Chapter 364: Inspecting the Imperial University
"What do you say, what should we call our daughter?" Lin Zhe took over the little daughter from the nurse on the side, this daughter, like her mother, has a pair of big eyes, the eyes are big and bright, and they don't blink for half a day.
Fang Defei sat down, then took the embroidery on the side again, and continued to embroider before the birth, but it has not been completed until now, the embroidery pattern is a dragon pattern, which is intended for the little prince, but unfortunately it can't be used even if it is completed now, and the princess can't use dragon pattern clothing.
Hearing Lin Zhe's question, she didn't look up, just lowered her head and said, "It's good if you think it's good!" ”
Lin Zhe was a little speechless when he heard this, this is a name for his daughter, why don't you have any opinions as a mother!
Lin Zhe's daughter and son have different names, the son's words have just been born, Lin Zhe and several ministers discussed the name, this name can not be taken randomly, you have to consider it, and once it is determined, it will be registered immediately in the register, and widely spread all over the world, as for the title, it is even stricter, although there are no regulations on the title of the prince in the palace affairs department, but the conservative ministers led by Jiang Daoquan outside are also staring at it with wide eyes, what is the title of the prince, and when it will be officially canonized is a troublesome matter.
And the daughter's words are not so troublesome, and even the palace affairs department does not have some regulations on the naming of the princess, and no one pays attention to it.
For example, Lin Zhe's eldest daughter, her milk name is Yaya, her correct name is Zhixuan, and her title is Princess Shuchun, but even some courtiers and high-ranking officials only know Princess Shuchun, but they don't know who Lin Zhixuan is.
The outside world doesn't pay attention to this, it doesn't mean that Lin Zhe doesn't pay attention to it, the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and his daughter has to hurt!
The name of Chen Jing's second daughter is Zhi Ning, and this name was Chen Jing's own idea. Lin Zhe didn't object, but Fang Defei's daughter, that is, Lin Zhe's third daughter, never took a name, originally Lin Zhe let her decide, but Fang Defei didn't say anything.
Hearing Fang Defei's words, Lin Zhe frowned slightly. But looking at Fang Defei's slightly emaciated face, he just sighed and stepped forward: "Look, how about the word Yirong?" ”
Fang Defei didn't look up slightly, but just said: "Okay!" ”
This made Lin Zhe speechless, feeling that Fang Defei just dealt with it casually, and didn't pay attention to it at all.
After handing the child back to the nurse, Lin Zhe walked to Fang Defei's side again: "It's annoying to see you staying in the palace these times, I'm going to leave the palace tomorrow, you can go together." Scatter your mind! ”
Fang Defei raised her head slightly after hearing this, revealing a surprised expression: "Out of the palace? With you? ”
Although the Chinese Empire is an imperial country with a traditional old system, there are actually many bad habits that seem incredible to later generations, and there are such things as deep as the sea when you enter the palace, but Lin Zhe will not restrict the freedom of life of these women, as long as the arrangements are proper and the royal budget of the palace department is sufficient, then he doesn't mind letting his women go out to see and relax.
Concubine Fang De is Lin Zhe's favorite concubine. It is not too difficult for her to go out of the palace to visit her parents who are already living in Nanjing, or even to go out of the city to relax and so on. It's basically just to find Lin Zhe to be coquettish.
But to Fang Defei's surprise, Lin Zhe said that he was taking her out of the palace to relax.
Being alone in the palace and Lin Zhe taking her out are two different things.
And so far, even Chen Jing, the queen, has not been able to make Lin Zhe take time out of the palace with her to hang out.
After this surprise. Fang Defei raised her head to look at Lin Zhe, but tears were looming in her eyes, and she said something that she shouldn't have at her age: "You are so good to me, I'm afraid!" ”
Lin Zhe naturally knew what she was afraid of, nothing more than that the better Lin Zhe treated her, the more the women in the palace rejected her!
The other women in the palace may have been lonely and lonely. But only Fang Deconcubine was rejected and isolated by many concubines, and Lin Zhe always felt uncomfortable every time he thought that Fang Deconcubine would be treated like this because he was good to her.
The next day, Lin Zhe got into a carriage and left the palace, surrounded by the guards of the palace affairs hall, and the soldiers of the First Guards Division on the periphery, in addition to Lin Zhe in the carriage, there was also Fang Defei who was holding her little daughter.
Looking at Fang Deconcubine looking out of the window with an expression full of curiosity and excitement from the half-open curtains, Lin Zhe smiled, at this time she seemed to have returned to the time when she first entered the palace last year, at that time she was also full of curiosity and excitement about the life in the palace, she was a lively and lovely girl.
The current Fang Deconcubine is like a seventeen-year-old girl.
Listening to the occasional woman's voice on the carriage, several civil and military dignitaries accompanying the carriage all had different expressions, some were embarrassed, some showed contemplative expressions, and some pretended not to hear.
Jiang Daoquan turned his head slightly to look at the car driver in the middle of the team, and couldn't help but shake his head, Your Majesty is going to degenerate, and he even brought a concubine to inspect such an important matter at the Imperial University today.
What if this spreads? Does it have to be said that the saint lingers on women, and he does not forget to bring women to enjoy when dealing with important military affairs?
Thinking of the countless monarchs in history who are known for their prostitution, Jiang Daoquan just felt his scalp tingle, and secretly said in his heart that he had to find an opportunity to persuade His Majesty, so that His Majesty would know the priority of the matter, even if he liked women, but he couldn't bring it out and mix it with government affairs.
However, before that, he had to make several people around him keep their mouths shut, and if anyone dared to chew his tongue, he Jiang Daoquan would make him regret being born in this world.
Poor Jiang Daoquan didn't know that the reason why Lin Zhe planned to come to the Imperial University to inspect was that he wanted to take a look at the development of the Imperial University, but it was also a very important reason to take Fang Defei out to relax.
Strictly speaking, Jiang Daoquan also had to thank Fang Defei, if it weren't for her, how could Lin Zhe have specially set aside a day to inspect the Imperial University.
With the soldiers of the First Guards Division opening the road and escorting, there is naturally no accident on the road, both sides of the road have almost been cleared in advance, and some of the people who came to pay homage to the holy face are kneeling on both sides of the road when the car passes by, but unfortunately they can't see anything, because Lin Zhe in the human wall is hiding in the carriage. And the carriage was not open-topped.
It was not fashionable for Chinese monarchs in these days to show their heads and wave their hands to the people in their carriages.
Arrived at the main gate of the Imperial University smoothly, and at this time, the Imperial University was already well prepared, and Xu Shou, the president of the Imperial University, was already waiting at the gate of the school with the faculty, staff and students.
After Lin Zhe's car arrived at the main gate of the Imperial University, Lin Zhe instructed Fang Defei: "You stay in the car first, and they will take them around." I'll come back to you later! ”
Although Lin Zhe said that the main purpose was to bring Fang Deconcubine to relax, the superficial inspection still had to be done, and this kind of thing could not be brought to Concubine Shangde, so he could only come by himself.
After getting out of the carriage, Lin Zhe walked inside, accompanied by the ministers, and Xu Shou, the president of the Imperial University, also approached Lin Zhe's side, and after getting Jiang Daoquan's permission, he introduced the Imperial University to Lin Zhe.
"At present, our school has recruited three classes of students, and there are currently 537 students studying physics, chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, geography, Chinese language, foreign languages and other subjects!" Xu Shou, a middle-aged man who is already forty years old, talks about his university. There was pride in his tone.
"In order to cultivate students' success, all new subjects have hired senior foreign lecturers, and some students with excellent grades have stayed in the school to teach, at present, there are 27 foreign teachers, 36 domestic teachers, and 64 auxiliary teachers, the subjects are taught the most advanced scientific knowledge of contemporary times, and this year we have also opened electrical, optical, medical and other disciplines!"
Listen to Xu Shou's brief introduction. Lin Zhe nodded from time to time, in fact, he knew these things without Xu Shou talking about them. This Imperial University has been a key project of Lin Zhe since its establishment, and he has basically read all the reports about the university.
The goal set by the Imperial University at the beginning was to train the most elite talents for the empire, which can be seen from the admissions standards, this year's enrollment only admitted 300 candidates, but this year's entrance examination is to admit 1,000 students, to put it simply. Applying for the Imperial University is even more difficult than the Chinese National Entrance Examination.
Excellent students also need excellent teachers, and the main professors of the main modern science disciplines at Imperial University are basically foreign teachers, many of them are lecturers hired directly from abroad with high salaries, and there are even a few real foreign university professors.
At the same time, some instructors were seconded from the Navy and Army Military Academy to teach, of course. In the end, Jiang Daoquan and the military took a lot of time to second, and some of them were seconded over, and these seconded instructors are still active soldiers, and they will go back after they come to help teach for a while.
But in any case, it is not easy to be able to initially set up the Imperial University in just two or three years.
Jiang Daoquan has made a lot of efforts for this, and Xu Shou, as the principal, is not easy.
Xu Shou, this person can be regarded as a well-known person in history, but Lin Zhe doesn't know!
Xu Shou was in 1854 when he went to Shanghai to study, in order to learn advanced modern scientific knowledge, he also applied for Yu Shengjun's camp school, but people were not in the army, and he was older, so he failed to sign up, but people were unwilling, and found a familiar relationship to say that he was stunned to let him mix into the camp school to audit, and later learned to be hired as a teacher by the camp school, teaching chemistry and other subjects.
Later, in 1856, he resigned from the teaching position of the Army Military Academy, worked as an engineer in the Shanghai Shipyard, and also served as an engineering consultant in the Linde Machine Factory, participated in the research and development of Shaoxing-class battleships and rear-loading guns, and was one of the very few Chinese engineers who participated in the actual research and development work.
However, he really had no intention of engaging in politics, so when he heard that he was going to prepare for the establishment of the Imperial University, he recommended himself to enter the Imperial University, first as the director of the Academic Affairs Office, and participated in the preparation of the Imperial University, and when the Imperial University was on the right track, Jiang Daoquan no longer served as the president of the Imperial University, and Xu Shou was recommended as the president of the Imperial University.
Strictly speaking, Xu Shou is not a politician, nor is he an educator or anything like that, he is personally better at science, and he is a scientific research talent, but there are really few people in contemporary China who are qualified to be the president of the Imperial University, so Xu Shou is reluctant to become the president.
He felt that it was better to be a principal than an administrative bureaucrat, at least he knew what the students were going to learn and how to train them.
Accompanied by Xu Shou and others, Lin Zhe roughly browsed the campus of the Imperial University, and then did not continue to wander, but found Fang Defei, and then the two of them took their little daughter to walk in the garden behind the Imperial University building, which made the ministers behind quite speechless. (To be continued......)