Above the court hall, the Ming Dynasty Dukes reported state affairs, and Zhu Qiyu issued the handling opinions that had been drawn up long ago. The court meeting has always been a place to announce decisions, and the court meeting is a small meeting for quarrels. The court meeting is always

There was harmony, but the court meeting never had peace for even half a day.

For example, Huang Zhen, the chief official of Zhejiang Province, placed additional torture instruments such as clamps and sticks in the large and small yamen to torture the soldiers and civilians. Yu Shiyue, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, requested a strict investigation and supervision to prevent such methods that harm the people, especially privately installed torture instruments. Once investigated,

If you do, you should be severely punished and not allowed to lend money.

For example, the governors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who were in charge of administrative affairs and inspections, asked the school officials to jointly submit a petition to establish a maritime affairs hall. This matter actually started at the beginning of the year. After several rounds of quarreling, they finally decided on how many schools to set up.

After the tossing was clear, Yao Kui, the Minister of Rites, played again, and Zhu Qiyu's imperial decree arrived.

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says:"

"Since ancient times, emperors have given priority to educating talents. The rise and fall of schools is related to the rise and fall of talents and the ups and downs of governance. At the beginning of my accession to the throne, Jian Xue Xing, an experienced scholar, was granted a constitutional position and was in charge of the maritime school for more than nine years.

Year

, quite effective. Now that we are re-establishing culture and education, all scholars should fulfill their duties and set an example for the party. People must first set a standard for their affairs, strictly enforce treaties, and publicly encourage and punish people, so that they can respect the normal and follow the right path.

It means "Jian Ren".

"I admire this."

Xing'an finished reading the Ming Emperor's edict, and the matter of setting up maritime halls in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other Nanya prefectures was finally settled.

The reason why the local governors and officials jointly petitioned for the establishment of a maritime hall was because the Ming Dynasty's official ships and official trade recruited a large number of navy masters, resulting in a severe shortage of local navy masters. Anyone who can lead a star across the ocean is

Among the guests in every household, there are many people who cheat and deceive during their stay.

This is not a simple matter, it is a highly professional job. Many magicians who specialize in fraud saw the opportunity and joined this blue ocean market. They made nonsense from all over the world and deceived people.

After taking the money, it disappeared without a trace.

For a time, the entire maritime trade in the south of the Yangtze River was greatly affected.

What kind of navigator can ensure that the ship can reach its destination smoothly at sea? And can he bring the ship back? Is there any standard for this? In response to this strange chaos, talent cultivation has become an urgent need.

In particular, the desire for standards has become a consensus on the ground in Jiangnan.

Who will set this standard?

The navy masters who graduated from the Maritime Hall had a solid reputation in the world of martial arts. The important figures in the Ming Dynasty were as enthusiastic about the navy masters of the Songjiang Prefecture Maritime Hall as they were to capture the son-in-law of someone outside the Donghua sect.

It has become the standard to graduate a naval officer from the Maritime Hall. This is a spontaneous choice among the people and is not restricted by imperial decrees.

The expansion of the Maritime Hall became a matter of imperial discussion. When Zhu Qiyu started building a school, he realized that it was not simple at all. It was not Zhu Qiyu who sent an imperial edict to the Maritime Hall of Songjiang Mansion and taught as the head teacher of the Maritime Hall.

We can build it wherever we go.

Building a school is also about establishing a cultural context. The cultural context in various places has long been monopolized. If you want to establish a school in a local area, it is also the eighteen bends of the Yellow River.

For example, the local academic elites hope that their teachers will go to Songjiang Prefecture Maritime Hall to study, return to their hometowns to run schools, and be under the supervision of the court; the imperial court naturally hopes that whether it is Songjiang Prefecture Maritime Hall or Hangzhou Prefecture Maritime College

The halls are all maritime halls of the imperial court.

This is just a snapshot of the struggle for power. There are a lot of things to discuss, and they cannot be postponed until April, such as this school building, where the land comes from, and the position occupied by the Maritime Hall is always a superior place; such as

The construction of this observatory is expensive, and it is not something that can be built with only 30,000 to 50,000 silver coins; for example, where did the boat master come from, and so on.

The struggle for power is always going on. After all, it is people who control the boat. Whoever controls the output of talents will have more say in sea power.

This has also resulted in a certain degree of lag in government orders. Power needs to be distributed, and distribution requires struggle and compromise, which all take time. The imperial court has always been slower than the private sector in doing things, which is one of the reasons.

Due to the strong demand for talents, the expansion of the Maritime Hall was finally completed with the will of the imperial court.

There are still a lot of court discussions surrounding official ships and official trade, some of which naturally have to be announced at the court meeting, and some of which are directly issued by His Excellency Wenyuan to local supervision.

This maritime trade matter has taken up more and more time in court discussions, probably as much as the recent Northern Expedition.

"Your Majesty, there was a fire in the Gongyuan yesterday. The door was locked and more than ninety people were burned to death." When the court meeting was about to end, Yao Kui, the Minister of Rites, finally stood up and spoke in an anxious mood.

This is a major event that everyone in the capital knows.

"Yesterday I climbed up to the Wenhua Tower and looked into the distance. I saw flames shooting into the sky in the direction of Gongyuan, burning so many people to death?" Zhu Qiyu's tone was somewhat gloating.

If there was a fire in the Gongyuan, Zhu Qiyu would have to be informed by the Minister of Rites, and he would no longer need to be the emperor.

In fact, after the fire broke out in the Gongyuan yesterday, Zhu Qiyu asked Lu Zhong to visit and investigate. Before going to court, Lu Zhong presented the results of the preliminary investigation to Zhu Qiyu.

Although things are said to be simple, they are actually still a little complicated, but even complex things can be explained clearly in a few sentences.

It's all because of the teacher's banquet.

After the results were announced in Chunwei, the candidates who had spent a lot of money to hire the masters did not get the results. Naturally, they were a little emotional. The masters accepted the disciples but failed to do anything. Naturally, these candidates who asked for the teachers also felt guilty.

Most of them were arranged by their teachers and parents to enroll in the Imperial College to prepare for the next imperial examination. This was also the usual practice every year.

Originally, asking for a teacher was just a matter of one being willing to fight and the other being willing to suffer. It was a matter of mutual affection, but it was because you were incompetent. Do you expect that the master-disciple relationship in Beijing, which lasted less than a month, would train you to become a Jinshi?

But there was a thorn in this year's examination. This thorn united with a group of students who had not passed the exam and started a riot. This thorn was making a noise and wanted to beat the drum and cry out for injustice. The teachers and parents saw that this was a rebellion.

Ah! So I locked the door of the Gongyuan to prevent the princes from causing trouble.

As a result, the Gongyuan was flooded, and all the students in Xiaoju were burned to death.

More than ninety people were reduced to ashes in the flames. Lu Zhong didn't even know how to write down the tragic scene.

The reason why Zhu Qiyu rejoiced in misfortune was probably related to his consistent opinions. He was not happy that this kind of custom of being a master had caused chaos everywhere in the court. He had always been very clear in his stance against the spread of this trend. Something happened.

, he naturally had an attitude that it was not a big deal to see the funeral.

"That Qiandu Censor Jiao Xian, you locked the door, right?" Zhu Qiyu waved his hand to signal Yao Kui to return to work. Yao Kui didn't say anything about it, but he had to deal with it.

Jiao Xian immediately came out of the queue, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "My lord, I locked up according to the order, and I didn't even know that there was anyone inside."

Zhu Qiyu was furious and said sternly: "Jiao Xian! You opened your mouth in front of me. Less than a month has passed since the lesson learned by Hanlin University Scholar Qian Pu. Jiao Xian, have you forgotten it so quickly? You really don't know what's going on."

Is there anyone?"

Zhu Qiyu was annoyed by this the most. He would kneel down as soon as he got out of the train. He seemed to be submissive, but he always lied every time he opened his mouth. He seemed to be unable to speak without telling a few lies.

When Jiao Xian was locked up, he was still pushing and shoving those people. How could he not know there was someone inside?

"I deserve death for my crime." Jiao Xian originally planned to fool him and deal with it later, but seeing that His Majesty had already investigated clearly, he had no choice but to plead guilty.

"Okay, since you deserve to die, then you should be sent to Jiejuyuan to die." Zhu Qiyu sneered. He had never seen such a strange request.

In other eras, the crime deserving ten thousand deaths was just a false accusation, a cliché to plead guilty. However, during the Jingtai period, the sin deserving ten thousand deaths was the one who truly deserved ten thousand deaths and no life.

"Your Majesty, have mercy, Your Majesty, I have mercy. I did lock the lock, but I didn't set the fire. Please have mercy, Your Majesty." Jiao Xian was so frightened that he just said that, and in the end, your Majesty came to tell you the truth.

Hu Bi continued to speak, and Jiao Xian was really sent to the prison. He quickly came out of the queue and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the censor of Qiandu was locked up according to the regulations. He was doing his duty faithfully. I thought that the crime would not lead to death, so I sent him to the prison."

He is a useless scholar in Jiecuyuan, so he is not worthy of it."

"And Jiao Xian, just say whatever His Majesty asks, Your Majesty

It's you who did it. You can't hide it even if you make a few quibbles. It's not you who did it. If you make a few quibbles, you'll be blamed and become the scapegoat! I know you were shocked and panicked.

You are confused, but in front of His Majesty, your nonsense is deceiving the Holy Spirit. You deserve to die, so what’s wrong with sending you to the Jiecuyuan?!"

Seeing that Hu Dan was trying to smooth things over, Zhu Qiyu said, "Okay, stop scolding Hu Shangshu. I have no intention of really sending him to Jiecuyuan. He didn't do the thing. This is what I'm saying."

Well, when I asked him, he was full of lies. I was just angry with him for being sophistical. Well, well, Hu Shangshu is old, so there is no need to be angry."

"If you misbehave in front of the palace, you will be fined half a year's salary."

The thing was not done by Jiao Xian, Zhu Qiyu just asked, but in the end, this guy just lied when he opened his mouth. It's strange that Zhu Qiyu wasn't annoyed.

At this time, Chang Qingshu of the Ming Dynasty and Hu Dan, who was extremely good at making peace with each other, came into play. With this mess, Jiao Xian was able to escape the disaster.

Compared to Hu Dan, Liu Ji still lacks fire.

In fact, Hu Hui and Jiao Xian had no personal relationship. This was regarded as speaking out for justice, and it was also the role of Hu Hui staying in the court. The emperor became angry, and the other ministers had nothing to do with him, so they were just talking about it.

Dan stood up and seemed to be scolding, but in fact he was defending.

"Jiao Xian, this is what the person who set the fire wants. I know that you are a coward and can't handle big things, so you will offend me and be the scapegoat. Do you understand?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Jiao who was kneeling on the ground.

Xian continued: "After the court, go to the Jinyiwei Yamen and explain this matter clearly from beginning to end."

Xing'an glanced at His Majesty's face, then shook his fly whisk and said: "If there is something to do, we will start, and if there is nothing, we will retreat."

"Retreat!"

Zhu Qiyu stood up and walked at the end with Hu Hui. Hu Hui was going to take his car to Tai'an Palace. Zhu Qiyu also had something to say to Hu Hui.

What does Hu Shangshu think of this matter?" Zhu Qiyu, who was sitting on the jade chariot, looked out the window and said with a frown.

Hu Xi thought for a moment and then said with certainty: "The Gongyuan was not on fire. It was obviously set on fire deliberately. Otherwise, the Gongyuan was empty and there were no living people among these people. None of them could be burned? It was obvious that they had gone through the fire.

An elaborate arson."

"There was also a fire in the Renxu Kegongyuan in the seventh year of the orthodoxy, and more than a hundred people were burned to death. I think this time is not much different from that time."

Zhu Qiyu was stunned and said strangely: "The Gongyuan in the seventh year of orthodoxy also caught fire?"

Hu Xi said with emotion: "Yes, that time it was President Wang Zhen who wanted to investigate Wang Xuke's examination fraud. These more than a hundred candidates were considered witnesses. They were burned clean before they could even give a confession."

Wang Zhen wants to investigate fraud in the examination, not for the sake of fairness and justice in the examination, but simply to seize the opportunity to fight for power. Otherwise, he is the most ruthless scholar. He directly burned more than a hundred candidates with a fire and executed them without any evidence.

, this examination fraud case can only be left alone.

Zhu Qiyu said with a puzzled expression: "But this time Shang Ren presided over the imperial examination. I have never heard of any fraud in the examination room, nor have any students complained, and I have not asked anyone to supervise it. How can this lead to murder and silence?"
To be continued...