Chapter 130 My teacher is Magistrate Ouyang!Others are still weird (please subscribe!!) "What else?" Mao's servants thought for a while and said, "It's true. Bosses, you must think that the prefect charges an entry fee of three thousand. My master charges an entry fee of one thousand, which is too expensive. In fact, the most expensive He is our Emperor, and he lives in a huge palace in the capital. If ordinary people want to enter the palace, they have to work hard to save money since childhood."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Why do you have to work hard to save money since childhood?"
"Can you do it without saving money?" Mao's servants rolled their eyes, "If you want to enter the palace and see the emperor, you must have at least a fifth rank. If you want to be a fifth-rank official, you have to take the imperial examination. Do you have to spend money to study? It’s not enough to just study. You also have to learn how to pay teachers/parents/superiors entry fees, all of which cost money!”
"Boss, please do the math for yourself. If you want to go to the palace to see His Majesty the Emperor, how much will it cost? Not to mention 3000 taels, even 3 taels may not be enough!"
This. Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless by the words of Mao's servants.
Isn't it?If you really want to calculate it this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's entry fee is much more than Ouyang Lun! Li Shanchang/Jiang Wei and others were also stunned by the shocking remarks made by the villain of Maofu.
"Is this what you thought of yourself?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
The servant of Mao Mansion shook his head, "The boss said it, I can't think of this. These are all taught by the teacher."
"Teacher You, is Mao Xiang?" Jiang Wei asked quickly.
"Master Mao is my boss, and my teacher is Magistrate Ouyang!" The servants of Mao's Mansion cupped their hands in the direction of the government office and said proudly.
Li Shanchang said with disdain: "Well, Ouyang Lun is also the prefect or the top scholar in the imperial examination. How can you, a gatekeeper, be his disciple? There must be a limit to your nonsense!"
The servant of Mao Mansion smiled slightly, "This boss, although I come from a humble background, I am lucky to have met a good prefect like Mr. Ouyang in Yong'an Mansion. Ouyang Lun organized a night school specifically for those who want to study but have no place to study. He personally served as the principal of the place where he studied, and occasionally taught students in person. He said that there is no distinction between teachers and students. As long as everyone listens to the class, they are all his students. Therefore, we are all his students and respectfully call him a lifelong teacher. This is Isn’t that an exaggeration?”
"What is night school?" Li Shanchang asked curiously.
"It's a school where classes are held in the evening. There are no restrictions on status or age. As long as you go, you can attend." A servant of Mao's family explained.
"Teaching without distinction. No restrictions on status and age." Li Shanchang looked shocked and asked with some confusion: "Since it is a school, why do we have to attend classes at night? Is there something shameful about it?"
The servants in the Mao Mansion rolled their eyes, "This boss doesn't know the life of ordinary people like us. We have to do things during the day to make money. Otherwise, how can we support ourselves? Feed our families?"
"That's it!" Li Shanda was shocked, "Ouyang Lun's move is simply shocking to heaven and man. It is the work of a sage to teach people and enlighten people's wisdom!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite shocked after hearing this. He originally thought that he had learned enough about Ouyang Lun during the few days of patrolling Yong'an Mansion, but now it seems that Ouyang Lun has done a lot of things in many invisible places!
"Jiang Wei, give me the money!"
Zhu Yuanzhang no longer hesitated and spoke directly.
"Yes!"
Jiang Wei nodded, took out a gold bar from his arms and handed it to Mao's servants, "Let us in quickly!"
The servants in the Mao Mansion turned to look at Li Shanchang, "This boss hasn't paid his entry fee yet!"
"Well" Li Shanchang's face was covered with black lines. He touched his body and found that he had no money.
He only brought a total of 3000 taels when he came to Yong'an Mansion this time. He had paid the entrance fee for the government office before, so how could he still have the money to pay the entrance fee here now?
"Sir Jiang, can you help me advance the money? I will pay it back after I return to the capital!" Li Shanchang said awkwardly.
"Master Li, I'm sorry, this money belongs to my master, I can't make the decision." Jiang Wei said calmly.
Li Shanchang had no choice but to turn his attention to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Jiang Wei quickly paid the entry fee, let's go in and see Mao Xiang!" Zhu Yuanzhang said a word, and then walked into Mao's mansion.
Jiang Wei took out another gold bar and threw it to the servants of Mao Mansion, and then Li Shanchang was able to enter.
"His Majesty!"
Mao Xiang was a little confused when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang appearing in front of him, but after reacting, he ran over and knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Your Majesty, Mao Xiang, comes to greet you!"
"Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the man in front of him, Mao Xiang, who was wearing silk and satin, with jeweled rings on his hands, and a slightly fat body. He almost didn't recognize him, and said in a deep voice: "This is Lord Mao Xiangmao, the commander of Jin Yiwei. He is clearly Yong'an Mansion. Boss Mao Xiangmao, one of the top ten outstanding businessmen!"
"Mao Xiang, you have a very comfortable life in Yong'an Mansion!"
"Now that I want to see you, I have to spend 1000 taels of silver. I think you are very good! Very good!"
Mao Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, had already thought about it countless times in his mind. He never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would come directly to the mansion.
"I know that I am guilty, but please forgive me! The entrance fee has been a well-established rule in Yong'an Mansion. I am just doing as the Romans do. I will use the collected entrance fees for the royal guards!"
"But Your Majesty, Funing County is very dangerous now. According to the information sent back by my spies, there are nearly [-] mountain bandits heading towards Funing County. Your Majesty, please allow me to make meritorious deeds!"
Mao Xiang hurriedly said.
After hearing Mao Xiang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression softened slightly, and he also understood that the top priority now was to solve the bandit rebellion! Ouyang Lun has to move back to handle and dig.
"It seems that you know these bandits very well, please tell me quickly!" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
"Replying to Your Majesty, this group of bandits sneaked in from the surrounding prefectures of Yong'an Prefecture. Their number is about 1. Among them, [-] people attacked the three military bases in Yong'an Prefecture respectively, and the remaining [-] went straight to Fu Ning County, shouting to capture Ouyang Lun alive!"
"Yong'an Mansion is extremely unsafe now. The goal of this group of bandits is clearly to come to Yong'an Mansion."
Jiang Wei said in a deep voice: "These bandits are so brave, they actually dare to attack the state capital!"
"Your Majesty, it seems that these bandits will not give up until they take Funing County. Now that the three guards in Yong'an Prefecture are contained, and the troops in Peiping cannot quench their thirst, in my opinion, we should evacuate Funing County first. Better!" As Zhu Yuanzhang's former adviser, Li Shanchang naturally gave his own advice.
"No, I won't leave!" Zhu Yuanzhang said stubbornly: "Isn't his Ouyang Lun's militia very powerful!"
Li Shanchang frowned and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, Ouyang Lun's militia is powerful, but its number is only five thousand, while the bandits have 2, a disparity of four times in strength!"
Mao Xiang also added: "I heard that Ma Si, His Highness the King of Yan, left the city early this morning with four thousand militiamen to inspect all parts of the government. It will take at least a day to get back, and there are probably one or two bandits out of the twenty thousand bandits." The hour will arrive. At this time, there will only be a thousand militiamen left in the city. With the addition of government officials, policemen, guards, etc., the number of people who can defend the city will not exceed [-]. The difference between [-] and [-] is ten times!"
As soon as this word comes out.
Everyone understands one thing, that is, under such circumstances, Funing County has almost no chance of winning against the bandits' attack!Li Shanchang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. Even though he and Zhu Yuanzhang had fought many difficult battles together, they were not as difficult and dangerous as they are now.
Zhu Yuanzhang also calmed down and asked in a deep voice: "What is this boy Ouyang Lun doing?"
Mao Xiang quickly replied: "Consort Ouyang should have received the news. As for how he will react, I haven't received the news yet."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the state government office first and then talk about it."
"Yes!"
Everyone bowed their hands in agreement.
As a result, Mao Xiang/Jiang Wei summoned all the Jin Yiwei people in Funing County to protect Zhu Yuanzhang/Li Shanchang and others towards the Yong'an Mansion Yamen.
Walking on the streets after coming out of Mao's Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought that the people in the city would be very panicked and the scene would be chaotic. But in fact, although the pedestrians on the streets were in a hurry, everything was quite orderly and every step of the way they walked. It can be seen that the officials are maintaining order and evacuating the people, and the scene is orderly.
On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang and his party were highly nervous and seemed a little out of place.
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Relax a little. Is it possible that you are not as good as a group of common people?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang and his party arrived at the Yamen of the Prefecture, Funing County had been basically emptied, the people had all returned to their homes, and the Yamen, policemen, and militia were gathering.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with surprise. Such mobility was nothing in the army, but it happened to ordinary people!
To achieve this, first of all, the government must have strong execution capabilities, and secondly, the people must trust the government and cooperate. Both are indispensable. In the past, this was all based on books/theory, but the entire Funing County is really doing it. arrive! In front of the state government office, the police, government officials, and militiamen have all assembled.
"The militiamen immediately go to the city wall to defend the city!"
"The government officials collected the ordnance and supplies in the city."
"Continue to maintain law and order in the city, and beware of bandit gangsters!"
As an official loudly made arrangements, the police/yamen/militiamen quickly moved into action.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the official with a look of admiration on his face, "Calm and atmospheric, not bad! Who is he?"
Mao Xiang glanced at it and immediately replied: "Back to your majesty, that is Zhao Tianming, the general judge of Yong'an Mansion. Ouyang Prince Consort single-handedly promoted him. He handles most of the government affairs of Yong'an Mansion. He can be said to be Ouyang Prince Consort's right-hand man."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "This boy has many capable people."
"Let's go! Let's go to the city wall too!"
"Your Majesty, this is too dangerous!" Long Xiang said quickly.
"Your Majesty, once the bandit army attacks the city, this city wall is the most dangerous place. If you make any mistakes, we will die without mercy!" Jiang Wei also warned.
"Boss Ma!"
At this moment, Zhao Tianming came over on his own initiative.
"You know me?" Zhu Yuanzhang said unexpectedly.
"Boss Ma is currently the largest foreign businessman in our Yong'an Prefecture, and he is also a friend of our prefect. I naturally know him!" Zhao Tianming said with a smile: "You are here to see the prefect, but now the bandit army is about to attack. , The prefect is quite busy right now, so I’m afraid I don’t have time to see you, so why don’t you go back to the big hotel to rest first, it’s safer there, and we will notify everyone when we deal with the bandits.”
Zhao Tianming's words were full of confidence, and he seemed not to take the [-] bandits seriously at all.
"I still have things to do, so I'll take my leave first!"
"You guys should hurry back to the hotel."
After saying that, Zhao Tianming turned and left.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his party were left messy in the wind.
"Your Majesty, would you like me to go to the government office and inform Ouyang's consort?" Mao Xiang asked.
"No, let's go directly to the city wall. Whether we can resist the [-] bandits will be clear by looking at the layout on the city wall. If you are afraid, you don't have to go."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the city wall.
Empress Ma was still following Zhu Yuanzhang very firmly. As a royal guard, Mao Xiang/Jiang Gu naturally vowed to protect His Majesty the Emperor to the death. Seeing this, Li Shanchang could only bite the bullet and follow.
While walking towards the city wall.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his party suddenly discovered that people were constantly coming out of the houses. These people were all young and middle-aged people, holding machetes or harpoons/sickles in their hands, and they were also walking towards the city wall.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly grabbed a man and asked, "This bandit is about to attack the city. Why are you still walking towards the city wall? Are you trying to escape from the city?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Hearing this, the man who was pulled directly scolded: "These bandits are really mean. If only they were hiding in the ravines so that we couldn't find them, now they actually come to caress them on their own initiative. Ning County, aren’t you here to give us money?”
"A bandit is worth 100 taels, I have to kill a few more today!"
"Since the bandit suppression was contracted, it has not been our turn to destroy the bandit villages. Now that so many bandits have come all at once, I have to make a lot of money!"
"Let's go, kill those bandits!"
"When these bandits came, I couldn't even go to the construction site, and I lost four taels of silver a day!"
"It doesn't matter if you make four taels less. Killing one bandit can cover almost a month's wages. Killing ten can give yourself a year's leave!"
These people tightly grasped the weapons in their hands and ran towards the city wall faster. Here and there they were afraid of bandits attacking the city, but they were clearly excited about the money! Seeing the steady stream of people rushing towards the city wall, Zhu Yuanzhang and others stood a little dumbfounded in the crowd.
This scene simply refreshed their understanding. In the past, when wars broke out, people would flee with their families and their families, but in Yong'an Mansion, they would just kidnap the guy, and if something happened, they would do it! Then Zhu Yuanzhang and the others saw that under the city gate, there were officials dragging a large cart of armors to distribute to the people.
The folk customs are strong!Full of martial virtue! Zhu Yuanzhang and others were even carried by the common people to the place where they received their armor, and then each of them was stuffed with a suit of armor.
"If it doesn't fit, ask me to exchange it. Remember to return it after use. Hiding armor privately is a serious crime!"
Zhu Yuanzhang held the armor in his hands and was stunned: Ouyang Lun, you are quite a nice person! "
(End of this chapter)