Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

In the courtyard at the northeast corner of the imperial prison.

"Time flies so fast. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the 'year-end reward package' that Mr. Jiang proposed in the first class would be distributed."

"I recall that when His Majesty mentioned this to Commander Ji, we were both terrified and worried about our lives." Chai Che said with a smile.

Guo Jing asked casually: "Who says it's not the case? How much do you think we can make this year?"

Chai Che speculated: "There are dozens of strings, right?"

Guo Jing and Chai Che were sitting on the couch, chatting while frying watermelon seeds.

Guo Jing sighed with some envy: "Those vassal kings and county princes of the clan will probably receive more this year. We can't imagine more."

"No matter what he does." Chai Che only said: "I heard that the Ministry of Revenue has approved the money, and the shipbuilding plan is much faster than expected. The first voyage to the West will begin next year. Your Majesty has pushed hard, and many clans have All the kids are involved.”

"Is it all just to get credit for your qualifications?" Guo Jing asked curiously.

"That's not entirely true. There are always those who really want to make meritorious deeds. Furthermore, no matter what title you have on the ship, you will suffer the same amount of punishment, so how can it be better? And the most important thing is that every feudal clan The number of people going abroad is included in the contribution rate," Chai Che said.

"Now that the various vassal states don't have many side disciples, they are suffering from the hardship."

Seeing that Guo Jing seemed to be envious of his background, Chai Che just smiled and said nothing.

Guo Jing was also smart and knew that she was a bit petty, so she let her companions see the joke and said, "Actually, we don't need to envy others."

"Our road is already connected to the sky." Chai Che simply nodded.

Guo Jing spoke again: "Mr. Jiang will be released from prison in just over two months. Guess how your Majesty will use it by then?"

In fact, the two of them were more concerned about this issue than Jiang Xinghuo himself.

Jiang Xinghuo himself has not thought about what he will do after he is released from prison, but without him knowing it, many people are already making plans for him.

"Jane is in the Emperor's heart. It's not up to me to decide how to use it."

Chai Che wanted to avoid talking about it, but in the end he couldn't help but said: "In fact, according to my opinion, Mr. Jiang is really suitable to go to the Imperial College to become a doctor."

"The things Mr. Jiang teaches are not suitable for going to the Imperial College, right? Besides, why is Your Majesty willing to let Mr. Jiang become an ordinary doctor?" Guo Jing was a little confused.

The Imperial College was built at the foot of Jiming Mountain when Zhu Yuanzhang made Nanjing his capital.

By the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu's reign, the number had reached more than 8,000, including "Xiangmu Wenjiao" foreign students from Korea, Ryukyu, Siam, Champa and other countries.

During the Jianwen period, the number reached tens of thousands.

It can be said that the Imperial College in Nanjing is the number one institution of higher learning in the world at this time.

At the same time, the Imperial College was also the largest printing factory in the world at this time. It had a special printing house to engrave books such as classics and history for the imperial court to request, give and sell. Zhu Yuanzhang, who established the Imperial College, certainly did not want to support idle people, but wanted to make money. .

The books printed by the Imperial College are called "prison editions" and are generally exquisitely printed, ranking among the best in the country.

At the same time, the Imperial College will also ask doctors and teaching assistants to compile relevant guidance books that are updated every year for the imperial examination.

And to understand it from another angle, it means that it has the exclusive monopoly right to compile and print the annual "Five-Year College Entrance Examination, Three-Year Simulation".

Coupled with the tens of thousands of students who come to study at the Imperial College, the relevant food, clothing, housing and transportation must be provided, right? It is also a stable source of money, so the Imperial College has quite sufficient financial resources.

Sometimes people praise it: it is grand in scale, stretches for ten miles, brightly lit, and unprecedented in its grandeur.

Chai Che explained: "Doctor and doctor are not the same thing."

Guo Jing asked back: "Why are they not the same thing? Aren't they all from the eighth grade?"

This means that the Imperial College came from the fourth grade of Yamen.

In the administrative department, there is one person from the Fourth Grade Jijijiu (principal), one person from the Sixth Grade Siye (Executive Vice President), one person from the Eighth Grade Chief Supervisor of the Shengqi Hall (Director of the Academic Affairs Office), and one person from the Eighth Grade Dianbook Hall of the Imperial College (Guozijian). There is one person (Director of the Printing Office), one person (Director of the Library) from the Jiupin Classics Department of the Imperial College, and one person (Director of the Canteen) of the Imperial Culinary Department.

As for the teaching department, there are five eighth-grade doctorates (deans) in the Imperial College Doctoral Hall, fifteen eighth-grade assistants (professors/associate professors) in the sixth grade of Guozijian’s Guozixing, Cultivation, Sincerity, Justice, Chongzhi, and Guangye Halls, and nine There are ten people who are Pinxuezheng (lecturers) and seven people who are from Jiupinxuelu (teaching assistants).

"Why is the Imperial College called the Imperial College?"

Guo Jing said matter-of-factly: "Of course it's because of the most important Guoxue."

"This was not the case when the Imperial College was first established in the Tang Dynasty," Chaiche said. "In fact, the Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty originally had six schools under its jurisdiction, namely, the Imperial College, the Imperial College, the Four Schools, the Legal Studies, and the Imperial College. Calligraphy and arithmetic.”

Guo Jingru realized something.

"you mean?"

Chai Chai: "Mr. Jiang has taught so much new knowledge, turning decay into magic, managing the world and benefiting the people, and geography. Which one cannot stand alone as a separate subject?"

"When the time comes, it will be an excellent future for you and me to follow you and become a student. A student a year ago will suddenly become a teacher. The status and salary are so different, it is not in vain for us to receive guidance from Mr. Jiang. This is a blessing."

"What you said makes sense." Guo Jing nodded, "But I always feel that this is overkill for Mr. Jiang."

Chai Che wanted to say something more, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he suddenly heard a "bang", the locked door was opened directly, and the wretched figure of the jailer Lao Wang disappeared in a flash.

The incident happened suddenly. The two clerks were sitting cross-legged on the couch and wanted to put on their shoes. But before they could take action, a figure like an iron tower with a head higher than the door frame broke in.

This big man had a thick beard on his chin and exuded an extremely strong ferocious aura, as if he would choose someone to eat at any time. The two officials were so frightened that they immediately shrank into a ball and did not dare to move.

It was no one else but Zhu Gaoxu who forced the jailer Lao Wang to open the door.

But Zhu Gaoxu didn't care at all about the two timid little officials here. He walked directly to the two of them, one in each hand. This guy actually dragged the people out of the door like they were chickens and dogs, and then threw them away. On the courtyard floor.

When a scholar encounters a soldier, he cannot explain why.

The two clerks who had been chatting just now were so frightened that they fell to the ground and kept shrinking back, hoping that they could hide somewhere.

Guo Jing wanted to shout out of instinct.

"Don't shout. If you provoke the Jin Yiwei, you will die!"

Guo Jing covered her mouth, but at this time, Zhu Gaoxu had already approached and reached out to lift Guo Jing up from the ground.

"Second, His Highness the Second Prince," Guo Jing whispered.

Outside the courtyard, the Jin Yiwei who was trying to catch the fish gave Lao Wang the token for the shift. The Jin Yiwei of the next shift had not yet arrived. Taking advantage of this time, the jailer Lao Wang, who had long been regarded as the second prince's bastard after long-term dealings, helped Zhu Gaoxu. Bypass the guard and open the door.

"I ask a question and you answer it. If you can't answer or lie, I'll screw your head, you know?"

Guo Jing had seen how the unparalleled Zhu Gaoxu pulled out a tree and killed dozens of rebels with his bare hands. Of course, he knew that the other party was not lying, so he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

What was kept secret or not was all forgotten at this time.

"Are you two responsible for recording Mr. Jiang's lectures?"

Although the jailer Lao Wang had a guess at this point, he was not sure.

After all, Lao Wang was only responsible for guarding the two of them. Sometimes he would release the two of them upon receiving a notice from the Jin Yiwei. No one dared to say what he did specifically.

The distraught Guo Jing kept saying: "Yes! Yes!"

"Then how do you usually record?" Zhu Gaoxu continued to ask.

Seeing Guo Jing hesitate for a moment, Zhu Gaoxu's big hand directly pressed on the top of his head.

At this time, no matter how Chai Che looked, he could not overcome Guo Jing's fear of death.

"I said! I said!"

Guo Jing hurriedly said: "There is a secret room behind the wall! That's where we usually record!"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly: "Then why is there usually no movement? You don't make any footsteps?"

"The secret room is closed. The door does not lead directly to the courtyard on the opposite side of the wall. Instead, there is a long passage leading to another courtyard. This way, people entering and moving things inside can't make a sound!"

Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Then how do you usually hear it? Put your ear against the wall? Can you hear it clearly?"

"No." Guo Jing glanced at Chai Che, and Zhu Gaoxu's big hand pressed his scalp tightly.

Guo Jing instantly confided like a bamboo slip: "The secret room is specially made. The walls inside are made of the Hongwu Dynasty Jinyiwei's method of partitioning the walls with ears. It can amplify the sound outside the wall and transmit it to the secret room, without having to stick it to the wall to listen."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, this was reasonable.

Back to the present.

It is difficult to describe Zhu Gaoxu's mood at this moment with specific emotions.

Anger after learning of the deception?

Shame after privacy is exposed?

Want to kill someone to vent your anger?

It was a combination of both, but in the end, there was only one of these emotions left.

absurd.

Yes, ridiculous.

Zhu Gaoxu felt ridiculous, not because his father ordered Ji Gang to spy on him.

This is heaven!

It is completely normal for a prince to be monitored by the emperor.

As mentioned before, Zhu Gaoxu would feel something was wrong if his father didn't monitor him or pay attention to him.

The problem is that it makes him feel ridiculous and dumbfounded.

——In order to simultaneously understand Jiang Xinghuo's knowledge, his father actually resorted to the unscrupulous method of "eavesdropping".

what is this?

Listen to the corner?

Don't you feel ashamed to tell your father?

Zhu Gaoxu was speechless for a moment.

But then I thought about it, and when I thought about the value of knowledge that Jiang Xinghuo talked about, I actually understood it a little bit.

The only one in the world!

It's no wonder that even a figure like Yingwu Guoyi, like his father, resorted to shameless tricks in order to obtain Jiang Xinghuo's knowledge.

Now, Zhu Gaoxu, who knew the secret, was caught in a dilemma.

What should he do?

He went to the courtyard of the two petty officials to verify this matter quietly. At the moment, he had two options.

Option one is to break up with your father and ask him why he eavesdropped.

The most likely outcome is that Zhu Di gave him a kick, then recognized his position and went back to prison to play the role of Li Jinglong.

Option two is to pretend that you don’t know and take the opportunity to increase your bargaining chips for your savings.

He needs to perform well and establish himself as a "good student". Only in this way can his father feel that he is not only good at wielding swords and guns.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu had a new understanding of his third brother's hint from his father.

He really doesn't need to gain that new military glory by killing the Jurchens.

What's there to be proud of if you win a battle with savages in a tribal state?

Then, Zhu Gaoxu had to carefully plan his attitude towards these two petty officials.

Because although these two minor officials have a low status, they have the power to record the content of Mr. Jiang's lectures.

If the two junior officials can record their performance in class better, it will definitely increase their father's appreciation and favor of them!

Here it is, Zhu Gaoxu's mind is still not bright enough.

In other words, Zhu Gaoxu underestimated the lower limit of his father Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously thought that it was impossible for his father, who was busy with everything, to attend the lectures in person every day. He could only ask two minor officials to record the lectures, review them, and then submit them to him.

This is also what Zhu Gaoxu understands, why Ji Gang has been coming to him less recently to show his courtesy.

Because Ji Gang must have been ordered by his father to spy on him, so he was afraid of exposing any flaws!

Looking at the two cowering scholars, Zhu Gaoxu asked angrily and amusedly.

"You eavesdrop on the conversations between me and Mr. Jiang through a wall every day?"

The two clerks nodded honestly.

In fact, just now Zhu Gaoxu was meditating with his back to them.

Guo Jing's crooked idea of ​​Conglong Zhigong came back again, and she wanted to say something, but Chai Che pinched her waist and pinched her hard.

Now it can be said that he was coerced by the second prince, but if it is revealed that His Majesty also attended the class, the nature will change!

Although from Chai Che's point of view, it seems that if he is discovered, there is a high probability that he will die.

But being coerced and taking refuge are two different things!

Chai Che was about to cry but had no tears. He was so happy that he was so sad. One moment he was looking forward to the year-end reward package, and the next moment he was already thinking about his own death.

Guo Jing, in turn, pinched Chai Che, shook her head, stared in the direction of Zhu Gaoxu, and then made a crooked neck gesture.

Does Guo Jing mean that Zhu Gaoxu will kill them and silence them regardless of whether they say it or not?

After understanding what Guo Jing meant, Chai Che also opened his eyes wide in surprise and cast a searching look.

Guo Jing nodded.

Chai Che also felt cold. The more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

When Zhu Gaoxu turned around to ask questions, Chai Che spoke first.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince!"

"oh?"

Zhu Gaoxu turned around to look at this little official whom he had met on both sides today, but saw that the other person's face was full of perseverance, and he was indeed a courageous person.

"Don't do anything yet, we have something to tell you."

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "No need to say it, I already know it."

"ah?"

The two looked at each other and were a little surprised. Zhu Gaoxu was much smarter than they thought, and he actually guessed that the emperor and others were eavesdropping.

"I know what you want to say. Your position is very crucial. You are responsible for recording Mr. Jiang's lectures every day and then submitting them. Don't worry, I won't kill you."

The two clerks were stunned for a moment.

Co-author You haven't realized the most critical issue yet.

We are nothing!

The emperor himself is eavesdropping, okay?

"That's it." Zhu Gaoxu said confidently: "I won't embarrass you. From now on, give me more prominence in your records. When I am released from prison, no matter whether it is the gold and silver mansion of officials, nobles, beauties, you will be indispensable. , what I give is definitely something that others can’t give.”

After being given the simple and straightforward carrot, Zhu Gaoxu was given the big stick.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the two petty officials and warned: "Of course, if you reveal what happened today, I believe nothing will happen to me, but you will definitely not survive. For the sake of your family's wealth and life, for your own family Keep your mouth shut about your future, do you understand?"

The two clerks had already prepared to tell the secret in order to save their lives, so they breathed a sigh of relief.

No need to reveal secrets, just pretend nothing happened.

As for the role they can play, they are basically useless.

This matter can only be kept secret for one day.

What else?

Report it to Ji Gang or report it to the emperor?

Just like what Zhu Gaoxu said, once the emperor knew that they had leaked the secret to Zhu Gaoxu, would the emperor kill his second son or both of them?

The answer is obvious!

Therefore, these two poor people now look at the retreating figures of Zhu Gaoxu and the jailer Lao Wang, and they can only think hard about how to survive.

The anticipation for the year-end reward package just now has disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Gaojiu knew the secret of being eavesdropped. In order to increase his leverage in competing for the throne, he naturally had to build his "good student" personality. Therefore, Zhu Gaojiu did not plan to tell Jiang Xinghuo this secret yet.

But sometimes things just happen by coincidence.

A peck and a drink, could it be a predestined decision.

Although Zhu Gaoxu did not reveal the secret of being bugged, Jiang Xinghuo accidentally noticed something was wrong at the same time.

Everything seemed to be starting to deviate from the track he had envisioned.

He was ordered to prison and was on duty.

My cousin Jiang Xuan, who was as thin as a straw, was clutching a stack of "paper" tightly and was about to cry without tears.

Since the money was usually well spent, and everyone knew that Mr. Jiang, who could steal a life from the hands of the Lord of Hell and get amnesty, was somewhat unusual, the jailer did not make things difficult for Jiang Xuan.

Money can make the world go round, and the same goes for whether you can visit.

Jiang Xinghuo, who received the visitation request, also came to the duty room and had a brief chat with his cousin.

"Jiang Xuan? Didn't you reply to Jingtingshan?"

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly and looked at the peasant girl in front of him.

Jiang Xuan didn't speak. Tears fell from her eyes in large drops and fell to the ground, scattering into countless petals.

"What's wrong with aunt?"

Jiang Xinghuo continued to ask.

Jiang Xuan still didn't speak, so Jiang Xinghuo simply stood up and prepared to leave.

Jiang Xuan just grabbed the corner of his clothes and said with sobs: "Cousin, cousin, I was deceived."

"Who lied to you and how?" Jiang Xinghuo was not too surprised by this kind of thing.

The world is so dangerous, it seems unusual for a peasant girl who has never traveled far not to be deceived, right?

But when Jiang Xinghuo saw the "Great Sun and Moon National Debt" held in Jiang Xuan's hand, he suddenly felt something.

——Is there something wrong somewhere in this world?

What is the Great Sun and Moon National Debt?