Chapter 148 Founding a University and Military Academy
"Your Highness, please make it clear."
Wang Yuan was very curious when he heard Guo Tianyi's words.
The same goes for other officials.
If we want to drastically reform the internal affairs, the interests of the nobles will inevitably be affected.
Whenever policies are issued, if the problems of the world's nobles are not properly handled, troubles will easily occur.
"This prince wants to establish a university."
"The university holds a session every four years. Some of the places will be selected by outstanding students from the noble families in various places who pass the assessment and can enter the college to study at their own expense. In addition, some free places will be provided for students from poor families."
"After graduation, these students can be assigned to serve in various ministries directly based on their examination results."
Guo Tianyi's majestic voice rang out, and the whole court was shocked.
Most of them were carefully trying to figure out what Guo Tianyi meant, their eyes getting brighter and brighter.
What is lacking in Dafeng today?
It's talent.
To promote filial piety and honesty, the recommendation system has advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that some important officials are recommended, and rubbish are rarely recommended.
On the other hand, it also accelerated the growth of the group.
However, there is a bigger drawback.
That is, the number of civil servants is far less than that of military generals.
Why?
Because of Dafeng's system, anyone who joins the army can be promoted as long as they have military merit.
The larger the military industry, the faster the promotion.
You can even be given a title.
The speed of accumulating military merit is much faster than your intrigues in officialdom.
Another point is that the higher the position, the less willing officials are to recommend talents easily.
Such as Wang Yuan, Yan Xiliang and others.
Their students are also actively recommended by other officials.
Officials with rank five or above basically rely on political performance for promotion.
The literati of this era have the best reputation.
Especially the veterans in the court pay more attention to reputation.
If there is something wrong with the person who recommended him, he is a person with evil intentions, he is a loser, and if something goes wrong after he is recommended, his reputation will be ruined for the rest of his life.
The examination Guo Tianyi mentioned was exactly the idea of the imperial examination system.
The imperial examination system was the most perfect talent selection method in feudal society.
If a disciple from a poor family wants to get ahead, he must take the imperial examination for ten years.
Guo Tianyi established the university to speed up the cultivation of talents.
It will be implemented on a small scale in the capital city first. After completing the studies, you can take an exam to determine your level. No talent will be missed, and no one who is just a fool will be let go.
"Prince Shengming, I second the proposal."
"Prince Shengming, I second the proposal."
"Prince Shengming, I second the proposal."
"..."
All civil and military officials in the court spoke respectfully and agreed with this policy.
Yan Xiliang frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, establishing a university is a great blessing. But how should the university teachers arrange it?"
Yan Xiliang has his own unique insights.
Nowadays, various academic schools are not convinced by other schools, and students from various schools often fight with each other among the people.
Going to people's homes to debate and poach people is still light.
In serious cases, they may take action directly or even get into a fight.
Everyone thinks that their own academic school is the best and the best way to govern the country.
A single Confucian school can be divided into many schools due to different regions.
Within Confucianism, there are radicals, conservatives, and sour Confucians...
Therefore, it is certainly a good thing to open a university.
But if the academic teacher arrangement is not good, problems will naturally arise.
Will I still take the exam then?
Whichever school is more powerful will be the students of that school when they graduate.
The network of relationships has grown beyond imagination.
Although the officials in the imperial court also had party disputes, they still paid attention to face, and at most they were intrigues.
If these young people stick together, they will cause trouble.
"Prime Minister, there is no need to worry too much." Guo Tianyi smiled slightly and said calmly, "I have already considered the academic content of the university and the world's students, including the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as many classics such as astronomy and geography."
"Your Highness, what are the Four Books and Five Classics?" Yan Xiliang widened his eyes and looked at Guo Tianyi and said blankly.
The same is true for the other courtiers.
There are so many classics, which classics is Your Highness talking about?
The various schools of thought in this era are far from evolving and integrating like ancient China, so there is no concept of the Four Books and Five Classics.
"Everyone."
"These four books are The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, and Mencius."
"The teachings of Confucius and Mencius are not classified in any order, they are a compulsory course."
"The Five Classics are the Poetry, the Book, the Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Annals."
"For the rest of the courses, teachers from Mohist schools and other schools are chosen to teach astronomy, geography and other academic subjects."
"In addition, many disciplines such as law and agriculture must be established..."
"What this prince wants is not who among the hundreds of families is strong or weak, but what he wants is a unified Dafeng with a prosperous culture."
"All students are indispensable in terms of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and physical skills."
Guo Tianyi directly transferred the education system of ancient China from later generations.
It is foreseeable that after a few generations, family status will not be as obvious as it is now.
How can it be useless for every student to read poetry and books and gather the strengths of various schools?
"Your Highness, I admire you!"
Yan Xiliang was so shocked that he couldn't even find any reason to refute, and bowed to Guo Tianyi.
The same is true for the rest of the people.
Guo Tianyi's mind is not only tolerant of all things, but can even resolve the differences between academic schools. Is this the number one problem that has troubled them for countless years?
But everyone also knows that completely eliminating family distinction cannot be accomplished in one generation.
It takes time, and after a long time, the current social landscape will naturally change.
The ministers expressed their congratulations, and Guo Tianyi stretched out his hand to press the air, and the sounds in the court immediately stopped.
Later, Guo Tianyi continued, "In addition, in addition to universities, this prince will also establish a Royal Military Academy and select talents from all walks of life to enter the military academy to learn martial arts and how to lead troops."
I want to be powerful and prosperous.
The army must be strong.
A strong country and a strong army are indispensable.
Guo Tianyi himself plans to become the honorary president of the Royal Military Academy and vigorously cultivate talents.
Those who can sign up for the Royal Military Academy will become basic officers in the future.
One thousand of his personal guards have been trained by him, and some of them can be used as instructors at all levels.
And one's own advanced military concepts are undoubtedly the most valuable asset.
In this way, all generals in the world will come from the Royal Military Academy.
From the day they are admitted to the hospital, we must cultivate students' patriotism, loyalty to the country, the people, and the imperial power.
He is also the dean, so theoretically all the students in each class are his students.
The students have a sense of belonging and there is no need to consider their level of loyalty.
Moreover, all generals in this era basically had a master when they entered the army, but depending on the level of the master, the level of the generals also varied.
The art of war is even rarer. For example, only Guo Tianyi has learned all of the art of war written by Yuwen Yuanzhen.
As soon as these words came out, Wang Yuan was shocked and said, "Your Highness, if the Royal Military Academy is opened, a large number of people will sign up to attend the military academy. Will there be very few people in the university?"
Because the military industry is the fastest to come, and there is a strong emphasis on martial arts, and there are many knights among the people, there are absolutely countless people who are willing to join the army.
In addition, after graduating from the Royal Military Academy, he became a junior officer. There must be people who are eager to join this kind of good thing.
Chapter completed!