Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 114 The Germination of a New Empire
The commodity economy in the Jiangnan area is developed, and the education level is naturally developed.

During the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, most of the wealth was in the south of the Yangtze River.

As for the young talents in front of him, Zhu Youjian also knew that even today's emperor must not be able to compare with them in poetry and articles.

Of course, there is no need for Zhu Youjian to compare with them.

"Sages, talented people are capable people. Only those who have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world can be called sages. You are all well-educated people with a lot of knowledge, but how many of you have made great contributions to the world. Study knowledge, but do you know why fish can’t leave the shore, why people die when they fall from heights, but why birds don’t fly, how people come out, why men and women combine to become adults, all these need you to do Learned people come to explain to the world, and only when you solve a problem can you be called a sage."

As Zhu Youjian said, he picked up the yellow leaf that had just fallen: "Why does this fallen leaf fall down after withering instead of flying up? Have you ever thought about the reason? As Westerners say, we The ground under your feet is a round ball, so why the people at the bottom of the ball don't fall, is there some kind of gravitational force?"

Zhu Youjian's question really caught Fang Yizhi, Zhang Dai and others. They all know the common sense that leaves fall and birds can fly in life, but they have never investigated the reasons for this in detail. At most, they were curious when they were children. , When I grow up, I pay attention to the study of self-cultivation and the study of governing the world, and even the poems, songs and short essays are just entertainment in leisure time, so no one knows at this time, and everyone can't help but scratch their heads.

"I asked you to come here to understand the natural principles of these simplest phenomena. Of course, I also support writing poems and articles in your spare time. The biggest difference between my Ming Dynasty and Jiannu lies in our cultural comparison. They thrive, and poetry is one of the cultures."

Zhu Youjian was very busy, he didn't have time to chat with these scholars, so he left Daming Academy of Sciences after staying for half an hour.

And just because he stayed for half an hour, from then on, there was no sound of singing and reciting in the Academy of Sciences, and there was no sound of toasting and chatting with each other, and the people in the Academy of Sciences became extremely quiet.

Fang Yizhi now likes to sit blankly on a tree alone, throwing stones and leaves down if nothing happens.

The little eunuch who was hit in the head complained and asked to return to the palace many times, unwilling to face this bunch of lunatics who had nothing to do.

Zhang Dai, a famous essayist in the late Ming Dynasty, is now not only beautiful as a maidservant, child prostitute, and Danqing, but now he also looks good at his concubine's belly. He touched the front and the back. How did people come out? When they heard that Lu Liuliang's concubine was about to give birth, she ran faster than Lu Liuliang, so scared that Po Wen quickly scolded the father for being too anxious.

Lu Liuliang scolded Zhang Dai for this, thinking that his newborn child was not his own.

Fu Shan's swordsmanship is superb, and a piece of wood was split as thin as a cicada's wings by him, but he still didn't see what was made of the wood piece, and why there were still grains.

Tang Zhen was very cruel. He cut off the wings of a bird, leaving only one wing, one plucked all the feathers on the wing, and the other had its wing skeleton removed, in order to find out Why can birds fly.

Zhu Youjian was very excited when he found out, at least they didn't just stare at the bamboo like Wang Yangming.

Most of the children in the Daming Manufacturing School are poor students who have studied in nearby counties for a few years. They can read but cannot go on the road to success. arithmetic.

"According to His Majesty's request, this new school will be divided into subjects in the future, and now it is divided into mathematics, Chinese studies, chemistry, Gewu, biology, physical education, music, history, geography, foreign languages ​​and other subjects, and is divided into three levels: elementary school, middle school, and university. Each level has three stages: elementary, middle, and advanced. The elementary school only teaches mathematics and Chinese studies, and new subjects are added at the later stages. After the middle school, it is divided into various subjects. "

After hearing Song Yingxing's report, Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing, thinking that what he did was like turning the Daming Manufacturing School into a comprehensive school from kindergarten to university.

Now that the war is imminent, the entire Ming court can only focus most of its attention on the military, but Zhu Youjian also feels that after next year, the Ministry of Rites will have to carry out reforms to change the education of the Ming Dynasty.

We can’t just train a group of officials. If we want to truly realize the national awakening, we must break the elite’s monopoly on knowledge and make education universal. However, this requires a large number of teachers and more financial support.

Zhu Youjian can only take it step by step now.

The No. [-] Arsenal of Ming Dynasty has begun to produce Chongzhen Fourteen-style firearms in full swing.

The entire factory building was rebuilt, and many craftsmen participated in the process from iron ore smelting to final composition inspection.

The entire production process is a complete assembly line, and each stage is in charge of a skilled and experienced craftsman. Zhu Youjian only saw bundles of firearms being pushed out by a small cart, and the people from the General Equipment Department would one by one. After checking, after oiling, wrap it in butter paper and put it in a wooden box covered with straw. Workers will nail the planks and carry them directly to the riverside for shipment to Huai'an.

Not only muskets, but also the three-eyed blunderbuss and tiger squat guns that are still in use are also being shipped one after another, as are spears and Japanese swords.

Zhu Youjian asked Shi Kefa, who was temporarily in charge of the General Armament Director of the Grand Marshal's Mansion: "How about the equipment procurement of the first, second and third armies of the Guards?"

"Including this batch, after five days, the muskets of the three A-type infantry battalions of each army have been equipped with new muskets, but the B-type infantry battalions can only be temporarily replaced with bird guns, and the replacement will not be completed until early February next year. The minister has ordered people to continue recruiting refugees in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places to prepare for further expansion.”

After hearing this, Zhu Youjian said: "Try to hurry up. The most important thing right now is the homeless people. As long as you give them a full meal, a few silver dollars can make them work hard, but they can't kill people. I would rather Recruit more people and don’t work overtime for long periods of time. The coal mines and iron mines must also be careful not to suffer the common people because of production. In addition, the East Factory must strictly check whether there will be enemy agents such as Jiannu sneaking in.”

After Zhu Youjian said that, he went into the workshop of Daming No. [-] Arsenal in person. The so-called workshop was more like a large construction site. Except for the roof made of bamboo strips and thatch to keep out the rain, the whole workshop could not keep out the wind.

Fortunately, the coal fire was burning brightly in the workshop, and everyone was moving back and forth, so it wasn't so cold.

Now that His Majesty Zhu Youjian, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has entered here, it has made people from all walks of life forget their fatigue and cold.

However, Song Yingxing had been strictly disciplined before, even if Zhu Youjian came, they could not stop their work, so these people could only take a look, and Zhu Youjian could only watch from the side.More than a dozen brocade guards stood in front of and behind him, so that he sometimes had to stand on tiptoe to see how his people were working.

When he saw the cracked hands of most of these people, Zhu Youjian said to Shi Kefa: "I heard that Gong Yonggu, the son-in-law captain, is in the cloth business, so let him come to see me. How can there be no gloves in such a place where sharp objects are often touched."

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