Regarding the incident of burning the Daxing Palace, people all over the world have mixed opinions and criticisms. Some people even jumped out to accuse Yang Tong of burning the palace built by his ancestors, and he will be punished by God one day.

Such remarks are actually sought after by some people, but this kind of voice only stops outside the Great Sui Dynasty. If anyone dares to say in the Great Sui Dynasty, even if you are a great Confucian, you will be reviled. Daxing Palace belongs to Yang Dong.

The 'ancestral house' is now occupied by bandits, and I have no ability to get it back. What will happen if it is burned down?

As for Yang Tong himself, he naturally doesn't know how others talk about him. Even if he knows, he would sneer at him. The family members and nobles have been scolding each other over the years. He sleeps as he should and eats as he should.

Seeing that a piece of flesh has been removed and a hair has been lost! It will not be boring enough to care or argue.

He has a lot to do, and the burning of Daxing Palace is just an unexpected gain. Once it is over, it will be over.

Now that the scientific examination is coming, the number of people who have registered for the examination is as high as 36,800, which is the highest number in the past years. The imperial examination has been organized for two consecutive years. The Ministry of Rites and the School of Education have already had experience, and all preparations have been arranged in an orderly manner.

There was an age limit for the imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty. Anyone over the age of thirty-five was not allowed to participate in the examinations. Because once there was a ladder to heaven, many people would study hard in order to pass the examinations and ignore the outside world. But these days

The cost of studying is high. If there are two scholars in the family who are not engaged in production, then a well-off family will be poor because of the two of them. If they pass the exam, it will be fine, but if they fail, a good family will be ruined. Set up

The age limit is set so that people above that age can give up their career aspirations and focus on running their families and nurturing future generations.

At the same time, it also avoids the embarrassing phenomenon of recruiting an old man in his 60s or 70s. If he really wins, should you use him? Use him, he may die in a few days, and he has not contributed any to the court.

You have to pay a sum of burial expenses and pension. No need to worry, the person has indeed won. How can the court explain it to the world? There is an age limit, so these issues are not a problem.

West of Yecheng.

The magnificent Imperial Academy stands at the foot of Longshan Mountain, on the shore of Zhang River

There is a huge flat bluestone square at the main entrance of the Academy. To the north of the square is a 66-step long bluestone staircase. The steps are divided into three levels, with every twenty-level steps being one level. In front of the steps is a solemn and magnificent archway.

"Tsinghua Academy" is engraved on the plaque. The font is square and thick, the strokes are light horizontally and heavy vertically. It looks strong, round and thick, with a solemn and vigorous momentum!

‘Tsinghua Academy’ is backed by Longshan and Zhang River, covering an extremely large area. It is like a painting with thick brush and ink slowly unfolding. It is a three-dimensional campus hidden in the forest halfway up the mountain, facing each other with mountains and rivers, and is blessed by nature.

This academy was designed and built by Yu Wenwen, the general craftsman, and Li Chun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. It has a total of 20 colleges, more than 180 three-story lecture halls, libraries, reading rooms, conference rooms, cafeterias, dormitories, and small

Bridges, flowing water, pavilions and pavilions...everything is available.

"What a magnificent academy! It's not much worse than the Shenwu Palace." At this time, Luo Shixin, who was beside Yang Tong, exclaimed.

"Do you also want to go in and study?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"Me? Forget it!" Luo Shixin shook his head and said: "If there is a martial arts academy or a military academy, I would like to listen to the lectures of the gentlemen."

"General Luo, you don't know!" After hearing this, Yang Gongren introduced with a smile: "Tsinghua Academy has multiple colleges, military and military are included in the Martial Arts Academy, and the Martial Arts Academy occupies one-third of the territory.

The training ground alone is twenty acres.”

"Haha! Good thing, good thing!" Yu Chigong grinned widely and said, "All my boys will be sent here to study in the future."

"Not only those from your family, but also the children with meritorious deeds can study here!"

"That's great!"

While several people were talking, Kong Yingda and a group of teachers were seen walking down quickly from above.

"Meet Your Highness." Everyone bowed and saluted.

"No need to be polite!" Yang Tong waved his hand to make everyone level up, and then looked at an energetic old man behind Kong Yingda.

An otherworldly charm.

When Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng and others saw the old man, they hurriedly saluted and said, "I have seen Mr. Liu before."

Even Yang Tong bowed deeply when he saw this old man: "Junior, I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu is doing well lately."

"Very good, haha. Although what His Highness has done is not tolerated by the world's noble families, every one of them is a great initiative that will benefit the future. I only accept the courtesy of others, and I deserve the courtesy of Your Highness." The old man turned sideways slightly.

, let Yang Tong give him a courtesy, but he would not accept it.

The old man's name is Liu Xuan, whose surname is Guangbo. He is a native of Jingcheng, Hejian. He is a master of Confucian classics in the Sui Dynasty. He is also a great educator who has learned a lot about hundreds of schools of thought, including ancient and modern times. Together with another master Liu Tao, he is also known as the "Er Liu".

, both are masters of Confucian classics who are rare to see in a century.

Master Liu Zhuo has been dead for many years now.

Liu Xuan is also over seventy years old, but this old man is very energetic. He is knowledgeable and has done research on Confucian classics, astronomy, calendar, and mathematics. He believes in "Pseudo-Ancient Classics" and "Pseudo-Ancient Classics"

"Zhuan Zhuan". There are many criticisms of the chapters and sentences of the early Confucianism. He also pointed out that the authoritative work during the reign of Emperor Wen, the "Collected Commentary of Zuo Zhuan" edited by Chen Duyu, has more than 150 errors. He is the author of "The Analects of Confucius"

Ten volumes, "Spring and Autumn Attacking Mei" in ten volumes, "Five Classics Correcting Names" in twelve volumes, "Filial Piety Sutra" in five volumes, "Spring and Autumn Annals" in forty volumes, "Shang Shu Sui" in twenty volumes, "Mao Shi Sui"

Forty volumes, with annotations to one volume of "Preface to Poems", etc. These writings of his are widely circulated.

When the Minister of Civil Affairs asked Liu Xuan what his talents were, he said without humility: "The Rites of Zhou, the Book of Rites, Mao's Poems, Shangshu, Gongyang, Zuozhuan, Xiaojing, The Analects of Confucius, Confucius, Zheng, Wang, He

, Fu, Du et al. note that although the meanings of the thirteen schools are refined and rough, they are worthy of teaching. The Book of Changes, Etiquette, and Guliang are less diligent; the collection of Shizi's essays, good words and beautiful things, are recited in the heart; astronomy, laws and calendars,

Investigate subtleties. As for public and private literature, there is no such thing as a fake hand."

Liu Xuan's self-confession to the Minister of Civil Affairs was not bragging. He was indeed a scholar who was proficient in hundreds of schools of thought and had great talents.

Historically, when Kong Yingda compiled "Shang Shu Zhengyi" and "Mao Shi Zhengyi", he quoted the Yishu annotated by Liu Xuan. He, a plagiarist, could become a great scholar! You can imagine how powerful the original author Liu Xuan was.

However, there is a "stain" that must be mentioned in this old age.

In his early years, when his talents were revealed, Liu Xuan was recommended by local officials to work in the imperial court. He wrote national history, compiled legal calendars, and also studied and compiled group texts in internal history. He was on duty as a minister, under his sect, and in the three provinces of internal history, but he did not have an official.

Half-time job. To put it bluntly, the imperial court treated him as a free agent. As a result, his life was in embarrassment and his family could not afford to pay taxes. The local officials urged him, and he complained to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ministry of Internal Affairs asked him to find the Ministry of Secretariat.

He was asked to find the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Education recommended it to Shangshu Province.

At that time, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty purchased the best books in the world. Liu Xuan, who had no choice but to use his talents, forged more than a hundred volumes of books, titled "Lianshan Yi", "Historical Records of Lu", etc., and then sold them to the government. Later, he was

Exposed, Liu Xuan almost lost his life because of this, and he has gained a vulgar reputation ever since.

He writes books in exchange for money, which is entirely due to poverty. Not to mention that he is hungry all day long, and the court also imposes tight taxes. He has nothing but academic knowledge. What else can he do if he doesn't write books and sell them for money?

Starving to death? After this incident, Liu Xuan was criticized for being talented but not moral, and having low moral character.

Under the exhaustive propaganda of those who were jealous of his talents, an academic master was ruined.

Liu Xuan lost his official position and was disheartened, so he returned to his hometown to make a living by teaching. Ling Jing, the Minister of Commerce, and Dou Jiande, the former mastermind of Song Zhengben, were both direct disciples of Liu Xuan.

Later, Yang Tong learned that Liu Xuan was still alive, so he invited him to come out to work, and announced to the world to clear his name, because what Yang Jian purchased at that time was "Yi Shu", and Yi Shu has two meanings. One is specifically referring to the ancient text "Yi Shu"

"Shang Shu", and the second is anecdotes. If books such as "Lianshan Yi" and "Historical Records of Lu" written by Liu Xuan are classified into the second explanation, it is not considered "false", and it should not bear the reputation of vulgarity.

Yang Tong is the soul of today's Sui Dynasty. He came forward to whitewash such a master, and the literati in the government naturally supported him. Although literati in other places vigorously refuted it, they could not avoid the second explanation of "Yishu".

In the end it was settled.

However, Liu Xuan is very satisfied to be recognized by the literati of the Sui Dynasty. His books such as "Lianshan Yi" and "Historical Records of Lu" are now appearing openly in the "Library of the Sui Dynasty".

It involves many anecdotes, but the sales volume is not as good as that.

Liu Xuan is not a strategist, but he is definitely the greatest educator of this era. Yang Tong spent a lot of effort to persuade him to join the "Tsinghua Academy" and serve as a priest (equivalent to the principal).

However, Liu Xuan made a three-part agreement with Yang Tong. He taught his disciples regardless of wealth or poverty. He wanted all scholars to study, regardless of whether they were rich. If he was a disciple from a poor family, Yang Tong had to provide teaching fees for the student.

Naturally, Yang Tong would not refuse to agree to this. His purpose in running the school was to break the aristocratic family's educational monopoly, and this was the nature of free schools. Therefore, Liu Xuan's request was not a request at all.

Yang Tong did not stubbornly follow the old man and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, can our academy accommodate more than 30,000 candidates?"

"It can accommodate, not to mention thirty thousand, one hundred thousand is not a problem. Your Highness, please come inside and take a look."

"Mr. Liu, please!"

Soon after, a group of people visited the campus. In a grand school, desks and benches were neatly arranged, which was almost the same as the school classroom in his previous life. This gave Yang Tong a feeling of time and space intersecting.

Liu Xuan introduced: "Your Highness, a school has 300 seats, and the three floors are 900 seats! There are 188 such schools in Tsinghua Academy, which means that 170,000 to 80,000 people can study at the same time.

, exam, this is not counting the martial arts academy."

Liu Xuan admired Yang Tong's great efforts in education.

After that, the group visited the student dormitory building, canteen, upper and lower auditoriums, 'teacher's office', etc. They were all the same as those in later generations of schools.

Although Liu Xuan is old, his thinking is quite quick. He not only acted as a guide with ease, but also explained various advanced layouts in a clear and logical way, and was full of praise.

After a general walk around, the group of people arrived at a garden and sat down.

"Liu Gong! The Analects of Confucius and Mencius are profound and profound, but they are too obscure for a child. I looked through many books and found that there was only "The Thousand Character Essay" written by Master Zhou Xingsi of the Southern Dynasty. This article is a masterpiece of enlightenment, but it is only

This article is really boring. I have a "Three Character Classic" and a "Disciple Rules" here, and I asked Mr. Liu to check it to see if it can be widely used." Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Oh?" Liu Xuan's eyes lit up, and he looked at Yang Tong and said: "His Highness's poems and prose are both melody and style, breaking the sluggish style that has been gorgeous in form, empty in connotation, and narrow-minded since the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Love moved to the country and the desert. The expanded themes and serious thoughts gave the poems new vitality and improved the ideological significance of the poems. There is no one who is unparalleled in the contemporary era and can be called the emperor among literati. Although His Highness’s works are not many,

But I have read them carefully one by one! I believe that the Three Character Classic and the Disciple Rules will not disappoint."

Yang Tong blushed a little at the praise. He took these two classic pieces of enlightenment from a guard and handed them to Liu Xuan.

The first thing Liu Xuan read was "The Three Character Classic". The more he read, the more frightened he became, and the more he admired it! When he turned to "Journey to the Sui Dynasty...", the historical facts part stopped abruptly.

The next paragraph emphasizes that learning must be diligent and tireless. Only by laying a good foundation for learning from an early age can one "serve the king and benefit the people" when he grows up.

This "Three Character Classic" is easy to understand and draws on classic materials, including literature, history, philosophy, astronomy and geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, justice, etc., and the core ideas include "benevolence, righteousness, sincerity, respect, and filial piety." Children

While reciting the "Three Character Classic", you will understand traditional Chinese studies and general history, as well as the principles of life and work contained in the stories.

The sentences are short, concise and catchy.

It’s so shocking!
To be continued...