"Brother, why don't you just give me a piece of the Bailudong Academy's field." Zhu Ying chewed the buns and said vaguely.
Zhang Ximeng glared, "To put it lightly, that is a geomantic treasure, and it is something you can covet?"
Zhu Ying was greatly surprised. His credit was not enough?
The little guy stuffed most of the bun into his mouth, swallowed it whole without chewing twice, stared at Zhang Ximeng, and said unconvinced: "I guarded Fuliang! Zhang Dingbian, Chen Youliang's most powerful general, I
After blocking him for so many days, in terms of merit, I can't compare to Zhang Ziming and others, so why don't you just give me thirty-five acres of land?"
"no!"
Zhang Ximeng simply refused again, "You kid, don't even think about it. Rewards and punishments must be fair. This is not your cup of tea!"
"Yes, I want it!" Zhu Ying said thiefly: "Are you planning to rob Bailudong Academy and give lectures here? In a few years, your disciples and ministers will be here.
Will they all come out from here in the future? If I reserve a place in advance and have children later, I will let them follow my uncle, and they will be very prosperous!
Zhang Ximeng stared at him angrily, helpless, "You kid can't speak well? Why do you mean I robbed Bailudong Academy? You understand, the academy is not someone's private property. Even if it was, it was the bad government of the previous government.
, needs to be corrected. I only suggested to the lord that the school should be re-established, and he did not put me in charge. Moreover, my responsibility was just like offering wine to the Imperial Academy. They are all talents of the country, and they will be my disciples for a long time.
Really? Do you hate me to death, and you are willing to accuse me only if you accuse me?"
Zhu Ying was stunned, puffed out her cheeks and said, "You deny it?"
Now it was Zhang Ximeng's turn to hesitate, and Zhu Ying immediately added, "It seems that I guessed it right. Only the negative is true."
The next second, Zhu Ying found that her elder brother's face turned dark. Sure enough, no one is better at irritating Mrs. Zhang than me... Zhu Ying pretended to run away, grabbing the two buns with her hands.
He will perform a unique trick later and make the bun disappear while escaping.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ximeng just stared, and finally sighed, "I told my lord, you may be asked to guard one side in the future, most likely Yunnan."
Zhu Ying was stunned, the muscles on her face moved, and there was anger and disappointment in her eyes. In the end, she just muttered angrily: "You really want to drive me away.
No wonder you had to give me the fields of Bailudong Academy! You don’t want to see me so much!
After saying this, Zhu Ying grabbed two steamed buns and walked outside.
Zhang Ximeng was surprised... He had been thinking for a long time before he found the opportunity to find a good position for Zhu Ying as a pastor. But Zhang Ximeng had forgotten that Zhu Ying didn't think so of the place he thought was a good place!
In the past few years, except when they were doing business outside, the two of them had met almost every day. It was understandable that the little guy didn't want to separate. I didn't discuss it with him.
It was because he was careless, so no wonder he was angry.
Zhang Ximeng was thinking about how to explain to Zhu Ying when this kid came back with a playful smile, pulled up a chair, and sat down next to Zhang Ximeng...
"Brother, I'm angry before. Don't drive me away before I go to Yunnan. We meet every day, just like a family."
The little guy said with a smile, but the circles under his eyes were red.
Zhang Ximeng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt so uncomfortable!
He reached out and put his hand on Zhu Ying's shoulder, "Silly boy! What does it mean to be like a family? Even if there are real brothers, it is not as close as our life-long friendship! I, I arrange for you to go to Yunnan in the future, actually I want you to show your strength.
, there is a vast world there... and naturally there are many dangers and obstacles. If you don't want to, I won't force you.
Do you get me?*
Zhu Ying rolled her eyes and nodded: "I understand, you mean to let me do something. In fact, many people can't ask for the good thing of guarding one side. I, I am just a little bit reluctant to let it go. When I grow up,
Just click and it’ll be fine, it’ll be fine! It’ll be fine!
Zhang Ximeng stretched out his hand and pinched Zhu Ying's cheek, "It doesn't matter if you grow up or not, the brotherhood will only grow day by day and will not decrease. Your Mu family is gone, and the Zhang family has nothing to do with me. We are all just frivolous."
Ping, when we are connected with each other, we have some foundation!'
Zhu Ying's heart was ecstatic. He stared at Zhang Ximeng and said stupidly: "Brother, if you say so, you won't care even if I'm messing around, right?"
"Yeah! Of course I won't... don't care!"
Zhang Ximeng raised his fist and hit Zhu Ying.
"You little bastard, a stick makes a filial son, and a fist makes a brother! If you dare to chatter with me, it's just because your skin is itchy!" Zhang Ximeng chased Zhu Ying and gave him a good beating.
The two brothers are friendly and respectful, happy and in love with each other.
After Fatty gave Zhu Ying a good beating, Zhang Ximeng felt comfortable all over and his thoughts were particularly clear.
His disposal of Bailudong Academy was actually the result of long-term planning and careful consideration... Needless to say, the significance of taking over Bailudong Academy first and turning this general forum of Neo-Confucianism into the birthplace of new learning.
Secondly, academies are not only academic centers, but also often large landowners.
Take Bailudong Academy as an example, the entire Xingzi County, Jiangzhou, and a lot of land to the south are not more than a hundred thousand acres in total.
And this is the result of continuous decline in the Yuan Dynasty, which is far inferior to its heyday.
How can we collect taxes on the fields where schools are run and the people who study?
Isn’t this looking down on scholars and insulting the gentlemen?
If the imperial court wanted to develop education in a big way, it had to support academies and schools and provide land to people... The imperial court granted land, local purchases, and donations from the gentry, which constituted the main source of academies' land.
Especially the donations from the gentry. After all, there is no need to pay taxes on the academy's property. The savings can be divided into 30% and 70%, which is perfect.
The same is true for temple property, family property, charity fields for orphans and poor... Anyway, as long as possible, they will go to great lengths to avoid taxes.
In terms of academic fields alone, in the late Ming Dynasty, some mansions actually had more than 100,000 acres! Needless to say, a place with such an absurd amount of academic fields must be a treasure place where cultural backgrounds gather and talents come out in large numbers... People have made great contributions, so escape.
What happened to taxes?
If you dare to argue with scholars, believe it or not, you will become a sycophant in no time!
This time Zhang Ximeng distributed all the land around Bailudong Academy to meritorious soldiers, which was tantamount to completely cutting off the foundation of the academy's land.
Don't even think about annexing land under the banner of an academy.
No one can escape the national tax on imperial grain!
And there is a saying that goes, those who are close to the water, first come first, and those who are close to the academy will always have some convenience. Especially now that transportation is inconvenient, those who can travel and study are basically rich people.
Zhang Ximeng gave the land to these soldiers, and then provided convenience for their children to enroll in school and become supporters of the new learning. Admittedly, this may not be truly fair.
But rather than letting the gentry resurrect themselves and regain power, it is better to leave the opportunity to their own people.
At least these young people who have been allocated the academy land and are lucky enough to attend school will not dig up their ancestral graves when they grow up and say that equalizing land is wrong, right?
Even if there are a few unworthy descendants, it is estimated that the mainstream is still willing to maintain the policy of equalizing land.
Therefore, education is fundamental!
In front of him is a huge Neo-Confucian building. Just cutting off a few pillars, breaking a few walls, and destroying the decorations on it cannot really completely destroy it. He must continue to dig up the ancestral graves to have any hope of success.
Zhang Ximeng was a well-intentioned man... While Zhang Ximeng was busy, Zhu Yuanzhang led an army to Jiangzhou in batches from the direction of Fuliang.
It was Huayun's cavalry who were in the vanguard. They were the first to ferry across.
When Hua Yun saw Zhang Ximeng, he immediately expressed his merit, "Mr. Zhang, this time I fought with Zhang Dingbian, but we were victorious. He wanted to run away, but I beat him back. He suffered heavy losses. Even Zhang Dingbian was almost killed."
If I beat him to death, I would be considered as avenging Chang Yuchun. Sir, from now on, you have to speak more for our cavalry. Zhang Ximeng was startled. Hua Yun defeated Zhang Dingbian?
It seems that Hua Yun died at the hands of Chen Youliang in history, but now he has won a great victory. It seems that his destiny has indeed been changed.
Zhang Ximeng was in a good mood when he thought of this, "Zhang Dingbian is nothing. The real mission of the cavalry is to fight against the cavalry. When the time comes for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, to confront the Mongolian cavalry, win the battle, sweep across the desert, and seal the wolf as a slave, that will be
It’s your true ability that’s when you can be proud!”
Hua Yun nodded immediately, "Sir, I will follow my instructions... By the way, sir, you think the Feng Shui of Bailudong Academy is good, can you give me a piece of land?"
Zhang Ximeng was stunned, "You, how did you know?"
Hua Yun said with a sullen face: "Sir, don't ask, I just want to know if you can give me a piece of it?"
"cannot!"
Hua Yun was shocked, and Zhang Ximeng explained: "The new Bailudong Academy is open to all common people... If you want it too, I suggest you go to the lord and ask for his grace.
"Higher position?"
"That's right! Even if you encourage the superiors, they will also set up a top school in Yingtian. By then, the two schools can be regarded as the top schools in the country, each with its own emphasis.
Wouldn't it be better?
"Ouch! What a great idea, sir... The superior asked me to ask you, but actually I should..."
Hua Yun suddenly stopped. He realized something was wrong, turned around and ran away.
Zhang Ximeng is speechless, Zhu Yuanzhang! Why are you always staring at me while I do something?
Are you not busy with military duties, or are you just having nothing to do?
No matter how much Zhang Ximeng complained, he still had to put on his official uniform and lead officials and people to greet Lao Zhu.
Zhu Yuanzhang, riding on horseback with majestic weapons, accompanied by many generals, came to Jiangzhou again.
"My lord, I sincerely welcome my lord and congratulate the King of Wu on your great victory!"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "Sir, he has won a bigger victory than us. This is truly gratifying and congratulatory!"
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice and said: "Sir, can you replace the way of Confucius and Mencius with the way of Zhang Zi?"