Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

As for the Ottoman and European universities that teach theology in the name of universities, do they deserve to be called universities?What an international joke!

Not only the students of Capital University are elites who have been killed out of thousands of troops, but even the teachers who teach are the same. Except for the great Confucianists from the Imperial College, the rest are all big bulls in the Royal Academy.

There are almost 10 students and their relatives and servants, which is close to 200 people. Once such a large population moves to the south of the city, the population pressure of the entire capital will be relieved almost instantly—although for the entire capital of more than [-] people A population of [-] is just a drop in the bucket.

The appearance of the entire Capital University and 10 people near the Royal Academy is a test for the original security capabilities of the Royal Academy, but it is only a test, and it will not bring much pressure at all.

Who are the guards of the Royal Academy?

The expert factory, the pro-army of the emperor's pro-army, and the subordinate Yuma Jian directly assigned Tengxiang Zuowei to station nearby.The West Factory and the East Factory rotate a class every month to investigate and edit near the Royal Academy. Jinyiwei also stationed a thousand-household station here, and the Beijing Camp directly set up the garrison of the Fifth Army Battalion near the Royal Academy, so that in the nearest protection.

And all these defensive forces are only public, on the surface. As for how many people are guarding the Royal Academy in secret, no one knows except Emperor Chongzhen and the supervisor and commander of the factory guards. up.

In the early years, there were often hanging heads on the periphery of the Royal Academy. Whether it was Jiannu, spies from other countries, or guys who wanted to go to the Royal Academy to fish in troubled waters, even the three hands with the capital's household registration were all hung up. ——The guards of the Royal Academy have always killed the wrong ones without letting them go.

After six years in Chongzhen, no new heads were gradually hung, because the reputation of the Royal Academy had spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and no one had the courage to go nearby to die.

It is precisely for this reason that Lu Xiangsheng came up with the idea of ​​the land near the Royal Academy.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was a little noncommittal, Lu Xiangsheng simply threw another big bomb: "Your Majesty, the governor of Tianjin and the commander of Tianjin Wei jointly wrote a memorial requesting the demolition of the outer wall of Tianjin?"

Emperor Chongzhen immediately felt even more distressed.

In fact, not only the memorials from Tianjin, but also from Huating, Dengzhou, Weihai and other places, intending to test the tone of the imperial court and see if the walls can be demolished.

Just like Ding Rucheng, the commander of the Tianjin Guard, said in the memorial, in today's world, who can pose a threat to the Tianjin Guard?What's the use of having the ability to break through the sea defense line, no matter how tall the city wall is?

Now that the city wall has become an obstacle to Tianjin's further development, why not demolish it in advance?Even if it can't be completely disassembled, it is good to dismantle one side.

What Tianjin Wei said was the truth. Just like Beijing and Nanjing, Tianjin City could no longer accommodate the increasing population, and the land price in the city was also soaring again and again. A large amount of land outside the city was left unused. The biggest problem was the city wall.

If there was no city wall, there would be no distinction between inside and outside the city. Basically, the closer to the center, the more expensive the land price would be, instead of the current situation where it is expensive inside the city and no one wants it outside the city.

The existence of the city wall is indeed a big problem.

As long as there is a city wall, the area inside the city is limited, but the population is increasing day by day. Even if they keep migrating out every year, it is useless—there are only so many entertainment activities at night, so what else can we do without creating people?

Moreover, the continuous migration of people out of the city will have a great impact on the hearts of the people.

Who wants to be moved out of the city when they are doing well in the city?Even if you are unlucky and happen to be drawn into the migrating crowd, it is normal to feel dissatisfied.

It would be hell if they could all calm down, and they were more concerned about the handle of the knife held in Wei Suo's hand, and dared not speak out.

In fact, if Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu hadn't been worried that these were the two imperial cities in the north and south, they would have written the memorial before Tianjinwei.

Emperor Chongzhen was somewhat indifferent to the proposal to demolish the city wall.

If it was replaced by a few hundred years later, every section of the city wall of Daming is an incomparably precious cultural heritage, and if one section is demolished, one section will be lost, no matter how prodigal a family is.

But for Daming, since this thing hinders the pace of urbanization, it will be demolished if it is demolished-after all, the city walls of Beijing and Nanjing will not be demolished no matter what.

Just like the small city of the Royal Academy, it will be expanded sooner or later, but there is no possibility of demolition.

As for the city walls of the capital city and Nanjing, they will not be demolished, even if another new city is built, otherwise future generations will not be able to find a section of the city wall, how sad.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen finally said: "Since Lu Aiqing brought up this matter now, she must have discussed it with Zhongji Hall?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I have already discussed with the scholars of Zhongji Hall, and I have also read the planning map uploaded by Tianjin Guardian. You can first allow him to demolish the city wall, and then see how the effect is before deciding whether to To tear down the walls in other areas."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "Then let's demolish it. The cabinet ticket has been drafted to be used as the seal of the supervisor. As for those in other regions, especially the capital and Nanjing, it is better not to demolish them. No matter what, they must be kept." Several complete cities will be given to future generations."

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and answered yes, and then brought the topic back: "Then about the relocation of Beijing University?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Shuntian Mansion should discuss this matter with the cabinet, the Ministry of Households, and the Zhongji Hall. Let's see how to make a plan for the capital for a century or even 300 years, so as to ensure that the construction is in place at one time, so as to avoid repetition. demolition.

If it's just a waste of manpower and material resources, it's fine, and it's not beautiful to provoke complaints from the people. "

After Lu Xiangsheng bowed in response, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "By the way, how has the performance of Capital University in recent years? Does it meet the expectations of Zhongji Hall, the cabinet, and the Ministry of Rites?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "Because the students of the first class haven't graduated yet, it's hard to say now.

However, according to the secret investigation conducted by the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College in Beijing University, Ming Jing is nothing more than Ming Law, Ming Suan, Biology, Medicine, Industry, Chemistry and other colleges. The students are really very different from the previous imperial examination students Big difference.

The level of these people's stereotyped essays can only be regarded as average, at best, they are at the level of the top three and Jinshi, or even worse.

However, these people's attainments in their majors are far superior to other students, and more can be described as professionalism.

The most powerful ones are some students of the engineering college. Some of the utensils they have made by hand have surpassed the best utensils that can be made by machine tools, and they are even not far behind the generals who will be craftsmen. "

Emperor Chongzhen chuckled, "Engineering dog, isn't it normal for some awesome fitters to be born in it?"The parts made by those eighth-level fitters can't even be made by high-precision five-axis machine tools!

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen simply said: "If this is the case, can a university be established in other places? For example, Nanjing, Chang'an, Luoyang?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's easier to talk about the other subjects, Jinshi?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "For the time being, several other universities do not set up a Jinshi department, but only set up professional courses. The professors are taught by graduates of the Capital University or old doctors from the Royal Academy."

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it for a while, then bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, why don't you discuss it with all the colleagues in the cabinet, as well as the scholars from the Ministry of Rites and Zhongji Hall after returning?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Of course."

After Lu Xiangsheng returned to Wenyuan Pavilion with a happy face, Li Yan and other cabinet leaders already knew the result of this discussion—the emperor must have agreed to the proposal to relocate the Capital University.

However, Lu Xiangsheng told Li Yan and others about the university matter proposed by Emperor Chongzhen, and everyone felt worried together.

It's like this in everything, the superiors move their mouths, the subordinates break their legs, and Emperor Chongzhen wants to establish a few more universities when his upper and lower lips touch each other, but for Lu Xiangsheng and others, this is not the case.

The first is the location of the university.

Since Emperor Chongzhen mentioned Nanjing, Chang'an, and Luoyang, don't think about it, the newly opened universities must be selected from or include these places.

Then the problem is coming.

Choosing among these places means that there are only one or two new universities, so where should we choose?If only a new university is to be established, Nanjing is the safest choice. After all, it is the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the eight ministries of the cabinet all have backups in Nanjing, so no one can find any reason.

What if there are two schools?Besides Nanjing, where should Luoyang and Chang'an choose?One Eastern Capital and one Western Capital are well-known existences, who wants to lose the election?

Even if we simply choose all this time and build four new universities at once, what about the future?Where should I choose in the future?

To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if you do it well, but if you don't do it well, it's a matter of offending people. Although Lu Xiangsheng and others are not afraid of offending those local officials, there is no need for that, is there?

After being silent for a long while, Li Yan opened his mouth and said, "Why don't we build three universities at once, one university in each of Nanjing, Luoyang, and Chang'an.

As for the expansion in the future, it is estimated that it will take five or six years at the earliest. After the students of these universities graduate, they will be able to teach before considering the address of the next university. "

Meng Chuanding, who was arrested and discussed with Guozijian Jijiu, said: "Where are the teachers? Once these three universities are established, they must not be too far behind the Capital University. How can there be so many teachers?

As we all know, those professors at the Royal Academy are very knowledgeable, but can they be expected to go to Nanjing, Luoyang and Chang'an to give lectures?They have this time?