"Li Aiqing?" Seeing that Li Shou didn't say a word, Zhu Yunye's face looked a little ugly. Was this because he didn't want to give him the face of the emperor?
Li Shou was shocked and came to his senses. He was very unwilling to back down, so he cried again: "The thousand-year inheritance of the Emperor's Imperial College cannot be cut off in the hands of the old ministers!"
Zhu Yunye regretted it very much now. When Wang Yuanji resigned just now, he should have nodded and agreed, and should not have kept Wang Yuanji here.
With embarrassment on his face, he turned his head and looked towards Wang Yuanji.
Wang Yuanji understood this and immediately bowed his hands: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."
Zhu Yunye nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead, Wang Aiqing is loyal to the country and is truly a pillar of the imperial court."
While speaking, Zhu Yunye glanced back at Li Shou, and the meaning behind his words was beyond words.
Li Shou knew that his move was disrespectful, but he went all out. No matter what, he would not bear the infamy of causing the Imperial College to fall.
Wang Yuanji nodded and smiled without saying a word. After saluting, he left Qianqing Palace.
Wang Yuanji walked some distance towards the cabinet. Suddenly he stopped and turned around and walked towards the palace gate.
After a while, the indigo sedan stopped at the gate of the Zhenguo Palace, and Wang Yuanji opened the curtain and walked down.
"I've seen Mr. Chief Assistant." When the guard at the door saw him, he quickly ran forward to salute.
Wang Yuanji nodded slightly in return and asked directly: "Is the teacher in the house?"
"My lord, my father-in-law left early in the morning and probably went to the academy." The guard replied carefully.
Wang Yuanji came to Zhen Guogong Mansion very rarely, but every time he came, it was definitely for important matters. Therefore, the guards did not dare to neglect and waited cautiously.
"Sir, why don't you go in and wait for a while, and then I will report to the father-in-law?"
Wang Yuanji thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "No, it just so happens that I haven't been to the academy for a long time and I want to visit the academy.".z.
After speaking, Wang Yuanji turned around and got on the sedan, and whispered: "Go to the academy."
Seeing the sedan lifted up, the guard quickly waved and said, "Sir, please move slowly!"
When Wang Yuanji came to the academy, he couldn't help but smile when he saw the crowds at the main entrance in front of him. Without waiting for the bearer to ask, he directly ordered: "Go to the backyard."
The sedan turned around, avoiding the surging crowd, and walked into a path.
Wang Yuanji came to the door of the study and saw the teacher sitting inside. Seeing that the teacher did not notice his arrival, he knocked twice on the door with his fingers.
"teacher."
Han Du raised his head when he asked, and when he saw it was Wang Yuanji, a look of surprise appeared on his face, "Why are you here?"
Now that the Ming Dynasty is booming, its overseas territory is getting larger and larger, its population is growing, and more and more affairs need to be handled by his chief assistant every day.
Wang Yuanji hadn't visited him for a long time, but Han Du knew that he was too busy and had no intention of blaming him. He even reminded himself to try not to disturb him.
Now seeing Wang Yuanji appear at the door of the study, Han Du was very happy and quickly got up and invited him to sit inside personally.
Wang Yuanji was so flattered that he went in and sat down after refusing again and again.
While pouring him tea, Han Du asked curiously: "Why do you have time to come to the academy today? Could it be that you heard about the academy and came here out of curiosity?"
Although he said so, Han Du didn't think so in his heart.
The experiments displayed in the academy may seem miraculous to ordinary people, but to Wang Yuanji, they are very ordinary.
After all, he is also an academy graduate, and he has even done many of these experiments himself.
Wang Yuanji took the tea cup with both hands and smiled slightly: "Yes, and no."
Han Du was stunned for a moment and continued to ask: "Oh? What is going on?"
"That's it..." Wang Yuanji told Han Du in detail what Li Shou ran to the emperor to cry about today.
Han Du was silent after hearing this. He had been busy in the academy during this period.
Where do you have the extra energy to pay attention to the Imperial College?
Unexpectedly, an event organized by the academy actually stimulated Li Shou again, and he even ran to Zhu Yunye and cried. But is crying helpful? It's not like he hasn't cried before, and he hasn't seen Zhu Yunye pay attention to him.
No, you should still pay attention to him, because at least half of the Jinshi quota was taken away by him.
"What do you think?" Han Du raised his eyes and looked at Wang Yuanji, wanting to hear what he meant first.
"Disciple would like to hear what the teacher decided." Wang Yuanji chuckled, "If the teacher wants it, I am sure that the Imperial Academy will disappear."
Let the Imperial College disappear!
The domineering tone of these words completely failed to take into account the sacred place that has been passed down to many scholars for thousands of years.
This is the power of the Ming Dynasty's first assistant.
And Han Du also believed that he could not only do it, but also suppress all objections. This is the ability of Wang Yuanji, who has been the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.
Han Du did not answer directly, but slowly sat on the chair, picked up the tea cup and took a sip and asked: "What do you think of the current academy?"
"The flowers are blooming..." Wang Yuanji exclaimed, "But the fire is cooking the oil!"
"Oh?" Han Du couldn't help but look at him in surprise, quickly put down the tea cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "I thought you would say good things about the academy."
"Teacher, if you want to hear the disciple say good things about the academy, the disciple can say it from now until the evening without repeating it." Wang Yuanji laughed and joked, "But what's the use? It does no good to the academy."
Han Du nodded and waved his hand to stop him, "Then tell me, what are the shortcomings of the academy now."
Wang Yuanji quickly straightened his back and sat upright.
When Han Du saw it, he waved to him quickly, "Don't be so serious, relax, we are just chatting casually."
"Yes." Han Du said casually, but Wang Yuanji was not casual at all. He seemed to have a plan in mind and said directly: "The academy now is like a castle in the air. This is why the disciples say that burning fire cooks oil."
Han Du nodded noncommittally. He didn't hear Wang Yuanji's next words and looked up at him: "Continue."
Wang Yuanji took a deep breath and said: "Although the academy surpasses the Imperial College in many aspects, it is far inferior to the Imperial College in terms of benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust."
Han Du subconsciously nodded in agreement. The academy mainly teaches mathematics, physics and chemistry, and has very low moral requirements, or even no requirements at all.
From the time when Zhu Zi was able to thrive in the academy by relying on deception, we can see how low the academy's moral requirements are.
After looking at Han Du, Wang Yuanji said in a low voice: "In recent years, there have been many officials from the academy who have taken bribes and committed corruption. The disciples have dealt with several groups of people, and they are also said to not care about the friendship between classmates..."
"What did you say?" Before Wang Yuanji could finish speaking, Han Du interrupted him abruptly, "You said that many officials from the academy started to behave randomly?"
