Daming 1805

Chapter 581 The oldest child is graduating
December 25, the fifth year of the Grand Duke.

Zhou Wang Zhu Zhaoye, the head of Emperor Mingzong's academy, came to Zhu Jingyuan's office.

Huangming Zongxue is a school responsible for teaching the children of the clan, and it is divided into three parts.

The most important thing is of course the education of the prince and his grandchildren.

They may have the opportunity to participate in the competition for the reserve and eventually become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Their education is carried out by teachers around students.

According to the personal circumstances of the prince and his grandson, special teachers are arranged to give them individual lessons.

A prince or grandson usually has five teachers.

A liberal arts teacher, responsible for teaching literature, history, and politics.

A science teacher is responsible for teaching mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

A natural history teacher, responsible for teaching biology, geography, and drawing.

A skills teacher, responsible for teaching physical skills, machinery, and weapons.

A strategy teacher, responsible for teaching economics, military affairs, and operations.

Drawing is not painting. It is a technique aimed at drawing topographic maps, engineering drawings, design drawings and statistical charts.

These courses are compulsory to learn and are required in the reserve education assessment.

If the prince himself has other ideas, such as wanting to learn skills such as foreign languages ​​and music, he can add a separate dedicated teacher to teach him.

Then there is the education of the children and grandchildren of princes and princes.

Of course they have a chance to become future princes and kings.

Their education was group-based, similar to later graduate students, with one teacher leading a few students.

Because the number of children and grandchildren of princes and princes is relatively large, it is possible to directly select those with similar talents and put them together when the same group of children are starting their enlightenment.

Groups of four to six children are taught by teachers in five categories.

The reason why the princes and grandsons are not arranged in this way is mainly because the number is relatively small. There are only a few princes born in one year, and they are not divided according to talent level.

Then there are the emperor's daughter, the emperor's granddaughter, the prince and the princesses.

Their teaching method is the same as that of the children and grandchildren of princes and princes, except that the teachers are all women.

Finally, there are all the other clans.

Whether they are the children of the prince or the peripheral clans who are completely civilians, they all go to the same school.

They were already collective schools, and their teaching methods were very similar to later high schools.

However, the class is a small class with less than twenty students, and there is no clear grade classification system.

According to students' talent and learning speed, they are divided into four levels: A, B, C and D.

Arrange the same knowledge learned by the princes and daughters in order from low to high and teach them in classes.

Children with a title of earl or below will be eligible to inherit the title without being downgraded if they pass the school graduation exam and then serve in the army for three years.

Children with titles of earl and above, in addition to serving for three years, must also participate in administrative training of varying lengths.

Three years for an earl, six years for a marquis, and nine years for a duke.

However, their practical training is different from that of princes and grandsons, and they do not necessarily have to serve directly as main officials in the yamen.

It's okay to continue serving in the military as an officer.

It is also possible to work in four industrial groups including the Royal Family Group, the Huangzhuang Group, the Daeming Group, and the New Industry Group.

They will not be promoted in two years like the princes, but will be evaluated in a three-year cycle like normal clerks, officials, stewards, and military officers.

The prince needs to serve as a manager with decision-making power, usually a standing deputy in departments at all levels, and is evaluated for promotion from low to high levels.

Others do not need to be decision-makers, they only need to hold positions at corresponding levels and ultimately master the operational logic of the corresponding department.

If he performs well and can compete for a management position, that will be a bonus and will be his future career development direction.

The earl will have to work or serve for three years in a state or county government office, a manufacturer of the same level, or as an officer at the Qianhu Station level.

On the basis of earl, a marquis adds a government-level yamen or manufacturer, or serves as a three thousand battalion-level officer for three years.

On the basis of the marquis, the duke adds a provincial government office or manufacturer, or serves as an officer of the ten thousand household guard level for three years.

In addition to the basic three years of service, the duke's descendants will have to spend at least 12 years in yamen, factories, and the army, unless they are demoted and inherit the title.

For children whose families do not have a title, it is simple. After passing the school's final exam, they will be assigned to work.

It may be that you directly enter Huangzhuang, Royal Financial Group, or New Industry Group as a grassroots staff.

It is also possible to directly enter the government agencies at all levels of the imperial court, starting from the grassroots officials.

It is also possible to join the army as a junior officer or a military governor.

According to the rules established by Emperor Shizu, the mountain chief of Huangming Zongxue was appointed by the most learned prince among the Yuanzhi princes.

Most of the time it is the King of Zhou.

Emperor Shizu said at the time that even from the time of Taizu, the line of Zhou kings had been the most reliable among the princes in most of the time.

When the Chongzhen Dynasty was at its most critical, Li Zicheng led his troops to besiege Kaifeng Mansion. King Zhou knew that he would take the initiative to reward the defenders with his family wealth.

In the end, Kaifeng City was never captured by Li Zicheng until the Yellow River burst and was flooded.

After Emperor Shizu, the Zhou kings worked harder to maintain this personality. No matter who was the king of Zhou, they concentrated on studying knowledge.

King Zhou was also enfeoffed during the time of Taizu, and was an absolutely distant branch for the Chengzu line.

At the same time, he was also the youngest son of Taizu and the younger brother of Emperor Chengzu. He also left behind medical books such as herbal medicine for rescuing famines.

This identity itself is very suitable for taking on various clan-related tasks.

This generation of Zhou Wang Zhu Zhaoye was of the same generation as Zhu Jianyan, and could be regarded as Zhu Jingyuan's uncle.

However, while the Supreme Emperor was still there, religious studies were theoretically not under the Emperor's control. If you had any problems, you should go to the Supreme Emperor.

Zhu Zhaoye came to see Zhu Jingyuan because of matters related to Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Zhaoye came to see Zhu Jingyuan across the table, bowed and said hello with a smile on his face:

"Your Majesty, King Zhaoye of Zhou Dynasty, is here to see His Majesty the Emperor."

When Zhu Jingyuan saw Zhu Zhaoye, he roughly guessed what was going on, and his mood was filled with emotion and joy.

In addition, Zhu Jingyuan was Zhu Jingyuan's uncle, so Zhu Jingyuan also smiled and returned the gift:

"Uncle Wang sat down and said."

Zhu Zhaoye sat down opposite Zhu Jingyuan, and then handed over the two assessment reports he brought:

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I came here today to express my congratulations to Your Majesty.

"The Emperor's eldest son, Di You, and the Emperor's second son, His Royal Highnesses, Di Pu, officially passed the Zongxue graduation examination in the past two days.

"Next year I can go to the local government to participate in practical training in governance."

Zhu Jingyuan breathed out softly:

"Time flies so fast. When I think back to 20 years ago, when I took the graduation examination, it seems that I am still right in front of me.

"The two children, Uranium and Pu'er, have really grown up now..."

Zhu Di was born on December 25, the first year of Ankang, and she would be nineteen years old on December 25, the fifth year of the Grand Duke's reign.

Although the Ming Dynasty's new calendar adjusted the time of the New Year, if we continued to calculate according to the original traditional calendar, Judy's birthday would have to wait four days.

However, according to Zhu Jingyuan's request, all birthdays of the royal family will be celebrated according to the new solar calendar, so today is Zhu Jingyuan's nineteenth birthday.

Judy Plutonium was born on February [-], the second year of Ankang. She is still eighteen years old and will not turn nineteen until after the Chinese New Year.

According to the education rules for the reserve stipulated by Emperor Shizu, if the prince fails to complete the assessment before turning twenty, he will directly lose the qualification to inherit.

The two brothers, Judy Uranium and Judy Plutonium, completed their studies with only one year left, and their talents were definitely not very high.

Simply looking at the learning speed, it is slightly lower than the historical average.

However, they are Zhu Jingyuan's eldest children. Now that they have passed the graduation examination, Zhu Jingyuan has a successor.

At least it passed, and it was not at the bottom level, but at a level slightly below the middle level.

Normally, if a prince can pass the reserve education, there will be no big problems in subsequent political training.Governance training is mainly a process of learning practical operations.

The two of them have been practicing in the local area for more than ten years. If they come back and succeed to the throne, they will be at least above average monarchs.

For the people of Ming Dynasty, this is something worthy of congratulations.

Brothers Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jingyuan have rarely had the opportunity to appear next to Zhu Jingyuan since they started school at the age of five.

After Zhu Jingyuan came to Yingtian Mansion, and after Emperor Mingzong learned from Peninsula Yingtian Mansion, Zhu Jingyuan once again focused more on the war.

Zhu Jingyuan never had much time to personally care about their studies.

It was only from the general report from the school that we learned that although their performance was not outstanding, it was at least above average.

Now I have indeed passed the joint examination normally.
Zhu Jingyuan's feelings towards his two sons, Zhudi You and Zhudi Pu, are somewhat complicated.

The two of them are not only his eldest son and second son, but also the first children of his two earliest concubines.

As a concubine that the prince took when he just turned 16, the main purpose was to verify the prince's fertility.

When the two brothers Zhudi You and Zhudi Pu were born, Zhu Jingyuan, the emperor's father, had just turned 17 years old.

By the time Zhu Jingyuan retires at the age of 60, both of them will be 43 years old.

According to tradition, a child born to a 17-year-old father who is still over 40 years old has no chance to compete for the throne.

At most, after passing the administrative training, you can get the title of prince.

With these thoughts in his mind, Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously glanced at the map on the side of the office.

I was thinking about whether I should arrange a vassal state for them.

With this slightly complicated mood, Zhu Jingyuan opened the two reports sent by Zhu Zhaoye.

The reports are not just a few pages, but a thick stack of documents.

The content inside is also divided into several large parts.

The first part is the most important, which is the basic knowledge assessment test paper for Judy Uranium and Judy Plutonium.

The basic knowledge assessment is similar to Zhu Jingyuan's college entrance examination in his previous life.

Through various types of questions, students' knowledge reserves are checked as objectively as possible.

It's just that the number of these papers is several times more than that of the college entrance examination.

In order to shorten the examination time in the college entrance examination, various questions cannot be very comprehensive and can only be selected selectively.

Coupled with the time limit, there will be situations like guessing the question and failing the test.

Grades do not necessarily fully indicate ability.

The basic knowledge assessment for the Prince of Ming Dynasty was more comprehensive and complete.

They have to take exams for ten to 30 consecutive days and do dozens of test papers based on their own learning conditions, and the time limit is also very loose.

The second part is five "strategic essays" written by each of them.

Policy papers are equivalent to compositions or papers, with more content and length than college entrance examination essays, each of which is about [-] words.

Corresponding to five aspects of knowledge from five teachers, one must write one for each aspect, but the requirements are lower than those for undergraduate thesis.

The third part is the report of physical fitness and skills test.

Including basic information such as height, weight, and high lung capacity.

Physical fitness data for sprinting, long-distance running, jumping and other aspects of strength and endurance.

There are also data on shooting, gunnery, assembly, driving, riding and other technical aspects.

The fourth part is the record of the instructor’s on-site Q&A and the teacher’s evaluation report, which is similar to the thesis defense summary.

The fifth part is the daily study and assessment record documents in the past few years.

The sixth part is the overall detailed comments given by the teachers.

Zhu Jingyuan flipped through their files for a while and felt a little surprised.

In both cases, it seemed that they had completed all their studies only a year before graduation.

This situation shows that the two of them are not particularly smart and do not learn quickly.

If this is true, then their test scores, daily study performance, and daily assessment scores should not be too high.

There should be a large number of "average" and "pass" grades, and the final evaluation should be average.

It's equivalent to getting a score of [-] and a score of [-] or above.

But in fact, the performance of the two seems to be obviously higher than this level.

Neither had the lowest "pass" rating, with most subjects rated "moderate" and "good."

There are even a few "excellent" ones.

Judy's driving and shooting skills are excellent, which may be her mother's strengths.

Judy Plutonium turned out to be excellent in mathematics!

The prince's final mathematics test contained content at the university's advanced mathematics level.

As the saying goes, mathematics can’t lie, because it doesn’t mean it doesn’t.

It's a little outrageous that Judy Pu, a student with an average overall score, actually got an honors in mathematics.

The teacher gave them an overall evaluation of "good".

Although this is a bit reluctant, it is equivalent to a full [-] points out of [-] points.

This made Zhu Jingyuan take a closer look at the teachers' comments with a little curiosity.

The skills teacher said that Judy was lively and outgoing, and had great talents in shooting and driving.

The teacher said that Judy often spent a lot of time on the shooting range and training ground.

Zhu Jingyuan did not allow his son to fly a plane directly, but he also realized early on that in many situations he could use the plane to escape.

So children began to be allowed to learn to fly airplanes.

They just weren't allowed to fly a real plane directly. Instead, they built a set of completely realistic simulation equipment on the ground.

Let them learn and master all the skills of airplane piloting.

Judy considered that when training in other places, she would not have so much time and opportunity to play with various firearms and tanks.

Judy Plutonium is very talented in mathematics.

However, he spent a lot of time and energy on electronic computers.

Content related to computer principles and applications has been added to the prince's teaching content.

But the requirement is just to understand the principles, but Zhudi Pu has already become good at it.

I can now build my own computer using transistors and other components, and I can also write more complex computer programs by myself.

Zhudi Pu also believed that when he went to the local area for practical training, he would not have the opportunity to use the world's top computer in the school.

So both brothers subconsciously did the same thing.

When they actually mastered the knowledge and were able to participate in the graduation assessment, neither of them took the initiative to go to the teacher to apply to start the assessment.

Instead, continue to spend more time doing the things you love.

In the end, it was their teacher who felt that they were already learning well, and then took the initiative to ask them to take the exam.

Otherwise, the two of them might have to wait another year and apply for the exam with the bottom line of being twenty years old.

If they had just taken the exam to the extent that they could pass the exam, then the two of them might have passed the graduation exam half a year or even a year ago.

If you look at it this way, the talents and abilities of the two of them are not below average.

But the overall level is average to above, and individual aspects are outstanding.

As the emperor, after reading these reports, Zhu Jingyuan felt that the reason why these two people deliberately delayed the assessment may not be just their hobbies themselves.

You may also have to consider that you have no chance to compete for the throne, but you are basically guaranteed to get the title of prince.

Therefore, we lack the ability to go to local places for practical training as early as possible.

(End of this chapter)