The third stop of ocean trade, after leaving Nanyang, will continue to the Tianzhu region where Duan Gong is located.

Ming merchants sold tea, porcelain, medicines and other goods here, and then filled them with various spices and gems produced in Tianzhu.

Eventually, they went to the area around the Persian Protectorate.

The Persians were already scattered, and the Ming easily established a commercial colony here.

All kinds of spices and precious stones, porcelain, medicines, rhubarb, etc., were sold here, exchanged for female slaves, good horses, saffron and other goods in the hands of Persian merchants, and then went all the way back the same way.

Such a business route made Daming merchants make a lot of money within two years, and Daming City also collected more taxes.

The various princely states of Tianzhu are naturally red-eyed.

One by one, they supported the pirates, harassing and plundering in the middle.

Da Ming naturally can't let them be arrogant.

In addition to the navy, the main combat force of this fleet also includes merchant marines and sailors.

The merchant ships were loaded with a large number of goods, as well as the navy, and they would accompany the Ming fleet to exterminate the princely states in the Tianzhu region.

Once the Tianzhu Princely States are completely exterminated, the remaining Princely States will obediently return to the Ming Dynasty.

Although the climate in the south of Tianzhu is a little too hot, the land is also fertile, rich in products, and the soil is also very suitable for arable land.

......

Daming, Ying Tianfu.

Inside the Royal Palace

"Your Majesty, look at this note!"

In the imperial study, Li Shanchang handed a piece of music to the emperor standing aside.

"Huh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the chapter and quickly browsed it, the more he read it, the more ugly his face became, and his brows were furrowed.

"Who wrote this, it's bold!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was full of anger.

The content of this letter is about the issue of the Ming Imperial Examination, which says that the new Confucian school that the Ming Dynasty now advocates is pseudo-learning, not the real sage learning, and that the simple system of four books and five classics should be restored in order to avoid the Ming Imperial Examination from going down the wrong path.

"Your Majesty, this is written by Hou Fang, the Inspector of Zhejiang!" Li Shanchang said carefully.

"Zhejiang Inspector Hou Fang? How dare this old thing mention this? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily: "Who does he think he is?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry!"

Li Shanchang hurriedly persuaded: "Zhejiang Inspector Hou Fang is Kong Mingde's uncle, this person has been an official in Zhejiang for decades, and has a high prestige in Zhejiang. ”

"Hmph, he'll find a reason!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.

The current imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, after being improved by Zhu Han's intentions, has allowed many poor scholars to gain a way to rise.

For many reading families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the skills of the Four Books and Five Classics they have accumulated over the years have all become outdated knowledge, and they are naturally full of resentment.

Hou Fang is a relative of the Southern Confucian family, and maybe he knows something about Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's forgery of Confucianism, so he has this one.

"I think this old thing is crazy!" Zhu Yuanzhang said disdainfully.

"Your Majesty, this piece still needs to be dealt with." Li Shanchang suggested in a low voice: "However, the power of the Zhejiang Inspector Hou Fang in the imperial court is not small, if you force him to be in a hurry, I am afraid it will not be appropriate." ”

"That's it!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Since he wants to make trouble, I will play with him." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the brush and began to review the folds.

......

Zhejiang, Hangzhou City.

Hangzhou is an important town in Jianghuai and has an excellent geographical location.

In the middle of a lake near Hangzhou Bay in the north of Hangzhou, it is the most prosperous place in Hangzhou.

The weather is hot these days, and the streets of Hangzhou are bustling with pedestrians.

In front of the gate of Hangzhou Fucheng, two large cars are parked.

The door of one of the carriages was pushed open, and a middle-aged scribe in a purple robe stepped out of the carriage.

He was followed by an old man dressed in gray with a goatee, who held a cloth bag in his hand.

"Lord Hou, you came early, let's go to Hangzhou Mansion and wait first."

"Hmm!"

Hou Fang nodded, and then walked towards the Hangzhou Mansion with the old man.

In the Hangzhou Mansion, two black-clad guards guard the door.

After seeing Hou Fang and the old man with a goatee, the two hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Excuse me!"

Hou Fang waved his hand, motioned for them to get up, and then walked towards the Hangzhou Mansion.

"Lord Hou, please wait a moment!"

At this time, a small man in a green shirt ran out of the backyard of the Hangzhou Mansion.

He has been working in the Hangzhou Mansion, so he naturally knows Hou Fang and the old man with a goatee.

After seeing the two of them, the little servant hurriedly shouted, "Lord Hou, please come inside." ”

In the Hangzhou Mansion, Zhang Hong, the prefect of Hangzhou, was discussing things with several dignitaries.

These dignitaries are the prefect of Hangzhou and the political envoy of Zhejiang, and they are all powerful figures in Hangzhou.

"This matter is decided, and enrollment will start in the spring of next year."

"But this admission, I think you have to be cautious!"

"Lord Zhang, you are worried, this enrollment must be strictly controlled." Hou Fang said

Zhang Hong looked sad and said, "Don't hide it, this enrollment is not an ordinary difficulty!" ”

After he finished speaking, he said to a middle-aged man behind him, "Lord Liu, come on!" ”

The man surnamed Liu is called Liu Fulin, the cousin of Liu Yongping, Pingzhang, Zhejiang Province, before the Mengyuan Dynasty, and is also a veteran big man in Hangzhou.

Hou Fang, Zhang Hong, Liu Fulin and others were all from Confucian families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and now the new disciplines of the imperial court have made them almost no advantage in family learning.

Therefore, Hou Fang went to the imperial court and attacked Xinxue as pseudo-learning, and the Four Books and Five Classics as the real sacred learning, in order to restore the advantages of their Confucian family.

After all, in this year's imperial examination, few of the children of these Confucian families were on the list.

They planned to take a different path, establishing a Dongshan Academy in Hangzhou, which would recruit traditional scholars, and then use their strong influence to create prestige and connections for these traditional Confucian scholars, and thus form a group of Confucian scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

As the saying goes, there is a lot of strength in numbers, and then it will influence the imperial examination to re-attach importance to the four books and five classics of Confucianism.

As long as they have enough prestige, their influence can radiate throughout Zhejiang, and even the surrounding provinces.

Chapter 474 Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Confucianism

"Lord Hou, I don't know what you do about this?"

Zhang Hong asked Hou Fang.

"Master Zhang, there are many Confucian scholars in Zhejiang now, and they have a lot of criticism about the imperial examination."

Speaking of this, Hou Fang paused and continued: "So this time, I want to organize the academy to select some outstanding scholars from all over the country to enroll in the school and promote them in various provinces. ”

"Lord Hou is wise!"

Zhang Hong hurriedly patted his ass.

"Huh!" Hou Fang smiled slightly, looked at Liu Fulin again, and said, "However, in the process of establishing the academy, we must pay attention to safety, the water depth in Zhejiang is not comparable to ordinary places." ”

These officials were not very afraid of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, because of Zhu Han's existence, Da Ming didn't launch any thunder means at all in many cases, and solved some troubles.

Hou Fang, Liu Hong and others thought that by virtue of their status as officials and scholars, they could create their own 'Dongshan School' and influence the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang is already really angry with these people!

After discussing with Zhu Han, Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to startle the snake first, but only sent Jinyiwei to secretly follow up and investigate, wanting to see what amazing things these Confucian families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could do.

Hou Fang, a group of officialdom, has always felt that he is very smart.

The reform of the Ming imperial examination made Hou Fang and others feel a deep sense of crisis.

He felt that he should no longer endure as before, and he must resist.

Therefore, he is ready to pull the officials of his department to the alliance camp, and work together to overthrow the new discipline of the Ming Dynasty and restore the situation of sharing the world with scholars.

。。。。

Yingtian, the imperial city, inside the imperial palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang held high on the throne, his eyes were slightly closed, his right hand held a notebook, and he patted his left palm for a while, and his face couldn't see the joy and anger.

Under His Majesty Dan, Zhu Han was sitting, and behind him stood Li Shanchang, Song Lian, Liu Bowen, Tang He and other civil and military ministers.

In the center of the main hall, it is Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who is loudly playing the results of the investigation of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang families headed by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Inspector Hou Fang, the Hangzhou Governor Zhang Hong, and the Zhejiang Political Envoy Liu Fulin.

"According to the report of 100 households in the Zhejiang Health Institute of Jinyiwei, it has been found that Hou Fang, Zhang Hong, and Liu Fulin have wantonly embezzled the land of the people, connived at their families to oppress the good people, and bewitched local scholars to fight against the imperial court......"

"On the fourth day of the fifth month, Hou Fang's son, attempted to rape a people's girl, became angry and ashamed, destroyed his full house, and left, Hou Fang then discussed privately with Zhang Hong, the prefect of Hangzhou, and the matter was over......"

"On May 12, Zhang Hong conspired with Liu Fulin, Zhejiang's political envoy, to lie about Zhejiang's tax grain that year, and sold half of the tax grain to the disaster-stricken areas in Shanxi and Henan at a high price, and obtained 300,000 taels ......of silver."

"On the third day of the fifth month, Hou Fangyin gathered Zhang Hong, Liu Fulin and a group of former dynasty scholars, and said ......"

Speaking of this, Mao Xiang couldn't help but swallow his saliva: "Yan said, King Zhu Han, rumors confuse the public, bewitch the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty is faint...... Ignorance and inhumanity, conniving at adulterers, is not the blessing of the world......"

At this moment, the atmosphere was silent, mixed with a sense of depression.

Especially the last article reported by Mao Xiang, which made many people tremble.

Zhu Han didn't care, anyway, he already knew about these things.

Song Lian, Liu Bowen and other officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were worried in their hearts, and they knew that they would not be sick today.

Although this matter has nothing to do with them, no one wants to be eaten and hung up.

As for Kong Mingde and others, they were already in a war at this moment, and they were sweating profusely.

They are all from Zhejiang, and they are almost recognized as the representatives of Zhejiang scholars in the imperial court.

There are countless disciples of their disciples, and they have nothing to do with Zhang Hong, Liu Fulin, and Hou Fang, so it is impossible!

As for Li Shanchang, he was also panicked.

Two days ago, when Li Shanchang gave Hou Fang's letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, he also wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to use some soft means......

Listening to Mao Xiang's performance at this moment, Li Shanchang couldn't slap his mouth, he just thought that Hou Fangxiang was seeking some benefits in the court by resuming the imperial examination, who knew that he had done these big things? !

Especially gathering scholars to criticize the emperor, this is clearly an old birthday star eating arsenic and looking for death!

As for the other officials who had various relationships with Hou Fang, they also looked panicked at this time.

In fact, when Mao Xiang said the first few charges, they still had the heart to argue for Hou Fang and the others, but if they criticized the saint, they had to pay attention to this matter.

Not to mention how frightened Li Shanchang and many civil officials were, Mao Xiang finally began to release his ultimate move.

So much so that his voice was a little trembling: "On the second day of the sixth month, there are Xiangshi and Liu Fulinyan, the ancestors of the Jun family, and there are ...... Dragon Qi! ”

Rumble!

Li Shanchang and the three of them only felt a thunderbolt explode in their heads!

Poof!

Almost unanimously, the officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang knelt on the ground without saying a word, kowtowed frantically, and didn't say a word.

It would be a mistake to just listen to such a big rebellion.

The civil officials who were still ready to advise before were also the same, kowtowing endlessly.

What can be said?

At this time, their life and death are all in Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

Those who have a relationship with Hou Fang and Liu Fulin, let alone those who have a relationship.

The so-called someone's ancestral tomb has dragon energy, this matter is a big deal......

Unless the emperor is extremely generous, if he doesn't care, a warlock's nonsense will pass, but if the emperor is serious, this is considered a rebellion!

But if you have the slightest relationship with the rebellion, if there is one, you deserve to be punished by the nine clans.

At this moment, except for the military generals, the rest of the civil officials in the Imperial Palace were almost half kneeling, but the other half were just frowning, their eyes flickering.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Mao Xiang secretly raise his head and glanced at His Royal Highness the King of England, who was at the head of the civil and military classes.

He saw His Royal Highness nodding quietly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The warlock who said that the ancestral tomb of Liu Fulin's family had dragon energy, it was Mao Xiang who was hinted at by Zhu Han and found a Jinyi Wei Colonel to disguise himself, which can be regarded as fishing law enforcement!

Looking at the civil officials standing or kneeling in front of him, Zhu Han just smiled coldly.

These civil officials and gentlemen, in their hearts, still look down on them more or less as their own brother who was born as a cowherd.

Now it's time to knock on their knees, let them understand that this world is the world surnamed Zhu, and put away the set of the former Yuan court in the past!

Suddenly, an old angry voice came: "Your Majesty! Jinyi Wei commanded Mao Xiang to slander the ministers of the court, his heart can be punished, the ministers please punish Mao Xiang, and dismiss Jinyi Wei! ”

Zhu Han was stunned, there are really people who are not afraid of death.

looked up, and suddenly it became clear that it was Huang Jiuyan, the founder of Zuo Tongzheng.

This person is the son and daughter of Liu Fulin, the political envoy of Zhejiang, and he himself is also one of the former elders.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, in order to calm the hearts of the officialdom in various places, all the officials of the former Yuan Dynasty who did not have any major bad deeds did not refuse to come, and the worst was the official residence.

This released a wrong message to many former elders, who thought that this reckless emperor did not dare to offend his own people, and still counted on them to rule the world for him.

This kind of self-confidence has given them a lot of arrogance.

Later, when Zhu Han suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang overhaul the imperial examination, Huang Jiuyan was greatly dissatisfied, and led a group of ministers to dissuade him from excerpts.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to deal with him, but the time was not yet ripe, so he gently let him go.

Unexpectedly, Huang Jiuyan only thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was regressing, which strengthened his desire to oppose the reform of the imperial examination.

Even this time, Hou Fang, Zhang Hong, and Liu Fulin intended to form the "Dongshan Academy", and it was this Huang Jiuyan who was behind them, which gave them confidence.

This information about Huang Jiuyan flashed in Zhu Han's mind, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth became thicker.

On the throne, the face of the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was also very cold.