My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 901 Seven Years (Part )

Zhu Zhanhe stood on the roof of the newly built Imperial Library, looking down at the entire Xijing City, and he couldn't help but feel immense pride in his heart.

This library was specially built by Zhu Zhanhe. It uses the latest building materials, namely steel bars and cement. Of course, the cement was also made by Zhu Zhanhe.

With steel and cement, taller and stronger buildings can be built. For example, this library is six stories high, with tens of thousands of books on each floor. Even a set of the Yongle Canon written by Zhu Di is stored in it. The top floor.

The reason why such a large library was built was mainly to show that the Han Dynasty attached great importance to education. Since the establishment of primary schools, the literacy rate in the Han Dynasty has skyrocketed, and is now close to 50%. Although this figure will not be seen in later generations. It's nothing, but in this era, it is definitely a very amazing thing.

The improvement of education has also brought tangible benefits to the Han Dynasty. New inventions and new technologies in all walks of life can be said to be endless. For example, the improvement of steam engines, Zhu Zhanhe is completely out of his hands. They are all made by a new generation of craftsmen. Research.

The establishment of this library is to facilitate people who like to read to come and borrow books. As long as you spend some money to buy a library card, you can borrow books from the library for free. After all, as more and more people are literate, people who like to read will The price is also rising rapidly, and the price of books is not cheap. Even a wealthy family cannot have all kinds of books.

Therefore, the need for a library has long been put on the agenda. Zhu Zhanhe had previously opened some small libraries in the school. It was not until today that this large public library was finally built.

"Your Highness, the library has just opened. In less than an hour, tens of thousands of books have been borrowed. If this continues, I'm worried that all the books in the library will be borrowed, and there will be no books left to borrow!"

At this moment, Zheng Li, the imperial wine minister, stepped forward quickly and reported to Zhu Zhanhe with a worried look on his face.

"It doesn't matter. The library has just opened, and many people are interested in it. The popularity will subside in a few days, and only people who really like reading will come to borrow books."

Zhu Zhanhe lowered his head and looked at the dark crowd in front of the library, then waved his hands indifferently.

No matter what era, there are only a few people who really like reading, and even if they like reading, they may not have time to read at all due to family and career reasons, so he is not worried about not having enough books in the library.

"Your Highness is right. Not to mention ordinary people, even in the Imperial College, there are not many people who really like to study. Most of them just want to make a future for themselves through studying."

Zheng Li also felt a little emotional when he said it at the end.

"Don't be too harsh. Whether you like reading or make a career through reading, it is a good thing for the country."

Zhu Zhanhe said very openly.

When he said this, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly thought of something, so he asked Zheng Li again: "How are the universities in various cities being built? Are there any difficulties?"

Dahan's education reform had already begun when primary schools were established. Now after so many years of development, Dahan's education has been divided into three stages, namely primary school, middle school and university. The university was separated from the Imperial College. , established mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy and other subjects.

The first university in the Han Dynasty, Xijing University, was actually a direct division of the educational institutions under the Imperial College to establish a university, making the Imperial College a government department that specialized in managing education and was no longer responsible for teaching and educating people.

"Your Highness, universities in several important cities such as Beizheng Port and Lion Port are now under construction. Others are going very smoothly. The only problem is the insufficient number of teachers. However, by the time the two batches of students from Xijing University After graduation, this problem should be alleviated.”

Zheng Li reported it immediately. Xijing University was actually only established a few years ago. The number of students in the first class was not large, and after graduation, most of them were assigned to work in various government offices across the country. Only a few stayed at the university to teach.

However, students from the second and third classes will graduate soon, and there are more of them. When they graduate, they can be assigned to teach in other universities, which will alleviate the problem of insufficient teachers.

"Very good. If there are any problems that are difficult to solve, you must report them in time. Education is related to the country's foundation. This must not be ignored!"

Zhu Zhanhe praised him after hearing this, and then warned him very solemnly.

The Han Dynasty is destined to follow the education path of a powerful country. This is why Zhu Zhanhe decided to leave the Ming Dynasty in the first place, because the resistance to educational reform in the Ming Dynasty was too great. Even as Zhu Zhanhe, he wanted to promote this matter. There is little hope.

In contrast, as a new empire, the Han Dynasty moved its population bit by bit, so naturally there was no traditional resistance. All aspects of the country could move forward according to Zhu Zhanhe's vision. This was what he needs.

"I understand!"

Zheng Li agreed, then seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking.

"Actually, there is one difficult thing!"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked immediately.

"Actually, I don't need to report this matter. Your Highness will soon know that envoys from various countries are very interested in Xijing University. They even tried me and wanted to send students from their own countries to study at the university. Regarding this matter, I Don’t know how to reply to them?”

At the end of his speech, Zheng Li saluted Zhu Zhanhe again.

The Han Dynasty valued education. After the Imperial College separated the universities, their status in the court was greatly improved. Now it is almost equal to that of the Six Ministries. The power of the Imperial College has also increased a lot. As long as it is related to education, almost all matters related to education belong to them. jurisdiction.

"They want to send international students?"

Zhu Zhanhe also showed a solemn expression when he heard this. When the Tang Dynasty was strong, Japan sent many foreign students and monks to the Tang Dynasty in the name of condemning the Tang Dynasty. It also learned a lot of advanced cultural and cultural knowledge from the Tang Dynasty. Technology, but with the troubles of Japanese pirates before the Ming Dynasty and the war of aggression against China in later generations, these Japanese did not show mercy because of the teacher-student relationship back then.

Dahan's university contains the most advanced knowledge of this era. If it were leaked to other countries, no one knows what kind of changes it would cause. What if someone learned the knowledge from Dahan and developed advanced weapons? It is not impossible to turn around and deal with the big man.

"Your Highness, the relationship in the university is very important, why don't we just reject those envoys?"

Zheng Li saw the hesitation on Zhu Zhanhe's face, so he suggested.

(End of this chapter)