The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 92 Keeping pace with the times

"Lan Yu asks to see you?"

"Yes, official, Lan Yu and a man named Shen Yiqiu are waiting outside the gate of the palace." As soon as I returned to Ninggan Palace, Eunuch Zhou came to report.

"Xuan."

"Yes, official." Eunuch Zhou said respectfully.This week, my father-in-law has always been respectful to me, but I always feel a little strange.

"Xiaoqi."

"Official, the younger one is here."

"It is said that He Ji, Wen Tianxiang, and Lu Xiufu gave lectures at the Chongzheng Hall together in the Imperial Study Room."

"Yes, little one, let's go."

I hurriedly finished my lunch and came to the imperial study.

"Shen Yiqiu, a grassroots man, sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

I helped Shen Yiqiu up: "Mr. Shen, be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Lan Yu, is the journey going well?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Yun Zhongfei was careful all the way, and it went very smoothly."

"Well, very good, Lan Yu, you go down first."

Not long after, Xiao Qi, He Ji and others also arrived.

"Sir." Shen Yiqiu recognized the white-haired He Ji at a glance, and performed the gift of the younger generation, "Yiqiu bows to Mr., Mr. is always well?"

He Ji was stunned for a moment, and then excitedly said: "It's Yiqiu, okay, okay, I haven't seen you for more than ten years in a blink of an eye, and I still heard from His Majesty that you have been in Kuaiji."

"Yes, the countryside of Kuaiji is beautiful, it's a good place."

I waited for the two of them to finish exchanging greetings, and said: "Everyone, sit down and talk. I called you here today to discuss the matter of the university."

He Ji said: "Please make it clear, Your Majesty."

"Since ancient times, there has been only one path for students in the world, the imperial examination, and all they have learned is the Four Books and Five Classics. They have seriously neglected the art of natural objects, which is not conducive to the flourishing of a hundred flowers, nor to the balanced development of all walks of life. Therefore, I plan to add a The model, this is the university. I have also mentioned its role before, one is research, and the other is to cultivate talents. I plan to change the Gongyuan into Lin'an Royal University, which is temporarily subordinate to the royal family. In the future, I will add an education department to the existing seven departments. At that time, it will be transferred to the Ministry of Education. He Aiqing, Mr. Shen, I appoint you two as the principal and vice president of the university, to train young talents for our dynasty, what do you think of the two gentlemen?"

"The minister obeys the order."

"The grass people follow the order."

"Okay, let me first talk about the setting of school subjects."

I took a sip of tea, moistened my throat and continued: "Lin'an University is mainly based on natural sciences. In my opinion, it is divided into the following seven departments in advance, literature and history, agricultural plants, mathematics, mechanical physics, and chemistry. Engineering, astronomy and geography, medicine."

I originally wanted to set up a business department, but when I thought that there was no such professor at all, I had to give up temporarily. I explained these types of subjects in detail, and Shen Yiqiu reacted much faster than the rest of the people: "The emperor's classification method is also It’s groundbreaking.”

Lu Xiufu also praised: "The idea of ​​this university is already unimaginable. I still use the old saying, Your Majesty is also a god."

He Jidao: "Your Majesty, this subverts the knowledge since ancient times. It is really unprecedented. I dare to ask, is natural science so important?"

I smiled and said: "He Aiqing, let me take agricultural tools as an example. In ancient times, stone implements were the main tools, and later they were developed into bronze agricultural implements, and now pig iron agricultural implements. Didn't this greatly increase the productivity of farmers? This is the promotion of smelting technology. The development of production, and smelting technology belongs to natural science, and some kind of machine may appear in the future to replace the existing hand-made agricultural tools. These similar inventions are based on natural science.”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty's example is very appropriate. It is as far away as the invention of papermaking, which has brought great convenience to students all over the world. It is as close as the newly released magnifying glass, which enables elderly scholars with poor eyesight to see clearly. Reading and literacy is the progress that inventions and creations have brought to mankind."

"That's true, the old man is also using a magnifying glass to read books now, which is indeed much more convenient."

"Well, the traditional Four Books and Five Classics cannot be discarded. What the ancestors left behind must be inherited, but more importantly, there must be innovations. Times are changing, and people's concepts must also change accordingly. This is called advancing with the times. I established this The purpose of this university is mainly to change the thinking direction of scholars and gradually guide them to develop in a diversified way, so that a hundred flowers can truly flourish. To put it simply, what I mean is that technology is the foundation of the development of productive forces and the foundation of a strong country.”

From the perspective of historical development, it is through a series of scientific and technological revolutions that Europe has surpassed many ancient civilizations in one fell swoop and is at the forefront of the world.On the contrary, China is becoming more and more conservative, and there are no breakthroughs after the so-called four great inventions.

He Ji nodded and said, "The old minister understands a little bit."

Ma Tingluan and He Ji are both well-educated people. Although He Ji is much older, he is not as pedantic and stubborn as Ma Tingluan.

"The first batch of students in the university recruits 20 people from each department, and the examination method can be different from the imperial examination. I think the most important point is that the recruited students must love the majors they are applying for, such as astronomers and mathematicians hundreds of years ago Zu Chongzhi, it is precisely because of his obsession with astronomy and mathematics that he has made great achievements. The specific method will be proposed after discussion between the two of you. The academic system of the university is tentatively scheduled to be three years. In the first year, we will learn basic knowledge together regardless of department. Mainly based on my brief introduction to physical arts, I will learn their respective professional knowledge by subject in the next two years. After graduation, I will be recruited by the imperial court. In addition, there are professors who can be recruited from various channels. For example, among the candidates of this year Those who have expertise in this area can teach while learning. Professors of medicine can be hired from imperial physicians. Professors of mechanical physics can be hired by Yun Bofei and others. The expenses are all borne by the royal family. As for another function of the university, research, there are two sources. One is the tasks I entrusted to you. For example, I need you to improve the existing rice seeds to increase the yield per mu. , or I want you to improve the existing looms to increase efficiency; the second is the projects you apply for yourself, for example, you can propose that you want to improve a certain technology or invent something, or you want to Research on a certain historical mystery case, etc., can be implemented after I approve it, and I will allocate special personnel, money and resources to let you concentrate on research. If you have any ideas, feel free to put them forward.”

He Ji and Shen Yiqiu looked at each other and said: "Your Majesty, I will discuss with Yiqiu, Lord Wen, and Lord Lu before the memorial will be presented."

"Well, these are my preliminary ideas. You are exploring as you go. Don't be afraid of failure when you are new. Mr. Shen has just arrived, so let's take a rest for two days."

Shen Yiqiu said: "Your Majesty, it's okay, the grassroots can act immediately."

"He Aiqing, you go down first, the two of you will go to the Gongyuan to start working tomorrow. Mr. Shen, I will arrange a place for you."

"Yes, the old minister will leave."

"Aiqing, wait a moment." I handed He Ji a manuscript and said, "He Aiqing, I used circles to break sentences in the article. However, my Chinese characters have a long history and have many meanings. It is difficult to fully express them with only one circle symbol. The manuscript written recently has the usage and instructions of punctuation marks, Aiqing is a master of this, you can take a look first to see if it can be promoted."

"Punctuation marks?"

"Well, it's similar to the circle of sentences in an article. There are detailed annotations on it, and Ai Qing can understand it at a glance."

After He Ji left, I asked, "Mr. Shen, how is the villa?"

"Back to the emperor, everything is normal. There are about 350 people. The instructors sent by Zhang Shijie and Master Li of Yangzhou have already started training them. The effect is obvious. When Caomin left, they were familiarizing themselves with guns according to Master Yun's instructions. Quanjue is also assisting them, and after they are familiar with the performance and usage of guns, Quanjue can leave for Beijing."

"Okay, the MSG you brought last time was sold out in just one day, and the magnifying glass and hard pens were also sold out. The MSG workshop and other workshops here are also under construction, and the MSG can be mass-produced by the end of this month. Many technological equipments are ahead of the villa. I will build a world’s most advanced laboratory in Lin’an University to maximize your research. Maybe in the near future, Lin’an University will be able to take care of its own profits and losses, haha, of course this is Later."

Shen Yiqiu didn't understand the meaning of being responsible for his own profits and losses, seeing me happy, he also laughed along with me.