In the imperial meeting room.
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty looked at each other, and no one spoke.
The emperor's words were simply subversive to them.
It has even gone beyond the scope of what these traditional scholar-bureaucrats can accept.
What kind of total war, what kind of brainwashing, what kind of militarism started from a baby.
The Ming Dynasty was so good, why did it have to go through so many things?
War with the Europeans?
There is nothing to be afraid of. They are just countries thousands of miles away. Although these countries are aggressive and violent.
But what's the big deal?
Can they still cross thousands of miles of sea to cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty?
The emperor has thought so much that he has thought of things that will happen hundreds of years later.
Who can control so many things that will happen hundreds of years from now?
Zhu Daohua had a panoramic view of the reactions of his ministers and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After all, this is a traditional Chinese society where "everything is inferior but only good at reading", rather than a Japanese country that pays attention to the spirit of the samurai sword. The traditional Chinese elites are less likely to accept the military system.
actually.
In the eyes of current Ming Dynasty officials and scholars, the current Emperor Zhu Da is quite militaristic.
A few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The war against the Qing Dynasty can be regarded as a civil war, a "just war" for the unification of the world.
But what followed was a war against Britain, Tsarist Russia, and even Spain. ,
It just means a little bit of "invasion".
It's too militaristic.
Such martial arts.
I'm afraid even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was beyond his reach.
in the public opinion of this era.
Emperors like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who actively expanded abroad were not the Holy Lords of the Ming Army.
And in the minds of ordinary people.
The status of a scholar is high.
The status of soldiers is low.
Three religions and nine streams.
Seats have been arranged.
Anyone who serves as a soldier will be scorned as a "thief serving the army."
Ranked in the ninth rank.
How can such people, who are like traffickers and lackeys, be on equal footing with scholars, or even climb on top of them?
"Your Majesty, having said that, it will cost a lot of money to establish a universal education system."
Luo Fangbo said from the side.
Zhu Daohua nodded with satisfaction.
My father-in-law has been the prime minister for many years. Although he does not have much talent, he is more stable and conscientious. At the same time, he does not disagree with himself. He still understands politics well on major issues and knows that he must stand with the emperor. On the same front.
So at this time he took the lead in expressing his stance.
Although he didn't agree with it in his heart, he would not object directly. Instead, he would ask Emperor Zhu to reconsider by raising difficulties.
It’s okay to run publicity. Now the imperial court controls the distribution of Ta Kung Pao and Ming Pao. These two national newspapers are regarded as the “official propaganda newspapers” of the Ming Dynasty. They are also the two newspapers with the largest sales volume.
besides.
Some local newspapers and periodicals also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
But as long as there are orders from the court telling them what they can and can't write, these literati from Jiangnan and Lingnan who have gone through the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong, and who were killed before, still don't have many strong bones. The lessons from the literary prison are not far away.
So that's no problem.
But it was not easy to establish an education system that was fully controlled by the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom.
Unifying the teaching materials is simple. After all, what is tested in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty is still in the hands of Emperor Zhu.
But it is too difficult to get most of the children to go to school - but if most of the children cannot go to school, then how can we talk about brainwashing the whole people?
One word.
To set up a school and recruit teachers, these all cost money!
Now, the "public education" of the Ming Dynasty has just begun. The entire country's education system continues to be based on the form of private schools run by local clans during the pre-Qing Dynasty.
Zhu Daohua thought for a while and said: "This matter does not need to be rolled out all at once. We should first prioritize it in Guangdong, Jiangnan and other places with conditions, and then gradually expand it. In addition, I think we can also learn from Qianlong."
Study Qianlong?
"We can also sell our official titles!" Emperor Zhu said.
Everyone was stunned.
Gu Song hurriedly stood up and stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, the current fiscal revenue situation of the imperial court is still ideal. Why do you need to do such a thing as drinking poison to quench your thirst?"
Emperor Zhu smiled and waved his hands and said: "Of course I don't want to sell local official positions. Qianlong sold his official positions so that officials could go to the local area to make money. I don't do such a thing. What I want to sell is the tablet of a gentleman."
"In the name of raising education funds, we sell gentry titles to the whole country. The title is not hereditary, but it enjoys the privilege of not worshiping an official, and at the same time, it also has the right to elect local councilors with one vote!"
As soon as Emperor Zhu said this.
The officials present knew what was going on.
have to.
Emperor Zhu is now using the excuse of raising education funds to support businessmen.
You can buy a gentry title with money. I don’t know how many businessmen will flock to it. Let alone merchants, ordinary landowners, if they have not been admitted to the imperial examination, are theoretically ordinary people. Don’t they want to buy a gentry title?
Gu Song also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
If a gentleman is not involved in the bureaucracy, he is just an honorary knight and has no influence.
"It is a tradition for the gentry in this place to contribute money and efforts to support education. And if they contribute money, they should be given some benefits." Emperor Zhu said, "This income will be used exclusively for education and publicity. The ministry is responsible for the formulation of primary and secondary school textbooks. Once the textbooks are formulated, they must be reviewed, and I will appoint reviewers!"
Education is a big deal.
Emperor Zhu decided to keep a close eye on this matter himself and not let the scholar-bureaucrats below him mess it up.
What I want to educate is a group of military soldiers who are loyal to the emperor, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and loyal to China.
But another group of rotten scholars have emerged.
Moreover, it has been common at all times and in all countries to hear that textbooks are adulterated with private material.
It's really not reassuring if you don't keep an eye on it.
"In addition, the position of Minister of Education and Propaganda is also very important." Zhu Daohua looked at Tao Biquan, who was the governor of Hebei these days.
"Let Shisheng do this."
Everyone was stunned. Tao Biquan, the governor's position was not yet popular, and he joined the central government as a minister.
However, education was originally Tao Biquan’s specialty.
He had a private school in his hometown in Hunan and had hundreds of disciples.
Tao Biquan had obviously been angry with Emperor Zhu about this matter before.
So he immediately stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, I will take over this burden. However, this education matter cannot be rushed. The three religions, nine streams, three, six, nine, etc. have long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. If they change overnight, I'm afraid It’s difficult.”
Emperor Zhu nodded.
He had discussed this matter privately with Tao Biquan and the two prime ministers.
But obviously.
In fact, they are not psychologically supportive of raising the status of soldiers.
But now the bureaucrats under Emperor Zhu also have ways to deal with Emperor Zhu.
That is to obey in appearance, but in practice, you are selling sheep's head to dog's meat.
Sometimes Emperor Zhu’s intentions are good.
But sometimes when I recite this sutra, the following bunch of crooked monks recite it incorrectly.
Even the emperor Zhu Daohua was quite powerless in the face of this situation sometimes.
That's why he said so much.
Like the brainwashing of education for all.
Say ten.
Emperor Zhu was actually satisfied if he could complete three points.
Historically, Prussia was the first to complete the reform of the compulsory military service system.
But this does not hinder the fact that the Prussian Army was once the European army with the most deserters.
So this matter can be done to some extent.
In fact, Emperor Zhu couldn't force too much.
After all, Emperor Zhu is just a person.
What he had to face was a bureaucracy composed entirely of traditional scholar-bureaucrats.
Think of this.
Zhu Daohua became more and more eager to hope.
The first batch of new-style college students trained by new-style universities can now enter various positions in society.
Emperor Zhu nodded and said: "I don't know this, but I still have to deal with this matter as soon as possible. I have to read the newspaper every day and go down to see the education situation."
Speaking of which.
Emperor Zhu looked at Luo Fangbo.
"Xiang Luo, where is Jin Yue now?"
Luo Fangbo was stunned.
I don’t know why Emperor Zhu suddenly started to care about his heir.
"Your Majesty, Jin Yue is currently serving in the Liaodong Corps."
"Let him stop being a soldier. He has studied politics at Daohua University and a military academy. Now Chang Yinghu is going down below to be the prefect. Let him be my secretary!"
Luo Fangbo and Gu Song took a look.
Everyone understood that Emperor Zhu was preparing to promote a group of "college students" to the throne.
Luo Jinyue is considered to be the first batch of young people to be educated in the new style.
He asked Luo Jinyue to be his secretary.
It is a gesture to the nobles of the entire Ming Dynasty: send the family’s children to college as soon as possible! Now the emperor likes to use college students!
This traditional bureaucratic scholar-bureaucrat could influence Emperor Zhu.
Isn't it possible that Emperor Zhu is changing the other party?
(End of chapter)
