Zi generally yelled at Li Huan.

Li Huan saw everyone's reactions in his eyes and sneered with a bit of disdain on his lips: "Mao Wenli, if Sun Hong is right, you, Mao Wenli, alone own 20% of the land deed of Songyang Academy.

I'm afraid you are not defending the saint's culture and education, but you are protecting the money you earned from Songyang Academy."

As he spoke, Li Huan stared at Mao Wenlin with a look of astonishment and said: "Let me calculate it for you. Studying in your Songyang Academy, not to mention that you need to rely on connections to give gifts if you want to enter the academy, just one year

There are a full three hundred taels of Xiu Xiu. Let me calculate based on the three to five hundred people in your academy. That is more than one hundred thousand silver dollars every year, and what falls into your hands, Mao Wenli, is at least thirty thousand taels of silver.

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Most of the scholars around had expressions of horror on their faces. Although a few hundred taels per person was not too much for them, when the number of people increased, it was an astonishing number.

After listening to Li Huan's words, even Wang Yangming raised his head and looked at Mao Wenli with a strange look.

When Li Huan unceremoniously revealed the truth, Mao Wenli immediately became angry and said: "Ignorant boy, how can the knowledge of a saint be valued at something that smells like copper? Is it wrong for me to charge a bunch of cultivators?"

Li Huan said with a smile: "It's true to recruit Shu Xiu, but you shouldn't be so greedy, treating cultural and educational matters as a way to make money, and still pretending to be extremely noble. You are really a bitch and a bitch."

"you……"

With a "wow" sound, Mao Wenli was so angry at Li Huan's words that he vomited blood and fainted on the spot.

Some of the other teachers dodged their eyes and did not dare to look at Li Huan. Needless to say, anyone who did not dare to look at Li Huan was afraid that they would occupy the land deed of Songyang Academy.

There were also a few people who looked at Mao Wenli who had passed out with disbelief. They were the few people in the academy who truly taught selflessly. However, they didn't expect that Mao Wenli, who usually showed himself to others in poverty, would actually show up in Songyang. The academy seeks such an astonishing sum of money.

Ignoring the people in the academy who were in a mess because Mao Wenli passed out, Li Huan shouted at Sun Hong: "Didn't you hear what I said? Go and recruit my troops quickly. If we can't destroy Song before sunset today, don't you hear what I said?" Yang Academy, Mr. Li would not mind sending you to prison."

Sun Hong swallowed hard, nodded repeatedly and said, "I'll do it now, I'll do it now."

Standing under the plaque of Songyang Academy, Wang Yangming looked at Li Huan and suddenly said: "If I hadn't been with you all the way, Wang would have thought that you had been planning this for a long time."

Li Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "It's just that these people are too greedy. If it is true that he is dedicated to running a school, teaching selflessly, and cultivating talents for the Ming Dynasty, then Li is not an unreasonable person."

Thinking that Mao Wenli had been in charge of Songyang Academy for more than ten years, he was afraid that the gold and silver property obtained from Songyang Academy was worth no less than two to three hundred thousand taels. When Wang Yangming looked at Songyang Academy again, he suddenly felt that such an academy might just be destroyed. Nothing to regret.

It has to be said that under the threat of being imprisoned, Sun Hong worked very efficiently. In less than an hour, the county government officials summoned hundreds of young and strong people from surrounding villages.

Each of these people held axes, forks, sticks and other objects, and gathered in front of Songyang Academy in a dark crowd.

Sun Hong timidly approached Li Huan and said tremblingly: "Sir, do you really want to destroy Songyang Academy?"

Li Huan did not speak, but gave Sun Hong a faint look. Sun Hong suddenly became excited, turned around and shouted at the common people: "The imperial court has ordered that academies be opened privately. My order today means that I will destroy Songyang Academy. Serve as a warning to others.”

Mao Wenli, who had just been rescued by a group of people, had not yet taken a breath when he happened to hear Sun Hong's words.

In an instant, Mao Wenli shouted: "Li Huan, I will go to Beijing to sue you!"

The next moment, when a crowd of people rushed into Songyang Academy, Mao Wenli could not bear such a blow and fainted again.

The people around here are obviously no strangers to the destruction of Songyang Academy. In more than a hundred years, Songyang Academy has been destroyed four times. Some of them even heard their elders talk about the destruction of Songyang Academy.

During the time of Yang Academy, I brought back some books, writings and other past events from Songyang Academy.

After years of renovation, Songyang Academy has indeed repaired many buildings, but if they are really destroyed, the speed is actually quite fast.

Hundreds of people took action together, and when the sun was about to set, the originally quiet and elegant Songyang Academy was already in ruins.

Seeing Songyang Academy once again reduced to ruins, many scholars had blank expressions on their faces, while some teachers who had invested a lot of effort in Songyang Academy were on the verge of crying.

Li Huan looked at Meng Guang and others and sneered: "You can't violate the laws of the imperial court at will, but with Li here, you can't even think about rebuilding Songyang Academy."

After finishing speaking, Li Huan said to Wang Yangming on the side: "Mr. Yangming, let's go back!"

Wang Yangming nodded slightly, glanced at the scholars, and left following Li Huan.

Originally, Li Huan planned to visit the thousand-year-old temple, but after experiencing Songyang Academy, he lost interest.

Wang Yangming was also quite silent along the way. It was obvious that today's events had a great impact on him, and he naturally lost interest.

A few days later, Li Huan, Wang Yangming and their entourage had left Kaifeng Mansion, but the news spread that Songyang Academy had been banned and destroyed under Li Huan's personal order.

As the news spread among the scholars, Li Huan suddenly seemed to become the public enemy of the literati in the world.

Among the capital, the urgent news via Kuai Ma also reached the capital from Kaifeng Prefecture in Henan.

In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao was looking at the news about Songyang Academy reported by Jin Yiwei. At first, when he saw that Mao Wenli alone had made hundreds of thousands of dollars with the help of the academy, Zhu Houzhao looked extremely solemn, but as he continued to read,

Zhu Houzhao gradually revealed a smile on his lips.

Especially when he saw that Li Huan ordered the destruction of Songyang Academy in front of Mao Wenli and others and ordered the magistrate of Kaifeng to personally supervise it and not allow it to be rebuilt, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but applaud the case and said: "Okay, okay, we should deal with these people."

in this way."

As an emperor, he naturally does not want any forces beyond his control. The world's literary education has its own first-level official schools run by the imperial court, but any promising emperor will never sit back and watch private academies become a common practice.

Perhaps one or two private academies will not affect the overall situation, but once private academies become popular, they will inevitably have a huge impact on the official education of the Ming Dynasty. If these literati who were born in academies do not form a party, it will be fine. Once they want to form a party, then

Academy disciples are not just natural party members.

Although Liu Jin, who was serving on the side, said that he had nothing to do with Li Huan, he praised Li Huan's actions repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Li Huan's move is a great kindness, and it can give a severe blow to the momentum of the civil servant group."

Recently, Liu Jin has suffered a lot from the civil servant group. Although he said that he had attracted some officials from the court to form a eunuch group headed by him, his strength is only above the court. Once he leaves the court,

Tang, then the world is really dominated by the civil servant group.

This can be seen from the fact that the New Deal he implemented was resisted and even tampered with by local officials, both covertly and overtly.

For this reason, Liu Jin even sent eunuchs to the local areas to monitor the situation. However, these eunuchs had different characters. When they arrived at the place, it was fine to work honestly. However, once they arrived, most of them took advantage of Liu Jin's influence to make money.

It is not uncommon for some chamberlains to even cause quite a bit of trouble locally, and even be killed.

It can be said that Liu Jin really worried about the New Deal, suffered all kinds of insults, and made it seem like everyone in the world was his enemy.

Now that Li Huan suddenly banned and destroyed Songyang Academy, it took some of the pressure off the emperor and Liu Jin. It is no wonder that Liu Jin praised Li Huan.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin and said: "Li Qing's move probably offended most of the world's literati. The news from Jin Yiwei mentioned that the dean of Songyang Academy, the teachers and students were all officials who served in the imperial court in the past.

There are so many personal connections, once the news comes, there will be as many memorials to impeach Li Qing as snowflakes."

Liu Jin sneered and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just an impeachment. Others may be afraid, but this is not the first time that Li Huan has been impeached. Your Majesty will just have to stay silent and turn a blind eye."

"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, looked outside the imperial study and said, "I don't know where Li Qing and his party are now."

After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, Li Huan and his party obviously increased their speed a lot, but within ten days they had entered the boundary of Wuchang Mansion in Hunan.

Wuchang Prefecture is an important town in Hunan. In this era, with the help of the developed water system, coupled with the superior geographical location of the thoroughfare of nine provinces, adjacent to the south of the Yangtze River, commerce was quite developed.

Li Huan and his party were quite large, so it was obviously impossible for them all to gather together and rush on the road. Otherwise, the formation of hundreds of people would be too inconvenient.

Therefore, Li Huan divided his troops into three teams, with one team of 200 Jinyi guards leading the way, and a team of more than 100 people at the rear. As for Li Huan, Wang Yangming and others led dozens of Jinyi guards in the middle.

There were very few pedestrians on the quiet official road. It was already June and the weather was extremely hot. Under the scorching sun, most of the people's energy seemed to have disappeared.

Li Huan and Wang Yangming were sitting in the carriage at the moment. As the carriage shook, they were also mentally tired and had no interest in playing chess.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves was heard faintly coming from the official road behind. This sudden movement could not help but make the entire team of dozens of people feel refreshed.

When Li Huan heard the movement, he couldn't help but lift the car curtain and look outside. When he saw the direction from which the movement came, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

In sight, a middle-aged man wearing a green shirt, with a beautiful beard, handsome appearance, and about thirty years of elegant demeanor was galloping on his horse with a solemn expression.

The reason why Li Huan became interested was because the other person was holding a sword and had the elegance of a scholar, but was completely different from a real scholar. Li Huan had never seen such a temperament.

The man who looked like a scribe was galloping all the way, giving the impression that he was escaping from something. When he suddenly saw Li Huan and his entourage, he couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Then he seemed to recognize the brocade hoodies of Li Huan and his party. The scribe shrank his eyes, showing a hint of fear. He took the initiative to look away, and drove his horse past Li Huan and his party on the grass beside the official road.

Not only Li Huan, but also Wang Yangming glanced at the scribe as he rode past, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, and said softly: "What a pure and pure inner breath! Is this person a member of the Taoist sect?"

"

Li Huan couldn't help but glance at Wang Yangming and said, "Mr. Yangming can actually tell which Kung Fu this person practices?"

Wang Yangming smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "What's so difficult about this? Taoism pursues tranquility and nature, and the temperament of people who practice the exercises often gives people a sense of elegance and elegance. Buddhism pays attention to compassion, and practicing Buddhist exercises mostly gives people a sense of compassion.

Sense. That scribe's temperament is refined and elegant, and nine out of ten he has practiced a profound skill that combines the essence of Confucianism and Taoism."

Li Huan nodded and said, "I don't know where this person came from. He has such advanced cultivation at such an age. He must not be an ordinary person."

Wang Yangming smiled and said: "The world is so big, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are so many hermits and masters. We can't just ask someone when we meet them to find out their origins."

Chen Yao, who was following the carriage on horseback, listened to the conversation between Li Huan and Wang Yangming and couldn't help but said: "That man looks like a member of the Jianghu at first glance. Judging from his appearance and appearance, he is not being chased by some enemy."

Li Huan and Wang Yangming couldn't help but be stunned. They couldn't help but think of the scribe's reaction just now. It was really possible that it was what Chen Yao said.

At this moment, another sound of horse hooves came from behind, but this time the movement was obviously much louder. Just hearing the sound of horse hooves showed that there were many people coming.

Soon, in a burst of smoke, more than a dozen cavalry were roaring towards them. These people were full of evil spirits and each held a weapon. Especially these people were wearing hanging gauze and bamboo hats to hide their faces. At first glance, they were not easy to provoke.

Li Huan clearly heard someone among the dozen or so riders exclaim: "They're from Jinyiwei!"

The leader obviously recognized the identity of Li Huan and his party, and said in a low voice with some fear: "Although we are not afraid of the court's hawks and dogs, it is important to chase and kill that person at this time. Please restrain yourself later."

Be careful not to provoke these hawks and dogs."

Although the voices of these people were very low and were even drowned out by the sound of horse hooves, Li Huan couldn't help but heard them clearly with his clear eyes and ears.

The moment these people appeared, Chen Yao and other Jin Yiwei immediately acted on guard, pressing their hands on the handles of their swords. If these people made the slightest mistake, they would draw their swords.

Ta da, da da
To be continued...