The Emperor of Japan is dead!

For Ning Yu, this is not good news, not because he has any good feelings for the so-called emperor, but because in Japan under the current rule of the shogunate, the public family represented by the emperor has always been able to play a certain role in checking and balancing the shogunate, such as setting up some small stumbling blocks for the shogunate.

Of course, the government did not have much influence on the shogunate, but as long as the government still existed, the shogunate had to pinch its nose to control it, thus making it impossible for Japan to unite and help each other.

Therefore, even if Ning Yu was very unhappy with the title of emperor, he didn't think about changing him to the king of the Japanese - this kind of face problem is not a big deal after all, but without the emperor, it will make unpredictable changes in Japanese politics, which is naturally a threat to Da Chu.

Ning Yu shook his head slightly, handed the letter to Cui Wancai, and said in a low voice: "It's really not the time to die, it seems that there is a shogunate playing ghosts inside." ”

According to the intelligence officers stationed in Japan, the 36-year-old Emperor Nakagomon has never been unwell, and he has not heard of any hidden diseases, and then at the beginning of this year, the shogunate presented him with a piano imported from the West, which seems to be a metaphor, but within a few days of this incident, the Emperor Nakagomon directly collapsed, and even the successor Prince Zhaohito was not summoned, and everything happened a little inexplicably.

After Cui Wancai read it, he said in a low voice, "Qingren's death is only afraid that there is a mystery inside, but in the opinion of the minister, you might as well send a messenger to mourn, and you can also further explore Tokugawa Yoshimune's thoughts." ”

Ning Yu nodded, he didn't dare to underestimate this shogun, because this person was a very outstanding official in the original history, and the reform of the Shogunate at that time really boosted the financial economy of the shogunate at that time, and introduced a lot of knowledge of orchidism, which laid the groundwork for the future reform of the shogunate's new policy.

In the midst of this era, due to the rise of the Great Chu, Japan went back to its old way, that is, to learn from China - Tokugawa Yoshimune had even begun to prepare to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty again, and asked the Great Chu to allow these young people to study in the latest universities in China.

Ning Yu naturally rejected this request, and he rejected Tokugawa Yoshimune on the grounds that the school was not established for a long time, but this did not stop Tokugawa Yoshimune's ambitions, and he began to send people to buy newspapers in places such as Nanjing and Shanghai, and then have people bring them back to the shogunate to check the latest policy changes in Dachu, and to learn from them.

In addition, Tokugawa Yoshimune also imitated the actions of the Great Chu, further loosened the restrictions on Lanxue, and reissued a 'foreign book reward order' on the basis of the original 'foreign book ban', that is, to reward anyone who could bring books from China or Europe, and at the same time, he also sent the shogunate Aoki Kunyang and Noro Motojo to learn Dutch, so as to learn Western culture more deeply.

And this work is naturally fruitful, such as Aoki Kunyang compiled the "Translation of the Helan Dialect", "The Translation of the Helan Language", "The Examination of the Currency of the Orchid", "The Brief Examination of the Orchid Characters" and other works, and Noro Yuanzhang also wrote the "Reconciliation of the Materia Medica" and "The Reconciliation of the Birds, Beasts, Insects and Fish Maps of the Alain Tuo", etc., and even imitated the pioneering work of revising the map in the tenth year of the Great Chu, and sent the Japanese mathematician Kenhiro Kenbe to draw the "General Map of Japan", and made large-scale corrections to the maps of Shoho and Genroku.

All of this does not show that Tokugawa Yoshimune's inner ambition is not just to be a general, Ning Yu is naturally vigilant in his heart, and he is also extremely sensitive to the death of the emperor at present.

"This matter sent Han Ming, director of the Department of Japan and South Korea of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to pay condolences to Emperor Nakamon on behalf of me, and to target the shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, it is best to see what he thinks."

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In the Imperial City Public School, a group of teenagers are playing leather ball on the playground, most of them are teenagers, wearing a smaller jersey, and are attacking and defending in style, while some middle-aged and young people are standing on the sidelines, watching this game with great interest.

Eleven-year-old Ning Chengze was rushing forward with the ball, his height was much taller than that of teenagers of the same age, but he did not look too bulky, but highlighted a clever energy, and quickly shook down the opponent's defender in front of him, and then his body accelerated suddenly, and broke into the penalty area with the ball.

"Hurry up, get him down!"

"Are you all turtles? Running so slowly! ”

The goalkeeper of the opposing team suddenly panicked, he didn't know whether he should take the initiative to attack or defend the goal, so he had to yell at the other defenders frantically, but when he saw Ning Chengze getting closer and closer, he finally couldn't care less, and rushed towards Ning Chengze, obviously hoping to block the opponent's attack with his body.

Ning Chengze smiled unhurriedly, but he kicked the football to another teammate, only to see that the young man also smiled, just kicked the ball straight into the opponent's door.

"Ball-in-it!"

A group of teenagers suddenly rushed forward with cheers, they warmly hugged Ning Chengze and the teenager who scored the goal, and then lifted Ning Chengze and the teenager up and threw them into the sky, followed by a loud roar, firmly catching the two who fell, and there was a jubilation among everyone.

The faces of the young players on the opposite side were not very good, especially the goalkeeper's face turned red, he rushed over and shouted: "Ning Chengze, Cheng Wanjun, don't be complacent, if it weren't for my teammates, you wouldn't be able to kick in at all!" ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other angrily, but Ning Chengze and Cheng Wanjun smiled and did not refute verbally, but the referee in black on the side hurriedly walked over, he signaled from his hand to separate the players on both sides, and tried to reach out to get the cards, which made the goalkeeper leave stupidly.

At this time, the middle-aged people on the sidelines looked at this scene with a smile, they did not try to get involved, but looked at the ball game in front of them seriously as if they were watching a regular professional game.

Finally, with a whistle, the game was over, and Ning Chengze's team won the game as he wished, among which Ning Chengze, as a striker, won two passes and one shot, and his face was also quite excited, wiping his sweat while whispering something to the teenager next to him.

The middle-aged man on the side walked over at this time, with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and said hello: "Chengze, come here, Seventh Uncle and Grandpa brought you a gift." ”

Ning Chengze saw the middle-aged man, and a smile bloomed on his face, he didn't run over like other teenagers who jumped away, but turned around to say goodbye to the other teammates, and then walked over with Cheng Wanjun, and the whole person's temperament looked extremely confident and decent.

"Cheng Ze has seen Uncle Seventh Grandpa."

"The descendants of the Cheng family, Wan Jun, have seen His Royal Highness the King of Shu."

It turned out that the middle-aged man was the current Ministry of Education Shangshu Ning Zhongquan, who was recognized by the government and the opposition because he presided over the follow-up education reform, so he was renamed the King of Shu when he was reformed for ten years.

Ning Zhongquan smiled, then asked someone to bring over a big wooden box, and said with a smile: "Chengze, open it and take a look." ”

Ning Chengze was a little curious on his face, but he lifted the lid of the wooden box, and his eyes suddenly lit up, because there was a complete set of jujube wood micro-carvings in the wooden box, which was taken from the market scene of "Qingming Riverside Map", the characters looked vivid, and their demeanor had their own charm, but Ning Chengze liked it at a glance.

"Thank you Uncle Seventh for your kindness, this set of wood carvings is obviously not ordinary, but I don't know which master's handwriting, but it makes Uncle Huang bother."

Things are not very valuable, the key is that they are relatively rare, and it is naturally not so easy to find.

Ning Zhongquan smiled slightly: "This set of things is the work of the old man Zhao of Leizhou, because the overall is more troublesome, it took him three years to carve it, and it is just like this in the world, and my uncle and grandfather bought it for you." ”

Ning Chengze hurriedly said respectfully: "Uncle and grandfather are important ministers of the imperial court, so they shouldn't make a special trip to give gifts, but what do you need to say to Chengze?" ”

"You kid is really not a non-fuel-efficient lamp, this time uncle and grandpa do have something to trouble you."

Ning Zhongquan laughed loudly, but he also attracted the attention of others, and then said: "In this way, let's find a place to have a meal first, and then Uncle and Grandpa will talk to you slowly." ”

At that moment, the two of them walked into the restaurant opened in the Imperial City Public School together, ordered a few popular seasonal vegetable dishes, and ate them happily with an old man and a small urine, without half of the so-called royal temperament, but just like looking for an ordinary family.

The Ning family is particular about food and sleep, so the two didn't talk about anything, and after eating, someone came over to make two cups of tea, and when the tea was fragrant, Ning Zhongquan opened his mouth slowly.

"Cheng Ze, do you know some of the things that have happened in the court recently?"

"Uncle, I'm just a student, where do I know any news?"

Ning Chengze said with a wry smile, he is indeed just a slightly precocious student, and he will not live in the palace at all on weekdays, but like other children, he lives in the school dormitory, and naturally has no channels to contact other things.

Ning Zhongquan coughed embarrassedly before he slowly spoke: "Your Majesty wants Kyushu to be in the same wind, and the key is to carry out reforms at the education level, but since the reform at the imperial examination level, your uncle and grandfather and I can't think of how to change it next." ”

Ning Chengze said strangely: "Uncle and grandfather, there are naturally those adults who are in charge of this kind of court politics, why did uncle and grandfather come to ask me about such a small child?" ”

"Hehe, it's not true to say you're a child...... It's just that His Majesty said that if you can't think of it, you can come here to have a look. An embarrassed smile appeared on Ning Zhongquan's face, no matter what, he had to admit that he really couldn't think of it anymore.

Ning Chengze was slightly silent and said softly: "I understand what Uncle and Grandpa mean, but I am indeed just an ordinary student....... Even if my father asked me to study in this school as an ordinary person, I might not be able to tell my uncle and grandfather more. ”

Ning Zhongquan groaned, and kept muttering the word 'ordinary' in his mouth, but there was a trace of confusion on his face.

What did that emperor's nephew think? Why is it so incomprehensible?

Ning Chengze smiled slightly at this time, he still maintained a upright sitting posture, but the movements of his hands were a little larger when he spoke, "Uncle and grandpa, the meaning of my father may not be as complicated as you think, but it is not so easy to do it well." ”

Ning Zhongquan asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?" Your father is such a personality, he likes to let people guess and understand, but I am a wooden fish head, good nephew, don't embarrass your uncle and grandfather anymore. ”

"Poof—"

Ning Chengze couldn't help laughing, he shook his head and said: "Uncle, I'm not embarrassed for you, but I don't know if my thoughts are right, but I heard my father say before that the establishment of the Imperial City Public School is by no means only for the children of the royal family and the powerful, in fact, it bears a very important responsibility." ”

"What responsibility?"

"The establishment of Huangcheng Public School is essentially to become a model and a benchmark for the future, and all the experience gained in Huangcheng Public School in the past few years needs to be promoted to the whole world in the future."

Ning Zhongquan was slightly silent, he had already understood the meaning of this sentence, but it was precisely because he understood it that he felt a trace of untruthfulness - because according to the specifications of the Imperial City Public School, the money and food required were simply astronomical, and the high tuition fees required could completely stop other ordinary people from outside!

At that time, even if there is a good successful experience, it is a purely useless thing, after all, ordinary people can't afford to learn at all, so what's the use of coming?

Even now that the imperial examination has been reformed to new schools, most of the people who take the scientific examination are just the original old bachelors, and most of them have spent a sum of money to participate in high-priced training courses to pass the imperial examination, which is still out of reach for most ordinary people.

Seeing Ning Zhongquan's expression, Ning Chengze also sighed lightly and said: "Uncle, although I am just a child who has nothing to do, I also have my own understanding of money and food, if I use it to cultivate some talents that cannot be applied to reality, it is essentially the biggest waste of people." ”

Ning Zhongquan was suddenly a little surprised, being able to say these words is enough to see that Ning Chengze is not simple, because many people think that in the past, there were private schools and schools all over the world, and they didn't see how much money they spent.

The reason is also very simple, in the past, everyone was studying the Four Books and Five Classics, and there were not many books in total, as long as you figured out some of the things on it, no one said anything to go to the imperial examination, and even no teacher could learn by yourself - so the cost is very low, and there is no shortage of such self-taught bigwigs in history to leave a name in history.

But now it is different, just like this Imperial City Public School, itself is divided into three levels of primary school-junior high school-high school, of which the primary school needs to learn Chinese language, mathematics, nature, science and other courses, and in junior high school and high school, it will further study astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry and other courses, and even need to take a language course.

Behind these courses, they are all piled up with white flowers, so the cost between the two cannot be compared at all, and of course, the talents cultivated are naturally very different.