Chapter 477
"Your Highness, this is the telescope you want."
Fang Jian said while holding a stick about one meter two long and four and a half centimeters in diameter.
After the Confucian student made trouble, Xiao Ming instructed the glass workshop to manufacture astronomical telescopes and measured the current technical level of Qingzhou. Xiao Ming finally chose the Kepler-style astronomical telescope that appeared in the mid-17th century.
Compared with the Galilean telescope, which uses a plano-convex lens as the objective lens and a concave lens as the eyepiece, the Kepler-type telescope uses two biconvex lenses as the objective lens and the eyepiece, which significantly improves the magnification.
The double-convex lens can also be polished with the craftsmanship of the glass workshop. After all, this lens is only protruding from both sides, just like a modern magnifying glass.
Taking over the first astronomical telescope in Dayu Kingdom, Xiao Ming looked at the sky.
It was already evening, and a crescent moon hung in the sky. In the telescope, the craters above the moon were clearly visible. It was in the crescent moon at this time, and the contrast between light and dark was remarkable.
Looking at this round of the bright moon, Xiao Ming fell into contemplation. This time, the incident against the Confucian scholar was victorious under his deliberate manipulation. The confrontation between the new interest classes of the Fengguo and the old interest classes showed a one-sided trend. It's a great encouragement.
But for him, the real old interest groups outside the feudal country have not launched the final attack on him, but have been dormant.
In particular, there is a behemoth who is sitting on his fief, and he wants to prepare a sharp sword for this behemoth, a sharp sword that can be killed at any time, and this sharp sword is astronomy.
But now there are astronomical telescopes, but it is a headache for him to ask who to study this knowledge.
Just like in modern feudal dynasties, astronomy or astronomy is the study of emperors. During the Ming Dynasty, folks were even forbidden to study this science.
In the past two years, Xiao Ming wanted to establish an astronomy college more than once, but in the end he postponed this plan, because once the matter was publicized, it basically meant that he was rebelling.
What is the purpose of a feudal lord letting his people study astrology? Deny the emperor's divine right to monarchy, or are you going to start anew?
For this reason, he can only choose to study astronomy secretly, and then use this sword when the time is right.
"Don't talk about it, understand?"
Xiao Ming said in a deep voice that the reason why he concealed it like this was because he didn't want to make extra troubles. After all, the imperial court was a backer for him.
After Xie Ziyun was beaten and expelled by the villagers, Qingzhou was noisy for more than a month, and the incident of the Confucian student's rioting at the government office gradually subsided.
And immediately after that, private schools all over the Fengguo were closed, and the children of the common people who used to study in private schools all poured into the public school to study.
Because the decree published in the newspapers is very clear, students who are studying in private schools cannot participate in the selection of officials of the feudal state, but can only participate in the imperial examinations, while those who are reading public can participate in the examinations of the state and the imperial court. Happy but not?
The most important point is that there is no need to pay money to study in Gongshu.
"His Royal Highness, this is the Duke of Qingzhou. According to His Highness, the Duke of Qingzhou is divided into two parts. Among them, the children from six to twelve years old study in the building on the left of the Duke, while the thirteen-year-old is divided into two parts. Those who reach the age of sixteen are placed in the public building on the right to study, and the public examination determines that these people will eventually be able to enter Bowen College."
While walking, Zhan Xingchang introduced the situation of Duke Qingzhou to Xiao Ming.
The location of Qingzhou Gongshu is only 100 meters away from Bowen College. There are a total of 72 antique schools in Gongshu. These schools are lined with blue tiles and red bricks.
There are blackboards and podiums in front of each school, which initially have the characteristics of modern teachers.
According to the data provided by Zhan Xingchang, the number of people in Qingzhou City has now reached 450,000, and the number of children who can enter Gongshu is about 6,000.
The interior of Gongshu is lush with vegetation, and the rockery pools and waters echo each other. There is also a large stadium on the side of the school. Overall, Xiao Ming is very satisfied with the construction of Gongshu.
During the period of building Gongshu, he rarely came. This time, taking advantage of the anger in the fief, he felt that the opportunity to open up Gongshu had come. This was the beginning of his popularization of education.
After all, although under his intervention, the military industry in Qingzhou is not very different from that of Europe, but overall he is still far behind in terms of talent pool.
"The pressure of recruiting 6,000 people may be very high this time, but your government office must withstand it. In addition, this king is not afraid to spend money on teaching and educating people. Remember, the salaries for these teachers must be high. , the selection must be strict, so that these teachers can teach with all their hearts and minds, this king doesn’t want to be filled with a group of teachers who are arrogant, and if you can’t do it as a teacher, you don’t have to think about it.” Xiao Ming said. Very serious, what he can't tolerate the most is a teacher who misunderstands his children, so he would rather pay a high salary to hire a teacher with a high standard.
Zhan Xingchang has a smile on his face. Few vassal kings in the Great Yu Kingdom can take teaching so seriously. For these vassal kings and even the clansmen, they only hope that the people are illiterate, so that they can make their own The position is solid, it has not changed over the years, but here everything has changed.
At present, only the Duke of Qingzhou has trained 6,000 people, and the entire fief can train 40,000 to 50,000 people at one time. This is a terrible number.
"Yes, Your Highness, in the matter of Gongshu, the superiors and subordinates fully support His Highness and are unswerving." Zhan Xingchang said decisively.
Xiao Ming nodded and continued: "Also, you should not be too rigid when it comes to public affairs. For students who can take care of receiving high-level education in advance, they can let them learn by leapfrogging, so that they can train usable people earlier. ."
This time, he did not copy the modern age. After all, in this era, men could get married and have children at the age of thirteen, and the children of the gentry at the age of fifteen or sixteen could even enter officialdom.
Moreover, it is not necessary for him to follow the modern quality education, which is very inconsistent with the current reality. It is enough for these school children to master the knowledge system of the eighteenth century.
Because of this, what they learn will not be as complicated as modern times, and the time they will receive education will be greatly shortened. After the age of 18 or 19, they will be able to contribute to the construction of Qingzhou.