I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 479 New Subjects in the Imperial College

Then three more people came out one after another.

Zhu Youxiao took a closer look and found that it was Sun Chengzong, the cabinet scholar, Wang Zaijin, the Minister of War, and Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites.

"Your Majesty, this year the imperial court has decreed that the Ming Dynasty Library will be built, and the Yongle Grand Ceremony will be placed in it for the reference of scholars all over the world. It is such a blessing, and all the scholars in the world are grateful to your Majesty for your kindness.

Only last year, under the leadership of Shen Guan, only the first phase of the library was built. Currently, only the front entrance and main hall were built. The other buildings were originally under construction, but after Shen Guan became official, the matter came to a standstill.

However, the ministers and others felt that something so beneficial to culture should be vigorously promoted and should not be stopped, so they wanted to join the Ministry of Rites to apply for an allocation of 20 taels for the construction of the library to ensure that it can serve scholars. "

Daming Library actually stopped working?

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised when he heard this. The people here were too preoccupied with their food.Seeing that the presiding officer Shen Guan had lost power, he actually did not dare to build another library for fear of being affected by Shen Guan's incident. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong proposed it, otherwise he would not know about it.

Thinking of this, he wanted to express his approval of Sun Chengzong.

But at this moment, the Minister of War, Wang Zaijin, also stood up and saw him saying slowly:
"Your Majesty, the military training school in the western suburbs has been completed, and all the personnel in the grass field have been transferred there. Although recruitment, teaching, training, and ordnance manufacturing are all areas where money is spent, so the Ministry of War is applying for funding 15 Ten thousand taels will be used for the construction of the military preparation school."

Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites on the side, seemed to have reached an agreement. When Wang Zaijin finished speaking, he immediately stood up and said to Zhu Youxiao:
"Your Majesty, when you were building the new library, you talked about reorganizing the Imperial College, re-establishing the Imperial College in the eastern suburbs, repairing the buildings, recruiting teachers, adding subjects such as arithmetic, calendars, and objects, and re-defining the Imperial College students. Additional assessment, survival of the fittest.

Therefore, in the past six months, I personally inspected the location and finally selected a site in the eastern suburbs to renovate the house.The recruitment of supervisory students will begin next year and the school will reopen.There were a lot of expenses for personnel and buildings, so the Ministry of Rites also applied for 10 taels for the construction of the Imperial College. "

Zhu Youxiao watched the three people asking for money one after another as if they had agreed to it, and he couldn't help laughing in his heart.

However, he was happy to spend the money. Education is a major plan for the country and cannot be ignored. He was willing to spend any amount of money. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but nodded and said:

"Education is a century-old plan. This money will not come from the Ministry of Finance. I will pay it from internal funds. If it is not enough, you can ask me for it. The Military Academy and the Imperial College, both civil and military, I am very fond of. I will find one next year. If I get the chance, I must go and have a look for myself."

"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

When they heard that the emperor actually said that he wanted to withdraw money from his internal funds, it was not just these three people who were happy.

Even Liu Yishen and Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, were overjoyed. They felt that the emperor was not stingy with money and that he valued education.He immediately bowed his head and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

But after seeing Sun Chengzong and others receiving the funds, Xu Guangqi couldn't sit still and stood up at this time.

"Your Majesty, since the establishment of the Capital Tongwen Library, Tang Ruowang and more than ten priests have been working hard to translate works, but there are really too many Western books. Your Majesty also ordered missionaries to help compile the calendar, so the manpower is a bit insufficient.

Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty will also show mercy and allow the expansion of the Tongwen Hall in the capital, and allow the recruitment of personnel to learn Western languages ​​and knowledge.On the one hand, it can facilitate communication with the West, and on the other hand, it can also speed up the translation progress. It can also release Tang Ruowang and others from the heavy translation work, so that they can better serve His Majesty. "Xu Guangqi did not discuss this with Ye Xianggao and others, but Liu Yisui, Ye Xianggao and others knew Xu Guangqi well and had a lot of favorable impressions of Western religion, so they did not object.

Only Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, frowned slightly when he heard the words. He didn't seem to agree very much. But seeing that the others didn't speak, he couldn't say anything.

Listening to Xu Guangqi's request, Zhu Youxiao nodded repeatedly. It was his intention to translate more Western works.

Now Xu Guangqi proposes to recruit more people to learn European languages. Doesn't this exactly meet the current needs?

"Xu Aiqing's idea is good. I will use another 10 taels of silver from the internal funds to allocate it to the Tongwen Hall of the Capital, so that it can recruit people to learn Western languages ​​and participate in translation work. In the future, our Ming Dynasty will trade with the West. We will have such translators It will definitely come in handy.”

Xu Guangqi was also overjoyed after hearing this and quickly wanted to thank him.But Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to stop Xu Guangqi.

"But I still have the same rule, that is, you can recruit translators, but you cannot preach. Have you ever understood it?"

When Xu Guangqi heard this, a look of disappointment flashed across his face, and he was obviously a little dissatisfied.However, he thought about it and figured it out. It was very difficult to open the imperial court to preaching now. Now that the emperor agreed to recruit people to learn Western languages, it was an improvement, and he was quite satisfied with this thought.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that Western monks will abide by the court rules and will not dare to exceed them."

"That's good, but I just thought of something. I have always known that our astronomy, mathematics and other subjects are better than those of the West, but the West also has many good books in this regard. Therefore, I have a suggestion, the mathematics of the Imperial College In the subject of astronomy, you can also hire Western monks as lecturers to teach Western astronomy and mathematics.

In addition, the Imperial College can add a few more Western-related subjects, such as geography and natural history, specifically for Western monks. This can not only broaden the horizons of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, but also use stones from other mountains to attack jade. "

Everyone was stunned when they heard what the emperor said. Xu Guangqi was first surprised and then happy.

He never expected that the emperor would actually suggest teaching Western learning in the Imperial College. This was definitely a good thing.You must know that some of those supervisors were born in noble families, and some were from Juren family backgrounds. All in all, they were all elites of the Ming Dynasty.

If Western learning could be taught in the Imperial College, wouldn't it further promote the spread of Western learning? Some people might even become interested in Western religion through Western learning.

Xu Guangqi could not restrain his excitement when he thought of this, and immediately knelt down to thank the emperor.

But at this moment, a dissatisfied voice came from the crowd.

"Your Majesty, you must not do it. The Imperial College is the highest institution of higher learning in the Ming Dynasty. How can we allow Western learning to come in? Doing so will be criticized. Especially after this restructuring, we must strictly control the quality of the students and their subsequent studies. Add assessment.

If Western learning is mixed in this way, wouldn't the subjects students have to learn be messy and orderly? How can they better learn the teachings of Confucius and Mencius? "

(End of this chapter)