Today was the first day of the completion of the first phase of the Royal School project. There were three phases in the entire project. Although it was originally intended to be a Royal University, it could be said to be a Royal Primary School now.
The entire school was built according to the standard of 20,000 students. Each building had three floors, and each dormitory had eight students. There were four bunk beds, and each person was equipped with a small desk and wardrobe. There was a toilet on each floor, and each classroom basically had 40 students.
The living conditions of single teachers were similar to those of small houses, with one bedroom, one living room, and one bathroom. Teachers with family members were allocated better houses, with three bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a study.
The ordinary employees were in similar tube-shaped apartments, with four people in a room. Similarly, there was a toilet on each floor, on one side of the building.
The school now had 20 canteens, five bathhouses, and five laundry rooms. Li Shimin spent a lot of effort to process the school's feces and use the marsh gas to boil water and cook.
The school also had various sports facilities and three football fields. Li Shimin wanted to turn the school into a garden school. The roads would be leveled with cement, and the open space would be planted with trees, flowers, and fruits. There would also be many large grasslands for children to play.
In short, Li Shimin had spent a lot of money and energy to build this school.
There were more than 8000 orphans in total. There were more than 5,000 orphans who were six years old and more than 3,000 orphans who were under six years old. These people, along with the 400 or so people who studied medicine under Sun Simiao, would stay in Prince Qin's residence.
Due to the increase in orphans, Li Shiming had been increasing the number of construction workers to speed up the construction process. Only when the first phase of the school was completed today did Li Shiming heave a sigh of relief. It was too much pressure to squeeze so many people into Prince Qin's residence.
Now, it was easy to recruit ordinary people to take care of orphans. A portion of the palace maids were used, and a large number of women were recruited. This area was easy to solve.
Sun Simiao found seven or eight of his old friends who knew medicine, and four or five of the imperial physicians had come, so there were basically enough teachers to teach medicine.
The only shortcoming was that there were far from enough teachers to teach cultural studies. The textbooks were provided by Li Shimin. Mathematics was taught in junior high school, and physics and chemistry were simple general knowledge. The scriptures insisted on teaching according to modern annotations, and the teachers were not allowed to teach according to their own understanding. Who knew what you would think of the scriptures? After all, they had read books without punctuations before.
Among Li Shimin's children who were of learning age, his sons were Li Chengqian, Li Kuan, Li Ke, and Li Tai, and his daughters were Xiangcheng, Runan, and Nanping.
Li Shimin brought them here to study, but they didn't go to Hongxue Hall.
It wasn't that Kong Yingda and the others weren't knowledgeable. They were knowledgeable, but they had some bad ideas. They were very old-fashioned and didn't listen to others 'opinions. Li Shimin didn't want to argue with them. He would take care of his own children's education.
On the day Li Shiming sent his children to study in Prince Qin's mansion, Kong Yingda, Li Gang, Lu Deming and Wei Zheng angrily ran to Li Shiming to demand an explanation.
"Your Majesty, do you think that this old minister's knowledge is not enough to teach the prince?”Kong Yingda bowed and asked.
" Why did Kong shi say that?" Li Shi Min raised his eyebrows and said, thinking that you guys came so quickly.
"Then why didn't the princes go to Hongxue Hall to study, but went to King Qin's Mansion?”Kong Yingda asked indignantly. In his opinion, this was simply an insult to him.
"Kong shi, may I ask if we should teach students according to their aptitude? Was there no end to learning? Different people needed different knowledge? Can you train the children of Zhijie and Yuchi Gong into Jinshi or invincible generals?”Li Shi Min said slowly.
"Kong shi, you guys don't object to what I said just now, do you? As princes, they needed all kinds of knowledge, not just scriptures, but also a lot of common sense. They needed to learn all kinds of principles, which was related to the management of their own people in the future. There are some things that you can't learn in Hongxue Hall. I don't deny your knowledge, but Hongxue Hall is not enough to meet this requirement.”After saying that, he handed the textbooks to Kong Yingda and the others for them to read first.
"Zhen has been the King of Qin and the Crown Prince. Zhen has high expectations for the princes.”Li Shi Min said, implying that he had been a prince, a crown prince, and now an emperor. He had experience and knew what he needed to learn.
When Kong Yingda and the others saw these books, they were simply shocked. The punctuations, annotations, mathematics, physics, and chemistry were all stunned. They didn't know what to say. Every book had the words "Li Shimin" written on it. F * ck, when did the emperor become a great scholar?
Hmph…Come and debate with me, you bunch of country bumpkins. Haven't you seen the 21st century's keyboard warrior? He'll send you flying in minutes.
"Your Majesty, if the Hongxue Hall also teaches these books, can the princes return to the Hongxue Hall to study?”Kong Yingda stammered. They couldn't stand up straight anymore. In the past, they thought that Li Shimin was far inferior to them in terms of knowledge. They often put on airs and put on a bad face. Now, Li Shimin was obviously a great scholar.
"Then who will teach mathematics, physics, and chemistry? Moreover, the princes not only had to learn, but they also had to understand the sufferings of the people. These were things that Hongxue Hall could not learn, so there was no need to return to Hongxue Hall.”Li Shi Min waved his hand.
Kong Yingda and the others didn't know what to say. This was indeed the case. Why wouldn't they feel embarrassed if they went against their conscience? The reason why they did this was also because of their thoughts. Teaching the children of princes and ministers was different, so their main purpose was to teach the prince to gain reputation.
Hence, this group of people was speechless. What else could they say? Wei Zheng reacted quickly and said,"I wonder if my grandson can enroll in the Royal Primary School?”
Li Shi Min looked at him strangely and said,""Minister Wei, you don't have to do this. I will build several primary schools in Chang 'an in the future. This primary school is now dedicated to teaching orphans. There are thousands of orphans now.”Li Shi Min was speechless.
Wei Zheng looked regretful. This was a smart person. How could he not know the benefits of studying in this primary school?
Li Shi Min did not invite these scholars to teach at the Royal Primary School. Firstly, if they came, wouldn't the sons of those ministers also come? This would have a huge impact on the orphans, which was something Li Shi Min did not want to see. These orphans would be of great use to him in the future.
"Hongxue Hall can teach according to these annotated scriptures. This is up to you to decide.”Li Shimin would not give them any science and engineering books.
Li Shimin had a rule that only local people could learn this knowledge. For foreigners who came to study, it was good to learn Confucianism.
Even though the primary school was about to move out of the city, Li Shimin's children would still study in King Qin's mansion. Because the orphans who stayed here to study medicine still had to study cultural subjects, they had a few teachers who taught cultural subjects.
Prince Qin's Mansion was no stranger to Li Shiming's children. After all, they had just moved into the palace not long ago. In addition, the learning atmosphere here was very good. The orphans here were very sensible and polite, completely different from the profligate sons of the ministers.
The teachers were also polite and gentle to the students. Even if the students were at fault, they would tell the students where they were at fault.
It was unlike in the palace, where those great scholars always had a stern face, as if the more knowledgeable they were, the more arrogant they were, and they would punish students at every turn.
Therefore, Li Shimin's children loved to study in King Qin's Mansion. Every day when they returned to the palace, they would talk about the interesting things that happened in King Qin's Mansion.
Changle and the other five-year-old kids also wanted to go. After coaxing them a few times, he told them that they could go when they were six years old.
Because it was almost the end of the year, and it would only be a few days until next year, there were only a few days left for these children to turn six.
Empress Zhangsun often came to King Qin's Mansion to visit the orphans. As the royal family's business was booming and they were rich, they often brought a lot of food and clothes when they came.
The orphans were no longer dressed in rags and looked pale like when they first arrived. These orphans had experienced the ups and downs of human life, so they cherished their current life very much. They were very sensible. The older children would help with some things and study very hard.
Today was the day they moved to the new school. Many orphans were reluctant to leave. To them, Prince Qin's mansion was the warmest time they had ever spent as orphans, so they were very reluctant to leave.
Until someone comforted them and told them that the school they were going to was better than this one. There were too many people here and it was too crowded.
Moreover, they could come back often to visit. It was not like they could not come back after moving to school. Only then did the orphans feel a little better.
On this day, a large number of carriages suddenly appeared in Chang 'an. Some of them were filled with children, while others were filled with all kinds of items. These carriages were all heading out of the city.
After asking, he found out that these were orphans. Now, they were going to the newly built Royal Primary School outside the city. Only then did everyone know that His Majesty had built a royal primary school for these orphans.
The people in the city were envious. It was very rare to study in this era. Not everyone could afford to study. Now, their children did not study, but the orphans did. In short, they were envious.
The people thought that the Tang Emperor Li Shimin was the best emperor in the world. No emperor would build a school for orphans.
When the people asked around, they also heard that the Emperor would build a few more primary schools in Chang 'an in the future. The people had new expectations and wished the Emperor a long life.
With a coaxing sound…The news that the emperor had built a royal primary school and would build more in Chang 'an City in the future immediately exploded among the aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families had always controlled education. Now, Li Shiming was selling a large number of new books, and now he was building primary schools.
He was digging a pit to bury them in one go.
Thus, the aristocratic families immediately gathered together to discuss countermeasures, but no matter how much they discussed, they could not come up with a good solution.
The current Li Shi Min was like a hedgehog with thorns all over his body to the aristocratic families.
In the beginning, when Li Shiming was cleaning up the Imperial Palace, he had already cleared out a group of people from the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families not only had people in the Imperial Court, but also in the Imperial Palace.
When the first batch was cleared, the aristocratic families thought it was an accident for some reason because many people were cleared out of the palace.
Hence, they tried to install more people into the system, but none of them succeeded. They couldn't understand why it was like this. How could they know that Li Shiming had the system in his hands?
When he was cleaning up these people, Li Shiming would tell them the truth, reason with them, and tell them what his ideals were, what he was doing now, and what he wanted to achieve in the future.
He told them what society was like and what the aristocratic families were like. He asked them if they had any hidden reasons for helping the aristocratic families. If there was anything, he could help solve it.
Some of them cried bitterly after all this, expressing that they would follow the Emperor of the Great Tang, change the old society, and work hard to build a new Great Tang. The Emperor was very pleased.
As for the others, Li Shi Min didn't make things difficult for them and just let them out of the palace.
At this point, the aristocratic families knew that An Ren could no longer enter the inner palace.
Therefore, he turned his attention to Li Yuanchang. However, when he first cleaned up the palace, Li Shimin issued an edict to reprimand Li Yuanchang. He clearly told him that he could no longer have anyone around his sons. Otherwise, he would be punished. In addition, he should not violate the law in the territory. Otherwise, he could not blame him if he was stripped of the throne.
Seeing this, Li Yuan Chang quickly became obedient. Although he was resentful, he didn't dare to express it because he knew that Li Shi Min was the master of the house now.
The aristocratic families were destined to fail on this path.
The aristocratic families had no choice but to run to Li Yuan and ask him what was going on. Was he going to kill them all?
When Li Yuan saw this, he told them clearly," This was Li Shiming's policy. He had a good upbringing for the elderly and a good education for the young. He did not target them and would not target them in the future. As long as they were law-abiding, it would be fine.
In addition, the imperial court would not deliberately target them because all officials had to meet the requirements of their duties, not just them, so there was no need to worry too much. As long as they fulfilled their duties, everyone would be treated fairly.
Even the aristocratic families had nothing to say.
As a result, there were rumors on the streets of Chang 'an that Li Shimin did this to buy people's hearts, but it was useless. Everyone had a scale in their hearts.
The result was that the person who spread the rumor was beaten up and fled like a rat.
At this moment, Li Shiming was inspecting the school with a smile. Beside him was a group of ministers who had heard the news.
Li Shimin was very satisfied. He had spent so much effort and money to build this school.
Looking at the garden-like campus and the children playing on the grass, the scene was too beautiful.
"Dear ministers, what do you think of this school?”Li Shi Min waved his hand and said,"Don't even think about it. This school is for orphans. I will build a few more schools in Chang 'an. When the time comes, your children will be enrolled.”Li Shi Min immediately shut his mouth, meaning that he should not even think about it.
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