Chapter 705 The Leader of Qingtan in the Wuzijuan (Fifth update, please vote!)
The classmates hugged each other and were naturally very affectionate. Even a classmate like Xue Wenzhou who was not very familiar with them was still very enthusiastic.
Several classmates went to meet Zhou Yongchun with Feng Ziying, and then Feng Ziying was invited to give lectures to the East and West Gardens respectively.
It is nominally a lecture, but in fact it is an introduction to the development and changes of the current situation in the imperial court in the past one or two years, allowing all students to have a more intuitive understanding of the perspectives from which the examination questions on current policy may be approached in the autumn and even spring periods.
"Captain, that's all I can say. I'll give you a rough idea so as not to make the students have too many unrealistic fantasies. I don't have the ability to write questions." Feng Ziying laughed in Zhou Yongchun's study. He said: "But I see that the students' enthusiasm and enthusiasm are very high. Kenke Academy will definitely be able to achieve greater success."
"I accept your good words. I am under great pressure when Dongxian leaves. Mr. Qi Ge and he have laid such a good foundation, and now I am suddenly taking over, and there are so many outstanding students recommended by all parties. If Qiu Wei and he It’s hard to explain why Chunwei can’t achieve a convincing result.”
Zhou Yongchun was in high spirits, but also felt anxious.
"Shan Zhang, it doesn't have to be like this. I think the current scale of the academy is quite good. There is no need to compete with Chongzheng and Tonghui academies simply for the sake of scale. The core of Qingtan Academy is the brand and reputation, not the scale. It is better to lack than to overwhelm, except for students In addition, the teaching teachers also need to be further enriched. There are still many talents in the south of the Yangtze River. We might as well break out of the stereotype of the north and go to the south of the Yangtze River to invite and hire famous scholars. Moreover, I personally think that it is not appropriate to limit ourselves to the classics and meanings. With the development of The imperial court may also pay attention to the impact of Haizhiluo on industry in the future..."
"Oh?" This made Zhou Yongchun quite confused, "Ziying, what aspects are you referring to?"
"For example, agriculture, water conservancy, river engineering, shipping, shipbuilding, firearms production, etc. I feel that many industries have increasingly higher requirements for professional knowledge, and the imperial court may also tilt the exam questions in the future, which does not mean how professional it is. Fine, but at least you should understand the general situation of these industries and not know anything about it. This may be combined with current policy theory..."
Feng Ziying's point of view shocked Zhou Yongchun.
He has just taken over the position of Chief of Qingtan Academy not long ago. According to his thinking, he will have to work on this subject for at least several years, at least one subject for three years, or even two subjects for six years.
He was also full of confidence in making Qingtan Academy the most influential academy in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The academy was currently moving along this path, but he did not expect that Feng Ziying would give him such a point of view.
This means that future tense policy theory will be combined with some more professional skills and knowledge, such as river engineering, water transportation and agricultural navigation, which were originally regarded as more craftsmanship, but is this possible?
Seeing that Zhou Yongchun was a little unbelievable, Feng Ziying also knew that his opinion was a bit ahead of his time. He pondered for a moment before adding: "Chief, this is just my personal opinion. I feel that some of the future Ministry of Industry and Zhongshu Department Functions will be strengthened, which are basically what I mentioned before. When land tax revenue is difficult to grow, the importance of commercial taxes, including customs and customs duties, will increase day by day. Then the main source of such taxes is industry and commerce. Therefore, I heard that Li Sancai may join the cabinet."
Nothing I can say can compare to the last sentence.
Li Sancai is the Minister of Industry, and there is still a shortage of one in the cabinet. Zhang Jingqiu was originally rumored to be the most likely candidate, but Li Sancai is now very active, especially in river engineering and water transportation. Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe and Li Tingji all support him. His entry into the cabinet was contrary to Emperor Yonglong's desire to promote Zhang Jingqiu to the cabinet.
At this point, Qi Yongtai couldn't express his position. Li Sancai was very close to the Jiangnan scholars, but he was an out-and-out northerner, while Zhang Jingqiu was from southern Zhili.
"Is this really going to be the case?" Zhou Yongchun hesitated. If this change is possible from the next subject, as the head teacher, he has to start thinking about it from now on, especially when it comes to teaching teachers. Think ahead.
"I judge that there will be such a trend, but I can't say whether it will start from the next subject." In fact, Feng Ziying has already started to take action on "Internal Reference" intentionally or unintentionally, but not so much. Obviously, many people haven't realized it yet.
"If Ziying is so confident, the academy must make plans as soon as possible." Zhou Yongchun shook his head, "Yeah, but what you said makes sense. Maybe there is still a process, but the current financial situation of the imperial court is so difficult. is the key, and the land tax is already extreme. If there are more taxes, I dare not say that in Jiangnan, but there is going to be trouble in the north. The only way is to find a solution in maritime trade, industry and mining. In this case, it is indeed necessary. Focus on this.”
Zhou Yongchun's open-mindedness was a big surprise to Feng Ziying. This Shandong native had always thought that the other party's thoughts might tend to be conservative, but he didn't expect that he could see so far ahead.
On the way back to the city, Feng Ziying was still thinking that Europe should have experienced the scientific development during the Renaissance and was about to enter a new stage of scientific development during the Industrial Revolution. The accumulation from the fourteenth century to the present has made Europe Although it has a systematic scientific knowledge system, although it is not complete, it is already far ahead of East Asia and even the entire Asian region.
Under this situation, although Feng Ziying has felt the tremendous pressure and urgency brought by the accumulation of this scientific system, even as a time traveler, he feels that it is too difficult to change the inertia of the entire social history by himself.
It is not that there were no talents in the Zhou Dynasty, such as Xu Guangqi and Zhao Shizhen, but the environment in which these scholars and talents lived was not friendly, or there were not many people around them who were interested in it, and some basic scientific research did not have an atmosphere. , can only exist in scattered bits and pieces, which is precisely the most fundamental thing.
Without this kind of learning, research and publicity and dissemination atmosphere, it would be difficult to accumulate and pass on scientific knowledge.
To change this, we need to use power from top to bottom to promote it, and at the same time, we need to induce it through the attraction of interests. We also need to make great efforts to create this kind of atmosphere. Only a combination of these can be effective.
Compared with Europe in the current Zhou Dynasty, China has been far away from Europe in every aspect.
Because of this, Feng Ziying is extremely eager to obtain greater power. Only with enough power can he do what he wants to do without being constrained by various rules and regulations from all directions.
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Feng Tang finally left.
Now is the best time to go to Liaodong. If you wait a little longer, the rainy season will arrive and the entire Liaodong and Liaoxi will be covered with swamps, making it difficult to leave.
This trip to Liaodong was not as good as going to Yulin, so Su Xie's two aunts, Feng Zuo and Feng You, the two most important long-term followers, all followed Feng Tang.
The imperial court basically agreed to Feng Ziying's request. The three You brothers, together with Cao Wenzhao and He Renlong, were successively transferred to Liaodong from Yulin Town and Datong Town.
A firegun commission contract with Foshan Zhuangji was also signed. Three thousand Japanese birdguns will be sent to Liaodong within half a year. At the same time, homemade fireguns and self-made fireguns purchased from Europe within a year will also be delivered.
This is a force that Feng Tang determined to rectify after accepting Feng Ziying's point of view, and it will be further strengthened. This will be the key force for the Liaodong Army to fight against the Jianzhou Jurchen in the future.
Seeing her father and his entourage disappear under the horizon on the far post road, Feng Ziying looked gloomy and took a long time to ride back.
Zheng Chongjian and Wang Yingxiong accompanied Feng Ziying.
“The political observation period will be over in more than half a year. Have you two considered it?”
"Ziying, can we compete with you? The credit is beyond recognition. It took me more than a year to come back from this trip. I can be considered an old military officer in the northwest, right?" Zheng Chongjian said with a cheerful smile. : "I don't want to go to the place for the time being. No one is willing to go down there if they have the chance to stay in the Ministry of War. Fei Xiong, how about you?"
"I have the same idea. Maybe you won't get the opportunity if you go to another place. You can go to Xijiang with Dazhang. I'm still thinking about where to find the opportunity." Wang Yingxiong glanced at Feng Ziying and wondered if he could do it in front of Zheng Chongjian. Let’s talk about things in Southwest Banshu.
Seeing Feng Ziying slightly nodding, Wang Yingxiong said: "The situation in the southwest is getting worse and worse. There are some changes in Bozhou, Shuixi and Yongning, but many of them are difficult to judge. Many situations are reported very scattered. If you want to say it is suspicious, it is also It’s indeed suspicious. If you want to ask whether there are other possibilities, it’s not necessarily possible, so…”
Zheng Chongjian was startled and glanced at the two of them, "Ziying, Feixiong, are you two hiding something from me? The situation in the southwest has suddenly become so bad? Why have you been back for so long? Feixiong, you... Did not mention?"
“Haven’t you been writing about the experience of countering the rebellion in Western Xinjiang and recovering Shazhou and Hami? I haven’t told you for the time being, so as not to distract you.” Feng Ziying said calmly: “Didn’t I tell you now?”
“Do the adults in the Ministry of War know about such a big matter?” Zheng Chongjian looked serious.
"Of course the minister and the minister know about it. We don't even understand these rules, but there are some things that are not necessary for everyone to know. Yang Yinglong has many informants in the capital city and has bribed many people. Fei Xiong All this information was collected secretly." Feng Ziying nodded, "Uncle Fang is also assisting Fei Xiong."
Target 3000, attack!
(End of this chapter)