East Warm Pavilion, Upper Study
The few people who were given seats were excited and somewhat uneasy. They were just ordinary small officials, and even had the meaning of low status craftsmen. They were actually summoned by the Emperor to the study.
It was a little uncomfortable to sit with half of her butt clutched.
This was a place where only the Emperor's trusted aides could come.
"This time, I have summoned you here because I plan to establish a university. On one hand, it is to train talents for the Empire. On the other hand, it is to set up a research institute for the Empire. The skills of the Yeti foreigners are not a long-term solution.”
Li Ye's jade seemed very heavy. The country's modern industry was too slow. If they wanted to catch up, they needed more talents.
The few of them were a little surprised. They had heard that the emperor was extremely intelligent and valued Western skills.
However, he didn't think much of it.
What could a teenager know? At most, he heard about the amazing Western techniques out of curiosity.
He didn't expect such a plan! It was obviously the author's long-term plan.
Xu Shou, who was the oldest among them, was obviously very excited. He had long wanted to set up a physics institute, but he did not have the funds.
Research cost money, and it would not have any effect in a short period of time.
"This university is called Imperial Capital University, and it involves many disciplines. You are all experts in the mathematics and biochemistry of the empire.”Li Ye nodded. He knew their experiences. Every step of the scientific pioneers was bumpy.
"Reporting to the Emperor, we are already ashamed that we have no way to get our bags. How can we reject the great contribution of nurturing talents for the Imperial Court and developing new technology?”
"This commoner just wanted to display his ambition, how would I dare to disobey? I can only thank the emperor for fulfilling my wish.”
"It is already a great blessing for us that the emperor is still concerned about this matter. How could we dare to disobey? To be able to rule such a wise lord in my lifetime is truly a blessing.”
When they saw that the Emperor was serious about this matter, they were so happy that they thought of all the sorrowful things in the past that they all shed tears.
"Everyone, don't worry. This academy will continue to be established. The Imperial Court will not provide one million taels of silver to support research and development every year, so you don't have to worry.”
When the few of them heard that Li Ye had actually taken out a million taels to support the research and development, they became even more serious. One by one, they knelt on the ground and thanked him.
Everyone was responsible for the rise and fall of the world. The persistence and desire of these scientific and technological talents for new technology was not something that half of them could understand.
After comforting them, Li Ye told them some specific arrangements. The research and development expenses would be allocated according to the research project. In the future, a patent office would be established to protect new technologies. For technologies that had special contributions, the highest scientific and technological contribution award would be awarded.
At the same time, he also discussed some mathematics and chemistry knowledge with them. Although most of the things he learned in school were returned to the teacher, he was completely an expert in general.
This also made them feel that Zheng Hanyu and Li Ye had vast knowledge. When he later solved a technical difficulty for them or took out a plan and blueprint, no one doubted it…
A few months passed in a busy schedule.
Silver was spent like flowing water. Blast furnaces were erected near the Tianjin Machinery Bureau. The surrounding factories and warehouses were filled with machines that rumbled non-stop 24 hours a day.
The new soldiers were trained according to Li Ye's method, but the consumption of ammunition was a little high. It was also difficult to provide them with food every day. The price of meat in Tianjin increased by 30%.
He couldn't do anything about it. The training was too heavy, and he needed meat to replenish himself.
Otherwise, with their thin and weak bodies, they would collapse in a few days.
Flour factories and cloth factories began to appear in many areas. However, they were mainly run by the royal family and some well-informed people. They were actually somewhat powerless in the face of the huge domestic market. Of course, these were just sparks of fire. It was only a matter of time before they lit up.
Fortunately, the Westernization Movement became even more popular. The various governors began to set up gun factories and machinery departments. Whether they were good or not was one thing. First, they set up the shelves, then they used the Tianjin Machinery Bureau as a model to promote and transfer talents.
The assembly line solved the problem of training low-level technicians. After all, they only needed to master a single skill.
It takes ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to grow a man. Education could not be achieved overnight.
Brother Zhen's country was lacking talents everywhere. Other than sending in foreign students, they needed to train themselves more.
It was impossible to start nine years of compulsory education directly. In the entire Qing Dynasty, there were 400 million people. It was already good enough for two million to be literate. Even if it started from children, it was impossible to implement nine years of compulsory education without investing tens of millions of taels every year.
After the establishment of Imperial University, the Shanghai Artillery School, Beiyang Navy School, Fuzhou Navy School, and other new schools were renamed universities, such as Fudan University, Tianjin University, and Fuzhou University. They also expanded their enrollment and taught basic mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Although most of these schools started out as military schools, it was not difficult to teach these things. Sometimes, students and teachers had to explore together.
Among these universities, the more special ones were Imperial University, Jiangnan Navy University, and Baoding Army University. The former was the highest school and the only comprehensive university at present, while the latter two were military colleges.
Among them, the outstanding teachers were transferred to these three places.
The students trained by these schools would become the main force for the country's construction and universal compulsory education in the future.
Elite education, on the other hand, required more students to study abroad to learn their knowledge and continue to close the gap with the foreign powers.
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