Chapter 742 Distance is not a problem? Distance is a problem
When Lao Liu heard this, he sneered again and again. These civil servants really didn't miss any opportunity to give themselves eye drops.
Who doesn’t know that old thieves hate extravagance and waste most? Don’t they just want to make me, the sixth one, unhappy with their behavior?
I have to say that these officials, who had lived through two dynasties, were indeed brave enough to sow discord between the emperor and his son in person.
"Lao Liu, what do you say?" And this time, Boss Zhu seemed to be really unhappy.
"Go back to my father." Lao Liu replied unhurriedly: "This swimming pool is not the property of Guozi University."
"Oh, no?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "You did it for yourself, that's even more outrageous."
"Of course not. I haven't received my salary yet. How can I have the money to do this?" Lao Liu denied:
"This is the asset of the Hai Zheng Yamen."
"From Hai Zheng Yamen?"
"That's right." Lao Liu said firmly: "The entire Guozi University was built with donations from the Haizheng Yamen, so isn't it reasonable for the Guozi University to give up the back hill to the Haizheng Yamen in return?"
"It's all yours anyway, the left hand is the right hand..." All the officials slandered.
"It's reasonable," Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "What does the Haizheng Yamen want this land for?"
"Didn't you report it to your father? Build a navigation academy." Lao Liu said matter-of-factly: "How can there not be a swimming pool in a school that specializes in teaching navigation? How can a group of landlubbers get on the boat?"
"Uh..." Boss Zhu smiled and said, "What he said makes sense, but we can't refute it."
"But Your Highness, isn't this swimming pool too big?" Several ministers were still unconvinced.
"Do you know how many students there are in the Navigation Academy?" Lao Liu rolled his eyes and said arrogantly: "Do you know that the journey for the students of the Navigation Academy is the vast sea? If you don't know, don't talk nonsense."
"Then you can't use alum water for them!" What Xu Duo, the Minister of Household Affairs, actually wanted to say is that there are no fish in this kind of water. Then there is no way to fish!
"What does alum water mean?" Zhu Zhen said lightly: "Just like Piyong's beams and pillars, things that are worth thousands of dollars in your place may be as cheap as earth and stone in this king's place. Haha, this alum really comes from
It is mined from earth and rock. It doesn’t cost much to transport it by sea from Wenzhou to Nanjing. This is the advantage of sea transport!”
"That's it." Zhu Yuanzhang looked stunned, and then said to the ministers: "Are you convinced? In the future, material transportation will be carried out by sea as much as possible."
"Ah, this..." Several ministers were speechless. The King of Chu brought the alum himself, and he didn't report it to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so he said it wasn't worth much money. They couldn't refute it.
The prince beside him almost couldn't help but laugh. His father's double act was too poor.
Well, actually I am too lazy to act...
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After visiting the campus of Guozi University, the civil servants could not find any clues about Confucius.
At this time, Zheng Jiucheng, the Minister of Rites, finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, according to the regulations, it should be the front temple and the rear school, or the left temple and the right school. How can there be no Confucius Temple in this Guozi University?"
"That's right, let alone the Confucius Temple, there isn't even a tablet of the most holy teacher!" More people immediately echoed.
"Oh, really? I didn't pay attention." Zhu Yuanzhang asked Lao Liu with a confused look on his face: "You didn't forget to build the Confucian Temple, right?"
"How could it be? We are a professional team and will not make such low-level mistakes." Zhu Zhen said seriously: "But there is already a Confucius Temple in Nanjing. If we build another one, firstly, we will not have enough time, and secondly, it will cause
What a huge waste.”
As he spoke, he looked to the side and said, "Moreover, Jilong Mountain is directly south of the Confucius Temple, and it complies with the regulations of the former temple and the rear school!"
"That's too far!" Zheng Jiucheng said speechlessly: "The Taixue Confucius Temple should be built next to each other. Only when they are combined into one can it be complete! What does your Highness think of the south of the city and the north of the city?"
"I'm just asking if you studied in the temple or not?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.
"Uh, yes..." Zheng Jiuzheng is a gentleman who can bully others.
"The regulations say that the temples are built next to each other, but they don't say that they must be separated by a wall!" Lao Liu said plausibly:
"I see that schools in places like Suzhou and Nanchang are separated from the Confucius Temple by a street."
"Even if it can be separated by a street, Your Highness, if you choose this location, it is too far away from the Confucius Temple, right?" Zheng Jiuzheng said speechlessly.
"Why do you define distance? Since the distance between one street and one street is considered close, what about a few more streets? Who dares to say that it doesn't count?" Lao Liu said lightly: "It's like a line, no matter how thick you draw it
No matter how thin it is, it’s all a line.”
"Besides, sincerity leads to spiritual success. My father also built the Temple of Mountains and Rivers and the Temple of Heaven outside the city. Who among you sirs dare not go there to worship because they are too far away?"
He said solemnly and cupped his hands: "If all the senior officials are not too far away, how can the students of the Imperial Academy dare to be too far away? Who dares to be too far away? I will break his legs and let him crawl to Confucius.
kowtow."
"That's not to say..." Hearing the bloody words he said, Zheng Jiuzheng couldn't bear it.
Seeing that the Ministry of Education was successfully led astray, Li Mian, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was standing next to him, hurriedly said: "This is not a question of whether it is too far, but that the Confucius Temple and the Imperial Academy must be together. This is a rule and cannot be violated!"
"I say we are together if we are in the same city!" Lao Liu said arrogantly: "Whoever has a different opinion should provide evidence before saying it. Refute me with empty words, because I am too lazy to talk nonsense!"
"This..." All the ministers were at a loss for words. The biggest characteristic of their Confucian classics is their simplicity. Only in this way can they rely on exegesis to support generations of believers. Therefore, you can't find detailed regulations in the Four Books and Five Classics.
And how could any great scholar have thought that there could be such a pervert as Lao Liu in the world? Naturally, no one would patch it up in advance...
However, they still found it difficult to accept the arrangement of separating the Confucius Temple and the university in the north and south.
If we don't protest, wouldn't it be equivalent to driving the Confucius Temple out of Guozi University?
Of course, it may be more accurate to say that Guozi University took the initiative to move away from the Confucius Temple...
Anyway, no matter which one, Confucianism cannot accept it, let alone bear it.
So all the ministers looked at Hu Weiyong and said to themselves, it's already this time, if you still don't stand up for the sect, then you are still acting like a shit prime minister?
Unexpectedly, Hu Weiyong believed that based on his own cultural level, he was not qualified to call himself a disciple of Confucius and Mencius. Therefore, he never regarded himself as a Confucian, and naturally he had no awareness of defending the religion.
So he smiled and said: "In order to save money, His Highness is unwilling to build another Confucian temple. This is completely understandable. However, some money cannot be saved, and the rule of integrating the temple and the academy cannot be broken."
As he spoke, he looked at Lao Liu with a smile, then at the other ministries, and said: "But it is important that the Guozi University starts. For now, let's do this temporarily. When the court has enough money, how about building a Confucian temple next to the university?"
"No, the school can't start without a Confucius Temple!" At this time, all the civil servants didn't care so much, and wanted to disturb Lao Liu first.
"That's right, I dare to ask Your Highness, where do you place the most holy teacher? Why is there no trace of Confucius in the entire Taixue? Is it that you have evil intentions and want to destroy our Confucianism?!" They finally couldn't hold back.
