Soon Li Xingchen completed the admission procedures for his two children as a student's parent, and they officially enrolled the day after tomorrow.
The development and construction of Longmen Academy has been very comprehensive up to now.
The two-story zigzag building where Li Xingchen is standing is located directly in front of the main entrance of Longmen Academy. It is the office of the academy. One side of the zigzag building is the Confucian Temple and the other side is the Martial Arts Temple, which represents the students trained by Longmen Academy.
Both civil and military.
Extending from this office building to both sides, elementary schools, private schools and then university halls are arranged, extending from the foot of the mountain to the hillside. These three kinds of schools naturally correspond to the elementary schools, middle schools and universities of later generations. The Han Dynasty has now
The construction of a large number of academies and comprehensive colleges that focus more on cultivating skills has been completed, and even most children of residents living in towns can now go to school.
Therefore, it is urgent to divide these academies and colleges into levels to facilitate management. According to the plan of the inner government, the academies will be divided into three levels, covering enlightenment education, the previous private school education and the later academy education, and the inner government
We are already discussing with the Ministry of Rites to improve the selection requirements for the imperial examination. At least those who have graduated from a private school can participate in the imperial examination. This will help the imperial examination pre-selection screen out many people who are just trying to make up for the numbers. At the same time, it will also further promote private investment in education.
degree of attention.
Now the imperial court has given every common person the opportunity to get ahead, but such opportunities can only be obtained by receiving a complete education. If you haven't even read the book, don't cause trouble anymore.
Many people are willing to accept education for future generations in a peaceful era. After all, with the increasing prosperity of society, no one expects that their children and grandchildren will still live a hungry life like themselves.
A full meal, a life with your face facing the loess and your back turned to the sky. But now is an era that has just ended the troubled times. Survival and food and clothing are the most important issues. Studying and studying is not as safe as farming the land at home. If it is not guaranteed, when will the war break out?
Once again, no matter how many books you read, you will be ruined.
What the imperial court and the imperial government need to do now is naturally to gradually reverse this concept and make the people, especially those who are still far away from towns, realize the importance of education, so that they can cultivate more talents for the imperial court.
Now the imperial court has only completed the hierarchical classification of these academies, emphasizing the importance of education from the perspective of imperial examinations, etc. According to the outline of the education system construction that Li Xingchen had agreed to before, or that Li Xingchen commanded and participated behind the scenes, the next step
It was to promote compulsory education for the common people of the Han Dynasty. To match this, the entire academy system was naturally separated from the inner government and established as a separate department for independent management to avoid problems with unclear authority with other departments.
It’s just that the number of academies in the Han Dynasty is far from reaching the point where comprehensive education for the new generation of young people can be achieved, so these need to be discussed later. Moreover, in the meantime, receiving education is the exclusive right of the upper class of society.
The same is true when entering the academy. How many children from ordinary people's families can enter the academy? Except for the top ones, most of the others are actually children of nobles and aristocratic families.
Therefore, if the imperial court promotes comprehensive education now, not only the ordinary people may not support it, but these noble and upper-level officials will also provide great resistance, just like when the imperial court promoted the imperial examination system. However, what Li Xingchen has already made up his mind to do, no one can
There is no way to change it. If these guys don't know what's going on, then Li Xingchen won't mind another "Zhengdan Ceremony Change".
However, every step Li Xingchen takes now is to win steadily, so he will not rashly push himself against these people without being completely sure.
The point of boiling frogs in warm water is to peel off these people's support bit by bit. When they come to their senses, they will find that they have become a minority, even those who have accepted new ideas and education.
The children of the younger generation are all standing on the opposite side of themselves. Under such circumstances, it seems that there is no point in resisting anymore.
In every era of change, there will be some conservative-minded people, but there will also be more people who are even willing to oppose their own class. The former are destined to die for the old era, while the latter are destined to become the new era.
of heroes.
Origin does not determine a person's life, the key is whether you want to do it or not.
Having said that, if you look at the two sides of Longmen Academy, they all have the same structure.
The reason why there are such two complete sets of teams is that Longmen Academy will be the first Han Dynasty to open both a general school and a women's school in the same academy.
Women's studies are also a new thing.
There has never been any precedent for women to enroll in school. Even in the entire history of China, the feudal society was completely male-dominated. Therefore, women simply did not even think about enrolling in school. They just attended their own private schools.
Fortunately, it is a virtue for a woman not to have talent. Even in the most open Tang Dynasty, this was unheard of.
Of course, academies and schools do not exist in every era. The complete academies system in Chinese history did not exist until the Song Dynasty.
The academies of the Han Dynasty were under the command of the inner government, and the inner government was under the overall control and management of the harem and concubines. Therefore, the women's academy naturally came into being due to the efforts of the harem and concubines and Li Xingchen's turning a blind eye.
It's just that women's schools are still too "deviant" in this era. To this day, only two places have opened women's schools, Jiankang Prefecture and Chengdu Prefecture, and they are all affiliated with Jinling Academy and Chengdu Academy, sharing the teaching staff.
It does not have its own completely independent leadership and education team, but it is independent in name, so it seems a little unfair no matter how you look at it.
Thinking about it, you can imagine the pressure of public opinion that you have to endure when opening a girls' school in this era.
The women's school opened within Longmen Academy is completely different from the two previous women's schools. This women's school is completely part of Longmen Academy, juxtaposed with the men's school opposite, and is no longer secretly affiliated with a certain school.
The establishment of an academy can be regarded as a solid step forward in the establishment of a female school.
Of course, not everyone can accept sending their daughter who has not left home to study in an academy. Unlike the students on the other side who are almost the top students in their families, the students in the girls' school are
Almost all of them are children of merchants, craftsmen, etc. For them, academies and industry and commerce are actually new things. Naturally, they need more support at this time. Moreover, they don’t expect much to happen if their children are raised at home. They go to academies for middle school.
If you learn some real skills, you will be able to help when managing your family business in the future.