population.

This population is definitely a huge advantage.

yes.

The Ming Dynasty did not establish a scientific system, nor did it have any science. In the world, there was only Confucianism.

However, the Ming Dynasty had a huge population base.

The previous household registration was 66 million. After the reform, the hidden household registration was re-registered. Now the household registration is more than 70 million.

This is definitely a very valuable asset.

Even if there is a mechanical genius among the 700,000 people, there are still 700 geniuses.

And the creativity of geniuses will be immeasurable, and seven hundred geniuses can even create a new world.

Before, Kaifeng Prefecture had already established its dominant position in education, and geniuses began to concentrate in Kaifeng Prefecture. This is why the School of Mechanical Design was at its peak when it debuted.

This is something that Britain will never match. It has only 5 million people in total, and the Ming Dynasty is more than ten times that of it. At the same time, the Chinese nation has attached great importance to education since ancient times. Once it catches up, no one can predict what the result will be.

Of course, the Chinese nation has not paid much attention to any movement since ancient times, so it cannot use movement as an example, which does not conform to the sample rules.

"What is this place? Why is there no one?"

Wanli couldn't help asking when he looked at an empty courtyard.

Guo Dan replied: "Your Majesty, this is the Agricultural College." As he said that, he looked at Li Zhi again, as if saying, "Brother, please explain."

Li Zhi explained: "Your Majesty, since it is autumn, all the students from the Agricultural College have gone down to the fields."

Wanli said in surprise: "Does this student still want to go to the field?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, how to plant more food on limited land is the purpose of our Yinuo Academy to start agronomy, and we must regularly inspect the farmland."

Wanli hurriedly asked, "Can there be any results?"

Li Zhi said: "When you say that with the efforts of our students in Yinuo Xueyuan, the yield per mu of the cucumber in Kaifeng is increasing by about 20%. In addition, our Yinuo Xueyuan Agricultural College is now fully studying a kind of croquette. According to current observations, if this kind of croquette is planted on the rotation of crops, the yield per mu can increase by another ten kilograms."

"Yeah?"

Wanli couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"The people of Cao Wei dare not deceive Your Majesty." Li Zhi said: "In fact, not only that, the output of farm products in our Kaifeng Prefecture has more than doubled. Now 60% of the food in Weihui Prefecture is supplied by our Kaifeng Prefecture."

“Double?”

The ministers couldn't help but be shocked.

Notice!

This means not double taxes, but pure output.

Kaifeng Prefecture is another agricultural mansion. If it doubles, it will be a bit perverted. You can do more than you want to live!

Wang Xijue frowned and said, "How is this possible?"

Li Zhi suddenly looked at Guo Dan and said, "This has to be explained by President Guo."

Everyone immediately looked at Guo Dan.

Wanli also asked excitedly: "Guo Dan, tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the answer to this mystery has been revealed long ago. The reason why Kaifeng Prefecture's agriculture has developed well is that it is because it introduces high-yield crops such as pumpkins earlier to increase yields. Secondly, the farm system is large-scale planting. This not only increases the arable land area, but also allows every inch of land to be better irrigated and more scientifically planted, which greatly increases the yield per mu."

Although Weihui Mansion was the first to complete the farmland restructuring, Weihui Mansion was a little too small after all. In addition, the business was prosperous and the agricultural achievements were not conspicuous. However, Kaifeng Mansion was originally a major agricultural mansion and the second prefecture to complete the farmland restructuring.

Last time, due to floods, Guo Dan raised the price of agricultural products and provided a lot of help, especially in sales. Since then, the agriculture in Kaifeng Prefecture has become very developed.

The most advanced agricultural technologies are first used in Kaifeng Prefecture.

It is because there are very few self-cultivating farmers here. Under Guo Dan's policy, self-cultivating farmers have also established large farms, and they all hired people to farm. Previous self-cultivating farmers received a share of their share every year. At the same time, they were either hired to farm or engaged in agricultural product trading.

The agricultural market boomed and many jobs were added.

Of course, all the gentry classes were successfully disintegrated.

At the same time, more and more people come to Kaifeng Prefecture to study, and Weihui Prefecture is right next to it. Everyone has to eat. No local agricultural products are worried about selling them, and they sell them very well. Therefore, the big farmers and big farmers are very willing to invest costs.

If you increase the yield per kilogram by one pound, how much more money will you make in a year?

If you are willing to spend money, it will inevitably develop quickly.

In fact, the wheat is corn. Because Kaifeng Prefecture has tasted the sweetness of the pumpkin, they specially sent people to overseas to seek seeds of high-yield crops, hoping to create another miracle.

Although the land in Huguang area is fertile, due to many situations, such as unfair irrigation, it leads to drought deaths and flood deaths, so that all prefectures in Huguang area have been surpassed by Kaifeng Prefecture.

But then again, the farmland system reform is also being carried out there. Once it is completed, the output will be very terrifying. After all, there are pearls and jades ahead.

Wanli was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth and said, "Okay, okay! I have to see this wheat another day."

This food is related to his rule, and this is definitely great news.

Wang Xijue and Cao Ke were also very excited. They had already inspected commercial development in Weihui Mansion, and they could learn about agricultural development here.

This trip is really worth it!

While talking about the agriculture in Kaifeng Prefecture, we continued to walk forward.

"Oh! How big is this promised school?"

Wanli asked suddenly.

Wanli was in a stroll and couldn't see the walls.

Is this place nowhere?

Li Zhi replied: "If you say so, we have seen less than one-third of the time."

Wanli immediately took a breath of air conditioning.

This is less than one-third, but he feels that he has already left the imperial city from the Qianqing Palace.

But he didn't think about it. Even if they came to Kaifeng Prefecture this time, they could accommodate the emperor and civil and military ministers. It can be imagined how big it would be.

Nowadays, the entire Kaifeng Prefecture is a university district, with schools everywhere, not only universities, universities, and middle schools. The city center is built around the college, and the previous city can be said to be a big supermarket.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is exhausted, so you should pay attention to the dragon body. It is not too late to wait for a day to see it!"

Wanli immediately gave him an admiring look.

sensible!

In his impression, no matter how big the academy is, it is only so big. He was very interested before, so he just took a walk around. But he never thought that this school of promise seemed to be out of the way. After visiting for so long, it was only one-third of it.

But the ministers were in high spirits, and Wang Jiaping said, "Your Majesty, why don't we go to the Scholar College to take a look."

The other ministers looked at Wanli with anticipation because they looked at it for a long time but didn't see what they were good at. They didn't speak much. Just listening to their bragging, the Scholar College should be what they were good at.

Wanli looked at the ministers and saw that they were in high spirits. In addition, he wanted to select some young talents from Kaifeng Prefecture to supplement the Senate. Because many political leaders were transferred to various places, he nodded and said, "Okay!"

Li Zhi and Gu Xiancheng heard this, but they looked at each other.

"how?"

Wanli asked, "Is it inconvenient?"

Li Zhi said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, our North Mall has no students anymore, so we can only go to the South Mall to see."

Wanli said in surprise: "Why?"

Wang Jiaping and the others also looked at each other. The Bachelor's College of Yinuo Academy is very famous. The Bachelor's College was very big before, and it defeated Nanjing Academy of Sciences and Shandong Academy of Sciences in one fell swoop.

Guo Dan explained: "Your Majesty, this is the case. Our Yinuo Academy believes that the scholar college is to cultivate talents to be officials, and the purpose of being an official is to assist the saints and govern the world. Then the officials must learn the means of governance, such as economy, agriculture, law, engineering, etc.

The disciplines of our Yinuo Institute have not been perfected before, but now all disciplines have been perfected, so the students of the Bei Academician College are divided into various majors."

Wang Jiaping said: "But being an official does not just need to learn these things."

Guo Dan said: "Sir, this is why the South College still retains the courses of the Scholar College, which have explanations on my Ming system, how to write government orders, and some basic etiquettes in the officialdom."

Wang Jiaping shook his head and said, "But it's more than that. If a person's mind is not right, even if he has the ability to do things, he will only use it in bad aspects."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "The adults are right. Our Yinuo Academy attaches great importance to the morality of students. However, most of the students who come to our Yinuo Academy are already adults. If their minds are not right, they are afraid that they will not teach properly. It is a way to know people and face but not the heart. For example, those corrupt officials are not full of benevolence, righteousness and morality. Many people cannot achieve the unity of knowledge and action. Nowadays, students who can enter our scholastic college actually already have 'know'. We pay more attention to their 'behavior' rather than listening to their words. Simply put, it is just to see their daily performance in the academy. Some students with indecent behavior will not receive recommendations from teachers. There will also be comments from the dean on their graduation certificates."

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Director Guo said that in fact, everyone has selfish desires, which is understandable. However, officials need to restrain their own selfish desires, so they need to understand the pros and cons. A temporary selfish desire may ruin their lives. Our Yinuo Academy adheres to this concept and wants students to understand that they cannot have both fish and bear's paws. A temporary greed may lead to very serious consequences, so that they can develop the habit of being strict with themselves."

Gu Xiancheng nodded for the first time and supported Li Zhi.

He advocates practical learning and pays more attention to action. He rebelled against the mind because his mind learning is somewhat metaphysics and likes empty talk, so he only retains some basic subjects. As for the Four Books and Five Classics, the South School does not teach much unless the students take the initiative to ask questions.

But then again, there is actually no need to teach you. You can understand the newspapers and magazines every day.

Wanli couldn't help but sigh: "I have a deep understanding of what you said. If you are an official in the court, if you just talk but not practice, be strict with others, and do not discipline yourself, it would be better not to say it."

These words were obviously what he said to the civil and military ministers, and they were also the point he hated the most.

But he immediately changed his subject and said to Li Zhi and Gu Xiancheng: "The same is true for you. I plan to select some talents for the court during this trip. Let's do this. You will recommend some students, and then my cabinet ministers are responsible for the assessment. I hope it will be as you said."

Li Zhi and Gu Xiancheng couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Your Majesty is so kind that the people will never disappoint you."

Immediately, a minister stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Kaifeng Prefecture has so many private colleges. If it were only selected from Yinuo Academy, would it be unfair?"
To be continued...