Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 541 Government School (1)

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

"Li Qing, how is your health now?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ruddy Li Zhizao with concern on his face, "Have you called someone from the Traditional Chinese Medicine School for a follow-up visit recently? The body is the capital. Even if you are the burden of the Imperial University, you must take good care of your body and don't overdraw your vitality." Otherwise, how can we worry about the society and share our worries?"

"Report to Your Majesty."

Li Zhizao felt a warm current in his heart, he cupped his hands and said, "Your body is fine, as Wu Zhiwang said, you just need to warm up and recuperate, and don't work too hard."

"That's good."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "With Wu Qing's words, I can rest assured, but the Qing family still needs to pay more attention, and don't work too hard."

"The minister obeys the order."

Li Zhizao responded immediately.

Looking at Li Zhizao in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen who was sitting firmly on the dragon chair, he felt a little emotional in his heart, this man is a rare talent.

As the first group of Ming Dynasty to come into contact with Western learning, talents such as Li Zhizao and Xu Guangqi did not go very well whether they were among the scholars or in their official careers.

Even if they are talented.

However, the ideology of Ming Dynasty, influenced by Confucianism, is very conservative and rigid, which also makes them not accepted by civil officials and most scholars of Ming Dynasty.

But these are all things of the past.

Under the gathering of Emperor Chongzhen, people like Li Zhizao and Xu Guangqi were valued accordingly, and all groups who were exposed to Western learning were invited to the capital.

For Emperor Chongzhen, these were all baby bumps, and they represented a possibility.

Can it absorb the essence of Western learning, discard the dross of Western learning, and gradually develop disciplines in various fields belonging to the Ming Dynasty with the Chinese civilization as the root.

This significance is very important.

"Qing family, how is the planning and development of the current Capital University?"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Zhizao with a serious expression and said, "Has the establishment of disciplines involving arithmetic, physics, chemistry, astronomy, finance, geography and other fields been clarified one by one?
All in all, the preparation time for the Imperial University Hall is not short.

Although I am busy with government affairs, I am concerned about this matter in my heart. Whether the school develops well or not, it will play a big role in Da Ming's rejuvenation. "

Although there are currently a lot of talents under the command of the Armed Forces Academy in Xishan, driving the frontier development of Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, there are still too few.

In the future, if the Ming Dynasty wants to develop, it cannot do without a large-scale talent team. The Imperial University Hall is a fire, representing the fire that liberates the mind of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty must be completely reformed. By reading a few books of sages and taking the imperial examinations, one can enter the official career of the Ming Dynasty. The selection of talents is not what Emperor Chongzhen wanted.

Do they understand how to manage the river?

Do they understand financial management?

Do they understand the establishment of industries?

Do they understand planning and construction?

Do they understand the judgment of the case?

The root causes of Ming Dynasty's endless party disputes are one driven by interests, and the other is conservative thinking. These are like two big mountains, which cannot be easily eradicated.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen must gradually pry the roots, and strive to reform the ideology of the Ming Dynasty and completely reform the education of the Ming Dynasty in the shortest possible time.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the textbooks for many subjects taught in the Imperial University have been compiled."

Li Zhizao couldn't hide his excitement, and he cupped his hands and said, "In accordance with His Majesty's original will, from elementary, to intermediate, to advanced, the teaching materials of all levels will be developed step by step from easy to difficult.

At present, the batch of elementary schools opened in Huangzhuang under the jurisdiction of Zhili publishes various elementary textbooks and imparts corresponding knowledge.

Now at the Imperial University Hall, there are 129 teachers of various disciplines, 276 students recruited, and 431 scholars, which can be regarded as beginning to take shape. "

It took more than half a year to recruit such a small number of people, which is too little.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, and he knew in his heart that it would be very difficult to develop new disciplines in Daming, but he did not expect it to be so difficult.

With such a small number of scholars, I am afraid that most of them are hopeless in the imperial examination or from poor families. I am afraid that there are even fewer scholars studying in some subjects.

If education cannot form a scale, it will be impossible to change quantitatively into qualitative change, let alone move towards a blowout development. This is not what Emperor Chongzhen wanted.

However, textbooks in various fields have been compiled from easy to difficult, which means that as long as the investment is increased, more groups can be attracted.

At this stage, it is not the time to give the Beijing Normal University the same status as the Imperial College. After all, if this is really done, I am afraid that it will cause counterattacks from the civil servants.

There are many plans and deployments, all of which are advancing steadily. Emperor Chongzhen did not allow order to be chaotic, which would not be beneficial to subsequent development.

"How many of these scholars in the school have potential?"

Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind, looked at Li Zhizao and said, "It stands to reason that the treatment in the Imperial University is good. Why are there so few scholars entering the academy?"

The smile on Li Zhizao's face disappeared, "There may be less than [-]% of potential scholars, and the remaining scholars can only learn a little.

The remuneration in the Imperial University is good, but after all, they cannot take the imperial examination, so many people are discouraged, and the ministers are also racking their brains to recruit more scholars. "

What Li Zhizao said is very realistic. For the scholars of Ming Dynasty, they would not even touch the subjects that could not participate in the imperial examination.

Not only that, they will criticize.

Confucianism can last for a long time. In addition to catering to the needs of governance, the root cause of Confucianism is that there is a complete education system, starting from the enlightenment and ending with the imperial examination. Different stages of learning different knowledge classics can be said to be clearly arranged.

This is the accumulation of thousands of years of accumulation. If you want to shake the roots of Confucianism, you can't shake it just by talking about it.

"You can't just limit your field of vision to the capital city or the capital city. If this continues, the Imperial University will not be able to develop at all."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and said, "I have thought of a way, now in the northern Zhili, since Lu Qing became the governor of Zhili, the situation in all prefectures and counties has improved.

In particular, the establishment of the Zhili Disaster Relief Office has led to many bankrupt groups being arranged to make a living in various fields, and their family conditions are improving.

The Jingshi University Hall can concentrate the main recruiting groups on the descendants of these groups. Although most of them are illiterate, it is often much easier to draw on white paper. I can pass the decree to Lu Qing, called The Disaster Relief Administration has cooperated with you. "

Compared with what Li Zhizao thought, what Emperor Chongzhen thought was more proactive, effectively concentrating various resources to cultivate talents belonging to various fields of the Ming Dynasty, and to build a well-defined team.

(End of this chapter)