"Guozijian" is the highest institution of learning, and each prefecture, prefecture and county has set up "government school", "state school" and "county school", and villages and towns have set up "primary schools". Anyone who "studies in a village school shall be subject to half of his labor." Under the Ming Dynasty, children had to enter elementary school at the age of eight, and the school system lasted five years......

Chen Yonghua sat in the post house, flipping through all kinds of information collected by his subordinates, and what interested him the most was the education system that had just been implemented. This is a top-down education system that not only improves the seowon system, but also covers the general public. Among them, there is also a system of recommending talents, and if the state test is famous, it will be sent to the government, and the government will be sent to the hospital. After graduating from Guozijian, there is a two-year internship period, first as an official, and only after passing the inspection can you make up for the internal affairs of the six officials, and then become an official.

After repeated study, Chen Yonghua couldn't help but admire Zhu Yongxing's courage and measures, and also saw Zhu Yongxing's ambition. After this relatively detailed planning, although there is no imperial examination, it has shown the intention of "killing all the scholars". Moreover, on the surface, the path for scholars to enter the ranks is wider than that of the imperial examination.

"Build a temple, set up a school to collect talents, the country has wise men, the state is self-consolidated, and the world is prosperous." As an orthodox scholar, Chen Yonghua's development of education was in line with his philosophy, and although Zhu Yongxing did not satisfy him completely, it was already remarkable that such a system could be introduced during the war years.

Accompanying Chen Yonghua to Guangzhou was Zheng Jing's bodyguard Feng Xifan, in terms of personal relationship, although Chen Yonghua was respected by Zheng Jing, he was not more trusted than Feng Xifan. And Feng Xifan is ignorant of the general situation, and likes to play with power, and the loyal and brave Marquis Chen Ba switched to Nanming, and Zheng Jing was angry. He also didn't have a good impression of Zhu Yongxing.

"The land is restored, the war is still ongoing, and these things should be waited for the future. Abandon the basics and buy people's hearts. The ambition of the Min Fan is not small, and it will be a big disaster in the future. Feng Xifan pursed his lips and said with a sneer.

Is his ambition small? Chen Yonghua smiled bitterly. I didn't answer right away. In the end, the Min Fan is still the descendant of the Zhu family, and on the occasion of the Ding Revolution in the world, he has worked hard and tried to recover, and he may have the idea of "the king of meritorious people" in his heart, but it is also reasonable. As for the Zheng family, is the ambition small?

"As a guard of the imperial court, the Min clan is indispensable for words and courtesy." Chen Yonghua reminded: "Now that the whole province of Guangdong is about to be recovered, the southwest and southeast are united, and we must not cause trouble for the king." ”

Feng Xifan snorted. Although he was unhappy in his heart, the situation after the Southwest Ming Army recovered Guangdong was indeed the same. In any case, Harukabang may be over, and Mingchen's appearance still has to be made. Unless, the Zheng family abandons Jin, Xiamen, and the land territory that will be occupied by troops, and retreats to Taiwan to continue to be a warlord.

To be honest, neither Zheng Jing nor his subordinates expected that Zhu Yongxing would come to Guangzhou in person. I didn't expect that the Southwest Ming Army would be able to conquer Guangzhou so quickly and continue to advance eastward. Or Chen Yonghua is more awake. After getting the news at sea, he immediately returned, and after some discussion with Zheng Jing and others, he came again.

This time I came to Guangzhou, the matter of the loyal and brave Marquis Chen Ba was not ready to have any ideal results, and the courtiers asked the court Xingshi for guilt, what did this become? Just ask. If you have an explanation, you will give up. And the name of Chen Yonghua and Feng Xifan's trip has also become a gift to congratulate, congratulating Min Fan on another big victory and the recovery of Guangzhou. Then it was reported to Zhu Yongxing, Zheng Jing had to respond to the imperial court and obey the edict. Prepare to send troops to Chaozhou to respond to the eastward advance of the Ming army.

Chaozhou, that's right, Zheng Jing still decided to take this piece of the Zheng family's traditional place to supplement food and soldiers into his hands. His calculations were very fine, and the reinforcements sent by the Qing army in Fujian had already been dispatched, and Chaozhou and Meizhou would be the areas where the two sides were fighting.

Because of the rout of the Qing army's Guangdong naval division, and the Zheng family entrenched in Jin and Xiamen, Chaozhou is near the sea, and it is easy to be attacked by land and water like Guangzhou. Therefore, the reinforced Qing army in Fujian Province must focus on Meizhou, either to hold to prevent the Ming army from entering Fujian, or to counterattack to defeat the Ming army. In this way, the Zheng family waited for the opportunity to seize Chaozhou, first, it could form an eastward and southern attack on Meizhou with the eastward Ming army, and second, the resistance was very small, and the Qing army was under the pressure of the southwestern Ming army, and it was difficult to invest heavy troops to fight for Chaozhou.

preemptively occupied, thus gaining a foothold on the mainland; Ask the imperial court to get Chaozhou from the Ming army in the southwest. For Zheng Jing, these two choices can be said to be clear at a glance. The strength of the Ming army in the southwest and the smooth march to the east made Zheng Jing have to reconsider his countermeasures and have to change his hard-line attitude.

The Zheng family's fame and strength are not enough to set up their own banner, and there is no doubt about hanging the signboard of Yongli. Otherwise, not only will they lose the support of the gentry and people on the mainland, but even the official gentry and clansmen who are now following the Zheng family will have different intentions.

This is the importance of righteousness, even if Feng Xifan is dissatisfied in his heart, he is helpless. Because today's court is in charge of the clan to stay behind Zhu Yongxing, not the cowardly and incompetent emperor of Yongli who is at the mercy of others.

Chen Yonghua was conflicted in his heart, according to the sage books he studied, he should be loyal to the emperor and the court. But Zheng Chenggong has the grace of knowing him, and if he dies as a confidant, he can't jump out of this circle.

"With Xiyi's help, the sailors of the imperial court are getting stronger and stronger." Feng Xifan frowned and said his other concern, "What kind of intentions do those Xiyi have, if the imperial court wants us to collect less ship taxes and customs duties, they will benefit, but we will suffer." ”

"There's no way around it." Chen Yonghua had thought about this possibility for a long time, but he didn't say it, the imperial court, it is not normal to give orders to courtiers. However, in his opinion, Min Fan may not be in a hurry to do so. Judging from these contacts with the Zheng family, Min Fan still takes care of the Zheng family's face, or Zheng Chenggong's face. There were almost no mandatory edicts, and the tone of discussion was the majority.

This is not the cleverness of the Min Domain. If you don't tear your face with the Zheng family, as long as the Zheng family is still under the banner of the Ming Dynasty in the southeast, they will be able to contain a large number of Qing troops in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong. Let's just say that this time the Eastern Crusade, the Zheng family did not send troops to help the war, but the Qing army in Fujian Province did not dare to come to reinforcements with all their strength. In the early days of the Eastern Crusade, although the Qing army's Guangdong naval division was assembled, it also left some troops to guard against the Zheng family's surprise attack.

Treat the Zheng family as allies, do not persecute, do not order. In the eyes of the Qing army, this kind of harmonious relationship is naturally unguardable.

This is Zhu Yongxing's thoughts and ideas, no matter if you don't contribute or not, as long as you stand by my side and don't make enemies of me, it will help. (To be continued......)