People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 493: Running a school and sinner, Zhang Yi’s marriage

As the core figure in Lao Zhu's plan, Zhang Yi's existence has always been a secret.

Even with Lan Yu's conflict, Hu Weiyong never really got any news about him.

As a result, he suddenly appeared in front of hundreds of officials, which shocked them beyond measure.

"That Taoist priest, what happened?"

Hu Weiyong's confidant Tu Jie walked up to him and asked.

"I'm afraid, this Master Zhang is also working for His Majesty!

We have all been tricked by His Majesty, including Jin Yiwei, and so is Master Zhang! "

Hu Weiyong's voice was neither soft nor serious, but it happened to be heard by the surrounding officials.

Everyone thinks so!

When news of the victory in the north came back, everyone was not happy, but confused.

Chang Yuchun appears and Xu Da is resurrected.

The emperor used the entire empire to lay out an overall plan for Beiyuan.

During the days when Zhu Yuanzhang left the capital, all the officials felt a deep sense of fear whenever they thought of what Zhu Yuanzhang had done!

Even if the emperor is not in the capital, Hu Weiyong and others dare not make any mistakes.

This feeling of being crushed by IQ made Hu Weiyong very uncomfortable.

But even though he felt uncomfortable, he also felt a sense of admiration for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Being able to make such a layout proves that although the emperor has dismounted, his understanding of war is still beyond the level of a civil servant like himself.

Probably only this kind of emperor would make Xu Da and Chang Yuchun willing to sacrifice their lives!
Hu Weiyong couldn't help but feel a little frustrated when he thought of this.

But he soon rekindled the flames of ambition.

……

Returning to the palace, the emperor asked the officials to go back first.

He took Zhang Yi to the imperial study room.

Zhang Yi, like Grandma Liu, entered the Grand View Garden and began to look around the palace.

This was something he had never seen before. He had been to the Forbidden City in Beijing, but the Forbidden City in Nanjing had long been destroyed by the Taiping Army's war.

Seeing his interest, Zhu Biao introduced him to the scenery on the road in a low voice.

Come to the study!

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he said:
"We just agreed on the road. Next, you tell me, if I give you manpower and material resources, what do you want to do?"

"Running a school..."

Zhang Yi made his first request without thinking.

To complete the idea in his mind, the cultivation of talents is the key!

He worked hard to popularize simplified Chinese characters and teach farming and other techniques, which were all part of the process of accumulating talents.

But this process is too slow. If you want to recruit more talents, you have to specially train them!
Just like he trained Taoist priests on Longhu Mountain, this is already the best source of students he can find in this era.

But this is not enough. Zhang Yi needs more talents, no, geniuses, to help him light up the technology tree!
And even if you follow abnormal procedures, it will take at least six to 12 years to cultivate a group of qualified talents!

But once these people are successfully cultivated, that is the real hope of this era.

Running a school?

The Zhu family father and son looked at each other. Under Zhang Yi's suggestion, Daming made many changes in running the school.

The teaching model of the Imperial College, and the military academy that appeared later!

The simplified Chinese characters promoted by Zhengyiyi and Confucius are essentially a kind of schooling...

Now Zhang Yi wants to run a school. What kind of school is he running?
"What Pindao wants to set up is a school that does not require imperial examinations at all, does not study sacred science, and only studies natural subjects!"

The ideals proposed by Zhang Yi are actually not unfamiliar to Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao.

Zhang Yi told them more than once about the importance of science.

Lao Zhu agreed with Zhang Yi's idea, but it was not that easy to open a school.

Not to mention the opposition from the court, the emperor can still suppress this, but how to choose talents...

"Brother Zhang, your idea is good, but...

Have you ever thought about a question, you hope to cultivate more good talents!
But why do those good prospects choose to go to your school? "

Zhu Yuanzhang supported Zhang Yi in running a school, but he also pointed out the unreasonableness of Zhang Yi's ideas.

Zhu Biao nodded and agreed with the emperor's opinion.

When the imperial examination became the core talent selection mechanism of an empire, who would study and not want to be an official?
The imperial examination is destined to attract the best talents of this era to serve the country!

Confucianism is the basis of everything, at least for now.

Then, the talents selected by Zhang Yi are destined to be leftovers from the imperial examination.

Zhang Yi frowned, students were indeed a big trouble.

A smart child is destined to take the imperial examination, but someone with a relatively poor background may not be able to learn the basic subjects he wants to promote.

I disagree with the imperial examination and the vassal status of arithmetic knowledge.

The school Zhang Yi wants to set up is to teach natural knowledge with the core of language and mathematics as its core. Their requirements for students are actually higher than reading books from sages.

"Pindao does have some candidates..."

Zhang Yi recalled his experience in the tiger's den and suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty has searched many homes, there should be many family members of the guilty subjects, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: ...

Zhu Biao: ...

Although Zhang Yi had tried hard to control his bad mouth, he still couldn't help it.

What does it mean that I ransacked my house frequently?

Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to catch this bastard and slap him with a hundred blows.

"You mean, after those criminals..."

"That's right!"

Last time at Tiger's Den, Lao Zhu sent a group of apprentices to Zhang Yi, and he discovered that there were many people there who actually had very good foundations.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so murderous that many officials and gentry died under his hands.

Now Jiangnan is also undergoing general cleaning in full swing.

Not only the children of the gentry will be implicated here, but also many Jiangnan great scholars.

Their children will naturally be implicated, stripped of their honors, and beaten as criminals!
But these people have a very good foundation!

If they had not encountered any misfortune, many of these people would have been the pillars of the future Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, the imperial examination is impossible!

But it would be good to train them and use them for other purposes.

Hearing this, Lao Zhu lowered his head and thought deeply. He felt that Zhang Yi's idea seemed to be a good one.

There are indeed good talents among these people, and they can indeed learn alternative knowledge from Zhang Yi with peace of mind.

"You have a good idea, I will accept this matter!"

The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more reliable it became, and he agreed directly.

“Your Majesty, if you let these people come over, you must give them a thought!
If a person doesn’t have a way to ascend, wouldn’t he have no motivation?

For these people, I will give you a future for Your Majesty!

What if they can get away with it if they learn something? "

For the children of criminals, as long as they can escape the crime, it is the best reward and punishment.

Zhang Yi's proposal was considered feasible by Lao Zhu.

"Not only can I allow them to escape guilt, but I can also use them if they have outstanding talents..."

With Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhang Yi was completely relieved.

The support Lao Zhu gave him was quite good, which was also the benefit of recognizing each other.

If Zhu Yuanzhang can publicly support it, the resources that can be mobilized will be massive.

Running a school is naturally just the beginning. If you want to satisfy the emperor, you must come up with something useful.

Lao Zhu is a practical person, and coupled with the knowledge limitations of the ancients, if he wants to only do research and development for a long time without achieving results, Zhu Yuanzhang, a stingy emperor, will definitely have to cut funding.So Zhang Yi didn't wait for the emperor to speak and said:
"I will try to get the steam engine out to Your Majesty within three to five years!"

Steam engine?
What it is?
Zhang Yi gave a rough explanation, and the Zhu family and his son were moved.

Machines that can move on their own without the need for manpower, the scene that Zhang Yi realized for them seems to have gradually touched the future he described...

The iron bird soars into the air, a vehicle that can move automatically without any need to be pulled around...

"Three years, can it be done?"

"It may not be possible, but five or six years is okay, right?"

Zhang Yi sneered. Although cheating for funds always required bragging, he really didn't dare to brag to Lao Zhu.

Emperor Hongwu's temperament will come true if you brag.

If that's not possible, think about the pain in your head.

"Okay, I will fully cooperate with you, and I also look forward to the surprises you will bring to me in five years..."

"Let's stop talking about it for now. There will be plenty of time in the future. Let's go eat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and patted Zhang Yi on the shoulder:

"Your aunt has been thinking about you all these years!"

"Aunt, Queen Ma, by the way..."

Zhang Yi then remembered that if Zhu Yuanzhang was Uncle Huang, wouldn't his aunt be Queen Ma?

Queen Ma, Queen Ma...

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao saw that his expression was wrong and asked:

"what happened?"

"Well, I just remembered something..."

"Good thing or bad thing?"

Zhang Yi touched his nose and laughed:
"Just thinking about it, the queen seems...the future is not going to be good..."

"What's wrong?"

Lao Zhu suddenly became nervous. The father and son had seen this boy's crow's mouth before, so it couldn't be another troublesome thing, right?
Zhang Yi didn't dare to say anything anymore when he saw the expressions on their father and son's faces.

The Huang family's father and son and the emperor's father and son are two different concepts.

"You said, if you dare to hide it, I will make you look good..."

"It's not a big deal. It's just that Queen Ma will become ill after a long time... um..."

"Is what you said true?"

Lao Zhu glared at Zhang Yi. If it had been anyone else, he would have probably beaten this kid to death as a demon.

But countless experiences have proven that if Zhang Yi said you were unlucky, you probably really would be unlucky.

"What the history books say is none of my business!"

Zhang Yi quickly shirks his responsibility, and Zhu Yuanzhang turns blue.

What crime did he do?

It's not enough for his sons to take turns to die early, and for his grandson to compete with his sons for the throne. Even his sister, who he depends on for life and care for each other, has to leave him?
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang had many concubines, the only person he truly regarded as his wife was Queen Ma.

"Please tell me clearly, can you save me?"

"I don't know, because the higher-ups didn't say it clearly, but it's okay. Queen Ma will be ill this year. I'll let her have a look and we'll know..."

Zhang Yi thought of Queen Ma's illness in the sixth year of Hongwu's reign, which was most likely related to Hongwu's death in the fifteenth year of his illness.

Lao Zhu took a breath, and this guy still knew that the girl was going to be sick?

"Okay, thank you for your trouble!"

Zhu Yuanzhang instinctively wanted to throw out this demon who deceived the public with his monstrous words, but his reason made him calm down.

Zhang Yi is basically right. This is the experience that Lao Zhu has been trained by him for many years.

"Let's go, let's eat!"

The emperor kept an eye on Queen Ma's physical condition and took Zhang Yi to Kunning Palace.

"Zhang Yi, meet the Queen!"

Zhang Yi saw Empress Ma and gave her a grand ceremony.

"Little real person, I haven't seen you for some years, let me take a look at it!"

Queen Ma was as kind as ever. He pulled Zhang Yi to his side and chatted about everyday things.

People around looked at Zhang Yi curiously.

It’s not just Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao here today.

Several young ladies and women in palace attire were secretly staring at Zhang Yi.

When the queen organized this family banquet, they really thought it was just a gathering of people within the Tian family at first, with Zhang Yi as the only outsider.

His closeness to the emperor was self-evident.

And not everyone in the crowd didn't know Zhang Yi.

Mrs. Chang, who has become a married woman for the first time, has joy in her eyes.

After Queen Ma and Zhang Yi chatted for a while, she shouted:
"Brother Zhang!"

Zhang Yi was happy to see Mrs. Chang, but at the same time, he felt a little weird. He killed her brother with his own hands, but he still wanted to be close to her. Zhang Yi always felt a little uncomfortable.

However, he was naturally friendly and soon chatted with Mr. Chang.

Empress Ma also briefly introduced him to other people, most of whom were concubines of other princes.

Zhu Xi's Princess Qin, and the unmarried wives of Zhu Fan and Zhu Di.

Zhang Yi was not familiar with them and just said hello lightly.

Zhu Di had something to do and couldn't come back, so the family dinner ended in a happy atmosphere.

Finally, Lao Zhu specifically asked Zhang Yi to check Queen Ma's body.

Zhang Yi observed the words and expressions and roughly determined what was wrong with Queen Ma.

The emperor took him aside and asked:
"How about it?"

"Also, it's a problem with the trachea, which should be treated with antibiotics..."

After confirming that the antibiotics worked, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Since antibiotics can take care of it, Queen Ma's fate can probably be changed.

"very good……"

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a long sigh of relief.His concern for Queen Ma was beyond words.

"You're fine. I'll ask Biao'er to take you back to rest. You will temporarily stay in the East Palace tonight and come to court with me tomorrow!"

Zhang Yi nodded silently. Zhu Biao had already said that the two brothers wanted to have a good chat. Zhang Yi guessed that the two of them would probably talk by candlelight.

He bid farewell to Queen Ma and followed Zhu Biao and Chang back to the East Palace.

On the way, Zhu Biaocai confessed to Chang about his fate with Zhang Yi.

Mrs. Chang was stunned and realized that her husband had known Zhang Yi for a long time. She recalled some of her embarrassing things, and the prince probably knew about them.

Chang's shyness made Zhu Biao laugh. He held Chang's hand in front of Zhang Yi, but the girl was still as shy as before and pulled her hand away.

Zhang Yi was very pleased to see the two of them loving each other.

I hope my efforts over the years have not been in vain.

But also holding hands were the Imperial Palace and Queen Ma.

Zhu Yuanzhang drank some wine and was not in a stable mood.

Queen Ma always felt that Lao Zhu was a little sentimental, so she recalled the past with her today.

She asked Lao Zhu:

"Your Majesty, I feel like something is wrong with you today...?"

Zhu Yuanzhang would not tell anything about Zhang Yi, lest she worry.

He changed the subject:
"How do you feel about not seeing this child for three years?"

"Very good, that kid Miaoyun will follow him. He shouldn't be wronged..."

Queen Ma's words completely sealed their marriage.

(End of this chapter)