Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Jiang Dejing, president of Shiceke-Guigu Academy;

Military Affairs Department - He Rubin, President of Sun Tzu Academy.

Among them, a more special person is Chen Zilong.

He studied under Xu Guangqi several years earlier than recorded in history books, and was revising the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" for him.

These deans were personally appointed by Zhu Youxiao and selected from a large number of officials.

Each of them is an outstanding representative in their respective subjects, but of course they are slightly inferior to top masters such as Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing, and Wu Youxing.

The big names are all doing big things, so they don’t have so much time to teach and manage students.

Zhu Youxiao also gave them the title of honorary dean.

When appropriate, they will also come and give lectures to the students.

As for normal times, of course, let them continue to develop technology for the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao could not recognize the people kneeling behind these deans, as they were all professional professors and teachers recruited by these deans themselves.

Thousands of people knelt there and cried out "Long live the emperor!" It was a huge scene.

Prince Xin, Wen Tiren and other people did not dare to accept this gift, and hurriedly jumped off the ox cart and stood aside.

Zhu Youxiao had seen the design drawings of the academy. On the gate, it was simply marked as 66 feet high and 99 feet wide.

At this moment, he stood in front of the gate and deeply felt its grandeur and awe-inspiring atmosphere.

Under the large horizontal plaque that reads "Shanhe Academy", there is another slightly smaller vertical plaque with three large characters inscribed on it - Jiwumen!

The kneeling of Meng Shaoyu and others below made the huge basalt statues on both sides of the gate look even more majestic.

Zhu Youxiao calmed down his inner turmoil a little, looked at everyone and spoke.

"Let's all get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Meng Shaoyu and everyone else stood up.

Zhu Youxiao got out of the car and walked forward.

"Everyone has worked hard. Tomorrow is the opening ceremony. Go and get busy. Minister Meng and Dean Feng can stay and keep me company."

"We obey your order!" Everyone left in response.

Prince Xin and his men then surrounded them again.

He scratched his head and said with a smile: "Royal brother, when I heard about the construction of Shanhe Academy before, I was actually against it. Now it seems that you are wise after all!"

"Compared with the Shanhe Academy, the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy in the capital are nothing!"

Wen Tiren interrupted, "Of course not. Your Majesty is wise and wise, as deep as the sea and as vast as the sky!"

"Okay, stop blowing..."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and walked towards Feng Qiao.

"Come on, take me on a tour of our Shanhe Academy."

"Your Majesty, please!"

Feng Qiao walked aside and pointed at the gate.

"Your Majesty must have seen the blueprints. This is the northern gate of our Shanhe Academy - Jiwu Gate."

"The four gates of our academy are named after the four provinces of mountains and rivers and the four sacred beasts. Jiwu Gate is the Xuanwu of Hebei."

"The other three gates are Yuque Gate, Jinhu Gate, and Lulong Gate. They are all 66 feet high and 99 feet long..."

Upon hearing this, Prince Xin looked at the Xuanwu statues on both sides and exclaimed, "Awesome! This gate is no worse than the Xuanwu Gate in our imperial city!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Tiren quickly advised: "Your Highness Prince Xin, please be careful with your words!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but glare at him: "I'm just listening to a lecture, why are you making such a fuss!"

"Let's go in!"

After he said that, he strode into Jiwu Gate, and the others followed closely behind him.

Wen Tiren was scolded and dared not say anything anymore.

Prince Xin was standing by and making faces at him from time to time, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Meng Shaoyu followed behind silently. It was not his turn to introduce himself, so he was happy to have nothing to do.

Zhu Youxiao entered the gate and saw a vast expanse of space in front of him.

The avenue is straight, with lush flowers and trees on both sides, and palaces and pavilions built in between in an orderly manner, which is pleasing to the mind.

He looked at the tall tower in the distance and his heart was filled with emotion.

"I really didn't expect that you could build Shanhe Academy to such a scale in less than a year!"

Feng Qiao was also very moved when she heard this: "Yes!"

"The six thousand mu project was built just like that. Thinking about it now, it feels like a dream!"

Meng Shaoyu finally found an opportunity to speak.

"Yes, the scale of the project and the number of people involved are unprecedented in my life!"

"Two hundred thousand people, not only civilians, but also students from four provinces participated in the construction. It is really amazing!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this: "Two hundred thousand people, so many! There are even students participating in the construction?"

This number of people was indeed beyond his expectations, twice as many as the number Wu Chunfu needed to build the cement road.

What was even more unexpected to him was that the students also came to work!

Meng Shaoyu stroked his beard and recalled the scene at that time, feeling quite emotional.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"When the students heard that His Majesty was going to build a top university in the future of Ming Dynasty at the junction of the four provinces and the capital, they were all excited and came to help enthusiastically."

"They say as long as we provide food and lodging, we don't need to pay wages!"

"Your Majesty, you didn't see that they worked harder than the laborers!"

"Students from the four provinces are so eager to learn that I am deeply moved!"

Meng Shaoyu became more and more excited as he spoke: "Your Majesty, my Great Ming has such students, so why should we worry about not prospering!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao looked towards the tall tower in the distance, his heart beating fast.

The road to imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty was too narrow.

The higher you go, the fewer opportunities you have to pursue further studies and succeed.

Students, it’s hard!

Feng Qiaoze smiled and said, "This is a good thing. The students' hands-on ability has been greatly improved by participating in the construction. I have also discovered several good architectural talents among them."

Zhu Youxiao was very pleased: "That's great. Ability comes from practice. In the future, each college must have its own practice base or laboratory."

Meng Shaoyu said: "Your Majesty is right. The first batch of students in our Shanhe Academy should have the strongest hands-on ability among all the students in the future."

"Among them, there are not only those who have never participated in the imperial examination, but also those who failed the current or previous examinations. They all participated in the construction of the academy and were directly admitted. Currently, the total number of students in the academy has reached 38,600."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Good guy.

This is like building a university for yourself with your own hands!

Awesome!

Feng Qiao bowed to Zhu Youxiao sincerely and said, "I am extremely grateful to Your Majesty for giving me the opportunity to accomplish such an amazing feat!"

Zhu Youxiao helped him up and encouraged him: "I am the one who should be thanked!"

"President Feng, you are the first imperial architect of the Ming Dynasty. You are the only one who can take care of this project."

"I hope you will share your secrets with us in the future and train more outstanding architects for our Ming Dynasty!"

"I will certainly teach you everything I know and live up to your majesty's high expectations!"

At this time, Prince Xin pointed to the tall towers and pavilions in the distance and asked, "Dean Feng, what is that place?"

Chapter 463: Sun and Moon, Mountains and Rivers Forever

When Feng Qiao heard Prince Xin's question, she quickly answered respectfully.

"Reply to Your Highness, that is the center of our Shanhe Academy - the Tai Chi Diagram."

"Our entire academy is centered around this, with four gates of sacred beasts on the outside, and the middle area is composed of the eight new departments Your Majesty has opened: commerce, agriculture and animal husbandry, craftsmanship, alchemy, accounting, criminal law, current affairs, and military affairs. We will set up eight academies according to the directions of the eight trigrams."

"Among them, the craftsmanship department is divided into Lu Ban Architecture College and Mozi Mechanical College; the alchemy department is divided into Bian Que Medical College and Ge Hong Chemical College."

"The academy currently has ten schools, called the Eight Departments and Ten Colleges."

“The western corner of the academy is a large living community.”

"In each college, there is also accommodation for teachers and students."

When Prince Xin heard this, he felt that the CPU was a little overheated.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm asking about the tall tower and the pavilion on the Tai Chi diagram. Why are you talking to me so much..."

Feng Qiao smiled awkwardly: "I am indeed too long-winded, Your Highness, please forgive me."

Zhu Youxiao pointed directly at the tower and said:

"I'm here to tell you."

"This tower is called the Mountain and River Tower, and this pavilion is called the Sun and Moon Pavilion!"

"A tower and a pavilion, built at the center of the yin and yang poles of the Tai Chi diagram."

"Right in front of the Sun and Moon Pavilion, there is a large square that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. It is called Fenghua Square."

"Put together, it represents the eternal glory of our Great Ming Dynasty, the eternal splendor of the sun and the moon, and the eternal existence of the mountains and rivers!"

Wen Tiren quickly echoed: "Your Majesty is wise, our Ming Dynasty will surely be glorious and prosperous, and our mountains and rivers will last forever!"

"Well said, my brother!"

Prince Xin couldn't help but applaud when he heard this.

"Then what are the Mountain and River Tower and Sun and Moon Pavilion used for?"

Zhu Youxiao:......

Brother, you have a strong desire for knowledge!

You think it's a hundred thousand whys...

I am too lazy to answer you.

"Dean Feng, this is your specialty, you do it."

Feng Qiao immediately smiled and walked forward.

"Then your majesty, let's talk while we walk."

"Let's go to Sun and Moon Pavilion."

So, the group walked towards the Sun and Moon Pavilion.

Zhu Youxiao stepped on the flat floor tiles, feeling fortunate that cement had not yet been produced when the academy was built.

Otherwise, if the whole place was paved with cement, it would lose a lot of its charm.

This main road at the north gate is quite wide, as wide as the main gate, and leads directly to the foot of the Shanhe Tower.

There are many students walking on the road, and it is quite lively.

Whenever they passed by, they would smile and call out to Feng Qiao, "Hello, Dean Feng!"

During the nearly one year of construction work, students often saw Mr. Feng busy at the construction site, and they all knew that he was a great contributor to the construction of the academy.

Although they were not students of his college, they all respected him and were grateful to him.

Whenever someone greeted him, he would respond warmly: "Hello, classmate!"

Prince Xin was getting a little impatient.