ps: I want to hear more of your voice and receive more of your suggestions. Now I search for the WeChat public account "qdread" and follow it to give more support to "Tang Dynasty Politicians"! "Chen Fei, do you think the people of Shuo County are willing to send their children to study?" Princess Wanchun asked.

Chen Fei immediately answered for granted: "It should be. We have waived tuition fees. As long as they are willing to be teachers for us for two years after they finish their studies, they will compensate for the cost of education for six years. As for being able to study and have a better future in the future, they should agree. So I think they might all rush to send their children to study, so they will wait then!"

Chen Fei has asked Ning Shuyu to take the teachers from Qiushi Academy to recruit students in the county, and the conditions are very good. First of all, there is no need to charge tuition fees. As long as you stay and teach for two years after you finish your studies, you can offset the tuition fees. Moreover, after studying, you can have a better future. Maybe you can become an official through the imperial examination and change the class at home. This is so wonderful, so Chen Fei does not think that these people will refuse to send their children to class. Of course, Chen Fei does not know the real situation yet.

"Mr. Chen, we are back!" Ning Shuyu said.

"Come? How many children are coming to class?" Chen Fei asked.

Ning Shuyu raised two fingers, and Chen Fei immediately said, "Two hundred? Although this is not too much, it can barely pass the exam."

"Twenty!" Ning Shuyu said a blood-inspiring number.

"Twenty? You're kidding!" Chen Fei immediately said angrily.

Chen Fei was angry. The academy he worked hard to open was just to let more people study. And even the tuition was waived, just to be a teacher for the academy for two years after they were finished. After being a teacher for two years, they could freely participate in the imperial examinations themselves, or they could completely rely on their own knowledge to change their destiny after studying. So this is so great. According to Chen Fei's understanding, many people should be studying. But these guys are too embarrassed and they are treated as donkeys. Although twenty sounds like a lot, this is the population of the whole county! More than 3,000 families in the county have three or four children, but now twenty are here. Isn't this a good thing to make Chen Fei feed the dogs with kindness?

"Why are there only twenty people coming?" Chen Fei continued to ask.

Ning Shuyu said, "Mr. Chen, come and ask these students in person!"

Chen Fei came to the front of twenty so-called students, but found that they were all unkempt and had poor living conditions. And they all had one common situation. That is, their gender is all girls, and there is not a single boy. Chen Fei was surprised. He gave up the good things like studying to girls? Later, girls were restricted from studying, but why did these people send girls to study and not their sons?

"Little sister. Why don't your father and mother let your brother or brother come to study?" Chen Fei asked.

The little girl took the initiative to say, "Because both brothers and younger brothers have to farm, they can't come. So, I'm here!"

"Farming? Can't come? What's the reason for this?" Chen Fei was speechless.

Chen Fei then carefully learned about it. He found that he still lacked understanding of the ordinary people of this era. In ancient times, labor was scarce and grain productivity was relatively low, so he could not support too many people who were not engaged in production.

In ancient times, many children from rural areas had to participate in their work at the age of five or six. When they were five or six, they had to assist adults in doing some housework at home so that adults could better use their strength on the fields. The child was also the labor force in the family. Therefore, they could not be easily lost.

Studying is different. Once your children come to study, it means that a family has lost a labor force and has an additional population that does not work for production. Although Chen Fei waived tuition, he would need to buy paper and pen to study. The price of paper and pen is also very expensive in this era. On the one hand, he does not work for production and reduces labor, and on the other hand, the cost of paper and pen is spent, so even rural people think that there is no need to study.

"No wonder I heard in later generations that some rural people went home and stopped going to school after nine years of compulsory education. They even thought that going to school was a waste of time and money. If you have this time, it would be better to go home to farm. More than a thousand years later, there would be this idea. What's more, this was the ancient times more than a thousand years ago? Many people think that their children do not need to study, and reading is a waste of money and time. It's better to use this time to farm. They did not realize the use of reading, and even thought that it was useless to read and even thought that it was useless to read and read all day long. Alas, it's not easy to popularize education. These small peasants' thoughts are also a problem that cannot be ignored, and small peasants' thoughts have always been the focus of restricting China's development."

Chen Fei also understood why these "students" were all girls. It was because these little girls were weak and could not provide too much labor to their families. And because of this, they sent the girls, because the girls could not provide labor to their families, but instead they had to support them. Since they could not provide labor to them, they simply sent them to study, which was considered an explanation to the county magistrate Chen Fei. So, sending their daughters will not lose labor to their families, and on the other hand, they can explain to the county magistrate Chen Fei, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

But Chen Fei was so angry that these guys were just trying to treat him. Chen Fei originally thought that he would be very grateful to others for doing good deeds. But now that he has done good deeds, others don’t understand.

Chen Fei is also a common encounter in charity. You are enthusiastic about charity, but in the end you find that your hot face is pressed on someone’s cold butt, which is so depressed. Chen Fei is just like this. On the one hand, he hopes that more people can have the opportunity to read and read, but they are not keen on studying. Chen Fei’s hot face is completely pressed on their cold butts. Chen Fei did not scold people, and he is already patient enough.

"Chen Fei, since you have decided to do good deeds, you have to persevere! If others don't understand, you can figure out a way. You can't give up the idea of ​​doing good deeds because of temporary failure!" Princess Wanchun saw Chen Fei's face and took the initiative to persuade him. (My novel "The Tang Dynasty Politician" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!) (To be continued) r655

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