I feel happy, don’t you understand? If you don’t understand, then it’s my turn to attack.
"Yesterday, I talked to Li Si and others about what productivity is in Jiangzuo Mansion. I won't tell you about it now. I just want to ask you one thing. The annual revenue of the Great Qin treasury has increased from 9 million shi in the 27th year of the First Emperor to now. The twelve million stones, an increase of fourty-one, why?"
Yu He secretly thought that something was wrong, so he bit the bullet and said, "It's your Majesty's contribution to the development of Jiangnan, the promotion of mulberry rice, and the development of farming equipment."
I didn't turn around: "Qiwan, how old are you this year? Your family is also a prominent family in Longxi. If you were in charge of the general's mansion, would you be able to develop so many new appliances?"
Qi Wan has a mediocre appearance, but he is very knowledgeable in everything he does. He wins my heart. He bows and replies, "Your Majesty, I am twenty-five years old. If I had been in charge of the general in charge of the government, I would never be able to have the power we have now, much less!"
"Yu He, Qiwan has been with me for four years. Can you say that he has not been taught by me?" I said with a smile, "Even if I ask Qiwan to be the governor of a county now, I am relieved, but I will never hand over the general office to him. There is a hierarchy of learning, and there is a specialization in the arts. Isn’t it difficult to understand this truth? "
Yu He opened his mouth, murmured for a long time, and said harshly: "After all, strange skills and tricks are helpful for farming, but they are not the foundation of the country!"
After saying this, Yu He wanted to give himself a big mouth!
I was so happy: "What? Ge Yue, you said, if farming is not the foundation of the country, then what is the foundation of the country?"
Ge Yue knew that Yu He had said something wrong, so he quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am responsible for the internal history of millet. The importance of farming to the Qin Dynasty is self-evident. The imperial censor may not have meant this..."
Ge Yue glanced at Yu He and said in his heart: 'Master Yu, I can only help you so far...'
I waved my hand, motioned for him to sit down, and said, "Yu He, I know what you want to express. Shusuntong, you should know Zigong's story about Jue Kuai, right? Tell it and listen."
Shusun Tong stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I obey." This incident is recorded in "Zhuangzi: Heaven and Earth". It says that when Zigong saw someone who was going to garden the border, dig a tunnel into a well, hold an urn and come out to pour water, he asked him. Why don't people use it when they clearly have a labor-saving machine? He replied, "If there is a machine, there must be something to do, and if there is something to do, there must be an idea." If the mind is kept in the chest, it will be pure and unprepared. If pure and unprepared, the spirit will be unstable. If the spirit is uncertain, the Tao will not contain it. "
"Sit down." I looked at the crowd and said: "You always think that tools are a sign of not doing your job properly. But from siege equipment, irrigation equipment, and farming equipment, which one does not bring progress and development to the world? Cook Ding Jie Niu You should be familiar with the story. Can you say that Cook Ding is not doing his job properly? This is why there are not many Taoists in Baijia Academy. I don’t want them to hinder the development of Great Qin."
"I just mentioned productivity. Productivity is the amount of labor results that people can obtain with the help of tools. People are limited, but tools are infinite. Science and technology are the primary productive forces. What is science? Explore the laws and origins of the operation of things; what is technology? ? Create corresponding appliances through the laws and origins of the operation of things. The clearer people understand the laws, the more unimaginable assistance the appliances can provide."
"The Academy is just in its infancy. Students are still learning traditional knowledge from hundreds of schools. But when the Academy matures, I will add new knowledge, such as astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, etc. These are the future development of Great Qin. fundamental. Once these learnings are popularized, benefiting farming is only the most insignificant role they can play."
Yu He was speechless at this time. One is because my words are more upright and more convincing than his; 20 is because, what kind of productivity? What science and technology? Also physical chemistry? It seems like I don’t quite understand...
The others were similar, but Li Si was relatively sober and knew that I had deviated from the original question: "Returning to your majesty, I think what your majesty said is reasonable. Let's not mention Shang Jun's method for the time being. The original problem of the imperial censor has not been solved yet. How to prevent interested people from using the Academy to harm Great Qin?"
Only then did Yu He come to his senses. It turned out that he had dug a big hole for himself from the beginning. He secretly resented: "I wanted to use Lord Shang's method to support my statement, but I didn't expect that when I mentioned it, everyone's Everyone's eyes were attracted by Lord Shang's method, but no one cared about the affairs of the Academy...'
I said calmly: "Why should we be on guard?"
Li Si was stunned: "This..."
I smiled slightly: "I said as early as when the Song of the Four Classics and the banner with the word Qin were issued to the world, there are no people from the six countries in the world, only the people of Qin and the land of Qin. I know your worries, but I am not afraid."
"First, the world is rich now. Although the national treasury has less corn, money and silk are abundant, and more importantly, the people are rich. There is a severe drought this summer, but judging from reports from various places, there are no large-scale starvation deaths. This was impossible before. If the head of Guizhou is rich, who would raise his head to rebel against those traitors?"
"Both, when you see the virtuous, think about them together, and when you see the virtuous, you should introspect yourself. This sentence also applies to the country. There are two types of discussion, one is discussion and the other is criticism. The discusser points out the shortcomings of the court and makes suggestions. A good policy; those who criticize take pride in slandering the imperial court and spreading rumors. The former is what I hope to see, and the latter, the academy now implements closed teaching. If those doctors and teachers cannot even distinguish and teach these, What use do I need them for? Shusun Tong, what do you think?"
Schools in various places have been built. Feng Jie resigned and was handed over to Shusun Tong, who is now equivalent to the chief officer of Taixue.
"Your Majesty, I have strictly ordered county and county schools not to debate privately. Debates can only be conducted collectively under the organization of a doctor. Everything is under control."
I looked at Li Si and Yu He and said, "What do you think?"
The two looked at each other, convinced, and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise!"
I smiled slightly, this matter was over, but it was not complete yet.
"Shusun Tong, you go back and prepare a report and submit it. From now on, there are two ways to become an official: the first is to go through the academy or the imperial examination and be directly appointed as an official. After inspection, there will be no more After passing the three-year inspection as a Lang; the second is to retain the title of Lang, and after the three-year inspection, the Lang can be appointed as an official. In this way, we can recruit more talents!"
Previously, I had decided that all the princes would be selected through the imperial examination, but it would take three years after passing the imperial examination to become a prince, and only those with outstanding results could become officials. Since those aristocrats have some strong opinions on the imperial examination, we might as well go with the flow and retain the imperial examination as a minister. Firstly, we can win the hearts of the aristocrats. Secondly, six years from enrollment to becoming an official is indeed too long.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, everyone immediately agreed in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"
After all, their children will become officials sooner or later, and passing the examination is much simpler than the scientific examination. I can't help but feel grateful to Yu He for taking the lead for them, and at the same time sigh in my heart that I still care about them...
