After watching Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling leave, Zhu Houzhou ordered Liu Jin: "Tell Yan Song that he would arrange more courses for the Marquis of Jianchang and Marquis of Shouning to extend their academic time and that they will not be allowed to graduate within five years!"

Beijing University is now boarding system, and it is not allowed to leave school at will unless it is holidays. Therefore, as long as Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling stay in there for five years, they can cause less trouble. In this way, Zhu Houzhao doesn't have to worry about causing Empress Dowager Zhang to be sad when these two people commit major crimes and are punished by themselves in the future.

The brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling came to the Capital University unwillingly, and Kang Hai was also here at the same time.

"I really didn't expect that we became classmates with the top scholar," Zhang Heling said, and Zhang Yanling also agreed: "That's right, how can we teach this!"

Kang Hai also shook his head. He didn't understand why the Peking University recruited only those who were above the Jinshi, and on the other hand, they allowed the children of nobles and relatives who were ignorant of learning to be admitted. Is it because of the purpose of teaching without distinction?

Yan Song came over at this time and gave a first salute: "Welcome to three new students. The purpose of Peking University is to be inclusive and to include all kinds of schools. After admission, students will also listen to their free studies, but they must complete the points required for their studies. This is the "New Student Admission Manual". Please keep it in mind. Your files have been handed over from the Ministry of Rites. Now you can choose a subject."

As he said that, Yan Song took these three people to various academies. Although Kang Hai had heard of the unique teaching methods of the Beijing University, he was still very touched after seeing them with his own eyes, especially when he saw several former sons of the Duke and Zhang Cong, a literati from Jinshi, discussing something under the ginkgo tree, he felt even more novel.

"Isn't that boy from the British government? Why are you holding a book in your hand now? How can you pretend to be elegant? Back then, this guy followed me through the brothel when he was a furious child! He knocked down a scholar down, and now he is a scholar himself!"

Zhang Heling, Marquis of Jianchang, said.

Yan Song and Kang Hai saw that Zhang Heling was full of vulgar words, so they couldn't say anything, so they just smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Shouning, pointed at Xia Yan who was riding a horse on the front school field and shouted: "It was that boy who sued the lawsuit to the Censorate! He also crippled four or five of my slaves. If I don't deal with him today, my surname will not be Zhang! People come!"

Zhang Yanling shouted for a long time to see no one coming, and realized that he was in the Capital University now. He was already a student and had no slaves around him. He had to stop and sarcastically said: "Yan Siye, how do you Capital University train students? Is this civil or military, what do we learn?"

"The official has already said that you can choose freely!" Yan Song replied.

"We don't like the Four Books and Five Classics, we want to learn something fresh," said Zhang Heling.

"There are naturally fresh ones, such as this science subject. Now there are new theories. For example, the theory of "The Earth is a round", you can study it, or you can argue and refute it yourself, and write it into an article. If you write it well, it will be published in the Journal of the Peking University."

"Is the earth round? There is such a theory at the Capital University? Isn't this nonsense? Although this marquis is not as knowledgeable as Kangzhang Academy, I also know that the sky is round and the place!"

When Zhang Heling heard Yan Song say this, he immediately became interested. He dealt with the people from the Imperial Heavenly Prison all day long. Although he was ignorant in other aspects, he also had some understanding of astronomy and geography, so he started to talk.

After Zhang Heling finished speaking, Yan Song only smiled and said, "This new theory, as stated by Your Majesty, was taught by an old Taoist, and there is also empirical evidence. This is an argumentative article about the earth being round. If Marquis Jianchang is interested, he can take a look."

Yan Song entered the science subject and gave Zhang Heling a journal of the Beijing Normal University.

Zhang Yanling also started to watch from the side, Kang Hai became interested and followed him.

Zhang Yanling is young and has an active mind, so he naturally sees the fastest. After reading it, he said: "These are just evidence! You can't be true! If the ground is really round, will you start from the current place and keep moving in one direction, and you can return here in the future?"

"It's true, but no one in the world dares to experiment like this," Yan Song replied with a smile.

"This is interesting. I want to give it a try in the future!" Zhang Heling said with a smile at this time.

...

"Report to Your Majesty, Kang Hai chose the liberal arts and is currently studying "Tian Yiyue" by himself; Marquis Jianchang and Marquis Shouning both chose science." Yan Song reported to Zhu Houzhao about the latest admission to the Peking University students. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing after hearing this. The Heaven Evolution Theory was written based on the evolutionary theory of Darwin in later generations. It used the Chinese name Yan Fu used when he translated "Origin of Species" that year. He wrote it just to open his eyes to the students of the Peking University students, but he did not expect Kang Hai would choose the philosophy subject, and he also looked at the Heaven Evolution Theory first.

However, Zhu Houzhao was quite pleased that his two uncles chose science, because what the Ming Dynasty needed was science and engineering talents.

"Very good, now Zhang Cong and Xia Yan can graduate," Zhu Houzhao asked again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, their credits are full, and now they have entered the Jinshi period of Guanzheng. Xia Yan chose the Ministry of Works, saying that although the Ministry of Works is not as powerful as the Ministry of Works, it is a department that is truly related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Zhang Cong chose the Ministry of Rites, saying that it is the Ministry of Rites that governs the academic affairs of the people of the world, and that there is great potential in the future."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile and said, "Everyone has their own ideas. He informed the Ministry of Personnel and approved them to go to the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites to be a Jinshi for the Ministry of Works and Rites. He was appointed as an intern for half a year and then appointed an official position again after half a year. At that time, I will personally arrange it. In addition, I will tell the Ministry of Personnel that all students at the Capital University must be independent, especially those like Zhang Cong and Xia Yan, who will be appointed as the archive library for selecting students to reserve the future talents of the Ming Dynasty for governing the country and ensuring national security."

Yan Song was quite surprised when he heard Zhu Houzhao say this, and he thought that according to His Majesty, the Jinshi who graduated from the Capital University would be trained as a prime minister in the future. He didn't know if the Siye of the Capital University would be like this. However, seeing that Wang Yangming has now become the governor of Southern Zhili, it seems that he will be arranged as an important minister of the empire in the future.

"How is your corn growing?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly asked. Now Yan Song is no different from later university professors and officials. He is also conducting agricultural research while being responsible for the administrative management of the Beijing University and being responsible for the first agricultural science department in the Ming Dynasty.

"Reply to Your Majesty, the first batch of corn sown this spring has also produced seeds. After ripening, it has collected a bag. The yield is indeed higher than that of wheat. Moreover, corn can be planted after the wheat is harvested, so that the grain can be harvested twice;

I plan to sow again next spring, and this time I plant ten acres of land directly. In addition, five acres of phosphate fertilizer are prepared to try to see if the yield is higher. If it can be improved, it will start promoting."

Yan Song replied.

The phosphorus fertilizer that Yan Song mentioned is the latest product made by the Royal Industrial Company. It is a fertilizer made by reacting sulfuric acid and phosphorus ore. It is also the first fertilizer chemical produced by the Ming Dynasty. It has begun to be promoted in the Huangzhuang, and has significantly increased the grain output of Huangzhuang tenants, and has greatly improved.

In addition, phosphorus fertilizer was also used in the greenhouse vegetable base of Royal Industrial Company, so that the off-seasonal vegetables produced by Royal Industrial Company can not only meet the needs of the Ming people for vitamins in winter, but also ensure the quality and yield of off-seasonal vegetables.

In this era, there are not many large-scale farmers using greenhouses to grow off-season vegetables, but although some people grow them, the quality of vegetables cannot keep up with the Royal Industries, because the Royal Industries has fertilizers, the off-season vegetables grown by Royal Industries will not turn yellow due to phosphorus deficiency.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "At that time, I will ask your governor Shuntian and other palaces to promote corn cultivation in the Jingji area first!"

Yan Song heard that Zhu Houzhao had planned to arrange for him to be the governor, so he was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

Agriculture is the foundation of everything, and Zhu Houzhao does not deny this. If he wants to launch a foreign war in the future, it will naturally be inseparable from the development of agriculture. If corn can be promoted nationwide and increase the grain output of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao will naturally have more confidence to launch a foreign war in the future.

On this day, Zhu Houzhao summoned the Minister of Works Zeng Jian and the Young Supervisor of the Military Affairs Bureau in the cabinet and the rank of the rank of the rank of the Ministry of Works, Chi Zong, in order to deal with the weapons manufacturing of the Ming Dynasty.

The military leadership of the Ming Guards has been established, so weapons manufacturing naturally also needs improvement. However, the Ming Dynasty was not actually behind in weapon manufacturing in this era. What was really behind is the management craftsman system, and the craftsmanship system greatly restricted the development of the imperial weapon manufacturing level.

In the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen were divided into one family, just like soldiers. The status of craftsmen was very low, lower than that of the people. They could not participate in the business and enter the official career, nor did they do business. They generally had to serve the court free of charge and were exploited by officials. It was precisely because of this that many craftsmen would resist by passive slack work or even escape.

The Ming Dynasty's ordnance manufacturing was mainly composed of the Inner Court Military Affairs Bureau and the Ministry of Works Military Affairs Bureau, and the number of craftsmen in these two institutions has basically decreased year by year.

"Back to the emperor, the number of craftsmen in the military battle is now thirty-five fewer than that in Hongzhi's 18 years!"

"By Your Majesty, the number of craftsmen in the Military Weapon Bureau is now less than 300, twelve fewer than Hongzhi's 18th year!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but fall into deep thoughts about this. He knew that the number of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was decreasing year by year. What he was thinking about now was how to change this phenomenon. As far as he knew, Zhang Juzheng in the late Ming Dynasty in history carried out reforms to this, that is, he allowed craftsmen to choose their jobs freely, but he needed to pay scrimmage silver to the court, and the court used this money to hire craftsmen to make weapons.

Zhu Houzhao now decided to change the relationship between craftsmen and the Ming weapons manufacturing more thoroughly. He decided to give craftsmen freedom, that is, to ban the craftsmanship system. After all, the number of craftsmen is not as large as that of military people, and the interests involved are not so many. Unlike military people, the rash cancellation will cause dissatisfaction among military landlords across the country.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao did not intend to collect class silver from the craftsmen, which could reduce the burden on these craftsmen.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao asked the Minister of Works Zeng Jian and the Young Superintendent Chi Zong: "You think you have cancelled the craftsmanship and returned these craftsmen to the people's residence. The court will pay the silver to hire craftsmen to make weapons. The treatment of craftsmen is linked to the quality and quantity of weapons. In other words, whoever does the best can get more salary, what do you think?"

The young supervisor Chi Zong and the Minister of Works Zeng Jian both looked nervous. Naturally, they did not want to give these craftsmen freedom in their hearts. After all, if the craftsmanship was cancelled, they would lose a lot of money. After all, the craftsmen had to pay them filial silver for filial piety and escape.

But the two of them also knew that Emperor Zhu Houzhao wanted to change the question now, so Zeng Jianxian said: "Your Majesty's move is undoubtedly a benefit to the people, and it is actually a good policy!"

"The Inner-in-law followed the emperor's arrangement and used silver as a good thing to produce it," said Chi Zong, the young supervisor, but he was extremely resistant in his heart. After all, once the court issued a silver to hire craftsmen, it means that these craftsmen would receive the same salary as soldiers. Now they have become a major legal profession. Once the employment system is used to ban the forced conscription, it will be difficult for them to get benefits from it.

Zhu Houzhao felt relieved when he saw that the two departments responsible for military equipment manufacturing had no objections. After all, if these two people agreed, it means that they can accept the benefits and losses caused by the employment system. If they can accept the leaders, they will naturally be able to suppress the officials below, and the officials below can also accept it.

"In this case, the cabinet has drafted an order to change the craftsmanship to the people in the future. The craftsmanship and the people in the country can choose their jobs as well as the people in the country. They can pay taxes and perform labor service, and enter the official career. The court will recruit craftsmen to make military weapons in the future. After the decree is issued, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works will jointly complete the matter. Each household of registered craftsmanship will reward each household with one stone to reward their contributions to the court for many years. At the same time, the Ministry of Works will recruit craftsmen on its own. In addition, the Military Bureau and the Military Bureau will be merged into the Ming Armory Bureau, and a supervisor will be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Works, and the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau will be supervised. Chi Zongxian will be the co-organizer."

After Zhu Houzhao said that, the chief assistant to the cabinet, Ma Wensheng, hurriedly said that he was following the order, and the officials present all said that Your Majesty is kind and loving the people.

Zhu Houzhao just smiled. He found that the officials in the court seemed to have been much more obedient recently. He couldn't help but wonder whether it was because he had made them afraid after his tough measures before, or because he now used the interests of the Royal Bank to trap ordinary officials and completely made other officials realize the power of his emperor?

However, just when Zhu Houzhao issued an order to abolish the craftsmanship system and restore the craftsmanship to establish the Ordnance Bureau with freedom and combination, Shuntian Prefecture submitted a memorial, reporting that five or six craftsmen who had just come out of the Military Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Works killed a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, a head of the Ministry of Revenue, and a pedestrian in the pedestrian department with muskets!

Three court officials were beaten to death!

This is enough to be considered a shocking case in the Ming Dynasty, and firearms are prohibited items! This makes the nature of this case even more serious!

But what surprised Zhu Houzhao even more was that the murderer was actually a craftsman who had just recovered from his freedom!

"What's going on? I just gave these craftsmen to freedom, why did they suddenly kill the imperial officials?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Your Majesty, this is a memorial from Lu Shumu, the director of the Engineering Department, who advised the court to restore the craftsmanship system. The reason is that these craftsmanship people all possess the benefits of strange skills and tricks. Once they have bad intentions, they will lead to big mistakes, and it is possible to rebel and kill the emperor. The court should strictly control it! They should not be treated as villagers!"

Jiao Fang handed over a memorial at this time. Zhu Houzhao didn't need to ask, and he knew that Jiao Fang was reminding him that someone was doing this on purpose, trying to force himself to restore the craftsmanship system.

"What do you think of this case in Shuntian Mansion?" Zhu Houzhao asked first.

"Killing three court-designated officials, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple is already an important official, and he also uses firearms. This is equivalent to treason, and he should be severely punished in accordance with the law!" Xu Jin replied.

"The East Factory first checked the case. As soon as the person was killed, the censor of the engineering department submitted a report. It's too urgent!"

Zhu Houzhao snorted.

...

At this time, in a secret loft in the Jiaofangsi, a middle-aged man dressed in a wealthy man pulled an inner servant into the inner room and said, "My master said, you are too anxious. It is really unwise to let the censors of the engineering department submit memorials at this time! It is better to kill a few more so that all officials will be afraid of them before they can force the current emperor to change their minds."

"Okay, I will convey the opinions of the Grand Sikong (Shangshu of the Ministry of Works) to my godfather, but my godfather asked me to pass on a message and say, the people from the Dongchang said that the superiors asked them to investigate this case, so you should be careful!"

The inner servant said.

"Don't worry! Those craftsmen who killed people are all dead soldiers. They were originally craftsmen, but later they couldn't survive and were raised by our master as slaves. Their families were raised by our master. If they dared to say something, their families would not survive! Besides, since you are in the East Factory, there will naturally be a way to get them to be beaten to death in the imperial prison."

The middle-aged man smiled sinisterly.

"That's right, I'll take a step first. Now the palace ban is strictly investigated. If I go back late, I will be targeted by the people in the palace!" The inner servant said and left.

The middle-aged man left after a while, and it was not until midnight that he suddenly appeared at the Minister of Works Zeng Jian: "Master, the people in the palace said that the emperor asked the Dongchang to investigate this case, and it seemed that he could not trust the report from Shuntian Prefecture."

"Of course I don't believe it. Who told Eunuch Chi to ask the engineering department to submit a memorial? Our Majesty is so smart. In order to prevent the truth from happening at that time, you can explain that Your Majesty will go to the Military Weapon Bureau in a few days. You can change the sulfur saltpeter in their warehouse to matched gunpowder and ignite it directly when the time comes!"

"Master! This is a monarch!" The middle-aged man said in surprise.

"What nonsense is it? This is just an accident. If you are dry today, it is normal to land a little fire. And it is only for the last resort. If your Majesty does not investigate and investigate it in the next few days, naturally it is not necessary!"

The Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works Zeng Jian said.
Chapter completed!