Lu Xiangsheng not only wanted to reduce the population pressure in the capital, but also prevented Shuntian Prefecture from crying when he had something to do, but also really focused on the guardian power of the Royal Academy.

The Beijing University under the Imperial College can be said to be the most powerful comprehensive university in the Ming Dynasty or the world today. The discipline classification basically covers all aspects, far exceeding the legendary Jixia Academy.

As for the Ottomans and European universities that teach theology under the name of universities, they are worthy of being called universities? What an international joke!

Not only are the students of Beijing University elites who emerged from thousands of troops, but even the teachers who teach. Except for the great scholars of the Imperial College, the rest are all big bulls in the Royal Academy.

The nearly 20,000 students and their relatives were nearly 100,000. Once so many people moved out of the south of the city, the population pressure in the entire capital would almost instantly be reduced, although it was just a drop in the bucket for the population of more than 2 million in the entire capital.

The entire Beijing University and related 100,000 people appeared near the Royal Academy, which was a test for the original security capabilities of the Royal Academy, but it was just a test and would not bring much pressure at all.

Who are the guards of the Royal Academy?

The Insider Factory, the emperor's personal army, and the subordinate Imperial Horse Supervisor directly allocated the Tengxiang Left Guard to station nearby. The West Factory and the East Factory rotated one lesson every month to conduct investigations near the Royal Academy. The Jinyiwei also stationed a thousand-household office here, and the Jingying directly set up the garrison of the Five Military Camp near the Royal Academy to facilitate nearby protection.

All these defensive forces are only open, and the power in the open is as to how many people are guarding the Royal Academy in secret, no one knows it except Emperor Chongzhen and the supervisor and commander of the factory guards.

In the early years, there were often people hanging up around the Royal Academy. Whether it was Jiannu, spies from other countries, or guys who wanted to take advantage of the Royal Academy, even if they had three hands with a Beijing household registration, they were hung up and the guards of the Royal Academy had always been killed and not let go.

After the sixth year of Chongzhen, no new people were hung up, because the evil name of the Royal Academy had spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, and no one had the courage to go nearby to commit suicide.

Now Lu Xiangsheng has the idea of ​​the land near the Royal Academy, which is precisely for this reason.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen was a little unquestionable, Lu Xiangsheng simply threw out another big bomb: "Your Majesty, the governor of Tianjin and the commander of Tianjin's guards jointly submitted a memorial to request the demolition of the outer walls of Tianjin?"

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt even more annoying.

In fact, it was not just the memorials from Tianjin, but also from Huating, Dengzhou, Weihai and other places, intending to explore the court's to see if the walls could be demolished.

Just as the commander of Tianjin Guard Ding Rucheng said in the memorial, in today's world, who can pose a threat to Tianjin Guard? What's the use of having the ability to break through the maritime defense line even if the city wall is tall?

Now the city wall has become an obstacle to the further development of Tianjin. It is better to demolish it in advance? Even if it cannot be demolished, it is better to demolish the upper side.

Tianjin Wei is talking about the facts. Just like Beijing and Nanjing, Tianjin City can no longer accommodate the increasing population, and the land prices in the city have been soaring again and again. A large amount of land outside the city is idle and no one cares about it. The biggest problem is the city wall.

If there is no city wall, there will be no difference between inside and outside the city. The land price is basically the closer to the center, the more expensive it is, and there will be no situation where there is a situation where there is no need for it in the city and no one outside the city.

The existence of the city wall is indeed a big problem.

As long as there is a city wall, the area in the city is limited, but the population is increasing day by day. Even if it keeps moving out every year, it is useless. There are so many entertainment activities at night. What else can you do without creating a human being?

Moreover, the continuous migration of people out of the city will have a great impact on the people's hearts.

Who would want to be moved out of the city if you were in good condition? Even if you were not lucky and happened to be drawn into the relocated crowd, it would be normal to be dissatisfied.

It would be a damn thing if everyone could keep a steady mind. It was more concerned about the hilt of the knife held in the guard's hand, and he would not dare to speak out.

In fact, if it weren't for the two guys Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Mansion that they were two imperial cities in the north and south, they would probably have submitted memorials before Tianjin Wei.

Emperor Chongzhen was a little indifferent to the proposal to demolish the city wall.

If it were hundreds of years later, every section of the city wall of the Ming Dynasty would be extremely precious cultural heritage, and one section would be less than one section of it. No matter how much the family was spent, it would not have done this.

But for the Ming Dynasty, since this thing hindered the pace of urbanization, it would be demolished after demolishing it, and the walls of Beijing and Nanjing would not be demolished no matter what.

Just like the small city of the Royal Academy, it will be expanded sooner or later, but there is no possibility of demolition.

As for the city walls in Beijing and Nanjing, they will not be demolished. Even if a new city is built, it will not be demolished. Otherwise, future generations would not be able to find a wall if they want to find it. How sad.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said, "Since Lu Aiqing has brought up this matter now, I must have discussed it with Zhongji Palace?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise. I have discussed it with all the scholars in Zhongji Palace and have also read the planning maps from the Tianjin Guardian. You can first allow them to demolish the city walls, then see how they are effective, and then decide whether to demolish the city walls in other areas."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Then let's demolish it. Let's go back and write the cabinet ticket to the sermons. As for other regions, especially those in Beijing and Nanjing, don't demolish it. In any case, you must leave a few complete cities for future generations."

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and replied, and then covered the topic: "Why is the relocation of Beijing University?"

Emperor Chongzhen said, "This matter should be discussed with the Shuntian Mansion, the Ministry of Revenue and Zhongji Palace. Let's see how to make a hundred or even three hundred years plan for the capital to ensure that one construction is in place and avoid repeated demolition.

It would be fine if it was just wasteful manpower and material resources, but it would be unfair to cause complaints from the people."

After Lu Xiangsheng bowed and responded, Emperor Chongzhen continued, "By the way, how has the performance of Beijing University been in the past few years? Can it meet the expectations of Zhongji Palace, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites?"

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and said, "Because the first class of students has not graduated yet, it is not easy to say now.

However, according to the secret investigation of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College at the Beijing University, it is fine to have a degree of Mingjing. Students from a number of colleges such as Minglu, Mingsuo, Biology, Medicine, Industry, and Chemistry are really very different from those of the previous imperial examination students.

The level of these people in the eight-legged articles is only average, at best, at the level of the third-level and Jinshi, and even worse.

However, these people's professional achievements are far greater than other students, and they can be described as having specialized expertise.

The most amazing thing is some students of the School of Technology. Some of the tools they made by hand have exceeded the best tools that machine tools can make, and are even less than the generals who are craftsmen."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "As an engineering dog, isn't it normal for a few awesome fitters to be born inside? The parts created by level 8 fitters can't even be produced with high-precision five-axis linkage machine tools!"

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen simply said: "If so, can we set up a university in other places? For example, Nanjing, Chang'an, and Luoyang?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's better to say a few other subjects, Jinshi?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "The other universities do not have Jinshi classes for the time being, only professional courses, and professors are taught by graduates from Beijing University or doctoral students who have retired from the Royal College."

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, then bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, why not discuss with all the colleagues in the cabinet, as well as the scholars from the Ministry of Rites and Zhongji Hall after returning?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Of course."

After Lu Xiangsheng returned to Wenyuan Pavilion with a happy expression, Li Yan and other cabinet bosses already knew that the result of this discussion was that the emperor must have agreed to the proposal to move Beijing University.

However, Lu Xiangsheng also told Li Yan and others about the university matter proposed by Emperor Chongzhen, and everyone was worried.

Everything is like this. The superiors move their mouths, the subordinates break their legs, and Emperor Chongzhen will have to start a few more colleges as soon as he touches his upper and lower lips, but that is not the case for Lu Xiangsheng and others.

First of all, the location selection issue of this university.

Since Emperor Chongzhen mentioned Nanjing, Chang'an and Luoyang, there is no need to think that the newly opened universities must be selected from these places, or included in these places.

Then the question is.

Choosing among these places means that there are only one or two new universities, so which one should I choose? If only one new university is built, then it is safest to choose Nanjing. After all, it is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Eight departments of the cabinet have backups in Nanjing, so no one can find any reason.

What if there are two? Apart from Nanjing, where should Luoyang and Chang'an choose? One east and the other west are famous, so who would be unsuccessful?

Even if you just choose all this time and build four new universities at once, what will you choose in the future? Where should you choose in the future?

To put it bluntly, it’s nothing if you do it well. If you don’t do it well, it’s just something that offends people. Although Lu Xiangsheng and others are not afraid of offending those local officials, there is no need for that, right?

After a while of silence, Li Yan spoke: "It would be better to build three new universities at one time, one university in each of Nanjing, Luoyang and Chang'an.

As for the expansion in the future, it will probably take five or six years at the earliest. After the students of these universities graduate, they will be able to teach before considering the address of the next university."

Meng Chuanding, the Imperial College Priest, who was arrested and discussed with him, said: "Where are the teachers? Once these three universities are established, they will definitely not be too many of them. Where are there so many teachers?

As we all know, the professors at the Royal Academy are very knowledgeable, but can they expect them to go to Nanjing, Luoyang and Chang'an to give lectures? Do they have this time?

You know, the reason why they were able to give lectures in Beijing University was that the lower officials had a shameless attitude to ask His Majesty for his grace. The Song surnamed did not look good whenever they saw the lower officials.

If they were asked to go to universities in Nanjing, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places to give lectures, then Song Lao Piao would have to swallow his subordinates alive."

After Meng Chuanding finished speaking, the bigwigs in the cabinet immediately became silent.

But Lu Xiangsheng turned his attention to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works: "Where are the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works?"

Wu Ganlai's face was as cold as ever: "There is no problem here in the Ministry of Revenue. There is still a lot of money left in Chongzhen in the 19th year, and it is a good thing to spend it."

The Minister of Works Zhang Yingxuan's face was not very good: "Where is the manpower? Unless the Governor's Office of the Five Army seconded the local garrisons to participate, the construction period would definitely not be completed within one or two years.

Even though the standards of these three universities are lower than those of Beijing University, as long as they are comprehensive universities, the area and various buildings are indispensable. The standards are basically referenced to Beijing University, and the construction period will definitely be delayed for several years."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The construction period is nothing. There is also the Governor's Office of the Five Army. I gave up my pride to find that old man Zhang Zhiji. I can always fool the soldiers from several garrisons to be coolies, and by the way, I can also fool the garrisons to change the garrisons to the university."

Others believed in this.

Before Lu Xiangsheng entered the cabinet, he served as Governor of Xuanda. He had a deep friendship with Zhang Zhiji to kill people. He went to Zhang Zhiji to fool him, and this matter was 100%.

To put it bluntly, the focus of all problems is on the faculty issues of newly established universities.

The Imperial College can prepare all doctoral students who teach Confucianism in advance, but for other categories, such as chemistry, biology, study, medicine, all doctoral students in these disciplines are in various branches of the Royal College, and there is no doctoral students in the Imperial College!

After a long headache, Meng Chuanding said: "Speaking of this, the Royal Academy is now expanding again and again, why not split it up?"

Lu Xiangsheng turned his attention to Meng Chuanding: "Split it? Who dares to say this to His Majesty? Do you dare to fight the Royal Academy's idea?"

Meng Chuanding said: "It's not that I really demolished the Royal Academy. After all, the Royal Academy's plan is too large now. If it continues to expand without restrictions, it will probably cover a larger area than that of the capital.

Therefore, it is better to move the School of Chemistry to Nanjing, the School of Engineering to Chang'an, and then the School of Engineering to Luoyang. In this way, these three universities can focus on it. Even if they are not as comprehensive as Beijing University, they can have more advantages than Beijing University in other aspects?"
Chapter completed!