Chapter 61 – I’m much more charming than he is.

Su Yan rushed to make a zhengbiao, from the people’s livelihood, economy, military and other aspects of the “material knowledge” of the importance of the application for a new school, the opening of a new subject, and will be Ming Dynasty and the current level of science and technology of the Western countries to do a comparison.

In order to attract the attention of the emperor and the court bigwigs, he even hand-drawn a rough outline of the world map, pointing out that as early as 50 years ago, Portugal has set up an ocean-going fleet, the west coast of Africa to establish a colonial stronghold, gold and slave trade. 3 years ago, the Portuguese fleet rounded the Cape of Good Hope and discovered India, formally opened up the route to the East. At the same time, the Spanish fleet sailed westward and discovered the American continent. And it is estimated that in 20 years, the two countries will have completed the first human circumnavigation of the globe.

On the other hand, through the tribute system in East Asia, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and even Central Asia to establish a set of Ming court as the core, the four sides of the feudal barbarians to defend the political order, indeed, once at home and abroad to show the influence of the state. However, after Zheng He, no more Zheng He, the treasure ship also gradually disappeared in the East China Sea whale wave, the tribute system began to disintegrate. The Daiming’s international order, which emphasized on clan relationship, softening the people, and being generous to the people, was now replaced by the Western conquest by force, colonial rule, and monopoly trade.

Western countries from the colonial expansion behavior, seized a huge profit, will inevitably make the world pattern to cause a sea change, on the status of the Great Kingdom of the great Ming produce a huge threat. Su Yan at the end of the zhang folding, with a rainy day speculation tone, so concluded:

“Europa continent of Poldugar (Su Yan note: the old translation is not easy to pronounce, when translated as Portugal), to the west to your Asia (when translated as Spain), although he assorted small countries, national strength is far inferior to the great Ming, but the benefit of the gun is still in the wolf’s ambition does not die, and its fleet peeps into the southeastern ocean Mannaraja, Sulu, Gumarakalang and other vassal states, and I have a war with the great Ming eventually. “

The following day, Emperor Jinglong summoned the cabinet five auxiliary ministers and university professors in the Central Pole Hall and threw out this illustrated long zhangbiao submitted by Su Yan.

The cabinet ministers read it, looked at each other, and then talked about it.

Some questioned Su Yan’s youthfulness and shallowness, so how did he learn about the political affairs of all the countries in the world? It must have been fabricated and sensationalized.

There is a self-belief that there is nothing strange in the Kingdom of Heaven, why do you need to be like a barbarian country, like a foreign country, to learn the laborious “materialism”.

He was touched, but worried that the radicalization of the new school would disrupt the imperial examination system and would not be conducive to the stability of the people’s mind.

There are also those who cover their scrolls in contemplation and remain silent for a long time.

The emperor asked, “Pavilion Master Li, how come you don’t speak?”

Chief Counselor Li Chengfeng gently stroked the roughly outlined world map hand-drawn by Su Yan and asked rhetorically, “Dare I ask Your Majesty, when Emperor Zu was in the palace, is the piece of the Great Ming Mixed Map drawn on the basis of the late Yuan Dynasty’s geomancy expert Li Zemin’s ‘Map of the Sound Sect Wide Being’ and the Yuan Dynasty’s Tiantai Tibi’s ‘Earth Globe’, still in the palace?”

“Naturally. Such a fine and detailed map must never leave the court.”

Since ancient times, maps, because they involved military secrets, were the exclusive property of the imperial court, and private citizens were not allowed to get their hands on them. What’s more, the “Daming Mixed Map”, centered on the map of Daming, from the Mongolian Plateau in the north to Java in the south, from Japan in the east to Europe and Africa in the west, listed hundreds of geographic names, including rivers, lakes and seas, as well as some exotic customs and localities, distances from Daming and local natural conditions, and its importance was far beyond that of ordinary maps.

Li Xianfeng asked again, “Has His Majesty ever shown this diagram to Su Shaoqing?”

The Emperor said, “Not really.”

“Please, Your Majesty, take out this map and show it to your lords.”

The Emperor ordered Lan Xi to go to the treasury and take out the Da Ming Mixed One Figure locked in a cabinet and carefully spread it out on the table.

Li Chengfeng laid Su Yan’s hand-drawn map next to the Da Ming Mixed One Map and said, “Will you please compare the two maps and see what the similarities and differences are?”

The cabinet ministers gathered in a circle, together with the emperor after a comparative study, it was found that, outside of the Great Ming, the east-west and north-south direction of the ocean, the shape of the land is quite consistent, involving the many exotic countries are marked more detailed. In the “Great Ming mixed one map” can not reach the scope of the outside, Su Yan depicted the Grand Duchy of Moscow (and note: that is, the Yuan Dynasty Golden Horde range), North and South America, Australia and other territories.

Li Chengfeng’s finger along the southeastern waters of Java, Manraska and other Daming vassal states, all the way to the south, poking at the northernmost tip of Australia: “The old minister remembers, San Bao eunuch’s nautical charts mention this place, said that there are also local expatriates from the Manraska drifted across the ocean, men and women vertebral buns, the body of the dark, between the white people, the Tang species is also.”

Second Counselor Yang Ting was shocked, “During the late Emperor’s time, Zheng He’s navigation map was lost, could it be that it was actually passed down to Su Shaoqing’s hands? No wonder he can draw such an accurate map.”

Li Chengfeng nodded: “If Su Shaoqing is to get the three treasures eunuch authentic, and then go to seek missionary Western monks, to explore the affairs of his country, perhaps about the Por …… Du ……” He also felt that the barbaric country Name pronunciation tongue-twisting, simply directly use Su Yan’s new translation, “about Portugal and Spain fleet spying on my dynasty vassal state speculation, said is not false.”

“From this, it seems that this son is quite far-sighted, and the promotion of the study on ‘Ge Bi’ may not be unfeasible.” The emperor said.

Jiao Yang, the second counselor, was still firmly against it and said, “How can the ancestral rules and regulations be abolished and changed so easily? How can His Majesty face his ancestors in the future if he trivializes the ancestral law like this?”

This will appear to be aggressive, there is a loss of courtesy. Emperor Jinglong gaze condensation, was about to speak, customary will look at the color of the second auxiliary Xie Shiyan immediately refuted: “just run a college, Jiao Court Lao pull what the ancestral rites and laws, not too much on the line. If you think that the imperial examinations should not be changed, you can first run a school to see the results, slowly figure it out, why do you speak out against His Majesty?”

Jiao Yang had to be snappy on the ground begging, the emperor coldly said: “Discussion of political affairs, each of the word is common, I will not see this blame. However, I will be funeral day, how to face the ancestors, but not Jiao Shangyang you can not be determined by the words of one person – or that, then you want to go with me to meet the ancestors, see for yourself?”

Jiao Yang because of the emperor sheepishly needle sentence, cold sweat wet clothes, knocking again and again to thank you, saying that the emperor’s life is boundless, the sinful ministers do not dare to die.

The emperor waited for him to bump his swollen forehead before pardoning him to get up.

In this way, the other cabinet ministers do not dare to oppose. The first minister Li Zhanfeng originally held the approval of the intention, immediately and the emperor roughly determine the idea, in the name of the court founded the “Heavenly Academy”, subordinate to the Ministry of Rites, recruiting the world of material talents.

As for the specifics of running a school, it is not something that can be finalized in a day or two, and first of all, a principal official has to be elected.

Li Xianfeng belongs to Su Yan, but also worried that he is too young and inexperienced, it is best to be an associate, so that the Minister of Rites to lead.

The Emperor had other ideas.

“The development of penicillin and the promotion of geomancy, these two things are closely related, the earliest is mentioned to me by King Yu. Therefore, I want to hand over this matter to Yu Wang in charge. As for Su Yan, as the Da Lisi young secretary, to assist the main official trial of serious cases, master of the national prison, also not idle, do not have to assist in running the school.”

“King Yu?” Several cabinet auxiliaries were astonished.

The emperor knew what they were slandering, slightly unhappy: “How, my brother can not afford to run a school in the district?”

Pavilion elders mouth hastily denied, heart secretly: let him officiate, running a school to recruit the world’s learned scholars, which those young and handsome, is not to send a sheep into the tiger’s mouth!

Li Chengfeng did not want to speak for him because one of his disciples had been involved with this flirtatious prince.

Xie Shiyan, people send gag name “thin mud pavilion old”, once again rounded off the scene: “King Yu is rich and strong, outstanding talent, in the civil and military have made achievements, can be this job.” Not to mention the virtue, probably also feel that if the king of Yu have virtue, completely open-eyed talking nonsense, to fall through their own moral bottom line.

The emperor to save the dignity of the clan, said: “Yu Wang has sworn to me to clean up, these two or three months to hold the body in order to be correct, and then did not commit the old problems, I think it is really wake up. The so-called return of the prodigal son, the ministers should also be impressed.”

Li Xianfeng heard uneasy, backed up and said: “Su Yan is, after all, the proposal of the person, and the concept of the grid and the world pattern of knowledge of a wide range, should be coordinated with the Yu Wang, but only need to advise, temporarily do not have to concurrently serve as a relevant position, so as not to be distracted.”

The emperor listened to the more uneasy, but the surface is not good to say: I do not let Su Yan Associate, in fact, there is another reason, for fear that he was harassed by the Yu Wang. But after all, Li Zhanfeng is a minister of the country, said and justified, the emperor reluctantly acquiesced.

Since the emperor spoke as a guarantee, and the first minister was thoughtful, the other cabinet ministers had no choice but to nod their heads in agreement.

Xie Shiyan even thought: I heard that Yu Wang is interested in Su Shaoqing, willing to cut off the wind and moon for him, after the case of the East Garden, two or three months without hooking up with the officials, it is rare. Let him be responsible for running the school, the left is not only harassed Su Yan one, but also can be used, the emperor and the first minister adults are really well-intentioned.

That’s how things are settled.

Li Zhanfeng to the emperor asked for Su Yan’s folders and maps, said to stay in the Cabinet, and a few university professors slowly refer to the details, the words are quite appreciated, and even used the term “a thousand miles of colt” to express his ability and potential to look favorably on.

Jiao Yang, the second assistant Jiao Yang and another second assistant Wang Qianhe, but do not think, each other privately spit: Su Yan youth fortunate to enter, do not know the sky and the earth, Li Zhanfeng so lift him, not because he is Zhuo Qi’s students, according to the generation, is considered to be Li Zhanfeng’s grandson. The old man is just protecting the calf.

King Yu’s side was a bit surprised to hear about his new errand.

It wasn’t that he was surprised that the Emperor had thrown this troublesome matter at him, but he didn’t expect that the several cabinet elders who usually browbeat him had all agreed to it.

He pondered over the vaguely new changes in the current situation and felt that the key still fell on Su Yan.

The …… lone king has never had any experience in running a school, and he does not know enough about the theory of governance, so he naturally has to ask Su Shaoqing for advice from time to time. King Yu playfully raised his cup to honor the Forbidden City from afar, and laughed in a low voice: “Many thanks to imperial brother.”

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Su Yan stayed up all night to write a long essay, but also with his 80 points in art class, the best he could draw a rough version of the world map, just like the all-nighter before the exam, to the next day, the spirit is still exhilarated, glowing to go to work in the morning shift.

Wu Ming drove him as usual and helped him out of the car in front of the Da Lisi.

Behind him there seems to be eyes peeping, Wu Ming keenly turned back, saw the corner wall reveals a band of brightly colored robe horns, without revealing anything, sent Su Yan into the official office, drove back the same way.

As he passed that corner, his figure swept out diagonally, and at once clasped the person hiding behind the wall, clipped the other party’s hands back and pressed them against the wall, and shouted in a low voice, “What person!”

“Ouch, it hurts! Good man let go, spare me ……,” the man begged petulantly for mercy.

Wu Ming winced at the whiny accent, withdrawing his hand and taking half a step back to pull away.

The man rubbed his wrist and turned around mournfully, and sure enough, it was Xiyan.

Wu Ming said indifferently, “To be able to escape from the pursuit of the Bing Ma Si, you are quite something.”

Xiyan was touched by his sadness, and said hatefully, “I can’t run fast enough, so how can I escape? This time I’ve been victimized by you!”

“I see you in full whiskers and feathers, and new clothes to change into, miserable what.” Wu Ming was unmoved.

Xiyan cried out: “The one who grabbed me was the Marquis’ servant. Marquis Feng’an saw that I look like your ‘Lord Su’, so I was forcibly detained in the marquis firewood room, said to keep the future calculator. His family subordinates see me natural beauty flower face ……”

Wu Ming shook off the goosebumps all over the ground and took two steps back again.

“…… is as colorful as a peach and plum show, one by one, they all move on me, I am really angry and bitter, so I had to think of a way to escape.”

“The Marquis’ residence is heavily guarded, how did you escape?” Wu Ming questioned.

Xiyan was ashamed to speak, but couldn’t resist his sharp and cold skeptical eyes, and could only confess truthfully, “I slept with the back garden steward twice, and pestered him to agree to take me out of the woodshed for a breath of fresh air. Then I knocked him out with a brick, changed into his coat, and took the steward’s sign and ran out the back door.”

Wu Ming was speechless and looked at him with the eyes of an idiot, “You’re sleeping with someone because you don’t want to be slimed? What’s the lesser of the two?”

Xiyan was stunned, “……”

Under annoyance, he stomped his feet and said, “At least I escaped! I don’t have to suffer the anger of that old brute, Marquis Feng An-he got drunk once and treated me as that person, and lashed me hard with a whip, and my body still hurts to this day!”

“Congratulations on escaping with your life, seek your own fortune in the future.” Wu Ming turned around and left.

Xiyan called from behind him, “Wait! You want to kill that old beast right, I can provide you with information to help you kill him!”

Wu Ming’s footsteps stalled, hatred and anger began to roll over in his chest again, and he gritted his teeth and asked, “What intelligence?”

Xiyan took a few steps forward and got close to him, “The old beast is going to the Ling Guang Temple in the west of the city in two days to ask the high priest Master Jiyao to perform a puja to pray for the blessing and elimination of the karma of his old mother who died horizontally.”

Wu Ming turned his head, his eyes seemed to be piercing out sharp blades, wanting to discern the truth of what Xiyan said.

Xiyan couldn’t withstand the awe-inspiring murderous aura and blanched in fear, looking at him blankly.

Wu Ming scrutinized for a moment before speaking, “If you dare to swindle me, when I return from the Spirit Light Temple, that’s when your head will fall to the ground!”

Xiyan’s small pointed face suddenly turned red in the midst of the whiteness and cried again: “You caused me to be arrested, I didn’t even hate you or blame you, I even provided you with information, but you still want to kill me? You’re a murderous scoundrel! Villain! Bastard! Your conscience has been eaten by a dog, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah–“

Wu Ming by his “ah” to his temples wildly jump more than, forced to resist the urge to pull out the sword, swept onto the carriage, whip and sped away.

No one watched the play, Xiyan closed the theater cavity, choked: “All bully me a qiyin yu look poor person ……”

Drying his tears, looking at the vermilion door of the Da Lisi’s official office, he was stunned for a moment, and then murmured, “The one just now is ‘Lord Su’, where do I look like him? A group of blind treasure goods …… I can be more charming than him.”