Building a palace and crowning a king, Zhaoge's revival, the origins of unorthodox arts! A solution!

As Xu Qingxiao's voice rang out.

The whole of Great Wei rejoiced.

Its people found it almost unbelievable.

For the people of Great Wei, aside from food, shelter, and transportation, what was their greatest worry?

Wasn't it their children's schooling?

How many parents wanted their children to amount to nothing? Unless their children truly weren't cut out for studying, they naturally hoped to send them to a private school. Never mind becoming the top scholar-even passing the provincial examination would do. Then they could find work at a yamen and earn a government living.

But the problem was, how expensive were private schools? Simply getting enough to eat was already a struggle, let alone sending their children to school.

Now Xu Qingxiao had declared that, in five years, all the people of Great Wei would receive nine years of private schooling free of charge. How could that not be good news?

After nine years of studying, even the slowest child should at least be able to read, right?

And if someone's family produced a top scholar, that would truly bring glory to their ancestors.

As Xu Qingxiao's voice rang out, the Great Wei Dragon Cauldron trembled as well, absorbing vast quantities of popular will and becoming even more substantial. The national fortune grew terrifyingly stable.

For the Chuyuan Dynasty and the Tuxie Dynasty, however, Xu Qingxiao's sudden Great Vow left them silent.

Naturally, they did not want to see Great Wei flourishing by the day, especially when it was opening schools and waiving nine years of tuition.

In a few decades, Great Wei would be filled with educated people, and its national strength would surely soar. After all, the benefits brought by knowledge were beyond imagining. As sovereigns, how could they fail to understand the importance of this undertaking?

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