Chongzhen Undergraduates

It was dawn and the gates opened.A group of soldiers came in and dragged Ding Jixing and the others into a large courtyard.The yard was full of people, young men too.

Ding Jixing looked at it and thought: It's over!This is close to ten.

"Come on! Everyone take some paper and write articles, shall we?" A young man who was obviously an officer took paper and a pen and handed them to each of them.

"Master, what are you writing?" Do you still have to write articles before becoming a eunuch?

"Write a suicide note. Everyone should write it carefully, and write it in vernacular. What if your family can't understand it?" Wang Chengen walked around the corner like a prank, and persuaded him as he walked, looking like an accomplice of the villain .

Someone started crying again, one of them was stabbed at an old age, and his life and death were uncertain.If you die, you have to leave something behind.It's just, why is this suicide note written in vernacular? I have read history books and learned a lot, but unfortunately I didn't have a chance to use it when I was dying.

After the suicide note was finished, the attendant showed it to Wang Chengen.Wang Chengen didn't even look at it, and said to the young people in the yard, "Come here, all of you."

A large group of young people gathered around smilingly: "My lord, what's the matter with you today?"

"Who among you can understand what is written here?" Wang Chengen handed the so-called suicide note to the young craftsmen.

A few young men who boasted that they could read a lot of words after reading for a few days stood up and said, "I can."

"Okay, you can tell everyone about these book beliefs, no typos are allowed."

The young man held a stack of letters and read them aloud.The young people in the yard pricked up their ears to listen, some could understand, some could not.One of the letters was very touching, and everyone understood it.

"Who do you think wrote the best letter?" Wang Chengen asked with a smile.

"It's the letter just now, we all understand it."

"Who wrote it?" Wang Chengen looked back.

Ding Jixing stood up, puffed his chest and said: "I wrote it, you can kill it or scratch it, you can listen to it."

"Okay! From today onwards, you are their leader. You scholars, all have to obey Ding Jixing's arrangement. In the future, you can only write words that these young people can understand. In addition, you have to be in charge of these young people every afternoon. Literacy classes for people. The monthly salary is two taels." Wang Chengen turned around and left after speaking.

"What? Didn't you ask us to be eunuchs?" At this moment, everyone was stunned, it was like falling into the palace of the king of hell and coming back to life.

In the days that followed, Ding Jixing's team slowly expanded to a size of thirty people.In their daily tasks, they have to study a large pile of thick transcription records with all the young craftsmen in the morning, and organize the knowledge content in them into written expressions recognized by these young people; in the afternoon, they have to give these young people literacy lessons.

I have to prepare lessons in the evening, which can be said to be very busy.The monthly salary of two taels of silver is not easy to earn, two months have passed, and I have no chance to meet my family.

This morning, Ding Jixing was still as usual, holding a pancake in his left hand and writing and drawing with his right hand.A guard outside the yard came to call him, saying that the prince wanted to see him.

Ding Jixing hurriedly dropped the pancake, touched his mouth with his right hand, got up and followed the guards out the door.

From a distance, Ding Jixing saw Wang Chengen standing behind a dignified man in his 30s.Seeing Ding Jixing approaching, he kept giving him winks and asked him to kneel down.

Ding Jixing couldn't figure out who this person was, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.In the past two months, he has gotten to know Wang Cheng'en. This prince is here to say what he says, and he is also conscientious, which Ding Jixing admires.

"Okay, stand up and answer." Zhu Youjian waved his hands, he didn't like this kind of etiquette of kneeling down every now and then.

Ding Jixing stood up quickly, raised his head, and the ink in his mouth was displayed in front of everyone.

"Pfft!" Zhu Youjian was the first to laugh out loud.Zhang Han didn't hold back, and laughed too. Wang Chengen sullenly, with black lines on his forehead, hurriedly scolded Ding Jixing: "Hurry up and wash your face, what are you talking about?"

Ding Jixing didn't know what to say, and looked at everyone stupidly.

Zhu Youjian quickly stopped Wang Chengen and said, "Okay, this shows that he is hardworking and deserves praise. Don't make things difficult for him."

"Let me ask you, do you have any thoughts on your current job?" Zhu Youjian looked at Ding Jixing seriously.

Ding Jixing pondered for a while and said: "This job seems simple, but it is actually very difficult. The key point is rigor. There is a difference between the recorded data and the memories of the craftsmen. None of us can determine who is right and who is wrong. Moreover, What is said in this record is too far-fetched. The villain thinks it might be misleading."

Zhu Youjian understood what Ding Jixing meant. This guy was frightened by the record.For a scholar of this era, listening to descriptions similar to science fiction stories, it would be strange not to be frightened.

Ding Jixing definitely didn't know that Zhu Youjian said these things himself, so he had doubts, but those craftsmen knew that the emperor personally said these things, so they would not have any doubts about what the emperor said.

As for the first question, it is a fact.Except for Zhu Youjian, no one can be sure who is right and who is wrong after a disagreement.There is too much knowledge, and Zhu Youjian is far away in the north, so everyone can only put aside their differences and move forward.

Now that Zhu Youjian is back, there is a chance to resolve the differences.

"Starting from today, you will follow me, use all my free time, and tell me about the difficulties and differences you encountered in the process of sorting out the materials." Zhu Youjian pointed to Ding Jixing and said: "Including eating, walking, Shit, pee, sleep."

"Ah! Long Live Lord, there are still maids in the Nanjing harem." Wang Chengen looked sad, what should I do, if Zhu Youjian wanted to meet the maid Dun Lun, would Ding Jixing also watch?

"What court lady? I'm not interested for the time being. If he is interested, reward him with two." It's not that Zhu Youjian doesn't like beautiful women, but he really doesn't have time to pick up girls.

Ding Jixing already knew who Zhu Youjian was, and he was very happy when he heard that he wanted to reward his beauty.I heard Wang Chengen say: "The extra is gone, it's okay to reward him with a few old maids."

"The villain dare not ask for it, so don't reward the villain." When Ding Jixing heard that he wanted to make himself an old lady, he immediately shied away.

Well, during the time Zhu Youjian stayed in Nanjing after that, Ding Jixing became Zhu Youjian's nearest close minister.When Zhu Youjian eats, he will have an extra pair of chopsticks. When Zhu Youjian goes to the bathroom, Ding Jixing will follow him.Even beside Zhu Youjian sleeping, a temporary bed was built for Ding Jixing.

Fortunately, Zhu Youjian didn't bring Chen Yuanyuan here!

Many people thought that the person next to Zhu Youjian was the latest eunuch who was favored, how could he be valued so much by the emperor?

Chapter 60: The relationship between the emperor and his ministers

Not everyone knows about Zhu Youjian's return to Nanjing, but what should be known must be known.

Important ministers like Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, and Lu Jiude naturally need to know.And the three ministers of the cabinet must also know.Zhu Youjian didn't want to go to court to discuss politics, but it didn't mean he didn't discuss politics. There were many emperors who didn't go to court in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian's first official interview was the three cabinet ministers.For these three people, Zhu Youjian only knew that the history books described Zhu Yujian very well. As for Ruan Dacheng, this character was quite controversial.But judging from the data, it is indeed outstanding.

Based on the advice of Xiaosong's dream team, Zhu Youjian pulled Ruan Dacheng into the core team.As for Du Yinxi, Zhu Youjian only knew that he was a loyal minister, and he made great contributions to recruiting Li Zicheng's troops.Since he is a great loyal minister, then reuse it.

Zhu Yujian looks very ordinary, at least in the royal family, he is not handsome, at most he is just an ordinary person, not ugly.Zhu Youjian thought that this guy might look like his father, that's why the father and son were not liked by grandpa.

In the end, the grandfather poisoned his own son to death with his own hands, and the old King Tang was reported by the officials, and the inheritance of the King Tang fell on him.

This person is not good in appearance, but he is a second-year-old. He is an angry youth, at least he was an angry youth when he was young.Zhu Youjian has him in his memory, and it was the former Chongzhen who personally locked him up in Fengyang.

After being imprisoned in Fengyang for several years, he has become more calm, and his every move is quite decent.His eyes are also clean, his demeanor is not frivolous, and he is wearing very ordinary people's clothes. Zhu Youjian even saw a pair of cloth woven straw sandals on his feet.

At first feeling, Zhu Yujian made Zhu Youjian like it very much.After all, it is a historical celebrity, which is not biased.The ancients do not deceive me!

Ruan Dacheng is different. He wears a Confucian shirt and looks like a romantic and talented man. There is a trace of arrogance in his eyes in his 40s, and he has a look of heaven and earth in his chest.Du Yinxi is the youngest, with the sunshine of this young man, he is not like a high-ranking official at all.

"Sit down, three lovers!" The cabinet is the emperor's most frequent and closest minister. They spend a lot of time talking about things, and it is common for them to sit down.Of course, the main reason is that Zhu Youjian doesn't like to see people standing and talking all the time.

"I came here to ask you if there is something important recently?" The emperor asked about politics, and the courtiers naturally had to answer.

"Xia Fu has been collected, and all places are releasing pressure to enter Beijing; there are pirates plundering coastal fishermen along the coast of Guangdong, and the ministers and others asked the emperor to send Fujian general Zheng Zhilong to lead his troops to clean up; the four towns in Jiangbei asked for 200 million taels of military pay, and asked the emperor to decide "Ruan Dacheng's ability is obvious, he handles things neatly, and arranges everything well.

"Does the household department have these 200 million taels of silver?" After all, Nanjing is a new establishment. Zhu Youjian has not asked how much silver the so-called Nanjing household department has.

"At present, Xia Fu has not been put into the treasury, and there is not enough silver in the household department. I want to donate the family property to the emperor as military pay." Zhu Yujian is an honest boy, and he is still the same as before, planning to use up his family wealth to save the country.

"Increasing taxes and taxes, when the country is in crisis, the whole country should unite as one." Ruan Dacheng said in a neutral tone.