Zhu Cijiong's gaze swept over the people sitting one by one, Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household, doesn't need to think about this, there is definitely no need, he is here to pay for it, but when he heard the emperor's five-fold expansion, he already broke out in a cold sweat on his head, because the money in the treasury was about to be tossed out after a few tosses!

Then Jinyiwei commanded Wang Zhengnan not to think about it, he was here to supervise, after all, Zhu Cijiong did not know the following situation in such detail, but if this meeting was decided, he would have to do it, he was afraid that someone would exaggerate and cause him to spend money indiscriminately, so he called Wang Zhengnan.

As for Xinwang Zhu Youzhen, it is mainly out of respect, after all, he is now the prime minister of the cabinet, in charge of the national government affairs, and it is really a bit unreasonable not to call him such a big thing.

The rest is Bi Maokang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Sun Yuanhua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and call the two of them to come, mainly to see if there is any expansion demand in weapons manufacturing, but these two did not speak for a long time, it seems that the scale of several military factories should be almost enough, that is to say, there is no other demand?

Zhu Cijiong was about to organize everyone to discuss the specific plan, but Bi Maokang hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, this, Weichen thinks that Daming Institute of Technology should also be expanded." “

The reason why he is so hesitant is mainly because there is already a dean of Daming Institute of Technology, that is, Song Yingxing, but this thing is focused on research and development, so the affairs of Daming Institute of Technology have been supervised by the Ministry of Engineering, if he doesn't mention it, then this opportunity will be missed, but he is a little suspicious of being too lenient when he mentions it, so he has been hesitating, but in the end he still mentioned it.

Zhu Cijiong has always been supportive of the development of education, but this support is not blind, there must be a demand to expand, he said with interest: "Well, tell me what you think." “

Bi Maokang looked at Huang Daozhou and said cautiously: "Weichen has been paying attention to the development of Daming Institute of Technology, because now the military factory and even the Daming Royal Machinery Group have encountered a bottleneck, this bottleneck is not no money, nor is there no place, the main thing is the lack of relevant talents, Daming's military and civilian machinery to develop, it is necessary to cultivate more relevant talents." “

The reason why he pays attention to Zodiac Zhou is mainly because this product used to be a fanatical supporter of Confucianism, and whoever wants to promote something other than Confucianism, he will jump out and oppose it, but it seems that Zodiac Zhou has changed a lot now, and he has talked about it, and this product has no reaction at all.

Bi Maokang continued to explain: "In the past, scholars could only serve the country through the imperial examination, but now it is different, devoting themselves to the military industry, developing weapons and equipment, and even devoting themselves to the development of civilian industry, so that the country becomes richer and stronger, which is also a way to serve the country, plus the treatment we give is not low, so there are more and more people who choose to learn technology, and Daming Institute of Technology can not recruit them." “

This is actually a euphemism, most people are not officials for life, for money, in the absence of industry, where do scholars go to make money if they are not officials, now it is different, learn a technology, make no less money than being a petty official, many civilians have begun to choose to let their children learn technology, after all, there are so many officials, the road of the imperial examination is too difficult to walk.

Bi Maokang thought that Huang Daozhou should always jump out and sing the opposite tune at this time, after all, this was already naked robbing students with him, but he never thought that Huang Daozhou still had no reaction.

Why did the zodiac not react? Mainly because he has seen a lot, he found that as long as the Ming Dynasty is stronger, the more extensive the promotion of Confucianism, like this time, to win the Mughal Empire, there are more than 10 million people who learn Confucianism, why should he oppose the Ming Dynasty!

Bi Maokang saw that Huang Daozhou did not have any objection, so he said boldly and reassuringly: "Weichen feels that the Daming Institute of Technology should also be expanded fivefold, and it is best to divide it into five colleges: mechanical, telegraph, electrical, metallurgy, and commerce, which is conducive to professional development." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he nodded in appreciation: "Okay, this idea is very good, I am right." Is there anything else you'd like to expand? “

Everyone shook their heads, saying that there was no need anymore, and the next step was to discuss the specific plan.

Zhu Cijiong directly took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, spread out a large white paper, drew a rectangle in the middle, and then added two verticals, which means that there are three existing urban districts in the capital, and then, he drew a frame at the bottom of the mountain, and the whole figure became a big cross, he explained while drawing: "According to everyone's expansion needs, I think that this expansion of the two Dongcheng districts is almost the same, in order to facilitate the distinction, it will be named Beicheng District and Nancheng District." In this business district, we will discuss how to distribute Guozijian, State Guesthouse, and College. “

This is not the first time that this meeting has been held, and everyone knows that the emperor likes to speak enthusiastically, so as soon as Zhu Cijiong's words fell, Yin He Ruizheng of Shuntian Mansion immediately proposed: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the business district should be built in Nancheng District, because the north of the capital is mountainous, which is not suitable for building a road network, but suitable for building some beautiful state guesthouses, Guozijian and other buildings." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded approvingly: "Well, that's right, then the business district will be built in the south of the city." “

Huang Daozhou continued: "For the convenience of students' access, Weichen feels that Guozijian should be built in the direction close to the old city. “

Zhu Cijiong nodded, directly drew a cross in Beicheng District, divided Beicheng District into four pieces, and then clapped his head and said: "Well, the five colleges separated from Daming Institute of Technology also have many students, so the two pieces close to the old city will be divided into Guozijian and Daming Institute of Technology." “

There are only the last two pieces left, Zhu Cijiong simply said directly: "The piece adjacent to the Guozijian will be built into a state guesthouse, as for the remaining piece, I once promised the royal family of the Mughal Empire to build them an identical palace, and this time I simply built them together, these remaining places, what do you say to build something?" “

Zhu Youzhen, who had not spoken at this time, suddenly proposed: "When Weichen went to Europe, he felt that the exotic buildings also had a different flavor, so it was better to build the rest of the place into a garden containing the buildings of various countries, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty could feel the scenery of the foreign country without going far and wide." “

Zhu Cijiong happily agreed: "Well, what the fifth uncle said is very right, so it's all right, and the next thing is the question of how much money to invest in repair." Youxuan's last expansion of the Guozijian seems to be five million taels, how is the effect? “

When Huang Daozhou heard this, he praised: "The value of the money is spent, and the effect of repairing is very good." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "Well, then according to this standard, five times is twenty-five million taels, and the sum of all four is one hundred million taels, Zhong Ruo." “

Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household, fainted when he heard the wrong words, there is so much money from the treasury!

Fortunately, Zhu Cijiong immediately said: "You go to the Daming Royal Rixing Bank to withdraw 100 million taels of silver, and prepare to pay for the construction needs of various places." “