Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 222 Departments and Colleges
Offspring are the continuation of a person's bloodline, and even the continuation of your spirit, dreams, and wishes. If you cannot accomplish your ambitions, your offspring may be able to help you accomplish them.

At least it is a hope, and the greatest motivation for a person to live comes from hope. A desperate person cannot survive.

Therefore, if there is a chance, no matter how hard or difficult it is, you should have a child of your own. After all, what else in this world can soothe your heart better than your own biological child?
A day passes when you are depressed, and a day passes when you are full of passion and enthusiasm. God will reward those who work hard.

At this moment, Chen Gu felt full of energy, and even his thinking became much clearer. He wanted to prepare for the imperial examination and recruit scholars.

In the lobby of the government office, the heads of various departments gathered together. When they learned that Chen Gu was going to hold an imperial examination to recruit scholars, they naturally supported it. After all, Confucianism was orthodox, and wasn't the purpose of studying for ten years to obtain an official position?
Nowadays, all officials in Sichuan, regardless of whether they are civil or military, are recruiting and promoting talents. This is very bad and makes many scholars feel at a loss.

But when everyone heard Chen Gu's rules for selecting officials through imperial examinations, they were suddenly confused again.

Even the sour scholar frowned and said, "It is good that the leader wants to hold an imperial examination to recruit scholars, but the imperial examinations have always been based on the Four Books and Five Classics, and only adults are selected.

Leader, not only are you opening up four subjects, civil, military, and mathematics, you are also only selecting people between the ages of ten and thirty-five, and only selecting a hundred people from each age group. What is the reason for this?"

Because Chen Gu wanted to develop science and improve the level of production technology in all aspects.

Because Chen Ke wanted to create a prosperous society for his son, a world with abundant material resources, a world where everyone would have no worries about food and clothing.

But Chen Gu couldn't say it out loud, because no one would believe it. But Chen Gu himself had seen it with his own eyes, and he knew that as long as technology was developed to improve production levels in all aspects, that would be enough, so he chose to do it directly.

Abundant material conditions can solve many problems, especially in a state of rapid development, many problems will be temporarily hidden.

Many people think that Chen Gu is very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang when he becomes ruthless, and the two do have many similarities.

When talking about Zhu Yuanzhang, we have to mention Zhu Biao, the prince who was worked to death by Zhu Yuanzhang. Chen Gu hopes that Chen Xiaoao will be able to have an easier time in the future and do things himself if there is anything to do.

Chen Gu learned a lot from the Hundred Family Surnames of Suan Xiucai. Comparing himself with them, Chen Gu recently looked up the founding emperors of all dynasties, from which he discovered something very interesting.

The first prince of the founding emperor of every dynasty, even the first prince of a strong or powerful emperor, seemed to have no good ending.

From Qin Shihuang's Fusu, to Liu Bang, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wen of Sui, Li Shimin, Li Zhi, to Zhu Yuanzhang and Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, no emperor's first prince had a good ending.

This seemed like a curse, so Chen Gu specially consulted Suan Xiucai for advice.

The answer of the sour scholar was that most of them were the result of the struggle for power between the father and the son. Fusu and Zhu Biao were two exceptions. One was framed and died because of his blind loyalty, and the other was crushed to death by too much pressure and responsibilities because he was placed with high hopes.

Chen Gu didn't know how to avoid the struggle for power, so he could only wait until the time came. As for being blindly loyal, he shouldn't be like that. Based on Wu Qing'er's scheming, Chen Xiaoao would never grow up to be a blindly loyal person.

As for the final pressure, Chen Gu hopes to take it on himself and finish the work of two generations in one generation, or do as much as possible so that Chen Xiaoao will not have so much pressure in the future. Regarding the question of sour scholars, Chen Gu thought about it and replied: "I just want to select some smart people. As for the age issue, I mainly want to select some smart people to study in Chongqing and train them well, just like the tribute students of the Qing Dynasty."

"That means China is also going to establish an Imperial College!" The sour scholar nodded. This is what should be done. Talents should be valued by all dynasties and all forces.

"Civil and martial arts are easy to learn, but there's no need for mathematics and astronomy, right?" Han Yuanxiao asked.

Chen Gu raised his eyebrows and said, "People who are good at arithmetic are relatively smart. As for your so-called tricks, I think they are actually very useful, such as rifles!"

When it comes to rifles, everyone is speechless. No one can deny that Chen Gu started his career with the ingenuity of a rifle.

"Forget it, since you don't think highly of it, then we'll put the Civil and Martial Arts College in Chongqing, and the Mathematics and Art Colleges in Fobao. Also, we'll turn the Martial Arts College into a military academy. Students in the Martial Arts College not only need to learn swords, guns, and cannons, but also need to learn various knowledge such as marching, combat, and deployment of troops!" said Chen Gu.

It just so happens that it would be easier to keep the two academies of mathematics and magic secret by placing them in the Buddhist treasure. Chen Gu has no idea of ​​sharing technology with the Celestial Empire. In the future, the knowledge of the two academies of mathematics and magic needs to be kept secret from people in the country, not to mention people from other countries.

Chen Qi rolled his eyes and said, "My Ministry of Agriculture also wants to set up an agricultural college!"

The others were stunned and said that their departments also needed to set up an academy.

Chen Gu pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "You guys decide on this. In principle, I agree. As for the funding issue, let's set it at 10,000 taels of silver per year in the initial stage. Whether to increase or reduce it later depends on the situation!"

Ten thousand taels of silver is not a lot, but it is enough if you only want to teach a hundred or so students.

Thus, various academies of China were established. Some of them gradually disappeared, but some flourished. For example, the two academies of workers and farmers eventually developed to the point where they could compete with the four major academies of literature, martial arts, mathematics and art.

After discussing the imperial examinations and the academy, Bai Yunqing couldn't help but say, "Leader, the whole of Sichuan is in turmoil and people are panicking. Shouldn't we put some restraints on it?"

"Humph, the people are boiling with resentment because someone is doing evil. Once the evil is gone, the people will be at peace. What is there to restrict?" Chen Jue snorted coldly, and then said: "The reason why my Huaxia tribe rose up in resistance is not because the court is unfair!"

After Chen Gu finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but a messenger ran in and talked to Chen Gu's guards for a few words. The guards then told Chen Gu that an envoy from the Qing court had arrived.

This surprised Chen Gu very much. Ever since he captured Liu Qing, the Qing court had never sent an envoy to see Chen Gu again.

Even after Chen Gu's execution, because Chengdu was severely damaged by the rebellious army and Liu Qing's mansion was also affected, Liu Qing was released and the court still did not send any envoys. Now it was unexpected that they actually sent someone.

(End of this chapter)