Neither the crown prince nor the eldest brother spoke, because they also needed the support of the courtiers, and since these courtiers were all against it, it was not appropriate for them to rashly help Lao Qi.

However, they also wanted to see how Lao Qi responded to the opposition of these ministers.

Shen Bingzhu was calm and relaxed, and listened carefully to the opposition of these ministers, saying that it was nothing more than unetiquette.

Seeing this, the fourth elder brother was a little relieved, and he couldn't bear the opposition of others all the time, so he said: "Seventh brother, since you proposed the Institute of Science and Technology, what do you think?" ”

The fourth elder brother understands that every big move of the seventh brother can have a huge impact on the Qing Dynasty, and it is also beneficial.

At this time, everyone's eyes were on the seventh elder brother.

Kangxi also looked at the Seventh Elder Brother with burning eyes, hoping that the Seventh Elder Brother would have a reasonable reason to convince these courtiers.

Shen Bingzhu chuckled, his expression was indifferent, and he was confident, "The subset of classics and history is a classic left by countless ancestors, alerting the world, persuading learning, and governing the country and the world in this way." Our ancestors told us that the general rule changes and becomes the general.

On the other hand, the method of selecting talents has also changed constantly, from the recommendation system to the imperial examination system, ordinary people, as long as they study, can often become scholars, providing more and more talents for the whole society.

In addition, the content of this imperial examination system not only has a subset of classics and history, but also officials need to write official documents, so when taking the exam, there is an additional subject, which is specially used to assess the writing of various official documents; If you want to preside over the people's livelihood, you can't help but know how to count, so there is another arithmetic; The official can't help but not understand the judgment of the case, so there is a test paper for the law······

These examination subjects are not perfected at one time, but in the process of social development, the superior rulers find that they need to add some subjects to meet the needs of reality.

It is unfair to those workers that we are now enjoying the benefits of primary industrialization and not being willing to acknowledge the role of those who make these contributions.

In addition, some people are good at science and engineering knowledge, and they also specialize in art. Therefore, at the time of the imperial examination, liberal arts and sciences can be established. Such changes are meant to adapt to development, not to be immutable.

Your Excellency is the elite of the people, and you should understand what I say. You can't deny it all for your own selfishness, denying the development of society brought about by the knowledge of science and engineering.

If you oppose it now, you may be able to achieve temporary success, but the development of society is not stopping, and you don't want to become a stumbling block to history in the eyes of future generations, right? ”

Indeed, as Shen Bingzhu said, they can all see that the role of Gewuzhi in social development has spread to all conveniences.

The reason why they oppose it is also because they want to keep the benefits they have already obtained.

Everyone was silent, and they didn't want to be said by future generations to be called old antiques that hindered social development. That kind of reputation is too ugly.

The eldest elder brother and the crown prince, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the eighth elder brother, and the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother and others were all shocked by Shen Bingzhu's words.

The tongue blooms lotus, that's it!

Kangxi nodded, "Prince Chun has some truth in what he said, society is constantly developing, and drastic changes have taken place below, and the rulers and managers at the upper level should also change their policies according to the changes."

The Ministry of Rites, next year's imperial examination, add a subject to it, you have to do science, including arithmetic, of course, the arithmetic in these is more difficult than the arithmetic of the traditional examination, Gewuzhi, chemistry, species and so on. What is the specific test, you can study it with Prince Chun, and be sure to select qualified science talents. ”

"Yes, Hooray." The Ministry of Rites replied that although they still wanted to resist stubbornly, they did feel that the progress of science and engineering was changing their lives, and they couldn't deny it.

Seeing that these ministers had yielded to acceptance, Shen Bingzhu was a little relieved, and next, he began to build the Polytechnic Institute.

In the city, it was obviously not suitable, so a large piece of land was carved out directly on the saline-alkali land and barren land outside the city, and several mountains were also enclosed in it.

As for the construction of the railway, it was also decided after a few days of debate at the imperial court.

After all these years of study, Brother Ten has achieved very good results in arithmetic, but this kind of knowledge has no effect in the court, and he has been doing miscellaneous work all these years and has not done anything serious.

Now the construction of the Institute of Science and Technology is in the hands of the ten elder brothers.

So after going down to court, the tenth elder brother pulled the ninth elder brother and hurriedly prepared a generous gift.

Brother Jiu asked, "Tenth brother, what are you going to do?" If you don't have a festival, do you need to give such a heavy gift? ”

Tenth Elder Brother shook his head, "It's true that there are no New Year's holidays, but I want to give it to Seventh Brother now and ask Seventh Brother to arrange a good errand for me." ”

Brother Jiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, "Do you want to show what you have learned at the Polytechnic Institute?" ”

The tenth elder brother nodded, "Yes, anyway, I don't have a good errand in the court, and there is a fourth brother in the household department, so I don't want to get involved, so as not to have no credit, make a commotion, and can't climb out."

But Brother Qi's Institute of Technology does not have so many taboos, I can help Brother Qi to supervise the construction of the Institute of Technology together, and I can still be a master when the time comes. It can be a little tiring, but it's safe, and I love doing it. ”

Brother Jiu thought for a while, "Okay, then do it." At that time, the seventh brother will be the dean, and you will be the vice dean, and you will be quite majestic. By the way, I heard that Brother Qi is still going to start building a railway, and it is estimated that he does not have much energy in the academy, so you just need to tell Brother Qi that he is willing to do things, even if he does not give gifts, he is willing. ”

The tenth elder brother looked at the gifts that had been prepared in his hand, "Forget it, since it has been prepared, let's give it to the seventh brother!" ”

They came to Prince Chun's mansion together.

Because they know that Seventh Brother will go home on time after he is busy outside, and he will definitely not socialize outside, no matter who invites him.

In the name of beauty, when I go home, I have to accompany my pregnant wife and children.

So when you come to the house to find Brother Qi, you can definitely find it.

As the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother guessed, Shen Bingzhu was indeed at home.

Seeing the old ten and nine holding the gift, Shen Bingzhu was surprised, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Why did the two of you suddenly give me a gift?" ”

Brother Jiu said with a smile: "Of course you want something!" ”

Shen Bingzhu raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter?" If I can do it, I'll do my best. ”

Brother Ten smiled and said: "Seventh brother, you also know that I can't do anything, it was with the encouragement of you and your seventh sister-in-law that I found that I still had a little talent in arithmetic, and I worked hard to learn arithmetic." Now that I'm building a polytechnic, I want to find something to do in it! ”

Hearing this, Shen Bingzhu was stunned, "Do you really want to show your strength in the Institute of Technology?" ”