My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 96: Academic Conference Gives Industrial Party a Headache

After returning from the hot air balloon club, Li Han's legs felt weak.

Li Momo was supporting him from beginning to end. Although it was a bit embarrassing for a grown man to be supported by a girl, Li Momo seemed to enjoy it.

He had never been to such a high place in his life. When he thought about looking down at the earth from high in the sky, his legs couldn't help but tremble.

That fat guy was still talking about fighting poison with poison. Well, now he has double poison buffs and is even more afraid of heights.

Only when you have your feet on the ground can you feel grounded. As a human being, it is better to be down-to-earth.

After writing the reply, I waited until the next day and went back to the same eyewear store. Under the gaze of the young female clerk who looked at me like the God of Wealth, I bought a bunch of myopia glasses again.

After returning home, I waited for Xu Nian to send me the design drawings. After printing them out, I put them into the mailbox along with the letter and glasses.

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As the momentum of the call to denounce the Academy of Craftsmen grew stronger and stronger, the turmoil intensified. Now, not only Yingtian Prefecture, but also the surrounding prefectures, counties and cities have launched one major debate after another.

More and more students and scholars joined the discussion, and many places set up literary gatherings where all scholars could express their opinions freely.

Naturally, there were also scholars who spoke up for the craftsmen, but they were soon refuted by a group of Confucian scholars, and their voices were drowned out by the scolding of the scholars.

However, what pushed the incident to a climax was that several great scholars of the time set up a stage in a bookstore opposite the Jiangzao Academy and held a conference on academic issues, inviting literati and scholars from all over the world to attend the conference ten days later to debate for the principles of heaven.

The names of these great Confucian scholars are well-known and they enjoy extremely high prestige among scholars and Confucian students.

Among these great scholars are Lan Zhi from Lanshan Academy, Wang Qiaoling and Ji Ben from Songyang Academy. Not only do they have many students all over the world, but their academic attainments have also reached perfection.

Among them, the great scholar Lan Zhi from Lanshan Academy was not only well-versed in academics, but also had unparalleled talent in poetry.

His poetry collection "Lanjian Collection" was praised by the literary world as "the five-character style is elegant and refined, although it lacks in vigor and vitality, it is more than enough in elegance and grace; the seven-character style is abrupt and bright, without deviating from the rules of Tang poets."

The students even praised Lan's poems, saying that they have a late Tang Dynasty style.

Not only that, in the tenth year of Hongwu, Lan Zhi was recommended as the Guangxi Censor. Because of his honest official conduct, he was not only praised by many students, but also loved by the people.

Under the leadership of Lan Zhi, many great scholars also participated in it and set up academic conferences, whose main purpose was to continue the teachings of the sages and argue for the principles of heaven.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was aimed at the official school for craftsmen of the imperial court. And now the scholars and Confucian students were petitioning the imperial palace day after day, asking the court to attend the academic conference in ten days.

The momentum was so great that even the Jinwu Guards and the Imperial Palace Guards could not withstand it.

These students and Confucian scholars cannot be killed, but cannot be persuaded either, which is quite a headache.

In fact, to deal with literati and scholars, Jinyiwei Commander Mao Xiang is the most suitable person. He is only loyal to His Majesty and does not care about the scolding of literati.

But now he is in the north with a group of Jinyiwei soldiers, so these hard tasks naturally fall on the heads of Jinwuwei and other soldiers in the Beijing camp.

In the past, everyone was afraid of Jinyiwei Mao Xiang, but now, everyone misses Mao Xiang.

It was great to have the Jinyiwei around.

At this time, in the inner hall of the palace, Li Min, Xu Da and others were frowning and thinking hard about countermeasures.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned them to discuss the academic conference to be held ten days later. After they arrived, they found that Zhu Yuanzhang had not arrived yet, so they could only wait.

"This academic conference is clearly aimed at the official school for craftsmen. Its purpose is very clear, which is to force the court to close the Academy of Craftsmen!" Li Wenzhong was the first to speak. "The people who set up the debate are the great scholars of the time, such as Lan Zhi and Wang Qiaoling, especially the great scholar Lan Zhi, who is extremely talented and learned. Many officials in the court and the localities are his students.

When I was studying, I also listened to his lectures at Lanshan Academy. His views on learning were unique and insightful, and he was quite wise. Who should the court send to compete with him? "

Yang Siyi said with some concern.

"What should we do? Are we just going to be cowards?" Xu Da's face was full of indignation.

"Then Duke Wei, you go and fight, and we will cheer you on!"

Li Min rolled his eyes at Xu Da, who immediately shrank his neck. A few days ago, he was scolded terribly by a group of Confucian scholars, and he had a huge psychological trauma.

This is not like arguing with Qian Hongming in the court. The court has its own rules, but they are useless among students and Confucian scholars.

Confucian scholars don't care about all that. They can find different ways to use highly literary words to make up a story about your eight generations up and down, which is really hurtful.

Instead of asking him to fight against the leader of Confucian scholars, it would be better to let him go to Mobei alone and chop off the head of the Khan of Yuanting!
"The literary world has already set up such a battle, the court naturally cannot back down, and the Artisan Academy, which has been cultivated with great difficulty, cannot just close down like this!"

Li Min clenched his fist and said, "At worst, I will go into battle myself. I will not let them shut down the Artisan Academy even if I have to sacrifice my old bones!"

"Mr. Li, all the gentlemen, I am willing to attend the academic conference!" said Fang Xiaoru.

"Xi Zhini is indeed knowledgeable and eloquent, but it would be difficult for you to handle the situation alone."

Everyone sighed in unison and could only wait for the emperor to come before making a decision.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, after summoning Li Min and others, came to the Buddhist temple.

Now the situation was becoming more and more urgent, and the literary world was pressing him step by step. If it weren't for Empress Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Biao persuading him, he would almost want to go on a killing spree.

Neither verbal nor physical approaches worked, so he was looking forward to getting an answer from Li Han.

After entering the Buddhist hall, I saw a large pile of glasses, and I immediately felt relieved.

Old Li, you are the white jade pillar that supports Old Zhu!
In addition to the glasses and letters, there was also a pile of design drawings, and I had no idea what they were.

With Li Han around, he felt particularly at ease.

I couldn't wait to open the envelope and start reading.

"Old Zhu, I haven't communicated with you for some time. I miss you very much."

I, Old Zhu, miss you, Old Li, too!

"I learned from your letter that the industry of Daming has begun to develop vigorously. I am quite pleased. I believe you have been very busy during this period. You should pay more attention to rest.

I have sent Fang Xiaoru's glasses. You can let him choose a suitable pair. But I have to say a few more words about what he said. "

Hmm? Is there something special about Fang Xiaoru that is worth Lao Li's further writing?
Is it that this boy has behaved improperly and done something that has angered God and man, or is he doing something extremely treasonous? It can't be that he is plotting treason, otherwise, is it worth it for Lao Li to specifically mention it in the letter?
But that shouldn’t be the case. If Fang Xiaoru was such a person, Old Li wouldn’t have specially given him glasses.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became curious and unfolded the letter and read it carefully.

Wish all book friends a happy Dragon Boat Festival

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(End of this chapter)