Ji Ning calculated that if he wanted to open a private school like Sanwei Academy, it could be set at a scale of fifty to one hundred people in the early stage, and if he found a house and then found two or three gentlemen to come back, all the miscellaneous matters would add up, and it would almost cost more than a thousand taels of silver.

One of the biggest expenses comes from the house, if you don't buy the house, but rent it, you can probably save about 1,000 taels.

In this era, the price of land and the price of the house in Beijing under the peaceful years also reached a point where ordinary people could not afford it, but Ji Ning didn't care much about these expenses, because the money he earned was either ready to make money with money, or he was ready to do something meaningful, such as promoting his own school-running philosophy, so that more children could study.

Ji Ning is not a saint, and he has no intention of becoming a philanthropist, so his attempts to run a school are often just a taste.

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After explaining to Lin Yi about the preparations for running the school, Ji Ning temporarily handed over the matter of buying the house to Lin Yi.

Before the exam, he was going to stay at home more, at most, he went out to drink wine and tea with Tang Xie and others, and then agreed to Zhao Yuanqi to go to Chongwang's Mansion to participate in a literary meeting about the exam.

Ji Ning has received a lot of worship posts these days, these worship posts were handed over by Tang Xie and Han Yu, after the end of the exam, Ji Ning as the Xie Yuan of the Jiangnan Township Test, many people want to know how he did in the exam, want to see Ji Ning's article, and compare it with his own article.

But Ji Ning lived in a simple house, and he didn't give these people a chance.

On February 22, Han Yu came to the door to deliver the worship post, and mentioned by the way: "Yongning, you always don't go out to meet guests, it's not a way, in fact, you can still go to some cultural meetings, and when the time comes, Ziqian and I will help you support the scene, and they will definitely not make you embarrassed." ”

Ji Ning still shook his head and said: "Brother Gongtai, it's not that I want to be an appearance, I really don't want to go out and do some unprovoked entertainment, it's better to calm down and stay at home." It may be that people are in other places and have no support, so they want to be passive and avoid the world! ”

Han Yu was surprised when he heard the words "passive escapism", and said, "How old is Yongning, and he actually has the idea of passive escapism?" Ha, it's no wonder, you originally had no intention of going to the court, but wanted to achieve something in the Temple of Literature, in fact, to put it bluntly, didn't you just want to get a peace after taking the Jinshi exam? But even if you work in the Temple of Literature, I'm afraid you can't completely avoid having contacts with people in the court, after all, you are all the people of the Great Yong Dynasty, and you are also considered a scholar class at that time......"

Ji Ning smiled and said: "There may still be some distance in the lower distance, and after the list will be tried, we will make plans in this regard!" ”

"It's up to you, to be honest, if someone else is changed, Ziqian and I will definitely think that such a person is a cozy person, but Yongning you are very low-key in life, although you don't like to socialize with people, but treat people sincerely, no matter how we are in the future, we will still be friends, take care of more!" Han Yu was about to leave, and suddenly said something.

Ji Ning got up to send him off, nodded and said: "What Brother Gongtai said is that it is rare to have a confidant in life, but there are a few such acquaintances below, and God treats me well, whether it is in Vanity Fair or in daily life in the future, I still hope to be able to get along with you!" ”

"Hmm." Han Yu bowed and said goodbye.

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At night, inside the Prince's Mansion.

The crown prince Zhao Yuangeng didn't fall asleep late that night, he secretly left the prince's mansion from the side courtyard, but did not go in the direction of the palace, but walked to a carriage a few streets next door, got into the carriage, and the carriage went all the way to the direction of the East Fourth Archway.

It wasn't until he got out of the carriage in a small alley in Mingyuefang that he got out of the carriage and entered a small courtyard, he covered his nose, there was a pungent stench around him, but he still walked inside.

"Young boy!" A tall man with a heroic posture walked out and saluted Zhao Yuangeng.

"Hmm." Zhao Yuangeng nodded slightly and said, "People are still inside?" ”

The tall man said: "Yes, according to the prince's orders, although he broke his arm before, he did not break his tendons and hamstrings, and he can still move at this time, but he is already half dead!" ”

Zhao Yuangeng waved his hand, signaling the man not to continue, he went all the way into the house, to a dark secret room, the stench inside was very strong, Zhao Yuangeng could only cover his nose with a champana, step by step, before the ground was firmly caged, but saw an unkempt person in front of him paralyzed on the ground, and his body seemed to be lifeless.

"The young boy is here, get up and salute!" There was a jailer-like person next to him, and he whipped the man, and the man raised his head slightly, and when he saw Zhao Yuangeng, the man's eyes were also empty.

The tall man next to him thought to himself: "It's hard to imagine, this is the Zhu Chu River with infinite scenery before, how beautiful he used to be in front of the prince?" But as long as the prince has doubts about him, he will end up like this, and now the prince relies on me, but it is difficult to guarantee that I will not end up with Zhu Chuhe in the future, it is better to plan early! ”

Zhao Yuangeng said: "Zhu Chuhe, do you know why this palace wants to put you in prison and is ready to match you?" ”

"The prince doesn't need to say this, it's me half-heartedly and doing something against the prince's wishes, even if the prince wants to kill me, I'm at ease, but at least ...... I didn't do anything to harm the interests of the prince! Zhu Chuhe's voice was hoarse, and he said.

The jailer next to him whipped it down, and shouted: "You dare to say that you haven't done anything that harms the interests of the prince, you dare to be greedy for money, and your heart can be punished!" ”

Zhao Yuangeng raised his hand again and said, "You guys step back first, and let the palace and Zhu Qing's family meet alone!" ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid...... Square peg! The tall man said with some concern.

"What are you afraid of, Zhu Qing's family can't move now, there are still chains on his body, and there is a cage in front of the palace, what can he do to the palace?" Zhao Yuangeng said sharply.

The tall man had no choice but to take his men to retreat temporarily and wait outside the dungeon.

Only Zhu Chuhe and Zhao Yuangeng were left in the dungeon, and Zhao Yuangeng said: "Zhu Chuhe, this palace has never had the heart to kill you, as long as you do things...... It's too incomprehensible! ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, you ......" Zhu Chuhe felt that Zhao Yuangeng seemed to have the intention of letting him go.

Zhao Yuangeng continued: "Do you think that you are greedy for a little money and looking for a few women, and you didn't know about it before this palace?" People will have greed, either good money, good power, if even these are not good, how can this palace believe that they are sincere in doing things for this palace? You have a greedy heart, and there is nothing wrong with it, but the fault is that you offend the people at the altar, which this palace wants to try to win over! ”