After more than a month of operation and publicity, it is finally time for Huangming Academy to start school.
During this period, it can be said that the officials in charge of the Sixth Section were worried about the students.
Because the standards and assessment system set by Zhu Youxiao were too high, many people failed, and a large number of them were from the families of gentry officials. Even if they were not, they were more or less related.
However, due to the emperor's strict orders and clear edicts, and the people in charge were all close ministers of the emperor, no one dared to engage in malpractice for personal gain or help him through the back door.
Most of those who failed to win the election also criticized or even insulted the emperor behind his back. Most of them were fatuous emperors and mediocre rulers. They all felt that their talents were not appreciated and that they had nowhere to show their abilities.
Most of those who passed the examination were from poor families, and some were from the lowest level of civilians. They all came here for the job assignment.
If Zhu Youxiao's will did not mention this matter, then such an effect would not be achieved. What they are most concerned about is the future.
And among them, the newspapers and the Imperial Guards had the greatest contribution. Without them carrying the emperor's will to the public to publicize it, the common people who had never even entered the city would never know about it.
Except for business and military studies, the number of students in the other four disciplines is more than 100, especially literature, which is the most lively because Sun Qifeng, an influential person among the scholars, serves as the chief officer. Young people from several northern provinces Scholars mostly flocked here.
This is the influence of the great Confucian's reputation. Sun Qifeng doesn't have to do anything. He only needs to reveal a little bit, and it can spread throughout Shilin at an extremely fast speed.
In terms of agriculture and engineering, Song Yingxing and Xu Guangqi were even stricter. Basically, they were interviewed alone, which took the longest time.
However, the results achieved are unmatched by other disciplines. They all have real materials. Of course, most of them are uneducated and illiterate.
Because they all come from craftsmen or farmers, their family's conditions cannot support them to study and write. Most of the skills they have today come from the words and deeds of the previous generation and years of experience.
The chief officer of medicine is Li Changwen, Li Shizhen's grandson. He is a very rigorous person. Before he assesses and selects students, he must understand each person's information in detail.
First of all, there must be a certain foundation of medical skills, and secondly, in terms of character, it must be determined that the person has a pure heart and has both political integrity and talent.
As for the military academy, Zhu Youxiao did not open the recruitment of the first batch of students to the public, but selected them from the descendants of those who were distinguished and hereditary.
There were hundreds of families in the capital, except for Zhang Shize of the British Duke, who did not participate in the assessment. In the end, less than twenty people could pass the assessment. And for such a small number of people, Zhu Youxiao lowered the standard twice. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty How rotten the martial nobles of the dynasty were.
And among the dozen or so people here, half are actually hereditary Jinyi people. Most of the people in the duke, marquis and uncle's houses are useless, and some even don't even know the military bow. It's simply ridiculous.
Although Zhu Youxiao wanted to rectify it, he still suppressed him. At this time, military honors must not be used, otherwise the merger of civil and military affairs would be enough for him to drink.
Because of the abolition of the Beijing camp and the pro-military guards, those nobles have become extremely dissatisfied, because these nobles basically have an official position in it. Although they have no real power, they at least have a name, right? It's better than nothing.
And this is also a major source of income for the Hou and Bo families who have no sense of existence. These are basically not trusted by the emperor, not to mention the center, and they don't even have the power to speak.
How could they, who were self-reliant on their noble status, lower their profile and deceive others like businessmen? The main reason was that they did not have the ability or means to do so.
Not to mention other things, so it is impossible to work part-time. You can only maintain your life by eating empty food and drinking the blood of soldiers.
It was just that the emperor's attitude was too tough, the Yulin Army was stationed in the city, and the emperor punished officials arbitrarily, they were frightened and did not express it in public.
There is another important reason, and that is the British Duke Zhang Weixian's side, which is extremely fatal. In the circle of nobles in the capital, except for the British Duke, no one else has the energy and confidence to organize the various houses to form a group. A group, even Dingguo Gongfu, Xu Da's descendants cannot.
Being the leader of nobles for two hundred years is not a wasted reputation.
The reason why this first batch of students is selected from among them is also to stabilize people's hearts and show goodwill to these nobles. Like the emperors of all generations, I believe in you, so don't think too much about it. .
When Zhu Youxiao passed by and took the dragon chariot from the back door to the renovated Huangming Academy, it was already crowded outside.
After discussions with the principals of various academic disciplines in the academy, it was unanimously decided that it would be open to the public on the opening day. No matter you are a newspaper worker or a gentry, you can come and visit the opening ceremony.
In order to see it with their own eyes, countless people, especially newspaper staff, arrived outside before dawn and grabbed the best seats.
What they didn't know was that Emperor Zhu Youxiao, as the dean of the college, also took the time to attend in person.
Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing and others also learned of the news of the emperor's arrival at short notice. They immediately left the lobby and went to the apse to greet him.
"Your Majesty, the ceremony has been prepared. Just wait for Your Majesty to show up to preside over the ceremony, give lectures and cut the ribbon!"
Zhu Youxiao wanted to build Huangming Academy into the most open-minded reform point, so he added many cultural factors from later generations.
For example, during the ribbon cutting of this lecture, as the dean, how could he not join in the fun?
"Okay, then let me change my clothes before going!"
In order to let everyone in the world know how much the emperor valued and expected Huangming Academy, he specially brought Mianfu here.
They also brought three Jinyiwei to be responsible for the etiquette. They wore tailor-made Feiyu suits, which looked extremely comfortable.
When all the ministers saw that the emperor had changed into his imperial robes, they all smiled bitterly to themselves. Your Majesty really does whatever you want.
Fortunately, they were also wearing formal court uniforms, otherwise they would not have dared to attend the ceremony with the emperor in imperial robes.
"Rui Zheng, how did you go about the things I asked you to do?"
"Don't worry, your majesty. I have placed five hundred secret guards in every corner of the academy and among the groups. I have also ordered the imperial guards to guard the place inside and outside the square where the ceremony will be held. No one can approach within fifty steps!"
After confirming his safety, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand with a smile on his face and said to Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing and other chief officers who had been waiting for a long time:
"My dear friends, please come with me to witness this moment that will go down in history!"
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