"What do you mean, doesn't Master Zhang know? I, Liu Xiangqing, am Zhizhou, not the president of Mingzhi Academy. Being able to come here today is already to give face to Lord Asho. The official is busy with official business, and a small Mingzhi Academy can't put too much energy into it. That's it......" he suddenly shouted, "Someone, send me the plaque." ”

At the door, two big men came quickly carrying a plaque, with four big golden characters on it: "Indifferent Mingzhi"

"Now that Master Zhang is old, don't worry about these things anymore. I also ask Lord Zhang to accept this plaque, which can be regarded as a piece of gratitude to our adults. ”

Liu Xiangqing waved his hand and said, "Come, let's thank Master Zhang for his contribution to Dunyi over the years." ”

More than a dozen officials smiled and bowed.

"Thank you, Master Zhang, for your contribution."

Zhang Yizhi's body trembled slightly. The golden plaque fell into his eyes like a thorn, and the sound of gratitude in his ears pierced his nerves even more.

Liu Xiangqing's words were vague, but he had already made his position clear.

This matter can only be counted like this, and in the future, you Zhang Yizhi will stop caring about these things and set up a plaque for you, which can be regarded as giving enough face.

"Take your plaque away from me, don't stain the old man's eyes." Zhang Yizhi finally couldn't help but shout loudly: "You all have to go, in the future, this Mingzhi Academy, the old man will take care of it himself." ”

In the face of Zhang Yizhi's anger, Liu Xiangqing still had a smile on his face.

"Master Zhang, this Mingzhi Academy has nothing to do with you at all. Don't forget that when you donated back then, it was clearly stated that it was handed over to the custody of Dunyi County, and we supervised it by the south. Now that it has taken us decades to build the academy into a first-class institution, you have clearly come to seize the credit. ”

"Good, good!" Zhang Yizhi was already angry to the extreme, and at this time, he didn't laugh angrily, looked at the group of magistrates in front of him who didn't take himself seriously, and laughed: "Lord Liu is really talkative, and the old man is indeed no longer an official of the imperial court." But you seem to have forgotten a little bit about it. Although Ming Zhi Academy is under the care of Dunyi and supervised by Nanlin, who owns it in the archives of the Ministry of Rites? For so many years, the old man has never been there, but he has never given up this ownership, right? ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yizhi suddenly took out a document with a big red seal from his arms and threw it on the ground.

"Guys, take your things and leave. From tomorrow onwards, Mingzhi College will have nothing to do with you. Zhang Yizhi said in a deep voice.

The faces of more than a dozen officials changed drastically in an instant.

Now this Mingzhi Academy is the first academy in the south, and their descendants are also studying here, if it is really taken back, they will lose a lot.

Liu Xiangqing obviously didn't expect Zhang Yizhi to be prepared early, and his face was black. This is related to an annual income of more than 100,000 taels.

"Master Zhang, leave a line in everything, I really want to see you in the future."

"Leave a line? Hahaha, it's a shame that you can say such a thing, fortunately the old man is not in Kyoto now, otherwise just what you did just now, you, the Zhizhou, should be assigned to the frontier and exiled for thousands of miles. Zhang Yizhi got up, glanced at them, and didn't have the heart to say anything more.

"Get out!"

Liu Xiangqing's eyes were slightly cold, and in the face of the eyes of more than a dozen colleagues, he made a look, turned around and left.

In Mingzhi Academy, he was suddenly the only one left.

"How can this be true, it is simply unreasonable!" Zhang Yizhi slapped the Taishi chair, and finally couldn't help but vent.

Lu Gong floated out of the corner and landed beside him. "Don't be angry."

"How can I not be angry, my decades of hard work have completely become a tool for them to collect money. When I was in the court, this was still the case, which shows that these people did not pay attention to the law at all. ”

"So what do we do next?" Lu Gong asked.

Hearing this, Zhang Yizhi really calmed down.

"I still have some savings, and I should be able to barely make ends meet by hiring a few teachers, plus myself. Everything is already in place, and we don't need to add anything else. Zhang Yizhi thought for a while, turned his head to look at Lu Gong and said, "Lu Gong, thank you for accompanying me all the way." The next thing is to continue to trouble you. ”

"Don't worry, Elder Zhang, I will do my best." Lu Gong said seriously.

Zhang Yizhi is now alone, and he is no longer the prime minister of the dynasty, if he wants to gain a foothold here, it will be even more difficult, and he may be targeted soon.

The old man settled down, closed the door of the academy at the moment, and the next morning, he got up early, and after packing up, he prepared to go to each house to persuade the local children to come to school.

Lu Gong followed, watching from a distance, trying to ensure his safety.

The old man went door to door and walked for a long time, but the pride on his face gradually disappeared.

At noon, he sat on the side of the road tiredly, leaned on Lu Gong, and sighed: "This world is really too difficult. ”

Lu Gong had realized what had happened.

The image of Mingzhi Academy has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so rashly letting the children of ordinary families study, Zhang Yizhi was naturally regarded as a liar.

"I can now finally understand why Changshou would rather join the army than study. The road of literati is about to be broken for the children of ordinary people. Zhang Yizhi let out a long sigh.

Half a day of lobbying has exhausted him.

"None of them?" Lu Gong was a little surprised.

Zhang Yizhi shook his head helplessly and stood up: "Let's go!" Looks like we'll have to figure it out again. ”

He stretched out his hand and patted Lu Gong, then turned around and walked towards the academy.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the academy, he was suddenly stunned.

The door of the academy had been closed again, and the sound of Lang Lang reading inside came and penetrated into their ears.

If it weren't for the extra row of soldiers at the entrance of the academy, Lu Gong would almost suspect that what happened last night was a dream.

Zhang Yizhi had already subconsciously rushed over and was about to go to the academy.

Two soldiers stopped him.

"What are you doing here?" Zhang Yizhi was furious.

"We have received a report that someone is trying to destroy Mingzhi Academy and affect the students inside, from today onwards, all idle people are not allowed to approach, go away!" The soldier waved the spear in his hand and drove Zhang Yizhi away.

"I'm Zhang Yizhi, get out of the way." Zhang Yizhi grabbed the spear and said loudly.

The soldier shook and directly pushed him away, glaring angrily: "I don't care who you are, you are not allowed to get close to the academy, otherwise you will be arrested." ”

Another soldier rushed over, and the spear in his hand was already aimed at Zhang Yizhi without hesitation.

Obviously, if he dares to move again, they will really do it.

"How can you be ...... like this" Zhang Yizhi was at a loss, looking at the gate of the academy from a distance, and muttered.