Chapter 568 Behind the Scenes

For Huang Zixing, what is most rare in Danzhou at this time? Scholars who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and dislike Haihan are the most rare! There are thousands of scholars in Danzhou, but in Huang Zixing’s view, those who have the backbone to adhere to the Ming Dynasty’s orthodoxy and the courage to reject the Haihan

There are really very few scholars who were corrupted by the Han Dynasty. Although there are many academies in the local area, most of them have become accomplices and tools of the Han Dynasty in poisoning young people. From Huang Zixing's position, he simply despises being associated with these people.

And in the current sluggish situation in the entire cultural and educational industry in Danzhou, there is actually a young man who maintains a clear mind and correct understanding. This is simply a breath of fresh air that appears in front of Huang Zixing. Such a righteous student,

Huang Zixing has not met him for a long time. The most rare thing is that this student actually came here because of his reputation. In Huang Zixing's opinion, this is a great fate.

Huang Zixing twirled his beard and said: "I have not admitted any more disciples in recent years. If Mr. Zhang is determined to learn from you, I would be willing to accept another disciple in the year of my destiny."

Zhang Qianzhi was waiting for Huang Zixing to express his stance. He immediately stood up again, bowed deeply and said: "How lucky is this young man to be appreciated by the head of Huangshan Mountain."

One of these two people came with a purpose, and the other received them with ulterior motives. It happened that one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer. It was considered a match, and the master-disciple relationship was established in a few words.

Zhang Qianzhi took the initiative and asked: "I wonder how much the college tuition is per year?"

Huang Zixing shook his hand and said: "There is no need to worry now, just stay in the academy. This academy is not as smelly as other academies in Danzhou, as long as you have the heart to learn."

The current situation of Zhongming Academy is indeed no longer able to reverse its decline by relying on one or two students to pay tuition. In Huang Zixing's view, the tuition fee is far less valuable than finding a like-minded person. Instead of rushing to collect a few taels of silver,

It's better to show him off first and leave him in the academy.

Huang Zixing called the person in charge of chores at the academy and asked him to take Zhang Qianzhi to settle down first. Nowadays, there are only a few permanent residents in Zhongming Academy, but there are a large number of vacant beds and rooms in the west courtyard.

After Zhang Qianzhi left with his luggage, Huang Zixing couldn't sit still anymore, got up and went to another room next door.

The room was also furnished with a study, which was roughly similar to Huang Zixing's study. There was a person sitting behind the desk, writing something with a pen. Huang Zixing immediately closed the door after entering, and then bowed and said: "Mr. Zhao, the common people have something to report!"

The man he called Mr. Zhao stopped writing, looked up at him and said, "Looking at your happy face, it must be a good thing?"

Huang Zixing responded: "My lord, just now a young student came to the academy to study. After talking with him, Cao Min thought that this person could be used."

"Tell me about it." Mr. Zhao put down the brush in his hand and leaned against the back of the chair as if to listen.

Huang Zixing explained: "This son is from Quanzhou, Fujian, and now lives in Leizhou. He recently came to Danzhou for study. The common people looked at his words and deeds and were quite dissatisfied with Haihan. They found it only after excluding the local academies that were affiliated with Haihan.

Come to this academy to study."

"Old place, familiar face, scholar..." Mr. Zhao nodded slightly and said, "The conditions are good, but do you know whether his self-reported situation is true?"

"Caomin tried it out in Fujian dialect, and the statement about his place of origin should be true." Huang Zixing responded: "As for other situations, Caomin will arrange for people in the academy to observe his words and deeds before making a conclusion."

"It's better to be cautious!" Mr. Zhao sighed and said: "The Haihan people's methods are far more sophisticated than I expected. Now the entire government in Qiongbei is paralyzed, and there are only a handful of people who can work for the court.

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Huang Zixing said: "Master Zhao, don't be too pessimistic. In the humble opinion of the common people, there are still many loyal people among the people. In the past few months, the common people have tried to contact everywhere, and there are still many people who are willing to serve the imperial court."

"If the people are as enlightened as Chief Huangshan, why would they allow the Haihan people to take over Qiongzhou!" Mr. Zhao sighed again: "After this matter comes to an end, I will definitely write to the court to ask for credit for Chief Huangshan!

Qiongzhou Island is full of waste, and when the time comes, it should be reasonable for the imperial court to make an exception and hire local loyal people."

"Thank you, Lord Zhao, for your support!" Huang Zixing quickly knelt down to express his gratitude.

Mr. Zhao raised his hand to help him, and continued: "Also, didn't you say that the governor of Danzhou will come to visit in the near future? Remember, don't rush to talk to him about the inside story, let alone reveal the existence of this person. Who is this person standing on?

Which side is it? Let’s observe it and tell you.”

"Yes, yes, the common people obey your orders." Huang Zixing responded repeatedly.

Just like the previous day, Yan Mingjun's Yamen remained deserted. No one came to visit or transfer any official business to the Yamen. There was not even a person to file a lawsuit. Yan Mingjun walked out.

In the study room, I looked at the government officials sitting in a row under the wall chatting and sunbathing. I could only shake my head helplessly and said, "Let's call it a day here for today!"

The government officials responded and dispersed. Yan Mingjun could only smile bitterly at such working conditions. He went out and walked around the city in casual clothes today. It was obvious that the social order here was better than what he had experienced before.

Any city is better. There are no idlers, beggars or the like on the streets. There are no piles of garbage and human and animal excrement in the corners and alleys. It is clean and orderly. This is Yan Mingjun's most intuitive feeling about the local area.

Yan Mingjun also took advantage of his time to eat on the street and casually chatted with passers-by, asking them about the changes in their daily lives and whether they were satisfied with Haihan's governance. As he expected, the local people were very satisfied with the change of government.

There is not much resistance from the readers. What the common people care about is whether the supply of daily necessities and prices on the market are stable, whether the public security situation is good, and whether they can continue to live a stable life. As for whether Danzhou is a place where officials from the Ming Dynasty or the sea are

The Han Management Committee is governing, but not so many people care.

A passerby's answer left a deep impression on Yan Mingjun: "The Haihan people did not rebel. They managed Danzhou well. Everyone has food to eat and there is no need to worry about being attacked by pirates again. This is okay."

What’s wrong?”

Yes, what's wrong with this? Yan Mingjun also tried to find out some areas where the Haihan people were not as good as the Ming Dynasty. However, except that their land policy was criticized by local landlords, there didn't seem to be anything obvious in other aspects.

weakness.

Yan Mingjun also heard a saying from local people, that is, Haihan's "always correct", that is, as long as it is a decision made by the Haihan Executive Committee or Management Committee, it is always right. Even if it is temporarily incomprehensible

, but time will also prove the correctness of these decisions. As for why the people have such an understanding, the biggest reason is the rapid rise of the Sanya region under Haihan's rule in the past few years. If the decisions of the rulers have ever appeared

Without obvious mistakes, it would have been impossible for Sanya to replace the status of Qiongzhou Island and other state capitals and become the most prosperous economic and cultural center on the island within three or four years.

Although Yan Mingjun has not been in Danzhou for a long time, he has heard many people talk about how prosperous Sanya is in the south. Even people like He Qi who have never been to Sanya will brag about it from time to time.

His brother-in-law, who is a crew member, brought back some good Haihan goods from Sanya. Yan Mingjun really wants to go to Sanya to see it in person, to see how amazing this place is that so many people have spread word of mouth and praise each other, right?

It's really like what they say is heaven on earth.

However, before going to Sanya, he still hopes to make a difference in Danzhou first, at least to get back some of the authority that belongs to the Ming Dynasty from the Haihan people who control the local governance - perhaps it is unlikely given the situation in Danzhou

All of it was brought back, but at least part of it was needed to declare the existence of the local government to the local people. These days of transparency were not the original intention of his Yan Mingjun coming to Danzhou.

Huang Zixing, who took the initiative to visit before, was a ray of hope in a desperate situation for Yan Mingjun. This allowed him to see that under the rule of Haihan, there were still people who adhered to the Ming Dynasty's orthodoxy - despite this

Part of the reason for sticking to it may be out of selfishness, but it is extremely rare in Danzhou now. The reason why Yan Mingjun planned to go to Zhongming Academy to interview Huang Zixing was because he wanted to know how many cards Huang Zixing had in his hand and whether he really had Danzhou.

The possibility of a comeback.

Yan Mingjun originally wanted to invite Li Jin to go with him, but the good-hearted Li Jin actually refused the invitation this time, saying that he was going to Baimajing Pier to "do business." Although Yan Mingjun didn't know what Li Jin was planning, he still told him to be careful.

After all, if anything goes wrong, it will be Li Jin himself who will suffer in the end.

Early that morning, He Qi followed Yan Mingjun's instructions and hired a sedan. Then he served as an entourage and followed Yan Mingjun to Zhongming Academy in the east of the city. Yan Mingjun did not prepare any ceremony for the trip, because subconsciously he

I also felt that the Haihan people would not be happy to see Lord Zhizhou's honor guard appearing on the streets of Danzhou. Moreover, Huang Zixing was a well-known local anti-Haihan fighter. His big fanfare visit would definitely arouse the Haihan people's anger.

Pay attention, and this kind of attention is not the result Yan Mingjun wants.

Of course, what he didn't know was that before he set off, Wang Baisuo had already deployed comprehensive monitoring measures. Even the two bearers who carried his sedan chair were people arranged by Wang Baisuo. Of course, it was impossible for the bearers to find out.

What kind of inside information, but for Wang Baisuo, one of the work rules he learned during the on-the-job training is to use all surveillance methods as much as possible on the surveillance objects, and not let go of any surveillance object who may have contact with people.

Details - Even an inconspicuous bearer is someone the surveillance target may come into contact with.

During the journey from Temporary Government Office to Zhongming Academy in the east of the city, Wang Baisuo also strictly followed the operating procedures and arranged for several groups of people to follow him. The task of these people was not just surveillance, they also had to prevent Yan Mingjun from encroaching on the road.

What happened? After all, no one knows what Huang Zixing's plan was when he contacted Yan Mingjun.

Yan Mingjun and his party arrived at Zhongming Academy without incident. Huang Zixing, who had received the notice yesterday, had already opened the gate of the academy and led a group of teachers and academy disciples to line up at the door to greet them.

Yan Mingjun did not want his visit to be exposed to the public eye. Although the academy was located outside the city, it was next to the official road after all, and there were still many people coming and going. At the moment, Yan Mingjun was not in a hurry to get off the sedan chair, and sent He Qi

In the past, Huang Zixing was asked to withdraw from the greeting team and meet directly in the academy.

After Huang Zixing received this instruction, instead of being angry, he actually felt a little relieved. If Yan Mingjun couldn't save face and got off the sedan to meet him at the door, then Huang Zixing would probably have left a frivolous and unstable impression on him. And Yan Mingjun

The request to withdraw the welcoming team was obviously because he did not want his identity to be exposed outside the academy, and this kind of low-profile was one of the qualities Huang Zixing needed to act.

At that moment, Huang Zixing asked the people from the academy to go back to the courtyard first, and then let the sedan go directly through the gate. After entering the courtyard, Yan Mingjun got off the sedan to meet Huang Zixing: "Chief Huangshan, I have been rude to you, please forgive me!

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Huang Zixing said: "Why did Mr. Yan say this? I paid a private visit incognito today because I didn't want to make it public. I just greeted you at the door because the common people didn't think carefully."

The two exchanged a few words, and Huang Zixing invited Yan Mingjun into the house, while the other people in the academy dispersed and went about whatever they were doing. Zhang Qianzhi, who had just been admitted to the hospital for less than a day, was also among the crowd, but he also

He didn't try to get close to these two people at this time. He just watched them enter the study room in the east cross courtyard and then left silently.

Outsiders have no way of knowing what the two men talked about alone in the study. However, the meeting did not last too long. After about an hour, Huang Zixing sent Yan Mingjun out. Yan Mingjun sat in the small room.

Then the group of people returned the same way.

He Qi asked tentatively on the way: "Master Yan, what can you gain from seeing Huang Zixing today?"

Yan Mingjun snorted in the sedan chair and said: "This Huang Zixing keeps going around with me and never speaks the truth! It's really abominable to waste my time!"

He Qi couldn't tell whether Yan Mingjun's words were true or not, so he had to offer some words of comfort. Due to his status, he did not dare to continue asking for details, lest he arouse Yan Mingjun's suspicion.

After Wang Baisuo received the report, he did not dispel his suspicions about Huang Zixing. Instead, he ordered to strengthen the overall monitoring measures for Zhongming Academy. In his opinion, Yan Mingjun's remarks afterwards were not so credible. Huang Zixing was not mentally ill.

It's easy to get on this line, will he push the new governor Yan Mingjun out?
Chapter completed!