Zhu Jianshen put down what he was holding, and then looked at Xu Youzhen.
"It's been done quite comprehensively, thanks to Xu Aiqing." Zhu Jianshen said softly.
"I dare not tell you how hard it is to do errands for His Majesty." Xu Youzhen was already happy in her heart, but her face still had the magnanimous expression of a gentleman who wanted to be beaten.
"Xu Aiqing, do you think that if the imperial court expands the official school, each town and town will have an official school, and there will be no restrictions on admission. As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty can enter this official school and learn to read and digit, is it feasible?" M.biQuge .biZ
This is also the seed for Zhu Jianshen to first invest in education across the country. After that, he can carry out reforms in education and add new subjects so that children can be exposed to more new things in addition to literacy.
Although I dare not say that it is open, it can still take a step forward.
"Your Majesty, this matter still requires a lot of calculations. At the beginning, it may cost millions of dollars a year. Although the court has implemented a new tax system and has money in savings, if it is to set up official schools on a large scale across the country. First, There are not enough students in the official school, and secondly, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to withstand such a large expenditure. Your Majesty might as well select some state capitals and conduct pilot projects first to get accurate expenditures."
Zhu Jianshen knew that all the troubles came from lack of money. After a moment of pause, Zhu Jianshen said softly: "Let's pilot it first. Where does Xu Aiqing think is more suitable?"
"It is most suitable to be elected to a state capital with a large population, such as Hangzhou, Suzhou, Ningbo and other places." Xu Youzhen said quickly.
Zhu Jianshen nodded: "It seems that these places are all near your hometown."
After hearing this, Xu Youzhen hurriedly responded: "Your Majesty, I have no selfish motives. These places are indeed suitable. Although the two capitals also have large populations, expanding official schools in the two capitals will make the people of various states feel that the imperial court favors one over the other."
"I know, I don't mean anything else. You are the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and this matter is your duty. But you have many affairs, so I will leave it to Zhan Yang. Let's settle it in Suzhou. Within ten days, I will get it." Come up with the charter and discuss it later.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Youzhen responded quickly.
After Xu Youzhen left Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jianshen said to Zhang Bao beside him: "Is Zhu Yi setting off?"
"Your Majesty, we have already set off."
"Where have all those Westerners been placed?"
"The Ministry of Rites placed them in the inn. They learned our language by themselves and did not find a special gentleman."
Zhu Jianshen nodded, then seemed to think of something, and asked, "Did the Western woman Zhu Yi hid also follow Zhu Yi to Liaodong?"
"Your Majesty, no, the only people going to Liaodong this time are Pu Ning'er and Zhu Yi. They took the sea route and went directly to Liaoping Mansion."
After Zhu Yi was in the martial arts arena, he asked for leave from His Majesty the Emperor and wanted to visit Cao Jixiang in Liaodong.
On the sea, Zhu Yi went all the way east, trying to find Admiral Cao. He even ran around the world but did not see Cao Jixiang. It became a nightmare.
Before setting off for Ningbo and Quanzhou, I still want to meet Cao Jixiang first.
Of course, Zhu Jianshen would not refuse Zhu Yi's request.
Ji Xiang went to America and Zhu Yi went to the Western Ocean. This is now a strategy drawn up by Zhu Jianshen himself.
Cao Jixiang stayed in Liaodong for two or three years. After successfully promoting sweet potatoes, he would go to America again, but this time it would be a large fleet known to both the government and the public. It would establish the frontier of Ming Dynasty's march into America on the west coast of America.
But Cao Jixiang is not young either.
There wasn't much time left for him.
The Maritime Affairs Department proposed by the imperial court has been launched, and like the Wuxun Department, it is a matter of course.
Under Zhu Jianshen's arrangement, both Li Xian and Xu Youzhen had to assist Zhu Yi in preparing to establish the Maritime Affairs Department in Quanzhou and Ningbo, and lift the maritime ban within a specific range.
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Liaoping Mansion.
The Jurchens were placed in one hundred households and lived a peaceful and stable life. Although they had sacrificed their dignity and blood before, they also enjoyed rare stability after getting on the right track.
For so many years, they have never had a large-scale famine again, all thanks to the support from Shandong by sea.
Of course, Shandong is not just paying. The rich resources of Liaoping Prefecture have also allowed the government and many businessmen to make a lot of money. Of course, it has also given many ordinary people in Shandong a head start. Liaoping City is calling, you If you go, immediately divide the land and pasture...
After settling down, the Jurchens changed their hairstyle and appearance. Their rat braids were withdrawn from history more than four hundred years in advance. For the entire ethnic group, except for those families who served as soldiers in Jiubian and North Korea, they no longer There is no hierarchy, everyone starts from the same starting point.
The only way to catch up with others is to learn Ming's language well and truly become a stable part of this great empire.
At the end of the eleventh year of Chenghua, Liaoping City welcomed a special guest, Cao Jixiang from the capital.
He brought the sweet potato planting technology and started the first step of experiments on 40,000 acres of black land outside Liaoping City. He gathered tens of thousands of Jurchens and hundreds of sweet potato experts brought by Cao Jixiang. Neng has become another kind of hundred households. Each of them brings one hundred Jurchens and is responsible for two to three hundred acres of land.
All the land used for the experiment belongs to the imperial court. After a good harvest, it will not only reduce the pressure on food supply and demand in Liaoping Prefecture, but also allow people to enter Shandong, Zhejiang and other inland areas along the coast. Without changing the traditional farming habits of the Ming Dynasty, It can also enrich people's dining tables and even serve as staple foods.
Sun Xiang, the governor of Liaodong, also traveled thousands of miles to Liaoping Mansion and stayed there for more than a month. Of course, he also took thousands of people with him to participate in the whole process.
Cao Jixiang doesn't have much work. Apart from riding a horse around the field paths every day to watch the growth of sweet potatoes, he also spends his time drinking tea and playing the piano in his mansion in Liaoping City. .
On this day, Cao Jixiang had just returned from outside the city. He had just changed his clothes and boots. Before he could drink the first shot of tea, he vaguely saw the figures of two people outside the central hall.
Exactly, Zhu Yi and Pu Ning'er.
Although it has been two months since Zhu Yi returned to the capital, the detailed transmission speed during this period was very slow. In addition, Cao Jixiang was focused on the great cause of sweet potato planting and did not pay too much attention to the trends in the capital. .
Cao Jixiang didn't believe his eyes.
The two people are getting closer and closer, and their outlines are getting clearer and clearer.
"Are you humans or ghosts?" Cao Jixiang said softly.
"Of course he is a human being, Eunuch Cao..." Zhu Yi said with a smile.
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