Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2067, building a medical school
"Sell the newspaper! Sell the newspaper!"

"For the sake of national health and national security, the imperial court will fund the establishment of the first ten medical schools in various parts of Ming Dynasty to train medical talents and develop medical technology and technology!"

Accompanied by the yelling of newsboys, all parts of Ming Dynasty gradually ushered in a brand new day.

The habit of reading newspapers has already penetrated into the daily life of Daming people, especially in cities, newspapers have become an indispensable thing.

Chengdu, since the opening of the Great Wall Railway, the development of the entire Chengdu has entered a high-speed stage, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as changing with each passing day.

A large number of factories and commercial firms have settled in Chengdu, which also makes Chengdu's economic scale bigger and bigger, attracting more and more people to settle in Chengdu.

After years of development, Chengdu's population has exceeded [-] million, making it the largest city in the southwest region and the center of economic development in the region.

However, although Chengdu's economic development is very rapid, it still lags behind Daming in other aspects, especially in terms of Xinxue School.

So far, there is not a new type of higher education institution here in Chengdu. All new students who want to continue their studies can only go to higher education institutions in other places for further study.

This is very unfair to students in Sichuan and even the entire southwest region.

But this is the reality, because the Ming court will not allocate funds to establish new schools, and all new schools are privately funded.

Most of these Xinxue schools were run by Liu Jin, and some were started by local gentry, businessmen, and officials who took the lead in raising money.

In the past, the transportation in Sichuan was inconvenient, everyone was poor, and they didn’t have much money to build new schools. Later, Sichuan people actively donated money to build railways. That is, over the years, Sichuan has gradually developed, and everyone finally has some money in their pockets. money.

But if you want to set up a higher education institution, it is very expensive. The key is that after it is set up, you have to invest a lot of money every year to maintain it.

This also led to the absence of a college of higher learning in Sichuan and even the entire southwest region. This time the imperial court wanted to build medical schools in various parts of Daming, and finally a college of higher learning settled in Sichuan.

"Southwestern Medical College!"

"Haha, we finally have our own college in Chengdu!"

"Southwest Medical College settled in Chengdu, Southwest Medical College settled in Chengdu!"

As the news spread, all the young and old in Chengdu shouted excitedly.

In the southwest region, the transportation is inconvenient and the development is slow. Compared with other places in Ming Dynasty, the economic gap is relatively large, and even the education is much worse than other places.

People in Sichuan are also clearly aware of this point. In the past few years, some people have been running in many ways, hoping to raise money to establish several colleges and universities in Chengdu, train more talents, and develop the Southwest.

For this reason, it has also received support from many people, and many prominent gentry in Sichuan have expressed their willingness to donate generously. Since ancient times, only investment in education is the most cost-effective.

Especially in this era, education is actually more unfair than later generations.

This is true whether it is traditional Confucian education or new-style education.

Not to mention traditional Confucian education, tuition fees are extremely expensive, only rich people can send their children to Confucian education, without some family background, you can't support it at all.

This in disguise eliminates the possibility that the children of the poor and ordinary people will take this path.

As for new-style schools, although there is a unified examination, only about 2% of the places are admitted, and [-]% of the places are self-enrolled, which is naturally the most beneficial for the area where the college is located.

As for the southwestern region without its own colleges and universities, it is very disadvantageous, because it is often impossible to take the self-enrollment examination.

Secondly, there are some local colleges and universities, such as Songhu University of Technology in Songhu, which was established with the joint investment of gentry, merchants, factory owners, etc. in Songhu area. Naturally, most of the enrollment is for Songhu area. s student.

There are also colleges and universities with obvious local characteristics, such as Jiangxi Institute of Technology and Jiangxi Normal University, which were also funded by gentry landlords, businessmen, etc. in Jiangxi Province.

The purpose of its own establishment is to provide opportunities for children in its own province to continue their studies, and most of the enrollment is for their own province.

There are quite a few similar to this. There are new-style schools established by gentry, businessmen, capitalists, etc. in various places in Ming Dynasty, and they all recruit students for the location.

The result is that in rich areas, there are many schools, so there are more students to recruit, and students can choose more.

This is the case with education, and there has been no fairness since ancient times.

Now that the Southwest Medical College is located in Chengdu, it is directly funded and managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the imperial court, and it is stipulated that it mainly recruits students from several provinces in the southwest region. This naturally makes the people of Chengdu extremely excited.

The medical school can not only provide a good way out for local students, but also greatly improve the medical level in the southwest region.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty Morning Post has already carried out some related reports.

There are many hospitals and clinics in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and the medical skills are superb. The neonatal mortality rate in the Beijing-Tianjin area is extremely low, and the child mortality rate is also very, very low.

But in the backward southwestern region, not to mention hospitals and clinics, there are not many barefoot doctors. Only in some big cities, Liman, there are new-style hospitals and some medical clinics.

However, the transportation in the Southwest is inconvenient. It is obviously unrealistic to go to a big city to see a doctor. Therefore, the neonatal mortality rate in the Southwest is still not low, and the child mortality rate is relatively high.

Now there are medical schools located in the southwest region, which is very helpful for improving the medical level and developing medical talents in the southwest region.

The people from Sichuan were naturally very happy and celebrated happily.

"Southwestern Medical College! Southwestern Medical College!"

"We sincerely invite famous doctors as teachers to jointly inherit medicine, research, and create new medical fields and technologies, so as to benefit the world and benefit one side!"

The news continued to spread throughout the Southwest region, and at the same time, it also called on famous doctors in the Southwest region to teach in Southwest Medical College, not only to pass on medical technology, but also to research and develop new medical fields and technologies together.

At this moment, it wasn't just the people in the Southwest who were happy, the same thing happened in all parts of Daming.

Golden Island Penglai City.

"Golden Continent Medical College!"

"The imperial court will establish the Huangjinzhou Medical College here in Penglai City!"

Here in Penglai City, people are running to tell each other.

The Son of Heaven has not forgotten the people of the Golden Continent, and finally plans to establish an institution of higher learning on the Golden Continent, or a medical school, which will have a huge effect on improving the medical level of the Golden Continent.

The Golden Continent has not received much attention, even though the land here is fertile and rich in resources, and it also produces gold and silver.

But the population here is small, and it is not very important.

Now, the imperial court opened a medical school here in Penglai City, which made the people of Huangjinzhou Daming finally feel a little bit of care from the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

This also makes the people of Golden Continent very happy. Making money is important, but as a citizen of Ming Dynasty, it is an honor for everyone to be taken seriously.

Nanyang Crescent City.

"Nanyang Medical College has settled in Crescent City!"

"Nanyang Medical College has settled in Crescent City!"

Here in Crescent City, people are rushing to tell each other, very happy.

As the largest city in the Nanyang region, Crescent City has a population of more than three million. It has always been the economic center of the Nanyang region, but like many places in Ming Dynasty, it does not have its own colleges and universities.

Now it is finally time to usher in the first institution of higher learning, or a medical school, which will be very helpful to the development of medicine in the Nanyang region.

"We in Nanyang should probably have a few institutions of higher learning. I suggest that all of us plantation owners take out some money and build a few institutions of higher learning in Nanyang together."

"I also support it. Since ancient times, if a place wants to produce talents, it must pay attention to education. I am from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Zhejiang has many talents since ancient times. That is because we attach great importance to education."

"If Nanyang wants to produce talents, we must also pay attention to education, not only traditional education, but also this new type of education. Everyone actively donates money, because this is for our future generations. , it will benefit thousands of years!"

"Mr. Li is right, I will pay you 1000 taels of silver!"

"I donate 2000 taels of silver to support education and Nanyang!"

In a tea house in Crescent City, many plantation owners gathered together to discuss the establishment of several colleges and universities, which also received the support of many people.

Southwest Medical College, Nanyang Medical College, Huangjinzhou Medical College, He College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaodong Medical College, Jiangnan Medical College, North China Medical College, Northwest Medical College, Guangzhou Medical College, Huguang Medical College.

Ten medical schools have settled in various parts of Daming, and the Daming Household Department directly allocated funds for their construction. This time, it is also highly valued. According to the plan of the imperial court, each medical school will receive a funding of 300 million taels of silver.

Counting this time, the imperial court also paid great attention to it. To build ten medical schools at one time and allocate more than 3000 million taels of silver, it can be said that they have a lot of money, but it is enough to prove how much the imperial court attaches importance to this matter.

This is to improve the overall medical level of Ming Dynasty. It may not see any effect in a short period of time, but after five or ten years, these medical schools will start to play a role, and the medical level of the entire Ming Dynasty will be completely different.

(End of this chapter)