Chapter 54 Water Conservancy School

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "Pass Ruan An and Mu Jing." ”

These two people have already returned to the palace for this meeting, and naturally they will arrive as soon as they are transmitted.

When Zhu Qizhen saw these two people, Zhu Qizhen immediately asked: "Now how many water control talents are there under your command who can stand alone?" ”

Mu Jingxian said: "The slave maid has several righteous sons, which can be used by the emperor. ”

Ruan An had a bitter look on his face and said, "Your Majesty, there are a few colleagues who can be used by Your Majesty, but some of them are in the Ministry of Industry. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The Ministry of Industry is also counted. ”

These two people named more than a dozen people, and they were all talents who could independently preside over the repair and dredging of a river.

But Zhu Qizhen also felt that a dozen people could manage more than a dozen rivers independently, such as the Lugou River, and almost all of these people were on the construction site.

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Is there still water in this dynasty that has the ability to control water?" ”

Ruan An said: "The minister knows that there must be two places. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Say." ”

Ruan An said: "It's Pingjiang Bofu. ”

Zhu Qizhen naturally knew Pingjiangbo, and he also knew that the current Pingjiangbo was Chen Yu. is the grandson of Chen Xuan, a famous minister in the Yongle period, and naturally knows why there are water control talents in Pingjiang Bofu.

Because Pingjiangbo Governor Caoyun has been in power for more than ten years, and today's Caoyun system was created by him, Xuande died in eight years, and it has only been a few years now.

Zhu Qizhen said to the eunuch beside him: "Xuanping Jiangbo." ”

It's just that it's not easy for Ping Jiangbo to come.

In the eighth year of Xuande, Pingjiang Bo Chen Xuan died, and the second Pingjiang Bo in the first year of orthodoxy, and the father of the current Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu died, so now Pingjiang Bo is not very old, only in his early twenties. Naturally, there was no dispatch in the court, but he went to inspect the war horses a few times.

They are all temporary assignments.

Go fast and go back quickly.

Recently, Ping Jiangbo has been using his connections to seek a position in the Shenji Battalion.

After all, he didn't want to be idle forever.

So, I wanted to invite him over, but it was not easy.

It's not good, he's visiting someone's house at the moment.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen didn't expect Ping Jiangbo to come over immediately, and continued to ask, "Where else is there?" ”

Ruan An said: "There is also Jiangnan, Jiangnan water conservancy is prosperous, and there are many people who are good at it. It's just that I'm afraid it's hard to convene for a while. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Yu, what is your good plan. ”

Yu Qian said: "What Mr. Ruan said is that the minister's family lives in Qiantang, and there are many local people who are good at water control, and even have special water conservancy works. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened and was noncommittal for a while.

It sounds like Yu Qian said

Not bad.

But Zhu Qizhen remembered the thoughts that popped up in his heart yesterday when Yang Shiqi explained the gap between the north and the south to Zhu Qizhen.

That is, in the imperial examination, the northerners are not as good as the southerners, so do the northerners want to overwhelm the southerners in other fields, or in other words, I will change the track for him. Whether the northerners are willing to run on it or not.

Why do you think so.

Because the more Zhu Qizhen wanted to do, the more he found that the root of all problems lies in the difference in ideological concepts.

Whether the imperial examination system is good or not, but there are more and more problems with the talents cultivated by the imperial examination system. For example, the current problem.

The Ming Dynasty couldn't find many ministers who could control the water.

In fact, water conservancy in this era is still relatively simple.

Many ministers who have passed the imperial examination have also become capable ministers of water control. How they do it, it's just self-taught.

But many drawbacks of Confucianism made Zhu Qizhen very uncomfortable.

So, how to figure out how to do things in the direction of thought.

It can be said that from the moment Zhu Qizhen came to power, Zhu Qizhen was thinking.

But I thought about it, but I couldn't find a place to shoot.

Compare Zhu Qizhen, you can't lift the table and do it brutally.

But now the imbalance between the north and the south in the imperial examination made Zhu Qizhen feel a little opportunity, but it didn't really work, so he asked Zhu Qizhen to give it a try.

How to try?

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment, and then had an idea in his heart. Said? "Sir's plan is to treat the symptoms but not the root cause." ”

"The court is flooded and drought every day, and I am deeply worried, and I think it is because of the incurable water conservancy. If water conservancy is not treated, the drought and flood will be uneven, and if the drought and flood are uneven, the locusts will rise in a big way. If you want to get rid of the suffering of the people, water conservancy comes first. ”

"The policy of controlling water must not be thought of once and for all, because the sky has changed from time to time, the geographical advantages have changed, and the policy of controlling water today may be the source of tomorrow's disaster."

"Sir is well aware of this."

Yu Qian couldn't disagree when he heard it.

Because in the Qianzhi River plan, there is no way to deal with the silting up of the three large lakes by sediment.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. also said that if you don't dare to save a hundred years of river governance, you will have no worries for thousands of years, so naturally you have to leave some talents for future generations." ”

"If Mr. takes the policy of Hebei Water Conservancy, after the completion of Hebei Water Conservancy, how should these people be settled?"

"Probably some of them will be awarded officials, and some of them will be given money to return to their hometowns, but after a few decades, if you want to control the water again, will it be difficult to recruit people from the private sector again?"

Yu Qian had no choice but to say: "The minister is ignorant, but he doesn't know what His Majesty means?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The people who control the water in the world still have to be recruited, but it is only an emergency measure. I prepared to set up a school by the Lugou River, with Ruan An as the sacrificial wine and Mu Jing as the professor, specializing in teaching the science of water control. In the future, the Ministry of Industry must have officials from the water conservancy school to preside over the water control affairs. ”

"Yes

Beware, the original intention of the court to love the people has become a policy to harm the people. ”

"Such a way of controlling water has been passed down from generation to generation, and the court has decided that there is no shortage of people."

Yu Qian listened and said: "Your Majesty, if you are from the academy, all of them will be conferred, wouldn't there be the danger of redundant officials." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. said that he was joking, Mr. also cleaned up the officials in Beijing. Naturally, I know what these people are like, and now in the Ministry of Industry, there are many people who have made meritorious contributions to Jinshi, and the rest are old officials, and it is better to use them than to use the students who came out of the water conservancy school. ”

"From now on, the officials will no longer be hereditary. I'm going to have to find someone to do the right thing. ”

Yu Qian thought about it, didn't think of any problems for a while, and said, "It's just that the minister is worried that there will be some delays." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Then recruit students immediately, and soon start repairing the river, just send them to follow the teacher to the embankment, and then say, there will always be a few, as for the water control talents recruited from all over the country, if he really has the ability, I will also include him in the water conservancy school." ”

Yu Qian said: "The minister understands. ”

Seeing Yu Qian like this, Zhu Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: "Yu Qian probably hasn't seen countless universities in later generations, I don't believe it, I have established hundreds of universities, and I will rebuild a university town outside Beijing, so many college students, in the future, I will not be satisfied with the more than 300 Jinshi pressing on their heads every three years." ”

Zhu Qizhen deeply studied the Shang Ying's reform and realized a truth, never try to hit one group, and those who can defeat one group can only be another group.

Zhu Qizhen sat big on civil officials and felt the danger, but he felt a little unable to support the decline of the nobles.

Now the north-south rivalry has inspired him, and if he had established these universities near Beijing, it would have been natural that the northerners would have an advantage in this area.

In the future, all the officials of the world will come from the north. Then the tendency of the northerners can be imagined.

As for the future, Zhu Qizhen can only guess. But I'm not sure, anyway, the seeds have already fallen, and when they really grow, I don't know when.

However, the most thing Zhu Qizhen has now is time, he still has a few decades, waiting for these people to grow up slowly. Another tendency in his mind that is also becoming stronger is to build schools.

This water conservancy school is just the beginning, in the future, the household department will have an accounting school, and the criminal department will also have a criminal law school, and then a clan school will be established for the children of the clan. Establishment of a nautical school for customs.

Wait a minute.

Zhu Qizhen's plan for one million college students slowly took shape.

At this time, Chen Yu also entered the palace sweating profusely. Zhu Qizhen didn't say a few words when he saw Chen Yu, so he appointed Chen Yu to manage the soldiers and horses of Zhili and assist Yu Qian in controlling the water.

Chen Yu was naturally overjoyed when he heard this appointment. He doesn't have to sit on the cold bench in Jingshi. As for letting the water control talents in Pingjiang Mansion participate in the water control, Zhu Qizhen doesn't need it, and someone will naturally tell Chen Yu.