In ancient times, most of the officials who were released as officials were offended by the emperor or offended a certain force in the court, and they were attacked by a group before they were released.

Although the officials who were released were not necessarily smaller officials than those in Chang'an City, it was definitely a promotion and a debasement, not to mention the reduction of official positions, basically don't think about coming back when you go out.

Most officials would rather be a seventh-rank official in Chang'an City, rather than be a sixth- or fifth-rank official far away from Chang'an City, and if they are not an official in Chang'an City, it means that they cannot get in touch with the political inner circle, and they are not even qualified to stand in line in the court.

Moreover, the release also means that the officials are far away from Comrade Li Er, far away from Comrade Li Er, which means that there is not much chance of promotion, even if they have made political achievements in the locality, they have to rely on their top boss to report to Li Er, if they do not report from above, even if they win the hearts of the people in the local area, it will be useless.

So it's not a good thing to go out.

Although 99% of the officials in Datang think that it is not a good thing to be released, Zhang Nan is the remaining 1%, because when he goes outside, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and there are relatively few constraints on what he does.

was asked by Li Er, Zhang Nan was asked, if he just told Li Er directly that he wanted to go outside to dig coal, then Li Er would definitely not let himself out, and it is very likely that coal will be listed as a national resource like salt to be controlled, so what money will he make at that time?

So Zhang Nan thought about it and decided to make a fool of Li Er.

"Your Majesty, it's not unreasonable for the minister to want to go out, the minister just wants to establish a academy outside." Zhang Nan said.

"What is the purpose of running a college?" Li Er couldn't understand Zhang Nan's thoughts.

In fact, there were really a lot of places to study in the Tang Dynasty, and the schools directly established by the central government included "six schools" and "two halls". The six central schools belong to the direct department, including Guozi Studies, Tai Studies, Four Studies, Calligraphy, Arithmetic, and Law. The "second hall" is the Chongwen Hall and the Hongwen Hall, which belong to the side line.

The descendants of the royal family set up a separate royal elementary school.

The schools run by the local government have prefecture schools in each prefecture, each prefecture has a state school, and each county has a county school, and all schools in prefectures, counties, and cities are directly under the direct department and are under the control of Changshi.

But these things are not places that ordinary people can access, for ordinary people, although it is a good thing to want their children to go to school to make a reputation, but most of them still will not choose to send their children to school, because the Mongolian education in Datang is really backward, as for the schools set up in various places, they are also set up for the children of the scholars, and they are not things that the poor can access at all, even if the poor can read and write at a young age, and can enter the local school when they grow up, it must also be excluded.

Therefore, children are the hope for a family, and when the children grow up, it means labor, it means survival, and sending children to study means that there will be an extra idler in the family who eats dry rice, so most people will not choose to send their children to study.

This is why the scholars held the best resources of the entire feudal society, while it was difficult for children from poor backgrounds to enter the upper class.

For most people, a person's life is predetermined from birth, and even more so in ancient times, it is almost unrealistic to want to jump from one class to another.

"Your Majesty, don't you think that the mainstays of the court are all from the family? In fact, most of the time what policy you want to implement is not based on the opinions of the ministers, but on the opinions of the families. Zhang Nan said.

When Zhang Nan said this, Li Er immediately frowned and said, "You go on." ”

"So, this highlights the benefits of running a college. Once the Chen's academy is established, it will definitely treat everyone equally. Zhang Nan said.

"But all over the country is also from the academy, why haven't I seen the officials above the court become the children of the poor family, but the families have sent a large number of talents to me year by year." Li Er continued to frown.

"Talent?" Zhang Nan obviously scoffed at the talent in Li Er's mouth.

"Your Majesty, do you think that the people of the family are really talents for you? Can write a splendid article is a talent? Will you express your opinion on court affairs be a talent? There are no longer a few people who can write a splendid article, as for expressing opinions on court affairs, the emperor now casually go to the east and west cities to ask the people, and the people can talk about the current court affairs. Zhang Nan said.

"You don't have a point." Li Erdao, under the promotion of the newspaper, the people of Chang'an City are now accustomed to listening to the newspaper every day, so they may know more about Li Er's policies than some officials in remote areas.

"Your Majesty, why do you think the reason why the family can provide the so-called talents for the emperor?" Zhang Nan asked.

"This ......," Li Eryi was speechless.

"It's not because they are literate and can enlighten young children, and they have the money to make sure that their children don't starve to death. Most of the peasant children can only farm, and the minister dares to guarantee that all the children of the family will only study, they have not experienced the hardships of the people, the emperor, you send such a bunch of people to various places as officials, the virtuous ones are good to say, this is not virtuous. Zhang Nan said this, and then said no more.

"You go on, I'm listening." After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Li Er had already begun to think about the so-called academy in his heart.

"So if we figure out where the source is, we can know how to solve it, after all, the cure must be solved from the root, first, the family can make children literate, they can, the academy established by the minister can also, as long as the children can be literate, then in the future, the children of ordinary people will be able to understand what is said in the book." Zhang Nan said.

"As for money, as long as I send my children to study in the academy, I will give them scholarships every year to encourage all the children with good grades, so that they will not be burdened with their lives, but can improve their lives. And the academy implements a one-stop service, as long as you send the child in, until the child grows up and learns a talent, it is all done in the school, so the emperor does not have to worry about loyalty, after all, it is the child of the people. Zhang Nan continued.

"And another advantage of this is that if such a academy can really succeed, in twenty years, no, within ten years, they will also become the mainstay of officials, because what is taught in the minister's academy is not how to write a splendid article, but to teach them how to behave, of course, the academy is just an infrastructure." Zhang Nan said.