For a moment, the hall fell silent without a sound.
Han Du lowered his head and looked at the slowly rotating foam in the tea cup without saying anything. He knew that being summoned by Zhu Yunye today would never be as simple as discussing the academy's rewards with him.
Zhu Yunye was also waiting. He was waiting for Han Du to take the initiative to speak, so that he could take advantage. But Han Du didn't say a word, just looking at the teacup as if there was something very interesting in it.
Zhu Yunye summoned Han Du today, but he couldn't say what he originally planned.
Glancing at Han Du, who was sitting at the bottom, Zhu Yunye felt a little uncomfortable.
He smiled dryly and coughed twice. When he saw Han Du looking up at him, he immediately let out a helpless sigh: "Uncle, do you know why I summoned you to the palace today?"
"I don't know." Han Du replied honestly, even a little too honest.
Seeing that Han Du didn't answer, Zhu Yunye suddenly felt a heavy lump in his throat.
But there was no way, Han Du could pretend not to care about anything, but he couldn't.
"I heard that Zhu Zhanji has been going to the academy quite frequently recently. Does my uncle who is in charge of the academy know what he is going to do?"
Han Du had been very impatient with Zhu Zhanji for a long time, and now that Zhu Yunye mentioned it, an unknown fire burst out in his heart for no reason.
He said angrily: "Your Majesty, you should issue an order to ban him! The academy is a place where learning is pure and pure, but he disturbs students' studies every day. Your Majesty, please go and take a look. Go and take a look now. That academy Is it still a place for learning? It has almost become a vegetable market!"
Zhu Yunye's face twitched. He originally wanted to bring the topic to Zhu Zhanji, and then brought it up
Let Han Du agree to Zhu Zhanji's recruitment of students.
He didn't expect Han Du's reaction to be so big, which made it difficult for him to say what he had prepared.
"Um...ahem, does uncle have some misunderstandings about him? I heard that didn't he go to the academy to discuss knowledge with students?"
"What kind of discussion about knowledge?" Han Du stood up immediately, with an angry look on his face: "He spent all day in the academy talking about being a high-ranking official and keeping silent about his generous salary, and deceived all the well-behaved students into screaming. They all wanted to follow him to America. If you want to open up new territory and expand your territory, you should immediately make a marquis."
"Hmph! If you don't take care of it, Your Majesty, then all the students in the academy will be deceived by him. What should I do? Anyway, I'll say it here first, and I won't take care of it then."
Of course Zhu Yunye knew that Han Du was complaining, but if he thought about it carefully, what Han Du said was not unreasonable. If all the academy students were deceived by Zhu Zhanji and went to America, then Ming Dynasty would be greatly affected.
With Zhu Yunye's favoritism, it seems that there are the same number of Jinshi in the Imperial Examination Institute and the Academy every time, as if they are evenly matched and there is no difference.
However, there are only a few students in the Imperial College, but the number of places is the same, which leads to a decline in the quality of Jinshi.
On the contrary, those who dare to study in academies are originally top talents from all over the country. Faced with the limited number of Jinshi places, these people have to fight like an army across a single-plank bridge.
No Jinshi who can fight their way out of the academy is easy to deal with. The breadth and depth of knowledge are far greater than those of the Imperial Academy students.
Zhu Yunye feels this the most. He often encounters officials who were born in the Imperial College when they have not yet figured out how to become an official.
By this time, officials with academy background were already able to handle various government affairs skillfully and properly.
Some are even able to identify the shortcomings of past yamen and come up with more reasonable strategies.
Let me ask, who could not like such a subordinate?
Therefore, officials from academies are the most popular among officials at all levels in the court, and they are also the fastest promoted.
Sometimes the officials who were born in the academy have been promoted from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, but the officials who were born in the Imperial College cannot even handle simple government affairs in the yamen.
Therefore, Zhu Yunye, a student of the academy, was reluctant to let Zhu Zhanji take away everything. When Han Du made this posture, he had to pay attention.
"America is so good? There shouldn't be too many people willing to go there, right?" Zhu Yunye was a little undecided and said hesitantly: "America is tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, and even traveling a few hundred miles requires a lot of effort. There shouldn’t be many brave people in the Ming Dynasty who want to go there, right?”
"Hmph!" Han Du laughed angrily, "Your Majesty, the academy students are not ordinary people. They are young, curious, and have a spirit of exploration. They want to know how vast the world is and how big the sea is. "
"Ordinary people will definitely be afraid of the sea and dare not go to America rashly. But academy students are different..." As he spoke, Han Du sighed slightly and said helplessly: "I'm sure that as long as Zhu Zhanji can lure people away by telling them about all kinds of strange things in America."
Zhu Yunye still didn't realize the importance of the problem. He thought that academy students were the same as ordinary people?
Since the establishment of the academy
From the beginning, Han Du consciously or unconsciously encouraged students to conduct exploration and research. It’s not just about exploring knowledge, but also about human relationships, intrigues, and everything else.
It is precisely because of this that Han Du deliberately allowed Zhu Zi to cheat in the academy.
Anyway, in Han Du's opinion, if students suffer a loss in the academy and are watched by a group of gentlemen, no matter how much they go too far, nothing will happen. It is much lighter and better than suffering a loss in official circles.
Of course, what happened later was completely beyond Han Du's expectations. The students who can enter the academy are all talented people. If they are caught off guard and suffer a loss, they will naturally find a way to get it back after discovering that the academy is in trouble.
So much so that now that the students have been in the academy for five years, when they leave, each of them seems to have been tempered. If they don't lie to others, they are doing good deeds.
"That's it...what should we do..." Zhu Yunye laughed awkwardly, muttered in a low voice, and subconsciously looked away, not daring to look at Han Du.
Han Du immediately noticed something strange about Zhu Yunye and was slightly startled. He quickly asked: "Why did the emperor say this?"
Seeing that Zhu Yunye didn't answer and turned his face away in embarrassment, Han Du suddenly realized something in his heart. He stood up and looked at him in surprise: "Isn't it true that the emperor has already promised Zhu Zhanji?"
"Ahem..." Zhu Yunye was even more embarrassed to look into Han Du's eyes, so he had no choice but to nod his head and defend himself: "I didn't expect it to be like this..."
Han Du sat back on the Jindun in vain and looked at Zhu Yunye dissatisfied, not wanting to say a word.
Seeing Han Du’s attitude
, Zhu Yunye was filled with regret and stammered when he spoke, "I thought Daming was much better than Xinming, so no one would be willing to go..."
Seeing that Han Du's expression remained the same, Zhu Yunye immediately changed his reason: "You don't know, Zhu Zhanji was very pitiful, saying that Xinming's life was very sad, and he asked me to help them for the sake of my father. Bundle......"
