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On the campus of Imperial College of Technology in Xincheng, South District of Beijing, Liu Jinzheng and Zhu Houzhao strolled leisurely on the campus, carefully admiring this institution of higher learning that had spent huge sums of money to build it.
Imperial College is a science and engineering institution founded by Liu Jin with the help of Prince Zhu Houzhao. It is also branded as Imperial College.
Regarding the current education in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Jin always felt that something was missing. After thinking about it, Liu Jin felt that what was missing most was an institution of higher learning that could truly last forever and continue to cultivate scientific research talents for this huge empire.
In the past, I founded the School of Mechanical Engineering, the School of Medicine, the School of Music and Art, the School of Shipbuilding, the School of Steel and Metallurgy, etc., which were all relatively professional schools.
Liu Jin felt that he needed to establish a comprehensive institution like the higher science and engineering institutions of later generations, dedicated to cultivating scientific research talents and promoting the development of science and technology in Ming Dynasty.
Dynasties can continue to change, but knowledge will always be passed down and continued. Only by mastering powerful technology can the Chinese descendants be strong and prosperous. Even if there are some problems in the future, as long as the technology is leading, they will not be beaten.
He only hits others.
This is an important reason why Liu Jin founded this university. Secondly, Liu Jin feels that in Ming Dynasty, with his huge annual investment, basic schools have begun to gradually become popular, and science has sprouted in Ming Dynasty.
achieved a certain degree of development.
Such as machinery, chemical industry, steel, shipbuilding, military industry, etc., which all require the application of a large amount of scientific knowledge. In many fields, professors from various universities have already studied to a certain level.
However, Liu Jin feels that it is still a systematic theoretical synthesis. Obviously, it is imperative to establish a higher education institution in science and engineering, which will lay the foundation for the future development of Ming Dynasty science and technology.
Imperial College of Technology covers a large area, covering several thousand acres. Calculated based on the current land prices in the capital, these thousands of acres of land alone are worth millions of taels of silver.
Coupled with the construction of a large number of teaching buildings, laboratories, dormitories, playgrounds, etc., after several years of construction and investment of several million taels of silver, the Imperial College of Technology has been completed. By next year
In the spring, this school will officially open enrollment.
It can be said that Liu Jin built this school with real money.
"Old Liu, I just don't understand. Why do you spend so much money to build so many schools? Look at the entire southern suburbs of the capital. There are schools everywhere. Each one covers an area larger than the other.
A big investment.”
"It doesn't matter if you like to run a school, but you still force me to join you. Thousands of acres of land can be used to build houses and you can make a lot of money. But you are using it to build a school. Not only can you not make any money,
You have to put in a lot of money every year, what are you trying to do?"
Walking through the campus of Imperial College, the campus is beautifully built and well-greened. It is golden autumn at this time. At a glance, the spacious road is paved with a thick layer of leaves. Under the sunlight,
, a piece of golden color.
Look at the playground and green stadium next to it, which are all built to the highest standards. The dormitory building next to it is very beautiful, and there is a large lake not far away with sparkling waves...
These are all money. Liu Jin spent money on running schools. It was really grand. He didn't feel sad at all. He didn't regard money as money at all.
Zhu Houzhao's heart ached when he thought that he had lost millions of taels of silver like this. Liu Jin, a big liar, could deceive him of millions of taels of silver with just one mouthful.
"Your Highness, what do you think is the most important thing for a person to walk in this world?"
Liu Jin looked at the campus in front of him and was very satisfied. He imagined in his mind how generations of students would study here. He imagined that hundreds of years later, this would become the best institution of higher learning in the Ming Dynasty. He imagined that he would walk out of here.
Generations of scientific masters have produced influential figures.
Regarding Zhu Houzhao's question, Liu Jin thought about it and asked with a smile.
"What's most important?"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately tilted his little head, thought for a while and said: "My father and I once lived together. We were in the imperial family and enjoyed the most noble things in the world, but we also had to bear the heaviest responsibilities.
And pressure, as an emperor, the most important thing is probably to leave a good name in history."
"Your Majesty is right~"
"A person's life span is only a few decades. When he gets old, he sighs that time flies by and the years go by so fast. He thinks about it, what can he leave for future generations?"
"How many people will be able to remember me after I'm gone?"
"How many times can I remember myself?"
Liu Jin smiled and nodded, then continued.
"A person must die three times in his life before he truly dies."
"The first time is when our heart stops beating, our brain stops thinking, and our breath dies, declaring biological death!"
"The second time was when we were buried, people came out for the funeral, officially declared that we no longer existed in this society, and left quietly."
"The third death is when the last person in the world who remembers forgets us. Then, we really die, and the whole world and the whole universe will no longer have anything to do with you."
"So I think that in our short lives, we should try our best to use the limited time to do more meaningful things so that more people can remember you."
"Even hundreds or thousands of years later, someone will still mention your name and think of what you have done for this nation and this country. Then I feel that my life is really meaningful.
Instead of just walking through this world in vain like countless people in history who did not leave any names."
Liu Jin's words hit people's hearts directly, and Zhu Houzhao also fell into deep thought.
As a young man, Zhu Houzhao was the most easily influenced by others in his life, and it was also the time when his values and worldview were truly shaped.
Historically, Zhu Houzhao grew up in the palace and was pampered by Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang. The eunuchs and maids in the palace tried their best to please him.
This had a great impact on his character, and was also an important reason why he became extremely willful and playful after becoming emperor.
But after Liu Jin traveled through time, history changed greatly. Although Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang doted on him, fortunately, Zhu Houzhao was not confined to the palace all the time. He went to the military camp and also stayed in the research institute.
Yes, I was often with Liu Jin.
The influence of the eunuchs and maids in the palace was much less. Naturally, they were not as willful and playful as in history, and they had strong plasticity.
"Listening to what you have to say is better than ten years of reading!"
"Now I finally understand why you always like to run various schools."
After a long time, Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly and said.
"Haha, I have always felt that only education can make people truly grow and transform, just like turning a cocoon into a butterfly, and education is the most powerful driving force."
"Only when a person is educated can he become a butterfly. An uneducated person, no matter how good his life is and how much he has, is still just a chrysalis that cannot transform."
"Confucius had seventy-two disciples, and this is how the world of Confucianism came about. I don't dare to compare myself with the sage Confucius, but I feel that within my ability, I can build more schools and let more people accept it.
educate."
"When these educated children grow up, they will contribute a steady stream of strength to our Ming Dynasty and continue to create a more brilliant tomorrow for our descendants of Yan and Huang."
Liu Jin's face was filled with a smile.
In fact, I was filled with sighs in my heart.
Liu Jin, who came from a later generation, was well aware of the suffering experienced by the descendants of the Yan and Huang generations. Those were the difficult years when his backbone was almost broken.
During this period of suffering, even in the 21st century, the descendants of Yan and Huang have become powerful enough, but they still have very low self-esteem, and there are still a large number of people who worship foreigners from the bottom of their hearts.
After finally traveling through time, Liu Jin would never allow such things to happen to the descendants of Yan and Huang again, so he would work hard to do these things.
Even though he had a lot of money, most of it was spent on establishing education. Liu Jin himself neither coveted fancy clothes and beauties nor coveted beautiful houses and beautiful houses. He also ate very ordinary meals three times a day.
Even for Liu Jin's own children, Liu Jin's requirements are extremely strict. During the Chinese New Year, the money given to him as a gift is very small, very little. He has to pay for food and clothing by himself, and the number of servants in the family is very small.
Compared with the wealthy families in the capital, Liu Jin's family can be considered very poor, but Liu Jin's wealth is known to everyone in the world. There are countless properties under his command, and the money he earns every year is calculated in hundreds of millions of taels.
This makes many people wonder what Liu Jin is doing.
"As expected of a disciple of a master, what he thinks and thinks is beyond the reach of ordinary people like us."
Zhu Houzhao sighed, feeling that the gap between himself and Liu Jin seemed to be huge.
"Haha, Your Highness deserves the award~"
"His Highness is extremely intelligent and good at learning and thinking. I believe that in the future, His Highness will definitely make great achievements, and he will definitely write a significant chapter in history."
Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said.
Look at Zhu Houzhao around us. His evaluation in history was very poor. Of course, this is history that has been revised by later generations. In fact, even Zhu Houzhao in history was actually an accomplished emperor, but he was too
He lived a playful life and died young. Many things ended in a hurry before they were completed.
But things are different now. Just in the fields of mechanical engineering and electromagnetic research, Zhu Houzhao's name will also be written into the history of scientific development.