Early the next morning, Ning Xiu and his entourage set off from Kaifeng Mansion, and they passed through Zhongmu and Zhengzhou to Mi County, and then went straight to Dengfeng.

After arriving in Dengfeng, they did not rush to cross Yingshui and hurried, but took a little pocket and went to Songshan next to Dengfeng.

Songshan is also called Zhongyue, is one of the five mountains, its Buddhist temple dojo is innumerable, the scenery is extremely beautiful.

Ning Xiu made a small circle to Songshan definitely not to enjoy the scenery, he wanted to stop by to see the famous Songyang Academy.

As a cultural person, I must have a complex for the academy. Although Ning Xiu majored in chemical engineering, it did not prevent him from immersing himself in the world of traditional culture in his spare time, and his favorite focus was naturally the academy.

Songyang, Yingtian, Yuelu, Bailu Cave......

Later generations often think of these four thunderous names when they mention the academy. But in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, Yingtian Academy had been burned down, and only three of the four major academies could inherit and teach.

In the Ming Dynasty, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, the academies were extremely developed, and there were more than 2,000 academies in the country during the Chongzhen period.

The most famous one naturally belongs to Donglin Academy. The Donglin Party came from this, but it was only infamous because of it.

In fact, the academies of the Ming Dynasty were also divided into official academies and private academies, and there were four large-scale campaigns to ban and destroy academies in the Ming Dynasty. However, the vitality of the academy is extremely tenacious, and it is still flourishing after several bans and destruction, as evidenced by the fact that there were more than 2,000 in the late Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, Ning Xiu's most admired politician, Zhang Juzheng, still has some dark history in the academy.

Zhang Juzheng once ordered the destruction of the academy because of the private society of the academy and the vain discussion of the imperial court's affairs, and the careful calculation is the seventh year of Wanli, that is, next year.

Although Ning Xiu knew that the academy would resume its popularity after Zhang Juzheng's death, he still couldn't help but feel a little sad.

From the perspective of Zhang Juzheng and those in power, there is nothing wrong with this approach.

But from the perspective of a reader, this is simply a disaster.

If he had the opportunity to see Zhang Juzheng again in the future, Ning Xiu really wanted to dissuade this pavilion leader.

Although he knows that he is soft-spoken, he still has to say what he should say, and he will not regret it when he says it.

On the way from Jingzhou to Kaifeng, Ning Xiu was full of worries, and naturally had no time to go to Songyang Academy to watch. Now that he has solved the trouble of Chu Wanglun, there is naturally no problem in going to Songyang Academy on the way back. After all, going from Henan to Huguang is always going in the direction of Nanyang, and a trip to Songshan is not too detouring.

As for Tao Ling's master and servant, he was going out to study, so he naturally had no opinion, and readily agreed.

Songyang Academy is located at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain, because the fame is too great, there is an endless stream of students who come to watch. When I arrived at the gate of the academy mountain, there was an endless stream.

Songyang Academy was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was truly famous in the Song Dynasty.

After Ercheng lectured here, Songyang Academy gradually became the birthplace of science.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were still many great Confucians in Songyang Academy who came to give lectures, and various schools debated here, which was a pure and pure lecture academy.

Most of the people who come to Songyang Academy are uninhibited and arrogant Confucian scholars, who have an almost fanatical insistence on the theories they believe in.

Ning Xiu also has a theory that he adheres to, but it is different from the righteousness and principle of these Confucian scholars, but it is an idea related to the family and the country. It's just that from the perspective of now, this idea is too far away.

Songyang Academy is a five-entry courtyard, although it is spacious enough, but because it is too famous and unconditionally open to scholars from all over the world, it is often overcrowded.

Ning Xiu parked the carriage in front of the academy, and jumped down and walked towards the gate with the master and servant of the Tao family in turn.

I saw a couplet on both sides of the gate, and Ning Xiu couldn't help but read it out.

Nearly four sides, but the center, Tongtai Hua Hengheng, four Saiguan River arch Shenyue,

Nine dynasties, for the metropolis, Bao Yi Luo Stream, three wind and rain as high mountains.

What a self-confidence, what a domineering!

The historical Songyang Academy was destroyed at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and later generations saw that it was restored by the Qing Dynasty.

Ning Xiu saw the original appearance of this famous academy in the sixth year of Wanli, and his heart was very excited.

Tao Ling was obviously also very excited, clenched his fists and said to Ning Xiu: "Friend Chen, I didn't expect you to be so obsessed with the academy. Actually, I've heard people say that this Songyang Academy does not advocate the way of the imperial examination, but self-cultivation lectures, which I think makes sense. ”

Ning Xiu agreed: "Yes, why is the imperial examination the way out for scholars, and why is it that people without merit and fame can't study and be inferior?" This value is too deformed. A true reader should be more than that. ”

Tao Ling bit his lip and said, "Friend Chen, let's go in and have a look." ”

Following the bustling crowd to move in, Ning Xiu suddenly had the illusion of visiting tourist attractions in later generations.

It's just that it's not tourists who take pictures, but students who come here.

The feeling is still different.

When you enter the gate, you will see the temple first, and then the lecture hall, the Taoist temple and the library building. The two sides of the central axis are planted with pines and cypresses, and under the pines and cypresses are rows of gray tiled houses, which are probably used by students and lecturers of the academy.

Because it was completely open to the outside world, Ning Xiu couldn't tell which were the scholars who came to visit him, and which were the gentlemen and students of the academy.

The lecture hall was teaching at this time, so Ning Xiu went with the Tao family's master and servant and listened outside the lecture hall.

The floor of the lecture hall was covered with wooden planks, and all the students knelt and sat according to the ancient rites, with a table next to them, and a low table in front of them, where the four treasures of the study were placed.

At this time, it is about "Spring and Autumn", which is probably about to end. Ning Xiu listened to less than half a cup of tea, and the students of the academy bowed down and saluted to the gentleman who was teaching.

After that, the students walked out of the lecture hall one after another, and Ning Xiu and Tao Ling flashed to the side, with extremely envious expressions.

For Ning Xiu, concentrating on studying in the academy is of course the most desirable thing to do. But in fact, this is a very luxurious thing, not to mention that he wants to do business to make money to improve his family's situation, and he will have to take the examination to make a name for himself in the future. To live in this world, after all, you have to compromise with the world.

He can't be completely born, because there are too many fetters in this world that he can't let go.

Just as he was stunned, the gentleman who had just been teaching walked out.

I saw that he was tall and tall, and he was wearing a black Taoist robe very stylishly. Looking at the age, the old gentleman should be around sixty years old, although his hair has all grayed, but the old man's spirit is very good, his eyes are bright, and his face is red.

Seeing three strange young people standing next to the lecture hall, the gentleman coughed and said, "Are a few little friends also here to observe?" ”

Ning Xiu nodded, and bowed to the old gentleman: "The three boys admire the name of Songyang Academy, and they have come to take a look. Listening to Mr. De's talk about "Spring and Autumn", I suddenly felt that my mouth was opened. ”

"Oh? This little friend also likes to read "Spring and Autumn"? ”

The old gentleman stroked his beard and said in a harmonious voice.

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