The court meeting had not yet begun and the decree had not yet been issued, but because Su Che had communicated with many ministers in advance, the news was known to many ministers in advance.
At this moment, on the way to court, these ministers all frowned, talked in low voices, and asked each other what they thought.
The latest decree that His Majesty informed them of contained both bad news and good news.
The bad news is that His Majesty intends to have the princes run various schools.
As of now, there are four colleges confirmed: Medical College, Military College, Mathematics College, and Agricultural College!
This news was difficult for them to accept for a while.
Establishing colleges has always been a Confucian privilege.
In their view, only by reading the books of sages can one govern the country and ensure its security.
What kind of low-level shit is this that these colleges teach?
When will I be able to study medicine in school?
Not to mention that a place like the Military Academy, where only warriors and rough men are gathered, is it worthy of having a school?
It's really insulting!
Mathematics is fine, although it is also a low-level subject, but at least it is of some use.
But what is an agricultural college?
Teach people how to be farmers?
This is just too ridiculous.
Farming is a natural skill of those peasants. Since when did we have to rely on others to teach us how to farm?
It's so funny that it makes people laugh out loud. It's really the weirdest thing that has never been heard of before.
Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been the only orthodox doctrine. Even through so many dynasties and so many years, no one has ever opened such a strange thing as an agricultural college.
Even if His Majesty really opened an agricultural college, who would be willing to learn this?
Those peasants have so much money, would they send their sons to agricultural college? How can one be a good peasant?
Just kidding!
Or, those high-ranking officials, princes and nobles, would spend money to send their sons to learn such lowly knowledge?
If someone really does this, they will definitely become the laughing stock of everyone in Yingtian Prefecture tomorrow!!!
The thing they could not accept the most was that an academy was set up for this completely meaningless and useless knowledge.
They never dreamed that His Majesty would open an agricultural college!
Everyone couldn't help but complain in their hearts, how disgraceful, how disgraceful!
From ancient times to the present, this kind of strange thing will happen in this dynasty, because the emperor is a...
Once this happens, it will surely be widely circulated, recorded in history books, and become a topic of conversation and a laughing stock for future generations!
When they thought of this, they couldn't help but sigh and wanted to resign.
Because they all knew that once His Majesty made a decision, they alone could not change it.
Moreover, His Majesty was born in a humble family. If they looked down on the Agricultural College and thought it was too lowly, it would probably touch His Majesty's bad luck and sore spot, and they would not have a good ending...
This was the first time in the world that a beggar became emperor.
How can a beggar know how to govern the world?
Shouldn't we listen more to their opinions?
But the truth is completely the opposite...
The people Zhu Yuanzhang distrusted the most were these civil officials!
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor and possessed absolute power, and he would not tolerate their interference. Although these civil officials were extremely reluctant, they had no choice but to obey his orders.
However, the only thing that comforted them was the good news that His Majesty had finally reduced the tributes from the royal family.
Moreover, the support for the royal descendants is limited to seven generations. If no talented person emerges in the sixth generation to restore the glory, they will become ordinary people in the future.
Of course, even if you become an ordinary person.
But it is definitely not something ordinary people can compare to.
This news could not be better for the people in their civil officials group.
If all the descendants of Zhu had salaries and endless support, there would inevitably be more and more members of the royal family in the future. When the time came, where would their salaries come from?
Moreover, these royal family members would also squeeze out some of the rights of civil servants.
Therefore, this news is undoubtedly very good news for them.
Amid constant discussions, the day's court meeting began.
All the ministers were present. In the court, Su Che sat in the emperor's seat. Next to him was a chair where Crown Prince Zhu Biao sat to listen to the court meeting.
As soon as he came to power, Su Che announced his reforms to the system.
The first issue is the support of the royal family.
The grace of the royal family will be cut off after seven generations.
certainly.
This is not for everyone.
Zhu's sons were granted titles as princes in various places. As long as they did not make mistakes and were not stripped of their titles by the court, they could pass on their identities.
This is the inheritance of the master's eldest son.
The one who was executed after the seventh generation was Huize, the illegitimate son of the separated family.
In addition, Su Che also proposed a reward and punishment system, which required that even a prince of noble status would be subject to certain restrictions in what he did.
Those who have made contributions will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished.
Instead of being lawless and doing whatever you want, that is definitely not acceptable.
If a prince breaks the law, the common people will be guilty as well!
Of course, different punishments for the same crime...
That’s another matter!
If the privileged class is forced to be completely consistent with the common people and demand equality for all, more problems will arise.
This is the limitation of the times.
In this day and age, it is impossible to do this.
Su Che was very clear about this.
In addition, the support for the royal family was reduced.
Su Che also planned to let the princes develop in various fields.
Based on their interests, we can set up military academies, medical academies, mathematics academies, and agricultural academies to teach and educate people and develop talents in this area!
This decree was announced.
All the ministers in the hall looked at each other in bewilderment. The atmosphere became extremely weird. No one took the initiative to speak and everyone fell silent.
And those meritorious military officials all showed surprise on their faces.
Duke of Wei Xu Da pretended to be surprised and asked, "How can a rough and uncouth man like us become a teacher at the Military Academy?"
Su Che smiled and said, "Of course!"
Su Che's initial idea was to let Prince of Yan Zhu Di fiddle with it on his own. At this time, Zhu Di was in his twenties and was full of energy. He had read a lot of military books and fought many battles. He had the energy to run a military academy!
If Zhu Di did a good job, he would let those noble generals help him.
However, Su Che thought about it and felt that if Zhu Di was left alone, he would be too weak and it would be better to pull out those meritorious generals to support him from the beginning.
In addition, the same goes for the other princes, who all need to give a certain amount of support first.
It would be difficult to see results in a short period of time without any support.
But Su Che wanted to see results sooner.
So why not put all of this on the agenda right from the start!
The military academy is actually very easy to handle...
Because there is also a place for teaching knowledge among warriors and soldiers.
In the Ming Dynasty army, there was a social organization whose members were supervised by governors and officers at all levels.
Its name is "Martial Arts Association"!
This organization was usually initiated by the governors-general of each border area, and the patrol and military preparation officials would forward the information to the various garrisons for their establishment.
Regarding the teaching staff, the martial arts association will invite retired or resigned military generals and those who have performed well in the martial arts examinations, are proficient in theory and skilled in martial arts to serve as teachers, and then nominate someone as president and someone as vice president.
The members of the military association are middle and lower-level frontline officers, such as commanders, thousand-householders, hundred-householders, pacification officers, as well as military reserve personnel such as inherited military households and martial arts examination students.
The number of members in each garrison's martial arts association was generally between 20 and 50, and they met six times a month.
The 8th, 18th and 28th of every month are three days for learning theoretical knowledge, and the teaching materials are "Seven Military Classics" and "Biographies of One Hundred Generals".
Normally, the normal school prepares a textbook as a lesson plan, which details which chapter will be taught each day. After studying, each member has to read out his or her understanding of the theoretical knowledge of military tactics learned that day in turn, instead of blindly reciting it.
That is: "It is not important to be able to recite the words, but to be able to understand their meaning."
The 20th, 21st and 22nd of every month are three days for martial arts training, mainly the traditional event of horse riding and archery. Those who excel in archery will be rewarded with silver, silver medals and other items.
In addition, they would go to the Censorate for assessment at the end of each month, and check the progress of the members of each martial arts association at the end of the quarter. If the performance was outstanding, the association members would be specially rewarded, the president and vice president would be promoted based on the performance, and the martial artists in the military dormitories would be given preferential treatment.
Of course, the names of martial arts associations in different places are also different. For example, when Wu Rendu was the governor of Shanxi, he named the local martial arts association "Yingyanghui".
In addition, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, a system similar to "officer trainee" had emerged, but that is a digression.
Even warriors would attach importance to the inheritance of knowledge, because only in this way can they become stronger and stronger.
But this kind of organization that exists in the military is a completely different concept from the officially run military academy!
The former is an unrecognized organization within the military officers’ organization, while the latter is an open, formal academy with corresponding resources.
It is no wonder that these nobles and warriors were so excited.
Although they all had noble status, being either dukes or marquises, they were no match for the civil officials in terms of the right to speak in the court.
In the court, it is not just whoever has the loudest voice or the most power who has the right to speak.
The court is not a vegetable market, it is a place where reason is used. When it comes to reasoning and playing tricks, these rough men are naturally no match for these civil officials. This is simply blood suppression.
In order to maintain this balance, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want the civil officials to dominate the power, so he once promoted Xu Da, Duke of Wei, to the position of right prime minister, but this only alleviated the phenomenon.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the right to speak in the court of these superior dukes would soon be undermined by civil officials, and later they were too lazy to attend court.
This is largely because these nobles only know how to fight wars.
If he wants to play tricks in the court, he is definitely not as good as these civil officials.
But if we open a military academy, we can train military officers who are both civil and military.
Once there is a military officer who can gain a foothold in the court and has a certain say, the result will be different!
This is also the reason why these noble and military officials are so looking forward to it.
Xu Da immediately stepped forward and said seriously: "If you can open a military academy, I am willing to serve as the dean and pass on all my skills to teach them! I will never keep anything to myself!"
Xu Da, the leader of the Twenty-Four Generals of Huaixi, stood up and spoke. Of course, the other meritorious military officials would not wait any longer and stood up one by one.
Each of these people is a man of great stature, and they usually do not participate in court meetings because they are either too old or do not like to attend.
But this time, because Su Che informed them in advance and told them his thoughts, they came to the court one by one.
Duke of Cao Li Wenzhong, Duke of Song Feng Sheng, Duke of Xin Tang He, Duke of Wei Deng Yu...
As for Lan Yu, who had just been conferred the title of Duke of Liang, he was not good enough in front of these founding leaders. At this moment, he stood at the back of the crowd with his head down.
At this moment, all the generals gathered together, and the Ming Dynasty group made their grand debut!
Originally, many civil officials, especially some ministers of remonstration, were prepared to risk their lives to speak out.
But now…
With the support of such a group of bigwigs, all the civil officials were silenced!
What else can I do?
In front of the absolute power of the founding emperor, all their means were so ridiculous and insignificant!
Not only the Military Academy was decided, but also the Medical College, Agricultural College, and Mathematics College were decided along with the opening of the Military Academy.
After finishing this matter, Su Che was in a very good mood. He glanced at these numb civil officials and asked casually, "Is there anything else?"
"Your son has something to report!"
At this time, Crown Prince Zhu Biao stood up and said seriously: "Since the abolition of the prime minister system, all state affairs have been placed on the shoulders of the emperor alone. I can only share a little of the worry, so I suggest setting up a cabinet to assist in handling state affairs."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of those numb civil officials suddenly lit up. They stared at Crown Prince Zhu Biao, each of them a little excited. This is a sage and wise monarch!
It was torture and pain for this group of civil officials to assist an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang who refused to reason with them, was autocratic and dictatorial, did things without considering any consequences and acted solely based on his own ideas!
The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor. Who dared to disobey him? Who could stop him?
Since the death of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's sword has lost its scabbard. Anyone who dares to stop him must be prepared to lose his head!
And now, with the appearance of Zhu Biao, they are like seeing a ray of light in their lives!
"Hmm? Tell me in detail!"
Su Che said lightly, pretending to be a little displeased.
Although he was the one who arranged for Zhu Biao to prepare this matter, now all the blame was put on Zhu Biao.
This was to pave the way for Zhu Biao to gain more support.
The treatment of the royal family members was given and then reduced. Su Che was in charge of this matter, and no one dared to hate him.
But if it was Zhu Biao who brought it up, then it would be a big problem.
Zhu Biao's reputation will be very bad, and there will be many people who are dissatisfied with him.
But the introduction of the cabinet system was different, as it would gain Zhu Biao a lot of support.
As Zhu Biao explained the cabinet system in detail, the eyes of those civil officials lit up. This was an institution with considerable power!
Although it was a voting system, and they did not make direct decisions, but instead gave suggestions for review, once the memorials passed through their hands, they had supreme power, and in just a moment, many people came up with many ideas.
For example, if there are several memorials submitted to the emperor, the effects will be completely different depending on whether they are submitted first or later.
In addition, if the emperor was a little lazy, their suggestions would be passed smoothly!