Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 169 The Joy of the Academy
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"Reporting to Your Highness, the villain is a member of the Teng family in Changde Mansion."

"Your Highness, the villain is a member of the Yang family in Baoqing Mansion."

"Your Highness, the villain is a member of the Zhang family in Jinhua Mansion..."

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"Your Highness, don't listen to their nonsense."

Suddenly, a sarcastic voice came from outside the crowd.

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression froze, and he looked out the door. A few muscular and muscular people squeezed in, which gave Zhu Di an inexplicable familiarity.

Seeing these people, the stewards who spoke earlier couldn't help but stare angrily, their faces darkened.

"Who are you waiting for?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the villain is Guo Peng, the steward of Marquis Wu Ding's residence."

"Your Highness, the villain is Zhao Er, who is in charge of Duke Xin's residence."

"Your Highness, the villain is in charge of Duke Ying's residence..."

"..."

A smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Di's face. These nobles are all from his own family, "Marquis Wu Ding and Lord Xin Guo are all generals, why do they need reading glasses?"

"Your Highness, our lords (fathers-in-law) say that the things His Highness makes must be good things. They are also old, so they should ask for a share."

Guo Peng and Zhao Er quickly said.

"Ah."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then asked, "Why do you say that these thieves are lying to us?"

Guo Peng said hastily: "Your Highness, these are the capitals who came out one after the other with the villain and others. Their masters are all some officials of the capital, and even the villain and the others have met some people?"

"How dare you lie to me?"

Zhu Di's face immediately darkened, staring closely at the group of stewards in front of him.

"Your Highness, the villain and others really did not lie to His Highness. The master of the villain really belongs to the Teng family in Changde Mansion."

"That's right, Your Highness clearly learned that the master of the villain is really a member of the Yang family of Baoqing Mansion..."

"..."

Zhu Di sneered directly, "There is only one person who was born in the Yang family of Baoqing Mansion and is still an official in the capital..."

As he said that, Zhu Di looked at the crowd in front of him with a sneering look on his face, "Tsk... Damn it, a group of people who hide their heads and show their tails, and pretend to be gentlemen all day long, assisting His Majesty in governing the world, are really slippery The big joke..."

After speaking, Zhu Di turned his head and walked in.

Only a group of stewards who dared to be angry and dare not speak out, with flushed faces full of suffocation, were left behind.

Back in the hall, Guo An clapped his palms and smiled lightly, "Your Highness has a very high plan."

Zhu Di was taken aback, "What scheme did we use?"

Guo Andao: "Originally, His Highness built an academy wantonly in Beiping Mansion, and he was suspected of wooing scholars from the north, which would make people fearful.

But now, in front of everyone, he scolded all the ministers in the capital severely.

In this way, the civil servants and scholars in the south will not wait to see His Highness, and His Highness will not be feared by others. "

Zhu Di's expression froze, "We're just building an academy, how can we be afraid of it?"

Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, there will be great Confucian scholars in the academy, and in the future there will be thousands of civil servants and scholars who will receive His Highness's favor..."

Zhu Di smiled casually, then stared at Guo An and said solemnly: "Guo Qing, you are too worried, not to mention one academy, even if there are ten academies, neither father nor brother would suspect us.

And we will definitely not have any thoughts that we shouldn't have, and Guo Qing must not have any thoughts that we shouldn't have..."

Guo An quickly smiled and said, "Your Highness, I will devote my energy to craftsmanship in this lifetime..."

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction.

Two days later.

All the visitors from the capital also left.

In the main halls of King Yan's Mansion, there are nearly [-] more books of various kinds.

In the next few days, another carriage came from Shunde Mansion, and there were also tens of thousands of books on it.

Zhu Di couldn't help being overjoyed.

And Guo An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

These books are proof that some scholars in the north, even great Confucian scholars, support the academy.

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Time flies.

The books in the main hall of King Yan's Mansion have already piled up to cover the three main halls.

And five miles southwest of Beiping Mansion, a large-scale academy was also slowly built.

At the same time, more and more scholars came to Beiping Mansion.

After seeing the gradually rising academy, everyone's faces were full of joy, and then they wrote vigorously to inform the teachers and friends.

Subsequently, some great Confucian scholars also gradually came to Beiping Mansion.

Naturally, as a descendant of Guo Taishi, the governor of Yan Wangfu, Guo An was responsible for receiving these great Confucian scholars and great rural sages.

And as soon as these great Confucians and great sages from the countryside gathered together, they began to examine the academy in various ways, especially Guo An.

"Boy Guo, I don't know why His Royal Highness King Yan established the academy for?"

Guo An replied respectfully: "His Royal Highness Yan Wang has no other desires, but only wants to enrich the people and strengthen the country, so that all the people in the Beiping Mansion can read and write, so that all the people can get rid of ignorance..."

"Then what does His Highness King Yan plan to do?"

"First let all the children of the people in Beiping Prefecture be enlightened, and then let these children in Peiping Prefecture complete primary education."

"Elementary education?"

It was the first time for all the Confucians to hear this word, and they couldn't help but look curious.

"Back to the elders, Ning Yi believes that the so-called primary education is to enable all people to be able to read and understand the most basic arithmetic. When they meet their favorite books, they can also read them at will, and they will never be harmed again. ..."

"How is this possible?"

All the Confucian scholars couldn't help but widen their eyes, their faces full of disbelief.

"That's why His Royal Highness King Yan established the Academy. Whether he is the son of a poor man, the son of a craftsman, or the son of a businessman or an official, everyone can enter the Academy. They are treated equally and should not be bullied...

And if they are bullied, abused, deceived by their classmates in the academy, as long as they don't kill anyone, they can all be punished lightly..."

"So, the students taught by the academy are not a mixture of dragon and fish? There is no distinction between high and low?"

"Farmers grow grain, craftsmen make it, merchants sell it, and officials manage it as a whole. Apart from the different powers in their hands, what is the difference between high and low?"

"I don't agree with such a lack of thought of dignity or inferiority."

"Haha, the old man thinks this kind of education is relatively new, and he likes it very much. At least there will be no danger of life in the academy, but when they step into the officialdom, if they are a little careless, they will either lose their property or die."

"The strong are king, and the fittest survive. After they come out, no matter how much knowledge they have, they have to learn to protect themselves..."

"good……"

"Wait...you are so radical. The academy is just a place for enlightenment, literacy and reading, and a place to bathe in the thoughts of sages. Now you are acting so recklessly?"

"My boy, I don't know the big truth, I only know that there is no good and no evil, there is good and there is evil, knowing good and evil is liangzhi, doing good and eliminating evil is investigating things.

In all things, only by investigating things and extending knowledge, and the unity of knowledge and action, can we know the truth.

As a long-term history of a country, everyone is a scholar. They should set up their minds for the world, establish their lives for the people, inherit the unique learning for the past saints, and create peace for the eternal world. They should not stick to the rules, only know how to follow the words of the predecessors, and think about flexibility..."

"Okay, what a Mr. Hengqu who establishes his heart for the world, establishes his life for the people, inherits his knowledge for the past, and brings peace to all generations?"

"However, you kid, are you saying that we are all a bunch of old rotten scholars?"

"I dare not..."

Facing the test and criticism of a group of great Confucians, although Guo An has a dark heart and a thick skin, he still can't handle it.

He is just a fledgling kid, how can he debate these great scholars?
Fortunately, a group of Koryo envoys also set off from Yingtian City and came to Beiping Mansion again.

The ambassador of Korea is still Li Shihou from a few months ago.

"Koryo envoy Li Shihou, see His Royal Highness King Yan."

In the Chengyun Hall, Li Shihou led a group of Korean missions to pay respects to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di sat on the throne with a solemn face, and asked Li Shihou, "Envoy of Korea, why did you come here this time?"

On the left and right sides, there are a group of officials of King Yan's mansion, and some great Confucian scholars, looking at this group of Korean foreigners indifferently.

Li Shihou hurriedly replied: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the foreign ministers came this time with the intention of our Koryo Kingdom, and came here to ask His Royal Highness King Yan's transparent glass technology and the technology of planting vegetables in cold winter."

Hearing this, Zhu Di seemed to have just remembered this matter.

"In this case, can you bring your Koryo country's loan credentials?"

Li Shihou looked at Zhu Di expectantly, "Reporting to His Highness King Yan, the foreign minister has brought the letter of credit from the country of the foreign minister, please have a look at it."

Following Li Shihou's words, the two Korean envoys held up a document and respectfully knelt down in front of Zhu Di.

Afterwards, He Zhong stepped forward to take the document and presented it to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di opened it and saw that the loan certificate was indeed covered with the seal of the King of Goryeo, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"The king of Koryo is really sincere, so tomorrow you can follow the officials of the palace to learn the technology of forging transparent glass and the technology of farming and growing vegetables."

"Thank you, Your Highness King Yan!"

All the envoys of Goryeo were grateful.

When the business was finished, a plate of field dishes full of color, fragrance and fragrance was brought up.

Everyone ate with gusto.

The wine bag was full, and a great Confucian could not help but tilt his head and said in a low voice, "It's a luxury to have such delicious food and wine."

Guo An smiled faintly, "Yan Wang's Mansion earns thousands of taels of silver every day, and it's all done in a serious manner. It's not common for people to eat a delicious meal without searching for any people's fat."

"Then why do you still need to lend money to Fanbang in Korea? But to me, the gentry and merchants of the Ming Dynasty, you have to pay all the money?"

Guo An said slowly: "The territory of Koryo is equal to the entire Beiping Prefecture, plus Shanxi and Shandong, if Koryo dares to repay the debt, it will need to repay ten times... and those gentry and merchants, I don't know if they can pay back. Can you afford it?"

"hiss……"

The great Confucian scholars on the left and right sides of Guo An directly stared wide-eyed, and once again looked at Zhu Di on the throne with a sincere smile on his face, their eyes flashed brightly.

"So, the old man from the academy has entered."

"It should be like this. We, great Confucians, have been familiar with the books of sages and sages since we were young. We should be like Mr. Hengqu. We should establish our hearts for the world, establish our lives for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations..."

Guo An didn't expect that just meeting the Korean envoys once could make these great Confucians change their minds.

And with the addition of these great Confucians, more scholars came to Beiping Mansion.

At the same time, the Academy was formally renovated.

On the day when the academy opened, the entire academy was crowded with scholars, all of whom were scholars in shawls and Confucian shirts.

For the venue of the academy, everyone is full of joy.

Study, school, garden of six arts...

The most important thing is the clear spring water with pontoon bridges and gazebos on it, and the book pavilions around two and three feet high. Drinking tea and reading at the same time, isn't it a fairy?
What's more, the six-storey Library Pavilion contains [-] classics, which makes all scholars flock to it!

Even some great Confucians are envious.

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(End of this chapter)