Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Cui Chengxiu, the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate.
After seeing Cui Chengxiu, many people frowned.
This guy colluded with Wei Zhongxian and did things without any bottom line. He has been promoted several times in the past year and has now been promoted to the position of Right Vice-Censor-in-Chief. He has done too many bad things.
Obviously, this person is definitely among the top ones as he can think of dirty tricks and dare to say them out loud.
"Oh? Minister Cui, if you have any ideas, then tell me about it." Zhu Youxiao looked at Cui Chengxiu and said with a smile.
In fact, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what Cui Chengxiu wanted to say. However, he was very curious about what Cui Chengxiu wanted to say. After all, Cui Chengxiu was a man with many tricks and no bottom line.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Chengxiu bowed quickly and said, "I'm just not sure if this idea is feasible. I'm just sharing it for everyone to discuss. Please don't take it too seriously."
What this sentence means is that I have said it, so you can't take it too seriously.
Hearing this, everyone frowned again.
Everyone knows your character and courage, Cui Chengxiu. How despicable must this method be to make you say such words?
"Your Majesty, when the Royal Academy was established, it was stated that academies across the country would be abolished. While these academies have been abolished, their buildings remain. If they were left unused or used for other purposes, it would be a waste for the court. It would be better for the court to purchase these academies and renovate them."
"I've heard that many academies were built through donations. Local gentry donated money to give students from their hometowns an opportunity to study and to educate their children. For academies like these, the court could simply convert them into imperial academies."
"Of course, that requires the consent of the academy's owner. After it's converted into a royal academy, the teachers from those academies can continue to stay and teach. This way, we can balance public and private interests and avoid heated discussions."
At first glance, this method seems to be a good way to have the best of both worlds.
On the one hand, it allows the people in the academy to continue teaching and educating, and on the other hand, it can reduce the construction cost of the Royal Academy to a minimum.
But those who knew the truth were all cursing Cui Chengxiu in their hearts, saying, "Your method is really lacking in virtue!"
What does it mean that the court paid for it? What does it mean that it was voluntary?
If you don't sell it, your academy will be replaced. As for how much the court should pay, how should this be measured? Do you dare to ask the court for a high price?
Who should be assigned to this task? The Eastern Depot? The Imperial Guard? Or you, Cui Chengxiu?
Just think about it and you will know that the court would definitely not spend too much money to buy the academy. At most, it would be half-buyed and half-given away.
As for Cui Chengxiu's subsequent words, they were even more vicious. What does it mean to donate academy?
Everyone knows very well what the donation to build a college is. It is built for high-ranking officials who have retired and returned to their hometowns, or for local prestigious scholars. Most of the investors are local wealthy businessmen or gentry.
They built such academies on the one hand to build a good reputation, and on the other hand to cultivate their own spokespersons in official circles.
Even many people who cannot afford to go to school accept financial support from these people, and these people are the ones who spend most of the money in their daily interactions.
Putting aside other things, it sounds beautiful to say that there is a beautiful woman with red sleeves, but where does this woman come from?
The famous Yangzhou skinny horses, do you really think those salt merchants raised these Yangzhou skinny horses for their own enjoyment? Most of them were given to the successful scholars in these academies.
Everyone is colluding with each other, forming cliques and pursuing personal interests, all of which are carried out in these academies. The rich and powerful are colluding with each other here, this is the truth of the matter.
If the imperial court wanted to build a royal academy and wanted to convert the academy you donated into a royal academy, would you dare to object? Can you give me a reason for not allowing the change?
You donated to build academies for your local high-ranking officials and scholars, but you didn't donate academies to the emperor. How many heads do you have left to chop off?
At that time, all the donated academies in the world will be converted into royal academies for nothing, and it will be impossible to ask for money. If you dare not hand it over, you are plotting something illicit. Let us investigate.
As for allowing the original teachers to continue teaching at the Royal Academy, who is the person in charge of the Royal Academy?
It must be people like Feng Congwu. It can be seen from what is taught in the Royal Academy.
When the time comes and those teachers continue to teach in the Royal Academy, will they teach their own knowledge, or the knowledge that the Royal Academy assigns them to teach?
You have to know that the teachers at the Imperial Academy all hold official positions. Once you become a teacher at the Imperial Academy, you become an official of the imperial court. If you don't control your words and talk nonsense without listening to your superiors, do you think you have lived too long?
This immediately brought the teachers in as well.
Cui Chengxiu's trick can be said to be extremely vicious. On the one hand, he took your money and land, and on the other hand, he wanted your people.
As for you saying you don't want to teach anymore and want to retire, then just go home. If you keep jumping around, you can't blame anyone else.
If this order is carried out, there will definitely be complaints from below.
They can think of any reason they can find; even if there is no reason, all the bigwigs in the court will be among them cursing, and even many factions will be disintegrated, which is simply a reshuffle.
From now on, when you study, you will not be a disciple of the Kong family, but a student of the Royal Academy; your teacher will be a teacher in the Royal Academy, and your teacher will no longer be an official. At most, he can only connect with classmates and peers; if you want to promote your teacher and form a faction, that is impossible.
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