The Royal Academy, which has been planned, can accommodate up to 3,000 people, and if more than 100,000 young scholars come to study, it will not be able to accommodate it.

But don't forget, the capital is far away in the north, except for a few surrounding state capitals, scholars from other places want to go to the capital, all of them are trekking through mountains and rivers, and walking at least thousands of miles.

The factor of family background has become a necessary condition to limit their travel to the capital.

Unless there is a person with a resolute character, Zhang Lingyang believes that ordinary scholars from poor families will not be able to make up their minds and go to the capital thousands of miles away to seek that illusory future.

Because of this, Zhang Lingyang is not worried at all about the threshold of the Royal Academy being crowded.

As for whether it will face a situation where there is no life to recruit?

Zhang Lingyang didn't believe it even more.

For the humble scholars, the newly established Royal Academy was a rare way for them to advance.

At least compared to the imperial examination, it is relatively easy to get into the Royal Academy.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang will not have any worries in this regard.

As for whether the gentry clan will compete with the children of the poor family for this opportunity?

Hehe?

As I said before, in the eyes of the scholars, the science and technology they did were nothing more than strange and obscene techniques, and they didn't look down on them at all.

It is precisely because of the above considerations that Zhang Lingyang believes that the enrollment of the Royal Academy this time can also recruit thousands of students.

But if the number of students is more than 3,000?

I'm sorry, a large number of students near the capital will be brushed down.

Why did this decision come about?

Think about it, the scholars from other places came to the capital from thousands of miles away, which shows their perseverance and tenacity.

Once such a person enters the Royal Academy, he will definitely study carefully.

And what about the students near the capital?

The price they have to pay is small, or not at all.

They probably don't really appreciate such an opportunity.

But you can't beat everyone to death with a stick.

But under such a big condition, Zhang Lingyang naturally believed that the scholars who came from thousands of miles would study much harder than the scholars near the capital.

It is also because of this that Zhang Lingyang made up his mind to do so.

But it's certainly too early to say this, and who knows how many students the Royal Academy will be able to admit by then?

……

The stalls in various parts of the Great Zhou are in full swing.

Although there were still many local gentry who opposed this policy.

But with the collapse of the Jiangnan gentry group, the remaining opposition is not at all significant.

In the provinces south of the Yangtze River, after the great turmoil, the remaining local gentry now don't even dare to fart at all.

In Huguang, another important place for grain taxes, Wu Xianfei and Yan Fei's fathers, Wu Qiliang and Yan Shu, served as governors of Jingnan and Jingbei provinces for many years.

This is also the case in Liangguang.

Gao Pei's tenure as governor of Liangguang was not a day or two days, so how could he not operate a little power there?

As for Chuanshu?

Concubine He's father, He Ming, was serving as the governor of Sichuan and Shu.

On the other side of southern Henan, Zhu Kaishan, the former governor of southern Henan, has been promoted to the head of the household, and the tea is not cold, but it is a little hotter than before.

On the Shandong side, with the resignation of more than eighty percent of the officials in Shandong last year, the Shandong gentry now dare not say a word of opposition.

On the Jinzhong side, with the fall of several ticket numbers in Jinzhong, there were many gentry officials who were implicated.

In this way, except for the two provinces of Yong and Liang in the northwest and the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou in the southwest, no one dares to stand up against the policy of apportioning the land to the mu.

The northwest side is relatively desolate, and the power of the gentry is not strong, and the southwest side, the power of the gentry is not a climate, otherwise Zhang Guangzhi, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, would not be suppressing the Miao rebellion while in full swing to implement the policy of changing the land and returning to the stream.

Now after careful calculation, since the Jiangnan gentry group was suppressed, there is really no gentry in that place who dares to stand up against this policy!

It is also for this reason that the implementation of the policy of apportioning the land into the mu is very smooth.

Even the smooth ones are a little beyond imagination.

But Zhang Lingyang understands that this is a matter of course.

Otherwise, Zhang Lingyang would not have beaten indiscriminately with a stick in the east and a stick in the west.

Among them, several relatives led by Zheng Yongji have played an extremely important role.

Not to mention Zheng Yongji, a court official who has always stayed in the capital.

Such as Gao Pei, Cao Rui, Zhu Kaishan, Wu Qiliang, Yan Shu, and He Ming have all served or are serving as feudal officials, and they are naturally well aware of the local situation.

It is precisely by relying on Xungui and these relatives that Zhang Lingyang will carry out reforms so unscrupulously.

But in the same way, these nobles and relatives have become more and more powerful because of this, laying the groundwork for the future struggle between the princes.

Although Zhao Hao, the son of Queen Wang, is Zhang Lingyang's eldest son, once the other concubines in the palace give birth to heirs, Zhang Lingyang believes that the harem, which was originally quite harmonious, is only afraid of surging dark waves.

If the queen's maiden family can do things, then it's easy to say.

But the current situation is that the Empress Wang's maiden family, the Anguo Mansion, cannot stand up, but relies on the Empress Wang everywhere, and even drags the Queen Wang back.

Now it is not certain whether the child in the belly of Concubine Gao and others is male or female.

But once Concubine Gao and others really gave birth to the prince, with the power of those relatives, even if Zhao Hao is the eldest son of the royal family, I am afraid that other relatives will unite to pull this righteous eldest son off the horse, and then fight to the death.

Although Zhang Lingyang understands this, in a short period of time, in some things, Zhang Lingyang still has to rely on these relatives, and it is not easy to start for a while.

Besides, hasn't the battle for the crown prince not happened yet?

No matter what the considerations, Zhang Lingyang has never suppressed the forces of foreign relatives.

In other words, even if Zhang Lingyang wants to suppress the forces of his relatives now, he is afraid that it will not be so easy.

Who let the current foreign relatives dominate the DPRK and China?

……

In June, Wilson, the English envoy, brought hundreds of experts, scholars, and craftsmen from Europe to Tongzhou Wharf by boat.

As soon as I got off the boat, Xiaofuzi, the commander of the East Factory, came to greet him.

Except for Wilson, who was brought into the capital, the rest of the experts, scholars, and craftsmen were taken to the Royal Academy, which had been built.

On this occasion, Wilson brought not only these experts, scholars, and craftsmen, but also twenty steam engines.

Originally, when Wilson entered Beijing last year, he promised to send ten steam engines to Da Zhou.

But after returning to Europe and meeting the King of England, the King of England felt that Wilson was a little petty, and with a stroke of his pen, he ordered him to send twenty steam engines to Da Zhou.

After all, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was generous and promised to open treaty ports to trade with Europe and Europe, so he couldn't be stingy, right?