Free education is definitely impossible. Shen Tingyun explained in detail how to charge money, how many students to enroll, and how much to charge for each student.
The following is the school's annual accounting expenses. After calculation, there will be some surplus every year, which can be invested in the school's operation and expansion in the next year.
In Shen Tingyun's calculations, the entire school is an independent entity and will not add any burden to the Ming Dynasty's finances.
Of course, the annual tuition fees are relatively high, which means that ordinary students cannot afford to attend this college.
However, Shen Tingyun later gave a solution, which is that during the annual enrollment season, students can apply for royal subsidies, which are subsidies given by Zhu Youxiao.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao would not have to pay for this money. The academy would set aside a separate portion of the money to do it.
Such things were, of course, done in the name of Zhu Youxiao, and such things of winning people's hearts were naturally done by the emperor.
After seeing this, Zhu Youxiao felt helpless. This was clearly a trick played by Shen Tingyun.
You, Shen Tingyun, came up with this thing in the name of the emperor. How could Zhu Youxiao really let the academy pay for it?
It must come from one's own treasury, which obviously increases one's expenses, but one has to pay for it himself.
As mentioned above, for all students who apply for subsidies, the Royal College and the College will jointly send someone to verify their family situation.
If they were indeed from a poor family, the royal family would provide subsidies, which would allow them to complete the entire academy without spending much money.
After seeing this thing, Zhu Youxiao had a feeling of establishing a university. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also saw some deeper thoughts of Shen Tingyun.
For example, this school is located in the capital, and its tuition is relatively expensive, but the talents that come out of this school can be distributed in the military and civil service fields.
So who will emerge victorious from this situation? Who will benefit the most?
The answer is simple: they are the children of nobles and relatives of nobles in the capital.
These people have both wealth and status, and are officials in the capital. If His Majesty really founded this academy, they would be very willing to send their children there. If they succeed, then they succeed; if they don't, then forget it. After all, they have many children in their families, so one or two more wouldn't be a big deal.
As for the opposition from the civil officials, the nobles and relatives of the nobles didn’t care at all. What could they do to them?
It's nothing more than fining us some money and giving us a scolding. Can they even remove us from office and deprive us of our titles?
Besides, we are supporting His Majesty, so what can those civil servants do even if they impeach us?
This isn't like going to the battlefield to die, what a good thing!
It was clear that Shen Tingyun wanted to win over a group of allies to support their reforms.
Zhu Youxiao had already seen clearly that Xu Guangqi, Shen Tingyun, Li Zhizao and others were planning to reform the Ming Dynasty, and this had been going on for more than a day or two.
After Xu Guangqi and others all came to power, this kind of thinking probably could no longer be suppressed.
This kind of thinking is naturally not for themselves. At their point, it is natural that they cannot be unaware of what innovation means to individuals, and it is very likely that they will end up being torn to pieces.
But for the sake of the country, they were still willing to do this, and Zhu Youxiao was a little moved.
There are loyal people in every era.
However, people like Xu Guangqi and Shen Tingyun were not just empty talkers of idealism; they also had their own ideas and methods.
After entering the court, Xu Guangqi and his men found themselves alone and powerless. Although His Majesty had reused the three of them, they still did not have enough strength to implement their ideas and policies, so they simply needed to recruit some people.
In order to win over the ministers in the court, we must also win over the nobles and relatives of the nobles who are standing on the sidelines watching the fun, but we cannot do it too obviously.
If it is done too obviously, people will think that the civil servants have lost their integrity; if they collude with nobles, His Majesty will also think that they are forming a clique for personal gain and have actually colluded with that side.
This will not end well.
Therefore, Shen Tingyun adopted a very simple method, which was to bring the children of nobles and relatives to study in the emperor's academy.
I will not have any connection with them. As long as they study in the academy and accept my theories and ideas, then they are my own people.
There is no need to be connected by interests, we can be connected by ideals.
What can Zhu Youxiao say about Shen Tingyun's thoughts and actions?
All I can say is well done!
Whether it was the royal scholarship mentioned above or the things that came later, Shen Tingyun could be said to have thought of everything. No wonder he was so exhausted.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao also felt that this should not have been done by Shen Tingyun alone, but should have been done by Xu Guangqi and others together.
The part about budget and finance should have been done by Li Zhizao, and the part about subject setting should have been done by Xu Guangqi.
This is the result of their collaborative efforts.
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