After talking about the granary, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly looked at Xia Yuanji quietly with a thoughtful expression.

Xia Yuanji knew the emperor too well, and his face changed in an instant, the emperor was going to use a lot of money?

What does the emperor want to do?

Xia Yuanji's mind circled quickly.

Last year, the Ming Dynasty fought on all sides, and it didn't cost much money, and after the battle, it finally made a lot of money, and now the treasury money and grain are far more than Yongle Chu.

Could it be that the emperor wants to give bonuses to officials across the country?

Xia Yuanji likes bonuses, but if they are given to national officials, he will definitely not agree to be killed.

He thought about it, and couldn't think of anything the emperor had to use a lot of money?

Do you want to dredge the canal again?

In the second year of Hongxi, the imperial court began to dredge the canal from Beiping to Shandong, and it has not been completed yet, but the progress is faster than what Zhu Di did in the original history, and it is better.

Because half of them are handed over to the people, the emperor specially used it to compare and see whether the official host is good or the private host is better.

Facts have proved that it is still the private sector that is doing better and faster.

After all, there are so many bags and two packs in later generations, cutting corners, and not many people have learned it now, and Zhu Gaoxu is a person who has come over, and the imperial court is very strict in acceptance.

Now the people are very actively involved in the imperial court project, because if they do a good job, they can continue to connect and make money.

Just when Xia Yuanji was puzzled, Zhu Gaoxu finally spoke slowly.

"I'm probably going to need a lot of silver this year."

"Your Majesty, rest and recuperate." Natsuhara was in a hurry.

The emperor directly asked for money, and he was so flustered.

"What are you anxious about?" Zhu Gaoxu was angry and funny: "It's not a war. ”

“？” Xia Yuanji's face flushed, and he thought to himself, to build a big journey, it will also mobilize a lot of labor.

Although the imperial court now has brought in people from other domains to work as coolies, it is also necessary to provide food and shelter.

"I want to promote education." Zhu Gaoxu finally said it.

“。。” Xia Yuanji's face was incredulous, and he was soon overjoyed: "Your Majesty is wise, the minister raises his hands to support, how much does Your Majesty want?" How – Promotion? ”

The emperor canceled the preferential exemption for scholars back then, and Xia Yuanji was actually unhappy, but he didn't say anything, after all, he knew what the emperor wanted to do, and it was difficult to persuade him.

He thought that the emperor was going to restart the preferential exemption and subsidies for scholars.

"I took the time to write something, Xia Butang can take it and take a good look, and then estimate how much money and how many people are needed, make a budget, and report it to me." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand as he spoke.

Zhong Xian immediately walked over with a stack of materials and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor opened it and looked at it, then handed it to Xia Yuanji.

Natsuhara couldn't wait to open it on the spot.

"On the plan for the establishment of the Ministry of Education and Science and Technology of Daming——"

He took a few first glances and was very shocked in his heart.

The emperor set aside part of the authority of the Ministry of Rites and Ceremonies and Officials Department, that is, the management of academic affairs and the imperial examinations, and placed them under the newly established Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

and expanded from six to seven.

This is the first time since the six-part system of the past dynasties has become seven, which is definitely a precedent, if you count the three ministries that have just been reorganized in the military, Daming now has ten ministries.

Of course, if the three military departments do not enter the cabinet, it will be forgotten, Xia Yuanji estimates that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will enter the cabinet in the future.

Xia Yuanji was shocked that education was a separate department, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to education, but why, it is necessary to cancel the preferential exemption of readers, and even suppress scholars.

However, he will soon learn that what the emperor thinks of as education is not what he sees as education.

It was impossible for Xia Yuanji to keep watching in front of the emperor, he only watched it for a while, and he was a little shocked in his heart, and immediately put it together: "Your Majesty has written so much, the minister has to go back and read it carefully, and after reading it, he will prepare the budget for funds and manpower and report to His Majesty." ”

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded quietly: "The sooner the better." ”

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister retires." Xia Yuanji hurriedly left the imperial city with the materials, and then went straight to the household department.

After returning to the household department, he immediately called Chen Sicong, the left waiter of the household department, and Chen Qia, the right waiter.

Chen Qia was Dali Qing during the Yongle period, and he was also Lu Zhen's predecessor, he served as the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and his position has changed in recent years, and he has not been promoted or demoted, he is an honest man, and it never matters, the emperor has changed and changed, let him do what he does.

Chen Sicong Yongle was the right envoy of Fujian, and when Fujian descended to Zhu Gaoxu, he also surrendered to the king of Han for the first time.

Xia Yuanji called the two of them, and then the three of them went to a secluded room and took out the materials: "Come, let's take a look, Your Majesty has a new deal." ”

The left and right servants looked at each other, and after the new emperor came to power, he basically had a new deal every year.

In the first year, the army was planted, the military land was separated, the second year was confirmed to divide the land, and the third year was a comprehensive tax reform, one ring after another, which immediately increased the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty several times, and the treasury was also rich.

So the three of them gathered around and read the emperor's new policy.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is divided into the Department of Education, the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Medicine, the Department of Military Academies, and the Department of Professional Titles.

Then Jingshi Xinxing built three universities, namely Yingtian University, Yingtian University of Science and Technology, Yingtian Medical University, and Yingtian Military Academy, which were managed by the four divisions.

In addition to the Confucian classics, the students of Yingtian University mainly study mathematics and geography, including the administrative knowledge of the Ming Dynasty, world maps, etc., and mainly train teachers and officials.

Yingtian University of Science and Technology mainly trains craftsmen, blacksmiths, gunsmiths, firesmiths, shipwrights, and even farming and water conservancy talents, etc., which is equivalent to a technical college in later generations.

As the name suggests, medical universities train doctors and military doctors.

The military academy is for the training of officers of the army and the naval division.

The emperor divided it very finely, and the preliminary figures were given for how many subjects each school had and how many classes were prepared.

Like Yingtian University, in the first year of preparation, there will be 20 classes, 50 students in each class, a total of 1,000 people.

The University of Science and Technology requires 50 classes with a total of 2,500 students.

Medical universities require 50 classes with a total of 2,500 students.

The military academy requires a hundred classes with a total of five thousand people.

The more the three of them looked at it, the more frightened they became, Xia Yuanji saw that his face darkened behind him, judging from the emperor's arrangement, this investment was huge, unprecedented, and it was sustained for a long time, how many years of continuous investment would take, it was simply a bottomless pit.

Chen Qia quickly shouted: "Each university should be able to accommodate 20,000 people at the same time, as well as food and housing, how big is this place?" ”

"Near our Jingshi, there is still a place where four universities can be built?" Chen Sicong also asked in surprise.

Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly: "When Your Majesty confirmed the right to divide the land, he had already reserved a place. ”

At the time, he didn't know what the emperor was going to do, but now he understands.

The emperor reserved a lot of space, including the construction of these four schools, and even the addresses were written in the materials.

The emperor is ready to officially start the construction of three universities from this year (among them, the military school is located in the Dajiaochang, which has been under construction since the first year of Hongxi, and they are almost completed. It seems that the emperor still puts the military first.

The emperor's request was that all three universities should be built within five years, and then in the sixth year, 1,000 students, the following year 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, and within 10 years, each school should be full of 20,000 people.

This investment alone is huge, Xia Yuanji said with a dark face: "It can accommodate 20,000 people to study, eat and live, and each school must invest at least 10 million silver, and three universities are 30 million." ”

"It will be done in five years, and it will be six million a year."

Xia Yuanji is also estimated by Mao now, and when it is really built, it is less than 10 million, because the cost of building a house is quite low now.

"Each school, according to this scale, must be equipped with at least 500 teachers, and Your Majesty will help teachers evaluate their titles, according to the treatment of officials, which is equivalent to at least 2,000 additional officials, even if the average is 220,000 per person, the expenditure of one is 400,000."

Xia Yuanji was very shocked by the emperor's brain.

The emperor demanded that the construction of schools begin this year, and at the same time recruit teachers at the local level.

Teachers come according to the treatment of officials, and there are also grades.

Then there are job titles, which are junior teacher, intermediate, senior, and special.

The junior teacher is divided into three grades, the first grade is set up with seven grades, the second grade is from the sixth grade, and the third grade is the positive six grades.

Intermediate teachers are set to five grades in the first grade, four grades in the second grade, and four grades in the third grade.

The advanced is from the third grade, the third grade, and the second grade.

The special grade is the second product, from the first product, is the first product.

With such a high level of teacher salary, it will inevitably cause a sensation among the people when recruiting teachers, and a large number of readers and craftsmen will rush to sign up.

Even if you are a scholar, even craftsmen, doctors and military school teachers enjoy this treatment, and they are indeed red-eyed.

He is a dignified cabinet member, and the head of the household is only second-class.

Of course, these teachers only enjoy grades and treatment, and cannot be compared with local officials with real power, but they are enough to make people blush.

Of course, Xia Yuanji understands that the emperor is afraid that the school is under construction and will not be able to recruit teachers.

Now that I've done that, I'm sure there's no problem.

Moreover, the title department will evaluate and evaluate the professional titles of craftsmen, doctors, and teachers in the world in the future, and the status of craftsmen, doctors, and teachers will gradually move closer to the officials.

Chen Sicong said at this time: "Although the lower officials are shocked, to be honest, if you follow Your Majesty's setting, ten years later, I will have a large number of talents, and there will be a large number of talents in all walks of life, and not all of them will be useless scholars who are dead studying." ”

Chen Sicong has been an official in Fujian for more than ten years, has seen the profits of overseas trade, quite enlightened, he also knows that the Ming Dynasty only relies on scholars, it is not possible, the two Song Dynasty, the status of craftsmen and merchants, and the scholars are not much different, after the emperor Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, has been emphasizing that some places, to learn the two Song Dynasty, Chen Sicong knows, the emperor to vigorously enhance the status of other professions.

Xia Yuanji's face was more ugly, because the cost of building four universities was staggering, and after the construction, it was even more bottomless to operate.

But this is only the beginning, after the construction of the university, His Majesty will also build secondary schools and primary schools throughout the country.

Then the whole process of elementary school, promotion to middle school, and promotion to university from middle school is formed.

In addition, elementary and secondary schools will be gradually rolled out nationwide from this year.

"There are more than 1,000 counties in the country, and each county is divided into primary and secondary schools, which is not very difficult, and the big ones are primary and middle school students, who must reach a certain proportion of the local population, and the imperial court pays for it, and it also has to be equipped with teachers."

Xia Yuanji's face became darker and darker: "This year's expenditure alone, it is impossible to do it without tens of millions." ”

The key is that the primary and secondary schools will be funded by the imperial court, and the minimum expenditure will increase by tens of millions this year, and the primary and secondary schools will add tens of thousands of teachers, which is equivalent to adding tens of thousands of officials, and the expenditure will be millions or even tens of millions.

He looked at it, sweat broke out on his face, and finally knew that the emperor had been staring at him just now, and he was a little embarrassed to speak, presumably the emperor also knew that this was an incomparably huge expense.

The emperor wrote a lot and put a lot of thought into it, and the three of them didn't have time to read it, but just looking at the general plan, he was shocked by this incomparably terrible project.

The three of them hurriedly flipped to the end, then looked at each other, and almost at the same time decided in their hearts to unanimously oppose such an investment.

When it was replaced by Yongle, the imperial court could not afford it at all, and now the Hongxi Dynasty can afford it, but it is also extremely terrifying.

But just as they turned to the last page of the material.

I saw a line of big characters written at the bottom, which was simply a fine word, and it was loud.

"Open wisely, strengthen my China, and if the youth is strong, the country will be strong."

Boom, the three of them thundered like five thunders, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

(End of chapter)