Jinyang.
"Welcome your Majesty——"
The county governor Wang Huan and a group of officials were kneeling outside the city to welcome him.
"They're all flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty——"
The officials spoke in unison and bent down to give way to both sides.
Wang Huan plucked up the courage and trotted to Wang Jia's side, wanting to follow him into the city, which made Xu Hu frown slightly.
Although the official position of a county governor is not small, it does not mean that you can meet the king in person. Now is an opportunity. Wang Huan did not want to miss it. He stood under the car window, bent down and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Huan, failed to greet you in time, and still begged." Your Majesty, forgive me."
"What's wrong with you, dear? Come get in the car." Xiao Yuan's voice was very calm.
ah? Wang Huan originally planned to follow the king's car and find an opportunity to explain the governance situation in the county so as to deepen his impression in front of the king. Unexpectedly, he was invited to ride with him.
It is a great honor to ride with the king. Many humeral ministers do not have this treatment. Wang Huan can hardly suppress his excitement, and even his tone becomes a little trembling: "The king's kindness is so great, minister, I am so frightened." ."
He said this, but he hurried to the boarding area for fear of missing this opportunity.
The king's car was large enough to accommodate a dozen people. Xiao Yuan was sitting sideways on a desk and reading a book, placing his legs wherever he felt comfortable. He was still not used to the kneeling posture and felt quite tired.
Wang Huan entered and quickly prepared to kneel down.
However, Xiao Yuan interrupted him and pointed to the opposite side of the table with the bamboo slip in his hand: "No need to be polite, you can sit down."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat."
Wang Huan still bowed down and bowed deeply, then carefully sat down with Xiao Yuan across the table.
He is sitting in a kneeling posture, with his hands on his knees, his waist straight, and his head slightly lowered, making him appear quite restrained.
"Xu Hu, go to Jinyang County Mansion." Xiao Yuan's voice came out.
"Promise." Xu Hu responded, conveyed the order, and the driver started to drive slowly.
In Jinyang City, many people gathered who wanted to watch the excitement, and everyone wanted to have a glimpse of King Qin.
When the tall king entered the city, there was no one organizing at all. The people on both sides of the street began to kneel down on the ground, and there was a huge roar, like a wave.
Some people dared to raise their heads, took a look at the car, and then quickly lowered their heads.
The majestic king who conquered the world.
Black banners, numerous halberds, and countless troops all demonstrate the supreme majesty of this emperor.
inside the car.
Xiao Yuan didn't know that there were people kneeling outside. He still looked at the bamboo slips in his hands and asked a question casually: "What is the current population of Jinyang?"
"Back to your Majesty, since the royal court's decree to strengthen household registration was issued, Jinyang has not slacked off and has been implementing it, including some extremely remote mountain villages. Officials have gone to it. To this day, including the counties and villages under its jurisdiction, the entire county has The population is 1.48 million." Wang Huan said quickly.
"What's the population of the county?" Xiao Yuan asked again.
"About 320,000."
Xiao Yuan nodded. Jinyang is a large county and was the center of the Jin State. After conquering the Jin State, the Qin State's strategy has been to expand, unify the north and march south to the east. This place has not been affected by any more wars. , the development is relatively stable, and the population base is not bad.
Xiao Yuan asked the population question, not to test the county guard temporarily, but to find out the population distribution of each county. To put it bluntly, it was the urbanization rate.
Not only Jinyang, he also visited many places on his way back to the capital.
Comparatively speaking, Jinyang is still relatively good. This is related to the times and also to the years of war.
What Xiao Yuan is thinking about is education.
Military, agriculture, and education are the policies that Qin has been emphasizing.
Now it seems that education needs to be reformed. Due to the problem of population distribution, there are many children in the villages. If they want to go to school, they have to walk over mountains and rivers for most of the day.
Moreover, poor children have become parents early, and their parents are more inclined to keep their children at home to help with farm work than to travel far away to go to school.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yuan pushed a piece of silk paper in front of Wang Huan: "Please note it down."
"Yes." Wang Huan responded, quickly picked up the brush on the inkstone and dipped it in ink.
This was discussing politics with the king and recording policies for the king. Wang Huan couldn't be more happy.
Xiao Yuan began: "It is planned to change the national education issue."
Wang Huan was shocked and quickly wrote.
"In villages across the country, school buildings are set up based on distance and concentration between villages to help children learn literacy."
"Counties, counties and townships should add school buildings according to their population."
"The school is changed to a three-year semester."
"Students' exams are scheduled at: school building - school hall - college - school."
"Taking counties across the country as an example, county-level institutions that are below the standard in terms of comprehensive considerations such as the size of the jurisdiction, population, agriculture, trade, people's livelihood, and economy, will be converted into colleges."
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Wang Huan was responsible for writing, and his writing was fluent.
Regarding the issue of institutions of higher education, some cities have none, and some cities have several. This needs to be considered comprehensively.
The current record is only the initial general direction. Many problems still need to be solved before it can be finally implemented. Otherwise, Xiao Yuan would not use the word 'planned changes'.
In the feudal dynasty and the agricultural era, it would take a long time to popularize literacy among the people.
After Wang Huan finished writing, Xiao Yuan thought about it again and said, "Let's write these down for now."
"Yes." Wang Huan put down the brush, checked it carefully, and then respectfully handed it to Xiao Yuan: "Your Majesty, please take a look."
He took it and looked at it. There was nothing wrong with it. He remembered it very well. Xiao Yuan nodded and began to chat with Wang Huan about other things. During this period, he focused on Jinyang's farming and people's livelihood.
Although Xiao Yuan did not say much in the end about the proposed reform of national education, Wang Huan knew that his today's record of 80% was the general direction finalized by the king. After returning to the capital, he would definitely hand it over to Zhangtai Pavilion for discussion. Then discuss it in the court.
Especially if the standards of schools are raised, many schools in small counties may be downgraded to colleges.
Wang Huan knew what he was doing, and this dialogue between the king and his ministers was relatively good for Xiao Yuan.
Dinner was at Jinyang County Sheriff's Mansion.
Although Wang Huan didn't know much about his king, he had heard about it, so he didn't dare to be extravagant or extravagant, and just made ordinary arrangements.
At the dinner party, not only were Peng Shuang, Shangguan Wenruo and other civil and military officers who went on the expedition with the army, but also some officials such as the county magistrate. Naturally, compliments continued during the dinner, and they boldly proposed toasts to Xiao Yuan frequently, all wanting to leave a good impression in front of the king.
After the show ended, Wang Huan personally arranged for Xiao Yuan to stay.
However, on the way back, he met Jinyang Juncheng who was waiting.
"Why hasn't Hu Juncheng rested yet?"
The county magistrate did not respond to these words, but raised his hands and saluted: "Congratulations, sir. Congratulations, sir. As a county guard, you can ride with the king. Looking at the world, you are the only one. It can be seen that, the king If you value adults, you will definitely have a smooth career in the future and a bright future."
When Wang Huan heard this, he was in a good mood, and said under the influence of wine: "I am very frightened to receive this favor from the king, but I have benefited a lot from being able to ride with the king. If nothing else, as far as this school issue is concerned, I don't think it will take long. There must be major restructuring.”
