Chapter 727 No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education
The more Zhong Jinwei listened, the more surprised he became. The more he knew, the more he understood that the situation in the Imperial College was not the result of someone or a few people neglecting their duties.
Jiujiu, Si Ye and Jian Cheng were all called in one after another. Although the guards said that they were called from home or some other place where people indulged in debauchery, Zhong Jinwei had lost his initial anger and did not blame them too much, but asked them to do the same.
Explain the reasons why the Imperial College fell into this state from its own perspective.
While wiping away their cold sweats, these three people naturally tried their best to tell Marquis Zhongxing everything they knew about the situation. Even more detailed, they explained one by one the various reasons why the Imperial College fell into its current situation. Because of this
, in order to further reduce their guilt.
It was not until it was getting dark that Zhong Jinwei came out of the Imperial Academy.
"Master Marquis, do you still want to enter the palace now?" Gu Baichuan asked, seeing the ugly expression on Marquis Zhongxing's face.
He also heard the detailed reasons why the Imperial Academy fell into such a situation. Although he had heard about some of the reasons, he didn't take it to heart because he usually didn't pay attention to this content. But now he listened to it with Marquis Zhongxing.
, even if he is a banyao, he still feels that this phenomenon needs to be changed.
Hearing this, Zhong Jinwei raised his head, first looked at the sky, and then replied to Gu Baichuan: "It's getting late today, so I'll go back home first. I want to sort out the information I heard today, and then I'll go see the saint tomorrow."
"Yes, Mr. Hou." Gu Baichuan had no objection. Mr. Hou naturally knew better how to do things.
Zhong Jinwei didn't speak, and his guards naturally couldn't speak either. The group of people walked in silence.
After walking through a bustling street, Zhong Jinwei suddenly sighed and said: "The Imperial College was so glorious back then, but now it has fallen into this situation. It is really a decline in prosperity!"
There is a basis for what he said. During the Hongwu and Yongle years, the Nanjing Imperial College was large-scale, "extending ten miles and brightly lit." The buildings on the campus include courtyards, warehouses, sanatoriums, storage rooms, classrooms, storage rooms, and student dormitories.
There are more than 2,000 canteens.
The number of students increased to more than 8,000 in the 26th year of Hongwu, and nearly 10,000 in the 20th year of Yongle. The number was unprecedented. At that time, neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, and Siam were "impressed with culture and education" and continued to send foreign students to the Imperial College.
study.
Compared with universities such as Oxford and Harvard in later generations, this scale is only higher, not lower. It is through the efforts of so many supervisors that the world's earliest and most extensive content was brewed, with about 300 million
The encyclopedia "Yongle Dadian" with 70 million words!
You know, this is not vernacular yet. If it were translated into vernacular, how many words would there be!
When Zhong Jinwei thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. What a pity for the "Yongle Dadian" and what a pity for the Imperial College!
Early the next morning, Zhong Jinwei entered the palace early and asked to see Emperor Chongzhen.
As soon as they met, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and asked Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, have you found out the training progress problem and solved it?"
When he thought about it, there must be no problem. But Zhong Jinwei nodded first and then shook his head, which confused him as to whether it was solved or not.
"Your Majesty, I have discovered a big problem that must be solved immediately." Zhong Jinwei said seriously.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhong Jinwei saying it so seriously, he knew that things would not be simple, and he quickly asked: "What's the matter?"
But Zhong Jinwei did not answer directly, but first asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, for a country to be strong, what is the most important basis? Guns and weapons, or gold and silver wealth?"
Emperor Chongzhen was startled after hearing this. He didn't expect Zhong Jinwei to say such a thing. But before he could answer, Zhong Jinwei had already answered by himself: "I don't think it is anything, but talents. With talents, there will be people." I just said
I got this. But I went to the Imperial College and found out why the Ming Dynasty prospered and then declined!"
He originally wanted to say that he knew why the Ming Dynasty perished, because the Imperial College, which was the source of national talent, had been abolished, and the talents in the imperial examination were controlled by Fushe, and there would be no successor. Even if the Chongzhen Dynasty did not fall, his son's generation would not be able to continue.
He will definitely die.
Emperor Chongzhen said with a little surprise: "I know the importance of talents! Why should we open kindergartens for free? Isn't it just to cultivate talents for the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhong Jinwei nodded, affirming this point and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, but this is only the first part of the source. If this path is not straightened out, the newly educated scholars will not have an upward path, and they will eventually fall into decline.
For the imperial examination, I read the eight-legged essay again."
"Your Majesty, I discovered yesterday that the original Imperial College system was very good, but now it is extremely bad. It is better to tear it down and start over, and..."
Before Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen confirmed again in surprise: "Master Zhong said that the Imperial College is extremely corrupt?"
He also wanted to use the graduates from the Imperial College to become teachers of new learning and cultivate new learning talents for the Ming Dynasty.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen and asked him: "Your Majesty, when you first took the throne, in order to build the imperial mausoleum, did the Ministry of Industry approve 26 cases of admission, and make clear and detailed regulations on admission to prison and other admission cases?
Provisions?"
As soon as Zhong Jinwei reminded him, Emperor Chongzhen remembered it. He nodded and said: "There is such a thing. The imperial court had no money at that time, and this issue of prison imprisonment was a common practice in the past dynasties, so I made it right."
Zhong Jinwei shook his head when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in my hometown, no matter how hard it is, you can't hurt your children, no matter how poor you are, you can't give up on education. If you pay for it, you can become a prison student. If you use the quota of prison students as a cash cow, you are shaking the Ming Dynasty.
The foundation of!”
"Ah!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard what Zhong Jinwei said was so serious. He didn't expect it to be so serious.
Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's demeanor, Zhong Jinwei knew that he had not fundamentally realized what a stupid thing he had done at that time, so he analyzed it and said to him: "Your Majesty, although taking prisoners can help the court gather some money, it will also make it difficult for the imperial court to collect money."
The Imperial College is on the verge of collapse. Frequent admissions have caused a substantial increase in the number of people in the Imperial College, which has brought about three major hazards."
Emperor Chongzhen's face also became serious, and he asked seriously: "What are the three major dangers?"
"First, it increases the financial burden of the Imperial College itself. I learned that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the country was in dire straits, one prison student could eat a pound of meat every three days, and each person could eat three cents of sesame oil per day.
Three cents for salt, two cents for soy sauce, five cents for pepper, and a thin barrel of vinegar per month. Those with wives still have six dou of rice per month, but what about now? Not even one-tenth of it. With the salary reduced, the supervisors are also
Then you still have time to study."
When Zhong Jinwei said this, he emphasized again: "But this is not the most important thing!"