Of course, it's still too far to travel all over the world. After all, the Academy of Sciences now doesn't even have professors, let alone any students.

But let’s think about it first. In Zhu Youjian’s imagination, the Royal Academy of Sciences will be like the university four hundred years later, with a complete range of categories, training talents for the country, not just officials who only know how to read stereotypes and become officials.

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"Business subjects can be added to cultivate people who understand business, management, and settle accounts." Zhu Youjian continued.

"Business major?" Xu Guangqi said in surprise.

Scholars, workers, farmers and merchants, theoretically speaking, merchants have the lowest status. Of course, in the Ming Dynasty, most of the merchants are backed by gentry and nobles. This is different from other dynasties. Basically, all big businessmen are backed by officials, gentry and nobles.

, the status is not low at all.

But Zhu Youjian is the emperor after all, and he received formal Confucian education. A gentleman does not talk about profit, let alone an emperor! How could Zhu Youjian think of opening a business course in the Academy of Sciences to train lowly businessmen? This surprised Xu Guangqi.

Zhu Youjian smiled dumbly and said: "Since the Academy of Sciences studies encyclopedia, why can't business be included in it?"

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly and said: "What your Majesty said is that I am afraid that it will be spread out and it will hinder the public viewing..."

Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "Are you afraid that people will say that my words are profitable? So what? Which of the official and gentry families in the south of the Yangtze River does not have a shop? Which official and gentry family in the south of the Yangtze River does not have its own business? It is those people in the court who have been since the Ming Dynasty.

Don’t you have tens of thousands of taels of property at home?

I just want to open a business major and train talents who know how to do business, or use them in royal industries, such as banknotes, mines, royal estates, and even salt and iron yamen, so that I will not be deceived by others, and the money in the inner treasury will not be

You will be embezzled and stolen!"

"Alas..." Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.

I secretly thought that if these words were heard by other ministers in the court, I am afraid that many people would write letters to advise the emperor not to compete with the people for profit.

"We have a great Ming Dynasty, with a population of hundreds of trillions and a territory of tens of thousands of miles. We have thousands of tax offices and mines and factories under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family. However, Xu Shangshu, do you know how much the annual income of the inner treasury is?" Zhu You asked.

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Xu Guangqi shook his head: "I know the annual income of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the inner treasury belongs directly to the royal family and is His Majesty's private treasury. I am not allowed to hear about it."

Zhu Youjian said: "I just asked someone to check it not long ago. In the seven years of Apocalypse, the income of the inner treasury was only less than one million taels of silver! And during the Wanli years, the income of the inner treasury would be more than two million taels every year, so even at that time

The Hubu treasury also had no money, but Wanli was still able to support three wars at the same time and win them.

Xu Shangshu, if Ming Dynasty launches two wars at the same time, both of which involve more than 10,000 or even 100,000 soldiers, will they be able to sustain it?"

Xu Guangqi shook his head: "I'm afraid I can't bear it..."

Just to deal with the Jiannu slaves in Liaodong, millions of taels of money and food are spent every year. If another battlefield breaks out, it will not be supported by the revenue from the treasury, even if it is added to the emperor's inner treasury, Xu Guangqi still knows this.

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"At that time, we could only levy additional taxes on the people. However, now the taxes are not low, and provinces are suffering from disasters one after another. If we increase taxes, we will definitely force the people to take risks, and then the world will be in chaos." Zhu Youjian said leisurely.

"So I will add a business course to train my business talents who know how to manage accounts, and then send them to various Chaoguan mines. I will no longer allow my money to be embezzled and stolen!" Zhu Youjian

said solemnly.

Moreover, why can't these talents be sent to prefectures and counties to replace the original officials, so that they can also control local finances? Of course, there is no need to say these words for the time being.

"Didn't the Academy of Sciences open an engineering department to study the science of various industries? If there are new research results, they can also be used to open workshops and produce new products to benefit the people. At that time, I will establish a royal trading house specifically for business operations.

The income is taken from the people and used by the people. I heard that the benefits of maritime trade are very great, but now they are divided up by the gentry and pirates in the southeast. The Shipping Department established by the imperial court is handed over.

I have very little money. When the time is right, I will reopen shipping companies in Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other coastal areas, build a royal fleet, and earn money from foreign countries. With such a source of income, the treasury income will continue to flow.

, Ming Dynasty will no longer have the worry of lack of financial resources. To do all this, we must have talents, talents that belong to me!" Zhu Youjian said secretly.

Having seen the prosperity four hundred years later, Zhu Youjian's horizons have broadened too much. He wants to move everything four hundred years later to the Ming Dynasty. The new imperial guard army means Zhu Youjian's present, which he borrowed from

It is the foundation for eliminating external humiliation and internal troubles, and the Royal Academy of Sciences carries Zhu Youjian's future ideals and is the guarantee for the great Ming Dynasty.

Of course, all of this must be done step by step, and the road must be walked step by step, and there is no need to rush.

Of course Xu Guangqi didn't understand Zhu Youjian's lofty ideals, but what Zhu Youjian said was reasonable and reasonable. The banknotes and mines were directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family, and all the revenue went into the internal treasury, and these places had always been under the jurisdiction of the emperor's internal supervision

, and internal prison guards are often extremely greedy...

I didn't expect that the emperor was planning to take action on the royal industry, but thinking about it, it would still be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. The inner treasury would have more income, and it would also be beneficial to the people of the world.

"It's just that the royal industry may not need many talents. People who graduate from business majors can also work in private workshops and shops. This can also be considered a way out for children from poor families." Xu Guangqi suggested.

Zhu Youjian said: "That's right! The students of the Academy of Sciences are recruited from poor families as much as possible. They can be between eight and fifteen years old. It doesn't matter whether they can read or not, as long as they are smart and good scholars. The Academy of Sciences can be divided into junior and junior students.

There are three colleges: intermediate and advanced. The junior college teaches the basics of literacy and arithmetic. Those who have a certain foundation and pass the examination can enter the secondary college and start learning specialized skills. After graduation, they can directly go out to work, or they can pass the examination and enter the higher college.

Engage in research.”

"In this case, the training cycle is a bit long." Xu Guangqi said. According to his own idea, students would be recruited from those scholars who failed to pass the exam, which would make training easier.

"Don't be afraid if you grow up, all the money will be allocated from the internal treasury, and the students will be recruited from poor families. Once you enter the Academy of Sciences, tuition and living expenses will be free of charge. We will strengthen the education of loyalty to the emperor. I want to cultivate talents who are truly loyal to me!" Zhu Youjian said decisively!

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Xu Guangqi sneered and said: "Children from rich families and scholars all over the world are loyal to Your Majesty."

"Maybe." Zhu Youjian said lightly.

Be loyal to me! Those scholars have studied hard for ten years or decades to gain fame. After becoming officials, they will only take everything for granted and regard it as the result of their hard study. How can they care about the king? They shout loudly about loyalty to the king.

, if the Ming Dynasty collapses, everyone will be eager to surrender to the new dynasty!
Chapter completed!