The emperor has been planning to build a school for more than a year.
From the very beginning, various Daoist temples were fighting against the autumn wind, but later they dug into their own funds and added a lot to it.
I spent a lot of money on this trip.
As an emperor, it was rare for an emperor to personally intervene in matters, but it was rare for almost no one to take it seriously.
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng has not visited once in more than a year, we know what his status is in the hearts of the courtiers - a little emperor playing house.
But in contrast, the emperor himself seemed to attach great importance to it.
Not only did he hold the money bag with his own hands, but he also frequently inspected it. Even Cheng Dawei, a low-ranking official, was able to enter Xiyuan without any hindrance.
It's okay if I didn't have time in the past, but since Zhang Juzheng is here today, I can't help but be curious and want to take a look around.
Faced with the student's suggestion, Xu Jie was a little annoyed when the topic was diverted, but he still reluctantly nodded and agreed.
The two had a symbolic tea and chatted about family matters, such as how Zhang's father was doing, when Xu Jie's family would come to Beijing to take care of him, and whether he needed regular care from his disciples.
After Gaila finished doing her chores, the two of them walked out of the room together.
Look around.
Zhang Juzheng wanted to change the subject, so he took the initiative to ask about the college.
"Teacher, I heard that the academy does not teach classics, but only arithmetic?"
This is why the courtiers only regarded it as the emperor's personal hobby and never paid attention to it.
If you don’t study the classics, how can you take the imperial examination?
How can I become an official without taking the imperial examination?
Furthermore, when it comes to calculations, they are not worth mentioning.
Although astronomy was banned in the Ming Dynasty, books of prophecies and illustrations occasionally involved calculations, so people generally did not learn profound skills in calculations.
But it is not possible to learn it among the people, but the Imperial Academy can teach it - "I learned from the "Four Masters" in addition to the original classics, as well as Liu Xiang's Shuoyuan, laws and regulations, books, numbers, and "Imperial Imperial Edict".
This is a journey, and there is nothing that a student with an orthodox background cannot learn.
The Imperial College also has a collection of banned books on the market. A figure who cannot be ostentatious among the people can also be a doctor of general knowledge in the Imperial College.
It's just because he didn't take the imperial examination and the food was tasteless.
Therefore, the academy established by the emperor specializes in teaching arithmetic. When students from the Imperial College passed by, they would often mock him with the words "Ya Hui".
Xu Jie shook his head, with a playful look on his face: "It's true that you don't want to learn the classics, but it's not just about counting. In the past six months, besides counting, there have been more and more things."
"Since we are talking about calculations, let me show you the calculations first."
The floor of the college is paved with bluestone slabs, and the walls are painted red.
It doesn't have the charm of the old yamen that has accumulated for many years, but it has a brand-new feeling.
Zhang Juzheng followed Xu Jie and looked around.
Unlike serious schools like the Imperial College, where there are a lot of people in their thirties and forties, here there are mostly teenagers and even children of five or six years old.
Xu Jie took a glance and explained: "Most of these are the children of the Xungui family. When I came here, they were all the children of the Xungui family. Although I have recruited some other students elsewhere, the majority are still the children of the Xungui family."
"Most of them are bastards who have not been able to pass on the title of nobility. They have dates but don't have dates."
Zhang Juzheng occasionally saw some familiar faces, such as the grandson of the British Duke Zhang Rong's family and the youngest son of Taining Marquis Chen Liangbi.
He asked curiously: "What benefits did your Majesty promise?"
In private, some things were said without so much care.
His Majesty's ability to draw cakes to satisfy his hunger is second to none. Anyone who has worked for the emperor has experienced it to some extent.
At this time, Xu Jie suddenly raised his nostrils and said cautiously: "I have reorganized the academic system for your majesty. After the year, I should go to the cabinet to draw up votes."
Zhang Juzheng didn't ask any questions and just looked at Xu Jie quietly.
Xu Jie remained reserved for a while, not hearing any movement, and clicked his tongue angrily.
He still said: "Unlike officials, there is no rank. They are only used within the academy and are not transferred to outsiders."
"When you first become a 'student', you will be taught by studying in the courtyard, and will be in charge of accommodation. You will receive two stones of rice per month and two pieces of clothing for each season."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Juzheng: "How do ordinary people go to school? Is there education but no distinction?"
It is not uncommon to receive rice and clothes. The Imperial College and the Prefecture School all have this benefit.
But there are thresholds for the Imperial College. You must at least be successful, otherwise anyone can come to receive rice, and the people have already flocked to it.
And he doesn't seem to see any threshold at the moment.
Xu Jie denied Zhang Juzheng's conjecture and said slowly: "The students are all selected. They must at least pass the entrance examination before they can be shortlisted. And depending on your majesty's wishes, the lower house will still have to charge appropriate tuition fees in the future."
Zhang Juzheng nodded and signaled Xu Jie to continue.
Xu Jie didn't take it seriously and continued: "After entering the examination, general knowledge such as mathematics, vernacular articles, judgment, etc. will be taught."
"Students will take one exam each in winter and summer, and study for six years, with a total of twelve exams. If they fail to pass two exams, they will be dismissed. The remaining students will be ranked according to their merits to graduate."
"You can either return to your home, or you can be selected as an official by the Ministry of Household Affairs Bureau, Qin Tianjian, and various prefectures and counties in Northern Zhili, or you can study in a college for further study."
"If you stay in the hospital, you will be called a 'scholar', and you will study mathematics, physics, farming and other matters intensively."
"His Majesty will personally inspect and review the merits and achievements of those people, and reward them based on their merits."
"Those who have achieved a small degree of achievement will be awarded Liangjiang Scholars, which means that they can learn across the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. With this honor, they will be given a house and a monthly salary comparable to the seventh grade."
"Those who have achieved great results will be awarded scholars from all over the world, which means to integrate the four seas. With this honor, they can enter the pilgrimage and be granted a mansion, and a monthly salary comparable to the fourth grade."
After Zhang Juzheng listened, he didn't hear anything strange.
No matter how resounding the name is, it is all false. Power needs to have a supervisor in order to be effective.
A bunch of honorary bans and material rewards really have no future.
This kind of thing, let alone the cabinet drafting, even the Ministry of Personnel and Ministries are not in the mood to pay too much attention to it - anyway, it is funded by internal funds, there is nothing to argue about.
Just read the title and stamp it.
After Zhang Juzheng heard this, he was no longer interested in hearing about other titles. He only took back what he had just said: "So all the nobles sent their concubines here, just to be granted titles as scholars, so as not to have too many heirs and ruin the family property."
Not enough points?”
Xu Jie looked strange and repeated: "Hum?"
When he thought of the dense crowds in Mr. Cheng's house, it was really hard to match Hun Neng.
But Xu Jie didn't explain anything.
The two of them walked on the corridor, speechless for a moment.
Not long after, the two came to a lecture hall, where the lecturer's intermittent voice could be heard from time to time.
There are more than twenty students in the hall.
On the stage was a young lecturer in his twenties, holding a charcoal pencil in one hand and writing and drawing on a slate with the other.
Maybe he was too involved, or maybe he didn't know the etiquette of officialdom. When he saw a big shot come in, he didn't react at all. He just explained something with a calm face.
Xu Jie led Zhang Juzheng in through the back door and quietly sat on an empty seat in the last row of seats in the library.
The former introduced: "Mathematics itself was taught by Cheng Dawei, but His Majesty said that he was a good scholar and not a good teacher, so he taught Cheng Dawei a Liangjiang scholar and asked him to compile teaching materials, organize what he had learned, and specialize in it.
Specialize in research.”
"This lecturer is Cheng Dawei's former boss of Huizhou Commercial Bank. His name is Li Xie. He was invited to the college this summer."
Zhang Juzheng understood.
Huizhou is like this.
Since the Song Dynasty's migration to the south, the clothes and clothes fled south, and the trade in Wu, Xuan and Huizhou areas has become increasingly prosperous.
Especially in this dynasty, after the rise of the "Gangyun System" underwritten by officials and merchants, Huizhou didn't know what happened. Business was out of control, and trading firms sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
In recent years, most of the Jinshi scholars in Huizhou have families who are engaged in business.
Business is becoming more and more complicated, and the requirements for shopkeepers of major commercial firms to do calculations have also become higher. At the same time, if you have money, you can buy some status. Some books are banned, so they are not banned.
In this way, the calculations are naturally much better than elsewhere.
I just heard someone on the stage writing on the blackboard and asking a question: "If the money field has an outer diameter of ten feet and a diameter of three feet, and the inner money eye has a radius of twelve feet, and the pi is three, how many thousand can it be accumulated?"
This is how it is spoken, but it is more straightforward when written. Suppose there is a field in the shape of a coin, and its outer circle...
That’s it, seems there is another sentence to read?
As for the symbols like × and = above, they were automatically blocked by him.
Zhang Juzheng was confused and asked Xu Jie in a low voice: "Why are you so inconsistent with your words? What's the matter with the sentence reading?"
Xu Jie curled his lips: "It is a rule set by His Majesty. In order to take care of the people and express accurately, we have to write in the vernacular on the blackboard in class, and add sentences to separate the readings."
The past year's work at the academy was almost no different from that at Seikan.
That’s translation! Lots of translation!
Collections of the imperial palace, private collections of officials and merchants, collections of the Imperial College, "Nine Chapters of the Yellow Emperor", "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", "Algorithm of the Five Classics", "Arithmetic Accuracy", "Measuring the Circle Sea Mirror", "Arc and Arrow Arithmetic"
, almost everything the emperor could find was dragged over and translated into vernacular.
And replace it with the symbols designated by the emperor and Cheng Dawei.
Match them one to one.
It sounds simple, but the actual workload is huge!
The school is already short of manpower, and this matter requires some mathematical skills.
Progress has naturally been slow, and not even half of it has been completed yet.
We can only do things as we go - sometimes students will be recruited as coolies to catch up with the progress required by the emperor.
Regarding such a thankless thing, Xu Jie didn't know how to evaluate the emperor's actions for a while.
Zhang Juzheng seemed to understand.
He nodded slightly and said with emotion: "Your Majesty has really worked hard to save the land."
This question is not difficult. After all, he had listened carefully to the calculations in the selected exercises when he was in the state school.
Even those symbols can be understood by even Meng Daigui.
Xu Jie glanced at Zhang Juzheng and said softly: "That's not the difficulty in conquering the land."
With so many officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs, how much difference can there be in counting people?
Even if you don't have this preparation, it just takes a little longer, and it has nothing to do with success or failure.
As for where the difficulty lies, the two of them understand each other tacitly.
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but be silent after hearing this.
Only then did a test method be implemented, and the impeachment of him almost never stopped.
Nowadays, even more underhanded methods such as exposing posts are used.
If we really start to cultivate the fields, we don’t know how far the trouble will go.
Xu Jie tried another way to get him to continue talking about business.
But Zhang Juzheng still didn't answer, and responded to Xu Jie with silence.
When Zhang Juzheng shut up, Xu Jie also lost interest and stopped talking.
The two of them sat quietly like this. After listening to half of the class, Zhang Juzheng came back from his meditation.
He smiled apologetically at Xu Jie: "I was in a trance just now. Let's go and see something else."
Xu Jie didn't say anything, nodded, and the two of them went out through the back door together.
"It just so happens that a relative of the emperor is attending class here today, let's go and have a look."
Xu Jie walked in front, and his voice came softly.
Zhang Juzheng was confused: "A relative of the emperor?"
Xu Jie didn't show off at this time: "It's His Majesty's cousin, Li Chengming, who has been favored recently."
As he spoke, he pointed forward.
It's not too far, it's just next door to the school.
The two of them reached the back door again on familiar roads.
However, because Li Chengming knew the two of them, they were afraid of disturbing the order of the class, so they stood outside the door and listened, without any intention of going in.
"...Yesterday, some students reported that the explanation was too complicated and they did not understand what the subject is and what the logical subject is."
"Today I will keep it simple and try to give examples."
Zhang Juzheng turned sideways and looked inside.
Sure enough, it was Li Chengming who was speaking. He was standing on the podium, talking eloquently.
"This course currently does not teach anything else, it only teaches one thing, and that is..."
As he spoke, he took a charcoal pen and wrote the word "judgment" heavily on the slate.
Li Chengming knocked on the stone slab habitually and asked: "Judgment is called factual judgment, and the second is reasoning judgment. There are differences between the two."
"Let's give an example and let's talk about factual judgment first."
"A white horse is not a horse. Everyone, is this correct or not?"
Li Chengming once again wrote the four words "white horse is not a horse" on the stone slab.
This is a famous allusion from "Gongsun Longzi: Theory of White Horses". Although a horse is a horse, a white horse is not a horse.
At this time, a smart student immediately spoke up: "Sir! This is correct! The horse is the destiny shape, and the white color is the destiny color. The destiny color is not the destiny shape, so it is said that a white horse is not a horse."
This is just copying the original text. Horse describes the shape, while white horse describes color. The concepts are different. White horse is naturally not a horse.
Zhang Juzheng outside the door frowned.
I couldn't help but look at Xu Jie: "Why are you teaching sophistry?"
If this happens, he will be punished.
Xu Jie shook his head and said nothing.
Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to continue listening.
Li Chengming reached out and motioned for the person to sit down, cleared his throat and said, "That's wrong."
"This is what I mean. The subject expresses the particular, and the predicate expresses the general."
"The white horse is individual, which is the so-called unique color; the horse is general, which means it represents the universal species."
"This species expresses itself in different colors, sizes, ages, and other postures; similarly, horses of different colors, sizes, ages, and young all have one thing in common, that is, they belong to the same horse species, and there is no such thing as not showing common characteristics.
a horse of a certain color”
"So, this is the so-called sophistry, and we can judge it as an 'error'."
Zhang Juzheng was listening outside and breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought I was teaching some sophistry theory and the principles of famous scholars.
Xu Jierui on the side commented: "This is what your Majesty said."
"This relative of the emperor is so close to the Holy One that he has been influenced by what he hears and sees. These words come out one after the other."
The two of them were whispering outside.
Just listen to the sound coming from inside again.
"I said that if it rains tomorrow, you will not come to listen to the lecture. Other than that, there are no other instructions."
Li Chengming paused, looked around at the students and asked: "So tomorrow, when you find out it hasn't rained, do you think you really want to come to the lecture?"
Everyone hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
Li Chengming shook his head, poked the stone slab with a charcoal pen, and said in a deep voice: "That's ridiculous!"
"I only ordered it not to rain. If it doesn't rain, what you do will have nothing to do with me."
"This is an 'error' in reasoning."
"On the contrary, everyone knows that cows and horses have four legs, so I say that animals with eight legs must not be cows and horses, right?"
He looked at the students with a smile.
The students who had been fooled once looked at each other, hesitant.
Zhang Juzheng outside the door nodded slightly: "This judgment is not bad. Yan Guan should learn more."
Don't make any judgments. If an official calls a deer a horse, he can claim to have heard something.
After saying that, he turned sideways towards Xu Jie and motioned to change to another place to listen.
Xu Jie understood, straightened up, and led the way again.
"There are also two 'laboratories', one for farming and one for physics."
"The former is just two pieces of farmland, but it's not here. It's bought two streets away."
"The latter is a bit messy. Although I am in the house, I am thinking about when to move out. I often make banging noises. People nearby thought they were developing firearms, so they came to talk to me several times."
When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he naturally had no interest in running two streets to see some land reclamation.
He was born into a military family and farmed a lot of time when he was a child.
Zhang Juzheng asked the teacher casually while letting the teacher lead the way: "How does the name 'physics' sound like the study of Neo-Confucianism?"
Neo-Confucianism is naturally the study of the principles of all things.
Otherwise, there is nothing to say about the investigation.
The names were so similar that it was hard not to ask him whether the emperor secretly believed in Neo-Confucianism - although Neo-Confucianism was an official textbook, there was no need to believe so deeply.
Xu Jie shook his head and denied Zhang Juzheng's conjecture: "Although the names are similar, you must never say this in front of His Majesty."
Zhang Juzheng asked curiously: "Why is this?"
Xu Jie looked strange and recalled the emperor's original words.
He pretended to clear his throat: "Your Majesty said, you have already said that you should start a new business. Don't get involved with the old things, lest you get bad luck!"
Chapter completed!