While paying attention to economic construction, Emperor Chongzhen did not forget spiritual construction.

When the Ming Imperial Academy was completed before, he was in Yingtianfu at the time, and after receiving the report, he immediately rushed back to Beijing.

In the past, not many people actually paid attention to this Ming Royal Academy. Except for the meeting when Yan Shenggong wanted to move his family to the Americas, it was involved in the Ming Royal Academy and was discussed for a while, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and no one paid attention to it.

The newly built Daming Imperial Academy is not in the Forbidden City, not even in the Jingshi, but in the suburbs outside the city, which is rebuilt from the original Huangzhuang and covers an extremely wide area.

No matter how well it is built, but it is all built outside the city, who will pay attention to it? If it were built in the Forbidden City, it would definitely be eye-catching.

But no one thought that after the completion of the Daming Royal Academy, Emperor Chongzhen, who had a lot of opportunities, actually put down what he was doing, rushed back to Beijing directly from Yingtianfu, not to mention, and also led the civil and military officials, including the celebrant and the cabinet, to unveil the Daming Royal Academy.

Hearing such a grand ceremony, fools know that this Ming Royal Academy is definitely a very high-standard kind. As a result, the people of Beijing flocked out of the city to see the excitement. While watching, I also inquired about the news of the Daming Royal Academy.

"What exactly is this Ming Royal Academy? Why did the emperor bring hundreds of civil and military officials to unveil it together? ”

"yes, I thought this was at most similar to the medical school under Guozijian! This situation is really scary! ”

"How is this possible! When Yan Shenggong left, the emperor had already said that Confucius and Mencius Shengxue were going to be moved to this Ming Royal Academy, how could it be compared with the medical school! ”

"In this way, then this formation can be justified. But how does this son think that the emperor shouldn't be so grand, right? ”

"That's right, it's not as good as before, look at how many types of imperial examinations are divided into now, and it's not just Confucius and Mencius!"

“……”

Although they witnessed the huge opening lineup, they probably discussed the reason for such a high standard. However, there are also things that I can't figure out.

For example, the emperor vigorously promoted new learning, and the original dominance of Confucius and Mencius no longer exists. Also, why build this Ming Royal Academy outside the city, this grade is obviously too low, how can it be forced to come to the Forbidden City!

All kinds of doubts have made the Daming Royal Academy a hot topic.

However, they didn't discuss it for long, and the news about the Daming Royal Academy increased.

"You know what? Big news, I really didn't expect it! ”

"Liu Gongzi, you're boring, it's mysterious, it's really bad!"

"That's it, like this, this son really wants to say foul language!"

"Okay, okay, the news I just heard, about the Ming Royal Academy, absolutely important news!"

Hearing this, the people in the teahouse stopped talking and looked over one after another. Because they know that this is definitely something new for the emperor.

There are people who know that Liu Gongzi, and while asking Xiao Er to serve Liu Gongzi good tea, he urged him to hurry up.

This Liu Gongzi enjoyed the feeling of being in the limelight, so he said to them: "The latest news, the sacrificial wine of the Ming Royal Academy is served by the emperor himself!" ”

"Wow......" Hearing this, the teahouse suddenly exclaimed. The emperor personally served as the sacrificial wine, which is higher grade than the national eunuch!

"Liu Gongzi, then do you know what is going on with this Ming Royal Academy?"

"That's right, this son bets that this Ming Royal Academy is definitely not as simple as Confucius and Mencius!"

"Definitely, you still need to say that!"

“……”

Listening to their discussion, Liu Gongzi stretched out his hand to signal, and suddenly, there was silence in the teahouse, and then he said: "There is also news, there will be a small courtyard in the Ming Royal Academy, and the person who is the leader is not called the sacrificial wine, but the dean." ”

This news is basically within everyone's expectations, and the titles of dean and mountain chief are not uncommon. Therefore, everyone's focus is on what small courtyard there is. A group of people waited, urging this Liu Gongzi to speak quickly.

However, this Liu Gongzi did not do what they wanted, because Xiao Er had just served the best Longjing tea, he took a sip unhurriedly, and saw that everyone was showing signs of anger, so he said to them: "In the Ming Royal Academy, it is divided into Confucian Academy, Mengsheng Academy, Gewu Academy, Alchemy Academy, Medical Academy, Mathematics Academy, Literature Academy, Architecture Academy, etc......."

Hearing this, some people couldn't help but talk about it.

"It is not difficult to understand Confucius Academy and Meng Sheng Academy, and we have already guessed it. But why are there even Gewu Academy, Alchemy Academy, Medical Academy, and Mathematics Academy? ”

"My son understands, the reason why the emperor is so grand is that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink, I'm afraid it's to promote new learning, right?"

"Isn't it, aren't the emperor's efforts to promote things, alchemy, medicine, and mathematics? But what's going on with the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Architecture? Can this also be compared to the way of Confucius and Mencius? ”

“……”

In the confusion of these people, Liu Gongzi smiled and said, "You don't understand this!" These things are actually just the things of the hundred schools of thought. Wasn't the study of Confucius and Mencius the same back then? Now it's just a different name! ”

Hearing him say this, some people felt that it made sense, and immediately cited examples such as Moxue.

Liu Gongzi drank tea for a while, then interjected again: "Actually, it's still different. For example, architecture, according to the news that Ben Gongzi heard, includes shipbuilding and railroad construction. This is not available in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period! ”

Enjoying the convenience brought by new technology, the people of Daming at this time have no resistance to new learning, and even welcome it. When they heard this, they all praised it.

There are only a few Confucian scholars who have complained about this, and they feel that Confucius and Mencius seem to have belittled a lot. But there are few of them, and they don't dare to cause a war of words, or they won't be drowned!

Liu Gongzi said for a while, and then began to drink tea again, this is the tea he exchanged for the news, and after saying the news at one time, there is no follow-up to this tea.

After they discussed for a while, he said, "Do you think that this Ming Royal Academy is still missing something?" Do you think that you are not worthy of the emperor to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to unveil it, this is all in time for the Taimiao Temple and the Martyrs' Shrine! Also, what does this have to do with Guozijian, have you ever thought about it? ”

There are indeed some people among the tea guests who have this doubt, and when they hear this, they have doubts without doubt. So, they asked him to speak quickly.

As a result, Liu Gongzi sighed and said that this tea really didn't drink it.

Hearing this, everyone laughed and scolded, and then someone shouted for Xiao Er to serve tea. This Liu Gongzi looked at it for a moment before he smiled and said: "As you know, all the deans in the Ming Royal Academy have titles, and they are grandmasters. ”

Hearing this, there was a sudden silence in the teahouse. After a long while, someone exclaimed: "No wonder, this is much higher than the Guozi Prison, Grandmaster, it is one level away from the top of the new academic title." ”

Although the imperial court did not say it explicitly, among the people, the title promulgated by Emperor Chongzhen later was called the title of Xinxue. And the title of Grandmaster is only one level lower than that of the Great Grandmaster.

In addition, from the fact that the crown prince invented the steam engine, ironclad battleships, etc., but he could only obtain the title of "grandmaster", it can be seen that this title is not so easy to get.

Thinking of this, someone immediately asked, "Then the deans of the Ming Royal Academy, have they been chosen?" ”

"That's right, I don't know who has such good luck to get the Grandmaster title directly?"

“……”

A group of people were all curious and asked.

When Liu Gongzi heard this, his face showed a mysterious expression, and he pointed in the direction of the Forbidden City: "It's not decided yet, it's being pushed in the court!" ”

"What? You say Tingtui? Did I hear me right? ”

"I also heard that it was Tingtui, and I almost thought I heard it wrong!"

“……”

It's no wonder that they, Tingtui, have not had this thing all these years. However, it was common in the past.

The so-called court push means that when the court encounters major political affairs, or encounters a vacancy in the minister of civil and military affairs, the emperor will order the courtiers to meet to discuss with each other. This courtier is generally the six Shangshu, the imperial history, the six departments to the matter, the political envoy, the secretary of Dali and the imperial history of the Dao. This shows how high this level is.

It stands to reason that this court push is a very good system, but it can't stand the party and selfish interests of officials in the late Ming Dynasty, and finally this court push is abolished. So much so that the original Emperor Chongzhen was replaced by drawing lots. Later, after Emperor Chongzhen crossed over, he made a decision and directly decided by himself. Therefore, the Chongzhen Dynasty has not been pushed for a long time.

When Liu Gongzi saw them like this, he smiled and said, "That's right, it's Tingtui." The emperor asked them to nominate the deans of each college, and demanded that the top three who had the highest knowledge in the academy they were in and the most votes should be handed over to His Majesty's holy judge. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that the others were about to speak, so he added: "In addition, the position of dean is not allowed to concurrently." After the five-year assessment, if you can't get results, you have to be replaced. ”

After taking a sip of tea, seeing that they were still in shock, he said again: "The champions of all subjects, Bangyan, and Tanhua must enter the corresponding academy of the Ming Royal Academy to do academic work for three years, and then they can enter the court as officials." ”

After finishing speaking, he said with a smile: "How about it, these news, it's worth drinking this tea, right?" ”

Hearing him say this, the tea guests ignored him, and just talked about the Ming Royal Academy coming to themselves.

At this time, they finally understood why the emperor wanted to personally lead hundreds of civil and military officials to unveil it, and this specification can indeed be had. Guozijian is a place of teaching, while the Ming Royal Academy is a place of learning, which cannot be compared at all.

But there is one thing they don't understand. It stands to reason that such a high-standard is enough to be placed directly in the Forbidden City, right? But why go outside the city?