The commodity economy in the Jiangnan region is developed, and the level of education is naturally developed.

The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, most of the wealth is in the south of the Yangtze River.

And these young talents in front of him, Zhu Youzhen also knew that even today's emperors must not be able to compare with them in poetry and articles.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen has no need to compare with them.

"Sage, talented people also, is a capable person, to the Ming Dynasty to the world Li Shu has made contributions, can be called virtuous, you are all rich and full of learning, but a few of you have made great contributions to the world, research knowledge, but you know why this fish can't go offshore, why people fall from a high place will die, and why birds don't fly, how people come out, why men and women can be adults together, these need you to do learning people to explain to the world, only if you solve a problem, can you be called a sage."

Zhu Youzhen said and picked up the yellow leaf that had just fallen: "Why does this fallen leaf fall down after withering, instead of flying up, have you ever thought about the reason, if the Westerners say, the ground under our feet is a ball, then why the people at the bottom of the ball will not fall, is there some kind of gravitational force?" ”

Zhu Youzhen's question really asked Fang Yizhi and Zhang Dai and others, in life, the leaves fall down and the birds can fly is common knowledge that they all know, but they have never studied the reasons in detail, at most they had curiosity in childhood, and when they grow up, they all pay attention to the study of self-cultivation and the study of governing the world, and even the short poems and songs are just leisure entertainment, so no one knows at this time, and no one can help scratching their ears and cheeks.

"I asked you to come here, just to let you take care of the natural principles of these simplest phenomena, of course, I write poetry and articles in your spare time, I also support it, the biggest difference between my Ming and Jiannu is that our culture is more developed than them, and poetry is one of the cultures."

Zhu Youzhen was very busy, he didn't have time to talk to these scholars, and left the Daming Academy after staying for half an hour.

And because he stayed for half an hour, since then, there has been no singing and recitation in the Academy of Sciences, and there is no sound of toasting and talking, and the people in the entire Academy of Sciences have begun to become unusually quiet.

Fang Yizhi likes to sit alone on the tree now, and throw stones and leaves down when he has nothing to do.

The little eunuch who was smashed in the head complained and asked to return to the palace many times, unwilling to face these crazy people who had nothing to do.

Zhang Dai, a famous essayist in the late Ming Dynasty, is not only so beautiful and good, but also looks good at his concubine's belly, touching the front and touching the back, but he didn't wear glasses to see his concubine's hole, and he was talking about how people came out.

Lu Liuliang also scolded Zhang Dai for this, thinking that his newborn child was not his own.

Fu Shan's swordsmanship was superb, and a piece of wood was chopped thin by him like a cicada's wings, but he still didn't see what was made of it under the wood chips, and why it was still textured.

Tang Zhen was cruel, he cut off the wings of a bird, leaving only one wing, plucking out the feathers on the wings, and removing the skeleton of the wings in order to find out why the bird could fly.

Zhu Youzhen was very excited when he found out, at least they didn't just look at the bamboo blankly like Wang Yangming.

Most of the children in the Ming Manufacturing School are poor students who have gone to school in nearby counties for a few years, and they can recognize words but can't take the road of career, Zhu Youzhen went to the ordnance station and passed by here, and saw Tang Ruowang teaching these children arithmetic here.

"According to His Majesty's requirements, this new-style school will be taught separately in the future, and now it is temporarily divided into arithmetic, Chinese studies, chemistry, gewu, biology, physical education, music, history, geography, foreign languages and other subjects, and is divided into three levels: primary school, middle school, and university, each level has three stages: elementary, middle, and advanced, and the primary school only teaches arithmetic and Chinese studies, and then adds new subjects to the back, and then divides it into various subjects after the end of secondary school."

After Zhu You listened to Song Yingxing's report, he couldn't help laughing, thinking that if he did this, he was tantamount to turning the Daming Manufacturing School into a comprehensive school from kindergarten to university.

At present, the war is imminent, and the entire Ming court can only focus most of its attention on the military, but Zhu Youzhen also feels that after next year, he will have to let the Ministry of Rites carry out reforms and change the education of the Ming Dynasty.

If we want to truly achieve the awakening of the people, we must break the monopoly of the elite class on knowledge and make education universal, but in this case, a large number of teachers and more financial support are needed.

Zhu Youzhen can only come step by step now.

The first arsenal of the Ming Dynasty has begun to produce Chongzhen 14-style firearms in full swing.

The entire building was rebuilt, and many craftsmen were involved in the process of smelting the iron ore and finally inspecting the composition.

The whole production process is a complete assembly line, each stage has a skilled and experienced craftsman in charge, Zhu Youzhen only saw the firearms bundled out by a small cart, the people of the general equipment department will check one by one, after oiling, wrapped in butter paper, put in a wooden box covered with straw, there will be workers to nail the wooden plank, directly to the river to load the ship to Huai'an.

Not only muskets, but also other three-eyed guns and tiger squat cannons that were still in use were also being shipped, as were spears and swords.

Zhu Youzhen asked Shi Kefa, who was temporarily in charge of the General Armament Director of the Generalissimo's Office: "How is the procurement of equipment for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armies of the Guards Army now?" ”

"With this batch, five days later, the muskets of the three Class A infantry battalions of each army have been equipped with new muskets, but the Type B infantry battalion can only be temporarily replaced with bird guns, and it will be replaced by the beginning of February next year.

After listening to Zhu Youzhen, he said: "Try to hurry up, the most important thing at the moment is the homeless people, as long as they are given a full meal, a few silver dollars can make them work hard, but they can't kill people, I'd rather recruit more people than work overtime for a long time, the coal mine and iron mine should also be watched, and the people can't suffer because of production. ”

After Zhu Youzhen said, he personally entered the workshop of the first arsenal of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called workshop is more like a large construction site, except that the roof is made of bamboo strips and thatch, which can block the rain, the whole workshop can not block the wind.

Fortunately, the coal fire in the workshop is burning, and everyone is moving back and forth, so it is not so cold.

Now that His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen has entered here, it has made people from all walks of life forget about fatigue and cold.

However, Song Yingxing had been strictly disciplined before, even if Zhu Youzhen came, they couldn't stop what they were doing, so these people could only look at it, and Zhu Youzhen could only watch from the side. A dozen brocade guards stood in front of him, so that he sometimes had to stand on tiptoe to see how his people were working.

When he saw the chapped hands of most of these people, Zhu Youzhen ordered Shi Kefa: "I heard that Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, is in the cloth business, let him come to see me, such a cold day, plus this kind of place where he often comes into contact with sharp weapons, how can he not have gloves." ”