After clearing up the trouble, Han Du asked Zhu Biao, "The emperor wants several princes to study in the academy? But don't these princes all have famous Confucian teachings? Why do they still need to come here? ?”
Zhu Biao looked exactly like this and said, "This is Father's will. If you have any doubts, do you want to ask Father personally?"
Han Du laughed twice and did not answer Zhu Biao's words.
See Lao Zhu? forget it. Before getting married to An Qing, Han Du was always a little cautious when facing Lao Zhu, because at that time Lao Zhu's butcher knife could swing down on his neck at any time.
After marrying An Qing, although he no longer had this worry, Lao Zhu would not kill himself easily. But Lao Zhu also became much closer to Han Du's behavior, and he would fight with fists and kicks at every turn. This may be a way of expressing his closeness to Lao Zhu, but for Han Du, it is fatal enough.
Han Du is just a weak scholar, how can he withstand the punches and kicks of a warrior like Lao Zhu? After being beaten once, Han Du's body was black and blue for more than a month, which made Han Du not want to meet Lao Zhu at all.
Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, Han Du had no choice but to say: "Since it is the emperor's order for the princes to come to the academy, I will naturally not resist the order. However, I also have a few conditions, and I hope that His Highness the Crown Prince can agree to it."
"Okay, you say it." Zhu Biao nodded with a relaxed expression.
"First of all, since several princes are here to study, this cultivator is indispensable."
Seeing the timidity on Han Du's face, Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't worry, Shu Xiu will never miss you."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed without even hearing what the number of cultivators in the academy would be?" Han Du asked with a chuckle.
Zhu Biao looked indifferent and nodded to Han Du, "Tell me, how much do you want?"
"One thousand strings." Han Du stretched out a finger and gestured towards Zhu Biao. Since Zhu Biao didn't care, Han Du naturally opened his mouth. I haven't even received any money from teaching these days, and I've been putting money into it. Now that an enemy has come to his door, Han Du will naturally want to kill him.
"A thousand strings?" Zhu Biao couldn't help but jump up after hearing this, "Why don't you go and grab it?"
An ordinary family can hire a teacher for only four or five taels of silver a month, and only fifty taels of silver a year. Even the storytellers and Confucian scholars in the princes' palaces only have about ten taels of silver a month, and only one hundred and twenty taels a year. Of course, what they value is not the money, but how they can get an official position in the feudal country after the prince takes over.
One thousand guan is almost what a Confucian scholar in the palace spends for ten years.
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Han Du looked at Zhu Biao and sneered, "Who are you looking down on?" Where can I find money from parents who want their children to become successful? Although these princes are all sons of dragons, Lao Zhu does not need to expect his sons to become dragons. But since Lao Zhu sent them to him, he still had to search for what should be searched. '
"Your Highness is unwilling? Then I can't help you." Han Du spread his hands with a smile. It would be better if Zhu Biao disagreed. This would save him a lot of trouble.
Seeing that Han Du was very proud, Zhu Biao gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and said, "Okay, it's up to you. A thousand guan is a thousand guan. When you go back alone, let someone send you the money."
When Han Du heard this, he shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has misunderstood. What I said was not a total of one thousand guan, but a thousand guan per year for each of your highnesses. If your highness agrees, please send this year's 4,000 guan here." .”
Zhu Biao suddenly looked at Han Du with wide eyes, unable to believe his greed. "Han Du, please don't go too far. As far as I know, you have never received a penny from any of the current students."
Han Du sighed: "Since your Highness knows that I have never accepted them as cultivators, you should know that with their family background, let alone a thousand guan, they can't even come up with a hundred guan. Every student in this academy Does Your Highness know how much the daily expenses will be? After all, the food, clothing, housing and transportation for so many people cannot just fall from the sky, right? To be honest, if the academy has no more income, I will not be able to continue running it. "
The more Han Du spoke, the more pitiful he became. Zhu Biao couldn't help but hesitate in his tone, but still complained: "Even so, you can't always be alone, right?"
I am cultivating talents for your old Zhu family. It can even be said that I am cultivating talents for you, Zhu Biao. If I don’t have your ideas, who else will I have?
Han Du had no intention of showing any mercy.
Zhu Biao said nothing, but Xiang King Zhu Bai couldn't stand it. He could clearly see that Han Du just didn't want them to enter the academy and was deliberately trying to embarrass the prince.
Standing up, Zhu Bai put his hands behind his back and said: "It's only a thousand guan, I can afford it. I just don't know if your academy is worth this thousand guan."
Han Du heard the words and looked at Zhu Bai intently. Among the four, he was the same age as Shu King Zhu Chun. He was fourteen or fifteen years old, which was the time when adolescence and rebellious phase overlapped.
Han Du laughed and said: "After one year, if His Highness feels it is not worth it, how about paying back the original amount of one thousand guan?"
"Okay, it's settled, this King Qian Guan is here." Zhu Bai said cheerfully. Anyway, for his net worth, although a thousand guan is a lot, it is nothing.
Zhu Biao had just said personally that he would pay for the repairs for his brothers. How could Zhu Bai pay for them now? Then he shook his head and said: "This money comes from orphans, but Han Du, you must teach carefully and don't hide anything."
"His Royal Highness, it is too early to say this now." Han Du shook his head, "Shuxiu is only one of my conditions, and I have another condition."
besides? Zhu Biao couldn't help frowning and said, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Han Du sighed: "This is the last condition. If the princes can agree, I will naturally welcome you to the academy."
"Please tell me." Shu King Zhu Chun gestured to Han Du. He had a good impression of Han Du, because the emperor had already decreed that Lan Yu's daughter should be the princess of Shu. He knew the relationship between Han Du and Lan Yu, so he was quite polite to Han Du.
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"If you princes want to enter the academy, you must become ordinary people." Han Du said firmly.
"What do you mean?" Tan King Zhu Zi, the eldest of the four, asked with a raised brow and some displeasure.
Han Du smiled and explained: "The meaning is that when the princes enter the academy, they will no longer be princes, but can only have the status of ordinary students. On the one hand, it can avoid making this matter a fuss and attracting the attention of people with ulterior motives. On the other hand, This can prevent some students from clinging to you in advance because of your status."
The reason why Han Du didn't want them to enter the academy was because of these two reasons.
