In the middle of May, the weather in Jinling is getting hotter and hotter.

North of Jinling City, at the eastern foot of Hongshan Mountain.

After lunch, Lao Zhu rushed here with Shan Anren, who would be the secretary of the department, to check the recently determined site of Jinling University.

The so-called 'Jinling University' is naturally Zhu Yuan's idea.

Lao Zhu asked about the imperial examination before, and his baby twenty-third grandson said that this imperial examination was not important, the important thing was follow-up training, and gave a series of plans that made Lao Zhu suddenly brighter.

Lao Zhu knew that those must be good measures hundreds of years later.

So recently, an edict was redrafted and promulgated to the world, greatly relaxing the threshold for the imperial examination, basically implying that as long as you are literate or think you have a skill, you can come to Jinling to make a name for yourself.

Of course, this is just a rhetoric.

Unless he really stands out, otherwise, in this imperial examination, Lao Zhu does not plan to directly confer an official, but sends it to Jinling University for re-training.

At the same time as the new edict was issued, Lao Zhu also asked Shan Anren, the secretary of the general, to select a plot of land and plan to build a large-scale Jinling University.

Elementary, secondary, university.

This is a complete set of education process system planned by the twenty-third grandson of his baby for the future of Daming, which is expected to start from the age of 7 to the age of 18, a total of 12 years, and be promoted by examination every 4 years.

It also clarifies the educational goals of each stage.

Primary school, mainly to open the people's wisdom.

Middle school, in the next 100 years, will provide the main talent group for the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.

Universities, which train elites in various fields, lead the development of the country.

Lao Zhu agrees.

Then there is Jinling University.

According to the plan provided by Zhu Yuan, in the future, each province of the Ming Dynasty should establish more than one university, but this will take many years of accumulation, and in a short period of time, it should still be dominated by the capital of the dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty already had Guozixue, which was the highest institution of learning in the traditional dynasty.

At that time, seeing the additional preparation for the construction of Jinling University, Lao Zhu was still puzzled, can't it be enough to directly expand Guozi University, why do you have to do it?

Then I saw a page of comparison charts.

The first is two circles, a small circle, which is written royal, and a large circle, which is written Confucianism.

The two circles are connected by a thin line.

The second one is a lot of laps.

In the center is a small circle of the royal family, and then, with a thin line, radiating a bunch of small circles such as 'Confucianism', 'Bingjia', 'Legalism', and so on.

Combined with the "Book of Heaven", Lao Zhu understood it at a glance.

If you continue to respect Confucianism, it may not be much at the moment, but in tens or hundreds of years, the imperial power will inevitably be suppressed by a huge group of Confucian literati. In contrast, if there can be many 'circles' around the royal family, if Confucianism is disobedient, then use Legalism, and if Legalism is disobedient, then use soldiers.

In this way, the imperial power will not be bound by the dominance of the Confucian family.

Of course, Lao Zhu also understood that Zhu Yuan was just an example, not to say that he wanted to depose Confucianism and carry forward the hundred schools.

The Confucian system of morality and etiquette has become the foundation of the etiquette system of various dynasties, which cannot be shaken, but while respecting Confucianism, it is also necessary to encourage the development of various new learning.

Therefore, according to Zhu Yuan's plan, the newly built Jinling University will be divided into different colleges, such as the School of Law, the School of Mathematics, the College of Agriculture, the School of Water Conservancy, the School of Architecture, the School of Geography, the School of Fine Arts, and so on.

Students who will enter the school in the future need to choose a college and conduct in-depth learning according to different 'majors', so as to acquire practical peace skills, not just Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality.

At the foot of the Red Mountain.

According to Lao Zhu's requirements, the site was quickly determined, or this side of Houhu, close to the Houhu Medical College that has begun to operate, and the eastern foothills of Hongshan Mountain, including the Hongshan area, are expected to be more than 5,000 acres of land, which will all be used as the campus of Jinling University.

Lao Zhu walked around and took a look, 5,000 acres of land, of course, he couldn't finish it in a short time, and he didn't plan to finish it, but he just told Shan Anren, regardless of money, food, and labor, before September, to complete the relocation of nearby residents and build at least 2,000 schools at the same time.

Lao Zhu hopes that after the autumn imperial examination, more than 10,000 students will be directly filled in.

As for other more details, Lao Zhu asked Shan Anren to discuss with his baby twenty-third grandson. According to the recent plan, Lao Zhu planned to recall the child as soon as possible.

After looking at the plot, I came to Houhu Medical College nearby.

Because of the records of Ma and the crown prince, as well as many descendants of later generations, Lao Zhu has always been very concerned about the development of new medicine, and he will call the officials of the Tai Hospital to inquire when he has a little leisure.

Within the Faculty of Medicine.

Sun Shouzhen, the left envoy of the Tai Hospital, happened to be there, and after seeing the ceremony, Lao Zhu said that he wanted to go and see the students here.

In addition to the affiliated primary school, which has 500 students and half male and half female, last month it opened a university class dedicated to training the children of medical households who already have a certain foundation, including more than 100 children of medical families recruited from all over the Ming Dynasty.

In front of a school.

This is a women's class, with 25 students, but they are learning mathematics.

Looking at the girls who were concentrating, Lao Zhu asked Sun Shouzhen: "These female babies, can they keep up with male babies in their studies?" ”

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Sun Shouzhen hesitated slightly, but still said, "Your Majesty, this is ...... Female babies, in fact, are more outstanding than male babies. ”

Lao Zhu was puzzled: "Why is this so?" ”

Sun Shouzhen said: "At the beginning of the selection, the number of female babies who signed up far exceeded that of male babies, so they could choose more intelligent ones. Moreover, it is not easy for the girl to have such an opportunity to study, and she cherishes it even more, and she studies very weekdays. ”

After hearing this, Lao Zhu had a tendency to blow his beard, and glared slightly: "You mean, those male babies don't have to work?" ”

Sun Shouzhen hurriedly shook his head: "Your Majesty, work hard, you work hard." Your Majesty has given Ren Duo grace, and if they are lazy, the ministers will not keep anyone. It's just that Chen just said that the girl she chose before has a better foundation. ”

Lao Zhu thought for a moment and said, "You ...... In this way, I will organize an exam recently, and I will see the results......" Seeing that Sun Shouzhen was puzzled, Lao Zhu said again: "How to take the test, I will find someone to talk to you after I return to the palace." ”

Among the relevant papers related to the imperial examination sent by Zhu Yuan last time, there were some mock test papers, which impressed Lao Zhu deeply.

As a pragmatist, compared with the simple evaluation of A, B, C and D, which has a lot of room for manipulation in the evaluation of officials or students, Lao Zhu feels that the 100-point mode of those mock test papers is more refined and accurate.

In the imperial examination in September, whether it is the theory of economic justice or the new mathematics that he intends to add to it, Lao Zhu plans to start the 100-point system.

In the future, including the evaluation of officials, Lao Zhu plans to promote it accordingly.

On the side of Houhu Medical College, it is almost a matter related to the continuation of the Zhu family's world, and it cannot be sloppy at all, so Lao Zhu decided to try it out here first.

After speaking, he continued to walk around the different schools, and found that he was slacking off in the classroom, Lao Zhu was very satisfied, and asked Sun Shouzhen about other things: "Penicillium, how are you going?" ”

When he learned that antibiotics were related, Lao Zhu attached great importance to it, and specially asked Mingzhou to send a complete case of Pu Zhongheng, and asked Sun Shouzhen to carry out relevant research.

When Lao Zhu mentioned this, Sun Shouzhen's expression was a little ashamed, and while motioning for Lao Zhu to walk towards a public house, he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have set aside a room to cultivate Penicillium, and they have also tried to treat some patients these days, but the ministers are ashamed that they have not yet figured out the medicinal properties of Penicillium, or they have to wait for Hanlin to return from Mingzhou and personally guide them." ”

As he spoke, he came to a public house.

Sun Shouzhen stopped Lao Zhu from entering the door, but just came to the window and looked inside.

In the rows of ceramic containers on the shelves, there are all kinds of moldy steamed buns, fruits, vegetables, etc., which make people's scalp numb at first glance. Lao Zhu just sniffled slightly because of the smell of rot, and then looked at it carefully.

There was a doctor in the house who was carefully collecting mold with tweezers, and saw Sun Shouzhen appearing with a middle-aged man, and was about to come out to greet him, but was stopped by Lao Zhu waving his hand, and seeing Sun Shouzhen's eyes, the man probably understood something, so he continued to pick the work, but the hand holding the tweezers was inevitably a little trembling.

Sun Shouzhen waited for Lao Zhu to look at it for a moment, and then said: "This penicillium is to bacteria, but it is combined with that poisonous snake, there must be an antidote around it." It's just that among them, how to extract antibiotics and how to use them effectively, Chen and Hanlin have no clue through several letters. Hanlin also admitted that he didn't know much and needed to explore for a long time. ”

Lao Zhu knew that things could not be rushed, and at the same time, he also understood the meaning of this antibiotic, and nodded: "You can do your best to take whatever you need from the treasury." ”

Sun Shouzhen hurriedly bowed his hand: "Your Majesty." ”

Lao Zhu continued to look at the situation in the house, remembered something, and asked, "Are you prepared for the dissection?" ”

Sun Shouzhen shook his head: "Your Majesty, the minister has also talked to Hanlin about this, and Hanlin said that our top priority is to sort out the existing medical books and classics, which ...... Investigate the human body, or wait for him to come back. ”

Lao Zhu knew about sorting out medical books and classics.

For this reason, a special fund was allocated to the Tai Hospital, and a group of people were dispatched, and medical books were collected from all over the country and sent to Jinling.

However, this is not something that can be done in a year or two.

I noticed what Sun Shouzhen said at the end, wait for him to come back.

Oh, yes.

Lao Zhu himself also wants his baby twenty-third grandson to come back as soon as possible.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army took Bianliang, there have been courtiers during this time, hoping that the old Zhu Ding will be the capital of Bianliang and say that 'the ruler of the world can live in Middle-earth'. If there was no Zhu Yuan, if there was no "Book of Heaven", Lao Zhu should be on the way to patrol Bianliang at the moment.

After all, Bianliang is the former capital of the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty considers itself Chinese orthodoxy, so no matter what, it should be a trip.

However, because of Zhu Yuan, Lao Zhu also made a change, he planned to go to Bianliang a little later, personally command the battle of Dadu, and destroy the Yuan Chamber in one go. Lao Zhu believes that as long as the father and son of Emperor Zhizheng are won, the already scattered Yuan Court will lack an orthodox heir, and it will only fall apart even more.

Solve the Yuan room early, Lao Zhu can also free up his hands to do more other things, and create a prosperous era that has not been seen for a thousand years.

It is planned to set off in June, go north along the waterway, arrive at Bianliang in July, and launch the battle of Dadu in leap July.

The recall of Zhu Yuan is one of them.

Because of "Book from Heaven", Lao Zhu jumped out of the authorities a few years in advance, and he no longer has absolute trust in Li Shanchang, who has followed him for more than ten years, so during his absence, he needs someone to contain Zuo Xiang.

Zhu Yuan has no foundation in the court, and of course he can't contain it alone.

However, Lao Zhu believes that although his baby twenty-third grandson is a young man, after all, he is a man in two lives, and he is old enough, and then he is not counted as Yang Xian, Fu Xuan, Zhongshu Zheng, Cheng Zhangyi, and Tao An, a bachelor of Hanlin, etc., who are not all the way to the court, will definitely be able to guarantee that Ling is worry-free.

What's more, on the central side, there are indeed a lot of things, and Lao Zhu hopes that Zhu Yuan can be personally responsible. For example, Jinling University, which is being prepared, and the first imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, which is planned to be held in September, are all major events of the country.

Even, before leaving Jinling, Lao Zhu also hoped that Zhu Yuan could help him with advice for the battle of Dadu.

Thinking of his own baby twenty-third grandson, Lao Zhu left Houhu Medical College, and deliberately took a boat to the island in the middle of Houhu, and personally looked at the construction progress of Zhu Yuan's mansion in the middle of the lake.

The rest is mainly the decoration of the details, as well as the interior furniture.

Speaking of which, during this period of time, there were also officials who mentioned it, questioning the identity of Zhu Yuan, the mansion on Houhu, in many details, seems to be suspected of exceeding the system. Lao Zhu ignored it, and thought that maybe ...... It's time to find a time for the child to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.

Regarding this matter, in addition to the concerns that I want to continue to look at it in my heart, one of the main questions that Lao Zhu is entangled with is, how to calculate the generation?

Lao Zhu even thought about it occasionally, so he followed the speculation of some courtiers and treated Zhu Yuan as his exiled son. It's just that in this case, according to the calculation of his 14th birthday before, he is the eldest son.

Biao'er is only 13 years old.

Therefore, this will definitely not work, the Ma family will not be able to pass the pass, and it may also lay hidden dangers for the continuation of imperial power in the future.

Treat it as a grandchild......

Even if he is the same generation as Wei'er, the question arises again, whose grandson?

I don't understand, I can only press it for the time being.

Probably thinking about who is coming, back to the palace, just arrived at the daily office of the East Pavilion, immediately a courtier came to report, Wen Zao returned from Mingzhou again.

Hurriedly announced.

When Wen Zao arrived, Lao Zhu first saw some dried fish maw samples, and while twisting them up and looking at them, he asked, "How many are there?" ”

Wen Zao said: "Back to the Lord, a total of 7,322 catties." ”

When Lao Zhu heard this number, he sighed again.

In the past, the dried fish maw collected by the river berths in various places every year was only one or two thousand catties, which was not enough, and the Mingzhou side, according to the child, collected more than 7,000 catties of dried fish maw just for an experimental sea fishing, which is the so-called productivity explosion.

Thinking so, Lao Zhu put down the swim bladder in his hand and asked, "Can you send it to Jiang Zuosi?" ”

"Not yet," Wen Zao said: "My subordinate came to the shore and came to the palace immediately." ”

"Let the general receive it as soon as possible," Lao Zhu instructed, and then turned to personally split the package containing the letters and documents next to it, and asked again: "How is Yuan'er doing?" ”

This question is a bit general, but it is not the first time that Wen Zao has dealt with it, and he replied skillfully: "Hanlin is still busy from morning to night every day, and he needs to be reminded by the people around him from time to time before he thinks of taking a break." A few days ago, Hanlin wanted to go to sea to see the situation of the fishing ground in person, but everyone couldn't persuade him, but the governor came and forcibly carried Hanlin off the boat, and the matter was settled. ”

Lao Zhu frowned and said unhappily: "Nonsense, if many people can go to sea, there will be only one of them, you go back and pass on my words, and tell Hua Gao, you must not let Yuan'er get into danger." ”

Wen Zao hugged his fists: "The order of the post." ”

Lao Zhu had already pulled out a letter, read it carefully, and continued to ask, "But is there anything else?" ”

Wen Zao thought for a while, remembered another interesting incident, and said: "Last time, Hanlin brought the scale to the inner house to weigh himself, and then laughed with everyone, saying that there was no one in his house who was lighter than him. Speaking of this, Wen Zao paused, and added: "According to what I have seen under my post, Hanlin is really hard working, which is admirable." ”

Lao Zhu paused, and then remembered the sick and weak body of his baby twenty-third grandson, and could only sigh: "The world is difficult, let him make up for it on weekdays, so what...... Shark fin, I recently did what he said, I ate some myself, and I also rewarded my subordinates, and then how to deal with it, let him watch it. This...... Since it's a good thing, let him not save it himself, eat more. ”

Speaking of shark fin, the last time he heard about it, Lao Zhu's first reaction was dissatisfaction.

The boy ought to know his temperament, and why did he send such extravagant things?

However, I have read some of the ideas in the accompanying letter, especially Zhu Yuan's intention to put shark fin ...... Well, what, 'hype' up, in the future, it will become a big business at the level of one million taels of silver, and moreover, it is still to make money from the rich and subsidize the state, Lao Zhu thought about it a little, and he followed Zhu Yuan's meaning and helped 'publicity'.

Wen Zao hurriedly agreed again: "I will definitely convey it after my job." ”

I only feel the favor of the little adult.

Wen Zao knows the attitude of his own master towards the local contribution of rare treasures, and most of those who do so will be reprimanded. However, when Zhu Yuan did this, not only did he not have anything at all, but His Majesty the Emperor would also cooperate.

It's ...... There is no reason.

After chatting a few words, Lao Zhu began to concentrate on reading the letter.

Zhu Yuan mainly talked about three things this time.

The first one, the last time Lao Zhu wrote a letter, asking Zhu Yuan if he had a solution to the drought in Huaidong.

At the beginning of the year, the Taishi Institute predicted that Huaidong might encounter drought in the summer and autumn of this year, but it did not come true.

At present, the Huaidong region, especially the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture, has not fallen a drop of rain since April. If the drought continues, it is a question of whether it will affect the harvest, or even whether there will be a harvest.

In the past, Zhu Yuan could always give all kinds of suggestions, but this time, the answer of his own baby twenty-third grandson disappointed Lao Zhu.

No way.

According to the letter, the weather is the most unpredictable thing that cannot be changed by manpower. In the current state, the imperial court can only deal with floods and droughts through large-scale water conservancy.

The problem is that the world has been decided, and the imperial court has not yet been able to spare its hands to build water conservancy.

After reading this paragraph, Lao Zhu, who has become more and more accustomed to asking his treasure twenty-third grandson when he has something in the past six months, thought of another person, Liu Ji, who is proficient in the science of celestial phenomena.

Perhaps, you can also write a letter to ask your old subordinate if there is a way.

Second, inspired by the iron ore and coal brought back from Shandong by the first batch of grain convoys, Zhu Yuan suggested that Lao Zhu set up two companies in Yizhou, Shandong, Yizhou Iron and Steel Company and Yizhou Coal Company.

Yizhou is rich in coal and iron, and the two companies can form an iron-smelting combination, and the steel produced can not only make weapons and agricultural tools for the Northern Expedition army and local production, but also be able to transport the corresponding raw materials to the south through the grain fleet.

There is a shortage of coal and iron in eastern Zhejiang.

Coal and iron when grain comes when you go, you can also maximize the use of fleet capacity.

In addition, the two companies can also provide employment for a large number of displaced people in Shandong, thereby stabilizing the local area.

Things are already being done.

Lao Zhu understands that this is a kind of standardization, just like Zhu Yuan's sea fishing in Mingzhou, through official organization and coordination, to stimulate productivity to the greatest extent.

Therefore, of course, there is no opinion, and I plan to draft an edict to Wang Guangyang, who has not been in office for a long time, and let him do it.

The third thing, Zhu Yuan talked about a group of officials recently recruited by the Yinghai Division.

Probably hundreds.

Detailed documents of these people are also attached.

After all, the north to the east and the south to the two Guangzhou, have been incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, since the sea fishing production in Mingzhou has been effective, it is time to strike while the iron is hot, and promote this official model of leading large-scale sea fishing.

Zhu Yuan's plan is that next year, the fish catch of the entire Daming coast will reach the level of 2 million to 3 million quintals.

Therefore, in addition to these officials who do specific things, Zhu Yuan also hopes that Lao Zhu can be selected as soon as possible.

Next year, it will reach 2 million to 3 million quintals of fish catch, which is equivalent to the grain tax revenue of a province. It's only been two years for a province. plans to create another Ming financial revenue for ten years, Lao Zhu no longer doubts.

Lao Zhu just felt again, God bless me Zhu!

So, for the third thing, Lao Zhu's idea is still to let Zhu Yuan act cheaply, including the chief officers of the sea branches of each battalion, and he will give some alternatives, but if Zhu Yuan has suitable people on his side, he will still be given priority.

In addition to the main three things, there are some trivialities.

For example, a brief report on the results of the ongoing summer flood sea fishing.

And, what books are being compiled over there recently, and they also said that they will not be delivered for the time being, so as not to distract Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu just laughed and scolded at this.

After reading the letter, Lao Zhu didn't go to get anything else for a while, nor did he mean to write a reply, but said to Wen Zao, who had been standing patiently beside him: "That's ...... You go back to Mingzhou as soon as possible, just one thing, let Yuan'er hand over all the affairs of Mingzhou, and return to Jinling immediately. You tell him that I plan to leave for Bianliang next month, and that I plan to stay in the north for three months. ”

Lao Zhu believes that Zhu Yuan, who is also clear about the "Book of Heaven", will understand his plan when he hears these words, and even let him return to Jinling.

Wen Zao heard Lao Zhu's order, hugged his fists and said, "If the matter is urgent, the subordinates will set off immediately?" ”

Lao Zhu shook his head: "It doesn't have to be like this, you can set off tomorrow morning." ”