I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 68 Please say one more sentence! (First order required)
The atmosphere in the lecture hall was quite tense and heavy.

Looking down from the podium, everyone lowered their eyes to look at their desks, their expressions and eyes hidden in the shadows, unable to be seen clearly.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who always had a bad temper, said nothing.

Song Shen didn't know what they were thinking, but he could probably guess -

They might be wondering what 35 million people means.

"If you can't imagine it, I can tell you the population of each dynasty."

After a long silence, Song Shen suddenly spoke:
"During the Qin Dynasty, the population was between 2500 million and 3000 million."

"During the Western Han Dynasty, also known as the Former Han Dynasty, during which Emperor Wu of Han lived, the population grew rapidly, reaching a peak of around 6300 million."

"During the Zhenguan period of the early Tang Dynasty, there were many population problems and there may have been hidden households. However, during the Kaiyuan Period of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the population had exploded to around 8000 million."

"During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the population grew from 90 million to 400 million, or 400 million."

"That war lasted fourteen years. If we look at it based on the four hundred million, perhaps thirty-five million people is not that much. It's less than one-tenth of the total, right?"

"But it took us more than 2,000 years to increase our population from 25 million to 400 million. During this period, we have experienced countless wars. After each century of chaos, we have to spend a lot of manpower, material resources, time and money to restore production. But in just fourteen years, 35 million lives have been taken away. Don't you think it's a bit too much?"

Ying Zheng shook his head with a gloomy expression.

I'm not saying that this number is too small.

He squeezed out a word from between his teeth:

"An entire Qin population has died... Good, very good."

At this moment, Ying Zheng finally understood why Song Shen said that this sin was related to him when he asked the question.

How come it doesn’t matter?

It was he who sent Xu Fu out, and it was he who gave the three thousand boys and girls. He also put enough fresh water and food on the ship to last for three years. Xu Fu took so many people and things he gave and went to Japan, where they multiplied and provided a better seed for the group of dwarfs. More than two thousand years later, the dwarfs on that island actually rebelled against the Tiangang and invaded the Central Plains.

By this calculation, it was indeed Ying Zheng who committed the evil with his own hands.

"When I heard you talking about burning books and burying scholars, I was wondering what kind of thing could make me so angry."

Ying Zheng showed an expression that seemed like he wanted to laugh but couldn't. He tried to pull the corners of his mouth for a long time but couldn't really pull out an arc:

"If it was because Xu Fu defected from the Qin Dynasty, then it would be reasonable for me to kill all those alchemists. What a pity... What a pity."

He really wanted to say it, but it was a pity that he acted too hastily and did not wait until Xu Fu returned from his first voyage to kill this worse-than-a-beast thing along with the other alchemists. But no matter how angry Ying Zheng was, he knew very well that he could not tell what he had done in front of the master, and certainly not let the master notice any clues.

So he swallowed the words back.

half an hour.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, and there was no abnormality in his voice.

"Sir, is there anything good like potatoes in Japan?"

"Xu Fu was a fraudulent alchemist. He left Daqin with 3,000 people. Besides being afraid of being held accountable by the First Emperor, there must be something he valued in that place."

coming! finally come!
Don’t ask about potatoes, this is the same!
Song Shen's spirits perked up, and he put aside the rather heavy topic just now, and immediately slammed the table:

"no!"

Everyone: ? ? ?
What's the point of taking pictures without you? Are you just teasing us?
"Nothing's as good as potatoes, but—"

Song Shen took a detour in his words:

"There are other good things."

He was just thinking about what to say when the loudspeaker in the classroom suddenly sounded.

The get out of class was over. After attending a full hour-long class for the first time, Song Shen felt that all his strength had been drained away at this moment.

If he hadn't been a teacher in this crappy history tutoring class, he probably would never have known how tiring it was to be a teacher.

It turned out that he was a butcher in his previous life and a teacher in this life... But he didn't do anything harmful in his previous life, so why did he become a teacher? !

"Alright, alright, let's leave the rest of the class in suspense. I'll leave get out of class now. See you tomorrow!"

Song Shen waved vigorously to the students sitting in rows below, then ran straight to the office without looking back, with no intention of staying after class.

This time he ran faster than in any of his previous classes.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even have time to reach out his hand. He only had time to utter the word "please" before watching the man disappear behind the door.

He put his hand down dejectedly, muttering to himself, completing the words he had not said just now:

"Please... say one more word!"

He asked this question at the risk of offending Ying Zheng. He was finally about to get the answer, but in the end he was fired!
Who can bear this!

On the side, all the students except Zhu Biao stared at Zhu Yuanzhang with ambiguous looks.

This time the course still didn't throw them all out right after class, and it seemed like there was less than a quarter of an hour left.

enough.

Liu Che looked at Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time and said quietly:

"Student Zhu Yuanzhang, are you hiding something from us?"

"We have shared news together, so this is not appropriate."

Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't want to pay attention to him, but there was nothing he could do at this moment. If he didn't find a suitable excuse, he would probably be isolated in this class in the future.

In terms of numbers, he was not at a disadvantage. Together with Biao'er and that useless guy Zhu Qizhen, he could at least be counted as two and a half people. If he couldn't beat the Zhenguan Five, how could he be inferior to the Qin and Han?
But it is not necessary.

Now the two factions in the class are clearly divided, and everyone is on guard against Li Shimin and others. If an internal conflict breaks out at this time, the other party will quickly take advantage of the situation and disintegrate their side from within.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said:
"We can tell you, but it's limited to you...right?"

He gave a calm look, indicating to Li Shimin and the others that they were still here.

Everyone present was a shrewd person, even Zhu Qizhen was used to seeing demons and monsters in the palace, so he could understand what he meant. So Ying Zheng coughed and pulled him to the back of the classroom. After making sure that the people in the front couldn't hear the conversation, he raised his chin towards Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Can you speak now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and smiled:
"The master told me that there are good things in Japan. If we go there and hand them over to the imperial court, we will surely be granted titles and positions of nobility and prime minister, but he didn't say what they are."

"I think that thing should be no worse than potatoes..."

"What do you think, Emperor Shi Huang?"

Ying Zheng frowned and thought for a long time.

But he was Ying Zheng after all, and he was not led astray by Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead, he stood a little further away, looked him up and down several times, and said doubtfully:

"When did the master tell you that? Why didn't I see him talk to you alone?"

Zhu Yuanzhang:......

At this moment, the silence was deafening.

How could he explain to Qin Shi Huang that he and Mr. Song, who was regarded as a god by everyone, actually lived in the same dynasty and even met each other in private without revealing their identities?

This is so difficult... I'm not really going to be isolated...

(End of this chapter)