A few classmates hugged each other, naturally they were extremely affectionate, even if it was a classmate like Xue Wenzhou, who was not very familiar with him, he was also extremely enthusiastic.

Several classmates and Feng Ziying went to meet Zhou Yongchun together, and then Feng Ziying was also invited to give a lecture to the East and West Gardens.

It is nominally a lecture, but in fact it is an introduction to the development and changes of the current situation in the imperial court in the past one or two years, so that all students can have a more intuitive understanding of the autumn and even the spring period, and the angles from which the policy examination questions may be conducted.

"Chief, I can only say this and say a rough idea, so as not to make the students have too many unrealistic fantasies, I don't have the ability to solve the problem." Feng Ziying said with a smile in Zhou Yongchun's study: "But I think the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of the students are very high, and the Academy will definitely be able to create more brilliance." ”

"Take your good word. Dongxian's departure, I am under a lot of pressure, Qi Ge Lao and him laid such a good foundation, I am now suddenly following, and there are so many outstanding students recommended by all parties, if Qiu Yu and Chun Yu can't achieve a convincing result, it is difficult to explain. ”

Zhou Yongchun was in high spirits, but he was also anxious.

"Shan Chang, in fact, it doesn't have to be like this, I think the current scale of the academy is quite good, there is no need to compete with Chongzheng and Tonghui Academy simply for the sake of pursuing scale, the core of Qingtan Academy is brand and reputation, not in scale, rather lack than indiscriminate, in addition to students, teachers also need to be further enriched, there are still a lot of talents in Jiangnan, you might as well jump out of the north, go to Jiangnan to invite those famous Confucians, and I personally think that it is not appropriate to be limited to Jingyi, with the impact of the strategy of opening the sea on the industry, The imperial court may also pay attention to this area in the future,......"

"Oh?" This made Zhou Yongchun quite puzzled, "Ziying, what do you mean?" ”

"For example, agronomy, water conservancy, river engineering, shipping, shipbuilding, firearms making, etc., I feel that many industries have higher and higher requirements for professional knowledge, and the imperial court may also be inclined to the exam questions in the future, not to say how specialized, but at least you should understand the general situation of these industries, not ignorance, which may be combined with the current policy theory,......"

Feng Ziying's point of view shook Zhou Yongchun a lot.

He had just taken over the mountain of Qingtan Academy for a long time, and according to his idea, he would at least work for several years after this subject, at least one subject for three years, or even two subjects for six years.

He was also full of confidence to build Qingtan Academy into the most influential academy in the Great Zhou, and the academy was currently moving along this path, but he didn't expect Feng Ziying to put forward such a point of view to him.

This means that in the future, policy theory will be combined with more specialized technical knowledge, such as river engineering and agronomic shipping, which were previously more regarded as artisans, but is this possible?

Seeing that Zhou Yongchun was a little incredulous, Feng Ziying also knew that his point of view was a bit ahead of his time, he pondered for a while before he said: "Mountain Chief, this is just a personal opinion of mine, I feel that some functions of the Ministry of Industry and the Chinese Department of Books will be strengthened in the future, which is basically the one I mentioned earlier, in the case that the income of the field is difficult to grow, including the sea tax tariff, the importance of domestic business tax will increase day by day, then the main source of this tax is industry and commerce, therefore, I heard that Li San is likely to enter the cabinet." ”

A thousand words are not as good as the last sentence.

Li Sancai is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and there is still a lack of a member in the cabinet, and it was originally rumored that Zhang Jingqiu was the most likely, but Li Sancai is now extremely active, especially in the river work and Cao Yun, Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe and Li Tingji all supported him to enter the cabinet, which is contrary to the idea that Emperor Yonglong wanted to push Zhang Jingqiu into the cabinet.

At this point, Qi Yongtai is not easy to say, Li Sancai is very close to Jiangnan Shiren, but he is an out-and-out northerner, while Zhang Jingqiu is a native of Nanzhili.

"Really?" Zhou Yongchun hesitated, if it was possible to make this change from the next subject, as the head of the mountain, he would have to start thinking about it from now on, especially in the area of teaching teachers.

"I judge that there will be such a trend, but whether it will start from the next subject, I dare not say." In fact, Feng Ziying has already started to act on "Internal Reference" intentionally or unintentionally, but it is not so obvious, and many people have not realized it.

"Ziying, if you are so sure, then the academy must plan as soon as possible." Zhou Yongchun shook his head, "Well, but what you said also makes sense, maybe there is still a process, but the imperial court's financial situation is so difficult now, open source and reduce expenditure, open source is the key, and Tian Fu is already extremely extreme, plus taxes, I don't dare to say in Jiangnan, but there is going to be chaos in the north, and we can only find a way to do it in maritime trade and industry and mining. ”

Zhou Yongchun's open-mindedness was a big surprise to Feng Ziying, a native of Shandong Township, he always thought that the other party's thinking might tend to be conservative, but he didn't expect to be able to see so far.

On the way back to the city, Feng Ziying was still thinking that Europe should have experienced the scientific development of the Renaissance and was about to enter a new stage of scientific development during the Industrial Revolution.

In this case, although Feng Ziying has felt the great pressure and urgency brought about by the accumulation of this scientific system, even as a traverser, he feels that it is too difficult to change the inertia of the entire social history by himself.

What he can do is to let himself hold the greatest power in the shortest possible time, use the power in his hands to interfere with the process of history, and at the same time continue to sow some seeds and make some guidance in the process, to see if he can let some different branches sprout in this land that is completely controlled by traditional Confucianism.

It is not that there are no talents in the Great Zhou Dynasty, such as Xu Guangqi and Zhao Shizhen, but the environment in which these scholars and talents live is not friendly, or there are not many people around them who are interested in this, and some basic scientific discipline research has not formed an atmosphere, and can only exist bit by bit, which is precisely the most fundamental thing.

Without this atmosphere of learning, research, publicity and dissemination, it is difficult to accumulate and inherit scientific knowledge.

To change this, it is necessary to use power to promote it from top to bottom, and at the same time, it is necessary to induce it from the attraction of interests, and it is necessary to make great efforts to create such an atmosphere.

In the current big week, compared with Europe, no matter what aspect, it has been quite far away.

Because of this, Feng Ziying is extremely eager to gain more power, and only with enough power can he do what he wants to do, and not be bound by all kinds of rules and regulations from all directions.

*******

Feng Tang finally left.

Now is the best time to go to Liaodong, wait a little longer, the rainy season is coming, the whole Liaodong and Liaoxi swamps are everywhere, it is not easy to go.

This time I went to Liaodong no better than going to Yulin, so Su Xie's two aunts, Feng Zuo and Feng You's two most important long-term followers all followed Feng Tang.

The imperial court also basically agreed to Feng Ziying's request, and the three You brothers, together with Cao Wenzhao, and He Renlong, were successively transferred from Yulin Town and Datong Town to Liaodong.

A contract was also signed with Foshan Zhuang Kee, and 3,000 Japanese bird guns will be delivered to Liaodong within half a year, and homemade guns and self-made guns purchased from Europe within a year will also be delivered.

This is a force that Feng Tang is determined to rectify after accepting Feng Ziying's point of view, and it will be further strengthened, which will be the key force of the Liaodong Army against the Jianzhou Jurchens in the future.

Seeing her father and his party disappear under the horizon on the post road in the distance, Feng Ziying's face was gloomy, and it took a long time to ride his horse back.

Zheng Chongjian and Wang Yingxiong accompanied Feng Ziying.

"There is still more than half a year to watch the political period is over, have you two thought about it?"

"Ziying, can we compare with you? I can't do it anymore, I went on this trip for more than a year before I came back, and it can be regarded as an old military affairs in the northwest, right? Zheng Chongjian smiled happily and said: "I don't want to go to the next place for the time being, no one has the opportunity to stay in the military department and is willing to go down, Fei Xiong, what about you?" ”

"My thoughts are the same, I may not be able to get a chance when I get a place, Dazhang, you have found a chance to go to the Western Xinjiang, and I am still thinking about where to find an opportunity." Wang Yingxiong glanced at Feng Ziying, and didn't know if he could talk about the matter in Banzhou in the southwest in front of Zheng Chongjian.

Seeing Feng Ziying nodding slightly, Wang Yingxiong said: "The situation in the southwest is getting worse and worse, there are some changes in Banzhou, Shuixi and Yongning, but many of them are difficult to judge, and many of the situations are very scattered, if you want to say suspicious, it is indeed suspicious, if you want to say whether there are other possibilities, it is not necessarily, so ......"

Zheng Chongjian was taken aback and glanced at the two of them, "Ziying, Fei Xiong, are you two hiding something from me, the situation in the southwest has suddenly become so bad?" Why have you been back for so long, and you haven't even mentioned it? ”

"Haven't you been writing about the experience of counterinsurgency in western Xinjiang and the recovery of Shazhou and Hami? I didn't tell you for a while, so that you wouldn't be distracted. Feng Ziying said calmly: "Didn't I tell you now?" ”

"Is such a big matter, do the adults in the military department know?" Zheng Chongjian's expression was serious.

"Of course Shangshu and Lord Shilang know, we don't even know this little bit of rules, but there is no need to make some things known to everyone, Yang Yinglong has a lot of eyeliner in Jingshi City, and he has also bought a lot of people, and Fei Xiong collected these materials in secret." Feng Ziying nodded, "Uncle Fang's side is also assisting Fei Xiong. ”