As the founder of Daming higher education, Zhu Mingzhong naturally did not know that now Daming's higher education is facing a bottleneck period, for a country with a population of only 60 million, but with more than 100,000 "talents" who have received "higher education", it seems that there are too many talents who have received higher education.

But in fact, among the so-called "higher education" talents, more than 50,000 are officials of the imperial court, especially after the Xingqian, many officials in the local government hall who are not in the stream, are also professionally trained low-level officials, whether it is the civil bureaucracy of the officials, or the separation of judicial and other powers, the direct result is that the official system of the Ming Dynasty has swelled rapidly.

There are more than 50,000 officials at all levels, which may be said to be an "astronomical number" that has never been seen in ancient times, and of course the officials' income is dependent on the people. If it weren't for the fact that the government has a large amount of official land, and the huge amount of income it obtains through the leasing of official land, coupled with the huge amount of tax revenue obtained through salt tax and road tax, I am afraid that it would have been a problem to pay for these officials with traditional finance.

The expansion of the number of officials is an inevitable part of the establishment of a modern government, and Zhu Mingzhong does not care about the number of officials that is increasing every year, and even the current ongoing Western Expedition has not made him invest too much energy, after all, there is no suspense in the Western Expedition.

Thinking about the Western Expedition, after the start of school every spring, Zhu Mingzhong will wait for the Ministry of Rites to count the number of students enrolled in educational institutions at all levels across the country, and in the past seven years, the six-part system that has been inherited for thousands of years has gradually changed. The Ministry of Rites is responsible for the management of school affairs throughout the country. For the Ministry of Rites, the most important thing in the year is the beginning of the school season after the first month, and the next time and space are different, and now all schools in Daming are open in mid-February.

For the Ministry of Rites, the reason why it is important is that the Ministry of Rites needs to count the number of students in schools in all prefectures and counties across the country in a short period of time, and then report other matters such as the number of schools, the number of teachers, and the opening of subjectsTherefore, the Criminal Department will count the number of school-appropriate children and present them to His Majesty, so that the problem is easy to compare.

“…… In terms of the number of school-going children, only 78 per cent of boys and 70.5 per cent of girls are currently enrolled in social studies......

Staring at Shen Yanqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Mingzhong's tone seemed a little displeased.

"In other words, there are still one-third of my girls in Daming who cannot receive education, and if it goes on like this, there will definitely be problems!"

Turning his gaze from the twist and turn to Shen Yanqi's body, Zhu Mingzhong's voice became a little stern.

"So many girls don't go to school, which means that after more than ten years, one-third of the mothers of the children in the Ming Dynasty will be illiterate and have no education, and they will not be able to give their children basic counseling, and even the vast majority of them do not know what the correct view is, such as "women are not talented is virtuous" and other wrong views, will continue to be instilled in the next generation, if the Ministry of Rites sits back and watches all this happen, then it is undoubtedly a crime! It's a crime against the whole of China! ”

His Majesty's words made a cold sweat suddenly break out on Shen Yanqi's forehead, and he said immediately.

"Hui, back to Your Majesty, the current promotion of social education, after the implementation of the previous few years, is now in a bottleneck period, although over the years through the preparation of teaching materials, coupled with the training of scholars in the township, with the Weidi scholars as teachers, barely meet the demand for teachers, but, social science promotion for seven years, has a large number of poor children graduated, but after they graduate, what can they do? There are hardly too many changes, and learning in sociology has not changed their destiny......"

"How has it not changed, they are literate, they know how to read, they know arithmetic, they know basic geographical knowledge, and many of them, when they go to the city, can also ......"

Suddenly, Zhu Mingzhong's words paused, and his brows furrowed suddenly.

Oh, yes!

Their fate has not changed because of reading! At least not on the surface, for most short-sighted people, they do not see that the first generation of boys and girls with a full social education have more opportunities and more possibilities than their illiterate peers.

In the past few years, Zhu Mingzhong has devoted a considerable part of his energy to "education," which is a major matter related to the country, and he has put a lot of thought into how to establish and establish a "national education." Coming from the 21st century, he firmly believes that knowledge changes destiny, and that it is not only the fate of individuals that is changed, but also the fate of the country. Therefore, he attaches great importance to education, in his opinion, education may be the best gift he left to this Ming Dynasty, whether it can introduce modern education, but one thing is certain, he has been committed to learning from later generations on the basis of the establishment of a national education suitable for this era, has been trying to establish a universal compulsory education for all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time there is an elite education system that ordinary people can also benefit from, and the combination of the two constitutes a modern education system.

Only through education can China stand on top of the world for hundreds of years in the future, and it is possible for the world to enter the "Meiji Era", and education is the only way to achieve all this. Similarly, education was the only option for the Ming Dynasty to achieve the second expansion of Chinese civilization.

Although it is urgent, Zhu Mingzhong also knows the truth of "ten years of trees, one hundred years of people". In contrast, whether it is the establishment of the modern army and navy, or the construction of the world's first thousand-mile railway, with its progress and change in all aspects, it may seem that progress is very progressive, but in fact, it is just a change forcibly brought about by Zhu Mingzhong with knowledge beyond the times. The above-mentioned changes can still be changed by Zhu Mingzhong, but in the end, these epoch-making knowledge and technologies will be integrated with this era, and education is needed! Education is the foundation of everything, and education is not like anything else, which cannot be achieved by investing a lot of money in a short period of time.

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, it's because I'm in a hurry......"

Zhu Mingzhong, who realized that he was entering a misunderstanding, stopped the dissatisfaction in his heart, of course, he knew that after today's dialogue, Shen Yanqi and others were bound to further promote the popularization of social education. He has no objection to this, and is even happy to see it happen.

“…… 100% of the students in social studies are arithmetic and 85% are in geography ......"

Reading these numbers, while comparing them with the numbers of the new year, Zhu Mingzhong pondered for a moment and said.

"I can add some manual classes to the social society, well, there are also agricultural technology courses, after all, farming is a science, not every people can farm, through social science can promote new agricultural tools and agricultural technology, which is useful for the people's lives, and there are county schools, government schools, practical subjects, business and other subjects can be added, this Ministry of Rites should organize special people to study, so that they can learn and apply ......"

In 1670, although the Ming Dynasty introduced a large number of Western scientific achievements from Europe and hired hundreds of Western scholars, even Newton's big bull became the "Dr. Niu" of Qinghe Academy and his first love lived happily there, and became a well-known scholar of the Ming Dynasty.

But on the other hand, this era is the era of scientific ignorance, and the development of science in the world has been laid from this era, so in terms of education, although he has the insight of more than three worlds ahead of the world, Zhu Mingzhong, like the people of this era, is still in the stage of exploration.

After all, a lot of knowledge ahead of the times does not have much meaning for this era, and in many cases, when communicating with scholars of this era, Zhu Mingzhong often only understands the academic level of the times through them, and then makes some targeted prompts, rather than blindly transmitting the knowledge of the 21st century to this era.

"Social science is the foundation, through the opening of manual courses and agricultural technology courses, students can master some manual skills, master more advanced farming technology, such as some will be helpful to their production, as for the county school, government school, they need to contact some engineering, business and agricultural knowledge, so that in the future they can have someone try to breed good seeds, improve farm tools......"

His Majesty's suggestion made Shen Yanqi say with deep conviction.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, and the people now say that the use of what their children learn in social studies is extremely limited, so if it is not for the supervision of the government, many people are unwilling to let their children enter social studies, but if men can learn how to choose seeds, how to cultivate, and how to fertilize in social studies, women can learn the techniques of weaving, weaving clothes, and weaving silk, so that men can become experts in the fields and women into skilled hands in spinning and weaving, and when the time comes, the people will naturally be willing to let their children enter social studies."

first analyzed the benefits of His Majesty's suggestion, and then complimented Shen Yanqi.

"Some social studies will surely flourish. Your Majesty is wise! ”

However, Shen Yan's compliment made Zhu Mingzhong's brows jump, the purpose of his establishment of social science is not to solidify the "farming women's weaving", the ultimate goal of education is to allow many young people to get new jobs through study, free from the shackles of the land, those young people, in the future, will go to the city to be apprentices in the business, factory, of course, will also go to the feudal Zhuxia.

However, on second thought, under the impact of modern industry, how long can this so-called "practical technology" last? On the other hand, the dissemination of advanced agricultural technology through social science will be of great help to the agricultural production of the Ming Dynasty.

"Not really, learning agricultural technology, because in the countryside there are fifty percent of the peasants, in fact, do not know how to farm, although they have planted a lifetime of fields, but do not know how to choose seeds, how to cultivate, how to weed, so although they the same farming, input the same or even more labor, but the yield of the land is very limited, in contrast, the village "Tian Xiucai" ......

Zhu Mingzhong deliberately emphasized this term, he didn't know this term in the past, but he knew this term from the newspaper earlier, and he knew what was so powerful about "Tian Xiucai".

"Those Tian Xiucai are often good at these, they know what kind of seeds should be left behind, what kind of seeds are high-yielding, and they know when to fertilize and irrigate......

talked about the strengths of those Tian Xiucai, and finally Zhu Mingzhong said.

"These Tian Xiucai often rely on the knowledge that these ordinary people don't understand, so that their land can produce more and get more benefits, and they can no longer be as self-cherished as they did in the past, so they have to find a way to take out these agricultural techniques hidden in Tian Xiucai's stomach, and then compile them into a book, and then spread them, and Shen Yan will ...... it."

Looking at Shen Yanqi, Zhu Mingzhong said suddenly.

"If I remember correctly, the Xu family in Shanghai has the same farming land, and one acre of land is one or two more than the surrounding people. Relying on the farming skills of the Xu family, if these skills are promoted to the whole Ming Dynasty, the production of the fields of the Ming Dynasty will increase by millions of stones? ”

The Xu family that Zhu Mingzhong refers to is the descendant of Xu Guangqi in Shanghai, Xu Guangqi was good at improving agricultural technology back then, and throughout the ages, there is more than one agricultural expert like that, but due to various reasons, the spread of those technologies is extremely slow. This is precisely the limitation of the spread of ancient technology, but if it can be promoted through sociology, it is bound to change all this.

"Social science can not only promote these agricultural technologies, but also collect agricultural technologies, which can be collected, and then the Ministry of Engineering is responsible for sorting out and inducting."

Now the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty is similar to the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry, which is also responsible for agriculture, which is one of the six improvements after the Xingqian. When he said this, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately thought of the improvement of the academy in the past few years, and its biggest feature is that the new curriculum has changed from humanities to natural sciences, which is the only way for universities in various countries to develop.

The earliest universities in Europe taught religion, and later humanities such as philosophy were added, while the first universities in China taught Confucianism. In Europe, due to the need for ocean voyages, plundering colonies, and developing the economy, additional natural science chairs were added to universities; The emergence and development of modern science has created the conditions for the establishment of additional chairs in natural sciences in European universities.

Isn't that the path that Daming is taking now? Isn't the natural sciences in the academy, the county school, or the government school increasing little by little with the development of society? The most important thing now is not to make all the people of the country become scientists through universal education, but to let more children receive education, know a few words, and master some basic knowledge of mathematics, geography, history, law, and natural sciences.