Chapter 479 Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health

Is Ouyang Shuo's idea good?

Of course that's fine, because this is simply a copy of the modern education system. You don't need to pass the imperial examinations. You only need to go through rounds of entrance exams to select qualified talents.

But to realize this vision, it is very difficult.

First, there is a shortage of teachers.

The main map of the game is still dominated by Confucian culture, and the talents spawned from the refugees are also mainly Confucian scholars. And to add other subjects in the county school, it must be equipped with corresponding teachers.

Now, the only place that can train teachers is the Southwest University Hall.

For one thing, a group of existing teachers can be transferred from various colleges and sent to county schools to take charge of teaching. Second, some of the graduates can be selected to be teachers.

The two cooperate with each other to set up the framework of the county school.

As far as it is concerned, it is not easy to set up various subjects at the county school level. The prefectural and county schools further down have no such conditions at all.

Ouyang Shuo is impatient, but he won't spoil the growth.

After the promotion of county schools, graduates of county schools can be transferred to prefectural schools. And so on, until advancing to county schools, even the most basic private schools.

In short, top-down.

Therefore, this is destined to be a relatively long process. Ouyang Shuo estimated that it would take at least two years to complete this cycle.

Second, the increase in subjects led to a sharp increase in education funding.

Education funds are public finance expenditures. In the territory, no matter if it is a private school, school, or Southwest University, all education is free. All education expenses shall be borne by the territorial finance.

With the increase of subjects, the number of students will increase accordingly.

What followed was a multiplied or even multiplied increase in educational expenses, including school expansion, teachers' salaries, school maintenance costs, students' daily expenses, pen, ink, paper and inkstone expenses, and so on.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo would not have dared to carry out this change if it wasn't for the improvement of the territory's finances.

Third, how to ensure fairness.

Equity in education has always been a problem. Fairness in recruiting students, fairness in evaluation, fairness in recommendation, etc. are all difficult problems.

The three major problems are very difficult, but once solved, it will not only affect the imperial examination system, but also the entire official ecology of the territory, which will bring unpredictable impact.

why?

Officials in ancient China, officials, officials, officials and officials are actually two completely different classes. The two cannot communicate with each other at all. official. Officials and officials jointly build a complete bureaucratic ecology.

Officials are masters and superiors, while officials are servants and inferiors who serve officials, such as those who are in charge, clerks, bookkeepers, masters, and so on.

As the saying goes, an official with an iron-clad yamen.

Officials are appointed every three years, but officials are not, and can even be hereditary. Officials are from outside, while officials are local. Officials go away as soon as they are hot, but officials are rooted here. After the father does what the son does.

The advantage of this different destination is that it is impossible for an official to form his power network in one place. The officials are local and familiar with the local customs and customs, which is also conducive to the implementation of policies.

But at the implementation level, there will be problems again, such as: subordinates coerce officials to paralyze government affairs and so on.

I'm afraid I can't explain the complicated relationship between officials and officials for three days and three nights.

The basic public education that Ouyang Shuo is going to implement is trying to blur the boundaries between officials and officials, which can be said to have touched the taboo of officialdom.

The additional subjects, including mathematics and law, are aimed at cultivating technical officials.

In ancient times, officials and officials were two completely different selection channels. Now, Ouyang Shuo put the officials under the same school framework, this move can be described as earth-shattering.

To be honest, Ouyang Shuo couldn't make a clear judgment on what kind of changes would happen after that.

Fortunately, this is just a game world. If it was in the real ancient times, if Ouyang Shuo dared to propose such a change, he would be kicked off the throne of the monarch by the gentry and bureaucracy in minutes.

In the game, the basic education promoted by Ouyang Shuo is at least very beneficial to promote the professionalization of territorial government affairs, which is equivalent to the civil servant system in the real world.

In this way, Ouyang Shuo didn't have to worry, the local subordinates could coerce the officials and affect the implementation of government affairs. Because future officials do not need to be local, let alone hereditary.

Until then, the various changes that Ouyang Shuo implemented will not be easily deformed at the implementation level. It cannot be said that there is no resistance, at least the difficulties encountered will be much smaller than the changes in history.

Because of this, Ouyang Shuo made up his mind to firmly push forward this change. If it's just to open up the wisdom of the people, he doesn't need to be so fanfare.

Promoting basic education is to lay the foundation for Ouyang Shuo's countless changes in the future.

The three thorny issues of education must be promoted by a strong department. The current Department of Culture and Education is barely able to take on this important task. The crux of the problem is that Ouyang Shuo's ambition is far beyond that.

In addition to education, technology, culture and health all need changes.

With the presence of the Mohists and the gathering of real-world experts, Shanhai City is considered to be the leader in the field of high-end scientific research. Even so, Ouyang Shuo was still not satisfied.

His goal is to advance the technological level at the county level.

In the field of culture, there is no need for change for the time being. The title of [Sacred Land of Hundred Families] has already made Shanhai City the champion in the cultural field. All that is needed is proper guidance and control.

The health field is Ouyang Shuo's second focus after the education field. Establishing a sound public medical and health system is the goal set by Ouyang Shuo.

In ancient times, whether it was a doctor or a doctor, it was private in nature. The only ones who really belong to the official family are the imperial doctors who serve the Tian family.

Therefore, the problems of difficult and expensive medical treatment in ancient times were far worse than those in modern society.

Don't you see, how many ordinary people, because they have no money for medical treatment, either sold their children or daughters, or went bankrupt, or simply waited to die. It is impossible to describe the misery of his fate.

Basically, a serious illness can plunge a family into the abyss.

Ouyang Shuo wants to build a public medical system to solve this problem. He plans to transform the private institution of the official medical department into a semi-official institution.

Unlike the lack of teachers to promote basic education, the territory does not lack doctors. The development of the official medical office is still very rapid, and there are hundreds of doctors in it. Everywhere, there are doctors or doctors.

As long as these wandering doctors are all hired into the local government medical office, the doctor's problem can be solved.

The difficulty of medical reform lies not in doctors, but in funds.

To realize the universal medical care envisioned by Ouyang Shuo, the operating expenses of the official medical office, doctors' salaries and other expenses must be borne by the territorial finance.

It even means that the price of medicinal materials should be preferential, and no profit should be sought.

In this way, the burden of public medical expenditure on the territory's finances is an astronomical figure. That is to say, in terms of medical treatment, it is impossible to go to school, and it is completely free.

Otherwise, no matter how healthy the territory's finances are, it will not be able to bear it.

It is foreseeable that education and medical care will become the bulk of the territory's financial expenditure.

How to charge people for medical treatment, how to ensure the supply of medicinal materials, how to protect the rights and interests of doctors in government medical offices, how to negotiate with major medicinal material suppliers, etc., are all problems that need to be resolved.

Without a special department to control it, it cannot be implemented at all.

Based on the above considerations, Ouyang Shuo planned to implement a structural change in the Department of Culture and Education. What he can do is to plan a blueprint on the top-level design.

Ouyang Shuo plans to change the Department of Culture and Education to the Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health, which will be responsible for basic public services such as technology, education, culture, and health in the territory. After the name change, it is still under the jurisdiction of the Administration Department.

The established Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health consists of four divisions, namely the Science and Technology Division, the Education Division, the Culture Division and the Health Division.

Xu Shuda, the original Director of Culture and Education, if he is asked to be in charge of the Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health, I am afraid it will be difficult for others. After all, the newly established Science, Education, Culture and Health Administration is facing all kinds of difficult changes, involving all aspects of the territory.

Neither Xu Shuda's ability nor qualifications are enough to take on this great task. Ouyang Shuo planned to appoint Xu Shuda as the director of the education department to continue working in the education field.

The first Director of Science, Education, Culture and Health had to be at the helm of a powerful person.

It stands to reason that Fan Zhongyan, the current director of administration, is a good candidate. In terms of qualifications, Fan Zhongyan is a veteran of the territory; in terms of ability, Fan Gong is also good enough to take on this great job.

Ouyang Shuo's original arrangement was to have Xiao He succeed Fan Zhongyan as the Director of Administration at the right time. Unfortunately, Fan Zhongyan is taking the lead in the evaluation of territorial officials, so it is not suitable to be transferred at this time.

Furthermore, since Ouyang Shuo is not in Shanhai City for a long time now, he also needs a fully operational person like Xiao He to replace him and handle the daily government affairs of the Southern Border Protectorate.

Therefore, now is not the right time as Ouyang Shuo expected.

After much deliberation, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to temporarily let Xiao He serve as the first director of the Department of Science, Education, Culture and Health. This appointment can be regarded as laying the groundwork for Xiao He to follow up in the future.

After all, the profound impact of this change on the territory cannot be evaluated. Once Xiao He completes this important task, his qualifications in the territory will not be inferior to any minister.

Coincidentally, Xiao He is now in charge of the daily government affairs of the Protectorate's Mansion, and also serves as the Director of Science, Education, Culture and Health, which is also helpful for him to carry out reforms in the two major fields of education and medical care.

As a result, the predicament of Shanhai City in the civil service field was once again exposed. Now Ouyang Shuo is using Xiao He as a panacea, let him pin it wherever there is need.

Other than that, no one is available.