I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 453: Good and Evil in One Thought
At the end of July in autumn, the capital was still shrouded in scorching heat, with only a slight breeze blowing from time to time.

Zhu Yijun wore a cross-collared, right-fronted, gold-woven robe, a twisted silk leather belt, a short blade, a footless fu hat, and deerskin boots.

Accompanied by Qi Yan and Fang Liang, he left Xi'an Gate and met Xiao Ruxun, Wang Fengmeng, Li Xuan, Chen Chengde and Chen Chengzong who were waiting for him.

Li Xuan was the younger half brother of Zhu Yijun's biological mother Li, and her uncle; Chen Chengde and Chen Chengzong were the sons of Chen Mingyan, the elder brother of Queen Chen, and were Zhu Yijun's cousins ​​in terms of legal terms.

The three of them often practiced riding and archery with Zhu Yijun in the Xiyuan training ground, and they became very familiar with each other.

After the eight people gathered, they walked westward along Fuchengmen Street, first passing Xicheng Public School.

This place used to be Guangji Temple, and was later changed to Yiniantang.

With the establishment of the Shaofujian, Yang Jinshui returned to Beijing to serve as the eunuch of the Shaofujian. The Yinian Hall affiliated with the Shaofujian was expanded into the Yinian Public School. The Guangji Temple was not enough, so they moved to the Chongxuan Temple, which was located between Xizhimen and Jishuitan, north of Xizhimen Street, and had more than twice the space.

Today Zhu Yijun and his group are going to Yinian Public School.

Along the streets and alleys on the east bank of the Xihe Canal, people walked in groups of three or four, like teenagers out for a walk, leisurely walking together.

They chattered and talked about everything under the sun, and from time to time there were bursts of hearty laughter, like strings of sunshine scattered from the sky, dazzling enough to attract the attention of passers-by.

Li Xuan, Chen Chengde and Chen Chengzong were of different generations and only one or two years apart in age. They had very similar personalities and were so eager to stick together day and night that they were jokingly called close friends who were inseparable.

Li Xuan has grown from a nine-year-old child to a seventeen-year-old boy, full of energy and the most lively.

He said with great joy: "Let me tell you, we at Yi Nian Public School are unrivaled in Cuju in the capital. Chongwen Public School, East, West, South, North and Four Cities Public School, Tongzhou and Jizhou Public Schools are no match for us, not to mention those girly academies like Dingde Academy and Wenchang Academy!

We can beat them to a pulp if we let them use their hands and feet."

Previously, Yiniantang was only a place for orphans of military martyrs and orphans from all over the country to go to school. Because Zhu Yijun attached great importance to it, the students were called Xiyuan Yulinlang.

Hu Zongxian, Tan Lun, Qi Jiguang, Wang Yi'e and other close officials of the Western Garden sent their children of school age to study at Yiniantang. Later, nobles and military commanders also sent their children to study here.

Li Xuan studied here for six years.

Yinian Public School quickly became one of the best schools in the capital, with more than 3,000 students aged six to sixteen. The chief academic officer was Li Zhi, and the left and right secretaries were Cai Maochun and Geng Dingli.

Other well-known professors included Wang Shizhen, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Yu Youding and other famous scholars, Li Chunfang, Zhao Zhenji, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Daokun and other bigwigs who would come to teach from time to time. When famous officials such as Hu Zongxian, Tan Lun, Wang Chonggu, Wang Yi'e, Huo Ji, Yin Zhengmao returned to Beijing to report on their work, they would be invited to take one or two introductory military and political courses.

The faculty is so strong that even a certain Wudaokou College in later generations cannot be compared with it.

Nearly half of the students who graduated from Yi Nian Public School were admitted to the Imperial Academy, some were admitted to colleges, and some were admitted to Qinghe Officer School and Xishan Military Academy.

I couldn't get into any of the above colleges, but there were still various research institutes vying for my admission.

The enrollment rate is as high as 10%.

These academies were originally training schools established by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Public Security to recruit scholars and train talents for their own departments. Seeing this method was a good idea, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Justice all submitted petitions to establish training schools directly under their respective departments to train officials for their own use.

Training institutes sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, and their scale continued to expand. Then the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple stepped in to merge the various training institutes and upgrade them to academies. Then several ministries and temples jointly supported them and shared resources, but they were all managed by the Taichang Temple.

The sponsors of Baita Academy were the Shaofujian, Taipu Temple and the Ministry of Works. It was built on the Baita Temple across the street from the Hongwu Military Academy. Its main subjects were mathematics and the study of things.

The sponsors of Jintai Academy were the Shaofujian, Taifu Temple and the Ministry of Revenue. After Jintai Hall was incorporated into the Imperial College, the original site was converted into Jintai Academy, with mathematics and accounting as its main subjects.

The sponsors of Wensi Academy were the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple and the Taichang Temple. It was established on the Wensi Academy opposite the Imperial Examination Hall. Its main subjects were mathematics and the selection of officials, the administration of foreign affairs, etiquette and propaganda.

The sponsors of Taiji Academy were the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate and the Dali Temple. They acted late and failed to grab a good location, so they rebuilt it in Taijichang, south of Chang'an Street in Chengqingfang, with the main subject being law.

Together with the medical school rebuilt from Berlin Temple, which was renamed Xinglin College, the Ming Dynasty's colleges of literature, law, medicine, science, and engineering were basically established.

Dingde Academy and Wenchang Academy were private academies established in the capital by some civil officials in the capital who realized that the situation was not good and gathered famous scholars from the north and south.

Running parallel to the public schools, the two sides were hostile to each other and looked down on each other.

Hearing Li Xuan's proud boast, Chen Chengzong chuckled and said, "Have you ever competed with Qinghe Non-commissioned Officers School and Xishan Military Academy?"

Li Xuan's expression quickly darkened. "We are just children. You actually want us to go and fight those warriors?"

Chen Chengde chuckled: "You guys only know how to pick on the weak! If you have the ability to sweep through Xishan Military Academy, Dagu Naval Academy and Hongwu Military Academy, then everyone will recognize that your Yi Nian Public School is unrivaled in the capital!"

Li Xuan's face became even uglier and everyone burst into laughter.

The educational philosophies of Dingde Academy, Wenchang Academy and Yinian Public School are completely different.

Yi Nian Public School teaches students in accordance with their aptitude, and develops both intellectually and physically.

Not to mention other things, they do morning exercises every day, regularly invite military academies for drills, and actively carry out various intellectual and physical sports such as Cuju, polo, archery, sumo, chess, Go, and opera.

Dingde Academy and Wenchang Academy still followed the traditional private school model, where students were taught and memorized all day long and could barely organize a Cuju team. They were completely at the bottom of the class and could only compete with public schools in chess, Go and opera.

Zhu Yijun stopped Xiao Ruxun and Wang Fengmeng, and the three of them walked together to ask them about their studies at the Xishan Military Academy.

Xiao Ruxun replied, "Sir, in the academy, we start with a musketeer and a cannonman, marching in formation and firing, or cleaning the barrel, stuffing the ammunition, and firing."

"Feeling deeply?"

"Yes, sir. Especially since I served as a musketeer for two weeks, listening to the drums, marching in formation, and then firing in a line, literally firing at the enemy's chest.

We call it queue shooting, some call it queue execution.

Instructor Xue told us that it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to face their formation shooting directly. Basically, after one to three rounds of shooting, the enemy will be thrown into disarray. At this time, charging forward with bayonets raised can completely defeat the enemy. But I still prefer cavalry, which is more exciting. "

Zhu Yijun nodded and asked Wang Fengmeng, "Hu Chen, what about you?"

"Sir, I like cannons. They are powerful enough. If we concentrate the cannons together and aim them at a certain point, we can create a big gap in a solid wall."

Zhu Yijun stared at him for a few seconds and said, "Okay, if you have an idea, spend some time to study it. Then go to the Shenwei Army Rifle Infantry Regiment for internship.

In the second half of the year, our dynasty will help North Korea to suppress civil unrest, and will draw the Shenwei Army's musket infantry regiment to further test the results of our reorganization of the new army in actual combat, and be prepared. "Xiao Ruxun and Wang Fengmeng looked at each other and were overjoyed.

The group chatted and laughed as they entered the Yi Nian Public School and were surprised to find that it was very quiet inside.

Qi Yan ran around and found Li Tingji, an assistant teacher at the public school.

Zhu Yijun often came to visit Yinian Public School and various colleges. When Li Tingji saw this, he immediately knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was here in disguise again.

"Li Tingji has met you, sir."

"Er Zhang, why is the public school so deserted today?" Zhu Yijun asked Li Zhi's fellow townsman and favorite student.

"Sir, most of the students from Yi Nian Public School went to Xishan Military Academy to participate in the championship match of the Gyeonggi Youth Cuju League, where Yi Nian Public School played against Chongwen Public School."

Chongwen Public School was the prefectural school of Shuntian Prefecture.

"Why did you go to Xishan Military Academy to hold the event?"

"Sir, Xishan Military Academy has the largest stadium in Gyeonggi Province, and the surrounding stands can accommodate five to six thousand people. The championship game is highly anticipated, and all the public school students in Gyeonggi Province are eager to watch it, so the Taichang Temple contacted Xishan Military Academy to hold it there."

"So that's it. There are no student teachers in the public school?"

Li Tingji quickly replied: "Sir, there are still students and teachers in the public school. The Imperial College entrance examination will be held next month, and the 400 students who are about to take the exam have to reluctantly give up the opportunity to watch the competition and stay in the public school for the final sprint.

The teachers also stayed in the public school to teach and answer questions for the students. "

"Okay!" Zhu Yijun turned around and looked at his companions, "Let's take a look around!"

"Sir, everyone, please!"

Li Tingji acted as a guide in front.

First, we came to the main courtyard, where there were two cypress trees, towering into the sky, with their shade covering half of the courtyard. Under the cypress trees on the left was the stone stele pavilion, in which stood the Yi Nian stone stele moved from the old site of Guangji Temple.

On the front is the phrase "One thought determines good and evil" written by Emperor Jiajing.

On the back is the inscription by Prime Minister Li Chunfang: "To uphold the classics and exercise power, each has its time. To care for the orphans and widows, it all depends on one thought."

In the middle is the main hall. The bronze statues of the Three Pure Ones inside had long been "taken away", saying that they were to be relocated to another blessed place, but in fact they had already quietly dissolved.

The main hall was emptied and slightly remodeled. The roof and surrounding windows were replaced with glass to allow for brighter light. It was then converted into a conference hall. Li Zhi and other famous scholars often gave lectures here.

When I went to the left courtyard, there was a teacher giving lectures on "Elementary Mathematics" and "Nature".

The textbook was written by Zhu Yijun.

Accounting, commerce, shipbuilding, smelting, mining, etc. are all inseparable from mathematics. Zhu Yijun sorted out elementary school mathematics, including geometry, and rewrote it in the current vernacular, naming it "Elementary Mathematics", which is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower.

The junior high school mathematics was also compiled into "Intermediate Mathematics", which is divided into two volumes, and the high school mathematics was compiled into "Advanced Mathematics", which is also divided into two volumes.

High school is the time when a person has the most extensive knowledge and the deepest memory. If you can remember the general idea of ​​high school math, it's barely acceptable.

How can we still remember elementary and middle school mathematics after such a long time? Is the key to being able to reproduce it systematically?
Alas, others may have only learned it once, but senior civil servant Zhu Yijun learned it three times.

I learned it once when I was in school, learned it once with my eldest daughter, and then learned it again with my youngest daughter. It's hard not to remember it!
At that time, Daming Public School was equivalent to elementary to secondary education, which belonged to basic education. The learning content was "Chinese", "Elementary Mathematics" and "Nature" which explained simple physics and chemistry knowledge.

When you enter the Imperial College and various colleges and start your specialized studies, "Intermediate Mathematics" and "Investigating Things and Extending Knowledge", which is written based on some of the physics and chemistry knowledge of middle school, are the public basic courses.

Wensi College, Taiji College and Xinglin College are also required to study, but their exam questions are much less difficult.

Establish logical thinking through mathematics and cultivate scientific concepts through physics and chemistry. Only such subtle influence can pull the students of the Ming Dynasty out of blindly studying the scriptures of sages and transform their thinking from a philosophical basis to a scientific basis.

Zhu Yijun saw a teacher who was giving a very exciting lecture. He spoke eloquently, citing classics and making arguments in a coherent manner. However, the subject he was talking about was Nature.

He could easily quote allusions from ancient books of previous dynasties such as "Mengxi Bitan", "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Book of Han".

"Who is this teacher?"

Li Tingji replied, "Sir, he is Li Mingchun Li Ziyang, the third place winner of the Wuchen Imperial Examination in the second year of Longqing, a member of the Imperial Academy, and now a member of the Ministry of Personnel of the Censorate. He has also been hired as a professor at the Imperial Academy and a teacher at Yi Nian Public School."

Zhu Yijun was very surprised. Why was he so good at explaining "Nature" when he was the third place in the imperial examination?

"Sir, Li Ziyang is a student of Shanghai Longhua Public School, formerly Longhua Academy. It is said that he was very smart and had a photographic memory. At the age of seven, he loved reading miscellaneous books such as "Mengxi Bitan", "Qimin Yaoshu", and "Jiuzhang Suanjing". At the age of ten, he studied "Zizhi Tongjian" and at the age of fifteen, he studied "Yijing". He once came to Yi Nian Tang to exchange and study, and became a disciple of Mr. Zhuo Wu. He was praised as a genius of the ages."

Li Tingji's introduction made Zhu Yijun and his colleagues marvel.

Then we turned to another classroom, where a teacher was teaching the second volume of "Elementary Mathematics". He used the allusions in "Shui Jing Zhu" and "Gan Shi Xing Jing" as examples, and the students were listening with great interest.

"Who is this?"

"Sir, this is Shen Wanxiang, Shen Qianhe. He was ranked fifth in the first class of the Wuchen exam in the second year of the Longqing reign. He is from the Xiangshan Public School in Ningbo, which was previously known as the Xiangshan Academy. He is also a young genius."

Everyone looked at each other, wondering when did young geniuses become so worthless.

Your Excellency is a young genius who had been praised by the late Emperor Jiajing, and here he suddenly meets two of them.

Zhu Yijun knew clearly that Longhua Academy and Xiangshan Academy were founded under Yang Jinshui's instructions when he was the Southeast Office of the Coordination Office, and were strongly funded by the Donghai Maritime Merchants Group.

It makes sense that a large number of bright young people were carefully selected from several southeastern provinces and trained with great effort, and two young geniuses emerged.

Suddenly a voice broke the silence on campus.

"Zi Yang, Qian He, something bad has happened! Li Si Ye is here too! Quick, quick! Someone is knocking on our door!"

A man in a green robe came running over and shouted loudly.

(End of this chapter)