One stone stirred up a thousand waves, because Li An's proposal of comprehensive universal basic education is too advanced, beyond the cognition of the people in this era, so, it naturally caused a great response, coupled with the Tang Daily, it has made this matter a household name, and it has become a thing that all ordinary people know, and the streets and alleys have also been fiercely debated, whether it is a prince or nobleman, or a peddler pawn can say a few words and express his own unique opinions.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse just now is just a little person with no culture, maybe he can recognize a few words, but he can never be called a reader, all he knows are a small number of words related to his career, such as, tea, wine, vegetables, money are all recognized, especially this tea word, he looks at it every day, it is impossible not to recognize.

Although he doesn't know many words, but the teahouse shopkeeper has a very deep understanding of the whole society, he understands the personality of the reader very well, knows that the reader is quite arrogant, relying on his own knowledge of some knowledge, he can't pull down his face to do low-level things, even if they are poor and can't eat, they are not willing to do the bottom of the business, because this will be humiliating, how can cultural people do low-level things?

In this way, when the shopkeeper of the teahouse heard that Li An was going to fully implement universal education in the country, he sighed, and it was obvious that there were still many people who were prejudiced against universal education like the shopkeeper of the teahouse, and they felt very stereotyped that as long as they were scholars, they would be very arrogant.

"Yes! Scholars are also good all day long, how can they know how to make a living, these sour talents really don't know anything except reading and testing their fame. ”

"It's useless to be a scholar, aren't you talking about these readers? What is it to get everyone to go to school? Who will open a teahouse in the future! No one opens a teahouse, how can we drink tea in the future! ”

As he spoke, a guest teased the shopkeeper of the teahouse, which made the shopkeeper of the teahouse embarrassed.

"What are you all talking about, you really don't know much about it, listening to the wind is the rain."

A son, who looked like a scholar, spoke.

"This Datang newspaper clearly stated that it is necessary to comprehensively implement education, so that all children go to school and go to school, which can still be wrong."

A businessman spoke.

The scholar said arrogantly: "Li Shilang's meaning is indeed to let all children go to school and know how to read, but not to train all children to become readers, just to let them be able to read and write, to be able to understand more truths, by the way, after the children are older, they have to go to the school to learn how to kill pigs?" Can this also be called a reader? ”

"Go to the academy to learn how to kill pigs? Have it? I didn't see it. ”

The businessmen only paid attention to the most conspicuous headlines, and as for the detailed analysis articles behind, they didn't read it, after all, these businessmen's cultural level is also very limited, and they don't know everything, and reading words is also a very tiring thing for them.

And they are in a hurry to have a heated discussion before they fully understand the whole thing, so it is inevitable that they will appear biased, which makes the readers present feel a little unreasonable, and at the same time sigh that these uneducated people are low-level, and they can't read an article carefully.

In order to show off himself, the scholar stood up, walked to this group of businessmen, and said: "This Tang newspaper from beginning to end, I have read it, and I admire Li Shilang very much, Li Shilang's popular education is not to cultivate the scholars you think are famous for their merits, but to let all the people recognize the word, will not become blind, so that all Baidu understands the law and etiquette, this is Li Shilang's original intention, in addition to these, the higher school also has to learn the skills of farming and raising pigs, killing pigs, and craftsmen, In this way, there will be more and more talents in all aspects of Datang in the future, and my Datang will become more and more prosperous. ”

After speaking, he put on a lofty posture.

The status of the merchants is much lower than that of the scholars, and the merchants are generally more tactful, even if they are quite unhappy when they see the arrogant and domineering of the scholars, but they do not have the slightest resentment on the surface, but they also compliment the scholars who know more.

"I understand, this means that in the future, people like me who open a teahouse will also be able to read books and newspapers, which is really a good thing! Every time I watch others read the Tang Daily, I am always greedy, I may not understand many words, and it is very tiring to read, so I can only stop others from reading, if I can learn a few more words when I am a child, it will not be like this. ”

The shopkeeper of the teahouse opened his mouth and sighed, what he said was also in his heart, he confirmed a few words, but he knew too few words, and he was very tired when he was reading.

Several businessmen next to them also showed a sudden realization of the expression, their cultural level is slightly better than the teahouse shopkeeper, but they are also adults and literacy scholars casually learned, the cultural level is very general, when reading the Tang Dynasty newspaper will also feel very tired, doing business is handy for them, but reading books and newspapers for them, it is more difficult for them.

Seeing that several businessmen recognized him, the scholar happily told everyone all the details he knew, and suddenly everyone had a deeper understanding of universal education.

And there are still many scholars like this who like to show off in Datang, and they play the role of commentators, quickly spreading Ang Lee's thoughts, so that all the uneducated people in Datang understand the benefits of universal education, and applaud this matter.

Among them, the most popular thing for ordinary people to applaud is naturally the funding provided by the imperial court, so that their children will learn to read and write, without spending a penny, and it is said that for children who learn well, they can also give additional rewards, that is to say, children not only do not need to spend money to learn, if they learn well, they can also get an additional amount of physical rewards, where to find such a good thing, so, all the people will support this universal education, and as long as the people support this policy, Then once it is passed, there will be no obstacles to the implementation, and the implementation will be very smooth.

For ordinary people, what they are most concerned about is that their children do not have to spend money to go to school, which is more important than anything else, and for some businessmen with deep pockets, the merit monument is obviously very attractive.

Because some businessmen are too rich, but the status of businessmen in Datang is relatively low, and they will even be looked down upon, and their status is far from being compared with respected scholars, which makes many wealthy businessmen quite frustrated, how to improve their social status, which is a very important thing for many rich businessmen, and it is a thing that cannot be ignored.

In order to improve their status, many wealthy businessmen in history will do some charity and use their money to help the poor, so as to package themselves as a good person with great love, and then improve their social status.

Now, Li An's proposal for universal education requires a lot of funds, and the imperial court naturally has to bear part of it, but if the merchant is willing to fund all the operating expenses of this school, then this school can be named after the businessman, and if it supports a part, it can be recorded on the merit tablet of the school, so that future generations will always admire.

When a person has no money, he will always desperately pursue money, and he can't care about anything for money, and when a person has a lot of money, he will begin to pay attention to reputation, and he will regard reputation as more important than anything. This is a great honor, as long as someone passes by this school in the future and sees the name of the school, they will think of this businessman, this face boss.

Businessmen are the fundamental, but after too much money, they will begin to pay attention to reputation, after all, too much money can not be spent, it is better to use these extra money to improve their reputation, people's lifelong pursuit, nothing more than the word fame and fortune, businessmen have earned enough profits, they must pursue fame, and, in many cases, fame can also bring benefits, so as to prompt businessmen to get more profits.

For example, a rich man takes out part of the funds to engage in charity and packages himself as a great benevolent person, so that after improving his fame, people will recognize the businessman, and may buy the businessman's products specifically for this matter, so that the businessman can get more benefits, which can be described as a real fame and fortune.

People live for fame and fortune, and since they can gain fame and fortune, who can resist the temptation of fame and fortune? Therefore, after the merit monument and naming right were proposed, many businessmen immediately became interested in it, and even the powerful and well-off officials began to be ready to make a move, ready to invest in a school.

Merchants with more money and strength can naturally fund a school alone, and businessmen with less strength, for the sake of so-called fame, will also do a little bit, they will choose to form a group to fund, or follow behind the big businessmen, the big businessmen fund the vast majority, and they provide a part of the funds, so that the name of the school is naturally decided by the big businessmen, but there will also be their names in the merit book, so, they can also be regarded as gaining some fame, and, because it is donated closely behind the big businessmen, so, They are also their own people, in the future in business, will definitely get a certain amount of care, will mix better, in short, is absolutely sure to make no losses, so, as long as the leader of an industry makes an example, then the small businessmen who have interests below, more or less will express it, otherwise, they don't know how to talk when they meet big businessmen in the future.

And all this is exactly what Li Ang is very willing to see, as long as these merchant groups join, then the pressure on the imperial treasury will be greatly reduced, and the resistance to the implementation of comprehensive universal education will be reduced again, maybe in a few months, it will be able to start to take the lead in the capital.

Li An felt that with the number of wealthy magnates and businessmen in the capital, almost all the schools did not need to be funded by the imperial court, and these big businessmen could not be used up, and even some big businessmen might not be able to grab the quota for the funding school, so they could only go to other cities to fund, or even to the poor countryside to fund.

For these big businessmen, there is also a great advantage of funding the school, that is, it can buy people's hearts, in the process of the businessman fully funded the establishment of a school, he will definitely not forget to exert his own influence, for example, by appropriately increasing the income of teaching staff, communicate more with the children of the school under his name, when he is free, send some gifts to these teachers and students, in order to impress these people, and use these small favors to win the favor of the teachers and students of the school, especially to win the favor of the children, these children who are favored, For the rest of his life, he will remember to fund his big businessman, maybe one day this big businessman will be in trouble, and these people who are funded by him and favored by him may be able to help this big businessman avoid the biggest crisis at a critical time.

With a little investment, you can reap the loyalty of a large group of people, which is really attractive to big businessmen, even if not everyone is grateful, but as long as you can get a person's loyalty, it is not a vain investment.

In order to let the businessmen actively fund the school, Ang Lee first volunteered to establish a school, that is, the Transsonic School, which is expected to enroll more than 1,000 poor children in the surrounding area.

Many big businessmen organized a group to go to the relevant yamen to inquire about the news, and said that they could make a modest contribution to the education of Datang, and because this matter was still under discussion, they naturally could not give these big businessmen an accurate answer, which made the big businessmen feel quite regretful.

However, these big businessmen will not wait too long, Li An has contacted many departments of the imperial court, and is intensively promoting this matter, and has also persuaded many powerful people to point out the necessity and urgency of implementing universal education from the perspective of interests and necessity, so that the powerful people can realize their previous ignorance and mistakes, and then choose to support Li Ang, support the universal education cause of Datang, so that all children can learn the most basic culture.

Such a big thing, has been all over the city, almost all the people know about this matter, the streets and alleys are talking about universal education, so, the emperor who lives in the palace is naturally not clear, when he first heard about universal education, the emperor was still a little angry, feeling that Li An seemed to be a little unprofessional, not as soon as possible to get Wanli Sound Transmission, actually engaged in these things, but with the continuous attention to the matter, slowly felt that Li An did the right thing, The urgency of universal education is no weaker than that of Wanli Transsion, which is a century-old plan.