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Shen Shixing was finally convinced by Su Ze.

Part of the money collected from Zhili, Fujian, and Zhejiang will be used to support the construction of government-run academies in Shanxi, Guangxi, and Huguang.

Su Ze also proposed to divide academies into three types.

The first is a vocational academy similar to Tiangong Academy, which teaches the skills of craftsmen. The academic system lasts for one year, of which half of the year is spent studying in the academy, and half of the year is spent interning in a government-run workshop. Those who are capable can graduate directly. After that, he stayed in the government-run workshop, or took the exam to become an official craftsman.

The second type is the official training school, which specializes in cultivating technical bureaucrats.

This kind of academies offers arithmetic, engineering, law and other subjects, and the academic duration is also one year. After graduation, you can take the imperial examination or civil servant recruitment examination.

The third type is the comprehensive academies with the longest academic system. These academies are established in provincial capitals and offer similar courses to those of the Nanjing Imperial College. The academic system also lasts for two years. These academies train high-level talents who will participate in the Southeastern imperial examinations.

In addition, Su Ze also established the Second Army University in Wuchang, Huguang.

The Second University is separate from Nanjing Army University. As a training school for military officers, Nanjing Army University does not directly recruit students to ordinary people. Only active soldiers and officers who have made meritorious service can further their studies.

The Second Army University recruits students directly from the society. The main job of this university is to train junior officers and special forces. It has grassroots command colleges and artillery, logistics, intelligence and other majors. After graduation, you can directly enter the military.

Finally, Su Ze also established a branch of Li Shizhen College in Guangxi, offering subjects such as epidemic diseases, general medicine, and maternal and child care, specifically to train doctors in the southern region.

Even Shen Shixing, the Minister of Education, felt numb when he saw the investment approved by Su Ze.

He finally understood what burning money meant. Compared with education, a Xuzhou railway was nothing at all.

Moreover, investment in education is continuous and uninterrupted. Even the fastest technical college takes a year to produce graduates and several years to produce results.

Originally, local officials had little intention to invest in education, and Shen Shixing could understand.

Sure enough, when this education investment policy came out, newspapers and periodicals in the southeast reprinted it one after another, and young people in Zhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian expressed their dissatisfaction.

Especially in the Susong area, some scholars even wrote articles in newspapers to object, believing that it was very unfair for the Southeast Cabinet to use its own money to subsidize inland provinces.

When Xu Kun came back from outside, he first rushed to the backyard to visit his old father Xu Jie.

After returning from the north, Xu Jie relieved his burden and his health improved a lot. At this time, he was painting.

When his son came in, Xu Jie put down the pen in his hand.

Xu Kun often visits his father these days, basically because the Xu family is facing some choices. Sure enough, he said: "Dad, today several wealthy businessmen in Songjiang Prefecture found their son and said they wanted to jointly fund a school and also set up a school in Songjiang Prefecture. Do you think you should invest in this comprehensive academy?"

The Xu family actually already has a school.

In the early years, Xu Kun ran a math school in Songjiang Prefecture, specializing in cultivating talents who were proficient in math.

In the Xu family's school, those with excellent grades can directly enter the Xu family's workshops and shops to work. Even the most ordinary accounting apprenticeship is much better than working in the workshop.

Therefore, the Xu family's arithmetic school has been open for many years, and many students have been admitted to the government to become officials.

This time, businessmen from Songjiang Prefecture came to Xu Kun, hoping to merge the Xu family's arithmetic school into the comprehensive academy and upgrade it to the arithmetic department.

Xu Kun was naturally eager to invest in the academy, but he was a little hesitant about whether doing so would openly compete with the Southeast Cabinet.

After Xu Jie listened to his son's narration, he thought for a while and said:

"It's okay to invest in shares, but our Xu family cannot participate in the daily operations of the academy. It is best for all investors not to participate in the operations, but to hire a scholar from outside to be the mountain director."

Xu Kun thought for a while and quickly understood what his old father meant.

Xu Jie said: "Academies are different from doing business. What they need is long-term and stable operation. Moreover, scholars are different from management employees. Young scholars are easily influenced and incited."

Xu Kun was also frightened into a cold sweat. This time he opposed the southeastern government's opening of colleges in inland provinces, and the most vocal ones were the young scholars.

They are hot-blooded and can easily cause trouble.

Xu Jie said: "Only by asking a famous scholar to be the principal can we suppress these impulsive students."

“By not participating in operations, we can dilute the nature of business investment and allow more people to come to study.”

Xu Jie said: "Running a school is a good thing. Whether our Xu family's industry can continue to be passed on may depend on this school."

Five days later, twenty-three large workshop owners and businessmen in Songjiang Prefecture announced that they would invest in setting up a private academy in Shanghai County.

This academy has engineering, arithmetic, navigation, agriculture, and mechanics as its main majors. It also offers liberal arts majors such as new studies and law. It is also a comprehensive academy.

All twenty-three companies that invested have announced that they will not participate in the operation of the academy, and they have specially hired scholars from outside to serve as mountain directors, and the professors of the academy are also hired from outside.

Songjiang Prefecture took the lead, and people from Suzhou Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, and Fuzhou Prefecture also contributed money. The most arrogant among them was naturally Mr. Yu from Hangzhou Prefecture.

Mr. Yu generously donated five thousand taels of silver to build a new academy in Hangzhou.

This academy is also a comprehensive academy. The second master Yu does not participate in the operation of the academy, and specially hires a great scholar to serve as the mountain director.

These comprehensive academies have even made great Confucians a favorite.

Nowadays, several famous Confucian scholars in the southeast, including the disciples and grandsons of technical experts like Lu Gang, are being hired as academy professors at high prices.

The competition for talents began in the southeast, and even some well-known scholars from the north began to run to the south.

In the north, the only way out for scholars is to become an official, but in the south, there are many more choices.

Whether you join a newspaper or magazine to become an editor, or directly write books and biographies, publish and sell books, or join an academy to become a full-time professor, the income and social benefits of these professions are no less than those of entering officialdom, and you also get a lot. Popular among readers.

Just when Southeast was investing heavily in education, the new Zhongshu Province of the Ming Dynasty was finally decided.

Li Chunfang accepted the edict from the empress dowagers of the two palaces and officially became the second Prime Minister Zhongshu.

However, this time Zhongshu Province also added three deputy prime ministers, and the powers of Zhongshu Prime Minister were far less than when Zhang Juzheng was in power.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Li Chunfang did not have enough authority and could only make compromises in all aspects.

Zhongshu Province finally started to operate.

The first was the Jiubian New Army on the edge of the Yajiang River. Ming Ting finally remembered this army, and Ming Ting's machine began to operate and sent supplies to the Jiubian New Army.

After the Nine Border New Army received supplies, they finally began to take action, crossing the Yajiang River and entering North Korea.

The leader of North Korea, who had been waiting eagerly in Pyongyang, finally welcomed Master Wang.

However, the North Korean monarchs and ministers were not happy for long, and soon became worried about the supplies of the Ming Dynasty King's army.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has lost Huguang, it has also lost a very important grain-producing area.

And man-made disasters such as the Wanggong Factory explosion require disaster relief. The power of local governors has been expanded, and some local financial rights have been lost.

Under such circumstances, it is really impossible to support all the logistical supplies of the Nine-Border New Army.

In addition to sending weapons and ammunition to North Korea, food, grass, and military horses can only be prepared by the North Korean monarchs themselves.

This suddenly made the leader of North Korea very worried.

North Korea is similar to the Central Plains. The north is more barren than the south. Moreover, the north is more mountainous and has less fields. It is a relatively underdeveloped area in North Korea.

The plain area near Seoul is North Korea's main grain-producing area.

There are a total of 20,000 people in the Nine-Border New Army. Including the civilians responsible for supplies, almost 40,000 people have entered North Korea and want to eat.

The North Korean leader can only mobilize the north and fully provide food supplies to this army.

Now the north of North Korea can't stand it anymore. Everywhere the 40,000 troops go, they can eat up the area. Moreover, the military discipline of the Ming army in Jiubian is not very good, and incidents that disturb the local area often occur.

The whole North Korean army dared not speak out, and some North Korean officials even served as the guide for the Ming Dynasty's army and as their translators for the raids.

The powerful clans in North Korea are relatively weak, and conflicts are not as sharp as in the south.

Moreover, northern North Korea often faces harassment from northern nomads, that is, the Jurchens who have risen in the north, so it needs more protection from the government.

These relatively conservative large landowners generally support the Korean rulers.

But after the Ming Dynasty Wang Shi came in, these landlords quickly couldn't stand it anymore.

The Jurchens would come down every three to five to plunder. As long as the defense was better, the loss would be the manpower mobilized, and sometimes they wouldn't be able to grab anything.

But after these Ming troops arrived, they were really robbing!

Not only the Ming army robbed, but also some Korean translators who surrendered to the Ming army. Among them, there were also some scholars who hated the rich families. They led the Ming army to rob the food of those rich families.

Suddenly, rebellion broke out even in North Korea.

However, under the pressure of the Ming army, these rebellions were easily put down.

This made the North Korean military and civilians more dependent on the Ming Dynasty.

After entering October, the Ming army did achieve some victories in North Korea.

Yi Sun-shin still had too few manpower. After controlling Seoul and several major cities, he could not afford to raise a large army.

The support in the southeast is mainly from the navy, and there is no way to land for operations.

The Ming army advanced quickly and won several battles.

Li Xun, the commander of the Nine Borders New Army, was one of the heroes who supported Long Qing's accession to the throne and was awarded the title of Xin Anbo.

After Li Xun entered the court, he did not attack cities with stronger firepower. Instead, he specifically targeted small towns with relatively weak firepower and regained some land.

When the good news reached the capital, Li Chunfang finally felt relieved, and then began to vigorously publicize the results of North Korea's war.