In the sixteenth year of Jianwen, the Ming Dynasty was flourishing.
Jinling Shipyard is in full swing, and a new iron ship will be launched every two months. There are many blast furnaces in the Ma'anshan smelting plant, and the new smelting plant has greatly improved the smelting efficiency.
In Datong, Ningwu, Hedong, Xishan and other places in Shanxi, steam engines roared, and trucks of coal were lifted up by shaft lifting. Then someone would transport the coal to the transfer area, and businessmen would bring the coal to the road. River transportation to Beijing, Jinling and other places.
In the Taihang Mountains, more than a thousand craftsmen were digging into the mountains with iron drills and hammers. Groups of people carried the broken rocks out in baskets. The court wanted to build a railway, which inevitably required digging into the mountains. .qgν.
This is an almost crazy plan to build tunnels for the railway to pass through. This is a long-term project that may take five, ten, twenty or even more years to complete.
But the imperial court was determined to master the technology of tunneling, study the technology of tunneling and support, and allow trains to pass through the mountains to reach farther areas. No matter how many years, financial resources, or manpower it takes, the court has made an unshakable determination.
In hard and strong places, you can still dig holes and fill them with gunpowder to speed up the process. However, in some areas where the rocks are relatively soft and not strong enough, you dare not use gunpowder. You must also be careful and adopt various support methods to ensure that it does not collapse and that it does not collapse. The problem of water seepage needs to be studied and preparations must be made for sealing...
The combination of people sent by the Imperial College and experienced craftsmen began research on the infrastructure construction of large-scale projects in the Ming Dynasty. These studies were no longer limited to flat and open areas, but among the mountains.
Somewhere in the Huaihe River, during the dry season, Guozi Jianjiang College led people to divert water and blocked a section of the river, completed the foundation treatment of the river, completed the filling of concrete piles, and completed the construction of river piles.
However, considering that the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are simply not suitable for diversion and blockage, the construction of piles across large rivers is still a problem. The Imperial College proposed the idea of a Hanoi cofferdam, which is to build an iron house in the Yellow River. The iron house is higher than the water surface, and then use steam engines. The water is drained and concrete piles are built within the cofferdam.
This idea was shocking, but the Imperial College agreed to it after verification. The Yellow River and the Yangtze River were more than 20 meters deep. This depth was not insurmountable. After all, it took so long to build iron ships, so it was not impossible to build some large iron cages.
Although it is not easy to achieve a height that is too high, as long as the bottom is larger and thicker, leaving a groove, the top is nested below, and stacked bit by bit, it may not be impossible to make a cofferdam in the water. .qgν.
Zhu Yunwen did not interfere in the research of the Imperial College. Now the Imperial College no longer needs to give much guidance. They can already find their own direction, and continue to gain experience in experiments and improve methods.
On this day, the Imperial Academy's Jiujiu Hu Xi, Si Ye Ye Ling'er, and Zhou Chang, the dean of the Craftsman College, entered the palace to ask for an audience.
Zhu Yunwen raised his hand, asked the three of them to stand up, and said, "It's rare for the three of you to enter the palace together. You must have something important to discuss, right?"
Hu Xi nodded slightly, took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, since the Imperial College was reorganized, many amazing and talented people have appeared. Some of them have entered the court and become important ministers of the imperial court, and some have entered all walks of life to serve the imperial court. Efficiency. Over the years, the Imperial College has always adhered to the six-year system, and it has become a custom for graduates to leave after graduation."
"However, as the research continues to deepen, more and more supervisors are unable to abide by the regulations of leaving the Imperial College after six years. Especially some advanced research requires the supervisors to spend longer years to study. I think it is possible. While maintaining the six-year Imperial College system, some Imperial College students who specialize in research are allowed to stay."
Zhu Yunwen listened carefully to Hu Xi's story and nodded slightly: "This matter was not considered in the early years. Although in recent years, there are indeed a group of supervisors who did not take the graduation exam, or did not receive the graduation certificate after taking the graduation exam and stayed in the Imperial College to continue their studies. Research. But if this continues, it will be unfair to them."
Ye Ling'er walked out and said: "They are not afraid of any injustice. They just want to stay in the Imperial College and use the complete equipment, materials and strength of the Imperial College to study knowledge. I think that we can set up another group within the Imperial College
, specially accommodates these outstanding supervisors and provides them with more help in in-depth study of knowledge. "
Zhou Chang supported Hu Xi and Ye Ling'er: "It takes three to five years at least for Rujiang College to train a talent. After finally becoming a talent, some people will leave the Imperial College. This is a loss for them and for them. We are also a loss. For example, Zhou Tongming from the Craftsman Academy, he has done a lot of research on mechanical kinetic energy, but he entered the officialdom as soon as he graduated, and now he is the censor..."
Hu Xi sighed: "The imperial court does not lack talents to serve as censors, but it lacks talents who are interested in science."
Zhu Yunwen understood.
After six years of training, Imperial College students can obviously continue their studies, but because the Imperial College lacks a mechanism for further studies, there are no substantial benefits from further studies, so many people choose to enter the officialdom to gain more benefits.
For example, the Imperial College oversees the food and housing of students, and you can get bonuses during your training. However, after graduation, before you have any intellectual breakthroughs or research results, you will have no income and no bonuses. But once you become an official, you will have income...bμν.
Whether to continue studying in the Imperial College so that one person can have enough food for the whole family, or to go out and work as an official to support the family, this is a question that many Imperial College talents must consider.
In the past, this problem was not very serious, but with more and more knowledge and many years of continuous research, this problem must be considered.
Zhu Yunwen thought for a long time, stood up and walked out from behind the desk, saying: "This problem must be solved as soon as possible. In my opinion, these supervisors who continue to study are truly respectable talents, and the court needs to pay attention to it. What do you think of this? There is a Ming Academy of Sciences set up above the Imperial College. After graduation, graduates who pass the examination can enter the Academy to continue their studies, and their status will be changed from graduate students to academicians."
"Academician of the Academy of Science?"
Hu Xi and others looked at each other, feeling a little hot in their hearts.
This scientific research institute is above the Imperial College, not within the Imperial College, which elevates the status of this group of people.
The transformation of supervisors into academicians has given them a new identity.
Zhu Yunwen continued: "All academicians are paid a standard fourth-grade salary. The imperial court commends them and places them in a courtyard in Beijing to settle their families. The imperial court says it values talents every year, and it cannot just be paid lip service to."
