It has been raining lightly for seven or eight days in a row in Kyoto. It always happens in the afternoon. Just when the sky is about to become clear, a stream of very low clouds will float over the branches, and then it will fade away if it becomes thinner.

The mist is pattering at 3 or 2 o'clock, it is a quiet that is not painful or itchy, it is the moisture that is pervasive. Even if you hide it under an umbrella, the moisture will penetrate your clothes and stick to your body, making you feel sad.

It has been raining for the past few days, and a courtyard has been built two or three miles outside Kyoto. The courtyard encompasses three to five acres of land, and two rows of thatched houses have been built. Except for a study room with classics, which looks decent, the rest

It looks like a temporary shack built after a disaster.

Xiao Qi's injury has almost healed. Hearing that his master has to take care of the academy, he has been busy these days and has no free time. He rolled up a book and handed it to Li Chen, "Your Highness, these are all

There are a total of 433 students in the nearby towns and villages. Their family backgrounds are innocent, but they are poor and cannot access more classics. Among them, this one named Guan Fou is said to have the gift of photographic memory."

Li Chen flipped through it briefly and saw that the names and birthplaces of these students were marked on it. Xiao Qi was always thorough and considerate in everything he did.

"Then let's do it. The name of the academy will be Hanshan Academy for the time being." Li Chen said.

Xiao Qi turned around to leave, thought for a while, then turned back and asked: "Your Highness, if these people enter the academy, they can be regarded as half of your disciples. This is a great thing, but why do you want to

Placing them in such a dilapidated place? It’s hard to avoid criticism. A noble prince has established such an academy. Does this mean he looks down on the children from a poor family?"

Li Chen smiled and said: "The academy was built like this to distinguish them from the aristocratic families. It is enough to have many classics in the academy. If they see that these people have the same food, housing and transportation as them, the academy may not be able to open until this year.

The imperial examination."

Xiao Qi thought for a moment and understood what His Highness meant, "His Highness' thoughts are indeed beyond our reach."

Li Chen laughed and scolded Xiao Qi for not knowing who he had learned this art of flattery from. Xiao Qi laughed and went out. He has followed Li Chen since he was a child and saw the child grow up step by step to what he is now. The satisfaction and pride in it are that of ordinary relatives and friends.

Can't even understand it.

A few days later, there were more and more students in the academy, and Xiaoqi paid a lot of money to invite teachers in various subjects. The academy was in full swing.

At noon.

Bowls of noodle soup were served to these poor students. Even while running around, these young people did not forget to talk about the new classics they read today, the new articles they wrote, or the poems they accidentally picked up.

Xiao Qi and Li Chen looked at this scene with a smile. Xiao Qi said: "I don't know why, but when I looked at them, I remembered that when His Highness and I first entered Kyoto, His Highness was also very excited, running around here and there every day. In the blink of an eye, His Highness has already

Become a human being.”

As he spoke, he became a little emotional for a moment. Li Chen patted Xiao Qi on the shoulder and said, "You are only over a hundred years old, and you have never seen much of the world in the Monster Clan before. You are still a young man. Now

Why are you acting so late?"

Xiao Qi shook his head and said: "I just feel that the changes of the sun and the moon in this world, one generation after another, no matter whether the demon clan or the human clan's holy dynasty, will eventually belong to these young people."

Of course Li Chen understood what Xiao Qi meant. He wanted to say that the scene in front of him was just like the pilgrimage of the young people tomorrow.

The peaceful days passed for six or seven days. During this period, people from aristocratic families came to take a look at the academy. Seeing the simplicity of the courtyard, they laughed a few times and turned around to leave. After leaving the academy, they told others about the situation as a joke.

, giving an evaluation of a grass-roots team as a ragtag group of people.

After Li Tang found out, he called Li Chen into the palace and asked about the matter. Li Chen only said that his majesty could rest assured and wait for the results of the imperial examination.

On this day, Li Chen left the mansion and just arrived at the academy. He saw several students making a loud noise outside the dean's door. He only heard the teacher explain clearly when he got closer.

It turns out that someone heard the news from someone, saying that the establishment of Hanshan Academy was originally entrusted to the Ninth Prince by the Emperor, and a large sum of money was allocated to him. However, the Ninth Prince has now built such a shabby and dilapidated place, and it is difficult to save it.

There are people who use the money and food from the court and the benevolence of the Holy One to fill their own pockets. "This is deceiving the emperor!"

"Since His Highness the Ninth Prince wants us to consider ourselves disciples of Hanshan Academy, but he refuses to even give us good food, how can we be willing to serve you when we enter the court in the future?"

Li Chen didn't say anything after hearing their angry curses. He just looked at another group of about ten people not far away and asked, "Do you think so too?"

Those people shook their heads. Among them, the leading student was named Guan Fou. Li Chen had some impression that Xiaoqi once said that he had the talent of never forgetting anything. Guan Fou was hesitant to speak at this time, but finally suppressed it.

Li Chen then said to the hundreds of students who were making trouble: "You can leave."

Even Xiao Qi didn't think of this sentence and looked at him in surprise. Almost everyone participated in today's riot. If these people leave, there will be less than twenty people left in the entire academy.

More than students.

The students who were clamoring for trouble just now did not expect such a result. They originally thought that the law would not punish the public, and even if they really made the Ninth Prince dissatisfied, they would not be punished.

Li Chen said calmly and calmly: "You may have thought about something wrong. When I opened the academy, I never asked you to enroll in the academy, let alone to go to the court to work for me. As for whether you have received funding from the court, it is even more peaceful.

You have nothing to do with it."

Those students wanted to say something more, but Xiao Qi knew that Li Chen had made up his mind and waved to the guards in the courtyard to drive the students out.

When the academy returned to quiet, Li Chen looked around at the remaining dozen people and said, "I hope you understand one thing first. Today's Hanshan Academy will never allow you to enter the academy and become young masters, and it will never allow you to have aristocratic families.

My children are in such an environment. I have asked people to look at your births, and no one is rich enough to eat meat every day.

`I am not saying this to humiliate you, but I just want to tell you that what Hanshan Academy is going to do today is not to make you, like the children of aristocratic families, have all kinds of appetites anytime, anywhere, nor do you have the elegant beauties who play and sing every night.

, the only thing that makes you and the children of aristocratic families the same is that Hanshan Academy has tens of millions of classics, which you can read at will. Even if there are some classics that are missing from the academy, as long as you ask, I will find a way to find them for you.

Next, what I want to tell you is that being born poor is not despicable, wearing shabby clothes does not debase your spine, and wearing shabby shoes does not weaken your ambition. This is the truth that we should understand. The wild history of the world has already told

It illustrates the chivalry of Jianghu. Even if you can't have enough to eat every day, you still need to be righteous and chivalrous. As students from poor families, we should also understand that if we want to achieve great things, we need to experience pain first.

Finally, I am building Hanshan Academy today. I never hope that you will become my vassal or helper in the future. If one day I really find you because of these common things, I just hope that you will not be polite and kick me out.

However, there are still thousands of poor people like you in this world who are unable to read many classics. I just hope that when you become officials in the future, you will never forget to pave the way for them."

After saying this, Guan Fou suddenly stretched himself to the ground and said to Li Chen in shame: "Your Highness, people from aristocratic families have come to me these days, promising huge rewards and allowing me to make a fuss in the academy with them."

The remaining twelve people also prostrated themselves on the ground and admitted the matter.

Li Chen looked over, "Then why didn't you go with them?"

Guan Fou said: "Although my family is poor, I also know that one cannot repay kindness with enmity."

Li Chen asked again: "Don't you think the academy is crude?"

Guan Fou said: "Although the academy is simple, the classics are genuine, and I am not related to His Highness. It is very rare to be able to give me a place like this to sleep with the fragrance of books at any time. How can I dare to ask for more?"

Li Chen looked at Guan Fou and somehow felt that this young man overlapped with another figure.

On this day, His Highness Li Chen pointed at Guan Fou and said to everyone: "This is the nature of a gentleman."


Chapter completed!