Chapter 766        The old concept of scholars!

On the second day, a piece of news quickly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

"What! Your Majesty actually allows all children to enter school for free to learn knowledge! This! Your Majesty is wise!"

"I heard that this was only approved because of the proposal of Lord Wenwu Hou. Lord Wenwu Hou is really wise. My child can also go to school!"

"My child has been smart since childhood. Unfortunately, my family is poor. I thought my child would be like me in his whole life, but I didn't expect that he would have a day to go to school!"

"Haha! My good grandson can go to school, too, that's great!"

An old man laughed happily after learning the news.

The people working in the fields all laughed happily after learning the news.

"However, it is also your hard work to let your children study for free. Your Majesty issued an order to hand over all the straw in your family!"

Immediately afterwards, a man came to the homes of various farmers to collect straw.

The function of this straw is to cook for fire. There are no straw, and the same is true for using branches and bark. The people naturally hand over all the straw.

After a month of preparation, straw paper was made, and localities also began to build schools to recruit children to go to school.

However, the original teachers from the academy in various places sneered at this: "Haha! Isn't this treating us scholars as human beings?"

"What a joke to let us teach for free?

When we were studying, we paid a high tuition fee!”

"I don't believe it without us scholars. Can Your Majesty let the ministers of the current dynasty teach?"

"Haha! Even if His Majesty founded the school, he could not find the teacher. If he found the teacher, we have a way to make the children dare not go!"

Teachers from all over the school all showed a sneer.

Originally, the academy they opened could earn at least 100 taels of silver every year, but once the academy opened by the imperial court began, they might not be able to earn a single tael of silver.

However, they were not worried about this at all. After all, they absolutely did not believe that the court could find so many scholars to teach in the palace.

The most important thing is that there are few scholars in the world, and scholars all claim to be noble. Will they be willing to teach the children of lowly and poor families to study?

At this time, Lin Fan, who was in Chang'an City, did encounter this problem.

"Mr. Wuhou, we have not found enough teachers to teach until now!"

The officials found Lin Fan and told him about the matter.

When Lin Fan learned about this, he frowned. There were not enough teachers to teach. How could this happen?

"Our court paid them a salary, but no one came to teach?"

Lin Fan asked.

"It's true that this is true for Lord Wuhou. Those scholars are arrogant than the other. They think they have higher status and are unwilling to teach those poor children!"

The officials said in a deep voice.

Lin Fan frowned, but he ignored this point. In ancient times, scholars and juren were very arrogant and would rather not accept students than teach poor people to study.

This is also the reason why there were so few people who could read in ancient times. However, Lin Fan had already made a decision in his heart that he must change this situation.

"Haha! Don't those scholars claim to be aloof?

Don’t they think they are very powerful and cannot teach those poor families?”

"Okay! You guys are looking for it now. As long as you are a person who can read, we don't need scholars to teach, as long as you can understand the textbooks!"

"And, we are now recruiting first-year students. Any adult who can understand textbooks can teach. Do you understand?"

Lin Fan said.

"Mr. Wuhou, if you cover it up, you can find many people. But what if the people have any objections to this?"

One person said.

"What can the people have?

Isn’t it a good thing that we teach their children to study for free and provide paper for their children?”

Lin Fan asked back.

"Mr. Wuhou, you don't know anything. The people don't want their children to be inferior to others when they are studying. If the teacher in the academy is not even a scholar, then..."

Officials said.

Lin Fan sneered and said, "What?

If you are not a scholar, what if you are?

Isn’t it that if you are not a scholar, you are not qualified to teach their children to study?”

"I will ask Your Majesty to issue an imperial edict. Any student in academy is equal. No matter where you learn, you can take the imperial examination and get fame and honor!"

After Lin Fan said that, the officials all saw Lin Fan's determination and stopped talking about anything more, turned around and left one by one, while Lin Fan was thinking about what would happen next.

"Your Majesty has an order that any child who graduates from a college can obtain fame and honor!"

"Tomorrow is the day for admission to the palace. All children under the age of fifteen can go to the palace to study, and at the same time, they can also receive brand new textbooks!"

"According to His Majesty's will, all textbooks are temporarily loaned to the children for use, and after the children go to school, the textbooks will be returned!"

Imperial edicts came one by one, and colleges everywhere began to recruit students.

The people took their children to register. As the officials said, they did not collect any penny of money, and the school also provided free paper.

"That's great! My child can study!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Lord Wuhou. I didn't expect that there would be a scholar in my family!"

"I can see my grandson studying in my lifetime, and it's really a pity!"

The people said one after another.

"Haha! There are not a single scholar in this school. They are all miscellaneous fish who have been studying for a few days. What are you excited about?"

At this moment, a sneer came.

Hearing the sneer of this person, the people all looked at this person in confusion. When they saw that this person was a famous local scholar, the doubtful expression turned into shock.

"Lu Xiucai, you said that the teachers here are not even scholars?"

A commoner asked.

"Yes, there is not a single scholar here. You can think about it yourself. What can your children learn when they go to their school to study."

Lu Xiucai said proudly.

"How could this happen! Is your Majesty cheating on us?"

"Although we let our children study for free, we don't find scholar teachers for our children, which is too bullying!"

The people said one after another.
Chapter completed!