Chapter 476 The Imperial College in the sweet potato field
The autumn rain in Yingtian City lasted for several days.
The news that the DPRK was planning to build meritorious mausoleums in Zhongshan and Tangshan also spread to both the DPRK and outside.
This rain seems to commemorate the passing of Duke Xin, and also echoes the court's kindness to its heroes.
The autumn rain that lasts for several days always brings with it a sense of autumn sadness.
The cabinet also wrote a letter on the last day to respond to Tianfu, asking to beware of the autumn news and to prevent the capital from being blocked.
Ying Tianfu naturally bowed his head and obeyed the order, but after closing the yamen, a group of people sneered at the cabinet's unnecessary writing.
Not to mention that the capital is located in the south of the Yangtze River, relies on the Yangtze River, and has many flood discharge channels. Even the new water channels of the Yangtze River and Xuanwu Lake that Yingtian Mansion has been digging are enough to ensure the safety of the capital.
"We dug and dug and dug, and dug a long water channel beside Xuanwu Lake."
“Damn it, can’t the court see what we are doing?”
In the Yamen of Yingtian Mansion, the judge cursed the cabinet with some resentment.
Comrade Ying Tianfu stretched his head and looked out the window. The continuous autumn rain finally stopped last night, and the sky outside became clear and cloudless.
Tongzhi turned his head and looked at the prefect Zou Xueyu: "Master, this autumn rain will probably not continue. It has been sunny today. The cabinet originally planned to go to the Imperial College to teach, so there should be no further delays."
Tongpan, who felt that he was about to turn into a mud-legged man, immediately stood up and said: "Lao Xie Ge went to the Imperial College, and I heard that the grandson was also going there. Last time, the gang of prison students made such a big noise in Yingtian. Yingtian Mansion
My face...all my face was thrown into the Qinhuai River!"
When he said this, everyone present, including the prefect Zou Xueyu, felt their faces turn red, and they all shook their heads and looked away.
There was a moment of silence in the government office.
This was all because the students of the Imperial College had rioted again a few days ago. In view of the chaos that had occurred in the Imperial College, Yingtian Mansion prepared themselves in full preparedness. It could be said that one government and two counties came out in full force that day, and people from the Military and Horse Department were rushed to the scene.
When Zou Xueyu, the poor new Yingtian magistrate, arrived at the scene with his people, the words of persuasion he had prepared were suddenly held in his chest, and he was so depressed that the chief official of the capital almost fell down.
At that time, there were countless students from the Imperial College and idle people in the city.
There was no excitement as expected, nor was there any fear of rushing into the imperial city.
The scene that day was full of gongs and drums, firecrackers blasting, and colorful flags fluttering. It was so lively.
Zou Xueyu, along with people from one government, two counties and the Army and Horses Division, stopped in a distant place and looked at the scene, almost dumbfounded.
Throughout the street, flags made in a hurry were held high by the students of the Imperial College.
On the flags, there are big ink characters called "Dou".
Or write about Ming Dynasty’s mighty power.
Or write long live the emperor.
Or Shu Tai Sun Yingwu.
All these are countless, they are all words of boasting and praise.
Zou Xueyu was stunned on the spot.
Together with himself, he mobilized the entire Yingtian Prefecture, two counties and the Army and Horses Division to create such a big commotion.
Are these bastards trying to praise the imperial court?
The prefect found it difficult to step down for a while.
If I had known this, I might as well have taken people to dig ditches outside the city early in the morning!
After working for a long time, nothing happened in the end. The officials could only warn the Imperial College not to cause trouble and left hastily.
However, who would have thought that those bastards from the Imperial College would not go back home honestly that night, but would actually go to the Qinhuai River in a group.
When young people are together, it is a time of excitement.
After three or five glasses of wine, beautiful water flowers bloomed in the Qinhuai River that night.
At that time, Zou Xueyu was still digging trenches outside the city with his people and had never returned to the city.
It is conceivable that although no one was killed that night, the crime of dereliction of duty and slackness in Yingtian Mansion was firmly committed.
The cabinet issued a letter asking questions, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate issued a letter asking questions. Even the official master of the Imperial College came over to ask why Yingtian Mansion was not optimistic about the Qinhuai River.
When Zou Xueyu received the official documents the next day, his head was filled with questions.
The cabinet's drafting is appropriate, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also reasonable. Why does your Imperial College come to question Ying Tianfu? Isn't it that your Imperial College is supposed to take good care of students!
Zou Xueyu can be said to be full of anger, but he has nowhere to vent his anger, so he can only bear the blame.
At that time, Yingtian Mansion was in disgrace because all those bastards from the Imperial College were thrown into the Qinhuai River.
At this moment, when the general judge mentioned this again, Zou Xueyu's ears couldn't help but feel hot, and he snorted coldly: "Send someone! Keep an eye on these rabbits for me... Jiansheng! Tell the shopkeepers on the other side of the Qinhuai River who will be here tonight
If you dare to sell wine to people from the Imperial College, I will seal their doors tomorrow!"
Zou Xueyu was really furious, fearing that the last bit of Yingtian Mansion's dignity would be wiped out by those bastards from the Imperial College.
Ying Tiantongzhi looked serious at the side, cupped his hands and said: "The official will send a letter to Jiangning County later to inform the Qinhuai store. Then he asked Shangyuan County to order three groups of guards to go to the vicinity of the Imperial College."
Zou Xueyu nodded heavily: "If the grandson goes to the Imperial College, there will definitely be guards from the palace. I don't have to worry about what happens inside the Imperial College, but no one is allowed to cause chaos outside the Imperial College!"
Zou Xueyu swore in his heart that as long as those bastards in the Imperial College dared to cause trouble again today, he would seal the door of the Imperial College.
If the imperial court is dissatisfied, the worst possible outcome will be that he will be relieved of his official duties as the prefect of Yingtian, and then he will be able to dig ditches and repair wharves and freight distribution centers with peace of mind.
"Go! Make arrangements now!"
Zou Xueyu stood up and looked at everyone.
…
"Go to Shanglinyuan Prison?"
"Why did Xie Hanlin choose to teach at Shanglinyuan Supervisor?"
"Let's go, let's go. This is the request of the cabinet. Unless we don't want to continue studying in the Imperial College, who can not go?"
While everyone in Yingtian Mansion was still embarrassed about losing face the past few days, the Imperial College supervisors had already changed into their Confucian uniforms for attending classes, and walked out of the Imperial College gate in their respective classrooms under the leadership of the Imperial College instructors.
There are no colorful flags or slogans today.
And with the foreshadowing of the last time the Imperial College paraded around the streets to praise their achievements, today the Imperial College once again came out in force, and it could no longer arouse the attention and curiosity of the people in the capital.
After all, the Daming Yingtian City at this time was the largest and most prosperous city in the world.
Especially in these years, as the Yi European Commissioner conferred by the imperial court returned to Europe and followed the navy of the Ming Dynasty back to Beijing, Yingtian City has been accepting countless Yi merchants from Europe every day.
Every day in Yingtian City, countless lively things happen.
When the prison students left the Imperial College, they walked south along Chengxian Street, turned east to Pearl Bridge, and then east through West Shibawei Street before turning northwest. They took the Dongda Screen Wall near Fujun Youwei, all the way to Taipingmen Street.
When you walk out of Taipingmen, you can see the sparkling Xuanwu Lake at a glance.
Outside the Taiping Gate are the three judicial offices of the Ming Dynasty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, the official office of the Ministry of Punishments, the Temple of Earth, and government facilities such as Gyeonggi Province and Yingtianbancang.
It's just that the Imperial College went out of the city today, not to go to Sanfasi to observe the government, nor to go to Xuanwu Lake for a tour.
After exiting the Taiping Gate, a group of teachers and students followed the city wall, turned east, and continued walking along the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.
After passing the Yingtian City Wall outside Longguang Mountain, Pipa Lake, which falls under the jurisdiction of Shanglinyuan, has appeared in front of the teachers and students of the Imperial College.
A low courtyard wall seems to be just to tell people that inside the courtyard wall is the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty Shanglin Garden.
At the open courtyard gate under the courtyard wall, officials from Shanglin Yuanjian had been waiting for a long time.
"Everyone, it is our honor to have Mr. Jie Ge teach at Linyuan Supervisor today. We will prepare the necessary coursework according to the needs of Mr. Jie Ge. Please come with me."
Shanglinyuan Supervisor is now a popular yamen in the imperial court.
Just the presence of Shaoshi Yuan attracted countless people who wanted to be transferred to the Shanglin Garden Prison as officials.
It's just that the imperial government offices have always been a mess. In the past two years, the Shanglinyuan Prison Office has only filled one or two officials.
However, I heard that Supervisor Shanglin Yuan recruited many people who were good at farming and hired many farmers around Yingtian.
It is also the dream of many Imperial College students who come here to become an official in Linyuan Prison.
Today, Mr. Xie Ge was teaching in Supervisor Linyuan, and he might also meet Master Yuan. Now, Supervisor Linyuan has arranged everything well, and even arranged people to wait for a long time.
All the supervisors couldn't help but become eager, and their interest in Mr. Xie Ge's classes was about to begin.
Even Hu Jian, the current minister of the Imperial College, is very pleased. It is a blessing for the Imperial College for cabinet ministers to teach the students of the Imperial College, especially in the past few years, when there have been experts from the Martial Arts School.
Now that they had just arrived at Shanglinyuan Prison, the other party had already prepared everything they needed for their studies. This had to move Hu Ji'an, who was promoted from Jingzhou Xuezheng to Imperial College Jiejie in the 24th year of Hongwu's reign.
Hu Jian was considered an old Neo-Confucian scholar. He was originally a Jinshi in economics during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. He had been studying in Jingzhou, Hejian Prefecture for many years. In addition, he was already old. He should have been deprived of his official position and returned to him during the imperial reforms in the past few years.
Township.
It was just that the imperial examination fraud case last time, the court reconciled the north and the south, and the center was fair, which made Hu Jian, an old Neo-Confucian, understand that the royal family was concerned about the country. Later, there were many turmoils in the court, and Hu Jian, an old Neo-Confucian, always stayed out of it and focused on teaching.
Speaking of which, Hu Ji'an, who lived in Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, had repeatedly sent letters and messages during the previous turmoil in the court, warning his old friends in Jiangxi Province to put the country's commonwealth first.
It's just that those people are always more concerned with their own gains and losses.
In recent years, the martial arts hall has become more and more prosperous, and the imperial court has seen that it pays more and more attention to martial arts people.
Hu Jian was helpless and focused more on his studies in the Imperial College.
Hu Ji'an, who had already turned gray-haired, looked at the supervisors of Shanglin Garden behind the courtyard wall, and put his hands forward: "Thank you, supervisors of Shanglin Garden, for the education of our country is related to the country. I am grateful to you for paying such attention to us."
No matter what the starting point is.
The white-haired Imperial College official Hu Jian, who is the Prime Minister of the Imperial Academy, could be so polite, and the officials of the Shanglin Garden who were waiting here were also very respectful.
Knowing how the officials were arranged in the Shanglinyuan prison today, he even whispered: "The wine sacrifice is ridiculous. Today, Mr. Jie Ge is teaching the students, which is a major event for the imperial prison. How dare we neglect it. I just hope that the wine sacrifice will know,
Today, the elder has chosen this office to teach, which is very different from the past."
Hu Jian raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Xie Hanlin is teaching today, is it any different?"
The official of Shanglinyuan Supervisor opened his mouth, but still suppressed the desire to inform in his heart: "You will know after the wine is sacrificed and the supervisors are brought in. In addition... I have many royal guards arriving now, and there are also many Emperor's soldiers.
Drag it everywhere."
"Is your grandson really coming?" Hu Jian's eyes moved, and he was a little moved by the rumors about the court in the past few days.
Everyone knew that Taisun loved the martial arts lecture hall and would go there every now and then.
And what about the Imperial College?
Hu Jian shook his head.
Just don’t mention it!
If today, Xie Hanlin is teaching and the grandson really comes, it will be of great significance to the Imperial College.
At least it shows that Taisun, the crown prince of the country, did not really value military affairs over civil affairs and wanted to do anything militarily.
The official who was greeted by the Shanglin Garden Supervisor nodded slightly: "It's better to follow me inside for the sacrificial wine. I think Mr. Xiege will be here soon."
Hu Jian suppressed the expectations in his heart and turned back to look at the prison guards behind him: "Be aware of etiquette, be careful, and follow me in."
A group of Wuyangyang people from the Imperial College filed through the courtyard gate and entered the Shanglin Garden Prison. It was about to begin, and today's lecture by a cabinet minister was going to be an unusual one.
The crowd rushed into Shanglinyuan Prison.
Enter the eye.
The sandy land next to Lake Biwa has been reclaimed to create a larger area, which stretches continuously all the way to the front lake.
And in this sandy land, rows of sweet potatoes and lush vines covered the entire sandy land.
Under the straw shed next to the sweet potato field, piles of farm tools have been piled up. If you look closely, you can see that they are all useful for digging and harvesting sweet potatoes.
Outside the thatched shed, there were also many officials from Shanglin Yuanjian and hired farmers waiting, looking at the teachers and students of the Imperial College who were walking by.
The official leading the way in front of Hu Jian also led everyone under the thatched shed and stopped moving.
Hu Jian had already had countless ideas in his mind, but he never thought that Shanglinyuan Supervisor, or in other words, Xie Hanlin, would have such an arrangement.
Hu Jian couldn't help but said: "Where is today's Xie Hanlin's homework?"
"Exactly here."
"here……"
Hu Jian looked at the piles of farm tools in the thatched shed, still a little unsure.
The supervisors looked at the soil-covered farm tools and then at the sweet potato vines that had begun to wither and turn yellow. Many of them had already noticed it and couldn't help but swallow their throats.
It shouldn’t be!
Not so!
Certainly not!
The official of Shanglinyuan Supervisor who was waiting under the pergola cleared his throat and said: "Cabinet statement, today, Mr. Xiege will give a lecture to Supervisor Shanglinyuan. It is the time when the sweet potatoes are ripe. They are waiting to be excavated and harvested and put into the cellar. Supervisor Shanglinyuan is ordered to prepare farm tools."
, the Imperial College students hold farm tools, dig sweet potatoes, work closely with farmers, and know the state of the country."
Hu Jian frowned. If this was a requirement of the cabinet, then naturally he couldn't say anything.
It was unexpected that Xie Hanlin's teaching turned into supervising students and digging sweet potatoes, but he couldn't stop him from supporting farmers and mulberry trees.
And when those supervisors heard that the cabinet actually asked them to dig sweet potatoes, and when they saw this large and endless field of sweet potatoes, some of them started to have stars in their eyes.
Someone asked in a low voice: "Am I the only one waiting to dig the sweet potatoes?"
"The cabinet issued a document stating that only supervisors are digging sweet potatoes. There are hundreds of acres of sweet potatoes here in Shanglinyuan Supervisor. Looking back, all the supervisors have dug them all today and sent them to the cellar to save seeds for the next year."
I finally got the answer that was accurate but not what I wanted.
All the prison guards opened their eyes and opened their mouths.
Oh my god!
How long will it take to dig such a large sweet potato field?
It was promised that Xie Hanlin would teach, but where was he?
It was promised that the grandson would come in person, but where was he?