Zhu Youzhen found that at this point, he had no choice. He can only leave his fate to God's arrangement, and he must say his ideals without concealment, and any concealment at this moment will later become the source of contradictions among those who support reformers.

"Is this why history has always been driven by Yang Mou?" Before he spoke, Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized.

Looking at Xu Guangqi's eyes, Zhu You said carefully: "The Ming Dynasty should exist for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it should not be someone's private property, nor should it be the private property of some scholars. I don't know if you approve of it, sir? ”

Xu Guangqi was struck by lightning and couldn't react for a long time. If this was said by someone else, he would only think it was a wild remark and laugh it off.

But from the mouth of the Great Tomorrow, this is not a joke. As the supreme power holder of the Ming Empire, Chongzhen theoretically has the power to fulfill every word he says.

Xu Guangqi, who came out at the age of 42 and went through three dynasties, has long been calm by the ups and downs of the Huan Sea, but now he is a little frightened. He has seen a lot of young people like Zhu Youzhen.

Young people like them have the passion to change the unfair social phenomena they see, but most of them lack the experience to end up in front of the iron walls forged by social reality because of their lack of understanding of reality.

But Chongzhen is different from ordinary young people, others hit a wall, at most they learn from it, and finally become a person who compromises with reality like him, which is the so-called maturity of the world.

But Chongzhen, who has the supreme imperial power, may not be able to accept the reality of failure. Hot-blooded can sometimes be called reckless, and imperial power is not really that supreme in the Ming Dynasty.

In today's stormy Ming Dynasty, if there is a situation such as Emperor Jiajing and Wenchen fighting each other, then the 260-year-old country of the Ming Dynasty is really likely to wither in the hands of this young emperor.

Xu Guangqi only entered the career in middle age, but because of this, he understood the reality of Daming deeply enough. And he also wanted to save the Ming Dynasty, from a Confucian student, he taught himself agriculture, military science and now Western natural science. However, after more than 20 years and three emperors, there has never been a chance to display his talents.

In the end, he retired to his hometown exhausted and edited the complete book of agricultural administration, hoping to use this book to arouse the court's attention to agriculture and save the predicament of the Ming River. Xu Guangqi has the ambition and ability to reform the government, but he is unwilling to join hands with a reckless young son of heaven to make the already small situation even more out of control.

However, Xu Guangqi also knew that he could not categorically reject Chongzhen now, otherwise the Son of Heaven would simply take matters into his own hands when he was disappointed, and then the political crisis of the Ming Dynasty would be imminent.

Xu Guangqi settled his mind before he said slowly: "Your Majesty's heart is almost a sage. But where does Your Majesty intend to start reforming? What do you want Lao Chen to do? ”

Seeing that Xu Guangqi did not reject himself in one go, nor did he perfunctory himself, Zhu Youzhen suddenly increased some confidence. In the past few days, the ministers of the court and the central government have either treated him as a child and perfunctory, or they have offered him some indecent things all day long, trying to please him, and he has the face of a courtier. There has never been a minister who has been willing to discuss things with him in a serious manner.

Xu Guangqi's current attitude of talking seriously about things immediately won Zhu Youzhen's favor. So he was a little excited, and for the first time in this era, he confided in a native of the Ming Dynasty his preliminary plan to reform the Ming Dynasty.

"The so-called governance is first of all to govern people, if you want to reform the Ming Dynasty is not suitable for the system of this era, the first thing is to have talents, although my Ming imperial examination can select talents, but most of these people are opponents of reform. If we want to carry out reform, we must first develop human resources for reform. And the best and fastest way to cultivate talents is to build a school.

I would like to ask him to write a letter to him asking him to reform the school system as soon as he enters the capital tomorrow. The Guozijian in the north and south of Beijing was changed into a university, the three-round system was changed to the academic year system, and in addition to the four books and five classics, courses in natural sciences such as arithmetic, geography, physics, and chemistry were introduced.

In addition, the compulsory education law is implemented, and all Ming people, over the age of 7, must receive three years of primary primary education, and the content of primary education is literacy and arithmetic..."

Xu Guangqi originally thought that after Chongzhen proposed a radical reform plan, he would analyze it for Chongzhen and explain the outrageous degree of this reform plan, so as to exchange Chongzhen for full changes from the subtleties without touching the existing Ming system. For example, in the military, Western cannons were built to fight against the Eastern captives, and advanced farming techniques were implemented in agriculture to increase grain production.

In Xu Guangqi's mind, a young man who has lived in the deep palace for a long time and knows nothing about the life of the people of the Ming Dynasty, the reform plan he came up with must be full of mistakes and whimsical.

At that time, Xu Guangqi only needs to hold a handful of plans first, and then pick a few faults to come out, so that Chongzhen can understand how unrealistic his reform plan is, then presumably this young son of heaven should retreat from the difficulties and reconsider the matter of reform.

But the plan thrown by Chongzhen made Xu Guangqi feel dumbfounded. The reform starts with the education of talents, and it can be said that this reform plan is very low-key and moderate, but it can also be seen from this plan that Chongzhen's so-called reform of the Ming Dynasty is not an empty word, but a practical plan.

Establish a school for the purpose of cultivating talents for reform, if such a school is really completed, then Chongzhen will have an endless stream of reserve talents, and those civil officials can no longer fight with Chongzhen in the court in the form of a stall, this young son of heaven wants to cut off the back road of civil officials.

Immediately, Xu Guangqi immediately reacted, why did Chongzhen take the risk of running to this post station to wait for him. This education reform plan can only be mentioned by himself, because everyone in the world knows that he has always advocated learning the natural sciences brought by Western monks and using these natural sciences to save the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he entered Beijing, he proposed this plan to reform education, and the civil officials of the court would never have thought that this plan would be related to Chongzhen. Although Guozijian was valued by the emperor at the beginning of the country, there were many officials. But today, the court has formed a tradition of focusing on civil officials from the imperial examination, and it is rare for officials from Guozijian to reach 4 or 5 grades.

Because the background of Guozijian is not valued, and there are few official awards, some of them have not been able to get a half-official position after being imprisoned for more than 20 years. Therefore, he proposed this plan to reform the country and promote Western learning, and it would not be hindered by any powerful people.

But if Chongzhen proposes this plan, then the civil officials are bound to look at this plan with a magnifying glass. For the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor asked for money to enjoy, or ordered the selection of women to enter the palace, this kind of personal enjoyment will basically not be sprayed. But if the emperor wants to take the initiative to do something, meddle in political affairs.

Then whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, someone will stand up and interfere with it. Because this involves the struggle for administrative power between the imperial power and the civil official group, in the thinking of the civil officials, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can attend the court meeting on time every time, agree to the administrative documents drawn up by the civil officials, and then stay in the harem to play with women and have children, this is a good emperor.

After experiencing emperors such as Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Chengzu Zhu Di, Wuzong Zhengde, Shizong Jiajing, and Shenzong Wanli, the Ming civil officials were full of suspicions and worries about any strong emperor.

As a member of the civil service, Xu Guangqi knows this. So he suddenly understood what Chongzhen meant when he said that he wanted to ask for himself. If it was the whimsy of an unrealistic teenager, Xu Guangqi would naturally try his best to refuse politely, even if it was to return to his hometown immediately.

However, for the education reform plan proposed by Chongzhen, it is clearly organized and the steps are clear. From the staffing of teachers, to the allocation of funds for the school, and how to recruit students, they are all very thoughtful.

The establishment of such a school is undoubtedly in line with Xu Guangqi's concept of wanting to promote Western studies. If he rejected such a plan, Xu Guangqi didn't know if he would have such a good opportunity to realize his academic ideals for the rest of his life.