I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 322 Science, Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine
"First, regarding utensils, I heard that many people's farm tools are worn out, and they cost a lot every year. One reason is that iron tools are wasteful, and the other reason is that farm tools cannot be used. Although there is a method of filling steel today, it costs a lot, but there is no The method of improvement can only be used on swords.”

"In the pre-Qin period, most farm tools were not made of iron. Nowadays, in some remote areas, iron is still not available. I feel guilty every time I think about it."

"One is for counting...one is for medicine...one is for livestock..."

Hearing this, Cai Yong didn't understand why the emperor had been prepared.

This was not only Liu Bian’s idea, but also a little bit of credit from his external brain Shangshutai.

After speaking, Liu Bian looked at Cai Yong and said: "So, Hongdu School is very different from Taixue. I intend to move it under Taichang. What does Master Cai think?"

In the past, in order to use Hongdu sect to check and balance Taixue, the late emperor forcibly used his authority to endorse Hongdu sect, thus making Hongdu sect independent, with its own Hongdu literature and enrollment channels. But the actual effect...the level of officials who learned from the Hongdu Sect was obviously insufficient, and they were better than those who bought official positions.

For the late emperor, it would be better to sell his official position directly!
Therefore, the late emperor himself gave up on the Hongdu School and only regarded it as a place that catered to his own preferences. The number of students in the Hongdu School also gradually decreased from the peak of a thousand. Until now, Hua Tuo was not even given the opportunity to study medicine. There are not enough disciples.

In Liu Bian's view, since Hongdu School has long been unable to play a role in checking and balancing Imperial College, he does not believe that arts such as calligraphy, painting, and poetry are talents needed to govern the country. It is better to let Hongdu School find another way.

Facing Liu Bian's request, Cai Yong immediately agreed: "Your Majesty has an order, and I have no shirking duty!"

When he was excited, he saw Le Song again, and immediately remembered the unfinished impeachment, and continued: "Your Majesty, I think it is no longer appropriate for Le Song to be in the position of offering wine to the disciples."

Liu Bian was very satisfied with Le Song's smart performance in supporting Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing. When he could not find other engineering talents, he still wanted to use Le Song.

After hesitating for a moment, he boldly asked: "Your Majesty, among the sects, there are some people who are proficient in calligraphy and poetry, and they also have disciples. I don't know if I want to expel them..."

What he was most worried about was that Le Song would seduce Liu Bian and make him do things like the late emperor's example of building gardens and increasing the harem. But now it seems there is no such trend.

Le Song finally came to his senses and bowed: "I will live up to your majesty's trust!"

Liu Bian thought for a while and said: "This year, the Imperial College will have plans to take the exam, and they can be allowed to join the Imperial College to take the exam. As a teacher, let's leave one or two people in each subject. The number of disciples can be decided by Master Cai according to the situation." As for the remaining disciples who want to stay, they need to enter other departments. What does Master Cai think?"

Moreover, Liu Bian believed in Cai Yong's character and would not do anything that would undermine public service for personal reasons.

Although Cai Yong still felt a little regretful, the entire Hongdu School was under his control, so it was hard to say anything more.

Liu Bian laughed and said: "Leqing is the sacrificial wine left by my father after all. Let's do it first to avoid chaos."

In his mind, he was thinking, wouldn’t he be able to control the future of Hongdu School now?

As for the results, time will tell.

Since Liu Bian wanted Le Song to continue serving as the sacrificial wine, Cai Yong made up his mind to make Le Song too busy to bewitch the emperor!

Moreover, Hongdumen School has become a place for studying ingenuity, and its students are not qualified to hold official positions such as county magistrates.

Although he spoke for Le Song, Cai Yong's obvious dislike for Le Song was somewhat beyond Liu Bian's expectation.

We should always give them a chance to prevent laid-off unemployed people from following Li Zicheng's path and finding jobs again.

If you don't like Taixue Cexuan and don't have the ability to stay in Hongdu to study, then you deserve it.

"I have no objection." Cai Yong replied, as long as he can pass the test set by him, why should he object. Liu Bian added: "What I said today is not comprehensive. How many subjects will be established in Hongdu School in the end requires more thinking and research."

Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and Le Song all responded.

For a time, both the emperor and his ministers were happy.

Only Le Song felt bitter in his heart. Although he kept his official position as a wine sacrificer, the emperor still entrusted Cai Yong with the decision-making power on how Hongdu School should change its course.

He felt that his future was going to be difficult.

Of course, he would definitely be reluctant to let him resign.

When he left the palace, he looked at Cai Yong's back and was about to step forward to say a few nice words. However, he saw that Cai Yong had no intention of talking to him and only left one sentence: "I will go to Hongdu with my subordinates to study tomorrow." , set the rules." Then Cai Yong got in the car and left without looking back.

It was as if saying one more word to Le Song would dirty his mouth.

Le Song could only lament and prepared to go back to Hongdu School to inform the literary staff about the layoffs. He made up his mind and said that Cai Yong's original intention was to attract firepower to him. Anyway, Cai Yong requested the abolition of Hongdu School, and Le Song was not lying.

After there were only the serving eunuchs left in the Yuntai Palace, Liu Ben ordered his men to get a piece of white paper, think about it, and start writing and drawing on it.

His impression of ancient grain varieties was Champa rice, but now the southernmost part of the Cochin region has reached Vietnam in later generations, and he has not heard of any high-yielding varieties. It is most likely that they have not been cultivated yet.

Don't even think about corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Even if Liu Bian now has a fleet that can sail across the ocean and explore America and other places, there is no telling how far these crops have evolved!

Therefore, we have to rely on the most primitive method-experiment.

Although Liu Bian returned many things from his school days to the teacher, he still understood some basic knowledge.

What are the experimental groups and control groups, what forces interact with each other, the force and torque of the lever... Liu Bian wrote them all in a jumble.

I am going to give some advice when Hongdu School is on the right track.

Now he is not afraid that the eunuchs around him will suspect anything because of this. The eunuchs can't understand it anyway, and he doesn't need to give an explanation.

Liu Bian still had some doubts about whether leaving this matter to Cai Yong to take the lead would end up going wrong.

But apart from Cai Yong, how many people can recruit sufficiently talented students for Hongdu School in a short period of time.

After thinking about it, Liu Bian felt that it was still necessary to provide a channel for the students who would succeed in Hongdu Menxue Middle School to become officials, otherwise it might not be attractive.

There are still too few people who are born with love and have the conditions and opportunities.

Liu Bian sent this request to Shangshutai. Regarding the Shangshutai, I can only say that whoever uses it will know it. The more it is used, the better it will be.

In fact, the Han family had a general who was responsible for civil engineering, a master craftsman, and he had workers and apprentices under him, but he was mainly responsible for palaces, tombs, etc., and he was too specialized in his craft.

(End of this chapter)