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The construction of the national highway would be carried out slowly. After all, it was a plan that covered the entire Youzhou Province in years.
Lu Qing continued.
"After that, Youzhou is too cold, and there are too few scholars.”
"As Youzhou has entered a period of rapid development, the number of officials needed is several times more than before. Therefore, this provincial governor's idea is to issue a recruitment order.”
"Any citizen of the Great Han Dynasty, regardless of their background, can become an official in Youzhou as long as they have a skill.”
Hearing Lu Qing's words, everyone exclaimed.
"My lord, is it any skill?”
Zhao Yun asked.
Lu Qing nodded. People in the world regarded skills other than reading as exotic skills, but Lu Qing was the only one who did not. He knew that those skills could also strengthen the country.
As long as they had the right guidance, such as the ability of an alchemist, they could develop gunpowder and related weapons if they did not use it to refine pills.
Lu Qing added after a pause.
"Although I have gained a certain reputation because I was conferred the title of Liaodong Marquis, there are still scholars who are unwilling to come.”
"Therefore, my idea is that we should set up an academy and specially invite the famous scholars from all over the world to be our teachers. This will definitely attract many students to study here.”
Hearing Lu Qing's words, everyone's eyes lit up. Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai thought of a person in Youzhou, Cai Yong.
This person was one of the top scholars in the world!
"Not only do we want to set up a supreme school, but I also want to start compulsory education.”
Lu Qing's eyes flickered. It was impossible for other transmigrators to do compulsory education because they did not have enough capital. After all, they needed to spend a lot of money.
However, Lu Qing's golden finger could freely travel between modern and ancient times!
As long as he was a second-hand dealer, he would have countless money. Coupled with modern resources and technology, he could completely create compulsory education.
"My lord, what is compulsory education?"
Guo Jia asked. They found that their lord would always say something new, but after explaining, it was all very reasonable.
"The so-called compulsory education is provided by the imperial court to the children of the common people in Youzhou for free.”
"This provincial governor wants to divide the schools into three, six, and nine grades, using our Great Han region as the standard.”
Lu Qing continued after a pause.
"Set up an elementary school in each village of Youzhou Province. All the kids in this village could study for free for 3 years!”
"Then, every county will set up a county school. Students who have completed three years of elementary school can pass the examination and enter the county school. Those who pass can study more advanced knowledge here for three years.”
"In the end, a government school will be set up in each county. Students who pass the county school assessment can enter the government school for three years!”
Listening to Lu Qing's eloquence, not to mention Guo Jia and the opera prodigy, even Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gongsun Zan, and the others were shocked.
" That's nine years of compulsory education. You'll enter elementary school at the age of seven. After nine years of compulsory education, you'll be sixteen years old. As long as you finish the government school of a prefecture, you'll have the qualifications to be an official. You can go down to the county or township level to serve as a basic official.”
"And if the top students in the prefecture school can enter the highest school that I mentioned before, I want to name it a university!”
Lu Qing said. He had come up with this according to the conditions of the ancient times.
If it was unreasonable, he would change it with absolute strength. After all, many things that could not be done in this era could be easily done in the modern era.
In fact, he had a school that was easier to remember in his heart, and that was the national school! Of course, that would only appear after he obtained the entire world.
In the future, there would be thirteen universities in the thirteen prefectures of the Great Han Dynasty. They would be named after the prefectures. The outstanding students of these thirteen universities would be able to enter the national studies of the central region. Everyone who came out would become the pillars of the country.
This actually referred to the modern imperial examinations, but each stage of the imperial examinations was divided into different grades.
However, compared to the cruel imperial examinations, this was clearly much better. As long as one could enter the government school, they could be directly assigned work.
What if he didn't go to the government school? Naturally, there would be a chance for him to become an official.
After all, most of the officials in the pavilion were elected by the villagers themselves. In the future, students who did not enter the government school could become the lowest level officials.
At the prefecture level, one could already enter the county government and serve as a minor official.
After listening to Lu Qing's explanation of compulsory education and the classification of knowledge, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia were shocked.
"This move is no less than splitting the heavens and earth!”
Guo Jia said in shock.
Xi Zhicai also kept nodding.
"But this requires far too much money. Even if the Imperial Court were to personally do it, it would probably be difficult to bear.”
However, when he thought of the mountain of gold, silver, and jewelry in the provincial governor's warehouse, Xi Zhicai fell silent.
Their provincial governor seemed to be really rich. Moreover, under Lu Qing's development, the entire Youzhou Province was thriving. It was estimated that when the tax revenue came this year, it would explode.
"Alright, this is what I think. You can go and perfect the details.”
"In short, since you don't want to do it, then forget it. But if you do it, this provincial governor will do it well and let the entire world pay attention to it.”
"We have a paper mill, a printing factory, and ordinary people can study. Everyone is like a dragon. This is the golden age I hope for!”
Hearing Lu Qing's words, everyone was shocked.
But at this moment, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and suddenly had an idea, but they did not dare to say it directly to Lu Qing.
The two of them decided to tell Lu Qing after the generals left.
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