Lu Xiangsheng not only wanted to reduce the population pressure in the capital and save Shuntianfu from crying if there was anything to do, but he also did focus on the guards of the Royal Academy.

Jingcheng University, which is subordinate to Guozijian, can be said to be the most powerful comprehensive university in the Ming Dynasty or the world today, and its subject classification basically covers all aspects, far exceeding the legendary Jixia Academy.

As for the Ottomans and the universities in Europe that taught theology in the name of universities, they also deserved to be called universities? What an international joke!

Not only are the students of Jingcheng University the elite who have been killed out of thousands of troops, but even the teachers who teach are the same, except for the great Confucian of Guozijian, the rest are the big bulls in the Royal Academy.

There are almost 20,000 students in it, plus their relatives and subordinates, which is close to 100,000, and once such a large number of people move out of the south of the city, the population pressure on the entire capital will be reduced almost instantly—although it is only a drop in the bucket for the entire capital's population of more than 2 million.

The appearance of the entire Capital University and the related 100,000 people near the Royal Academy was a test for the original security capabilities of the Royal Academy, but it was only a test, and it would not bring much pressure at all.

Who are the guards of the Royal Academy?

Insider's factory, the emperor's pro-army in the army, and the subordinate imperial horse supervisor directly transferred Teng Xiang Zuowei to be stationed nearby. The West Factory and the East Factory rotate once a month to scout near the Royal Academy, and Jinyiwei also stationed a thousand households here, and the Beijing Camp directly set up the station of the five military camps near the Royal Academy to facilitate nearby protection.

And all these defense forces are only openly outside, and the power on the surface, as for how many people are guarding the Royal Academy in secret, except for Emperor Chongzhen and the overseer and commander of the factory guard, no one knows it anymore.

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 fish in troubled waters on the side of the Royal Academy, even if it was three hands with a household registration in the capital, they were all hung up - the guard force of the Royal Academy has always been a mistake and never let go.

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

Now Lu Xiangsheng has the idea of the land near the Royal Academy, and it is for this reason that it is for this reason.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was a little noncommittal, Lu Xiangsheng simply threw out another big bomb: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Tianjin and the Commander of Tianjin Wei jointly signed a concert requesting the demolition of the outer wall of Tianjin?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt even more pained.

In fact, not only the concerts in Tianjin, but also in Huating, Dengzhou, Weihai and other places, planning to explore the tone of the imperial court and see if the walls can be demolished.

Just like Ding Rucheng, the commander of Tianjin Wei, said in the recital, in today's world, who can pose a threat to Tianjin Wei? What is the use of those who have the ability to break through the sea defense line, even if the walls are tall?

Now that the city wall has become an obstacle to Tianjin's further development, it is better to demolish it in advance? Even if you can't dismantle it all, it's good to dismantle one side.

What Tianjin Wei said is the truth, just like the capital and Nanjing, Tianjin can no longer accommodate the growing population, the price of land in the city has also soared repeatedly, a large amount of land outside the city is idle and no one cares, the biggest problem is the city wall.

If there is no city wall, there is no difference between inside and outside the city, and the land price is basically the closer to the center, the more expensive it is, and there will not be the current situation where the city is dead and expensive, and no one outside the city wants it.

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

As long as there are walls, the area inside the city is limited, and the population is increasing day by day, even if it is constantly moving outward every year, it is useless - there are so many entertainment activities at night, what can you do without creating people?

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

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

It would be hellish if all of them could stabilize their minds, and it would be more concerned about the hilt of the knife held in the guard's hand, and they would dare not speak out.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the two guys of Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu were afraid that these were the two imperial cities in the north and south, it would have been preceded by Tianjin Wei.

Regarding the proposal to demolish the city wall, Emperor Chongzhen was a little indifferent.

If it is replaced by hundreds of years of later generations, every section of the city wall of the Ming Dynasty is an incomparably valuable cultural heritage, and if you tear down a section, you will lose a section and you will not do it.

But for the Ming Dynasty, since this thing hinders the pace of urbanization, it will be demolished - after all, the walls of Beijing and Nanjing will not be demolished under any circumstances.

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 and Nanjing, they will not be demolished, even if they build another new city, it is impossible to demolish them, otherwise future generations will not be able to find a section of the city wall to see, how sad.

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Since Lu Aiqing has brought up this matter now, he must have discussed it with the side of the Zhongji Palace?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, Weichen and the scholars of the Central Pole Hall have already discussed, and they have all seen the planning map from the Tianjin Guardian, you can first allow it to demolish the city wall, and then see how effective it is, and then decide whether to demolish the city walls in other areas." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Then let's dismantle it, and go back to the cabinet to hand over the seal of the celebrant to the superintendent." As for other areas, especially those in the capital and Nanjing, they should not be demolished, and in any case, a few complete cities should be left for future generations. ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed down and replied, and then turned the topic back: "What about the relocation of Beijing University?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "This matter is still discussed by Shuntianfu with the cabinet, the household department and the Zhongji Palace." Let's see how to make a 100-year or even 300-year plan for the capital to ensure that the construction is in place at one time and save repeated demolition.

If it is just a waste of some manpower and material resources, it is not beautiful to provoke the people to complain. ”

After Lu Xiangsheng bowed down, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "By the way, how has Jingcheng University performed in recent years?" Can it meet the expectations of the Central Hall, the Cabinet, and the Ministry of Rites? ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said: "Because the first batch of students has not yet graduated, it is not easy to say now."

However, judging from the investigation of the Ministry of Rites and Guozijian secretly in Jingcheng University, the students of the Ming Classics Department are not enough, and the students of the Ming Law, Ming Calculation, Biology, Medicine, Industry, Chemistry and other colleges are really very different from the previous imperial examination students.

The level of these people in the Bagu article can only be regarded as average, at best, it is only the level of the top three Tongjinshi, and even worse.

However, the attainments of these people in their profession far exceed those of other students, and they can be described as having specialization in the art industry.

The most powerful are some of the students of the Faculty of Engineering, and some of the tools they have built by hand have surpassed the best tools that can be made by machine tools, and are not even far worse than the masters who will make them. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed, engineering dogs, isn't it normal for a few awesome fitters to be born in it? Those parts created by eighth-level fitters can't even be made by high-precision five-axis linkage machine tools!

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen simply said: "If this is the case, is it possible to set up a university in other places as well?" For example, Nanjing, Chang'an, Luoyang? ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's better to say a few other subjects, Jinshike?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Several other universities do not set up Jinshi courses for the time being, only professional courses, and the professors are taught by graduates of Beijing University or those doctors who have died in the Royal Academy. ”

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment, then bowed down and responded: "Your Majesty, why don't you discuss it with all your colleagues in the cabinet after Weichen goes back, as well as the scholars of the Ministry of Rites and the Central Pole Palace?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Naturally." ”

After Lu Xiangsheng returned to Wenyuan Pavilion with a happy face, Li Yan and other cabinet bigwigs already knew the result of this discussion-the emperor must have agreed to the proposal to move the capital university out.

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

Everything is like this, the superiors move their mouths, the subordinates break their legs, and Emperor Chongzhen's upper and lower lips touch to get a few more universities, but for Lu Xiangsheng and others, this is not the case.

The first is the question of the location of the university.

Since Emperor Chongzhen mentioned Nanjing, Chang'an and Luoyang, there is no need to think about it, the newly opened university must be selected among these places, or include these places.

So here's the problem.

Choosing among these places means that the number of new universities is only one or two, so where to choose? If only a new university is built, then it is the safest to choose Nanjing, after all, it is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the eight cabinets have backups in Nanjing, and no one can find out what reason.

What if it's two? In addition to Nanjing, where should Luoyang and Chang'an choose? An eastern capital and a western capital, both of which are famous existences, who wants to lose the election?

Even if this time it is simply a full selection and four new universities are built at once, what about the future? Where should I choose in the future?

To put it bluntly, it's nothing if you do this well, if you don't do it well, it's something that offends people, although Lu Xiangsheng and others are not afraid of offending those local officials, but there is no need for that, right?

After being silent for a long time, Li Yan spoke: "Why don't you build three new 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 be five or six years at the earliest, and after the students of these universities have graduated, they will be able to teach before considering the location of the next university. ”

The priest of the country, who was arrested and discussed together, said, "What about the teacher? At present, once these three universities are established, they must not be too inferior to Jingcheng University, where are there so many faculty members?

It is well known that those professors at the Royal Academy are very knowledgeable, but can they be expected to travel to Nanjing, Luoyang and Chang'an to give lectures? Do they have this time?

You must know that the reason why they were able to come to Beijing University to give lectures was because the lower officials had the cheekiness to ask for His Majesty's grace, and the surnamed Song didn't have a good face when he saw the lower officials.

If they were to go to Nanjing, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places to give lectures at universities now, then the old puppet of Song would have to eat the lower officials alive. ”

Meng Chuanding's words fell, and the bigwigs in the cabinet immediately fell silent.

Lu Xiangsheng set his sights on the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry: "What about the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Wu Ganlai's face was as cold as ever: "There is no problem on the household side, there is still a lot of silver saved in Chongzhen's nineteenth year, and it is a good thing to spend it." ”

Zhang Yingxuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, did not look very good: "What about the manpower? Unless the Governor's Office of the Five Armies seconded the local health posts to participate, the construction period will definitely not be completed in one or two years.

Although the standards of these three universities are lower than those of Jingjing University, as long as they are comprehensive universities, the area and buildings are indispensable, and the standards are basically based on Jingjing University, and the construction period will definitely drag on for several years. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's nothing about the construction period, anyway, there is also the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the old man will give up his son to find Zhang Zhiji, that old horseman, who can always fool a few guards to be coolies, and by the way, he can also fool a few more guards to change the station to the side of the university." ”

Others are convinced of this.

Before Lu Xiangsheng entered the cabinet, he also served as the governor of Xuanda, and he had a deep friendship with Zhang Zhiji, and he went to Zhang Zhiji to fool him, and this thing can be done 100%.

To put it bluntly, the focus of all the problems is still on the faculty of the new universities.

Guozijian can prepare all the doctors who teach Confucianism in advance, but for other classified subjects, such as chemistry, biology, gewu, and medicine, all the doctors in these disciplines are in the various branches of the Royal Academy, but not in Guozijian!

After a headache for a long time, Meng Chuanding said: "Speaking of which, the Royal Academy is now expanding again and again, why don't you split it?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng set his eyes on Meng Chuanding: "Split? Who would dare to say this to Your Majesty? Do you dare to fight the idea of the Royal Academy? ”

Meng Chuanding said: "It's not like it's really a demolition of the Royal Academy. After all, the planning of the Royal Academy is already too big now, and if it continues to expand so unlimitedly, it is estimated that the area will be larger than that of the capital.

Therefore, it is better to move the School of Chemistry to Nanjing, the School of Engineering to Chang'an, and then the School of Engineering to Luoyang, so that these three universities can have a focus, even if the comprehensive is not as good as Beijing University, but other aspects can be more advantageous than Beijing University? ”

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