Ang Lee did see this student that day, and he didn't care about it at the time, but now that he looks back on it, it's really interesting, and it can be regarded as a kind of fate!

And to cite so many examples, the purpose is to tell the doctoral teaching assistants and higher education students here that in the world of Datang, there are still many people with extremely poor quality, and the reason for the extremely poor quality of these people is because they have not received a good education since childhood, so it has led to this consequence, and if this situation is allowed to develop, it will inevitably bring a lot of unstable consequences to Datang, so it is imperative to implement universal education.

"You are all well-educated people, all of you are outstanding people in the Tang Dynasty, naturally you will not do the things that the officials just gave in the examples, but people of inferior quality like this in the Tang Dynasty are really as many as cows, and the unreasonable Diao people are everywhere, so, we and other well-educated people talk to them, and often have a feeling of playing the piano with the cow, and often feel that these people are unreasonable, and if they are educated a little, let them know etiquette, righteousness and shame, then they will not do things like standing on a high place and throwing stones at will, let them recognize a few words, Then it will not be misled, will not do the butcher's thing, give birth to a child without teaching, this is the fault of the parents, can let this situation deteriorate, it is the fault of the court, children at the age of five or six began to remember, thirteen or fourteen years old can barely work, there is at least seven or eight years of time, these seven or eight years, children have nothing to do all day, it is easy to cause trouble, if they are induced by sinister people, it is very easy to embark on the road of no return, and if you ask Mr. to educate them, you can greatly avoid the occurrence of such things, It can also let these children understand honesty and interests, if everyone in my Datang understands honesty and etiquette, it will definitely make my Datang more prosperous. ”

Li An said a lot in one breath, although there was a suspicion of belittling the poor, but it was also to make the goods in front of him feel more comfortable, and understand that Li An did not make this suggestion in order to oppose them, but for the sake of the stability of the entire society, and for the sake of the future of the Tang Empire, it was definitely not selfish.

Doctors, teaching assistants, and many students, after listening to Ang Lee's analysis, all of them somewhat agreed, but some people didn't quite agree with what Ang Lee said, and they seemed to have doubts in their hearts, or their own worries.

And how can Li An not be clear about the doubts in the hearts of these people, so Li An will give them a chance to speak, and then, Li An will answer them one by one, and solve all the doubts in these people's hearts, so that they have to support Li An's decision and work together with Li An to promote the popularization of education in the Tang Empire.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hide it, say it."

Li An said.

"Li Shilang just said that children have nothing to do from the age of five or six to the age of thirteen or fourteen, this is only afraid that it may not be, many poor families, children have to learn to do housework from the age of five or six, and when they are a little older, they have to work every day, how can they be idle?"

A doctor spoke.

"Yes! Oh, yes! The children of poor families are in charge of the family early, and there are only a few who have nothing to do, and the vast majority of them are very hard, and if these children are allowed to study in the school, they will definitely delay their work. ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! There has never been a precedent for all children to attend the school. ”

After one doctor spoke, many doctors and teaching assistants spoke.

Li An knew that they would say so, smiled indifferently, and said: "You are worthy of being well-educated, even if you don't leave home, you can know the world's affairs, what you said is also the truth, many children from poor families have to do housework since they were young, and it is very hard, but children are children, their physical strength and strength are far inferior to adults, and they can only assist adults in their work, and they are not always working, you might as well go to the slum areas outside the city to have a look, and see how many children are laughing and playing with nothing to do, and how many eleven or twelve-year-old children are playing." , have become street thieves, some of them only have one hand, some have no hands at all, their hands were cut off when they were stealing, these were originally avoidable, if someone had taught them, poverty can not be moved, even if a person is poor, he must have backbone, as long as he relies on his own hands, even if he cannot be rich and rich, but he can always support himself, but no one tells them this truth, so they end up with a loss of hands, how much work can a child who has not grown up, In order not to affect a small number of children to do housework, it is not appropriate to prevent all children in the world from learning the principles of life and basic knowledge. ”

Seeing Ang Lee say this, a doctor said: "Ordinary poor people have dull qualifications, even if they enter the academy, they may not be able to succeed in their studies, and they will delay their work, so their hometown may not agree, if they force children to go to school, it will provoke contradictions, and in this way, it will not backfire." ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! Many of the children of the ordinary poor are stupid, and their families may not allow them to go to school, and it seems useless for them to learn knowledge. ”

Another spoke.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "Ordinary poor people are just poor, if they are allowed to pay for their children to go to school, they will definitely not do it, and they have no money to train their children, but if the court pays for training, then ordinary poor people will definitely not prevent their children from entering the school. ”

As long as the court pays for these poor children to go to school for free, these hometowns will not object, and the advantages in hand are not taken advantage of, and whoever does not take advantage of them is a fool.

Since ancient times, there has been no such precedent, all those who study and study are studying at their own expense, and they have never heard of the fact that the imperial court pays money to support children across the country to study, which is simply unimaginable and a big financial burden.

"Li Shilang, although in recent years, Datang's treasury has become increasingly full, but there are many places that need to spend money, large-scale schooling, so that all children can enroll, then the tuition and expenses are borne by the imperial court, this pressure is really too great, I am afraid that the pressure is too great, it will seriously drag down the imperial court, and the resistance is great!"

A doctor said.

Li An said with a smile: "The original intention of this official is not only to let children go to school for free, and everything will be borne by the imperial court, but also to give a certain monetary reward to the school that studies well, and this money will also be paid by the imperial court." ”

"Wouldn't the pressure on the treasury be even greater?"

"Li Shilang is not a family, not only firewood and rice are expensive, although the school is only reading and writing, but the cost is really not small! The cost of running a school on a large scale across the country is really unimaginable! ”

"If all walks of life are so expended, no matter how full the treasury is, it will not be enough to spend."

Everyone did not agree with Ang Lee's opinion, and they were obviously quite worried, worried that the treasury would be too expensive, just for the poor to go to school, so that it would be a waste of resources.

Li An said with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much, although all the expenses of running a school are borne by the imperial court, but they may not all be allocated from the treasury, except for the remote rural mobile schools all have to be borne by the imperial court, and the fixed schools above the county seat and in the crowded areas will be set up in the school monument, so that the students can visit every day, this merit monument records the great benevolent people who donated to the school, and their names will be engraved in this school forever, so that it will be able to attract rich businessmen to donate money to the school, so that The burden on the treasury is greatly reduced, in addition, large-scale school education, there is no need to learn so many subsets of scriptures and history, as long as the schoolchildren learn some things that can be used in the future, literacy is a must, arithmetic naturally has to learn some, in addition, but also to educate them how to behave, how to be a good person, finally, but also to cultivate the habit of children love to work, in the open space inside and outside the school to open up a place to grow vegetables, fruits and grains, let the schoolchildren be responsible for taking care of it, And the harvest in the field can be used as a ration for the teacher. ”

"Growing vegetables and grains in the academy, is that still a place to cultivate talents?"

A sour man couldn't listen anymore and spoke.

Li An said with a smile: "Cultivating the pillars of the country, the talents of the heavens and latitudes, naturally there are Guozi Learning, Taixue These schools, ordinary rural schools, as long as they teach children to read and understand reason, it is enough, if there is really a great talent, it will not be because the school has vegetables and grains to learn nothing, for ordinary schools, the requirements must not be too high, it is enough to educate children." ”

"Lao Yu understands it, Li Shilang's original intention is to use the merit monument and the financial resources of some businessmen to promote the national popularization school, so that all children can receive education, understand the principles of life, and be able to read, this is not impossible, but Lao Yu also has a worry, I have to say!"

Guozi Saijiu frowned and said.

"If you have any worries about the sacrificial wine, you might as well say it directly."

Li An said.

Guozi Saijiu frowned and said: "Li Shilang is a painstaking man, and the old man understands it completely, but does Li Shilang understand people's hearts enough?" These children from poor families, if they are illiterate, when they grow up, they may be able to farm and work in peace, but once they read and write, read some sage books, and understand a lot of truths, they are afraid that their minds will be different, even if they have nothing to learn, they will not be willing to be a farmer and a craftsman! There are so many scholars in the world, some of them have achieved success in learning and have successfully become officials, but there are also many who have learned nothing and cannot get fame after taking the exam for a lifetime, but a few of them give up the test for fame and go to make a living with peace of mind, most of them do nothing, stay at home all day to study books, there should be not a few such readers, but the total number of readers is not much, and it doesn't matter so much, but once all the people in the country go to study, will there be more and more people with such illusions? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? ”

As soon as he finished saying this, several sour Confucians next to him nodded yes, they are all readers, and they are the best among the readers, naturally they understand this truth very well, the reader's morale is relatively high, this is a very simple truth, and the high-minded people are naturally unwilling to engage in low-level work, in their eyes, even if they nest at home every day to warm the book, it is stronger than farming, and it is a hundred times stronger than being a craftsman, this is the arrogance of the reader, very awesome, and very unreasonable.

This problem, of course, has also been considered by Li An, as long as the basic education is popularized, it will indeed cause this situation to a greater or lesser extent, but it can't be because of choking, and it can't be because it will cause this kind of consequence, so don't cultivate talents, and besides, this old man is a little too worried, although it will cause this consequence, but it is definitely not as serious as he imagined, and large-scale universal education in later generations will eventually lead to many people being arrogant and unwilling to engage in low-level work, but most people are still working, and, Because of the education of a large number of talents, resulting in faster and faster social development, people's lives are getting richer and richer, but the gap between the rich and the poor is a bit big, this has to be said to be a big regret, if there is no problem, the large-scale universal education in later generations will be very successful, in short, we must not worry about these consequences, do not popularize the most basic education.

Li An frowned, and said: "This problem is also a matter that the official is extremely worried about, and the official has considered this problem before, so the universal school education must strengthen the ideological education, and let the students quit their arrogance through education, and tell them that going to the school to learn knowledge does not have to be tested to become an official, but so that they can be literate and understand some truths, as long as the education is in place, the official feels that there should not be too much of a problem, There shouldn't be too many arrogant students. ”

Obviously, Li An felt that as long as ideological education was strengthened, many problems could be easily solved, and ideological education was the best way to solve the problems encountered at present, and as long as ideological education was in place, this problem could be solved very well, so that even if the children of the poor learned cultural knowledge, they would not be too ambitious to think about the test for fame, but were willing to do what they should do honestly.

"Imagine the day when the butchers and vegetable vendors on the street could read the words, the men pulling the carts would know how to give way to pedestrians, and children of five or six years old would be able to recite poems. In this way, will there still be Diaomin? ”

Li An said.

Obviously, what Ang Lee said is a bit too idealistic, even if it really popularizes education, it will not have such a good effect, and it is difficult to form a completely warm social atmosphere, and all kinds of criminal activities will continue to appear, but only by drawing a big enough pie can we better convince everyone and make everyone support Ang Lee's idea.