Daming Military Empire

Chapter 480 Eight Departments of Ming Dynasty
Can the addition of an education department make the people of Li people live well?This is obviously impossible. Even if you are well-educated and have nothing to do, you still can't earn a penny.

Next, Zhu Cijiong continued: "To make the people's lives rich, learning is not enough, there must be ways for them to make money, and they must have a place to play after they have learned the skills. Merchants are cultivated, so that the common people will have more opportunities to make money."

This question seems to be very simple to say, but it is not so simple to do it. Everyone in the room is full of solemnity. How to develop business and how to cultivate merchants is really a big problem. No one in the room dares to answer.

Zhu Cijiong also knew that at this time, it was difficult to find professionals in this field, at least among those present. Maybe his teacher Xu Guangqi had this ability, but Xu Guangqi was already so old, how dare he dare to do it again? Go to trouble his old man.

The candidate in his mind is Sun Quan, the eldest son of Sun Chengzong. After Sun Chengzong passed away, Sun Quan inherited the title of Lord Zhen Guo, but he didn't have any demands. Anyway, it's a pity that such a loyal and honest person doesn't need it.

As the Duke of Zhen, Sun Quan must have enough prestige. In addition, he has a Jinshi reputation, and the Sun family is also in charge of the Daming Royal Machinery Industry Group, and he has rich experience in business. It should not be a problem for him to be in charge of business development. of.

However, Zhu Cijiong did not directly present Sun Quan, but said with full of expectation: "Next, I plan to set up a commercial department to be in charge of commercial development and the cultivation of merchants in the Ming Dynasty. Will all the lovers volunteer to take on this burden? "

No one dared to answer these words. It is said that Daming has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Although Daming has developed rapidly in the past few years, except for the Ministry of Households, other officials seldom pay attention to it. It's a lowly industry, and everyone here is a court official, who would pay attention to it!
Cheng Guoxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, had long said that he would divide the commercial area, so he naturally didn't know how to talk. Therefore, the whole venue was silent, and no one dared to take on this burden.

Zhu Cijiong had already guessed the result, he pretended to be embarrassed and asked: "Is everyone not interested in this errand?"

The answer to him was naturally silence, and the discussion was almost done at this point. It was enough to set up two yamen equal to six ministries at a time, and any more would affect the operation of the court.

Zhu Cijiong directly made a decision and said: "Well, I will think about the candidate for the Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce. Let's discuss it here today. The subsequent departments will be discussed next time. Everyone, go back and get busy. Youxuan, please stay."

Everyone heard the words and hurriedly got up to leave, leaving only Huang Daozhou sitting there dazed and excited.

The Minister of the Second Grade may not be able to make him so excited, but the function of the Ministry of Education is right in his heart, with the title of Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi to manage the enlightenment education, skills education, imperial examination teaching and Sinology promotion are indeed somewhat inappropriate. It's not going well, it's all right now, it's just a Shangshu, it's justified, and it's much more convenient to do a lot of things.

The reason why Zhu Cijiong kept him is mainly to remind him to pay attention to skill education. The population of Ming Dynasty now exceeds [-] million, and the number of officials is only more than [-]. To benefit the public, the main thing is to rely on skill education. Only focusing on imperial examinations is simply misleading students.

There are more than 2 million people, and there are at least 5000 million people who need education. If all people are crowded on the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, [-]% of the people will be squeezed and fall off. So what is the point of promoting education?

After everyone had resigned, Zhu Cijiong asked directly: "Youxuan, do you have any plans for the newly formed Ministry of Education?"

Huang Daozhou was still in a daze at the moment, he could only follow Zhu Cijiong's train of thought and said, "We are going to set up four clean-up departments to be in charge of enlightenment, skills, imperial examinations and the promotion of Sinology."

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, nodded and said: "Well, yes, then where are you going to focus?"

Is this still a question? Huang Daozhou said without hesitation: "Of course it is the imperial examination."

Sure enough, Zhu Cijiong was not angry, but continued to ask: "Then how many people are you going to train to take the imperial examination?"

Huang Daozhou roughly estimated, and said vaguely: "At least tens of millions of candidates must be trained."

Zhu Cijiong continued to ask: "Do you know how many officials there are in Ming Dynasty now?"

Huang Daozhou was taken aback when he heard the words, he really didn't know the exact number, so he could only guess: "It's probably more than a hundred thousand."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, then what are you going to let them do with the remaining 900 million candidates? Are you going to take the imperial examinations and pass the old exams to death?"

Huang Daozhou hadn't really thought about this question. He couldn't help but think about it. Gradually, his face became more and more ugly. Even if the scale of the imperial examination is expanded, the number of people who can obtain merits will definitely not exceed one million. Didn’t more than 900 million people hang on the tree of the imperial examination? That’s more than 900 million people.

Seeing his expression, Zhu Cijiong did not blame him, but Chunchun taught: "There is nothing wrong with attaching importance to the imperial examination. After all, the entire Ming Dynasty is governed by officials selected from the imperial examination. However, there are only so many officials in the Ming Dynasty. If more people take the imperial examination, the positions will not increase. Therefore, I think it is enough to cultivate 100 million excellent candidates, and the rest should be taught practical skills so that they can make a fortune."

The struggle in Huang Daozhou's heart, in his original thinking, studying is to gain fame and serve the country, and other things are not doing their job properly!

However, after so many years of personal experience, he also knows that after all, officials only account for a very small part, and most people still have to rely on other things to make a living. It is impossible to let 900 million students waste their lives for the imperial examination.

He struggled in his mind for a long time, and finally faced the reality and said: "Thank you for the emperor's teaching, I understand that I should focus on skill education in the future."

Zhu Cijiong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, in the future, we must select suitable talents based on elementary education, and train them to take the imperial examination. Others can only let them learn skills."

Huang Daozhou is not a stupid person. When it comes to IQ, he is naturally not low. He belongs to the kind of one who can understand at a point. He directly suggested: "Your Majesty, are schools established in all state capitals?"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said: "No, not only in the state capital, but also in all counties. We can't just build one school, and we can't just concentrate in the county town. We need to disperse them according to the population distribution."

When Huang Daozhou heard this, he was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, wouldn't that require a lot of money?"

No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, let alone Daming is not poor now, Zhu Cijiong said generously: "How much money is needed, you can calculate it carefully, draw up a memorial, and I will approve it for you!"

(End of this chapter)