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Chapter 526 School and Newspaper Office

Zheng Zhilong ignored the gloomy expression of Tokugawa's family, but continued to announce to everyone: "The selection of the first batch of students will start in seven days, and the selection targets are any residents of Edo Castle and nearby Japan. After that, we will open The second batch of places. The number of places is limited, and the outstanding ones can be recommended to our Huaxia Academy of Sciences for further study."

"No way, do ordinary people like us have the opportunity to go to the Celestial Dynasty to study?"

"Reading is only the power that those famous masters can have. Can we common people have the same qualifications as the famous masters?"

Zheng Zhilong's words caused a huge commotion in Edo City. At this time, the common people at the bottom really had no chance to receive education. Even Chinese characters were only learned by the nobles, and all the resources were in the hands of the nobles.However, a school from Huaxia, which has the most advanced knowledge in this era, was established in Edo Castle and is open to all people. How could it not be shocking.

"My son said that there is no discrimination in teaching. Thanks to the great tolerance of General Zhengyi, we allowed us Huaxia to set up a school here, and we manage the affairs of the school, so we can freely formulate rules, and no one is deceived. Right, General Zhengyi?" Zheng Zhilong turned to Tokugawa Iemitsu and said.

"Ah... yes, since this general has made an agreement with you, as long as it doesn't cause turmoil in Edo Castle, I can naturally teach you freely. This is also an excellent thing for our subjects." Tokugawa Iemitsu Waking up with a start, I had no choice but to knock out my teeth and swallow them in my stomach.

According to the details of the third article of the "Edo Castle Treaty", the Kyushu Army has the privilege of setting up schools in Dongying Kingdom, and the affairs management and school regulations of the schools are fully responsible for the Kyushu Army. As long as they do not oppose the shogunate, the shogunate must not interfere with the affairs of the school.This is all written in black and white, and Tokugawa Iemitsu has not yet dared to tear his face with the Kyushu Army, because there are four thousand expeditionary troops led by Zheng Zhilong outside Edo City, and there are also the Fallen Allied Forces in the Kansai region farther away. I'm staring at it.

The people of Edo City nodded their heads when they saw the high-ranking shogun, and they all believed it [-]% of the time. They were all gearing up and wanted to join the Tokyo Academy established by the Kyushu Army.

"The selection of the school still needs some preparatory work. Now that General Zhengyi is here, why don't we have a drink and try our Chinese wine?" Zheng Zhilong said to Tokugawa Iemitsu again.

"Forget it, our new shogunate army is still training, and the general is free for a while, so I'll have a few drinks with you." If Iemitsu Tokugawa's heart is unbalanced, this time he has to drink Zheng Zhilong's good wine anyway. OK.

"Hahaha, please!" Zheng Zhilong stepped into the school together with Lieutenant General Shi Daxuan and other generals of the Beiyang Fleet, as well as the shogunate executives.

In the spacious school hall, some servants had already prepared a banquet.Originally, Zheng Zhilong did not expect that the shogunate general Tokugawa Iemitsu would come in person, but he just set up a banquet to entertain Tadakatsu Sakai and other high-ranking shogunate officials after the unveiling, in order to win the hearts of the shogunate.After Tokugawa Iemitsu was on the spot this time, he became one of the protagonists of the banquet.

"Is it unrefined to set up a banquet in the school?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked.

"Food is the most important thing for the people, and reading is also necessary to fill their stomachs. Besides, those who achieve great things do not care about small things, and the two do not conflict." Zheng Zhilong secretly said in his heart, Lao Tzu was born as a pirate, and he talked about pragmatism. many.

"Huaxia people really have outstanding thinking, you all have to study hard." To Tokugawa Iemitsu, Zheng Zhilong just used it casually to fool Tokugawa Iemitsu, but it became a wise saying, and the senior officials around the shogunate should learn from it.

"Of order." Tadakatsu Sakai, Tadaaki Abe, and Nobutsuna Matsudaira all said seriously.

"Everyone, please sit down." Zheng Zhilong and Tokugawa Iemitsu sat at the main seats.Because it was actually the home field of the Kyushu Army in the academy, these high-ranking Japanese officials sat unnaturally on chairs instead of kneeling as usual.

Tokugawa Iemitsu and Zheng Zhilong were on an equal footing, which made him a little unhappy, but there was no way, after all, the Kyushu Army was too powerful.He inadvertently glanced at the expressions of Sakai Tadakatsu and the others, and found that they didn't seem to think this was a shame, so he felt a little relieved.

"Master Zheng Yi, it is thanks to you that our Tokyo Academy can open smoothly this time." Zheng Zhilong toasted Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but roll his eyes, who wants to help you.

"In addition to setting up this Tokyo school, we also need to set up a newspaper office in Edo Castle. I hope you will support it." Zheng Zhilong said.

Um?Want to use privileges again? !Tokugawa Iemitsu was taken aback, and the wine in the wine glass he was holding almost spilled.

The other senior shogunate officials also looked at each other in blank dismay, all surprised by the actions of the Kyushu Army, which was too much, and it felt like they regarded Edo Castle as their home.

"We will publish articles in both languages ​​at the same time to take care of the differences between the two languages. If the shogunate wants to publish notices or announcements, you can also contact our newspaper office." Zheng Zhilong continued as if he didn't see everyone's reaction.

"..." Tokugawa Iemitsu had nothing to say.

At this time, the only ones who could come to the banquet were high-ranking Japanese leaders or officials like Tokugawa Iemitsu and Sakai Tadakatsu.

These banners are in a tangle.Some of them really want to get this opportunity to enter the Tokyo Academy.The new type of knowledge is enough to open their eyes, and their future growth may not be limited to a mere banner. Maybe they can be reused by various forces after they come out, and they can even join the Kyushu Army and become an important figure in it.

But they are also worried that the shogun will treat Hatakemoto or samurai who tried to participate in the selection of Tokyo Academy as traitors and liquidate them after the fact.This contradiction makes them conflicted in their hearts.

"Mr. Ono, you have been to Yokohama Port and had contact with the Kyushu Army. You have a little understanding of them. I don't know the real strength of the Kyushu Army?" Some bannermen gathered together and asked Ono who went to Yokohama Port to escort firearms. Taro.

"The strength of the Kyushu Army is quite terrifying. They have firearms and warships that are decades more advanced than ours. Our Anzhai ships are like ants in front of their giant ships. And they also have steel warships made of fine iron, and The muzzle is as thick as a bucket. Compared with them, we are really far behind." Taro Ono said.

"Hiss... the distant Central Plains is really vast and rich in resources and has a large number of talents. It has surpassed us by so many in only three or forty years. It is worthy of being the suzerain country. We have to convince the general to let us learn their advanced knowledge." Some banner books They booed one after another.

(End of this chapter)