I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The next day, Wu Changqing called Gu Yanwu over to discuss education.

"I want to set up education here in Wu Song, what advice does Mr. Gu have?"

Wu Changqing asked.

set up education?

Gu Yanwu was a little surprised when he heard the words. He thought that Wu Changqing would expand his army and expand his territory. Unexpectedly, Wu Changqing wanted to revitalize education.

This is not what a qualified careerist should do. For careerists, nothing is more important than developing the military and seizing territory.

Of course, such things as education have to be thrown aside.

After a period of observation, Gu Yanwu found that Wu Changqing was not necessarily a person who was completely loyal to Daming. Others may not see it, but he can draw this judgment from some clues.

For example, Wu Changqing often bought the hearts and minds of the people, bought the hearts of the army, was disrespectful to the envoys of the imperial court, let loose and guided some inappropriate remarks of his subordinates.

If it wasn't for the fact that Wu Changqing was very good to the people, and he really had the ability to fight against the Manchu and Qing Tatars, he might not have stayed here.

But now, Wu Changqing's behavior made him incomprehensible again. If Wu Changqing was an ambitious man, it would be impossible to put his energy and money into education at this time.

However, he did so.

Gu Yanwu considers himself a well-informed person who has read countless people. But Wu Changqing, he really did not understand.

Wu Changqing wanted to set up education, and Gu Yanwu was naturally happy. However, he is also a very pragmatic person, and he knows that the most important thing at the moment is to develop the military and strengthen the military.

Therefore, Gu Yanwu persuaded: "I am afraid it is too early to develop education. At this time, we should expand our military and prepare for war, and take Nanjing as the most important thing."

"The expansion of the military and the development of education are not in conflict. It is nothing but money. I will try to solve this. Education is not a one-time event, and requires long-term planning. I would like to ask Mr. How to add a lot of arithmetic and physical examination to the subject. content without being excluded by readers.”

Wu Changqing said that in his opinion, reading the Four Books and Five Classics is really not very useful. As long as a person can recognize the characters, it is enough to have basic reading and comprehension skills.

No matter how well written an article is, it is just an article.

When it comes to practical knowledge, mathematics and physical chemistry and geography are king.

However, in this era, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty still mainly studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and those who studied arithmetic, physics, geography and other things were all sideways, and they could not get into the hall of elegance.

This concept is deeply ingrained in the minds of readers, and it is not easy to change.

If you want to increase the content of arithmetical objects in your studies, it will definitely cause resistance from readers. And the degree of resistance may not be lighter than refusing to shave and keep braids.

If one gets it wrong, it will cause turmoil, and that would be very bad.

Gu Yanwu was excited when he heard that Wu Changqing was going to increase the content of the arithmetic of objects. If it weren't for the difference in their identities now, he would have wished to cite Wu Changqing as Mo Ni.

This is because Gu Yanwu is someone who hates the Four Books and Five Classics and the imperial examinations.

He has repeatedly failed the imperial examinations, and gave up the imperial examinations in anger, and instead studied miscellaneous studies in geography, history, and melody.

For the current imperial examination system, Gu Yanwu felt that there were great drawbacks. What you learn in the book is only useful in exams.

After becoming an official, those Confucian classics will not be used at all, and they have to re-learn the way of being an official, as well as other professional knowledge.

It is a waste of time to spend ten or even decades to learn some knowledge that is only used in exams.

"I'm afraid this is difficult, and it must be done step by step."

Gu Yanwu reminded.

The main purpose of a scholar's study is to take the imperial examination to become an official, and the imperial examination does not test arithmetic or quiz. Even if the subjects such as quiz are added, those scholars may not be willing to learn it.

If you want scholars to learn these things voluntarily, unless the imperial examination is reformed and these contents are added to the imperial examination.

However, they are just an army, they are not a legitimate regime, how can they be qualified to reform the imperial examination? That is a major matter that the Ming Dynasty can only decide.

However, Gu Yanwu also knew that it was impossible for the big men in the court to reform the imperial examination.

Thinking of this, a terrible thought suddenly popped into Gu Yanwu's mind.

That is, if Wu Changqing can take power in the future, will he be able to get support to carry out the reform of the imperial examinations and other reforms across the country?

In Gu Yanwu's view, Daming has too many drawbacks, and there are countless things that need to be changed.

And to support Wu Changqing in power, will he usurp the throne and become independent?

Thinking of this, Gu Yanwu felt extremely entangled in his heart.

"It's hard to find a way to do it. You probably have seen the power of the flintlock gun. And this is all invented by learning about things, or physical knowledge. Only by knowing the principles of all things can you create more advanced Weapons. At this point, the Taissi are better than us. If we don't catch up in this area, what will happen to the barbarians in the future with more powerful and advanced weapons?"

Wu Changqing was very unaccustomed to always talking about things, so he changed it directly to physics.

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Gu Yanwu felt that Wu Changqing's thoughts were too far away. Even the Manchu Qing Tatars had not been defeated, and the lost ground had not been recovered, so he actually considered that the Taisei would come over in the future.

Gu Yanwu is not after all

Later generations, his vision is limited to this era and cannot see that far.

However, he agreed with Wu Changqing's saying that more people should learn physics knowledge, because he also knew that their army's repeated victories depended on those unique weapons.

Subsequently, the two had a detailed discussion on how to gradually reform.

After some research, Wu Changqing decided to set up more Mongolian schools for enlightenment education in various places to lay the foundation first. After these young children learned to read, he almost won more territory and had more power to promote reform.

In addition to setting up the Mongolian School, he is also running a pilot institution of higher learning in Suzhou.

This college will be very different from other colleges. In it, the study of classics will only become a common subject, and there will be policy theory, arithmetic, physical chemistry, and geography that have the same status as the study of classics.

Classics, policy theory and arithmetic are all good, and teachers can be found to teach them. As for physical chemistry and geography, this is for Wu Changqing to go on the horse himself.

At present, in the entire land of China, there is no one who understands this knowledge better than him.

Although his academic performance in his previous life can only be regarded as above average, he has systematically learned all the knowledge of science. It's not easy for him to fully memorize this knowledge, but there is no problem in teaching the basics.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, Wu Changqing can only take it step by step, and he does not expect to teach a group of college students within a year or two.