Borrow the day to change the day

The four children nodded together, and Li Dingguo replied: "The adoptive father also agrees."

As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard this, he fell silent and seriously considered the request from the Fourth Elementary School.

Seeing that Zhong Jinwei was thinking deeply, Li Dingguo knew that he was weighing their request, so he reminded with a glimmer of hope: "Uncle, we all won the top four in the competition."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he couldn't help laughing.Looking at the longing expressions on the faces of the four little ones, he thought that they were brought into the army by Zhang Xianzhong since they were young, and served as his guards. They had participated in many battles and knew what the battlefield was like.There won't be the kind of rookie who is frightened by the cruelty of war after entering the battlefield.

For these four children, they should not be treated as ordinary teenagers.So, he said to Si Xiao: "Follow me back to the government office, and I will test you on the use of firearms troops. If you pass, tomorrow I will go to the Holy Spirit to ask for a fight for you."

When the four primary ones heard this, they all showed great joy.They knew that as long as their uncle allowed them to go to Liaodong, the emperor would definitely be fine.The four of them immediately said in unison: "Uncle, nephew is fine."

"My nephew is very skilled in combining flintlock guns and cannons."

"Uncle, why not test us now!"

"..."

Zhong Jinwei couldn't help being a little speechless when he saw the enthusiasm of the fourth elementary school.I don't care about them anymore, and go to the government office by myself.

After arriving at the government office, Zhong Jinwei took care of some official duties without haste.When it got dark, seeing that Si Xiao was still waiting for the exam with great energy, he knew that the four of them really had to eat the weights to make up their minds.

So, without further delay, he assessed the firearms units individually based on their characteristics.The result is also obvious, the four primary schools have mastered it very well.Zhong Jinwei couldn't help sighing secretly, it's still young to accept new things quickly!

The reason why he thinks so is that he feels that the Fourth Elementary School is more familiar with the characteristics and use of firearms troops than Cao Wenzhao.

So, early the next morning, he went to fulfill his promise, went to the Forbidden City to face the saint, and fought for the fourth little one.

The Jingying is the army that defends the capital, and the four hundred Jingying soldiers must obtain the permission of Emperor Chongzhen to leave the capital.Even if Zhong Jinwei agreed, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely agree, but this process must be gone through again.Regarding this point, Zhong Jinwei knew very well.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Zhong Jinwei's request to fight, he couldn't help being a little surprised. He asked Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, the four of them, the youngest is just over 11 years old, and the oldest is only 13 years old. Don't worry about letting them fight." Going to lead the army and fight alone? That's not a child's play and joke!"

Zhong Jinwei also shook his head when he heard this, of course he was also worried about this, but the performance of the Fourth Elementary School was very good, and he had already proved to him that they could go to the battlefield.

"Your Majesty, the flowers grown in the greenhouse cannot withstand the baptism of wind and rain. The four of them have proved to the minister that they have the ability to spread their wings and fly, let them leave the nest to deal with the wind and rain alone! Only in this way can they truly grow To open up the borders and expand the land for the Ming Dynasty, and guard the talents of the Quartet!" Zhong Jinwei said sincerely.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was quite moved.After thinking for a while, he agreed: "Forget it, the four of them were all trained by Master Zhong. You know their abilities best. Since Master Zhong wants to let them fly, I will not stop them. But it is best for them to fly." The four of you should not directly confront the elite elites of Shangjian, so as not to cause any accidents."

"This minister has thought about it and plans to send them to Denglai. There are not many Jianlu troops on the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, so we can let them try their skills." Zhong Jinwei replied quickly after hearing this.

The matter was settled in this way. Emperor Chongzhen picked up a memorial on the imperial table, and then said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, along the newly repaired concrete road, new primary schools have been built. I see that the progress is also fast. Finished. But there is a problem, this new teacher has not finished training!"

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, he was a little strange and said: "It's been a long time, why haven't you finished training?"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled wryly and said, "Master Zhong, in this new course, I have only learned half of mathematics, and physics is even worse, and I have not made [-]% of my progress."

"How is it possible? The new textbooks were sorted out by Chen and Mr. Xu, and they are all the most easy-to-understand content!" Zhong Jinwei was even more surprised when he heard the progress of the training.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, he also thought it was simple.He had learned it before and found no difficulty.

But now the feedback comes back, it's not that one or two people can't learn it, but that the progress of most of them is so poor.In this situation, sometimes, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being a little narcissistic. Is it really because I am talented and smart, so I can learn quickly!

"Master Zhong, why don't you go and see if the textbook is too difficult or for some other reason? This matter can't be delayed any longer." Emperor Chongzhen ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll go and have a look right now, there must be something weird in it!" Zhong Jinwei is 100% sure that it is definitely not a matter of the difficulty of the textbook.

Emperor Chongzhen was relieved that Master Zhong was doing business.

Therefore, Zhong Jinwei quickly left the Forbidden City and headed for Chengxian Street in Andingmen, Dongcheng District, Beijing.Because the training class is set in the Guozijian of the capital, and the Guozijian is on Chengxian Street.

There are pagoda trees on both sides of Chengxian Street. Although there are pagoda trees in other places in the capital, they are far less than here.

"Why are there so many pagoda trees in this Guozijian? Could it be that reading under the trees is cooler?" Zhong Jinwei chatted with the guards around him as they walked.

Seeing that Marquis Zhongxing was interested in this locust tree, Gu Baichuan explained the reason to him.

It turns out that since the Zhou Dynasty, there has been a saying that "face three pagoda trees, three princes Yan", that is, three pagoda trees are planted outside the gate of the palace, representing the official positions of Taishi, Taifu and Taibao respectively.And the wide planting of pagoda trees in the Imperial College is a metaphor for the meaning that the supervisors can pass the exam for high-ranking officials.

"Master Hou, after entering the Imperial College, you can still see pagoda trees of the Yuan Dynasty, Wenchang pagoda tree, and twin pagoda trees, all of which were planted when the Imperial College was first established in the early Yuan Dynasty." Gu Baichuan introduced it comprehensively. .

When Li Laosi and the others looked at the Imperial Academy, the highest institution of Ming Dynasty, their expressions became solemn.They don't have much literacy, so they don't have a lot of respect for this Guozijian.After listening to Gu Baichuan's introduction, they were also in awe of the locust tree beside the road.

Since ancient times, the respect for scholars has been inherited in one continuous line.

When the group arrived at the gate of the Guozijian, that is, Jixian Gate, they found that there were no soldiers standing guard at the gate.

"How come there are no soldiers standing guard in the highest academy in Ming Dynasty?" Zhong Jinwei asked Gu Baichuan who was beside him without knowing the specific situation.

"The five-city soldiers and horses command department assigned soldiers to take turns." Gu Baichuan first answered Zhongxing Hou's question, and then immediately assigned a special servant to check the situation at the gatehouse.

Zhong Jinwei didn't wait at the door either, got off his horse and walked inside.

This should be a better existence than Peking University and Tsinghua University in the later generations, but there is no guard at the door. Doesn't that mean letting people in and out casually?He vaguely felt that the Imperial Academy, the highest institution in Ming Dynasty, seemed to disappoint him.