Green trees are close by the village, and green mountains are slanted outside.

A concrete road that spread to the end of the sky was like a white mark on the ground, causing the geese returning north to scream in surprise.

At this time, Zhang Cong was riding in a carriage on this concrete road leading from Datong to the capital.

This road has not been completed yet, but the line from Zijing Pass to Beijing can be opened to traffic.

It was the first time that Zhang Feng was riding a four-wheel drive carriage on this concrete road and returned to the Central Plains in a cement road.

He has stepped down as the governor of Hetao. As the first governor of Hetao, he felt a little regretful, but when he remembered that he would meet His Majesty the Emperor again after several years of absence in Beijing, he was a little excited. He knew that everything in front of him had changed because of the appearance of His Majesty the Emperor.

The stable, spacious and comfortable carriage, the flat cement road that will not become muddy and difficult to walk due to rain and snow, the barbed wire that separates the pasture from the fields, and the merchants who can see from the south and the north, and the children who say "Four or five houses in the smoke village, six or seven pavilions" in their mouths, and the people from the north who are full of wealth all make him feel fresh and happy.

There is no hunger in the prosperous times, and the sound of reading everywhere is Zhang Cong’s feeling on his way back to Beijing at this time. He had to say to his staff: “Since he ascended the throne, he has strictly governed officials, governed all industries, relieved the people’s difficulties, opened business, and promoted academic affairs, so that the people are prosperous and prosperous, this is the scene!”

"What the lord said is very true, but when you go to the capital, you should be careful to be an official. The capital is mixed with fish and dragons, not like a border town, but you can do things wholeheartedly. Your Majesty intends to establish a National Administrative Academy this time, so that all officials can learn and teach it. This is equivalent to humiliating all officials. In the eyes of many officials, you are just a disciple of the miscellaneous studies from the Grade 3. If you were not valued by Your Majesty, you would not have been today. Now Your Majesty still asks you to be their teacher, how can they bear it!"

Zhang Cong's confidant staff spoke his worries without hesitation.

"What you said is that in the eyes of all the officials in the court, I can only be regarded as a slander. But I, Zhang Cong, are loyal to the emperor and father, and are at peace with the people. Where can I compare with these people who only know the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period!

This time, Your Majesty lets your official enter the capital. I must follow Your Majesty's will and be a good teacher for all officials. All officials must listen, and even if they don't, unless they can let Your Majesty kill me!"

Zhang Cong said that, and waved his long sleeves. After being in the border town for many years, he had already had a sense of firmness.

...

In the capital, the discussion about the National Academy of Administration is indeed very lively.

First of all, what civil servants cannot accept is that His Majesty’s purpose of setting up the National Administrative Academy is to educate them, and to educate them, middle and high-level civil servants!

It is understandable that these civil officials trained scholars who had just passed the Jinshi, such as the Hanlin Academy, even regarded Hanlin officials as prime ministers. After all, the low-level officials of the imperial court taught by Hanlin officials.

Now His Majesty the Emperor wants to set up a National Administrative Academy to educate them middle and high-level civil servants, which means that giving them a cabinet chief political assistant is not enough, and they also have to arrange a teacher for them.

Civil officials are very proud, and they do not want to learn and improve themselves after becoming an official. People are lazy. In their opinion, they have been hard-working for ten years and have learned well. They are already pillars of the country. They should be when they are valued by the court to achieve great things. They should be educated by the emperor and the prince. They should be the emperor and the prince to let others educate themselves.

However, civil servants could not raise the reasons why the National Administrative Academy could not be established. Due to his face and humble character, he could not directly tell the emperor that we civil servants were Zhuge Kongming who did not need to learn in his rebirth, so they could only accept it.

However, what civil servants really couldn't accept was that Zhang Cong, who was in charge of the daily academic affairs of the National Administrative Academy, was Zhang Cong, who was born in the third grade, who was not from Hanlin and who only worked in the local area and was in charge of military personnel!

"What an important position is the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, how can the chief minister recommend him Zhang Cong as him? Why are no one of the cabinet ministers and the nine ministers in the court opposed it!"

"He Zhang Cong is just a slander! What's the difference between him and the eunuchs in the inner court? He only knows how to teach all officials without learning or being ignorant!"

Huang Fang, an editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Chen Tao, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice, discussed Zhang Cong as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, in charge of the National Administrative Academy. Li Shi, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy who was defeated by Gui E in the competition for the position of Hetao Governor, couldn't help but sigh: "Zhang Cong is a favorite minister of the emperor, and the first assistant recommended Zhang Cong, which is naturally from the holy intention. How can the saint intention be violated? How dare the cabinet ministers and the nine ministers refute it? It is impossible to stop this matter explicitly. Without solid evidence to prove that Zhang Cong was traitorous, Your Majesty cannot abandon him!"

Li Shi sighed as he said that he didn't mind letting Zhang Cong be responsible for the training of the National Academy of Administration. In his heart, he also wanted to know what Zhang Cong relied on to get the holy family.

But what he really minds is that with the rise of border trade and the expansion of border towns and cities, coupled with the immigration of the imperial court, the fact that a large number of southern tenants moved northwards caused no one to be available to him. Because a large number of tenants fled, the gentry landlords like him suffered heavy losses and could not guarantee sufficient rental income.

But Li Shi didn't know how to prevent this from happening. He knew that the most effective way was to let His Majesty give up Hetao and stay in seclusion. In this way, there was no need to immigrate to the real border, and the interests of his gentry would not be damaged. But he knew that he could not stop it, so he could only die a hundred years later, and then find a way to make the new emperor give up Hetao, give up his ambition to expand externally, and protect himself in the house.

What Li Shi couldn't accept was that some civil officials followed His Majesty to promote the benefits of opening up the territory. The most typical one here was Zhang Cong!

"The first county in Hetao was Zhang Cong. For example, he was Zhang Cong who used the benefits of land and trade and industry to attract the people to move north. He Zhang Cong caused the people's strength to be weak in the Central Plains, and the fields were deserted and scholars were unwilling to carry out their careers. If this continues, wouldn't the country be trapped in the country? But Xue was right. Zhang Cong was deeply favored by the emperor. If there was no conclusive evidence to prove that Zhang Cong was traitorous, Your Majesty would not have abandoned him. However, Xue happened to have obtained a "Picture of Refugees", which was painted by Cui Zhe, the censor of Jigong. It depicts the tragic situation of his people being forcibly immigrated by Zhang Cong and leaving his hometown! Xue believes that using this picture to present to Your Majesty, Your Majesty would not be unmoved!"

At this time, the censor Xue Fengming stood up and said, then spread the scroll and let other officials look at it.

"If this picture really makes Your Majesty feel compassionate, it will be a chance to overthrow Zhang Cong. After all, Your Majesty has always loved the people and will never ignore the public's grievances because of his one-time Zhang Cong!"
Chapter completed!