"Scholar Cai, it's late at night, don't be surprised to come down to disturb!" Yuan Chang arched his hand with a smile, and then handed the osmanthus wine in his hand to Cai Yong.

"It's okay!"

Cai Yong didn't look tired, said softly, and then said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, I was a minister in the same hall as Zhou Yang that day, how old is the idiot, the virtuous nephew can call my uncle, you don't need to call me a scholar all the time, I feel a little cold when I hear it!"

If you are not familiar with Cai Yong, calling him a scholar Cai is an honorific title for him. However, Yuan Changke is his savior, and he keeps calling him like this, Cai Yong himself feels ashamed. Besides, why do people call him a scholar? It's because they think he knows people, so they call him that. However, as far as Guo Jia's talent is concerned, Cai Yong is very amazed, not to mention the unfathomable Yuan Chang.

"The uncle has spoken, and the little nephew must obey. ”

Yuan Chang didn't have the slightest politeness, and followed Cai Yong's words so simply. Cai Yong is a person with a free and easy temperament, and when he saw Yuan Chang so reckless, his heart was even more happy.

"Virtuous nephew, if this wine is taken out and sold, I am afraid it will be more than a thousand dollars. Wouldn't it be distressing to give it to the old man like this?"

Cai Yong lifted a jar of wine in his hand and looked up and down, looking extremely happy. As for the words that come out of the mouth, they are not false. Cai Yong has traveled north and south, and he has seen countless people and things, and this kind of thing has not been encountered once or twice. Many people who love wine, in order to be able to get good wine, spend a lot of money is not empty words. Yuan Chang's osmanthus wine is definitely rare in the world.

"Haha!"

Yuan Chang laughed heartily, shook his head, and said bluntly: "Uncle is a wise man, the little nephew invited his uncle so much, since he has something to ask his uncle for help, a jar of gold and wine, how can it be compared to the uncle's future efforts." ”

Cai Yong was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Yuan Chang to say it so directly. However, then he laughed, it would be good to be straightforward, if it was like many children of the family, he would have to talk nonsense, and he hadn't talked about the subject for a long time. Cai Yong is most upset by this kind of conversation, Yuan Chang can be like this, in addition to his personality, there is another point, that is, trust in him. Let's not talk about Yuan Chang's intelligence, let's just say that with Guo Jia by his side, if he didn't trust himself, he wouldn't let Yuan Chang say his purpose so bluntly.

Cai Yong nodded, and said directly: "The virtuous nephew is so sincere, and the old man will not beat around the bush." After many things, the old man has no thoughts about officialdom, if the virtuous nephew wants to let the old man out, the old man can only say that there is nothing he can do. If it is something else, the virtuous nephew brings it up, and the old man can do it, there is no other thing. ”

When Yuan Chang was in the past, he planned to let Cai Yong serve in Bohai County. Of course, Yuan Chang doesn't need Cai Yong to do anything, as long as he has a name, with Cai Yong's former reputation, there must be many scholars who will flock to his Bohai County. At that time, Bohai County will not need to worry about the affairs of officials. Even if Yuan Chang has a larger territory in the future, he doesn't have to worry about it. However, since Cai Yong has no intention of becoming a leader, Yuan Chang will certainly not be reluctant. As long as Cai Yong stays in his turf, this is enough.

"Since the uncle said so, the little nephew is not reluctant. In fact, the younger nephew is planning to build the college and wants his uncle to take the position of dean. ”

Yuan Chang said, his eyes shining and looking at Cai Yong.

"To build the academy, I don't know what the nephew's specific plans are?"

Cai Yong frowned slightly and asked in a low voice. To be honest, Cai Yong actually didn't think that Yuan Chang's words about building an academy were a good proposal, not because Cai Yong didn't want knowledge to spread, but because there was little significance in building a academy.

Nowadays, there are more or less academies everywhere. For example, Tai Academy in Beijing, Yingchuan Academy in Yuzhou, Nanyang Academy in Jingzhou, etc., these academies are very large. However, the students of the academy are never full.

Most of the official positions in the imperial court were held by the great families, and their power was undoubtedly enormous. However, although there are many of their younger generations, if they are divided by age, it is obvious that those who go to study in the academy will not be able to fill the vacancies in the academy. However, the academy will not let the children of the common people enter the study because of the dissatisfaction of the staff, which is impossible. The existence of the academy is to allow the children of the family to be trained, so as to meet the needs of the family, set foot in a certain position in the future, and then serve the family.

The college was not founded by philanthropists, but by some of the ancestors of the family. Perhaps, in the beginning, those ancestors were there to spread knowledge and educate the world. However, over time, the nature of the college has changed. became mercenary, and became just a base for cultivating the descendants of the family.

It is precisely because of this that many studious children of ordinary people want to learn knowledge but have no way. If he is lucky enough to be valued by a scholar, then he can change his fate, but if he does not have such luck, he can only continue to be a commoner, resting every day from sunrise to sunset, or hoping that his children and grandchildren will get ahead, or his heart is numb.

Speaking of which, it has to be said that the status of the merchants, among the scholars, peasants, industrialists, and merchants, was much lower than that of the peasants and workers. However, the children of merchants had more access to knowledge than peasants and workers.

No matter how hard the peasants and workers work, they will hardly have the opportunity to develop. However, as long as a businessman has a brain, it is not a problem to be developed. When they have money, it is very easy for their sons to gain knowledge. Although most of the scholars are very high, no matter how high they are, they are still human beings, and they have to live a life. They studied hard for more than ten years, but they failed to get the appointment of the imperial court, and they had no skills except for studying. For this reason, many scholars can only go to the academy to become masters, or take care of their own work, just like the tutor before Yuan Chang crossed. These merchants had money, so he spent money to find scholars to teach his sons. Once the son became an official, the merchant raised his eyebrows.

Therefore, money and power are inseparable from each other, and it is very simple for rich people to want power, and it is equally simple for powerful people to want to have money. This society is so realistic.

The topic was a little off, and he continued to say that Cai Yong actually didn't approve of Yuan Changjian Academy in his heart, just because Cai Yong understood the nature of the academy. Yuan Chang is a child of the Yuan family, and he built a academy just to serve the Yuan family, so Cai Yong's nature is not very high. However, from Guo Jia's mouth, I know that Yuan Chang is an unfathomable guy. Perhaps, he will give himself a different result. Cai Yong's heart is looking forward to it.

Yuan Chang looked at Cai Yong, his eyes were firm, his tone was sonorous, and he said word by word: "Uncle, the academy built by the little nephew will be a different and unprecedented academy. As for how the college is different, it will be difficult to explain for a while. However, the name of the academy, the little nephew can tell the uncle first, because the name of the academy is enough to explain a lot of things. ”

"Oh, the old man is curious, what is the name of this academy?"

Cai Yong's interest was aroused by Yuan Chang, and he looked at Yuan Chang with a curious expression. He vaguely felt that the academy that Yuan Chang had created should be different from today's academy. If Yuan Chang is really a different man as Guo Jia said, then Cai Yong believes that his judgment will not be wrong.

"I named the academy [Hundred Academies]!"

Yuan Chang's eyes radiated endless light, and he said word by word.