Han Du was almost furious. He pointed at Zhu Di's nose and asked, "Why did you secretly confer an earl title on Yang Qing and others while I was worshiping?"
Yu Qian, who was following behind, saw a conflict between the teacher and Zhu Di. He quickly walked up, but he watched from the sidelines for the time being and did not dare to step forward.
Neither the teacher nor Zhu Di was someone he could afford to offend, so Yu Qian was ready to see the situation first.
When Zhu Di heard Han Du's words, he burst into laughter and said with excitement, "Hey! You can't say that. I gave them the title in an honest and fair manner, not secretly."
The veins on Han Du's forehead stretched out in anger, and he shouted at Zhu Di without showing any signs of weakness, "It's not like you are cunning and deceive them with sweet words, otherwise how could they fall for you?" .??.
Zhu Di walked up to Han Du with a smile, stretched out a finger and waved it twice, and said, "You are wrong! It's not that I use sweet words to trick them, but that I can give them real benefits."
With that said, Zhu Di looked up at Han Du and sneered, "What can you give them? What can Daming give them?"
"You are just a prince. You can only let them be teachers in the academy. You can't even let them serve as officials."
Han Du was unhappy when he heard Zhu Di's words and said in a deep voice, "They are willing to teach in the academy because they don't want to become officials. They can become officials at any time if they want."
"No, no, no," Zhu Di waved his fingers with a smile, shook his head and said, "If you could escort them in their official career, do you think they would still be unwilling to become officials? It's precisely because you can't do it that they don't dare to rush into it.
Become an official."
"Even" Zhu Di chuckled and sighed, "Even Zhu Yunye intentionally or unintentionally suppressed officials from your academy. After all, if all the court officials are from the academy, then the court will listen to him in the future.
Or should I listen to you, Han Du?"
Han Du snorted coldly and said with a smile, "You'd better put away your thoughts of sowing discord. The emperor has never wanted to suppress the academy. Moreover, the court also needs a different voice to let other people who are not from the academy serve as officials."
, it is also good for the court."
"I heard that Han Shu also established an academy in Xinming. Can you just let the academy dominate?"
Zhu Di laughed, opened his arms and said to Han Du, "Now the Xinming court is dominated by a family of officials who came from the academy!"
There was a trace of shock in Han Du's eyes. If a family of officials from the academy were to dominate, the emperor would be in danger of being evacuated from power by officials. He didn't know why a smart man like Zhu Di wanted to play with fire like this.
Is this Zhu Di's stupidity or his self-confidence?
When Zhu Di saw Han Du not saying a word, he felt even more proud. He leaned close to Han Du's face and said with a smile, "How is it? I am more generous than Zhu Yunye, right?"
Han Du took a deep look at Zhu Di. No matter how much he disliked him, Han Du had to admit that he was much better than Zhu Yunye in terms of trusting officials.
Seeing that Han Du didn't speak, Zhu Di shook his hands, put away his sleeves and robe and continued, "The so-called good birds choose trees to roost in. They are all rare and talented people in the world. They can make great achievements in Xinming, and I can't do it."
I will not be stingy with rewards! I will confer them a count now, and they will make new achievements in the future.
, you can also make them marquis or even duke!"
The more Zhu Di spoke, the more excited he became, and the smile on his face became bigger and bigger. He turned around as if he was announcing to the world.
Then he turned around and looked at Han Du again, staring at him aggressively and saying, "And Daming, what can you give them? Just the salary you give them?"
Seeing Zhu Di's domineering and arrogant attitude, Han Du was filled with anger. After pondering for a moment, he snorted and said, "You are just painting a cake. If you really want to be granted a title, how can it be easy to become a duke?"
You don't need to think about it to know that even though Zhu Di said it so nicely, how could Zhu Di, the marquis and the duke, reward him so easily?
There must be only a handful of people who can get such a reward. Even if Yang Qing and others stay in Xinming and work for Zhu Di all their lives, they may not be able to get a duke.
"On the contrary, although I can't let them get titles in the Ming Dynasty, I can still make them have no worries about food and clothing. Even if they stay in the academy, they can continue to study the knowledge they like. Compared with being promoted to an official position, they can have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.
Worry, it's not necessarily bad if you can still study knowledge!" The more Han Du said, the clearer his eyes became. Only then did he come back to his senses. He had almost been fooled by Zhu Di's words just now.
Zhu Di sighed when he saw that Han Du was not fooled. It was nothing to fool Yang Qing and others into staying in Xinming. If he could fool Han Du into staying in Xinming, then he would really make a lot of money.
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Unfortunately, Han Du was not as easy to fool as he thought, and he woke up directly, causing his plan to fail.
Zhu Di curled his lips, shook his head and said with a smile, "But they have all chosen to stay and voluntarily accepted my canonization."
Han Du let out a long sigh, knowing that the deal was done, and arguing with Zhu Di would have no effect at all. He could only say, "It's just this once, and I won't do it next time. Otherwise, I will take you back even if I try to fall out with you!"
After saying that, Han Du turned around and left.
Zhu Di did not stop Han Du and just watched him walk out of the hall.
"Teacher" Yu Qian shouted softly when the teacher passed by.
Han Du paused and glanced at him, his face gloomy but he did not blame Yu Qian, but said in a low voice, "Let's go."
Yu Qian had no choice but to follow his teacher out of the palace.
As soon as he walked out of the palace gate, Han Du stopped, glanced sideways at Yu Qian and sighed, "Now do you know why I don't let you come to Xinming?"
"Disciple has wasted all the teacher's hard work, please punish me!" Yu Qian nodded with a wry smile, and quickly knelt down towards the teacher.
Han Du reached out to stop his urge to kneel, pulled him up, shook his head and sighed, "It's not your fault. Although you are extremely smart and experienced in the world, the people you met before were either modest gentlemen in the academy, or
Just ordinary dignitaries who dare not mess with me. I have never encountered a shameless person like Zhu Di. It is human nature to misjudge him."
Yu Qian lowered his head and smiled bitterly. He couldn't understand why the teacher stopped him again and again before. In his opinion, it was just a visit to Xinming. Could Xinming still be able to take him?
Are you trying to stop him from going back?
Now it seems that Zhu Di is completely capable of such a thing.