Qiming 1158

Chapter 622
Kong Zheng and the others did not reject Su Yonglin's remarks.

Because since the Tang and Song dynasties, the eccentric and ingenious ideas of the ancients and the scheming ideas of Taoism have been restrained and criticized to a certain extent.

The Song Dynasty played a great role in correcting this phenomenon.

This is true. The Song Dynasty played a greater role in this regard than the Tang Dynasty, as evidenced by the emergence of the third of the four great inventions in this period.

The Song Dynasty government not only did not regard craftsmanship as a simple "wonderful skill" like the previous rulers, and banned it, on the contrary, it also established a reward system for outstanding scientific and technological inventions.

As a result, craftsmen have the motivation to develop technologies and tools. The number of inventions and creations in the Song Dynasty is unprecedented, and the ingenious thinking is unprecedented.

Moreover, people with outstanding talents in the field of science and technology are usually included in the "Wizards" list, and can be directly selected into government agencies. For example, Feng Jisheng, a Song Dynasty person, improved the gunpowder method, and the court gave clothes and silk as rewards.

The Song government not only selected talents from the private sector, but also took the initiative to cultivate talents. For example, the Song government would set up specialized schools in the central government, including medical schools, arithmetic schools, astronomy and calendar schools, and martial arts schools, all of which were affiliated with Guozijian.

In addition, Songren also created a scholarship system for outstanding students. For example, medical students will give five to [-] yuan of money according to their grades of upper, middle, and lower grades.

This allows people who devote themselves to the ranks of technological inventions to obtain tangible benefits, and naturally encourages more and more people to join the ranks of scientific and technological inventions. Both subjectively and objectively promote the technological development of the Song Dynasty.

Although this approach is relatively crude and has not been systematically formed, it still greatly helps the Song government to enhance its national strength.

Su Yonglin once thought about why the Song Dynasty did this, and why the policies of the Song Dynasty were so different from those of the previous dynasties. After thinking about it, he felt that the main reason was that the sixteen states of Yanyun could not be regained. superior.

Losing the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, the land of Hebei was safe and could not be recaptured militarily. The huge national defense pressure brought about by this forced the Song government to seek breakthroughs in the fields of economy and science and technology.

Zhao Guangyi interrupted the possibility of the Song people rising on the traditional path, and the successors could do nothing to the Liao Kingdom. They could only relax various restrictions and find various ways to make up for the shortcomings, trying to make up for the huge national defense pressure of the Song Dynasty.

Relaxing business restrictions, relaxing technological restrictions, and trying to find something that can change the status quo, the large number of inventions and equipment of firearms in the Song Dynasty may be the response strategy made by the Song government to make up for the lack of cavalry strength.

However, this is not an active pursuit of development, but a passive self-salvation. The Song rulers did not develop for the sake of development, but rather had the Manchu style of [learning from the barbarians to control the barbarians].

Therefore, the Song government encouraged technological development but did not form a large-scale and systematic development, did not help the Song country to achieve industrial upgrading and technological take-off, did not break through the technological shackles of the Middle Ages, and did not really change their poor and weak situation.

Song is still in the intensifying internal strife, gradually exhausted his vitality and mental strength, and finally went to ruin.

However, their approach has objectively laid the foundation of public opinion and customs for Su Yonglin to promote engineering talent acquisition.

Because the Song people's views on eccentric skills are far less old-fashioned than their predecessors, and their views on craftsmen and technology tend to be more rational. Both official and private people have a tolerant and open attitude towards science and technology, and do not restrict it.

Zhu Xi, a master of science with a bad reputation, advocated that knowledge of natural sciences such as agricultural technology, medicine, and all kinds of work is also [justified], and believed that natural science and knowledge of sanctification and virtuousness, and state governance are the right way. .

This is enough to prove that people's views on science and technology in this era tend to be positive.

This is extremely beneficial to Su Yonglin, and it is much better than the era of the Ming and Qing Dynasties when science and technology were comprehensively suppressed.

Therefore, when Su Yonglin proposed to attach importance to the development of science and technology, the Ministry of Rites did not object or raise any objections. They thought it was just a rehearsal of an old tune, but they did not expect that Su Yonglin wanted to take this situation a step further.

Start the engineering department.

It is necessary to allow talents who have mastered science and technology to directly enter the imperial court through the imperial examinations, serve the Ming Dynasty, contribute their talents and subtle thinking, and promote the technology of the Ming Dynasty to embark on the road of systematic industrialization and take off.

This is crucial to Su Yonglin's overall plan.

Regarding Su Yonglin's idea, the officials of the Ministry of Rites had different attitudes.

Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang find it difficult to accept that technical talents pass the imperial examinations to become real [literati], so as to obtain the same status as them.

On the other hand, Yelujin, the right servant, clearly expressed his support for the emperor's practice, believing that this was a [creative initiative] beneficial to the country and should be put into practice.

Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang were annoyed in their hearts, but they did not dare to refute Yelujin in front of the emperor, so they could only watch Yelujin talk freely and talk about the importance of craftsmen to the country.

Su Yonglin was very happy, praised Yelujin, and immediately announced that Yelujin, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, would be directly responsible for the work of the scientific examination department of the Ministry of Rites, and was responsible for escorting the holding of the new imperial examinations.

"Chen Yelujin, take orders!"

Yelu Jin was overjoyed and immediately took over the powers entrusted to him by the emperor Jinkou Yuyan, while Kong Zheng and Zhou Jiang were stunned for a while before they realized that the emperor had caught them by surprise under their noses and used the mixed sand with up.

Kong Zheng wanted to persuade him again, but Su Yonglin didn't give him a chance to continue talking about his reform plan.

He believes that governing a country requires not only the great principles of the Five Classics and the way of dealing with the world, but also the courage and law to exhaust the principles of all things in the world.

Not only to cultivate one's self-cultivation and improve one's moral standard, but also to understand the truth of the world.

What is the truth of the world?
Arithmetic, astronomy, geography, these are all ways to explore the truth of the world. They can not only help the government, but also help the military affairs. If you can recruit the best such talents in the country, you will definitely be able to make important contributions to national security. contribute.

Therefore, Su Yonglin hopes to collectively refer to this type of knowledge of [exhausting the truth of the world] as [Nueshen], and open [science] to select scholars.

In addition, the national law is very important to the development of the country, and the court is currently lacking a large number of legal talents, so a separate [law department] can also be set up to select scholars.

"In this way, the original Jingyi Policy Theory Exam can be classified as [Arts], which is tied with engineering, science, and law, and is the four subjects of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty. good."

Su Yonglin raised four fingers in front of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and explained his plans and details.

Looking at their surprised or surprised faces, he felt that his approach must be correct, so this time, it is imperative to select scholars, and it will never change because of anything.

Kong Zheng looked at Su Yonglin's determined expression, and suddenly realized that Su Yonglin might have been planning this day from a long time ago.

This kind of meticulous plan cannot be accomplished overnight, it must be the final conclusion after a long period of investigation and planning. Su Yonglin must be surrounded by a group of interest groups that support his approach.

After countless discussions, they discussed the result, brainstormed, criticized the Song Dynasty's imperial examination system in place, and then came a wave of reorganization.

They assisted Su Yonglin and tried their best to push for this reform, because this reform was indeed of great benefit to them.

As for who these people are...

Isn't it obvious?
Except for the civil servants of Shandong department, almost everyone else will be the beneficiaries of this policy, because as long as they do not only test the five classics and meanings, the advantages of Shandong scholars will be dragged down indefinitely, until there is no obvious the point of advantage.

Yanyun's Han Chinese, Yanyun's Khitan, Xi and Bohai people, and the group of mud-legged people under Su Yonglin's command, all of them are beneficiaries, and they can all gain certain benefits from the new imperial examination rules. .

A world in which no one was injured except for the Shandong Department was born.

(End of this chapter)