Under the big banyan tree in the Huang Mansion, the family chatted happily. Little Apple curiously asked about the war in the south. Chang Yu answered all questions. Everyone listened attentively, sometimes sighing and sometimes exclaiming. Unknowingly, the sky was already dark, and Su Chenghuang was about to start his battle. During dinner, Chang Yu told him that he would go back to the palace and come back for a reunion dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Although everyone was reluctant to give up, they had no choice. Qiao Heling took Chang Yu's hand and said, "Brother Chang, let me show you some punches."
"Okay." Chang Yu looked at it very intently. The childish look on the face of the kid who was less than ten years old was still there but he was punching like a tiger. He couldn't help feeling that the tiger father had no dog son. After all, he had trained the kind of Song Mailun. The master of a peerless master.
Qiao Heling is very talented in martial arts. After a punch, his face does not change and he is out of breath. This is the power of Neijiquan. It is extremely difficult to do this at such a young age. Chang Yu clapped his hands and praised: " You can look forward to the future, you can look forward to the future, but kung fu pays attention to actual combat. If you have nothing to do, go out and fight more, as long as you don't kill anyone, your father will have money to pay for it anyway." These words were half true and half joking. Everyone couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, and they were really thinking. Youthful mind.
When Mrs. Qiao heard the young eunuch mention her husband, she finally couldn't help it anymore: "Sir, Sanxiu, he..."
Qiao Sanxiu is Chang Yu's personal attendant. He went south with Chang Yu to fight a month ago. He should have returned to Beijing at this time. This time the young eunuch returned home but did not see him. Mrs. Qiao was naturally very worried. .
"Master Qiao has official business and it's a little slow to return to Beijing by water, but he should return to Beijing in three to five days at most. Madam, don't worry." After hearing Chang Yu's words, Madam Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.
It was already dark after leaving the Huang Mansion. Song Luoyu followed Chang Yu who had his hands behind his back: "Master Governor, where are you going now?"
Return to the palace.
As the eunuch of Dongchang, although Chang Yu cannot know everything about the world, if there is any trouble in the palace, it will be reported to his ears immediately, and even the emperor's daily life and government affairs that day.
For example, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen had been busy all day and was still not free yet.
As the king of a country, Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very busy. In the morning, he listened to officials reporting on the troubles in the world, and at the same time discussed how to provide disaster relief and fight against the famine. He heard that Chang Yu promoted sweet potatoes and potatoes to deal with the famine. The officials also talked about it. Some people thought that it would last for a long time. Some people think that this move cannot solve the urgent need. Of course, some people are dismissive of it. They all look forward to his return to Beijing thinking that he has some good strategies. But this is the result? , and then you were criticized by some people, you are so good, you can use a trick.
After the morning meeting, they discussed with the cabinet bosses the military merits of the royal body. As expected by Emperor Chongzhen, these old fools first objected and then agreed. They looked like they were being forced, but in fact they just wanted to sell their favor.
They themselves knew very well that in terms of military achievements, they said they were discussing with them, but in fact they were just going through the motions. Today's emperor is no longer the emperor who was at their mercy half a year ago, because he has confidence, and this confidence comes from the man who can fight. A little eunuch who can calculate and deceive people.
When Chang Yu entered the palace, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Shi Kefa, Li Banghua and others to discuss military affairs at Qianqing Gate. In fact, they were listening to Shi Kefa's reporting work on going south to quell the rebellion.
When the eunuch inside the Qianqing Gate saw Chang Yu entering the palace, he hurriedly greeted him: "Master Du Gong, the emperor will summon the Minister of History, and I will go and inform you..."
"No need" Chang Yu waved his hand: "Let's go and greet the queen."
Queen Zhou, who was chatting with Princess Kunxing in Kunning Palace, learned that Chang Yu was coming, and hurried out of the palace to greet her. For her, perhaps the closest person to her in the entire Ming Dynasty besides her children was the one who saved the old Zhu family from the fire. She was a little eunuch, and she didn’t believe that Chang Yu really came to say hello because he was too busy.
Chang Yu finally met the wow girl in his heart, Princess Zhu Ainao of Kunxing.
Everyone has a lustful heart. Princess Kunxing is delicate and elegant, aloof, a little pitiful and a little lovable. All men will feel admiration for her.
But Chang Yu's love for Princess Kunxing is not just between a man and a woman, because he has heard and read too many stories about this tragic princess in his previous life. In his heart, Zhu Yu'ao is by no means just a princess, but more of a symbol of the Ming Dynasty. Tragedy and tragedy, for all Ming fans, her existence is a kind of spiritual sustenance, which means that Ming Dynasty is not dead yet!
So when Chang Yu first entered the palace and met Princess Kunxing, he secretly vowed to protect her and take her out of the palace. That determination was by no means a lustful impulse, but a kind of spiritual sustenance. Protecting her would be It's like protecting Ming Dynasty.
This kind of feeling is a contradiction between extremely complex and extremely simple. Of course, he also understands that the future between himself and this princess is dark. Due to the limitations of the times, they cannot be together, at least not openly. This is the bottom line, a He can't be upright as a princess, let alone a princess!
But, why think so much? Now this beauty like a flower is standing in front of him, looking at him with a half-smile. This is already very satisfying.
Because it was this time in history, Princess Kunxing was in the darkest time of her life, and she died in depression a few months later.
Chang Yu really didn't come specifically to pay his respects to Queen Zhou, but to discuss the establishment of a school.
Why do you want to find Queen Zhou? Because what he wants to build is a royal school. Firstly, it has great influence. Secondly, it has great appeal.
To put it bluntly, it means that others don't dare to talk nonsense, but it can also attract business and investment, and at the same time it can gain fame and reputation for the royal family. It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone.
After telling the whole plan, Queen Zhou agreed, but... she spread her hands and said, "It's not that I don't want to do it, but I am actually short of money."
Empress Zhou cried about being poor, but it is also true. Some time ago, she invested a sum of money to invest in Daming Bank. She really didn’t have any money on hand. Some people may wonder, she couldn’t be so poor with internal funds. Chang Yu also bought it for Emperor Chongzhen. Got a lot of money.
Everyone, please don’t forget that most of the money Chang Yu got for Emperor Chongzhen was put into the national treasury, instead of going to the emperor’s personal money like Wei Zhongxian did. Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen did have some money left in his house, but have you ever thought about it? His family has a large business and supports tens of thousands of people.
That's right, the emperor paid for the food, drinks, and wages of the tens of thousands of people in the palace out of his own pocket! These are not expenditures from the state treasury.
But Chang Yu had already thought about it. All he wanted was the Queen to take the lead, the Royal Academy as a sign, and then raise donations himself. Even if the nobles were old and sophisticated, it was more or less for the sake of the Royal Academy and Chang Yu. They would donate some, and the ordinary wealthy gentry would be very enthusiastic.
Don't ask why, rich people sometimes want to be famous, especially businessmen with little status at this time. They need a sense of recognition even more, not to mention donating to the Royal Academy, which requires a monument of merit.
After hearing this, Queen Zhou also thought this was a good idea: "Then I will squeeze out two thousand taels of silver..."
Chang Yu shook his head gently: "Queen, at least one hundred thousand, to attract jade. The bigger your bricks, the more exquisite the jade. I will return this money to you afterwards."
But Queen Zhou still had a sad look on her face: "It's hard to come up with a hundred thousand dollars at once unless you retreat or not..."
"Mother, my child still has some money left. I think there are several thousand, and I am willing to donate it." Zhu Yuyao, who was listening in the audience, mustered up the courage to say. Chang Yu gave him an approving look, then frowned and sighed: "How much can the queen raise at most?" come out?"
"At most thirty to fifty thousand." Queen Zhou thought for a moment, and Chang Yu shook his head: "Let the remaining ministers find a way."
Some people may also be wondering, Chang Yu is just borrowing the Queen's name, how much money she spends as an introduction will be returned in the end. Since the Queen is short of money, why doesn't he pay for it himself? After all, Chang Yu has a lot of private money!
Chang Yu has a lot of money, but it is not as much as he imagined. However, he can still get out one hundred thousand taels, but he does not want Ah Xing to let the emperor know that he has so much money. Although the money is private money, it is still money. The money he used to subsidize the army was used to raise soldiers. For him, in this troubled world, no matter who is poor or hungry, he cannot be poor and his soldiers are hungry!
What if he exposes so much private money and Emperor Chongzhen asks him to "borrow" it? And how do you explain where you got so much money?
While he was talking, Emperor Chongzhen came unexpectedly. He knew something was going on when he heard that Chang Yu had entered the palace. This was a good thing that he praised very much when he heard that Chang Yu was coming to build a school to house out-of-school children and orphans. After all, it reflected the emperor's great kindness. He also heard that instead of focusing on the Four Books and Five Classics, he wanted to rejuvenate the country through science and education. He immediately became interested and asked Chang Yu to give him some popular science.
After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen let out a long sigh: "You are right. The country is peaceful and the people are safe, but you don't realize it. However, when the country is in crisis, you will know that it is useless to be a scholar. No matter how familiar you are with the Four Books and Five Classics, no matter how good your poems, songs and poems are, you will be better than the country." What’s the use of the people? If you want a strong country, you need a strong people and a strong army.”
This royal school must be established! Chongzhen was equally determined.
But when it came to silver, he kept staring at Chang Yu.
Come on, as expected, there is no Queen Zhou who is easy to fool. Chang Yu gritted his teeth and said: The royal family only has a name but no money. He will pay for the 100,000 bricks used to attract jade.
"Your Majesty, the house you gave me has been packed up. I plan to move in in a few days. I would like to say hello to you first." Chang Yu sighed, and Emperor Chongzhen smiled. He knew that Chang Yu wanted the money. Where did it come from? Even Queen Zhou and Zhu Aona understood it and covered their mouths and chuckled.
However, Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to take on this problem, so he naturally changed the topic: In addition to hardware facilities, preparing a school also requires many teachers. How to solve this problem.
Chang Yu said three words: "Guozijian"
Emperor Chongzhen was convinced immediately!
There are so many college students in the Imperial Academy, so they don’t need to be used in vain. As long as teaching in the Imperial Academy is used as a channel to gilt their career, many people will flock to them. For example, after teaching for a certain period, you can be awarded the Hanlin Academy Shujishi, which is generally only Jinshi. Only then do we have the opportunity, not to mention that we can still receive some salary subsidies.
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