Mingshi

Chapter 1572 Textbooks
That is, Luo Xin will not fight for power in the cabinet with Gao Gong, but you, Gao Gong, should not interfere with our Ministry of Industry and make irresponsible remarks on the reform of the Ministry of Industry.

Gao Gong pondered for a few days, absolutely not to have conflicts with Luo Xin for the time being, because although Xu Jie left the cabinet, the Xu Party has not been disbanded, and it is still a huge force. His main political opponent is still the Xu Party. At this time It is very unwise to erect Luo Xin as a political opponent.

Therefore, Luo Xin suggested that the Academy be nominated as the name of the Engineering Academy, and Gao Gong did not object at all.Moreover, Luo Xin asked Emperor Longqing to bestow the name Gongyuan himself.

The Gongyuan was built on land provided by the imperial court, funded by the cabinet, and built by the Ministry of Industry.Therefore, Gongyuan is not a private school, but an academy belonging to the state, similar to the Imperial Academy.Of course, none of the court officials took the Academy of Engineering seriously, let alone compared the status of the Academy of Engineering with that of the Imperial College.

Because Luo Xin has already put forward the slogan of the engineering institute, which is to revitalize science and technology.

Technology?

Ha ha……

In the hearts of all officials, that is a group of craftsmen, will any scholars go to the engineering institute?Will someone go to the engineering college as a teacher?
Everyone was waiting to see Luo Xin's joke.

At this time, there were four people sitting in Luo Xin's duty room.Now Luo Xin is the second assistant of the cabinet, and has his own independent value house.Luo Xin was sitting at the top right now, with Lin Yuntong, Zhou Yu and Sha Lang sitting on both sides.

"Brother Hao De, how is the academy going?" Luo Xin asked softly.

"It's almost there!" Zhou Yu said excitedly: "Mr. Sharon and the others are really amazing, there are many ways to speed up the progress, get a few wheels, and use a rope to wind a few times, and they can lift a weight of several hundred catties. No, is this the technology you are talking about?"

"Not bad!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "You will see more technological power in the future. How long do you estimate it will take to complete the project?"

"Ten days, give me another ten days, and the project can be completely completed. Of course, this is only the first part of the project."

"This is enough for the time being. First we have a house for classes, and then we will build laboratories, dormitory buildings, etc., and surround the entire academy with walls. This will take a long time, and it will also require a lot of money. The 100 million allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs is simply not enough.”

"Then what should we do?" Zhou Yu asked anxiously.

Luo Xin looked at Sharon with a smile and said, "Mr. Sharon, how about the cement I asked you to test in Hangzhou?"

"It has been produced a long time ago, and I have not received your order, so it has not been produced."

"Okay!" Luo Xin said happily: "First build a kiln and start making cement. Then use cement to build houses and build walls. At the same time, the Academy will form a construction team to build houses for others in the future. By building houses, it will naturally The reputation of cement has started. This kind of house is strong, and it is not easy to catch fire, so it will definitely be popularized soon. At that time, we will only sell cement, and the academy will not be short of money."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin turned his head to look at Comrade Lin Yun again: "Brother Lin, how is the recruitment going?"

Lin Yuntong shook his head bitterly and said, "There are no scholars who are willing to come to our engineering institute to study, but we have recruited four scholars who are willing to come to teach in the academy."

"Only four talents were recruited!" A hint of disappointment appeared on Luo Xin's face.

"It's not easy." Lin Yuntong complained, "It's because these four scholars are too poor and can't survive, so they are willing to come to our engineering college to teach. Now you don't know how all the officials are making jokes Our Ministry of Industry."

"Four to four." Luo Xin said helplessly, "Have you recruited the students?"

Lin Yuntong shook his head and said, "It's impossible to recruit at all."

Luo Xin frowned and said, "How did you recruit?"

When this matter was mentioned, Lin Yun said with a tired face: "I visited many academies in the capital and surrounding areas, and posted notices, but no one came to our engineering institute, especially when I heard that we are here only for some technology. Rather than for the imperial examination, all you get is ridicule."

Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "Brother Lin, your way of recruiting students is wrong."

"Why not?" Lin Yuntong was not convinced.

"Those scholars, or those who have the qualifications to study, have already become stupid. They only think about the imperial examination, and they will become officials in the future. They will never consider our kind of engineering college that does not pay attention to the imperial examination. We should face those who do not have the qualifications to study. families. Those families usually send their children to various shops as apprentices, and they don’t get a single copper wage for a few years, but they have to trust someone to learn a life skill. There are even poor families , can't afford to raise children at all, and send children as slaves.

So, we should be dealing with these people.We don't charge tuition fees, and we take care of food and housing.In this way, students will definitely be received. "

"That's it!" Lin Yuntong thought for a while and said, "This is enough to attract students, and I can still receive a lot. However, such children do not know a single big character, and it takes only a few years to teach them how to read. Kung fu is simply impossible, what kind of technology does such a person use?"

"Literacy is not that troublesome, I will produce a textbook."

"Are you producing textbooks?" Lin Yuntong had a look of surprise on his face.

"En!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "It shouldn't be a problem to teach those children enough words within a year. Let's take two courses in the first year, Chinese and mathematics."

"Chinese and mathematics?"

"Chinese is literacy and teaching them the meaning of words, and mathematics is number among the six arts."

"Teach them how to read in one year?" Lin Yuntong's expression was even more surprised.

Luo Xin waved his hand and said, "I will know when the time comes. By the way, let those four scholars live in my residence today. Starting tonight, I will teach them some Chinese and mathematics knowledge every day. When you recruit all the students Now, they can teach those school children.”

"My lord, how many are you recruiting?"

Luo Xin pondered for a while and said: "Fifty people. When these 50 people are trained, we will have our own husband."

"Then... my lord!" Lin Yuntong hesitated and said, "Can I go to listen to your lord's lecture tonight?"

Luo knew confidently that this was because Lin Yuntong didn't believe in the textbooks he compiled, let alone that he could teach those schoolchildren enough words in one year.He nodded happily and said:
"Welcome." Then he turned to Zhou Yu and said, "Would you like to come and listen?"

"I wish for it!" Zhou Yu said with a smile, and he also had some disbelief in his heart. They are all people who studied hard in the cold window. How can it be so easy to learn to read?

The three studied the reform of the Ministry of Industry for a while, and then dispersed.

dusk.

Luo Xin, Zhou Yu, Haizheng, Zhang Xun, Tao Xingyan, Yun Zhiqiu, Xu Shixing, and Chen Yiqin stood at the door. Zhou Yu told several people that Luo Xin had compiled a textbook and that he was going to teach the four scholars today. A few people were very curious, and after they were on duty, they came to the Luo Mansion together with Luo Xin, and they were waiting for Lin Yuntong at the door.

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