Chapter 144
Lao Li's family was shocked by Zhou Yi's monthly salary.
Just jumping around with those weird things, can you still jump out of the monthly salary? The Li family looked at Zhou Yi and couldn't believe it.
"It's true, my name is Zhou Yi. I don't know if you have read the Da Viet Times, but it is run by me." Zhou Yi took out a fish charm from his clothes to prove his identity: "My name is Hanlin University He is a scholar and the Minister of Commerce, so what you say counts."
The fish symbol made of gold and silver was placed in front of the Li family. Old Li also worked as a yamen servant when he was young, so he still has some sharp eyesight. Yes, as soon as I saw the fish charm, I knew what Zhou Yi said was true. Lao Li hurriedly knelt down, and the Li family behind him didn't know, so they also knelt down: "Little old man, I have offended you, please forgive me!" !"
Zhou Yi waved his hand: "It's okay, I don't know what Li Ergongzi thinks, are you willing to leave with me now, as long as you go to the commercial academy, what I say will count." Li Yuanxiu heard that Zhou Yi was willing to let him
continue Doing research, he will support him if he lacks anything. He has been tempted for a long time, so he looked at Lao Li eagerly.
Old Li burst out laughing in his heart. Damn it, could it be that God felt that he had suffered too much in the past few years, so he came to compensate the Li family? As long as Zhou Yi's identity is proved, there is nothing to hesitate about this matter.
Old Li hurriedly said: "He's going, he's going, Master Zhou, thank you for supporting my second boy. You bastard, please hurry up and thank Master Zhou!" In this way,
this young man who wanted to fly to the sky was taken down by Zhou Yi . After telling them that someone would come to pick up Li Yuanxiu in a few days, he rushed to the other side of the capital without stopping.
After inquiring all the way, I came to the He Mansion, and met this old man who was over seventy years old but energetic.
"Mr. He, I heard that you went to sea with you when you were twenty years old, and you didn't come back until two years ago. After you came back, you made a complete map of the world. I wonder if I'm lucky enough to have a look at it?" He Qida smiled: "Master
Zhou See you, the grassroots will appear naturally." After speaking, He Qida got up, stood up and twisted a paperweight in the shape of a pixiu on the bookshelf, and the wall parted the two sides, gradually revealing the true face inside.
This is a huge empty room with nothing in it, only an extremely huge map.
When Zhou Yi saw this map, his heart was agitated; how could it be, how could it be, how could this world be exactly the same as the topography of his time and space? Just be precise.
Zhou Yi stood up abruptly. The historical process of Dayue was too similar to the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, and the terrain was not bad. Zhou Yi felt that there was some kind of connection between the two time and space before, and now he saw this view Looking at the whole picture, Zhou Yi was even more sure.
He walked in front of this map, Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania...the same, all the same, but now it has a different name, and the names of the countries are no longer the same.
Zhou Yi calmed down the shock in his heart, and bowed deeply to He Qida: "Mr. He, thank you for making such a complete map of geomancy, your reputation will last forever. My boy Chen Ken invited you to be a member of the Commercial Academy. Teacher Kanyu."
He Qida quickly waved his hand: "Master Zhou, you are too praised. Caomin is just a picture of what he has seen and heard over the years, so it is not worthy of your praise!" "You are worthy, Mr. He,
with With this complete map of the world's geomancy, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are the first person in geomancy. I sincerely hope that you can teach at the Academy of Commerce. I heard from your son that you are writing your travel notes over the years. Mr. He, you Go ahead and write, and I will definitely spread your travel notes to the whole of Da Viet."
Mr. He was tempted. He has traveled the world these years and seen too many incredible things. His life cannot be wasted like this. He hopes that everyone knows that he is What have I done in this life, I hope everyone knows that there is a vast world beyond Dai Viet.
"But the grassroots have nothing to teach the students other than making this complete map of geomantic occupancy and gaining more knowledge." He Qida was a little hesitant.
Zhou Yi smiled: "Mr. He, what you want to teach students is your experience and knowledge, and broaden their horizons."
He Qida finally agreed.
For the next half month, Zhou Yi was running around. Fortunately, the Da Viet Times has become a gathering place for information, and the people he looks for are quite reliable.
Zhou Yi has seen too many strange people. There are countless bottles and cans piled up at home. The chemical madman who blows up the house if he disagrees with him. The physics wizard who studies the relationship between mass and volume goes crazy. The restless math lunatic...
Without Zhou Yi, in this society bound by Confucianism, these people are destined to become lunatics and weirdos in the eyes of everyone. No one will understand them, and then they will be drowned in the river of history silently, leaving nothing behind. Splashes, like that time and space, these things will be discovered by Westerners and start another great era of mankind.
But now, everything is different. Zhou Yi came to this time and space. He gathered all these people together, gave them the space to go crazy as they wanted, and then cultivated a group of little lunatics... A single spark can start a prairie fire
!
In the past half a month, he hadn't returned home, and now that he was invited, Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back home.
Zhou Yi didn't come home for half a month, and the family members were anxiously waiting. Seeing him come back now, they put their hearts into their stomachs.
After dinner, the couple were talking in the room. After Li Yingru told Zhou Yi what happened at home these days, she told Zhou Yi what happened in the palace that day: "The Queen's attitude is very kind, she is the Crown Princess... "
What's wrong with the princess?" Zhou Yi asked.
"I don't know if it's my illusion. I always feel that the princess is hostile to me, and my mother was a little nervous in the hall. When she said a wrong sentence, the princess pressed her handkerchief and laughed at her." Li Yingru said, she came back After thinking about it, I really didn't expect to offend the princess. Besides, according to her mother, they still have some relative status...
Zhou Yi frowned when she heard this, "Did the princess really laugh at your mother?
" Hmm." Li Yingru nodded.
Zhou Yi tapped his fingers on the quilt; "Haven't your intuition always been accurate? If the Crown Princess is really hostile to you, then we have to be careful. I don't know if the hostility is aimed at you or me. This matter I'll figure it out, but she laughed at Mother, it's something that shouldn't be..." To put it bluntly, he is still doing well in the court, and the crown prince has even wooed him before, even if the negotiation didn't work out. , so as not to offend him, if he really fell for other princes, it would not be a good thing for the prince.
From this point of view, the Crown Princess is really not a smart person. Although Zhou Yi has no intention of being involved in the vortex of seizing the heir apparent, he has studied several princes.
The eldest prince has a trick. The empress with a solid position supports him behind his back. He doesn't know whether he is pretending or real. In the later stage, if he doesn't act as a monster, he has a great possibility of inheriting the throne.
The second prince's temperament is more aggressive than the first prince's, he doesn't seem to be as friendly as the prince, his methods are tough, and his reputation is not as good as the first prince's, but his own scheming is not bad, and he has a foreign family who holds military power, and he has a certain opinion on the throne power to fight.
The other princes haven't shown anything yet, but they may be hiding their clumsiness on purpose. The other little princes are still young, and Emperor Chongzheng is already old. If nothing else happens, the chances of those little princes getting the throne are very slim.
Now the eldest prince and the second prince are also the two most conspicuous forces fighting openly and secretly among the many princes. There are people standing behind each side, and the probability of the first prince is much higher than that of the second prince.
However, thinking of this, Zhou Yi asked Li Yingru: "What happened to the princess, is there any news?"
Li Yingru shook his head: "No.
" It's good, if the prince still has the intention of wooing him or is worried that he will be dissatisfied because of this, he will more or less punish the princess a little, even if it is a reprimand, and then disclose the news to him.
But now there is no news, either it means that the crown prince didn't take him seriously, or the crown prince didn't think of it or was reluctant. As a narrow-minded person, Zhou Yi really kept it in his heart, of course he wouldn't do it. What, but it is a fact that the prince's impression points have decreased, and the prince's behavior is enough to prove that the character is more or less indecisive.
Zhou Yi expelled these thoughts from his mind, pulled Li Yingru into his arms, and patted her on the back: "Go to sleep, I'm exhausted for the past half month.
" Touching Zhou Yi's face, he said softly, "Go to sleep."
After a day's rest, Zhou Yi was busy with recruiting students for the business academy again.
The Commercial Academy was built next to a peach blossom forest in the suburbs of Beijing. The Ministry of Commerce was rich and powerful, and surrounded a large open space to build the Commercial Academy magnificently.
On the first day of February, the day when the College of Commerce officially recruited students, Zhou Yi was appointed as the dean, so he rushed here early in the morning.
The news of the commercial academy's enrollment had been released through the Da Viet Times a long time ago. After more than a month of continuous advertisement bombardment, as soon as interested people inquired, they knew that this commercial academy was a celebrity in front of the emperor. Zhou Yi, who created the Ministry of Commerce with one hand Started by Mr. Zhou.
Some people are hugging their thighs, thinking that Zhou Yi is so powerful in the court, if they become Zhou Yi's student, they will definitely be taken care of by him in the future.
Others came because of the continuous publicity of the national newspaper, the Da Viet Times, and felt that the commercial academy was very high-quality, and the teachers there must be amazing, so they came here because of its reputation.
Some are simply out of curiosity.
In short, no matter what the reason is, the day when the commercial college recruits students can be described as crowded.
The College of Commerce plans to enroll 500 students in the first year, and everything is still being worked out. Zhou Yi does not plan to take too big a step at the beginning.
And now there are thousands of people who have signed up, so it is necessary to conduct an entrance examination to screen them.
Zhou Yi came up with all the questions for the entrance exam, less than 30% of the questions in the Four Books and Five Classics, and more of them were strange questions that these students had never heard of. Zhou Yi called them open questions.
After thousands of examinees got the exam questions, most of them scratched their heads and scratched their heads, not knowing where to answer them. They studied for the imperial examination, and they ignored everything except the Four Books and Five Classics, and their thinking was restricted.
It's really hard to let them go now.
Zhou Yi sat in the middle to invigilate the exam. Seeing them like this, he said loudly: "You can answer according to your own ideas. You don't have to bear any burden. The students needed by the Commercial Academy are different from other academies. If you don't meet the requirements of the Commercial Academy Asking does not mean that you are not good."
Zhou Yi said this, and many people felt more at ease. Forget it, the big deal is not to study in the commercial academy. Although the Ministry of Commerce is very popular now, after studying in the commercial academy and passing the imperial examination, you can directly Entering the Ministry of Commerce, but going to other imperial institutions is the same, anyway, being an official is not being an official there.
Thinking about it this way, the examinees don't care about the trivia, and answer the questions completely according to their intuition.
After this exam, Zhou Yi read the papers for several days in a row, and finally outstripped the short ones, barely selecting 500 students.
After confirming the list of students, Zhou Yi handed over the matter to other people in the academy, and he went to the research institute in the deepest part of the academy by himself.
The research institute occupies a vast area, and Zhou Yi is willing to spend all his money. Each person invited is equipped with a separate yard and research room.
As he approached the research institute, he heard the buzzing inside.
Zhou Yi walked in and saw that on the main gate of the research institute, Li Yuanxiu ran up somehow, holding a huge kite-like thing, as if he wanted to jump off it.
At this moment, there was a sound of squeaks in a research room, and then there was a bang, as if something exploded, and after a while, a person whose hair was blown up and who was completely unrecognizable was like a gust of wind He ran out, yelling while running: "How could it be, why did it explode, I obviously didn't make a mistake!"
The man was walking around in the research institute with his afro on his head. After a while, an old man rushed out from another room ecstatically: "I figured it out, I figured it out, ahahahahaha..."
Zhou Yikan's toothache hurts, he originally thought about being a general mobilizer before school starts with these people, but looking at it now, it's better to forget it.
Coming out of the Commercial Academy, Zhou Yi took a deep breath. The tall building was built on the ground. Now he is in the stage of consolidating the foundation. I hope everything will go well in the future.
After finishing the work of the business academy, the opening of border trade is not far away.
When Zhou Yi was busy opening border trade, Emperor Chongzheng announced him again. Zhou Yi put down his pen and followed the eunuch who passed the decree to see Emperor Chongzheng.
"Zhou Qing, is the border trade going well?" Emperor Chongzheng asked, he is very concerned about the border trade now, all because Zhou Yi painted the cake well, and said how much tax would be brought after the opening of the border trade. After showing his tricks at the business promotion meeting, Emperor Chongzheng's hopes for Zhou Yi's opening of border trade only skyrocketed, and his heart was itchy.
"Back to the emperor, everything is going according to plan." Zhou Yi said respectfully.
"That's good, I don't worry about your work." Emperor Chongzheng said with a smile, seeing Zhou Yi standing there bowed, hurriedly calling for someone to sit down, and let the seat not far from him.
"Zhou Qing, I ordered you to come today, nothing else, just want to talk casually, no matter what you say, I will not take it to heart..." Emperor Chongzheng smiled.
Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat, damn it, usually when he said that, he was probably going to ask some difficult question.
"Zhou Qing, you also know that I am getting old." Emperor Chongzheng sighed deeply.
Zhou Yi hurriedly fell to his knees on the ground: "Your Majesty, how could you say that? Your Majesty is in good health and prosperous. It's a good time. I feel uncomfortable hearing your Majesty say that.
" , Hey...Zhou Qing, get up, get up, you are the only one who loves me sincerely. Even my princes..." Emperor Chongzheng seemed to want to say something, but he still kept his mouth shut.
Zhou Yi's heart was in his throat, what did he say, he knew what Emperor Chongzheng looked like, the matter was not small, it involved the prince, if Emperor Chongzheng gave him Tulu, what would Zhou Yi do?
Fortunately, Emperor Chongzheng himself realized that something was wrong, so he stopped talking.
"Your Majesty, although I have not had much contact with the princes, I have also heard that all the princes are magnificent, wise and powerful." The deeper meaning is that I have no contact with them, what do you have? Don't ask me anything, I don't know.
Emperor Chongzheng waved his hand, "That's right, you have never been in contact with them, how do you know them..." "
Your Majesty, when I was looking for a teacher for the Commercial Academy a few days ago, I met a strange man. He has traveled all over the world for fifty years. Many funny things have happened in other parts of the world, how about my minister to tell you?" Zhou Yi said suddenly.
"Oh? There is such a thing, tell me quickly." Zhou Yi was very good at telling jokes, and often made Emperor Chongzheng amused. Hearing what Chong Zhouyi said, he hurriedly said.
This lecture lasted for a whole morning. At the end, Emperor Chongzheng wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Zhou Qing, your mouth is really smarter than starlings. You can always find ways to make me happy. If everyone else is like you , then I have nothing to worry about."
"Your majesty, it's because you like this humble minister, so it's funny to listen to this humble minister. It's not that the humble minister is making the emperor happy, it's clearly the emperor's care for the humble minister." Zhou Yi said emotionally.
"Okay, okay, I know, no matter what, you always have your reasons, whether it's because you made me happy, or I like you, in short, I'm happy today, promise, this is the only porcelain that was offered as a tribute I will give it to you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhou Yi walked out of the palace with the porcelain vase in his arms, wondering what happened to make Emperor Chongzheng look like that, and was going to tell him, It sounds like it's about the prince, but I don't know who offended Emperor Chongzheng. It seems that Emperor Chongzheng hasn't decided how to deal with it.
Zhou Yi secretly said in his heart that it was dangerous, Emperor Chongzheng meant to tell him at first, but fortunately he kept his mouth shut at that time, otherwise Zhou Yi would have a headache.
Even if Emperor Chongzheng values a courtier again, it doesn't mean that a courtier can dictate the relationship between the emperor and the prince, and it is best not to listen. Say less, Emperor Chongzheng would think, since he told Zhou Yi everything, but Zhou Yi still perfunctory him, say more, even if it coincided with Emperor Chongzheng's wishes for a while, but when it comes to the relationship between father and son, there is no guarantee that Emperor Chongzheng will not If he changed his mind, then what would Zhou Yi, who made up his mind at that time, become to sow discord between the emperor and the prince? Bad intentions?
When Zhou Yi left the palace with the porcelain vase in his arms, he happened to meet all the princes who came side by side, that's right, it was you, and the princes brought their own servants, a huge crowd.
The second prince was walking in the middle, and behind him were the grown-up princes who were in Kaifu.
The prince and the underage prince are still in the palace.
Zhou Yi wondered, what day is this, why did these princes all get together and enter the palace?
Zhou Yi saw the group of princes, and the second prince walking in the middle also saw Zhou Yi. He looked at the porcelain bottle in Zhou Yi's hand and walked directly to Zhou Yi's side.
"Master Zhou, did you just see your father come out?" The second prince glanced at the porcelain bottle Zhou Yi held in his hand. Everyone said that in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty, the emperor's favorite was last year's No. 1 scholar. It's true, this porcelain vase was just a tribute, and Emperor Chongzheng gave it to Zhou Yi directly.
Zhou Yi had no choice but to reply: "I have seen the Second Prince and all the other princes. If you are talking about the Second Prince, I have indeed just met His Majesty." "Oh, what did
Father and Master Zhou say?" The Second Prince narrowed his eyes Squint, look at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi smiled and replied: "It's nothing, because the opening of the border trade is coming soon, the emperor is a little worried, and specially ordered the minister to ask, to see if the princes are going to enter the palace, then the minister will not disturb your highness, and the minister will leave." Zhou Yi gave them a parting salute, and when he was about to leave, a voice suddenly came out.
"You are Mr. Zhou? The second elder brother always said that Mr. Zhou has extraordinary abilities, and he is the pillar of my Da Yue. When I saw him today, he is really extraordinary." The person who spoke was a boy who was about sixteen or seventeen years old standing next to the second prince. , Judging by his attire, he is also a prince.
Zhou Yi hurriedly bowed: "Your Highness should not be so highly praised."
"Hey, what, I have heard of what Mr. Zhou did, and I really admire Mr. Zhou. I heard that Mr. Zhou was born in the countryside since he was a child. Your parents must have taken great pains to train Mr. Zhou, right?"
Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "I don't dare to be praised by His Highness, but my parents really worked hard for me.
" Mr. Zhou's parents must have something extraordinary. If there is a chance, I would like to meet them too. However, I heard that not long ago, at the queen's banquet, the Crown Princess actually laughed at Mr. Zhou's mother. After hearing this, I was very angry... ..."
"Fourth!" The second prince said suddenly at this moment.
"What's the matter, it was originally, shouldn't it be said that the princess is so contemptuous of Mrs. Zhou's mother, I don't know, I thought that our royal family treats meritorious ministers like this!" The prince who was called the fourth child said angrily .