The counterinsurgency work in Henan is in full swing, and Zhu Youzhen, who is in Beijing, has not been idle for a moment.

What he asked Huang Jingfang to do before, the latter has already done it.

A total of 126 school-age children will depart for the UK to study.

The route was from Beijing to Guangzhou, from Guangzhou to India, and finally to England on the ship of the East India Company.

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge will accept this group of students.

"They are all carefully selected from the North Zhili and the South Zhili, with an average age of fourteen years old, all of them are from scholarly families, erudite and intelligent."

Zhu Youzhen looked at the roster, and Huang Jingfang was chattering on the side.

"Where are the people?"

"Stay in Hanlin Temple for the time being."

"Summons them to the palace, and I will meet them."

Huang Jingfang bowed: "Yes." ”

Zhu Youzhen then looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Big companion, pick a capable and sensible hundred households from Jinyiwei." ”

"Slaves and maids can be saved." Wang Chengen is also in charge of the Jinyi Guard, and the Jinyi Guard knows which capable people are up and down, and soon brought Zhu Youzhen a hundred Jinyi Guards named Le Gang.

"Humble Legang knocks on my emperor, long live long live."

Zhu Youzhen raised his hand to exempt Le Gang from the salute, and looked down: "Have you ever read a book?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I have read it." Le Gang hung his head: "The lowly position is Yufeng, my father used to be Dr. Hanlin, and he was released as a prefect. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised: "Then you are a poetry and book heirloom, why don't you want to enter the imperial examination, but instead enter the Jinyi Guard." ”

Le Gang replied in a low voice: "My father, my father, my father was confused for a while, and he set up an ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian. ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized and understood.

wanted to come to Le Gang, a hundred households in brocade clothes, because his father gave Wei Zhongxian a living ancestral hall in exchange.

Then it is really impossible to participate in the imperial examination, and the Donglin Party can let the Le Gang pass the imperial examination before it is called a ghost.

Not entangled in this topic, Zhu Youzhen explained the errand: "Since you have read the book, I will give you an errand." ”

"I am willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty."

"It's not that serious." Zhu Youzhen drank tea with a cup of tea, and his tone was relaxed: "Take a hundred households under you, don't go anywhere in the future, don't do any errands, I will arrange a few teachers for you to teach English." ”

Le Gang didn't understand for a while, and subconsciously wanted to look up at Zhu Youzhen, but he was halfway up before he came back to his senses and hurriedly lowered again.

"Yes, I will learn it as soon as possible."

"Time is tight, I estimate that I will leave you more than half a month at most, you have to study hard, first learn the basic daily communication, and the rest will be on the road and at sea to learn, I plan to let this group of 100 families go to the United Kingdom to escort my Ming students to study in the United Kingdom."

Where is the UK and what is studying abroad, Le Gang didn't know anything, but he didn't ask, and kowtowed.

The emperor told him to do whatever he wanted, where are there so many problems?

Not long after Le Gang left, Huang Jingfang took more than 100 teenagers into the palace, and Zhu Youzhen summoned all of them into the Imperial Palace.

Hulala, more than 100 children all knelt down.

"Knock to your majesty."

The voice of the salute was chaotic, and it was too far from the hundred officials who had been practicing for a long time, which made Huang Jingfang's face a little embarrassed.

"Get up, get up."

In the face of this group of students, Zhu Youzhen's expression hid away from the domineering and arrogantness of three points of self-respect, and was replaced by warmth.

Zhu Youzhen left the dragon chair, stepped on the imperial steps and walked down, standing in front of the more than 100 students, and said with a smile.

"It's all my good sons, I'm very happy to see you."

No one answered, and in the face of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this group of children who were only teenagers were already nervous and at a loss, where could they still have the courage to open their mouths and speak.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen will not mind because of this.

"I have seen your family background, very good, very wealthy, you are all good children who cultivate and read heirlooms, you are smart, smart, you are vibrant, so I chose you, my Ming Dynasty selected you, do you know what I chose you for?"

Zhu Youzhen threw out this question, and it took half a cup of tea before a student raised his head tremblingly.

"The students have heard that Your Majesty has summoned us to send us to a foreign country called England to study."

Zhu Youzhen raised his eyebrows: "That's right, what's your name?" Where are the people? ”

The student walked out tremblingly, first embarrassed and then rude, so he knelt down and replied: "Student Yan Yingyuan, from Tongzhou. ”

Yan Yingyuan?

Such a familiar name.

Jiangyin Sangong!

When Zhu Youzhen thought of this name, he thought of Jiangyin, and remembered the shocking Jiangyin eighty-one days.

The smile on his face faded slightly, and he raised his hand.

"Get up and speak."

Yan Yingyuan stood up and stood with his head down, nervous about his hasty answer.

"You're right, don't be afraid." Zhu Youzhen coughed secretly, cleared his tight throat, and continued to speak with a pleasant face: "I plan to let you go to another country to study, a country that is far, far away from our Daming.

I hope you don't resent me for leaving you from your parents, friends, and classmates, because I want you to have a better future.

Our country has reached the point of life and death, but this crisis does not come from natural disasters, nor from external disasters, but from within us, stay in the country, you may be able to enter the government through the imperial examination, become an official, become a prime minister, but that is not enough, not enough to save our country.

Because even if you become prime ministers one day, there is no stage for you to display your ambitions and ideals, and the struggle between human ethics and party protection will seriously involve your energy and even distort your life.

That's why I'm going to send you out to a country completely different from my Ming, so that you can see the same sky but a different world.

You will be exposed to new academics, new ideas, and new national and social systems, learn those things, and then bring them back to me, so that we can learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses, and work together to govern our country better.

Kids, it's been a long time to study abroad, five years, but it's a short time for me.

But I promise you that I will do my best to eradicate all the terrible and corrupt political diseases of my Ming Dynasty within these five years, and when you return from your studies, I will give you a new Ming Dynasty and provide you with a stage where you can display it to your heart's content, so that your political ambitions and life ideals can be realized.

Let us work together to save this country, and together, help the building to fall down, so that my Ming Dynasty will be in full swing again! ”

At the end of the words, Zhu Youzhen's tone became more and more excited, and it also drove the more than 100 students in front of him to raise their heads uncontrollably, and the original nervous and fearful expressions were replaced by excitement and excitement.

"I hope that when you arrive in that strange and foreign land, you will respect the local customs, protect your own safety, and finally, return to China after completing your studies."

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand: "Go and prepare, prepare to learn knowledge, and when you come back, use the light of knowledge to shine on the entire Ming Dynasty!" ”

Illuminate the entire Ming Dynasty with the light of knowledge.

This is called, the Glorious Ming Plan!