Daming College of Architectural Engineering, Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Liu Jin, Zhong Zhong and others strolled through the beautiful campus. The campus is extremely beautifully built, with spacious roads and good greening.
Everywhere you can see groups of students studying and discussing on the lawns. The teaching buildings are also majestic and beautiful.
"Liu Jin, you are really willing to give up on education. This school probably cost several million taels of silver to build, right?"
Emperor Hongzhi was quite satisfied with the school environment in front of him. Compared with traditional private schools and academies, the environment of this new type of school was more comfortable, but of course it also required more money.
"It did cost a lot of money, but it was all worth it. With this school, our Ming Dynasty can have a large number of construction engineering talents emerge every year to pave the way for our Ming Dynasty to build bridges and contribute bricks and tiles."
Liu Jin nodded and replied.
"Yes, the reason why our Ming Dynasty can prosper is not only relying on the ministers in the court, but what is more important is that our Ming Dynasty can emerge with more talents, create more powerful machines, build more bridges, and build more buildings."
More houses and roads, more powerful guns and cannons."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. He now understood that the rapid development of the entire Ming Dynasty was definitely not dependent on the civil servants in the court who kept shouting loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
It relies on the soldiers who fought bloody battles on the battlefield, on the ordinary farmers who work hard, on the busy workers in the factories, and on the road construction workers who sweat and work hard on the roads.
It is precisely because of these ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty and their hard work and dedication that the Ming Dynasty is now prosperous. As for the ministers in the court, they were like this before and they are like this now. There is nothing substantial about it.
transformation.
Perhaps the only change was the many reform plans formulated by Liu Jin, which forced them to change and do something. But in essence, they were still the same civil servants, and there was no essential change.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
The surrounding ministers didn't know how to reply for a while. Although many people disagreed with Emperor Hongzhi's words, after all, they had always believed that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together. In this world, the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor had the final say.
Yes, as for the ordinary people, they are not even considered the people. Only the scholar-bureaucrats can be considered the people.
Emperor Hongzhi smiled. He had heard such compliments so many times that he was completely immune to them now. Emperor Hongzhi knew very well whether he had done a good job or not.
Compared with the emperors in history, Emperor Hongzhi felt that he could only be better than a diligent person, and other than that, he was nothing at all.
He neither knows how to play the tricks of the emperor, nor does he know any real way to govern the country. The only thing he can do is to be diligent, thinking that diligence can make up for his weakness, and relying on hard work to govern the country.
As for anything else, the word sage is too far away.
"This classmate, what do you usually plan to do after graduation?"
Emperor Hongzhi came to a few classmates who were sitting on the lawn chatting and asked with a smile.
Everyone wore casual clothes so as not to attract attention.
Li Zhen, Wang Shiwen, Tang Jiwen and Xu Yunpeng looked at Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Liu Jin and others, and quickly stood up and saluted respectfully.
Although Emperor Hongzhi and others were wearing casual clothes, they looked distinguished and noble. Moreover, most of the ministers were elderly. Being polite to the elders was the most basic etiquette for scholars.
"Students Li Zhen, Wang Shiwen, Tang Jiwen, and Xu Yunpeng have met all of you."
The four people saluted respectfully, which made Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Zhong Zhong nod with satisfaction. At least they were very polite.
"The students are going to Ningguo after graduation. His Highness Prince Ning is very hungry for talents. As soon as we graduate, we can be junior officials of the seventh rank. In addition, there are many preferential immigration policies, and we can also use our talents in Ningguo's Ministry of Industry.
What you’ve learned.”
Li Zhen was the first to stand up and reply. He was very clear about his destination after graduation, which was to immigrate to Ningguo.
"Immigrate to Ningguo?"
"Can I become an official as soon as I go to Ningguo?"
When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others heard this, they were slightly surprised. This overseas vassal country actually came to the Ming Dynasty to recruit talents, and it also directly provided powerful immigration preferential policies to officials. This was very attractive.
"Prince Ning is quite capable."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and commented, Emperor Hongzhi had also heard a lot about Ningguo and knew that there was such a talented person in his old Zhu family. After going overseas, Prince Ning began to really rise to the top of the country.
Already.
Not only did he conquer a huge territory, but he also built the Ning Kingdom in a great way. It is now the most powerful vassal state overseas.
"Students should work in a real estate professional firm. The students' families are poor. In the past, the houses in their homes were all made of bricks and tiles, which often leaked. Therefore, students have dreamed of living in a house that does not leak since they were young. This is also the hope for everyone in the world.
That’s why I came to this engineering college to study construction engineering and build taller houses for more people.”
Wang Shiwen thought for a while and replied.
"Not bad!"
"There are tens of thousands of vast mansions, which can shelter all the poor people in the world and make them happy. They are as peaceful as a mountain in the wind and rain. Whoops, when did I suddenly see this house in front of my eyes?"
After hearing Wang Shiwen's words, Emperor Hongzhi immediately smiled and couldn't help but admire him.
I didn't expect that the young student in front of me would have such ambitions, which is really admirable.
Even the ministers Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Zhan Zhong on the side nodded happily.
"It's really rare to have such an ambition at such a young age."
"Thank you sir!"
Wang Shiwen replied modestly.
"The students will probably build bridges and pave roads in the future. The students are from Shaanxi. Their hometown is on the Loess Plateau with thousands of ravines. It is extremely inconvenient to travel. Many times, the distance between each other is only a few hundred meters, but they are
It takes several kilometers of detour to get there.”
"So when students were young, they thought for a long time that if they could build a bridge, it would greatly facilitate people's travel. So as they grew up, students specialized in this construction project, learned to build bridges, and dreamed
It is possible to build a bridge like the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in the future."
Tang Jiwen has a strong Shaanxi Loess Plateau accent.
"Yes, yes, that's what young people should be like."
Li Dongyang touched his mustache to express his appreciation.
"Thank you, sir. The motto of our school is to use our own strength to contribute to the prosperity of Ming Dynasty. Everything we learn is to better build Ming Dynasty."
Tang Jiwen quickly replied humbly.
"The students will probably build dams in the future. The students' hometown is in Henan. In the past, every rainy season, the Yellow River overflowed. Once it burst, thousands of fertile fields were instantly submerged by the rolling river water."
"What students remember most is the scene when their hometown was submerged by the water of the Yellow River when they were young. Therefore, the students also learned about the construction of river embankments and dams. They thought that when they grow up, they can make some contributions to their hometowns by building dams and dams.
Reservoir.”
Xu Yunpeng also replied.
"Well, not bad, not bad, he is such a good boy."
When Liu Jian heard this, he smiled happily. He unexpectedly met his fellow villager from Henan. It was rare that the other person had such ambitions. Thinking about his grandchildren, all of them were useless.
"Thank you, Mr. Mr., for the compliment."
Xu Yunpeng also touched his head shyly.
"You all have good ambitions, why don't you want to serve the imperial court?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and asked.
"Sir, what you said is wrong. If we study hard and work hard, we are also serving the country and contributing to the construction of Ming Dynasty."
When Wang Shiwen heard this, he immediately retorted.
"Yes, yes, that's right, that's right."
"What I mean is, have you ever thought about becoming a minor official in various departments of the imperial court? Only in this way can you better contribute to the Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Hongzhi was not angry when someone refuted him, and quickly changed his words.
"Who will become a petty official?"
After hearing Hongzhi's words, Li Zhen, Wang Shiwen, Tang Jiwen and Xu Yunpeng almost replied in unison.
"Why is this?"
"Does being a minor official insult your status or knowledge?"
Emperor Hongzhi asked in surprise.
It is surprising that these four people are so opposed to becoming petty officials.
"It's not that it insults our identity and knowledge. It's mainly due to many reasons."
"First of all, being a minor official is not a very honorable thing. A minor official, after all, a minor official is just a minor official, not an official. You will remain a minor official for the rest of your life. There is no future."
"The second thing is that the income of being a clerk is very average, only a few dozen taels of silver a year. As soon as we graduate, we get at least 200 taels of silver and there are project dividends and the like. The income is very high, but being a clerk is
Far from reaching this income level.”
"Also, when you are a minor official, you have to be punished by those who are officials. These officials are all from private schools and academies. They don't know anything and they are still gesticulating. Who will be angry with them? We don't have to be minor officials.
Only then can officials have food to eat."
"What's more, overseas vassal states, colonies, and even vassal states such as Korea and Japan are willing to give good treatment and can serve as officials at will. Naturally, we are not willing to be petty officials.
."
Li Zhen thought for a while and listed several reasons why he did not want to be a minor official.
"The most important thing is that there is no hope for petty officials. We can basically become managers if we go out and work for a few years, get promotions and salary increases, and the income is okay. Who would become a petty official, even if it is a petty official under the sixth department?
We are not surprised either."
"Yes, we don't care about it at all. Being an official is acceptable."
