At the end of the fifteenth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun issued the last imperial edict. King Zhu Houchen of Zheng entered Beijing and gave him the royal palace to the King of Zheng, giving him ten shops, thousands of hectares of land, and hundreds of thousands of silver coins.

Others don’t seem to have many other things, but a thousand hectares of fertile land is definitely a big deal!

Zhu Yijun didn't care much. There was not much fertile land for thousands of hectares, and it was not necessarily much production. On the contrary, those ten shops were Zhu Yijun's reward, which was the store in the Ming Dynasty's CBD.

Winter soon began. Although there were many things, everything was progressing in an orderly manner according to the plan.

The restructuring of Shuntian Prefecture was also going smoothly. Officials of the Ministry of Rites also began to walk around Shuntian Prefecture and began to carry out educational reforms in various places. Schools in various places were also quickly built, at a very fast speed.

The land for the construction of the school was released by the court, but the construction cost was basically donated by local big households.

Not to mention that the businessmen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are very active, other big investors are also very active. It is very simple, that is to show themselves. In addition, there are examples of big investors donating to build schools, which is not very difficult.

The teachers were allocated by civil servants, with a total of 223 people.

Some schools have only one teacher, while others have two students.

As for the textbooks, the court has also printed and prepared them. Of course, these textbooks must be used repeatedly. To put it bluntly, one textbook has been used up for the next students.

Unlike in later generations, you can only take it back and sell waste products after using it.

Why is there no free book fee for free teaching in later generations? Because the investment is too large, the country cannot afford it. There are so many books in each session, and every session is used up and replaced with new ones.

If the country waives the book fee, how much does it cost to throw it inside!

The school prepared a calligraphy practice room, which was made of large square wooden tables with fine sand inside. Students practiced calligraphy in it, instead of really writing on paper. Even for writing classes, they were written with water instead of ink.

Although it is extremely simple, for people of this era, it is already a blessing to have a free study opportunity.

Of course, some wealthy families can't stand it anymore, and local donors to support education have also come out, which can be changed a little bit. As for the free lunch plan, rice pancakes and potatoes.

Like later generations, don’t think about the meat of milk. Eat meat twice a month, and once every 15th day of the lunar month.

There is no school bus, and students basically have to walk ten miles to school. Compared with later generations, they have to take a bus for one hundred meters. Children of this era can still walk ten miles at the age of seven or eight.

The conditions are very simple, but this is the best Zhu Yijun can do.

Even so, Zhu Yijun's reputation among the people of Shuntian Prefecture was at its peak. The saying that the wise man had been accepted by people. Going out to work, raising chickens, ducks, and geese at home is the biggest change that Zhu Yijun brought to the people of Shuntian Prefecture.

The recruitment of students also began soon, and classes will officially start early next year.

Zhu Yijun asked someone to prepare a lot of clothes, all of which were coarse linen and the style was also very poor, but this was a school uniform. This was also prepared by Zhu Yijun for poor children, and there was also a poverty scholarship.

The county schools in each county have also been reorganized to accept students who have passed the examination in public schools in various places.

As for students who fail to get into the exam, they will learn some mathematics and still learn to read, and their future will not continue to be digging for food. Even if they go to the army, they will be better than others.

Zhu Yijun spent more than one million silver coins just on Shuntianfu education.

At the end of the year, the civil service examination started again, and this time it recruited 3,000 people, but the examination was even more difficult. Scholars from all over the country gathered in Beijing, and the final number of applicants was more than 40,000.

It shocked Zhu Yijun and the officials of the Ming Dynasty, which also meant that the civil service system was being accepted by scholars.

As November begins, it starts to snow in the Ming Dynasty, and King Zheng and his group are entering Beijing.

The seventy-year-old Zheng King Zhu Houhan was taken into the palace to meet Zhu Yijun.

Looking at Zhu Houhan who wanted to kneel down, Zhu Yijun hurriedly walked over and supported Zhu Houhan. This Zheng King, in terms of seniority ranking, was Zhu Yijun's grandfather.

"The order is passed, and the king of Zheng will be exempted from rituals in front of him. There is no need to inform him to enter the palace. He will be given a royal chariot and will not be taken down when he enters the palace."

Before he could talk to King Zheng, Zhu Yijun sent an order first. Zhang Jing, who was standing behind Zhu Yijun, hurriedly said: "Yes, emperor, I will ask someone to prepare!"

"Come here, give King Zheng a seat!" Zhu Yijun nodded and ordered again.

The expression on Zheng Wang Zhu Houhan's face has not changed much. He has experienced too many things in his life, and he has long reached the point where he is not showing his emotions. However, he looked up at Zhu Yijun with a smile on his face.

During his nineteen-year prison life, Zheng Wang Zhu Houhan has worn out all the edges and corners.

However, when he saw Zhu Yijun, he was still a little excited. After all, this young emperor could be praised by the world as the saint of Ming. His reputation was chasing Taizu and Chengzu, and the hat of Zhongxing Mingjun was already put on.

Judging from his actions towards himself, this kind of demeanor alone is much better than Emperor Shizong.

"I thank Your Majesty!" King Zheng said slowly.

Zhu Yijun nodded, then smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite to King Zheng. We are relatives of the bloodline, and King Zheng is an example of the vassal king. I have been thinking about seeing King Zheng for a long time."

Zhu Yijun is different from Jiajing, and Jiajing feels insecure.

After all, he succeeded to the throne as a vassal king and was very vigilant about it. This is why King Zheng just advised him not to believe in immortality, so he was banned for nineteen years.

Hai Rui cursed Jiajing, but it was not settled in the end. The key was King Zheng's identity.

However, in Zhu Yijun's opinion, King Zheng was not an ambitious person. I guess he couldn't stand it anymore. Emperor Jiajing was so troubled. He sincerely submitted the memorial and then ended up like that.

"Your Majesty is too honored!" King Zheng smiled and shook his head: "How can you praise His Majesty for his old and broken body?"

Zhu Yijun chatted with King Zheng for a long time with a smile, and even gave him a banquet. In the evening, he even stayed in the palace. Of course, these were for outsiders or for other royal families of the vassal kings.

The next day, Zhu Yijun accompanied King Zheng to the newly built King Zheng Mansion.

This was also the first time Zhu Yijun has come here in the western suburbs.

Zhu Yijun and King Zheng got off the carriage when they arrived at the place. Zhu Yijun pulled King Zheng, walked inside with a smile, and introduced: "King Zheng, look, there is the palace over there."

"Across the street, there is a new market that I have established, and the ten stores in Zhengwang Mansion are there."

King Zheng was not very interested in these things. He could eat more and spend as much as he could. However, King Zheng was very interested in the flat cement floor: "Your Majesty, is this the straight cement road?"

"Yes!" Zhu Yijun smiled and nodded: "This is the cement straight road!"

Zhu Yijun introduced the cement and cement straight roads to Zheng Wang in detail. By the way, he had built the cement straight road from Beijing to Tongzhou, and was about to open the straight road from Beijing to Tianjin and Beijing to Jizhou.

Zheng Wang smiled happily and nodded from time to time: "Okay, OK!"

"The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty have opened their eyes. The Ming Dynasty has Your Majesty. I can go down to see the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty with peace of mind." King Zheng sighed and said, "It's so good, so good!"

Listening to King Zheng's words and looking at King Zheng smiling like a child, Zhu Yijun felt a sudden piercing in his heart.

This is the simple patriotism of the Ming Dynasty's vassal king and an old man of the Ming Dynasty. This country should not fall, and this nation should not fall. Zhu Yijun said with a serious face: "King Zheng can live a few more years and see how I shape a prosperous Ming Dynasty."

"My Ming Dynasty will surely be strong in the world, and far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

King Zheng looked at Zhu Yijun who was full of enthusiasm and said with a smile: "Okay, Your Majesty is very good. Emperor Taizu is also relieved to see Your Majesty today. I am waiting to see that day, waiting to see."

The group came to the gate of the newly built Zheng Wang Mansion. Zhu Yijun did not shrink at all in the construction of the Wang Mansion.

Although the materials were made of cement, they were all built according to the regulations of the royal palace. Although Zhu Yijun wanted to open a ban on vassals, he also wanted to appease the vassals and not make them feel criticized.

At the same time, this is also for the people of the world to see, and I have not criticized the vassals.

In this era, the patriarch takes care of the clan, which is a universal value. Perhaps there are things that oppress the same clan among the people, but the emperor cannot. Once the emperor oppresses the clan, he will definitely be labeled as mean and ruthless.

Emperor Wanli in his previous life was that he had rectified Zhang Juzheng, but the consequences were unbearable.

Although he launched a battle for the throne, no one was on his side. All the ministers could see that this emperor was not worthy of his life. Even though Zhang Juzheng was criticized by many people and scolded him, he had made great contributions to you, Emperor Wanli.

When he ascended the throne at a young age, Zhang Juzheng supported the building at the forefront and turned the tide at the end.

He worked hard to reform the Ming Dynasty, but Zhang Juzheng ended with such an end, and Qi Jiguang, who was fighting for the country, ended with such an end. This also led to Li Chengliang turning completely to the warlords and starting to raise the enemy and respect himself.

Civil officials began to join forces, form their respective parties, and began to fight for power and profit.

Some people say that they died in Wanli. In fact, Zhu Yijun agreed to this sentence to some extent. Some of the things that Emperor Wanli did completely broke some rules, making the scholars and generals in the world become disinterested from the royal family.

This is also why Emperor Tianqi established a partial and eunuch party.

Because you have no one to use it, the Emperor Tianqi, who is in a different way, has indeed won over a group of people and grabbed the Qi, Zhejiang and Chu Party to fight the Donglin Party. After all, the Donglin Party is powerful, and the Qi, Zhejiang and Chu Party is beaten and you can only work hard for yourself if you hold them back.

The eunuch party is not so much a eunuch party as a collusion between eunuchs and ministers.

Why did there be no eunuch party during the Wanli period? There were many eunuchs sent to the local area, but they were all beaten to death. It was not because there was no collusion between ministers, because everyone felt that collusion was not good, and the emperor was too mean.
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