"Zun Jing Pavilion? But where did the Marquis of Qi hide his books? Cui Yan asked. Cui Yan has also heard a little about Donglai Zun Jing Pavilion, and knows that Cai Ji has been collecting books everywhere all these years. In fact, collecting books is something that princes with a little bit of culture will do. But listening to Cai Ji's meaning, it seems that she has a deeper meaning in building the Zun Jing Pavilion. In addition, he is the founder of Kaike, Cui Yan's interest is naturally stronger at this time.

"Yes." Cai Ji nodded and introduced, "The lonely man collects the scrolls, copies them into a book, and stores them in the Zunjing Pavilion for people to borrow. ”

"Non-martial arts students can also borrow books?" Cui Lin leaned over eagerly and asked. Although he is Cui Yan's younger brother, his family background is poor and he is often discriminated against by his clansmen. Only Cui Yan is optimistic about his talent and hard-working conduct, not only borrowing his books but also giving advice. If Cai Jizhen lets his students borrow the books in his collection, it will undoubtedly be a blessing for students from poor families all over the world.

All students who come to Donglai can borrow the books in the Zunjing Pavilion. Not only that, but the Qihou Mansion also provided paper for students to copy books. Cai Ji announced generously.

"Wow!" The exclamation sounded again and left the study. Not only can I borrow it, but I can also take away the precious Donglai paper. How can there be such good things in the world?

The suspicion that flashed in the eyes of the scholars did not escape Cai Ji's eyes. In order to prove that what she said was true, she immediately pointed to Cao Pi and said, "This is Cao Sikong's second son, Pi Gongzi, who was in and out of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion when he was in Donglai. If you have any questions, you can ask them. ”

Oh, this son is the husband of the Marquis of Qi? ——After listening to Cai Ji's introduction, a group of students, including Cui Lin, turned their attention to Cao Pi. Even Cui Yan couldn't help but look at this second son of Cao twice. Bearing the curious or playful gazes of everyone, Cao Pi quietly confirmed for Cai Ji, "What Qi Hou said is true. ”

Everyone saw that Cao Cao's son confessed. I no longer have any doubts. They all sighed in their hearts that Qi Hou was really the first generous person in the world. Cai Ji himself didn't feel that he had suffered a loss. From the very beginning, the Pavilion was established in accordance with the concept of the library of later generations. Of course, it will have basic functions such as book collection, borrowing, photocopying (copying), etc. If it weren't for the opposition of Mi Heng and others, she would even want to allow books to be borrowed. After all, Cai Ji's improvement of paper and the establishment of the Zun Jing Pavilion were all for the purpose of disseminating knowledge more widely, not to sell books to make money.

However, compared to the eagerness of Cui Lin and others, Cui Yan fell into deep thought after listening to Cai Ji's introduction. It is undeniable that Cai Ji established the Zun Jing Pavilion. The behavior of allowing students all over the world to borrow books and copy books undoubtedly respects the ancient precept that the ancestors have no class to teach. This alone was enough to make her famous in the Confucian classics. But from another point of view, Cai Ji's establishment of the Lecture Hall and the Zun Jing Pavilion is also weakening the family's control of learning. And Cui Yan can be sure that the latter is Cai Ji's real purpose. Because the woman in front of her is the founder of the Kaike Doctor.

When Cai Ji held the first scientific expedition in Donglai, Cui Yan discussed with some celebrities in Jizhou the influence of the opening of the science and the scholars on the family. The conclusion is that although opening a branch will give the poor world more opportunities to become a scholar, it is always better than Cao Cao's "meritocracy". The former is a competition to learn, and the latter is mixed with Cao Cao's personal likes and dislikes. Later, the results of Donglai's release also confirmed the analysis of Cui Yan and others. The family has achieved remarkable results.

However, the results of the Donglai scientific expedition do not mean that Kaike has no important impact on this era. On the contrary, Cui Yan and others have always believed that Kaike has a far-reaching impact on the situation in the world. It is important to know that the probationary system is that local officials first recommend local talents to the imperial court, and then the imperial court selects the required talents through scientific examinations. And Cai Ji opened the department to take the judges, undoubtedly depriving the local bureaucrats of the right to recommend. If in the era of Chengping. This move will undoubtedly strengthen the central government's control over the local governments. I'm afraid that once it is proposed, it will be sprayed by the Taishou of various counties in Kyushu. Under the anger of the public, even if the people who mention yì do not "apologize for their sins with death", they must also be assigned to the frontier. Unless there is the support of a powerful monarch like Emperor Wu, he can promote the Kaike to the world.

But now are troubled times. Years of scuffle have turned the state ministers into one side of the vassals. Cai Ji's power in his jurisdiction is comparable to that of the king of a country, and his implementation of the Kaike is naturally unimpeded. On the other hand, the imperial court was so weak that it could only curl up in Xu Duyangren to snort. Even if you learn to open a department and learn to learn to take a doctor, the talents you get will eventually fall into Cao Cao's pocket. What's more, whether it is a family or a poor family, they prefer to go out nearby. It can be seen that after Cai Ji, some knowledgeable princes will also learn to open a branch to recruit talents. Lift Taishou's right to recommend. In order to consolidate the control of the territory.

In fact, if Yuan Shao hadn't established himself as emperor, Cui Yan might have made a suggestion to him to let the four states of Hebei learn from Donglai Kaike. After all, Yuan Shao's conditions are more suitable than Cai Ji for the implementation of Kaike. But it's too late to say anything now. It is one thing to serve Liu Xie as the son of Zhou Tianzi, and it is another thing to establish himself as the emperor and overthrow the Han family. At present, Cui Yan seems to have turned his attention to the new ruler.

In fact, from sending Cui Lin to greet him, to letting the students recite the paragraph "The people can make it impossible to know it", it was Cui Yan's temptation of Cai Ji. In Cui Yan's opinion, the series of expressions of the female prince in front of her were perfect, until she talked about the Zunjing Pavilion. If one day Cai Ji builds a pavilion in every county, can the children of the family still despise the children of the Han family so much now?

If Cai Ji can hear Cui Yan's heart, he will definitely attract him as a confidant. Because Cui Yan's analysis of the imperial examination system is completely in line with the development of history. But for the last one. She would probably laugh it off and advise her not to worry. After all, even in the later generations when information is developed. Inequalities in educational resources cannot be eliminated. In particular, the so-called "su zhì education" is simply the resurrection of the corpse of the family's education. What is Su zhì? Is it a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Or are you good at arithmetic Spanish? Such an abstract concept. Implementation is bound to be superficial. How can you afford these superficial articles if you don't have a family background. In the future, the admission rate of the children of peasant families in China's top universities fell from 30% to 10% in only 30 years.

Of course, Cui Yan did not express his worries, and Cai Ji naturally did not mention this issue. Seeing that Cui Yan was silent, Cai Ji only thought that the other party was shocked by his "loser" move. So he hurriedly said, "Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are originally stored to record scriptures, how can we neglect the road of education because of petty profits." ”

Cui Yan, who came back to his senses, stroked his beard and smiled, "Qi Hou is really the world's banji." ”

Ban Ji is the Western Han Dynasty historian Ban Zhao. Because of the historical masterpiece "Book of Han", the queen mother of the dynasty personally mourned when she died. A state funeral was held for her. Seeing that Cui Yan compared himself to Ban Zhao, Cai Ji hurriedly and humbly excused himself, "How dare you compare yourself with Ban Ji if you are a lonely talent." Lonely is a long-admiring Kang Chenggong, but unfortunately the Central Plains is full of wars and chaos, so far I have not had the opportunity to visit. ”

The Kang Cheng justice mentioned by Cai Ji is Cui Yan's teacher Zheng Xuan. Later generations commented that he devoted his whole life to sorting out and commenting on ancient books, so that the study of scriptures entered an "era of small unification." It should be noted that just as later generations need to read annotations when reading classical Chinese, Eastern Han people also need to refer to annotations when reading pre-Qin books. Since Cai Ji has the heart to collect books and compile them into a book, he naturally needs the help of a master of scripture like Zheng Xuan. However, although Zheng Xuan was a native of Gaomi in Beihai, he was exiled to southern Xuzhou due to the war, and Cai Ji had sent people to look for him many times in vain. Considering Zheng Xuan's advanced age. Cai Ji no longer had much hope for inviting him to Donglai.

Sure enough, when Cui Yan heard Cai Ji mention Zheng Xuan, the expression on his face suddenly darkened, "The family teacher passed away a few months ago. It is rare for Qi Hou to respect his family teacher so much. ”

"Kang Chenggong is full of Confucian classics, but he is a Confucian in the world, and he has passed away, but it is a pity." After Cai Ji sighed with emotion, he eagerly wooed Cui Yan and said, "Mr. Ji Qi studied under Kang Chenggong, and he must be familiar with various classics. Don't hide it, sir, although Lone has collected a lot of scriptures. But most of them are unannotated. Fortunately, Julu Tian Yuanhao, Pingyuan Mi Zhengping, the two gentlemen in the Qihou Mansion proofreading scriptures, the only way to borrow part of the collection of books to students to copy. However, the matter of commenting on the scriptures is too complicated after all. If you can get Ji Jue's help, you will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

In the face of Cai Ji's flattery, Cui Yan wanted to be humble, but when he heard Tian Feng's name, his face suddenly changed, and he couldn't help but tremble, "Qi Hou said Julu Tian Yuanhao before, but ...... But don't drive Tian Feng in Jizhou? ”

"It's Tian Beijia." Cai Ji nodded with a smile in acknowledgement. Although Tian Feng has repeatedly stated that he wants to live in seclusion in the city. will not go out to help Cai Ji attack the Yuan family. But he still agreed to another request from Cai Ji. That is to organize the books and annotate the books with Youheng. Cai Ji knew that Tian Feng had actually decided to join his account, but because the Yuan family was his old club, he held the shelf and refused to appear in public for the time being. At present, the Yuan brothers only have one breath left, and Cai Ji naturally no longer has any scruples, and directly admits the news that Tian Feng is still alive in front of Cui Yan and others.

But Cai Ji gave the answer, which was still a little unbelievable to everyone. Cui Yan, in particular, simply doesn't believe his ears. Tian Feng was not only his colleague, but also his friend. When I learned that Tian Feng had drowned. Cui Yan cried bitterly for his friend. At this moment, hearing that Tian Feng appeared in Donglai, Cui Yan immediately got up and rushed to Cai Ji to ask regardless of his image. "Yuan ...... Yuan Hao has not fallen in the Yellow River. ”

"Mr. Yuan Hao did fall into the Yellow River that day. But he was rescued by an orphan and has been living in seclusion in Donglai Longkou. Cai Ji said half-truths. If Mr. Ji Jue doesn't believe it, he can go to Longkou to catch up with Mr. Yuan Hao. ”

"Definitely! The old man will definitely go to Longkou. Cui Yan, who was happy in his heart, nodded again and again. The previous temptations and worries were all left behind by him at this moment. But I saw Cui Yan solemnly bowing to Cai Ji and saying, "Thank you Qi Hou for rescuing my friend Yuan Hao." ”

"It's just a gesture, and I can't afford such a big gift." Cai Ji hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Cui Yan up.

Just a gesture? Cui Yan, who straightened up, looked at the woman in front of him again, and found that he really couldn't see through the other party's routine. But in any case, Cai Ji did save Tian Feng's life, and he did ask himself to go out of the mountain with a sincere attitude. Therefore, although Cui Yan did not promise anything verbally, he already agreed with Cai Ji as the new master in his heart.

Now that the relationship between the lord and the minister has been confirmed, the atmosphere that follows is suddenly a lot more relaxed. But I saw Cui Yan invite Cai Ji to the seat on the one hand, and on the other hand treat him as a female master, and talked about the scriptures with her, "I don't know what Qi Hou thinks about the three poems?" ”

"Don't hide it from Mr., I've only read some Mao's poems." Cai Ji admitted frankly. Cui Yan and the others obviously didn't expect that Cai Ji hadn't read the mainstream poems of the three families, so they couldn't help but be stunned. Cai Ji was prepared, and pointed at Cao Pi and said, "Pi Gongzi has been familiar with the hundred schools of thought since he was a child, and he also has some opinions on the poems of the three families. It's better to answer one or two for the orphan. ”

Cai Ji's way of asking her husband to answer for her was somewhat unexpected. But in Cui Yan's view, this kind of academic attitude of knowing is knowing and not knowing is not knowing, which confirms Cai Ji's honest character. So Cui Yan did not underestimate Cai Ji because of this, but took the opportunity to ask Cao Pi's opinions on Han Shi.

What surprised everyone again was that Cao Pi was young and young, but his knowledge was extraordinary. In the face of Cui Yan's questions, he not only answered fluently, but even made Cui Lin and other adults ashamed of some insights. Cai Ji, on the other hand, listened to the two of them with a humble attitude, as if he was a student listening carefully. It wasn't until the sun set in the west that Cai Ji took Cao Pi to get up and say goodbye. Cui Yan was already late, and kept Cai Ji and others in the mansion for one night. Considering safety concerns, Cai Ji finally agreed to Cui Yan's invitation and stayed in Cui Mansion.

At the banquet in Cui's Mansion that night, Cui Lin and others seized the opportunity to get close to the real power in Eastern Jizhou. Cai Ji also learned from this that the three students studying in Cui Mansion were all from Jizhou, namely Chu Ziyun, Tan Xiu, and Xie Can. Although the four of Cui Lin are not well-known at the moment, the students who can study under Cui Yan's door must have their own merits. Cui Yan was famous for being good at getting along with people in later generations. It is said that Cui Yan and Sima Lang are good friends. Once when he saw Sima Yi, Cui Yan said to Sima Lang: "Brother Ling is smart and virtuous, and he has just broken off Yingxuan, probably not comparable to you." Sima Lang has always disagreed, but Cui Yan insists on this statement every time. In the end, history proved that Cui Yan's evaluation was correct. Later, Sun Li and Lu Yu, who were from Zhuojun, entered the military government, and Cui Yan commented on them: "Sun Li is accessible, bright and intense, upright, simple and decisive; Lu Yu is incorruptible, alert and reasonable, and does not retreat after torture, and is a virtuous person who can serve as the third duke. As a result, Sun Li and Lu Yu later really admitted that he was noble and made the third public. As for Cui Lin, he is the protagonist of the idiom "late bloomer", and he became a commonplace when Emperor Wei Ming. Therefore, at the banquet, Cai Ji generously assured the four of them that as long as they went to Donglai, they would definitely arrange an official and a half post for them.

Early the next morning, Cui Yan took his younger brother and three students to personally send Cai Ji and others out of Tobu Castle. Looking at the figure of Qi Hou and his entourage gradually moving away, Chu Ziyun, who had been pointed out by Cai Ji to mispronounce the "Analects", couldn't help but speak, "Qi Hou is familiar with the Analects, but he doesn't know the poems of the three families, which is really a strange person." ”

Cui Lin sighed, "The husband of the Marquis of Qi knew the poems of the three families at a young age, and he was also a strange person. ”

Tan Xiu, who has always liked to break the casserole and ask questions to the end, heard the two senior brothers say this, and couldn't help but ask Cui Yan, "Sir, who is more talented and learned, Qi Hou or her husband." ”

Cui Yan stroked his four-foot long beard and commented, "Cao Pi's Huai is the study of Moushi, and Cai Ji's is the study of Mou Dao, and the two cannot be compared." (To be continued)