a great expansion of the path for ordinary children to study.

If we look at it longer-term, such measures will also allow Wei State to have a stable channel for talent promotion. In time, many talents will emerge and become pillars of Wei State.

This move can be regarded as the foundation of all eternal times!

In August of the fourth year of Xing'an in Wei, King Zhao Run of Wei issued an edict announcing the opening of national primary schools in more than 30 major counties in China, including Daliang, Luoyang, Luocheng, Xinzheng, Dingtao, Suiyang, Shangshui, Anling, Yanling, etc., which is aimed at the entire Wei State, regardless of the high or low, and recruits young children aged about six to twelve, to teach their studies free of charge without any penny.

At the same time, in this edict, Zhao Hongrun also identified several books compiled by the Ministry of Rites, including "Hundred Family Surnames", as the enlightenment textbooks for these thirty primary schools.

As soon as this edict was issued, it caused a sensation across the country.

The royal family, nobles and aristocrats in China watched this coldly. After all, almost all this class has the ability to hire teachers who teach their children to teach their studies, so there is no need to go to such a national school. At most, they are unhappy and are not as happy as those who once monopolized by them. Now the court is facing those children with mud legs.

But even though they are dissatisfied, these people only dare to complain in private, but dare not really raise objections. After all, the King of Wei of this generation was the rumored that "those who obey me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish." It can be called the most crazy and domineering monarch in the history of Wei.

Not to mention that this monarch still relies on the Tiance Mansion to firmly hold the 400,000 garrison troops and the 100,000 imperial guards, and the royal power is unprecedentedly stable.

Compared with royal families, aristocrats, aristocrats, and aristocrats, they just think that the court should "select the best and teach" rather than "teaching without distinction" methods like today.

However, compared with these two educational methods, the literati among the gentry discussed more about the selection of textbooks in these national schools. This is said to be Confucian scholarship, and the other is said to be academically good at Legal scholarship. After a closer look, it is OK, the Ministry of Rites of the court has compiled a few nonsense books.

For example, "Hundred Family Surnames", it simply gathers the surnames of the world, and then adds a few famous people from the Wei Kingdom and the world. Can this thing be called a book? Can it also be used as education?

"It's just a misleading child!"

I don’t know how many old literati were so angry that they stamped their feet and beat their chests after learning the imperial edict from the court.

Because of this incident, the Ministry of Rites was criticized, especially the Minister of Rites and the Chief Minister of the Inner Court Du You. In just two months, this old minister received many letters from his former classmates and friends. Some tactfully warned him to choose books carefully and not mislead his children; some simply scolded and scolded him in the letter.

Fortunately, Du You himself is a tough person. With the instigation of a certain monarch behind his back, the old minister also took the initiative and led the Ministry of Rites to scold those who criticized them from a distance. In summary, it was just one sentence: If you can do it, you can do it, otherwise you will be less joking.

Not to mention, after both sides cursed, many great sages in the court or in the opposition were bombed out, and the former Minister of Personnel He Mei, who had already retired, scolded Du You, a former colleague, while actually sorting out Confucian classics, hoping to use them in the textbooks of the thirty national schools to promote Confucianism.

In addition to the disciples of Confucianism, such as Taoism, Mohism, Yin-Yang, famous scholars, straitors, military strategists, etc., they also rushed to Daliang, hoping to take this opportunity to carry forward their own schools of learning.

Even literati from other countries come to their reputations with their own thoughts and books.

This made the literary world of Wei suddenly become lively, far more lively than the initial examination.
Chapter completed!