Hearing Zhu Di's words, Guo An thought about it and did not object.

"What Your Highness said is very true.

However, we don't have so many taels of silver in our house, so we can only use treasure money, copper coins, or gold, grain, sweaters, and cotton cloth...... These come instead! ”

"It doesn't matter."

Zhu Di asked again: "For such a troublesome matter, Guo Qing is willing to hand over to the Beijing Division?" ”

Guo An shook his head again and again, "Your Highness, this matter is familiar to Zhu Changshi. Therefore, it is better to ask Zhu Changshi to hand over! ”

Zhu Di nodded, "In this way, then according to what Guo Qing said!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Speaking of the fact that after the winter, the river is frozen.

Guo An said again: "Your Highness, before the cold winter, Weichen felt that the goods that my Yan Wangfu was going to sell to Goryeo could be gradually transported to Dagukou, in case the river was frozen and the ships could not run.

In addition, my Yanwang Mansion needs to build several huge warehouses again at the mouth of Dagu. ”

"Yes!"

Anyway, during this period of time, Yanwangfu has been expanding its warehouse.

Zhu Di said again: "Anyway, I want to hand over 1.5 million silver to Jingshi."

It's better that the next few cargo ships only need to transport the goods from our house to Beiping City, and the rest of the ships will be transported directly to Jingshi, which will deduct the 1.5 million taels of silver! ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Zhu Di continued: "This time, let's go back to Jingshi, my father will change the main courtyard of the great sect to the Zongren Mansion, and the second brother Zhu Fan will be the Zongren Order, and we will be the right Zongzheng!" ”

Guo An hurriedly congratulated: "Congratulations to Your Highness!" ”

The corners of Zhu Di's mouth curled slightly, and he said: "In addition, during this period of time, there are Mongolians in Daning, Quanning and other places.

Father ordered us to get ready, and after the year, we will take the fine cavalry to inspect Daning, Quanning and other places! ”

"Congratulations, Your Highness!"

Guo An lost no time in complimenting him again and said, "Your Highness, do you want to send those Mongols from Goryeo back?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Transfer back 2,000 Mongolians, and then exchange 4,000 elites!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

……

It's been more than half a month later.

The flotilla returned to Pei Binh again.

This time, the fleet brought back a piece of news that made Zhu Di and Guo An angry.

In Jeolla Province, Goryeo, there was another group of nearly 10,000 Japanese pirates.

These pirates are still very rampant, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

"Your Highness, Goryeo has now become the wealth of my Yan Wangfu, and it is not allowed to be ravaged by the Japanese Bandits!"

Zhu Di ordered: "Order you, Chen Shou and others to send 5,000 troops, and Goryeo to send 20,000 troops to exterminate those Japanese robbers!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Chen Zhi, the commander of the fleet, hurriedly responded.

On the side, Guo An said again: "Your Highness, there are so many widows, if you can, it's best to capture some and let them go to mine and calcine cement."

With those Koreans watching, these wouldn't be able to turn the sky upside down. ”

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded.

Chen Zhi also nodded again and again.

Zhu Di said again: "Next time, except for some goods on our house, all the goods on the fleet will be transported to Jingshi." ”

"When you get there, Zhu Changshi will go with you and the others!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Then, Zhu Di explained in detail, and sent 2,000 soldiers again to Goryeo with the fleet.

……

The weather is getting cooler.

There are many brick kilns in Beiping Province.

At the same time, some gentry families also found that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Zhu Fu, Guo An and others were not so malicious to them.

Even the oppression and extortion of money and property did not happen.

Especially the long history Guo An, not only did not ask for property, but also often sat together and discussed with them.

The way of wealth, the way of development, the way of knowledge.

At first, they thought it was ridiculous.

It's just that, in view of Guo An's identity, they didn't dare to make a mistake, so they could only deal with it with a smile.

However, although these gentry have no fame, they also have thousands of books in their homes, and now they should be tens of thousands!

Coupled with the governance of the family, the knowledge and insight in the heart have long been different from people, and they can be regarded as the elites at the top of Beiping Mansion.

So, after listening to it a few times, their expressions became more and more solemn one by one.

Finally, every two days, I came to Yanwang Palace.

Follow the methods of our ancestors and continue to oppress the people? Take advantage of a disaster year or war to seize the people's homes?

Then, they were discovered by Lao Zhu, or were known by King Yan, and directly exterminated their families?

Of course, the most important thing is that according to the development of Beiping Prefecture, even in a disaster year, those farmers will still let them cheat and fiddle with it for a few bites of food.

Even, according to the prosperity of Beiping Mansion, will there be any disaster years in Peiping Mansion?

It's not that they don't want to think about these things, it's just that they have been blinding themselves, and in the face of the increasingly powerful Yanwang Mansion, they can't do anything!

In this way, there is only the way of wealth, the way of development, and the way of learning from things.

As long as a new invention of a good object is like digging out a mountain of gold, how profitable is it?

In the past two years, they have watched as the Yanwang Mansion excavated several golden mountains at once!

And now, there are thousands of businessmen and wealthy businessmen in the Ming Dynasty, all of whom are eager to lie at the feet of King Yan and be a loyal dog of King Yan.

These things, these gentry also envied.

However, on the one hand, there is the law of the ancestors, the bastion of class status.

On the one hand, it is the naked temptation of money, and the oppression of Yanwangfu is better than day by day.

The gentry of the entire Peiping Mansion gradually divided into two factions.

As long as it wasn't in the Yanwang Mansion, they would gather together and quarrel.

Zhu Di asked curiously: "Guo Qing is not afraid, those gentry are so noisy, what kind of mess will they cause?" ”

Guo An smiled lightly: "Your Highness, Weichen just took my Yanwangfu as an example, transparent glass, winter vegetable planting technology, sugar, cement secret technology, as well as Zhangjiawan Wharf and Goryeo fleet as examples, and explained to them the future development route of our Yanwangfu."

Among them, our Yan Wangfu is just making money and governing Beiping Mansion.

Even if these gentry make trouble in Beijing, Jingshi will only reward His Highness.

As for these gentry?

If they don't follow our Yanwang Mansion, they will either move out of Beiping Mansion, or they will see that the farmers in our Beiping Mansion will become rich one by one.

Then, the heirs of those wealthy families all entered the academy, read and wrote, and became the scribes of my Yanwangfu, or participated in the imperial examination, obtained fame, and replaced these gentry. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh subconsciously, "My students in Beiping Mansion have always been weak, how easy is it to get fame?"

Since the fourth year of Hongwu and the first imperial examination of the founding of the country, all the Jinshi have been occupied by several southern provinces, and my northern students want to climb to the top, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky! ”

"Your Highness wants me to be a student of Beiping Mansion to ascend to the top?"

Guo An's eyes lit up.

Zhu Di looked at Guo An helplessly, "In the world, what student has studied hard for ten years and is not going for the title of the gold list?" ”

Guo An couldn't help muttering to himself, "If I can really make my Beiping Mansion students occupy a few more Jinshi, those old stubborns will not be so hard-mouthed!" ”

"What is Guo Qing talking about?"

Zhu Di felt that he hadn't heard clearly, so he couldn't help but subconsciously ask again.

And the more Guo An thought about it, the more he felt that there was a lot to be done, and the more excited he became.

"Your Highness, this year is just the township test, and next year will be the spring season. If Weichen can have a way to make those people in my Beiping Mansion inscribed on the gold list in the spring of the coming year, will those gentry in Beiping Mansion no longer have to talk bitterly about Weichen?"

Zhu Di stared at Guo An in a daze for a long time, and then said speechlessly: "Guo Qing has hysteria?"

The emperor attaches great importance to the matter of the spring festival and does not allow any fraud.

Even if we are the King of Yan, those officials in charge of Chunyu do not dare to accept our bribes. ”

Guo An said: "Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen has his own way!" ”

"What's the method?"

Seeing Guo An so serious, Zhu Di couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Guo Qing, the matter of the scientific examination is all based on the knowledge of the candidates, there can be no shortcuts, Guo Qing must not think about those crooked ways!"

Otherwise, if your father blames you, neither we nor my eldest brother will be able to protect you! ”

Guo An smiled confidently, "Your Highness, rest assured, Weichen just thinks that our Yan Wangfu has built such a big academy, and there are so many great Confucians and classics, and those students really shouldn't be admitted to a few Jinshi." ”

"It's something that shouldn't be!" Zhu Di nodded subconsciously.

"Your Highness, Wei Chen decided to go to the academy and visit that old Mr. Du!"

Guo An wanted to retire.

Zhu Di asked, "But is it for the imperial examination?" ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

"Let's go with you!"

"This ...... Your Highness please! ”

……

Half an hour later.

Zhu Di and Guo An came to the academy.

The sacrificial wine Du Yi and the monk Siye Daoyan respectfully invited Zhu Di and Guo An into a study house.

"I don't know if Your Highness is coming to the academy today, but what's the matter?"

After some greetings, Du Yi asked directly.

Zhu Di said: "We are coming with Guo Qing this time. ”

As soon as these words came out, Du Yi and Monk Daoyan couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, and then looked at Guo An on the side with curiosity on their faces.

Guo An hurriedly bowed to Du Yi, "Mr. Du, Guo An has something to ask for advice today." ”

Du Yi hurriedly said: "Guo Changshi is polite, the academy can have such a look, Guo Changshi has made great contributions, if the old man knows, he will definitely know everything!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Du."

Guo An didn't continue to go around in circles, and said directly: "Du Yi has taught countless times in his life, and he must be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics!" ”

"It's nature!" Du Yi nodded slightly.

Guo An said again, "Now Your Majesty is recommending and opening the imperial examination at the same time.

However, my northern students have been persecuted by the old Yuan, and they have not recovered yet, and every time they are in the spring, they are far weaker than those in the south.

In the long run, most of the officials in the entire Ming Dynasty were southern scholars.

And I, the Northern Shilin, will become weaker and weaker.

And Mr. Du Lao can be raised in the late Yuan Dynasty and has taught countless students.

Guo An asked Mr. Du to teach some Song Jingyi to those people in my Beiping Mansion, and explain to them what are the taboos in the imperial examination! ”

Du Yi was stunned, and couldn't help but wonder: "Guo Changshi wants those people in Beiping Mansion to be named on the gold list in the spring of next year?" ”

Hearing this, Dao Yan also looked at Guo An with a suspicious face.

Guo An nodded slightly.

Du Yi couldn't help sighing: "This matter is not an old and decrepit affair, it is really a matter of the imperial examination, all based on the talents of those scholars, and it is difficult for outsiders to help." ”

Guo An was not discouraged, but continued: "Dare to ask Mr. Du, do you have any questions to study the imperial examinations in the past years? ”

Du Yi nodded: "I have studied it!" ”

Guo An asked again: "Did Mr. Du find any similarities?" ”

……

(End of chapter)