Chapter 458: Ways to Strengthen Qin
Gan Luo realized that something was wrong. Now that the First Emperor was cultivating businessmen, if another nine-year compulsory system was introduced, then their aristocratic pride would really disappear.
Feng Quji also had this awareness, and immediately said: "Sir, although the idea of a nine-year compulsory education legal system is good, it must be very difficult to implement, right?"
“The early stage is very difficult because we have to build schools, formulate textbooks, find teachers, etc. It will definitely be difficult for a while.
However, as the country becomes stronger, the education industry becomes more and more mature. Because more and more students are graduating, there are more and more teachers. In addition, people's lives are getting better and better, and basically everyone can study. Book. "Qin An said.
Ying Zheng asked: "Is the nine-year compulsory system mandatory by the state or is it optional?"
This is very important to Ying Zheng. If it is forced, then the court must introduce coercive measures. If it is arbitrary, then it is really arbitrary.
"It's mandatory," Qin An said, "because studying is the only way out and you can't give up. As I said, school is divided into six years of elementary school, three years of middle school, and three years of high school. University is divided into three years and four years. , then four years of postgraduate study, and another four years of PhD study. After that, you can continue to study if you want. Is there no end to learning? m.
In addition, primary school is about basics, middle school is more profound, high school is divided into liberal arts and science, college is about choosing a major, graduate school is about completing the major, and doctoral study is about thoroughly integrating the major and even having your own ideas.
The nine-year compulsory education system actually allows people to learn the basics and apply them to life.
For example, literacy requires not only knowing the words, but also knowing the meaning of the words. There is also arithmetic. You should at least know the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so that you will not make mistakes when buying things. "
"Yes, but if we were in Da Qin, could we implement a nine-year compulsory education system?" Ying Zheng asked.
Qin An shook his head and said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Gan Luo seemed to see hope and immediately asked: "Why are you so sure, sir?"
Qin An looked at Gan Luo speechlessly and said, "Isn't it obvious? The people can't live anymore, so who will go to school?
If you want people to study, the prerequisite is to have money. This is not only tuition, but also three meals a day, as well as book fees, daily consumption of ink, brushes, and paper. None of these costs money.
Can ordinary people afford it? If the imperial court is responsible for it, can the imperial court afford it? "
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "I really can't afford it, so what do you think you can do?"
Qin An said: "There are ways, but it cannot be done overnight. For example, don't build too many schools at the beginning, just build one in the main city.
Then set standards to allow those nobles to study, and some wealthy people, especially businessmen, whose status is not high to begin with, let them pay more tuition, and then let them sponsor a few poor children to study.
Businessmen are not allowed to support those children for free. The imperial court could give them a policy to subsidize the children of five poor families and allow one of the businessman's children to participate in the imperial examination.
This temptation is probably impossible for businessmen all over the world to refuse, especially businessmen with a lot of money and many children. They will sponsor ten, twenty, or even a hundred children from poor families to study.
It is a pity that the Qin Dynasty did not have an imperial examination system, there were not many businessmen, the third court did not have this awareness, and the common people did not have this awareness. The only purpose in their hearts was to survive. "
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "It is an indisputable fact that the people are poor. Only by making the people rich can we think of other things."
Qin An nodded and said: "My father-in-law is right, if it is really Da Qin, the first step is to make sure the people have enough food and clothing.
The second step is to alleviate poverty, which is to promote business.
The third step is to research and develop technology. When you have money, you need to research and develop technology. Having technology flow can promote production. When production increases, the labor force will decrease.
the fourth step……"
Qin An explained the first step and the second step for Great Qin to become stronger and become a truly eternal dynasty.
Ying Zheng, Li Si, Feng Quji and others were already used to it. Only Gan Luo was stunned for a while, and the more he listened, the more shocked he became.
If this is implemented in the court, then Da Qin will not be rich and powerful even if it doesn't want to.
But can this be successful?
The first step is to stop people from going hungry? It seems to have been done. The court has new grains, especially potatoes and sweet potatoes. Now many people have begun to cultivate them. In less than three years, it will become popular throughout the country.
Not to mention, there is also rice, which can produce three hundred kilograms per mu and is very good as a staple food. I heard that rice was the staple food in Qin An’s era, and potatoes and sweet potatoes were vegetables or snacks.
There are second and third steps that seem to be successful.
"Sir," Gan Luo said, "I heard that the world is a big place. If a country wants to be rich, it needs to do business with other countries."
"Yes, this is called international trade." Qin An said, "International business is worth tens of millions, and it is very profitable.
The reason is that our labor is cheap. In their own country, it costs 10,000 to produce something, but in our country, it may only cost 1,000 or even 100. "
"Damn it, what do you think of our people?" Ying Zheng was furious.
Qin An immediately comforted him: "Father-in-law, don't be angry. This is a market necessity. Who allows us to have more people? With a population of 1.4 billion, it is impossible for our own country's enterprises to provide jobs for 1.4 billion people.
I have said that farming in the outside world is different from here. Here we still use manual labor, but in the outside world, we already use manual machines.
Just like a generator, you see, I use an artificial generator at home, but in the village I use a steam generator.
One needs to use force all the time, and the other only needs to add coal occasionally. Is there a big difference between the two? "
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "But what does this have to do with other countries giving so little wages to the people of our country?"
Qin An said: "This is because things are rare in the market and their country has a small population, so the price for asking them to work is high.
We have a large population. In order to solve the employment problem, our country will provide favorable conditions to introduce foreign investment, that is, foreigners' money, to come to China to open factories, that is, workshops.
Their factories are generally large and can provide employment to tens of thousands of people. This greatly reduces the burden on the country.
From ancient times to the present, the reason why people overthrew their courts was not because they had no food to eat.
But after solving the problem of eating, other problems appeared, such as the quality of life.
As the saying goes, if people are not given jobs, they will think of ways to get more money for themselves. "
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