King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 124 Zhu Di was shocked! When did Lao Shi grow up?

King Yan was still overjoyed and wished he could go see the princess immediately.

the other side.

Monk Daoyan couldn't help but asked curiously: "Your Highness, did the letter mention which famous doctor cured the disease? Is it the imperial doctor sent by His Majesty? Or is it possible that there are experts among the doctors in Yingtian Mansion?"

Shi Jinzhong, the left chief of the palace, was also surprised and said: "Yes. There are many famous doctors in the world here in Peiping!
  There are even two imperial doctors in the palace.

But no one could do anything. Wei Guogong's condition was already very bad at that time, but now he was able to come back to life! It’s incredible! "

When Zhu Di heard what the two said, he frowned and said, "That's right! Don't worry about the princess in advance! I will read the letter first!"

The words fell.

A gentle voice came.

"Your Highness, what is the matter with me that is not urgent?"

Everyone heard the sound and hurriedly saluted Princess Yan.

Zhu Di coughed lightly.

"What's not urgent? Did the princess hear it wrong? I mean, the princess' matter must be urgent!"

Princess Yan glanced at Zhu Di.

Look at the others.

Everyone said: "Yes! What His Highness just said is that there is no need to rush!"

Princess Yan smiled and looked at Seng Daoyan with her wonderful eyes.

Monk Daoyan was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Amitabha! Princess! The poor monk pledged his life to Jin Changshi! What Your Highness just said is that it has to be urgent!"

Jin Zhong:? ? ?
  Without waiting for Princess Yan to speak.

Jin Zhong also shouted: "Princess, Your Majesty! I also pledged the life of Master Daoyan. What Your Highness said just now is really urgent! If there is even a half-truth, Master Daoyan will go to tongue-pulling hell!"

Zhu Di sighed.

Two pig teammates!
  If you swear to each other, the princess will believe you only then!
  Zhu Di laughed dryly and said to Princess Yan: "My beloved, what a happy event! I have just received the news! It's a letter from Zeng Shou! He said that my father-in-law is fine!"

Princess Yan originally looked calm.

When I heard this, I couldn't help but tremble all over.

Looking at Zhu Di, he asked: "Your Highness? Is it true? Father, father is fine? Is he okay?"

Zhu Di smiled and said: "It's okay! It's cured! Now I'm recuperating my body and I'll recover soon!"

When Princess Yan heard this, she couldn't help crying with joy!

"Father, it is great! Your Highness! Great! I have been worried about this matter these days! I was afraid. I was afraid. Now, I am finally relieved!"

talking.

Princess Yan couldn't help wiping her tears and asked: "Your Highness, I don't know which miracle doctor saved my father. I must thank him very much!"

Zhu Di slapped his thigh.

"Oh! Princess, look at this king's memory! As soon as I saw that my father-in-law was well, I was so anxious to tell you about this that I didn't even read anything written at the back of the letter! Come, let's take a look together!"

Monk Daoyan and Jin Zhong shook their heads together.

Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng and others also sighed.

Only Princess Yan's eyes flashed with warmth.

"Your Highness, you can value me so much, I am satisfied!"

In front of many foreign ministers.

Zhu Di was a little embarrassed.

He coughed lightly and said, "Okay, okay, let's take a look at what's written below in the longevity letter first!"

soon.

Zhu Di opened the letter and continued reading.

The others waited quietly for him to finish.

Although he is talking about us, we still need to observe the etiquette.

Zhu Di looked at it for a moment and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Zhu Tan? Old Shi!"

How could it be him? "

Everyone was stunned.

Monk Daoyan asked: "Your Highness, are you saying that it was the doctor invited by His Highness King Lu who cured Duke Wei?"

Zhu Di shook his head and said: "It's not the doctor he invited, it's him!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Jin Zhongqi asked: "His Royal Highness King Lu knows medical skills? Isn't His Highness King Zhou the only one who is proficient in medical skills?"

Zhu Di frowned and said: "Lao Wu did go too! This time, in addition to inviting the imperial doctor to his father-in-law's house, my father personally took the prince, Lao Wu and Lao Ten to visit him!

Unexpectedly, Lao Wu was helpless, but Lao Ten cured his father-in-law with a bottle of penicillin! "

"penicillin?"

Monk Daoyan was surprised.

"What kind of medicine is this? This poor monk has never heard of it!"

Jin Zhong sneered.

"Monk, do you have to have heard of everything in this world to be reasonable?"

Monk Daoyan shook his head.

"That's not necessarily the case. For example, a poor monk like Jin Changshi doesn't know what ability he has to achieve this position."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Stop arguing! You two are a monk and a fortune teller. To put it bluntly, you usually rely on deception to get a bite of food! You are obviously the same person, why don't you get close to each other? Instead, you are in the same boat!"

Jin Zhong laughed dryly.

"Your Highness, enemies are only those who work together"

Zhu Di snorted.

"shut up!"

Princess Yan looked at the two of them and couldn't help but shake her head.

I don’t know why His Highness accepted these two people as his confidants.

Just to listen to them quarrel?

Princess Yan looked at Zhu Di and asked: "Your Highness, does Zeng Shou's letter say that His Highness Prince Lu took out a medicine called penicillin and saved my father?"

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Yes! It's strange. Why is the tenth brother also in Yingtian?
  The king knew why the fifth brother went to Yingtian. He seemed to have gone to present a treasure to his father, and he even boasted to the king for a long time, saying that in the future, the king would rely on his treasure to fight the Tartars.

What's the reason for the tenth brother? "

Monk Daoyan frowned and said, "If the poor monk guessed correctly, His Highness King Lu should have entered Yingtian for the sake of salt!"

Zhu Di looked at Monk Daoyan and asked, "Did the newspaper say it? Why didn't I see it?"

Monk Daoyan said: "The court did not mention it directly, but the Di newspaper mentioned many times that a group of officials impeached His Royal Highness the King of Lu for competing with the people and embezzling the court's salt tax. His Majesty must have been unable to calm down, so he called His Highness the King of Lu in. Ying Tian, ​​please ask!"

Zhu Di snorted: "These civil servants are really becoming more and more bold. They dare to impeach the prince openly or covertly. It is really unreasonable!"

As he spoke, Zhu Di frowned and said, "My father is usually very protective of his shortcomings. He wouldn't call Lao Shi back just because of a little impeachment, would he?"

Monk Daoyan smiled and said: "Your Highness is well versed in battlefield affairs, but he probably has no idea about money!"

Zhu Di nodded.

"I didn't read the newspaper of that day carefully!

I just feel a little unhappy when I see so many civil servants secretly impeaching Lao Shi! "

Monk Daoyan said with a smile: "The poor monk took a closer look! His Royal Highness King Lu is a real outstanding person! Under his management, the salt produced by the Changlu Salt Farm is of extremely high quality and at extremely low prices! He has monopolized the country in one fell swoop. Salt shop for sale!
  Those civil servants who impeached His Royal Highness King Lu must be the backstage of these salt merchants who were squeezed out!

The focus of the civil officials' impeachment of His Royal Highness King Lu was simply that although he had a monopoly on salt sales across the country, he failed to bear the national salt tax obligation!
  The difference is about 15.6 million taels of silver!

Even if His Majesty trusts and loves King Lu, I am afraid that he cannot tolerate such a huge loss! "

Zhu Di frowned and said, "What you said makes sense!"

suddenly.

A eunuch came in.

After saluting, he said to Zhu Di: "Your Highness, the latest newspaper from the imperial court!"

Zhu Di glanced at it.

Looking at Monk Daoyan, he said: "Master Daoyan's guess was correct! Lao Shi was indeed recruited into Yingtian because of the salt incident! At the same time, my father also praised Lao Shi very much!"

Monk Daoyan smiled.

"His Royal Highness King Lu has done a lot of great things since he became a vassal, and he can be regarded as an outstanding figure today! Your Highness, did you and His Highness King Lu pay attention to him when you were in Yingtian?"

Zhu Di said casually: "I haven't paid attention to it. At that time, I was always fighting with the second, third, sixth and seventh children. The nerds like the fifth and tenth ones can't get into our eyes at all! Normally, I don't even bother to bully. bully."

At this point, Zhu Di almost slapped himself in the mouth.

What are you talking about? I am now a powerful vassal king, how can I tell these things to foreign ministers!

Princess Yan glanced at Zhu Di with her beautiful eyes.

Everyone couldn't help but smile.

Monk Daoyan smiled slightly and said: "The poor monk thinks His Royal Highness King Lu is quite extraordinary!

A few days ago, I crossed my vassal territory and entered Qingzhou to save Yantai County!

He also borrowed naval forces from Anton Guard to suppress the Japanese pirates!

This time alone you can see how wise and decisive he is!

This time, the Changlu Saltworks incident was a complete victory, which is really amazing! "

Princess Yan suddenly said: "Your Highness, I feel that since His Highness King Lu saved our father, he is also our benefactor! Otherwise, let's give him a generous gift and thank him properly!"

Zhu Di nodded and said with a smile: "This is what it should be! I just got a batch of fire blunderbuss recently. It is said that the cannibals got it from the west. They are very sharp!
  Then give some to my tenth brother to play with!
  Haha, he must have never seen it! "

talking.

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I didn't expect that Lao Shi, who was like a scholar at the beginning, is so powerful now!"

Princess Yan suddenly said: "By the way, Your Highness, Zeng Shou said in the letter that he seems to have been dragged to study by His Highness Prince Lu!"

Zhu Di was stunned and asked: "What to study? He wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that he wanted to come to Peiping to learn how to fight with me!"

Princess Yan looked strange and said: "Zengshou said that his father asked him to follow Prince Lu to study the Four Books and Five Classics and take the imperial examination!"

"Take the imperial examination?"

Zhu Di was stunned.

I couldn't help but lost my voice and said: "Zengshou comes from a noble family, why should I take the Jinshi exam! In the future, if a son inherits his father's legacy, he will of course work in the army!"

Monk Daoyan smiled.

"Your Highness! This poor monk knows about this!
  The newspaper also mentioned that His Royal Highness King Lu made a bet with Hanlin scholars Song Ne, Wu Bozong, Wu Shen and others that as long as His Royal Highness King Lu could teach 50 Jinshi from among the 40 noble children in the imperial examination this year!
  Then it proves that it is wrong to only test the Four Books and Five Classics in the imperial examination. The imperial examination will be reformed by then!

This matter can be regarded as a major event in North Korea and Shilin in recent days! "

Zhu Di shook his head inexplicably.

"Isn't this old man too capable? He fought against Japanese pirates, then worked in salt fields, and now he has to reform the imperial examination!
  snort! Just come to Mobei to fight the Tatars! "

talking.

Zhu Di suddenly laughed again and said: "But if he comes to fight the Tatars, I'm afraid there is no hope of taking credit from me! I will be the first prince in the future to seize the title of wolf!"

Monk Daoyan frowned and said: "Strange. How could your Majesty allow this? His Royal Highness King Lu is a vassal king, how can he interfere in the imperial examination? Does your Majesty have other plans for the position of the prince? It shouldn't be."

Zhu Di shook his head when he heard this and said: "Monk Daoyan, don't be suspicious. There is absolutely no chance that my eldest brother's identity will be shaken! Not the tenth brother, nor the second or third brother, including me!"

Seng Daoyan frowned and thought for a while, and couldn't figure out his thoughts for a while.

I can only sigh.

"His Royal Highness King Lu is a true god! One day, I would like to meet him!"

Jin Zhong suddenly sneered and said: "Monk, you don't want to rebel, do you? Be careful if His Highness gets upset and chops off your bald head!"

Monk Daoyan snorted and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is the chosen one! This poor monk has a firm ambition and will not rebel!

On the other hand, Jin Changshi, before the poor monk said anything, Jin Changshi was thinking about the rebellion."

Jin Zhong hummed: "I have never praised His Highness King Lu, let alone expressed such fascinating emotions!"

Monk Daoyan hummed: "You know people, you know faces, but you don't know their hearts. The more Jin Changshi runs away from something, the more he thinks about it."

Jin Zhong said angrily: "Your Highness! I request that this monk be punished. This person will definitely betray Your Highness in the future!"

Monk Daoyan said calmly: "Your Highness! Jin Changshi has unclear intentions and seems to be loyal and traitorous. In order to avoid future troubles, the poor monk suggests that Jin Changshi be executed as soon as possible."

"Monk! You deserve death!"

"Jin Changshi, you are heinous!"

For a moment, Zhu Di had a headache hearing this.

These two guys are bickering and quarreling, so they shouldn't be allowed to appear in the same place.

He had to wave his hand.

Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and Qiu Fu have long been used to it.

They all stepped forward to grab Jin Zhong and Seng Daoyan.

"Master, please stop arguing for my sake."

"Jin Changshi, let's go, let's go, stop arguing and go have a drink! Okay, okay, definitely not taking Monk Daoyan with you!
  He is a monk, he does not eat meat or wine."

Ying Tianfu.

Seeing that there is no progress in the Guo Huan case.

Zhu Tan was not in a hurry to report the case to Lao Zhu.

If he is reported, I am afraid that Lao Zhu will immediately become furious and kill people all over the country.

By then, wouldn't it be that Wu Qingchen's treacherous plan had succeeded?

It's better to continue waiting for news.

Maybe we can catch Wu Qingchen as well!

Since Guo Huan's case is not urgent.

Zhu Tan simply brought several old masters to Hengzhong Academy.

Following Zhu Tan and several old masters, they got off the sedan chair.

Later, several old masters were frightened by the posture at the entrance of Hengzhong Academy.

Different from the tranquility and bookish atmosphere of ordinary academies, there is only a serious atmosphere here.

Dozens of soldiers, wearing uniform armor and carrying long swords at their waists, were lined up on both sides of the academy's gate, looking around with vigilant eyes. Not only that, there are also several groups of soldiers patrolling around the academy.

At the same time, several huge vicious dogs followed the patrolling soldiers and were held tightly by ropes.

These vicious dogs make low howling sounds from time to time, and their eyes flash with vigilance. Any suspicious person who tries to approach the academy will immediately attract their attention.

Dong Lun couldn't help but take a breath and said, "Why are there so many soldiers sentrying in front of the academy gate?"

Zhu Tan laughed dryly and said: "The academy is a place for learning after all. The natural environment should be more elegant and quiet. These soldiers are also to ensure that the students can study better.
  These sergeants patrol 24 hours a day and night! We can definitely ensure the absolute safety of the academy! "

Kong Yanji squinted at the academy wall and was stunned for a moment.

There are countless sharp blades densely inserted on it.

It seems to be specially designed to prevent people from climbing.

Seeing how fierce everyone is outside the academy.

The hearts of several old masters suddenly sank.

It seems that it is not easy to get the money!

What kind of academy is this?
  It clearly looks like a prison cell!
  Seeing a few people hesitating at the door, Zhu Tan immediately greeted warmly: "Masters! Don't stand around! Come on, come on! I invite you all to take a look inside the academy together!"

Dong Lun hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, let's go!"

soon.

Several old masters walked in.

Then, I was startled by the loud sound of reading in the academy!
  It's just that the sound of reading is different from that of other readers.

The sound of reading here is so fast that one can hardly hear what they are reading, but if you listen carefully, you can tell that the sound is clearly reading the Four Books and Five Classics!
  The great scholar Chen Yu was stunned, looked at Zhu Tan and said, "Your Highness, have classes at Hengzhong Academy already started?"

Zhu Tan nodded and said with a smile: "One inch of time and one inch of gold cannot be wasted! There are still 173 days until the imperial examination countdown, so we cannot waste it! Therefore, I let the academy start classes!"

Dong Lunqi asked: "Are there any gentlemen in this academy?"

Zhu Tan shook his head and said with a smile: "I only invited a few gentlemen to teach here! I didn't invite any other gentlemen!"

Dong Lun asked: "Who is taking these students to study?"

Zhu Tan said calmly: "Oh, those are just a few sergeants from the guard station!"

Dong Lun's eyes widened.

"Those sergeants can also teach people to read?"

Then he shook his head and hummed: "No wonder the reading is disorganized! How can one understand the sage's subtle words and great meaning when reading like this?"

The words fell.

suddenly.

An angry shout sounded.

"Read it carefully! Be energetic! Lu Bingyi! Do you want to be whipped again?" Several old masters looked at each other.

His eyes were full of weirdness.

Although teachers also like to use some violent methods on disobedient students when teaching, such as beating their hands with a pointer.

But they have never seen a big-headed soldier teach like this.
  Dong Lun said angrily: "Your Highness! Teaching like this is not okay! How is this teaching people to learn the way of the saints? It is clearly forcing people to learn! Even using such violence, isn't this blaspheming the teachings of the saints?
  What's more, how do these soldiers understand the teachings of Confucius and Mencius? It just forces students to recite nonsense without emotion or understanding. It is simply, simply insulting to politeness! "

Zhu Tan shook his head and said, "Sir, why should you be angry? I ordered them to do this. Otherwise, the people sitting in this school studying are either rich or noble. Even if I beat these soldiers to death, I would not dare to treat them like this."

When Dong Lun heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know, His Highness is eager to win, and wishes that these students could become talented as soon as possible. By then, the high school Jinshi would win the bet!

But teaching the way of saints cannot be done in such a hurry to achieve success!

You still have to use the method of spring breeze turning into rain."

Zhu Tan smiled and said: "Sir, this is wrong! I am not asking them to understand the Four Books and Five Classics here!
  These people have not read many books in so many years, and they know nothing about the Four Books and Five Classics. Their foundation is extremely poor. If they don't use such quick methods, they may never learn it!
  Let them memorize all these books first! Even if you can’t memorize it, you still have to memorize it thoroughly and become proficient! "

In fact, the number of words in the Four Books and Five Classics is not very large, only about 32 words in total.

If we force these noble disciples to memorize these books, it won't be too difficult.

In short, I recite it over and over again every day, reciting it like crazy!
  In half a year, even if I can't remember everything, I can still remember a few.

Dong Lun frowned and said: "This is really too eager for quick success. I'm afraid they don't understand the way of a saint. Even if they memorize it, they can only use it for exams."

The words fell.

Zhu Tan said with a smile: "Do I still expect them to open their mouths and shut up in the future, just like Confucius said Chengren and Mencius said Yiyi? Of course they are only used for exams!"

Dong Lun said angrily: "How can a sage be so negligent when showing his knowledge!"

Zhu Tan looked at Dong Lun and suddenly smiled.

There was a hint of threat in the smile.

"Since you have raised objections to what I have done, I would like to take this opportunity to make it clear to these gentlemen!
  First, I spent a lot of money to invite a few gentlemen here, not just to teach me how to do things!
  Second, I am the chief of this Hengzhong Academy! You are all teachers! All arrangements must be made according to my instructions! "

Having said that.

Kong Yanji couldn't help but said to Dong Lun: "Mr. Dong, since you have come, please be safe! A gentleman always keeps his word. We promised His Highness and we will just follow the arrangements!"

Dong Lun said angrily: "I have studied the teachings of Confucius and Mencius all my life, and I have never seen anyone teach students like this! It is really unreasonable!"

Even so.

But he quickly calmed down and stopped raising any comments.

After all, they had all seen the scene outside Hengzhong Academy just now.

Although His Royal Highness Prince Lu in front of him looks harmless, if he accidentally offends him, God knows whether he will be poisonous to himself.

Everyone has read the ancestral teachings of Huang Ming to some extent.

It is clearly written here that the prince of the Ming Dynasty shall not be executed!

At most, he will be reduced to a commoner.

At the same time, for serious crimes, the final judgment will be decided by the emperor himself.

This is far from saying that the prince committed the same crime as the common people.

It was this kind of privilege that further fueled the arrogance of vassal kings everywhere.

Even when they met officials of the third or fourth rank of the imperial court, they would kill them at will, let alone a few unarmed old masters.

Seeing that everyone was no longer talking, Zhu Tan smiled with satisfaction and said: "Since you gentlemen have no other opinions, I will tell you the rules of Hengzhong Academy!

I hope you gentlemen will abide by the rules and use these six months to cultivate a group of pillars of the country! "

After hearing this, everyone shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

I don’t know what kind of monster His Highness King Lu wants to be.

Sure enough, you just can’t work with ridiculous people!

I had heard that His Highness Prince Lu's reputation was not very good, so why did he agree to come here?
  Zhu Tan said slowly: "Gentlemen, please listen carefully!

First, you must formulate a clear teaching plan! A detailed explanation of the Four Books and Five Classics must be completed one month before the imperial examination. In the remaining time, ensure that students have enough time to review these sages' words.

Secondly, you also need to collect excellent imperial examination works from past dynasties and explain the secrets and structure of their articles so that students can understand the art of writing!

Third, in order to familiarize students with the format of the imperial examination, a mock test should be held every week and a practice test should be held every month!

This is used to test students' learning achievements, and those who fall behind will be punished based on their test scores! Tentatively the tenth army stick from the bottom! The twenty-ninth military stick from the bottom, beat until the eleventh military stick from the bottom!

Those with outstanding performance and first place will be given 2000 taels of silver per month as a reward!

Of course, the tenth place can only get 200 taels! This will stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning.

Fourth, I will assign three to five teaching assistants to each student. These teaching assistants are selected from the military. Their main responsibility is to assist students in managing classroom order and punishing students who do not follow the rules!

Fifth, I have formulated the students' work and rest schedule. All gentlemen must take turns supervising the morning and evening self-study and help students answer their questions! "

Done.

Zhu Tan looked at everyone and asked, "Do you have any questions about this king's request?"

After hearing Zhu Tan's request, Dong Lun, Kong Yanji and other five old masters were all stunned.

this.
  Such a teaching system is simply unheard of!

This is not about learning the way of a saint, it is clearly just for the imperial examination!

However, everyone had a second thought.

It seems that Zhu Tan has no interest in Confucianism!
  I made this bet just for the imperial examination.
  Dong Lun smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, we have no problem. We just don't know what the schedule of work and rest set by Your Highness is like?"

Zhu Tan smiled.

He casually told everyone about the student timetable of Hengzhong Academy.

Wake up time is at the beginning of the morning (5 a.m.)
  The running time starts at 5:45 (about :).

Morning reading time is scheduled from 6th quarter to 00th hour (6:30 to :).

Breakfast time extends from Mao Shizheng to Mao Shiba quarter (6:30 to 7:00).

The study time lasts from the beginning of Chen hour to the end of Hai hour (7:00 to 23:00).

In addition to this simplified schedule.

Including stipulating how long it takes to eat, reading while eating, and reading before going to bed, and also stipulating the length and frequency of defecation for these people.
  Dong Lun and others looked at the timetable in front of them and were shocked.

Dong Lun couldn't help but said: "Your Highness! Are you teaching normal people to read?
  What normal person can persevere? "

Was this decided by a madman?
  However, Dong Lun only dared to say this in his heart.

Zhu Tan said calmly: "Gentlemen, don't worry, the assistants will help the students persevere!"

Everyone sighed.

Dong Lun couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If we continue to learn like this, I just hope nothing happens to them."

Zhu Tan smiled.

How can it be that you can’t stand it if you have only learned a few things like the Four Books and Five Classics?

Even if math, physics, chemistry, biology, and English are added in later generations, not many accidents have happened!

The great scholar Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, this method is too harsh and leaves no room for students to think and learn on their own. It is all forced indoctrination and constant practice. How can students understand the true meaning of the book in this way? I fear it will become a machine. My body is just about solving problems, solving problems, and practicing problems.”

Zhu Tan smiled.

"Sir, you will know whether I did the right thing or not when the results are released!"

Everyone sighed secretly in their hearts.

His Royal Highness King Lu is so crazy!

soon.

Zhu Tan took several gentlemen and saw the noble disciples who were trembling under the threat of whips.

among them.

Then there were the third son Tang Nai and the fourth son Tang Xie who believed in Tang He.

There are also Xu Zengshou, the fourth son of Wei Guogong Xu Da, and Lan Bin, the second son of Yongchang Hou Lanyu!
  When everyone saw Zhu Tan, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Especially Tang Nai and Tang Xie!

Don't wait for Zhu Tan to speak.

The two of them began to cry.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, please spare your life!"

Tang Nai cried and said: "Your Highness! My father told my brother that he came to Hengzhong Academy to study!
  Who knew the management was stricter than the military camp?
  Even worse than a military camp!
  It's like a prison cell!
  Pooh! No prison cell is so torturous!
  If I didn’t study well, I would be whipped. If I took too long to eat, I would be whipped. My meal would even be taken away from me, leaving me hungry!
  They are so cruel!

Your Highness, please forgive me, I still want to live for two more years.
  Is this worthy of my sister? "

The words fell.

Xu Zengshou also had runny nose and tears.

"Your Highness, don't you just want to go to the Qinhuai River to hug the oiran? Brother, I make the decision and give you 10 of them!
  10 will do!
  Just let me out, I don’t want to be here anymore.”

Lan Bin, the second son of Yongchang Hou Lanyu, is even more direct.

"His Royal Highness King Lu! You are doing this after you harmed your honorable ministers!

If you let me go out, let my father join you!
  Then you won’t be able to eat anymore and will be walking around!
  If you let me go now and give me 10 taels of silver as compensation, I will let bygones be bygones! "

Zhu Tan snorted as he listened to the crowd's noise.

"Shut up!"

Then he shouted: "Where is the assistant teacher!
  Please maintain order in the classroom for me!
  Those who just said nonsense will be whipped five times! "

As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen wolf-like sergeants rushed in and began to beat the noisy noble disciples just now!
  In fact, these noble disciples are not completely powerless to fight back.

After all, they have all practiced martial arts and are not resigned people.

It's just that these sergeants were also very shameless. They listened to Zhu Tan's order from the beginning and surrounded one person with more than a dozen people.

The disciples of Xungui rarely interact with each other on weekdays, and there are even many who are hostile to each other, so they were defeated by each one on the first day of school.

After receiving several beatings, these noble men all knew the rules of the army and were all beaten to be honest.

Zhu Tan finally calmed down while watching the class.

Smile with satisfaction.

It was just this chaotic scene that made several old masters shake their heads.

I have never taught such a weird class and such a weird student in such a weird way in my life.
  Zhu Tan frowned and looked at everyone, humming: "There is no King Lu here now, and there are no noble disciples here!
  Yes, only the principal and students of Hengzhong Academy!
  And today’s King of Japan cough! The gentleman brought to you by this mountain chief! "

talking.

Looking at the noble disciples with innocent faces in front of them.

Zhu Tan scolded.

"It's useless for you to say that you are an honorable minister! Apart from living under your father's hands and waiting to die, what other outstanding things have you done since you were young?"

"I am asking you to study to give you the opportunity to change your destiny!
  If you don’t study hard, how will you pass the Jinshi exam in the future?

You can't bear this little hardship, you are really the worst class I have ever had! "

"Do you think your studies and examinations for the imperial examinations will be taken by the chief of this school? Are you kidding me? Even if you win the top prize in the future, what benefits will the chief of this school get? The exam is not for you!"

"I'm not asking you to study hard for your own good! You have such superior conditions now, but you still don't study hard. Are you worthy of your parents?
  If you don’t work hard today, you will kill the nine tribes tomorrow!
  do you understand? "

"How can you sleep at your age? Why do you have the nerve to sleep after passing the exam like this?"

After saying this often, Zhu Tan started to feel like he was a middle-level manager of the company before time travel.

All kinds of pua words come out of your mouth.

Seeing the faces of many noble disciples, they gradually changed from anger, panic, and despair to shame!
  They suddenly realized that they had failed Daming, their parents, and Zhu Tan.
  His Royal Highness King Lu No! The mountain leader has prepared such a good learning environment for us, but we don’t cherish it. Are we still human beings?
  Several great scholars were also dumbfounded.

Dong Lun said blankly: "Although I feel that what His Royal Highness King Lu said is not quite right, I don't know how to refute it. I even think it makes sense!"

Chen Yu took a deep breath and said: "With such encouragement, His Highness Prince Lu can be a role model for our generation!"

A treasonous idea suddenly came into Kong Yanji's mind.

If His Royal Highness Prince Lu returns to the Spring and Autumn Period, will his ancestor's reputation as the Most Holy Master be preserved?
  He is obviously better at teaching students than his ancestors.
  He left the school with several old masters.

Zhu Tan winked at several assistant coaches.

Several assistant teachers nodded and immediately broke into the school.

Snapped--!
  After a crisp whip sound.

There was a sharp shout from a soldier.

"Damn it! Study hard! Your Highness is gone, so don't slack off!"

"Assistant teaching assistant! Yes, the Mountain Chief! His Highness King Lu just said that in this college there is only the Mountain Chief and not King Lu!"

Bang bang bang——!
  After someone in the school rebutted, there was a burst of whips!
  The sergeant shouted sharply: "Damn you! Do you have the final say in this school or do I? My general and my assistant teacher say it's His Highness, that's His Highness!"

Several old masters looked at each other.

How domineering!

Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

suddenly.

Zhu Tan smiled and said: "By the way, gentlemen, I have another request."

Everyone said one after another: "Your Highness, you are welcome! Your Highness, please speak."

Zhu Tan said: "I feel that the current imperial examination system is still lacking!
  The first is the format of the test paper. The content of each person's answer is different. If there are too many answer papers, the grader will probably be very tired.
  It is better to stipulate a fixed format that is both beautiful and able to give full play to the literary talent of the candidates, and at the same time is easy for the marking teachers to understand at a glance. This style will be the fixed style of our Hengzhong Academy from now on!

I named it Hengzhong Style!
  Please ask some gentlemen to take the trouble! "

Dong Lun was shocked when he heard Zhu Tan's words!
  He once served as the examiner of Hongwu's imperial examinations for four years!
  The real situation is indeed like Zhu Tan, the format is really messy!
  He looked dizzy after looking at dozens of test papers!

If a fixed style is designed like Zhu Tan's, the pros and cons of the test paper can indeed be seen at a glance, making it easy to grade!
  Dong Lun couldn't help but admired: "Your Highness is wise! This method is good! I will work with several people to design this style! Try to allow the candidates to display their literary talents, while also taking into account the clarity and beauty at a glance!"

Everyone also nodded.

Although His Highness Prince Lu is not very reliable most of the time, this proposal is still reliable.

Zhu Tan said with a smile: "I have a second suggestion, which is to ask a few gentlemen to choose a font or create a font. I must let the students of Hengzhong Academy write the words. It can be recognized at a glance!
  This font must be neat and beautiful, but also elegant!
  I plan to name this font Hengzhongti!

I wonder what the gentlemen think? "

The words fell.

Several old gentlemen were shocked again!
  The great scholar Chen Yu couldn't help but said: "Your Highness is wise! I admire you!

If all the students at Hengzhong Academy use this font, they will be able to leave a deep impression on the examiners even with their good handwriting!
  hehe"

Zhu Tan nodded with a smile and said: "Then I will leave everything to these gentlemen. I will take my leave first."

talking.

Zhu Tan left the academy and got on the sedan chair.

Several old masters looked at Zhu Tan's sedan chair and walked further and further away.

Dong Lun suddenly took a deep breath and said: "Everyone, if we follow His Highness King Lu's proposal, is it possible for him to really help these noble children pass the Jinshi examination?"

Chen Yu hesitated and said, "It shouldn't be possible. Those noble disciples have no foundation!"

Kong Yanji smiled bitterly and said: "Studying like this is like cramming, and I must not be able to pass the exam for those talented people. Although this learning method seems to be very new, and it is very consistent with the imperial examination, after all, the foundation of those noble children is too poor! I Not optimistic!"

Dong Lun sighed.

"I hope none of these methods of His Royal Highness King Lu will work!
  If we really helped him win that bet, wouldn't we become Confucian traitors?
  By the time."

Several people looked at each other speechlessly.

Chen Yu couldn't help but said, "How about just perfunctory teaching?"

Dong Lun smiled bitterly.

"Those teaching assistants are not fools! Old Master Chen, you don't really think that besides helping us teach, those so-called teaching assistants won't report anything to His Highness Prince Lu, do you?
  It’s hard to collect water!

It’s better not to count on cleverness!

Everyone, let’s get through this difficult time together! "

Ying Tianfu.

The Palace of the Kings.

Zhu Tan frowned and listened to Chen Huwei's report.

"Your Highness! Our people followed Wu Yong and found that there was something unusual about him!
  In the past two days, there was a housekeeper in his house who often went to Zhang's cloth shop in Nancheng and whispered with the shopkeeper! "

Zhu Tan snorted coldly.

There must be something evil going on in this place of worship!
  Zhu Tan frowned and said, "Besides this clue, is there anything else?"

Chen Huwei reported: "Your Highness, there is also something strange! Lord Wang Pingquan is also a little strange!
  He went to a boat on the Qinhuai River last night, ostensibly to drink flower wine, but he came out in a moment! His subordinates suspected that he was passing on information or receiving orders! "

Zhu Tan was stunned.

"Is it possible that this is because he is not good at that?"

Guard Chen laughed dryly.

"My subordinates thought it was impossible. At that time, I didn't even have time to take off my clothes and put them back on."

Zhu Tan nodded.

"In this case, then you should take action and investigate the cloth shop and the painted boat on the Qinhuai River!
  This king gives you the right to make a decision on the spur of the moment. You can capture these people first and interrogate them clearly! "

Guard Chen took the order and left.

Zhu Tan looked outside the door.

He snorted coldly.

Wu Qingchen, I don’t believe that I can’t catch you!
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