Chapter 1223 Necessary Trade-offs

When Wang Dong came, Zhou Xu was also having lunch, so it was easy to see him.

"Is Principal Wang here?"

When the two met, Zhou Xu teased him.

"Your Majesty, please stop making fun of me."

Wang Dong saluted in a serious manner.

During this period, thinking of the development and growth of the Great Zhou over the years and looking at Zhou Xu in front of him, he was truly filled with emotion.

Now they are both very busy people, and they really don't have much time to chat throughout the year. Now that they have caught the opportunity, they just chatted casually.

However, Wang Dong's personality meant that the topic would soon turn to business.

The main reason he came here this time was to deal with the issue of teaching staff within their Great Zhou.

In the early years, with the development of culture, Zhou Xu promulgated a policy that all children of age in the Great Zhou should receive compulsory education.

The policy is very successful and the effect is very good.

However, the people of their Great Zhou have lived too comfortably in recent years, and families have been giving birth to babies like crazy, resulting in a rapid population growth in their Great Zhou in recent years, and the number of newborns has been growing like a snowball.

With the increase in the number of newborns, in a few years, the number of children of school age who need to go to school will naturally increase.

As early as a few years ago, the number of teachers and schools within their Great Zhou was clearly insufficient.

To this end, Zhou Xu has raised educational funds several times, all of which were used to train teachers and increase the scale and number of schools in each city. And now, Wang Dong is undoubtedly bringing up this matter again.

Zhou Xu was mentally prepared for this situation, but when he really started talking about it, he couldn't help but have a headache.

"It's definitely not going to work in the next two years. All the funds in the Great Zhou are used for development. The large-scale development of the south and the laying of steam trains all cost a lot of money..."

As a time traveler, Zhou Xu naturally understood the importance of education, but as the ruler of the Great Zhou, the limited funds at hand made him quite helpless.

Many times, it is not something that can be solved by just saying "I want them all" as a joke. Sitting in his position, he has to make choices.

"Let's make the classrooms more crowded, let each teacher have more students, and if that doesn't work, let's just let those who are not interested in learning go and let those who are willing to learn."

Zhou Xu was basically certain that there were definitely people who didn't want to learn, and there were quite a few of them.

He opened up compulsory education to give all children in the Great Zhou an opportunity to change their own destiny. If you don't cherish it, then forget it.

How does the saying go?

Let go of the desire to help others and respect their fate.

Not to mention that educational resources have been very tight in recent years, so there is no need to waste them on students who don't want to learn.

If this had been said in the past, Wang Dong would definitely not have accepted it.

To put it bluntly, Wang Dong was a bit idealistic before traveling through time, and he never gave up on any of his students.

And to some extent, he was indeed lucky and his hard work paid off.

But before, he was just an ordinary middle school teacher. He only had to manage the dozens of students in his class and he didn't have to worry about anything else.

But what about now? He is the principal of Black Moon City School and the Minister of Education of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

To be honest, all the teachers and students in the entire Da Zhou were under his charge.

There are too many things for him to worry about, and it is impossible for him to be as devoted and wholehearted to every student as he was before when he was only in charge of one class.

This does not mean that he was corrupted by power and lost his original intention, he just matured.

Whatever position you sit in, you have to do what you do.

If Zhou Xu asked him to teach only one class in the future, he would still be able to devote his heart to all the students in that class, but now, as the Minister of Education of Da Zhou, just like Zhou Xu, he also needs to make choices.

He can't possibly prevent students who want to learn from studying just because of those who don't want to learn, right?

In this way, this kind of screening becomes a necessary measure.

"Speaking of not wanting to learn, Your Majesty, one of the two people you brought back before is now sleeping all day in school and doesn't want to learn at all. Look..."

Zhou Xu frowned.

"Wei Qing?"

"No, it's Zhang Wei."

Zhou Xu relaxed suddenly after hearing this.

"Since he doesn't want to learn, then let him drop out and give his place to someone who wants to learn."

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He brought Wei Qing and Zhang Wei back together, so he arranged for them together at that time.

As mentioned before, educational resources are tight nowadays. Since Zhang Wei doesn't want to study, there is no need to force him to study.

In fact, according to the current situation in Da Zhou, even if one is uneducated, as long as one is willing to work hard and earn some hard-earned money, life will not be bad.

After receiving this affirmative answer, Wang Dong nodded.

Wang Dong had seen Zhang Wei's attribute panel a long time ago and knew that Zhang Wei was very ordinary.

But considering that it was arranged by their Majesty, maybe their Majesty had some deeper meaning, so he didn't move. Now it seems that he was overthinking.

"Speaking of which, how is Wei Qing doing with his studies recently?"

He had just returned to Black Moon City and had a lot of things to do. After making simple arrangements for the two of them, he didn't pay much attention to them.

When Wei Qing was mentioned, Wang Dong's face showed a little more smile.

Sometimes you have to admit that it's completely normal for teachers to favor a student who is smart and motivated. After all, why wouldn't they?

"Wei Qing learns very quickly. He is definitely the smartest student I have ever taught."

As he spoke, Wang Dong's mood even became lighter.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do with him in the future?"

Originally, it was inappropriate for him to ask such a question, but now that Wei Qing had become his half-favored disciple, Wang Dong couldn't help but want to ask a few more questions.

Fortunately, Zhou Xu was not a petty person. Besides, he and Wang Dong were both time travelers from China and they had some revolutionary friendship. So they did not care about his small transgression.

"Once that kid has finished learning everything he needs to learn, I plan to arrange for him to go to the Northeast Fortress and serve as a close follower to Li Ce."

Things like leading troops to fight a war cannot be learned by just talking about it on paper. The best way is to send it to a reliable commander to serve as an adjutant or personal attendant.

According to Wei Qing's current situation, he is obviously not qualified to be an adjutant, but being a close attendant is not a problem.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu also thought about the candidate, and after much deliberation, he felt that Li Ce was the most suitable.

Not only because they are both "wise generals", but also because Li Ce's talent is also a jack of all trades. In terms of leadership ability and troop requirements, Li Ce has no obvious emphasis, which is very suitable for Wei Qing, who also has a universal talent! (End of this chapter)