Naturally, it is impossible for a group to become completely rigid. Yun will absorb fresh blood into the aristocratic class. At the same time, a final elimination system must be implemented. If a family has no promising members in a generation, then it cannot rely on Yun not to give to this family.
Opportunity.
Yun's approach may not be the best, but it is the best way he can think of to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty. As emperor, Yun's primary starting point for all policies is to maintain the rule of himself and his descendants.
After hearing Xiyao's question last night, Yun told her the entire reason and the process of his thinking clearly and clearly. Xiyao is now the queen and the mother of the future emperor, and her natal family also followed this approach.
The beneficiaries can naturally understand what Yun did.
But Chen Ji is not. Chen Ji may also enter the aristocratic class that Yun wants to transform in the future, but he is not now, and as a scholar born from ordinary people, he will naturally tend to be a scholar now, so he cannot tell him directly.
Yun stood by the window and thought for a while, then said to Chen Ji: "I don't only recruit children from honorable families to enroll in school. Do you think the nobles would be willing to send their children to this school?"
Chen Ji was startled, and then fell silent. Yun had done too many things after he came to the throne, and some of the reforms carried out in the early years were later changed. Civil officials may not really believe what Yun said, especially in their view, the Imperial College
Supervisory students are still being recruited normally, and the imperial examination system is also in progress. At most, it is just a situation of checks and balances between nobles and civil servants. Even if the nobles are given more, it is not enough to allow them to send their children at the risk of being regarded as traitors by other civil servants.
Entered Wucheng School to study.
Seeing this reason, Yun fell silent. In order to prevent him from waking up and asking other questions, he quickly moved on to the next topic.
"Chen Qing, in addition to setting up different courses from the Martial Arts Hall and the Imperial College, this school will also be different from these two schools in terms of management."
"First, this school will not have personnel in charge of general affairs like the Martial Arts Hall and the Imperial College. In addition to the principal, vice principal, and secretary general, the entire school only has five secretaries to assist the vice principal and secretary general in managing the school and organizing
Exams, and temporarily help newly admitted students with their daily lives. But it is only for one month. After one month, the students will be completely self-reliant."
"All other matters in the school, except for the sanitation of the common areas in the school, which are done by hired servants, the rest, whether it is cleaning the dormitories, classrooms, general punishment for minor violations of school rules, or maintaining the daily order of the school, are all done by the students.
You are responsible for yourself. If the school wants to organize non-daily affairs, it is also the responsibility of the students themselves."
"Naturally, although there are only more than thirty students, chaotic management is not possible, so I want to set up a student union in this school. Most things in the school are managed by the students themselves. The members of the student union are collectively called cadres, and they are composed of
The students self-select, similar to the original Confucian rural election, the term of each cadre is temporarily set for half a year, and they will be re-elected after half a year."
"At the same time, if something more serious happens, such as if a student union cadre is found to be bending the law for personal gain, a mid-term election can also be held temporarily. If the remaining term of this term is less than two months, the person elected in the mid-term election will automatically be re-elected for the next term, unless
I don’t want to; if it is more than two months, I will only serve for the remaining term.”
"If you need to hire someone from outside the school or purchase something, the student union can purchase and hire it on its own without the permission of the vice president or secretary. However, when hiring servants, you need to inform the vice president and secretary. In addition to paying tuition, all students must also pay the student union
Membership fees are controlled by the student union, and necessary purchases are also spent from it. However, every expenditure must be accounted for, and every student union member must ensure that the accounting facts are consistent before leaving office."
"Same as the student union, each class has a squad leader, who is also elected by the students of the class. Together with the student union, he assists the vice president and secretary general in managing the school. There are only more than thirty students at this level, so it will be divided into two classes for the time being. If students in the future
If there are too many, add one or two classes."
The rules and regulations of the Five City School established by Yun Yun are completely based on the schools in modern Western countries. Not much else to say. The core idea is that students manage themselves and are de-administrated.
Chinese universities in later generations were basically administratively managed, but they failed to cultivate many talents. On the other hand, universities during the Republic of China did cultivate many talents. Yun was actually not satisfied with universities during the Republic of China, because 90% of college students
They were all liberal arts students. What was the situation at that time? It was an era when China was at its weakest and most bullied. Training a bunch of liberal arts students was of no use! In Yun’s opinion, ten liberal arts students in that era were not as useful as
An engineering student who can direct the factory to produce arms.
But this is a problem with China’s educational thinking, and the blame should not be placed on students; simply comparing the level of liberal arts college students in the Republic of China with that of liberal arts college students in later generations, students in the Republic of China were far beyond it.
Universities in the Republic of China were basically de-administrated, and the same was true for first-class foreign universities, so of course they were de-administrated.
The student management committee that Yun previously established in the Imperial College was not de-administrative, because all the members of the student management committee were appointed by Jin Shan rather than recommended by students. In essence, they were just using unpaid labor. However, Yun did not think that the Imperial College was like this.
The place needs to be de-administrated. The Imperial College is a place to train officials. It is not a real school in nature. It is similar to a 'civil service examination training class'. In the future, you will also serve as administrative officials in the court. De-administration is completely unnecessary.
Yun said a few more words and said to Chen Ji: "Chen Qing, do you have any questions to ask me?"
"Your Majesty, there are only more than thirty students now. Is it too much to establish a student union and a monitor within the class?" Chen Ji said.
Although he has some doubts about whether these twelve or thirteen-year-old children can do things well, he generally supports Yun's idea. Confucianism is opposed to the imperial examination system, and great Confucian scholars in the past have proposed the abolition of the imperial examination system. History clearly shows that
Zhu Xi, who contributed the standard answers to the imperial examinations in the Qing Dynasty, even fiercely criticized the imperial examination system, saying that the reason why the Song Dynasty lost the north was because of the imperial examination system.
Confucianism advocates selection through rural elections, which means local people select suitable people to serve as officials in a place. This is exactly the same method that Yun Shicai mentioned for selecting student union cadres and squad leaders. So naturally Chen Ji would not
Oppose the election.
However, with only more than thirty students and so many student cadres established, he naturally felt that it was too much and raised objections.
"Haha, Chen Qing, I'm not saying that we need to set up so many student cadres now. I just said that the school study period is six years. In the future, there will naturally be six classes of students studying in the Five Cities School at the same time, even if there are only one class in each class.
There are more than 30 students, and there are more than 200 students in the sixth batch. By then, many student cadres should be established. Now there are only one batch of students. In my opinion, it is enough to establish a monitor and two or three cadres in the student union."
"But after all, this is my first time to set up such a school. I don't know how many cadres the student union should have. I'll make a decision after Aiqing arrives at Wucheng Academy."
After Yun finished asking this question, he changed his tone: "Chen Qing, what do you think of the management method of this school I established?"
"Very good!" Chen Ji said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, if all officials across the country can be appointed like this, the world will be in great order!"
"Haha." Yun smiled. It's hard to say whether the world will be well governed, but it is certain that the Ming Dynasty will be over. Officials are elected by local people themselves. This kind of operation can be done by industrialized countries because the industrial and commercial capitalists across the country have relatively large common interests.
It will maintain the continued existence of the country. This is what Yun and Zhu Youdun said during the Chinese New Year; but it is purely stupid for agricultural countries to do this, unless the total population of a country is smaller than one county.
Chen Ji himself knew this, and in fact the great Confucian scholars of all dynasties also knew it. Therefore, the great Confucian scholars of all dynasties, represented by Zhu Xi, advocated the restoration of the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. So Chen Ji just said this.
"Your Majesty, I still have a question," Chen Jiye changed the subject: "Your Majesty just said, 'In addition to paying tuition fees, all students must also pay student union dues.' What does your Majesty mean, do students in this school have to pay tuition fees?"
"Indeed."
"Your Majesty, why do you ask them to pay tuition? In schools established by the imperial court, such as the Imperial College and the Military Academy, students do not need to pay tuition." Chen Ji continued to ask.
Keyun's answer was far beyond his expectation. "Chen Qing, when did I say that Wucheng Academy was a school established by the imperial court?"
"Your Majesty, this, this school was established by Your Majesty, how could it not be a school for the imperial court?"
"The Royal Academy is also a school established by me. Is it a school of the imperial court?"
"How can the Five Cities Academy be compared with the Royal Academy?"
"Why can't they be compared? Oh, there is something I forgot to tell you. Later, I will send some of the clan children from the Royal Academy to this school to study. The students you are in charge of are not more than 30. I am rough.
Yes, there will be more than ten people added this time, and the total number of students will be nearly fifty."
"Why did Your Majesty send some of the clan members to study at the Five City School?" Chen Ji was even more surprised.
Yun clearly answered this question to Yun and others last night, but he couldn't tell Chen Ji too directly and could only speak carefully.
Fortunately, this reason is not as sensitive as the previous explanation of why only nobles are recruited. Although it cannot be too straightforward, it can be said, so Chen Ji understood it, skipped the topic, and asked: "Your Majesty, why don't you use
Wucheng Academy became a school for the imperial court?"
