He Fengsheng had already learned Zhang Zhun's meaning from Wang Shide, so he was not surprised when he heard Zhang Zhun say this. He just listened quietly. He knew that there would be many things Zhang Zhun was going to say to him.

Zhang Zhun meant that he was preparing to let He Fengsheng serve as Minister of Education and manage the nationwide school education. This school is of course a new school, including kindergartens, preschool classes, primary schools, middle schools, universities, etc. These were basically blank at that time, and it was quite difficult to establish them systematically and perfectly.

In the past, affairs such as private schools, schools, public schools were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and their status was obviously not important enough. The number of people who could receive education was indeed too small. Among the 100 children of appropriate age, only fifteen could receive education. Others could only be illiterate. Zhang Zhun decided to set up an independent department under the Ministry of Government Affairs, that is, the Ministry of Education. The primary task of the Ministry of Education is to comprehensively literacy.

Although the new empire has not been officially established, the Hu Ben Army is nominally part of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Hu Ben Army has already had the strength to form a systematic cultural education nationwide. In fact, in Qingdao and surrounding areas in Shandong, a large number of new-style schools have been established on a small scale, greatly increasing the enrollment rate of children.

Zhang Zhun hopes that in the first five years, more than 30% of children of appropriate age can receive education. In the next five years, it can increase to 50%. Later, the education popularity rate will gradually increase. In the end, it will take about twenty years to reach the perfect state of reading books for every child of appropriate age.

For the time being, Zhang Zhun has not yet proposed the concept of nine years of compulsory education. The main reason is that the conditions at that time were not met. Among them, the biggest restriction is that the number of teachers is too small. There are so many children of appropriate age, and there must be a large number of supporting teachers. Even if there are not thirty children per teacher, one hundred children need at least one teacher.

However, at that time, there were indeed too few people who knew how to read and read, and basically they were all one by one, and it was impossible to draw a lot of them out. This problem did give Zhang Zhun a headache. Without enough teachers, even if he had the money to build a large number of new-style schools, it would be useless!

Fortunately, Zhang Zhun's approach is also unconventional. If a scholar in a carrot or a pit cannot be transferred, then he will be transferred from idle scholars in society. As long as a person with a little bit of culture is within the search scope of the Hu Ben Army. Who can be drawn in society? Of course, there are.

One is the former official lady, the wife, the nanny, etc. As long as they know how to read and read, they can come out to do things. These people know more or less some of their culture, and there are quite a lot of them. They are responsible for helping to educate their children in Chinese classes, which is not a problem at all.

The second is to adjust it from the brothel. As long as you know how to read and recognize words, you will also draw it out. In the past, Zhang Zhun had done such things, but now he has just formed a system. Of course, when doing this, you must have strong publicity and beautification, such as saving the poor woman from the water and fire.

Another way to solve the shortage of teachers is to find someone to work part-time. As long as they are on-the-job staff and educated, they must work part-time in the same school. Every week, they have to attend at least half a day of classes. As for the specific schedule, they are controlled by themselves. Even if Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan and other senior officials of the government affairs department are busy with a lot of money, they have to teach part-time for a long time. If they don’t take the lead, they will naturally not be able to do it.

After Zhang Zhun tried to trouble this, the teacher's problem was barely solved. However, Zhang Zhun ignored the specific issues of how to plan courses, how to arrange students' admission, and how to set up school distribution. This is the matter of He Fengsheng, the new Minister of Education, and he will naturally deal with it.

Since we are going to achieve the purpose of literacy, in addition to children of appropriate age, young people and adults should also be considered. For the time being, Zhang Zhun cannot pay special attention to these two groups. Therefore, the education of young people and adults mainly depends on night schools. The education of children of appropriate age should adopt a compulsory form. The education of adults should be based on voluntary principles.

Of course, the content of education has also changed a lot. The original private schools only learned the Four Books and Five Classics, of course not. Zhang Zhun had to set up the primary school in later generations. He had to learn Chinese and mathematics. After his children grew up a little, they would also learn physics, chemistry, etc. When they arrived at junior high school, they would also learn physics, chemistry and other things. The residents of the future new empire must have a considerable culture.

"math……"

"physics……"

"Chemical……"

He Fengsheng felt very stressed.

There is no problem with Chinese. This is the easiest course. As long as you are a scholar or a cultural person, you have studied before, all the Four Books and Five Classics are included. You can memorize it in a memorable way and memorize it like a stream.

Mathematics is a big problem. Although there were also arithmetic classes in the private schools at that time. However, this course was usually done through class. Not many people really studied hard, and even fewer people were taught seriously. The imperial examinations did not take arithmetic exams, so what should I do? As for the settlement, just follow the old man in the accountant and learn how to plan the calculations.

As for physics and chemistry, that is a bigger problem. Not to mention others, even He Fengsheng himself, he still can't figure out what these two subjects are learned. To be honest, even if He Fengsheng has rich teaching experience, he is still unsure. There is no way, the education Zhang Zhun needs seems to be too different from the education in his cognition.

Many of the things Zhang Zhun mentioned were never known. What are nine years of compulsory education, kindergartens, preschool classes, elementary schools, middle schools, universities... are all new terms. You must listen carefully to Zhang Zhun's explanation so that you can understand the meaning. Sometimes, you have to ask a few more questions to accurately grasp the central idea.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhun did not have the intention to achieve it overnight. It is impossible to spread the education stalls so big, so it is impossible. Therefore, Zhang Zhun’s meaning is to start the experiment in Jiangnan areas with a relatively good educational foundation. To be precise, Yingtian Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture and other places. If the test results are good, it will be promoted nationwide. If the test results are not good, then continue to improve.

In the areas mentioned above, commercial trade is relatively developed, and ordinary families are relatively wealthy and capable of providing their children with their children to school. More importantly, the people in this area have a relatively open mind and are prone to new-style education. After all, some of the knowledge taught in new-style schools is opposite to the traditional cognition of the people. If the ideas are too deeply rooted, they will not be able to be taught at all.

In Zhang Zhun's future imperial plan, the region of the Yangtze River Estuary will be the most developed economy and the people's thoughts are the most open. They were the first to participate in the foreign trade of Ming Dynasty. Their understanding of the world and exploration of the world should also be the strongest. In the future process of fighting for hegemony, this region will play a decisive role.

"Mr. Ke Yao, you can come to me anytime no matter what you need."

At the end of the negotiation, Zhang Zhun once again showed his true nature of taking big bags.

"Then I'll ask the Governor to worry more from now on."

He Fengsheng said with a slightly aged voice.

The old man said quietly in his heart, I won’t be able to do anything if I don’t bother you!

Wang Shide helped He Fengsheng out and sent him away. Not long after the two left, Wang Junyu quietly came in and whispered: "Sir, Miss Bian Yujing is here."

Zhang Zhun said a little strangely: "Bian Yujing? What are she here to do?"

He had just said hello to Bian Yujing in Yanyu Tower. At that time, Bian Yujing did not react. Well, it was not that she paid for her own money to help Bian Yujing redeem her. She thought wrongly and wanted to promise her, right? Ah, this seems not a bad thing...

"please!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said calmly.

After a while, Bian Yujing came in.

Today, she seems to dress herself up with a little bit of a jasper. In fact, the brothel smell on her body is not very strong. She just has a name in brothel and rarely stores it there. On the contrary, she has a bit more of a woman in the world. It is probably because she has experienced it while running errands for the Zheng family.

Zhang Zhun asked curiously: "Miss Bian, are you doing something?"

Bian Yujing's face turned slightly red, and then he tried hard to control his emotions, and said in a natural tone: "I am here to thank the Governor. Thank you for giving me freedom. I know that Governor doesn't care about such trivial matters. But for me, it's a big event in life. The Zheng family is not bad to me, but never thought of giving me freedom."

Zhang Zhun said casually: "This is nothing, don't take it to heart."

Bian Yujing nodded, then smiled and said, "I heard that the adults were going to run a school, so I recommend myself and become a teacher. I wonder if the governor allowed it?"

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "Of course! I can't ask for it!"

Bian Yujing smiled faintly. After a moment, she whispered: "Originally, I should have thanked you on behalf of Sister Gu Mei, but she still seems to have some prejudice against you. I will advise her first and let her come and thank you in person!"

Zhang Zhun shook his head disapprovingly and said lightly: "I redeem her for life because I want to give her more opportunities to travel the world. The word "thank you" doesn't matter whether you have it or not. I believe that she will slowly change her mind."

Bian Yujing smiled slightly, stood up and said goodbye, and went out gracefully.
Chapter completed!