Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 332 Daming University of Technology
"Master Zhou, this is a national map of the Ming Dynasty, which details the locations of the various state capitals of the Ming Dynasty..." Matteo Ricci took out a scroll and unfolded it and said to Zhou Qingfeng.

After introducing the first picture, he opened the second picture.

"This is a map of the world, which depicts all the countries and geographical locations in the world..."

Later, Matteo Ricci introduced the spherical object to Zhou Qingfeng: "This is a globe, which shrinks the earth under our feet countless times..."

"Thank you, Mr. Matteo Ricci, for the gifts. I like these gifts very much." Zhang Qingfeng said to Matteo Ricci in a very interested tone.

Seeing that Zhang Qingfeng seemed to be very interested in the gift, Matteo Ricci was very happy.

World maps and globes have always been a weapon used by Matteo Ricci to make friends with the powerful people of the Ming Dynasty. Even Emperor Wanli was not immune to this.

Next, Zhang Qingfeng pretended to be curious and asked a lot about overseas matters, and Matteo Ricci also answered Zhang Qingfeng one by one.

Sometimes Xu Guangqi would also express some of his own opinions from it, and the three chatted very speculatively.

Through chatting, both Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi discovered that Zhang Qingfeng's conversational style and profound knowledge were indeed worthy of being called the first genius of the Ming Dynasty.

The three of them chatted all day long. During this period, Zhang Qingfeng stayed with the two of them for lunch and dinner, and gave them some gifts before leaving.

"Zixian, what do you think of Mr. Zhou?" Matteo Ricci asked Xu Guangqi.

Zixian is Xu Guangqi's nickname, so Mr. Zhou naturally refers to Zhang Qingfeng.After the two parties got acquainted, they called Zhang Qingfeng Mr. Zhou, and Zhang Qingfeng called them Mr. Li and Mr. Xu.

Matteo Ricci is Matteo Ricci's Chinese name, and his original name is Matteo Leach.

"Mr. Zhou's knowledge is beyond the reach of students." Xu Guangqi said to Matteo Ricci.

"Do you think we can bring him into Christianity?" Matteo Ricci asked again.

He came to Daming to preach, and if he could bring Daming into Christianity on the first day, it would be of great help to his missionary career in Daming.

"I'm afraid this won't be easy. Mr. Zhou doesn't seem to be interested in this aspect," Xu Guangqi said.

"However, Mr. Zhou is very interested in natural science and invited us to visit his home tomorrow. Do you have time?" Matteo Ricci asked Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi had just taken the Chunwei examination and won the Jinshi. Logically speaking, he should have a lot to do.

"Teacher, don't worry, Guangqi has made arrangements, and you can continue to study with the teacher during this time." Xu Guangqi said to Matteo Ricci.

The next day, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi visited Zhang Qingfeng again, and Zhang Qingfeng took them to his home.

Zhang Qingfeng's home is a courtyard not far from the Yamen of the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. There is no maid or servant except himself.

Even if there were people, they were just a few Jinyi guards assigned by Emperor Wanli to protect him.

At home, Zhang Qingfeng and Matteo Ricci continued to discuss foreign affairs, and Ricci was also very happy to explain.

Matteo Ricci wanted to make friends with Zhang Qingfeng, the number one genius of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Zhang Qingfeng was still a celebrity around Emperor Wanli.

In addition to being curious about Ricci, Zhang Qingfeng also wanted to know the current development of the West and foreign customs in many eras that were not recorded in history.

In the following time, the two sides were in contact. Matteo Ricci often visited Zhang Qingfeng's house, and Zhang Qingfeng sometimes went to foreign embassies to meet Matteo Ricci.

After going back and forth, Zhang Qingfeng also became one of the friends Matteo Ricci made in Daming.

Zhang Qingfeng learned a lot from Matteo Ricci, such as Western history and culture, geometry and mathematics, Western languages, and natural sciences.

Matteo Ricci also saw a lot of things here in Zhang Qingfeng, such as textile machines, steam engines and so on.

After the steam engine appeared on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to conceal it, so instead of concealing it, it was better to display it openly.

However, Zhang Qingfeng did not let Matteo Ricci understand the details of the steam engine too much, but only let him know a principle of steam expansion.

Knowing the principle and making it are not the same concept, Zhang Qingfeng is not afraid that Matteo Ricci will spread the technology of the steam engine to the West.

After seeing the steam engine, Matteo Ricci was amazed and said that it was a gift from God to mankind.

The God mentioned by Matteo Ricci is actually the God that later generations think of. God was originally the supreme god in China, such as the God of Haotian.

In order to spread Catholicism, Matteo Ricci confused God with the traditional Chinese god God, so God was originally a Chinese god, not a foreign god.

In August 1604, the school invested by Zhang Qingfeng was finally completed, named "Daming University of Technology"

After that, Zhang Qingfeng compiled the textbooks himself, and printed thousands of sets of textbooks with movable lead printing machines.

After that, he advertised and hired more than 200 scholars with high salaries as teachers.

The next step is to recruit new students.

Zhang Qingfeng did not want to recruit students from the private sector, because the Ming Dynasty had a household registration system, and the sons of craftsmen could only be craftsmen, so people with other household registrations might not be able to accept their sons as craftsmen.

Although the household registration system had existed in name only in the late Ming Dynasty, it still had clear boundaries.

Therefore, he could only find students from the Polytechnic University from craftsmen.Therefore, he ordered that all children aged ten to 15 years old from workers' families in machine manufacturing factories must be sent to school.

He promised that as long as he graduated from the school and entered the Machine Manufacturing Bureau, he would be able to get at least ten taels of silver a month's salary.

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's promise, countless working families immediately sent their children to school.

Immediately, Daming University of Technology enrolled more than [-] students.

Moreover, after the workers' families of the Manufacturing Bureau sent their children to school, the workers of the Bingzhan Bureau who heard the news also approached Zhang Qingfeng, wanting to send their children to school as well.

For these requirements, Zhang Qingfeng naturally couldn't wish for them.

Afterwards, the artisans of other yamen heard about it, and they also looked for connections one after another, wanting to let their children enter the school.

After studying there for a few years, you can get ten taels of silver a month's wages, how can this not make people overwhelmed.

In the end, in just half a month, Daming University of Technology enrolled more than 3000 students.

The age of these students varies from young to old, some are about fifteen or sixteen years old, and some are only seven or eight years old.

Zhang Qingfeng divided these students into 53 classes, with 63 students in each class.

At Daeming University of Technology, only six courses are taught.

Chinese, Mathematics, Confucianism, History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry.

Learning Chinese is naturally for these children to be able to read and write.

Teaching mathematics is naturally to enable children to write and calculate. This is very important for daily life and future scientific research. It is the foundation of the foundation.

As for Confucianism, although there are many dross in Confucianism, such as superstitious ideas such as the relationship between heaven and man, etc., Confucianism also has many good aspects.

For example, teaching people principles, giving people the concept of ethics and morality, respecting the old and loving the young, respecting teachers and elders, being filial to parents, and the idea of ​​great unification is conducive to the stability and unity of the country, etc.

For Confucianism, Zhang Qingfeng completely absorbed what he thought was useful, and directly rejected what he thought was useless.

Learning history can make students have a sense of national and national identity, and it is the best patriotic teaching material. It is impossible for Zhang Qingfeng to give up.

In addition, Zhang Qingfeng also opened a foreign history course and invited Matteo Ricci to serve as the director of foreign history.

Learning foreign history can broaden students' horizons and horizons.

The same is true for geography. In addition to Ming geography, the University of Science and Technology also offers world geography.

Matteo Ricci is still the dean of World Geography, and Ricci is also very interested in teaching students.

World geography can also broaden students' horizons.

Of course, the two most important courses in Daming University of Technology are physics and chemistry.

Zhang Qingfeng compiled the textbooks for these two courses for more than two months. He needed to discard many things that had not been discovered yet, leaving only the knowledge he thought he had discovered, at least not too much beyond the outline.

If he comes up with too much advanced knowledge, such as the table of elements, then he is no longer a genius, he is a monster, and he will definitely be suspected by countless people.

(End of this chapter)