"Use the land of Confucius' Mansion to build a school for teaching and educating people, and use the wealth of Confucius' Mansion to cultivate young talents in Shandong. Such an arrangement is really wonderful and wonderful!"
After Zhang Ximeng's proposal was sent to Yingtian, he received an immediate response.
The first is Song Lian, a Hanlin scholar. In fact, long before the war started, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Confucius family and his son to do hard labor in the canal. The debate about how to deal with the Confucius family had already begun to brew.
However, since the war was still going on at that time, the noise was suppressed.
As old things were brought up now, things suddenly became lively.
The Hanlin Academy headed by Song Lian, and even the Imperial College, almost all agreed. Song Lian even wrote directly, hoping to select a group of learned people from the Hanlin Academy to go to Qufu to prepare for the establishment of Fudan Academy.
According to Song Lian's idea, Jimin Academy was built on the former site of Bailudong Academy, making Jiangxi the academic center of the south, with a large number of talents and a flourishing academic style.
Now that the Central Plains has been restored and Shandong has surrendered, the construction of a school will be very helpful to balance the north and the south, especially to give northern students a place to study nearby.
Recruiting talented people can also help win over people's hearts and govern the place.
Originally, Song Lian was still trying to build a school in Kaifeng and other places, but the situation in Kaifeng was very poor, and there were not many students in Henan, so it was not possible to build it for a while.
It happened to deal with the Kong family's affairs and gave up a good position.
Song Lian couldn't sleep at all.
Confucius believed in teaching without discrimination, and among three people, there must be one teacher. His old man even accepted three thousand disciples and seventy-two sages. He would be pleased to build a school in his mansion and cultivate talents.
Moreover, the children of the Confucius have exploited the villagers for thousands of years and exploited the common people. All kinds of behaviors are depressing. The gorgeous Confucius Mansion is the blood and tears of the people of Shandong, especially the people of Qufu, who have suffered a lot.
Giving them a school to help the children of Shandong find a way to make progress is a matter of course and a reasonable compensation.
Furthermore, Shandong has always attached great importance to education and has produced numerous talents.
The earliest official school, Jixia Academy, appeared in Shandong.
Now we are planning to build a Fudan Academy that will surpass Jixia Academy, which means that China will be re-Fudan, and China will be revitalized again... This intention, this pattern, this atmosphere, this method... I simply don’t know what to say.
Song Lian wished he could resign as a Hanlin scholar and go to Fudan Academy to become the headmaster.
The rest, Zhang Yi, Ye Chen, Gao Qi and others, also had the same idea. They waved flags and shouted, wrote letters of advice, and built momentum.
If nothing else, there was an accident.
Logically speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang would not object to an indisputable matter. However, ten days after Song Lian submitted his letter, Zhongshu Sheng was still unable to come up with a conclusion.
On this day, Li Shanchang went to see Zhu Yuanzhang again. He first talked about the autumn harvest. The autumn grain in Jiangnan was slightly less than last year, mainly due to drought. Fortunately, there was no need for war and it could be maintained.
On the other hand, Lingnan's commercial taxes have increased a lot, totaling more than 2 million yuan.
The Municipal Shipping Department hopes to build a number of sea-going ships to facilitate the purchase of goods and transport them to the sky. After all, if you go to Dayuling, you need to unload the goods from the ship and then go over the mountains and ridges to enter the Ganjiang waterway, which is very inconvenient.
For things like food, it is more convenient to go by sea.
In addition, Fang Guozhen requested to patrol overseas to understand the situation of the barbarians, and the Ministry of War prepared to agree to send thirty ships to sea.
There is also an imperial examination to be held, and someone proposed to build a Gongyuan specifically for the examination to provide a shelter from the wind and rain for the scholars...
Li Shanchang talked miscellaneously for almost an hour.
Zhu Yuanzhang just listened silently and did not express any objection. He just motioned to Li Shanchang to continue speaking and finish quickly, as if these were not important matters.
That's right, Zhu Yuanzhang did not necessarily have to handle everything personally.
This is also the experience he learned from Zhang Ximeng.
Some people just put the most important things in the most inconspicuous places.
If it's over, it's over.
When you want to ask again, they will say that they have already reported it. The implication is that His Majesty did not pay attention, and it has nothing to do with us.
This seems to be the case today. As Li Shanchang continued talking, the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth turned up slightly. After being away for several months, some people's skin is tight.
When Li Shanchang stopped to take a breath, Zhu Yuanzhang actually picked up the teacup himself and handed it to Li Shanchang.
"Thank you for your grace."
Li Shanchang hurriedly took it, but he almost let it go.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also bad enough. He poured a cup of scalding tea for Li Shanchang. Poor old Li, who had spent half his life writing and writing, had thin skin and tender flesh, and was not able to withstand scalding at all.
The emperor handed it to you. You can only hold it in your hands and cannot throw it away. Within a moment, your fingers were red. Lao Li frowned and endured the pain. He didn't dare to scream, and he couldn't put it down.
A mess.
Seeing his embarrassed look, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed and said, "Mr. Li, don't you feel good!"
Li Shanchang said bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am frightened. I ask your Majesty to forgive me!"
Lao Zhu coldly snorted: "If you can't pick it up, then put it down! You don't know what we care about, so why do you do this?"
These words made Li Shanchang feel frightened. He hurriedly put down his teacup and bowed his head.
"Your Majesty, I have ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw up the charter of Fudan Academy as soon as possible. The Ministry of Rites feels that the matter is of great importance and involves a wide range of things and needs careful consideration. Therefore, there has been no conclusion for a long time. I, I will go and urge them now.
!We must bring the strategy up in the near future.”
"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "The matter is so important that it is not easy to come to a conclusion! Okay, let's give the Ministry of Rites an idea and take out the charter of Jimin School. According to the strategy of Jimin School, we can set up a school in Shandong
Fudan Academy. Now let the Ministry of Household Affairs pay for it. If it’s not enough, we’ll pay for it from internal funds and find a teacher from the Hanlin Academy... I don’t understand, what’s so difficult about this matter?”
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Li Shanchang angrily, and said in a cold voice, "Sir, you are not going to prevaricate us, are you? Is there something going on here, or is there something unspeakable?"
Li Shanchang's face turned pale, and beads of sweat broke out.
"My superiors have made it clear that I really have no other intentions, and I dare not commit the serious crime of deceiving the emperor. I will inquire about this matter immediately, and I will definitely give an explanation to my superiors within three days."
Li Shanchang lay on the ground for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally nodded, "Then we will wait for three more days."
Li Shanchang got up and was about to go down.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Pick up the tea on the ground and drink it!"
Li Shanchang was slightly startled, feeling a mixture of sadness and joy in his heart. The superior still asked him to drink his tea. Li Shanchang drank it all in one gulp. Fortunately, it was not so hot anymore, otherwise Lao Li would have been miserable.
In a panic, he returned to Zhongshu Province and immediately summoned officials to discuss the matter.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, his face gloomy, and he thought for a long time before he got up and returned to the harem, where he saw Queen Ma and Prince Zhu Biao.
In Zhu Biao's arms, he was holding a fat boy. When he saw Lao Zhu coming in, he was not afraid, but stretched out his two chubby little hands for a hug.
Lao Zhu finally showed a little smile, picked up Zhu Di, spun him around a few times, and squeezed his cheek. Only then was he satisfied and asked Zhu Biao to take his brothers down.
With only these two people left, Zhu Yuanzhang's face quickly darkened.
"Sister, tell me, has something happened in the past few months? Why does a small etiquette department dare to put off doing something? What happened to them?"
Empress Ma sighed softly, "Chongba, if you ask me, I, a woman, can't explain clearly. But I know that the Ministry of Rites has the final say now about Qian Yongren."
"Qian Yongren? He, he was promoted to the Ministry of Rites because he assisted Mr. Zhang in building Jimin Academy. Some time ago, Li Xi was ill, and he was in charge of the general administration of the Ministry of Rites... It stands to reason that he was promoted by Mr. Zhang.
Shouldn’t we go against Mr. Zhang?”
Empress Ma sighed softly, "I don't know the key here, but I know that Mr. Zhang is definitely not a clique for personal gain. He has no clique!"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and muttered: "Of course we can trust Mr.'s character, but if Qian Yongren is involved, it seems that Li Shanchang may not be doing it out of necessity!"
Empress Ma suddenly laughed and said, "Chongba, you said that Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu shrank in front of a minister of etiquette. Isn't this a bit strange?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again... and then began to ponder. This mess was very deep. It may be that Li Shanchang was afraid of Zhang Ximeng and did not dare to spend money to use Ren. It may also be that Li Shanchang deliberately showed weakness and dug a hole for Zhang Ximeng.
But Qian Yongren's attitude is really confusing. Why is he willing to risk offending everyone and insist on stopping Fudan Academy?
How much impact will this school have? Is it worth working so hard for?
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around a thousand times and couldn't stop thinking.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang still couldn't figure it out for a while, there is no doubt that as the territory expanded, the court situation became more and more complex, and people had more and more ideas. It became increasingly difficult to grasp the trends of the court situation.
Three days was not a long time, so Li Shanchang had to race against time and seize every moment. He simply called the Ministry of Rites, Song Lian and others together and asked them to confront them face to face.
Qian Yongren was a Jinshi of the Yuan Dynasty, and later joined the Ming Dynasty. He worked very hard in running schools, and then he rose to a high position.
Now facing Song Lian and others, he has no stage fright at all.
"Since Scholar Song must ask, I think the two words Fudan are inappropriate."
"Why? This is Zhang Xiangding's!" Song Lian asked.
Qian Yongren said solemnly: "The Jimin Academy was built to help the people, and it was built on the former No. 1 academy in the world. It is already looked up to by the world. Now we are going to use the Confucius Mansion to build Fudan Academy. Who will go first?"
back?"
Song Lian thought it was ridiculous and immediately said: "There is no priority in learning, the master is the teacher!"
Qian Yongren said: "Xueshi Song, you are too scholarly. Jimin Academy adheres to the learning of Prime Minister Zhang. The world looks up to it. Official learning is the only one. Don't be shaken easily! Even when facing Prime Minister Zhang, I said the same thing."
Song Lian immediately refuted: "In the memorial to prepare for the establishment of Fudan Academy, Prime Minister Zhang mentioned Confucius's idea that there is no distinction between education and distinction. I think you are misinterpreting Prime Minister Zhang's meaning!"
The two people were tit for tat, refusing to give in to each other. Li Shanchang gradually smiled at the corner of his mouth, "You are arguing endlessly, do you want to ask Prime Minister Zhang to give a verdict?"
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Xiao Xiao has indeed been a little stuck recently, but it's not about finishing the book... There should be a lot of content to write, mainly because Xiao Xiao wants to find some breakthroughs and write something more enjoyable... I believe Xiao Xiao,