"This is what happened before, but it is no longer like this." Han Du smiled slightly.
Zhu Yunye came back to his senses immediately, breathed a sigh of relief, and relieved his nervousness just now, "Yeah, fortunately it's different now."
Han Du returned to the subject, "So does the emperor understand? The usefulness of knowledge is not only to serve as an official. In my opinion, it is a waste of knowledge to study hard for ten years and only become an official."
"Just a spinning machine has such a great effect. It seems that what my uncle said is reasonable." Zhu Yunye sighed and nodded, then looked at Han Du, "My uncle originally let the academy students obtain academic honors, but let them choose whether to serve as officials. , I’m afraid you’ve foreseen this a long time ago, right?”
Han Du smiled faintly, neither admitting nor denying.
Zhu Yunye continued: "The machines built by the academy in recent years have indeed had a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty, and have even changed my views in many places. Take the train as an example. In the past, I never thought that a place thousands of miles away could arrive in the morning and at night."
Seeing that Zhu Yunye finally realized the true usefulness of knowledge, Han Du took the opportunity to say: "The development of knowledge can quickly enhance the national power of the Ming Dynasty and promote social development. As time goes by, the role of knowledge will become more and more important."
"The reason why I would rather spend money and set up rewards is to attract more people to participate in the study of knowledge. Even if it is just a firewood, only when more and more people study knowledge can the skills become better and better."
Zhu Yunye smiled and nodded, "Okay, I will definitely come to the academy to watch the ceremony on the day of the award selection!"
Han Du bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. All the students will be extremely happy to see the Judge!"
"Hahaha......"
Zhu Yunye laughed very happily, and for the first time he had a strange feeling about the identity of the court judge. After being the emperor for so many years, it seems good to be a court judge once in a while.
...
After several days of rigorous selection, the winners of each of the three houses were finally selected with everyone's vote.
In the square.
It was densely packed with college teachers and students, and the huge square simply couldn't fit everyone in.
Many students simply sat on the floor in the corridor, or on rocks or even rockeries. Some people simply hung on the book, wanting to climb high and look far away to witness this solemn moment with their own eyes.
Fang Xiaoru held a gold book in his hand, and the names of the three winners of this award were engraved on it.
This was authorized by Zhu Yunye's decree. According to him, this matter must be recorded in history books. He did the same thing, and the historian was sitting beside him, holding a pen and preparing to write a rich and colorful stroke in the history book.
Seeing the emperor and the historian appear, the students were very excited. Of course they know what this means. The emperor is here in person, and today's three winners will definitely be in the emperor's heart. .net
If they serve as officials in the future, they will surely rise to prominence. Even if he does not serve as an official in the future, the benefits of being remembered by the emperor are unparalleled.
When they saw that the historian was there, the students flushed with excitement.
Leave your name in history!
This is a mark in history!
For thousands of years, how many people with lofty ideals have worked hard all their lives for what? Isn’t it just to leave your name in the history books? If you can still leave a small part of your own achievements, then you will die without regrets!
But it just so happened that now, at this very moment, the three winners had these coveted things at the same time!
Jealousy can no longer be used to describe the mood of the students. When they saw Judge Fang holding the golden book and slowly walking up to the high platform step by step, they wished they could have their own names instead!
"Whoa whoa whoa!!!"
The applause thundered like a tsunami.
Han Du's ears were itching from the loud sound, and he couldn't reach out to pick out his ears in such an occasion, so he had to turn his head and talk to Zhu Yunye to distract him.
"Your Majesty is so smart. Simply recording it in the history books can inspire all the students. I really admire you!"
Han Du speaks from his heart
If it weren't for Zhu Yunye, he would be like this. Although today's grand gathering is also grand and lively, it will never make all the students red-eyed and excited like now.
This is caused by the culture of the Ming Dynasty. Scholars still pursue fame more than wealth.
Although one hundred thousand strings is also very attractive, it is impossible to achieve the current effect. The vast majority of students may be very enthusiastic, but there are also a small number of students who don't care about money.
Some people even regard money as garbage and look down upon it.
I have to say that Zhu Yunye is really a mature emperor now. Know how to use the least effort to achieve the greatest effect.
For him, being recorded in the annals of history is just an instruction to the historian, but it can bring great benefits.
After hearing this, Zhu Yunye also turned his head and looked at Han Du with a smile, "Uncle, it's my uncle who has the foresight. I didn't expect that the academy would change so much after not coming to the academy for two or three years."
"Look at these students, there are tens of thousands of them, right? I remember the academy didn't have so many students before!"
Han Du lowered his head and responded, "Not that many. The academy now has more than 17,000 students. When the emperor came last time, the number of students already exceeded 10,000. In the past few years, the number has only increased by a few thousand."
"However, these students were not gathered together last time, so the emperor felt that there were not many students in the academy."
Zhu Yunye nodded. He had seen tens of thousands of people gathering together in large churches, not to mention scenes of more than 10,000 people. The emperor would personally come to the military exercises held by the commanders of the five armies every year.
"The academy should hold more grand gatherings like this in the future! If not, where would we be able to see such a beautiful scene?"
"Yes." Han Du bowed slightly.
After the two of them finished chatting, Fang Xiaoru happened to walk to the middle of the high platform.
The deafening applause died down in just a few breaths. Fang Xiaoru held the gold book in one hand and raised the microphone with the other.
After a brief greeting, Fang Xiaoru began to announce the list of winners.
"The master of physical rewards is...Yang Qing!"
Wow! ! !
Thunderous applause erupted instantly from the audience, which was also mixed with loud shouts from many people.
Fang Xiaoru's face turned red with excitement, and he continued loudly: "Everyone knows that the ground under our feet is not flat, and we are standing on a huge ball. Yang Qing inferred the difference in the trajectory of the pendulum's repeated movements. The earth is also spinning... He won the first place in the Academy of Physics through everyone's vote, congratulations to him!!!"
Wow! ! !
There was another round of warm applause that lasted for a long time.
The gentlemen in the audience and the students with voting rights had long known about Yang Qing’s research results, so most of them looked normal, but there were also many people who had expressions of admiration on their faces even after hearing it again. .
But the expressions of other students who didn't know were completely different. They were full of confusion when they heard Yang Qing's research results for the first time.
They obviously know every word, so why can't they understand it after connecting them together?
