I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 534: Please, Your Majesty, save my Ryukyu
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Liu Zongzhou.

They understand best the purpose of this method of dividing gardens.But they didn't know whether the emperor would be angry when he found out.

"Your Majesty, the teaching contents of the North and South Gardens are different. The schools in the Beiyuan mainly teach Western learning, while the schools in the Nanyuan teach my Chinese learning."

Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously when he heard it, and even thought Liu Zongzhou's arrangement was good.

Although Beiyuan, where Western studies are taught, does not seem to be a big place, it is at least a place.Let’s start slowly like this at first. If there are more people, it won’t be too late to expand.

"Yes, then take me to see it."

Liu Zongzhou then continued to lead the way, allowing Zhu Youxiao and others to visit Nanyuan first.

After thousands of years of development, the Imperial College, the highest institution of learning in the country, had long traces of its internal regulations and layout.It can be said that it is somewhat similar to the schools of later generations. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than some classrooms, dormitories, libraries and other buildings.After wandering around for a while, Zhu Youxiao lost interest and felt that it was not interesting.

"Liu Aiqing, how many students are there in the Imperial College now? Since last year's restructuring, what should we do with the former students? Should we send them back or continue to recruit them?"

Before the restructuring of the Imperial College, the quota of imperial students in the Imperial College was very abused. Many merchants and scholars could spend money to study in the Imperial College. This quota also became a way for the imperial court to make money.

When the system was restructured last year, preliminary calculations by the Ministry of Rites showed that there were about 3000 students studying in the Imperial College in Beijing, and 5000 others who were not studying there. Among them, the majority were gifted students who paid money to come.

Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, hated this kind of behavior and had long wanted to reform it.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity to reform the Imperial College last year, we eliminated the students there and required students to pass a selection examination.

If passed, you can continue to stay and study in the New Imperial College.If it doesn't pass, either the chief secretaries will be called back, or the status of the Imperial College supervisor will be abolished directly.

This made the students inside feel like they were mourning for their heirs, and some officials even wrote letters one after another, saying that this was chaos in government and could not be implemented at all.

But Sun Shenxing dared to fight even Zhu Youxiao on weekdays, so how could he be afraid of these people? Zhu Youxiao was also happy to see the success and supported him a lot.

So after Sun Shenxing's assessment, the quota for the [-] students who were not enrolled was directly abolished. At most, it gave them the opportunity to retake the Imperial College Examination next year, which can be regarded as compensation.

Of the remaining 400 students, after his severe abolition and assessment, only about [-] were left to continue studying.

The rest of the people were also eliminated and returned to study at the Chief Secretaries. As before, Sun Shenxing was given a second chance to take the test next year, but if he failed the test again, there was no need to complain.

Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao saw Sun Shenxing's inscription, he secretly admired Sun Shenxing.

Although this person, like Liu Zongzhou, rejected Western learning in every possible way.

But when it comes to actually doing things, he is not afraid of power. After all, in the past, those who could enter the Imperial Academy must be rich, talented, and powerful. Most people don't want to offend, but he dared to do this. This really made Zhu The school admires and reuses him.

This is why he attaches so much importance to the New Imperial College.After all, Sun Shenxing had scraped the Imperial College to heal his wounds and moved it to a new location, making many of his arrangements easier.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial College was reorganized last year and thousands of students were eliminated, leaving only 400. Since this year, the chief secretaries have selected from the schools in the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction those who are excellent in both academic and conduct, according to the system promulgated by the previous court. Twenty young and promising people went to study at the Imperial College in Beijing.

At present, a total of 13 supervisory students from 700 provinces in Beijing and Beijing have arrived.Therefore, there are a total of 50 students in the Imperial College in Beijing. Except for [-] students from the vassal state, the rest are all Ming Dynasty students. "

700 people.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao thought secretly, this is only the Imperial College in Beijing, the Imperial College in Nanjing has not been completely restructured, and if it is restructured, it will probably be the same number.What's more, it's only been a year.

I thought that although this number was not much higher than before, it was still okay.After all, it is the highest institution of higher learning in the Ming Dynasty, and the number of people there is not large.If there are too many people who pretend to be fake like before, it will be troublesome.

However, compared with this number, Zhu Youxiao was very interested in the fifty foreign students from the vassal countries mentioned by Liu Zongzhou.

"The Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty has always accepted students from various vassal states. I know this. But I am curious. In the past, the Imperial Academy treated everyone equally. Since these people can pass the examination, there must be nothing outstanding about them."

The Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty has a long tradition of accepting foreign students, and it is nothing new.After all, the Ming Dynasty is regarded as a kingdom of heaven in the eyes of neighboring countries. Since the founding of the country, it has continued to accept many foreign students from Korea, Ryukyu (today's Ryukyu Islands), Japan, Annan (today's Vietnam), Siam (today's Thailand) and other countries .

"Your Majesty, students from the vassal country admire Wang Hua. After coming here, they also know that it is not easy to come to Ming Dynasty. Most of them study hard here for fear of losing this opportunity, but students from Ming Dynasty are far behind."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"Haha, what Liu Aiqing said makes sense, but you are making me a little curious when you say this. Let's call all these foreign students over, and I will ask them about them."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in shock.They didn't expect that the emperor actually had this idea, so they could only nod in agreement.

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhu Youxiao didn't pick a place, he just asked people to find a school in Nanyuan and enter it, and waited for these students to come over while visiting.After a while, I saw a teacher walking over with 50 or [-] people bowing down.

"Your Majesty, these are students from various vassal states, including 13 from Korea, [-] from Ryukyu, [-] from Annan, and [-] from Toungoo."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the students beside Liu Zongyi knelt down one after another.

"North Korean student Kim Myung-shi led all the students to kowtow to the Emperor of China and say long live, long live, long live."

"Ryukyu State student Ren Yueci led all the students to bow to His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live long live."

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Seeing this, students like Annan, Dongyu and others also imitated the situation and knelt down to Zhu Youxiao one after another.This was the first time they saw the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although the emperor looked very young and even slightly younger than them, he was still trembling for fear of something going wrong.

"Get up, it's not easy for you guys to come to study in our country. This year, our country will be reorganized into the Imperial College. If you can still pass the assessment and stay, you still have some skills. I hope you study well and work hard when you return home. Don't You have failed to live up to the cultivation of Ming Dynasty."

Although there are only four foreign students in the Imperial College now, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care.

Except for Taungoo, the other three countries have been vassals of the Ming Dynasty for many years. They even respect the Ming Dynasty or Chinese culture. It can be said that they are completely Sinicized.Therefore, Colonel Zhu You also attaches great importance to them. Will they be of great use in the future?

"Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for your trust. The students would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor here on behalf of our country. If you hadn't brought order to the chaos and straightened out the North Korean government, Gwanghae-kun and others would have made a big mistake."

Zhu Youxiao took a closer look and found that the North Korean student named Jin Mingshi just came out and praised Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao was still wondering who this person was, but Sun Shenxing, the official minister on the side, stood up and introduced him slowly.

"Your Majesty, this person is the nephew of Jin Ming, the Minister of Household Affairs of Zuoban of North Korea. After the North Korean leader Li Hao came to the throne last year, he sent envoys to Ming Dynasty again. This Jin Mingshi was part of the entourage. He did not leave after that, so he stayed Studying in the Imperial College."

Zhu Youxiao also nodded slowly when he heard this. This Jin Yao followed the Ming Dynasty to overthrow the rule of Lord Guanghai last year, which can be regarded as a great contribution. Now that his nephew has come to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao is very satisfied.

Besides, in order to better deal with Jianlu, Ming Dynasty will continue to station troops in North Korea, and it will only send more troops.
"Yes, your uncle Jin Yao devoted himself to the Ming Dynasty, and you also admire Wang Hua. I am very pleased that you are lucky enough to study here. I look forward to seeing you in the palace examination."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The students will study hard and live up to His Majesty's expectations."

Jin Mingshi was overjoyed when he heard this and thanked Zhu Youxiao.International students who come to Ming Dynasty can take the Ming Dynasty examination. If they study well, it is not impossible to become a high school Jinshi.

And Jin Mingshi had such thoughts, because his ancestors had done this kind of thing.

In the fourth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty followed the system of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, issued an edict to implement the imperial examination, and allowed people from Korea and other countries to participate, regardless of the quota.

His ancestor Jin Tao and three other people participated in the scientific examination. Among them, Jin Tao was awarded Jinshi, ranked No. 6 among the top three in the imperial examination, and was awarded the title of county magistrate.But not long after, Jin Tao was sent back to the country with the other three people, and later became the prime minister of North Korea. It was a good talk for a while, and it proved the gold content of the Ming Dynasty Jinshi in other vassal states.

After Korea was over, Zhu Youxiao immediately turned his attention to the Ryukyu and Annan students aside, but before he could speak, a student in the crowd immediately stood up.

"Student Ryukyu State Ren Yueci risked his life to plead guilty!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. They never expected that someone would do something like this.

Liu Yishen, Sun Shenxing and others also looked at Liu Zongzhou, who was offering wine in the Imperial Academy, trying to figure out what was going on.

Liu Zongzhou also had a serious look on his face. He understood what Ren Yuexi wanted to say.This person had approached him several times before, wanting him to petition for orders on behalf of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but Liu Zongzhou felt that the court had its own laws. For such issues involving the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Ryukyu Kingdom must submit a letter, otherwise it would not be a rule.

But he never expected that Ren Yue Ci would be so bold and ask the emperor for orders on this occasion.

He admired this person quite a lot, but he was afraid that the emperor would be displeased by his kindness and kindness, so he quickly stood up and rebuked him angrily:
"Ren Yue Ci, Your Majesty is here in person today. You must not disturb the Holy Master. If you have anything to say, go back and tell me."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Youxiao, bowed his hands and bowed:
"Benevolence and mercy are against you. Your Majesty is magnanimous. Please don't argue with him."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Ren Yueci who was kneeling on the ground. Not only was he not angry, he was even a little surprised, so he said with interest:

"Of course I won't care about it, but I'm curious if Ren Yue Ci has any grievances to say?"

After saying that, he stopped talking and looked at Ren Yue Ci to see if he had anything to say.

Liu Zongzhou, who was kneeling on the ground, sighed slightly when he saw that the emperor agreed. It seemed that this matter could not be bypassed today.Then he looked at Renyueci and said solemnly:

"Ren Yue Ci, then you must tell the truth and don't hide anything."

"Your Majesty, the Ryukyu Kingdom is in danger. I risk my life to ask Your Majesty to send troops to save the Ryukyu Kingdom from fire and water. Otherwise, the Ryukyu Kingdom will be destroyed by Japan in a few years."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yishui had different expressions. Everyone had already heard about the situation in Ryukyu Kingdom.But when Zhu Youxiao heard this, he immediately became curious. In his memory, Ryukyu was not destroyed by Japan until the end of the Qing Dynasty. Why did Ren Yueci say these words now?

"Tell it from the truth!"

When Renyueci heard what the emperor said, she knew that the emperor seemed to be more interested. She was overjoyed and immediately explained:
"Your Majesty, we, Ryukyu, have always respected the Ming Dynasty as Zhengshuo. In the fifth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu sent an envoy Yang Zai to issue an edict to Ryukyu. Then we, Ryukyu, paid tribute and became a vassal. It has been 250 years now. Later, Emperor Taizu He also gave Ryukyu the "36 surname of Minzhong Zhougong", allowing Ryukyu to pay tribute every year and send students to study.

Everyone in Ryukyu thinks of the kindness of Emperor Taizu, but it is a pity that Japan is so ambitious that it ignores that Ryukyu is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and wants to annex Ryukyu.

In the 37th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Japan's Satsuma lord Shimazu Iehisa invaded our country of Ryukyu with the permission of the Tokugawa shogunate. King Shoning of our country would rather die than surrender, but he was still defeated and captured.In the end, he was taken captive to Japan by the Satsuma clan and was forced to sign the "Fifteen Articles". Its contents were a loss of power and humiliation to the country. Students often felt humiliated when they heard it, so they risked their lives to ask His Majesty to save Ryukyu from the fire. "

After everyone listened to Ren Yueci's words, they immediately looked at Zhu Youxiao.

This incident occurred ten years ago. At that time, Ryukyu reported it to the Ming Dynasty, and the court also publicly discussed it.But now Ren Yue Ci has brought this matter up again, fearing that it will cause trouble again.However, Zhu Youxiao's face was expressionless and he continued to ask:
"What's wrong with "The Fifteen Articles" that it can make you so intolerable?"

Renyueci looked excited when he heard this. Apparently he felt that this treaty was really humiliating, and said angrily:
"Your Majesty, this treaty stipulates that Ryukyu must be controlled by Satsuma and give up some of Ryukyu's independent rights. I also wrote a prayer and swore that the king and ministers of Ryukyu will always be loyal to the Shimazu clan and agreed to cede the five northern islands of Ryukyu.

And while requiring our country to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, it also paid tribute to the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the Edo Shogunate.For this reason, the Satsuma Domain also stipulated that Ryukyu must obtain permission from the Satsuma Domain before it can conduct tribute trade with China.

In addition, it also sent samurai to serve as high-ranking officials in Ryukyu to monitor our Ryukyu monarchs and ministers to prevent the Ming Dynasty from learning the truth about Satsuma Domain's control of Ryukyu. "

(End of this chapter)