Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

"There is one more message, and let it out."

"In the next imperial examination in three years' time, a new item will be added to the content of the assessment."

"Subordinates obey."

Li Ruolian bowed again, and then left.

The Son of Heaven paced back and forth in the hall, but his brows were furrowed.

There is no doubt that the momentum of new learning has already risen with the purchase of horse bones with thousands of dollars, the endorsement of the Confucian government, and the promotion of citing classics.

What he has to do now is to make this momentum, like the reform, more turbulent.

But no matter how turbulent the momentum is, it will eventually come to fruition.

Today's Daheng, the existence of new learning, except for the widely used art of arithmetic, which is widespread due to the existence of commerce, the seeds of other new learning are basically in the martial arts academy.

The seeds cannot be allowed to spread, no matter how strong the momentum is, it will be just a castle in the air, or in other words, it will be a bamboo basket to fetch water, and nothing will happen!

Chapter 523 Education, the foundation of the country!

"How to prevent new learning from becoming a castle in the air..."

As thoughts flowed, this sentence also froze in the emperor's mind.

It is obvious that new learning must be thoroughly embedded in this era.

The most fundamental thing is thinking concepts, or in other words, it is necessary to reverse the contempt for small ways such as arithmetic from an ideological point of view.

And this point, whether it is the various subtle measures before, or this time the horse bones are bought with a lot of money, and the most important thing is the wave of the sages of the Confucian Mansion.

All for ideological change.

Nowadays, the change of ideology has already started and intensified, and it is necessary to avoid the situation of fetching water from a bamboo basket in vain.

Realistic implementation must also be put on the agenda!

That is... how to spread the new learning from the engineering department of the martial arts academy to the whole country!

Obviously, the best way is to run a school!

But this study, how to do it, and how to fit it with the existing education system and the imperial examination system are obviously not an easy task.

Once upon a time, the emperor also thought that this era was an age of ignorance. Literacy and reading were the privileges of a few people, and knowledge was also monopolized by a few people.

But after going deep into this era, he realized that he was still too one-sided.

Just like the previous Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang paid great attention to education.With the concept of "governing the country with education first, and education with schools as the foundation", Daxing education.

In the eighth year of Hongwu in the previous Ming Dynasty, the school tribute system was issued. There are two kinds of schools in each locality.

There is a fixed number of places, and students are provided with food every day. One is that the villages run schools, and every 35 schools run a "community school", and there is no quota for students.

The students recruited by prefectures, prefectures and counties are those who are outstanding children of officials and ordinary people, who are over 15 years old, and who have read the four books.

Subjects include classics, history, rites, rhythm, music, archery, arithmetic and so on.There is a small test every month, and a big test every three years.Those with excellent grades will be sent to the province first, and then the best ones will be selected and sent to the capital. His wife can accompany them.

The positions he appointed include censor, magistrate, county magistrate, instructor, experience, county magistrate, ministerial clerk, secretary of the five prefectures, etc.

As for the teachers of the schoolhouses in the villages, the county magistrates will choose those who have learned to serve as teachers.There is also a three-year exam for rural studies, and there is a promotion system for both teachers and students. The style of reading and teaching in the Ming Dynasty far surpassed that in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

It's just that no matter how good the system is, it can't stand the passing of time. With the erosion of the system, government schools are almost useless. The education system of the Ming Dynasty has gradually evolved into government-assisted private schools, that is, private schools are encouraged.

In this way, the rampant private schools played a great role in enlightenment, but also provided Daming with quite a lot of talents.

However, the word "private study" can fully explain everything.

Those who can run private scholars are mostly local rich gentry and landlords.

The main purpose of these gentry and landlords in running private schools is also for their own children. With the desolation and corruption of official schools, poor children can only go to private schools run by various landlords and gentry if they want to study.

Anyone with a little aptitude for reading will naturally be attracted by gentry and landlords from all over the place to invest, and as time evolves, naturally, there will be various intricate relationships.

The party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperity of Donglin, the collusion between officials and businessmen, and the decline of official schools and the prevalence of private schools are obviously not unrelated!

As the emperor, if he wants to spread the seeds of new learning, it is naturally impossible to rely on private education, and even the emperor does not want private education to exist in Daheng Dynasty.

Education, and it is still embedded with new learning, is completely related to the foundation of the country, to the unity of ideology, to the destiny of Daheng, and even more to the future of the nation.

And private school, although there are many benefits, compared with Daheng's national conditions, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages!

"Public school..."

The emperor murmured softly, then looked at Wang Wu who had just entered the hall.

"How much money do you need for internal money?"

Wang Wu was a little unresponsive to the sudden question, but soon, the answer sounded: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are now 650 taels of gold and 2503 million taels of silver. Ninety-five thousand six hundred and seventy-two stones."

The emperor frowned, but in the end, he didn't say much.

He is naturally aware of the situation of the internal funds.

Under the special system of Daheng today, the sources of domestic funds are naturally extensive, such as the taxes of the major border towns, guards, and Liaodong, as well as the taxes and part of the profits of the banks and commercial banks, and the customs duties of the Shipping Department of Ningbo City. income.

Although there is a lot of income, there are more people who need money and food.

Today's Daheng treasury is almost useless. If there is no transfer of money from the internal funds, the imperial court will not even be able to pay the officials' salaries. In fact, the internal funds have assumed the responsibility of the treasury, and since the founding of Daheng, they have been unable to make ends meet. status.

Today's domestic funds still have this amount of deposits, and most of them are based on the customs revenue paid by the Shipping Department of Ningbo City.

The rest was saved from between his teeth by him, the emperor, for emergencies.

And to rebuild a government-academic system...

This small amount of money in the internal money is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning.

"Money..."

The emperor sighed, and couldn't help but feel helpless in his heart.

When he led the army at the beginning of the year, he was worried about money and food, and when he came to power, he was also worried about money and food. Up to now, he is the emperor and founded a country, and he is still worried about money and food.

It is predictable that he will still worry about money for many years to come.

There are too many things he has to do. There are ways to be poor, and reforms are implemented. If you are rich, you will naturally have ways to be rich.

Thoughts flowed, the emperor waved his hand.

"Go, let the Minister of Rites, Huang Jin, come over."

Hearing this, Wang Wu couldn't help being taken aback.

"Old slave, go here."

After reacting, Wang Wu quickly took the order and retreated respectfully.

"Boss, why are you out again?"

Outside the hall, seeing Wang Wu hurried out again, the little eunuch couldn't help asking.

"Why are you still here, kid? Didn't you ask you to study in the inner school?"

Wang Wu glanced at his youngest son and frowned.

The little eunuch dodged subconsciously, and quickly replied: "Teacher is unwell, I have gone to see a doctor."

Wang Wu nodded, waved his hands, and replied casually, "Your Majesty wants to summon Huang Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites."

After finishing speaking, Wang Wu shook his head with a gloomy face.

Who doesn't know that the Ministry of Rites, one of the six departments in charge of teaching etiquette, has almost become a transparent existence in this Daheng Dynasty.

There are four elders in the cabinet, one each from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Inspectorate.

The emperor of the Ministry of Punishment also attached great importance to it, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate to repair the Daheng Law.

As for the Ministry of Officials, up to now, there has not been a Minister of the Ministry of Officials, which is managed by the emperor himself.

Only the Ministry of Rites has no sense of existence.

If it's just that, no one cares.

But Huang Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, is a stubborn old man. At least, in Wang Wu's view, he is a thorn in the flesh!

This old guy, before he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he often gave admonitions, the disaster of the eunuch, and even pointed the finger at him, the head of the inner court, by name many times!

In the past, today, I have never summoned this stubborn old man alone. Although he was angry, he didn't care too much. After all, a transparent existence in the court could pose no threat.

But now, His Majesty summoned alone...

That must be something important, this old stubborn, has been reused, so the right to speak is different...

As thoughts circulated, Wang Wu's expression became more and more gloomy.

Back then, Duke Yasukuni pushed him back with a single word, but I still remember it vividly...

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Chapter 524 It's obvious

Beijing, Qianmen Street.

Since the 29th year of Jiajing in the former Ming Dynasty, the outer city has not been built. This Qianmen Street is also the royal road for the emperor to go to the Temple of Heaven and the Altar of Mountains and Rivers outside the city.

With the construction of the outer city of the capital, this imperial road is located on the boundary line between Zhengdongfang and Zhengxifang in the outer city, and because Zhengyangmen, which is connected to Qianmen Street, is the main gate of the capital, so the area around Qianmen Street is more expensive than other Chengmen streets. Much wider.

After the Jiajing period in the Ming Dynasty, officials from various provincial governments in Beijing established guild halls on both sides of Qianmen Street in order to solve the problem of accommodation for candidates who went to Beijing for examinations.

The place where scholars gather naturally drives the vigorous development of commerce. Therefore, with the evolution of time, Qianmen Street in the capital seems to have become the most prosperous commercial street in the capital.

Since the beginning of the reform, the capital, located at the foot of the emperor, has naturally been the center of the reform storm.

Up to now, the commercial and taxation system in the capital has already been formed. There are nine gates in the capital, and there are many tax customs, but it has not affected the prosperity of Qianmen Street in the slightest.

With the news of Qianmen Street being opened for road reconstruction, it is inevitable that this street, which is the busiest and busiest in the entire capital, will lose its color compared to the past.

However, this loss of color did not last long, and was overwhelmed by people's curiosity.

The craftsmen are knighted, and cement production takes [-]% of the profit in ten years. These things have long been known in the streets and alleys. Everyone, whether they are dignitaries or ordinary people, cannot avoid a strong curiosity about this legendary cement road.

Therefore, after the renovation of Qianmen Street officially started, the construction site was almost full of crowds of onlookers except during the curfew.

In this way, Qianmen Street, which was originally lonely, became more prosperous.

"Recently there have been rumors in the market that the next imperial examination will add new studies as the content of the assessment."

On the street, the carriage moved forward slowly. In the carriage, Huang Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Sizhi, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, sat opposite each other and talked in a low voice.

"If it can be spread to everyone, this matter may be another rumor from His Majesty."

Huang Jin shook his head: "A few days ago, I went to the Martial Academy to take a look at the emperor's special order. The knowledge there really has other reasons, which cannot be ignored!"

"Oh?"

Zhang Sizhi frowned slightly: "What is the knowledge?"

"As Shoufu once said, there is a reason for everything, and there are all kinds of things that can't be said in one word!"

"However, since His Majesty has released such rumors, it won't be long before there will be specific measures. At that time..."

When Huang Jin was feeling emotional, the carriage stopped suddenly, and then, the driver's voice came from outside the carriage.

"My lord, the road construction has started ahead, can you take a detour?"

"Build the road?"

Huang Jin and Zhang Sizhi looked at each other, and then they both showed curiosity.

The two got out of the carriage one after another, and looking forward, there was a crowd gathering between them, which had already blocked the Qianmen Street tightly, and the inns and restaurants on both sides of the street were also full of guests, and each of them was also a place to watch the crowd gather.

"Go, go and see this legendary cement."

Huang Jin chuckled, but he couldn't hide his curiosity. When he first visited the engineering department of the martial arts academy, he was quite curious about this cement. However, there were no results at that time, and there were only pieces of paper that he couldn't understand. He really couldn't understand the test records unless someone explained them to him.

Now that the real thing is born, and there is such a big disturbance, how can we not see it!

The two walked side by side, the red official robes were extremely conspicuous on this street, and they hurriedly gave way to the people watching.

The two arrived at the periphery of the construction site unimpeded, and the scene of busy work on the construction site was clearly reflected in their eyes.

Zhang Sizhi was even more curious as he watched the scene where the workers were busy.

When he was a county magistrate, he also presided over road repairs, so he was no stranger to the road repair process.

The construction process of the cement road in front of me is similar to the previous road construction process. The only difference is that the cement-mixed road surface needs to be paved with grid-shaped bamboo chips.

"That should be the cement road paved to completion."