According to Zhu Youxiao's vision, the structure of Huangming College should be similar to that of later universities. He himself would be the dean of the college, and every subsequent emperor would always be the dean.
This is not the so-called honorary dean, the kind who just hangs on his name and is done, but the actual dean, who needs to be responsible for managing everything in the college.
The academy must be divided carefully. Agriculture is agriculture, medicine is medicine, and no other knowledge is mixed with it. What he urgently needs now is top talents, and comprehensive experts like Song Yingxing are only one in ten million. He simply cannot
I dare not think that there will be a second Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty.
Although Xu Guangqi is also a great talent, he is strictly speaking a top military talent. No one can compare with him in terms of firearms and artillery. Although he is also involved in other aspects, he is not so outstanding.
The college will be divided into six parts, namely literature, agriculture, medicine, engineering, business, and military science. The purpose of setting up military science is to train staff officers and add a large number of military-savvy scholars to the staff department. They will not only
To understand how to march and fight, you must also be familiar with the terrain and climate of each place.
"Students who have completed their studies at Huangming College can also take part in the imperial examination. If their families are poor during their studies, their whole family will be exempted from taxes until the students graduate!"
However, this was not enough. Zhu Youxiao said something that shocked them the most.
"If you don't want to take the imperial examination or can't pass it, you can still become an official in the court as long as you pass the examination of my college."
"There are also those students who study workers and peasants. I know that these people generally cannot write well. Whether it is an imperial examination or an examination, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky for them."
"So I will give them another path. They don't have to worry about not being able to make a living after graduation. As long as they have real talents and practical knowledge, I will make arrangements for them based on their own abilities!"
"If he performs well after graduation or makes great contributions, I can also grant him an official status and make him a wife!"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the three ministers were stunned. Your Majesty has really spent a lot of money. If your Majesty's intention is really told to the world, then they simply can't imagine it.
How many scholars and students have studied hard for decades just to become an official? Especially those from official, business and gentry families, isn't their lifelong pursuit to become an official?
And how many of them were stopped outside because of the imperial examination?
Now that there is such a shortcut, one can become an official even without taking the imperial examination. How many scholars are going crazy about this?
Once this news is announced, what will Donglin Academy be compared to? They spend all their time talking about people, and they are good at discussing government affairs. Isn't it because they have no hope in the imperial examination? They hope to enter the official career after increasing their reputation?
Zhu Youxiao wanted to knock over these academies, large and small, with one punch, so that they would never be able to stand up again.
"Your Majesty, if we do this, the imperial court will be under great pressure, and officials may not stop it. Especially the literati at Donglin Academy, I am afraid they will use this as an article to cause trouble."
"Mr. Pavilion is too careful. His Majesty personally conquered a great victory and his reputation is so great that they don't dare!"
Wang Zaijin could see clearly that although His Majesty is young now, he has military power, and those talkative words cannot make waves at all.
Moreover, His Majesty is not the Shenzong Emperor, and will not condone them to challenge the authority. Moreover, His Majesty's every move is carefully planned. His Majesty must have already thought about these issues.
"Da Sima is worthy of being the Minister of the Ministry of War. He hit the nail on the head!"
Seeing that the emperor looked like he was in control, Xu Guangqi felt relieved.
"The most urgent task now is to determine the chief officers and teachers of the six subjects. I already have candidates for literature. Can the three masters recommend the candidates for the chief officers?"
This stumped these three people. There were many great scholars and old gentlemen with high reputations in the world, but the people they knew were more or less related to His Majesty's enemies, so these people were naturally excluded.
Yuanfu Wang Xiangqian thought about it, suddenly he clapped his hands together, and said with a happy face:
"Your Majesty, I have someone here who I think is the most suitable candidate!"
Zhu Youxiao asked curiously:
"who?"
"A person from Baoding Prefecture, Sun Qifeng named Zhong Yuan!"
Wang Xiangqian introduced again:
"Your Majesty, this Sun Qifeng has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child. He has great influence in Shilin. Moreover, he is an upright person. Although he has crossed paths with people from Donglin, he is only a casual acquaintance. This person He is the most suitable candidate!”
Why haven't you heard of Sun Qifeng? Zhu Youxiao even doubted whether this person was reliable or not. After all, he was really not famous.
"In what year was he a Jinshi? What is his current official position?"
"Your Majesty, he wanted to take the exam a few years ago, but in the past seven or eight years, his parents have been deceased, so he had to observe filial piety."
"Now that the period of observing filial piety has passed several years, this person is already nearly forty years old, but Sun Qifeng does not pay much attention to fame and does not care whether he can be an official. Instead, he gives lectures to the people!"
"To this day, this person is still white!"
From this point of view, Sun Qifeng is quite interesting. He regards his fame and official position as nothing, and he is probably a man with great ambitions.
Wang Xiangqian is so old that he would not casually recommend someone who exaggerates, and he is very famous among scholars, so he must have real materials.
"Then the cabinet will draft an edict and order this person to come to Beijing as soon as possible. I will personally order him!"
Wang Xiangqian bowed and said:
"According to the order!"
Then Hong Zhu Youxiao announced the chief officers of five other disciplines. Engineering and Agriculture were led by Song Yingxing. Zhu Youxiao currently has no suitable candidates, so Song Yingxing should do more work if he can.
In military science, Wang Zaijin was the chief officer, and in medicine, Li Changwen, the imperial medical officer, was the chief officer. After all, he was the grandson of a great figure like Li Shizhen, so he was definitely much better than ordinary people.
As for business studies, this needs to be carefully considered. He doesn't even have a business person in his hands right now, so he can only put it aside for the time being. After all, he doesn't know much about it himself. In the future, he can only choose from businessmen.
Zhu Youxiao also appointed Xu Guangqi, the deputy minister of the cabinet, as the chief education officer of the college. He was usually responsible for handling miscellaneous affairs among the six subjects, coordinating and allocating resources for the six subjects, appointing and removing personnel at the bottom level, and supervising the six subjects.
Zhu Youxiao's line-up of chief officers can be said to be a heavenly one, extremely luxurious. Except for Sun Qifeng, the literary chief officer who has not yet been confirmed, which of the others does not hold an important position?
The chief officer has been determined, but the teacher in charge of teaching can give Zhu Youxiao and the three cabinet ministers a huge headache.
Especially teachers of agriculture and engineering, they have no idea where to start, because these two subjects require experience and technology, which cannot be understood by reading two books.
To put it simply, those who are skilled are not literate, and those who are literate are not skilled. Even Wang Xiangqian wants to cry without tears.