What does Yang Cong mean?

His meaning is very simple. Cultivate the hopes of the Ming Dynasty, such as craftsmen and military households, take them to control the power, and then let them use their talents to develop the industry, agriculture, military, etc. of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, will there be hope for the Ming Dynasty?

When he saw Wang Xuan showing an inspiring expression, he immediately said without hesitation: "Sir, why don't you do this? You can stay and teach me how to study the "Four Books Chapters and Sentences". I will pay 100 taels a month. What do you think?"

"Puff", Wang Xuan heard this and directly sprayed out a sip of tea he had just drunk.

He has done this job when teaching people to study. He also taught Yu Dayou at the beginning. He has also studied "The Collection of Notes on the Four Books Chapters" and his level is not average. Otherwise, he would not dare to take the provincial examination. The problem is, 100 taels of silver this month is really an exaggeration. He has never thought about ten taels of silver a month!

He was stunned for a while, and then he couldn't believe it: "Be serious?"

Yang Cong nodded and smiled, "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, please ask Brother Zhifu."

Yu Dayou was also invited by him for 100 taels of silver a month. It has been more than a year, and he has been more than 1,000 taels of silver a little. He has never missed Yu Dayou.

Upon hearing this, Yu Dayou nodded quickly and said, "Sir, this is not fake. This little money is nothing to Qingfeng."

It's really one hundred taels of silver a month!

Wang Xuan was stunned for a while, then looked at the pile of books on the table, and then asked reluctantly: "These books?"

Yang Cong reached out and stroked the books and said solemnly: "These books are very important. We cannot just publish them like this. We have to edit them carefully. We have to wait two years and wait until this session and palace examination are over. Do you think it's okay?"

When Wang Xuan heard this, he thought, waiting for two years will be 2,400 taels of silver. At that time, if you don’t print it, I can even pay for it!

Thinking of this, he nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, then wait for two years."

In this way, Wang Xuan was kept by Yang Cong.

Of course, Yang Cong kept him not only to study the "Four Books Chapters and Sentences Collection", but at this moment, they mainly studied the "Four Books Chapters and Sentences Collection", and Yu Dayou and the three of them studied together.

As for the county school, Yang Cong had already asked Mr. Yan that he didn't have to go to the county school, because going to the county school mainly involves reviewing the "Four Books and Five Classics", which is to lay the foundation.

Does he still need to write a basic foundation? He can write a standard eight-legged essay in one hour. A real genius will probably be shocked when he sees it.

Besides, he won three yuan in the Academy Examination, and he was definitely the best among scholars.

In fact, scholars are also divided into grades. For example, if you do not have a thorough understanding of the "Four Books and Five Classics", or if you are not well written in the standard test-oriented eight-part essay, it doesn't matter if you don't have money. So sorry, you have to lay the foundation in the county school first. When the county school teacher thinks that your foundation is solid enough, you will naturally recommend you to study at the prefecture school. The prefecture professor is "The Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books".

Yang Cong didn't plan to go to the prefecture school either. He thought the progress of the prefecture school was too slow and it would be better to study at home by himself.

Not to mention, Wang Xuan’s “Four Books and Chapters Collection” is really familiar. As for the reason, it’s because he has no money to buy books. The “Four Books and Chapters Collection” he read was handwritten by himself.

These days, not all scholars have money to buy books, especially those like "The Collection of Notes on the Four Books Chapters and Sentences", which cost at least dozens of taels of silver, and those with hardcover versions cost hundreds of taels of taels of gold. If you don't have money and can't afford it, you can only buy some paper and copy it.

There is another advantage of copying books, that is, you can have a little impression of every word and sentence. If you study it carefully, it will be much better than just buying it to read it.

Wang Xuanke not only studied "The Collection of Notes on the Four Books Chapters" when he was young, but he often read "The Collection of Notes on the Four Books Chapters" when he was fine these years. He was familiar with the content of "The Collection of Notes on the Four Books Chapters" and was enough to match half a teacher.

Of course, Yang Cong not only has half of Wang Xuan, but also asks the county magistrate Liu Shouliang, who is definitely aware of everything and can speak out for the sake of education.

There is also Xu Jie, who is the third-ranked Tanhualang. His understanding of "The Collection of Notes on the Four Books" is not comparable to that of ordinary Jinshi. Yang Cong always benefits a lot whenever he goes to the city for advice.

There are also various selected articles and annotations for provincial examinations and conference examinations. He has read a lot. Anyway, he is not short of money. Four liang, five liang, or even ten liang a book is nothing to him, but it’s right to buy it.

Of course, they are not studying the "Four Books and Chapters Collection" all day long. In their spare time, they will also talk about the principles of investigating things and helping to know. Gradually, what should be the content of investigating things and helping to know, and they have a certain context.

Yang Cong even set a book bibliography and thought of directions for a lot of content, but he just didn’t have time to write it for the time being.

For example, in "Theory of Investigating Things and Knowing. Astronomy", he planned to systematically explain the rotation and revolution of the sun, moon, earth and several major planets. He has already understood that these are not advanced at all for people of this era. In particular, Wang Xuan and others who studied the principles of Yi have even deduced some outlines, but there is no specific direction.

For example, in "Theory of Understanding and Geography", he is preparing to describe in detail the recent situation of countries around the world so that all scholars of the Ming Dynasty can be sober and not be arrogant anymore.

For example, in "Theory of Understanding of Investigation of Things. Chapter on Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning", he is preparing to introduce common sense such as climate change and seasonal changes to allow people to truly study the causes of weather changes.

These are not the key points. He is planning to focus on "Theory of Investigating Things and Knowing. The Five Elements" and "Theory of Investigating Things and Knowing. The Equipment". These two articles are the key to the development of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, he planned to introduce the concept of ferroalloy, that is, steel, in the "Metal Volume" of "Five Elements", based on the existing principles of copper alloys, and roughly describe the steelmaking technology he knew, so that craftsmen who had read books could find ways to smel out various steel materials.

For example, he planned to use the technique of firing bricks and tiles and ceramics in the "Five Elements" "Scroll of Earth and Stones" to introduce the firing method of glass and cement, so that craftsmen who have read books can find ways to fire two most commonly used materials, glass and cement.

For example, in the "Studying the Principle of Knowledge. Equipment Chapter", he planned to guide the concept of steam power based on existing equipment such as water trucks and water mills, and teach his students to try to develop steam engine looms, steam machines, steam ships, and even steam power trains. At the same time, he developed more advanced muskets and artillery on this basis.

In short, he wanted to compile "Theory of Understanding and Knowing" into an encyclopedia that led the development of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time helped those talented craftsmen and military households to enter the official career through the imperial examinations, and then led them to develop various advanced equipment and weapons, so that the Ming Dynasty could develop into the most advanced country in the world today.
Chapter completed!