Chapter 11: The Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy

The needle of time has gone quietly to 1018 A.D., it is spring, everything is recovering, a hundred flowers are blooming, and they are competing to decorate thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

Zhao benefited from mixing until he was eight years old in the Great Song Dynasty, and he also took his friends to mix for five years, and the eldest was already twelve or thirteen years old. In the past five years, they and Zhao Yingren have been quite mixed with iron, and they are unambiguous about where to fight.

In this era, in addition to teaching them primary school mathematics knowledge, Zhao benefited from a little common sense of life, and did not have so many complicated subjects in later generations to affect efficiency. In five years, they have not only mastered the knowledge of mathematics in primary school, but also learned mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography and other knowledge in junior high school.

Zhao Yingli also carried out more professional training for their interests, and planned to open small stoves for them. Wang Shenli likes to ponder, and whenever he has free time, he uses the physics knowledge he has just learned to improve the various tools he sees in his daily life. Chen Xinhua was shocked by some simple chemical experiments demonstrated by Zhao Yingying, showing a strong interest in this knowledge, of course, the chemical level of this era tends to be close to zero, and what Zhao Yingying can play is just a simple saltpeter ice.

Although the principle of saltpeter ice making is very simple, that is, saltpeter melt water will absorb a large amount of heat and cause the temperature to plummet, so as to achieve the purpose of ice making. But the ancients didn't understand this principle, and they were shocked when they saw that Zhao Ying could make ice with common saltpeter. Originally, the imperial palace relied on the ice cave to store ice in winter and summer, which was not only expensive but also had to be used in limited quantities.

In addition to Wang Shenli and Chen Xinhua, the other four are Zhang Qirui, Xiang Zhongtian, Yang Sien and Li Xingxiu, who show weaker bias characteristics than Wang Shenli and Chen Xinhua. The six of them formed the Wen Taibao in the future 'Thirteen Taibao'.

With the Wen Tai Bao, of course, there is also the Wu Tai Bao. is a sonorous trio led by Yang Jinhua, and the other two are, Wang Chao and Ma Su. In addition to Yang Jinhua's beauty and fitness, the other two can only be described as having developed limbs, and the two of them are destined to be little brothers.

The two children from a medical family both came from the families of the imperial doctors. Already deeply influenced by their families, coupled with the study of biological knowledge, they became even more obsessed with medicine. Due to the influence of personality and social environment, the boy named Wu Ren is more inclined to the surgery that Zhao Yingying will do, and often uses some small animals to dissect according to Zhao Yingying's description, and he also breaks out his name as a 'butcher' among his friends.

Another little girl, named Xie Xinran, was born quiet, tranquil, inherited the medical knowledge accumulated by her ancestors, and was determined to complete His Royal Highness's grand wish to promote Chinese medicine since she was a child.

The two freaks in this 'Thirteen Taibao' are Li Hao and Yan Shenzhi, why are they freaks? It's because the personalities of these two goods are not social. Just like this Li Hao, his personality is extremely obscene, he likes to be alone, in addition to talking to Zhao Yingying, he is highly vigilant against others, and he looks like a child who lacks love, but his sharp vision and thinking make Zhao benefit very happy, and with a little training, he is an excellent agent. Another Yan Shen knows that he is as his name suggests, maybe his parents are too educated, he is quite strict with himself on weekdays, and he is staring at other friends and not making mistakes. When the friends saw him, it was like a plague, and even Yang Jinhua, a strange flower, was afraid of his eyes that looked at the prisoner.

Zhao benefited from teaching them according to their aptitude, writing the knowledge of their later generations into books to give them different training methods, and also earnestly hoped that they could let the knowledge they brought blossom and bear fruit in the Great Song Dynasty and carry it forward.

But it is not enough to rely on the strength of his own little friends, Zhao Yingfu decided to add a few fires.

The next day, in the early dynasty, after all the princes and ministers finished their daily affairs, Zhao Yingfu stood up. Since Zhao Yingfu participated in the government politics under the order of the Zhongshu Order, he basically only brought ears and no mouth, mainly to learn more about current politics.

Zhao Yingying stood up at this time, which surprised Song Zhenzong and all the ministers. Song Zhenzong was stunned and asked, "Emperor, what do you want to play?" ”

"Father, the son-in-law has heard about the political affairs of the ministers recently, and I have been touched a lot. According to your lordships, it remains to be seen whether there are many officials in our Great Song Dynasty who handle daily government affairs at a high level. Although the adults and officials from all over the country have read poetry and books and learned to be rich, the way they handle their own work is not disagreeable. ”

Zhao Huili was not afraid of the anger of the civil ministers, and continued to speak freely: "The ministers should not be busy with anger first, and listen to the king's details. There must be no doubt about your knowledge, which the king is ashamed of, but it is difficult to say in other aspects. ”

"To give a simple analogy, do the poems and books you read teach you how to farm? Is there a teaching on how to decide a case? Is there a lesson on how to check the accounts? Maybe you will say that there is a record in the book, but it is really not good, and there is a master. Have you practiced it yourself? Is it true that what is written in the book? Why don't you check it out for yourself? What is the use of relying on the master for everything? Reading is to be reasonable, to debate the truth and falsehood, and to apply what you have learned is the way of academics. In the face of Zhao Ying's series of questions, many ministers were red-faced, and their heads were about to fall into their necks.

After striking at the ministers, Zhao Ying comforted again: "Of course, this king knows that the ministers are knowledgeable, experienced, and comfortable with political affairs. But please think about it, can the young officials who have just participated in the imperial examination and become outside the government have the ability of you? However, as grassroots officials of the Great Song Dynasty, they were the bridge between the imperial court and the people, and if their ability was not up to it, what would happen if there were problems in handling daily government affairs? Have you ever thought about this issue? Once this happens, the common people will be disappointed in the imperial court and the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty, is this the result you want? ”

Speaking of this, Song Zhenzong also fell into contemplation, which has been the case since ancient times, so that everyone lost the opportunity to reflect. At this moment, Zhao Yingying's words deeply touched the string in their hearts. Everyone is thinking back to when they were young, they won the imperial examination, and the new officials went to work, hoping to show their ambitions, but they were not satisfactory. When the year is over half a hundred, I suddenly look back and feel that half my life has passed, time has given me rich experience, but it has also brought most of my life.

A minister came out and said: "Since the establishment of my Great Song Dynasty, the selection and appointment of officials have all been based on ancestral examples. ”

"Ministers, don't be impatient, the next thing is the measure that this king wants to propose, please refer to one or two. All the ministers must know that this king is possessed by heaven-given thaumaturgy, and the thaumaturgy is mainly recorded in the science and technology that these ministers consider to be miscellaneous science. ”

Zhao Yingying turned around and reported to Song Zhenzong: "Enlighten my father, my sons, I plan to build a Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy, and gather all the people with lofty ideals who have not been able to win the promotion in the world but have the heart to benefit the people to come and study, carry forward the thaumaturgy that God gave me in the Great Song Dynasty, and also contribute their strength to the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Erchen plans to set up government affairs, criminal investigation, physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture, industry, architecture, commerce and other disciplines at the Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy. Human life is short, and only by focusing on one's own profession can we create the greatest value, which is also the guiding ideology of thaumaturgical education. ”

"Erchen would like to implore my father to convene elites from all walks of life across the country to gather at our Song Dynasty Royal Academy to preach and teach to all students to solve their doubts. Knowing that these people may be reluctant to pass on their skills to others, they are prepared to set awards or titles based on their contributions. Ask your father to decide. Zhao Yifu finally finished talking about his general plan for a long time, and then he was about to start a war of words.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of King Wei's proposal, let's talk about your opinions!" Song Zhenzong entered the role of host again.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say." The chief of the surrender faction of the Great Song Dynasty, the prime minister Wang Qinruo, fired first.

"What is Wang Aiqing's opinion, everyone discussed it." Song Zhenzong motioned for Wang Qinruo to continue.

"The old minister thinks that what His Royal Highness King Wei said is inappropriate, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the selection and appointment of officials have been based on ancient examples, and there has been no change. Moreover, my Great Song Taizu said that he would rule the world with scholars, and King Wei proposed to disrupt the status of Shinong industry and commerce, which was not conducive to the stability of the society. I hope the emperor thinks twice! Wang Qinruo began his usual journey of spraying manure.

In the face of Wang Qinruo's criticism, Zhao Yingli was not afraid, all of which was expected. Zhao Yingfu knew that as long as he raised this issue, trouble would come flooding in, but the rise of the Great Song Empire would inevitably face these problems.

Zhao Yingyou shook up in front of Wang Qinruo and asked, "Prime Minister Wang, this king wants to ask a few questions." You must speak of your ancestors, so you are extravagant and wasteful all day long, and you are extravagant and extravagant, is this also the religion of your ancestors? All day long, he talked about Shinong and businessmen, pretended to be superior to others, and disdained the people. Without farmers farming, what do you eat? If there are no merchants to sell things, where will your enjoyment come from now? What do you live in without craftsmen to build a house? ”

"You, you...... Blood spews people, the emperor, the old minister is wronged! Wang Qinruo's acting skills are very good, tears come as soon as he says it, and he howls at Song Zhenzong when he lies on the ground.

"Wang Aiqing, hurry up, the emperor is just joking with you, don't take it seriously!" The good old man Song Zhenzong stood up at a critical moment.

"Oh mom, I'm so embarrassed. Wang Xianggong, this king is young, and he can't tell lies, he has offended a lot, the prime minister can support the boat independently, don't be like this king! After speaking, Zhao Yingfu laughed.

"Ministers, don't be too busy to object. The king knows that the reason why he opposes it is because he is worried that his interests will be damaged, his power will shrink, and he is afraid that he will not be able to be a moth on the top. These kings can understand, after all, incompetent people are afraid of being surpassed, there is a good saying, 'gold will always shine', in my Great Song Dynasty, talented ministers will not be afraid of challenges. Do ministers feel that they are incompetent? Are you afraid of being surpassed by the talents cultivated by this king's thaumaturgy? "Zhao benefited from the arrogant army of the generals. It's a person who understands that he can't answer what he asks, and if he agrees, doesn't it mean that he is incompetent, and how can he gain a foothold in the court.

"Actually, ministers only see one side, and there are two sides to everything. If you think about it carefully, the Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy proposed by this king mainly cultivates talents who assist the ministers in their daily affairs. Not only will they not jeopardize your position, but they will be able to help you take care of ordinary everyday matters, so that the ministers can devote more energy to state affairs. I think there are always some 'unsuccessful' descendants in the ministers' families! They may not be satisfactory in the imperial examination, but they may be able to achieve something in other aspects! In order to achieve his goal, Zhao benefited from stealing concepts as much as he could, painting a big pie to fool these old antiques.

"This king knows that in the hearts of all the ministers, scholars are the most noble, and even if they have a bad life, they will not be willing to do other things. But is there only a scholar in this country? This is obviously impossible, so why don't you allow your future to have more ways to go? You think that being a craftsman, a merchant, and a farmer is of low status, so why can't we think of a compromise? Zhao benefited from guiding the thoughts of the ministers step by step, and gradually approached his goal.

A fish is hooked, after all, there are always eunuchs whose family life is unsatisfactory, Zhao Yingying's words poked their hearts, the minister took Zhao Yingying's words, and asked: "Dare to ask Your Highness, do you have any advice?" ”

"It's serious, I don't dare to give advice, but this king has some ideas for everyone's reference. There are only a few things that everyone can worry about, one is that they are afraid that the Royal Academy will change their strategy and affect your authority. Second, the influence of the traditional status of Shinong industry and commerce. Third, they are afraid that the new school will impact the status of Confucianism. Do you agree? Zhao Yingying glanced at everyone, this time there was no bird, after all, no one wanted to be ridiculed by a child.

Zhao Yingfu continued: "Then we will analyze one by one, first, it is stipulated that the imperial examination system is still used for the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, but one point is added, all those who have obtained meritorious service must obtain a certificate in the discipline related to their position in the Royal Academy before they can take office. Second, on the premise of not changing the general status of Shinong Industry and Commerce, we will give financial and out-of-the-ordinary official honors to those who have achieved outstanding results in the Royal Academy and made significant contributions to the Great Song Dynasty. Third, this aspect requires the joint efforts of all the ministers, all the officials are from Confucianism, if you are still afraid that the new society threatens Confucianism, this king can only say that you are incompetent, if there is really such a day, you should reflect on what you have done! ”