Steel Dynasty - Chapter 477

[Chapter 477 Who is the Duke?]

“Your Highness, this is the telescope you want.”

The supervisor said, holding a stick-shaped object about one meter long and four and a half centimeters in diameter.

After the Confucian scholars made trouble, Xiao Ming ordered the glass workshop to make astronomical telescopes. After measuring the current technological level of Qingzhou, Xiao Ming finally chose the Kepler-type astronomical telescope that appeared in the mid-seventeenth century.

Compared with the Galilean telescope, which uses a plano-convex lens as the objective lens and a concave lens as the eyepiece, the Kepler telescope uses two biconvex lenses as the objective lens and eyepiece respectively, which significantly improves the magnification.

Lenses such as biconvex lenses can be polished with the craftsmanship of a glass shop. After all, this kind of lens only has two sides protruding outward, just like a modern magnifying glass.

After receiving Dayu’s first astronomical telescope, Xiao Ming looked at the sky.

It was already evening, and a quarter moon hung in the sky. In the telescope, the craters above the moon were clearly visible. It was in the quarter moon at this time, and the contrast between light and dark was obvious.

Looking at this bright moon, Xiao Ming fell into deep thought. This time the incident against the Confucian scholars was successful under his deliberate operation. The confrontation between the new interest class of the feudal country and the old interest class showed a one-sided trend. This had a great impact on him. It’s a great encouragement.

But for him, the real old interest groups outside the feudal country have not launched the final attack on him, but have been dormant.

In particular, there is a behemoth who is sitting in his fiefdom. He wants to prepare a sharp sword for this behemoth, a sharp sword that can kill it at any time, and this sharp sword is astronomy.

But now that he has an astronomical telescope, it gives him a headache to ask who to study this knowledge.

Like modern feudal dynasties, astronomy or celestial science is the study of emperors. During the Ming Dynasty, people were forbidden to study this knowledge. The idea of divine right of kings made emperors of all dynasties very afraid of this matter.

In the past two years, Xiao Ming wanted to establish an astronomy academy more than once, but in the end he postponed the plan because once the matter was publicized, it would basically mean that he was rebelling.

What is the purpose of a feudal king asking his subordinates to study astrology? Deny the emperor’s divine right to rule, or prepare to start from scratch?

For this reason, he could only choose to study astronomy in secret and wait until the time was right before using this sword.

“Don’t make this matter public, understand?”

Xiao Ming said in a deep voice. The reason why he hid it like this was just because he didn’t want to cause trouble. After all, the imperial court was a backer for him.

After Xie Ziyun was beaten and driven away by the villagers, Qingzhou continued to be noisy for more than a month. The incident where the Confucian scholars made a fuss in the government office gradually subsided. For a time, no one in the feudal country dared to speak out against Xiao Ming’s various decrees.

Moreover, private schools all over the feudal country were closed one after another, and all the children of the common people who had previously studied in private schools poured into public schools.

Because the government decree published in the newspaper is very clear. If you study in a private school, you cannot participate in the selection of feudal officials and can only participate in the imperial examination. However, if you study in a public school, you can participate in the examination of the feudal state and the imperial examination. In this way, why Happy but not doing it?

The most important thing is that there is no need to pay any money to study in Gongshe.

“Your Highness, this is the Duke of Qingzhou. According to His Highness’s wishes, the Duke of Qingzhou is divided into two parts. Children aged six to twelve are divided into studying in the building on the left side of the Duke, while those aged 13 People who reach the age of sixteen are placed in the Gongshu building on the right to study. Passing the Gongshu examination determines whether these people will eventually be able to enter Bowen College.”

As he walked, Zhan Xingchang introduced the situation of Qingzhou Gongshu. Listen to Xiao Ming.

Qingzhou Gongshu is only a hundred meters away from Bowen College. There are a total of seventy-two antique schools in Gongshu. These schools are lined with green tiles and red bricks.

There is a blackboard and a podium in front of each school, which initially has the characteristics of a modern teacher.

According to the data provided by Zhan Xingchang, the number of people in Qingzhou City has now reached 450,000, and the number of children who can enter the public house is about 6,000.

The vegetation inside the Gongshu is dense, and the rockeries and ponds echo each other. There is also a large stadium on one side of the school. Overall, Xiao Ming is very satisfied with the construction of the Gongshu.

During the construction period of the Gongse, he rarely came. This time, taking advantage of the fierce public anger in the fief, he felt that the opportunity had come to open the Gongse. This was the beginning of his popularization of education.

After all, although due to his intervention, Qingzhou’s military industry is now not very different from Europe, but overall he is still far behind in terms of talent reserves.

“The pressure to recruit six thousand people this time may be great, but your government must withstand it. In addition, I am not afraid of spending money on teaching and educating people. Remember, the salary for these teachers must be high. , The selection must be strict, so that these teachers can concentrate on teaching without any distractions. I don’t want my court to be filled with a bunch of teachers who are just trying to be teachers, so there is no need to consider it.” Xiao Ming’s tone. He is very serious. The last thing he can tolerate is a teacher who misleads his students, so he would rather pay a high salary to hire a qualified teacher.

Zhan Xingchang had a smile on his face. There were few vassal kings in Dayu who paid so much attention to teaching. For these vassal kings and even the nobles, they just hoped that the people would be illiterate, so that they could make themselves Its position is stable and has not changed over the years, but here everything has changed.

Now the Duke of Qingzhou alone has trained 6,000 people, and the entire fiefdom can train 40,000 to 50,000 people at one time. This is a terrifying number.

“Yes, Your Highness, the superiors and subordinates will fully support Your Highness in this matter of who is the official,” Zhan Xingchang said decisively.

Xiao Ming nodded and continued: “Also, we should not be too rigid among the public. For students who can receive high-level education in advance, we can let them study at a higher level. In this way, we can also train useful people earlier. . “

This time he did not copy modern times. After all, in this era, men could get married and have children at the age of thirteen, and gentry children at the age of fifteen or sixteen could even join the officialdom.

Moreover, it is not necessary for him to follow modern quality education, which is very inconsistent with the current reality. It is enough for these schoolchildren to master the knowledge system of the eighteenth century.

Because of this, what they learn will not be as complex as modern times, and the time for education will be greatly shortened. After the age of eighteen or nineteen, they will be able to contribute to the construction of Qingzhou.

(End of chapter)