Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 750 Medical care and education must not be commercialized

Due to some painful memories brought about by the experience of later generations, Zhu Youjian made up his mind that medical care and education must not be commercialized. In these two fields that are related to the interests of every family, the court must insist on the dominant position , To implement the free system to the greatest extent, and the formulation of relevant policies must also be consciously tilted towards the bottom, so as to strive to improve the happiness and sense of gain of the people.

Of course, this is just his ideal social state.In his lifetime, he will try his best to promote the construction and implementation of this framework, but after he leaves, what will the world look like, and whether the system he formulated will be artificially changed quietly, this is what he cannot control up.

The foundation of the capital's free school system has been established and consolidated, and the next step is to gradually promote it in various places in Ming Dynasty.

The biggest obstacle to the development of the free education system is not funds, but the serious shortage of teachers.

To solve this problem, the establishment of normal colleges is the most effective way, but judging from the current situation, the road to the establishment of normal schools is long and difficult.

There is no shortage of scholars in Ming Dynasty, but the goal of scholars is to become an official in the pilot test. As for teaching and educating people, sorry, this is not my ambition.

This kind of thinking that has been ingrained for thousands of years has formed a fixed pattern. If you want to change it, you will not see the effect overnight. Decision makers must have perseverance and perseverance, and formulate relevant strategies with a protracted thinking.

Zhu Youjian knew that even if some scholars gave up the idea of ​​being an official and being a master and willingly devoted themselves to the cause of teaching and educating people, the final results were not what he hoped to see.

Education is not just the Four Books and Five Classics, and now most literati are only good at these useless things that can only be used for self-cultivation, but cannot greatly promote social progress.

The cultivation of teachers is the most important thing. In this regard, the European education system is worth learning.

Among the nearly [-] talents Fang Yizhi brought back this time, in addition to Descartes, there are more than a dozen teachers of mathematics and science from his alma mater, the University of Poitiers.

These people came to Daming voluntarily following the mission either out of curiosity about the mysterious ancient country in the East, or because they were moved by the rich material benefits offered by Ming Dynasty.

In order to retain these and future talents, under the instructions of Zhu Youjian, the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated a large amount of funds to build hundreds of luxury houses with at least three entrances in the Guozijian, that is, the Institute of Technology, for these elites to live in. The residences are equipped with corresponding servants and servants to take care of their daily diet and daily life.

These servants and servants hired by the court have all been screened, and they are all praised by their neighbors in terms of morality.

Zhu Youjian didn't want some quarrels to happen because of the flaws in the details.

For example, if the property of a certain family is stolen due to greed for small profits, if the hired personnel are not screened, this situation is very likely to happen. Although it is not a big thing, it should be avoided as much as possible.

Under the auspices of Fang Yizhi and the assistance of Zheng Zhifeng and others, Descartes and his former alumni are compiling relevant teaching materials. better foundation.

In the future, these textbooks will also become common textbooks for the entire Ming Dynasty, and most of the hundreds of overseas students returning to China will become the first generation of teachers in the true sense of the Ming Dynasty. There will naturally be more and more talents.

The talent introduction and training system will be carried out at the same time. Zhu Youjian has already decreed that Fang Yizhi and Zheng Zhifeng will be fully responsible for related matters. No matter how much money is spent, the imperial court will fully allocate it.

The top priority now is to let the first batch of talents have a sense of belonging, gain, and accomplishment. In the future, when all conditions are met, they will become citizens of Ming Dynasty and enjoy the most abundant resources in the world.

When this group of people felt the great changes in their lives and felt a strong sense of honor in their hearts, it was a matter of course for them to exchange letters with their relatives and friends in Europe, speak out from their own experiences, and attract more talents to come to Daming to choose jobs and settle down.

Daming is still not well-known at the moment. Only by letting more Europeans know that Daming is not only rich but also powerful, will it attract more talents to the East.

In the era when the concept of nationhood had not yet taken shape, even in the era when this concept was widely recognized all over the world, Europeans who valued interests did not mind giving up their nationality for the sake of sufficient wealth.

How to increase Daming's popularity?
Zhu Youjian is very much looking forward to war now, and if nothing else happens, the Spaniards will become the bannermen for Ming to expand its influence in Europe.

As long as the Spanish army is defeated, Ming's reputation will resound throughout the world, which is of great benefit in attracting talents.

Although Habsburg has declined, its influence in Europe still cannot be underestimated. Defeating the Spanish army will change the entire European situation, and Ming can calmly deploy according to the specific situation and adopt flexible strategies to take advantage of the opportunity.

It would be great if all the major European countries could be caught in a big war, so that there would be more talents. Because of the lack of security, they urgently need to change places to survive. Daming would be the best choice, and would eventually become the biggest winner .

But this matter can only be thought about now, and it is impossible to indirectly promote it.

The distance between Daming and Europe is too far. Although there is no shortage of people playing tricks in the court, the specific operation requires a qualified intermediary. At least one must be proficient in the history and language of each country. But at present, only Fang Yizhi is qualified, but he Not someone who is good at lobbying and strategizing.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian suddenly felt that he was a little crazy.

It is fundamental to make Daming bigger and stronger.

As long as one's own comprehensive strength ranks first in the world, coupled with public opinion propaganda and guidance, talents will naturally come uninvited, not to mention that there are many cases where major historical events start by accident, people are not as good as heaven, Daming only needs to play by ear. OK.

The most important thing now is to improve the economy of the Ming Dynasty. After solving the problem of food and clothing, the quality of life of the people in the world will be improved. I should position myself as the founder and strive to see in my lifetime that the country where the first industrial revolution originated is In Daming, this is the right way.

Great results have been achieved in the Beidi and Huguang areas, and the problem of food and clothing for most people has been completely solved. After the arrival of Chongzhen 15 years ago, local governments have deployed cash crops in rotation according to Zhu Youjian's strategic plan.

In a few years, when enough experience is accumulated, the output of economic crops will increase significantly, and people in the world will not only have enough to eat, but will also eat better, which will lay a solid foundation for future economic development.

As for economic development planning, we must first make sure of one thing: people-oriented, and never engage in behaviors that highlight certain places, so as to prevent the phenomenon of left-behind children arising from this.

Zhu Youjian always felt that the most precious and cherished thing in the world is family affection.

As an orphan in later generations, what he envied most was when his classmates talked about the family situation when he was in school. He always believed that even if the life was not as rich as other families, as long as the family is together forever, that is the true meaning of happiness.

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