The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

When Han Qingyun and Lu Yanyan were asking about academies for Han Huaijin, they heard about Ji'an Academy.

But when they heard that Ji'an School did not recruit students from outside, they did not inquire further.

Today, after listening to Li San’s story, I learned the origin of Ji’an School.

In the winter eight years ago, Prince Lin and his family returned to Beijing as usual.

That winter was exceptionally dry and cold.

Prince Lin had been on the march for many years and noticed that the weather was unusual.

He petitioned Emperor Huiren to reinforce the houses in the slums of Luoshi Street in the north city to prevent them from collapsing due to the snowstorm.

Roche Street is the poorest place in Los Angeles.

There live more than 4,000 households of the lowest class of people, and their houses have not been repaired for decades.

The late emperor was kind and naturally agreed to Prince Lin’s request.

But Duke Ying, who was also the Minister of Revenue at the time, Ruan Bai, strongly opposed it.

Dayu Kingdom has a superior geographical location, abundant species, and its people live and work in peace and contentment, which also makes Dayu Kingdom a target of covetous eyes from neighboring countries.

The Dongling Kingdom in the east, the Xiqi Kingdom and Fengyuan Dynasty in the west, the Nanlai Kingdom in the south, the Beirong, Qiang and Yan Kingdom in the north, all wanted to tear off some pieces of meat from the Dayu Kingdom.

The land areas of these countries are basically only half the size of Dayu Kingdom, and the smallest Fengyuan Dynasty is only slightly larger than Jiyang.

If they fight alone, they are definitely no match for Dayu Kingdom.

But they are connected with each other, which makes Dayu Kingdom very troubled.

The most difficult ones among them are the Northern Rong, Qiang and Yan State.

The Dayu Kingdom was founded on military power and produced many talented generals. These people were able to fight against the Dongling, Xiqi, Fengyuan and Nanlai Kingdoms. Even if they could not annihilate the enemy, they could keep the enemy out of the country.

However, the Beirong, Qiang and Yan Kingdoms in the north were closely related and would come to Dayu from time to time to burn, kill and loot.

The imperial court sent out countless talented generals, but all of them were defeated in Jibei.

Later, General Li Hongliang, a famous general, put on his armor again at the age of nearly sixty and defeated the Northern Rong in Jiyang.

But at that time, General Li was plagued by injuries and was afraid that he would not be able to hold on for long.

The sixteen-year-old eldest prince Li Zhaoying was appointed to the position of King Lin. He went to Jiyang and worked closely with General Li to win several major victories, which gradually stabilized the situation in the northern border.

Later, General Li Hongliang died of illness, and Prince Lin became the strongest line of defense in the north.

The Northern Rong, Qiang and Yan Kingdom were never able to set foot into the borders of Dayu again.

But the Three Kingdoms thieves were not repentant and would come to harass us from time to time.

It's not just the three northern countries, the same is true for other neighboring countries.

Even if they can't defeat you, they will still come to disgust you and divert the conflicts within their own country.

With wars happening year after year, the national treasury was not well-off.

Emperor Huiren loved his people like his own children and was unwilling to impose more taxes on them.

Almost every Minister of Revenue before Ruan Bai did not live beyond the age of sixty.

All they think about all day is how to use the least amount of money to get the most done. They worry so much that their hair turns gray early and they can't sleep at night.

So when Prince Lin proposed to repair houses for more than 4,000 households of the lower-class people, Ruan Bai strongly opposed it.

Ruan Bai believes that Luocheng is located in the south, and although there will be light snow, it will definitely not cause a snow disaster.

Renovating more than 4,000 houses would cost at least 20,000 taels of silver. The national treasury had been in deficit for years and could not afford these 20,000 taels of silver.

There was a huge quarrel in the court at that time, but it was finally resolved due to Ruan Bai's tough attitude.

But that year, Los Angeles experienced the heaviest snowfall since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Almost all the houses on Roche Street collapsed.

There were nearly 50,000 people on Roche Street, and the cries of grief were deafening.

The Kyoto government sent all its runners to rescue people, and Emperor Huiren even sent half of his imperial guards to provide disaster relief.

At that time, Prince Lin brought two hundred personal guards and fifty servants from Prince Lin's palace in the capital to the dangerous area. In the heavy snow that covered the sky, they kept rescuing countless lives from under the collapsed houses.

Even Li Jiren, the prince of Prince Lin who was only ten years old at the time, ignored the dissuasion and followed his father to the disaster relief site.

Li Jiren was named by Emperor Huiren himself.

When Emperor Huiren arranged marriages for the three princes, Princess Lin's family background was far inferior to the other two princesses, which made some officials suspect that the emperor's heart was wavering.

But as soon as the name Li Jiren came out, all doubts were dispelled.

Prince Lin will be the next emperor, and Li Jiren will be the next emperor.

The two future emperors were constantly going in and out of dangerous places in the heavy snow. Prince Qing also came with his personal guards. This made the officials who were originally a little slack extremely ashamed, and they all rushed forward.

The rescue lasted four days and five nights.

In the end, more than 40,000 people were rescued alive, but more than 7,000 people died.

More than 200 people who participated in the rescue died and more than 800 were injured.

Even Prince Lin himself injured his right hand while blocking the collapsed wall for Li Jiren.

Lu Xing's right foot was also injured while he was rescuing people during the snowstorm.

After the snowstorm, Emperor Huiren issued a self-criticism edict in the court.

Ruan Bai was demoted to the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue and was neglected by Emperor Huiren for many years.

After Prince An ascended the throne, Ruan Baicai resumed his position as Shangshu.

The imperial court spent a large amount of money to rebuild Luoshi Street, and many merchants and common people also donated money and materials, which allowed the people of Luoshi Street to settle down again.

But many children lost their homes in the snowstorm.

The shelter is overcrowded and can't take in any more children.

By then, the Spring Festival had passed and King Lin was about to return to Jiyang.

Before leaving, Princess Lin Xie Ning sold the only shop in her dowry and built the Ji'an School to accommodate these children.

Ji'an Academy was named after Prince Lin's third son, Li Ji'an, who died shortly after birth.

Princess Lin was the only daughter of Xie Fuyang, a fifth-rank official at the Guanglu Temple.

Xie Fuyang came from a poor family and was a very upright person. After his wife passed away, he never remarried and depended on his beloved daughter Xie Ning for life.

Twenty years ago, Xie Ning was granted marriage to Prince Lin, but Xie Fuyang, who had always been honest, could not even afford a decent dowry.

Fortunately, the royal family's betrothal gift was generous, so Xie Ning was not laughed at.

But she was an only daughter after all, so Xie Fuyang scraped together enough money and finally prepared a shop for Xie Ning.

Most of King Lin's salary was spent on the people and soldiers of Jiyang, so he was short of money to take in those children.

So Princess Lin's only shop was also sold to raise money.

Ji'an School is not only a school, but also a charity hall.

From the initial eighty children aged between birth and eight, there are now more than a thousand orphans under the age of ten.

Not only do these children receive much better treatment than in the orphanage, they can also learn to read and write.

Even children from Roche Street could go in and study for free until they were ten years old, and the school would even provide them with pens, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Of course, the expenses of a Ji'an school like this are getting higher and higher.

Although there were people from Roche Street who helped take care of the children, cleaned the place, and brought food.

But the money for pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, children's clothes, and medical treatment is increasing.

Over the past eight years, the money Princess Lin earned from selling the shop had long been spent. It was only with the annual gift of one thousand taels from Prince Qing, plus most of Xie Fuyang's salary, and donations from some kind-hearted people, that the business was barely able to keep going.

Three years ago, Xie Fuyang passed away, and Ji'an School became increasingly difficult.

At Prince Lin's request, the Lu family would send excess items from Prince Lin's mansion to the school from time to time.

After the news of Prince Lin's rebellion reached the capital, Emperor Zhaowen, despite the opposition of all the civil and military officials in the court, ordered people to raid Prince Lin's palace and sell all the slaves in Prince Lin's palace.

There were only 147 servants in Prince Lin's mansion, which was less than half the number of servants in a normal prince's mansion.

When these people were sold, some of them were bought by Prince Qing's Mansion, but the number of slaves in Prince Qing's Mansion was limited, so they could not buy all of them.

The rest were bought by some officials who had good relations with King Lin, and some were bought by ordinary people who had received favors from King Lin.

Only the Lu family survived until now because they were studying at Jian'an School and were not sold immediately.

Li San is very good at speaking, and his words are very contagious. Lu Yanyan's eyes turned red again and again, and even Han Qingyun couldn't help but sigh.