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Chapter 824: Sympathy for the Deformed Young Lord, Understanding the People's Sufferings, Breaking the Old Rules, and Creating a New Chapter
Another spring has come, some are happy and some are sad. Zhao Nanxing feels that he is the saddest person, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty knows very well that Zhao Nanxing is not sad at all.

When he returned to Jiangnan, the fact that he was beaten by Ningyuan Hou might still be a topic of conversation for him and a bargaining chip for him to continue negotiating with the powerful and wealthy people in Jiangnan.

After all, being beaten is a kind of certification and label that is not liked by the authorities, and it will receive a certain degree of popularity.

When someone asked about the price, he could proudly say: I was beaten by Ning Yuan Hou!
Meanness is the passport of the mean. As long as Zhao Nanxing is shameless enough, this is also one of his selling points. As long as he is a scholar and has this shamelessness, he can cash in on it.

The morality advocated by these scholar-officials is often no different from that of prostitutes in brothels who say they sell their art but not their bodies. If they don't sell their bodies, it's probably because they haven't agreed on the price. If the price is agreed, the scholar-officials can also sell their morality and talk about the beatings they got over and over again.

How many lowly scholars will complain about the slightest injustice for their entire lives.

Even if the local government was afraid of the emperor's will and did not allow Zhao Nanxing to continue to gather for talks and lectures, as a juren, he had certain qualifications for tax exemption, and as long as he registered his land and borrowed it from others, he could still live the life of a wealthy man.

What is really sad is the deformed families in the poorhouse. Because they are born with defects, no one will adopt them even if they enter the poorhouse. Moreover, the conditions in the poorhouse are a bit poor. When they fall sick, no one will take care of them, and there is no medicine. For many diseases, a bowl of hot water is enough, but there is not even that.

He even suffered from bullying by other children in the orphanage, was deprived of food, and his health deteriorated. Finally, he died in a corner where no one cared about him.

Even in the orphanage, most of the deformed children did not grow up to adulthood.

Before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yijun would visit the orphanage. There were a large number of official residences in the East and West Shefan Temples and the orphanage. When winter came, many people would go there to spend the winter. It was one of the rare warmth under the feudal monarchy.

Personal visits by the emperor, empress and crown prince were the established practices of Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestors. Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of ​​setting up orphanages in various prefectures, states and counties was actually very simple. It was to provide a place for poor people to go when they were desperate, and they would not rise up and overthrow the Zhu family's empire if they had a place to go.

There were limited official residences in the poorhouse, and all expenses depended on donations. In addition, some morally corrupt people took advantage of the situation to embezzle money, and the poorhouses in various places gradually became places of filth and corruption. Most of the money and food donated could not be given to these children.

Zhu Yijun followed the laws passed down by his ancestors. He came here once a year. He did not dare to say that he could make the orphanage completely clean, but it could always be cleaner. At least when he came, these deformed and unhealthy children could have a bite of meat during the New Year.

In order to please the emperor or show their loyalty, some powerful and wealthy people would donate some money and grain the day before the emperor's arrival to let the emperor see that their family was a philanthropic family. For example, the Yao family in Xitucheng and the Mi family in Beitucheng would donate a large sum of money and grain every year, about two thousand silver coins.

As the top leader on the list, Zhu Yijun could see the money and grain they donated every year.

Zhu Yijun was very clear that what he had done in the past fifteen years was actually nothing big.

It neither helped the Ming Dynasty to get out of the dilemma of the dynastic cycle, nor did it change the world. The world was still the feudal monarchy. It was just that some repairs were made on the original framework to allow the Ming Dynasty to continue to exist.

"Dad, he and I are both human beings, there is no difference."

"After I learned martial arts, I also ate voraciously. My mother and grandmother scolded me, saying that I had no manners, but I was hungry and he was hungry too." Zhu Changzhi suddenly pointed at a child who was eating voraciously and said something that surprised Zhu Yijun!
The child that Zhu Changzhi was referring to was probably only eight years old, with a very ferocious face and one eye missing, which made him look even more terrifying. But he was very thin, and it was obvious that his situation in the orphanage was not good. He was probably one of the people who was ostracized.

The world of children is not all about fighting and winning, but also about forming cliques and factions. A child like him who is fierce and disobedient naturally has few friends.

After Zhu Changzhi practiced martial arts, he was punished for eating too fast. Empress Dowager Li was a generation apart, and Wang Yaozhuo felt distressed, but in the end she couldn't control him, and the matter was left unresolved, and Wang Yaozhuo died with Zhu Changzhi.

The Ming Dynasty etiquette had very clear regulations on the eating habits of the princes. It was not only regarded as a personal misconduct, but also as a potential threat to social order.

"The Book of Rites: Quli" clearly stipulates: Do not knead the rice, do not put the rice aside, do not sip, do not chew the food, and do not gnaw the bones. In other words, do not knead the rice balls when eating, do not put the eaten rice back into the rice container, do not swallow with big mouthfuls of drool, do not make any noise, and do not chew the bones and make noise, otherwise it will be impolite.

The "Boy's Etiquette" clearly stipulates that one must hold the spoon and chopsticks properly when eating and drinking, and not show any sign of wastefulness.

Empress Dowager Li had corrected Zhu Yijun's manners many times, but she had never corrected Zhu Yiliu's improper manners while eating. In Empress Dowager Li's view, the emperor should pay attention to etiquette, and Prince Lu's attention to etiquette disrupted the social order.

It was after Zhu Xi that dining etiquette gradually evolved into a threat to social order. Zhu Xi specifically pointed out in his "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books" that the cultivation of virtue is not just about nourishing the mouth and body.

That is to say, when eating, etiquette should be put first, which can cultivate moral character rather than satisfying the desire for food.

From then on, dining etiquette became related to virtue.

Zhu Yijun reached out his hand, touched Zhu Changzhi's head, and said solemnly: "Zhi'er, you have to remember what you said, understand?"

"Yeah." Zhu Changzhi nodded vigorously. He didn't know why his father was so serious, but he knew that this was what he saw and thought, and he would always remember it.

Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "Zhi'er, how about letting him be your sparring partner? He can go in and out of the palace with the sons of the guards and live in the official residence. Although he has lost an eye, if you rescue him from the orphanage, he will fight for you in the future."

"Like Uncle Luo?" Zhu Changzhi thought for a moment and remembered Luo Sigong. The tall and strong Luo Sigong was the emperor's last reliance. Now he was fully responsible for Zhang Juzheng's safety in the Quan Chu Guild Hall.

Zhu Yijun nodded and warned, "Well, don't call me uncle in public from now on, or those censors will keep pestering me."

Zhu Changzhi respected Luo Sigong very much for being willing to risk his life to protect his father, but when outside, he would consider the relationship between the emperor and his subjects and would not shout at him like that.

This may also be the reason why Luo Sigong became more loyal when he grew up. Children are ignorant and everything they say is taught by adults. Zhu Changzhi respects him because his emperor father respects him very much.

"Okay." Zhu Changzhi didn't understand the deeper meaning of his father's arrangement, but he knew that his father was doing it for his own good.

Zhu Yijun had twenty sparring partners, ten sons of honorary guards, and ten eunuchs, all of whom were the same age as him.

Zhu Yijun trusted the commander Zhao Mengyou, and Zhao Mengyou rejected countless temptations, all because of his eldest son Zhao Zhenyuan, who was also the emperor's sparring partner and was now in charge of tax inspection in the Northern Pacification Office.

Ten honorary titles and ten eunuchs were assigned to important positions. For example, the third ancestor Li Yougong was the internal minister of the governor-general of the expedition against Japan.

Zhu Changzhi also had a sparring partner, but Zhu Yijun always felt that there was missing someone who could fight hard for Zhu Changzhi.

Zhu Yijun gave Feng Bao some instructions, and after the one-eyed child finished his meal, Feng Bao called him before the emperor. The child was a little frightened, and knelt on the ground, trembling.

These are very important people. Even those adults in the orphanage, who usually have their noses on the top of their heads, can only bow down and grovel when they see these important people.

"You will follow Zhi'er from now on. What's your name? How old are you? Where are you from?" Zhu Yijun smiled what he thought was a warm smile and said, "Don't be nervous."

"I am Qian San, a commoner from Daming Prefecture. I am eight years old. My parents died of the epidemic, and I have a younger sister." Qian San bowed again, hesitated for a while and said, "Can I take my younger sister with me? She is six years old."

"What if I don't agree?" Zhu Yijun was a little curious. In the world of an eight-year-old child, which is more important, escaping from the sea of ​​suffering or having family?

Qian San took a deep breath, bowed again, and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I...can't leave."

Qian San has experienced too much suffering in the world and has tasted the fickleness of the world. He knows very well that he is facing tremendous wealth, but he still cares about his little sister.

"That's fine." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "From now on, you can be called Qian Zhizhong."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qian San kowtowed repeatedly.

His sister is only six years old, and she is a beauty. Beauty lies in the bones, not in the skin. You can see her beauty from a young age.

After a brief understanding, Zhu Yijun quickly understood why Qian Zhizhong was excluded.

Some people offered some money to adopt Qian Xiaomei. It was said to be adoption, but it was actually selling her. Qian Sanda probably saw that these people had bad intentions, so he tried his best to stop them, so Qian Xiaomei was not adopted.

Qian San's obstruction was useless because the New Year was approaching and according to the usual practice, the emperor would definitely come. The adults in the orphanage did not dare to act recklessly.

"Let's go into the palace together and be Zhier's playmate." Zhu Yijun said nonchalantly, it's just a matter of having one more person to eat with.

Zhu Yijun's main purpose was to find someone who was absolutely loyal to Zhu Changzhi and who was willing to sacrifice his life at a critical moment. This was very important.

If the Taoist priest had not been protected by Lu Bing, he would have died in the fire long ago.

Lu Bing's house was built by Li Wei, the father of Empress Dowager Li. At that time, Li Wei was not yet the Earl of Wuqing, but a craftsman named Li Wei.

It was also during that time when the house was being renovated that Li Wei asked Lu Bing to send his daughter to Prince Yu's Mansion. Later, the daughter became Empress Dowager Li because of her son's status.

After Lu Bing's death, the counterattack against him began. When Dao Ye was still alive, he could still protect him.

Lu Bing's son Lu Yi was afraid of being impeached by both the government and the public, so he wanted to give the mansion to Wuqing Earl Li Wei and seek protection from Li Wei. But before he could do so, the Taoist priest left. After that, no one protected Lu Yi anymore, so the Lu family was confiscated by Emperor Longqing to quell the criticism.

After this incident, the Jinyiwei was completely devastated. Even the Lu family, who tried their best to protect Emperor Shizong, ended up like this. If you fight for the emperor, you must always consider the consequences.

Amid the huge political turmoil, Lu Yi managed to save his life, as well as the hereditary title of General Anyuan and the inactive commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

After many twists and turns, the house finally fell into Li Wei's hands.

This house is called Tsinghua Garden, also known as Li Garden and the First Garden in the capital. During the transition from Ming to Qing Dynasties, the house was burned down. The Tsinghua Garden of later generations was renovated on the remains of this house.

Tsinghua Garden draws spring water from the West Mountain to form a lake in the garden. The area within a radius of more than ten miles is all gardens. The garden is fully equipped with pavilions and terraces, and there is a magnificent view of willow embankments and a sea of ​​flowers.

Li Wei is a man who knows how to enjoy life. He planted willow embankments along the lake for 20 miles, and there are countless beautiful stones from Lingbi, Taihu and Jinchuan, thousands of peonies and tens of thousands of peonies. It is not an exaggeration to call it a sea of ​​flowers.

There is another large house opposite Tsinghua Garden, Shaoyuan owned by the Anhua Mi family. In the sixth year of Wanli, wealthy families moved to Beijing. The Anhua Mi family moved to Beijing the following year and began to build it in the western suburbs. They bought the land, which was not as large as Tsinghua Garden, but was also extremely exquisite.

Zhu Yijun had always wanted to find a reason to confiscate these two houses and build a school.

Li Wei should have seen through the emperor's plan. After the emperor became a young man, Li Wei no longer dared to do anything wrong by relying on his status. If he continued to do so, he would not even be able to keep the mansion.

When the emperor was young, the country was in chaos and it was okay for him to act recklessly. But now that the emperor has grown up, if Li Wei continues to do evil, no one can stop him.

Neither can Empress Dowager Li.

Shanxi Governor Zhou Liangyin, as a foreign official who was to meet the emperor this year, hurried back to the capital on New Year's Eve. It was not because he was disrespectful and deliberately late, but because of the sudden heavy snow, the roads were blocked, and the Jiayuguan Road was delayed because of ice. After Zhou Liangyin bathed and changed clothes at Huitongguan Inn, he immediately went to Tonghe Palace to meet the emperor. He had already delayed the Danchi to ask questions about government affairs. If he met the emperor another year later, it would be disrespectful.

New Year’s Eve is still before the New Year, and the audience before the New Year is still to wish Your Majesty a happy new year.

"Your Majesty, I, Zhou Liangyin, pay my respects to you. Long live Your Majesty. I am late in arriving, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." Zhou Liangyin entered the imperial study and immediately performed the grand ceremony to meet the emperor. He came in a hurry, and his breathing was a little rapid.

Hurrying and hurrying, I finally caught up.

Zhou Liangyin was still a little afraid. With one memorial he submitted, he offended both General Qi and Ningyuan Marquis Li Chengliang. This made him no longer an ordinary censor.

It was only after he had worked in Daning Wei and behind Hou Yuzhao for ten years that he had the hard-earned opportunity to reform himself.

If you can have the opportunity to change the way you live once in your life, you are already blessed by God.

"No crime, no formalities." Zhu Yijun raised his hand and said, "Hurry up and sit down. Zhang Daban, bring a hot water bottle for Zhou Aiqing to warm his hands. It's freezing cold and his hands are red. Bring a cup of good tea."

"Yes." Zhang Hong served the right dishes to the right person. If this was his beloved minister, then he would serve the best tribute tea. If it was a minister that the emperor didn't like, he wouldn't even serve him a cup of horse urine.

Zhu Yijun leaned to one side and said, "Hou Yuzhao is in the capital. He will go to Zhejiang to be the governor after the new year. We will be colleagues in the future, so we should visit each other more often."

"Don't provoke Ning Yuan Hou, he's still mad at you. Zhao Nanxing was just talking nonsense and got beaten up. Ask Hou Yuzhao to say a few good words for you, and the feud will be over. Ning Yuan Hou is a generous man and won't be too fussy."

"As the old saying goes, it's better to resolve a feud than to create one."

What Zhao Nanxing and Zhou Liangyin did were almost exactly the same. They fought hard on the front line and stirred up trouble in the back. Zhou Liangyin was exiled because he was an official, while Zhao Nanxing was just a civilian, so the way they were treated was different.

Some grudges cannot be reconciled in one's lifetime unless the emperor speaks out.

"I obey your order." Zhou Liangyin pondered over this sentence seriously.

Your Majesty is very satisfied with his work as the governor of Shanxi, otherwise there would be no good tea;
Your Majesty allowed him to interact with Hou Yu Zhao, which meant that he could also make progress and become a colleague in the future;

His Majesty asked him to go to Hou Yu Zhao to make peace, but the peacemaker was not Hou Yu Zhao but His Majesty;

Zhou Liangyin was originally a member of the Jin Party and a lowly Confucian scholar. He was not Hou Yu Zhao. He understood the ways of the world very well. Precisely because he understood, he knew very well that Your Majesty valued Hou Yu Zhao, who was loyal to the emperor and the country, more than Zhou Liangyin, who returned to the right path.

If something really happens to Hou Yu Zhao, Your Majesty will definitely do his best to protect him. Whatever trouble Zhou Liangyin makes, he will have to bear it himself.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Zhou Liangyin bowed again. General Qi was a really generous person, and he didn't like to turn the knife inward, so he wouldn't do anything to him, but it was hard to say about Li Chengliang.

"You have done a great job in clearing out redundant staff in Shanxi. I heard from Liang Menglong that you can complete the task of clearing out redundant staff in Shanxi next year. I don't understand how you did it." Zhu Yijun sat up straight and got down to business.

The serious problem of redundancy in the Ming Dynasty government has been a chronic problem for more than just one or two years.

It is not easy to cut out the rotten sore. Zhu Yijun feels that it is impossible to do it. It is as difficult as cutting off one's own hands or feet.

And it was indeed difficult. It took two attempts to remove the rotten flesh in Guangling County. However, in the past year or so, Zhou Liangyin actually dug out the rotten flesh in Datong Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture and other places.

These are the two most difficult places in Shanxi. After removing these two places, the rest will be much easier.

"Just as the censor said, I am eliminating dissidents." Zhou Liangyin answered this question cautiously, because there was a high degree of overlap between the Jin Party and people with nepotism and those who ate idle meals but did not work in the yamen, and what the censor said was true.

Zhou Liangyin first admitted his mistake and confirmed that the censors' accusations were true. He was an official from outside the capital, in Datong Prefecture, not in the capital. The censors in the capital were so arrogant that they could turn black into white. He took a humble attitude and put himself in the position of a victim.

This portrays himself as the weaker party, achieving the effect of "I, Zhou Liangyin, am loyal to my duties. I just don't understand why the more you do, the more injustice you suffer, since we are all doing the court's work."

Zhou Liangyin could see that the emperor was very satisfied with him, so he confessed his guilt without making any statement or defense, which was also a means of self-protection.

Hou Yuzhao didn't know any of these, but he was loyal to the emperor and the country.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "It is difficult to simply eliminate dissidents. After all, not all the idlers in the government office are from the Jin Party. If these censors can do it, I will also ask them to eliminate dissidents."

As some people leave, others come. It is impossible to eliminate the factions by banding together to attack dissidents. It may even lead to fighting for the sake of fighting. Zhu Yijun did not agree with the impeachment of the censors.

Eliminating dissidents can lead to the elimination of the system. If there were such a good thing, the two Song dynasties would not have been so troubled by the three redundancies and two accumulations. As for party and faction persecution, none in all dynasties was as serious as the two Song dynasties.
"It's actually quite simple. When you're eliminating people, you first eliminate the people who are doing the work. When no one is doing the work in the yamen anymore, wait until everyone can't stand it anymore, and then you just need to form a new yamen with the people who were eliminated before." Zhou Liangyin talked about his method of eliminating people. He thought for a moment and added, "It's easy if you face death with equanimity and leave a suicide note."

"I am only relying on the emperor's grace."

Zhou Liangyin’s words were very direct. He was actually gambling with his life. This was the biggest premise.

Zhou Liangyin bet his own life on the poker table. If he won, he would be loyal to the emperor and the country, but if he lost, he would die. As a governor and a frontier official, how could Your Majesty not investigate further?
If he loses, the powerful and wealthy, local gentry, their mouthpieces and interest representatives who refuse to obey his orders will also have to die together, and the elimination can still be successful.

This is why Zhou Liangyin dared to gamble. He might lose, but his opponent would definitely die. It was His Majesty who gave Zhou Liangyin this confidence.

The emperor's character is known to the world. If he is willing to be decent, everyone can be decent. If he is not willing to be decent, then no one can live like this!

When Your Majesty really makes up his mind to lead the Beijing Army to conquer the whole world again, things will become easier for the people doing the work below.

This is political responsibility.

We need courage, determination to make progress and resolution to make drastic changes, but we also need to come up with specific solutions for specific problems. It sounds simple, but in fact, it is still very complicated. Elimination is divided into three steps.

After all the clerks on duty in the yamen were thoroughly investigated, they were all dismissed; the dismissed clerks were then hired to work in a new yamen, with the old and new clerks running side by side; when the new yamen was able to operate, all the old clerks were directly dismissed.

The art of grafting.

Zhou Liangyin did not hide anything, and what happened in Guangling County was repeated in Datong Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture.

After all the working clerks were laid off, the government offices in the two places were directly paralyzed. Some of them were unemployed at home, or even had been dead for many years, while their family members were still receiving salaries, and they were simply unable to perform their duties.

However, the expansion of local officials required the approval of the governor. They were not allowed to recruit people, those who worked were laid off, and those who were just sitting there doing nothing were unable to perform their duties. These yamen had to secretly set up new yamen and secretly bring back the officials who had been laid off before. In order to resolutely implement the instructions issued by the governor and in order to avoid being discovered by the governor, they could only do it secretly.

Governor Zhou Liangyin discovered very 'accidentally' that the people who were doing the work were still on duty. After serious consideration and careful reflection, he rescinded the order to eliminate the workers.

At this point, it was actually just a broken window. After this incident, everyone suddenly realized that the government office did not need so many clerks, so many miscellaneous officials, and so many yamen runners to maintain its operations, and it could be more efficient.

This is to reach a consensus and also to play hard to get in the next step.

For the powerful and wealthy and their minions, resistance is effective. The governor cannot sit idly by and watch the government become ineffective and paralyzed. The problem of redundant staff will immediately become worse.

The word "letting go" in order to get is a step that makes him crazy.

The authority of the governor was challenged, and the governor was unable to manage the problem of redundant staff. After all, it was public money. In just a few months, the number of redundant officials and staff rapidly increased. In the end, even the powerful and wealthy locals in Taiyuan and Datong could not stand it anymore, and the elimination was once again precise.

After all, the first round of screening has already been completed, and it is clear who the government office needs.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Zhou." Zhu Yijun said cheerfully, "After you leave Tonghe Palace, remember to visit Wang Ci Fu and Wang Jia Ping, the Minister Wang. They are both nobles, and it is not good to offend them even if you don't ask for anything."

Zhou Liangyin was originally a native of Jin and a member of the Jin Party, but he was an abandoned pawn. The plaques of the Jin Party were taken down and replaced by the Labor Party. Zhou Liangyin, the abandoned pawn, also severed his connection with the insignificant Jin Party of Wang Chonggu and Wang Jiaping.

The Jin Party had already fallen apart, and Zhou Liangyin had completely become a lost cause.

After Zhu Yijun said this, Zhou Liangyin had a reason to visit, and in this way, they established contact.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Zhou Liangyin bowed his head again, realizing that this was a clear path that His Majesty had pointed out for him. A career without someone to protect him would be like crossing the Flaming Mountains in the hottest days of summer, without even a place to get shade.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. The emperor's favor is of course important, but we cannot trouble His Majesty for everything, so we need help. But this mountain is not open to everyone who wants to enter. Without the emperor's order, who would dare to accept him, a defeated abandoned child?

Zhou Liangyin left Tonghe Palace. This time he went to Beijing to solve two problems that had been bothering him. The first was his past sins, and Hou Yuzhao ordered him to act as a peacemaker; the second was his future prospects, as he was now a member of the Pan-Labour Party.

Zhou Liangyin went to visit Hou Yuzhao, and followed Hou Yuzhao to visit Ningyuan Hou. For Hou Yuzhao's sake, Ningyuan Hou did not mention the past events and even prepared a meal for them, which made both the host and the guests enjoy themselves.

In the afternoon, Zhou Liangyin met with Wang Chonggu and Wang Jiaping under the pretext of New Year's greetings. He mentioned Tonghe Palace vaguely, but did not use his power to pressure them.

We are all thousand-year-old foxes. Zhou Liangyin vaguely mentioned Tonghe Palace, which was tantamount to making it clear that His Majesty was very satisfied with the cleansing of Shanxi.

Wang Jiaping was naturally happy to accept it. The Labor Party needed to grow and develop in order to be reborn on the ruins of the Shanxi Party, and Zhou Liangyin was a very capable and honest official, and the more honest officials there were, the less likely they were to be too many.

"Song Shanyong, the instructor of Tianxiong Academy, has come to Beijing. Although he is only a juren and an instructor of Daming Prefecture, your majesty has ordered him to be the librarian of the Imperial Academy and specialize in the method of cultivating talents in academies. Talent cultivation is the future, and Song Shanyong is worth winning over." Wang Jiaping mentioned a name.

Song Shanyong worked as a teacher in Daming Prefecture, and he continued to work as a teacher in the capital. It is not easy to find a teacher who can cultivate talents.

Zhang Juzheng was very capable, and everyone admired his governance. However, the students he taught were not very good, and all of them opposed his new policies.

Wang Chonggu heard this and waved his hand, saying, "Don't think about it. Song Shanyong is the principal of the Beijing Normal School. This position was decided before Song Shanyong came to Beijing. In the Wanli Dynasty, as long as you have the ability, you will always have your own place."

Wang Jiaping had not yet entered the cabinet and was not very familiar with the direction of the court. Song Shanyong already had a place to go. The Imperial Normal School had been built, and after Song Shanyong took office, it began recruiting students in the spring of the following year.

The Dinghai school system is being implemented firmly.

(End of this chapter)