Wentang

Chapter 724 Employment
On the second day after returning home, Yue Shan went to the academy first. This is the cradle where he spreads new ideas and cultivates talents for the new era. He hasn't been here for nearly a year, and he really wants to know what it's like here.

In fact, he was thinking too much, and there was no change in the academy except for some new faces.

As the saying goes, it takes a few years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Although it does not take a hundred years to cultivate a person, it also takes ten years as a span, and there will not be much change in just one year.

If you have to say that there have been changes, there are many more celebrities.

The influence of "Three Schools Governing the World" can be said to be increasing day by day, and the new learning has officially broken through the restrictions of schools and is recognized by most people in the world.

Weishui Academy is not just an academy, it has the embryonic form of a cultural sanctuary.Countless famous scholars came here to study, and some of them stayed to become the masters of the academy.

The addition of celebrities also made the Academy's reputation higher and its heritage more profound.

"All talents in the world are proud to study in Weishui Academy." Wang Ji said proudly: "Last year, the school's recruitment was comparable to the imperial examination."

"But there is something I want to tell you, I hope you don't blame me."

"Oh, why are you doing it so solemnly?" Yue Shan asked in confusion.

"There are celebrities from other academies who want to recommend outstanding students from their academies to study in our academies, and I agree." Wang Ji said.

Yue Shan frowned. Why did he recommend the outstanding students from their academy to study? To put it bluntly, he just went through the back door.

He has been trying his best to avoid such things from happening, otherwise Weishui Academy will become a noble academy.Wang Ji also agrees with this idea of ​​running a school, why has he changed his mind now?Or did he have other concerns?

Out of trust in his companion, Yue Shan didn't get angry, but asked, "Why?"

"In order to further eliminate the forces that hinder the promotion of new studies. Since the establishment of Weishui Academy, there have been more than a hundred large-scale private academies in the world in the past ten years." Wang Ji said:

"The people who founded these academies are basically local celebrities, dignitaries and tyrants, who have strong influence in the local area. In the past, these academies were the main force that hindered the promotion of new learning."

"However, after the publication of "Three Schools Governing the World", the situation changed, and these academies began to accept new learning."

Yue Shan couldn't help but interrupted: "I'm afraid it's not just that, I think government academies and imperial examinations are the key factors."

Government academies were set up to the county level and spread all over the country. At the beginning, they were not as good as large-scale private schools because of the lack of famous teachers and their quality and reputation.

However, government school is government school after all, and what it teaches is closely related to the imperial examination and being an official. It takes too much advantage in the imperial examination, and many people who are interested in becoming an official will come here to study.

However, most of the textbooks in government academies are new learning. In this case, the plan of those private schools to use the academies to block the promotion of new learning has gone bankrupt.

The key is that the imperial examinations are all biased towards new learners. No matter how capable your teachers are, no matter how good the students you teach are, it is useless.Exam standards are in our hands.

At first, these local academies were still not convinced, and wanted to force the imperial court to back down.They have done this kind of thing a lot in history, and the emperor's ability to control the court is almost unstoppable.

However, the current emperor is Li Shimin, who has eliminated Turks and other powerful enemies successively. The prestige is getting stronger day by day, and the possibility of the success of the forced plan is getting lower and lower, and many people have shaken their confidence.

This time they showed their favor to the new school and academy, probably because the imperial court wiped out Goguryeo with only a few months of casualties.

With such a powerful court, their plan to force them back has no chance of success.

If you can't beat it, then join. This is an old tradition among scholars.

How can the affairs of scholars be called surrender.

Wang Ji smiled and said, "Is there a difference? No matter what the reason is for them to show favor to us, it is a good thing. With their participation, we will have the upper hand in this battle between the old and the new."

Yue Shan said: "Although I am very unwilling, I have to admit that these local celebrities and village sages are the key to influencing the public opinion of a place."

Wang Ji said: "It's good that you can understand. It is for this reason that I decided to take the initiative and take this opportunity to further win over local celebrities."

"Sell them some face, and give them some recommended places every year. In this way, they will have face and face, and they will happily board our chariot. And we have nothing to lose, so why not do it."

Yue Shan said: "I understand, let's do as you said, but we must control the number of places, and don't end up with more than half of our academy being recommended students."

Wang Ji was completely relieved, and said happily: "Don't worry, I won't let this happen. Besides, those celebrities also have face, and they won't use their recommended places lightly."

Yue Shan nodded and said, he still has a million confidence in Wang Ji.

However, this recommendation for admission also gave him an inspiration, making him think of some operations of those universities in his previous life, such as exchange students.So he told Wang Ji this idea.

Wang Ji clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, the exchange students can not only let the students of our academy understand the customs and cultural customs of other places, but also promote new learning ideas. It is really wonderful to kill two birds with one stone."

Yue Shan said happily: "Since you also think it's good, then let's implement it like this. You can decide for yourself how to do it."

Wang Ji said: "You want to be a shopkeeper again, don't you. You used to be busy with government affairs, but now you are at home and want to be lazy?"

Yue Shan said: "Why are you insulting people's innocence out of thin air? When did I get lazy? I am preparing to study hard and try to write more books to carry forward my new learning."

Wang Ji sneered and said, "I believe it."

Of course, this is all a joke.

After laughing, Wang Ji said seriously: "Exchanging students is a very good way, but we must be cautious. Especially the exchange college must be selected well, otherwise the students will be pushed into the fire pit."

Yue Shan also agreed: "That's true. You can try it in Dizhou Academy and Yellow Crane Academy first. The three academies will exchange some students, temporarily for a period of one year, and see how it works."

Yellow Crane Academy is a branch of Weishui Academy, and Dizhou Academy is half a branch, so it is safe to exchange, and there will be no discrimination.

"To prevent conflicts between students, it must be emphasized that the purpose of exchange students is to learn about the situation in other places and increase their knowledge, not to make them compete with each other."

Wang Ji said: "That's a good suggestion, but I'm afraid it's useless just to warn you. How about this? All exchange students' exam scores will only be marked as pass or fail, and no specific scores will be given, and they will not be included in the ranking of the academy. How about it?"

Yue Shan said: "It's a good way. Exam rankings are the source of most competition. This way, most disputes can be eliminated."

The two of them discussed and discussed like this, and really thought of many points, Wang Ji listed them one by one.

However, this matter is of great importance, and it cannot be decided by the two of them behind closed doors. It is necessary to convene the decision-makers of the academy to discuss it together, and after they come up with an outline, they will announce it to the teachers and students of the school for discussion.

Finally decide whether to do this, and formulate a suitable exchange student system.

After discussing this matter for a while, the two changed the subject.

Wang Ji said: "The academy has recruited many new gentlemen, many of them are here for you, when are you going to meet them?"

Yue Shan thought for a while and said, "Well, let's go tomorrow. I have to visit the steam engine factory and the medical school in a while. I may not have enough time today."

"Alright, I'll let everyone know later. You don't know how impatient they were before. They asked me three times a day when you'd be back. I was so scared. But this time it's all right, so I don't have to worry anymore." Ji laughed.

The two chatted about other things for a while, and Yue Shan got up and left.However, he did not leave the academy, but went to Neo Confucianism.

This is the cradle of industry and technology in the future, and it holds a very important position in his mind. He hadn't seen it for a year, so he had to come and see it.

He went to the School of Chemistry first. When he went, he happened to see Ma Cong instructing the students to clean the utensils in the yard.

Seeing him, Ma Cong was very excited, and pulled him to show off the achievements of the School of Chemistry this year.

Yue Shan was half confused.

Why are you half confused?Because Ma Cong seemed to understand everything he said, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn’t understand anything.

In layman's terms, many things that the current School of Chemistry has researched have exceeded his understanding.

Yue Shan is naturally very happy and gratified about this situation, which just shows that chemistry is developing rapidly.Moreover, the scale of the School of Chemistry has also expanded a lot, mainly because the number of students has increased to nearly two hundred.

They are the future of chemistry.

However, Ma Cong also raised a question, which Yue Shan attached great importance to.

"Many students have studied in the academy for three or four years, and some have even studied for six or seven years. Although they are willing to continue studying, their family members have already disagreed. If this problem is not resolved, I am afraid it will be very difficult in the future. It’s hard to get good students.”

Yue Shan's heart sank, and he said, "Are there many such cases, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I only found out about this situation last year when a student asked me about it. I investigated and found that those who have studied here for more than five years have been urged by their family members. The longer the study time, the worse the reminder." Ma Cong said.

Yue Shan's heart is even heavier, no matter what time he studies, the purpose of reading is for work, and there are very few people who study for the sole purpose of reading.

But in this era, the way for scholars to find a job is too narrow, and almost the only way is to take the imperial examination.Of course, you can also open private schools, serve as aides to dignitaries and so on.

However, only liberal arts students can do this, science students... This society has not yet left room for employment for newly born science students.

This is indeed a big problem, and it is still a big problem.

If it cannot be solved, I am afraid that there will be fewer and fewer people who will study science in the future.And science will become something that only core enthusiasts will learn.

However, even though he has a high status and can directly ask Li Shimin for advice, he still has nothing to do with arranging jobs for science students...

No, maybe there is a way.

"In this way, anyone who has studied here for four years and passed the assessment can provide them with two ways out. One is to become a teacher in a government academy and popularize chemistry knowledge to other students." Yue Shan said:
"The second way is to join our academy as a researcher, which is equivalent to the staff of the academy. You can study chemistry while studying. You and Wangyuan are discussing how to arrange them."

Ma Cong said excitedly: "Great, I knew you have a solution, Dean, and I'll let everyone know."

After speaking, he rushed outside to tell the students of the School of Chemistry the news.Hearing the news, the School of Chemistry burst into cheers.

Although being an official is considered the best way out in this era, teaching in a public academy can be regarded as a half-official status, and one can receive a monthly salary.

Moreover, Yue Shan was a teacher in his previous life, so he knew the common problem of this profession - the salary was too low. Anyway, he had been working for several years and it was less than [-] yuan.

So when he first established the academy system, he used his privilege to set a fair salary for the academy masters.It can’t be considered a lot, at least it can guarantee that a family of five can eat meat and vegetables every three days and have a surplus.

And it's just dead wages.

There are very few scholars in this era, so there are many opportunities to make money.Whether it's writing letters to people, picking names, writing couplets during festivals, etc., you can earn some money to subsidize your family.

So being a teacher in a public academy is already a very decent job for most ordinary people.These students from the School of Chemistry become teachers, which can be regarded as an explanation to their family members.

The most attractive thing for these students is that they can stay in Weishui Academy, which is the most famous academy in Datang.

The gentlemen here can speak up when they meet Chang'an Ling. If they are celebrities, they are even more powerful guests. Even the most ordinary staff members will be regarded highly when they go out.

Not to mention the salary, a family of five can still have a surplus by eating three meals of meat a day.

But for these students, the salary and treatment are all false, the key is that they like chemistry.There are many like-minded people here, and they enjoy the atmosphere of studying and doing research here.

Hearing their cheers, Yue Shan was also happy from the bottom of his heart.

These students are true chemistry enthusiasts, and they come here to study and research because of their interest. As the dean, it is obligatory to provide them with logistical support.

Don't say how good it is, at least it can't be bad.

As for whether the academy can support so many people... don't worry about it right now.There are less than 200 students in the School of Chemistry, and it is no problem to support them all.

In the future, when there are more students, it will be fine to find a way to divert them.

Not to mention, Dizhou Academy and Yellow Crane Academy have not opened science branches yet, and they will definitely open them in the future. By then, at least three to five hundred specialized talents will have to be recruited.

In this way, based on the current enrollment rate of the Academy of Sciences, there will not be enough for him to digest internally within ten years, so there is no need to worry about whether he can afford it.

But then Yue Shan thought of the School of Physics and the School of Biology.

He doesn't need to worry about the School of Biology. If it doesn't work, he can change his career to study medicine. Now that the doctor's status is high and he can make money, it's a good way out.

The trouble is the School of Physics, but the School of Chemistry is facing the same embarrassment. Perhaps many of them have already been urged by their family members.

Thinking of this, he hurried to the Physics Institute next door.

However, when he got here, he saw an extremely angry scene.

(End of this chapter)