Chapter 800 If you don’t want to work anymore, go home and retire
After all, he had been the imperial teacher for a few months. Now Kong Daqian was wearing a neat robe. Just standing there, he had an aura of his own. It was easy for him to fool common people.
Of course, this matter cannot be said to be a scam, but it points out the pros and cons of it to the people.
In their Zhou Dynasty, letting children go to school, and for free, has only advantages and no disadvantages.
Of course, farmers are also needed, and farming output is also a very important job. It is no exaggeration to say that it is related to the survival of their Great Zhou.
But the problem is that there are too many people who can farm in the Great Zhou. As the territory grows larger and larger, Zhou Xu lacks talents, talents who can read and write as the threshold, and there is no upper limit! Ever since the moment when Zhou Xu's new policy of "compulsory education" was launched, the propaganda department headed by Kong Daqian has been constantly appearing in restaurants and teahouses everywhere, and even in the streets and alleys.
After they told their ideas to the guests in the restaurant and teahouse, those guests would inevitably tell others about the same topic when they came across it.
As a result, word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. In just a few days, the number of people in each city who brought their children to register for school increased dramatically.
In recent times, the Great Zhou has been quite lively. Listening to the latest news about the new policy outside, Li Bowen was filled with emotion.
Even though he had understood their Majesty's intentions and figured it out as early as when the new policy came out.
But when the new policy was officially promoted and achieved outstanding results among the people, he still had to admire their Majesty's methods.
After a few sighs in his heart, Li Bowen was silent for two seconds, then he spoke...
"Tao'er is old enough to start education, right? Go and tell Madam to take Tao'er to the school in the city to register tomorrow morning. Go ahead."
As a result, just after the order was given, less than half an hour later, Mrs. Li came rushing over aggressively.
"Master, Ah Fu just said that you want Taoer to enroll in that school? Why do you want to do that? Taoer's enlightenment will be done by teachers in the clan. Why does he need to go to that school and study with those peasants?!"
At this moment, Mrs. Li seemed very excited, and seemed determined to achieve her goal.
There was no other way. She and Li Bowen had only one son and one daughter. The eldest daughter, Li Qiner, had now entered the palace and become Concubine Shu. The youngest son, Li Tao, was only five years old. He could be said to be her sweetheart, and she wanted to give him the best of everything.
Now Li Bowen wants her beloved baby to go to that school, how can Mrs. Li agree? For a family like theirs, where there is a family school for the students, how can they go to study outside? Isn't this a joke?
And in her opinion, what level can those teachers outside have? Looking at his wife's appearance, Li Bowen also felt a headache.
"Of course I have my own considerations. This is a new policy proposed by His Majesty. Our Qin'er is quite favored by the emperor in the palace, so we should naturally show our appreciation."
"You can express your opinion if you want, but why do you want to use Tao'er's future as an excuse? And you, Master, have also said that Qin'er is quite favored in the palace, so even if Tao'er doesn't go to that school, His Majesty will not blame him."
Faced with his wife who was obviously being unreasonable, Li Bowen's patience gradually wore away.
"That's just a woman's opinion! There's no room for negotiation on this matter. If you don't send him there tomorrow morning, I can take half a day off and personally send Taoer to register!"
When Mrs. Li heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red and she started crying.
"Master, if you don't care about Tao'er's future, then I won't live anymore!"
Looking at his wife crying, making a fuss and then trying to hang herself, Li Bowen suddenly felt overwhelmed.
"What are you doing? Tao'er is my sweetheart. I only have this one son. How can I harm him?!"
At this point, Li Bowen paused.
"Okay, you don't have to worry about this matter. I will personally take Taoer to register tomorrow morning!"
After saying this, he left the study room without paying any attention to the crying lady.
Indeed, even if his son did not go to school, their Majesty would not make things difficult for him, or their Majesty would not care about this matter at all.
But the impact will gradually emerge invisibly.
To put it bluntly, his action of letting his son enroll in school was more of a statement of his stance.
Although these officials of the old dynasty were united, to be honest, they were not of one mind from the very beginning. Li Bowen was aware of this and knew that they would split up sooner or later, so when their Majesty took action, he chose to go with the flow and take this opportunity to show his loyalty.
Now that things have come to this point, it would be foolish for him to continue to waver in his stance.
So what he had to do now was to make his position clear, stand firmly on the side of their Majesty, and support their Majesty! Letting his son Li Tao register to study at the school was a statement of his position.
Now he is the Minister of the Administrative Department, which is a high position. His daughter, Li Qin'er, is the imperial concubine in the palace and is favored by the emperor. As long as he stands firm and shows his loyalty, His Majesty will definitely use him more. How can this go wrong? !
Thinking of this, Li Bowen became more determined.
The next morning, despite his wife's objection, he personally took his son Li Tao to the school to register.
The relevant report was quickly sent to Zhou Xu.
"Your Majesty, this is the report from the Audit Department."
It was obviously impossible for the Audit Department's report to be delivered to Zhou Xu through normal procedures.
Basically, it was brought in directly by the people from the Audit Department and handed over to him, or given to Silk, who presented it.
After taking the report, Zhou Xu quickly flipped through it.
The introduction of this new policy can be said to have fundamentally shaken the interests of officials of the old dynasty.
Although Zhou Xu did not think that the officials of the old dynasty could pose any threat to him, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he still asked the Inspection Department to keep a close eye on the actions of those officials during the period when the new policies were introduced.
"Oh, he is smart."
This report undoubtedly mentioned that Li Bowen took his son to the school to register for study.
Zhou Xu knew what the other person was thinking, but he didn't hate it.
A smart person who can see the situation clearly and knows what to do can always save people a lot of trouble.
But on the other hand, there are some not so smart guys.
"Do you really think that my Great Zhou will not be able to function without you guys?"
When he first took over the New World, the influence of the old dynasty officials was still greater, which was the main reason why he showed a lot of tolerance towards the old dynasty officials at that time. But now is different from the past, the situation has changed...
"Pass on my order to promote Li Bowen to assistant officer of the Qinzheng Palace. As for the above few, demote them all. Inform Zhou Chongshan and have Xianzhen Camp pass on the order. Also, tell them that if they don't want to work anymore, just go home and retire. I'll give them a chance to resign! If they don't work hard and refuse to leave, they won't have a good ending!"
(End of this chapter)
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