Chapter 1088 Small Problem

The construction and reform of the Imperial College, including the reform of the imperial examination, are all in progress.

It's embarrassing to say that although the Imperial College is the highest management department of education, when it comes to reform, the people who go to the Imperial College do nothing at all. A large group of officials, doctors, etc. are either looking at the construction site, compiling teaching materials, or going out to find various master craftsmen, powerful farmers, and herdsmen. Preparatory work is about to begin now.

Wang Yan, on the other hand, was steadily teaching people in the Imperial College, one class a day, one and a half hours, that is, three hours. It basically took up a whole morning.

He did not force anyone to attend the lectures, but he only lectured for less than a month. The 800 people he recruited were increased from the original 200 people, as well as various wealthy and powerful people who started to donate money to buy quotas for the Imperial College. It has grown to more than 2,000 people. He also added a new class in the afternoon from the daily morning class.

He is now a great scholar.

Even if people doubt Wang Yan's rebellious intentions, they will never doubt Wang Yan's lack of knowledge. There has even been a rumor recently that Wang Yan's "New Learning" is a way to solve problems. Some officials have used the ideas in the "New Learning" to solve problems in practical work and have achieved success. Some businessmen made use of the ideas in the 'new learning' to make a lot of money by joining forces in a short period of time.

This is true, because the content of Wang Yan’s words includes methodology. Although he did have ulterior motives, he did not fool around with things. Although his theory borrowed from the thoughts of many other great Confucians, it was just a layer of skin covering it and was in line with Confucian moral principles. The real content was not copied by him, it was a summary of his thoughts that had been mixed for more than a thousand years.

He, Mr. Wang, is not stingy. He writes about serious dragon-slaying techniques. Whether you can understand the dragon-slaying sword from it depends on your personal fate.

As for why there was no such news before, of course it was him who let it out...

Studying is really hard. If more than a thousand people want to hear Wang Yan's words, they have to be surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. Moreover, it is still midsummer and it is very hot.

Wang Yansong wore an official robe loosely and said loudly: "That's it for today. The weather is hot and people's hearts are floating. Some people can't stand the high temperature and are already drowsy. I'm afraid they won't be able to hear anything. From now on, there will be two hundred people per person. There are two classes a day, one every five days. My teachings cannot help you to get into the imperial examination, so you should study more on other subjects. The cafeteria prepares a bowl of mung bean soup, and then drink it."

He waved his hand, and everyone who was a little sleepy became energetic and stood up to disperse.

Someone quickly caught up with Wang Yan who was wandering away, got closer and said, "Student, I have something to tell my husband."

This man was in his twenties, short in stature, relatively thin, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. This is an awesome character, his name is Zhang Dun, he is twenty-four years old. In the second year of Jiayou's scientific examination, he, Su Shi and others were all awarded Jinshi together, and the top scholar in that subject was Zhang Heng. This Zhang Heng was the nephew of the Zhangdun clan. He had not passed the exam as the eldest nephew, and he felt uncomfortable with it, so he did not accept the official position and planned to take the exam again.

In the fourth year of Jiayou's reign, this year, he passed the Jinshi examination again. He was sent to the Imperial College and became a minor official. At that time, Wang Yan was visiting various big bosses. Maybe he wanted to show his attention. He also knew that Wang Yan would definitely take action, so he sent a few good prospects to him.

Zhang Dun is here to follow the lectures. He is a member of the reform faction and has long had the idea of ​​​​reforming to become stronger. He admires Wang Yan, an awesome Shangguan. Since coming here, in addition to doing his duties, he has always asked Wang Yan for advice.

Even if Wang Yan didn't know that Zhang Dun would rule the world in the future, he would still appreciate him. There are definitely disadvantages in the imperial examination, and it is definitely not possible to study Confucian classics exclusively, but those who succeed in the imperial examination are all outstanding. Confucian classics also talk about the principles of governing a country and seeking a career. These outstanding people can really read the words in the words, which is why they can understand everything. Just two words, genius.

To be honest, none of the officials who passed the imperial examination and were able to become officials were useless. But when you really enter the officialdom, people will be distinguished because of their personality, experience, stance, methods and other reasons. Some people rise to prominence smoothly, while others offend others as soon as they come to power and spend their entire lives traveling.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "Go ahead."

Zhang Dun said: "Yesterday afternoon, the students heard that the second sister of the eldest lady's natal family had an affair with Liang Han, the second son of the Yongchang residence... and that the husband's father-in-law caught the adulterer on the spot at the Daxiangguo Temple. Now everyone in Beijing is there It is said that my husband is in a bad situation now, I am afraid..."

"I'm in a bad situation?" Wang Yan asked with a smile, "Zihou, tell me what's wrong with me."

"Well……"

Zhang Dun hesitated for a moment, then said with a naive smile, "My husband already knows?"

"I heard what my family said this morning. These are all trivial matters. I still remember that when I was serving as the military inspector in Beijing, others made things difficult for me. At most, they only talked about the loan sharking of my father-in-law and mother-in-law's property. I I was called to the Political Affairs Hall... What happened next? Pang Ji was dismissed from office, and Zhou Kongmu died of illness on the way to his appointment. Zihou, my situation has never been better since I became an official. "

Wang Yan patted him on the shoulder and left swaying with a wet fan.

Zhang Dun pondered the meaning of the leader's words, grinned, turned and left, and quickly went to the cafeteria to eat.

He heard that Wang Yan had exquisite food and treated his officials very well. In the past, it was all hearsay, but after arriving in Beijing, he realized that what he said was true. The patrol office includes the branch office, and you can smell the fragrance every lunchtime. After he was assigned to the Imperial College, he felt it even more. The food and drink were no worse than in a restaurant, and they were all benefits. Even in the hot summer, he had no loss of appetite...

Although his family conditions were very good, it did not prevent him from enjoying the benefits. Not only were they free, but they were also a kind of affirmation of his status. Among the government offices in the entire capital, there were only two places that had their own canteens and super good food, the Military Patrol Office and the Imperial College.

Zhang Dun certainly didn't understand economics. Why did the Military Patrol Office and the Imperial College eat so well? Because these two government offices cooperated with farmers near Bianjing to buy meat, eggs, and vegetables.

This is what Wang Yan sowed. Because he has always sent people to operate, distribute various seedlings to the people, let them raise pigs and poultry, he unified the purchase, and is also building large-scale farms. He is also implementing the so-called ecological cycle breeding method.

That is, buy a mountain and buy fields near the foot of the mountain. Raise chickens on the mountain, fish, ducks, and geese in the water, and then set aside an area to raise pigs. Then find someone to deal with the manure and compost it, and then fertilize the crops. The harvest of crops, and then take out a part of it as feed.

He doesn't know how many such places there are in the whole Song Dynasty. Over the years, I don't know how many epidemics have been experienced. I don't know how many veterinarians and good meat-raising experts have been trained. They are all very high-level and professional, and they have a mature system.

However, he has always been doing it alone, and the scale is not too large. It only radiates outward from Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Bianjing and the northwest. Compared with the entire territory of the Song Dynasty, it is still not enough.

The meat raised was purchased by the business that was specifically responsible for this area, and then steadily supplied to the Military Inspection Office and the Imperial College.

These two government offices were not short of money. The Military Training Office had its own business. As Wang Yan managed the northwest, their business also reached the northwest and they were very rich. After Wang Yan took office, the Imperial College was not very rich, but it was definitely not short of money.

He negotiated with the Political Affairs Hall and opened the "Imperial College Book Garden" to sell books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones. At the same time, he published a newspaper called "Da Song Wen Bao". As the name suggests, it talks about culture, literature, thoughts, and ideology, and is for educated literati. At the same time, he also created two supplements, called "Da Song Minsheng Bao" and "Da Song Story Collection".

The former talks about national development for the people. The latter is dedicated to collecting wonderful stories, anecdotes, etc., to entertain the public.

The culture and education of the Song Dynasty flourished, but the literacy rate was only 10%. However, for stories with strong communication properties, older people may not be able to learn the characters. But the younger ones, with a long exposure, will naturally learn the commonly used characters.

Moreover, these newspapers are also very popular. Wang Yan also banned private newspapers. Although the official government offices also followed suit, it is obvious that they cannot do well by imitating others.

The money earned from the Imperial College is enough to improve the treatment of officials. This is a stable source of income. Moreover, there is the official reselling of student qualifications and the absorption of donations from large households. Therefore, although the officials of the Imperial College are a little tired, they are very comfortable, and their power has been improved. They all respect Wang Yan as if he were a god.

They admit that they used to think a little extreme just by listening to Wang Yan's bad reputation. Wang Yan is annoying, but if he is their immediate superior, he is a living father...

It's all one ring after another.

Other government offices want to learn, but they have no money...

As for the sudden scandal of the Sheng family, this is an unexpected situation. When people are in Beijing, these messy things are always difficult to avoid.

Wang Yan was of course clear about this plot. It was Sheng Minglan who designed it so that Sheng Molan would marry a man who was not so good.

Originally, it was because Lin killed Minglan's biological mother Wei, but now Wei did not die because of Wang Yan's reminder, and she gave birth to another son. As a result, Minglan still secretly did bad things to Molan. It is estimated that although she has saved her life in these years, her life is really difficult. Hualan's previous few words of emotion are probably not enough to explain it.

After all, Wei was not dead, and Minglan lived with Wei, without the support of the old lady of the Sheng family, giving her money and so on. Sheng Hong was in the backyard, and he was also a one-sided listener. Wei's side did not eat well, did not sleep well, was hot in summer, and cold in winter, and it was very difficult.

Of course, even so, it must be better than the common people's family. But the Sheng family is not the common people after all, they are officials, and the family is also engaged in business and has a good family business. Minglan has been bullied since she was a child. This time, she is busy looking for a good husband, and there must be intrigue. Of course Minglan is a vengeful person, so it is normal that the plot of the Sheng family's backyard has returned.

"... My father was really anxious this time. He locked up Lin and Molan in the ancestral hall..."

At the dinner table, Hualan, who had stayed at home for a day, talked about the things at home and said nervously, "These things in my family will not have any impact on the official, right?"

Glancing at the three children who were eating and drinking with their ears perked up, especially the youngest daughter in the room who was only three years old, Wang Yan shook his head with a smile and knocked on the bowl with chopsticks: "You guys are listening seriously, can you understand?"

"How does Dad know that I don't understand?" The three-year-old daughter spoke in a baby voice and blinked her big eyes. Her name is Wang Wenlan. Together with his eldest brother Wang Wenhua, it is the name of Hualan.

"You know best, hurry up and eat." Hua Lan patted her little head gently, then turned to look at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan took a sip of the fragrant fish soup and said with a smile: "It's just a matter of children. What impact can these small things have? I'm afraid my father-in-law will have a hard time, but after all, it will affect his reputation. People will only think that The Sheng family has no way to teach their daughter, and it will also affect Rulan and Minglan."

"Yes, what my father cares most about is the reputation of the Sheng family and the future of the Sheng family. This is good, the reputation of the Sheng family is bad. My father is the same. How can such a thing be spread..."

"My father-in-law will not be so angry that he will lose his head. Moreover, my mother-in-law is still here, and the old lady is also here. I will definitely control all the relevant people as soon as possible. So how did the news spread?"

Hua Lan thought deeply: "It must have been arranged long ago, is it the Lin family? They did it on purpose! I heard that the person my father introduced to Mo Lan was a scholar, and he studied in the Imperial College. Mo Lan followed the Lin family, He is a man who admires wealth, and the two of them did this just to get Mo Lan to marry into a rich family! "

"My beloved wife is really smart!"

As he spoke, Wang Yan slapped his eldest son on the back of the head, "Why are you talking when I'm talking to your mother?"

"Hiss... Dad, the child is wrong, really wrong. Dad is right, mother is the smartest." The eldest son, who was already nine years old, covered his head and acted obediently to please. He was still worried about his mother at home.

Staring at his eldest son, Hua Lan said: "Then there's nothing we can do about it. We've already lost our face, so we can't deny it. We must let Yongchang's house marry Mo Lan. Official...it's better to say goodbye, listen. It is said that Liang Han’s reputation is not very good, and the Yongchang Mansion is also not very clean. If the official loses his face, he may be in trouble in the future. "

"If I'm in trouble, the Sheng family won't be in trouble? How can I personally intervene in such a trivial matter? You go and talk to your father-in-law first and see what he means. He wants to kill Lin and Mo Lan. It's better to make Mo Lan's marriage come true. If it comes true, he has to make peace first. I don't think the Yongchang Mansion has the guts to refuse.

If Yongchang Bofu is really ignorant, it will be even more shameless. You can ask people to take your husband's post to the inspection court and ask the inspectors to communicate with Yongchang Bofu. If they are still ignorant, then it is time for me to take action. However, Lin and Mo Lan, mother and daughter, could only be beaten to death. "

Although the big family does a lot of dirty things, it still lives up to its reputation. As the saying goes, there is no contradiction in exchanging face for power, and then using power to find face after gaining power.

So this time around the Sheng family, there can only be two outcomes. Either Mo Lan gets married, or Lin and Mo Lan are killed. There is no other way.

Hua Lan nodded: "Okay, I will go back tomorrow to have a nice talk with my parents."

"Eating, eating, trivial matters, no matter how much you mess with them, you won't be able to eat well."

Wang Yan knew that Hua Lan was still afraid of causing trouble to him, and the so-called concern was chaos. But in fact, as long as he is not involved in too sensitive issues, no one wants to talk to him.

He is too big to lose his tail.

They wanted to torture him to death, but no one dared to do it. He has been assassinated quite a lot over the years, so this is impossible. It would definitely not be possible to send troops to surround and kill someone without a legitimate reason. Unreasonable things would never happen to Wang Yan. It's hard to say whether the army they sent to besiege and kill Wang Yan included Wang Yan's soldiers.

Moreover, he has a huge influence in the academic world, has high prestige among the literati group, and has high popular support among the people. The officials who came out from his staff are now scattered around the country and serve in various positions. They are all very useful and capable ministers and officials. They are die-hard loyalists to Wang Yan. They learn from Wang Yan's political methods and follow Wang Yan's actions. political thought. It would really be a disaster to kill him.

This kind of mess about the father-in-law's back house is not a big deal at all, let alone having to blame him...

After that day, Wang Yan ignored the matter. It was the result of Hua Lan telling him a few days later.

There was nothing unexpected. Just like in the original drama, Mo Lan got her wish and married into the Earl of Yongchang. Lin, an acquaintance of Wang Yan, was beaten well and sent to Zhuangzi outside the city, and died soon after. .

This time, it's probably not Minglan, but the Wang family, or in other words, it wasn't Minglan originally, but the Wang family.

Because the Lin family had Sheng Hong to protect her from the intrigues in the back house, this time Sheng Hong was really hurt. Not to mention that calling her "Hong Lang" in a cute way didn't work, even calling her dad didn't work.

Sheng Hong valued the lintel of the Sheng family more than his life. He lived with the Sheng family all his life. Lin had really touched the bottom line, so naturally he would no longer protect her.

So Wang, who has been fighting for more than 20 years, of course wants to take the opportunity to resolve the hatred in his heart. What if Sheng Hong becomes soft-hearted and thinks of Lin again? Therefore, Wang must find a way to kill Lin, completely solve the problem, and avoid recurrence in the future...

Ru Lan still took a fancy to the scholar from a poor family, and also learned from Mo Lan's operation. Although he didn't learn it thoroughly, there was no such thing as getting on the bus first and then paying for the ticket, but he still caused some minor troubles and finally got what he wanted.

What surprised Wang Yan was Gu Tingye. He didn't pay much attention to such a small role. But Gu Tingye's name came to Zhao Zhen's ears because he was drinking and talking nonsense, and he was not allowed to take the imperial examination. The next time Gu Tingye's name appeared in his ears was in the court's battle report.

Gu Tingye failed the imperial examination and offended Zhao Zhen. He joined the army and went to the northwest to join the Western Army. He was good at martial arts, literate, and understood military tactics. He was promoted after several conflicts with Xixia.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Jiayou, the emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty believed that Xixia was already dying and could launch an army to give a fatal blow and completely destroy its regime, so they directly launched a war.

This battle lasted from autumn to spring, and this battle also completely destroyed Xixia. Part of the Xixia royal family was arrested and part of it went into exile.

Gu Tingye performed well in this battle. In half a year, he went from a head of the army to a military commander of 2,500 people. After the battle, he was rewarded for his merits and directly became a general of miscellaneous titles and was transferred back to Beijing to serve...

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