"Oh, dear John." Wang Pu couldn't wait to ask, "What kind of people are there?"

John shrugged and said humbly: "According to your will, you are either supporters of heretics, or scholars who have gone bankrupt due to academic research. Dear General, although they are pagans or settled, they all have prominent identities and have been university professors or court worshipped."

"Okay, that's great." Wang Puxi couldn't help but say, "I will arrange an assessment at that time to see if they really have real talents and knowledge as you said. If what you said is true, then John, I am honored to inform you that you will officially become the cardinal of the Ming Empire."

"Oh, God." John was stunned in shock, "Your wisdom, Lord General, is enough to illuminate the entire Far East."

"Okay." Wang Pu patted John on the shoulder and smiled, "Now I have to rush to Anqing to suppress a rebellion. Let's talk about the assessment matters when I come back. During this period, John, you will accompany those pagans and bring them to familiarize themselves with the customs and personalities of our Ming Empire. It is best to let him learn Chinese."

"No problem," said John, "I'm happy to serve you."

After saying that, John bent down and bowed to Wang Pu, and turned around and went happily. John had fallen into a fanatical fantasy, and what a shocking news would it be to convert a huge empire with a population of more than 100 million to Catholicism? John will become a legend because of this. You must know that the total population of Europe at that time was only more than 50 million.

When John left, Sun Chuanting asked, "Boy, how are you planning to arrange these pagans?"

"Let's not talk about this for now." Wang Pu waved his hand and asked, "How is Yangming Academy preparing?"

Sun Chuanting said: "The preparations for Yangming College are coming to an end, and thousands of houses have almost been built."

"Where is the book?" Wang Hashidao, "the most important thing is the book."

"Collection of more than one million kinds, and it is filled with hundreds of houses!" Sun Chuanting said, "There are thousands of Western academic works translated by just a few. I have never seen so many books in my life. Compared with the massive amount of books I collected this time, it is just a thunderbolt in the sea."

Wang Pu was also a little surprised when he heard this.

In less than a year, he collected more than one million books, which shows how prosperous the academic level of the Ming Dynasty had reached? Unfortunately, the Qing Dynasty later entered the pass, and the slave chief Kangxi "burned books and burned scholars" twice a year. The vast academic works of the Ming Dynasty, which were as vast as stars, were eventually burned to a large number of burning.

The books that were finally recorded in the Manchu Siku Books were less than one percent of the total number of books before the Ming Dynasty, and the inheritance of Chinese civilization suffered a devastating blow.

But now, Wang Pu will never let such a historical tragedy happen again.

Wang Pu said: "Dad, Yangming College is probably not going to be able to do it."

"What?" Sun Chuanting was stunned at first, and then angrily said, "What do you mean?"

Wang Pu smiled and said loudly: "We want to run Yangming University. A small college is no longer enough to meet the needs of the development of the Ming Dynasty's economy, culture and science and technology."

"Yangming University?" Sun Chuanting frowned, "What do you mean is...the Imperial College?"

Wang Pu explained: "Yangming University will be the largest comprehensive university in the world today. It will include the School of Literature, Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Military Academy, Medical School, Engineering School and other departments, and implement a new educational method."

Sun Chuanting was stunned and said in a daze: "You have set up so many subjects at once. Can the students in college learn it? If you really want to learn all the knowledge you mentioned, how long will it take? Don't be as old as me, but you haven't graduated yet."

"Haha, old man, you're overthinking." Wang Pu smiled, "Although there are many subjects in the university, students in the school only need to choose one of the subjects to study. Biru said that the School of Literature only trains officials and teachers, the School of Foreign Languages ​​only trains foreign personnel and translation talents, the School of Military Academy trains officers, the School of Medical Academy trains doctors, and the School of Engineering trains engineers... What the Ming Empire needs is not generalists, but specialists with each specialty!"

"Yes." Sun Chuanting nodded happily, "This is a good idea."

"After the university is completed, it will also be held in the Military Science Academy." Wang Pu was completely trapped in his strategic concept and murmured, "In addition to teaching students, professors in the university also need to conduct scientific research, provide the professors with the most perfect research conditions, and hold various scientific seminars regularly to create a perfect academic atmosphere. Only in this way can the science and technology of the Ming Empire change with each passing day and make rapid progress."

Sun Chuanting rolled his eyes when he heard this, and could no longer keep up with Wang Pu's thinking.

Wang Pu said again: "Oh by the way, we should also encourage private capital to start industries, open up the salt and iron franchise, and encourage maritime trade. As long as the domestic textile industry, paper industry, printing industry, salt, iron, tea, weaving, shipbuilding and other workshops have a certain amount of capital accumulation, it will put higher requirements on productivity. In this way, traditional handicraft workshops will gradually be replaced by machining workshops, and a vigorous industrial revolution will emerge in the Ming Empire in an all-round way!"

"Industrial Revolution?" Sun Chuanting wondered, "What industrial revolution?"

"Uh, it's too far." Wang Pu realized that he was a little out of control and got back to the point. "We will continue to discuss Yangming University. You must be the first president, old man. I am not at ease with others. The dean of this military academy must take responsibility for it. The officers trained by the Military academy will be the backbone of the army and navy of the Ming Empire in the future. These top students must not be allowed to become students of others."

Sun Chuanting said: "That's true."

Wang Pu said again: "As for the dean of the School of Literature, I think Qian Qianyi is quite suitable. The dean of the School of Medicine is Dad Li, and the dean of the School of Engineering is Song Yingxing. Although Fang Yizhi is young, he is knowledgeable and has extensive knowledge. He has extensive knowledge in various disciplines. He can also serve as the dean of the School of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics."

Sun Chuanting said: "Everything is quite suitable."

Wang Pu said again: "In the end, this is the issue of student source. The university courses are difficult. At least they must be literate, so they can only be selected from the appropriate Neo-Confucian scholars. But old man, you also know that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucian scholars have been poisoned to this day. There will never be any Confucian scholars willing to go to college, so the student source can only fall on Fushe."

Sun Chuanting said: "As long as you promise to be released from local officials below the prefecture after graduation, I believe that there will still be many Confucian scholars who are willing to enter the university."

Wang Pu sneered: "They can get better, but they can get better if they don't. Don't forget that Donglin Fushe still has the handle in our hands."

After discussing the matter of Yangming University, Sun Chuanting asked again: "When will you go to Anqing?"

Wang Pu said: "Let's leave tonight."

"So urgent?" Sun Chuanting said with concern, "Zuo Liangyu is coming in full force. It seems that a fierce battle is inevitable."

"Old man, don't worry." Wang Pu said coldly, "Don't look at Zuo Liang's many soldiers, it's just to scare the common people. If you really want to see the Central Army."

Sun Chuanting said: "Then I wish you a victory."

Wang Pu returned to Nanjing this time very tight, so he had time to meet Sun Chuanting, discussed several major events, and then met Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan. It was said that a small separation was better than a newlywed, but Wang Pu was not even intimate. That night, Wang Pu left Nanjing secretly and rushed to Anqing at night.

At this time, Anqing had become a bloody battlefield. Jin Shengtan's 8,000 army was unstoppable. After advancing to Anqing, they were hit by Tang Sheng's head-on attack. Jin Shengtan attacked for three days, and Anqing City was as stable as a rock. As a last resort, Jin Shengtan had to suspend the attack and talk about it when the subsequent university arrived.

Ten days later, Lu Guangzu, Xu Yong, Li Guoyong and others led a large army to arrive one after another, and the rebels gathered outside Anqing City gradually increased to 80,000. Fortunately, the 20,000 Central Army led by Zhao Xin also arrived in Anqing, and Huang Degong's navy barely blocked the rebels' attack.

In this rebellion, Zuo Liangyu's banner was to "clear the king's side". Until now, Zuo Liangyu's rebels were nominally the army of the Ming Dynasty, but the Zuo Army's behavior was no different from that of Jiannu. They all regarded the Ming people on the way to march as targets of plunder, and their methods were even more vicious and cruel than Jiannu.

All the cities passed along the way of the Left Army suffered a catastrophe. In the huge Jiujiang City, more than 100,000 people were almost killed by the rebels. All the young women in the city were captured into the army. Many young women stood on the bow of the boat and looked at their relatives on the shore and cried silently, and were immediately cut off by the barbaric rebels.

Qizhou, Zuo Liangyu's headquarters.

Seeing that the Zuo Army was slow to move, it took more than a month to raise the army to advance from Wuchang to Qizhou, and nearly 100,000 vanguard troops arrived at Anqing. Fan Wencheng couldn't sit still and came to Zuo Liangyu's headquarters overnight. When Fan Wencheng arrived, Zuo Liangyu was listening to his Mamama Master's storytelling.

Speaking of which, this Mama Face Master is also a celebrity. In Nanjing, no one doesn’t know whenever Liu Mazi is mentioned! Liu Mazi’s original name is Liu Jingting, and is a storyteller. Zuo Liangyu loves reading, so he sent someone to invite Liu Mazi to Wuchang. After listening to a few paragraphs of books, he became a confidant and let Liu Jingting stay by his side to become a master.

"Marty." Fan Wencheng bowed to the ground and said loudly, "I have important things to report to you."

Zuo Liangyu frowned and said, "Master Cheng, what's the important thing about you when you're so late?"

"Marquis." Fan Wencheng shouted, "I just received a secret report from King Lu. Wang Pu has already brought the Central Army back to Yangzhou!"

Of course Fan Wencheng was lying. He had now cut off his ties with Jiannu and had no idea what the outcome of the Battle of Liaocheng was. It was even more impossible for King Lu to know the latest news about the Central Army. Fan Wencheng did this just to stimulate Zuo Liangyu and make him speed up the marching.

"What?" Zuo Liangyu was shocked when he heard this, stood up suddenly and hissed, "The Battle of Liaocheng will be over so soon?"

Fan Wencheng said in a deep voice: "Mr. Marquis, hurry up and speed up the marching. Once Wang Pu's Central Army is ahead of us, it will be difficult to defeat Nanjing."

"What's the difficulty?" Liu Jingting said disapprovingly, "Wang Pu's Central Army is only 100,000, and it is also a new recruit. The Marquis' 800,000 army is an elite army that has been experienced in many battles. Even if Wang Pu's Central Army has twice the strength, the Marquis can crush them like crushing ants."

Zuo Liangyu suddenly said, "How about we go back to Wuchang?"

Liu Jingting was shocked when he heard this, but Fan Wencheng was almost angry and vomited blood. Zuo Liangyu was also a famous general. Fan Wencheng never expected that this guy was a rat who bullies the weak and fears the strong! If such a rat could achieve his career and dominate his career, then God would be really blind.

But now, Fan Wencheng still has to patiently persuade him.

"Marty, Master Liu is right. Most of Wang Pu's Central Army are new recruits. The one who is truly combat-capable is the more than 10,000 veterans he brought from Datong. However, Martyr, you have at least 300,000 veterans who are good at fighting under your command. In addition, more than 500,000 new recruits, our army has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength."

Zuo Liangyu hesitated and said, "But Wang Pu is not easy to mess with. At that time, he had only 4,000 troops in Datong, but Dorgon had only 200,000 troops but had no choice but to deal with him. In the end, Wang Pu dealt with more than 40,000 Jiannu. This marquis knew the power of Jiannu, and that was even more powerful than a thief."

Zuo Liangyu's implication is that Wang Pu is better than Jiannu, and Jiannu is better than thieves. I can't even beat the thieves, so how could I beat Wang Pu?

"Marquis." Fan Wencheng said anxiously, "You Dao is to capture the king first to capture the thief. As long as you take Nanjing before Wang Pu, the world will be under your control. At that time, no matter how powerful Wang Pu is, can he still be right with the entire Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Jingting echoed: "Yes, as long as the Marquis ascends to the top, the king-supporting troops in the world will gather in Nanjing. Even if Wang Pu has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to withstand it."

"No, no." Zuo Liangyu shook his head like a rattle. "Wang Pu is not a good person and is difficult to deal with. Nanjing cannot be beaten. He has to retreat back to Wuchang quickly and send someone to discuss peace with Wang Pu."

"What?"

"Peacemaking?"

Fan Wencheng and Liu Jingting were both stupid.

"Yes, peace talks." Zuo Liangyu had obviously decided, "Sir Liu, you are a celebrity in Nanjing, and you know many people. You are also old friends with Wang Pu's two wives, Ru. So you can discuss peace talks with Wang Pu. Zhi asked Wang Pu to leave the past and allocate Huguang to Benhou to station troops. Benhou would rely on everything."

Liu Jingting smiled bitterly when he heard this.

Fan Wencheng even regretted his intestines. He originally wanted to scare Zuo Liangyu and ask him to send troops soon, but he didn't expect to scare Zuo Liangyu. When he heard that Wang Pu was back, Zuo Liangyu immediately gave up the idea of ​​attacking Nanjing. If he had known this, why would Fan Wencheng have told this lie?
Chapter completed!