Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 474 Technological Development and Liangzhou Third Hospital

After arranging religious matters, Zhang Zhao's next stop was the construction of the Imperial College, which he was most concerned about.

Since Zhang Zhao started to restore the state schools seven years ago, until now, he has finally achieved a little bit of success.

Now in Liangguo, from Shazhou to the east, even the most remote Taozhou and Dangzhou, there are state schools.

Although the level of teaching is still very low, at least the shelf is set up.

And in practice, not a small result has been achieved.

The teaching level of these state schools is not good, but teaching literacy and simple addition and subtraction is still no problem.

Therefore, although the state school did not produce a few well-educated men, it provided Zhang Zhao with a certain number of literate, sensible, insightful and ambitious mid-level and low-level officers.

But in Liangzhou, Zhang Zhao paid more attention to state studies and Guozijian.

Since Liu Na took office as the Imperial Academy, Zhang Zhao has been discussing with him the reform of the Imperial Academy.

Up to now, it can also be said that the basic transformation has been completed. Zhang Zhao first expanded the original Guozijian and changed it into Qiongming Academy. The knowledge taught by Qiongming Academy is the Six Arts of Confucianism.

Next to the original Guozijian, a Tiangong Institute specializing in various sciences was built, with Cao Yanming as the head of the mountain.

The Tiangong Academy alone covers an area of ​​more than [-] mu, and there is a branch beside the Macheng River outside the city.

Then there is another college that studies agronomy, such as breeding, fattening, interplanting, grafting and other technologies, and is also responsible for the breeding and breeding of various livestock, especially war horses, called Qiminyuan.

These three courts are all under the jurisdiction of Guozijian, and the scale of these three courts alone is larger than Zhang Zhao's Yongxun Palace.

Now the Liangzhou Third Academy is very famous in Guanzhong. They are Zhang Zhaozhu's golden platform, which is a real object that demonstrates his determination in martial arts.

It can be said that Shi Chonggui's construction of a few small palaces is nothing compared to the cost of this scene.

Shi Chonggui spent more than 400,000 guan, and Zhang Zhao’s three courtyards plus Da Ci’en Temple have spent more than [-] guan.

However, the sharp contrast between the two sides is that Shi Chonggui's hundreds of thousands of guan were stolen from the private sector, and every guan of money in it almost represented the desperation of a family of people.

But for Zhang Zhaohua's [-] pennies, he didn't even pay for a penny, but printed the bank notes directly, and the actual cost was less than five pennies.

After ten years of development, Liangguo, especially Liangzhou, has a prosperous household registration and smooth trade routes. Not to mention four hundred thousand guan, 4 million guan bank notes can also be digested.

This is the magic power of finance. Zhang Zhao almost cashed out more than [-] guan with blank paper. As a result, not only did he not cause any damage, but because of the construction of the Third Academy of the Imperial College and the Da Ci'en Temple, a large wave of domestic demand was stimulated.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao's money was not spent indiscriminately. For example, the red gold bricks used to build the Baozhao Pagoda were actually red bricks fired in earthen kilns in later generations.

In order to get this thing out, Zhang Zhao spent a lot of research and development expenses. Although the cost of using it is still high, it is worth it.

Because it is still impossible to build the four 50-meter-high Baozhao Pagoda with only red bricks, adhesives must be used, which forced the Tiangong Institute of Liangzhou Guozijian to start researching.

Zhang Zhao gave the general direction of cement at the beginning, and the research went smoothly, because cement is not difficult at all, it is nothing more than calcining limestone and other things, and then pay attention to the proportion.

But in the end, I gave up because it was too expensive. Not to mention the research and development costs, just calcining limestone, in this era of difficult coal mining, the cost is sky-high.

If firewood is used as fuel, I am afraid that it will not work to burn the whole of Hexi and Longyou into a desert.

In fact, it is red brick, and the biggest cost is still calcined.

Therefore, in the end, Tiangongyuan restored the glutinous rice juice mortar formula from the Tang Dynasty, and made some improvements.

With the construction method of red bricks and glutinous rice juice mortar, it is not only conducive to city building, but also conducive to the construction of water conservancy facilities.

It is still too extravagant to use red bricks to build a city, but it is perfect for building some places where new water conservancy facilities cannot be built due to terrain and soil conditions, such as reservoirs and canals in some places.

The research and development and progress of these technologies have further stimulated the demand for dealing with coal, and even "deviated" Cao Yanming's research direction.

Now Cao Yanming is responsible for the research and development of gunpowder, which has suddenly changed from military use to civilian use.

The main reason is to meet the needs of coal mining, and this has further promoted the great development of the mining industry. Fenjindu is now almost changing from Zhang Zhao's engineering army to a 'state-owned mining group'.

At the same time, Zhang Zhao didn't force Cao Yanming and others to focus on gunpowder research and development on firearms, because the cost of using firearms is still too high for the current Liang country.

Moreover, innovations in weapons are often tied to military innovations in tactics, formations, selection of soldiers, and organization.

At present, Liangguo does not have the ability to complete this transformation only by relying on the land of Lingwu Xiasui in Longyou, Hexi.

Zhang Zhao's current core territory is Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, eastern Qinghai and northern Shaanxi in later generations.

Even in later republics, these places can hardly be called rich, and they are basically relatively backward areas.

Such areas cannot produce modern military innovations and cannot enter the age of firearms.

From the actual situation, it is estimated that there are millions of people who can ride horses and archery in the four places of Lingwu, Xiasui, Longyou, Hexi, under Zhang Zhao's current rule, and there are at least a dozen or 200,000 people who are good at archery.

There are so many cheap elite archers out there, how can there be room for matchlock gunners who shoot where the lead pops out of the chamber, which depends entirely on luck, which is expensive and inapplicable.

And the changes brought about by this series of technological innovations alone have already overwhelmed the people of Liangzhou and even Liangguo.

In Liangguo Guozijian, the number of students in Tiangong Academy is more than five times that of Qiongming Academy, which treats classics.

After five years of polishing and guidance, Zhang Zhao finally realized the free conversion of the two talents of mastering classics and researching Tiangong to a certain extent.

For example, in the Guozijian, there are a large number of students who can't see the classics and turn to the Tiangong Academy to learn what they think is a "side door".

There are also bigwigs from the Tiangong Academy, who returned to the Qiongming Academy because of confusion in research and development, and continued to seek spiritual guidance and philosophical speculation from the classics of the sages.

On them, Zhang Zhao suddenly remembered a famous saying of later generations, that is, philosophy is the foundation of all sciences.

Without the speculation of philosophy in people's minds and the further development of culture, a traveler like him cannot change the entire environment, and must rely on ideological changes.

However, at this level, the help and guidance provided by Zhang Zhaoneng is relatively limited.

Because before he crossed over, he was a full-armor fighter, and he really didn't have much talent in philosophy and literature.

While thinking wildly, Zhang Zhao walked to the door of Qi Min Courtyard, which made Zhang Zhao most happy.

Zhang Liecheng was completely out of his plan, and unexpectedly brought back from Guanzhong Han E, an agronomist who compiled the key points of agricultural books for four seasons in history.

After Zhang Zhao appointed Han E as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy and the head of the Qimin Academy, the agricultural science, which was originally looked down upon by the students, finally began to develop slowly.

Although the status of the Qi Min Yuan in the Imperial College is the lowest, it is even farther away from the Qiong Ming Yuan.

But being able to get this subject into the Imperial College in a grand manner is already considered a great success.

However, when Zhang Zhao summoned Liu Na, Han E and others, had a light meal in the dining hall of the Qimin Academy, and participated in the braiding scriptures of Qiongming Academy students, he was a little dissatisfied.

"There is no big fight in this scripture of Qiongmingyuan. What kind of scripture is this? Not to mention swords, there is no fist or foot!"

Zhang Tianwang rubbed his chin, muttering to himself.

Liu Na on the side was in a cold sweat, although he also felt that the standard of Liangzhou Qiongming College was not high, the academic atmosphere was a bit dull, and there were not many amazing talents.

But the king of heaven is too radical, how can there be a braided scripture to argue with a sword?

Well, although what Zhang Zhao said was a bit rough, it cannot be said that it was unreasonable.

Academic debates, especially philosophical debates, are not very gunpowder and can only prove one thing.

That is, everyone's level has not yet reached a certain level, and they are not too sensitive about the importance of this aspect.

"Liu Weng once said that there is a well-educated man in Tokyo who intends to come to Liangzhou to serve as the head of the mountain. Has he proposed any conditions?" Zhang Zhao asked Liu Na beside him.

Recently, Liu Tao recruited a group of talented scholars for Zhang Zhao in Tokyo, and they are about to send them to Liangzhou. According to Liu Na, one of them is quite talented and famous.

"The person here is from Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo. His surname is Xue, his name is Ju, and his official character is Ziping. Xue Ziping has always been ambitious. He has already given up his position as an official in Kaifeng Prefecture and brought his family. He did not make any request."

Xue Juzheng?Zhang Zhao rubbed his chin and thought about it carefully in his mind, he seemed to have a vague impression.

But this impression is likely to come from the later Zhang Juzheng.

Perhaps, those who have the word Juzheng in their name are considered talented?

And without mentioning any conditions, he directly gave up his position as an official in Kaifeng Mansion and came here, obviously because he is very confident in his own knowledge and ability.

"Wan'er, please remember, so that officials at all levels can welcome this Xue Juzheng. After he arrives in Liangzhou, he will arrange an interview." Zhang Zhao ordered Guo Wan'er, who was disguised as a man behind him.

Now Guo Tiance is a bachelor of Qionglin Academy, and he is busy with government affairs, so he is no longer suitable to be Zhang Zhao's private secretary.

Zhang Zhao didn't have any good candidates, so he simply recruited Guo Wan'er, who had been his personal secretary for a while.

And take it with you every day, and you can also see if the little wild cat can conceive a seed?

After arranging the mission of Buddhism, the Nestorianism of the Guo family is very important.

Not only can it balance the power of Buddhism in the West, but after the Buddhist army marched westward, Nestorianism entered Western and Southern Europe, fooling those European barbarians with barely the same religion, so that the two religions could achieve a balance of power in Europe.

From now on, the main theme of Europe will be the battle between the Confucian apologetics alliance in the outside world and the Slavs who drove the Slavs to the west. It will make them fight for hundreds of years and form a deep hatred. It is beautiful to think about it.

After arranging the affairs of the Imperial Academy and the Third Academy of the Imperial Academy, Zhang Zhao went to Lanzhou without stopping, where more important matters were waiting for him.

That is to dredge the two waterways of Huangshui and Taoshui. This is related to whether Zhang Zhao can hold Hexi Longyou more closely in his hands. He must go there himself.

(End of this chapter)