bullyxtreme Chapter 133 Concession
Chapter 133 Concession
"You are right. Cheng's College focuses on teaching science and engineering knowledge, and indeed has no experience in teaching scientific research."
"If the Imperial College sends teachers to provide teaching materials, this is indeed a good idea."
Cheng Yu's words surprised Zhang Xian and other court officials.
They couldn't imagine that he actually agreed to this proposal. Zhang Xian had already prepared a lot of excuses.
"... Then, Lord Hou, when do you plan to send someone to the Imperial College to register for the school's qualifications?"
Zhang Xian asked again,
"This can be done at any time. I will ask the deputy dean of the academy to handle this matter, and then the Imperial College can prepare teachers and teaching staff to enter Cheng's Industrial College."
These words made everyone unbelievable. How could he give in so easily?
But his words were spoken in the court, which was equivalent to announcing them to the world, and he could not go back on his word.
Compromise so easily?
This is not like his usual style!
The ministers were puzzled.
The matter ended with Cheng Yu's concession.
Later, a minister mentioned Yenching College.
Since there is a precedent, it is logical that Yenching College should be the same as Cheng's Industrial College, that is, the Imperial College should send teachers and provide teaching materials.
Cheng Yu also agreed with this.
As for the fact that the children of Liao people could enroll in Yenching College, Cheng Yu explained that
Yanjing was the place where Liao and Song coexisted. Accepting only Song people and not Liao people was not conducive to the peaceful coexistence of the two sides.
Moreover, this move was conducive to the assimilation of the Liao people.
When the habits of the Liao people gradually became similar to those of the Song people, it was also beneficial for the improvement of the status of the Song people in Yanjing.
This explanation is also reasonable.
Moreover, Cheng Yu also promised that as long as the college still had degrees, Cheng Industrial College could recruit children of civilians in addition to employees in the future.
In view of his great concession today, the people in the court no longer investigated the matter further.
After all, others have given us enough face. It would be unreasonable if we still pursue them relentlessly.
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In the study room of Prince Rong's palace, Zhao Yuanyan and his companions were discussing what happened in the court today. They discussed it over and over again, but they just couldn't come to a conclusion.
You know, the Industrial College is responsible for providing talent for Cheng's Industry. Once it is under the management of the Imperial College, the students there may be loyal to the court in the future instead of just Cheng Yu.
As long as the timeline is long enough, Cheng's Industry may be infiltrated by outsiders. There is no reason why Cheng Yu would not think of this.
If he is willing to give up power, what is the reason behind it?
At this moment, there are still countless people who can't sleep at night thinking about what happened in the court today. They also can't figure out the purpose of Cheng Yu's action.
"Husband, why did you agree to let the Imperial College take charge of our academy?"
Sun Yuechan also had this question.
After Cheng Yu pondered for a moment, he said, "Yuechan, don't you think our talent structure is very simple?"
"Because of Ah Cai, we have been vigorously developing talents in science and technology, but we are very lacking in humanities management,"
"In the past, our Cheng family was small and we could manage it ourselves, but now we can't rely on family management alone,"
"Don't you feel like you're not doing enough sometimes?"
"Um,"
"This is the result of the mismatch between personal ability and enterprise scale,"
"We should bring in talents from all walks of life,"
"Although the teaching resources provided by the Imperial Academy are mostly classics, history, military strategy, geography, etc., these are exactly what we lack,"
"It is most beneficial for our development to let students learn diverse knowledge,"
After listening to this, Sun Yuechan was thoughtful.
But she continued, "Well, my dear, now we have opened our mouths, but if this continues, the technology that our Cheng family has always kept secret may be leaked out, and we may have many competitors in the future."
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter! Competition leads to progress."
Sun Yuechan also laughed and said, "You are quite open-minded."
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Soon, the Imperial College worked out a regulation and selected dozens of teachers from the Imperial College and the Imperial University to work in Cheng's Industrial College and Yenching College respectively.
The gentlemen who entered the Industrial College found that things here were completely different from what was rumored outside.
There are rumors that the academy was founded by the loyal and brave Marquis to please his wife.
The handsome male students would be selected to serve Madam Cheng Acai, while the female students would be left to Marquis Heng.
There were pools of wine and women, and extreme debauchery.
When the gentlemen visited this college covering thousands of acres and with advanced and complete facilities, they couldn't help but exclaim in amazement!
The college is divided into several major areas, including teaching area, experimental area, dormitory area, agricultural area, etc.
The front area is the teaching area, with rows of cement brick and wood classrooms.
It was filled with students concentrating on their lessons.
The classroom is only one floor high and spacious, with large glass windows.
Nowadays, people in Bianjing no longer call it "liuli" but "glass".
Since the advent of transparent glass, many wealthy families have replaced their paper-pasted windows with glass. Although glass is expensive, it has more advantages.
Nowadays, people judge whether a family is rich or not by looking at whether their windows are made of paper or glass.
The other areas are distributed in the middle, and the last area is the agricultural area.
The agricultural area also has classrooms, but not as many as the teaching area.
There are experimental farmlands, vegetable plots, and fish ponds here, where various fruits, vegetables, rice seedlings, wheat and other crops are grown, as well as various poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep.
The students here do not sit in the classrooms as they do in the study area. Their classrooms are right here in the fields.
When the gentlemen visited, the students were in class.
Some were taking notes with pens and paper, some were measuring with instruments, and the funniest thing was that a group of people were chasing a pig and yelling, saying that the homework had run away.
There is also a large library here.
The collection of books inside is dazzling, all of which were purchased from various places by Cheng Yu at great expense over the years.
When the gentlemen learned that these precious books could be read for free by anyone in the academy, they all showed expressions of disbelief. You know, ancient books are very precious.
Several deputy mountain directors who accompanied them on the tour explained,
The resources of teachers in the college are relatively scarce, and students often have to rely on self-study.
Therefore, this library is always full of people during the break or at the end of class.
In order to enable students to make full use of the evening time, the head teacher Cai ordered people to light many tallow candles at night for students to study.
Everyone whispered to each other after hearing this.
It is true that seeing is believing, hearing is not.
What is debauchery?
What is a child prostitute and pedophile?
This is just complete nonsense.
The college has a strong learning atmosphere and can provide students with such an excellent learning environment. No wonder so many ordinary people want to send their children to study in Cheng’s.
When the accompanying deputy headmaster mentioned headmaster Ms. Cai, a gentleman asked her,
This gentleman's master was called Master Xu, who attended the opening ceremony of the Industrial College that year. At that time, he had a very bad impression of Acai.
The deputy principal said that Teacher Cai had stopped managing the college's operations a few years ago.
Now, I am actually in charge of the deputy deans and other administrative staff of the college.
Teacher Cai is now focusing on the work of the research institute, and those who can enter the research institute are the best students in the college's history.