Lao Zhu, with bright eyes, turned sideways and patted his precious son and said: "Biao'er, we are doing this so that you will have countless good talents to use in the future, so you have to do your best, what about tea horse banknotes and the like?" Do some more."
When Zhu Biao heard this, his face collapsed. Grassroots education could not be that easy. As far as he knew, Lao Zhu also did a lot of social studies in history, but the results were not very significant. It can only be said that he had the absolute authority of the founding emperor. The next attempt.
The main reason is that Lao Zhu's high-profile establishment of this education system was just his wishful thinking. Few people from top to bottom in the government and opposition parties really agreed with this policy. Some officials considered that the court could not withstand such huge financial pressure, and some were Resistance from the bottom of my heart.
Especially officials who came from aristocratic families, many of them came to the court as officials on the recommendation of their relatives. Why, it was because their whole family, old and young, were literate, while ordinary people could not read a single Chinese character.
The apparent prosperity of education is entirely the result of political coercion. Whenever the emperor's attention is diverted, these formal education systems will be destroyed...
Especially after Zhu Di seized the throne, in order to consolidate the foundation of his rule, he naturally had to win over the gentry of the family to recognize his orthodoxy. Coupled with the increasingly serious financial problems of the Ming Dynasty, the educational system established by Zhu Di came to nothing.
Ultimately, it is still a matter of resources. The more than 30,000 Jin Yiwei who Zhu Biao ordered Quanxu to train in Fengyang received some basic education. It was only an education for 30,000 people, which made Zhu Biao, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, unable to make ends meet. .
There was nothing in the East Palace Treasury except some royal items that were difficult to sell. Even Chang Luohua had silently put most of his dowry in it. Zhu Biao only discovered this after the New Year. It was all said and done. Zhu Biao felt a little ashamed. In this era, it was too embarrassing to touch his wife's dowry for his own affairs.
You must know that the income of the East Palace from various areas of the palace and acres of land in the year, month and year is not a small amount. Just the fertile land under the name of the East Palace is not known how much.
When they were conquering the world, both Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng were huge interest groups. If they lost, they would naturally be divided up. A lot of fertile land was distributed by Lao Zhu to his ministers and generals based on their merits, but the biggest share naturally went to Heavenly home.
Although the old Zhu gave many occupied unowned land to the people for farming, there are still large acres of land left. It was originally the responsibility of Queen Ma. The year before last, Queen Ma knew that her son was short of money and took over the Huangzhuang farmland in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. All the acres were handed over to Zhu Biao for management.
No matter what dynasty, the Tian family is the largest landowner.
But these are still not enough. Although Zhu Biao spends money not only in Jinyiwei, but the resources invested are not a small amount. It is just a half-year-old who is poor. It is true that there are more than 30,000 children who are still in the developmental stage. , and the more than ten thousand elites in various fields who are responsible for teaching them are big consumers of food.
Not only do they have to eat food and meat, but they also consume countless pens, inks, paper, inkstones, swords, guns, bows and cavalry. From the beginning, Zhu Biao has had great expectations for the Jinyi Guards. What he wants to train is not just a simple spy, but he hopes to train as many independent agents as possible. Characters, they are not consumables but become sparks that can start a prairie fire.
A mere 30,000 people are not enough to supervise the southern state capital, so they are the kindling. Only by burning and developing enough loyal, resolute, civil and military people can they assist Zhu Biao to start a new era, so Zhu Biao never stopped monitoring him no matter what. Jinyiwei's resource supply.
Although the same number of social studies students will certainly not consume so many resources, if according to Lao Zhu's vision, all states, prefectures and counties across the world must establish social studies to cultivate scholars, then the resources needed will be unpredictable, and Jinyiwei The training is adequate, but the resources needed for grassroots education are lacking.
Zhu Biao stretched out his hand and pinched his eyebrows and said: "Father, please don't forget that the imperial court still owes the Jiangnan nobles millions of shi of grain. I hope that the Ministry of Revenue will definitely not be able to pay it back. I can earn this money this year." It’ll be good to come out.”
When Lao Zhu heard this, his arrogant expression froze for a moment. He looked back at the palace maids and eunuchs in the distance before whispering: "Do you really want to pay it back? How about we marry a few more, including your younger brothers?" become."
Zhu Biao said helplessly: "No matter how much of the family you marry, you still have to pay back the food money! Father, everyone in the world is watching, how can the court's reputation be damaged? Even if the Jiangnan family says they don't want it, it won't happen." , the imperial court must pay it back on time no matter what, otherwise many subsequent matters will not be able to start at all."
"Why"
Seeing that his father was depressed, Zhu Biao couldn't bear it: "I didn't say I wouldn't do it. Next year..."
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang went back to review the memorial with satisfaction, while Zhu Biao returned to the Wenhua Hall with a sad face. He did not expect that the majestic Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty would continue to worry about money. There was really no reason for him to reason.
No wonder there were few virtuous kings and many mediocre kings in the past dynasties. It was too troublesome to do practical work. It was easy for Zhu Biao to build a few golden houses for himself, but it was difficult to popularize education in the world. It was easy to support one person's luxury and enjoyment with the power of a country. , it is difficult to carry forward a country's development.
After the establishment of social schools in prefectures and counties, if you really want people to send their children to study, you must at least provide these children with food and pen and ink consumption during their studies. Otherwise, most of the people who are still struggling in hunger and poverty will not be able to Be willing to let go of a growing workforce.
What's more, if we really want to popularize education, Zhu Biao also hopes that girls can go to school and learn to read. This is very difficult. If it is not possible, it will be enforced by imperial decree. Since the Song Dynasty, the low status of women has reached an outrageous level. To the extent...
Zhu Biao sat on the chair in the Wenhua Hall and looked at the compass sent by the Ministry of Works. The last time the Ministry of Works was scolded by Zhu Biao, the efficiency suddenly became much higher. At least no one dared to delay the things he ordered. .
Five years have passed, and it's time to send the fleet out to sea. Everything that needs to be prepared is ready, the most suitable commander is in place, and Ming Dynasty has enough financial resources to bear all losses.
From the year before last, Zhu Biao ordered Wu Liang, Marquis of Jiangyin, to lead the sailors left over from the Yuan Dynasty to study navigation technology, including observing the sky, star positions, compass pointers, the changing patterns of trade winds, currents and floods, etc., as well as crew members including sailing , steering, sounding, and anchoring techniques.
Fortunately, navigation technology in the Song and Yuan Dynasties has developed relatively maturely, and the basic theory of navigation is still relatively complete. In particular, the navigation technology of the Yuan Dynasty was particularly outstanding in understanding and mastering coastal celestial phenomena and laws, and was able to familiarly grasp and utilize the laws of monsoons. In the long-term practice of maritime transportation, we summed up experience and compiled formulas about tides, winds and weather.
Zhu Biao had never been to the sea in his previous life, so he didn't have much to intervene. He could only tell them to cultivate vegetables and plants on the ship and eat them after the voyage. He also had a rather detailed map of the world. Thanks to Geography teacher.
How lucky you are to have a world map before this era of geographical discovery. In the middle of the 15th century, the total known land area of human knowledge only accounted for two-fifths of the total land area, and the navigation area only accounted for the entire sea area. One in ten, that is, the vast majority of countries only know the sea area at their own doorstep.
After Zhu Biao finished drawing the map, Liu Jin personally drew several of them. In addition to being stored in several safe places in the East Palace to prevent accidental damage, only two of them were sent to Jiangyin Marquis Wu Liang with Zhu Biao's personal letter. in hand.
Zhu Biao was also worried that it would be troublesome if one of the pictures was broken at sea, so he sent two pictures. However, he also issued strict orders not to leak this picture to others at will. After setting sail, he could only disclose it to a few people of sufficient rank. If Some people dare to copy privately and cut it first and then report it.
Although the name of Marquis Jiangyin is quite unscrupulous, he is indeed trustworthy. He is the old brother of his father, a native of Dingyuan, Haozhou, and the elder brother of Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai. Both brothers are rare naval heroes. Zhu Biao used Wu Zhen to train troops to resist Japanese pirates, and Wu Liang as the commander of the ocean. After all, he could not wait for Zheng He to grow up before going to the West.
Without Butcher Zhang, would we still be able to eat pigs with hair on them?
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