And after Li Zhen asked in the sedan chair like this, Wu Jiong and the other scholars who supported Donglin Hall became even more resentful, and they stood up one after another and stopped in front of Gu Xiancheng.

"Donglin Hall can't be offered!"

"Please Fu Yuan to play to the imperial court, the academy is not suitable for the official camp, the official camp will only become a place to hide filth and dirt, and no one concentrates on learning, only on drilling the camp."

"That's right! Fuyuan Rong, once Donglin Hall is dedicated today, it will no longer have the ability to educate the people, but will only drag down the people! ”

At this time, all the scholars began to speak.

They didn't dare to scold Li Zhen for being a traitor and a thief in front of Li Zhen, after all, Li Zhen was a governor, and he could act cheaply and take away their fame first.

"Could it be that now Donglin Hall is only run by the Gu family, so there is no dirt and dirt?"

"If there is no dirt and dirt, why even the cool officials who killed the scholars come to teach, and Donglin Tang has not found out that his conduct is not right?"

"As for the argument that Donglin Hall will no longer have the ability to educate the people after it is dedicated to the imperial court, and it will only drag down the people, it is even more ridiculous!"

"You know, once Donglin is changed to an official office, it will have its own imperial court appropriations, and there will be no need to embezzle taxes and silver and force the gentry to donate, wouldn't it be more economical and easier to recruit more wise men to study?"

"Especially for scholars from poor families, when they come to the government-run Donglin Academy, they can also give subsidies to make it easier for them to study."

Li Zhen looked at Gu Xiancheng as he spoke: "So, do you want to offer it or not?" ”

Wu Jiong and the other scholars looked at Gu Xiancheng at this time.

Gu Xiancheng immediately replied: "Dedication!" ”

Then, Gu Xiancheng said: "It is the honor of the Gu family to help the imperial court prosper morality. ”

"Mr. Donglin really understands the righteousness!"

Li Zhen said with a smile.

Then, Li Zhen instructed: "Come on, take over Donglin Hall immediately, seal a number of notes, articles and handouts, even if it is a piece of tiles, tables and chairs, do not move arbitrarily, and wait for the imperial court to come and inspect it!" ”

"Yes!"

As a result, a team of soldiers under the command of the governor's battalion immediately rushed into Donglin Hall.

Wu Jiong and other officials and gentlemen all looked at Gu Xiancheng sideways at this time, and they all looked stunned.

Gu Xiancheng ignored it, only lost his mind, and after a while, he forced a smile to express his willingness to fulfill the friendship of the landlord and invite Governor Li Zhen to dinner.

Li Zhen also chose to give him this face because Gu Xiancheng was so cooperative, and agreed, and asked all the officials and gentlemen present to accompany him.

In the evening, after Li Zhen had eaten and left, Wu Jiong couldn't help but question Gu Xiancheng in the Gu family hall: "Why did Mr. Donglin suddenly compromise?" ”

Gu Xiancheng did not answer Wu Jiong's question, but only said to Gu Yuncheng and Gu Xuancheng: "You accompany you for me, I am tired today, I have a headache, so I will go back to rest first." ”

Gu Yuncheng also got up angrily at this time: "Brother really doesn't plan to say something?!" ”

"You can tell me for me."

Gu Xiancheng said with a smile.

"Uncle Gu!"

Suddenly, Wu Jiong couldn't help but shout again.

Gu Xiancheng couldn't help but stop.

"I didn't expect you to be so cowardly! We were disappointed! It's also in vain! ”

Wu Jiong said with indignation on his face at this time.

"That's right, what a disappointment for us!"

"I can't burn it if I want to burn it now, I really don't know how many secrets I have to be known by the imperial court!"

"Don't expect us to treat you as a gentleman in the future!"

……

Other officials and gentlemen also followed, and they were very intolerant of Gu Xiancheng's performance today.

"It's not you who want to sacrifice Donglin Hall, of course you can say that!"

"But if Donglin Hall is really destroyed, my Gu family will really be finished, and there will really be no place to die! When the time comes, will you be able to protect my family at the risk of extinction? ”

Gu Xiancheng suddenly turned around at this time and shouted loudly.

"Can you?!"

Then, Gu Xiancheng asked loudly again.

Wu Jiong and the others did not answer.

"Since ancient times, a true gentleman should follow the emperor's will, and there is no reason to disobey the emperor's will!"

"What do you want my Gu family to do, to be a traitor who rebels against my father?!"

Gu Xiancheng continued to question.

Wu Jiong and the others were still silent.

After Gu Xiancheng finished speaking, he suddenly fainted to the ground.

Seeing this, Gu Yuncheng and Gu Xuancheng hurriedly helped Gu Xiancheng: "Brother! ”

At the same time, Gu Yuncheng shouted: "Send off!" ”

Wu Jiong and the others had to leave the Gu family.

And Gu Yuncheng said to Gu Xiancheng at this time: "Brother, you are right, our Gu family actually has no other choice, let alone offering Donglin, even if it is given death, we have to die obediently!" ”

"Yes, so I don't dare to make up my mind to burn Donglin Hall."

"It's just that I have a bad reputation in Shilin from now on!"

After Gu Xiancheng said this, he cried and was sad.

Gu Yuncheng only hugged him and didn't say anything.

Only Gu Xuancheng gritted his teeth on the side and said: "If you want to say this, these are all blamed on Zhang Taiyue for teaching him too smartly today, so that you can get to this point, brother." ”

After Gu Xiancheng heard Gu Xuancheng say this, he sat up, looked at the rain curtain that had been pouring outside, and said:

"Those of us started by operating fields and businesses, and our original intention was to make the imperial court reduce and reduce industrial and commercial taxes and the heavy land taxes in Jiangnan."

"But who knows, the imperial court is not keen on reducing industrial and commercial taxes and Jiangnan Tianfu, but only keen on exempting the northern conscription and horse price silver, forage silver, keen to seize the benefits of sea trade in the name of the imperial court, and even directly send troops to overseas to seize it, it is obvious that the benefits of sea trade brought a lot of wealth to the dynasty, but also made the Son of Heaven realize that the benefits of the country are not only in agriculture."

"Therefore, in the final analysis, it is due to the importance of mercantilism."

"We were wrong!"

"It's time to suppress business and ban the sea!"

"Because only in this way can we always be agriculture-oriented, as long as agriculture is the foundation, the Son of Heaven will not change the etiquette, and will emphasize virtue rather than profit."

After Gu Xiancheng said this, Gu Yuncheng sighed and said: "It's too late to say anything, maybe the new dynasty will notice this problem in the future, and then advocate forbidding the sea." ”

When Gu Xiancheng thought bitterly that the world should return to the era of agricultural economy and should not open the sea and border trade, the entire Ming Dynasty was striding into a new era.

As soon as Donglin Hall was transformed into a government-run Donglin Academy, it officially began to recruit a large number of Jiangnan scholars to study in the academy.

As soon as these scholars entered, they had to begin further general education and specialized education, so as to achieve the goal of the emergence of a large number of technocrats in the future.

Like Donglin Academy, Xingming Academy and Jinyi Academy, which are in the front, are already starting to do so.

The entire education sector of Daming has been quietly undergoing greater changes.

It was accompanied by the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty in the fields of natural sciences and humanities and social sciences.

In particular, the Zongxue and Gongxue, as well as the official school that specializes in cultivating the children of Wuxun and his relatives.

Because these places are not mainly for cultivating professional bureaucrats, but provide a cradle for the cultivation and development of the interests of these children of the royal family and the sons of the royal family, they have also developed more rapidly in this regard.

"Tima again, keep pulling!"

"Let them all see how strong this atmospheric pressure really is!"

Wan Wei, the commander of the horse, was prompted by Zhu Yijun because of his interest, and commanded a cadre of noble children to do atmospheric pressure experiments in the horse-drawn hemisphere in the official school.

At that time, Zhu Yijun and a cadre of the emperor's relatives and close ministers also came here to observe the experiment.

And because of this, Zhu Yijun and Shen Shixing both watched the eight horses pulling a copper ball on the official school field and did not move at all, Zhu Yijun was better, because he had known about this experiment for a long time and was not surprised, Shen Shixing waited until the time to watch this scene seriously.

Syllable!

When the number of horses increased to sixteen, and the copper ball was pulled apart after a loud bang, Shen Shixing's eyes widened.

And Princess Ruichang's concubine Du Wei Wan Wei was also happy to jump with several noble children.

Only Qi Xingguo, the other horse captain, frowned and thought deeply at this time.

Princess Yongning saw her husband frowning and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Qi Xingguo said: "I also have to make the experiment of borrowing thunder to get electricity as soon as possible!" ”

"Because the copper ball experiment of the Ten Thousand Horses has shown that the Holy Will, that is, the Providence, may really be right!"

"Whether it's Cinchona or Iwami Ginshan, or the current copper ball pressure, it proves that this statement is correct, which means that thunder may really be electricity!"

"What's more, since Your Majesty ordered the addition of lightning rods to the halls, there has indeed been no lightning strike in the halls, it can be seen that Your Majesty is right to say that there is an objective truth in this world, and that the will of Heaven is so, so we have to follow the will of Heaven to collect the electricity."

"But the royal brother said that it was very dangerous."

Princess Yongning said.

Qi Xingguo said: "Don't worry, I will let the eunuchs in our princess's mansion collect thunder and lightning at that time, and I won't go myself." ”

"Houhu, look at it, how is this drawing, can the steam engine built be able to do work as His Majesty said?"

Qi Changguo, the left waiter of the Ministry of Industry, also believed more in the holy will that was the will of heaven because of the copper ball experiment, and came to the Jiangzuo Temple again, found Zhao Shizhen, who was here as the temple secretary and developed the steam engine with himself, and gave him a new drawing he painted.

Zhao Shizhen took the drawings and said: "I have failed several times, don't you plan to give up?" ”

"I don't plan to give up, since the Holy Will said that this kind of machine must appear, then it is likely that it really exists, after all, the Holy Will is the will of God, you can help me refer to it, will it work like this."

Qi Changguo drew drawings all night, so he was a little sleepy, and yawned as he spoke.

Zhao Shizhen personally handed him a cup of tea while looking at it, and said, "Since Your Majesty said so, why is you always reluctant to draw the machine, but ask us to develop it ourselves?" ”

"Your Majesty just said that there would be, presumably the specific structure is not clear."

Qi Changguo said after drinking the tea.

Zhao Shizhen nodded: "I feel that there is nothing wrong with the painting, but it will inevitably leak." ”

Saying that, Zhao Shizhen said: "This time, I will let them use the tool steel refined from the crucible to boring it, so that there may not be air leakage." ”

"Then let's try it!"

Qi Changguo hurriedly commanded.

"Good!"

Zhao Shizhen agreed.

And Qi Changguo left Jiangzuo Temple excitedly.

By then, it was getting late.

Qi Changguo did not go to the Ministry of Industry again, but returned to the official residence of the privy envoy.

His father Qi Jiguang was the prime minister of the court, so he naturally lived in the official residence.

However, as soon as Qi Changguo came back, he met Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang also asked him: "Where did you go?" ”

(End of chapter)