Chapter 54： Educational problems

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

"I want to run a big education here in Wusong, what advice does Mr. Gu have?"

Wu Changqing asked.

Education?

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

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

Naturally, such things as education have to be thrown aside.

After a period of observation, Gu Yanwu discovered that Wu Changqing may not be a person completely loyal to Daming. Others may not be able to tell, but he can draw this judgment from some clues.

For example, Wu Changqing often bought people's minds, bought military's minds, disrespectful to the emissaries of the imperial court, indulged and guided some improper remarks of his subordinates.

If it weren’t for Wu Changqing’s treatment of the people and his ability to fight against Manchu Tatar, he might not have stayed here.

And now, Wu Changqing's behavior makes him unable to understand again. If Wu Changqing is a careerist, it is impossible to put energy and money into education at this time.

However, he just did so.

Gu Yanwu considers himself a well-informed person and has read countless people. But Wu Changqing, he really couldn't understand.

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

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

"The expansion of the army and the development of education are not in conflict. It is nothing more than money. I will find a way to solve this. Education is not a matter of overnight and requires a long period of planning. I would like to ask Mr. How can a large number of arithmetic and objects be added to the subject. Content without being rejected by scholars."

Wu Changqing said that in his opinion, reading the Four Books and the Five Classics has little effect. A person only needs to recognize the characters and have basic reading and comprehension skills.

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

When it comes to practical knowledge, mathematics and physical chemistry and geography are the kingly ways.

However, in this era, the scholars of Daming still mainly study the four books and the five classics. Those who study arithmetic, material, geography and so on are just side-by-side, and they cannot enter the hall of elegance.

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

Wanting to increase the content of arithmetic objects in school will definitely arouse resistance from scholars. And the degree of resistance may not be lighter than refusing to shave and leave braids.

If one is not handled properly, it will cause turmoil, which is very bad.

Gu Yanwu was excited when he heard that Wu Changqing wanted to increase the content of the arithmetic of things. If it wasn't for the difference between the two now, he would have liked to introduce Wu Changqing as Mo Ni.

This is because Gu Yanwu was a person who hated the Four Books and Five Classics and the imperial examination.

He had failed many times in the imperial examinations, and he gave up the imperial examinations in anger, instead learning miscellaneous studies of geography, history, and music.

For the current imperial examination system, Gu Yanwu felt that there was a big drawback. The things learned in the book are only useful during exams.

After becoming an official, those studies of Confucian classics are not used at all, and you have to relearn the ways of being an official, as well as other professional knowledge.

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

"I'm afraid this is difficult, it must be done gradually."

Gu Yanwu reminded.

The main purpose of scholars in studying is to be an official in the imperial examination. The imperial examination does not take arithmetic and analysing things. Even if the subjects of analysing things are added, those scholars may not be willing to learn it.

I want scholars to learn these things voluntarily, unless the imperial examinations are reformed and these contents are added to the imperial examinations.

However, they are just an army. They are not a legal regime. How can they be qualified to reform the imperial examination? That is a major matter that the Ming court can decide.

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

Thinking of this, Gu Yanwu suddenly had a terrible thought in his mind.

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

In Gu Yanwu's view, Daming had too many shortcomings, and there were countless things that needed to be changed.

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

Thinking of this, Gu Yanwu's heart became very tangled.

"You have to find a way to do it if you are difficult. You probably also saw the power of the flintlock. And this can be invented only by learning to study things, or physical knowledge. Only by understanding the principles of everything can you create more advanced Weapons. At this point, the Taisi people are better than us. If we don't catch up in this regard, what will happen to those barbarians who will come with more powerful and advanced weapons in the future?"

Always looking at things and things, Wu Changqing was very uncomfortable, and simply changed it directly to physics.

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Gu Yanwu felt that what Wu Changqing was thinking was too far away. Even the Qing Tatar hadn't been defeated, and the lost land had not been recovered. He actually thought about the future Taixi people would fight over.

Gu Yanwu is not a posterity after all, his vision is limited by this era, he can't see so far.

However, he agrees with Wu Changqing's claim that more people should learn physics, because he also knows that their army's repeated victories rely on unique weapons.

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

After some research, Wu Changqing decided to set up more schools of enlightenment education in various places to lay the foundation. After these young children learned how to read, he almost played more territory and had more power to promote reforms.

In addition to the establishment of Mongolian Academy, he also runs a pilot higher education institution in Suzhou.

This institution will be very different from other institutions. Confucianism will only become an ordinary subject. There will be policy theory, arithmetic, physical chemistry, and geography that have the same status as Confucianism.

Confucian classics, policy theory, and arithmetic are all good, and you can find teachers to teach them. As for physical chemistry and geography, Wu Changqing had to start it himself.

At present, in the entire Huaxia Land, no one knows this knowledge better than him.

Although his academic performance in his previous life can only be regarded as middle-to-high, but at any rate he also systematically finished all the knowledge of science. It is not easy for him to fully memorize this knowledge, but there is no problem with teaching the basics.

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