You can gain fame without having to spend money, and at the same time, you can arrange thousands of schoolchildren to reserve various talents for the Ming Dynasty. This is a good thing that Emperor Chongzhen is not only interested in, but also extremely interested in, from site selection to budget investment. The chatterbox couldn't stop once it started, and the attentive Queen Zhou saw Chang Yu pinching pieces of preserved fruit and secretly eating them from time to time, so she asked him if he hadn't eaten yet.
After learning that Chang Yu had really not eaten, Empress Zhou sent people to the imperial kitchen to prepare meals, while Emperor Chongzhen was still concentrating on discussing with Chang Yu the details of the royal school.
The location of the school was finally determined to be Haoshan Garden in Wengshan, which was later known as the Summer Palace. With mountains and water far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, it is a good place to engage in academics. In addition, this place was once the location of a royal palace. When Wei Zhongxian was in power, this was also his private garden. However, it has been abandoned for many years, but it can be restored to its former glory after tidying up. With its beautiful mountains, rivers and beautiful scenery, it would be perfect to build a school here.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried at first, because he lacked security because the royal academy was built outside the city. Chang Yu gave two options for this, either sending troops to garrison or allowing students to practice martial arts for self-defense.
"Those born in the Imperial Academy must be both civilized and military." Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he said this, so he decided to choose Wengshan as the site. As for the budget, manpower and material resources plus materials were estimated to be 200,000 to 300,000. Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "You are the majestic Admiral of the East Factory. A housewarming celebration requires more than one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand."
Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Since you are so embarrassed that people scold you, then the more you can do, the better."
"Could he still plan to use this income to replenish the national treasury?" Emperor Chongzhen is really shameless now. He expects the little eunuch to show his face and make money to supplement everything. Unexpectedly, Chang Yu said with a cautious face: "Education is the basis of a century-old plan, and investment in schools cannot just be Looking at the current situation, in order to have a long-lasting history, not only cannot it be deducted, but also an education fund must be allocated from the national treasury every year to establish scholarships, etc..."
Chang Yu kept talking for a long time, and Emperor Chongzhen finally understood: "In fact, just like the army, there must be brave men under heavy rewards, right? If we set up a scholarship, they will study harder and harder, right?" As he spoke, he sighed slightly: "This principle is the same everywhere. Should your ordnance factory also set up scholarships?"
Uh... Chang Yu nodded: "Which is more appropriately called the Design Award or the Development Research Award."
Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Queen Zhou and then at Chang Yu: "Where did you learn these tricks?"
"Uh... I just thought of it when I was bored during the war." Chang Yu reluctantly found an excuse. Emperor Chongzhen and his wife naturally didn't believe it and looked at each other with a smile: "Others rack their brains and have trouble sleeping and eating during the war, but you can still do it. It's boring, but you can still think of some of these, hey, you don't want to talk about it, but these tricks are really good."
Chang Yu didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer, so he coughed lightly and said, "There is one more thing I need to trouble the Queen and Princess."
Queen Zhou hadn't expressed her position yet, but Princess Kunxing was so excited that she couldn't help but blurt out: "What do you need me to do?"
Hey, Emperor Chongzhen and his wife couldn't help but look at this precious girl. It's not like her to be so proactive.
"This matter of raising money requires the Queen and Princess to show their faces." Chang Yu smiled faintly, and Zhu Ainao said quickly: "Okay, okay."
Hey, Emperor Chongzhen and his wife looked at their precious daughter again. When did she become so cheerful?
The so-called public appearance means that the queen and princess go out of the palace to go to the streets to collect money. This is considered a humiliation, and it will inevitably provoke some comments from relatives or nobles, but from the perspective of the common people, it is a different matter. Do you see, the queen wants to To build a school to house those homeless children, he not only paid for it himself, but also went out of the palace to raise donations. This, this, is simply the Holy Mother...
People, once they get the bonus of fame, they will be out of control.
In the past, if you asked Queen Zhou and the princess to leave the palace to do these things, they would struggle in their hearts for a long, long, long, long...
But since the last time they went out of the palace to reward the army and calm the people, set up porridge stalls, and gained the warm support of the people and gained great popularity and reputation, Queen Zhou's heart was already ready to wait for the next opportunity.
No, the little eunuch will give you whatever you want.
So he agreed without hesitation, and Emperor Chongzhen had no reason to object. The queen's mother-in-law made the world famous and earned fame for the royal family. This is something that can only be achieved.
"After the school is built in the future, outstanding candidates can directly enter the Imperial Academy." Emperor Chongzhen paid more attention to education, and even thought about the future of the imperial school, but Chang Yu directly poured cold water on him: "In the future, , perhaps those who are outstanding in the Imperial Academy can study in the Imperial Academy without taking the examination, or even the Imperial Academy can be merged into the Imperial Academy."
In theory, the Imperial Academy is actually also an imperial academy.
But Emperor Chongzhen was still shocked by his words: "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that the Ming Dynasty needs an education reform. It's just that this kind of thing cannot be done by a group of people. It must be done step by step." Emperor Chongzhen smiled. He could tell from Chang Yu's usual disdain for civil servants. I know that he looks down on scholars very much, and even in this position he is very close to Chang Yu.
Chang Yu didn't look down on scholars, but looked down on scholars at this time, including those college students in the Imperial College. You can say that they are ignorant and incompetent. What they studied was "The Classic of Filial Piety", "Primary School", and "The Analects of Confucius" , "Mencius", "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", as well as "Poems", "Books", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Rites", "Spring and Autumn", "Yi", the Four Books and Five Classics and so on.
But you say it is useful, but when faced with natural disasters or military calamities, they can only type on the keyboard. No matter how good your calligraphy is, no matter how good your painting is, no matter how good your poems are, they are not worth a grain of grain or a soldier.
So Chang Yu summarized it for Emperor Chongzhen. What they had learned was that governing a country can contribute three points, misdirecting a country can contribute seven points, and a strong country cannot be single. The prosperity of a country in all dynasties depends on a strong army. . If he relied on poetry and songs, Li Bai could have swept across the Eurasian continent.
No one can understand this better than Emperor Chongzhen, the king of the country's subjugation, otherwise he would not have shouted out the sentence: "Empty talk harms the country, and all civil servants can be killed."
But he also knows that reform requires a step-by-step process. The drastic and one-step reforms in the past dynasties have not produced any good results. If he dares to close the Imperial College today and build a brand new royal school, he can be sure that the big officials in the cabinet will do it. Lao and Baiguan just put down their burdens, and you can play by yourself.
Chang Yu not only made a budget for the location of the Royal Academy, he even had a candidate for the first principal, which was naturally Song Yingxing. He would also give him an official title equivalent to that of the Imperial Academy, starting from the fourth rank.
The food was delivered, and Chang Yu chatted with the three members of the family while eating. If this scene were seen and spread, it would be shocking. Who has ever seen a eunuch eating and chatting about official business in front of the emperor? Decency!
But it's not so much that Chang Yu is awesome as it is that Emperor Chongzhen has deep trust and favor in him.
For nearly an hour, the emperor and his ministers finally discussed the matter of building the school thoroughly. Emperor Chongzhen made the final decision: "You will be solely responsible for this matter." But Chang Yu decisively refused: "Let it be done by the Ministry of Works." .
Emperor Chongzhen was puzzled. Chang Yu always disliked the procrastination of various yamen and preferred to do things by himself. Why today...
"My lord, I don't want to take credit for it!" Chang Yu smiled bitterly!
If a tree is beautiful in the forest, it will be destroyed by the wind. Chang Yu's is too beautiful!
People who are too good will make people jealous, and they will try to trick you overtly or covertly. Building a school is a major event and a big plan. Chang Yu doesn't want to be tricked into causing trouble, not to mention that he wants to use this to gain fame. The plan to benefit the country and the people was handed over to the royal family.
When future generations hear about the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy, they will say that it was founded by Queen Zhou!
It was Chang Yu who planned the project, and he also made the down payment. The fundraising was handed over to Empress Zhou, and then Emperor Chongzhen personally ordered the Ministry of Works to carry out the construction within a time limit. There would be no big trouble in this matter.
The Tao, the Tao is too great. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the little eunuch in front of him. He was no longer as handsome as before, but he was becoming more and more good at being a person and doing things. With the help of this person, it would be just around the corner for the Ming Dynasty to regain its power.
