Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 217 After the course was taught, hundreds of people knelt down to teach.

The next day, Cao Wei went to the Manufacturing Bureau to teach as usual. In another ten days, all courses would be completed.

Maybe it's because of his identity, or maybe because most of them have some basic knowledge, but this group of students still makes Cao Wei very worry-free. That time he was tired, it was purely because Cao Wei arranged his work schedule too fullly. lead to.

As the graduation time approaches day by day, Cao Wei gradually feels reluctant to give up.

Once a teacher, always a father, this sentence is really not just a saying.

No matter how the students looked at Cao Wei, Cao Wei taught the students knowledge every day and cultivated them carefully. It seemed that they really felt like his own children.

No matter who of these students becomes effective or not in the future, it was all the result of his hard work and education.

After finishing the day's classes, Cao Wei came to the palace study.

Zhu Xiongying was reviewing the memorials. There were more memorials today, so Cao Wei waited in another part of the study, thinking about how to arrange Guo Ying's mission to Osman this time.

I don't know how long it took, but when Cao Wei was waiting in the side hall of the study and was about to fall asleep, the eunuch chief next to Zhu Xiongying came over and called softly while holding his throat.

"Master Cao, His Majesty has asked you to come over."

Cao Wei squeezed his eyes, rubbed his face, and followed the chief eunuch through a jade curtain to Zhu Xiongying's side.

"There are a lot of memorials today, and I kept the Grand Master waiting for a long time." Zhu Xiongying said with a smile when he saw Cao Wei coming over.

It seems that it has always been like this. As long as he sees Cao Wei, Zhu Xiongying's heart will be completely at ease.

"I have met your Majesty," Cao Wei said with no less courtesy.

Then, Zhu Xiongying asked someone to bring a chair and asked Cao Wei to sit down.

"The grand master went to Wudinghou's mansion yesterday. Did you get any results?"

Cao Wei nodded, and then told everything that happened after he went to Guo Ying's house.

After Zhu Xiongying heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Hahahaha, the grand master still has a way to convince Wu Dinghouzhi in just a few words. Even I can't do this."

Guo Ying's sister became Concubine Ning and gave birth to a baby for Zhu Yuanzhang. King Zhu Tan of Lu was Concubine Ning's child. According to seniority, Zhu Xiongying had to call Guo Ying uncle and grandpa.

If the two of them were really face to face, Zhu Xiongying really wouldn't scare Guo Ying like Cao Wei did. Cao Wei didn't have any pressure at all. He just wanted to get things done. With three softening sentences and two harsh words, Guo Ying was let go. Having no idea, I agreed in a daze.

Next, the two began to discuss the details of this mission to Osman.

Since Cao Wei said that he would arrange 10,000 people to protect Guo Ying, he couldn't break his promise.

And these 10,000 people cannot all be sent to the elite, because that will cause unnecessary tension in the Ottomans, but these 10,000 people cannot all be useless, otherwise Guo Ying is too old, and the Ottomans will really have some shortcomings, and it will not end well. .

Although Cao Wei didn't want to attract Osman's attention too much at this time, he couldn't really trick Guo Ying too hard, otherwise it would be detrimental to Zhu Xiongying's reputation and it would be difficult to handle things in the future.

In the end, it was decided that the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army would order to select some good soldiers from the surrounding provincial guards and equip them with firecrackers.

However, manpower was mobilized from other military camps and only ordinary weapons were provided, forming a total of 10,000 people. This would not be too strong, but would also have certain self-protection and counterattack capabilities.

After finalizing the matter of sending an envoy to Osman, Zhu Xiongying turned around and became concerned about Cao Wei's group of students.

"The Grand Master's course is about to end. I wonder how the Grand Master wants to arrange those students?"

Cao Wei thought for a while and said:

"I do have an idea, and I hope your majesty will approve it."

"Grand Master, just put it bluntly. You and I don't need to be polite. As long as I can do it, I will do it."

Cao Wei stood up, cupped his hands towards Zhu Xiongying, and then said:

"I have handed over most of the knowledge I know to them. They are the top talents in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and no matter what time it is, talents are the most important."

"Especially when it comes to the improvement of national science and technology development, it is inseparable from professional talents. The thunder cannons and trains that Ming Dynasty already has are still in their most primitive state and can continue to be improved step by step."

"Just like the steam train, if you go one step further, you can use the internal combustion engine to drive the power, which will be faster and have a stronger carrying capacity. There will also be thunder cannons. If they continue to be developed, they will be more powerful and can even track and strike. All of this requires professional talents. It takes unremitting efforts to achieve it.”

"Furthermore, the manned aircraft that I am currently preparing to develop cannot be separated from professional talents. With them, manned flight can be realized faster. In addition, there are many, many more... …”

There are so many scientific and technological achievements of later generations that Cao Wei could not finish them all at once, and some of them are difficult to say now, because Zhu Xiongying would not be able to understand them at this time.

Just like what he said just now, the artillery that can track and strike, Zhu Xiongying had a look of confusion on his face, he couldn't understand it at all.

What Cao Wei said so much is to make Zhu Xiongying understand the importance of these scientific and technological talents, which is the foundation for a country's rapid development!

And Zhu Xiongying did understand what Cao Wei meant, because he had already seen how the "technological development" Cao Wei mentioned had brought about earth-shaking changes to the Ming Dynasty.

To talk about an obvious and most technological one, in the past, people in two places who were far apart could only communicate by sending letters, and it took a long time to go back and forth. No matter whether they were common people or princes and nobles, they were no exception.

But since Cao Wei developed the wireless telegraph machine, with the help of telegraph machines and relay towers, people separated by hundreds or thousands of miles have basically been able to communicate in real time!

The telegram was sent over there, received here, and decrypted. It took less than a quarter of an hour in total. This was something no one had dared to think of before!

According to Cao Wei, the wireless telegraph is only the simplest form of communication. There is also a telephone that can directly hear the other party's voice and communicate without any obstacles. Zhu Xiongying cannot even think of such miraculous feats.

"Therefore, I will select ten of the twenty outstanding students to stay in Yingtian and devote themselves to scientific and technological research and development. For the remaining ninety-one, Your Majesty can issue a decree to order them to travel to various parts of the country. Preach and teach, and teach more professionals in various fields."

"In this way, Ming's scientific research talents will have a continuous supply and can continue to serve the country."

After Cao Wei finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Xiongying, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Xiongying nodded thoughtfully, "Yes."

"Besides," Cao Wei chuckled, "I also want to set up a scientific research institute. Not only do I need to place the ten students, but I also need to recruit some manpower to do the work. The scientific research institute and the manufacturing bureau will cooperate with each other and assist each other. It will definitely be done. Better than now.”

Zhu Xiongying nodded again, "Yes."

Immediately, Cao Wei made a final request, "I also want to have your Majesty arrange for the remaining ninety-one students to be properly accommodated when they go to various parts of the country."

Cao Wei made this request entirely for his group of students. As a teacher, there was only so much he could do.

Zhu Xiongying smiled, "What's wrong with such a small thing?"

"At that time, the Ming Dynasty's treasury was empty and there was insufficient food. It was the Grand Master who made the Ming Dynasty become more and more prosperous step by step. He pacified the Northern Yuan Dynasty, destroyed the Eastern Japanese, suppressed Europe, and those high-yield grains... It was the Grand Master who made the Ming Dynasty not short of money. Hua, I don’t have to worry about food. Now I have only made this small request. How can I not respond?" "Well, after the Taishi course is completed, I will call these students into the palace and ask them face to face about their wishes. At most I will take care of their lives as much as possible so that they can devote themselves to their work. As long as it is not too much, I will agree to it."

When Cao Wei heard this, he cupped his hands and bowed deeply.

"Your Majesty is wise! I thank you, Your Majesty!"

……

Ten days passed.

Cao Wei's classes were all over, but he didn't tell the students.

It was another early morning, and all the students had gathered in the classroom of the Manufacturing Bureau, waiting for Cao Wei to arrive. They wondered what knowledge the teacher would teach them today.

But today, Cao Wei was not seen for a long time. Instead, someone came from the palace.

The chief eunuch next to Zhu Xiongying led a group of people into the manufacturing bureau. He found the location of the classroom. After entering, he smiled and said to the students:

"As soon as Master Cao's classes are over, His Majesty has ordered you to be summoned to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit."

All the students were pleasantly surprised, mixed with a bit of reluctance and worry.

The emperor summoned them to the palace. This was not a treatment that ordinary Jinshi scholars could receive, which made them happy.

What’s surprising is that the teacher’s class is over now? The teacher never told them, and they never thought they would be so caught off guard! In this case, wouldn't they have to leave the teacher?

More than a hundred students, who didn't know what they were feeling, all followed the eunuch chief to the palace.

All the way to the main hall, more than a hundred people stood in the center of the main hall, and the two rows of officials next to them had to move to the side.

"Common people see you, Your Majesty!"

More than a hundred students knelt on the ground and shouted respectfully to Zhu Xiongying who was sitting on the dragon chair.

"No courtesy, stay on your own," Zhu Xiongying waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" A kind of student stood up. Someone looked around, but Cao Wei was nowhere to be found.

Zhu Xiongying glanced around this group of people one by one, his eyes showing relief. These people will be the cornerstone of the future development of Ming Dynasty's science and technology!

He smiled lightly and said:

"You have been studying with Master Cao for more than a year and seven months. How do you feel? How is your study going?"

"The Grand Master is willing to condescend to teach us. Students should study wholeheartedly. Although it has only been more than a year, it feels like they have been reborn." The students replied.

"Okay," Zhu Xiongying nodded, "Now that Grandmaster Cao's lectures are over, it's time for you to fulfill your obligations. Grandmaster Cao's teachings to you are not in vain."

As he spoke, Zhu Xiongying looked at the more than 30 craftsmen from the Manufacturing Bureau headed by Song Ping and Zhao Heng. These people were old acquaintances.

"Song Ping, Zhao Heng,"

"Chen is here!"

"You belong to the Manufacturing Bureau and carry a heavy burden on you. I won't arrange too many things for you. Just do a good job in the Manufacturing Bureau in the future."

"I obey the decree and will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations!"

Then, Zhu Xiongying looked at the other hundred students.

"I will select ten of you to stay in Yingtian to work, and the rest will be sent to all parts of the country to continue to spread the advanced scientific and technological knowledge you learned from Grand Master Cao. Do you have any objections?"

"The common people must obey His Majesty's orders!"

"Okay," Zhu Xiongying waved to the chief eunuch on the side, who handed him a piece of paper with a list of ten people written by Cao Wei for him.

"Xie Jin, Yi Qiu, Baicheng, Zhang Jinxiu, Song Lei, Zhou Wencheng..."

When Zhu Xiongying was the first to read Xie Jin's name, there was still an obvious commotion in the hall.

Many civil and military ministers widened their eyes in disbelief. They did not expect to hear the name Xie Jin again in this life.

At first, Xie Jin offended the Supreme Emperor Hong Wu and was dismissed from his post. Unexpectedly, he has now attached himself to Cao Wei. With Cao Wei's current status and reputation, he might really have to turn Xie Jin over. This is actually the case for most people. Don't want to see it.

After all, with Xie Jin's original behavior, many people were offended. It is impossible for these people to expect good things from Xie Jin.

Their eyes searched the crowd standing in the middle, and sure enough they saw Xie Jin standing straight there.

"It's really Xie Jin."

"How long has it been since he was dismissed? Now he appears again..."

Xie Jin also noticed the comments and looks of these officials, but he ignored them at all.

Today, he is no longer the same Xie Jin as before. Now he has no interest in the affairs of the court. He just wants to follow Cao Wei wholeheartedly, assist his mentor, and continue to study the infinite mysteries of mathematics. How can these ordinary people understand? ?

Zhu Xiongying finished reading the list of ten people, and then said to the others:

"Ninety-one people besides these ten will go to teach or serve in various places in the Ming Dynasty. After they go, they may stay there for the rest of their lives. Are you willing?"

"The grassroots are willing to do so!"

"Of course, I also consider that most of your homes are around Yingtian Mansion. If you go out of town, you won't be able to see your family members often."

"So I will give you a sum of money so that you can arrange yourself. In addition, you can also discuss with your family. If your family is willing to go abroad together and reunite as a family, I can also help you arrange everything. .”

When all the students heard this, they burst into tears of gratitude! They all knelt down and worshiped again.

"Caomin, thank you for your kindness!"

"This is your mentor. Please take good care of you. You must not lose the name of your mentor. Do your best when you get there."

When everyone heard this, they were extremely grateful to Cao Wei. Their eyes were red and they bowed their heads to the ground.

"Grass people, obey the order!"

A group of students left the palace, but did not disperse. Instead, Wu Yangyang came to the door of Cao's Mansion in an orderly manner, lined up, and knelt down to worship.

(End of this chapter)