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Chapter 352: Restructuring the Imperial College

When Shen Guan saw the emperor relenting, he was secretly happy, it was done.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has just allowed the construction of libraries in the various Chief Secretaries. This alone costs a lot. So I thought it would be better to keep everything simple. It is better to expand the Imperial College like the Seibu Academy in Tongcheng.

It is also strictly forbidden to donate money to enter the prison, and the entrance examination is the same as that of the Military Academy. The teaching content is mainly Confucian classics, and can be mixed with arithmetic and other subjects. However, Chinese culture must be regarded as orthodox, students must be strictly required, and lectures are respected. "

When Shen Guan said this, the entire Dongnuan Pavilion became extremely quiet. Most of them were shocked by this bold idea, especially Zhu Youxiao.

He never expected that this was a point of view put forward by an ancient Ming Dynasty person, and that the Imperial College was allowed to not only teach Confucian classics, but also to take subjects such as arithmetic.However, after thinking about it carefully, he could understand that this was not forced by Xu Guangqi and others, so they wanted to develop arithmetic and other subjects to fight against Western learning.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao also began to think a little. Seeing the emperor's silent thinking, everyone kept silent for fear of disturbing Zhu Youxiao.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in the Ming Dynasty, it has always attached great importance to the Imperial College.Especially during the Hongwu and Yongle periods, there was a special order to order the children of officials and the people who were handsome and knowledgeable to be students, and there were a large number of them.

Especially during the Yongle period, with the move of the capital to Beijing, a two-capital system of official education was established. Nanjing Imperial College and Beijing Imperial College were successively established, also known as Nanjing and Beiyong.

At that time, the Imperial College also reached its peak development. The Nanjing Imperial College had about 1 people, and it was an unprecedented event.

At that time, neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, and Siam were "impressed with culture and education" and continued to send foreign students to study at the Imperial College in Nanjing.But this prosperity lasted only a short time, and after Zhengde, it gradually declined.

The reason is very simple: there is no money.Therefore, in the later period, for financial reasons, people could even donate money to join the prison. This also caused the quality of the students in the Imperial College to plummet. Although there are still talented people who study hard, most of them just want to come and get fame.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not attach great importance to the Imperial College, but he did not expect that Shen Guan would actually use this to make a fuss about major changes to the Imperial College.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Liu Yishen, Sun Chengzong, Ye Xianggao and others, and asked curiously.

"What do you think, dear ladies?"

Liu Yishen had already guessed that the emperor would ask them for their opinions, so he looked at each other, and Ye Xianggao stood up first.

"Your Majesty, I also think that it is natural to restructure the Imperial College. The imperial court has always attached great importance to the Imperial College, but it has been slightly neglected since then. Now it is not too late to restructure it. And I think that this matter will be beneficial and harmless. It is enough to recruit talents for the imperial court.

Moreover, there are many private schools in various places now, and the style of lecturing is prevalent, but the imperial court does not have a good school that can accommodate students. If this continues, it is probably extremely inappropriate. "

Having said this, Zhu Youxiao also nodded in agreement.Ye Xianggao's point of view clearly sees the importance of the right to speak.

Although the Ming Dynasty had "freedom of speech", too much freedom was not a good thing. It could easily lead to ideological confusion and chaos.Moreover, Zhu Youxiao, who came from later generations, also knew the theories of some thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty. Some of their remarks are shocking to modern people.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Ye Ge's thoughts are also our thoughts. Nowadays, the imperial court is placing great emphasis on building military training schools and translating Western works. Therefore, many scholars outside feel that Your Majesty is too fond of Western learning.

Because of this, if the Imperial College is restructured, education is promoted, and talented people are selected, it will not only cultivate talented people, but also demonstrate His Majesty's emphasis on culture and education, such criticism will surely be subsided. "When Zhu Guozhen heard this, he immediately agreed with Ye Xianggao, but Zhu Youxiao was very unhappy when he heard what he said.

Why do scholars criticize themselves for being too partial to Western learning? Why can they prove that they value culture and education only by restructuring the Imperial College.This is clearly a way to threaten yourself. If you don't do this, just wait to be criticized by the literati.

Thinking of this, he became even more unhappy, so he ignored Ye Xianggao and others, and instead turned to look at Xu Guangqi.

"Xu Aiqing, what do you think?"

Seeing that the emperor suddenly asked about Xu Guangqi, everyone's eyes turned to him like arrow feathers, especially Liu Yishen, Ye Xianggao and others, who felt very complicated at this time.

In fact, they do not reject Western religion, and they even had a pleasant conversation with Matteo Ricci and others before.Therefore, today they were sure that Shen Guan would come to discuss with them, but they never expected that Shen Guan would make this proposal that they could not refuse.

The restructuring of the Imperial College was similar to that of a military preparation school, with strict requirements on students and high regard for lectures.

This kind of revitalization of culture and education is particularly important now that the emperor is ramping up military preparations and introducing Western culture.If they dare to refuse, the scholars will definitely feel that they follow suit and will be criticized repeatedly.

Therefore, they absolutely did not dare to refuse such a thing. They could only accompany Shen Guan to the emperor to request the matter, and they also apologized to Xu Guangqi in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, I think what you said is very reasonable. The Imperial College is the highest institution of learning in the imperial court. Wouldn't it be better if the system was restructured to allow more students to enroll.

Besides, as Mr. Ye Ge said, there are many colleges in the world. If the imperial court restructures the Imperial College, fills in famous teachers, and encourages teaching, wouldn't it further demonstrate the imperial court's openness to all rivers and its inclusiveness and inclusiveness. "

Xu Guangqi was also a scholar, so he naturally knew the importance of restructuring the Imperial College to them, so he did not dare to stop it easily.

Seeing Xu Guangqi say this, Zhu Youxiao also calmed down.I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, and naturally understood the unshakable position of culture and education in everyone's hearts.

He also knew that although Zhu Guozhen's words just now were offensive, they also revealed the current national situation.

In the past, the civil servants were the dominant family, but now he can support nobles and military attaches, as well as win over Western schools and let missionaries translate works in Beijing.These civil servants will definitely be unhappy, so it would be better to appease them. As I said just now, they cannot favor one over the other.

"Well, I understand your opinions. To be honest, I originally thought that Mr. Shen Ge would object to Tang Ruowang and others participating in compiling the calendar. I didn't expect that you didn't object, which made me very happy.

Now you have proposed the method of restructuring the Imperial College. I thought about it and it is indeed feasible.It's just that the Imperial College has been around since the early years of the imperial dynasty, and now it has accumulated many shortcomings. It would be very troublesome if it were to be restructured rashly. "

Shen Guan felt happy when he heard the emperor nodded in agreement, but after hearing the emperor's words, he hesitated again and quickly raised his hands and asked:

"I wonder what your Majesty means?"

(End of this chapter)