Chapter 92 keeps pace with the times

"Blue Feather asking to see you?"

"Yes, official, Lan Yu and a person named Shen Yiqiu are waiting outside the palace gate." As soon as I returned to Ningqian Palace, Father-in-law Zhou came to report.

"Xuan."

"Yes, official." Gonggong Zhou said respectfully. My father-in-law has always been deferential to me this week, but I always feel a little strange.

"Little Seven."

"Official, the little one is here."

"Chuan He Ji, Wen Tianxiang, and Lu Xiufu gave lectures in the Chongzheng Hall and went to the imperial study together."

"Yes, the little one will go."

I hurriedly finished my lunch and went to the imperial study.

"Grass people Shen Yiqiu see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

I helped Shen Yiqiu up: "Mr. Shen, flat." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Blue Feather, is the road going well?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Yun Zhongfei was cautious all the way, and it was extremely smooth."

"Well, it's good, Lan Yu, you go down first."

Not long after, Xiao Qi and He Ji and others also arrived.

"Sir." Shen Yiqiu recognized He Ji with white hair at a glance, and took the gift of his juniors, "Yiqiu salutes Mr., Mr. has always been well?" ”

He Ji was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "It's Yiqiu, okay, okay, I haven't seen you for more than ten years in a blink of an eye, and the old man still heard from His Majesty that you have been meeting you." ”

"Yes, the countryside of Huiji is beautiful, and it is a good place."

I waited for the two of us to finish greeting each other, and then said, "Everyone, sit down and talk, I have called you here today to sum up the affairs of this university." ”

He Ji said: "Please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

"Since ancient times, there has only been one way for students in the world to take the imperial examination, and all they have learned is the Four Books and Five Classics, and they have seriously neglected the natural arts, which is not conducive to the blossoming of a hundred flowers and the balanced development of all walks of life, so I plan to add a model to the imperial examination, which is the university. As I have talked about before, one is to research, and the other is to cultivate talents. I intend to change the Gongyuan into Lin'an Royal University, which will be temporarily subordinate to the royal family, and I will add an education department in addition to the existing seven ministries, and then transfer it to the ministry of education. He Aiqing, Mr. Shen, I have appointed you as the president and vice president of the university to cultivate post-graduate talents for our dynasty, what do you think? ”

"Obey."

"The grass people obey."

"Okay, I'll talk about the school subjects first."

I took a sip of tea, moistened my throat and continued: "Lin'an University is mainly based on natural sciences, and my view is that it is divided into the following seven departments in the early stage: history, agriculture and botany, mathematics, mechanical physics, chemical engineering, astronomy and geography, and medicine. ”

I originally wanted to set up a business department, but when I thought that there were no such professors, I had to give up for the time being, I explained these types of disciplines in detail, and Shen Yiqiu's reaction was much faster than the rest of the people: "The emperor's classification method can be regarded as groundbreaking." ”

Lu Xiufu also praised: "The idea of this university is already incredible, and the minister is still the old saying, Your Majesty is also a god." ”

He Jidao: "Your Majesty, this is a bit of a subversion of the ancient learning, it is really unprecedented, the old minister dares to ask, is natural science so important?" ”

I smiled and said, "He Aiqing, I take agricultural tools as an example, in ancient times, stone tools were the mainstay, and later developed to bronze agricultural tools, and then to the current pig iron agricultural tools, has it greatly improved the productivity of farmers?" This is the smelting technology that promotes the development of production, and the smelting technology belongs to the natural sciences, and in the future there may be some kind of machine to replace the existing manual agricultural tools, and these similar inventions and creations are based on the natural sciences. ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty's example is very appropriate, as far as the invention of papermaking, which has brought great convenience to students all over the world, and as close as the new magnifying glass that has recently come out, so that the elderly scholars with low vision can also read and write clearly, which is the progress that invention and creation have brought to mankind." ”

"That's right, the old man is also reading with a magnifying glass now, which is indeed a lot more convenient."

"Well, the traditional Four Books and Five Classics can not be abandoned, the things left by the ancestors must be inherited, but more innovative, the times are changing, and people's concepts must also change, which is called advancing with the times. The main purpose of setting up this university is to change the direction of thinking of students and gradually guide them to diversification, so that a real hundred flowers can bloom, in short, I mean that science and technology are the foundation of the development of productive forces, and also the foundation of a strong country. ”

From the perspective of historical development, it is through a series of scientific and technological revolutions that Europe has surpassed many ancient civilizations and walked in the forefront of the world in one fell swoop. On the contrary, China is becoming more and more conservative, and there is no breakthrough after the so-called four great inventions.

He Ji nodded and said, "The old minister understands a little. ”

Ma Tingluan and He Ji are both well-educated people, although He Ji is a lot older, he is not as pedantic and stubborn as Ma Tingluan.

"The first batch of students in the university is recruited by each department of twenty people, the examination method can be different from the imperial examination, I think the most important point is that the students recruited must love the major they apply for, such as the heavenly family and the mathematician Zu Chongzhi hundreds of years ago, it is because of his obsession with heaven and mathematics that he has achieved great achievements, and the specific method is proposed by the two of you after consultation. The duration of the university is tentatively set at three years, the first year is to learn the basic knowledge together regardless of department, and the content is mainly based on the brief knowledge of my physical arts, and the second two years are divided into subjects to learn their own professional knowledge, and after graduation, they will be hired by the imperial court. In addition, there are also professors who can be recruited from various channels, for example, if the candidates of this class have expertise in this area, they can teach while learning, medical professors can be hired from the imperial medicine, and professors of mechanical physics can invite Yun Bofei and others to serve as professors. The cost of the school is entirely borne by the royal family. As for the other function of the university, research, there can be two sources: one is the task I have given you, for example, I need you to improve the existing rice seeds to increase the yield per mu, or I want you to improve the existing loom to improve the efficiency; The second is the project you apply for, for example, you can put forward that you want to improve a certain technology or invent something, or you want to study a certain historical mystery case, etc., after I approve it, you can implement the project, and I will allocate special personnel and money for you to concentrate on research. If you have any ideas, please put them forward. ”

He Ji and Shen Yiqiu looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, the minister and Yiqiu, Lord Wen, and Lord Lu will discuss together and then play the fold." ”

"Well, these are my initial ideas, you are doing it while groping, new things, don't be afraid of failure, Mr. Shen has just arrived, let's rest for two days first."

Shen Yiqiu said: "Your Majesty, it's okay, the grass people can act immediately." ”

"He Aiqing, you go down first, and the two of you will go to the Gongyuan to start working. Mr. Shen, I will arrange a place for you. ”

"Yes, the old minister retired."

"Aiqing, wait a minute." I handed He Ji a manuscript and said, "He Aiqing, I break the sentence in a circle in the article, but my Chinese characters have a long history, and their meanings are numerous, and it is difficult to fully express them with only a circle of symbols. ”

"Punctuation?"

"Well, it's similar to the circle of broken sentences in the article. There are detailed annotations on it, and Aiqing can see it at a glance. ”

After He Ji left, I asked, "Mr. Shen, how is the villa?" ”

"Back to the emperor, everything is normal, there are about three hundred and fifty people, and the instructors sent by Zhang Shijie and Lord Li in Yangzhou have already begun to train them, and the effect is still obvious. When the grass people left, they were following Master Yun's instructions to familiarize themselves with the guns, and Quanjue was also assisting them, and after they became familiar with the surnames and how to use the guns, Quanjue could leave for Beijing. ”

"Okay, the MSG you brought last time was sold out in just one day, and the magnifying glass and hard pen were also sold out. Workshops such as MSG workshops here are also under construction, and mass production of MSG will be available around the end of this month. Many of the processes in the capital are ahead of the mountain villages, and we will build a state-of-the-art laboratory within Lin'an University to maximize your research. Maybe in the near future, Lin'an University will be able to take care of its own profits and losses, haha, of course, this is a later story. ”

Shen Yiqiu didn't understand the meaning of this self-financing, and when he saw that I was happy, he also laughed with me.