Chu Fan had already prepared for Liu Wenshan's concerns. The two measures of scholarships and student loans can not only reduce the financial pressure on students, but also motivate them to study hard.
Chu Fan said, "There's an old saying that goes, 'Heaven will not abandon those who strive for self-improvement.' I will establish a scholarship system to provide generous scholarships to those students who excel in their studies. At the same time, I will also establish a grant system to provide financial assistance to those students from poor families but with outstanding talents to help them complete their studies."
In fact, the reason why we set up the student loan system instead of expanding the scope of scholarships is that on the one hand, the financial burden is limited, and on the other hand, it is to let some students understand the importance of self-reliance. Completing their studies through loans can not only cultivate a sense of responsibility but also avoid over-dependence.
The last point is that if some students who did not perform well in their studies at the beginning can complete the rest of their studies by obtaining student loans from the court without the support of their family, then even without the support of their family, they can change their destiny through their own efforts and become pillars of the country.
Moreover, these talents have already harbored resentment towards their families in their hearts because they did not receive support from their families. When they gain fame and fortune with the support of the court, they will be more loyal to the country and grateful to the court.
In this way, the court's control over officials will be more stable, and it will also reduce the injustice and corruption among officials caused by the intervention of family forces.
Some officials in the court were very happy, because they were all officials from small aristocratic families. It was impossible for all the children in the family to get family funding for their studies.
The court's student loan policy will undoubtedly allow their families to allow more children to have the opportunity to study, so that their families can also cultivate more talents, so that more members of the family can enter the court, and at that time their families can also obtain more political resources and voice, further consolidating the family status.
The great families were secretly worried, because no matter how you looked at it, the policies His Majesty had introduced were weakening their advantages. This educational reform would completely destroy their monopoly on Wei. They would no longer be able to maintain their family privileges by controlling educational resources.
They can only watch the rise of small aristocratic families and poor students, which will gradually weaken the voice of these aristocratic families in Wei. By then, His Majesty the Emperor's control over the court will be more solid, and the privileges of the aristocratic families will be further weakened.
But now they dare not say a word of opposition. After all, the current Majesty is not a monarch who can tolerate his subjects opposing his policies for their own interests.
Therefore, all the civil and military officials in the court could only say in unison: "Your Majesty is wise. This policy is indeed a good policy that benefits the country and the people. We deeply agree with it and will do our utmost to implement it so that our country can produce more talents and prosper."
Chu Fan then said, "Of course, any system needs to be constantly improved and refined. Therefore, I hope that all ministers can actively offer their opinions and suggestions to jointly improve the national examination system and select more talents for the future of Wei."
In such an atmosphere, no one in the court dared to raise any objections. All the ministers seemed to have reached some kind of tacit consensus and expressed their support and approval. The entire court presented a superficial harmony and unity.
Chu Anping stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, how should the admission quotas for the various local examinations be allocated? After all, some places already have more students who have previously received education, while other cities have relatively fewer. If admissions were based on uniform criteria, some cities might not be able to accommodate all the qualified students from elementary school in their middle schools, while other places might have a large number of vacancies."
Chu Fan was also very confused about Chu Anping's worries. After all, this matter has been a difficult problem since ancient times. However, Chu Fan still had a solution in mind. Then he said:
"This is why I have included arithmetic, agronomy, military strategy, etc. as the examination subjects. Because no matter where the students are from, it is impossible for them to be proficient in all these subjects. However, no matter where the students are from, they always have their own areas of expertise.
As long as the court officials can flexibly adjust the admission standards and quota allocation according to the actual conditions of each place, and ensure that students from every place have the opportunity to display their talents, this will not only balance the educational resources in various places, but also select truly talented people.
Furthermore, all students who pass the university entrance exam will come to Kaifeng to study, and they will all receive the same education, so there will be no educational inequality.”
In fact, there is another point. If the number of places is increased or the requirements are lowered deliberately to take care of a certain place, it will instead cause dissatisfaction in other places and lead to social unrest.
The most important point is that if the requirements are deliberately lowered to accommodate a certain region, the students in this region will easily become complacent, thinking that they can easily succeed by relying on policy preferences, and thus ignore the fact that they are already in a disadvantaged position and need to work harder to surpass students from other places, which will ultimately become a stumbling block to their long-term development.
For example, in a city in the State of Wei, after completing primary school knowledge, the admission standards were lowered because there were few students in this place before. As a result, future students began to slack off. Anyway, as long as they met a very low standard, they could pass the exam and go to middle school. This would likely cause the students in this city to have worse and worse academic performance and lose their competitiveness in the State of Wei.
After all, the court of Wei State is a place where strength speaks louder than words, and they will not favor you just because you are a student from a certain region.
After hearing Chu Fan's words, Chu Anping still had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask any more questions. After all, as the king of a country, Chu Fan's decisions must have been carefully considered. If he still couldn't fully understand it, he would return to the Royal Government Affairs Office and think it over carefully.
Seeing that no one was talking, Chu Fan stood up and said, "I hope that all the ministers can work together to truly implement these policies of mine so that the people of Wei can truly benefit."
After Chu Fan finished speaking, he left the Haotian Palace, leaving the civil and military officials in the court looking at each other in confusion, each of them thinking in their hearts how to implement His Majesty's policies so that they could both complete His Majesty's tasks and benefit their own families.
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