The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 180 Four Major Colleges
And it’s open to both men and women.

Women can also come here. The three colleges run by the Imperial College will also recruit a group of female students.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, there was an immediate uproar among the people and the martial arts world.

Doctors and bigwigs in government offices all hold high status and influence even in the martial arts world.

The fact that it is not limited to either gender has also caused quite a stir.

Among the common people and the martial arts world, many doctors, craftsmen, and people who are skilled in mechanical engineering are tempted.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is now on the rise, and being able to eat the official food of the Ming Dynasty court is a good choice.

Judging from past events, Emperor Shengwu was obviously not a stingy person.

In addition, many people are also tempted by the idea of ​​teaching a large number of disciples, and some even remember what Emperor Shengwu once said about conferring titles.

Of course, there are also many people who don't care.

How can the family skills of gatekeeping be passed down to outsiders?
For these three colleges, there are actually four colleges, and a business school.

However, there is no need to worry about the faculty of the business school, as the court can still afford it and there is no need for public recruitment.

Zhu Houzhao attached great importance to these four colleges.

There is no need to mention doctors. There is a shortage of them throughout the Ming Dynasty, and even more so in the army.

In terms of craftsmen, building cities, roads, buildings, weapons, armor, etc., which one does not require craftsmen?
The effect of mechanical technology may seem insignificant, but Zhu Houzhao had high hopes for it.

What if mechanical engineering could create more powerful bows and crossbows, muskets, and more convenient civilian farm tools?
Not to mention the merchants, the effects of the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce were seen by all the civil and military officials in the court.

He now deeply understood the truth that one cannot get rich without business.

The Ming Dynasty is so big, and the world is so vast. The Ming Dynasty needs more businessmen, including doctors, craftsmen, and talents in mechanical engineering.

Only in this way can the Ming Dynasty become more powerful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and even conquer the world.

To this end, Zhu Houzhao had previously mobilized the power of the court and brought together several real experts in these fields.

On July 1, Zhu Houzhao personally met these people in the Qianqing Palace.

A master of mechanical invention, Ling Ling Fa and Ling Ling Dog of the Baolong clan.

Under the Qinglong Society, there is Zhu Ting, a well-known master craftsman in the martial arts world. He is also a craftsman.

It is said that it can make all kinds of mechanisms, hidden weapons and tools.

In terms of mechanical engineering and craftsmanship, there are few people in the entire Ming Dynasty martial arts world who can match him.

In terms of medical skills, there are Xia Ying who wrote Lingshu Jingmai Wing, Sai Huatuo in Jinyiwei, Ping Yizhi, a famous doctor from the Sun and Moon Sect who was good at killing people, and the very famous female doctors Tan Yunxian and He Yanrong.

Zhu Houzhao ignored the court doctors. He didn't trust those people at all.

His father and grandfather were both killed by those people.

Maybe there is no conspiracy, but it is true that they are not very good at medicine.

Especially Liu Wentai, who treated both his grandfather and his father successively.

He had been imprisoned a long time ago and has been locked up in jail until now.

At first, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian wanted to protect this person.

As for the craftsmen, there were two middle-aged men from the Ministry of Works, and Zhu Ting.

As for the businessman, it was Fan Fenyang who was in the capital at that time.

"See Your Majesty!"

A total of eleven people saluted in unison.

Most of them had never seen the renowned Emperor Shengwu. Although they were the best in their own fields, or even the best in the world, they were nothing in front of the Emperor Shengwu, so they couldn't help feeling nervous.

"No need to be so polite." Zhu Houzhao looked at the people in front of him with satisfaction and said kindly: "You are all rare talents in my Ming Dynasty. I feel happy just looking at you."

Fan Fenyang and the Baolong clan, who knew His Majesty's character, were not surprised. The others felt that His Majesty was not arrogant and couldn't help but relax a little.

"You all know the purpose of my summoning you.

This time, the Imperial College will establish four colleges to teach students medicine, craftsmanship, machinery, and business skills respectively.

The three colleges of craftsmen, government officials, and merchants will each recruit 1,000 people initially.

In terms of government agencies and businessmen, there are 900 male students and 100 female students respectively.

The medical school needs more people, so let's start by recruiting 5,000 people, 4,000 male students and 1,000 female students.

If you have any questions, just ask." Zhu Houzhao said enthusiastically.

The eleven people present were all stunned.

so many people!

Especially the five people who studied medicine felt their scalps tingling.

Five thousand people!
A doctor can only teach a few disciples in his lifetime. How can he teach five thousand people?
Isn't this nonsense?
But no matter how they thought about it, they naturally did not dare to accuse the emperor of being ridiculous.

As they stared at each other, Fan Fenyang spoke first, frowning slightly and saying, “Your Majesty, doing business also requires talent, and students cannot just recruit people casually.

As for the female students, will they be allowed to join the court and become officials in the future?"

“In terms of recruitment, each of your four colleges can set your own standards and select students with a little talent.

As for female students, this is not a problem at all. We have female detectives in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more and more female doctors and female shopkeepers in the folk. It will be no problem for them to become officials in the future.

Don't underestimate the power of women, many women have much better talents than men." Zhu Houzhao looked at everyone seriously and said.

Tan Yunxian and He Yanrong immediately felt a strong liking for each other.

"I understand. I will mobilize some officials to serve as teachers, set assessment standards, recruit students, and research the corresponding teaching materials as soon as possible. I have no other questions." Fan Fenyang said.

Relatively speaking, business school is the easiest because the court has the Ministry of Commerce, which is the biggest support for business school.

Teachers, money, future prospects, etc. are all there. All we need to do is find out what His Majesty thinks. "Well, what do you guys want to say? Feel free to ask for anything." Zhu Houzhao looked at the others and said generously.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it would be very expensive to invent a mechanism.

Moreover, it is far from enough for the three of us to teach a thousand people." Ling Ling Fa said immediately.

"As for money, don't worry about it, I guarantee you will never lack it.

I will personally serve as the Imperial College's chief academic officer from now on. The chief academic officer is an honest official.
Whatever you need, just tell him and I will solve it for you.

You are in need of teachers. I know that the Jinyiwei is recruiting teachers for you from all over the country. "Zhu Houzhao said generously.

The mechanical engineers and craftsmen all nodded secretly, and there were no other questions.

Finally, the medical school with the biggest problems remained.

"Your Majesty, medicine covers a wide range of areas. Some are good at treating difficult and complicated diseases, some are good at treating gynecology and children, and some are good at treating surface injuries and other surgical procedures. We are all good at different things.

The tradition of medical tradition is to recruit apprentices from a young age, and it takes decades to train a qualified doctor.

I'm afraid we really can't teach these five thousand people." Xia Ying said bitterly.

Others like Sai Huatuo and Ping Yizhi also nodded.

"Your medical school is indeed difficult, but I have thought of it for you.

First, I will recruit more doctors to be your teachers.

Second, I don’t require you to train well-rounded doctors. You can specialize in certain subjects.

For example, the military needs doctors who can treat injuries sustained in training or on the battlefield.

You divide medicine into several major subjects. After recruiting good students, you teach them the introductory content of all these subjects in the first year.

In the second year, students are allowed to choose one subject according to their preferences and strengths and study it in depth.

It is indeed difficult to train a comprehensive doctor, but it is much easier to train a doctor who specializes in a particular field.”

“The same is true for other colleges, which try to divide the organs, craftsmen, and merchants into several major departments.

Our goal is to train talents in one area as quickly as possible.

After four years, they will undergo a unified assessment and the results will be divided into three grades.

Failed, passed, excellent.

Those who fail will be expelled from the college.

Those who pass can be issued a certificate and allowed to go to work.

Those who excel can stay in the college for in-depth study.

This is what I came up with. What do you think? Feel free to tell me what you think.

After all, I am not a professional, so it is normal that I am not thoughtful enough. " Zhu Houzhao said with some pride.

Xia Ying and Ping Yizhi exchanged glances.

Cultivate students with outstanding academic performance!
Although they think it is inappropriate, and even think that such people are not worthy of being their disciples, it is not impossible if they seek to cultivate talents in one subject as quickly as possible.

Furthermore, those who perform well in the assessment will undoubtedly be geniuses, and can be further trained to become their true disciples.

Ling Lingfa and others also thought that this was a good idea.

In general, the goal is to cultivate a large number of mid-level talents with their own strengths, select the real geniuses from them, and then train them in depth.

No one has an opinion.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao said happily: "I have already prepared the addresses for your four colleges, they are big enough.

The rest is up to you.

You can discuss the writing of teaching materials, recruiting students, etc. on your own.

As for your rank, the Imperial College will be completely different from before, and I, the chief academic officer, will be promoted to the second rank.

The Siye is a third-rank official.

There is no dean of the four major colleges who is of the third rank at the moment. I will select one from among you in the future.

There is no dean, and you are all vice-deans, of the fourth rank.

The other teachers are divided into three grades according to their abilities. You are responsible for assessing the abilities of the teachers from the four major colleges and dividing them into grades.

First class is fifth grade, second class is sixth grade, third class is seventh grade.

In addition, there are some clerical positions.

This is the general system of the four major colleges. Do you have any opinions?"

Before he finished speaking, everyone except Fan Fenyang felt a little dizzy.

This is the fourth rank!

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau is only a fifth-rank official!
Especially the two from the Ministry of Industry, they felt weak all over.

Can they become such high-ranking officials?
If the emperor before them had not said it himself, they would not have believed it at all.

The emperor attaches too much importance to the four major colleges!

Ping Yizhi, who had originally been somewhat reluctant to come here, immediately changed his attitude.

You came at the right time!
What Saint Lady, what martial arts grudges, even the Eastern Cult Master, I——

Well, the Eastern Patriarch is also a member of the imperial court, so he should still be respected.

As for the others, haha, they are just rough men in the world, who should I be afraid of?

(Chapter 1.)
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