Zhu Jie's main goal of going south this time was to inspect the Firearms Bureau and the Treasure Shipyard, and after inspecting these two places, he was about to go south, but he didn't expect that at this time, Song Yingxing stood up.

Song Yingxing is now over seventy years old, old and frail, originally Zhu Jie wanted to transfer him to the capital as an official, but Song Yingxing directly rejected and stayed in Yingtian Academy.

"Your Majesty, before you leave Beijing, the minister dares to ask you to inspect Yingtian Academy!"

Zhu Jie was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Old Song, Yingtian Academy is presided over by you, where is there anything I don't worry about, this time I went on patrol, I am mainly for the navy, and other affairs can be avoided, in the past few days, I haven't even been to the palace......"

Song Yingxing's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, education is a hundred-year plan, the minister is brave, since the Nanjing Ordnance Division was baptized in blood, because of the participation of teachers from Yingtian Academy among the gangsters, it has brought great inconvenience to Yingtian Academy, enrollment, funding, and so on have encountered problems, Chen Ya does not want to see Yingtian Academy decline, the old minister implored the emperor to go to Yingtian Academy, and it just so happened that the scholars in the academy also have some achievements, show them to the emperor, and ask the emperor for permission. ”

Yuan Jixian's face on the side changed slightly, yes, for more than a year, you really haven't given Yingtian Academy a good look, the teachers in Yingtian Academy dared to hook up with foreign hair, and they should be combined with each other, which brought great losses to the Ming Empire, especially because they have no face, they really can't raise their heads among their colleagues, if it weren't for Song Yingxing's efforts to maintain it, the Western teachers in Yingtian Academy would have been cleaned up by themselves a long time ago, but I didn't expect that at this critical time, Song Yingxing actually stabbed himself in the face!

Sure enough, Zhu Jie's face sank and shouted: "Yuan Gong! ”

Yuan Jixian hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied, "Your Majesty, the minister is here!" ”

Zhu Jie said unhappily: "Yingtian Academy was built by me, I have said many times, Daming wants Zhongxing, wants to shock the world, and stands at the top of the world's nations, it is inseparable, such an academy!" Now Daming is not that there are too many such academies, but too few! How could it be that just because there were a few scum among them, it would hinder the development of Yingtian Academy? Confused! ”

Yuan Ji said bitterly: "The emperor forgives the sin, it is really too much trouble to wash the Ordnance Division, and now the Ming Dynasty is united, and the students have heard about the Ordnance Division, who is willing to enter Yingtian Academy to study......"

Song Yingxing didn't save face for Yuan Jixian in front of the emperor, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master Yuan, the students are recruited in, and you are not to blame, but how do you explain that you are stuck in the funds of Yingtian Academy and want to drive all the Western teachers of Yingtian Academy out of Nanzhili?" Almost all of these people are talents that the emperor has worked hard to dig from the South and Western Seas, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money, isn't it ...... to do this?"

Song Yingxing didn't finish speaking, and Zhu Jie on the side became angry.

"Yuan Gong!"

Zhu Jie shouted: "It's just a few scum, how can you give up eating because of choking?" Drive all the Western teachers out of the Ming Dynasty? These people are all pillars of talent, and Daming spent no less than a million taels of silver for this! You're going to drive them out? Kick them out, do you come to teach the students the knowledge of the Physical? Are you here to study battleships and artillery? Confused! If it weren't for the fact that Old Song told the story, I would still be kept in the dark, once all these people were deported, the losses brought to Daming would not be recoverable by the ten ordnance divisions! ”

Yuan Jixian's face turned pale, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, the minister is guilty, please deal with it!" ”

Zhu Jie said coldly: "That's it, I miss your first offense, now that Jiangnan Province is well governed, I won't blame you, but you have to know that in the future, no matter when or what situation you encounter, Yingtian Academy's funds cannot be less than one or two silver, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty can be hungry, but the teachers and students of Yingtian Academy must not be hungry!" For those Western teachers who have real talents and real learning, they must be respectful, they are naturally not allowed to be traitors, but because one person makes a mistake, it is not innocent! Fortunately, Song Lao reminded me, otherwise, I would have made a big mistake, how could I spare you! ”

Yuan Jixian's face was full of shame, stood up, bowed to Song Yingxing and said: "Old Song, the matter of the lower official is abrupt, fortunately, Song Lao tried his best to stop it, so he didn't make a big mistake, and the lower official thanked him here!" ”

Song Yingxing's face softened a lot, and he hurriedly said: "Inspector Yuan is polite, the old man is also a matter of facts, this province in the south of the Yangtze River is governed by you without leaving any stone behind, not closing the door at night, singing and dancing to level up, it is really a rare encounter in a hundred years, but the old man also admires it very much......

Zhu Jie nodded and said: "In this case, I will stay in Nanjing for another day, and I will send a decree to Yingtian Academy, and I will go for a turn, Yuan Gong, in the future, pay more attention to state affairs, the people of Jiangnan Province are rich, and it is an important place for finance and taxation in the Ming Dynasty, which is related to the overall situation, and must not be careless!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister understands!"

Yuan Jixian was placed in the position of the governor of Jiangnan by Zhu Jie, and naturally he was outstanding, otherwise, he would not be able to suppress Huang Zongxi and others and take charge of the rich land of the Ming Dynasty.

"Old Song, you said that when you arrived at Yingtian Academy, there are still new achievements waiting for me?"

Zhu Jie said with a smile.

Song Yingxing hurriedly replied: "Yes, the emperor, a teacher of Yingtian Academy with two students as assistants, researched out what kind of steam engine, it is very rare, the old minister is ignorant, I feel that this thing must be able to be used in the world, but I don't know where to use it, the emperor is a genius in the world, he sees thousands of miles, and after teaching, he will definitely be able to make the ministers like seeing the sun......

Steam engine?

Zhu Jie's heart was shocked and stopped!

Really! Their hard work has not been in vain! In just three years, Yingtian Academy actually developed a steam engine on its own! This is an epoch-making treasure, and it is definitely worthy of its name!

"Haha, steam engine, steam engine! Mao Gong, this time we didn't come in Nanjing in vain, we didn't come in vain, we finally made my trip worthwhile! Now, this year's royal jackpot has fallen, go, immediately drive Yingtian Academy! ”

Zhu Jie was excited, he couldn't help but be excited, the steam engine, that means that the world will enter the steam age, this is definitely a huge invention with the ability to open the world, not to mention 50,000 taels of silver, it is a reward of 500,000 taels, 1 million taels is not too much!

(End of chapter)