Chapter 471 Technological Development and the Third Hospital of Liangzhou
After arranging religious matters, Zhang Zhao's next stop was the construction of the Imperial College, which he was most concerned about.
Since Zhang Zhao began to restore state education in various states seven years ago, up to now, he has finally made some achievements.
Now in Liang Kingdom, from Shazhou to the east, even the most remote Taozhou and Danzhou have state schools.
Although the teaching level is still very low, at least the framework is set up.
And in practice, considerable results have been achieved.
The teaching level of these state schools is not good, but there is still no problem in teaching literacy and simple addition and subtraction.
Therefore, although the state school did not produce many well-educated people, it provided Zhang Zhao with a certain number of middle and low-level officers who were literate, sensible, knowledgeable and ambitious.
In Liangzhou, Zhang Zhao paid more attention to Zhouxue and Imperial College.
Since Liu Na took office as the Imperial College, Zhang Zhao has been discussing with him the reform of the Imperial College.
By now, it can be said that the basic transformation has been completed. Zhang Zhao first expanded the original Imperial College and changed it into Qiongmingyuan. The knowledge imparted by Qiongmingyuan is the Six Confucian Arts.
Then, next to the former Imperial College, a Tiangong Institute was built specializing in the study of various sciences, with Cao Yanming as its director.
Tiangongyuan alone covers an area of more than 1,000 acres, and there is also a branch outside the city by the Macheng River.
Then there is a college that studies agronomy, such as breeding, fattening, intercropping, grafting and other technologies, and is also responsible for the mating and breeding of various livestock, especially war horses, called Qiminyuan.
These three courtyards are all under the jurisdiction of the Imperial College. The scale of these three courtyards alone is larger than Zhang Zhao's Yongxun Palace.
Nowadays, the Liangzhou Third Academy is very famous in Guanzhong. They are the golden platform built by Zhang Zhao, which is a physical object that demonstrates his determination in civil affairs.
It can be said that the cost of this project pales in comparison to the few small palaces built by Shi Chonggui.
Shi Chonggui spent more than 100,000 guan before and after. The three academies of Zhang Zhao and Daci'en Temple have spent more than 400,000 guan.
But there is a sharp contrast between the two sides. Shi Chonggui's hundreds of thousands of dollars were obtained from the private sector. Every dollar of money almost represents a family's desperation.
But Zhang Zhaohua did not pay even a single copper coin for the more than 400,000 guan. Instead, he directly printed banknotes, and the actual cost was less than 5 guan.
After ten years of development in Liang Kingdom, especially Liangzhou, the household registrations are prosperous and the trade routes are smooth. Not to mention more than 400,000 guan, 4 million guan banknotes can also be digested.
This is the magic of finance. Zhang Zhao almost cashed out more than 400,000 yuan with a blank piece of paper. Not only did it not cause any damage, but it also stimulated a large wave of domestic demand due to the construction of the Third Academy of the Imperial College and the Daci'en Temple.
Moreover, Zhang Zhao did not spend the money indiscriminately. For example, the red gold bricks used to build the Baozhao Pagoda were actually the red bricks fired in earth kilns in later generations.
In order to come up with this thing, Zhang Zhao spent a lot of research and development expenses. Although the cost of use is still high, it is worth it.
Because it is still impossible to build the 40- to 50-meter-high Baozhao Pagoda using red bricks alone, and adhesives must be used. This forced the Liangzhou Imperial College of Engineering and Technology to start intensive research.
Zhang Zhao initially gave the general direction of cement, and the research went smoothly, because cement was not difficult at all, it was just about calcining limestone and other things, and then paying attention to the proportions.
However, I gave up in the end because it was too expensive. Not to mention the research and development costs, just calcining limestone in this era of difficult coal mining would be astronomically expensive.
If you use firewood as a burning material, I'm afraid it won't be enough to burn all of Longyou in Hexi into a desert.
In fact, it is red bricks, and the biggest cost is still calcination.
Therefore, Tiangongyuan finally restored the glutinous rice juice mortar formula from the Tang Dynasty and made some improvements.
The construction method of red bricks with glutinous rice juice mortar is not only conducive to city building, but also conducive to the construction of water conservancy facilities.
It is still too luxurious to build a city with red bricks, but it is perfectly suitable to build some places where new water conservancy facilities cannot be built due to terrain and soil conditions, such as reservoirs and canals in some places.
The research and development and progress of these technologies have further increased the demand for coal, and even caused Cao Yanming's research direction to go astray.
Now Cao Yanming is responsible for the research and development of gunpowder, which has suddenly changed from military use to civilian use.
The main purpose is to meet the needs of coal mining, which has further led to the great development of the mining industry. The company is now about to transform from Zhang Zhao's engineers to a "state-owned mining group".
At the same time, Zhang Zhao did not force Cao Yanming and others to research and develop gunpowder into firearms, because the cost of using firearms was still too high for the current Liang Kingdom.
Moreover, innovations in weapons are often tied to military innovations in tactics, formations, soldier selection, organization, etc.
The Liang Kingdom currently does not have the ability to complete this change solely by relying on the land of Lingwu and Xia Sui in Longyou, Hexi.
Zhang Zhao's current core territory is later Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, eastern Qinghai and northern Shaanxi.
Even in later republics, these places could hardly be called rich; they were basically relatively backward areas.
This kind of area cannot produce modern military innovations and cannot enter the age of firearms.
Judging from the actual situation, currently under the rule of Zhang Zhao, in the four regions of Longyou, Lingwu, Xiasui, Hexi, there are estimated to be millions of people who can ride horses and archery, and there are at least ten or two hundred thousand people who are good at archery.
With so many cheap elite archers, there is no room for arquebusiers who rely entirely on luck to hit where the lead ejector can hit the barrel. They are expensive and not suitable for use.
And just the changes brought about by this series of technological innovations have already overwhelmed the people of Liangzhou and even Liang Kingdom.
In the Liangguo Imperial College, the number of students in Tiangongyuan was more than five times that of Qiongmingyuan, which specialized in classics.
After five years of polishing and guidance, Zhang Zhao finally achieved, to a certain extent, the free transition between the two talents of studying classics and studying heaven and earth.
For example, in the Imperial College, there were a large number of students who could not read the classics and turned to Tiangongyuan to study what they regarded as a "sideline" study.
There are also big bosses from Tiangongyuan, who returned to Qiongmingyuan because of confusion in research and development, and continued to seek spiritual guidance and philosophical speculation from the classics of the sages.
Among them, Zhang Zhao suddenly remembered a famous saying from later generations, that is, philosophy is the foundation of all sciences.
Without the speculation of philosophy in people's minds, and without the further development of culture, a time traveler like him alone cannot change the entire environment, and must rely on ideological changes.
However, at this level, the help and guidance Zhang Zhao can provide is relatively limited.
Because before he traveled through time, he was a full-armor fighter, and he really had no talent for philosophy and literature.
While thinking wildly, Zhang Zhao walked to the door of Qi Min Yuan. This was the place that pleased Zhang Zhao the most.
Zhang Liecheng was completely out of his plan, and unexpectedly brought him Han E, the agriculturist who compiled the Four Seasons of Agricultural Books from Guanzhong.
After Zhang Zhao appointed Han E as the director of the Imperial Academy and the mountain chief of Qi Minyuan, agriculture, which was originally looked down upon by students, finally began to develop slowly.
Although the Qi Min Yuan has the lowest status among the Imperial College, it is far different from the Qiong Ming Yuan.
But being able to bring this subject to the Imperial Academy in a grand manner is already considered a great success.
However, when Zhang Zhao summoned Liu Na, Han E and others, had a simple meal in the dining hall of Qi Min Yuan, and participated in the braiding ceremony of students from Qiong Ming Yuan, he was a little dissatisfied.
"This Qiongmingyuan Braided Sutra didn't even get into a fight. What kind of braided sutra is this? Not to mention using swords, there were no fists or kicks!"
Zhang Tianwang touched his chin and muttered to himself.
Liu Na on the side was covered in cold sweat after hearing this, although he also felt that the standard of Liangzhou Qiongming Academy was not high, the academic atmosphere was a bit dull, and there were not many amazing and talented people.
But the King of Heaven is too radical. How can anyone argue with a sword?
Well, although what Zhang Zhao said is a bit crude, it cannot be said to be unreasonable.
Academic debates, especially major philosophical debates, are not very explosive and can only prove one thing.
That is, everyone's level is not high enough yet, and they are not very sensitive to the importance of this aspect.
"Liu Weng once said that there are well-educated people in Tokyo who are interested in coming to Liangzhou to serve as mountain chief. Did he put forward any conditions?" Zhang Zhao asked Liu Na who was beside him.
Recently, Liu Tao has recruited a group of talented scholars for Zhang Zhao in Tokyo, and they are about to send them to Liangzhou. According to Liu Na, one of them is quite talented and famous.
"The visitor is from Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo. His surname is Xue Juzheng and his given name is Ziping. Xue Ziping has always been ambitious. He has given up his position as an official in Kaifeng Prefecture and came here with his family. He did not make any request."
Xue Juzheng Zhang Zhao touched his chin and thought about it carefully in his mind. He seemed to have a vague impression.
But this impression is probably due to the name Zhang Juzheng in later generations.
Perhaps, anyone with the word "Ju Zheng" in their name can be regarded as having some talent?
Moreover, he directly gave up his position as an official in Kaifeng Prefecture without mentioning any conditions. He was obviously very confident in his own knowledge and abilities.
"Wan'er, please remember to ask officials at all levels to receive this Xue Juzheng well. When he arrives in Liangzhou, arrange an interview." Zhang Zhao ordered Guo Waner behind him who was disguised as a man.
Now Guo Tiance is already a bachelor of Qionglin Academy and is busy with government affairs, so it is no longer suitable for him to serve as Zhang Zhao's personal secretary.
Zhang Zhao didn't have a good candidate, so he simply found Guo Waner, who had been his personal secretary for a while.
And by carrying it with you every day, you can also see if the little wild cat can have a baby?
After arranging the mission of Buddhism, the Guo family's Nestorianism is very important.
Not only can it balance the power of Buddhism in the West, but after the Buddhist army marched westward, Nestorianism even entered Western and Southern Europe, deceiving the European barbarians with a barely identical religion, allowing the two religions to achieve a balance of power in Europe.
From now on, the main theme in Europe will be the battle between the Confucian protective alliance within the Nestorian Church and the swastika knights who drove the Slavs to the West. They have been fighting for hundreds of years and have formed a deep hatred. It is beautiful to think about it.
After arranging matters for the Imperial College and the Third Academy of the Imperial College, Zhang Zhao went to Lanzhou without stopping, where there were more important things waiting for him.
That is to dredge the two waterways of Huangshui and Taoshui. This is a major event that affects whether Zhang Zhao can take Longyou, Hexi more closely. He must do it personally.
