Cutting 1719

Chapter 379 The Good Opportunity Has Arrived
After hearing Ning Yu's words, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. Soon, two guards outside the hall lifted a three-foot-high globe to the top of the hall with great difficulty. A round sphere was placed on it. Many patterns are depicted and appear to be extremely detailed.

Li Fu, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had been reticent before, but when he saw this thing, he suddenly became energetic. He stepped forward to take a closer look, and then sighed in a low voice: "This globe, the minister once I saw it in Kangxi’s imperial study, but this globe is bigger and more detailed.”

"Oh? There is this thing in Kangxi's study?"

Ernst also had a somewhat smug smile on his face, because this globe was specially made by him and other related missionaries, and it was also the first gift for Ning Yu.

This elaborate globe is extremely finely made, with the ecliptic, equator, and latitude and longitude painted on the spherical surface, in which the equator is painted in red, the ecliptic is painted in yellow, and the latitude and longitude lines are drawn every 10°.The copper circle at the waist of the sphere is the horizon circle, engraved with four quadrants.The copper circle that intersects with the horizon circle is the meridian circle, and the north pole of the ball is attached with a time plate, engraved with twelve o'clock, divided into the beginning and the day.

In addition, the names of the 24 solar terms, the Tropic of Cancer, the Antarctic Circle, the Arctic Circle, etc. are also marked on it, and the administrative regions of the entire East Asia are also drawn, and the names of some big cities are also listed on it, such as "Beijing" , "Nanjing," "Taiyuan," "Ningxia," "Lanzhou," "Nanchang," "Suzhou," "Xiamen," "Wuchang," "Hankou," etc., as well as rivers, lakes, islands, and even the Great Wall It is marked on the top. Although the accuracy cannot be compared with the globes of later generations, it is extremely rare in this era.

Everyone gathered around the globe to discuss. Their understanding of geography is not superficial. In fact, the globe already existed as early as the Yuan Dynasty, but it was not so detailed. However, the ministers have a basic understanding of the earth. It is still enough, so I will not be surprised that the earth is round. At most, I am surprised that the accuracy of this globe is much better than that of the past.

"During the Wanli period, the Western missionary Matteo Ricci once came to China to promote the theory of a round earth, and he also made a globe and the "Kun Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu" by himself, but the globe at that time was not as detailed as it is now."

Cui Wancai is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and soon thought of such a small episode hidden in the history books. He also looked at the globe carefully, and sighed: "Now this globe is too delicate."

After everyone calmed down for a while, Ning Yu said softly: "The reason why I took it out is that I hope you can take a longer-term view. If you just overthrow the Qing court, you really don't need to do these things, but the problem Yes, our world is interconnected, if we don’t go to the West first, then they will come to us in the future.”

"Maybe this day won't come soon, maybe neither I nor all my loves will see this day, but what about our descendants? If that day comes, when the gate of China is knocked open, what will our descendants think of us?" ?”

"A group of stubborn old people! A group of arrogant old people!"

Everyone was silent, they didn't understand Ning Yu's thoughts, but Ernst's eyes became brighter and brighter, his face was full of admiration, in this world, there is no king who can humble himself like this look at the future.

Whether it is the aging King Philip V of Spain, or the ambitious King Frederick William I of Prussia, as well as those European monarchs, large and small, they are only satisfied with everything now and set their sights on In his one-acre three-point land, he never really raised his head to look into the distance.

Seeing everyone seemed to be touched, Ning Yu let out a long sigh, and said softly: "All talents from Ernst and Europe will be reused, but instead of letting them become officials, they will go into In universities, train more students and establish a more sustainable training mechanism.”

Hearing Ning Yu's words, a person stood out from the group of ministers. Although he looked quite young, he had a dignified manner and said with his hands together: "The minister of the Ministry of Education, Quan Zuwang, respectfully obeys the holy will. Education is a matter of Only the foundation of the country and the combination of Chinese and Western ideas can create good talents."

Quan Zuwang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Education, can be said to be the youngest among the senior officials of the entire imperial court, and he is also in charge of a yamen like the Ministry of Education, but no one is dissatisfied. It's an elegant event.

It's a long story. After Ning Yu announced the restructuring, the original six departments were split into dozens of government offices, and most of them found more suitable and convincing ministers. The Ministry of Education alone is involved in a major matter, but it has not been able to find a suitable candidate.

At the beginning, Ning Yu planned to let Jiangnan Wenzong Lu Yizhong take the post, whose prestige was sufficient and convincing to the public, but Lu Yizhong refused, claiming that he wanted to be a wild crane. Ning Yu recommended one person, Quan Zuwang who was just in his early twenties.

The reason why Quan Zuwang was recommended by these two great Confucian scholars was not only because he was erudite and talented, but also because Quan Zuwang was a representative figure of the East Zhejiang School and a disciple of Lizhou Shushu, who had a great reputation among scholars. Let him be the minister of the Ministry of Education, and he will be able to convince the public.

Ning Yu still thinks highly of Quan Zuwang, and said with a smile, "With Shao Yi's words, I can rest assured that I will hand them over to you."

"Never disappoint His Majesty's high expectations."

Three days later, Quan Zuwang submitted the booklet to Ning Yu. He made a comprehensive plan in the booklet. The first step was to build schools in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuchang, Changsha, Nanchang, Fujian, Guangzhou, etc. , Some of these schools will become comprehensive universities, and the other part will be specialized schools, such as universities for teachers, agriculture, geology, mining, business, and medicine. These Westerners will serve as teachers.

In addition, for some Westerners who are good at military affairs, they will be arranged in the lecture hall and become teachers of the lecture hall. Another brand-new military academy-Dachu Royal Military Academy has also begun to rise. It will become another university that integrates Chinese and Western military techniques and tactics, and the Dachu Royal Naval Academy is also being established in Fujian, becoming the first naval academy at the moment. At the same time, Ningchu’s navy has also undergone formal reorganization. Named Navy.

In fact, most of this series of major events have already been planned. After these Westerners came to Ningchu, they will be officially launched. beyond.

Of course, the pre-construction of these universities has already officially started, so they will be put into use within three years of innovation at the latest. Before that, a series of enrollment work will also start with Ningchu's second imperial examination. , In this imperial examination, Ning Chu will also officially include other related subjects into the imperial examination, not just the traditional Confucian classics.

Although the Shihlin students knew that the reform would definitely come, they did not expect it to come so soon and in such a hurry. They wanted to express their resistance, but because there were no capable people to take the lead in the resistance, these voices of opposition could not really gather in the Together, it does not constitute an influence.

Therefore, after Ningyu promulgated the content of the second imperial examination, most people still chose to obey Emperor Ning's wishes. The emperor can take whatever he wants to take the exam. Besides, these people are not fools. No, so the difficulty of the exam will not be very high. If you really study hard during the period before the imperial examination, you may not fail to pass the exam. Get rid of it.

I have to say that a considerable number of smart people have understood Ning Yu's intentions this time. In fact, Ning Yu also knows in his heart that these people who are used to reading the Four Books and Five Classics don't know what physical chemistry is, and they are also good at mathematics. It doesn't matter if your eyes are smeared, so let's make the questions simpler, as long as you can answer the questions carefully and study hard before the exam, it will be enough.

To put it bluntly, Ning Yu is screening people who are really willing to obey him through the imperial examination, rather than forcing them to become talents with comprehensive improvement in overall quality all at once. After all, this is simply unrealistic.However, no matter what their intentions are, as long as they can tell Emperor Ning that they have studied hard, there is nothing wrong with being an official.

But in the end, only ordinary people who can't survive choose to rebel, and those who can't pass the imperial examination don't have the courage to rebel. Comrade Huang Chao should be ignored here.So Ning Yu wasn't worried at all, these scholars were just whining in their hearts at most.

Of course, the opposition of these people was not useless, at least with the help of some caring people, it spread all the way to the capital, and naturally it also reached the ears of Emperor Yongzheng.

"Your Majesty, Chu Ni has finally exposed his prodigal ambitions this time! They actually destroyed the Confucian classics and did not allow the scholars to study Confucianism, but to learn those barbarian things. It can be seen that the country will not be a country, and the hearts of the people are bound to be in chaos! "

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground, with a bit of excitement on his face, as if he had eaten more than a dozen Jiji Dan at once, and his rosy color was a bit outrageous.

Looking at the secret report from the south, Yong Zheng didn't know why, as if sand had been blown into his eyes, but a line of tears flowed down. Although no one dared to look directly at his face, Yong Zheng still lowered his head, deeply Taking a deep breath, he raised his head just now, his eyes were on fire!
Chu Ni finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the opportunity of Daqing finally came!
Today's world is a pattern of competition between Chu and Qing, and in this big pattern, the power of Confucian scholars cannot be underestimated!

Yongzheng thought he had grasped Ning Chu's death spot, and his long-suppressed emotions were completely released, and he said loudly: "Zhang Qing, now my chance has come, and the Qing Dynasty's chance has also come!"

"Your Majesty, the political situation in the south is in turmoil, scholars are unstable, and people's minds are changing. The people all miss my Qing Dynasty! If you lead the army to the south now, I am afraid that the south will be full of wars in an instant!"

Zhang Tingyu didn't know if he really took the wrong medicine. At this time, he was even more excited than Yongzheng, but he left the current family background of the Qing Dynasty behind. The strength of the army going south.

On the contrary, Emperor Yongzheng was still a little sober in his mind. He thought about Nian Gengyao's army that was defeated and retreated to Gansu, and Yue Zhongqi who pretended to be dead in Sichuan, and then looked back to see that his strength was only on paper. The Eight Banners new army, could not help but sigh a long sigh, the family background of the Qing Dynasty is too thin.
The repeated battles before finally made Emperor Yongzheng realize the cruelty of reality. It's not that he didn't want to take the opportunity to lead his troops south, but right now he doesn't even have a truly reliable military force, and he doesn't even have an obedient military force in the past. The various tribes of Mongolia have now begun to choose a wait-and-see attitude.

"Now, I'm afraid we can only miss the good opportunity. If we start a war rashly, Daqing has no chance of winning right now."

Yongzheng let out a long sigh. He was really unwilling, but no matter how unwilling he was, he could not create a truly powerful army.

When Zhang Tingyu heard what Yongzheng said, he licked his lips unwillingly, stroked his beard, and said, "It's not like there is no chance at all. The servant thought that the senior Confucians could write a book on the crusade against Chu Ni, and then spread it all over the south." You can also secretly send envoys to contact the great scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the future, with one order, Chu Ni can be attacked by the enemy!"

Yongzheng listened carefully, and felt that this suggestion was reliable, so he immediately agreed. It would be easy for the great Confucians in front of him to write things to criticize. , they all have considerable appeal among shihlins—the real difficulty is to send someone to contact Jiangnan shihlins.

You must know that Ningchu's underground forces are not small, and everyone knows the names of the Military Intelligence Department and the shadow. No matter who you send, you will feel drums in your heart. This is not a joke. If there is a slight flaw in the spy of the dog returning to the soul, it is difficult to die.

In addition, if you want to contact Jiangnan Great Confucianism, this person's status cannot be too low. No matter where such a character is placed, it is easy to attract the attention of interested people. If you want to do something, it will be even more difficult. It's getting harder.

Emperor Yongzheng felt a headache after thinking about it, especially the spies arranged by the Qing government in Jiangnan and other places, because of the rebellion of the former Sun Wencheng, and Ning Chu's cleanup of Jiangnan, basically disappeared. It was indeed difficult to insert a hidden stake, so he stopped torturing his head and stared directly at Zhang Tingyu.

You come up with an idea, you choose someone!

Zhang Tingyu laughed softly: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks that there is still a force worth using in Jiangnan today."

"What power is it?"

"Cao Gang!"

(End of this chapter)