Neither Nguyen Tsok of Vietnam nor Yoon Son Dao of North Korea left immediately and were left to watch the newly completed Jinling University.

This is the first university under Zhao Han's rule, and its address is located in Guozijian, Nanjing, Daming, which is near the Sipailou campus of Southeast University in the later generations.

During the Yongle period, there were 9,000 students in Nanjing Guozijian.

Later, it gradually declined, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was even more dilapidated, and many buildings had decayed.

Now, it's a new look.

Wang Zhiliang, the governor of southern Hunan in the Ming Dynasty, was forced to take refuge in Zhao Han, and now he is a member of the Ministry of Rites, responsible for taking these foreign envoys to visit.

This gentleman is old and does not want to be a five-grade official anymore, so he applied to become a university professor, which has been approved by Zhao Han.

Wang Zhiliang's school is "Xinguanxue", which is very close to the Datong theory. His latest academic achievement is to combine the four sentences of Hengqu with the theory of Datong, and his articles will be compiled into the "Datong Collection" next year.

Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the past life, and open peace for all generations.

Yoon Seon-do was the prince of Joseon and specialized in teaching lessons to Korean princes. It's a pity that his two princes and students were captured as hostages by the Manchus, but now they are dead and sick.

Along the way, Yin Shandao was asking Wang Zhiliang for advice.

Wang Zhiliang walked on campus, stroked his beard and said: "The heart of heaven is the heart of the people, the way of heaven is humanity, and the principle of heaven is the reason of people." ”

Yin Shandao asked again: "How to do learning?" ”

Wang Zhiliang replied with a smile: "The Ming body is applicable, and Kuang Shi is important." The Tao is not a lie, and learning is expensive and effective. ”

Yin Shandao said with emotion: "Jun Zhen is a great Confucian. The scholars of our country are good at talking about things and not being practical, which has led to the corruption of the country. ”

Wang Zhiliang said: "I am not a Confucian, just a professor at Jinling University. The real Confucians are all in the Hanlin Academy and the Qintian Academy, which is the place where they really do learning. ”

"Isn't Qin Tianjian a place to study the astronomical calendar?" Yin Shandao looked puzzled.

Wang Zhiliang explained: "No. Today's Qintian Academy, with mathematics, physics, agriculture, astronomy and other museums, is also the place where the university is studied. ”

Yin Shandao hurriedly asked: "Physics is science, why is it not in the Hanlin Academy?" ”

"Hahaha," Wang Zhiliang laughed, "this physics, not the other physics." ”

The Vietnamese envoy Nguyen Tso, just listened all the way, although he had studied the Four Books and the Five Classics, in China at best, he was a child.

Walking to a school building, Ruan Cuo was surprised: "The windows are actually made of glass? ”

Wang Zhiliang said with a smile: "This thing is glass, don't be surprised." Nowadays, many wealthy families in Nanjing have replaced window paper with glass. ”

Ruan Cuo was incredulous: "Yesterday in the palace, I saw that the windows were inlaid with glass, and I thought it was just a thing for His Majesty the Emperor. Unexpectedly, the common people can also use it, and China is so rich? ”

Yin Shandao also said: "The Heavenly Empire is really extraordinary. ”

The entire Jinling University was renovated by Nanjing Guozijian, and all the window paper was replaced with transparent glass.

Large glass is not easy to make, but small glass is easy to fire, and it is embedded in the original window lattice. And these glasses are not pure, with a faint green color, which does not meet the standards of polished clairvoyants.

After a while, the messengers saw the flags fluttering.

Ruan Cuo asked, "Is this the banner of the Heavenly Family?" ”

Wang Zhiliang said: "This is the national flag. It was only some time ago that it was decided that in the future, the government and schools will raise this flag. The background color is indigo, which means all the people in the world. The golden dragon means that the people should carry the emperor. The smaller motifs under it are cranes and unicorns, which are metaphors for civil and military officials. The emperor, officials, and the common people complement each other and are indispensable. The cloud pattern between the scales and claws of the ascending dragon symbolizes the unity of heaven and man. The sea pattern of the river cliff stepped on by the crane and the unicorn means that the country is eternal. ”

"The national flag, the flag of the country," Yoon Sun-do clapped his hands and praised, "This thing is very good, and North Korea should also have a national flag." ”

Ruan Cuo asked again: "Why aren't there many people in the school?" ”

Wang Zhiliang explained: "After this year's township examination, students from all over the world will come to study. ”

Yin Shandao asked, "Your Majesty the Emperor Datong, has the imperial examination finally resumed?" ”

"Restored." Wang Zhiliang replied casually, too lazy to explain.

Wang Zhiliang's so-called "township examination" is the final start of the provincial unified examination this year.

Middle school students are required to take the graduation examination organized by the county, and they can get a graduation certificate if they pass the examination. Then with the secondary school graduation certificate, participate in the unified examination organized by the province.

The top 50 (tentative) in each province will be paid by the government. After studying at Jinling University, the accommodation fee is free of charge, the food expenses are borne by yourself, and the annual tuition fee is one or two silver. This is called an official student.

Other secondary school graduates, including former students, can also enrol. However, you have to pay for your own travel expenses, accommodation, and food, and the annual tuition fee is 30 taels of silver (including books). This is called a self-financed student.

In the future, foreign students will be recruited, and the annual tuition fee will be 100 taels of silver.

One university is definitely not enough, Nanchang University, Hangzhou University, and Guangzhou University are in preparation, and they will be opened one after another next year. Government-funded students must enroll in the nearest school, otherwise they will not be able to enjoy the discount, and self-financed students can pay more money to enroll in other districts.

When there are universities in all provinces, the number of government-funded students will also increase, and it is expected that the top 100 students in each province will be able to enroll in government-funded schools.

Wang Zhiliang finally clarified the purpose of this trip: "If the two envoys are interested, they can send the children of the family to study at Jinling University, and the annual tuition fee is only one hundred taels of silver." The professors in the university are all famous teachers and Confucians. For example, Wang Bohe (Wang Tiaoding), Qian Muzhai (Qian Qianyi), and Zhang Ximing (Zhang Pu) all served in the Hanlin Academy, and they would come here every month to give lectures. ”

Yin Shandao was a little moved, and asked, "Which faction is the main faction here?" Which faction has the upper hand in the battle of gas and reason? ”

"Hahahaha!"

Wang Zhiliang couldn't help laughing: "There is a sign at the school gate, which is the school motto of His Majesty's Imperial Pen Institute: inclusive, a hundred schools of thought contend." At Jinling University, as long as students are not incited to rebel, any school of knowledge can be taught. Moreover, there are many disciplines, which are divided into: classics, history, literature (including diction, phonology, exegesis, calligraphy, painting), astronomy (including geography), physics, mathematics, agriculture, ...... and many other disciplines. Of course, the college students asked, and there was a special train. ”

Yin Shandao exclaimed: "The students of Jinling University, once they finish learning these, aren't they all Tongjia?" ”

Wang Zhiliang said: "All students who are enrolled in the school should choose a subject as a specialty, which is like the Eight Strands of the Fundamental Scripture. College students asked, literature, poetry, and mathematics, these three subjects are compulsory. In addition, it is necessary to choose one subject as an elective, and if you do not pass the elective course, it will be difficult to graduate. ”

Although Yin Shandao couldn't understand many subjects, he still felt that it was very powerful, and he planned to send a son and a nephew to study abroad.

Zhao Han's absorption of international students is nothing more than cultivating "pro-China" people.

Moreover, North Korea and Vietnam, Zhao Han is ready to annex, and it is more convenient to cultivate more leading parties.

Korea, in particular, was invaded by the Japanese and the Manchus in turn, one robbing the south and the other robbing the north, and now the population is only three or four million. Moreover, the country is poor and the people are weak, and the combat effectiveness of the army is equivalent to that of the guards of the Ming Dynasty, which is the best time to easily take it.

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Nanjing, Gongyuan.

The examination room has also been renovated, and the examination booth has been completely changed to a masonry structure, with many transparent glass embedded in it.

Candidates entered in batches, and the most eye-catching ones were those female candidates.

Although Zhao Han stipulates that girls must go to school, they generally do whatever they want after three years of primary school. Everyone continues to study in middle school, but they are basically in girls' schools, and there are many who are good at poetry, but very few can pass the county graduation exam.

In the entire Jinling Mansion, only 17 girls came to participate in the township examination (unified examination).

They are all fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls in the flower season, sent by the elders themselves, and when the candidates enter the venue, the elders of each girl are surrounded.

"I went in just now, but the son-in-law of your mansion?"

"Exactly."

"A really talented girl, I don't know if the girl has ever had a marriage contract. My dog is fifteen years old, and he is also a student of this year's Jinling Township Examination. He has long been proficient in the "Four Books", and he has also learned mathematics very well, and he has been in the top ten in the school in all examinations. ”

"Your Excellency's good intentions, contemptible people's hearts, my daughter has a marriage contract."

"Alas......"

At this moment, a child walked into the examination room, causing a burst of exclamations from parents.

The boy was only about ten years old, and he thought he had come with his brother, but he didn't expect to go in for the exam by himself.

Fang Zhongde is ten years old this year, Fang Yizhi's son.

He originally studied in a private school at home, but later studied with his father and only entered school after moving to Nanjing.

Most of the three years of primary school are studied, which are completed in two or three months, and the rest of the time is spent studying secondary school courses.

After only one year of study, he passed the primary school leaving examination.

After another year of study, I passed the secondary school leaving exam.

Now I'm running to the university......

The main reason is that there are only four books in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools, and the Pentateuch is now listed as a specialized subject in universities.

As for math and physics, well, physics textbooks were written by his father.

Fang Zhongde's second brother Fang Zhongtong is only eight years old, and his mathematics and physics have reached the level of middle school graduation, but the four books are still being studied. Moreover, Fang Zhongtong's talent in science far surpasses that of his brother Fang Zhongde!

It can only prove that the current natural knowledge is too simple, and most of the content of middle school mathematics will belong to the primary school test center in a few hundred years.

Physics research is not in-depth, and efforts are still needed.

On the morning of the first day, I took the Datong theory.

The whole "Datong Collection" is not thick, and there are not many knowledge points, which is a point delivery item for candidates.

Fang Zhongde quickly finished the exam, checked and revised, and then handed in the papers and waited for the next one.

In the afternoon Chinese test, a four-book and eight-strand text was retained, and the rest was all filled in the blanks and dictated content. This kind of difficulty, the children of Daming can easily deal with it.

Of course, it is limited to eight strands of content, because it is necessary to test Tang poetry and Song poetry and prose, and the children of the Ming Dynasty rarely memorize these.

On the second day, I took the math and physics exams.

There was a big math problem that caused the candidates to wail, but Fang Zhongde, who was only ten years old, made it easily.

A few days later, the top 300 candidates were announced.

Fang Zhongde took the fourth place in the exam......

Although he is not the first, he is only ten years old, and even Zhao Han knows that there is such a prodigy.