When they returned to the palace, Cao Li and others had all arrived.
"Your Majesty, yesterday Wei Du said that you wanted to open a private school in Yancheng. Is there any such thing?" Cao Li asked.
"It's true. Reading, literacy, and knowledge are still necessary. If Yancheng wants to develop, it must cultivate talents."
"Your Majesty, I think there is a courtyard near the government office. It occupies a large area and has about ten houses. It can be used as a temporary private school."
“Okay, separate the children, literate and illiterate, older and younger.
The courses offered should not just recite a subset of classics and history. In addition to these courses, there are also courses such as arithmetic, geography, martial arts, and even skills. Astronomy is too mysterious, so there is no need to add it. "
"This? Your Majesty, this collection of classics and history is easy to talk about, but where can I find the teacher for courses such as arithmetic, geography, and martial arts?"
"Why not? Wei Xiang knows how to box and kick. Let him teach martial arts."
Wei Xiang on the side was immediately confused when he heard that he was asked to teach children in a private school: "Your Majesty, how can a young man become a teacher?"
"I'm not asking you to be a teacher, I'm asking you to be a coach." Zhao Bin said.
"Your Majesty, there are so many things going on in this palace, and I don't even have time." Wei Xiang said with a frown.
"If you don't want to go, then find someone to go for you."
"Hey, that's easy to say."
"What about arithmetic and geography classes?" Cao Li asked hesitantly.
Zhao Bin's original intention was to introduce the mathematics courses of later generations into it, but the ancient mathematicians of later generations may not be able to do it, so I am afraid that this gentleman is nowhere to be found.
While Zhao Bin was thinking about it, Xing'er said: "Your Majesty, Xue'er is very proficient in arithmetic, but she is a woman."
"Xue'er?"
"Yes, when we were in the capital, Xue'er helped me organize the account books. I found that there were no errors in the account books compiled by Xue'er."
When Zhao Bin heard this, he thought of a way to have both ends of the world. He must not have much time to teach in the college.
If Xueer was proficient in arithmetic, it would actually be much easier to teach her. You could teach her first, and then let her teach the little jumping beans.
Thinking of this, Zhao Bin said: "Okay, let Xue'er teach arithmetic!"
"My lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Since ancient times, no woman has ever been allowed to teach in a school," Cao Li said with some embarrassment.
"How about you go?" Zhao Bin looked at Cao Li.
Cao Li was stunned. He didn't expect Zhao Bin to do this. "Me? How can I do it? Why don't you let Mr. He go?"
"Hey! Mr. Cao, what do you mean, you don't want to go, so let me go?" He Miao immediately retorted.
"Look, you all don't want to go. If you don't want to go, then let Xue'er go. In addition, I have to say that the enrollment of children cannot be limited to boys. Girls must also attend private schools."
He Miao couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, this is really inappropriate. Since ancient times, there has been no reason for women to enter private schools. It is a virtue for a man to have talent, and it is a virtue for a woman to have no talent..."
Before He Miao could finish speaking, Zhao Bin raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, pointing in the direction of Xing'er, meaning to please take a look at the woman who made money for Yancheng.
"This... Okay." He Miao was at a loss for words and had to give up.
Zhao Bin looked at the troubled expressions of He Miao and Cao Li, and said seriously: "Comrades, I understand your feelings, but you must also think carefully about how many heroic women have been there since ancient times."
He originally wanted to say Wu Zetian, for example, but he thought that Wu Zetian was essentially a usurper of the throne in ancient times, and he didn't know if there was such a person as Wu Zetian in this era.
So he changed the sentence and said: "Think about it, don't you need to be knowledgeable to be a husband and raise a child? You are like me, my king's mother and concubine are both civil and military. Only then can you cultivate such an outstanding person like me, right? .
Also, none of our marching tents were sewn stitch by stitch by the women of Yancheng. Women can hold up half the sky. "
At this time, Cao Li and He Miao were completely convinced. They thought to themselves, "You have already carried the princess out. Who can say anything? If you say no, wouldn't that be treason, disobedience to the princess, and disobedience to the prince?"
"Your Majesty, how should the teacher's remuneration be determined?"
Yang Guangtai, who had never spoken, said that now Yancheng's finances are almost all with him. Originally, Yang Guangtai had been promoted to the position of chief secretary, and the position of treasurer should be given up. However, due to the lack of suitable candidates, he was temporarily allowed to hold the post concurrently.
"No matter how poor we are, we cannot afford education, and no matter how hard we work, we cannot suffer for our children. The first batch of teachers in the private school must be paid high, three times the market rate. In addition, the children in the private school must have lunch every day.
They are all in the stage of re-growth, and the food may not be very good, but the children must be fed. "
"Yes, Your Majesty. I would like to thank Your Majesty on behalf of these children." Yang Guangtai bowed deeply towards Zhao Bin as he spoke.
"The private schools in Yancheng are only the first step. In the future, private schools will also be established in the countryside, and academies will be opened in the future. A complete education system must be built, so as to provide Yancheng with a long-term talent training system."
"Also, Lao He, there is one more thing. Recently, you and Xiao Chu are planning a new brewery. He knows the process and craftsmanship. You can make arrangements with him when the time comes."
He Miao responded: "I understand."
After explaining everything, everyone left. Cao Li took people to clean up the yard of the private school, He Miao went to arrange the yard for building the winery, and Xiao Chu went to the place where slaves were arranged to select labor.
"Master Yang, there are some other things that you need to do." Zhao Bin thought for a while and said to Yang Guangtai who stayed behind.
Yang Guangtai looked up at Zhao Bin and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"
"Since we are going to open a private school, we must let the people know about it. We must first issue a notice to inform the whole city about the private school, and let the children sign up voluntarily in the early stage.
Let’s open private schools first. When conditions improve, we can open more private schools. By then, all children will be able to read and write. "
"This is the prince, my subordinates will draft a notice right now."
"Don't worry, there is a second thing. Since we want children to study, we have to solve the problem of books.
I'm afraid there aren't so many books in Yancheng now. First, send people to various places to collect books. No matter what kind of book they are, as long as they are books, they will buy them back.
If you don't need it now, it will be useful if you keep it in the future. Secondly, find a way to hire some ceramic craftsmen at a high price. If Yancheng doesn't have enough, go to other places to find them. In short, you need more people. "
"My lord, may I ask what you are doing with so many ceramic craftsmen?" Yang Guangtai asked curiously.
"Are all books nowadays written by hand?" Zhao Bin asked lightly.
"Back to your lord, these books have always been copied manually," Yang Guangtai said in confusion.
"That's it. I will teach you a printing technique later, which can greatly improve the efficiency of book production."
"Typography?"
"Yes, movable type printing was invented by a man named Bi Sheng."
"My lord, what is this movable type printing?"
"Well, let me give you an example. You have seen our government office's printing. The characters are engraved on the bottom of jade or metal, and then the seal stamped on the paper is the characters that come over, right?
We only need to create a large number of fonts, then arrange them into book content, then apply ink on them and lay paper on them to reproduce a complete book page.
By repeating this process, a large number of book pages can be copied in a short period of time. When switching to the next page of articles, just rearrange the order of these fonts.
These pages are then bound into a book, which greatly improves efficiency. "Zhao Bin explained carefully.
After listening to this, Yang Guangtai felt like he was enlightened.
"Your Majesty is so smart, and I really admire it from my subordinates. In this way, not only the children in Yancheng can study, but it is not impossible for all the children in the world to study."
"Don't worry, this day will come sooner or later. In addition, printed books can also be sold. In the future, let Chunxi and the others open another bookstore in the capital to specialize in selling books."
In this era, there were bookstores in the world, but the number of bookstores and books were extremely rare.
Many books are treasured in the hands of some aristocratic families, and some of the books that have been spread to the world cannot be seen by children from poor families.
Zhao Bin also knows that you can't make much money selling books now, but this must be done.
