Chongzhen Undergraduates

Chapter 693: Basic Education System

If we count on economic development to actively promote the development of education, I am afraid that the speed of development will be very slow.For example, in the West, it took more than 200 years from the beginning of the bourgeois revolution to the popularization of education for all.

If Daming develops according to the normal track, it will be too time-consuming.When it comes to raising the level of education of the people, it is necessary to use the power of the state to enforce it. This is indeed the thinking of our nation—the benefit of concentrating power to do big things.

Why did Zhu Youjian promote education reform with great fanfare?

One is that as mentioned above, after these years of development, the foundation for large-scale promotion of education has been formed, teachers’ power is sufficient, and the basic knowledge system has been preliminarily perfected, although Newton has not yet proposed a complete world view of gravity; However, this does not prevent the promotion of new knowledge systems.

Second, since the reunification of Ming Dynasty, a large number of newborns have entered school age. This is a deep-seated demographic problem, and a delay of one more year is not good for future development.

Third, if there is no place to spend the money, Daming will have no place to spend the wealth accumulated in recent years, either to build infrastructure or continue to expand abroad.Zhu Youjian believes that the technical conditions for infrastructure construction are still immature, and infrastructure construction is nothing more than manpower; and the pace of external expansion is too fast, and it is not cost-effective to always use force to expand externally.In fact, Chinese people are the most peace-loving people, and their political wisdom is also higher. We are better at assimilation than war.

Wang Chengen never thought that Zhu Youjian would make such a generous move. He thought that this kid would only keep running on the road of expanding the territory of Ming Dynasty.Because everyone who is on the throne will have an endless pursuit of power.Wang Chengen thought in his heart that the expansion of territory would not harm Daming, and he was happy to see it succeed.

But he couldn't find any reason to object to running education for the whole people.Wang Chengen sent someone to send a letter to Zhu Cihong, suggesting in his heart whether the prince should take the initiative to invite Ying to join this movement.Zhu Cihong didn't reply to the letter, but he didn't take any action either. He was still serious about raising horses in Henan.

To everyone's surprise, a major earthquake occurred in the officialdom of Daming.Li Yan resigned from all positions, and actually returned home.The new chief assistant is Chen Zilong, and the new cabinet is led by a troika of middle-aged officials such as Huang Zongxi, Fang Yizhi, and Gu Yanwu, leading a large number of prestigious officials from the old, the middle and the young. The Daming Education Committee was formally established to promote educational reform throughout the country .In other words, all other sectors temporarily give way to education, and everything works around it.

The Education Committee is directly under the leadership of the cabinet, which is equivalent to the "Ministry of National Defense Operations Office" during the war and the "xxx Economic Leading Group" during the economic construction period.The main work of promoting education for all is divided into two aspects: one is to establish a complete education system from primary to secondary schools throughout the country, as well as colleges and technical secondary schools; the other is to eliminate illiteracy for the whole country.

The first one is a good explanation, and the foundation has been laid in the early stage. It only needs to be expanded on the original basis and improved one by one. This is a long-term work that will take about three to five years to complete.The second one has never had a ready-made precedent, and the workload is heavy, but the time period is expected to be completed within two years.

Everyone knows that education is a matter of spending money, so Zhu Youjian first proposed that all school-age students must enroll, and the court would enforce it in the form of legislation; the teaching team should be included in the official system, just like later generations. Let teachers hold iron rice bowls in their hands; in the end, every school is built better than the yamen.

"How much will it cost!" Wang Chengen was very distressed, and he felt that he could hardly hold the key in his hand.

"How much money has to be spent, the emperor said: a century-old plan, education is the foundation! [-]% of the money in the internal treasury must be donated." Xiong Lijing smiled and took off her accessories, and easily put them all on the tray in the hand of the maid middle.

"This old slave still wants to persuade the emperor to give himself some respect, which is worth hundreds of millions of taels." Wang Chengen's eyeballs almost popped out.

Since he entered the palace for decades, he has never seen such a rich emperor.No matter if it is Longqing, Tianqi or the previous Chongzhen, how can anyone have a net worth of over 10 million?The worst time was before the hanging, and the inner bank was only 2000 taels.Although Li Zicheng was robbed of tens of millions and Zhang Xianzhong was robbed of [-] million, they were not as much as they are now.

Where did the money come from?Only a very small portion of this money is left over from the past.There are three other sources: one is the accumulation of the two imperial palaces in Houjin; the other is the income from Nanyang trade; the third is the accumulation of Japan for thousands of years.Especially the wealth brought back from Japan is equivalent to 5000 million taels of silver.Of course, this is not as much as the [-] million taels of silver that Daqing paid.

"Let's keep half of it, it's already a lot. Are you afraid that there won't be enough princes to share?" Xiong Lijing smiled slightly, knowing Wang Chengen's heart in seconds.

"Isn't this old slave thinking of the royal family!" Wang Chengen said in embarrassment, he felt that the queen in front of him was much more powerful than the previous Queen Zhou.

"What the emperor means is that there is a lack of teachers everywhere now, and he intends to call a few children back to practice in the folk. What I mean is to find a place around Nanjing, and let the whole family get together by the way. Don't you think so? "Of course Xiong Lijing wouldn't be too patronizing to expose Wang Chengen's intentions, so it would be nice to sell it as well.

"The old slave misses them too." Wang Chengen said a little sadly.One served as a soldier outside the Great Wall, and the other raised horses in Henan.The best ones are still spending every day in the laboratory of Jiangjun Mountain and can't see anyone.

"The emperor has another intention for them to come back this time. The two princes are grown up, and it's time to get married. I took this opportunity to handle the matter together. I am young and don't know the rules. I need to worry about the rules. I still need to worry about it." The prince is gone." Xiong Lijing is even more serious in her work, giving double copies of all benefits.

"The old slave is duty-bound!" Wang Chengen kowtowed to Xiong Lijing on his knees firmly. This was the first time he sincerely kowtowed to the new queen.

When the prince gets married, it means that he will be divided into other places, which is the rule of Ming Dynasty.At the same time, it also verifies Zhu Youjian's attitude towards the three sons of Chongzhen, which is the answer Wang Chengen is eager to know.

He was in a good mood today, and originally wanted Zhu Cihong to invite Ying to return to Nanjing, but the emperor took the initiative to call everyone back.This is a good opportunity for the three princes to build up their image. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to promote education, they should publicize the three princes well.

Prince Wang Chengenli's evil intentions are not dead!

Chapter 694 : The city of Nanjing can't accommodate a prince

The Forbidden City in Nanjing has been completely restored to its former glory.During the renovation process, Zhu Youjian focused on transforming the foundation of the palace, as well as the water intake and drainage system, which was also carried out on the basis of the successful experience of the Beijing renovation project.First strengthen the palace in situ, and then dig out the lead and zinc buried in the ground. These things are very harmful.

As a symbol of imperial power, only the six main halls of the inner palace were preserved, and all the buildings related to the various ministries of the imperial court from Chengtianmen to Hongwumen were demolished.It is equivalent to relocating all institutions that have nothing to do with the royal family.At the same time, a huge square was expanded on the spot for celebrations. .Of course, the street outside Chengtian Gate is also called Chang'an Avenue, and the north and south are originally a blueprint.

Moreover, because the original six ministries had long been expanded to more departments, the government agencies had also doubled in size, and the amount of land used by the imperial government offices had increased significantly, taking up half of the land in Nanjing alone.As a result, the current Nanjing City has expanded a large number of new cities. Not only have the residents of the original city moved out, but it is also impossible for the new residents to afford a house in the city.

So, where did the court use so much land come from?It is the house built by the vassal kings and nobles from all over the country in Nanjing.

Don't think that after so many years of turmoil, all the vassal kings in various places have been killed. In fact, there are people from all branches. After all, the descendants of the old Zhu family are too able to give birth.

The house was bestowed by the emperor, so of course the emperor can take it back if he wants.What's more, the current Daming is no longer as generous to the clan as before.Whether or not the clan dares to make trouble depends on whether the emperor is ruthless or not. You can't do anything wrong just because of your blood relationship.In other words, whoever dares to bb, Zhu Youjian dares to deal with him.

Under such heavy pressure, most of the vassal kings in various places have become empty-handed. Those who are capable, such as King Lu of Hangzhou, have made more money from the business he founded with his own hands than when he was a prince.The lesser ones, such as King Gui, can also live comfortably by collecting some rent.On the other hand, the Fu Wang family has completely fallen, and those who eat too much and are lazy will soon become beggars.

Wang Chengen wandered around the city for a long time but couldn't find any land suitable for building a house. It was either the land for the government's yamen, or the land was not suitable.Co-authoring the current Nanjing City, no prince would dare to live in the city.

Is it possible to let the three princes live outside the city?Wang Chengen's face was dark and he was in a bad mood.

"Master Zhang, is there no idle land in Nuoda's Nanjing City?" Wang Chengen was not reconciled. He came to the chief secretary in charge of Nanjing and found Zhang Jiayu himself.

"Eunuch Wang, it's not that I, Zhang Jiayu, can't handle this matter, but that you always find the wrong person. If you want to buy a house yourself, I can also help you through the middle, but you want to build a palace in the current city of Nanjing. It doesn't count if I say it." Zhang Jiayu looked embarrassed.

"Then who has the final say?" Wang Chengen was a little confused about Daming's current procedures, which may have something to do with him staying in the palace for a long time.

In the past, the affairs of the imperial court were all passed through the cabinet and transferred to the emperor for review. In other words, Wang Chengen could hear many important events with his own ears.However, since Huang Zongxi came back from the West, he has reformed the imperial court system. It seems that there has been no major change, but in fact the rights process has already changed.The real power has been delegated to various ministries, the cabinet only focuses on the key points, and the emperor is more at ease.

It seems that the yamen have the power and the emperor doesn't care about things, but in fact, the ministries are only the executors of the emperor, and the rules and regulations are more perfect, so they dare not move.For example, the Ministry of Industry used to be one of the six most powerful ministries, but now it is subdivided into the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Construction, etc., and even the planning has a special department.

If you wanted to build a house in Nanjing before, you could just find a minister of the Ministry of Industry, but now Wang Chengen can't even pass the hurdle of planning.The small yamen has more power than Shangshu, because Zhu Youjian has already made the plan.

"This matter, I'm afraid no one will count. The planning of Nanjing City is determined by the emperor, and it cannot be changed at all." Zhang Jiayu also told the truth.

Wang Chengen left Zhang Jiayu very unhappy. Just before he left the Yamen, he happened to see a familiar figure. Although he forgot his name, he felt familiar.The person looked around and quickly approached Wang Chengen.

"Elder-in-law, do you still recognize villains?" It was a young man who came, wearing a fifth-rank court uniform, and his official position was not high.

"You are?" Wang Chengen was old and really couldn't remember.

"The younger one is Zhou Peigong, who followed the emperor the year before last and worked as a secretary for a few days." Zhou Peigong smiled.

"Oh! It turned out to be Xiao Zhou." Wang Chengen has long since stopped following Zhu Youjian, especially when handling official business, Zhu Youjian likes to use all kinds of young talents as his secretary.Xia Wanchun, for example, has been the emperor's secretary for many years, and was only recently transferred.And people like Zhou Peigong, Mingzhu, etc., who stayed for a relatively short period of time and trained for a year or so, just released them directly.Zhu Youjian now has two secretaries.The first secretary is Chen Gongyin, the son of Chen Bangyan; the second secretary is Li Guangdi, a young man in his 20s.

"You have something to do with me?" Since he was Zhu Youjian's secretary, Wang Chengen still gave him some face. At least Wang Chengen knew that Zhu Youjian would not let anyone be his secretary casually, he was more or less a person.

"Don't dare to bother Eunuch! The younger one just wants to tell Eunuch a news. The Eldest Prince has submitted his speech to the Emperor and will not return to Nanjing." Zhou Peigong said softly.

"How do you know?" Wang Chengen's face fell instantly, and he even asked in a low voice with killing intent.This feeling makes anyone hear that there is a crisis of imminent disaster.

"This matter was suggested by a villain, and the Eldest Prince also deeply agrees." After all, he had been with the emperor, Zhou Peigong was not intimidated by Wang Chengen at all, instead he was calm and calm, which made Wang Chengen look at him differently.

"Follow me into the car." Wang Chengen glanced around and found nothing wrong. Knowing that this was not the place to talk, he wanted to ask Zhou Peigong to clarify.

Since Wang Chengen had already been wandering around Nanjing City for a long time, it was not a big problem for his carriage to continue wandering around.On Wang Chengen's carriage, Zhou Peigong showed his true colors.

"Who are you?" Wang Chengen asked coldly when he saw Zhou Peigong get into the carriage with killing intent in his eyes.

"Just like General Li Dingguo, I have a heart for the First Prince." Zhou Peigong said solemnly.

"I see." When Wang Chengen heard Li Dingguo's name, his killing intent disappeared instantly.Just based on this name, he can completely believe that Zhou Peigong belongs to the former prince.

"I suggest that the eldest prince does not need to get involved in the current muddy waters, but should stay in Henan and raise horses for the imperial court." Zhou Peigong said.

"Is it impossible to be a Bi Mawen forever?" Knowing that Zhou Peigong's heart is for Zhu Cihong, Wang Chengen was much more relaxed.