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Chapter 450: Go militarily or expand territory?

Nanjing.

It has been more than a year since the Imperial College was built, but it cannot be considered completed. It should be said to have been rebuilt.The overall building frame is actually still there, but has been slightly repaired.

Most of the students in the Imperial College are the children of wealthy families and officials. This is not Zhu Yijiong's deliberate compromise. It is purely because this place is called Nanjing Imperial College, and the first batch of students must be Nanjing locals.

Moreover, the Imperial College is newly opened, and those nephews and relatives of Conglong heroes, as long as they are not too bad, must be squeezed in.

But it's just about putting people in. How well they study and whether they can stay without being expelled depends on their abilities.

Although Zhu Yijiong restored the Imperial Academy and the imperial examination in parallel to train officials for the court, he also made more stringent requirements.Not only is the teaching completely closed, but maids and servants are not allowed to enter the school, so everything has to be done by oneself.

The teaching content of the New Imperial College is more comprehensive than that of local academic administration.Not only has calendrical astronomy been added to the curriculum, but there are also other skills considered by traditional scholars to be strange and obscene... even the Tianyuan Technique newly developed by the Calendar Astronomy Hall is also included, and the director Mei Yingcheng personally took the time to teach it.

When Zhu Yijiong rebuilt the Imperial College, he even wanted to rename it "Capital University Hall", but after thinking about it, he decided against it.Not only is the sense of immediateness too strong, but the style of this name is indeed not as high-end as that of the Imperial College.

Summer time has passed, and most of the students in the Imperial College have returned from summer vacation.

Ancient schools also had summer vacations, mainly to allow students to go back to work in the fields.

In the school building, several supervisors were sitting together. There were two editions of "Da Ming Chao Bao" and "Da Ming Yue Bao" on the table, both of which were the latest issues. What they were talking about was that the imperial court had regained Guangnan Province and was now preparing to recruit the first batch of soldiers. A group of Han immigrants went to Guangnan to cultivate land.

Wang Hongwei looked at the two pages of the newspaper and exclaimed: "My Ming Dynasty king's heavenly soldiers are really invincible. Little Annan is simply vulnerable. Now Annan... no, Guangnan has been restored. This is the great cause of the restoration of the Taizong Dynasty of the former Ming Dynasty." .”

On the side, Kong Jitao also said: "His Majesty sent troops to regain Guangnan this time, not only to regain the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi in the Ming Dynasty, but also to restore the achievements of the Wutang Sect of the Han Dynasty in the past. Just as the "Constitution" promulgated by the imperial court said, Everything the sun and moon illuminate is the territory of our Han family."

This blowing was a bit too much, just licking hard right there.

But it's not surprising that these two people who are crazy about the imperial court are the former son of the chief minister's family. He was arrested and forced to detoxify from drugs because of drug abuse, and he almost died in the prison.

The latter is not so awesome, but equally not simple, but he is the son of the contemporary Yanshenggong Kong Chuanjin.

Historically, this man was a bit miserable. He couldn't live without his father, but he was beaten to death first, so he failed to inherit the hereditary official title of Nanzong (non-Yanshenggong).

After learning that the Imperial College was to be rebuilt in Nanjing, Kong Chuanjin made a quick decision and sent his son back to Nanjing. He also petitioned the emperor to request that the Confucius son be admitted to school.

For this requirement, Zhu Yijiong is very capable.

As soon as Kong Jitao and Wang Hongwei finished speaking, Ma Yu, who was sitting silently beside him, suddenly said: "If we really restore the achievements of Han Wu and Tang Zong, wouldn't it mean going militarily? Regardless of whether Han Wu or Tang Zong, although they had vast territory when they were in power, they also exhausted the people's power. , the dynasty overthrew in just a few generations, and even fell into the hands of women.”

Kong Jitao raised his eyebrows and said: "It is not that you want to go militarily. Your Majesty is just setting a national policy. Guangnan, the Western Regions, and Monan are the territories of our Han family, and we should restore them."

Ma Yu said: "But if you want to fight, you have to use troops. If you really restore the achievements of Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty, how many more battles will the Ming Dynasty have to fight? Why did the former Ming Dynasty lose the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi? Isn't it because of the continuous war in the north, which depleted the national strength? , which led to the Cochin rebellion, with no money and no soldiers to quell?"

Kong Jitao laughed a little angrily: "According to what you said, you have to be timid even in war, let alone expand the territory. Even the Manchu and Qing puppet dynasty does not need to be destroyed. Let's just negotiate a peace! Otherwise, this fight will start. When the war breaks out, how many people will die and how much food will it cost?"

But Ma Yu still caught something and said: "The Manchu and puppet dynasties stole the Han land and should recover it themselves. Moreover, before the new Ming dynasty was settled, Your Majesty continued to use weapons overseas without permission, and successively annexed Ryukyu and Luzon, and turned against each other. The great Francois even secretly annexed the territory of Korea's vassal country. This is Ryukyu, which secretly worships Japan as its sect. This is Japan's persecution. We, the Great Tomorrow, should be magnanimous and help them recover. Why should we They destroyed the country and annexed it. Ryukyu is isolated overseas and is a small land. Annexing it and making it a county is just a waste of money and food." Wang Hongwei couldn't help but said: "Ryukyu is the backbone of all countries, not to mention the European countries that gentlemen said. , even Japan attaches great importance to this. As long as we control Ryukyu, our Ming Dynasty can control the trade from the East to Southeast Asia. Not to mention the benefits of the treasury, our Ming merchants and people alone can make a lot of profits every year. "

Ma Yu sneered and said: "This is to emphasize business and suppress agriculture, and to abandon the good and pursue the weak."

Wang Hongwei was stunned and said, "Isn't your family from Yangzhou salt merchants?"

Ma Yu, courtesy name Zhenbo, was the son of Yangzhou salt merchant Ma Yueguan. Historically, he had donated books to the Sikuquanshu.

Ma Yu was also stunned and said quickly: "Then my family is also sold to the people of this country. It has never been sold to foreign vassal countries, let alone competing with foreign barbarians for profit."

Kong Jitao frowned and said: "You are sophistry, and the "Da Ming Dynasty News" has said before that the bloodline of the Ryukyu royal family has been severed long ago, and the current Ryukyu royal family is just an impostor. I, the Ming Dynasty, destroyed their country and established sacrifices for the blood of the original royal family. , This is to bring order out of chaos. This is true even in Guangnan Province. The Annan Puppet Li Dynasty has arrogated the title of emperor and is so rebellious and unethical. Can't it still be destroyed?"

Ma Yu said: "What about North Korea and Luzon? Taizong had already donated the land on the north bank of the Yalu River to North Korea. Now if he embezzles it again, wouldn't it be disrespectful of my words? And Luzon lives far away from home and is a foreign country. If a rebellion breaks out in such an enclave outside the country, we, the Ming Dynasty, will have to go on an expedition. Wouldn’t it be useless to the country to capture it?”

Although Ma Yu's words are quite arrogant, they are not all nonsense, and this is also what many scholars are worried about.

The emperor went too far with his military campaign, fighting for years, and even engaging in unjust wars. Moreover, most of the enclaves he occupied were remote enclaves. What was the use of such enclaves?
Ma Yu added: "Moreover, as for the national policy mentioned by Brother Kong, the imperial court has set such a national policy. Your Majesty is the founding hero of the country, so there is no problem, and there is no fear of rebellion in these newly occupied territories. But what if your Majesty happens a hundred years later? Just know that Even after the death of Emperor Qin, the remnants of the six kingdoms immediately started to rebel. When future emperors decline in national power, won't these foreign lands all have to rebel?"

When he said this, Kong Jitao also lost his temper: "If we go by what Brother Zhang said, then I think Brother Zhang's family no longer needs to do business. The shopping mall is so dangerous, just like a battlefield. What if we lose money?"

Ma Yu was choked: "You are trying to force your words, this is sophistry!"

Kong Jitao angrily said: "Aren't you sophistry? The imperial court is only trying to regain its homeland, and no matter how bad it is, it is just opening up new territories for the country. What you say is that it is resorting to militarism and abandoning its roots to pursue its weaknesses."

Wang Hongwei had already raised his fists at this time: "Why are you wasting so much time talking to this guy? I've already seen that this guy doesn't like him. It's great to be rich!"

The punch came, but it was Ma Yu who struck first.

After all, Wang Hongwei was the son of the chief minister's family, and he had been taking drugs for a long time, so his body was not as strong as others.

When Kong Jitao saw his friend Wang Hongwei being beaten, his blood surged and he punched him.

"Bang... bang...ah! I'll fight you."

The three of them just struggled with each other in the Imperial College building.

At first, it was just a punch and a kick, but it was still quite gentle, and gradually began to use heavy blows.

During this period, friends kept coming to help after hearing the news. There were even students passing by who couldn't help but join the "battle" after hearing the two men's views. The situation gradually got out of control.

The news soon reached the emperor's ears. It was simply Fan Shouyi who felt that the matter was too big to handle, so he came to tell the news.

(End of this chapter)