Steel Dynasty - Chapter 701

[Chapter 700 The Way of University]

“Fifty big board!”

Fiji and Pang Yukun exclaimed at the same time.

Pang Yukun rubbed his still sore nose and said: “Your Majesty, Song Guogong is old. If these fifty boards fall, it will kill him.”

At this time, Song Guogong suddenly understood the seriousness of the matter, and his body could not stop shaking slightly, eyes full of fear.

“Your Majesty, I just drank wine, and I was confused at that moment. Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me.” Song Guogong kowtows like pounding garlic. Even a young man with fifty big boards would not be able to get out of bed for three months.

If it were on him, it would be the same as killing him.

Xiao Ming’s eyes were cold. Five years ago, he might have been kind, but now he gradually understood the truth that a king’s wife’s benevolence is unkind to the world.

And sometimes his unkindness is the kindness to the world. For example, in the current incident, if he spares Song Guogong, the royal family will become more and more unscrupulous. Punishing Song Guogong will not only benefit the court, but also benefit the people. These privileged classes are in Qingzhou City’s domineering behavior is a serious constraint on development.

Therefore, without even looking at the Duke of Song, he said to the surrounding officials and the people watching: “Since I came to the throne, I have issued edicts to govern the country in accordance with the law. From the people down to the emperor, all lawbreakers are treated equally. Today, the Duke of Song is drinking and causing trouble, beating the court officials. The crime is unforgivable, come here, drag me to Dongshi to punish you!”

After receiving the order, the imperial guard immediately carried Song Guogong to Dongshi, and the voice of Song Guogong begging for mercy could be heard along the way.

Fiji and Pang Yukun looked at each other. At this moment, the image of Xiao Ming in their hearts became more and more different. In their opinion, compared with the previous emperor, this new emperor had a more courageous and murderous spirit.

After dealing with Song Guogong, Xiao Ming said to Feiji and Pang Yukun: “You are still cabinet ministers. Have you forgotten what I said? In the future, if any royal family members make trouble on the basis of the royal family, they will all do so in accordance with the law.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. “Fiji and Pang Yukun bowed and said. In the past, they dared not speak out when they were angry, but now Xiao Ming has given them a Shangfang sword.

After a pause, Xiao Ming said to the two of them: “I entrust the government affairs of the country to you two because of my trust in you. You only need to be responsible to me. If anyone else dares to obstruct you, it will be dealt with according to the law.” “Yes.”

“The emperor cares about the world, benefits all people, and treats everyone equally. The country of Chongqing will be prosperous in the future with this wise emperor.” Fiji was moved and praised loudly.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, “It’s better not to flatter me. The two of you must spare no effort to implement the decree issued by the court. During this period, I am afraid that I will have to personally go to the students to teach them.”

“The emperor wants to do it again .

Go in person?” Pang Yukun hesitated for a moment. Xiao Ming used to be the vassal king, but now Xiao Ming is the emperor. There has never been an emperor in the past who has gone to teach in person.

However, Xiao Ming often went to Bowen College in the past, so he was not too surprised.

Compared to Pang Yukun, Fiji could not remain calm. He advised: “The emperor is already busy with government affairs. Adding these complicated things, I am afraid that it will tire the emperor. I hope that the emperor will put the dragon body first.”

Xiao Ming had already fought .

He had made up his mind that he would not compromise with the two of them on this matter. Now that the north had finally entered a period of peaceful development, this was the time for him to make full use of the technological crystals.

Although firearms are now believed to be on par with, or even slightly ahead of, the West, the overall social level of Chongqing is still far behind the West.

So he is preparing to go into battle personally this time. Through study and practice in the past five years, he has cultivated a group of talents with a solid foundation.

Now this group of people needs his guidance to go further.

“Don’t worry, you two cabinet ministers. I have my own concerns. These things are just words and they don’t bother me. However, the implementation of this reform requires you to go to the people to inspect the people in time.”

“The emperor has worked tirelessly, and I will wait for you .

This little bit of hardship is nothing,” Pang Yukun said sincerely.

Xiao Ming nodded. It is true that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and there are treacherous ministers under the ignorant king. Xiao Ming’s words ten thousand times are not as good as his own actions.

The officials saw it in their eyes and naturally took it to heart.

After another conversation with the two, Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu walked towards Bowen College. The Ministry of Culture and Education had been officially established last time, and the chief official of the Ministry of Culture and Education had also been selected.

This person’s name is Chao Zhengwen, a native of Qingzhou, he is thirty-six years old, and he was a private school teacher.

After the establishment of Bowen College five years ago, he entered the college to study, and has always been unknown. This is because he studied not government affairs or technology, but literature and education.

Later, “Qingzhou Daily” was founded, and Chao Zhengwen submitted his own manuscripts to the newspaper from time to time, which gradually attracted Xiao Ming’s attention.

Because the article he submitted was about nothing else but the current imperial examination issue in Dayu.

After reading the books written by Xiao Ming and understanding the current world situation, he concluded that the imperial examination needed reform and proposed many specific reform measures.

At this time, Xiao Ming also had the idea of establishing the Ministry of Culture and Education, so he immediately selected Chao Zhengwen and appointed him as the academic administrator of the Ministry of Culture and Education.

When the two arrived at Bowen College, Chao Zhengwen, who had been notified, was already waiting in front of the students.

At this time, the plaque of Bowen College was being taken down, a plaque of Qingzhou University.

“Chao Zhengwen of the Ministry of Culture and Education’s academic affairs meeting with the emperor.”

“No courtesy!” Xiao Ming said to Chao Zhengwen, and he continued: “Do you know why I changed the name of Bowen College to Qingzhou University.”

Chao Zhengwen said; “The word university is It comes from Zengzi’s work “The Great Learning”. In this article, Zengzi proposed that the way of a great university lies in clarifying virtues, being close to the people, and striving for perfection. Eight items, if I guess correctly, the emperor changed the college to a university in order to let the students of the university remember that what they learned is to enrich the country and strengthen the people. “

Xiao Ming nodded, “You are right. This is exactly what I meant. The purpose of the imperial examination is to be able to enter the palace one day and be a highly respected minister. The structure is too small. And this Qingzhou University will be a place where hundreds of flowers bloom. The imperial examination We must adapt to the current situation. “

Chao Zhengwen said: “Because of this, I proposed a method of reforming culture and education, abolishing the bad habit of only testing the Four Books and Five Classics in the imperial examination, and instead listed the Four Books and Five Classics as a subject, similar to physics and chemistry. , numerology, water conservancy, astronomy, etc., to completely get rid of the shortcomings of officials in Dayu who only know the Four Books and Five Classics.”

Xiao Ming smiled, Chao Zhengwen was talking about the shortcomings of selecting officials for thousands of years, in a county magistrate in Dayu. They often have limited abilities, but they have assumed the equivalent of modern mayors, police chiefs, prosecutors, finance directors, and construction directors.

This cultural and educational reform will completely eliminate this method of selecting officials.

(End of chapter)