Of course, Yu Xiaotian not only carried out reforms in the imperial examination, but also made people choose quite a lot of practical books while reforming the scientific examination system, so that the Ministry of Industry vigorously published them, printed a large number of books, and then distributed them to various places for students to buy and study.

During his years of hiding in Fujian and Taiwan, Yu Xiaotian obtained many books on various subjects from the West through various means, translated them and printed them for the schools and students he set up in Taiwan and other places to study.

Now Sun Yuanhua was brought back to Beijing by him from Tamsui, and in addition to the six ministries, another Ministry of Education was established, and Sun Yuanhua was directly appointed as the first Minister of Education, independent of the six ministries, in charge of education.

The original Jingshi Guozijian and Nanjing Guozijian were both placed under the Ministry of Education, specializing in cultivating useful students, and the students in the original Guozijian were selected and retained, and the rest were dismissed and returned to their hometowns, and a large number of young students were admitted to the Guozijian for further study from various schools originally established by him in Fujian and Taiwan.

The teaching subjects in the Guozijian have also been greatly restructured, a large number of things learned before have been abolished, and many courses have been reopened, including geometric algebra and some mechanical, chemical, and physical disciplines, as well as administrative management and other disciplines, and the things learned are many times richer than the subjects set up by the Guozijian in the past.

As for the teachers, Sun Yuanhua was in charge of finding them, and his three sons had deep attainments in many disciplines, and all of them entered the Guozijian and were called professors.

In addition, some missionaries who had a solid foundation of knowledge who had been preaching in various parts of Taiwan were also allowed to be transferred to teach in the Guozijian, and they were specially allowed to establish churches in Beijing and Nanjing to preach under the supervision of the Guozijian, and they were also required not to preach their teachings to any student in the Guozijian, otherwise they would be expelled from China.

When the church heard the news, they were very happy, because they had cooperated with Yu Xiaotian for a long time, and found that Yu Xiaotian was not very resistant to their missionary affairs, and he was considered a pro-religious element, although he refused to join the church, and he would never allow any family members and soldiers to join the church, but he allowed them to preach in the local area, although they had to be supervised and set a lot of rules, so that they could not open their mission, but this has made them quite satisfied.

Now that Yu Xiaotian has ascended the throne as emperor and become the emperor of Great China, with the support of such a pro-religious emperor, they think that it will be smooth sailing to preach in China in the future, so they absolutely dare not agree to Yu Xiaotian's request, and try their best to recruit priests with considerable knowledge from Europe to come to China to preach, and teach part-time in the Guozijian to impart all kinds of knowledge they have learned.

Even Yu Xiaotian proposed to the Church that some scholars who were considered by the Church to be heretical and were ready to be persecuted, and even that they were ready to be executed, he wanted to send them all to China, so that Yu Xiaotian could open more places for them to establish churches and preach in exchange for the scholars of these heretical doctrines, and as for these people who came to China, they would be given generous treatment and provided with sufficient funds for their research.

In particular, scholars who have made achievements in navigation, mechanics, astronomy and geography, chemistry, and medicine are even more welcome to come to China to continue their research.

Of course, it is not enough to set up only two national prisons, Yu Xiaotian's concept of governing the country is not the same as that of the previous dynasties, and now he will strongly promote the refinement of various social divisions of labor with the development of society, and with the refinement of the social division of labor, the number of demand for administrators will also increase significantly, and a large number of professionals will be needed in all walks of life in the future.

This requires education to take precedence and cultivate more readers, not as before, where only a few people in society can read, but to gradually popularize education, improve the quality of the whole people, so that more and more people can learn new things, until finally achieve universal education.

And in the future, like the development of industry and commerce, there will be more and more demand for the number of skilled workers, all of them are illiterate will definitely restrict development, he wants to accelerate the process of industrial development, it is necessary to let more workers in production, for the production technology to know what it is, but also to know why it is, can not all rely on him alone to open the golden finger, the technology of later generations transplanted, once he one day to drive the crane west, then it is likely to cause the stagnation of industrial machinery technology.

Therefore, he needs more people to enter the field of research, to ponder and explore, to study the knowledge of various disciplines, to grasp the essence of it, and then learn to create it, so that the Chinese nation can always stand at the forefront of the world's scientific and technological field, and can always control the pulse of the world and become the world hegemon.

Once if you don't pay attention to education, then don't look at the current he is in full swing, but it will definitely cause a lack of stamina in the development of science and technology, so now his investment in education, it can be said that he is doing a hundred years of people, in his lifetime, to cultivate more and more scientific and technological talents, even if one day he goes west, then these people are the biggest legacy he left to this nation.

Therefore, in terms of education, he began to implement a new education method in the provinces, with the investment of the state, in the provinces with better conditions, the first establishment of a righteous school, that is, by the state and local investment, to recruit the children of the poor to enroll, of course, he did not avoid those noble disciples, as long as the entrance examination passed, they were admitted.

In terms of curriculum, it also focuses on Chinese studies and mathematics, interspersed with some knowledge of natural sciences, which also covers basic geography, astronomy, medicine, agriculture, water conservancy, physics, etc., with a duration of three to five years, and children between the ages of six and ten are enrolled.

This kind of Yixue is actually the predecessor of the primary school in later generations, and what is taught is also some superficial knowledge, with equal emphasis on literature and science, and it will not completely overthrow the ancient Chinese culture and education, after all, China's thousands of years of splendid culture, have accumulated too much essence, these things are not contradicted by Xiaotian, and he never wants to destroy the Chinese splendid culture in his lifetime, after all, there are many humanistic concepts in China, which are still quite good.

Of course, at the same time, we should vigorously promote science education to avoid the disadvantage of students only reading dead books in the future, so that they can have access to a wider range of knowledge.

For the time being, he is unable to achieve universal education, but at least let some enlightened families, who are willing to let their children go to school, get the first step of compulsory education and enjoy the benefits of the education he promotes.

After all, in ancient times, reading was basically monopolized in a higher class, and those who could read were basically the children of some large families, or official eunuchs, who had the financial resources and ability to enjoy the benefits of reading, but the vast majority of ordinary people, because they had no financial resources, the whole family had to let their children work in the land from an early age, and there was no time for their children to receive education, let alone the ability to let them read.

After all, in ancient times, because of the restrictions of the printing industry, the price of books was quite expensive, and people who did not have some savings could not even afford books.

As long as they are willing to send their children to school, then the state will bear the burden of food and lodging, and reading is free, and everyone can get a minimum of free books, provided that these families must be willing to let their children leave their jobs and send them to receive education in the free school.

As for how to carry out a deeper level of re-education after the completion of primary school education in the future, that is three to five years later, at least three to five years of buffer time, at least three to five years of buffer time, Yu Xiaotian believes that with his efforts, the state finance will have a greater improvement at that time, and the training of Tongguò Guozijian in the past few years will also cultivate a group of scholars with a higher level in advance, which will be used to invest in the next step of intermediate education and act as teachers to promote a higher level of education.

Yu Xiaotian's approach also surprised many people, Dazhong Xinli, now it can be said that it is still a time to be revived, Yu Xiaotian is so big, from the treasury to take out a lot of money, invest so much huge money, to set up voluntary schools in various prefectures, recruit students from all over the world.

Although he advocated the implementation of a new imperial examination system, which aroused the opposition of scholars all over the world, the fact that he is now setting up a righteous school fully illustrates his need for talents in the world, and his sense of urgency to recruit talents.

Obviously, Yu Xiaotian was not satisfied with the way the previous dynasties selected materials, nor was he satisfied with what the current scholars had learned, so he changed the imperial examination system to seek all kinds of talents he needed, and established a school of righteousness to teach him the knowledge he needed talents, so as to lay a solid foundation in advance for recruiting a large number of talents he needed in the future.

(Thanks to a drunken brother for the tip!) ）