The establishment of academies was not a great thing in the late Ming Dynasty. The most famous one was the Donglin Academy. However, at this time, it was a bit sensitive to paying for a college by a prince. When Wen'an taught Deng Ming this trick, many words were not explained. Wen'anzhi did not expect that Deng Ming did not understand this at all.

The emperor had two sources of official reserves, one was the right path for the imperial examination, and the other was the students of the Gongyuan. When Emperor Yongli was running around and had no time to hold the imperial examination, Li Dingguo supported him to run a school in Kunming and taught the young people to study. These people were naturally the emperor's students and would become officials of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Even the power of Li Dingguo, who was in power in the court and the opposition, did not interfere, and the emperor had the final say.

Deng Ming is not a great scholar. It is obviously impossible for him to run a school to inherit any sect, so it can only be used to cultivate his own reserve officials. In other words, if studying in this academy cannot bring fame, why should scholars waste time? As for Deng Ming's name as the academy, he just doesn't intend to blatantly train and select officials, which is the last fig leaf in the operation to seize power.

Deng Ming had noticed that the atmosphere around him became awkward, but he was still a little confused, not knowing what he was saying wrong - he has been leading troops to fight in recent years and has no need to pay attention to other things. Both Wen Anzhi and his subordinates thought that he should understand, but he just pretended not to understand.

Seeing that Chen Zuocai's face appeared again, and the rest of Kunming began to try to divert the topic, Deng Ming felt more and more wrong in his heart, and thought to himself: "The academy was asked by the Wenshu, and he also supported me to establish education and educate children who could not read. Is there anything wrong with it?"

The alliance between Sichuan and Yunnan is still very fragile. Although Deng Ming didn't know what the problem was, he hurriedly explained, saying that his academy is aimed at all children in Chengdu. In addition to teaching them to know some common characters, he also taught mathematics and other skills in order to cultivate more talents and satisfy the hunger of talents in all walks of life in Chengdu.

However, Deng Ming's words were not very convincing. The compulsory education he described seemed to be without precedent in most people. Because people in Kunming did not understand what Deng Ming wanted to express, the final result was that no one took over - except Chen Zuocai.

"Does Admiral Deng just teach children to read? Is he just going to turn a private school into an official?" Chen Zuocai's tone was full of suspicion. Obviously, he didn't believe a word Deng Ming said.

"It's true." After finally someone spoke up, Deng Ming was so grateful to Chen Zuocai. He felt very uncomfortable sitting alone in his seat and singing a solo show.

"Xiaguan once taught at the Kunming Gong Academy," the tribute school opened in Kunming, which was opened in Yongli in Kunming, was closed for a few days. During this period, Chen Zuocai was one of the teachers: "I don't know if the professors in the admiral's academy are enough, so the officials should still be competent. They just have nothing to do and can go to Chengdu to help Admiral Deng with help."

In Chen Zuocai's opinion, Deng Ming would definitely not agree. Chen Zuocai just wanted to mock Deng Ming for a few words and exclaimed a little bit of anger. In this way, the key to education is not knowledge but loyalty. It is necessary to ensure that everyone from top to bottom can we teach a loyal civil servant group.

Unfortunately, Deng Ming still couldn't understand. In his impression, the students from the tribute school were all supervisors, so it was obvious that they were able to teach in the tribute school. After hearing Chen Zuocai's recommendation, Deng Ming replied without hesitation: "Welcome, the academies in Chengdu really lack professors, but they were afraid that Mr. Chen would not give in."

This era is the official position, and being a teacher is naturally not as popular as being an official. The scholars recruited by Deng Ming are all low-level scholars who have no chance to become officials. Chen Zuo is a prominent family in Dali. Now he has a place in the court and can still go to the shogunate of the King of Jin on weekdays, so Deng Ming felt that the other party would most likely refuse to come to his school.

But Chen Zuocai was surprised and never expected that the other party would agree: "Isn't this academy really used to cultivate party members? No, if it weren't for cultivating party members, how could he be willing to spend money to do this?" In Chen Zuocai's mind, public schools have no other functions except to select officials, so he changed his mind and thought he understood Deng Ming's intention: "Hmph, he mostly felt that the court was declining, and wanted to win over loyal ministers and righteous men and achieve his extraordinary plan. Now it has actually won over me!"

Of course, the position of the head of a school used to produce officials cannot be an inconspicuous position as Deng Ming said. On the contrary, it is extremely important. Deng Ming handed it to Chen Zuocai as an extremely explicit bribery. But Chen Zuocai sneered in his heart: "I will never regret my loyalty to the emperor and the court. Do you want to bribe me? This is absolutely impossible. Well, I will go to Chengdu and I will definitely make you lose rice if you steal chickens."

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The next day, Chen Zuocai explained the reason to Li Dingguo and then came to Deng Ming to report. In Chen Zuocai's opinion, the academy is a very important public opinion position. Since he was determined to go to the academy in Chengdu to talk about the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, of course, the earlier he went, the better. After seeing Deng Ming, Chen Zuocai expressed that he was willing to set off immediately and rushed to Chengdu first, as long as Deng Ming gave him the letter of appointment to sacrificial wine from the academy.

Deng Ming also knew that sacrificial wine was almost the same as the principal. The scholars he recruited from the Yangtze River and downstream were all young people. Before he got on the Ming army's warships, he was always studying at home. He had neither much experience nor had he ever worked in management. Chen Zuocai was originally a gentry from Yunnan. After joining the army, he served as Mu Tianbo's chief minister. He went to Jianchang to collect military pay and inspect military garrisons, and worked in the shogunate of Yongli and Li Dingguo. His knowledge and experience were much better than the young scholars Deng Ming found. With such a principal who was both civil and military, Deng Ming felt that it would be of great benefit to Chengdu's academy. Until now, Deng Ming was still confused and knew nothing about why the cold scene caused at the dinner last night. He thought he should not talk about education at the banquet of military generals.

Seeing that Chen Zuocai was really here, Deng Ming, who was surprised and happy, had a reply with him. He was very satisfied with Chen Zuocai's resume and knowledge. He immediately wrote the letter of appointment for him and suggested that he stay in Yunnan for a few more days and go back with him in the future.

But Chen Zuocai is thinking about how to destroy Deng Ming's attempt to usurp the throne. Of course, he is unwilling to stay for a day. He received the sacrificial letter of appointment and even said that he was eager to take office and could not stay in Kunming for more. Deng Ming's joy was understood by Chen Zuocai as a means of bribery. At present, Chen Zuocai was concerned about how to destroy Deng Ming's conspiracy, rather than simply ridicule him, so Chen Zuocai hid all the dissatisfaction in his heart. He had made up his mind that when he arrived in Chengdu, he would shout loudly to the students and strive to promote the rule of the king and his ministers. This would inevitably lead to Deng Ming's anger and anger, but Chen Zuocai had already put life and death aside. At that time, it would be cut into pieces by ambitious people. The death of a martyr can leave a deep impression on the people of Chengdu and inspire the students' conscience.

For this lofty purpose, Chen Zuocai temporarily vainly and hides his contempt for Deng Ming, an ambitious man, and even flatters him against his will. However, if he gets along with this traitor for a long time, Chen Zuocai is worried that he will reveal his true feelings and make the other party realize his righteousness. Chen Zuocai is determined to go to Chengdu and implant the great principles of loyal ministers and filial sons into Deng Ming's academy. If the plan fails because he can't help but ridicule the traitor again, it will be a big plan.

After obtaining Deng Ming's consent, Chen Zuo was very afraid that the other party would suddenly wake up, so he didn't stop for a day and hurriedly set off to leave Kunming. Anyway, Jianchang had been there once, and now he had Deng Ming's letter of appointment and introduction, so he was not afraid that Jianchang would not entertain himself.

Deng Ming sent the newly appointed Academy Jijiu out of Kunming City. When he saw Chen Jijiu turning over the horse and leaving, Deng Ming couldn't help but sigh: Chen Jijiu's equestrian skills are almost the same as soldiers, and he is a rare talent. Moreover, Chen Jijiu's work enthusiasm is so high that he is obviously an educator who is hard to come by - this makes Deng Ming feel that his luck is really good.

The weather in Yunnan is like spring all year round, Cangshan and Erhai Lake are picturesque, and there are a variety of vegetables and vegetables, with a large number of edible fungi, which is very suitable for Deng Ming's taste. However, the guards sent by Li Siye did not allow Deng Ming to pick them by themselves. According to them, every year, Yunnan people are poisoned by eating mushrooms. Many fungi can be eaten in some people's hometowns, but in another place they produce toxins due to the different woods they depend on and become inedible. Therefore, only the fungi picked by locals can be placed on Deng Ming's dining table, and the guards sent by Li Siye must let the chefs taste them first.

The crops in Chengdu are ripe twice a year. Deng Ming plans to launch an attack on Chongqing after the second season of August. There is nothing to do when returning to Chengdu too early. He is waiting for the title awarded to him by the court. In addition to traveling around Kunming, Deng Ming is also very concerned about the situation in Guizhou, and seems to have some expectations.

But until the end of May, Wu Sangui from Guizhou was still very honest and had no signs of attacking Yunnan.

"Are Wu Sangui just moving like this?" Deng Ming and the guards said to Zhao Tianba when they were traveling in the suburbs: "In the past, every time I went to somewhere, I always had troubles to come to me, and the final result was always unexpected; if Wu Sangui was honestly moving, it would be the first time I went back to the mansion without any accidents."

Zhao Tianba was also a little anxious. He didn't understand why his life suddenly became dull when he went out: "The emperor's imperial edict has not arrived yet. Wu Sangui still has some time, so don't worry, admiral."—
Chapter completed!