The inner court of the palace was tightly guarded, with Yilin guards standing neatly, and Jinyiwei wearing flying fish uniforms with embroidered spring knives hanging on their waists walking back and forth, creating a solemn atmosphere.
If the Jin Yiwei on duty notices that an official is in a panic, they will step forward and pull him out for questioning, check his license plate, or even search him if he is not doing well.
If this unlucky guy fails to pass this review, he will be detained on the spot and sent to prison or the prison of the Ministry of Punishments.
Think about it, as soon as Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was afraid of getting mixed up with people with evil intentions.
Xu Qin saw with his own eyes that several officials in green robes, whose rank was below the sixth rank, were stripped of their official crowns in public and driven out of the palace because of abnormal expressions.
The fate that followed was very bad, ranging from being dismissed from office to being imprisoned.
Following the courtiers in front, Xu Qin slowly entered the palace.
At this time, the spacious and bright Hall of Supreme Harmony was filled with ministers in court uniforms.
On the podium closest to the emperor's position in the palace, there are all purple-robed civil and military ministers of third rank or above, each of whom is kneeling and sitting on the soft cushions.
Behind them, on the terrace of the second level, there were four or five officials in crimson robes, each standing in awe.
There are the largest number of sixth- and seventh-grade civil and military officials wearing green robes.
They could only stand inside and outside the palace gate, and even the emperor's face was dimly visible.
In this way, civil and military personnel are arranged left and right, from top to bottom, with grades, uniform colors, etc. arranged neatly, clearly visible at a glance, and the hierarchy is strict.
Xu Qin is wearing a fourth-grade crimson court dress and is on the second sequence of terraces.
When all the ministers and ministers arrived, a sharp drake sound led the emperor to take his place.
Sing...
bow down…
Long live three cheers...
The prelude is all over.
To the great surprise of all the officials present, His Majesty the Emperor's opening remarks was to ask the edict officer to read out several edicts in the palace.
The first edict:
The Central Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty was established and was under the control of the Hanlin Academy.
The supervision of the Central Taixue Hall was held by Xie Jin, a contemporary scholar and bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
The great scholar Yang Shen was appointed as the governor's attendant on the left, and the great scholar Chen Ji was the governor's attendant on the right.
Yao Guangxiao is the general counselor of the Central Taixue Hall.
After the edict was read out, the court was in an uproar.
Hundreds of officials in Wuyangyang were all stunned, ignoring the ban on the court, and whispered to each other.
It was unheard of to set up a Central Imperial Academy, and it was unprecedented to promote officials in such an unusual way.
The second edict is still related to the establishment of Tai Xuetang.
An Imperial Military Academy was established in the capital, similar to the later Central Military Academy.
In the future, universities, state military academies, etc. will be established in each state capital to train various professional talents for the imperial court.
The purpose of the Central Academy of Sciences is to cultivate and cultivate all kinds of talents. In addition to military and political circles, there are also professionals engaged in economics and people's livelihood.
According to the imperial court's specific vision, the current educational focus is divided into two parts.
The first is enlightenment education, all kinds of education starting from childhood, and encouraging private schools.
The second is adult education, similar to literacy classes in later generations.
One-year and half-year professional skills training.
Xu Qin transferred the entire plan and basic framework of education for later generations.
The first stage is the center.
The second stage is from the state capital downwards.
The third stage is to penetrate into counties, towns, villages, etc.
This plan is too huge and requires a lot of money, teachers, etc.
Emperor Yongle asked the court to mobilize the whole society.
Anyone who has received private education or has professional skills can join the teaching team after passing the assessment.
Teachers all received royal rations and were paid monthly salaries according to the establishment, all of which were allocated from special funds of the imperial court.
Who is the designer of this plan?
The ministers and workers are all guessing.
At first no one suspected it was Xu Qin.
When someone told this, everyone was in disbelief.
What was done by a sixteen-year-old boy?
Just mess around!
Everyone is worried about the imperial household department.
How much financial support does this require?
Look at Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, with a bitter face and sweat all over his body.
That day the emperor called him to the imperial study room and asked him to cash out one million taels of silver.
But now there is less than three million taels of silver in the treasury.
It is not enough to guarantee officials' salaries until the end of the year.
There is also a shortfall of several million taels for the construction of water conservancy facilities and the reinforcement of flood and flood control dams before winter comes.
Where can I squeeze one million taels for Tai Xuetang's use?
Regarding the implementation of the education policy of the Yongle Dynasty, Emperor Yongle gave a lecture in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"My dear friends, education is the foundation of the country. Whether the Ming Empire can be passed on in a long-term, stable and safe way, education plays a cornerstone role. This is a ten-year plan and a century-old plan."
"Education is the cheapest defense expenditure of the Ming Empire. Everything is difficult at the beginning, but no matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are, I have made up my mind to persevere and my school-running policies and ideas will never waver."
His Majesty the Emperor's categorical tone fully demonstrated another important measure of the Yongle New Deal.
This speech is probably excerpted from a certain paragraph in Xu Qin's memorial.
When one wave doesn't subside, another wave arises.
The next edict issued was to develop people's livelihood, promote industry, and invigorate commercial activities.
The Yongle New Deal focused on economic construction and expanded the scale and authority of the Ministry of Industry.
Song Li was formally appointed as Minister of Industry.
Lei Jingtian, the former chief of the Ministry of Industry, Fang Wenguang and others were ranked as left and right ministers, and concurrently served as chief supervisor of the Minerals Department and the Construction Department.
The Department of Commerce and Trade was newly established, temporarily under the Ministry of Industry, and Zheng Shaoqiu, the former deacon of the Kyoto Grain Market, served as the Chief Supervisor.
In terms of social class treatment, Zhu Di emphasized the principle of official recruitment and only recognized loyalty and ability.
All candidates will pass formal examinations, which are fair and equitable, regardless of the candidates' origins, whether they are nobles or commoners, based on their true talents and abilities.
The whole society improves the status of merchants, and the children of merchants go to school, are appointed to official positions, promoted, etc., and are treated the same as nobles and others.
This completely subverts people's previous worldview and understanding.
The promulgation of the emperor's edict naturally attracted opposition from all the powerful families.
However, many businessmen, ordinary people, and children of common people from poor families firmly supported it.
Zhu Di adhered to the will of Emperor Taizu Gao. Faced with the arrogance of the nobles, he was close to the people and valued the common people.
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
Moreover, the Zhu family royal family was originally from tenant farmers.
In the current Ming Empire, more than 95% of the personnel are ordinary people at the bottom.
It is better to offend wealthy and powerful officials than to let the common people, especially educated scholars, lose hope.
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The next day, Zhan Shifu in the East Palace.
Xu Qin, a young master, was immersed in reviewing the details of the Taixuetang construction plan.
In Zhan Shi's mansion, the left and right officials, general magistrates, bookkeepers, recorders, etc. were all busy separately.
In mid-September, the climate gradually cools down.
The work of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace is in full swing, busy and tense.
The preparations for the establishment of Taixuetang were huge, so why did Emperor Zhu Di dare to finalize the decision so quickly?
Mainly because Xu Qin had a plan for Zhu Di.
The Secretary and Economic Bureau of Zhanshifu came forward to establish an industrial company to mine minerals.
If you have a rich mine at home, why not organize mining and monetize it?
