Chapter 798 New Policy
Zhou Xu was stunned when he heard this. Maybe it was because he was too tired. His reaction was much slower and it took him a while to recover.
[I almost forgot, I still have three concubines.]
Although it's not nice to say this, but since the beginning of winter, he has been busy with government affairs, studying the truth, and worrying about the alliance with the wood elves. With all these things added together, he is so busy that he has completely forgotten about the three concubines.
To be honest, he is very sleepy now and just wants to take a nap.
But after careful recollection, it seemed that he had not favored his concubine for a long time.
"Then, let's go to Concubine Shu's place tonight, Concubine Shu's place."
Zhou Xu made a simple decision. He had asked Li Bowen to do that hateful thing before, and Li Bowen did a good job. He had also been working diligently since then. He should also show some appreciation and send some positive signals to the other party.
With this thought in mind, Zhou Xu went directly to Li Qiner's bedroom to have dinner.
After finishing the meal, Zhou Xu felt even more sleepy. After the maids took away the bowls and plates and left, Li Qin'er looked at her Majesty whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and a blush appeared on her face.
"Your Majesty, wait a moment. I will go take a bath right away."
"Oh, go ahead."
Zhou Xu, who was feeling sleepy, waved his hands casually. After Li Qin'er went to take a shower, he took off his coat and fell on the bed. The next second, a deafening snoring sound echoed in the bedroom...
After taking a break for two or three days, Zhou Xu quickly returned to his normal routine.
During this period, far away in Black Moon City, the large ship manufacturing project was officially launched in early spring.
Zhou Xu gave Wang Dong the position of "consultant".
After all, we are modern people. We have seen a lot of things, so our brains need to be more active.
Sometimes Wang Dong would just take a look and point out a few problems, which would help the project team avoid a lot of detours and save a lot of time and financial expenses.
Of course, Zhou Xu had long promised Wang Dong that he would do something related to education. Although he had postponed it for a long time, he did not fall behind and officially started it before the New Year.
In fact, if we had started education two years earlier, it might not have been as good as it is now.
At this point in time, their new generation of children has already grown to a certain size and has also reached the age for enlightenment. It is a perfect time to connect their education and everything is a natural thing.
However, from a teacher's perspective, Wang Dong's power is ultimately limited.
The children in their Great Zhou who need enlightenment education are now scattered across various cities. It is unrealistic to gather them all in one city, and it is even more unrealistic to let Wang Dong go to each city to teach them one by one.
Therefore, the task Zhou Xu assigned to Wang Dong before the New Year was not to teach children, but to teach teachers, so that he could train a group of teachers who could provide enlightenment education to children.
Wang Dong is not picky about this. As long as it is related to education and is conducive to the development of the education industry, he will be passionate about it.
Now, under Wang Dong's dedicated teaching, the first batch of teachers who are tasked with providing enlightenment education to the children of the Great Zhou have officially graduated and have been arranged by Zhou Xu to take up posts in various cities in turn.
The problem of setting up a school during this period was actually simple to deal with. All one needed was a room that was big enough, and there were no other strict requirements.
At this moment, all preparations are in place.
Zhou Xu also officially launched his new policy on time, which is "compulsory education"! As long as they are citizens of the Great Zhou, children under the age of twelve can go to school for free!
As soon as this decree was issued, before the people had any idea what was going on, the officials of the old dynasty headed by Li Bowen were already furious.
"Minister Li, what exactly do you think His Majesty means by this compulsory education?!"
The official who said this had an expression of shock and anger on his face, with a hint of panic in his brows.
Faced with this question, Li Bowen, who was sitting there, also frowned.
A few days ago, the news just came out that their Majesty was resting in the palace of Concubine Shu, but within a few days, this decree came down.
Their Majesty is really not an easy person to deal with.
"Minister Li, what time is it? Can you please say something?!"
Hearing the urging, Li Bowen frowned even more tightly.
"What are you arguing about?!"
Even though the emperor has changed, Li Bowen's prestige among the officials of the old dynasty remains high.
Take the present for example, if something serious happens, won't these guys come to ask him? Now that Li Bowen spoke, the noisy scene, which was like a vegetable market, suddenly became quiet.
Feeling the gazes falling on him, Li Bowen spoke solemnly...
"Is His Majesty discussing this with you? This is His Majesty's order! You'd better understand it!"
Hearing this, the faces of all the officials present changed.
"So we just accept that?!"
Obviously, they are really unwilling to accept this.
You know, this is an era where you can get a good job as long as you can read.
Under this premise, why are the common people still illiterate? Or why don't they learn? The key reason is that all this knowledge is in the hands of the aristocratic families, and the common people have no way to learn it even if they want to.
In addition, studying costs money and time. In this era, if you don’t have some savings at home, you can’t afford to go to school.
Ordinary people are busy working every day. Even if they save some money, they will only think about marrying a wife, or adding some things to the family, or even improving the food, but they will never think of using the money for studying.
Because essentially speaking, studying is too far away from them.
This directly led to the fact that during the old dynasty, and even earlier when the countries on this continent still existed, the court officials of each country were almost monopolized by those aristocratic families.
If the emperor does not value them, then there will be no one else to use!
Now, Zhou Xu not only arranged teachers and schools, he even waived tuition fees and established compulsory education, which directly lowered the threshold for ordinary people to study to the lowest level.
In the eyes of those aristocratic families, this practice is equivalent to prying open their foundations!
If this continues, their superior status will no longer be guaranteed, and they will have to be anxious.
Originally, according to their idea, they would gather everyone together to form a united front and then discuss countermeasures. During this period, Li Bowen, as the original backbone and whose influence cannot be underestimated, is naturally the top priority.
Unexpectedly, Li Bowen's approach was completely different from what they expected.
Li Bowen just shook his head, then slowly stood up and walked outside.
"Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Lord!"
(End of this chapter)
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