Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 676: Fair Education, Unified Teaching Materials [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe In Full]

On the podium, Yan Changqing used chalk to circle [High School] and [University] separately and said:

"Of course, there is another possibility, such as the merchants and gentry behind each academy colluding with each other and reaching cooperation with each other to form a larger interest group.

"Then kidnap those students and officials into this larger interest group and make them the spokespersons of this interest group."

"So in response to this situation, the national court can take another preventive measure."

“For example, all universities are established by the national court, and private individuals are not allowed to apply for universities. Private individuals can only apply for high-level academies at most.

"At the same time, the national court also stepped forward to establish some national key universities. These key universities recruit students from all over the Ming Dynasty."

"In this way, even if the merchants and gentry behind the academies want to complete a complete chain of training academy students and officials through mutual collusion and cooperation, they will only be able to reach higher education at most."

"And even in academies at the level of higher education, those merchants and gentry cannot achieve a complete monopoly."

"Because there are still key universities established by the national court, in addition to choosing universities sponsored by other merchants and gentry, those students can also choose universities established by the national court."

"In this way, after the students from those academies are promoted to colleges and universities affiliated to the national court, they will naturally receive education and favors from the colleges and universities affiliated to the national court."

"In other words, they will also be labeled as belonging to the colleges and universities established by the country's "second" court."

"By then, not only will all the academy students stand firmly on the side of the national court, but at least it will prevent them from standing so firmly on the side of the merchants and gentry."

"As for the number of colleges and universities established by the national court, we don't need to have too many for the time being. One to three colleges and one to three universities in one province are barely enough."

"This is not a large expenditure for the national court's fiscal revenue."

“In the future, when the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty further increases and the basic education of the people is further popularized, it will not be too late to expand and increase the colleges and universities affiliated to the national court.

“In addition, the [Wanmin Agricultural College] and [Wanmin Medical College] that I am currently responsible for [and the [Municipal Academy of Sciences] and [Municipal College of Health and Finance] under construction] and so on.

"These colleges can all be regarded as key five-year universities in Ming Dynasty in the future."

"In a few years, the reputation of these universities and colleges will spread to all parts of the Ming Dynasty."

“At that time, [Wanmin Agricultural College], [Wanmin Medical College], [Wanmin Academy of Sciences], and [Wanmin Finance College] will recruit students from all over the world.

"All students who meet the admissions conditions can register for the assessment on their own within the prescribed enrollment time."

Needless to say, Wanmin Agricultural College’s first batch of agricultural students are about to graduate.

The overall framework of Wanmin Medical College has now been set up, and all relevant medical students will be recruited at the beginning of this year.

As for the Wanmin Academy of Sciences and the Wanmin Finance Academy, these two academies are the Saint academies attached to the two Saints that Yan Changqing previously bought from Zhu Yuanzhang at a high price for 10 billion yuan.

Now these two colleges are also undergoing construction in accordance with Yan Changqing's requirements.

It is estimated that by the end of this year or early next year, these two colleges will be almost completed.

At that time, as long as the new status of [Science Saint] and [Finance Saint] are confirmed within this year, all the civil and military officials in the court will recognize the Saint status of [Science Saint] and [Wealth Saint].

Next year, Wanmin Academy of Sciences and Wanmin Finance Academy can officially start recruiting students.

Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes below heard this and nodded secretly.

Today, the Ming Dynasty has 13 provinces, and each province has established a college and university. The total number of them is only 26 colleges.

Even if three colleges and universities were established in each province, the total would only amount to seventy-eight colleges.

This expenditure is not a big problem for Ming Dynasty's finances.

At least compared to the huge financial expenditures required to build concrete and cement highways throughout the country and build a complete economic industrial chain from state-owned supply to state-owned sales.

The cost of building these colleges is less than one-tenth of the cost of building roads and building economic and industrial chains.

Yan Changqing continued to write on the blackboard and said:

"The first step in the supervision just mentioned is to conduct age-graded education in academies."

“The second step of supervision is the compilation, review and unification of teaching materials.

"For example, during enlightenment."

“Some gentlemen like to use the Three Character Classic as an enlightenment book first, while some gentlemen like to use Hundred Family Surnames as an enlightenment book first, or some gentlemen like to use The Thousand Character Classic as an enlightenment book first.”

"Similarly, when teaching the "Four Books and Five Classics", some teachers like to start with the "Four Books" first, and some teachers like to start with the "Five Classics" first.'

"In general, the specific content to be taught and how to teach it mainly depends on the personal interests, hobbies and choices of the teacher.'

"This can easily lead to uneven teaching quality and teaching content in various academies across the Ming Dynasty, which is not a good thing for students' learning."

"So the best way is for the relevant departments of the national court, such as the Ministry of Rites, to organize manpower to compile, review and unify the teaching materials for academies of all ages."

"Then it was distributed to various primary schools, junior high schools, and high school academies throughout the Ming Dynasty, so that all primary school, junior high school, and high school teachers should follow the teaching materials issued by the national court.

Provide unified teaching. "

"For example, in the first grade of elementary school, they all study "Three Character Classic"; in the second grade, they study "Hundred Family Surnames"; in the third grade, they study "The Thousand Character Classic"

"For another example, in the first grade, they all study "Great Learning"; in the second grade, they study "The Doctrine of the Mean"; in the third grade, they study "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" together.

"For another example, in the first grade of high school, they study "The Book of Songs" and "Shangshu"; in the second grade, they study "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", and "Spring and Autumn"; in the third grade, Just study "Historical Records" in unison..."

"This will help students from various academies across the Ming Dynasty to stand on the same learning starting line and achieve educational fairness in a certain sense."

"Secondly, the teaching materials are the same, which means that at least students in various academies across the Ming Dynasty have received the same basic learning content required by the national court."

"Then colleges and universities affiliated to the national court can treat everyone equally when conducting admissions assessments, and there is no need to worry about the different learning conditions that students from different places will receive.

And treated differently. "

"Thirdly, the national court will review and compile the teaching materials, from which learning content that is beneficial to the national court can be added."

"For example, adding to the teaching materials content that people should be loyal to the emperor, patriotic, loving the people, diligent, honest, upright, etc.'

"Guide a group of students to become a person who is beneficial to the country and the court, a person who is beneficial to the people of Li, and a person who is beneficial to the development of the times and society."

"Let them be able to think from the position of the national court when they face requests from the merchants and gentry who have funded and helped them in the future.

"Think about whether what you are doing is right!"

"Think about whether you are a merchant, an official of the gentry, or an official of the Ming Dynasty!!"

"Think about whether it is more important to repay the kindness of merchants and gentry, or to safeguard the interests of the country, the court, and the people of Liming!!!"

"To put it bluntly, it is to try to avoid as much as possible the academies applied for by merchants and gentry to have a subtle influence on those students in the daily learning process."

"In other words, when the merchants and gentry exerted a subtle influence on the students through the academies, the national court also exerted a subtle influence on those students through the contents of the unified compiled and reviewed teaching materials."

"In this way, even if all those students cannot be firmly on the side of the national court, it can at least weaken the influence of those merchants and gentry on those students.

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Hearing this, Qi King Zhu Shu suddenly raised his hand and asked:

"What if the academies applied for by merchants and gentry do not use unified teaching materials compiled by the imperial court?!!"

After all, those private academies were funded by merchants and gentry themselves.

The imperial court was worried that students would be defrauded out of money in the name of running a school, or that their studies and future prospects would be delayed by people with insufficient talents and moral character, so there was no problem in asking them to report and review before running a school.

Similarly, for the sake of educational fairness and the unification of teaching content, the imperial court also considered making it easier for students to learn, so it made sense to compile teaching materials and then distribute them to them for study and use.

However, if they are forced to use the teaching materials compiled by the imperial court, then this is more or less excessive.

After all, folk studies are different from official studies. If the imperial court has to take care of this, it will inevitably be a bit too complicated.

Moreover, even if those merchants and gentry threw aside the uniformly compiled teaching materials issued by the imperial court and did not use them, it would be difficult for them to know.

After all, it is folk studies, and it is difficult for the imperial court to manage folk studies so well.

Therefore, it may not be that easy for folk scholars to use the teaching materials compiled by the imperial court.

Yan Changqing's eyes fell on Qi Wang Zhu Su and said with a smile:

"What is the purpose of those merchants and gentry applying to establish academies to fund and train students?!!"

King Zhu Su of Qi didn't quite understand why Yan Changqing asked this, but he still answered:

"In order to let those students become officials, fight for their interests, and be the spokesperson for their interests!!!"

Yan Changqing nodded and said:

"Yes, their fundamental purpose is to let those students become officials!!!"

"So, how can those students become officials?!!"

"There are two ways. One is to pass the imperial examination and become a civil servant; the other is to be admitted to Wanmin Agricultural College, Wanmin Medical College and other university colleges in the future. In this way, after they graduate, they will naturally obtain a ninth-grade official position."

"Then what if the content of the imperial examination, or the content of the entrance examination for universities such as Wanmin Agricultural College and Wanmin Medical College, will be selected from the primary school, junior high school, and high school teaching materials that have been reviewed and compiled by the imperial court?! !"

"Will those merchants and gentry who apply for primary schools, junior schools, and higher schools let their academies use the teaching materials reviewed and compiled by the imperial government?!!" 1

After Yan Changqing finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and others were seen below.

A smile appeared on the prince's face.

If they say that in the future, the contents of the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty and the entrance examination contents of Wanmin Agricultural College, Wanmin Medical College and other university colleges will be based on the examination and preparation compiled by the imperial court.

If you choose a part of the teaching materials for primary school, beginners, and advanced students.

So needless to say, even if those merchants and gentry are unwilling to use the teaching materials that have been reviewed and compiled by the imperial court, or they want to teach others in the academies they set up,

his content.

However, they will never throw away the teaching materials that have been reviewed and compiled by the imperial court.

Because the ultimate goal of those merchants and gentry was to train students to become officials.

If they give up the teaching materials that have been reviewed and compiled by the imperial court, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving up on those students who passed the imperial examination [or who passed the Fangkang Agricultural College

Opportunities for entrance examinations to universities and colleges such as Manmin Medical College?!!

If this is the case, then what kind of colleges do they apply to run and what kind of students do they train?!!

Wouldn’t it be better to just close the academy and save some money to do business?!!

You really think these businessmen and gentry are here to do charity!!!

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