Naturally, Li Shanchang wanted to express his gratitude to the emperor for his decision, saying that he was old and feeble, weak in physical strength, and unable to take on such a big job.
Boss Zhu smiled and said: "There is no need for you to go to court all day long, and there is no need to deal with government affairs. When there are important matters in the court, I will ask you to come and do the summing up."
"That's it. The old minister took the order to thank you." Li Shanchang agreed.
Boss Zhu has made it very clear that the so-called Sangong Lun Dao is just a cover he used to reduce the pressure of public opinion. It is absolutely impossible to set up the Sangong Mansion, let the Taishi, Taifu and Taibao open a government office and create an official position on his own.
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For Li Shanchang, it was best to just be a decoration, so as not to make the emperor suspicious again.
As for the Taifu and Taibao, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong were both in charge. Both of them had the same official positions, but they just had an additional title.
In this way, Boss Zhu’s promise has been basically fulfilled...it was about ‘rebuilding the Sangong Mansion’, and now ‘resetting the Sangong Mansion’, eight out of ten words, is equivalent to 80% completion.
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At the same time, the prince personally sent Song Lian to Guozi University.
College students lined the streets to greet the prince and Taishi of the Song Dynasty, extending a warm welcome.
Seeing the three thousand college students holding flowers in their hands, lining up in an orderly manner, and shouting "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!", Song Lian's self-esteem was greatly satisfied, and her mood gradually became less depressed.
"Hahaha, you see, all the teachers and students in the school are ecstatic about the addition of Song Taishi!" Naturally, Lao Liu also brought Song Naluo Guanzhong and other instructors to greet him at the gate of the mountain.
"I'm just a guilty person, so I shouldn't be held in such high esteem." Song Lian hurriedly waved his hands and said. But he was happy in his heart, secretly thinking that it seems that these people are not hopeless...
"It's worth it, it's definitely worth it. Only with Tai Shigong's Guozi University can it be complete!" Lao Liu enthusiastically pulled Song Lian and led him into the school gate.
The college students were indeed ecstatic about Song Lian's arrival, but their ideas were slightly different from Song Lian's.
Song Lian felt that these college students were happy because they could become his students and listen to his teachings. From then on, their worth doubled and they were reborn.
But in fact, the first batch of college students recruited this year are basically officials. Many of them were even accountants before becoming officials in the work group, and they were able to write and do calculations in land economics, etc., but they had nothing to do with scholars.
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In addition, after being suppressed in every possible way over the past year and a half, these college students all hated Confucianism. They were so happy because they saw Song Lian's coming to teach and the exile of those great Confucians as a sign of the victory of Guozi University.
This is undoubtedly a huge encouragement to the teachers and students of Guozi University who have suffered a lot since its establishment.
Song Lian has become a teacher, let’s see who dares to say that Guozi University is not a serious school!
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While Song Lian and the prince were offering incense to Confucius, Song Can thanked Lao Liu in a low voice:
"Thank you, Your Highness, for helping me regardless of past grievances and saving my whole family from disaster."
"Sir, you're welcome." Lao Liu smiled lightly and said, "This is what we agreed on back then."
Song Can was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then he remembered the joke they had when he held King Chu's little hand and taught him how to write in the main hall.
Unexpectedly, His Highness has grown from a child into a tall man and still remembers the promise he made back then.
Song Zhen's nose was sore and her eyes were slightly red. "It's a pity that the official went to Yunnan soon and failed to teach His Highness the calligraphy."
"Haha, that's enough to last me a lifetime." Lao Liu said with a smile: "When Mr. went to Yunnan, I was sad for a while. You would rather die than teach me anymore."
"That's not the case." Song Can said, dumbfounded: "The official just wanted to learn from Ban Dingyuan, but in the end, the Liang King didn't cooperate at all."
"It's okay, he will cooperate soon. Let me go again when the time comes, and I'm sure you will get what you want." Lao Liu said with a smile.
"That's a good relationship." Song Can would not take Lao Liu's words as a joke this time. "I would like to thank Your Highness in advance."
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Song Lian settled down at Guozi University, and could not make any waves for the time being, so Lao Liu transferred his main energy to Hai Zheng Yamen. Over there, preparations for the upcoming Eastern Expedition have begun in full swing.
The time soon came to August, it was getting cooler after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was also the day when the fourth child left Beijing.
On August 26, King Yan and his wife brought their two sons to the palace to say goodbye. Boss Zhu and Queen Ma gave them a banquet and rewarded them with the ceremonial utensils of the feudal lord.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife were very relieved that they were vassaling the fourth child. Although the fourth child was unreliable, the fourth daughter-in-law was reliable and she was still under Xu Da's nose. She would definitely not cause trouble like the second child.
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The next day, the prince and his wife held a banquet to see off the fourth son and his wife.
The twenty-eighth day was the day when King Yan officially set out on his journey.
In the early morning of the day, His Royal Highness the King of Yan, dressed in imperial robes, came to the front of the golden platform and bowed five times to his father, and Emperor Hongwu gave him royal wine.
After King Yan finished drinking, he kowtowed in thanks and shed tears to say goodbye. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but shed tears. He stood up and took his seat, walked down the golden platform, and personally escorted King Yan to the east steps of Fengtian Gate.
King Yan kowtowed again at His Majesty Dan Fengtianmen, and the emperor watched him go out of the Meridian Gate. When King Yan left the Meridian Gate, he turned around and kowtowed to his father again. Afterwards, he was seen off by all the officials, and left the capital and came to Jiangxi.
Dongmen Pier.
The long fleet of the King of Yan's vassal was already ready for departure. The three escorts accompanying him, plus the palace officials, palace maids and eunuchs, and civilian servants, totaled more than 30,000 people. The scale was very large.
The prince, the king of Zhou, the king of Chu, the king of Qi and other princes in Beijing naturally came to see him off.
Although he had given away his two younger brothers to the throne, the prince was still heartbroken. Thinking that the younger brother he raised would be four thousand miles away, and he couldn't help but shed tears when he didn't know when he would meet again.
The fourth child also cried. Although he couldn't wait to say goodbye, he still felt sad when the moment came.
The fifth and sixth elders also cried together, and the younger brothers also cried together, and the brothers cried together.
It was not until the last moment of departure that King Yan, urged by officials from the Ministry of Rites, turned around and boarded the ship.
Standing on the bow of the boat, he took his two sons with him and kept waving to his brothers.
The brothers also waved to him on the dock, and did not turn back until they could no longer see each other.
On the way back, Lao Liu did not return to his golden chariot, but ran to the carriage sent off by Wei Guofu to comfort Xu Miaoqing, whose eyes were red from crying.
"My father is in Peiping, and my eldest sister and her family have also gone. The house is so deserted that it no longer feels like home." She snuggled into Lao Liu's arms, as weak as a kitten.
"It doesn't matter, I'm still here." Lao Liu sniffed the delicious fragrance of flowers in her hair and comforted her: "How about we get married as soon as possible. Once we get married, we will definitely not be lonely."
"..." Xu Miaoqing was quite moved. She bowed her head in his arms and said, "It doesn't matter what others say about this kind of thing."
"It's okay, I'll leave it as I say." In fact, Lao Liu could no longer withstand the pressure from all aspects, and this marriage would not be possible if it didn't happen.
"Then what are you planning to do..." Xu Miaoqing raised her head and looked at Lao Liu with her big eyes flickering, suddenly she was no longer weak.
"Don't worry, everything will be arranged when I come back from Japan!" Lao Liu said confidently.
