Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1560 Great Opportunity

  Fang Jifan was a little speechless.

   Fortunately, Emperor Hongzhi didn't care too much about it.

  He ordered Xiao Jing to fetch the report, and after reading it carefully, he knocked on the copy: "This is a great achievement, now in Ural, who has taken over the duties of Wang Qing's family?"

  Wang Shouren replied: "Your disciple Liu Jie."

  Liu Jie...

  Liu Jian stood in the class with a blank expression on his face, only sighing in his heart.

  He knew about this a long time ago.

  Liu Jie left again. For Liu Jian, this son...although he is not young, he is still young.

  He wanted to leave, but Liu Jian didn't stop him.

   What can stop a man from making contributions? Although Liu Jian was reluctant, he was still an open-minded person after all.

   It's just...even if he is his own son, Liu Jian can't help but have a question in his heart, can Liu Jie really be alone in Ural?

When Emperor Hongzhi heard the word Liu Jie, he glanced at Liu Jian meaningfully, and then nodded: "I know him, he has made great achievements in Huangjinzhou, and he is full of holes when he comes back this time. I have asked him several times. The injury, it's just... his injury is just right, and he's about to cross mountains and rivers, hey..."

  Although it was a sigh, he didn't continue to say anything. He expressed his position on this arrangement, and there was no objection.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was full of energy, smiled and said: "The disciples of Fang Qing's family have opened my eyes. It is my blessing that I have Qing and others. Wang Qing's family has made great achievements, so let's rest for a few days first. I have a job."

  Wang Shouren saluted: "Observe the order."

Emperor Hongzhi took another look at Fang Jifan: "Fang Qing's family has peaches and plums all over the world, and Fang Qing's family is also responsible for this enlightenment. I thought about it, if the Ural Tatars can still be educated, how can my Ming people have it?" The uneducable principle, this matter, Fang Qing's family will give a memorial."

  Emperor Hongzhi admired Fang Jifan's educational ability very much.

   What the prince looked like before, what he looks like now.

   There are also his disciples, those disciples and grandchildren, all of whom are talents with both civil and military skills.

  The imperial examinations are no longer tasteless, tasteless to eat, and a pity to discard.

  Will the model of Xishan Academy work?

   This is what Emperor Hongzhi cared about.

  When Emperor Hongzhi said this, all the Hanlin were surprised and looked at each other in blank dismay.

   Someone almost wants to come out and say something.

  From the selection of officials to the present, does His Majesty still want to change the imperial examination system?

   Once this education reform falls on Fang Jifan, a bastard, nine out of ten, big things will happen.

  However, without waiting for anyone to object, Fang Jifan said calmly: "I obey the order."

  …

  When Fang Jifan came out of the palace, he walked slowly, but he was like an eggplant beaten by frost, and he seemed to ignore everyone he saw.

  Wang Shouren followed behind his mentor step by step. Seeing his mentor like this, he couldn't help but be concerned: "What's wrong with your mentor? Why do you look so weak?"

Fang Jifan glanced at Wang Shouren resentfully, and suddenly gritted his teeth, but seeing Wang Shouren's thin body and the bulging temples, he knew at a glance that he was a practicing family boy, Fang Jifan finally calmed down, and forced a smile: "Maybe it's a cold, Bo'an has a heart."

  Wang Shouren is more concerned: "My teacher should rest more."

  Fang Jifan twitched his lips again and said, "Oh, okay, I see."

  Wang Shouren said again: "Your Majesty has placed a heavy responsibility on your mentor. This charter...what is your mentor's plan?"

  Fang Jifan is the most direct about this kind of thing, he waved his hand and said: "You write it, and when you finish writing it, show it to the teacher. If there is nothing wrong, hand it in."

   "But Your Majesty said, let the teacher..." Obviously, Wang Shouren is a person who doesn't know how to be flexible.

   To be honest, if he knew how to be flexible, with his IQ, what else would there be in Hongzhi Dynasty?

  Fang Jifan then remembered Wang Shouren's upright character, took a deep breath, and said, "Okay, I will write it myself for the teacher. Bo'an, don't waver in front of the teacher, it will be uncomfortable for the teacher."

  Wang Shouren was silent for a moment, staring at Fang Jifan: "Could it be that the teacher despises the students?"

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  He had no choice but to show a blissful look: "Why does Bo'an think this way, you are the softest part of my teacher's heart, the heart of my teacher. Alright, I'm done."

  Wang Shouren was thoughtful.

  He always felt that something was wrong with his teacher.

   Could it be because I was too upright in the temple today?

But…

  Wang Shouren quickly dismissed the idea...but this is how his teacher usually teaches him.

   Be a human being...Be honest!

  …

  Fang Jifan's mood was a little gloomy, but after receiving the emperor's order, Fang Jifan moved very quickly.

   Such things should be done sooner rather than later. At this time, Fang Jifan's politeness can no longer be tolerated.

  His Majesty hopes to get more talents, and for these talents, the imperial examination can no longer meet the needs.

  In a small-scale peasant society, it didn’t take much talent to manage the people. If others were illiterate, you could.

But now, it is completely different. Countless industries have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. More and more professional things cannot be controlled by people who only read classics and history. These people are beginning to be more and more powerless, but However, they occupy a high position. If it goes on for a long time, it will do a lot of harm to the imperial court but not a single benefit.

  Emperor Hongzhi had this idea, which of course aroused even greater worries among scholars.

   Keshilins... Well, a batch has been packed away, and the influence is obviously weaker.

   Therefore, it will not cause too much shock like a few years ago.

   But even so, when it comes to digging people's ancestral graves, the resentment of scholars is still great.

   But for Fang Jifan, this new education reform is related to his vital interests.

   No, to be precise, it is related to the future of his disciples and grandchildren.

  Fang Jifan admits that he is a protector.

  There are only so many official positions in the temple, one radish and one pit, Fang Jifan can't make so many pits.

However, there are already tens of thousands of scholars in Xishan Academy. Although their majors are different, their futures are also different. Some can be engaged in research, some can become officials in the court, some can practice medicine, and some can enter workshops and become workshops. The best of them, and some of them, are in business.

   But even so, Fang Jifan had to consider their future.

  Because no matter what career they’re in, eventually…they hit a ceiling.

   What is the ceiling?

   It is a matter of being an official in the imperial examination.

  Now Fang Jifan is ordered to hand over the new charter of education reform, the essence of which is to start from the bottom and change the previous direction of education.

  If this is the case, it is almost tantamount to letting the imperial examination collapse.

  If everyone doesn’t go to Hanchuang to study the Four Books and Five Classics, is the imperial examination... still necessary?

  Naturally...the imperial examination is still necessary.

  It is a relatively fair system of selecting scholars, but in Fang Jifan's view, the fault lies in stereotyped writing.

  What he has to do is to remove the stereotyped essays from education, and add many new subjects. Once this is done, it means that the disciples of Xishan Academy have a bright future.

If stereotypes select scholars, then whoever is good at stereotypes can become an official, and whoever becomes an official will protect the selection of scholars with stereotypes. Some of them become officials because of stereotypes, and some become great Confucians because of stereotypes. Power also controls public opinion, which naturally encourages people to learn stereotyped writing.

  But if other methods are used to select scholars, for example, if the imperial court uses medical skills to select scholars, what will happen? Then the biggest beneficiaries are Zhu Houzhao, Su Yue, and those medical students.

  Because this will lead to an upsurge of studying medicine all over the world. Any medical student who is placed outside will become a great doctor, just like the great Confucianism in the past. There will be countless people crying and begging them to be their teachers. They can even become officials because of this, and even join the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister. The status of medical students will be crazily improved, and they can even affect the economy and people's livelihood.

  His Majesty's light words, ordering Fang Jifan to preside over this matter, this is the greatest benefit to the entire Xishan Academy. Therefore, the whole Xishan Academy heard about this, and tens of thousands of students are also full of expectations.

  Fang Jifan quickly summoned the deans of various academies under the college and some outstanding figures in the academies, and immediately began to participate in the negotiation.

This means that the School of Engineering, School of Engineering, Tuntianwei, School of Medicine, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Business, and School of Letters were together and quickly drafted a charter. Immediately afterwards, Fang Jifan began to revise it, and finally invited Wang Shouren to serve as a staff member. one two.

  Although he somewhat dislikes Wang Shouren's honesty, but... Well, Fang Jifan still feels that he has to rely on this guy.

  After all... Even if Fang Jifan has two generations of experience as a human being, he is still not grounded enough.

  Wang Shouren is different. He has been to Jiaozhi and Ural, dealt with countless people, and taught countless disciples. Even in Xishan Academy, he is full of peaches and plums.

  Wang Shouren revised Fang Jifan's charter. Fang Jifan probably read it and thought there was nothing wrong with it, so he immediately went to the palace to have an audience.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at the regulations handed over by Fang Jifan, and he took them very seriously.

  In fact, these days, Emperor Hongzhi has also been under a lot of pressure. Many ministers expressed their concerns about Fang Jifan, but Emperor Hongzhi still did not change his original intention, and only waited for Fang Jifan's charter.

   This time, Fang Jifan naturally did not disappoint Emperor Hongzhi.

  Fang Jifan has made full preparations for this. This is an extremely detailed charter, and the changes in education can be described as various aspects.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it and asked: "On the third page here, each province needs to set up a provincial school, and the prefecture needs to set up a prefectural school. In today's world, don't there already be county schools and prefectural schools? Why are they added? I'm just afraid that this will happen. Don't waste public money."

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this study is not the other study."

  …

  The first chapter has been delivered, and there are three more.

  (end of this chapter)