Chapter Seventy-Five: Baisha Academy

In the thirty-first year of orthodoxy, the meeting of Biyong is a thing that can be written about.

Because a lot of change starts here.

Thirty-one years ago, the newspaper registered in the Ming Dynasty was Ming Pao, and the city where it was located was Beijing.

However, after 31 years of orthodoxy, not only did more than a dozen newspapers appear in Beijing, but even the number has been increasing, and newspapers have appeared in Nanjing, Suzhou, Ningbo, Kaifeng, Guangdong, Wuchang and other places, although the combined scale of these places is not as large as Beijing.

Chen Xianzhang's Cantonese newspaper is one of them.

When Chen Xianzhang came back from Beijing, he had the name of a new science and technology scholar, and it was naturally very smooth to do things, and he soon established Baisha Academy and set up Cantonese newspapers.

Become a well-known Confucian.

There was an endless stream of disciples from Liangguang who threw themselves into the door.

Of course, today's Chen Xianzhang is not as good as Wu and Bi, but with time, his achievements are definitely not under Wu and Bi.

Baisha Academy.

Chen Xianzhang was lecturing to dozens of students, and many others were listening outside the door.

"In short, learning is the way to learn, never being suspicious, and never being suspicious. That's it for today. Chen Xianzhang said.

Immediately, after Chen Xianzhang finished speaking, he answered a few questions about Shangshu from the students.

Chen Xianzhang is inclined to Shangshu is problematic, but it is not very clear how big the problem is and what kind of problem.

After Chen Xianzhang went out, a student followed.

Chen Xianzhang turned around and asked, "Xian Jing, what's your problem?" ”

Xian Jing saluted and said, "Master, the student has a question. ”

Why didn't Chen Xianzhang ask just now?

Xian Jing said: "What students want to ask is not a question of learning. ”

Chen Xianzhang glanced at Li Xian Jing and said, "Come with me." ”

Chen Xianzhang returned to his room and asked, "Tell me, what's the problem?" ”

Xian Jing said: "On the first day of this year, the imperial court issued three orders, an amnesty order, a ban on chi, and an order to change officials. The disciple has some things that he doesn't understand, so he asked the gentleman for advice. ”

Chen Xianzhang asked, "Is it you who have a problem?" Or is there something wrong with your home? ”

Xian Jing said: "It's my problem, and it's my family's problem. ”

The Xian family is one of the thirteen families in Foshan.

Today's Foshan is not the southern iron manufacturing center of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but there is still this trend, the so-called Foshan thirteen, that is, thirteen monopolized the Foshan iron industry.

Therefore, Chen Xianzhang asked Xian Jing if it was his problem or the Xian family's problem.

Chen Xianzhang said: "What's the problem? ”

Xian Jing said: "The imperial court is gracious, my family has reported several previous mines to the prefecture and county, and since then it has taken the right path, but I want to know, can my family build a big iron factory like the Shaofu Zunhua Iron Factory?" ”

Xian Jing is not good at learning, but he is a genius in management.

Although Zunhua Iron Works dominates in the north, it has no impact on Foshan, and even when Foshan's iron industry is at its most prosperous, it has no influence on some places in the north.

Of course, it would be false to say that there was no impact at all.

After all, they are all in the same business, and it is natural to have heard of Zunhua Iron Works.

Others don't know, how can people in their industry not know, so many people don't understand, how can Zunhua Iron Works, an official iron factory in Shaofu, make so much iron?

Foshan's efficiency is far inferior to that of Shaofu.

This is the confusion of many people in Foshan.

But for many people, doubts are just doubts. But this is not the case for some people, such as Xian Jing.

Xian Jing has a reputation for showing talent, so he traveled to Beijing.

Others went to see Beijing, but he went to see Zunhua.

Even if others went to Zunhua, they were looking outside, but Xian Jing stuffed an unknown amount of silver, disguised himself as a craftsman, and went to the iron factory to work for a while.

After having a comprehensive understanding of the process inside.

There is a flame in his heart that cannot be extinguished, that is, to build a large iron factory comparable to the Zunhua Iron Factory.

It's not impossible.

There is a unique reason for Foshan iron smelting.

Where Foshan is located, water flows from all directions. Iron ore and coal mines in the deep mountains can flow down the water.

Take advantage of the convenient waterway to gather in Foshan.

Especially after the opening of the sea, whether it is the weapons needed by the maritime merchants, or the various iron materials for shipbuilding, or even the iron tools simply as export commodities, Foshan also makes a lot of money.

Let the scale of Foshan ironware's business become larger and larger.

Even the establishment of Baisha Academy and the establishment of Cantonese Newspaper have been donated by a group of people in Foshan.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Xianzhang is a little special to Xian Jing, of course, Chen Xianzhang is not disgusted with poverty and loves rich, but some interpersonal relationships are unavoidable.

Chen Xianzhang pondered for a while and said, "This matter may be okay." ”

Xian Jing clasped his hands tightly together and said, "Master, is it really feasible?" ”

Chen Xianzhang said: "What I said may be possible, but whether it is feasible or not, it is not in Guangdong, the key is in Beijing." And can your family afford to do this? ”

Xian Jing said, "I have already persuaded the elders of the thirteen families. As long as the Master nods. You can do this one. ”

Chen Xianzhang got up and paced slowly, he muttered for a while, and said: "I'll write you a few letters, you go to Beijing to meet these people, whether it can be achieved depends on the will of heaven." ”

Xian Jing may think that this providence is the will of God, but he doesn't know that what Chen Xianzhang said is the emperor's will at all.

Xian Jing wanted to build a big iron factory, and he regarded this as his life's work, but Chen Xianzhang was not like this. He was speculating about Zhu Qizhen's thoughts.

At the Biyong meeting, one of the biggest conclusions was to change the policy of raising the people, who thought that if they wanted the people to live and work in peace and contentment, they would give the people land.

But now, people who have a business in the city are also seen as a way to support the people.

Although Chen Xianzhang may not understand all the blueprints of Zhu Qizhen, he feels that if Foshan can build a large iron factory, it will be more in line with the emperor's wishes.

That's why Chen Xianzhang is willing to come forward.

It's just that he didn't know that he was being calculated by his own students.

Xian Jing took a few letters from Chen Xianzhang and immediately left Baisha and returned to Foshan, showing them to his father without saying a word.

Of course, the contents of the epistle are not to be read, but only an envelope.

Even if it is an envelope, it is enough to shock the head of the Xian family.

Li Dongyang, the secretary of the Hanlin Academy, Cheng Minzheng, the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and the chief writer of Tianli Bao, the great Confucianism of the world, Wu Hebi, and several Guangdong officials in Beijing and so on.

There are about a dozen letters.

It is Chen Xianzhang's network in Beijing.

Wenchen's connections are all built in this way, in the same year, fellow villagers, teachers and students, etc.

The Xian family took advantage of the east wind of the open sea, but they made a lot of money, and they also had tens of thousands of taels of family business, but they couldn't climb on top of these envelopes.

This is the reason why the head of the Xian family has always supported his children to study, although the Xian family does not seem to have this life, and in the next life, there are few reading seeds.

There is a Xian Jing, but he is only a Xiucai, and he can't read it anymore.

There is nothing he can do.

Seeing these letters at this moment, I was naturally very shocked.

After looking at it twice, the head of the Xian family asked, "What did Mr. Chen say?" ”

Xian Jing said: "Mr. said, this is what Your Majesty meant, Your Majesty is in Qianjin City, and you will not come again when the opportunity is not lost." If our family enters the eyes of His Majesty, it will soar if it is unspeakable. ”

The head of the Xian family said while pondering: "Let me think, let me think." ”

This is a big deal, and it may have pressed down on the Xian family. If one is not done well, the family business of three generations of the Xian family will be wasted.

But Xian Jing didn't want him to think about it anymore.

He knew very well that he told his master that the family had already discussed it, but in turn he used the master to suppress the family, similar to the means of the white wolf with empty gloves in later generations.

But if you want to get this set of measures right, you can't let the two sides go head-to-head. However, Baisha and Foshan are not far away, and after a long time, the news will inevitably leak, so it will not be easy to do.