Wanli Youming

Chapter 544 Confiscated Donglin, Gu Xiancheng became notorious

Chapter 544 Confiscated Donglin, Gu Xiancheng became notorious

But after Li Zhi asked in the sedan chair like this, Wu Jiong and others who supported the Donglin Hall scholars became even more resentful, stood up one after another, and stopped Gu Xiancheng in front of him.

"Donglin Hall cannot offer it!"

"Please Fuyuan to report to the imperial court, the academy is not suitable for official operation, the official camp will only become a place where filth is hidden, and no one will concentrate on learning, but will only concentrate on camping."

"That's right! Please tell me, once Donglin Hall is dedicated today, it will no longer have the ability to educate the people, it will only drag the people down!"

These scholars all made a statement at this time.

They didn't dare to call Li Zhi a treacherous official in front of Li Zhi. After all, Li Zhi was the governor, so he could act cheaply and take away their fame first.

"Could it be that Donglin Hall is only run by the Gu family now, so there is no evil?"

"If there is no filth, why did the cruel officials who killed scholars give lectures, and the Donglin Hall didn't find out that their conduct was not right?"

"As for the argument that Donglin Hall will no longer have the ability to educate the people after it is dedicated to the imperial court, but will only drag the people down, it is even more absurd!"

"You know, once Donglin is changed to a government office, it will have its own funds from the imperial court, instead of embezzling tax money and forcing gentry to donate. Wouldn't it be more labor-saving and easier to attract more sages to study?"

"Especially for poor families, when they come to the government-run Donglin Academy, they can also provide subsidies to make it easier for them to study."

As Li Zhi spoke, he looked at Gu Xiancheng: "So, should your government offer it or not?"

At this moment, Wu Jiong and other scholars looked at Gu Xiancheng.

Gu Xiancheng replied immediately: "Dedication!"

Then, Gu Xiancheng said: "It is an honor for the Gu family to help the imperial court to prosper moral education. Although I am a corrupt Confucian, I am happy to see Donglin Hall grow into Donglin Academy."

"Mr. Donglin really understands righteousness!"

Li Zhi said something with a smile.

Then, Li Zhi ordered: "Come here, take over Donglin hall immediately, seal up all the notes, articles and handouts, don't move even a piece of tile or a table and chair rashly, and wait for the imperial envoy to come and inspect it!"

"Yes!"

As a result, a group of soldiers under the governor's standard battalion rushed into Donglin hall immediately.

At this time, Wu Jiong and other officials and gentlemen all looked sideways at Gu Xiancheng, and they all looked shocked.

Gu Xiancheng didn't pay any attention to it, and just lost his mind. After a while, he forced a smile on his face and expressed his willingness to show the friendship of the landlord, and invited Governor Li Zhi to dinner.

Because of Gu Xiancheng's cooperation, Li Zhi also chose to give him face, so he agreed, and asked all the officials and gentlemen present to accompany him.

In the evening, after Li Zhi ate and left, Wu Jiong couldn't help questioning Gu Xiancheng in the Gu family hall: "Why did Mr. Donglin suddenly compromise?"

Gu Xiancheng did not answer Wu Jiong's question, but only said to Gu Yuncheng and Gu Xuancheng: "You stay with the gentlemen for me. I'm tired today and I have a headache. I'm going back to rest first."

Gu Yuncheng also got up angrily at this time: "Brother, don't you really plan to say something?!"

"Say it for me."

Gu Xiancheng said with a sneer.

"Uncle Gu!"

Suddenly, Wu Jiong couldn't help shouting again.

Gu Xiancheng could not help but stop.

"I didn't expect you to be so cowardly! You really let us down! You are in vain as a Confucian!"

Wu Jiong said indignantly at this time.

"Yes, we are really disappointed!"

"Now I can't burn it even if I want to. I really don't know how many secrets the court will know!"

"Don't expect us to still treat you as a gentleman in the future!"

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The other officials and gentlemen also followed suit, and they couldn't tolerate Gu Xiancheng's behavior today.

"It's not you who want to dedicate Donglin hall, of course you can say that!"

"But if Donglin Hall is really destroyed, my Gu family will really be finished, and there will be no place to die! At that time, will you be able to protect my Gu family at the risk of extermination?"

Gu Xiancheng suddenly turned around at this moment and shouted loudly.

"Can you guys?!"

Then, Gu Xiancheng asked again loudly.

Wu Jiong and others did not answer.

"Since ancient times, a true gentleman should follow the emperor's will, and there is no reason to disobey the emperor's will!"

"What do you want my Gu family to do, to be a traitor who rebelled against the king's father?!"

Gu Xiancheng continued to question.

Wu Jiong and others remained silent.

After Gu Xiancheng finished speaking, he suddenly fainted to the ground.

Seeing this, Gu Yuncheng and Gu Xuancheng quickly helped Gu Xiancheng up: "Brother!"

At the same time, Gu Yuncheng yelled: "See off!"

Wu Jiong and others had no choice but to leave the Gu family.

At this time, Gu Yuncheng said to Gu Xiancheng: "Brother, you are right, our Gu family actually has no other choice, not to mention offering Donglin, even if it is bestowed with death, we have to accept death obediently!"

"Yes, so I dare not make up my mind to burn down Donglin hall."

"It's just, I'm sorry that my reputation in Shilin has been notorious since then!"

After Gu Xiancheng said that, he burst into tears, heartbroken.

Gu Yuncheng just hugged him and didn't say anything.

Only Gu Xuancheng gritted his teeth at the side and said: "To be honest, it's all because Zhang Taiyue taught you how smart you are today, so that you have come to where you are now, brother."

After hearing what Gu Xuancheng said, Gu Xiancheng sat up, looked at the rain curtain that was already falling outside, and said:

"Our family started our business by operating land and commerce. The original intention was to allow the imperial court to reduce or exempt the industrial and commercial tax and the heavy land tax in the south of the Yangtze River."

"But who knows, the imperial court is not keen on reducing or exempting industrial and commercial taxes and land taxes in the south of the Yangtze River. Instead, it is only keen on exempting northern corvee, horse price silver, and fodder silver. It is keen to seize the benefits of maritime trade in the name of the imperial court, and even directly send troops overseas It is obvious that the benefits of maritime trade brought a lot of wealth to the dynasty, but also made the emperor realize that the benefits of the country are not limited to agriculture."

"So, at its root, it is still caused by heavy commerce."

"We were wrong before!"

"It's time to suppress business and ban the sea!"

"Because only in this way can we always focus on agriculture. As long as agriculture is the foundation, the emperor will not change the etiquette, and will value virtue and not profit."

After Gu Xiancheng said this, Gu Yuncheng sighed and said: "It's too late to say anything, maybe the new dynasty will notice this problem in the future, and then insist on banning the sea."

When Gu Xiancheng thought bitterly because of his ruined reputation that the world should return to the era of agricultural economy and should not open up seas and open border trade, the entire Ming Dynasty was striding forward into a new era.

As soon as Donglin Hall was transformed into the government-run Donglin Academy, it officially began to recruit a large number of scholars from poor families in the south of the Yangtze River to study in the academy.

As soon as these scholars came in, they had to start further general education and divisional education, so as to achieve the goal of a large number of technical bureaucrats appearing in the future.

Like Donglin Academy, Xingming Academy and Jinyi Academy, which are ahead of the curve, have already begun to do so.

The entire education circle of Ming Dynasty has quietly undergone greater changes.

Accompanied by the rapid development of Ming Dynasty in the fields of natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.

Especially Zongxue and Gongxue, as well as official schools that specialize in cultivating martial arts and the children of foreign relatives.

Because these places do not focus on cultivating professional bureaucrats, but provide the cradle for the cultivation and development of interests of these royal families and descendants of relatives, so they develop more rapidly in this respect.

"Add more horses, keep pulling!"

"Let them all see how strong the atmospheric pressure is!"

Prince Consort Wan Wei was reminded by Zhu Yijun because of his interest, and he directed a group of honorable children in the government school to do the atmospheric pressure experiment of the Mara hemisphere.

At that time, Zhu Yijun and a group of relatives of the emperor and close officials came here specially to observe the experiment.

Therefore, both Zhu Yijun and Shen Shixing watched the eight horses pulling a bronze ball on the court of the official school without moving. watching this scene.

Snapped!

When the number of horses increased to sixteen and the copper ball was pulled away with a loud noise, Shen Shixing's eyes opened even wider.

Princess Ruichang's son-in-law, Captain Wan Wei, was also happy to dance with several honorable children.

Only Qi Xingguo, the other captain's son-in-law, frowned and thought deeply at this moment.

Seeing her husband frowning, Princess Yongning asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Qi Xingguo said: "I also have to do the experiment of using lightning to obtain electricity as soon as possible!"

"Because Wan Consort's copper ball experiments have proved that the divine will is the will of heaven may really be right!"

"Whether it's Jinji Nashuang, Iwami Yinshan, or the current pressure of the copper ball, it proves that this statement is correct, which means that Lei may really be electricity!"

"What's more, since His Majesty ordered lightning rods to be installed behind the halls, there has indeed been no lightning strikes on the halls. It can be seen that His Majesty is right in saying that there are objective truths in this world. It is God's will, so we have to follow God's will to collect electricity. "

"But Brother Huang said it's dangerous."

Princess Yongning said.

Qi Xingguo said: "Don't worry, I will let the Japanese eunuchs in our princess mansion collect lightning, and I will not go by myself."

"Houhu, take a look, what about this blueprint? Can the steam engine produced work as His Majesty said?"

Qi Changguo, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, also believed in the divine will as God's will even more because of the copper ball experiment, so he came to Jiangzuo Temple again, found Zhao Shizhen, who was appointed as the temple minister here and worked with him to develop steam engines, and painted his new painting A drawing was given to him.

Zhao Shizhen took the drawing and said: "I have failed several times, are you still planning to give up?"

"I don't intend to give up. Since the Holy Will said that this kind of machine will definitely appear, it is very likely that it really exists. After all, the Holy Will is the will of God. You can help me refer to it. Is it possible to make a system like this?"

Qi Changguo drew the drawings all night, so he was a little sleepy, so he yawned as he spoke.

Zhao Shizhen personally handed him a cup of tea while looking at it, and said, "Since your Majesty said so, why are you always unwilling to draw the machine, but want us to develop it ourselves?"

"Your Majesty just said that there will be, and the specific structure must be unclear."

Qi Changguo said after drinking all the tea.

Zhao Shizhen nodded: "I feel that there is nothing wrong with the painting, but it is inevitable that there will still be air leakage."

As he said that, Zhao Shizhen said: "This time I asked them to use the tool steel smelted in the crucible to make it for boring, so that maybe there will be no air leakage."

"Then go and try it!"

Qi Changguo hurriedly ordered.

"it is good!"

Zhao Shizhen agreed.

And Qi Changguo left Jiangzuo Temple excitedly.

At that time, it was already late.

Qi Changguo did not go to the Ministry of Industry again, but returned to the official residence of the Privy Envoy.

His father, Qi Jiguang, was the Prime Minister of the court, so he naturally lived in the official residence.

However, as soon as Qi Changguo came back, he met Qi Jiguang face to face.

Qi Jiguang also asked him: "Where did you go?"

(End of this chapter)