Song Biao took out a folded letter from his pocket, showed it to Chen Baochen to read, and continued: "I was in the Russian Concession a few days ago, dealing with ministers from various countries, and had nothing to do at night, so I used this time to sort out some of my thoughts on the new Northeastern Studies.

, I would like to invite Mr. Chen to take a look. I think that when setting up new schools in the three northeastern provinces, we must first base ourselves on the current situation. We must not only learn from the strengths of the United States, Japan, Britain and France, but also make rational use of them.

The country's national conditions require us to take a suitable and convenient path. I plan to set up public schools in every village, village, and town in the three provinces. The so-called public schools mean public education in response to the tradition of private schools, and adopt the method of uniform recruitment of school teachers. In Fengtian,

Jilin and Harbin have set up accelerated teacher training courses to train teachers who can widely implement national education for three months. The monthly salaries will be uniformly distributed by the education and government bureaus of each province and government.

Office schools. Each public school has one to three teachers who teach Chinese, history, arithmetic, and geography. The schooling lasts for six years. All children over the age of six are free to attend. After six years to twelve years old, they can continue to study.

Study in middle schools in each county, and each prefecture will establish new high schools and junior college colleges, and establish universities in the three provinces. As a result, each province will have to establish more than a thousand public schools, which will require private schools.

There are about 10,000 teachers. As long as this number can be reached, all children and teenagers in the three provinces can enroll, and everyone can read and write. As for whether they can become great talents and be used by the country, they have to wait until they continue to enter schools in various counties and governments.

Only after further study can you know. The biggest advantage of this method is that it saves money and is popular. The annual expenditure is only five to six million foreign dollars, which is not a huge pressure on the finances of the three provinces."

Chen Baochen and Shu Gaoli were greatly surprised when they heard this and were full of praise.

Chen Baochen said: "Your Majesty, this policy is really brilliant, but the annual expenditure of five to six million foreign dollars is probably quite difficult, right?"

Song Biao said: "It will definitely be a bit difficult for the time being. Before the establishment of the bank in the three provinces, I will first issue a new school public bond in the three eastern provinces, with an amount of about 10 million yuan. The main purpose is to ask the gentry from all over the country to subscribe, or to invite

Purchased by other wealthy gentry,

Use this money for a period of three years to establish 3,500 public schools in the three provinces. Each public school will first place a private school teacher, and then increase the number year by year, accumulating to three private schools per public school. As for the new primary schools in various places,

middle school, high school, technical secondary school,

For universities, we should first ask famous gentry from all over the country to buy them. For public schools, we should not rush for success. We must first get the public schools in the three provinces well done. In each village and village, the public will provide money and the people will only contribute their own efforts to build public schools.

Mainly in Datun Village, since then

Every village with 100 households should have public schools, and they should be spread to the three provinces. After children have studied for six years, we will have matching middle schools and junior college schools in almost every county. Step by step, we will cover the three eastern provinces within ten years.

A new school will be opened.”

Chen Baochen was full of praise and said: "Your Excellency, this policy is really brilliant. First, let the young people in the three provinces learn to read and write, and then seek new learning to go westward. The next official will be in charge of studying politics in Fengtian. He must set an example for the three provinces."

Song Biao nodded slightly and said: "Fengtian is not just a public school. Fengtian Mansion is not only the administrative seat of Fengtian Province, but also the administrative center of the three provinces. During the time when I rented land in Russia, I was with the American Embassy in China.

Minister Rockhill and French Minister Lupin talked about something about education.

That is to say, all foreign churches must open church schools. As long as they want to preach in the Northeast, they must have educational obligations. In addition, Minister Lu Ban and I also talked about Aurora University. Shanghai Aurora University was originally

It was run by Ma Xiangbo, a famous gentry in Shanghai, but

It borrowed the land from the French Catholic Jesuits. Now, the French Catholic Jesuits have squeezed out Ma Xiangbo and completely changed Aurora University into a Christian university. I asked Minister Lu Ban to mediate and move Aurora University to the Liaodong Peninsula as a

compensation, i agree with french catholic

The Jesuits will establish a church university in Fengtian. The land and the cost of building the school will be paid by me personally. In addition to this university founded by the French church, I will also ask the American church to establish a university in Fengtian, and the Fengtian Academic Affairs Bureau will also establish another one.

A government-run university, let’s call it Northeastern University.”

After a pause, he continued: "I made a rough calculation. Starting next year, the annual academic funding for the three northeastern provinces will be maintained at about six million taels of silver, half of which will be used for public schools in the three provinces.

Half of it is used for national schools, especially colleges and universities. Fengtian Prefecture has about three million taels of money every year. This means that the main colleges and universities have

Schools and universities are concentrated in Fengtian. These matters need to be handled carefully by Mr. Chen, and every tael of silver and even every copper coin must be used in a practical way. In addition, we must also introduce various laws and policies to encourage gentry and celebrities from all over the country.

To prepare for the establishment of private schools. To run both state and private schools, we must take ten years as a time limit to establish new schools in the three northeastern provinces from scratch, from small to large."

After Chen Baochen heard these words, he didn't know how excited he was. He just felt that his whole body was full of fresh blood. How could he not be excited to see such a grand event at such an old age? He immediately stood up solemnly and bowed to the ground, saying

: "My Lord Governor, I will serve the imperial court, serve Wanming, and serve Dongsan."

Thousands of people have thanked you. I am an old and decrepit official. I have no general idea. I only want to establish a new school to make the people strong and the country prosperous. It is really a blessing for me to meet the governor. I must be fair and impartial.

Work hard and be effective until the end, so that we can fulfill your wishes and develop the new learning in the three provinces from scratch."

Song Biao understood why others were excited. He really had a heart for fighting. He stood up and helped Chen Baochen up and said: "Master Chen is a loyal and upright man. It is my blessing to invite Master Chen to come to the three provinces to build new schools."

It is also a blessing for the people of the three provinces."

Chen Baochen was even more excited. He felt that the entire Qing Dynasty seemed to be saved. If the new schools in the three provinces were established and the whole country followed suit, in less than twenty years, the Qing Dynasty would be completely new, filled with talents, and the people would be strong and the country prosperous.

Song Biao was also very happy. After all, he had found a suitable person to run the new school.

Regarding the new learning in the three eastern provinces, he definitely had more than these things in mind. For the new learning, he wrote three full pages of stationery with a pen. As the program of the new learning in the three eastern provinces, he included Chinese education and history education.

His own ideas, for example, he particularly emphasized the implementation of vernacular education and the compilation of Chinese language education.

Write a complete set of vernacular Chinese textbooks, classical Chinese must also be taught, and the Four Books and Five Classics still need to be read, but he recommends "Xunzi" first, and he wants to find some masters of Chinese studies as soon as possible to reorganize the collection of works of various scholars, with the theme of "Long Li Zunxian,

"Valuing the law and loving the people" is the core of the new moral and political education, and we need to find the appropriate neoclassical spirit between Confucianism and Legalism.

In history education, both Chinese history and Western history must be taken into consideration. Geography classes and history classes should be combined with each other to jointly promote the world outlook, national outlook, and historical outlook of the new generation of young people, and cultivate the spirit of patriotism and modern national spirit.

His new education is not a completely Westernized education, but requires a compromise to find a path suitable for China's characteristics in this era. It should first implement a path of universal education for the people as quickly as possible and cost-effectively, and then seek a path to advance Western learning eastward.

He not only wanted to recruit private school teachers in the three northeastern provinces, but also in the entire north of China, attracting them with relatively generous salaries to engage in popular education in the northeast, cultivating more literate teenagers, and then training these literate teenagers into modern patriotic people through new education

Youth and highly qualified talents.

As for funding, it cannot be sustained by collecting taxes, so the only way is to print money.

First print money to support the first five years, and then rely on the increase in tax revenue from the three provinces to continue development. In this process, both public and private funds have to be spent together. The so-called issuing public bonds to support Xinxue means using his private money to support the first few years.

, if we really want to send it to the gentry in various places to subscribe, I guess they won’t be able to allocate much.

During the dinner, Song Biao talked with Chen Baochen and Shu Gaoli for a long time, and explained the entire program and methods he had conceived. He called it a program, but he didn't care whether Chen Baochen fully followed it.

Everyone will have their own ideas, especially old gentlemen like Chen Baochen and Shu Gaoli. It is normal to be stubborn.

What Song Biao cares about is that things must be done well. No matter what your thoughts are or what methods you use, don't look at it. I respect you now and use you very much. If you can't do it well, then I will replace you immediately. Anyway, he

I won’t spend all my energy to handle these things myself.

Everything can be left to others. This is the principle behind Song Biao's attempt to control the new policies and development of the three provinces in a light-weight way...)

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