The most arrogant in history

Chapter 655: Simple lunch.

Ye Kun thought for a moment and asked, "If my son came to your school and bullied his classmates, would you dare to deal with it impartially?"

The principal was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said:

"Your Majesty, I graduated from Tiangong University in Chengdu. Many years ago, your Majesty gave a speech at Tiangong University and said that educational equality must be guaranteed. Since this is your Majesty's intention, then no matter if it is the son of the emperor or the son of a prince or minister, as long as they make a mistake, the school should handle it impartially."

Ye Kun was very satisfied. He asked the principal to sit down and said with a smile:

"I keep my word. I hope the principal will do the same and keep his word. Ensure that educational equity is achieved in your school and that every child and every parent is treated fairly."

All the teachers nodded together.

Ye Kun added: "I saw the student statistics list, and only one-quarter of them are girls. This is not good, it is unfair to girls. In the future, we need to admit more female students and control the proportion to 50%."

Song Kai smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, many families are unwilling to send their daughters to school."

"Do more publicity, and give girls some care and benefits."

Ye Kun said: "The Ministry of Culture and Education has already agreed to set up normal schools in large cities with a population of more than 100,000. Girls who have studied in normal schools will be directly arranged to be primary school teachers and receive state salaries. In this way, girls will be willing to study."

Women had a low status in ancient times.

But it was different when you became a teacher and received a salary from the court.

Ye Kun knew that the current number of newborns was staggering, and a large number of primary school teachers were needed.

It is quite suitable to train girls to be primary school teachers.

Song Kai smiled and said, "So, we will also have a normal school in Yanzhou in the future?"

Ye Kun nodded: "Yes, the notice will come out soon, and we can enroll students and start classes in the fall. In the future, the population of Yanzhou will continue to increase, and there will be universities with many majors."

All the teachers were very excited when they heard this.

The principal said, "Your Majesty, our students have never seen your holy face. I dare to ask Your Majesty to say a few words to the students."

"Speak?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I can speak, but does your school have a loud speaker? Without a loud speaker, even if I speak, there is no way for all the students to hear me."

If you don’t have a loud speaker when giving a speech in front of thousands of people, your voice will become hoarse.

The principal smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, how could we have such an advanced thing as a loud speaker?"

"It's okay. I brought a car horn and a human-powered generator."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I'll ask the technicians to debug the equipment. I'll give a speech to all the teachers and students in the school this afternoon, on the playground."

The large speakers produced in the Science and Technology City need to be equipped with a power generation equipment before they can be used because there is no stable power supply.

The power generation equipment can be driven by human power or animal power.

At present, loudspeakers have not been promoted in other places except the five capital cities, several large cities in Jiaozhi and several large military camps.

It mainly involves the production of electrical wires and generators, which is costly and the output cannot keep up.

However, Ye Kun has a plan to have the Science and Technology City continue to improve the quality of loudspeakers and generators and make them lighter in design. The next step is to promote them to all major cities across the country.

A big city like Yanzhou must have loudspeakers and newspapers.

Strengthening publicity and giving everyone a boost of motivation and chicken soup will be beneficial to governance.

Loudspeakers and newspapers greatly contribute to the promotion of Mandarin and culture, and serve as supplementary education beyond school education.

It can also publicize policies directly to the people, bypassing the middleman of local government, so that grassroots officials dare not arbitrarily collect taxes and levies.

On this trip, Ye Kun brought a total of three car radios and generators, as well as a telephone, for science and technology promotion.

The telephone was too advanced a device. Except for the officials in Zhuo County, ordinary people in the country had never seen one.

When the principal heard that Ye Kun brought equipment, he was overjoyed and asked, "Is the equipment brought by the emperor a gift to our school?"

Ye Kun smiled bitterly: "The equipment is limited. I brought some for my own use, so I can't give it to you. But when the next batch of equipment comes out, I will give priority to your school."

The principal and Song Kai expressed their gratitude together.

At school, Ye Kun had a simple lunch.

In the cafeteria, eating with students.

When the students learned that the emperor had arrived, they gathered around to watch.

Cheng Yulong was worried about something happening, so he set up a cordon.

Ye Kun waved to the students and said with a smile: "It's lunch time now, students, please eat first. After lunch, you will have half a day off. Students, please go to the playground and we will chat for a while."

Only then did the students quiet down.

Ye Kun called four middle school students, two boys and two girls, from the crowd of students, to sit at the same table with him and eat while chatting.

The food is rough and hard to swallow, lacking oil and salt.

Ye Kun asked the students: "How many students are there in your class? Do they all eat at school?"

The student replied: "There are 45 people in our class, and only 15 of them pay for their meals at school. The rest of us go home to eat."

Ye Kun asked: "Isn't there a subsidy for school meals?"

The student hesitated and said, "But the food in school...is not tasty."

Ye Kun's face darkened, he greeted the principal, frowned and said:

"The quality of the student meals doesn't seem to be very good. How much is the monthly living expenses for the students?"

Song Kai replied in a low voice: "Each student pays ten coins a month for living expenses and accommodation. The court's subsidy is twenty coins per student per month, which adds up to thirty coins."

Ye Kun pondered and said, "The prices of food, meat, and eggs have fallen sharply recently. Logically speaking, thirty cents a month should allow the students to eat better, right?"

The plummeting food prices will naturally drive up the animal husbandry and breeding industries, and so the prices of chicken, duck, fish, meat and eggs will all fall.

Thirty cents can buy several hundred kilograms of rice.

The principal hesitated, "In theory, the food standards can be improved, but... we haven't had time to adjust them yet..."

“There must be corruption involved.”

Ye Kun frowned and said to Song Kai, "Let the finance and taxation departments and the prison departments check and calculate all the expenses. If there is corruption, investigate it thoroughly, confiscate the property of all corrupt officials, and send them to the hard labor camp to work."

The principal turned pale with fear and said in sweat:

"Your Majesty, there are indeed some workers in the cafeteria who take advantage of small things, such as stealing some meat and taking some sesame oil home. But there should be no real corruption..."

"You still dare to say no?"

Ye Kun glared: "There are only a few hundred students who eat at school. Most students would rather give up the subsidy and go home to eat. This means that the ten cents they spend every month to eat at home is better than the thirty cents you spend every month!"

The principal trembled: "Your Majesty, I usually manage the teaching, and I have relaxed the supervision of the cafeteria..."

Ye Kun sneered: "Is the canteen manager your relative or old friend?"

thump!

Song Kai, who was standing at the side, suddenly knelt down and said in tears: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my arrangement to withhold school funds... The principal is innocent."

"Okay Song Kai, I really didn't misjudge you!"

Ye Kun was so angry that his face turned blue: "We met in Changsha, you followed me to Yizhou, and then attacked Hanzhong, Longshang, Guanzhong and Chang'an, and later in the Central Plains, you made military achievements. I thought you were a trustworthy person, but I didn't expect that you are also a termite, a rat!"

Song Kai knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the money I withheld can be checked in the account, and not a single penny went into my own pocket. I have no choice, because the office funds given by the court are too little to support normal work, so I have to withhold some from the education fund..."

"Stand up! We have abolished the kneeling ceremony. Don't lead the students astray!"

Ye Kun was furious and said to Huang Ye: "Go to the city gate and post a notice to inform all Mohist disciples in Yanzhou City to come see me in the evening. I want to check the finances of Yanzhou City thoroughly!"