After a long wait, Jinling Academy finally opened.

In the past month, more than 6,000 scholars have come from outside Yangzhou one after another, and Zheng Xuan's appeal can be seen.

"Gong Kang, your reputation really wasn't blown out!"

Looking at the lively crowd at the entrance of the academy, Yuan Shu said with heartfelt emotion.

Although he knew that this old man was extremely famous, and there were thousands of students willing to follow him when he went to the bitter cold place of Liangzhou to study in the past, but looking at the nearly 10,000 students, Yuan Shu was still deeply shocked by the appeal of the golden sign of Confucianism.

Of the nearly 10,000 students, forty percent of them were blown up in Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

If it weren't for Zheng Xuan, Yuan Shu really couldn't imagine that there were so many talents living in seclusion under his nose.

"Thanks to your support!"

Looking at the large number of students from afar, Zheng Xuan seemed to see the future of Shilin's prosperity, while Yuan Shu saw the future take-off of the forces under his command.

Looking at a small number of scholars with a lot of temperament, strange dress, and being squeezed out by most of the scholars, Yuan Shu sighed lightly: "The hundred schools of thought are really profound, and they are not stiff when they die!" ”

Because Yuan Shu released the news that there were hundreds of inheritances in the Dongguan collection, he also proposed a teaching purpose to Jinling Academy. Many of the descendants of the hundreds of schools of thought hidden in the world have come to try their luck one by one with the dream of recovering their own doctrine.

Although there are not many people in this group, they can become the heirs of a hundred families and persist to this day, their talent and perseverance are extraordinary, and they are a group of talents with a little training.

Although there are many Confucian disciples who have a lot of complaints about this matter, Zheng Xuan agrees and supports it, and they naturally don't have anything to say, at most, they just stay away from these guys, out of sight and out of mind.

After Dong Zhongshu deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, although the hundred schools declined, they did not completely disappear, and there were even a few mixed people.

For example, the Xun family. Among the four great families in the late Han Dynasty, the Yuan family is respected in terms of power and strength, but when it comes to talents, the Xun family is indeed a well-deserved boss.

The previous generation had Xun's Eight Dragons, this generation had Xun Yu Xun Yu, etc., and the outstanding descendants of the Xun family after Cao Wei were also endless.

is such a prosperous Xun family, on the surface wearing a layer of Confucian skin, but in the bones reveal the thoughts of Legalism.

Not to mention anything else, even the ancestor of the Xun family, Xunzi, has nothing to do with the Legalist family.

This product has a very high status in Confucianism, but his two most famous disciples are both Legalists, one is Han Feizi and the other is Li Si.

As the main representative of Confucianism, the two proud disciples have become the leaders of the Legalist family and the people who carry it forward. Moreover, the core ideological evil theory put forward by this product is actually the germ of its Legalist ideological trend in the eyes of later generations.

Like Xunzi, many Confucian disciples borrowed Confucianism's all-inclusive characteristics to extend the doctrine of a hundred schools of thought and secretly study their own private learning.

But it's not a problem to stay like this! The selection of officials and the upper-level forces are controlled by Confucianism, and over time, the market of the hundreds of schools of thought will only get smaller and smaller.

Yuan Shu also took advantage of the chaos in the world, and others couldn't control their own place, so he began to try to toss it and give two mouthfuls of milk to the people of the hundred families.

However, he didn't dare to support the hundred schools openly, but only provided books and materials and part of the inheritance of the hundred schools, and it was up to them to learn how much they could learn.

After all, it is impossible for him to fall out with Confucianism for that small wave, and Confucian disciples are the foundation for his current management of the world.

Therefore, Yuan Shu just put forward Confucius's "education without class", and threw Zheng Xuan out as a shield.

If these Confucian disciples are unhappy, they can't say anything, let alone anger themselves because of this.

Zheng Xuan heard Yuan Shu's emotion, and also sighed lightly: "At the beginning, we Confucians relied on Dong Zhongshu to completely defeat the hundred schools and reap their fruits to strengthen ourselves. But now Confucianism has encountered a bottleneck, without the stimulation and support of hundreds of schools, and without competitors, Confucianism is far worse than before! ”

Yuan Shu nodded: "That's right, even an old man like you has become a leader, Confucianism has indeed begun to weaken, and there has been no growth for so many years." ”

When Zheng Xuan heard this, he slapped Yuan Shu on the head again: "What's wrong with the old man?" Even if it is placed in the Warring States period, the old man can also be ranked in Confucianism. If it weren't for the old man, would you have been able to recruit so many scholars? ”

Yuan Shu screamed in pain, touched his head and said angrily: "Stinky old man, how many times have you said it, don't hit me on the head!" ”

Zheng Xuan didn't seem to hear it: "You kid is not serious, the old man naturally wants to educate you well." ”

Yuan Shu muttered, "Cut!" What else have you done besides collating and commenting on previous texts? Nor is innovation known. ”

When Zheng Xuan heard this, he jumped to his feet in anger: "Shaft! Do you know the importance of sorting out ancient books and commenting on scriptures? This is for the benefit of the world! ”

Yuan Shu said unscrupulously: "In other words, what you are doing is to sort out and understand the knowledge of your ancestors!" Still not much progress! I can't even figure out what my ancestors left behind, and I don't know how to keep pace with the times and keep up with the times. ”

Yuan Shu is not only raising the bar, but also reminding Zheng Xuan.

As a bystander from God's perspective, Yuan Shu felt that the academic knowledge of this era had not made much progress, and he always held on to the things of his ancestors and studied them endlessly, and he did not follow the times.

It's not wrong to continue learning for the sake of the saints, but you can't rest on your laurels because of this! The times are changing, the times are developing, as the leader of this era, we can't still stand still!

Look at what the current scholars are learning and researching, what is the difference between them and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period? It seems that it is always catching up with the era of sages, collisions of ideas and fierce progress, but there is little progress.

Yuan Shu really wanted to change the conservative thinking of these scholars who always took the words and thoughts of the sages as the truth, and did not dare to try to question and improve.

Zheng Xuan listened to Yuan Shu's profound words, was silent for a moment, and nodded a little heavily: "You are right, we have indeed not made much progress in the past few hundred years. However, this is not something that can be changed for a while, maybe when these hundreds of students grow up, the situation will improve. ”

Yuan Shu nodded: "As a scholar, you should not only inherit the wisdom of your ancestors, but also learn to forge ahead." But these have nothing to do with me, and they are things that you, a great Confucian, should worry about. I'm just giving you a wake-up call, you have pitted these hard-working students. ”

Zheng Xuan heard Yuan Shu's words that were not serious, and slapped him with hatred: "You kid is really out of shape, and you have ruined your talent in vain." ”

Yuan Shu had already prepared, and dodged Zheng Xuan's sneak attack in a flash: "Cut, I'm not letting the princes go, and I'm going to study these broken things with you, you think I'm stupid!" ”

Zheng Xuan looked at Yuan Shu's monkey appearance, it was hard to imagine that this kid actually had such talent, God really didn't have long eyes!

"By the way, that sentence on the boulder at the entrance of the academy really came up with you?"

Zheng Xuan looked at the gate of the academy surrounded by the excited scholars, and asked with some confusion.

"Of course, who else in this era can think of it but me?" Yuan Shu said awe-inspiringly.

Anyway, I didn't deceive people, this is what I brought to this era, Yuan Shu looked at the boulder and thought obscenely.

"School motto: Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations. ———Yuan Highway"