The scholars were beaten out of the yamen by a mess. Fu Yin walked to the hall in person. He bowed his head and said, "Mr. Yang, the scholars have been maliciously making trouble. They have learned their lesson. Look at this case..."
Yangzi touched his bloody nose and mouth, "Sir Fu Yin, scholars have been punished for their arrogance, but what should the Caomin be beaten by the servants?"
"Yamen? Who did it? The official asked you to invite Mr. Yang, how dare you be rude to Mr. Yang?" The government office swept across the faces of the servants one by one, "Who did it? Stand up." !"
The beating ya servant knelt in front of Fu Yin with a "puff", "My lord..."
"You are so courageous!" Fu Yin puffed up at the yavier.
The Ya Jie walked in front of Yangtze, "The villain has eyes but does not know Mount Tai. If you have a large number of adults, just bypass the villain!"
"My lord? Haha, I'm just a grassroots, running a newspaper, what kind of adult is it?"
"In front of the villain, you are an adult, the eldest adult." The ya servant kowtowed his head like a green onion.
Yangzi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Forget it, since you have admitted your mistake, I will not go into it. In the future, anyone who goes to the newspaper to make trouble, I hope you will not be punished severely."
"That is nature, that is nature."
After Yangzi returned to the newspaper, Jin Yiwei often wandered around the newspaper. Everyone knew that the owner of the newspaper was not Yangzi. It seemed that the water in the newspaper was too deep.
Newspapers continue to publish various political articles, and literati can argue, but only in newspapers.
The debate on whether to dissolve the clan government was mostly opposed at the beginning, but talented people from all walks of life found that if their articles were to be published in newspapers, it was better to support the dissolution of the clan government.
Just as such articles were arguing in the newspapers, the headline of Ming Pao published a message: The imperial court is about to set up a normal college in the capital, Jinan, Kaifeng, Taiyuan, and Xi'an, each of which will recruit students above talents Member, study scientific knowledge, one year of schooling.
Once students are enrolled in normal colleges and universities, they will be provided with food, clothing and housing for free by the court. After graduation, they will go to various parts of the province to serve as teachers in elementary and middle schools, and the teachers will enjoy half the salary of the local county magistrate.
Many students did not understand scientific knowledge, but the court provided food, clothing and housing, which immediately attracted a large number of underachievers. In addition, as a teacher in elementary and middle schools in the future, he would enjoy half of the county magistrate’s salary. After all, they will receive the salary paid by the court.
However, the scholars soon discovered that normal colleges and universities in various places have strict requirements for students, and those with a certain scientific foundation are preferred. If they are all scientifically blind, they need to be under 40 years old and determined to teach for life. .
For a time, the capital of the five northern provinces, the books about science were sold out by scholars. Those who hadn't bought science books had to face their old faces and borrow the books to read them when they were sleeping in the middle of the night.
In the miscellaneous talk of Ming Pao, the wind turned to the establishment of normal colleges and universities. As for the dissolution of the clan residence, it came to an end for the time being.
After two postponements, the enrollment examinations for normal colleges and universities in the five northern provinces are scheduled for the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The admissions of Beizhili Teachers College is extremely hot, because there are many students in Beijing, and there are many students in Beizhili itself. It originally only enrolled 2,000 students, but more than 5,000 students came to take the exam.
The entrance exam is divided into two rounds. The first round is conducted individually and there is only one test question. The organizer randomly selects a science test question from the sea of questions. As long as the respondent is not ignorant, it will be considered as passing.
The students who pass the customs can go back to prepare for the re-examination after leaving their name, hometown and address.
The test questions for the re-examination are a science test paper, written in vernacular Chinese, and all scientific test questions on it. Although the scientific test questions are simple, they are diverse, such as: What color are the leaves? why? What material is used to make cement? Green vegetable tofu, why can it be safe? and many more.
The population of Beizhili has exceeded 10 million, so the number of students enrolled is more than two thousand, while the other provinces all enroll one thousand students.
Seeing the results of the academy, Zhu Youjian was dumbfounded. The two thousand students admitted to Beizhili were calculated on the basis of 100 points. The average score was less than 15 points, and the highest score was only 26 points.
Zhu Youjian thought about it. Now they don't have any scientific foundation. The key is to study in the next year. In the future, the teachers will be sufficient and they can be returned to school to retake.
During this period of time, Zhu Youjian had not heard anything outside his window. He was nestled at the Daming Academy of Sciences and worked with the science masters of the Academy of Sciences to compile textbooks for normal colleges and universities.
There are three textbooks: mathematics, science and physical education.
Normal colleges and universities now recruit fast-track classes, mainly elementary school teachers. The scientific knowledge is relatively general. Zhu Youjian planned that the future middle school teachers should be divided into subjects, and subjects such as physics, chemistry, biology, and geography must be designed separately.
While at the Academy of Sciences, Zhu Youjian met with Dean Xu Guangqi. Xu Guangqi proposed to Zhu Youjian to design a notch-type sighting device on artillery and flintlock.
"The sight and the door!" Zhu Youjian immediately thought of firearms for later generations.
With the front sight and the cover door, the hit rate of the firearm will be greatly improved. This improvement depends on the machinery, not the proficiency of the gunner itself, which will shorten the training time of the gunner.
Zhu Youjian asked Xu Guangqi to visit the R&D staff of the Firearms Bureau to instruct the R&D staff to install the front sight and the door on the firearms, and he returned to the Palace of the Qing Dynasty contentedly.
For his eight reforms, the government soldier system has been abolished. The government soldiers who lost their land have immigrated to Liaoning Province. Compulsory education has been implemented. The first newspaper in Daming has been published.
For the remaining items, apart from national equality, which requires a long process of adaptation, the biggest obstacles are not from industry and commerce, nor from Shilin, but from the clan, especially the princes from all over the country.
On December 18th, two uninvited guests came to the Palace of the Qing Dynasty.
These two are Zhu Changhao, the King of Rui in Hanzhong, and Zhu Changxun, the King of Fu in Luoyang.
According to the Ming New Deal, after the disbandment of the clan mansion and the lifting of the ban on the children of the clan, the princes in various places can return to Beijing to celebrate at the time of the New Yuan, but they still have to stay in the fief. Zhu Youjian has already planned and lifted the ban. The princes everywhere, step by step.
"Haha, when did the two uncles return to Beijing?" Zhu Youjian let them into the main hall.
"It takes only two days to return to Beijing." Fu Wang Zhu Changxun sits on a chair. His fat body occupies all the space on the chair.
"The two uncles are struggling all the way, why don't you rest for a few more days in the palace? I just returned to the capital, and I have to come to the Qing Palace to visit the juniors. How safe are I?" Zhu Youjian asked the eunuchs to serve tea to the two princes .
"Hey!" Zhu Changhao sighed, "It's not that the other princes came to the door crying and begging!"
"Cry and beg?" Zhu Youjian suddenly understood that it must be for the clan. King Rui and King Fu are his own uncles, and the blood relationship is the closest, so the other princes encouraged them to come and persuade them. No matter how bad you are, you can find out about the wind, "Two uncles, this is the palace of Qianqing, let's close the door and speak our own words, what do you want?"
"Your Majesty, do you have to pay agricultural taxes for all land?" Zhu Changxun tentatively.
"This is the foundation of the New Deal, and it must never be shaken!" Zhu Youjian's attitude is extremely firm. "Fuwang Shu's family has a big business. In Henan, I am afraid it is one of the largest households in Henan. Do you still care about this agricultural tax?"
"Your Majesty, Lord Wanli has rewarded him with a lot of land. However, there are many courtiers and grandchildren. Once distributed, it may be difficult to feed them." Zhu Changxun never lost the pride of the last time. He seemed to have learned how to cry poor.
Why are you raising so many children without money? Zhu Youjian slandered, "Uncle Fu, now the fertile land of Ming Dynasty is gradually concentrated in the hands of the clans and big households. With the increase of the clan population, this trend is still developing. If the big households don't pay taxes, how can the court get food?"
"Your Majesty, the increase in the clan population is not bad, but the population of the people is also increasing. Didn't they pay more food?" Fu Wang was still scoring the edge.
"If there is no land, what do they pay for taxes? Does Uncle Fu hope that the civil commotion in Shaanxi will happen again in Henan? If there is a civil riot in Henan, then the loss of Uncle Fu is probably not taxed at this point, right?"
"Your Majesty, relying on rented land, they can also support their families. The civil upheaval in Shaanxi is because of severe drought for several years, and there is no harvest of crops in northern Shaanxi."
"The people can feed themselves, but what about the court? Where does the court get food? Is it possible for the court to increase taxes on these people who barely make ends meet?"
"..."
"Officials forced the people to rebel, two uncles, which dynasty ended not because of land annexation? Now I have not taken back your land, but let you pay taxes according to the number of acres. You will feel distressed? What if it arouses the people. Change, the prince of which dynasty has good fruits to eat?"
"Your Majesty, the ministers are only able to support the family!" Zhu Changhao was crying, his land was in Hanzhong. It was a land of mountains and rivers, the place was barren, and it was bigger than the unforgettable prince's family.
"Uncle Rui Wang, in the past two years in the cement factory, I have not saved less money, right? Is this money better than taxes on farmland?"
"This..." Zhu Changhao was speechless for a while. The cement plant he and Zhu Youjian jointly established in Shaanxi had indeed saved a lot of money in the past two years, but compared with Zhu Changxun, he is still a well-off family.
"Uncle Rui Wang needs to see the situation clearly. The court needs enough food to support the officials and the army. In a famine year, it also needs to provide relief to the people. If Uncle Rui Wang wants money, he should not hold on to the land, but look in line with industry and commerce. , Look at this cement factory, it has already made you a lot of money, if you build more factories..."
"Your Majesty meant to let the ministers wait to open more factories?" Zhu Changxun heard it and said.