Chapter 971: Civilization Needs Continuous Existence

In his long memorial, the Prince of Lu chattered a great deal. Zhu Yijun was very envious that the Prince of Lu could have such an opportunity to escape the cage.

Zhu Yijun liked everything Zhu Yiluo talked about.

The novelty of just setting sail, the magnificence of the sea and sky, witnessing the fight between humans and sharks on the spot, the five-zhang-long whale lying on the ship, the sea fog that did not disperse for days, the giant waves as high as city walls, the sea surface like boiling, the majestic standing of the volcanic rocks of Golden Spring Island, and the long coastline and golden beach of Golden Shancheng.

All these were experiences that Zhu Yijun, the Emperor of the Great Ming, could never have in his life. No matter how supreme the Emperor of the Great Ming was, he could not see the magnificence of the world.

The Prince of Lu did not like the four-cornered sky of the Prince of Lu's mansion. Did Zhu Yijun like the four-cornered sky of the capital? The Prince of Lu could escape the cage of the capital, but Zhu Yijun carried the sun and moon on his shoulders and could not walk away no matter what.

Zhu Yijun's preferential treatment for the Prince of Lu's fiefdom also had some vision of "freedom for me." He hoped that Zhu Yiluo could see those mountains, those seas, those surging blue waves, and those wonderful things for his Imperial Brother.

However, what is interesting is that as soon as Zhu Yiluo arrived in Golden Shancheng, he fell into the busyness of "feet hitting the back of the head." The taste of the donkey in the mill came to his face.

Zhu Yiluo talked about a person, Quan Tianpei. The Prince of Lu gave him a nickname: "Goody-two-shoes."

In the eyes of the Prince of Lu, this Quan Tianpei's temper was a bit too good!

Quan Tianpei was from Xining County, Guangzhou Prefecture, and studied under the astronomical and physical science doctor Xing Tianlu. He went to sea at the age of seventeen in the 12th year of Wanli. Because he discovered gold in trade with the natives, and because the Great Ming needed gold, Quan Tianpei built Golden Shancheng.

He especially liked to eat sweets. In the early years, Quan Tianpei was white and fat, but now he is lean and lean.

His background, his experience, and his life could not turn him into a very fierce person like Xie Ruixiang.

In the early days of Golden Shancheng, it was a desolate land. In the 12th year of Wanli, when Quan Tianpei landed for the first time, it was desolate. Even with the Golden Mountain Earl bestowed by the Emperor and the support of the Great Ming, Quan Tianpei still could not control the sea pirate leader Xie Ruixiang.

To be impolite, when Xie Ruixiang was mixing at sea, Quan Tianpei was still a naughty boy. Quan Tianpei had neither the ability nor the determination to fight with a fierce person like Xie Ruixiang.

The Prince of Lu wanted to kill Xie Ruixiang and a group of fierce rebels, but Quan Tianpei persuaded him several times, saying that it was not easy to go out, and looking at the military exploits of establishing Golden Shancheng, give a chance to turn over a new leaf, and so on.

Quan Tianpei also went to the detention place to visit Xie Ruixiang several times, but was scolded away by Xie Ruixiang.

Zhu Yiluo did not agree to Quan Tianpei's plea, because in Xie Ruixiang's heart, Golden Shancheng was already dispensable. He had already colluded with the red-haired barbarians. Even if the Prince of Lu really gave a chance, it would leave hidden dangers for Golden Shancheng. That would be soft-hearted.

Xie Ruixiang's matter was already the simplest thing the Prince of Lu handled.

Zhu Yiluo soon discovered that there were Extreme Bliss Sect members among the Japanese women in the Golden Mountain State, and they were fanatics.

The fanatic case caught on the ship was not an individual case at all, but traceable. The review of ships heading to the Great Ming was extremely strict, having to pass through three checkpoints: Nagasaki, Ryukyu, and the Songjiang Shipping Department, each more difficult than the last. But heading to the Golden Mountain State was simple.

These fanatics, some had already married and had children in Golden Shancheng, which was very tricky.

Keeping these Extreme Bliss Sect members seemed to have hidden dangers, and killing them seemed simple, but the hearts of the people were restless. The Great Ming could not provide enough women for the Golden Mountain State's expansion. It was already very good that a few midwives, weavers, embroiderers, and cotton farmers were willing to go to the fief with the royal family in this poor mountain and bad water.

Zhu Yiluo spent a full three days solving this problem. You know, it took the Prince of Lu a total of two and a half hours to deal with the trouble of Xie Ruixiang.

The trouble of "you have me, I have you" is the most difficult to deal with.

Zhu Yiluo soon discovered that the Extreme Bliss Sect members became gentle after arriving in Golden Shancheng. When the Embroidered Uniform Guards were investigating, they found that the Extreme Bliss Sect members who arrived in Golden Shancheng did not even preach among the Japanese women, and most of the time, they tried their best to hide their identities.

In this regard, Zhu Yiluo believed that what Lin Fucheng, this social science doctor, said was really right: to eliminate religion, the most important thing is to eliminate the environment that needs religion.

When the Extreme Bliss Sect members were separated from the environment that needed the Extreme Bliss Sect, the reality of the predicament and experience were constantly correcting these people's cognition.

Fanatics became no longer fanatical. The Extreme Bliss Sect members in Japan were the fiercest, and the Extreme Bliss Sect in Nanyang was never so extreme. It was indeed that sentence: "One side of water and soil raises one side of people."

Of course, Zhu Yiluo still defined the Extreme Bliss Sect as an evil spirit and constantly promoted severe crackdowns to prevent believers from mixing in and growing, affecting the foundation of the Golden Mountain State.

"Commander Luo's memorial." Zhu Yijun picked up Luo Shangzhi's memorial. Luo Shangzhi's memorial was full of killing spirit.

Luo Shangzhi concisely used one sentence to report the victory on the 25th day of the fourth month: "Red barbarians invaded, pacified them." It seemed to be an dispensable thing, and he destroyed the thieves who coveted and spied on them.

His memorial mainly discussed the main dilemma of the Great Ming navy's ocean deployment.

The biggest dilemma is the celestial phenomena. The complex marine environment and the closed space on the ship easily affect morale. Soldiers are also humans. They will also be afraid, fearful, and worried about their own safety. Once morale collapses, combat effectiveness will drop rapidly.

So Luo Shangzhi arrived in Golden Shancheng and beat the Mexico Viceroy's Office first. One is that the Mexico Viceroy's Office was cheap, colluding with the rebel Xie Ruixiang, and the other is for morale. After a battle, morale immediately soared.

The second dilemma is what to fight for.

Going to sea to pacify the Japanese pirates is a threat close at hand. "I don't intend to be a marquis, I just hope the sea waves are flat." This is not only Qi Jiguang's heart, but also the heart of the Great Ming navy soldiers. Ensuring the safety of the sea frontiers is ensuring the safety of the lives of the Great Ming people.

But arriving in Golden Shancheng, whether it is the Hopi tribe or the Mexico Viceroy's Office, why fight them?

To talk about the importance of the Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance, to talk about the importance of gold and gold treasure notes, this reason is not particularly sufficient, because these are very far from the soldiers, and even not as good as the reason for protecting the safety of the Holy Emperor's own younger brother, which is more acceptable to the soldiers.

Luo Shangzhi was terrified in the memorial, fearing that His Majesty would not understand the situation in Golden Shancheng and could not understand the dilemmas he mentioned.

Zhu Yijun really didn't know the situation in Golden Shancheng, nor did he lead troops to fight in Golden Shancheng, and he didn't quite understand the psychological changes of the Golden Mountain navy soldiers.

But Zhu Yijun really understood what Luo Shangzhi was talking about. He was talking about something really important.

The graveyard of empires—the Great Tang, the British Empire, the Soviet Empire, the American Empire—are all super empires that shook the world, but in the end, they all suffered losses and sank in the graveyard of empires. In fact, it is the question of why to fight that Luo Shangzhi talked about.

No matter how powerful a legion is, when it doesn't know why to fight, it will also be defeated.

Qi Jiguang also repeatedly told His Majesty that if you don't have the three: time, place, and people, even if you win, you will have disaster. If you want to win completely, you must have time, place, and people. If any one is missing, even if you win, there will be disaster.

Luo Shangzhi gave a specific plan for long-distance expansion and ocean deployment.

A battalion of elite troops is stationed in the core area of expansion, such as Golden Shancheng in the Golden Mountain State, and a battalion of navy is stationed.

And the main combat force for expansion is not these naval elites. The duty of the elites is to protect the core area. The main force for expansion is to recruit desperate people.

Only in this way can we ensure the military discipline and morale of the Great Ming navy, ensure the stability of the core area of the expansion land, and ensure the efficiency of expansion. Desperate people are fierce by nature and do not treat human life as human life. Executing expansion naturally does not have too many moral burdens.

"The Golden Mountain State hangs overseas, thirty thousand miles away from the Middle Kingdom. The waves are dangerous and different from the near sea. I am stationed here and deeply feel that the expedition is not easy. There are two difficulties, which are fundamental, not just swords and soldiers."

"One is: celestial phenomena are difficult, morale is easy to decline. People are not iron and stone, all have the feeling of fearing death and missing home. If morale declines, there is no will to fight. Even with elite armor and sharp cannons, it is difficult to use."

"One is: the reason for the war, the soldiers are at a loss. Pacifying the Japanese pirates in the near sea, protecting the territory and the people, knowing who to fight for, so they can sacrifice their lives and forget death, and die without turning their heels. However, Golden Mountain is ten thousand miles away. What does the Hopi tribe and the red barbarians have to do with our Middle Kingdom soldiers and people? It is vague and difficult to reach, not as good as a grain of rice in front of you."

"I have shallow knowledge, and what I say may be crazy. I humbly ask His Majesty to shine with wisdom and instruct the opportunity." Zhu Yijun picked a few key contents and read them out.

What Luo Shangzhi said makes sense. Zhu Yijun sent his memorial to the Five Military Governor's Offices, asking generals like Qi Jiguang and Chen Lin to provide more opinions.

"I remember a few years ago, I was still discussing the difficulty of placing guest soldiers. When there is a war, recruit desperate people as guest soldiers, and when there is no war, disband them, and the people complain. This method mentioned by Commander Luo has a place to place guest soldiers." Feng Bao mentioned a view, the solution to the difficulty of placing guest soldiers.

"It makes sense." Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Send it to the Ministry of War, and let the Ministry of War discuss this policy."

"Feng Banban, why do I feel that after opening the seas, there are never enough people, and even desperate people have to be used." Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said in surprise.

Desperate people should have been in the opposite camp of the imperial court. Now even desperate people have to be used to the fullest, running overseas to harm barbarians.

"Under the universe, it is all ownerless land. Our Great Ming's 130 million people are not enough at all." Feng Bao said with a smile.

Zhu Yijun opened the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and wrote a long reply to Zhu Yiluo. When the Songjiang Ocean Trading Company went to the East Pacific, it would bring the letter to Golden Shancheng.

The Great Ming Emperor answered many questions.

For example, whether Luo Shangzhi can stay in the Golden Mountain State, Zhu Yijun gave a negative answer, because Luo Shangzhi himself is unwilling. The White Tiger of the Western Heaven is the main killing, and Luo Shangzhi is also Louhu. Luo Shangzhi's ambition is not in the Golden Mountain State. Forcing him to stay will only leave hidden dangers.

For example, Golden Shancheng urgently needs geomancers. Can the three geomancers in Golden Shancheng be rotated? Once every three years, please ask other geomancers to rotate to the Golden Mountain State. Zhu Yijun readily agreed, mainly because gold prospecting is not something that can be done in three years.

For example, can there be a conflict with the Mexico Viceroy's Office? Zhu Yijun's answer is to mess around. If there is trouble, the navy will go to support. Order is born from struggle, not rules.

The Mexico Viceroy's Office is always like this, and it is cheap and loves to play. If you don't beat it, you don't know who is the big and small king. Zhu Yijun supports Zhu Yiluo to beat it and then talk.

For example, does the Great Ming allow more Japanese women to go to the Golden Mountain State? Zhu Yijun chose to agree and ordered the Nagasaki Viceroy's Office to adjust.

Although Golden Shancheng is a desolate land, it is not poor, because there is gold. The life of these Japanese women after arriving there is much better than in Nanyang.

There are many Nanyang sisters in Nanyang. On the whole, it is a bit of a roll.

Except for Luo Shangzhi's matter, Zhu Yiluo's request was approved without exception, and Zhu Yijun tried his best to coordinate to meet the needs of the Golden Mountain State's expansion.

At this moment, the Great Ming Emperor did not know that there was a Maiden Bai Yin Mountain with an annual output of four million taels of silver waiting for the Great Ming to develop and mine. If he knew, Zhu Yijun would definitely increase his support.

The West has rich silver reserves and high output. At this time, the West mainly uses gold as currency, not silver, so the Mexico Viceroy's Office was harassed by the Hopi tribe a few times and gave up directly.

But the Great Ming has no silver mines. The Great Ming's huge body cannot be satisfied with any amount of silver. A Maiden Bai Yin Mountain almost equivalent to Japan's Iwami Bai Yin Mine is too attractive to the Great Ming.

In the memorial, Zhu Yijun also specifically mocked Zhu Yiluo for being a donkey in the mill, busy all day with his feet hitting the back of his head, and not being able to stop for a moment.

Zhu Yijun is busy with ten thousand things every day, especially busy. Zhu Yiluo mocked his Imperial Brother back then, and now it is finally his Imperial Brother's turn to mock him.

"The Ministry of War reported that starting this year, city defense artillery, field artillery, ship artillery, etc., will all be replaced with cast-forged integrated composite artillery." Feng Bao sent a memorial from the Ministry of War to the imperial front. The Great Ming is going to replace all artillery and carry out an overall upgrade.

This artillery replacement will last for five years, and the number of cast-forged artillery is expected to exceed 100,000. In the future, technically backward artillery will no longer be forged.

If the Great Ming artillery technology is arranged from low to high, they are: iron strip hoop forged iron cannon, cast copper cannon, cast iron cannon, drill-bore forged iron cannon, and cast-forged integrated composite cannon, which is the artillery technology of inner copper and outer iron, cast-forged integration, and bed-cutting drill-bore.

The total budget for 100,000 artillery pieces of various colors exceeded 14 million silver, and the upgrade and replacement are expected to be completed within five years.

"The cabinet ministers all agree, so let's replace it." Zhu Yijun finished reading the floating ticket and chose to approve it.

The reason why the Ministry of War replaced artillery on such a large scale is somewhat pessimistic about saving some old capital while the national power is strong, and leaving it for descendants to toss.

It is not that Minister Ceng Shengwu is pessimistic and does not believe in the wisdom of later generations, but that Ceng Shengwu does not know how to believe in the wisdom of later generations.

In the 13th year of Wanli, the Great Ming began to replace firearms. The fire guns and hand guns built in the Yongle period were finally replaced with new bird guns.

Yongle-made firearms were used for a full 170 years! These can no longer be called weapons; they are considered cultural relics!

While the Great Ming can save some old capital, save more.

Zhu Yijun picked up a memorial from the Hanlin Academy. The old scholars of the Hanlin Academy are not eating the imperial court's food for nothing. They recently deciphered a large number of oracle bone script meanings.

For example, the word "Yi" is actually a cutting block, which is to cut the meat well and then hang it up;

The Hanlin Academy memorial mainly discusses the word "Jiao" (teach).

The word "Jiao" is interpreted by the Great Ming scholars as: what the superior applies, the inferior follows. Those who are knowledgeable and famous show and teach experience to those who are ignorant.

But through the study of oracle bone script, it was found that the "fan" on the right side of the word "Jiao" is actually a person holding a stick; the "child" below on the left is a child; and above is a "Yao." Yao is a way of placing grass sticks to count.

Therefore, the original meaning of the word "Jiao" is: the teacher holds a teaching stick and urges the child to learn arithmetic.

After deciphering the oracle bone script of the word "Jiao," the Hanlin scholars of the Hanlin Academy were genuinely a little confused.

Arithmetic seems to be particularly important from ancient times to the present, and even the word "Jiao" is to teach children arithmetic.

But since when did arithmetic become dispensable, and even become miscellaneous learning, and learning arithmetic is not doing one's proper job?

It even required Wang Guoguang to launch a reform of "degree-number side-through" to restore arithmetic to its proper position.

The scholars of the Hanlin Academy first believed that this was another sin created by Zhu-Cheng Neo-Confucianism, because before Zhu-Cheng Neo-Confucianism, the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty also had arithmetic subjects.

But soon the Hanlin Academy ruled out this answer. This is not the main answer.

After a long period of exploration, the Hanlin Academy found that the main reason was the replacement of the Song and Ming dynasties, which led to the loss of a large number of arithmetic classics. Before the reform of "degree-number side-through," it was very difficult for the Great Ming to find a copy of "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art."

The Hu-Yuan dynasty lasted less than a hundred years, but the civilization did appear to be discontinuous, eventually leading to the generational loss of arithmetic.

For the above reasons, the Great Ming lacked importance for arithmetic, lacked the cultivation of arithmetic talents, and lacked the exchange of arithmetic, eventually leading to the overall absence of arithmetic in the Great Ming.

Even if the "Datong Calendar" had already begun to be inaccurate in the Zhengtong period, there was no way to correct it.

Starting from the word "Jiao" to the generational loss of arithmetic, it proves a very terrible fact, that is:

Civilization needs continuous existence. If it cannot exist continuously, generational loss will appear; and once generational loss appears in some aspects, it will show irreversible degradation.

When the degradation accumulates enough, no matter how resilient the civilization is, it will perish.

The sun and moon are dark and then bright. Under the leadership of the Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Great Ming was reborn from the ashes, but the civilization inevitably appeared to have generational loss and degradation.

Even in the Wanli period, the country had lasted for more than two hundred years, and the Great Ming people still did not realize the terrible impact of the absence of arithmetic and this generational loss and degradation.

Zhu Yijun held the memorial of Hanlin scholar Wu Daonan in his hand and said with a smile: "These old scholars of the Hanlin Academy finally did some work."

"If they don't do some work, the Ministry of Revenue won't approve money for them." Feng Bao said in a low voice: "Since Hanlin scholar Li Changchun retired, the Hanlin Academy has not been able to get silver from the Ministry of Revenue, and even their salaries have not been paid for three months."

"The Hanlin Academy wanted it a bit urgently, so the Minister of Revenue scolded them. The Minister of Revenue scolded very fiercely, asking what use the Hanlin scholars of the Hanlin Academy have, neither willing to be supervisors, nor willing to keep pace with the times, and spending all day holding a group of broken books and quoting books!"

"Your Majesty knows that the Minister of Revenue attaches great importance to every cent of silver, and the Hanlin scholars can only mutter a few words about being humiliated."

After Li Changchun retired, it was difficult for the Hanlin Academy to even pay salaries. The Ministry of Revenue did not give silver and scolded these Hanlin scholars. In the past, when the Hanlin scholars entered the cabinet to participate in secrets, where was it the turn of the Ministry of Revenue to be so arrogant?

But now, the national treasury has silver, the Ministry of Revenue is powerful, and the Hanlin scholars can only suffer this grievance and express their value as soon as possible. No matter what, they must get the salary they should get.

"The salary that should be paid must still be paid. Their exploration is very good, just continue to explore." Zhu Yijun deliberated and still ordered the Ministry of Revenue to pay the salary that should be paid.

Raising these scholars is by no means raising idlers. The Hanlin Academy also contributed to the Wanli Reform, especially in some gatherings, discussing social problems, which played a role in public supervision. It is by no means useless. Of course, the problems of this yamen are still very large, and the style of pure talk is still the mainstream.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Let Gao Aiqing manage the Hanlin Academy for a period of time."

"The Junior Minister of Rites is unwilling to deal with them." Feng Bao deliberated and spoke for Gao Qiyu. Gao Qiyu has no time to deal with them. The promotion of the Dinghai School System is too busy.

In fact, the Ministry of Revenue not giving salaries already explains the problem well.

After the Hanlin Academy could no longer enter the cabinet to participate in secrets, it had gradually lost its value, and could not even do the job of raising talents and storing prestige, so there was no need for it to exist. The Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy were gradually replaced by the Beijing University, which was the trend.

The Ministry of Revenue was also forcing the Hanlin Academy to self-destruct in this way.

"The Hanlin Academy is still necessary. Let Gao Aiqing manage it for a period of time. After the Right Vice Minister of Rites stands firm, let the Right Vice Minister take over." Zhu Yijun finally made a decision to trouble Gao Qiyu.

Li Changchun had retired for more than six months, and the Right Vice Minister of Rites had been vacant for a long time. Zhu Yijun had repeatedly issued imperial edicts to the cabinet requesting the cabinet to recommend, but every time he could not appoint, mainly because this tricky Hanlin Academy was difficult to manage.

Originally, Yu Shenxing, a successful candidate in the 2nd year of Longqing, was already going to be the Right Vice Minister of Rites, but as soon as he heard that he was concurrently in charge of the Hanlin Academy, he immediately claimed illness.

Yu Shenxing entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi after passing the imperial examination in the 2nd year of Longqing. Letting him rectify the Hanlin Academy, he really couldn't rectify it.

Gao Qiyu didn't have this concern. He was a third-class successful candidate and had a natural hostility toward the Hanlin Academy. Once he gained power, he would not forgive others. Letting Gao Qiyu rectify the Hanlin Academy was just right. He was willing to take over, and Yu Shenxing could take office.

"Your servant obeys the order." Feng Bao had to let the eunuchs of the Directorate of Ceremonial draft the edict and prepare to issue it to the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty, the viceroys of Mexico, Peru, and Chile have successfully arrived in Songjiang Prefecture. Counting the days, they should arrive in Tianjin Prefecture tomorrow for the signing of the "Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance Trade Regulations"." Feng Bao found the memorial of Songjiang Governor Li Le.

The three East Pacific viceroys were coming soon, mainly to sign the "Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance Trade Regulations."

The envoys returned to the major viceroy's offices with the ships of the Prince of Lu's fiefdom. If the viceroys were dissatisfied with the "Regulations" and did not agree, they would naturally only send envoys to continue communication, rather than the viceroys coming in person.

In fact, although the "Regulations" formulated by the Ministry of Rites were domineering and harsh, they were still within the acceptable range of the viceroys.

The viceroys even felt that the Great Ming was really too good to the dogs they raised!

Many clauses in the "Regulations" actually considered the interests of the Viceroy's Office. The Great Ming imperial court was really too moral!

The Shaoxito silver mine in the Mexico Viceroy's Office had an annual output of 6.5 million taels of silver, and less than 500,000 silver remained in the Viceroy's Office. The rest were all brought back to the mainland by treasure ships.

Barbarian riots were one after another. Their Viceroy's Office worked hard, but only left so little silver. Feeding dogs is not feeding like this.

On the contrary, the Great Ming.

The Great Ming wanted to eat meat, ate the big share, but actually left a small share of meat for the Viceroy's Office, and was even willing to negotiate to solve some trade problems.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister said to let Shen Shiying supervise the contact with the viceroys, and the Junior Minister's floating ticket also believes that it can be supervised by Shen Shiying." Feng Bao said in a low voice.

Only the final signature and seal were left, and even some clauses in the "Regulations" had already taken effect in this year's trade. Now, Zhang Juzheng came to grab the credit for Shen Shiying, and even Shen Li agreed.

"Still leave it to Gao Aiqing to handle." Zhu Yijun thought for a while and still handed the Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance matter to Gao Qiyu to supervise.

Gao Qiyu had been busy for so long, and the fruit was ripe, but the one who picked the fruit was someone else. Zhu Yijun could not do it.

"I will explain it to the teacher myself, don't worry." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "The teacher taught me to be clear about rewards and punishments back then. This celebration and punishment must not be messed up."

Zhu Yijun has a boomerang.

The reason why Zhang Juzheng came to grab the credit for Shen Shiying is actually very simple: to suppress Gao Qiyu.

The mistake Gao Qiyu made back then, anyone could forgive, but Zhang Juzheng could not forgive, otherwise he, Zhang Juzheng, would be a traitor who intended to usurp the throne.

No matter what, Zhang Juzheng had to make this gesture. This is an unsolvable dead knot.

"Your servant obeys the order." Feng Bao bowed to take the order again.

Gao Qiyu was on duty in the Ministry of Rites, dealing with a pile of problems with the Dinghai School System, especially the teacher training schools in various places had begun to enroll students one after another, and new teacher training schools were also being built.

Eighteen universities, hundreds of teacher training schools, and three-level schools in various prefectures and counties were also being built. The Dinghai School System was in order.

Teacher training schools were a very important part of the entire Dinghai School System. Without enough teachers, the Dinghai School System could not be promoted.

Gao Qiyu finished dealing with all official business, tidied up the desk, looked at the blank rice paper in front of him, and suddenly sighed heavily.

After the court meeting this morning, Shen Li said to Gao Qiyu at the Left Shun Gate. In words, the cabinet meant that since the Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance had reached this point, the subsequent matters would no longer be under his control.

Gao Qiyu did not resent Zhang Juzheng for being vengeful. Zhang Juzheng's temper was known to the world.

But when things came to an end, he was a bit unconvinced. The Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance had been prepared for more than a year, and when it was ripe, Shen Shiying came. He really was not convinced. Shen Shiying was indeed very talented, but he, Gao Qiyu, was not bad either.

Even if it wasn't Shen Shiying, but Wang Jiaping, Wang Yie, Shen Yiguan, or Zhou Liangyin, Gao Qiyu would have recognized it, but it couldn't be Shen Shiying.

The teacher was pulling the bias.

"Junior Minister of Rites Gao Qiyu, receive the edict." Xu Jue brought the imperial edict to the Ministry of Rites. ===== CHAPTER 972 =====