"This is the capital......"

At the beginning of October, on the wharf of the east gate of Nanjing Chengjiang, I walked out of the Jianghuai in Yunnan for the first time, facing the lively and prosperous wharf, and felt a shock in my heart.

On the docks, he saw countless ships and goods in stops, as well as hundreds of boatmen busily moving goods.

He saw many vendors setting up stalls on the docks, shouting one after another, and also saw some merchants negotiating business.

Here, even the wharf who sells strength is well-dressed and will not be shirtless as he is in the village.

The wharf, which covers an area of hundreds of acres, is smoothed by cement, clean and tidy, and there are some old women who specialize in cleaning.

Jiang Huai felt that everything here was too unreal, and he only felt as if he was in a dream.

Following the procession, he continued to walk forward and saw some stalls with various items.

He saw a number of vendors selling their wares, and many others standing in front of the stalls to pick and choose.

Jiang Huai couldn't help but stop and look at the things on these stalls.

He saw some delicate ornaments, and some beautiful silks.

"How much is this Su Jin in charge?"

"Three through one."

The sound of the conversation between the customer and the manager made Jiang Huai subconsciously touch his waist.

When he came to Nanjing this time, he brought a total of 15 yuan of money, which was almost the largest amount that his family could make up.

Now it seems that this money is placed in a prosperous place like Nanjing, and I am afraid that it will not be spent.

In an instant, Jiang Huai's gaze was removed from these silk satins.

"Jiang Shengyuan, let's go!"

"Oooh!"

Not far away, a man wearing a mandarin duck jacket called out, and Jiang Huai walked out of the bustling and hurriedly followed.

The autumn boudoir has ended, and he did not pass the township examination in Kunming Mansion, but he is not discouraged.

More than 100 soldiers wearing mandarin duck jackets took their group of more than 70 students from Yunnan out of the bustling Jiangdongmen wharf and came to Jiangdongmen.

The wall of Jiangdong Gate is more than four feet high, so that this group of students who came out of the land of western Yunnan couldn't help but raise their heads and sigh, that they had never seen the world, which caused many people to chuckle and make everyone blush.

In front of the Jiangdong Gate, hundreds of soldiers wearing armor and carrying muskets checked all the formalities, and after confirming that there were no problems, they asked the military attache to take Jianghuai and them into the Jiangdong Gate.

After passing through the long road, the scenery ahead suddenly opens up.

After 11 years of peace during the Yongle period, Nanjing's population grew day by day, and even the once barren outer city was paved with wide cement official roads.

The shops on the street on both sides of the official road are clean and orderly, the crowds of people coming and going are pressed, there is no need to sell here, just the flow of people in and out of the Jiangdong Gate is enough for the shops on the long street to eat.

"A group of four, get in the car!"

Ahead, the shouting of the military attache pulled Jiang Huai back to reality, and when he looked closely, it turned out that the military attache had rented a carriage for their group of students.

The four-wheeled carriage with steering undoubtedly opened the eyes of the students from western Yunnan.

The four-wheeled carriage is a technology that has been studied by Taixue a few years ago, and although Eucommia ulmoides gum is not heat-resistant, it is not a problem to wrap the wheels.

After getting into the carriage, the stability on it made Jiang Huai feel fresh, and the military attache of their car also spoke: "This four-wheeled carriage has shock absorbers, and you can learn it when you enter the middle school in the future." ”

JAC didn't know what a shock absorber was, but everything today made him feel fresh about his middle school life in the next five years.

"Are we also enrolled on the first day of March?"

A student asked, and the military attache shook his head when he heard this: "You can rest until the Lantern Festival at most, and you have to enter school to study after the Lantern Festival." ”

"Of course, this is only the first year like this, and in the past, your study time was from the beginning of March to the beginning of July, and from the beginning of September to the end of the lunar month."

After saying this, the military attache told them some precautions that he knew about the need for precautions in middle school, and everyone listened attentively.

To put it simply, there are two middle schools in Nanjing, Jiangning and Shangyuan, each covering an area of thousands of acres, which can accommodate tens of thousands of students to study and live in it.

Due to the large area of land, they were placed in the outer city vacant land in the north of Taixue and Dajiaochang.

However, before they could go to these two middle schools, they had to report and register at the Yingtianfu Yamen in the inner city.

"If you want to participate in the township examination of the imperial examination, it is best to go back to Kunming Mansion to participate, after all, Kunming Mansion is a middle volume, and the difficulty is not great."

The military attache reminded him, but this voice made Jiang Huai nod as if he didn't understand.

The carriage passed through Mochou Lake, and there were many neighborhoods and restaurants on both sides, but due to the existence of the sixteenth floor, the Qinhuai River in this period did not have as strong rouge as the late Ming Dynasty.

Walk along the street outside the Sanshan Gate to the front of the Sanshan Gate, where the city wall is made of bluestone, which looks stronger and heavier.

After a brief inspection, they were placed in the Three Hills Gate and walked into the inner city.

Passing through the corridor, the prosperity here is a higher level than that of the outer city.

On the bluestone streets, there are many pedestrians dressed in silk and satin.

At first glance, there is not a single cheap ready-to-wear on his body.

When he came here, Jiang Huai knew why Wang Jian said that when he came to Nanjing, he would no longer think about the little lady of the Qi family.

Looking at the group of women in the inner city with fair and delicate skin, wearing silk and satin, and colorful accessories, just talking about their skin color, they are already better than more than ninety percent of the women seen by Jianghuai.

If the facial features are more delicate, then it can already be called beautiful.

"These women are not pretty, before they are in the exam, when can they go to the sixteenth floor to see, the women there are really beautiful."

The military attache sighed a few times, and seemed to be a little nostalgic, but when the words fell, he didn't forget to add: "Of course, if you want to say that you are beautiful, it is because of those beautiful girls." ”

"If you get grades in middle school and participate in the imperial examination to be able to enter high school, that kind of talent and talent will no longer be a problem for you."

The military attaché's words are true, the number of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty has remained fluctuating at 30,000 all year round, and the number of officials from Jinshi is only more than 2,000.

More than 2,000 people started with the seventh grade, and if you work harder, know a little bit of eye, and find a backer, you can touch the threshold of the fifth grade.

Therefore, as long as they are high school jinshi, the kind of family with strength and background will naturally come to the door to propose, which can not only help them rise to prominence, but also allow them to marry a beautiful lady and live a nourishing life.

It is precisely because of this temptation that so many people can't hold it and fall into the big dye vat one after another.

The students in more than ten carriages scanned the street intently, and the beautiful women were dazzled.

Jiang Huai was also watching, but after watching, he still had the original little lady of the Qi family in his mind.

I don't know how long it took, they were taken to the Yingtianfu Yamen, and after queuing up to register their information, they were sent out of the inner city by carriage.

When the carriage walked out of the inner city, most of the students were very reluctant.

Although they had never lived in the inner city, they had already hooked their souls by just experiencing them along the way.

Although they are the best among the tens of thousands of students in western Yunnan, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there are very few people who can be called geniuses among them.

Even if they were unwilling, they were also sent to Jiangning Middle School.

As one of the two major middle schools in Nanjing, Jiangning Middle School is surrounded by a wall of six zhang, the gate is 20 zhang wide, and the left and right sides of the gate are two concrete statues with a height of three zhang.

The two statues wear two high-height crowns and wide robes with large sleeves, one with his hands behind his back and in high spirits, and the other holding a brush and a book, looking into the distance.

The two statues are both young people, and in the middle of them stands a huge Taihu Lake stone tablet with the words "Jiangning Middle School" written on it.

In front of the gate of the large middle school, there are often more than 100 armored soldiers patrolling, and even around the university, there are soldiers and horses patrolling, which is very safe.

Entering the university by horse-drawn carriage, although there are playgrounds, grassy areas and school buildings like elementary schools, there are more buildings and more views.

There are all kinds of flowers and trees transplanted, as well as carefully manicured gardens and gazebos everywhere......

The buildings are eye-catching, but fortunately, there are no students in the current secondary schools.

Nanjing's middle school was the first to open Shangyuan Middle School, but the number of students is not too large, less than 2,000.

After the implementation of the new policy in Nanzhili, Jiangning Middle School came into being, but the number of students could not be solved, after all, if you want Nanzhili's students to enroll, you have to wait until at least five years later.

Therefore, the two middle schools in Nanjing City will recruit excellent new students from all over the world, and each place has restrictions.

On the way to Nanjing, Jianghuai and them already knew about these things.

Under the leadership of the military attaché, they found the middle school teachers and led them to the dormitory.

The three-storey terraced houses are their dormitories, each building has 30 dormitories, each dormitory occupies an area of half a cent (30 square meters), lives four people, and has its own toilet.

There are two large bathhouses on campus, hot water is provided every night, and heating is provided in each residence hall during the winter months.

These various conditions made people dazzled, especially Jianghuai and others, who didn't know what heating was, also made a special inquiry.

"To study at Jiangning Middle School, you all need to accumulate credits."

"In the two semesters a year, only the final exam will be held, and the results obtained from the exam are the credits you can accumulate."

"The maximum score for each subject is 100 points, and there are nine subjects of Chinese literature, mathematics, politics, history, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, and physical education, with a maximum score of 900."

"The results are: 100 points in the first class, 80 points in the second class, 60 points in the third class, and 40 points in the D class......

"There are four large canteens in the north, south, east and west on campus, and you can buy food with your credits, and if you don't have enough credits, you have to pay for it yourself, and the same is true for bathing."

"In addition to the four canteens and the four major market shops, you can buy all kinds of ready-to-wear and stationery goods in the market shops, and you can also buy them with credits or pay for them."

Walking in front, he introduced the teaching of Jiangning University for Jiang Huai and others, and while introducing, Jiang Huai and others also wrote down everything he said.

For Jiang Huai, whose family is not wealthy, the words of teaching undoubtedly relieved him.

"This is the Peking University cafeteria, I'll take you to take a look in first, and have a meal by the way."

"This meal is free, don't worry."

"In addition, when the association is dissolved, you will be given credit points, and you will collect it yourself, and each person who is new to school will only have five hundred points, and after these five hundred points are spent, you will have to spend your own money to buy meals."

After the teaching, they also came to the door of a building covering several acres.

Inside, the two-foot-high ceilings are comfortable, while the overhead and all sides of the building are lit by natural light through glass.

Although I have seen glass in Kunming Mansion, compared to the glass in the larger canteen, the glass of the Yamen of the Political Envoy of Kunming Mansion is simply shabby to the extreme.

Since the standard of the imperial court was Ming Kitchen and Ming Wei, all the dishes were handled and cooked in front of the students.

On the side of the kitchen hangs a five-foot-high, two-foot-wide wooden sign that records today's meals, as well as the required credits and prices.

"Now the big cafeteria is basically only open in this place, but when students arrive one after another, several other places will be opened one after another."

Jiao Xi turned around and explained, while Jiang Huai looked at the price of the dishes on the menu.

【Rice — free】

【Stir-fried mutton - ten texts (2 credits)】

【Stir-fried Chinese cabbage - Wuwen (1 credit)】

【Pepper vinegar shrimp ......】

Jiang Huai glanced at it, basically rice is free, meat and vegetables are ten yuan, vegetarian dishes are five yuan, and one credit is worth five yuan.

In other words, if all nine doors get a full score of the first class, it is almost four and five points.

Jiang Huai did a simple mental calculation, if you want to eat and buy stationery, then even if you have a full score, the credits are not enough to spend, and you still have to pay for it in the end.

However, in any case, the credit system can still solve most of the problems of poor students.

"Okay, you can eat whatever you want, this time it's free."

"In addition, it can't be wasted, and if you don't finish eating, you will be deducted ten credits, or fined fifty yuan."

As soon as the teacher gave the order, he took the plate and began to let the master cook.

Jiang Huai was not greedy, but ordered food normally according to his appetite, ordering a bowl of rice and a meat and a vegetable.

There are not many people like him, after all, most of the students are from wealthy families, and they don't put chopsticks on a dish too many times.

Because of this, there are not a few people who are deducted points after eating.

The instructor did not reprimand them, but just went about business.

After all, this group of students has enough wealth, and even if the credits are deducted, they can still pay for food.

They can't finish the food they have lost, and they can feed the poultry and livestock raised in the school.

The prices in Jiangning Middle School are more expensive than those outside, and if they don't have credits, once they pay for it, they can make the middle school recover some of the cost.

"Alright, here's your credit ticket, take care of it."

After eating, another instructor drove the carriage and brought with him stacks of credits.

One is one point, and five hundred is a stack, so for those who have not deducted points, it is enough to send a stack directly, and those who are deducted points are drawn credits from it.

After a quarter of an hour, all the credits were distributed, and the teachers arranged dormitories for them.

In their arrangement, those from poor families live in one building, and those from well-off families live in one building, and they are not allowed to walk around between the buildings, and there are often soldiers and horses patrolling between the dormitory buildings, so it can be said that they do not disturb each other.

After Jiang Huai and three roommates from the same poor background, got to know each other, they went to the market shop to buy bedding and stationery.

After spending a dozen credits, they each put the things they needed, and then returned to the dormitory with large bags and small bags, and each lay down and fell asleep tiredly.

While they were lying down, in Jiangning Middle School at dusk, a horse-drawn carriage was also walking around the campus.

In the car, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the situation of Jiangning Middle School, nodded with satisfaction:

"The system and environment are good, and when the time comes, we will see if the credit system can be implemented, and if so, it can solve the problems of most poor students."

"Your Highness is merciful when you have poverty in your heart." Sitting in the carriage, Yi Weiha patted the horses, and only when he patted the horses, Zhu Gaoxu would not feel angry.

"Two middle schools, how many students are expected to be enrolled this year?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked about Yishiha, and Yishiha also subconsciously replied: "According to the booklet, it is 1,764 people, mainly outstanding students from Sichuan, western Yunnan and the north. ”

"Hmm" Zhu Gaoxu replied, and at the same time instructed: "If the credit system is good, it can be promoted to middle schools in Liaodong, Shandong, and Bohai, and the opening of middle schools in the future should also follow such standards." ”

Compared with the number of primary school students who often enroll in hundreds of thousands, the number of secondary school students is always on the low side.

Even though middle schools have been promoted for several years, the number of middle school students in the country is only more than 30,000.

As long as the trade in the Daming Ocean Delta is smooth, and Taixue continues to promote scientific and technological progress, the education expenditure from middle school is just a drop in the bucket for the Ming Dynasty.

"According to the price calculated before, this credit is basically a subsidy of more than ten per student in five years, and if there are more students in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue......

Yi Weiha was worried about speaking, but Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "When there are more middle school students, it will be able to support more advanced institutions at that time, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing." ”

Zhu Gaoxu is not cultivating people who only know how to read, otherwise he would have been able to accept all the 200,000 or 300,000 primary school students who graduate every year.

Two or three hundred thousand people elected more than 1,700 people, and this group of people is basically one in a hundred.

After cultivating them, select the smarter ones from among them.

This group of people, whether they enter the officialdom or Taixue, will be much smarter than ordinary students, and Zhu Gaoxu only needs smart people now.

The problem of quantity has been solved, and now he has to solve the problem of quality.

Governing a Ming Dynasty, how to implement the new policy, and how to curb the emergence of official and commercial capital in Jiangnan are all things he needs to worry about.

"Five months have passed, how is the implementation of the new policy in Nanzhili as a whole?"

Zhu Gaoxu inquired about Yizha, and Yizha did not hesitate to say: "After a simple measurement, the current population of Nanzhili has increased by more than 5 million compared with 30 years ago, and there are now more than 15,717,000 people, and the cultivated land is more than 8,824,600 mu. ”

"Is the population increasing by more than 5 million and the arable land by more than 7 million?"

After all, although there were more than 81 million cultivated land in Nanzhili in the early Ming Dynasty, most of the cultivated land was extensively managed.

In addition, in recent years, the imperial court has migrated from Nanzhili to the population, and this growth rate is not exaggerated.

"From this point of view, the six prefectures of Jiangdong occupy sixty percent of the population of Nanzhili, which is really ......"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to say for a while, and then shook his head: "Think of a way to move some people out from the six prefectures in Jiangdong." ”

"Do you want to do it now?" Yisha asked, but Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said:

"Wait, wait until Zheng and them return and bring back enough cinchona bark."

The cinchona bark sent back by Wang Ren last time, except for some of it for research, the rest was given to Mu Chun by Zhu Gaoxu and taken to the southwest.

Since the equipping of arquebuses and cannons, the number of casualties in the Ming army every year is still tens of millions, and more than seventy percent are in the south.

The main reason for so many deaths and injuries is the miasma in the South and Southwest Seas.

Pingguizhou is fine, but Pingguang, Yunnan, Jiaozhi, Nanyang and other places, without cinchona bark, it is really difficult to advance the front.

Even if you want to set fire to the miasma trees, you need to set fire to them, and it is very easy to catch the miasma.

Therefore, only by reserving a sufficient amount of cinchona bark can the Ming army have the capital to continue to open up to the south, otherwise it will be like Zhu Qizhen's three expeditions to Luchuan, where not many people died on the frontal battlefield, and tens of thousands of people and soldiers and horses were killed by the climate and environment.

"Tuk Tuk!"

"Enter!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the carriage door.

As Zhu Gaoxu responded, the door was opened, and Hu Lun appeared in the carriage.

He knelt and sat down, and then took out a piece of the newspaper in his arms and handed it to Zhu Gaoxu.

"Your Royal Highness, there is news from Guangxi, Xie Jin's guy really can't bear the loneliness, and after taking a half-month vacation, he left Guilin Mansion in the name of entering Beijing, and is now coming to the capital."

"Heh......" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help laughing when he heard it, shook his head and asked, "How long will it take for him to arrive in Nanjing?" ”

"With his current journey to the mountains and rivers, it is estimated that he will not be able to arrive in Nanjing until a few days before the New Year's Day."

"If nothing else, Your Majesty will almost arrive in Nanjing south."

Hu Lun explained, and Zhu Gaoxu handed the report to Hu Lun when he heard the words, and instructed:

"Continue to monitor and record his every move, and at the same time let people find a way to fan the flames on Ji Gang's side, let them do it, don't do it."

"Yes!" Hu Lun responded, and then saw that Zhu Gaoxu didn't have any instructions, so he got up and walked out of the carriage, turned over and left.

After he left, Yishaha spoke: "This time the matter of relieving the criminals is estimated to be enough to be tired and imprisoned." ”

"As long as he is imprisoned, Ji Gang will never let him go."

"Hmm" Zhu Gaoxu responded, and touched his mustache with interest.

"You talk to Sun Cheng, you can fall into the well when the time comes, but don't go too far."

"If we don't fall into the well, they will think that we have a ghost in our hearts, and if we fall into the well too much, they will hate us."

"Killing is endless, and it is enough to suppress them as best you can."

As soon as he explained, Zhu Gaoxu waved his sleeves:

"Let's go, rejuvenate and rest in the temple to ......"

(End of chapter)