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Chapter 335 Technology promotes history, who will compete with the "Emperor Party"

Zhu Youxiao deliberately waited for a while, glanced at the crowd, and said with a smile after a long while: "Then I am now in the grass hut, wearing animal fur and grass skirts, and living a life of slash-and-burn farming."

Hahahaha, everyone couldn't help laughing, they all thought it was extremely ridiculous.

After the laughter stopped, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his fingers and listed: "Papermaking was invented in the Han Dynasty, and porcelain was fired from the Han Dynasty; woodblock printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty, and papermaking technology was also more advanced and better in quality; the Song Dynasty invented it. Invented movable type printing, compass, gunpowder, etc., Li Jie's "Building French Style" can be regarded as an outstanding work in the history of architecture; the Yuan Dynasty invented color overprinting and wooden movable type wheel typesetting, and Wang Zhen's "Nongshu"... "

The voice raised a little, and Zhu Youxiao said loudly: "The list below is only a very small part, but it has far-reaching influence and changed people's production and life in the future. Without paper and printing, how can we have books to read?" , or use bamboo slips? Without the advancement of farming technology, how can we feed more people, and how can we have a Ming Dynasty with billions of people?"

"And this is the reason why I want to study physical chemistry." Zhu Youxiao finally came to a conclusion and solemnly made a promise, "I am collecting all the inventions and creations from ancient times to the present, although many inventors did not keep I don’t know the origin of my name, but I am a part of changing history and promoting historical progress, so it should be listed in the history books.”

"Okay." Xu Fuyuan clapped his hands vigorously, causing a burst of sparse applause.

Wang Jizhong also nodded in praise, and looked at Zhu Youxiao with a different look. After the voice subsided, he asked with a smile: "Brother Shen, that Zhang Zhang should be qualified to be listed in this book, right?"

"Of course." Zhu Youxiao replied firmly without thinking, "The first person in Chinese history to grind a lens by himself and observe the world of microorganisms invisible to the naked eye is No. 1. How can he not be qualified?"

Zhang Yitai blushed a little, waved his hands again and again and said, "No, no, brother Shen should be on the list."

Zhu Youxiao chuckled, spread his hands and said, "But I don't have a lens, and I don't see any microorganisms!"

"Brother Shen is enough with just two books on physics and chemistry." Wang Jizhong said tentatively, "And it should be written with rich ink and color."

Zhu Youxiao denied it again with a smile, "I said before that these two books are the painstaking efforts of countless predecessors, but I just got lucky and got them by chance."

With a vigorous wave of his hand, Zhu Youxiao changed the topic and said, "I tell you a good news. The imperial court is about to launch a new employment policy. You just concentrate on studying and learning, and you will be a high-quality scientific and technological talent in the future. You will also honor your ancestors and leave your name in history." .Of course, everyone has their own aspirations. If you really don’t have any interest, you don’t have to force it.”

Engage in science and technology, you can't rush for quick success.Compared with other countries in the world, Ming Dynasty is not far behind, and even far surpasses other countries in some fields.

However, in terms of knowledge inheritance and education system, Ming has fallen far behind.

The Four Books and Five Classics are still the main learning content, and being an official through the imperial examination is still the mainstream.There are quite a few academies, but what they teach and learn are still poems, songs and prose, with narrow knowledge and little practicality.

Most of the skilled craftsmen who really master the skills are ancestral crafts. Knowing what is happening and not knowing why, it is difficult to write down the principles and experiences, which is more conducive to the inheritance of skills.

Those who can speak and write disdain to study ordinary people's livelihood skills, while those who master skills lack cultural knowledge, and most of them are even illiterate.

In Daming, this is the current situation, which greatly hinders the development and inheritance of science and technology.Zhu Youxiao wants to change, and the establishment of the Academy of Sciences is the first step.

All that needs to be said has been said, and Zhu Youxiao also knows that someone will quit.This can't be forced, people are not interested, it's not the nature of doing scientific research, it's not surprising at all.

In a month's time, Zhu Youxiao came to lift the blockade and see the effect of the blockade.Those who are willing to stay stay, those who are willing to go go.

What, it will take knowledge away, Zhu Youxiao can only hehe.

The physical chemistry at the junior high school level is just a foreshadowing.Even if he learns thoroughly, he is still just a middle school student. Can he be expected to build a steam engine?
After talking with the students for a while, Zhu Youxiao got up and said goodbye.

A time traveler who doesn't want to be a teacher is not a good emperor. The Academy of Sciences is a long-term consideration, and there are still too many mundane and government affairs to deal with. That is Zhu Youxiao's job.

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Developing science and technology and establishing a system is a long-term plan, and the achievements in the present and the benefits will be in the future; but promoting reform, making advantages and eliminating disadvantages, is the most important task at hand.

Yes, the most important!It is more important than fighting slavery and suppressing rebellion.Because this is a necessary condition and the basis of victory.

To put it bluntly, the court with constant factional struggles, the finances with tight money and food, officials who are corrupt and enjoy themselves, and the people who live hard, can these win the victory over foreign enemies and quell internal strife?
After Jin rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and grew stronger, the Ming Dynasty in history was not without a chance to win, but it was completely tied up by internal malpractice, and finally fell apart under the double blow of internal and external.

Only when you stand firm can you hit someone, and when you retract your arm, you can punch more fiercely. If you are sick and want to fight with someone, your head will be kicked by a donkey?
Being able to suppress the momentum of Jiannu and Shuixi rebels now does not prove that Daming has recovered from his illness.

Zhu Youxiao thought that his strong medicine had worked, which was equivalent to taking a stimulant.You can be alive and well for a while, but if you can't find the continuous motivation, or just be satisfied with it, the result will not be much better than the history.

Therefore, reform must continue.The resistance will not be great, Zhu Youxiao has absolute confidence in this.

Some people will say that the civil service group is very powerful, and honored officials are also very powerful, and vested interest groups will become a huge resistance to reform.

But Zhu Youxiao has already seen the weakness of these forces hindering reform.

You think, a father-in-law who is favored by the emperor can break up the civil society and form a "eunuch party" with power over the government and the public. How can the emperor be inferior to Old Wei?

There are too many people who want to be officials, even if the officials of the Donglin Party, Chu Party, and Zhejiang Party are all gone, the Ming Dynasty will continue to operate, and there will be countless people who will sharpen their heads and drill forward, trying their best to be united around the emperor. Qualifications too!
The handle of the left hand and the barrel of the gun with the right are the last principles of employing people in the feudal society that have not changed through the ages.

If you want official position and power, it’s fine, as long as you listen to the emperor; why, do you want to wrestle with the emperor and join forces to obstruct it?That's easy to handle, dismissal from office is still a light one, and confiscating one's home and exile is already a standard punishment.

There is an army obviously, there are factory guards secretly, and there is an ever-growing "imperial party". Zhu Youxiao feels that he can't do any interest group, isn't it even worse than Eunuch Wei who has no subordinates?

To rebel, lend them a hundred guts; join forces to oppose, clean up as soon as there is a sign, and don't give them a chance to make a big difference.

Sitting in the imperial chair, Zhu Youjiao was reading the report submitted by Dongchang.If there is no major incident, report once every five days; if something may happen, report it every day.

The focus of the monitoring is the party officials of Donglin, Chu, and Zhejiang, as well as the vassals and dignitaries in various places.Especially the guys who are frustrated in the reform are the top priority.

Zong and vassals are quite honest, especially the vassal kings, not only Dongchang is watching, but local officials are also watching closely.Each of them has been raised as a pig for so many years, and they can eat and wear warm clothes. Basically, no one would give up their lives to make troubles.

The report also mentioned that Zhu Dapang, the king of fortune, took his old lady back with Shecai and was enjoying the family happiness.

Fatty Zhu made his provinces every morning and evening, and reported to the local officials, and took his old mother to visit the mountains and rivers around Kaifeng.It is said that even lost a lot of weight.

Zhu Youxiao pursed the corners of his mouth, speculating maliciously that Fatty Zhu could lose weight not because of exercise, but because of the money he gave out, right?

There are also reports on civil servants, but those guys who may become resistance to reform have obviously been beaten to pieces by the "imperial party".

They were punished continuously for the crime of corruption, and the lightest ones were sent to Dongfan and Hainan for labor reform.If there is a little connection, the big hat of forming a party for self-interest will be buckled down, and they will also go to contribute to the development of the frontier.

This is Zhu Youxiao's most direct way to nip all the factors of instability in the bud.

Under the merciless blow, many civil servants also changed their course and sharpened their heads to please the emperor in order to become a member of the "imperial party".

While attacking, Zhu Youxiao was not stingy with obedient officials.Fighting and pulling, the growth of the "imperial party" is unstoppable.

Well, saying "imperialist party" is not particularly accurate.Since "I am the country", aren't the civil servants and military generals united around me all good officials of Ming Dynasty?

Originally, I was very happy to read the report, but when I saw the last text, the emperor couldn't help but change his face.

"It's really shameless. You insist on forcing me to go crazy." Zhu Youxiao slapped down the document, sneered, and decided to shoot the first bird.

Wang Tigan, who was standing under the steps, was startled by the sound, although he seemed to be hanging his head, he was always observing the emperor's face.The emperor suddenly showed anger, and he began to speculate about what happened.

Zhu Youxiao squinted his eyes and thought for a while, thinking of an excuse for punishment.To say that the emperors in the feudal era punished people can be described as "if you want to impose a crime, there is no reason to worry about it".

Just a "resentment" can make the courtiers have nothing to say. You say you don't think so in your heart, but how can you prove it?The emperor said that there is, so there is, you shut up!
What's more, Zhu Youxiao is not just talking nonsense.What you do reveals your heart, not to mention "resentment", but "resisting the order and not obeying" is appropriate.

After the emperor thought about the way to deal with it, he turned his eyes and focused on Wang Tiqian.

Wang Tiqian noticed that the emperor was staring at him, but he didn't dare to raise his head, and stood there respectfully, waiting for the emperor's order.

"Wang companion, go through the background investigation of the palace people carefully again." After a long while, Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice: "I have offended the civil servants, the nobles, the gentry and the students. It is inevitable that some bastards want to harm you." I, and my relatives."

There are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me, Zhu Youxiao is not a fantasist, but a few emperors of Ming Dynasty who died suspiciously.Not to mention others, the little carpenter is an example.

Wang Tiqian's heart trembled, and he quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the slaves will go to investigate right away, and all those eighteen generations of ancestors who have been with civil servants, nobles, gentry, and students will all be driven out."

"Eighteen generations is fine." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Three generations are enough! I know Wang Ban's loyalty very well."

That's what Wang Tiqian said, it's still 30 generations, you look through the family tree? 30 years in Hedong, [-] years in Hexi.You still don't allow the ancestors to be very powerful?

Bending to accept the order, Wang Tiqian retreated, and the hall became quiet, only the emperor was left thinking.

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If you study the "eunuch party" in history, it may have been the most prosperous in the Ming Dynasty.There were Wang Zhen, Wang Zhi, and Liu Jin before, and the rising star, Eunuch Wei, far surpassed his predecessors and was the most famous.

The "eunuch party" is not formed by eunuchs, but a political group formed by bureaucrats attached to the power of eunuchs.

Why do you have to attach yourself to a father-in-law who makes people look down on you? Aren't civil servants very noble?
To say the reason is also very simple, there are benefits ah.Whether it is promotion, getting rich, or the pleasure of eliminating dissidents, it is enough for people to let go of their dignity and reserve and bow down at the feet of eunuchs.

And now the official situation in Ming Dynasty is gradually becoming clearer. Although there are no eunuchs to rely on, wouldn't it be a faster way to become an emperor if you can rely on it?
Of course, most of those who are eligible to win the favor of the emperor are officials in central Beijing, and there are also opportunities for local officials, but there are fewer.

But the emperor passed the new learning, and through the transfer of officials, it was equivalent to opening a channel to become an official in addition to the imperial examination, attracting countless scholars to participate in it.

Lu Qinghou, who originally only wanted to be an accountant in a restaurant to support his family, was one of the many scholars who were attracted to the capital by the new policy.

Compared with the imperial examination where thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge, entering a new school to get an official, although it does not have the glory of Jinbang High School, but for a scholar like Lu Qinghou who thinks it is difficult to do it, it is nothing less than a heaven-sent opportunity and a mighty emperor's grace.

Compared with being an official, Lu Qinghou felt that the preferential treatment for students that the imperial court wanted to cancel was nothing.

When he came to the capital, Lu Qinghou saw another scene of prosperity.Before he had time to open his eyes, he hurried to the new school to sign up.

The enrollment process went smoothly. With his title of scholar and his experience as a cashier, Lu Qinghou was assigned to major in accounting.

For the time being, Xinxue only offers five majors, namely accounting, farming, water conservancy, law, and business.You can probably guess from the name of the major, and those who graduated from accounting must be tax officials.

While Zhu Youxiao determined the five majors, he also stipulated that students can take another major as a minor in addition to the main major.

When Lu Qinghou was asked about his minor major, he thought for a while before deciding on the law.In his mind, the magistrate's main job is to be promoted to the court to adjudicate cases. He has this knowledge, which will be very helpful for his future career.

After registering, he went to the dormitory arranged for him. Xinxue also kindly gave Lu Qinghou two days off to let him have a good rest and relieve the fatigue of the long journey.

Between the two, there is no such treatment in the top universities of later generations!

Lu Qinghou thought it was okay, but the students who arrived earlier than him and had settled in the dormitory for several days were somewhat dissatisfied.It's not that he dislikes Lu Qinghou, but that the conditions and treatment of the new school are very wronged to the scholars.

(End of this chapter)