Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 164 Preparing to Build an Academy
"How does Zhu Qing feel?"

Zhu Di stared at Zhu Fu closely, with a look of curiosity and a hint of expectation.

Zhu Fu shook his head vigorously, then took off the glasses on his head, quickly took two steps forward, approached Zhu Di's desk, and stared at the book carefully for a while.

Afterwards, he put on his reading glasses and stared at the book for a while.

Then he slowly raised his head, his face full of excitement.

"Your Highness, these reading glasses are really a godsend."

Zhu Di showed joy on his face.

Zhu Fu was still full of excitement and said: "Your Highness, I don't know, this minister is very old, and his eyesight began to get tired as early as a few years ago, and he is no longer young.

When reading some documents or books, the tiny words will turn into black ink.

Whenever this happens, Weichen needs to place documents and books far away so that he can barely see them clearly.

However, when the sky is dark, no matter what kind of text it is, no matter how you look at it, it will be blurry, which is very inconvenient.

And this presbyopic glasses gave Weichen a feeling of returning to his youth, no matter how far or near, Weichen can read small characters clearly. "

Zhu Di hurriedly asked: "How is it compared to the mirror?"

Zhu Fu said: "Your Highness, the Kuan mirror is too far away. It is very inconvenient for someone to hold the mirror in one hand and read each word.

And this reading glasses only need to be put on the head without any operation, and you can see very clearly.

If His Highness can sell reading glasses to the outside world, I don't know how many old scholars in the world will be grateful to His Highness. "

Zhu Di's eyes brightened.

As he said that, Zhu Fu hesitated for a moment, and said with some doubts: "It's just that these reading glasses always make me a little dizzy."

"Dizziness?"

Zhu Di was taken aback and looked at Guo An.

Guo An glanced at Zhu Fu strangely, and said, "Zhu Changshi, why don't you try a pair of presbyopic glasses with thinner lenses?"

"Change a pair?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhu Fu's eyes.

And this time, Guo An had already taken out another pair of reading glasses that looked exactly the same to Zhu Fu, and handed them to Zhu Fu.

"Zhu Changshi try again?"

"Thank you Guo Changshi."

Zhu Fu was not polite, just picked it up and put it on again.

"Ok?"

Zhu Fu's face was even more joyful, he looked around, and then he walked around the hall tentatively, already a little reluctant to take off the reading glasses from his head.

He directly saluted Zhu Di and Guo An with grateful congratulations, "I thank you, Your Highness, and thank you Guo Changshi.

With this reading glasses, I don't have to think about the reading glasses anymore, and I don't have to look for a bright spot when I deal with documents every day. "

"So good."

Zhu Di's face was full of joy.

Then, he looked at Guo An, "Guo Qing, since the effect of this reading mirror is so good, does Guo Qing have any plans to invite those great scholars with this mirror?"

Guo An couldn't help but looked at Zhu Di, and asked seriously: "Your Highness, this humble minister is just a small official in the palace, and has not yet achieved any fame.

And Zhu Changshi is highly respected, and Master Daoyan knows many great Confucianists.

For this important matter, His Highness should ask Zhu Changshi and Master Daoyan. "

Zhu Di smiled slowly, and said: "We remember that Guo Qing is a descendant of Guo Taishi, and Guo Qing's wife is a descendant of the Changshan King in the former Yuan Dynasty. With Guo Qing, why do we have to go far away?"

"This?"

Guo An was taken aback for a moment, and asked directly: "If you want to fight for your family background, compared with your Highness, your humble minister is nothing to mention.

His Highness's father is His Majesty the current emperor, His Highness's father-in-law is still the King of Zhongshan, and His Highness's several Confucian masters are even today's Confucian masters, and the humble ministers are far behind. "

"..."

Zhu Di was startled, and then looked at Guo An with an inexplicable expression, "Guo Qing, we had several teachers when we were young.

But those few, Guo Qing also knew, one was a teacher of the Five Classics, and the other was Cheng Yibo, both of whom had passed away.

As for..."

As he said that, Zhu Di remembered something, and his eyes lit up.

"Speaking of which, this king really had a teacher when he was a child. He was promoted from an academic officer in Shaanxi Province to an attendant at the Imperial Academy, and was specially appointed by his father as our teacher..."

Guo An suddenly looked at Zhu Di with joy on his face, "May I ask Your Highness, what is the position of that great Confucianist now? How old is he?
Your Highness has this teacher, it is the blessing of my Yan Palace.

After a while, Weichen asked those craftsmen to make six kinds of presbyopic glasses of different specifications for His Highness, and then made some tea sets and glass mirrors out of glass.

His Highness sent someone to hand it over to that great Confucian. I believe that with His Highness's relationship, that great Confucian will be able to be invited?

If that great Confucian cannot come here due to his official position, Your Highness can ask that great Confucian to invite some great Confucians, or send a few students to come..."

Guo An chattered on and on, but when he looked at Zhu Di again, he saw Zhu Di's face getting more and more embarrassing, so he subconsciously stopped.

"Your Highness, what happened?"

On the side, Zhu Fu also looked at Zhu Di curiously.

Zhu Di sighed slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "Our teacher doesn't like being an official, and he has already returned home."

Guo An was overjoyed, "Your Highness, isn't this just right?
Your Highness, you can also write to that great Confucian, as long as he comes, His Highness can build a [-]-acre academy, and also build a six-storey library pavilion to collect the world's classics and put them in the library In the pavilion, feel free to let the great Confucian watch it.

In addition, if that great Confucian is willing, my Yan Palace can also allow him to write a book and write a biography. "

Zhu Di stared, "To build a one-hundred-acre academy, and to build a six-storey library pavilion, is Guo Qing trying to empty out my king's Yan Palace?"

Guo An arched his hands slightly, with a calm expression on his face, "Don't worry, Your Highness, it's just a [-]-acre academy, and it would cost more than [-] taels of silver at best.

This little money is completely worthless compared to the academy's future rewards. "

Zhu Di said again: "The Academy is not worth mentioning, but Guo Qing knows how many books are needed to fill the six-storey Library Pavilion? Just these books, there are no more than 10 taels of silver, and it is difficult to get them together."

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, please rest assured, there is absolutely no need for so much money."

As he spoke, he suddenly came to his senses, and quickly looked at Zhu Di curiously, "Your Highness, don't interrupt me, I don't know which great Confucianism your Highness's teacher is, and the most important thing now is to invite that great Confucian.

As long as there is a great Confucianism, everything will be easy to handle.And if there is no Great Confucianism, Your Highness, then the Academy can only rely on His Highness..."

Zhu Di's face froze slightly, and then he returned to normal, shaking his head again and again: "The teacher of my king has already retired to the mountains and fields, and he is from the south. How could he come to Peiping?"

Guo An still did not give up, and continued to remonstrate: "Your Highness, no matter what, you have to invite that great Confucian.

Otherwise, how would officials and scholars in the world view His Highness? "

Zhu Di let out a long breath, a little annoyed, "Okay, okay, we know about this, so there's no need for Guo Qing to urge you all the time."

Guo An said with a sneer: "Your Highness, forgive me, this is the first time I heard that His Highness still has a teacher who has been left behind by the people. I am a little excited, and I can't wait to invite that great Confucian to Beiping Mansion immediately."

Zhu Fu on the side saw some tricks, and suggested: "Your Highness, according to what Guo Changshi said, an academy of one hundred acres is not enough for just one or two great scholars.

Why don't you invite His Highness, Guo Changshi, Master Daoyan and others to invite some great Confucian scholars to come? "

Guo An quickly said: "There is no need for this, there is no need for this. Your Highness, Guo Changshi, my academy is mostly teaching some children to be enlightened and read and write.

There is no need to invite so many great Confucian scholars, otherwise the great Confucian scholars would quarrel every day, or those scholars would only focus on taking the imperial examinations every day, and have no intention of serving the Yan Palace, then it would be bad. "

Zhu Di couldn't help showing a slight smile, "Guo Qing's words are wrong, we built the academy only to educate the people of Yan Palace, how can we have such a utilitarian mind.

Furthermore, according to Guo Qing's words, only [-]% of the number of scholars in such a large academy is enough for our Yan Palace. "

After speaking, without waiting for Guo An's objection, he waved his hand and made a decision.

"Okay, that's the deal, let's send some glasses to that teacher and invite him to come.

As for Guo Qing, he also needs to bring some reading glasses and gifts to invite several great Confucian scholars to come.

We do know that Guo Qing's father-in-law is well-known among scholars in Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan. "

Guo An nodded slowly, "I obey."

"good."

Zhu Di's face brightened, "This matter needs to be done urgently, Guo Qing should go down and make arrangements."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Guo An responded, then stood up and prepared to go out.

Suddenly, thinking of something, he quickly turned his head and asked again: "I don't know if Your Highness wants to present a set of reading glasses to His Majesty? Also, how many reading glasses does Your Highness need to prepare in Yingtian City? Can the two legs of the reading glasses be used?" Whose name needs to be engraved, or what pattern?"

"This?"

Zhu Di couldn't help frowning in thought.

Guo An continued: "In addition, I don't know how many reading glasses Master Yan needs? What kind of style, you may need to engrave a special font size, I need to explain it carefully."

Zhu Di said: "Let's send Ma He to inquire after a while, and let Ma He inform Guo Qing."

"That's it, I will retire."

Guo An and Zhu Fu resigned.

When the two of them left the palace gate, Zhu Di sighed slightly as he looked at the three pairs of glasses in front of him.

His teacher will definitely not come to Beiping Mansion.

Immediately, he ordered Ma He to take the three pairs of reading glasses to Qingshou Temple and ask Master Daoyan about the reading glasses.

When he saw the font size and number handed over by Ma He, Guo An subconsciously flashed a trace of doubt.

"Long Wenyuan... What a domineering name, Lao Zhu actually asked this person to teach King Yan?"

Then, subconsciously shaking his head, he ordered the craftsmen in the glass workshop to quickly make reading glasses according to the requirements he wrote.

Then, Guo An asked Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang from Gongzheng to find a suitable place near Wanping County, preferably a place with mountains and rivers.

Ready to build a school.

When they heard about the construction of the academy, Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang were surprised at first, and then they were overjoyed.

In less than two days, according to Guo An's request, a suitable place was found.

Six miles southwest of Shuncheng Gate in Wanping County, there is a river's birthplace, with reeds growing overgrown and many springs.

There are more than a hundred underground springs, and the water temperature is relatively low. In addition, the springs from all walks of life converge to form a small stream, so it is called Baiquanxi.

Guo An followed Xu Yun, Zhuang Guang and the others to check on the spot.

Very satisfied.

When he went to the iron smelting factory, glass workshop and other workshops in Shangzhuang Village, the road he took was not too far from here.

In addition, there are not many households here, which is very conducive to expropriation.

It was not far from Wanping County, and it happened that King Yan's Mansion also started to pave concrete roads from Wanping County to the gunpowder workshop and iron smelting workshop.

The academy can be built directly on the basis of cement roads.

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(End of this chapter)