Time flies, and years pass by. In the blink of an eye, another five years have passed. Although Wu Meiniang has received careful care from Taiping since she fell ill last time, she still weakens day by day and finally cannot survive the winter of the past year.

Her death also made Taiping very sad, but birth, old age, sickness and death cannot be changed by human resources. In addition, Zhang Zong's persuasion also made Taiping cheer up little by little. Wu Meiniang's funeral was also handled by Zhang Zong, and she was finally buried with Li Zhi in Qianling.

Although Wu Meiniang's funeral was very grand, her death did not attract much attention. After all, she was no longer the queen of the past. With her under house arrest and illness, she completely disappeared from people's sight. People have always been forgetful, so her death did not cause any major fluctuations.

Compared to Wu Meiniang's death, many people's attention was attracted by the distant America, because just before Wu Meiniang last year, a fleet of ships arriving in the Americas discovered a huge silver mine, and it was very easy to mine.

Originally, the fleet would not easily spread the news of getting rich like this, but unfortunately, there was a powerful native tribe living next to this silver mine, and they were very hostile to outsiders, which made the fleet unable to mine on a large scale.

In this case, the owner of the fleet was also very courageous and made the news public directly, and then sought cooperation from other people. Those who had the money paid and those who had the money gave their money. As long as they could defeat that tribe, they could grab the silver mine. The silver produced every year was enough to make them rich overnight.

You should know that the Tang Dynasty lacked precious metals, and the prices of silver and gold were actually not much different. It was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that a large amount of American silver flowed into the Central Plains through European colonists, which caused the price of silver to fall. However, now the Tang Dynasty directly discovered that the Americans mined silver.

It is precisely because silver is not inferior to gold, so when the news of the silver mine spread, this incident immediately caused a huge sensation. Not only were the wealthy businessmen interested, but some nobles and officials also became interested in it. Even some poor people wanted to follow the fleet to America to try their luck. Although they had money, they had the strength to mine silver.

Under this situation, the entire Tang Dynasty also caused a fire of America again. When we first discovered America, the high-yield crops brought back also caused a fire of America. But firstly, America is too far away, and secondly, the route to America is too dangerous, so the heat quickly declined.

However, as time goes by, the routes in the Americas are becoming safer. Coupled with the stimulation of wealth, many people have a fanatical fantasy about the Americas. After all, others can discover silver mines, but why can't they? Moreover, it is said that the Americas are rich in minerals, gold mines, silver mines and copper mines are very common. Even if it is just a small deposit, it is enough for an ordinary person to make a fortune.

Everyone seeks profit, and the popularity of the Americas has always been high. Many people have begun to find ways to rush to the Americas. The merchant who discovered the silver mine also gathered a large number of manpower and material resources and formed a huge fleet to rush to the Americas. At the same time, this also began the first large-scale immigration of the Tang Dynasty to the Americas. After all, if you want to mine silver mines, you must have a place to live, and as time goes by, there will be gradually developed into a city and a river estuary.

In fact, immigration to the Americas has long been around. Qian Dahai once told Zhang Zong about this, but at that time it was just a small-scale immigrant, and mainly set up some settlements along the coast of the Americas, and sometimes they were abandoned. However, this time it was a large-scale immigrant. Although the purpose was not simple, it had a more development prospect than before.

Of course, Zhang Zong was happy to see the success of developing America. He even invested a few dollars in it himself, and Qian Dahai also found several mineral deposits, but none of them were easy to develop.

Speaking of which, Zhang Zong was a little regretful. He only knew that there were many gold and silver mines in the Americas, but he didn't know the specific location. Otherwise, if he took it out now, it would have attracted many people to the Americas long ago.

However, Zhang Zong's main focus has not been on America recently, but has made a plan for himself. This plan is actually very simple, that is, to give up all his current official positions and then open a real university.

In the past, Zhang Zong opened medical schools and martial arts schools, but they were all vocational colleges. Although they had an impact on society, they did not affect the foundation of the entire society. However, now Zhang Zong wants to improve the productivity of society and thus change the structure of the entire society. Although this may cause some turmoil, it can promote the development of the entire Central Plains forward.

"Sir, have you really decided?" Li Chongye asked Zhang Zong with a reluctance at this time. Although Zhang Zong only held a position in the martial arts school in recent years, sometimes he could ask Zhang Zong for advice when he encountered difficult things. However, this time, Zhang Zong not only had to resign, but also left Luoyang, which also meant that it would be difficult for him to see Zhang Zong again.

"Yes, although Luoyang is very good, the location is still a bit off for the entire Tang Dynasty. In comparison, Bianzhou is more suitable, so I decided to place the university in Bianzhou." Zhang Zong nodded solemnly.

The location where the university was opened was not Luoyang or Chang'an, but Bianzhou, which was Kaifeng in later generations. It was the central hinterland and connected Shandong and Hebei. In addition, the Grand Canal also passed there, and the water and land transportation was very developed. The university was opened there, which was convenient for students from all over the country to study.

Of course, Zhang Zong chose to open a university in Bianzhou not only because of the above reasons, but the most important thing is that he wanted to stay away from the court. Although Li Chongye still trusts him now, this trust also puts great pressure on Zhang Zong, and it also makes him unable to truly escape from the court. So just taking this opportunity to leave the court, a place of right and wrong.

"But Bianzhou is not as prosperous as Luoyang. If you go there, life will probably be inconvenient." Li Chongye said reluctantly at this time.

"It's okay. Although Bianzhou is not as good as Luoyang, it is also a famous big city in the country. It is not much worse than Luoyang in life. Moreover, far away from Luoyang, I can concentrate on teaching what I have learned." Zhang Zong still insisted.

The reason why Zhang Zong insisted on staying away from the court was that in addition to his desire to leave the right and wrong in the court, the most important thing was to calm down and spread the knowledge he brought from later generations. For this era, the knowledge in his mind was the most valuable and also the thing that could change the entire era the most.

Seeing Zhang Zong so persistent, Li Chongye knew that nothing he could say was useless, so he had to agree helplessly in the end. Zhang Zong also proposed some support needed to run a university, and Li Chongye nodded without hesitation to agree.

A few days later, Zhang Zong officially resigned. Everyone was shocked by the news, and many people came to ask, but Zhang Zong only saw a few relatives and friends. After he was ready, he left Luoyang with his family.
Chapter completed!