I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 533 Visiting the Imperial College

"Okay, okay, send troops quickly to report victory to His Majesty!"

In the Liaodong Dusi Yamen, Xiong Tingbi listened to the messenger's report and looked at the good news in his hand. He was overjoyed and said several good words.Governor Yang Lian, Yushi Zhang Quan and others present were even more so.
"Marquis Taining is worthy of your Majesty's trust. This time the Beijing camp won the first battle. Not only did it capture Fushun, but it also captured Mang Gurtai, the leader of the Zhenglan Banner. Your Majesty will be extremely happy if he knows about it."

As Yang Lian spoke, he looked at the commander of the Jin Yiwei, Yang Yishan, who was on the side. From the victory report, it can be seen that the Jin Yiwei also played a major role in successfully capturing Fushun this time, so he said slowly:

"Yang Tongzhi, Chen Liangbi said in the victory report that the Han army Chen Liangce and others who were instigated by you to rebel made a great contribution this time. Not only did they secretly contact the government and army, they cooperated internally and externally to easily capture Fushun. They also instigated the rebellion of two Jia La'e of Zhenglan Banner. Really surrendering to me, the Ming Dynasty, is something that has never happened before. Now with them as an example, the other Eight Banners can do the same."

"Indeed, it seems that the Eight Banners are full of contradictions and are not monolithic. In my opinion, Chen Liang should be allowed to quickly escort Mang Gurtai to Liaoyang. We personally persuaded him. If he can surrender to the Ming Dynasty, we will definitely let him The Jianlu army was in a state of confusion."

Compared with the victory in Fushun, Xiong Tingbi was more concerned about capturing Mang Gurtai alive.

His status is noble, and if he is invaded, it will be a good opportunity to divide the established and captive people, and he must not let it go.Yang Lian nodded repeatedly when he heard this. At the same time, he also looked to the west and said slowly:
"It makes sense, but in my opinion, it doesn't matter whether Mang Gurtai surrenders or not. Once this news comes out, those who are waiting and watching around should also take action."
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When Xiong Tingbi, Chen Liangbi and others sent the inscription on the troops dispatched from the Liaodong front line to Zhu Youxiao's case, Zhu Youxiao knew that the war was about to break out.

However, compared with the anxiety before, he is much calmer now and is not as nervous as before.

He has made all the preparations he can, including money, food, soldiers and horses. As for other war planning and other matters, let Xiong Tingbi, Chen Liangbi and others do it. He only needs to take different measures according to different results. Just the countermeasures.

Outside the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City.

A dragon carriage carried by 32 people was parked in the Meridian Square. The four escorts including Tengxiang and Wuxiang and the eunuchs in the palace lined up in a rectangular procession to guard the sedan chair.

Liu Yishen, Sun Shenxing and other officials from the six cabinet departments stood in line behind the sedan and waited in line, apparently intending to travel with the emperor.

"Liaodong's question book is probably only here for a day or two. If it arrives, send someone to deliver it to me immediately. Don't delay."

With the support of Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao slowly sat on the dragon's tail, and then turned to give him solemn instructions.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, once there is news from the Military Aircraft Department, I will not hesitate to send it to you as soon as possible."

Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon boat and nodded slowly, then waved his hand and said:
"I know, let's get started."

The admiral Dongchang eunuch Wang Boyu, who was already waiting aside, waved his hand to Wei Zhongxian and shouted:

"Your Majesty has a decree to show you the Imperial Academy!"

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's edict, General Han and the four guards of Tengxiang cleared the way in Qianjing Street, followed by others, and the entire team slowly moved forward.

Last year, because Zhu Youxiao wanted to translate Western works, the Capital Tongwen Museum was also established.As a result, officials headed by Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, were extremely dissatisfied. Thanks to Shen Guan's cleverness, they came up with the idea of ​​building the Ming Dynasty Library and rebuilding the Imperial College to appease Sun Shenxing and others.

Unexpectedly, this matter was exactly what Sun Shenxing and others wanted, and they were very interested in reviving "education" in this way.

After more than half a year of construction, Sun Shenxing and others personally inspected the location and finally selected a site in the eastern suburbs to repair the house.They also re-recruited teachers, added subjects such as arithmetic, calendaring, and studying objects, re-identified the students of the Imperial College, strictly assessed them, and eliminated the fittest.

Although there were some contradictions such as Zhu Youxiao forcibly recruiting some Western teachers and teaching Western content, it was generally considered smooth.

Now that the Imperial College has been completed, the first batch of students have been recruited since last year.

Zhu Youxiao also began to fulfill his promise and went to the Imperial Academy in person to inspect or stand on the platform.

Zhu Youxiao and his party drove out from the Meridian Gate, then headed west, exited Chaoyang Gate and continued eastward.After walking for almost two sticks of incense, Zhu Youxiao could clearly see a large and tall archway standing in the distance on Longchu. It faced north and south, and the big characters on it were not very clear.

There were hundreds of people standing under the archway. When they saw the emperor Luan Jia coming, they quickly prepared their appearance and stepped forward to meet him.

"I, Liu Zongzhou of the Imperial College, have offered wine to the Imperial Academy and led the various divisions, supervisors, doctors and students of the Imperial Academy to pay homage to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."

With Wang Boyu's support, Zhu Youxiao slowly got off the Dragon Boat Festival. Only then did he see clearly what was written on the archway. They were three large gilt characters "Wenqu Street".He then walked up to Liu Zongzhou and others and said slowly:
"Be flat."

As he spoke, he looked at Liu Zongzhou. He had heard about this man for a long time. He was considered the last Confucian master in the Ming Dynasty and the leader of Neo-Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.But his achievements were limited to academics.

He did not make any great achievements in political affairs, so he resigned and returned home many times during the Wanli Dynasty.And as a Neo-Confucian master, he was very repulsive to Western learning.

Since Zhu Youxiao re-appointed Xu Guangqi, he has been writing to impeach Xu Guangqi and obstructing the cannon building.He also said that the country should be based on benevolence and righteousness, and that artillery and other artillery are just minor skills and should not be feared.Zhu Youxiao had a headache after seeing it, but there was nothing he could do.

The reason is that there were too many people in the Ming Dynasty who held Liu Zongzhou's views.Even if Liu Zongzhou is deposed, other Li Zongzhou and Zhang Zongzhou will come forward to oppose it. Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, is an example.

And compared with other corrupt scholars, Liu Zongzhou is considered good.After all, although he disapproved of Western learning, his personal conduct was still fine. At least he kept himself clean and did not form cliques for personal gain.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao also tolerated him and even specially asked him to serve as the Imperial College's sacrificial wine and do what he was best at.This way he would be clean and could appease conservatives like Liu Zongzhou.

"Liu Aiqing, please don't complain about my favoritism this time. I came to your Imperial College on my first inspection tour this year."

Liu Zongzhou has a thin face and a tall and straight figure.Seeing what the emperor said, he also bowed and said:

"Your Majesty is wise and wise. If Your Majesty hadn't repeatedly allocated funds from internal funds, the Imperial College would not have been able to expand so quickly. This time I personally came to inspect the Imperial College, and everyone in our Imperial College is honored."

Zhu Youxiao laughed when he heard this, then turned to Liu Yishen, Ye Xianggao, Sun Shenxing and others behind him and said:

"It's really not easy for Master Liu to praise me. It seems that my money was well spent."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Liu Zongzhou was right. The Ministry of Household Affairs did not pay a penny for the construction of the Imperial College. The 50 taels were all raised from internal funds.As the largest "financier" of the Imperial College, Liu Zongzhou had to give this face no matter what.

"Let's go, take me to see the Imperial College."

Liu Zongzhou immediately led all the teachers to lead the way. After passing the archway, everyone walked towards the Imperial Academy.

The street we walked on was called Wenqu Street.It is the main road to the Imperial College.

At the head of the street, there are four painted archways with carved beams and painted beams. They are all in the shape of two pillars rising to the sky. The whole body of the pillars is vermilion. The forehead squares are painted with golden dragons and brackets. There are kissing beasts on the ridges. The overall shape is unique, elegant and majestic. and appear.

According to Liu Zongzhou, in addition to this street, there is another east-west street called Chengxian Street.

These two streets intersect and converge. Many shops, bookstores, and dormitories are concentrated on the street to meet the most basic daily life of Imperial College students.

The intersection of the streets is the Imperial College.

Liu Zongzhou walked forward with Zhu Youxiao and others, and saw a huge archway in front of him. There were five characters "Emperor Imperial Academy" written on the banner to show that this was the location of the highest academic institution in the imperial court.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao entered, he knew how big the Imperial College was.

It faces south and is rectangular in shape. It is a divided courtyard structure, about one mile from north to south.

The most central position is the circular Piyong Hall. With this place as the center, the entire Imperial College has a traditional architectural pattern arranged symmetrically from left to right. On the central axis, there are Jixian Gate, Chijing Gate, and Taixue Gate in sequence from south to north. and glazed archway, followed by buildings such as Piyong, Yilun Hall and Jingyi Pavilion.

The first people Zhu Youxiao passed by were Jixianmen and Taixuemen.

These two gates are the gates of the Imperial College, and there are well pavilions in the courtyard inside the gate.There is another gate to the east, located on the east side of Jixian Gate, called Chijing Gate.

The Chijing Gate is connected to the Confucius Temple next to it. Both students and teachers in the Imperial College can go to the Confucius Temple through this gate.As its name suggests, it is hoped that when students enter the Confucius Temple from the Imperial College to worship Confucius, they must have incomparable reverence.

After entering these two doors, you can truly enter the Imperial College.

Liu Zongzhou knew that most of the buildings were newly built, and he was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would not be aware of them, so he led Zhu Youxiao inside and introduced them to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial College is now divided into East and West Gardens. There are four pavilions in the West Garden, namely the Shengyan Hall, the Doctor's Hall, the Dianbook Hall and the Classics Hall. In addition, there is a stall room and a money and food office. It is for the Imperial College to teach students, doctors, etc. It is a place where people study and work, and there is also a collection of books, which can be consulted by the Imperial College students at any time.

Dongyuan is the place where students of the Imperial College attend classes and study. It is divided into two districts, the north and the south. The north district has two libraries and four schools.There are five libraries and eight schools in the southern district. "

When Liu Zongzhou said this, Zhu Youxiao was immediately interested. While looking at the surrounding buildings, he asked with interest:

"Why is it divided into northern and southern districts? Is there any difference between the two?"

　What are your thoughts on the next step to reform or improve Confucianism?
　　
　
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