Behind Zhu Youxiao was Wei Chao.

The two of them walked forward together, their steps relaxed and brisk, with an appearance of leisurely strolling that made people a little envious.

In fact, during these four years, Zhu Youxiao did nothing at all. He spent most of his time organizing the court, adjusting officials, and guiding thoughts.

In other aspects, Zhu Youxiao did not make any major moves, which made the court stable for four years.

Although natural disasters and man-made disasters continued to occur in various places, thanks to Zhu Youxiao's efforts, no chaos occurred.

After four years of development, the Ming Dynasty had a sense of peace and prosperity, which greatly increased Zhu Youxiao's prestige.

However, Zhu Youxiao was not very satisfied with this. Now, some things can be officially started.

The eighth year of Tianqi, a year that has never appeared in history, naturally requires us to do something different.

"Let's go to the back and take a look." Zhu Youxiao said to Wei Chao beside him while strolling.

The two turned a corner and walked towards the back along the road of the Royal Academy.

This straight red brick road caused quite a stir at the time.

Because there are many statues on both sides of the road, which was learned from the blue brick road next to it.

The blue brick road is dedicated to the ancestors and is called the Sages Road.

The statues on this red brick road are all famous officials of the Ming Dynasty, so it is called the Famous Officials Road.

As soon as the famous minister Lu came out, it naturally caused quite a stir.

There is nothing much to say about the Sages Road. This is the royal academy, so it is natural to enshrine the sages.

But things like famous officials are naturally different. Now that he has entered the path of a famous official, he thinks that in the future, the Royal Academy will be passed down, and his statue will be displayed here forever for future scholars to see.

Scholars would naturally feel honored if their relatives or elders were displayed here. Officials or scholars in the court would naturally want to stay in this position so that future generations could admire them.

Zhu Youxiao did not adopt a one-size-fits-all approach. In the imperial academies in various places, there were also such famous ministers' roads. However, the statues were not of famous ministers from the capital, but of famous ministers from their local areas.

After these local famous officials were reported by various places, the court would verify and approve them, and then they would be built in the royal academies in various places to set an example for local scholars.

In addition to the statue, there is an inscription next to it, which records their service as ministers.

Walking on this road, everyone was in awe.

Whether in this era or in later generations, the Chinese people attach great importance to this kind of thing. It should be regarded as a kind of inheritance, but it has evolved into places such as museums in later generations.

The most famous one is the Memorial Hall of Taizu. People naturally feel awe when they enter.

Zhu Youxiao and his companion walked along this road, crossed Mingchen Road, turned a corner, and came to a courtyard at the back.

The sign at the gate reads:

Qixian Hall.

Qixianguan was a place established by Zhu Youxiao three years ago, and many things were produced there during these three years.

If the Academy of Hundred Craftsmen was the scientific research institution of the Ming Dynasty, then the Qixian Hall was the ideological research institution of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past three years, a lot of good things have been produced in the Qixian Hall, which can serve as guidance for the Ming Dynasty's thoughts, such as the Theory of Four People, the Theory of Law, and the now very popular Theory of Tiangong.

This is also something Zhu Youxiao must change.

If we want to promote scientific knowledge, then the current theory of the correspondence between heaven and man will become the biggest stumbling block on this road.

The theory of the correspondence between heaven and man endowed the royal family with immense majesty, but it also restricted the development of natural science. If one wanted to promote natural science, one naturally had to break through this barrier.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao wanted to break away from the idea of ​​the connection between heaven and man, and after breaking away from it, he found a legitimate path for himself to become an emperor. This is naturally the theory of destiny.

It was the same thing that Zhu Youxiao promoted before, but it was just a bit noisy before, and this time it was officially canonized as a national policy.

The Zhu family was able to become emperors because of their contributions to the world. Heaven rewarded the Zhu family for their contributions, allowing them to become emperors. The Zhu family also rewarded the ministers for their contributions; this was called "rewarding on behalf of Heaven."

After making a break with the theory of communication between heaven and man, the Qixian Hall vigorously promoted natural science. In the past two years, a lot of these things have been spread, which has brought a lot of impact to the Ming Dynasty and can be regarded as a revolution in the ideological world.

After all, the 7,000 books brought by Ginni Ge, plus some things collected by Zhu Youxiao, can make up for many shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the earth is round, and there are all kinds of mathematics, physics, and chemistry knowledge.

This reform can be said to have taken root and sprouted, and with the encouragement and promotion of Zhu Youxiao, it began to flourish. Especially in the Royal Academy, it made many people obsessed.

After all, this knowledge needs to be promoted. Zhu Youxiao had previously opened a science college, but the results were not very significant. But it didn't matter, as long as he could lure them with benefits.

Zhu Youxiao immediately issued an imperial decree that all students graduating from the College of Science would be directly granted the title of Jinshi and could also be appointed to official positions.

Although some people don't believe it, it has attracted a lot of people.

Zhu Youxiao also believed that as time went on, there would be more and more such people, and then there would be more and more officials that he could appoint.

Zhu Youxiao knew very well what technocrats meant.

As he stepped into the Qixian Hall, Zhu Youxiao could clearly hear the argument inside, and he had no intention of going over.

Zhu Youxiao came to Qixian Hall just to walk around, look around and listen, and had no intention of saying anything to these people.

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