Seven years of well-off, the third day of November.

Nanjing Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

This is the third day after the release of the results of the mathematics and science exams, and it is also the first morning meeting after the release of the results.

Emperor Zhu Ciyu was naturally very eager, wanting to know what kind of impressions his new policy and good governance had left on the people of the world, and how many people appreciated his kindness.

Needless to say, there were other routine topics at the court meeting, and Zhu Ciyu was not interested in it today, so the topic quickly turned to the scientific examination.

Zhu Ciyu took the opportunity to ask Gu Yanwu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites: "Gu Qing, Nanjing University has been recruiting for three days, what is the response of the private scholars, and the candidates are actively preparing for admission?" ”

Gu Yanwu hurriedly came out and recited: "Your Majesty, this time the discipline of the scientific test is like that, the rules and regulations are cleaned, and all the scholars who should be raised can deal with it decently."

There were 1,403 applicants and 1,298 people who actually submitted the exam. After the list is posted, 300 people should be recorded, because there are many people with the same score at the end of the list, and 309 people are recorded.

Because the admission list has scores, the high and low are clear. For those who have doubts about the score of each person, after paying the notarization and handling fee, they can also check the details of the deduction of points in the original paper, so everyone is convinced by the deduction of points. Shilin used this scientific examination, which was the fairest of all the examinations of the dynasty. ”

It was Gu Yanwu's turn to report, and as soon as he came up, he emphasized how fair this exam was, and it was unparalleled in terms of fairness and justice in terms of scoring standards.

Even after the exam, although you still have to make your name vague, you don't have to copy the paper like the usual normal liberal arts examinations, but you can directly correct the original paper with a good name.

This is also to reduce errors and omissions in the transcription process. Because of the pure text of the volume, no one will deliberately copy the wrong copy when transcribing, and the meaning of the mistake is not great, and there will be flaws directly due to the lack of grammar and science.

And the test papers of science and engineering, many of them are numbers and symbols, and it will be troublesome to copy them a little wrong. Although it can be checked and verified repeatedly, since it is clear whether the math problem is right or wrong at a glance, the correction cannot be faked, and there is no need to copy it.

What if the marking officer recognizes that it is the handwriting of a candidate with a background?

Is it because this candidate is the son of the first assistant of the cabinet, and the marking officer dares to correct the math questions that are obviously answered incorrectly?

Mathematics and physics are right and wrong, and they can't be faked, and what Tianwang Lao Tzu does wrong is also wrong.

On the other hand, it is also because some topics involve geometric and physical drawings, and the techniques, precision, and other details of drawing may not be available after copying, so it is better to use the original volume to change.

Since Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, China has had the imperial examination, a thousand and a few decades, and has never been able to solve the problem of "no need to transcribe and absolutely fair judgment", but now the Ming Dynasty has solved it,

Isn't this a political achievement worth bragging about? It's no wonder that Gu Yanwu is so proud.

After Zhu Ciyu listened, he also nodded in approval frequently.

However, none of the New Policies were able to satisfy everyone. Just when Zhu Ciyu was quite excited, in the imperial history team next to him, someone came out to play the right role, according to the public opinion and wishes they heard, they spoke up righteously, and pinpointed the disadvantages of the times:

"Your Majesty, the minister Wang Shizhen has heard that although this exam is claimed to be fair, there are still several provincial scholars who are unhappy about the results. The day before yesterday, outside the Gongyuan, dozens of candidates from Henan and Shandong criticized them, claiming that only more than 20 of the 309 people on the list in the northern provinces were admitted, and the north and south were unfair, attracting hundreds of onlookers.

When the minister thought of Taizu, there was a dispute between the north and the south. For many years after my Ming Dynasty, I have also been known to divide the north and south lists to reassure people. The handling of this incident may not be a safe law, but His Majesty can only observe it. ”

Zhu Ciyu and Gu Yanwu were originally in a good mood, but they were a little unhappy when Yu Shi said this.

This Wang Shizhen is a person from Henan New Town, a Jinshi in the middle of six years ago, and now he is an ordinary imperial history in the Yushitai. Maybe it's because of his background, he naturally wants to fight for some benefits for his fellow villagers in Henan, which is also human nature.

The original imperial examination of liberal arts in the Ming Dynasty had a north-south sub-list, and there was no need to have the same quota as the educationally developed areas in the south, but now there is no sub-list, and they miss Zhu Yuanzhang's law very much.

Zhu Ciyu didn't think much about this problem, so he directly asked Gu Yanwu how to deal with it, what the current system design is, what is the principle, and whether it is reasonable.

Gu Yanwu took a deep breath and replied firmly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Wang Shizhen said has a big misunderstanding of Taizu's original intention of dividing the north and south from the list back then!" When Emperor Taizu was the emperor, there was a case between the north and the south, but at that time, there was nothing wrong with dividing the list to appease people's hearts.

Just because there is no first article and no second martial arts, it is difficult to have a public opinion on whether an article is good or bad. Even if the examiners at that time felt that the articles taken in the top dozens were indeed excellent, it was difficult to rule out that the ideas and political opinions of these dozens of articles were secretly in line with the rulers and markers at that time. And once a certain faction grasps the power of political discussion and the power of interpreting the scriptures, it is indeed difficult to avoid the formation of a school valve from then on.

Therefore, Taizu's distinction between the north and the south should not be regarded as a benefit to the northerners, but only allow people to divide themselves into pieces and express their opinions, without having to stick to currying favor with one faction of power. If the southerners were in power at that time, and the northerners did not cater to their political views in the article, the southerners in power would not have to take it.

But now, the content of the new course is mathematics and science, right is right, wrong is wrong, and there is no room for fraud in the leniency of the paper. Therefore, admission based on points is more fair to the world. Otherwise, some provinces will be admitted for 130 or 40 points, and others will be admitted for 120 points, how will the people of the world view it? ”

Zhu Ciyu touched the sparse stubble, and thought that it did make sense. In the previous liberal arts imperial examinations, the most critical point was that only the ranking was used, and there was no need to score specific scores. Therefore, the north and south lists are ranked separately, and others can't say it's unfair.

But now it's an objective question, how much each person on the list has tested, it's accurate to the score, a person with a score of 130 is not admitted, and a person with a score of 110 is admitted, which will indeed impact people's three views.

After all, they are still from the Ming Dynasty, and there are no traversers, so I don't know if future generations can slowly understand this situation where the score lines of the provinces are a big difference. In Gu Yanwu's eyes, the papers that can clarify the score should be done officially, and should not be engaged in benefit transfer.

Zhu Ciyu felt that both sides had some reason, and let the ministers speak freely for a while, and evaluate the merits of the gains and losses. Everyone had different opinions, and it was difficult to conclude for a while, so Zhu Ciyu had to announce that he would discuss it another day after the dissolution of the dynasty.

……

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhu Ciyu returned to the Wenhua Hall and asked the eunuchs to invite his father to come, and also invited Zhang Huangyan, Gu Yanwu and a few others separately to discuss matters behind closed doors.

Since Zhu Ciyu's southern tour of Beijing, the proportion of pro-government has become higher and higher, and Zhu Shuren didn't want to be too tired, so he completely threw the daily court meeting to his son, and he himself did not go to court for a long time.

After all, at the court meeting, in the face of hundreds of officials, even if the son gives his father a seat, or even allows him to sit on his side above the Majesty's steps, it is still quite awkward. No matter how high the courtesy is, it is not in line with the laws of the court, and no matter how low the courtesy is, it violates the filial piety of the father and son.

Anyway, Zhu Shuren's failure to go to court does not mean that he will not participate in politics at all. He just completely threw away the red tape and ceremonial work, and completely ignored the daily trivialities. However, there are still people who come to the door to ask for advice and discuss the major policies of right and wrong.

Zhu Ciyu also respects his predecessors very much, every time he asks his godfather, if he invites Zhang Huangyan, Shi Kefa and others at the same time, they will also give them seats, everyone sits and opens and closes the door for a small meeting, and the palace maid serves refreshments.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Ciyu motioned to Gu Yanwu to relay the people's feelings reflected by the imperial historians at today's court meeting, and asked his father to take his idea.

Zhu Shuren thought about it carefully, and was not polite: "I thought that the government should not be changed overnight. Although Nanjing University adopts a method similar to that of scientific examinations, it is not an imperial examination after all.

Those who enter the school do not mean that they can become officials, and they have to study hard for several years and pass the exam after graduation. Even if they can become officials in the future, the original intention of the imperial court to cultivate these talents is not only to let them become officials, but also to divide a part of it to engage in research.

In this case, it is natural to select people who are dedicated to learning and willing to engage in research. This is not that the imperial court is enveloping the hearts of the people and imprisoning the people with lofty ideals, scientific research is to seek truth from facts, the current law can not be changed for five years, or even ten years, and the original intention and painstaking efforts of the imperial court to set up new departments can be affirmed to the world. ”

With Zhu Shuren's status, he dared to say such things in front of the emperor in private, and openly described the old-style liberal arts and scientific examinations as a kind of "power sharing spoils".

Anyway, the things that are read in the Four Books and the Five Classics have no practical use for governing the country, as long as you give everyone an explanation, so that everyone can have a channel to vent their excess energy, and don't think about it.

And the new learning needs to be practical talents, and the things learned are practical and practical, how can it be with the mud?

Zhu Ciyu pondered for a while, and also felt that he suddenly became enlightened, and he really had to take a firm stand, and he couldn't use the mentality of sharing spoils to engage in science and technology, culture and education.

He continued to humbly ask for advice: "What about five or ten years from now?" And how? ”

Zhu Shuren took a sip of tea: "The way of science and education, seeking truth from facts first, taking into account fairness second. In the future, the number of places in each province can be allocated in proportion to the number of taxpayers and the number of military and conscripted military service.

However, these measures can only be implemented after the imperial court has already established some foundation for scientific and educational undertakings. At that time, the faculty will be sufficient, and the number of students admitted to Nanjing University can also increase every year.

At the time of admission, students will be admitted according to the province, so as to give more learning opportunities to students in areas with scarce educational resources and who are interested in science. But if after three or five years of study, you still refuse to work hard, you can't make up for the gap when you first entered the school, and you still can't pass the graduation exam, then you can't complain.

At that time, for those whose studies are not solid enough, they can be sent back to their hometowns to serve as grassroots mathematics and science teachers. For example, in addition to the current teaching of each prefecture and county, there is another deputy post to be in charge of the mathematics and biology education affairs of a county. Only when the talent base is large can we fundamentally solve the problem of backward provinces having difficulty in producing talents. ”

As soon as Zhu Shuren said this, not only the little emperor suddenly became enlightened, but even Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yanwu felt quite far-sighted.

Indeed, now that the work of science education has just begun, the first thing to pursue is to select the best and most suitable personnel to engage in science and education, and to concentrate efforts on making the basic situation bigger.

As for fairness, it is all in the future, if there are not enough basic mathematical and physical education talents in various places, even if fairness is taken into account, the selection will be crooked. For the sake of superficial fairness, if the development of Daming's science and education work is slowed down by ten or twenty years, it will be more than worth the loss.

In the initial stages of anything, an iron fist is required. Zhu Yuanzhang inherited a system that had been in use for 800 years at that time, and Zhu Shuren is now starting from scratch, can the nature be the same.

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Zhu Shuren's proposal finally went through some twists and turns, and after completing the process, it also became the official opinion of the imperial court.

The imperial court announced that no workarounds would be considered for at least five years. Because what is most needed at the moment is to expand the scale of Daming's mathematical and physical talent group as soon as possible, and to educate more practical talents with limited resources, and now is not the time to share the spoils.

In the future, according to the poll tax or land tax payable population for every 200,000 households, one NTU admission quota can be given and admitted by province.

In this way, there is no need to look at the actual population of each province to approve the quota, because with the Ming Dynasty's previous implementation of the separation of workers and peasants, there will be a flow of population, especially the industrial population. If the population census is carried out once every long time as in the past, and then the number of admissions is determined, it will not be enough to reflect the actual movement of the population.

However, considering that the bitter cold land of the frontier is also meaningful to the imperial court, the military service population and the conscription population can be given preferential treatment in the examination of the new subject.

Therefore, if there are 20,000 garrisons in each province, an additional quota will be added, and the children of non-commissioned officers and soldiers who serve can take the examination in the nearest locality. If there are 50,000 or more conscripts, that is, "national engineers" who will be engaged in infrastructure construction for a long time in the future, they can also increase the quota for the local provinces, and the children of the conscripted population can also take the nearest examination.

In this way, it can be regarded as taking into account national defense and infrastructure construction, and the military and military population are respectively ten workers and peasants or four workers and peasants, which is enough to tilt towards the border land. But after enrolling, whether you can graduate in the future or not depends on business, a bowl of water. If you can't pass the graduation exam, you still have to go back to your hometown to teach mathematics.

After all, the court has affirmed that this thing is different from the imperial examination, it is not a lifelong examination, but it will become wider and wider.

As for those who still have to chew their tongues to do things in this case, the court will naturally not be polite. The court will not sin people for their words, but it will not be polite to those who spread rumors and slander the government. Once rumor-mongering is discovered, Jin Yiwei can immediately arrest people and remove their reputation.

After such a combination of grace and power, the admission method of Xinxue was finally temporarily accepted by the world. And after more than a month of running-in, at the end of the year, the imperial court threw out an additional piece of good news.

That is, after a few years, when the number of NTU graduates gradually increases, the provinces will be allowed to run their own universities, and they can hire talented people from NTU graduates and researchers to teach in the local area.

Although the universities in the province cannot guarantee that they will wait in line for the post-graduation of the candidates, they can solve the shortage of talents in factories and mines and research institutes by themselves. Moreover, there are schools in the province, and the provincial political envoys and academic officials have the right to set their own recruitment standards, and whether or not to favor the students in the province is their own business, and the court will not interfere.

The imperial court is only responsible for reviewing the qualifications of the school and whether the teachers are qualified.

In this way, if you want more people to study mathematics, physics and chemistry, you don't have to come to Nanjing in a bunch, as long as you don't ask for "package assignment to be an official", you can study in your own province in the future.

After opening this opening, there is nothing to fight for in various places, anyway, the imperial court decides how to spend the money of the imperial court, the local government organizes its own education funds, and the local government does not reach out to reap benefits.

(End of chapter)