As far as Huang Zixing is concerned, what is the rarest thing in Danzhou at this time? Scholars who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and dislike the Haihan are the most rare! The number of scholars in Danzhou is in the thousands, but in Huang Zixing's view, there are very few scholars who have the backbone to uphold the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty and have the courage to reject the erosion of the Haihan. Although there are many academies in the local area, most of them have become accomplices and tools for Haihan to poison young people, and with Huang Zixing's position, he does not want to be in the company of these people at all.

And under the current recession of the entire cultural and educational industry in Danzhou, there is actually a young man who has maintained a clear mind and correct understanding, which is simply a clear stream in front of Huang Zixing. Such a right-minded student, Huang Zixing has not met for a long time. The most rare thing is that this student actually came by himself, which is a great fate in Huang Zixing's opinion.

Huang Zixing twisted his beard and said: "The old man has not been admitted to the room as a disciple in recent years, if Zhang Gongzi has the heart to learn, the old man is willing to accept another apprentice in the year of knowing his fate." ”

Zhang Qianzhi waited for Huang Zixing to express his position, and immediately stood up again, and said deeply: "How lucky is Xiaosheng to be appreciated by the head of Huangshan." ”

One of these two people came with a purpose, and the other was received with a ghost fetus, just one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, but it was a fit, and the master-apprentice relationship was determined in a few words.

Zhang Qianzhi took the initiative to ask: "I don't know how much the tuition fee of the academy is a year?"

Huang Zixing shook his hand and said, "Don't worry about this beforehand, you can stay in the academy." This academy is not as coppery as other colleges in Danzhou, as long as you have the heart to learn. ”

The current situation of Zhongming Academy is indeed no longer able to reverse the decline by relying on one or two students to pay tuition, and in Huang Zixing's view, that tuition fee is far less valuable than finding a like-minded person. Instead of rushing to collect those few taels of silver, it is better to show them first and leave people in the academy.

Huang Zixing called the person in charge of chores in the academy and asked him to take Zhang Qianzhi to settle down first. Nowadays, there are only a few permanent residents of Chung Ming Academy, but there are a large number of vacant beds and rooms in the West Courtyard.

After Zhang Qianzhi left with his luggage, Huang Zixing couldn't sit still, got up and went to another room next door.

The room is also furnished in the study, which is roughly similar to Huang Zixing's study, with a person sitting at the back of the bookcase, writing something. After Huang Zixing entered, he immediately closed the door with his backhand, and then bowed down and said, "Lord Zhao, the grass people have something to report!"

The man he called Lord Zhao stopped his pen, looked up at him and said, "Seeing that you are happy, it must be a good thing?"

Huang Zixing responded: "My lord, there is only one young student who has come to study in the academy, and after talking to him, the grass people think that this person is available. ”

"Tell me about it. Lord Zhao put down the brush in his hand and leaned back on the chair to listen.

Huang Zixing explained: "This son is from Quanzhou, Fujian, now lives in Leizhou, and recently came to Danzhou for study. Cao Min looked at his words and deeds, and he also had a lot of dissatisfaction with Haihan, and only after eliminating the local academies that were vassals of Haihan did he find this academy to study. ”

"Native from other places, fresh faces, and scholars......" Lord Zhao nodded slightly: "The conditions are good, but do you know if the situation he reported is true?"

"The grass people tried to understand the Fujian dialect, and the statement about their place of origin should be true. Huang Zixing responded: "As for other situations, the grass people will arrange for the people in the academy to observe their words and deeds and then make conclusions." ”

"It's better to be cautious!" Lord Zhao sighed and said, "The methods of the Haihan people are far more meticulous than the official expected. Now the entire government in northern Qiongbei is paralyzed, and there are only a handful of people who can do things for the imperial court. ”

Huang Zixing said: "Lord Zhao doesn't need to be too pessimistic, in the humble opinion of the grass people, there are still many loyal people in this people." In the past few months, the grass people have managed to contact everywhere, and there are still many people who are willing to serve the imperial court. ”

"If the people have such an awareness as the Huangshan Chief, why should they let the Haihan people sit in Qiongzhou!" Lord Zhao sighed again: "After this matter is over, this official will definitely write to the imperial court to ask for credit for the Huangshan Chief! ”

"Grass people, thank you Lord Zhao for your support!" Huang Zixing hurriedly knelt down to express his gratitude.

Lord Zhao raised his hand and helped him for a moment, and continued: "Also, didn't you say that the governor of Danzhou is going to visit him recently? Remember, don't rush to talk to him about the inside story, let alone reveal the official's cunning, which side this person is on, and observe it for a while." ”

"Yes, yes, the grass people obey. Huang Zixing replied repeatedly.

As the day before, Yan Mingjun's yamen was still in a deserted state, and no one came to visit or transfer any official business to the yamen, not even a single person to file a lawsuit. Yan Mingjun walked out of the study and looked at the officials sitting in a row chatting and basking in the sun under the wall, and could only shake his head helplessly, and said, "I'll finish work here today!"

The officials answered, and they dispersed. Yan Mingjun could only smile bitterly at such a state of work, he went out in civilian clothes today and walked around the city, it was obvious that the social order here was better than any city he had ever been. There are no idlers, beggars and the like on the street, and there are no piles of garbage and human and animal feces at the corners and alleys, which are neat and orderly, which is Yan Mingjun's most intuitive feeling of the local area.

Yan Mingjun also took advantage of the time to eat on the street, and casually chatted with passers-by, asking them what changes had changed in their daily lives and whether they were satisfied with Haihan's governance. As he expected, the local people did not have much resistance to the change of rulers, what the people cared about was whether the supply of living materials and prices on the market were stable, whether the public security situation was good, and whether they could continue to live a stable life.

A passerby's answer left a deep impression on Yan Mingjun: "The Haihan people did not rebel, they governed the place of Danzhou well, everyone had something to eat, and there was no need to worry about being attacked by pirates, what else was wrong with this?"

Yan Mingjun also tried to find out some of the areas where the Haihan people did not do as well as the Ming Dynasty, but apart from the criticism of their land policy by the local landlords, there did not seem to be any obvious weakness in other aspects.

Yan Mingjun also heard from the local people that Haihan's "consistent correctness" means that as long as the decision made by the Haihan Executive Committee or the Management Committee is always right. Even if it is temporarily incomprehensible, time will tell if these decisions are correct. As for why the public has such an understanding, the biggest reason is the rapid rise of the Sanya region ruled by Haihan in the past few years. If there had been an obvious mistake in the decision-making of those in power, it would have been impossible for Sanya to replace Qiongzhou Island, the capital of the state, as the most prosperous economic and cultural center on the island within three or four years.

Although Yan Mingjun has not been in Danzhou for a long time, he has heard many people say how prosperous Sanya in the south is, and even people like He Qi, who have never been to Sanya at all, will boast from time to time about some good goods brought back from Sanya by his brother-in-law who is a crew member at home. Yan Mingjun really wanted to go to Sanya to see in person how amazing the place where so many people have been praised by word of mouth and praise, and whether it is really like the paradise on earth they say.

However, before going to Sanya, he still hoped to be able to do something in Danzhou first, at least from the hands of these Haihan people who held the local ruling power, and take back the part of the authority that belonged to the Ming Dynasty - perhaps it was impossible to get all of it back with the situation of Danzhou, but at least he had to take back some of it and announce to the local people that the local government was in storage. Now this kind of transparent day is not his original intention of Yan Mingjun to come to Danzhou.

Huang Zixing, who took the initiative to visit before, was a ray of hope for Yan Mingjun in a desperate situation, which made him see that under the rule of Haihan, there were still people who adhered to the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty - although part of this perseverance may be due to his selfish motives, it is very rare in Danzhou now. The reason why Yan Mingjun planned to go to Zhongming Academy to interview Huang Zixing was precisely to know how many cards Huang Zixing had in his hand, and whether there was really a possibility of Danzhou turning the tables.

Yan Mingjun originally wanted to invite Li Jin to go with him, but Li Jin, who was doing a good job, actually refused the invitation this time, saying that he wanted to go to Baimajing Wharf to "do business". Although Yan Mingjun didn't know what Li Jin's idea was, he still told him to be careful, after all, if he really wants to give birth to what is wrong, it is Li Jin himself who will suffer in the end.

Early this morning, He Qi hired a sedan chair according to Yan Mingjun's instructions, and then he served as an attaché and followed Yan Mingjun to Zhongming Academy in the east of the city. Yan Mingjun didn't prepare any honor guards for travel, because subconsciously he also felt that the Haihan people probably wouldn't be happy to see the honor guard of Lord Zhizhou appear on the streets of Danzhou, not to mention that Huang Zixing was a well-known local anti-Haihan fighter, and his visit with great fanfare would inevitably attract the attention of the Haihan people, and this kind of attention was not the result that Yan Mingjun wanted.

Of course, what he didn't know was that before he set off, Wang Baisuo had already deployed comprehensive monitoring measures, and even the two sedan chair drivers who carried him were all arranged by Wang Baisuo. Of course, it is impossible for the sedan chair driver to find out any inside information, but for Wang Baisuo, one of the work rules he learned during the induction training is to use all the surveillance methods for the surveillance object as much as possible, and not let go of any details that the surveillance subject may come into contact with people -- even if it is an inconspicuous sedan chair driver, it is also the person with whom the surveillance target may come into contact.

In the middle of the journey from the temporary state government to the Zhongming Academy in the east of the city, Wang Baisuo also arranged several groups of people to keep an eye on him in strict accordance with the operating procedures. These people's task is not entirely to monitor, they also have to prevent Yan Mingjun from having any accidents on the road, after all, no one knows what Huang Zixing's plan is to contact Yan Mingjun.

Yan Mingjun and his entourage arrived at Zhongming Academy without incident, and Huang Zixing, who received the notice yesterday, had already opened the gate of the academy and led a group of teachers and disciples of the academy to line up at the gate to greet them.

Yan Mingjun didn't want his visit to be exposed to the public eye, although the location of this academy was outside the city, but after all, it was next to the official road, and there were still a lot of people coming and going. At that moment, Yan Mingjun was not in a hurry to get off the sedan chair, and sent He Qi over to ask Huang Zixing to withdraw to meet the team and go directly to the academy to meet.

Huang Zixing was not angry after receiving this instruction, but felt a little relieved. If this Yan Mingjun can't save face and gets off the sedan chair at the door to meet him, then Huang Zixing will probably leave a frivolous and unstable impression on him. And Yan Mingjun asked to withdraw from the team, obviously because he didn't want to expose his identity outside the academy, and this kind of low-key is one of the characteristics that Huang Zixing needs to act.

At that moment, Huang Zixing asked the people of the academy to return to the courtyard first, and then let the sedan chair enter directly through the gate. After entering the courtyard, Yan Mingjun got off the sedan chair and met Huang Zixing: "Huangshan Chief, this official is rude, bear with me!"

Huang Zixing said: "Why did Lord Yan say this, today's private visit to Weifu was originally intended to not be publicized, and he was greeted at the door just now, but the grass people did not think it through." ”

After a few words of greeting, Huang Zixing invited Yan Mingjun into the house, and the rest of the academy was disbanded on the spot, so what should they do. Zhang Qianzhi, who had just been admitted to the hospital for less than a day, was also in the crowd, but he didn't try to get close to these two people at this time, but after seeing these two people enter the study of the East Cross Courtyard, he left silently.

What the two men talked to each other in the study is unknown to outsiders. However, the meeting did not last too long, and it was about an hour before Huang Zixing sent Yan Mingjun out. Yan Mingjun sat in a small sedan chair, and then the group returned the same way.

He Qi inquired tentatively on the way: "Lord Yan, what do you gain from seeing this Huang Zixing today?"

Yan Mingjun snorted in the sedan chair and said: "This Huang Zixing has been going around with the official, and he doesn't have a few words of truth!

He Qi couldn't hear the truth of Yan Mingjun's words, so he had to comfort him a few words on the side. Due to the limitations of his identity, he did not dare to continue to ask for details, so as not to arouse Yan Mingjun's suspicion.

After receiving the report, Wang Baisuo did not dispel his suspicions about Huang Zixing, but ordered to strengthen the overall monitoring measures of Zhongming Academy. In his opinion, Yan Mingjun's statement afterwards was not so credible, and Huang Zixing was not sick in the brain, so he finally caught this line, would he still push the new Zhizhou Lord Yan Mingjun out?