Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 315 Opening a new world

"How have you considered it?"

Looking at Jian Yi who was still thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu knew that once he agreed to take over this matter, it would mean that he would separate from his past self.

Many people in the government and the public praised Jian Yi because Jian Yi did not violate their interests, and Jian Yi did not have any black spots.

But if Jian Yi takes over the Sichuan New Deal pilot project, it means that he will become the promoter of the New Deal in the south, and many of his past friends will leave him.

If it is done, his righteousness may become an upright official whom the people of Sichuan will be grateful to, and even a temple will be built to commemorate it, which will be passed down through the ages.

If he failed, his righteousness would no longer have a foothold in the temple, and everyone would beat him up from then on.

Jian Yi was not Zhu Gaoxu's old teammate, so he was not sure whether Zhu Gaoxu would protect him if he failed, so he had many concerns and could only make tentative inquiries.

"How much support and investment will your Highness be prepared to give to the pilot of the Sichuan New Deal?"

When Jian Yi asked this question, he must have wanted to accomplish this, so Zhu Gaoxu did not hide it and said straight to the point:

"Once the New Deal is launched, Sichuan's taxes will be distributed by you. I will dispatch at least 3,000 officials from outside the customs to work with you, and have the Sichuan Dusi soldiers and horses cooperate with you to measure the acres of land and conduct population censuses."

"Don't worry about the impeachment in the temple. I will protect you, so just go ahead and do it."

"But I have to tell you that it will take seven years at the earliest to announce the end of the first phase of Sichuan's New Deal, and it will start in March of the fourth year of Yongle. You need to set off for Sichuan today to find out the situation in Sichuan's officialdom. "

"Once you take over this matter, you will have to leave the capital for at least nine years."

"But I also promise that if you come back, you will definitely have a place in the six books of ministers."

Zhu Gaoxu and Jian Yi agreed in advance on the support he could give and what Jian Yi could gain.

Today, Jian Yi is just forty, which is not considered young in this era.

Nine years later, he was forty-nine, only a few months away from turning fifty.

How long he can stay in the position of Six Ministers is difficult to say, so how to measure it depends on himself.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu did not look away, but looked directly at Jian Yi, who was thinking.

After a while, Jian Yi slowly stood up and bowed to Zhu Gaoxu.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Gaoxu was a little disappointed, thinking that Jian Yi wanted to resign.

"My lord, I am willing to take on this important task."

Jian Yi suddenly agreed to the job, which made Zhu Gaoxu stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses with a moving expression:

"The people of Sichuan are lucky to have folks like you."

"Go back and prepare. The decree will be issued by the end of April at the latest."

Zhu Gaoxu gave Jian Yi a month to prepare. Jian Yi didn't say much after hearing this. After bowing, he stood up and left Wuying Hall.

Compared with when he came, he looked more open and less conceding when he left.

Looking at his leaving figure, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yi Shiha: "You recommended a good person."

"This slave is frightened, but you are just trying to pick up people's wits." Yi Shiha shook his head in return, and Zhu Gaoxu also lowered his head to deal with the mountain of memorials.

Time goes by, and as the days pass, the day comes for Jian Yi to take office.

Many former colleagues defended him. After all, as Zuo Shilang, he was the future Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Now that he was transferred to Sichuan, it looked like a devolution.

However, only Jian Yi himself knew that once he left, once the New Deal in Sichuan was launched, the group of colleagues who fought for him would also stand on his opposite side and spurn him.

But so what, the temple in the capital was too muddy and he didn't want to get involved.

With a small boat, he headed to Sichuan.

At the same time, with the end of the draft, 22 new members were added to the East Palace.

Since Guo Yan was already six months pregnant, the twenty-two Fengyi in the East Palace could only be taught the rules by the two maids of the Guo Mansion who were dowed back then, and now the two Fengyi.

By the end of April, as the rules were established, Guo Yan began to urge Zhu Gaoxu to change the brand.

"These twenty-two signs depend on your mood, Your Highness. As long as you show some restraint, it will be fine no matter how you turn them over."

In the front bedroom in early May, Guo Yan, who was slightly pregnant, was sitting on a chair. The female official next to him was holding a tray with twenty-two brand-new brands on it.

She was persuading Zhu Gaoxu, who was eating next to her, to turn over the signs. Maybe she was pregnant, and she unconsciously felt that Zhu Gaoxu didn't turn over the signs because of herself.

However, in this regard, Zhu Gaoxu, who handles government affairs every day, looked at the pile of signs with some pain: "Recently, I have to get up at Yinzheng (4 o'clock) every day to handle official affairs, and my rest time is only three and a half hours. Exhausted physically and mentally.”

"After I've been busy for a while, I'll turn over the cards again."

As the campaign to conquer the south was about to begin, Zhu Gaoxu was not able to mention the large and small affairs of the Sixth Army Governor's Mansion, and the Imperial College built in Yuhuatai was about to be completed, so Zhu Gaoxu seemed very busy.

It's not that he doesn't want to turn over the pile of cards, but he really doesn't have the energy.

Putting down his bowls and chopsticks, Zhu Gaoxu just happened to explain to Guo Yan: "The construction of Taixue has been completed. I'm afraid I will have to live in Taixue in the next few months. You are going to give birth in two and a half months. Be careful with everything, but you can't." Don’t worry too much.”

"I don't need to tell you the experience of these female medical officers in Jilin Hospital. When you were in Jilin, you also knew how good they were in delivering babies and providing postpartum care. Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, I will be very happy. As long as the mother and child are safe."

After Zhu Gaoxu explained everything seriously, he saw Guo Yan nodding with a smile on his face.

Although she was slightly fatter at this time due to pregnancy, she was not too out of shape under deliberate control.

Although she wanted Zhu Gaoxu to flip the brand, she didn't want to share him with others.

It happened that Zhu Gaoxu was going to Taipei University in the past few months. She could exercise well after giving birth and continue to cultivate the relationship between husband and wife when Zhu Gaoxu came back to live permanently.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu hugged her and stroked her back, and then asked Yishiha to pack his luggage after washing.

The next day, Zhu Gaoxu went to Taixue under the escort of more than a hundred cavalry.

Located in the southeast of Yuhuatai, Taixue covers an area of ​​200 acres. It is paved with cement roads and is surrounded by a courtyard wall that is 2 feet high and 2 feet thick. There are three teaching buildings in Neixing, each with a height of four floors and 20 classrooms. , each room can accommodate 200 people.

The classroom structure is a ladder classroom used in later universities. It is two feet high and covers an area of ​​four quarters. There is enough space for more than 200 people to study together.

In addition, there are ten large canteens built of concrete and pig iron, each of which can accommodate 200 students for dining, ensuring lighting and protection from wind and rain.

In addition to the teaching building and the large cafeteria, there is also a small courtyard with an area of ​​one third that has 500 seats, one for every four students, and can accommodate 2,000 people.

Beyond these are laboratories for hands-on experiments, each covering an area of ​​two acres, thirty in total.

Overall, Taixue was not very large at this time, but there was enough open space in the southeast, so future expansion would be very convenient.

As for the classroom, Zhu Gaoxu did not have the energy to teach more than 300 students, so he could only teach the 47 first-class students himself, and then let them teach the more than 300 second-class students.

After entering Taixue, Zhu Gaoxu saw many students coming and going.

They are almost the most outstanding group among the more than 20,000 students in Bohai last year. However, because Bohai's population base is too small, Zhu Gaoxu is not sure how many talented people there are among them.

"I hope you can keep up with my progress..."

Looking at the Bohai students chatting and laughing outside the window, Zhu Gaoxu in the car sighed.

His status is destined not to give this group of students much time. There are only five months from now to October, the busiest time for government affairs. He needs to complete the courses for the next year in five months, and then let the forty-level students Seven students thoroughly understood it and passed it on to the remaining 300 or so second-class students.

In mid-February of the next year, he would come to Taipei University to teach next year's courses to the first batch of first-class students within a few months, and then continue to study with them.

This situation needs to continue until the first batch of forty-seven first-class students have fully understood the relevant knowledge, and then they will teach by words and deeds to the second, third, fourth batch...and so on for the future first-class students. .

This situation needs to be maintained for three years, and Zhu Gaoxu will be liberated after three years, because by then all the mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge he has mastered will remain in Taixue and be passed down by them from generation to generation.

Graduated A-class students will switch to research projects, and every project that is overcome represents further growth in Ming Dynasty's productivity.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know if he could see a steam engine that could be used in trains and agriculture in his lifetime, but if possible, he really wanted to see it.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a small independent courtyard guarded by soldiers.

Zhu Gaoxu got off the carriage and walked into the small courtyard accompanied by Yi Shiha.

The courtyard covers an area of ​​half an acre, which is quite large for Zhu Gaoxu personally.

"Have all the teaching materials been printed?"

Zhu Gaoxu walked around with satisfaction, then sat down in the middle hall and asked Yi Shiha about his preparations.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, everything is ready. You can start teaching now if you want."

"But..." Yi Shiha looked at Zhu Gaoxu worriedly: "If you continue to endure like this, I will worry about your health."

"The old man can't teach, so I have to teach." Zhu Gaoxu shrugged helplessly, but he also knew that he could not handle the memorials and teach at the same time, so he said to Yishiha:

"Starting today, 30% of the memorials from the East Palace will be transferred to Wuying Palace as appropriate. If the old man asks, just say that I am leading the students to research more powerful and better firearms."

It is impossible for Zhu Gaoxu to say that he is studying steam engines, after all, he has no idea about this thing.

So after thinking about it, he might as well say that he is developing firearms. Anyway, the flintlock gun is still being studied by the Ordnance Bureau in Liaodong. When Zheng He finds good quality flint and brings it back, the flintlock gun can be equipped with the troops in advance. .

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the courtyard door and saw two soldiers walking in carrying a thick pile of memorials.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Gaoxu could only sigh, and then arranged: "The daily class time of Taixue is from Chen hour to noon hour (7-11 o'clock), and from noon hour to You hour (13-17 o'clock)."

"In addition, I asked someone to prepare more candles in the study room in this courtyard. Although the old man can share a lot of burdens for me, I still have to deal with memorials after Mao hour and You hour every day." "Yes..." Yi Shiha looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who was carrying a heavy burden. , even though he agreed, his eyes were full of worry.

After sitting for a while, Zhu Gaoxu went to the study to deal with the memorials sent one after another.

Among them, the Ministry of Revenue, the Sixth Army Governor's Office, and the Ministry of Personnel were the easiest to deal with. The more difficult thing to deal with was the memorial from the Ministry of Works.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu had to deal with the memorials of Liaodong and Shandong separately, and he was so busy that he didn't fall asleep until Hai.

The next day before dawn, he got up and washed up, sorted out some of the memorials that had piled up in the study at some point, and then hurried to the teaching building.

Taking a deep breath, when he opened the classroom door, the forty-seven students sitting inside all stood up and looked at him excitedly.

Zhu Gaoxu has only been in Nanjing for two and a half years. For these students who studied five years ago, they are no strangers to Zhu Gaoxu. After all, he often goes to the official school in Jilin.

"Your Highness..."

The students were about to sing the ceremony, but Zhu Gaoxu reached out to stop them: "Just call them teachers."

"Yes, teach..."

"Teach..."

They responded to Zhu Gaoxu, who also took out a book titled Physics.

"Open the physics book and start with "What is Physics" today..."

Zhu Gaoxu took out a charcoal pen and started writing on the wooden board in the classroom, and the students below also started taking notes.

Before class, someone told them what their tasks were. They were not only responsible for learning, but also responsible for imparting knowledge.

In Taixue, they don't have to worry about food, clothing, housing, and transportation, let alone books and writing.

They were fully focused, and their writing speed could even keep up with Zhu Gaoxu's lecture speed.

In order not to waste time, they started to ask questions after Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking and writing notes, and based on Zhu Gaoxu's answers, they made notes next to the questions.

They never thought that one day they would be taught by the former His Highness Bohai, now the Crown Prince.

After all, they were 47 people selected from more than 20,000 people. With respect for Zhu Gaoxu and a desire for new knowledge, the progress of the course this day reached a level that even Zhu Gaoxu could not have imagined.

From the beginning of "What is Physics" to "The Relationship between Physics and Scientific Development and Technological Progress", Zhu Gaoxu explained more than half of the ten pages of the two chapters.

The emergence of physics opened a new door for them.

Before today, if someone asked them what physics was, they would just look at each other and have no answer.

But after today, if others ask them what physics is, they will roughly explain what physics is. They can even talk about physics, science, China's scientific development over the past four thousand years, and various technological advances.

Of course, they have not yet finished learning all the technological advancements in Chapter 2, but with the book in their hands, they can already read it and get a general idea based on what they learned in class.

The textbooks for official studies and imperial studies purchased by Zhu Gaoxu were all printed with text and illustrations.

This kind of textbook is very convenient to learn, and the content in vernacular is also convenient for students to study on their own.

When the day's class was over, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the group of students who did not leave the classroom but turned over the books to study by themselves. He couldn't help but be speechless: "Sure enough, a top student is a top student. Even the top students in ancient times are better than me. Much stronger."

"They may be able to thoroughly understand the three-year middle school textbooks in less than one year."

"But this is good, it saves me a lot of time and energy, but I always feel a sense of frustration..."

Touching his bare chin, Zhu Gaoxu took the textbook and walked out of the teaching building.

Many students who graduated with B-level grades waited outside early, and their start time was later than that of A-level students. A-level students had almost no days off throughout the year except January and February.

Class B students are different. They start school three months later than Class A students, and they will not start school until mid-August.

They did not dare to disturb Zhu Gaoxu, but looked up at him from a distance. It was not until Zhu Gaoxu got on the carriage and left that they started chattering.

Time passed quickly, and Zhu Gaoxu continued teaching the next day, but this time he was not teaching yesterday's physics, but "Geography and Biology".

Zhu Gaoxu's knowledge of geography was enough to support a textbook, but his knowledge of biology was not enough, so he put the two subjects together.

Compared with physics, the content of "Geography and Biology" is like a storybook.

From "How the Earth Was Formed" to "How the Earth Born Life", the content of this day is more intuitive to students than physics.

The ancients wrote very early on in "Annotations to the Armillary Sphere" that "the sky is like a chicken's egg. The celestial bodies are round like projectiles, and the earth is like the yellow inside of a chicken. They live alone inside. The sky is big and the earth is small." But when Zhu Gaoxu combined the universe, the Milky Way, and the After the solar system, the relationship between the earth, the sun and the moon were explained one after another, the students' worldview was still impacted.

Especially when Zhu Gaoxu said that humans gradually evolved from single cells, this made students who believed that Nuwa created humans feel the collapse of their worldview.

Fortunately, they had unconditional trust in Zhu Gaoxu and would ask questions after recording the knowledge he told.

Zhu Gaoxu can answer these questions very well, and these answers are undoubtedly more representative than those legends.

In order to convince the students, Zhu Gaoxu even took out a simple microscope made by someone else.

Although it could not achieve the observation of one millionth of a millimeter in modern times and later generations, crude and simple microscopes still allowed students to see things that could not be seen with the naked eye.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how many times the size of things this microscope could observe, but he thought it should be no less than Leeuwenhoek's simple microscope in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

It has to be said that the emergence of microscopes opened a whole new world to students' vision. For the first time, they intuitively saw the internal structures of tiny animals and plants, as well as everything from the human body to plant fibers.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Gaoxu also explained to them the relationship between "microorganisms" and "medicine". However, when the students asked whether they would learn about microorganisms in the future, Zhu Gaoxu could only smile dumbly:

"I will learn, but there won't be many chapters, because there is too little knowledge in this area, and I don't have time to study it, so I can only rely on your observations and records after graduation."

"As long as we are good at observing and recording, this knowledge will be passed down from generation to generation, and one day our descendants will know more about microorganisms than we do."

"Many diseases that are considered incurable in this era will be conquered in the future and become diseases that can be cured everywhere."

"But whether it can develop to this point depends on whether any of you are willing to take this step."

Zhu Gaoxu explained with a smile, and then closed the textbook: "Okay, today's class ends here, you should have a good rest."

"Learn to walk slowly..."

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu say this, the students all stood up, bowed to Zhu Gaoxu, and respectfully sent him off.

Seeing them like this, Zhu Gaoxu also left with satisfaction. He knew that he had sown the seeds. As for whether and when the seeds would sprout, it was up to them.

"Teaching?"

Just as Zhu Gaoxu left the class, there was a sound of surprise from a house in the Xi'an neighborhood of Nanjing City, followed by laughter.

"As the crown prince of a country, he actually put down the government affairs and led a bunch of students to cause chaos. It is really the most ridiculous thing in the world."

In the central hall, Li Zhi, the Minister of Etiquette, who had not yet changed out of his regular clothes, couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing the news from the Imperial Academy.

He didn't think Zhu Gaoxu could teach anything new, he just thought it was Zhu Gaoxu putting on a show to gain fame.

"Let's see how long that one can last. I hope he doesn't become a laughing matter."

In another courtyard, Yang Shiqi, a bachelor, did not laugh at Zhu Gaoxu. After all, he suffered a lot from Zhu Gaoxu in the temple due to Xie Jin.

Even Xie Jin, who has a high self-esteem, dare not say that he is more versatile than Zhu Gaoxu, because they have truly studied the textbooks of Liaodong official school.

Although he failed to acquire all the knowledge, judging from some of the knowledge, Zhu Gaoxu may really be an all-rounder that has been hard to come by in hundreds of years.

Yang Shiqi doesn't think Zhu Gaoxu will put on a show for the so-called reputation. In his opinion, Zhu Gaoxu must have his own purpose in doing so.

"Tell me, if the prince puts those things from Liaodong into the imperial examination, can I, a student from Jiangzuo, still be able to cope with the imperial examination?"

Yang Shiqi closed his eyes to rest and subconsciously asked the steward of the mansion.

The steward was stunned when he heard this, and then replied: "Those things in Liaodong, except "Arithmetic", seem to be difficult to pass. It may not be that easy to pass the imperial examination."

"It is indeed not easy, but it is easy for that person." Yang Shiqi glanced at the steward: "Don't forget that person's identity."

Only then did the steward realize that Zhu Gaoxu was the prince, and he was also the prince with real power. He could be said to be half an emperor.

In addition, Zhu Gaoxu's relationship with the emperor was very close, so it was very difficult to drive a wedge between them.

Once the father and son decided to take these things to the imperial examination, it would be unlikely to happen even if the officials obstructed them.

Now the entire government and the public know that Liaodong Official School accommodates hundreds of thousands of students, a number second only to the official schools in South Zhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

Once these hundreds of thousands of students complete their studies, the temple will probably be transformed.

"Think of a way to see if we can get all the teaching materials in Liaodong and let the official schools in Jiangzuo implement them as teaching materials."

Yang Shiqi closed his eyes and rested his mind, but after thinking about it for a while, the steward shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the other bachelors will not agree."

"Hmph!" Hearing what the steward said, Yang Shiqi snorted coldly: "If you don't know how to adapt as an official or as a person, you will only suffer misfortunes and be abandoned by the people around you."

"Only by keeping a low profile can you live a long life." Yang Shiqi sighed as he spoke:

"As long as you live long, anything is possible..."

　"Records of Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty": "In May of the second year of the reign of Emperor Geng Shen, the prince was sent to run the Imperial College."

　　"Bohai Chronicles": "At the beginning of May, he set up the Imperial College in Yuhuatai and taught him personally. All the students regarded him as a genius of ancient and modern times and gathered hundreds of schools."

　　

　

(End of this chapter)