Chapter Ninety-One: Reforming the Imperial Examination
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But Tang Mo didn't feel afraid, she just wanted to use the difficult stone of the imperial examination to establish the prestige of her new dynasty, and use various means to deter those who secretly coveted it.
Now that there are still three years to go before the imperial examination begins, it is also a good time to make a big move.
The reform of the imperial examination system was not achieved overnight, it needed a little change, and the first thing Tang Mo had to do was to establish a school.
She is going to personally compile all the textbooks for this school, and name this school the Ming Royal Academy, people who come out of this school, their imperial examination acceptance rate will reach the highest, and Tang Mo will serve as the honorary principal of this school, and there will be no other headmaster position in the school, only a few vice principals will be set up to manage together.
The vice-principal will have the rank of official rank, which is equivalent to the rank of the third rank of the imperial court.
There are four levels of teachers in the school: professor, associate professor, teacher, and associate teacher, and then there are maids and servants, who are responsible for taking care of the teachers' daily life.
The students' quarters were also managed by servants and maids, but they were not numerous.
Inspections are set up to inspect school discipline and students' conduct.
There is a separate subject system, and students from different disciplines learn different content, but they all have common learning content.
Tang Mo worked hard to set up the school system, and it took several days to finally establish the framework of the Ming Royal Academy.
Next, Tang Mo has to compile textbooks, which is undoubtedly the most energy-consuming thing, but fortunately, she has Jin Dan cultivation, and such a thing can barely be done.
Tang Mo spent half a month compiling nine textbooks, five of which correspond to the five major subjects, and four are general textbooks.
Once the teaching materials are ready, the next step is to officially announce the establishment of the academy.
Tang Mo issued a holy decree announcing the establishment of the Ming Imperial Academy, and the ministers did not oppose it, and the matter was unanimously approved.
After the holy decree was passed, Tang Mo personally supervised the construction of the academy, and she was really not at ease when this matter was handed over to others.
There was a small episode in the middle, that is, Tang Mo invited Miss Luo Qing into the palace and became her personal female official, in order to dispel Miss Luo Qing's concerns, Tang Mo himself came forward and asked Miss Luo Qing to fully assist the new dynasty.
Tang Mo wrote a letter to Murong Xue and Liu Xu, asking them to wait with peace of mind, and there was also a place for them in the new dynasty.
The site of the Daming Royal Academy is on the bank of the Qinhuai River in the east city of Beijing, and the place chosen is the mansion of a former official who left Beijing, the mansion is huge, with more than ten acres, the first thing Tang Mo has to do is to expand this mansion, and she handed it over to Luo Qing to do.
This is also the first time that a female official has been directly dispatched to supervise instead of a eunuch, Luo Qing did not disappoint Tang Mo, and only spent a very small price to move hundreds of people around the mansion, and did not cause public resentment.
After these people moved away, the area of the Ming Royal Academy doubled.
On the newly added area, Tang Mo planned to build an experimental academy and a martial arts academy.
These two academies will also be part of the Daming Royal Academy in the future, with the Experimental Academy focusing on scientific and technological research, and the Martial Arts Academy focusing on martial arts cultivation.
In addition, there will be a martial arts platform, a garden, and a Zhongjun Tower.
Tang Mo wrote down his own ideas, and then discussed the specific plan with Luo Qing.
Luo Qing is a very smart woman, and cooperating with Luo Qing makes Tang Mo feel very relaxed and happy.
Tang Mo asked Luo Qing to study the textbooks she compiled first, nine textbooks, namely geography, astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, classics, dictionaries, mathematics, and Junxue.
Among them, geography, astronomy, biology, chemistry, and physics are elective courses, and only one of the five courses needs to be elective, while classics, dictionaries, mathematics, and junxue are compulsory.
Tang Mo used the memories of later generations to compile the textbooks, which completely exceeded the ideas of this era, and its depth was also extremely deep, Tang Mo was originally a college student, so the textbooks she compiled were also at the university level.
Luo Qing is also in contact with these textbooks for the first time, and when she got these textbooks, she was deeply attracted at the first time, and while supervising the expansion of the Ming Royal Academy, her whole body and mind were attracted by the textbooks.
In particular, biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics opened up a world that she had never explored before, and her worldview changed dramatically.
In more than ten days, Luo Qing's temperament was very different, and she began to take the opportunity to enter the palace to ask Tang Mo for various questions about her knowledge, and Tang Mo was also very patient to answer her.
A month later, Luo Qing had mastered the nine textbooks, and Tang Mo gave her a new task, which was to train the first batch of college instructors.
The difference between training instructors and students is that each instructor only needs to specialize in one subject, so in terms of training, Luo Qing also saves a lot of energy.
The instructors are selected from the Jinshi who have byes in previous years, and they can be admitted to the Jinshi, not to mention being smart, and only specialize in one subject, which is not very difficult for them.
In addition, Miss Luo Qing is extremely smart, and after only two months of training, the first batch of thirty instructors have been trained, and they can impart knowledge to the students.
At the same time, the expansion of the academy supervised by Luo Qing has also come to an end.
The newly expanded Daming Royal Academy, which has five major parts: the main college, the martial arts academy, the experimental institute, the royal garden, and the Zhongjun Tower, is ready to enroll.
Before the enrollment of the Daming Royal Academy, in order to increase the number of students who signed up, Tang Mo released a rumor that the imperial examination in three years would be reformed on a large scale, and it was related to the Daming Royal Academy.
Of course, this is just gossip, and it is impossible to say it in front of hundreds of officials, otherwise it will inevitably cause a backlash.
Soon it was the day of registration for the Daming Royal Academy, because the enrollment restriction of the Daming Royal Academy was that the previous students should be lifted, and the age should not exceed forty-five years old, so in fact, there could not be too many people to sign up.
At the gate of the Ming Royal Academy, early in the morning, a few people came here.
"Is this the place to sign up for the Daming Royal Academy?" one of the people asked.
"Not bad" Miss Luo, who enrolled in the school in person, was followed by two teachers in their forties and said.
Behind them, there was also a row of Praetorian Guard soldiers, which Tang Mo had transferred to help her maintain order.
There was a blank roster on the table, and the lifter did not suspect it, so he directly put his own lifter on the official voucher and said, "I am a lifter in the 66th year of Hongwu, and I came to sign up." ”
Luo Qing looked at it, there was no problem with the voucher, wrote down his name, and then handed over a carefully carved wooden card.
"Take the sign, enter the school in ten days, and prepare a hundred taels of silver for tuition at that time. Luo Qing said.
"Okay" nodded and stood aside, waiting for his companion to sign up.
Gradually, in front of the Ming Royal Academy, a long queue formed.