Emperor Tianqi is getting married!

This news generally swept through the capital, giving the common people more to talk about after dinner. Most people just envied the emperor's happiness in words, but some brokers in the capital who were not familiar with this were discussing the post-election process that was different from the past.

.

In the past, after the election, palace eunuchs were sent to all parts of the country to select young girls between thirteen and sixteen years old. This was an audition, and then the five thousand girls who were selected after the audition were brought to the capital for further screening.

After a series of responsible procedures, three girls were selected and let the emperor appoint the queen.

However, things are different now that Emperor Tianqi is here. There are only a thousand eunuchs in the palace, which are just enough to do things, and there is no extra eunuchs to send outside. Therefore, eunuchs are not sent out. The candidates for audition are declared by the local officials and sent to the palace.

Capital, participate in the election.

In the past post-election procedures, a large number of palace maidens were usually included, and this was also the reason why many private families married off their daughters after hearing about the emperor's selection. No one wanted to send their daughters to the deep palace to suffer. However, this

It was different this time. This time only one concubine and two concubines were selected, a total of three young girls. If the others were not selected, they would all be given a certain amount of silver and sent home.

After Zhu Youxiao's rectification, the Forbidden City has a fixed number of service personnel. Only a thousand eunuchs are left, and there will be no more in the future. When these groups grow old and die, the eunuchs will gradually disappear, and all other affairs will be adopted.

In the employment system, strong women are hired for rough work. As for palace maids and the like, they sign employment contracts and are employed for three years. After three years, they are released home.

In Zhu Youxiao's vision, the Forbidden City will gradually become an office space, and the number of service personnel such as palace maids will gradually be reduced to a certain number.

The fact that previous talent shows were not possible this time has made all private families feel relieved. Since they are not choosing palace maids, there is no need to rush to marry their daughters. Not only will the bride price not be received, but a large dowry will be paid. As for the ones to be chosen,

Many people didn't take it seriously that there were three women, one concubine and two concubines. When they thought about it, they couldn't relate to such a thing.

Only those families who want to gain wealth and have beautiful daughters at home will take this matter seriously. As for the officials, after seeing that the principle of this post-election activity is voluntary, they are relieved.

After the county issued an announcement, they ignored it.

Of course, it is not that they did nothing at all. After all, it was after the election. What if the girl they recommended became the queen? Then wouldn’t they be able to fall in love with each other? Following such speculative ideas, magistrates and prefects from all over the country

They all collected and inquired about it, and got a few high-quality ones to send over. Anyway, the emperor did not specify the quantity. Even if he sent them by himself, even if the task was completed, no one could say anything. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God.

Such a typical example occurred in Xiangfu County, Henan Province. When the county magistrate heard the news about the election of the emperor, he immediately thought of the daughter of Zhang Guoji who was under the rule. It was said that this daughter was dignified, virtuous, and was very young.

Knowing how to help your father take care of your younger siblings is absolutely virtuous and virtuous.

The county magistrate immediately found Zhang Guoji in a hurry and told the matter. Zhang Guoji was hesitant at first, but when he heard that only three people were chosen and the rest went home, he immediately agreed.

This is simply a hugely profitable thing. If you go out from the government, you don't have to worry about your daughter's safety. If you are selected, your father will be more valuable than his daughter, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future. Even if you are not selected, your daughter will come back. This experience

You should think of it as broadening your horizons and going out for experience. After having this experience, maybe your daughter will be able to marry better in the future.

After thinking through these issues, Zhang Guoji immediately agreed, and just like that, the fifteen-year-old Zhang Yan was sent to the capital to compete with other beauties from all over the world.

The draft is a complicated matter, especially this kind of national event. If you want to get to the end, it will take at least three months. Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao got over the initial shyness, he ignored it and took full control of the matter.

It was handed over to the cabinet, and it seems that Li Ruhua, the chief assistant, was particularly concerned about the matter and personally took the lead and presided over the post-election activities.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Youxiao was a little idle again, but he did not dare to carry out any reforms. Everything must be done in a certain way, and the same is true for reforms. There are already many systems implemented this year and cannot be changed anymore.

Change will catch people off guard and make them unable to accept it.

Now we should change the strategy of making rapid progress, and we should keep calm and wait for the previous measures to take root, run, mature, and play their due role.

Hebei Province is slowly getting on the right track, and new institutions are working; the Imperial City Defense Army is expanding to Yanshan and the Great Wall to take over the checkpoints there; Southern Zhili is being divided, and officials from the Six Ministries of Nanjing are all staying in their places; Liaodong has dealt with foreign aggression,

Under the auspices of Sun Chengzong, vigorous immigration and development were carried out, and Zhu Youxiao's new system was fully implemented.

All of this will take time. The entire Ming Empire, the cabinet, and the governor's office are all tense and running at high speed. It is really not suitable to add any tasks at this time.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao didn't just start having fun, he quickly found something to do.

When he was in Tianjin at that time, an official named Li Zhizao suggested to him that a higher-level school should be opened to allow those children who graduated from Yanchang Primary School to continue their studies and learn more advanced knowledge, so that they can play a greater role.

.

Zhu Youxiao thought it made sense as soon as he heard it, and then he brought Li Zhizao back. In addition to studying the steel keel technology, people from the Tiangong Research Institute also tried to write textbooks.

Different from the private schools that were everywhere during the Ming Dynasty, the knowledge these children wanted to learn was very biased toward later generations of science and engineering. As a result, textbooks were a big trouble. They had to consider both theory and practice, and there was no precedent for such textbooks.

It's completely starting from scratch, and it takes a lot of effort just to look up the information.

Even if Tang Ruowang later joined the Tiangong Research Institute, it would not help. What he knew was more advanced and lacked coherence. And in this situation of slow progress, Bo Fanji came over with Yu Zigao's recommendation letter. More

Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about the foreign priest, but the things this priest carried made him care.

Priest Bo Fanji brought a lot of books, many, many books. The total number of books in various languages ​​​​is more than 7,000. At this time, there happened to be Li Zhizao who was proficient in many foreign languages ​​​​in the Tiangong Research Institute. The two of them were simply

They hit it off immediately and immediately fell in love with each other.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Youxiao felt lucky. It had to be said that Li Zhizao and Bo Fanji were a match made in heaven. With the missionary joining, the progress of the textbook was greatly accelerated, and the results were soon produced.

What Zhu Youxiao didn't know was that in the original history, it was Li Zhizao and Bo Fanji who collaborated with each other to produce the ten-volume "Famous Theory Detective" and introduced Western logic to China. Now, in this new historical stage,

The two collaborated again and translated books together, but this time the volume was much larger.

Now that the textbooks are out, it will be easier to find a school site. So many nobles have been implicated in having their homes confiscated, so just find a building with a large space and renovate it.

On July 8th, the first year of Tianqi, Baigong College was quietly established in Nancheng, the capital. The first batch of students were 500 recently graduated children from the Tianjin Saltworks. Well, they should be teenagers. At the age of twelve, some

Even rural areas can become their own homes.

In the future, as this new type of elementary school within the inner government spreads from the salt field to all factories and companies under the inner government, there will be more and more students in Baigong College, and the young people who return from school will

Join the inner government, gradually grow, and become the technical backbone and pillar of the new generation.

A fresh hematopoietic cycle is thus formed.

As for the first dean of Baigong College, Zhu Youxiao unexpectedly appointed Tang Ruowang, which not only made the other party ecstatic, but also meant that His Majesty the Emperor accepted them, which was an excellent start.

Although His Majesty the Emperor did not allow him to preach to these students, he made a promise that as long as Tang Ruowang found fifty more knowledgeable missionaries, he would build a cathedral in the inner city within a period of time and allow him to teach in the capital.

Preach.

This is a very formal promise, even this promise is written in the imperial edict, but it has not been stamped with the supreme seal for the time being, so it has not taken effect.

It has been decades since the missionaries of the past generations. Seeing that his lifelong wish was about to come true, how could Tang Ruowang not be so moved that he immediately wrote a letter to be brought back to the West, requesting the Catholic Missionary Society to send fifty knowledgeable people?

The priest comes.

At the same time, in order to speed up the process, he also kept spreading the news in Macau and Nanyang, hoping to recruit more missionaries wandering overseas and build the cathedral as soon as possible.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao relented was that, in addition to the upcoming Taoist Reform Conference on July 15th, he suddenly discovered the true role of missionaries, which were used to study some sophisticated technologies and serve as teachers to impart Western philosophy.

And some advanced knowledge spread in Ming Dynasty.

Compared with these, it is only a small matter to promise Catholicism to preach in the mainland. Moreover, even if he does not allow it, Catholicism will still spread. This is a trend of cultural exchanges that cannot be stopped. In this case, it is better to use this

situation in exchange for some benefits.

Zhu Youxiao is very confident about the Chinese people. Even if they become religious, the most important thing in their hearts is their ancestors, and this will never change. Any religion will be forcibly changed by their powerful ability to assimilate.

into a form that suits you.

Later, the Catholic Pope issued a decree allowing Chinese believers to worship their ancestors, which is the best evidence.

As for whether the high-tech technology developed by the missionaries will spread, Zhu Youxiao is not afraid at all. Not to mention the different thinking habits of the two countries, the long distance alone is an obstacle. When the technology spreads to the West, the Ming Dynasty will

Maybe more advanced ones will be released.

What's more, this is not the information age of later generations. A USB flash drive can hold all the information. In this era of communication, information and drawings are written on paper. No one can remember everything by memory. With Jin Yiwei

With the supervision of Hedong Factory, Zhu Youxiao believes that there will be no technical leakage in a short period of time.

[Author's digression]: Thanks to 'arrogant uncle' who has never been bad 'td9625' for the reward. As uncle Da said, these pictures are a bit messy. This is the second book of Feast and the first.
Chapter completed!