Chapter XVII: Submission of the Mine Supervision College opened

Originally, Zhang Zhimu wanted to go to see the students, but he had to go back.

Zhang Zhimu came directly to Chen Yufeng's command center, where Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were located. Ouyang He said: "I was supposed to teach the students now, but this matter is also very troublesome. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Just now we received news from the copper factory and the lead mine that the mine manager Sun Renyun and several mine leaders were arrested by the mine supervisor and others. I have asked Li Jing to bring people over, and told them to catch up with them as much as possible to bring them back, and it is best not to kill people. But I'm afraid it's too late to go, and I'm afraid they'll take people away. ”

It turned out that this morning the mine supervisor suddenly broke into the copper mine with a team of men and horses, tied up Sun Renyun and others, and the workers outside saw that things were not good, so they took the horses around the sentry set up by the mine supervisors, and hurried to the kiln gang to deliver the letter.

Zhang Zhimu knew that the mine supervisors were all eunuchs sent by the imperial court, and the power in their hands was very great in the local area, and ordinary local officials did not dare to provoke them. Originally, after the Wanli year, the hated mine supervisors have been basically abolished, but this is a big piece of fat, and the eunuchs in the palace have slowly come out to make money again. Emperor Chongzhen was also afraid of a shortage of silver, and when he saw that the eunuchs could get some silver back, he turned a blind eye. These eunuchs are even more fearless, they extort money everywhere, and no one dares to provoke them.

Zhang Zhimu knew that the mine supervisors wanted to knock out some silver this time, but since he had just returned from Beijing, he couldn't help but think about whether there was anything else.

Zhang Zhimu said: "When Li Jing comes back, let's see the situation." If they just want to extort a little money, then it will be fine, but I am afraid that the court will use this matter to test our reaction, and if we react too violently, they will judge that we are trying to rebel. If we are too weak, they will think that we are too honest and deceitful to say no words to the court. ”

Ouyang He wiped his beard and said: "I don't think this matter is so complicated, if the court tests us, we will come directly to the kiln, there is no need to go to the mine to catch people, they still want to knock a little more silver." Those people didn't dare to come to the kiln, so they started there. They also thought that we would not dare to turn against the imperial court, so they would not dare to use force against them. I don't think we can be too polite to them, after teaching them a lesson, we have to inform the emperor of the reason, and it is estimated that the emperor also knows that they are doing evil things below. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "The best result is that Li Jing and his people can block them and intercept our people back." Otherwise, it would be really difficult for them to put people in a big prison in a yamen. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "If they just want silver, we will give them the silver first, and then clean them up, and if we don't teach them a lesson, they will not be honest." ”

The matter really made Ouyang He say, these mine supervisors used to be able to get a lot of benefits in these two mines every year, but now that Yaogang has taken over these two mines, there is no other income except for a little silver paid by An. How can they be willing, especially since these two mines are getting bigger and bigger, which makes them red-eyed. But every time he found a reason to ask for silver, Sun Renyun sent them to the kiln. They are all people who know what the kiln people are like, and they don't dare to go to the kiln to ask for silver. This time they were in a hurry, so they thought of a trick, they wanted to arrest people first, and then the kiln people would inevitably send silver to ransom people. They thought that with their special status, the kiln people would not dare to do anything to them. They always thought that daring to touch them was rebellion, and that was a capital crime. But what they don't know is that the kiln people are not ordinary people, and they are not afraid of anyone accusing them of rebellion. However, the mine supervisors made careful preparations before the operation, and they also wanted to arrest people in the yamen prison and cook the raw rice into rice. So they took more than 20 people, took a sudden action, and when they came to the mine, they sent people to guard the gate of the mine, and then started to arrest people. What they didn't expect was that the workers here were familiar with the situation in the mine, evaded their sentry posts, and ran out to deliver letters to the kiln gang.

The mine supervisors are also afraid of long nights and dreams, because it is not easy to deal with the thousands of workers in the mine. So they quickly escorted Sun Renyun and others out of the mine. Because Sun Renyun was tied up on the road, and there was only one way out of the mine, they were intercepted by Li Jing, who arrived in time.

Li Jing didn't dare to delay after they got the news, and hurried to the mine, and when they saw a group of people from a distance, they took out the binoculars they had just equipped to see that a group of horseback riders were also leading a few bundled people to meet them. At this time, the person on the other side also found his own centaur and had stopped.

Li Jing remembered that Chen Yufeng said that he tried not to kill people, but whether he wanted to kill or not depends on the other party, no matter what, he had to leave people behind today, otherwise they would be taken to the Yamen prison, and it would be a big deal to rob the prison again.

Li Jing ordered his people: "Everyone prepare, try not to kill, but our people must be rescued, if it really doesn't work, let's go under the knife." ”

After speaking, Li Jing took the lead and moved forward.

This is also seen by the other party, Li Jing and more than 20 people came, and their hearts also relaxed, because they still have people tied up in their hands, this is a hostage.

After the two sides got closer, the eunuch and mine supervisor shouted: "Stay, bold and dishonest, don't you see that this official is on official business, and you still don't get out of the way?" ”

Li Jing snorted with her nose and said, "Don't scream, hurry up and leave people for me, and I'll let you live." Otherwise, this is your place of death. ”

The people brought by the mine supervisor were all used to being domineering, and they all felt that their kung fu was good, so they didn't wait for the mine supervisor to speak, and a few people urged the horse forward, wanting to take Li Jing down directly.

The two people behind Li Jing didn't use Li Jing's words to pick up the horse to meet them, and the two sides looked at each other, and two of the people on the mine supervisor's side were cut off their horses by Li Jing's people, and then turned around to look at each other, and three more people were cut off their horses, and there was only one person left, so frightened that they ran back to their own team directly.

These people brought out by the mine supervisor are all carefully selected masters, because this is a fat difference, many people are willing to come, so they have a lot of room for selection, and they are also some masters. But this master is to compare with whom, they are in front of Li Jing's people and they are a grade that can't be passed in person. Especially as soon as the connoisseur makes a move, he knows the level of the opponent.

The mine supervisor knew that he had met an opponent today, and he was unwilling to be defeated like this, so he ordered someone to put a knife on the neck of Sun Renyun and others, and then shouted to Li Jing: "Listen to you on the other side, if you don't let us go today, we will directly cut off a few of their heads." ”

Li Jing knew that if she was bluffed by them today, it would be difficult to do, so she said loudly: "Okay, you can cut off their heads now, and I have to take them back regardless of whether they are dead or alive." If they die, we'll bring your heads back today. What do you think? ”

The mine supervisor didn't expect the other party to be so tough, Li Jing felt that he should give them a step down, and said: "Yes, I think you still leave you to eat by yourself, leave people behind, get away, don't let me see it again." ”

The mine supervisor was weak in his heart, but he didn't know what to do, and he said, "Do you know that you are plotting rebellion and the crime of destroying the nine tribes." ”

"yes, you don't have to bluff people. Our Mr. Zhang has just returned from Beijing, and the imperial court has borrowed one million taels of silver from our Mr. Zhang. The emperor will say that we are rebelling because you are an inactive eunuch. You think too much of yourself. Li Jing's answer made the mine supervisor sweat all over, and he didn't know anything about the imperial court and the people of Yaogang. But if it's true, I won't be able to eat and walk around.

After Li Jing finished speaking, she took off the musket from her body and said to the mine supervisors: "Don't stay, how do you want to give a happy word." I'm impatient, and when my musket goes off, you won't have time to repent. ”

The mine supervisors knew that their martial arts were not as good as others, and if they started to rob them, their own people would die even worse.

"Okay, the hero on the other side. We leave people behind, and you let us go. ”

Li Jing put the gun on his shoulder and said, "That's right, why die a few people if you do this earlier." I don't like to look at dead people. ”

After listening to the mine, he gritted his teeth angrily, he didn't like to look at the dead, but he liked to kill.

The mine supervisor was also afraid that Li Jing would not let them go, so he left a few people to put the knife on the necks of Sun Renyun and several of them, and he took some people out first. Li Jing: They lined up on both sides of the road, and there was a passage in between. The mine supervisor led the people through the passage.

When the mine supervisor came to Li Jing, Li Jing said, "Drag the people on the ground away, don't get in the way here." ”

As soon as Li Jing spoke, the mine supervisor was taken aback. When he understood what Li Jing meant, he hurriedly ordered people to drag away all the dead people on the ground. The people who forced Sun Renyun with knives in the back were also very kind of men, and when they saw that the mine supervisor was leaving with people, they let Sun Renyun and them go, and said to Li Jing: "Okay! Hero, I am willing to kill and scrape you! ”

Li Jing admired these Chinese characters very much, there are really not many people who are not afraid of death, and said, "Okay, let's go." I think you're also a man, but it's a pity that you're with the wrong person. If you can't get around outside, come to me. Let's go. ”

These men turned over and got on their horses, and said to Li Jingyi: "Thank you, hero!" Then he galloped away.

Sun Renyun: Where did they go through such a thing, they were already paralyzed on the ground and couldn't get up. Li Jing sent someone back to the mine to inform Sun Renyun that they had been rescued, so as not to let the people there worry too much.

Li Jing asked Sun Renyun and them to help them get on the horse and rush back to Yaogang.

It wasn't until late in the evening that Li Jing took Sun Renyun and them back to Yaogang, and Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Lu Chengxiang were all waiting at home.

Seeing that Li Jing and Sun Renyun rushed back, Zhang Zhimu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately notified Zhang Bingchen to come over and treat Sun Renyun and them. After reading it, Zhang Bingchen said: "It's not a big deal, it's just a little skin injury." The main thing is that the shock is a little excessive, and it is good to rest with a little medicine. ”

After listening to Li Jing's briefing, Zhang Zhimu said: "Tomorrow, let Li Zhi inform her husband of the situation, and don't let the wicked sue first." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Through this incident, we must also learn a lesson, our mine workers must be organized, and we must also engage in military training. They can't be allowed to dare to go to the mine to arrest people. ”

Ouyang He said: "I think the mine was bullied and scared by the mine supervisors before, and when I saw the mine supervisor, I had no intention of resisting." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "We will take this opportunity to reorganize the workers in the mine and start military training. In the future, if we go on the defensive, I am afraid that the personnel of the mines, lime kilns, brick and tile factories, and quarries will have to withdraw to the kiln posts, and the equipment there will be buried, and we will resume production when Li Zicheng is defeated. Otherwise, we will be divided into four forces to defend it, and we will not be able to hold it there. ”

Ouyang He said: "I have also studied what Mr. Zhang said and Uncle Chen, and there is basically this opinion. We're going to settle that today. We can make unified arrangements for the withdrawn personnel. ”

A few days later, the husband's report and the mine supervisor's report arrived in Beijing almost simultaneously. Emperor Chongzhen was happy when he saw the two reports. He knew very well what the mine supervisors were doing outside, but he didn't pay attention to how much they could get some money back. But aren't they looking for death when they do their hands and feet on the kiln people? That's some people who don't eat dumb things. However, the people who killed a few mine supervisors in Yaogang also wrote to explain, which shows that Zhang Zhimu has not held a grudge and does not want to be distracted by the court, otherwise he would not have to explain this matter.

After careful preparation, the opening ceremony of Yaogang College was held ceremoniously.

This time, due to the advance publicity of the "Yaogang Weekly", the whole Shanxi and even the entire Ming Dynasty can see the "Yaogang Weekly", and they all know that there is a college in Yaogang to open, according to the introduction of the "Yaogang Weekly", the Yaogang College is the first university in the Ming Dynasty, the whole building is magnificent, and the campus is like a garden. The students are also selected from the best of the best. Now Yaogang College is about to hold a grand opening ceremony, and Yaogang will invite celebrities from all walks of life to come to Yaogang to participate in the opening ceremony, which is also the official opening ceremony of the college. The whole kiln is preparing to receive guests from all walks of life, and now the kiln is like a festival.

The incitement of "Yaogang Weekly" is still very good, and those who think they have a little identity are trying to get an invitation to Yaogang.

The invitation from the old owner of Yuncheng Qiu, their salt gang and the invitation from the Qinshui Ancient Road were personally arranged and sent by Zhang Zhimu. Eight people from the Salt Gang and ten people from the Qinshui side.

This opening ceremony is a big test of the reception capacity of the kiln, because more than 500 people officially sent out invitations. A few inns in Yaogang can cope with one or two hundred people, but so many people can't cope with it at once. Fortunately, several living quarters in Yaogang have been completed, and the rooms there have been converted into guest rooms. Fortunately, these rooms are also glass-enclosed, with sewer and sewer lines, and indoor toilets. Pair it with a bed and a sofa. The service staff is easy to do, and many of the women in the kiln gang have not yet arranged work, so just train them.

The glass carriage of the kiln gang is parked outside Xiurong City, and as long as there is someone with an invitation, it can be sent to the kiln gang for free.

The original date of school was September 15, but some people arrived on the 10th, and Yang Yulin, who was in charge of reception, complained to Zhang Zhimu: "How can there be such a person, who came so early, they know that when they come, they will have good food and drink." You see, there may be someone who won't leave for a while after the meeting. ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Who let you have silver in the kiln?" If I don't come to eat more of you, I'll be cheaper for you. ”

The opening ceremony was held on the playground of Yaogang College, and today the students were all wearing newly issued school uniforms, the male students were all blue clothes with stand-up collars, and the pants were also made of freshly woven twill. The panties are all tightened with rubber bands. The shoes were all rubber-soled leather sandals today, and everyone was given a pair of rubber-soled canvas shoes. This is the latest product of Yaogang, which was originally designed for the army, and it will be given to the students today. The female classmate wore a tight white top with a long black skirt with a tight waist.

After a period of school life, the students have been very good in spirit, because of the good nutrition of the food, the regularity of life, the students' complexion is very good.

Due to the large number of guests, those guests could not all be arranged on the ** stage, so they were all arranged in front of the students on the playground. **On the stage are several giants of the kiln, including Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, and Lu Bingyi.

Each of the guests was deeply amazed by such an academy, and they did not expect that a school would be built as magnificent as a royal palace.

Today's emcee is the announcer of the Yaogang Troupe.

The first item of the school ceremony is the flag-raising ceremony, after everyone stands, in the music, the flag of the kiln gang and the school flag are raised together.

Then there were speeches by guests from all walks of life, and the guests also spoke some polite and auspicious words.

The last speaker was Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu came to the front of the stage with a lot of emotion, the students in the audience are the hope of the future, he has crossed over from his previous life, and he has almost completely emptied the knowledge he brought and handed it over to the people here, but the knowledge of the previous life is the accumulation of people's knowledge for thousands of years, and it takes too many people to inherit and develop. However, we must now face not only the challenges of the harsh external environment, but also the challenges of traditional thinking and strength.

Zhang Zhimu said affectionately: "Students, teachers, guests! As I stand here today, my heart is surging and I am full of emotion. It is not easy for us to build such a school in such an environment. Now it is a great chaos in the world, and there are many years of famine. In the south, Li Zicheng occupied almost the entire territory of Huguang in Henan, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, was fighting a decisive battle with Li Zicheng. Further south, Zhang Xianzhong has occupied many places along the Yangtze River. The Manchu Iron Cavalry in the north has occupied many places in our eastern Liaodong, and is fighting in front of the Shanhai Pass, and there is a possibility of re-entering the customs at any time. It can be said that we are living in a very turbulent time. But what I want to tell you today is that no matter how many storms and rains there are outside, we will cover you for you, and you just need to read your books well. I would also like to tell you that you are very fortunate that you are the first batch of students of our Kiln Gang Academy. Although we have experienced decades of drought in Shanxi, and the victims are everywhere, the food you eat here can be said to be the best in the Ming Dynasty, and I can tell you responsibly that the cost of each of you can feed at least ten ordinary people outside. Therefore, I hope that you will cherish your learning environment and learning opportunities. ”

When Zhang Zhimu said this, he changed his words and continued: "Students, teachers, and guests. The school we are building is to cultivate senior talents with all-round development of morality, intellect and physique. The difficulty we face is that you have to learn a lot in a short period of time. But I know that you still have to face the difficulty of how to free your minds. The purpose of our college is to 'emancipate the mind, seek truth and be pragmatic, and forge ahead.' But emancipating the mind is easier said than done. We have to learn new things with a skeptical eye, because many new things are not necessarily right or completely true. If a student presents a different point of view than the teacher in class, our teacher should be happy. Because you're meeting a good student who can think with his own mind. However, our traditional thinking does not allow this, because our traditional thinking is that students must listen to the teacher, and if they put forward opinions that are different from those of the teacher in class, it is a big rebellion. I'm just giving an example here. Therefore, if we want to emancipate our minds, it is not an easy task, and we need the joint efforts of our teachers and students. In short, to emancipate your mind is to throw away all the shackles of your thoughts and use your own brain to think about problems, so that you can make achievements on the road of learning. The emancipation of the mind is absolutely not an empty word, and if you want to emancipate your mind, you must also face the stubborn resistance of those conservative ideas. For example, when we began to prohibit women from binding their feet, we were opposed by many people, saying that this was a rule passed down from our ancestors. Everyone knows that it is extremely cruel and stupid for a woman to bind her feet. If it is passed down by the ancestors, it is more likely to show that what the ancestors have passed down is not necessarily right. Like women to bind their feet, that is the ancestors of those weak men who have no confidence in themselves and are afraid of strong women. They are afraid that women are the same as they are, so that they lose their self-confidence. Therefore, women who get it can't go anywhere, and they will find confidence in such women. Shouldn't all the perverted hobbies of such people be broken? The mental shackles we face in one way or another must be broken. Be ye prepared. This is also one of your missions. I don't want the students who come out of our academy to be nerds who can only read. I hope you can learn here with the mind of the person who is not in the world. ”

Zhang Zhimu's words behind him made many guests in the audience feel very unhappy. But they could only endure listening.

Zhang Zhimu finally said: "Students, you are lucky, you are the pride of the sky. The future is yours, and you have a bright future. I hope you go well in your studies! ”

That night, after the banquet, the gift from the Yaogang people to the guests was, of course, a wonderful "Tang Guifei".

On the second day, more than 100 glass carriages pulled the VIPs from the smelting yard to the Lingshui Wharf, visiting the entire environment and infrastructure facilities of the kiln and the production workshop of various products.

Because the road has been repaired quite well, the glass carriage can run very fast.

This was an eye-opener for the guests. Even Mr. Qiu, who had been to the kiln several times, said to Zhang Zhimu: "I haven't been here for a long time, how can it change so quickly." ”

When no one was around, Zhang Zhimu asked Mr. Qiu: "After Li Zicheng takes Shaanxi, he will attack Shanxi, do you have any plans?" ”

Mr. Qiu said: "We also have tens of thousands of brothers in the Salt Gang, so if you can't do it, let's fight." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Zicheng has entered Shanxi several times, have you ever blocked it?" Besides, Li Zicheng will be hundreds of thousands of people when he comes, and you are not professional soldiers, can you stop it? ”

Old Uncle Qiu smiled and said, "Okay, don't play dumb riddles." Tell us what you think? ”

Zhang Zhimu said two sentences: "If you have time, your family will be evacuated to Yaogang, and if you have no time, you will be evacuated to Lishan." ”

Old Dong Qiu nodded without any hesitation and said, "I said that you won't leave my old man alone." The details are over here, and I'll go to the 'Mountain Harrier' and study them. ”

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Mechanics of Materials, Theoretical Mechanics, Elastic Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".