The first to be called into Beijing was Wang Zheng, because he was in Beizhili, much closer to the Jingshi.

But Wang Zheng couldn't figure it out, how could he be alarmed by the fact that he was only a seventh-grade sesame petty official, so how could he be alarmed and summoned to him? Is it the wrong person?

After the eunuch repeatedly confirmed that it was him, he set off to the north with apprehension.

Wang Zheng never thought that he would be able to step into the palace one day, and a person in his fifties, walking in the magnificent palace, felt so small.

He still felt in his heart that he might have made a mistake, in case he said that he was not looking for himself after seeing Banzai, so how dare he be?

With complicated feelings, Wang Zheng followed the eunuch all the way to the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

After the eunuch went in to report, he heard a shout: "King Xuan, King Liangfu, enter the palace." ”

Wang Zheng's expression was straight, he hurriedly stepped forward, crossed the threshold, and saw a young man in a dragon robe standing in the center of the main hall, immediately knelt down, and saluted: "Weichen Wang Zheng, I have seen long live, long live, long live." ”

Tianqi turned around and said with a smile: "Wang Qing, please get up." ”

Wang Zheng saw the emperor for the first time, and he didn't know if he should get up at this time, so he immediately remembered that the eunuch had reminded him before, so he hurriedly said, "Long live Xie." ”

After seeing Wang Zheng get up, Tianqi spread out the two books in his hand and asked, "Wang Qing, this "Illustrated Illustration of the New Making of Instruments" and "Illustrated Illustration of Strange Artifacts in the Far West", but what did you note?" ”

Wang Zheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Long live Hui, it is exactly what Weichen has noted." ”

"Haha, good, good."

Tianqi didn't have any other nonsense, and said directly: "I am going to set up an engineering academy, let Wang Qing devote himself to research, help me manufacture these artifacts, and further innovate and carry them forward, I don't know what Wang Qing wants?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Zheng instantly confirmed that Banzai was looking for him, but he was a little confused, Banzai actually wanted to set up a new organization to study tools for himself?

But he is a person who likes to study, no matter what this matter is, long live can take a fancy to himself, a seven-grade petty official, and appoint him, this is a great gift, how can he disagree?

So, he said very excitedly: "Go back to Banzai, everything obeys the will of Banzai." ”

Tianqi nodded with satisfaction and added: "I will also include Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua and other firearms, agronomy, and machinery masters into the Academy of Engineering, so as to cultivate more skilled talents for the Ming Dynasty and prepare more divine weapons." ”

"Save the country with science and technology, rejuvenate the country with science and technology, drive out the Tartars, and let me stand on the top of the world."

As soon as the words of the apocalypse fell, Wang Zheng couldn't hide his inner excitement, science and technology to save the country and rejuvenate the country with science and technology, this is also his Wang Zheng's lifelong dream.

This is the purpose of his compilation of the "Illustrated Narrative of the New Making of Instruments", especially the "Illustrated Narrative of Strange Artifacts of the Far West" compiled with the European missionary Deng Yuhan, and the introduction of Western learning and Western utensils.

Now, the idea of Banzai coincides with himself, how can Wang Zheng not be excited?

Moreover, he prefers to do these studies rather than being an official, and now he has the opportunity to put these studies into practice and even carry them forward, which is simply a godsend.

"Rejuvenating the country with instruments is also what Wechen thinks, and Wechen will concentrate on studying to repay the grace of long live the encounter." Wang Zheng couldn't hide his excitement.

Tianqi nodded happily, and then introduced the structure and functions of the Academy of Engineering to Wang Zheng.

Originally, Tianqi was going to correspond the Engineering Academy and the Hanlin Academy at the same level, because the Hanlin Academy is an important place for cultivating talents, and it is also an important springboard for cabinet elders and local officials.

After entering the Hanlin Academy, as long as you don't make any big mistakes, it is easy to prosper and prosper in official fortune.

Therefore, it is the dream of almost all intellectuals to be selected for Hanlin, and everyone is eager to rush to it, but this has also caused a lot of waste of talents, and the whole society has naturally chosen to emphasize literature and ignore technology.

If we establish an engineering institute with a status comparable to the Hanlin Academy, and divert some of its talents to the engineering institute, the technological flow of the entire society will naturally be gradually improved.

But after thinking about it, Tianqi felt that it was difficult for the Engineering Institute to copy the model of the Hanlin Academy.

Because the role of the Hanlin Academy is mainly to train officials for the imperial court, after entering the Hanlin Academy, the probability of becoming an official and a big official will be greatly increased, so talented people flock to it.

And the engineering institute is to train technical talents, which in the eyes of many people is a high-level craftsman.

People's inherent thinking for thousands of years, no matter how advanced the craftsman, in the eyes of most people, is still not in the stream, how can there be Hanlin incense?

Moreover, can a senior craftsman be a party leader? Can I join the Cabinet?

If the highest bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is only the fifth grade, and the highest position of the Engineering Academy is also the fifth grade, what can you do?

Therefore, Tianqi finally gave up directly benchmarking the Engineering Academy with the Hanlin Academy, and chose to rank it on the same level as the Metropolitan Inspection Academy.

And the Metropolitan Procuratorate is at the same level as the Six Ministries, and the highest position of Zuo Du Yushi is a member of the second grade.

However, the ultimate goal of the engineering institute is to keep up with the Hanlin Academy, to allow as many talents as possible to pour in, and to create a Hanlin Academy that belongs to engineers.

Even in the heart of the Apocalypse, the role and status of the Academy of Engineering should be higher than that of the Hanlin Academy.

Because although the Hanlin Academy has cultivated many famous ministers, it has also given birth to a bunch of corrupt Confucians, and the progress of society is more driven by science and technology.

At the beginning of the Academy, there were three bureaus, namely the Agronomy Bureau, the Machinery Bureau and the Firearms Bureau.

Agronomic Bureau: Mainly responsible for agriculture-related work, such as water irrigation, seed improvement, production tool improvement, agricultural production guidance, etc.

Machinery Bureau: Mainly responsible for the development, production and application of various types of machinery.

Firearms Bureau: Focus on all kinds of firearms, because cold weapons have little room for development, and they will eventually be eliminated, so it doesn't make much sense to invest in the study of cold weapons.

The Academy of Engineering probably included the functions of the Academy of Engineering and the Academy of Sciences in later generations, and now this institution was newly established and its scale was still very small, so there was no need to divide it so finely.

Later, it will be expanded to subdivide the various engineering and scientific disciplines, and then it is not too late to separate.

The Standing Academician of the Academy of Engineering is the highest official of the Academy of Engineering, responsible for managing the operation of the entire Academy of Engineering.

There are three young academicians, three products, to assist the academicians in management, and each is in charge of one of the bureaus.

The hospital supervisor, the fourth product, no fixed staff, supervises the research and production of the engineering institute.

University scholars, from the four grades, no fixed staff, belong to the professor-type talents, the main responsibility is to cultivate technical research and scientific talents in all aspects for the Academy of Engineering.

Next is the engineer who was evaluated before the apocalypse, the first-class senior engineer (positive five-grade, no quota), the second-class senior engineer (from the fifth grade, no quota)...... Third-class junior engineer (nine products, no fixed staff).

In this way, the complete structure of the Academy of Engineering is roughly like this, and it will become the cradle of Ming science and the cradle of great power and heavy equipment in the future.