Half an hour after Yan Mingjun made this decision, Wang Baisuo had already received the news - this was even earlier than Huang Zixing.

If Yan Mingjun was just curious to inquire about Huang Zixing's details, it might not be able to attract enough attention from the Ministry of Security, but Yan Mingjun now knows Huang Zixing's position and has to visit the door, and the attitude expressed by this behavior is worthy of vigilance. In Wang Baisuo's view, this kind of behavior is actually a blatant challenge to Haihan's authority!

Of course, with the current state of affairs, it is not enough for Wang Baisuo to use means such as arrest. Besides, to arrest the magistrate sent by the Ming Dynasty, it is not something that he can directly make a decision as a naturalized cadre, even if it is necessary to do so, he must first ask Zhang Xin and the base camp for instructions, and only after obtaining approval can he act, and he has to write a written report for this afterwards. Even if Wang Baisuo wants to deal with this hidden danger as much as possible, he must get more real evidence that can convict these people.

"From now on, we will keep an eye on Zhongming Academy day and night, arrange three groups of people, two groups in rotation, and one group on standby!" Wang Baisuo quickly made a decision and began to deploy troops: "Find a way to arrange for our people to enter Zhongming Academy, and then go and sign up as students." ”

"Director, most of the people on our side are adults, although there are many literate people, but there are only two who can be called scholars. The subordinate reminded him with great difficulty.

Wang Baisuo glared at him and said, "Didn't you assign a young man two days ago? ”

"This newcomer doesn't know if it's okay. "The subordinates are still a little worried about this.

"The person brought out by Mr. He personally, do you still doubt the ability of others? Wang Baisuo waved his hand impatiently and motioned to his subordinates to do as instructed.

The newcomer Wang Baisuo mentioned was a young man named Zhang Qianzhi who was transferred from Guangzhou this month. Zhang Qianzhi's background is much stronger than Wang Baisuo, the former Ming Dynasty who became a monk halfway, his father Zhang Tiangui was the leader of the early technical immigrants who took refuge in Haihan, and his current position is the director of the Shengli Port Shipyard, which is already the highest class among the naturalized people, and in terms of family background, Zhang Qianzhi can be properly regarded as the category of the second generation of officials.

In 1627, he followed He Xi and others to Guangzhou and participated in the preparation for the establishment of the Guangzhou Office. Among the entourage who went to Guangzhou at that time, Zhang Qianzhi and Yu Xiaobao were two children, who followed He Xi and Schneider respectively, working as secretaries and apprentices, and what they have learned in the past few years is far beyond those peers trained by the Tongguò education system in Sanya.

On the file of the Ministry of Security, Zhang Qianzhi is not a newcomer, his name has been written in the list of members since the day the Ministry of Security was established, and his qualifications are much older than Wang Baisuo. But this information was not yet accessible at Wang Baisuo's level, so he only knew that the newly assigned young man had been working with He Xi, the head of the Ministry of Security, in Guangzhou, and he knew very little about the rest. And the letter of introduction he brought also had He Xi's own handwritten instructions, saying that Zhang Qianzhi had received a good basic cultural education in Guangzhou, which was suitable for the cultural atmosphere of Danzhou, and the construction of Danzhou arranged for him to perform field tasks, so when Wang Baisuo was ready to arrange people to go to Zhongming Academy, he immediately thought of Zhang Qianzhi.

After receiving Wang Baisuo's instruction, Zhang Qianzhi went back to his residence to pack up a few old clothes, packed pen, ink, paper, inkstone and a few classics, went to receive ten taels of silver for the activity funds, asked about the purpose of the task, signed the attendance paperwork, and set off slowly and leisurely alone.

Zhang Qianzhi was assigned to Danzhou, not because he lost his role by He Xi's side, but because He Xi intended to further exercise his ability. Before that, he had been working with He Xi, although he had learned a lot, most of the time he was doing things according to He Xi's instructions, and there were not many opportunities to practice independently. If Zhang Qianzhi wants to take a step forward on this career path in the future, he must have an independent environment to exercise.

He Xi chose an internship location for him, and in Guangzhou, Zhang Qianzhi has become a familiar face in the eyes of local elites, and it is difficult to have much room to play. went to those places where the foundation of Haihan was not deep, He Xi was not very worried about his personal safety, and finally chose to go, and chose Danzhou, a place that was recently controlled by Haihan, with a certain amount of security, and the cultural atmosphere is relatively strong, which is suitable for Zhang Qianzhi to play.

Of course, regarding the real purpose of sending him to the place this time, except for Zhang Qianzhi himself, He Xi did not specifically communicate with the personnel of the Ministry of Security on the Danzhou side, lest the following people self-righteously offer Zhang Qianzhi as a bodhisattva. And it is true, if Wang Baisuo knew about his background, he would probably not send him out to carry out this kind of mission.

Zhang Qianzhi has been by He Xi's side for several years, and he has learned a lot of various methods under He Xi's words and deeds, how to enter Zhongming Academy, he actually had a preliminary plan when he received the task, and slowly improved the idea on the way. When he slowly walked to Zhongming Academy, five miles east of the city, he already had a relatively formed plan in his heart.

To say that the place where this Zhongming Academy is located is still good, it is close to the official road leading from Danzhou to Fucheng, and there is a small river next to it, with gurgling water and green trees, which is quite a bit poetic and picturesque. The college covers an area of about 100 acres and is divided into two colleges, the east courtyard is the teaching place, and the west courtyard is the place where teachers and students stay. There are more than 200 acres of fields in the south behind the academy, where a lot of seasonal vegetables and fruits are planted, which can also be used as food for the academy every day.

After Zhang Qianzhi left the east gate of the city, he met colleagues from the Ministry of Security disguised as various identities along the way. However, not long after he first came to Danzhou, these people were not very familiar with each other, but with his professional eye, he could still see some small pony feet inadvertently exposed by these pretenders.

Zhang Qianzhi walked all the way to the gate of the academy, but he didn't hear the sound of reading aloud. Zhang Qianzhi noticed that a lot of weeds had grown in the cracks of the stone pavement in front of the gate of the academy, which indicated that at least recently, the flow of cars and horses and people coming and going here has been relatively sparse. It is clear that the academy is going downhill for various reasons, as the Ministry of Security has learned.

Zhang Qianzhi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, someone came to open the door: "What is this son doing?"

"I'm here to study. Zhang Qianzhi said with a smile.

In fact, since last year, before the bandit disaster in Qiongbei, the enrollment situation of Zhongming Academy has reached a record low, not only the number of students enrolled is getting smaller and smaller, but a considerable number of students who are already studying have also chosen to drop out and transfer to other colleges in Danzhou. The reason is also very simple, other academies, with the support of Haihan, can provide students with effective financial security, ensuring that these students can enroll, take exams, and find employment without thinking too much about objective conditions, which is something that Zhongming College cannot do.

As soon as they came and went, the number of students in Zhongming Academy slipped from hundreds to the current double digits, and the masters who originally taught in the academy also slipped from double digits to single digits - the masters who were a little more active all went to other academies for higher salaries, and even went directly to work under the Haihan people.

The students ran away and the teachers ran away, and the evil result of this was that the strength of Zhongming College became worse and worse, and after the income was greatly reduced, the college also had to lay off some handymen to save daily expenses, so that no one dealt with the weeds growing on the road outside the door in time.

For Chung Ming College, it is the first time in several months that a newcomer has taken the initiative to come to study. After the porter was stunned, he immediately opened the door with a smile on his face, and replied with a smile: "Childe, please!"

After getting the news, Huang Zixing was obviously very excited, but he was the person in charge of the academy, but he still acted in a measured manner, and did not run out by himself, but asked people to take Zhang Qianzhi to his study immediately.

After Zhang Qianzhi arrived at the study, Huang Zixing immediately asked him to sit down, and then asked people to serve tea, as if he was treating his friends. Zhang Qianzhi saw the attitude he expressed, and he had a deeper understanding of the embarrassing situation in Zhongming Academy.

Huang Zixing took the initiative to ask: "I haven't asked my son's surname yet, where is the fairy township?"

Zhang Qianzhi responded: "Xiaosheng Zhang Qianzhi, a person from Quanzhou, Fujian, is polite to Huangshan!"

"Fujian, Quanzhou, and Qiongzhou are not less than a thousand miles away, why did Zhang Gongzi come here to study?" asked Huang Zixing curiously.

This is a long story, Xiaosheng will make a long story short, during the Apocalypse, the coastal bandits in Fujian were not stopped, and pirates and pirates frequently attacked the place, and Xiaosheng's family fled from their hometown to Guangdong in order to avoid banditry. Later, after several rounds, he settled in Leizhou Mansion. But Leizhou's local culture and education are not prosperous, Xiaosheng heard that there are a lot of academies in Danzhou, and he wanted to study here last year, but he encountered a bandit disaster in Qiongzhou, so it was not until this year that the bandit disaster was calmed down and opened to navigation, Xiaosheng rushed to Danzhou to study. This set of statements was made up by Zhang Qianzhi on the way, and it is not all lies, and the truth is about half of the truth.

Huang Zixing nodded, and suddenly asked in Fujianese, "When did Gongzi arrive in Danzhou?"

Zhang Qianzhi did not pause, and immediately responded in Fujianese: "It has only been a few days since I arrived on the second day of the first month of this month." Could it be that the head of Huangshan is also from Fujian?"

Huang Zixing shook his head with a smile and said: "The old man is not from Fujian, but he traveled to Fujian when he was young before, and he can speak a few words of Fujian, Zhang Gongzi smiled!"

Zhang Qianzhi said politely, but in his heart he thought that this Huang Zixing was only afraid that he was not unconsciously saying Fujianese, but to test whether the origin of the newspaper he just said was false. However, it is really difficult for Zhang Qianzhi in this regard, Fujian dialect was originally his mother tongue, and he also learned the dialects of many places in the southeast provinces during his stay in Guangzhou in the past few years, and he can even imitate the Annam accent.

Huang Zixing continued: "Most of the sugar merchants in Leizhou are sugar merchants who grow sugarcane, and the literary style is not prosperous, and this old man has also heard of it. Students from Leizhou Mansion, Lianzhou Mansion, and Gaozhou Mansion also have many cases of coming to Danzhou to study. However, there are a lot of local academies, how did Zhang Gongzi find my Zhongming Academy?"

Zhang Qianzhi was also prepared for this, and immediately responded: "There are indeed a lot of Danzhou Academies, and Xiaosheng has also visited several more famous academies after coming here. But what made Xiao Sheng feel strange was that these academies all had a deep connection with the Haihan people, and they had to sign an agreement when they entered the school, and if they accepted Haihan's donations to study, they had to study some of the books and courses they provided. ”

Huang Zixing's face sank when he heard this, and he snorted coldly: "These Haihan people just like to play tricks and use those crooked things to mislead my Ming students! Zhang Gongzi must not fall for them!"

Zhang Qianzhi sighed: "Xiao Sheng thinks the same, how can the masters of those academies seem to disagree with this, Xiao Sheng mentioned a few words to express his dissatisfaction, and was coaxed out by them, saying that it would be difficult to move an inch in Danzhou without Haihan." Xiao Sheng refused to believe in this evil, and visited several academies a few days ago, but they were all in a similar situation, which is really disappointing!"

"Zhang Gongzi is so young, he can distinguish between right and wrong, it's very rare!" Huang Zixing nodded and praised: "If local students understand things as well as you, why is the situation in Danzhou like this!"

"Listening to the tone of Huangshan Chang, it seems that the academy in Danzhou is all controlled by the Haihan people?" Zhang Qianzhi showed a frightened look on his face without any traces of performance: "If this is the case, where is my Ming orthodoxy?"

"Although it is not complete, it is not far away!" Huang Zixing said with a sad expression: "Since the Haihan business was done in Danzhou, he has launched an erosion on my Danzhou cultural and educational circles, using gold and silver as bait to lure those scholars who are not strong in mind to sing praises for their merits and promote their so-called 'Haihan New Life', which has brought countless ignorant students, who do not distinguish between right and wrong, loyalty and treachery, which is really distressing!"

Zhang Qianzhi had secretly defined Huang Zixing in his heart at this time, if it wasn't for the mission, he could now say goodbye and leave, and go back to bring people to arrest this reactionary literati who openly propagated anti-Haihan thoughts. But the task he received from Wang Baisuo was not just to come here to inquire about Huang Zixing's tone, but to find out what he was going to do, whether there was anyone else behind him, and whether the new Lord Zhizhou would also take the initiative to jump into this mud pit. So he still has to cooperate with the other party now and continue to act in this play.

Zhang Qianzhi followed Huang Zixing's words and said: "Xiaosheng also feels that the approach of the Haihan people is unorthodox, because he is unwilling to enroll in those academies that accept funding from the Haihan people. Xiao Sheng inquired again and again, and heard that most of the local academies that refused to cooperate with Haihan had closed down, and only the Zhongming Academy founded by Huang Shanchang was still struggling to support it. I am not a talented student, and I am willing to come to Zhongming Academy to be an ordinary student and work with the mountain chief to maintain the orthodoxy of my Ming culture. ”