My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 233

"That's right! His Royal Highness the King of Shu, it's very wise for you to think so." Xu Jingchang clapped his palms and laughed. He would never mind having more and more friends, especially the royal blood and the identity of the son of Lao Zhu. Watch them do things together and hide behind yourself, don't have a lot of fun.

"His Royal Highness Shu, since you have spent so much time promoting enlightenment, why don't you come out and run a school!"

Zhu Chun was still hesitating, "Mr. Ding, what do you mean?"

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "I ran a school in Yingtian very early on, and was praised by His Majesty as the best private school in the world. Even His Majesty the Grandson was enlightened there."

Zhu Chun seemed to remember it, but hesitated again, "Ding Guogong, this school must not be cheap, right? The cost is very high?"

Xu Jingchang rolled his eyelids, thought about it for a long time, and then said: "Is running a society losing money? I remember making a lot of money!"

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu, who lowered his head, suddenly said quietly: "All you earn is my money!"

Xu Jingchang was stunned for a moment, without the slightest hint of gratitude, and sneered, "It's my students who helped you get rich. It's not because of my help that you can make your business so big."

The quarrel between the two of them aroused both Zhu Huan and Zhu Chun's interest, and they immediately tortured them, what exactly did you do?
Seeing that Xu Jingchang couldn't hide it anymore, he simply confessed... In order to settle the refugees, Xu Jingchang went around for alms, got the abandoned land of the military camp, and asked for food. It can be said that he set up the school without spending any money.

And more than [-]% of the students in this school are workers.

Typesetting for Zhu Gaosui, weaving for Zhu Gaoxu, and the fast-growing accountant... Now these people are the mainstay, and the more the better, it can be said that it is a bottomless pit.

Zhu Chun understood, "Mr. Dingguo is taking advantage of the court... Then, can I get some benefits from running a school?"

Zhu Wei seemed to be tempted, "Dingguo Gong, I don't want to do business, I want to teach some doctors." Zhu Wei couldn't help but sigh, let alone good doctors are hard to find, even quack doctors are not many.

Anyone who knows a few herbs dares to ask a doctor.

The main reason is that in the past 100 years of the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of medical works have been lost, and the common people have been reduced to the fourth class. How can they afford to see a doctor?
Although Xu Jingchang didn't speak well of the Song Dynasty, he had to admit that the Song Dynasty's medical skills were quite good, but there was a break.

For example, the famous national treasure Tiansheng Bronze Man was lost in the Jingkang Incident.

The Tiansheng Bronze Man is cast according to young males. It contains meridian points and internal organs. It can be used to teach acupuncture and can also be used as an anatomy textbook. It is extremely precious.

However, the two bronze figures became the trophies of the Jin soldiers. They went to the Kingdom of Jin with the "two saints", and later it is said that they fell into the hands of the Mongols.

I just don’t know if the Mongols brought it back to the Central Plains?

If they got it back, the Holy Bronze Man might still be dusty in some unknown warehouse that day... Of course, it is more likely that it was melted and turned into copper coins.

"Ding Guogong, I have always wanted to find the Bronze Man of Heavenly Sage, set up a school, revive medical skills, and benefit the common people... If I can succeed, I will die without regret!"

Xu Jingchang can understand Zhu Wei's mood very well, and it is indeed their fault that medicine is lost and national treasures are dusted.

"King of Zhou, King of Shu... Let's not waste money and cultivate those poor scholars who only know the four books and five classics. This is not to say that reading is not important, but that reading is just an introduction. We need more capable scholars OK."

Xu Jingchang went back to the house with his fists hard, "When I was running a school in Yingtian, I advocated what was needed and cultivated. If we need accountants, we teach arithmetic. If we need craftsmen, we teach them skills. Now that we need doctors, we need to open a medical school. Sort out history books, sum up predecessors’ ideas of governing the country, experience and lessons, and we will run a history school.”

"Your Highness, the time for Confucian scholar-bureaucrats to monopolize knowledge is over. We must take action to cultivate our own talents. Otherwise, in a few years, even if we want to do it, we will have no chance. Now that the status of Confucianism is shaken, Your Majesty is determined to forge ahead. , is our god-sent opportunity..."

It has to be said that Xu Jingchang was really able to fool around, and Zhu Gaoxu was watching from the side, witnessing the two uncles from being skeptical to passionate, and their emotions were completely ignited.

King Zhou wanted to run a school and train doctors.Over the years, he has compiled many medical books and herbal medicines, and also met a group of like-minded people.

Zhu Chun hopes to start with Zhuge Wuhou and explore how to govern Bashu... After decades of reading, he is known as a scholar of Shu, but he read it wrong, isn't it a joke!

"Fifth Uncle, Eleventh Uncle, if you all agree with your cousin's proposition, why not jointly sign a letter, as a vassal king, set an example for the world, educate the common people, and benefit the country, and the emperor will be happy."

Zhu Huan and Zhu Chun nodded one after another, without thinking too much, they quickly wrote a detailed memorial and handed it over to Xu Jingchang, who asked him to pass it to Zhu Di.

The two princes happily waited for the fourth brother's call.

But these two people are still innocent after all, they completely forgot that what Xu Jingchang is best at is making use of the situation.

"Your Majesty, I have only completed the work in Beiping... There are still a lot of troubles in Liaodong, Datong, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places. I shoulder the important task of patrolling the nine borders, but I can't fulfill my emperor's entrustment. Your Majesty apologizes."

Zhu Di frowned slightly. He still hadn't figured out what Xu Jingchang was planning to do. This kid was burdened with a debt of [-] million taels. He came here to plead guilty. He didn't want to dismiss him by himself, so that he could resign and go home and escape. God!
How does this work?
"Nephew Jingchang, I live in peace these days, all thanks to your planning, you have done everything, and I have entrusted everything to you. If you still play tricks on me, then I will not promise."

Zhu Di was smiling, and only he knew what was going on in his heart.

But Xu Jingchang felt inexplicably cold.

"Your Majesty misunderstood... What I mean by this minister is that there is still a way to deal with the land and property of the guard. But what about the properties of the kings of Sai? And the guards of the palace. Does Your Majesty have a regulation?"

Zhu Di restrained his smile and became more serious than before.

He started as a vassal king, and the most taboo is that someone will follow the same pattern and repeat the same mistakes.

Therefore, Zhu Di took control of Ning Wang Zhu Quan who had rebelled together early, and now Xu Jingchang once again brought up the matter of the vassal king, which instantly cheered Zhu Di up.

"If you have an idea, just say it."

"Your Majesty, I have chatted with the King of Shu and found that he is eager to learn, but he is surrounded by old Confucians. What he can teach the King of Shu is just clichés, which is of no benefit. I just thought, can we set up a school... let All the sons and daughters of the clan will enroll in school, teach the kings according to the latest grand order, enlighten their wisdom, increase their talents, and sharpen their knowledge, so that they can better assist His Majesty?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head.

He is afraid of the rebellion of the vassal kings, so he spends effort to teach them skills, isn't it just a cocoon?

But how clever Zhu Di is...he immediately realized the power of this move.

"You mean to gather the princes together?"

"That's right!"

"Teach them again?"

"That's right!"

"Then what if someone can't learn well?"

Xu Jingchang laughed and said, "That depends on what His Majesty wants."

Zhu Di hummed: "Don't play tricks, tell me the truth, what is your plan?"

"Since your Majesty asked, I will tell you the truth... May I ask your Majesty, how many sons does Emperor Taizu have?"

Zhu Di frowned, but still said: "Huang Kao has a total of 26 sons."

"How many sons does His Majesty have?"

"Besides the premature death, there are still three sons."

"Then can your majesty do the math? Taking 20 years as a generation, how many people will there be in the Ming clan after a hundred years?"

Zhu Di frowned for a while, and the frown became tighter and tighter, it seemed that it was not easy to calculate!

The clan has good conditions, plenty of time, and groups of wives and concubines...their reproduction speed is naturally much faster than ordinary people.

Like King Jing of Zhongshan, who had more than 100 sons in a lifetime, although it is a bit exaggerated, but there are still many people who have dozens of sons.

In fact, there is no need for dozens of them, as long as three or five can be guaranteed to grow into adults.

One generation in 20 years, five generations in 100 years... How many clan descendants will there be?
For a while, Zhu Di really couldn't figure it out.But it is definitely an astonishing number, at least more than the six ministers and nine court officials.

Speaking of courtiers, Zhu Di worried about his salary every year, but if there were so many clans and everyone opened their mouths wide open, waiting for the court to feed them, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be exhausted?
Zhu Di raised his head and his eyes fell on the eaves. He remembered that there used to be a swallow's nest in the palace. Every year, the parents of the swallows would hold mud to build the nest, and then hatched the eggs hard. When the chicks came out, it was when the parents were most tired. The small mouth is like a bottomless pit.

No matter how many bugs can be stuffed in, the little swallow is chattering all day long, begging for food all the time.

As the son of heaven, he is the father of all the people, the hard-working swallow parents... How many swallows can there be in a nest?
Three or five?

What if it suddenly becomes tens of thousands?
Zhu Di suddenly shivered, a chill came from the bottom of his heart, and his face changed.

"You mean to use the school to abolish the vassal king?" Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

"No!" Xu Jingchang said decisively: "Your Majesty is different from Jianwen. He imprisoned his uncle and forced the King of Xiang to death, which is against the law. His Majesty ordered the vassal kings to enroll in order to let them learn real skills and benefit the world."

Zhu Di thought for a while, then said in a deep voice, "They have really learned their skills, will they?"

Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty can remove clans of more than three generations from the imperial jade certificate. Or abolish their inheritance qualifications."

Zhu Di thought about it, maybe it is appropriate to limit it to three generations, if not, then think of a way.

"What about those clans who haven't learned their skills?"

"Then keep studying! After all, you can't even graduate from school, so how can you be a good prince?" Xu Jingchang said naturally.

　The situation is a little better, there may be two more changes.By the way, I recommend a book, the old author's masterpiece "Fairy, please help me live forever"

　　


(End of this chapter)