Chapter 732: Master's Academy
In the Quchi Fang of Chang'an City, Quchi Fang is located in the southwest of Chang'an City, which is the most remote place in Chang'an City.
However, in the past two years, the status of Quchifang has been improving day by day, with the laying of the brick road in Chang'an City, the four-wheeled carriage has gradually opened, and Quchifang has gradually improved, especially the construction of the two schools in Quchifang has contributed a lot to Quchifang.
One is Li Fuzi's Confucius College, and the other is the medical school of the doctor, and at the same time, when a larger academy is being built, it has been kept secret, ordinary people don't know, but the upper echelons know that this is the military academy that is about to be built.
In the Confucius College is the first school to be built, it was funded and built before the crisis of the Mo family, covering an extremely wide area, the college is even more verdant, the school buildings are continuous, and the recitation students are endless.
Li Fuzi looked at the dozens of students in the academy with satisfaction, although these students said that they could not learn Fuwuche, but after his teaching, it was more than enough to enlighten children in the future.
And these are poor children, once they heard that the admission to the Confucius Academy is free, and after completing their studies, they can also serve as masters, and many poor students are immediately moved, after all, in this Tang Dynasty, being able to become a master is also a very glamorous profession.
Li Fuzi didn't worry about his life at all, and selected many outstanding children to teach.
"It's a bit of a weather!" Kong Desheng, who was dressed in a Confucian robe, came to the Confucius Academy, saw a thriving scene, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
"Your Excellency?" Li Fuzi saw Kong Desheng dressed in Confucianism, and couldn't help but wonder.
Since he returned to Mojia Village, he has been rejected by Confucian orthodoxy, even if he is now setting up his own door and establishing the Confucius Academy, no Confucian student is willing to come to help, let alone an elderly Confucian student like Kong Desheng.
"I've seen Master Li, this is my second uncle!" Kong Huisuo reluctantly stepped forward and introduced.
"The old man Kong Desheng is the thirtieth generation of Confucius! You're Li Duo! Kong Desheng said proudly.
Li Fuzi looked at Kong Desheng's arrogant face, and couldn't help frowning, but after all, he was also a scholar of Confucianism, and when he saw that Kong Shengkou was inconvenient and rude, he said politely and politely: "Yes, it is the junior, I'm afraid that the senior Kong has any advice." ”
If Confucianism usually sees the predecessors of the Confucian family, he will definitely bow his head and worship, this kind of thing, Kong Desheng has encountered a lot, but what he met is the more withdrawn Li Fuzi, who does not eat this set at all, just an ordinary salute, and the meaning of unfamiliarity is extremely obvious.
Kong Desheng couldn't help but be angry, but when he remembered the purpose of coming today, he immediately suppressed the anger in his heart.
If you are willing to dissociate yourself from the Mo family, the old man promises to let you return to Confucianism, and fully supports you to carry forward the Confucius Academy, and it will definitely be able to open everywhere in Datang in a few years." Kong Desheng promised.
At a glance, he knew that Li Fuzi had devoted his life's work to this Confucius Academy, and in the face of his promise, Kong Desheng thought that no one would refuse, and once he received the support of Confucianism, Li Fuzi's Confucius Academy would definitely rise to the top, and this was an opportunity to pass on the history.
"Back to Confucianism?" When Li Fuzi heard this, he suddenly became angry, and suddenly shouted: "The old man has been a Confucian all his life, when was he expelled from Confucianism, how can he talk about returning to Confucianism." ”
"Good! Since he is a Confucian, he should not have any intersection with the Mo family. In the face of Li Fuzi's anger, Kong Desheng was not angry but happy, since Li Duo thought that he was a Confucian scholar, it would be easy to do.
Li Fuzi suddenly realized that Kong Desheng came today to represent Confucianism to adopt himself.
"It turns out that Confucianism also wants to run a Confucius Academy? I don't know how much money the seniors prepared for this time! Li Fuzi rolled his eyes and asked rhetorically.
"Money! What money? Kong Desheng was stunned and looked at Li Fuzi puzzled.
"The money for running a school! Compulsory education is to allow all school-age children in the world to go to school, and it will certainly require money for building school houses, money for training teachers, and money for printing teaching materials, which is not a small amount! Li Fuzi calculated Kong Desheng one by one.
Kong Desheng couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't think about it so much, he just thought about bringing Li Duo back to Confucianism and strengthening the reputation of Confucianism.
"Compulsory education is a matter of benefiting the country and the people, and we will naturally play to the imperial court, and the imperial court will allocate money to build school buildings, and in the integration of government schools and private schools, it will definitely be implemented in the shortest possible time." Kong Desheng said with wishful thinking.
Kong Huisuo on the side reminded: "Second uncle, Master Li has been to the court many times, but unfortunately the court can't come up with so much money. ”
Li Fuzi sneered: "At the beginning, the younger generation was just as you thought, but unfortunately they hit a wall again and again, and they had to go into hiding, but fortunately, they finally got inspiration in Mojia Village." Nowadays, the court is full of nobles, and hereditary officials abound, even if there is a imperial examination, there are only more than 100 people awarded officials in three years. Therefore, what most people need is not to gain fame, but only need to read and hyphenate and settle accounts on a daily basis. ”
"Therefore, the younger generation opened the Confucius Academy, not to train the imperial examination scholars, nor to promote Confucianism, but to let more ordinary students learn more knowledge and understand the truth in the shortest possible time, so the school textbooks of the younger generations are not Confucian classics, but the textbooks compiled by the younger generations themselves, and the seniors are also invited to guide."
Li Fuzi said, and respectfully handed the book in his hand to Kong Desheng.
"Mandarin!"
Kong Desheng's eyes froze, and he opened the book in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more solemn he became.
In the "Guowen", not only is it not a Confucian classic, it is simply a hodgepodge, and the content selected starts from the study of characters, to the formation of words and sentences, and then to the inclusion of some easy-to-understand articles. Celebrity anecdotes, common sense of life, filial piety and respect for elders, medical and family health first aid, classic articles, and even loyalty and patriotism are all involved.
"What the younger generations are seeking is to solve the problem of illiteracy in the Tang Dynasty, so that all children in the world can read and hyphenate, so that they will not be illiterate." Li Fuzi said bluntly.
"So you're teaching that." Kong Desheng frowned and said, in his opinion, there is no Confucian classic in the world that is more suitable for teaching people.
"This is the fastest way to learn literature, the younger generation decided not to mix in the dispute of a hundred schools, as for the students to read and hyphenation, no matter which one of the hundred schools of thought to choose, it has nothing to do with the younger generation." Li Fuzi waved his hand.
"Jump out of the battle of a hundred schools!" Kong Desheng couldn't help but shake his heart, if others would definitely be moved by Li Fuzi's ambition, but he couldn't, Li Fuzi could jump out of the dispute of a hundred schools, he was the Confucian family, and he must adhere to Confucianism.
"Since you have jumped out of the hundreds, why do you still accept funding from the Mo family." Kong Desheng asked.
"The younger generation is indeed funded by the Mo family, but it is not partial to the Mo family, and even in the national language, there are very few included in the Mo family, even if it is a school house built by the Mo family, there are only two in the Mo family village." Li Fuzi said with a shameless face, even Kong Desheng had to admit this, Li Duo was indeed fair.
"The Mo family is so kind to give you money without asking for anything in return." Kong Desheng did not believe.
Li Duo shook his head and said: "Of course not, the purpose of the Mo family has never been hidden, that is, from among these literate and hyphenated students, select the outstanding ones to enter the Mo family, not only the Mo family, but even the medical family has decided to donate five societies to the Confucius Academy, the purpose is naturally to select the children of the medical family, the Taoist Waidan line donated two schools, and the Legalist Han Fuzi also had the same idea, but he was very stingy and reluctant to get money." ”
The doctors and the Taoist Waidan faction now have money, and Li Fuzi, who is rich and wealthy, is also generous when he is agitated.
At this time, Kong Desheng knew the intentions of the hundred schools, and the students who studied from the Confucian private school had laid the imprint of Confucianism from the beginning, and even if they cultivated, it was difficult for them to lean towards the other hundred schools.
In this way, Li Fuzi got the funds for running the school, and the hundred schools had a source of disciples, and the compulsory education of the hundred schools and Li Fuzi could be said to take what they needed.
"That's right! There is also this Confucius College is not owned by the old man alone, but in cooperation with arithmetic, in the future compulsory education will only teach "Chinese Language" and "Mathematics" two subjects, if Confucianism wants to donate to build a school house, you can add one more subject to teach the four books and five classics. Li Fuzi said in his heart.
Since he has jumped out of the dispute between hundreds of schools, the so-called purpose is naturally that the more schools the better, and he will not refuse any funding.
"Ugh!"
Kong Desheng had a headache, there are many Confucian private schools, and there is no shortage of students at all, and compulsory education is probably just chicken ribs for him.
Just when Kong Desheng was in a dilemma, a bell rang, the teaching of the Confucius Academy had ended, and a young figure took the lead out of the school.
"Ancestral name-kun?"
"Kong Huisuo!"
"Why are you here!" The two spoke in unison.
Zu Mingjun waved the mathematics textbook in his hand and said, "I happened to be idle in Chang'an, and I happened to be entrusted by Dr. Shen to teach at the Confucius Academy. ”
Shen Hongcai was entrusted by Murton to compile the book "Mathematics" for Mojiacun, which is easy to understand, and is with Li Fuzi's meaning, the two hit it off and decided to cooperate, but Shen Hongcai is now in Guozijian, and it happens that Zu Mingjun is in Chang'an City, so he happened to take over this task.
"It turns out that the arithmetic that Li Fuzi said is you!" Kong Huisuo suddenly realized.
"Idle is idle!" Zu Mingjun has actually made contributions to the calculation trebuchet before, but he did not accept the appointment of the imperial court, but chose to be in the Confucius Academy, because here he saw the hope of the rise of arithmetic, if everyone in the world learns arithmetic, then the future of arithmetic is comparable to Confucianism.
Obviously, Kong Desheng once again returned in vain, and Kong Huisuo had to wave his hand to say goodbye to Zu Mingjun and accompany Kong Desheng to leave in a hurry.
"It's a pity that Senior Kong doesn't come to the Tao!" Looking at Kong Desheng's departing figure, Zu Mingjun said with a regretful face.
"What the Confucius family wants is just the fame of the Confucius Academy, and how can it really be for the Confucius Academy." Li Duo snorted coldly.
"Although a lot of schools have been built now, they are still far from enough!" Zu Mingjun frowned and said, the purpose of compulsory education is to educate the whole people, and naturally the more schools, the better, Li Fuzi and Zu Mingjun can be said to be worried about money.
Although the Mo family is the richest, they can't catch a sheep and pull wool, and the two of them can now say that they will not refuse any money.
"After the completion of several schools in Chang'an City, the old man will find some rich people to donate, after all, there are still people who are willing to donate to build schools, but the most important thing is the support of the imperial court." Li Fuzi took a deep breath and solemnly looked in the direction of the palace.
Compulsory education costs a lot, and I am afraid that only the support of the imperial court can afford to set it up, and now what they are doing is only to attract the attention of the court.
"Master, rest assured, the two books of "Chinese Studies" and "Mathematics" and the idea of compulsory education for the master, Dr. Shen has already been played in the imperial court, and now I am afraid that he is already in front of His Majesty's case."
"Hopefully this time it will go well?" Li Fuzi looked forward to it.
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