At the Jingshi Railway Station, a guard in Jinyi hurriedly got out of the car and went straight to Beizhen Fusi.
"Reporting to the commander, the traces of the Japanese Guan Bai Yiyijiangliang have been found!"
Yuan Bin raised his eyelids and asked: "Where is he?"
"I landed from Quanzhou five days ago and went to Donglin Academy in Wuxi the next day."
"Donglin Academy?"
Yuan Bin felt something was wrong and continued to ask: "What did he do when he went to Donglin College?"
"Returning to the commander, Ichijo Kanyoshi has been studying Confucian classics since he was a child and has close ties with scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. This time he went to Donglin College in response to the invitation of the great Confucian Sun Changhe to give lectures."
"This is really unreasonable!"
Yuan Bin said with a gloomy face: "This person was summoned by the emperor. He should have gone to Beijing immediately after landing, but now he went to fool around with the people of Donglin Academy. He is really ignorant!"
After thinking about it, I felt that this matter was more serious than I thought, so I decided to tell the emperor.
"Continue to inquire, I've got the person on my radar!"
After the explanation, Yuan Bin hurried into the palace and recounted the whereabouts of Yitong Jianliang in detail.
Zhu Qizhen still looked disapproving and said, "Let him go and ignore it."
"But...I am worried..."
Seeing that Yuan Bin was hesitant to speak, Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just say it. When did you learn a bad habit from those civil servants?"
"yes!"
Yuan Bin nodded and said: "I am worried that people with ulterior motives will use a good thing to build momentum."
“How to build momentum?”
"Donglin Academy is still vigorously promoting traditional Confucianism, and is especially opposed to the new imperial examination. They heard that Ichijo Kaneliang was very knowledgeable about Confucianism, so they highly praised it. The meaning behind it is that even the Japanese respected knowledge, but the Ming Dynasty did not
Take it seriously, doesn’t this make it clear that you are scolding the Emperor?”
Zhu Qizhen shook his head slightly and said: "If they are willing to study the Four Books and Five Classics, that is their business. Not to mention that the imperial examination still retains the subjects of literature and history. Let them do whatever they want. I am too lazy to care."
Yuan Bin was still worried and said: "I am worried that these people are doing things secretly."
"It will be easier to handle things!"
Zhu Qizhen laughed and said: "The Jinyi Guards are targeting people to death. If anyone dares to do something inappropriate, he will be arrested and killed!"
"I obey the decree!"
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Ten days later, Kanyoshi Ichijo finally arrived in the capital.
There are strict etiquette rules for an audience with an envoy from the Japanese Kingdom. Honglu Temple discussed it for a long time and finally gave him a reception according to the standards of a Japanese prince.
Originally, the Japanese country imitated the Ming Dynasty's practice of divine right of kings, and gave their supreme ruler the identity of a descendant of Amaterasu, and also gave him a noble name, called the Emperor. Even if he was called the Jade Emperor, he was just a name in the Ming Dynasty.
According to the feudal king's standard, Guan Bai can only go down one level.
After Ichijo Kanryo moved into Koroji Temple, he waited for the emperor to summon him. However, he was very interested in Chinese culture. He would walk on the streets every day when he had nothing to do, and everything he saw felt new.
When he was a boy, he traveled across the ocean to study in the Ming Dynasty, and was deeply touched by what he saw and heard. However, when he returned to his old place this time, the earth-shaking changes shocked him.
When we set off from Wajima, we were first shocked by the steamship.
However, before he could understand the research, he discovered that there were seven or eight such ships moored in Quanzhou Port, and the ships were even larger. From a closer look, they looked like they were anchored on an island.
After landing, you will be overwhelmed by the sight of flat asphalt roads, bustling streets, and all kinds of weird gadgets.
The most shocking thing was the steam train. He had heard of this thing for a long time, but always thought it was just a rumor. When he got in, he felt bad all over.
If this thing could be brought back to Japan...
I'm really upset about it. Why didn't I come earlier?
In comparison, the trip to Donglin Academy seemed very boring.
Or the Four Books and Five Classics, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, what’s the use?
Can a train be built?
Can a ship be built?
If he hadn't been concerned about face, he would have left long ago. However, his friend Sun Changhe warmly invited him, and he saw hundreds of students gathered at Donglin College. It was an opportunity to make connections, so he was delayed for some time.
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In the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Yi was working. Someone came to report that Yang Shan, the minister of Honglu Temple, asked to see him.
"Please!"
Zhang Yi quickly put down the official document in his hand and stood up to greet him personally.
In terms of official positions, the official position of Honglu Temple Minister is naturally not comparable to that of the Minister of Rites. However, Yang Shannai is an old minister in the first year of Yongle. He is now seventy-two years old, a whole generation older than Zhang Yi. Today, he came to the Ministry of Rites in person. I don't know what happened.
"Zhang Butang, I'm polite!"
"Yang Siqing, why do you need to go there in person?"
Zhang Yi moved Yang Shan to his seat and ordered someone to make tea.
Yang Shan thanked him, and then said: "Zhang Butang, do you know that Japanese envoys have come to Beijing recently?"
Zhang Yi nodded and said: "The Japanese Guan Guan Bai has both good qualities. I heard about it."
"This person... is very troublesome!"
"Could it be that the Japanese envoys didn't understand the rules and caused some trouble?"
"That's not true, it's just..."
Yang Shan sighed and said, "It's just that Guan Bai likes to ask for advice and learn from others everywhere, and his words are a bit arrogant."
"What did he say?"
"It is said that His Majesty the Ming Emperor did not study the classics of saints, but instead engaged in those weird tricks, and that he only knows the details but not the general outline... In short, it is not a good thing."
Zhang Yi felt something was wrong, so he asked: "Who does this person talk to on weekdays?"
"They are all students from Jiangsu... By the way, there is a man named Sun Changhe, who is known as a great Confucian in the local area. This man also restored Donglin Academy in the Song Dynasty. Many students from all over the country went to the academy to listen to his lectures.
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"Donglin Academy, Sun Changhe?"
Zhang Yi frowned immediately. He had personally experienced the coup and knew very well the emperor's attitude towards the traditional gentry.
To sum it up in one sentence, either do it with me or die!
Recently, there has been a lot of commotion in Donglin Academy and there is a strong tendency to fight against the imperial court. This is not a good sign.
The emperor did not touch them because these people had not done anything extraordinary yet.
Otherwise, even if they have 10,000 heads, they won't be enough to chop them off.
Think about how many people Sanyang secretly colluded with when he staged the coup, how many officials were involved, and the support of the entire Jiangnan gentry. What happened in the end?
He was very convinced that if something happened to Donglin Academy, it would be wiped out in just one night.
"These people have come to the capital?"
Yang Shan nodded and said: "Here they come, and there are quite a few of them!"
Zhang Yi asked again: "When did you arrive?"
Yang Shan thought for a while and replied: "Just after Guan Bai of the Japanese Kingdom arrived in the capital, the train is now very convenient. It only takes a day and night to come from Wuxi."