Xiao He still kept a smile on his face when he left from Lu Yi, not because he was in a good mood, nor because something gratifying happened, but after he talked to Lu Yi for a while, his whole head and heart were actually in a state of semi-daze.

I have to say that Xiao He was really shocked by His Royal Highness, and it was not the first time that he was confused by the "demons" shown by the emperor's heirs, in fact, Lu Qi had conceived a lot of tools before, whether it was useful for agriculture or industry, any little reform of tools could bring great changes to the past.

The improvement of tools is of course important to the consul Xiao He, and he also thinks that it can increase the country's national strength, but it is indeed more important for Lu Yi to tell the pros and cons from the national politics, because as Lu Yi said, the mistakes in education cannot be seen at present, but they will be fatal when they are waiting to be revealed.

Is there a problem with education in the Empire? In fact, no one thought about it, because the empire was the first country to implement universal education, and there was no precedent before.

It is true that there is no country in history where education is universal...... In other words, they want to popularize it, but they can't do it with the conditions, resources, and strength.

There was no paper before, most of the recorded text is mainly bamboo slips, only a small number of records will use silk books, silk is not a luxury, but once the number of uses is too much who can not afford it, bamboo slips are not to mention, a bamboo slip can carve how many words? A thousand-word article is recorded gradually, and at least two or three catties of bamboo strips are required.

The emergence of paper is the basis of universal education, and the other foundation is that there are enough teachers, and the empire will not lack paper, and the price of paper is indeed high when it first appears, but it is no one else who makes paper, it is the emperor of the empire.

Unlike the emperors of some later dynasties, Lü Zhe was a self-made man who subsequently occupied large territories. Of course, the development of territory includes the benefits of mountains and rivers, so there is no shortage of copper at all. Copper is the currency of the modern age, and Lu Zhe, who has developed a large amount of copper resources, is not short of money, he does not need to use paper to carry out profiteering business, he only needs to sell it as a cheap commodity to obtain unimaginable profits.

For the ruler of a country, in fact, many times the interests are not the most important, but the need to start from a higher level of perspective, not to focus on their own interests, how to maximize interests.

Obviously, educating the people is the most beneficial thing for the ruler. Because once the quality of the people improves, the country will also develop in all aspects along with the education level of the people, and everything that develops after that is not part of the country's strength?

The empire has enough financial resources and related resources to popularize education, although there are not many historical precedents set by Lu Zhe, but universal education is destined to be the most important one, and it will also be one of the most important things in the history books, and it will be grateful for countless years by unknown generations.

Originally, many people thought that education was the same thing, teaching people to read and write was the biggest way, and after literacy, they could choose the direction they wanted to forge ahead according to their hobbies. Studying the relevant knowledge is probably the path that education brings.

"It's a good mood to be in power!" Zhang Liang was holding a large stack of documents in his hand, he looked at Xiao He and walked in with a smile on his face, and asked more casually: "Have a good chat with Your Highness?" ”

Xiao He was a little stunned when asked. He didn't answer for a long time, and when Zhang Liang was about to leave, he said, "Liang, do you think education is important?" ”

"Huh?" This time Zhang Liang was stunned. Barely thinking on his own, he replied, "Of course it is, the more literate people there are." In the future, there will be no shortage of talents in the country. ”

"Do you think education has any purpose other than teaching people to read and so that they can learn all kinds of knowledge after they are literate?" Xiao He had been thinking about this just now, and he added: "That's it...... In addition to being able to learn the knowledge you want. ”

Zhang Liang was really stunned, he muttered a little stunned: "Except for the purpose of studying? ”

Lu Yi and Xiao He talked a lot, and it is estimated that when someone first proposed education, some ideas could be "implanted" and used education to instill the effect that the country wanted.

In fact, it is nothing new to "implant" ideas in education, and when there were no schools in the past, everyone as a teacher would also "implant" ideas when teaching their students, and they generally "implanted" their own ideas.

Of course, when teaching disciples by hand, the group of people to deal with is not so wide, and the number of people who can influence is very limited, so some ideological "implantation" will not cause much effect.

At present, the universal education class in the empire is at least about 48 percent between the ages of eight and sixteen, that is, children and adolescents between the ages of eight and sixteen are educated throughout the country. How many people are eight to sixteen years old in the empire? According to the census data, there are more than 3 million people, which means that nearly half of them are in education.

More than 3 million people are inconspicuous in modern times, but in the years just after the end of the pre-Qin era in ancient times, the population of more than 3 million was actually a relatively terrifying number. These three million people are educated and go into all walks of life, and they are destined to be a rising generation that will play their part in every level of the empire and become an indispensable part of the nation.

Zhang Liang is a wise man in contemporary times, and he sees things more comprehensively and long-term, but to be honest, because of the amount of information, he is destined to be different from the traverser in some things.

Not only Zhang Liang, but in fact, Xiao He also came to his senses after a long talk with Lu Yi, not that he didn't know the idea of "implanting" the idea of education, but he didn't think about doing such a thing in universal education.

"The ruling kind of knocked me down." Zhang Liang is face with a wry smile, he guessed that it should be Lu Yi like Xiao He said something, Xiao He got some experience from the conversation, so he asked very curiously: "What did our Highness say that surprised the ruling power?" ”

"Our Highness...... Xiao He is face was full of emotion, and said, "It really inspires me." ”

Later, Xiao He said some of Lu Yi's views, and the topic of "implanting" ideas into students during education was a matter of three words and two sentences, mainly talking about things about world view and broadening horizons, and then said a little about things that may lead people to immigrate from public opinion ~ theory.

"Guiding public opinion~?" Zhang Liang's face was surprised, not surprised by Lu Yi's suggestion, he flipped through the document in his hand and found an official letter sent from the emperor's side. said: "Coincidental! His Majesty is also talking about it. ”

Xiao He: "Oh? After reading it in detail, he smiled bitterly: "The words are different, and even some of the things said are different, but the goals you want to achieve are the same." He actually wanted to say that Lu Zhe and Lu Yi are worthy of being father and son, and they are thinking in the same direction.

The things that the emperor pays attention to are generally not trivial, and Lu Zhe is now inspecting the grassland, probably because he saw that the grassland was too vast and sparsely populated. Combined with the appearance seen in some border counties, I must be worried that there is no one in the territory that has been laid, thinking that the territory has been conquered, but it is useless if no one has been beaten down for a long time, and maybe it will be encroached upon by foreign races because there are no local residents.

In the past dynasties, many dynasties are not without the strength to expand their territory, and the problems they encounter are quite complicated, but more problems are estimated to be about the same, that is, even if they open up new territories, there are almost no people who are willing to move to the past. As a result, the army conquered the land, and no one passed, and it was impossible for the army to stay in remote places for a long time, and as soon as the army withdrew, the aliens were taken back.

The two of them couldn't just stand in the hall and talk like this, because there were things that needed to be discussed with each other. also went to Xiao He's office.

"Immigration is really the top priority of the empire at the moment." Zhang Liang is being trained as the next consul, and there are more and more levels that he can come into contact with, and he knows very well that what is urgently needed for the empire at present is indeed that the people in the hinterland are willing to get together, even if it is relatively difficult to live in their hometown, they are not willing to immigrate to the border counties. He drank some tea. said to Xiao He very seriously: "If you want to change this phenomenon, the older generation needs to change their thinking step by step, but the young people are relatively easy to move. ”

"This summer. Isn't there a student outing? Xiao He stopped as if he was brewing something, hesitated slightly, and said, "If it is like His Majesty's suggestion that students on summer outings go to Bian County......

Zhang Liang said: "The war on the grasslands of northern Xinjiang is about to start, even if His Majesty agrees to the students to go to the border counties for an outing during the summer vacation, the military will inevitably have opinions on the ruling power. ”

The military is about to launch its first offensive on the grasslands this year, and the scale of the war is not so large compared to before, but this time it is a thousand-mile expedition, and I don't know what it will be like to be busy at that time.

Xiao He smiled and had a different opinion: "The military will be willing." ”

When Zhang Liang joined the empire, it was already after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but Xiao He joined this collective when Lu Zhe only had three counties, so it can be said that Xiao Heyuan knew better than Zhang Liang what the military guys were.

The military is very welcome to anything that can help them, and if a group of young people go to various border counties, the military will have more opportunities to publicize their martial arts, and may even look for good officer seedlings in advance, and once they find it, they will instigate a certain teenager to take the military academy to join their collective.

"It's the parents of the children who are more troublesome!" Xiao He is not saying that parents are afraid of their children's hardships, it is nothing to suffer a little in this year, and there are other factors that are more troublesome. He said: "The places that can be called border counties now are not long after the military has just occupied, at most the territory captured a year ago, and the barren land is one thing, and the natives of the border counties have not yet been subjugated. ”

"Well, there will be many dangerous places." Zhang Liang slowly kept up with Xiao He's rhythm, took over the topic and said: "Although the empire has targeted martial arts drills in summer and winter, martial arts exercises are martial arts exercises, and they cannot be regarded as actual experience...... I'm afraid that the people's sentiment will be hindered. ”

That's right, Xiao He is worried about this, although those teenage children dare not say that everyone is happy or excited about going to the border county, but most people must be happy to be able to go on an outing with their classmates at the expense of the state. Children are willing to say that it doesn't matter a lot of the time, and there is no law in the empire that makes it mandatory for parents to agree to the state's arrangement of their children, and parents are worried that it is inevitable that they will be killed or injured due to various accidents when they travel far away, especially when they go to border counties.

"Maybe you can go to the Japanese Islands......" Zhang Liang thought about it for a moment before saying: "The Japanese Islands are also considered border counties, and they are far away from the empire, so they still need to take the sea route. ”

Xiao He just discussed with Zhang Liang, even if it is really to be implemented, it is necessary to play the emperor's line first, let the emperor think about whether it can be done, if it can be done, it is not something that can be done by patting his head, the corresponding preparations are essential, and at the same time, the counties and counties must also be notified in place.

Almost ten days later, the emperor Xingyuan, who had already walked to Beiping County, received a recital from Xiao He from the imperial capital Nanling. At that time, Lu Zhe was leading a group of important ministers on a winter hunt, and after watching Xiao He's recital, he rode on horseback for a short while, and when he came back to his senses, he had a smile on his face that was difficult to explain clearly.

"Your Majesty, General Sima has fenced off the front." Yan Bi is also wearing a military uniform, but what he is holding in his hand is not a bow and arrow, but a trial-type riding spear...... Well, it's a firearm, not a riding gun in the traditional sense.

That's right, Lu Zhe organized a hunt, from soldiers to nobles, generals, and civil officials, all using firearms. He wanted to let the important ministers of the center and some border generals know about firearms, of course, it was impossible for them to go to the battlefield to fight in person, and it became a relatively reliable thing to understand firearms during the hunt.

"See." Lu Zhe handed the piece in his hand to Yan Bi, and then said with a smile: "The ruling brain has been enlightened." ”

Yan Bi was a little surprised by the emperor's words, but he knew that the emperor had never spoken so casually in front of anyone since he came to the world, which showed that the emperor was really very happy.

"Huh?" Yan Bi quickly finished reading Xiao He's recital, but he didn't know how to organize outings for students from various schools, especially if there was anything to be happy about going to the Japanese Islands or Liuqiu in batches.

"You, think deeper." Lu Zhe is really happy, Xiao He's starting point is to broaden the horizons of the new generation, and organizing students to travel far away is a good place. He smiled and smiled, but he was actually quite confused in his heart, thinking: "It's good to travel far away, but why would you recommend going to the Japanese Islands or Liuqiu?" (To be continued.) )