The carriage drove slowly in the drizzle, and the air was particularly fresh. Chen Qing simply opened the window and let the cool air flow into the car.
"It's unexpected that it can be so cool in late July! It's unbearably hot over there in Bianliang. I sweat even when I sit there. It doesn't rain and the air is dry. It's uncomfortable to live there."
Jiang Yanxian smiled slightly and said: "It's really not hot in the summer in Jingzhao this year. The main reason is that there is a lot of rain. It's basically this kind of light rain. To be honest, I still miss the sunshine a little bit."
"Don't let the sun come out. Let me enjoy the coolness for a few days first."
"Your Highness has lived in Bianliang for more than twenty days. Didn't you enjoy the palace? The palaces all have mezzanines where ice cubes can be placed. They are also very comfortable in summer."
Chen Qing shook his head, "After the fall of Puppet Qi, Wanyan Wushu sealed the palace. I didn't go in. It continued to be closed. There were several large ice cellars used to store mutton and mutton wine, and nothing else was used."
Jiang Yanxian added: "A few days ago, there were rumors in Jingzhao that His Highness was going to move Prince Yong's palace to Bianliang. People in the whole Jingzhao city were panicked. Later, the princess refuted the rumors in the "Beijing News", saying that there was no such thing, and the rumors gradually gradually
Calm down."
Chen Qing was a little surprised and said: "There shouldn't be such rumors! I never said I would move to Bianliang."
"The main reason is that His Highness has not returned after taking Bianliang, so rumors started to spread."
Chen Qing shook his head, "These rumors are simply nonsense and deceptive. Didn't they appear in the Beijing News? The imperial court's 200,000 troops are preparing for the Northern Expedition. Wanyan Wushu will come back at any time. Bianliang has been poor for a long time.
I want to turn it into a transit place for supplies. I need to dredge the Cai River and widen the river channel. How can I come back if these things are not taken care of?"
"Your Highness, now is the most sensitive time. Your Highness has captured the Central Plains. Many people are watching whether we are going to move to the Central Plains, so it is normal for there to be rumors. The key is that Your Highness must explain clearly to everyone why we are not moving.
Bianliang, why do you want to stay in Jingzhao? If everyone understands His Highness's determination, then all kinds of rumors will naturally be eliminated."
Chen Qing nodded, "You are right. I do need to write a statement. After all, this is the Song Dynasty, not the Tang Dynasty."
Not long after, the carriage came to the open space in the south of the city. The open space in the new city had indeed changed. Many houses had been built on the ground. Seven main streets and dozens of small streets had been leveled out. The streets were paved with stone slabs. Maybe it was raining lightly outside.
The reason is that the stone slab is very clean, and the carriage wheels passing over the stone slab make a sparkling sound.
Many houses have been built, and the land that was once empty is now under construction. Houses have been built one after another. Other vacant land has been divided into large and small plots, with demarcation stakes driven on each piece of land.
"Stop the carriage!" Chen Qing shouted, and the carriage stopped. It turned out that it had reached his land.
Chen Qing jumped out of the carriage, and thin raindrops hit his face, and soon his face and head became wet.
"Why are the dividing posts red?" Chen Qing asked, pointing to the dividing posts.
"It means that the land already has an owner, and the boundary posts are painted with red paint to show the difference."
Chen Qing nodded, "How is the land sold?"
Jiang Yanxian smiled and said, "The sales were very hot some time ago. Half of the shops along the street have been sold, and 30% of the residential land has been sold. There are even some businessmen from Lin'an who came to buy it with gold and silver. The land for your highness's shops has increased per acre."
It reaches 10,000 yuan, but it has been a bit deserted recently."
"Why?"
"Isn't it because everyone is worried that His Highness will move to Bianliang?"
It turned out that he was worried about this. Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "After I issue a statement tomorrow, it will probably become lively again."
It rained heavily, so Chen Qing and Jiang Yan got on the carriage again, and the carriage continued to drive towards Taixue.
New Taixue covers an area of 1,000 acres, with a lake to the south called Nanhu. Large buildings are under construction in full swing, with bamboo trellises erected outside.
"Now Imperial College has encountered a problem." Jiang Yan started to speak but then stopped.
Chen Qing glanced at him and said dissatisfiedly: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Will I still punish you for lying?"
Jiang Yanxian sighed and said: "We have recruited three classes of Tai students, with 400 students in each class. Logically, there should be 1,200 people in school, but in fact there are less than 400 people in school, with only 388 left.
, the others all dropped out of school."
"Why?"
"Your Highness should know that Taixue is not a place to study agriculture, nor to study smelting, nor to study machine skills, nor to study weapons production. It is a place to study poetry and scriptures. Although we have also arranged for lectures by great Confucians, the time
Too few, it’s just a supplement. Students spend most of their time growing tea, raising silkworms, and identifying ores and smelting. Your Highness, why don’t you build two imperial schools, one to study engineering and one to study literature? This won’t
There will be an embarrassing situation where most students drop out of school.”
Chen Qing shook his head and asked: "How many imperial students are there who have passed the Jinshi examination? In my memory, it is less than 10%! And almost all Jinshi have studied in state schools or government schools. What does this mean? It means various classics.
You can study Chinese literature in the state school, and you can just finish studying in the government school. There is no need to continue your studies in Taixue. What’s the point of teaching Chinese literature in Taixue? If you don’t want to go to Taixue, can’t you study at home? You still have to occupy a quota.
It prevents students who really want to study at Imperial College from getting in."
After a pause, Chen Qing continued: "I have told you a long time ago that the purpose of establishing the Imperial College is to cultivate technical bureaucrats, those who understand agriculture to be agricultural officers, and those who understand smelting to be smelting officers, rather than a group of people who can only read scriptures.
People are in charge of technology, but they don’t want to study at Taixue. I won’t force them. We will continue to open applications to students who are willing to study at Taixue.”
"Don't you, Your Highness, want to open another Imperial College?"
"no need!"
Chen Qing's attitude was very tough. He said to Jiang Yanxian: "I understand what you mean. Do many officials have opinions?"
Jiang Yan nodded first, then sighed and said, "Just based on my official records, more than fifty officials have made this request. They are all thinking about their children."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "It is impossible for me to open another Imperial College. It will occupy the official quota of the current Imperial College. However, we can use three solutions to solve it. First, we can open another one during the imperial examination.
Ming Jing Ke can appropriately expand the number of people on the list, mainly for arranging civil servants;
Secondly, the study period of state and government schools can be extended. On the basis of the three years of state and government schools, one can add an upper-level state school or an upper-level government school. The schooling period is two years. After completion, it is equivalent to Ming Jing.
division;
Third, we can learn from the imperial court’s academic examinations and select the best among all officials.”
Jiang Yanxian was really helpless. The officials were all focused on the fact that Taixue could be appointed as an official. They all wanted to send their children to Taixue, but they were unwilling to study the professional and technical courses of Taixue, so they kept looking for him, hoping to send Taixue to
The curriculum was changed to be the same as that of the imperial court, or another imperial college was established, but Chen Qing was unwilling to give in at all.
How is this possible? If you can become an official after studying at Imperial College, what's the point of passing the Jinshi examination? These officials were just wishful thinking and thought it was a loophole, but King Yong would not give in.
In fact, Jiang Yanxian also understands Chen Qing’s idea. Professionals do professional things. This is a saying Chen Qing often talks about. Only when people who understand technology take care of technology will all kinds of advanced technologies appear in a massive explosion.
If people who don't understand technology manage technology, the result will inevitably be to do everything possible to suppress the emergence of new technologies, because new technologies represent risks, and risks mean unstable official positions. Therefore, civil servants would rather be conservative and seek stability than allow risks to arise.
Jiang Yanxian could only sigh and said: "Okay! I will discuss it with the Internal Affairs Office and try to implement His Highness's three plans."