Chapter 422: Confession
With a few thousand people in the military academy alone, even if it is expanded in the future, Zhang Jingyi believes that it will not be able to really change the soil of the Ming Dynasty.
Just like those who read at a glance, if you really want to talk about it, can a group of Jinshi and Juren completely control the world, and even compete with the emperor?
No, their strength is not limited to this.
Behind these Jinshi in the court, there are tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of talents, and countless children who have been enlightened since they were children.
Only then did a pyramid-shaped interest structure be constructed, and a huge interest group composed of landlords and gentry was formed.
It is impossible for anyone to shake such a large group, not even the emperor.
The only thing that needs to be changed to deal with them is the soil.
Now, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has taken out the silver, and is willing to take nearly two million taels of silver every year as a guarantee for the military academy.
Naturally, Zhang Jingyi needed to expand the influence of the military academy.
Lu Xiangsheng is very neat, mainly because there are many officials in Xinxian County, and they are very capable.
Therefore, a large number of study sheets are printed, which are actually the size of a newspaper, and there are some study guides in it, including simple Chinese and mathematics, and it is necessary to know 250 commonly used words, and at the same time to do some relatively simple calculations.
Of course, there are some simple questions from the 100,000 whys.
Immediately after that, they began to send people to various states and counties to post enrollment lists and notices.
All of a sudden, Gyeonggi shook inside and out.
This shaking is inevitable.
For the vast majority of peasant and craftsman children, the attraction of military schools is great.
In this era, it's good not to be hungry, and it is also food and shelter, and it is actually promised to have three taels of meat every day, which is something that ordinary people dare not imagine.
For farmers, it's like a rat falling into a rice bowl.
The most attractive thing is that there is a subsidy of three taels of silver, and it is paid in full.
Studying in a military school, there is almost no expense, if you use three taels of silver for yourself, you can definitely make your life very comfortable, even if there is a burden at home, send two or three taels of silver home every month, I am afraid that the family will have enough to eat.
Such favorable conditions, coupled with the fact that the Donglin Military Academy is already famous, let alone those who barely have some financial ability, even the children of some tenants, seem to be moved now.
In the villages, there are always people who talk about it in the barnyard.
So, people everywhere rushed to the various markets to get the list.
Then, thinking of a way, I began to study this study guide.
There are many young people in the fields, holding firewood sticks, writing and painting in the mud, and the degree of hard work of these children is by no means comparable to ordinary people.
And even the parents who no longer care about their children's future are now encouraging their children to take the exam.
This is really sweet, after entering, the whole family benefits, and it is not like the examination of Xiucai, the whole year is full-time study, only need to work hard for a month, and you can always try your luck.
As a result, those talents and old children who fell into the first place suddenly became popular.
These losers of the imperial examination are actually the most embarrassing, on the one hand, after reading books for so many years, they can't get famous, and when they repent, they find that it is too late. On the other hand, the scholars looked down on them, while the peasants regarded them as scholars.
In the middle of this, it was extremely embarrassing.
Today, these people are in the market.
All kinds of teenagers, or they carry half a catty of bacon, and there are also parents who bring their children at home and carry eggs.
When everyone entered the door, a group of people shouted in a swarm, "Meet Mr." ”
The old boys, looking at the bacon, their eyes were straight, they couldn't imagine that they were so popular.
It turned out that he was begging to learn numeracy and literacy.
Although bacon is very valuable, these ordinary people may be reluctant to eat this piece all year round, but for the sake of the children, they are open, if they can be admitted, they can eat meat every day, after all, they are not examined, nor are they to be in the Jinshi, they need to read a lifetime of books. This is the cost...... Everyone is still willing to do it.
All of a sudden, inside and outside the capital, all kinds of apprenticeship and learning have become a common practice, and every young person has words in his mouth, even if he is doing farm work, he is also reciting various words and sentences repeatedly.
The people are very stingy, because if they are not stingy, they may go hungry.
But at the same time, they are also very realistic, this kind of good thing that fools know, if they don't even fight for it, then they are really fools.
In the capital, this situation is even more perverted.
A group of literate old children directly rented a door, and then hung a signboard directly at the door, with books: tutoring arithmetic, reading and writing, and teaching and baohui.
As soon as such a door opened, dozens or hundreds of people immediately flocked to the door.
Especially in new counties.
The people of Xinxian County have the most respect for the students of the military academy, and in the eyes of the people here, the students of the military academy are more popular than Xiucai.
What's more, the living conditions of the people here are generally better, and almost all of them are desperate to let their children apply for the exam.
100,000 Whys...... It's even more hot.
Because according to the grapevine, this time the exam is based on a 100-point system, and the proportion of 100,000 why questions is not heavy, mainly Chinese and arithmetic, but if you want to win, this may have to occupy 100,000 why content of ten questions, which has become a magic weapon.
Of course, there is some money at home, willing to buy books, but the young people who have no money, but they may not be able to learn, the nearby suburbs, there are already old children to buy one or two books back, and then they have a rough look, summed up some of the test points they think, and began to teach them in the counties.
This is the first exam of the military academy, and there are no norms, and everyone is blind and touches the elephant, anyway, everyone is just a brick to shoot first, what do you like.
Here in the new county, the pressure is huge, and the application situation summarized from all over the country, there are more than 50,000 applicants, and Lu Xiangsheng's original estimate is 10,000 or 20,000, but now it has directly doubled, not only that, this application has not yet ended, even if there are 70,000 or 80,000 in the future, it is possible.
As a result, the new county also went crazy, and began to desperately requisition various school houses as test centers, and later found that it was still not enough, so they began to requisition temples, and even requisitioned restaurants and tea shops.
In addition to that, there are examiners, and the examiners needed this time may be thousands, and may not even be enough......
Those who may really be qualified to sign up are probably about 50,000 people, and although there are 70,000 or 80,000 people who have signed up, there are still people who are not qualified in other aspects.
Just these 50,000 people are enough to kill people.
So, the gentlemen of each school, the clerks and scribes in the county, and even the teachers and students of the teaching team were used together.
It is Zhang Jingyi's leisure, and every increase in the number of applicants is a great thing for Zhang Jingyi, of course, this is a great burden for Lu Xiangsheng.
However, of course, the matter of this exam is still handed over to Lu Xiangsheng to deal with.
It's not that Zhang Jingyi wants to be lazy, but right now, he is focusing on the Qin case.
After the rebellious party is eliminated, the situation can be temporarily stabilized, and at the same time, the other seven families can be greatly wealthed.
With this wealth, His Majesty is willing to invest money.
That's a fortune bigger than the sky, so ...... This case must be won.
Seven or eight days passed.
Seeing that the heat is almost over.
Zhang Jingyi appeared in the prison.
He was still calm.
After that, someone was arraigned.
The arraignment is still the same Zeng Erhe.
Zeng Erhe was sent to the interrogation room, he was completely blind in one eye, and the wounds on his face were still shocking, but ...... It seems that he was lucky, at least he didn't die directly because of the infection.
At this time, Zeng Erhe sat down uneasily.
Seeing Zhang Jingyi slowly pacing in, he suddenly had a violent reaction in his body, and subconsciously twitched.
Zhang Jingyi slowly walked to Zeng Erhe's side, his eyes came to his face, and said, "Well, yes, the recovery is very good." Sure enough, it's a man. ”
Zeng Erhe trembled and said, "You...... What else do you want to do? ”
Zhang Jingyi did not reply, but returned to the table.
On the table, there was another pair of fist gloves inlaid with steel needles.
This boxing glove is worn on his hand, Zhang Jingyi is not fast, and he looks so tidy.
Zeng Erhe seemed to see the terrifying fist gloves, and his one-eyed pupils suddenly contracted.
He struggled desperately in his chair: "I...... I've said everything I need to say, I've said everything, what else are you going to do? Kill me. ”
Zhang Jingyi, who was wearing the boxing gloves, walked to Zeng Erhe's side, looked at him with a smile, and then said word by word: "You...... Dishonest! ”
"I ...... I'll be honest......" Zeng Erhe's body trembled: "I said it all." ”
"You didn't say it." Zhang Jingyi stared at him, his face was extraordinarily solemn: "Liu Neng, the eunuch who is with you in the palace, and the imperial doctor Zhou, do not match your confession, you lied to me, Zeng Erhe?" Your name is really Zeng Erhe, hehe...... Well, the name is just a symbol, so I'll call you Zeng Erhe. You know...... When a person arrives here and is not honest, what will happen to him? Your comrades have already confessed, and you are still trying to get away with it, so it seems that you are no longer an ordinary rebel. ”
Zeng Erhe looked dazed, and then said, "Liu ...... Liu Neng...... Imperial Doctor Zhou? ”
He looked forward to Ai Ai and said, "I ...... I'm just acting on orders, I don't know that there is another Liu Neng and Imperial Doctor Zhou in the palace who are my comrades, and I'm telling the truth. ”
Obviously, the person who instructed him did not make any connection between Liu Neng and Zeng Erhe.
Of course, this is also to be expected.
And Zhang Jingyi obviously didn't expect anything to do with each other, but used Liu Neng and Imperial Doctor Zhou to tell Zeng Erhe that he had a lot of information.
Zeng Erhe period Ai Ai said: "It's just ...... I...... I did lie to you...... I...... I'm willing to confess! ”
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The fifth chapter was delivered, and it was finally written, fortunately, not disgraced, and happy.
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