What does Yang Cong mean?

His meaning is very simple, cultivate the hopes of the Ming Dynasty such as craftsmen and military households, take them to control the power together, and then let them give full play to their talents to develop the industry, agriculture, and military of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty will have hope!

As soon as he saw Wang Xuan's expression, he immediately said without hesitation: "Sir, if you don't do that, you can stay and teach me to study the "Commentary on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences", and I will give one hundred taels a month, what do you think?" ”

"Poof", Wang Xuan heard this, and directly squirted out the sip of tea he had just drunk.

Teaching people to read, he didn't do this job, he also taught Yu Dayou at the beginning, he also studied "Four Books and Chapters and Sentences Annotations", and the level is not ordinary, or he wouldn't dare to participate in the township test, question, this one hundred taels of silver a month, it's really a bit exaggerated, he hasn't thought about ten taels of silver a month!

He was stunned for a long time, and then he said in disbelief: "Is this true? ”

Yang Cong nodded and smiled: "Of course it's true, I don't believe you asked Brother Zhifu." ”

Yu Dayou was also invited by him for one hundred taels of silver a month, which has been more than a year, more than a thousand taels of silver, and he has not lost a single cent of Yu Dayou.

When Yu Dayou heard this, he nodded hurriedly and said, "Sir, this can't be faked, this money is nothing to Qingfeng." ”

It's really a hundred taels of silver a month!

Wang Xuan was stunned for a while, then looked at the pile of books on the table, and then asked reluctantly, "What about these books?" ”

Yang Cong stretched out his hand and stroked those books, and said solemnly: "These books are very important, we can't just print them out casually, we have to edit them carefully, or wait for two years, and wait for this session of the conference and the hall to try, do you think it's okay?" ”

Wang Xuanyan thought about it when he heard this, wait for two years, wait for two years, it will be two thousand four hundred taels of silver, and when the time comes, if you don't print it, I can print it at my own expense!

Thinking of this, he nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, then wait two years." ”

In this way, Wang Xuan was left behind by Yang Cong.

Of course, Yang Cong didn't keep him just to study the "Annotations to the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences", but at this time, they mainly studied the "Notes on the Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books", and together with Yu Dayou, the three of them studied together.

As for the county school, Yang Cong had already asked Mr. Yan that he didn't have to go to the county school, because the main thing about going to the county school was to review the "Four Books and Five Classics", that is, to lay the foundation.

He still needs to play this foundation, he can make a standard test-taking eight-strand essay in an hour, and a real genius will probably drop his jaw when he sees it.

Besides, he is the leader in this academy, and even the three yuan is not blown out, and he is definitely the top-notch kind in Xiucai.

In fact, Xiucai is also divided into grades, such as not understanding the "Four Books and Five Classics" thoroughly enough, or saying that the standard test Bagu Wen is not good enough, and it doesn't matter if you don't have money, then I'm sorry, you have to lay the foundation in the county school first, and when the county school teaches that your foundation is solid enough, it will naturally recommend you to go to Fuxue to study, and the professor of Fuxue is the "Four Books and Chapters and Sentences Collection Notes".

Yang Cong didn't plan to go to the school, he thought that the progress of the school was too slow, so it was better to learn at home.

Not to mention, this Wang Xuan's "Notes on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" is really familiar, as for the reason, it is still because of the money, because he has no money to buy books, and the "Notes on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" he read is hand-copied by himself.

In these years, not all readers have the money to buy books, especially like "Notes on the Collection of Chapters and Sentences of Four Books", hundreds of thousands of words, dozens of books, at least a set of dozens of taels of silver, and the hardcover version is even more than a set of hundreds of taels, no money, can't afford to buy, so you can only buy some paper to copy.

Another advantage of this copy is that every word and sentence can be a little impressive, and if you study it carefully, it is much better than simply buying it and reading it.

Wang Xuanke not only studied the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" when he was young, but he also often read the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" when he was fine over the years, and he was familiar with the content of the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences", which was enough to top half of the teacher.

Of course, Yang Cong not only has Wang Xuan's half of the teacher, but he can also ask the county magistrate Liu Shouliang if Wang Xuan doesn't know much.

There is also Xu Jie, who is a top three Tanhualang, and his understanding of the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" is not comparable to that of ordinary Jinshi, and Yang Cong can benefit a lot every time he goes to Fucheng to ask for advice.

There are also a variety of township exams and selected articles for the exam, he has also read a lot, anyway, he is not short of money, four taels, five taels, or even ten taels is nothing to him, but he can buy it.

Of course, they don't study the "Four Books and Chapters and Sentences Collection Annotations" all day long, and in their spare time, they will also talk about the principle of knowledge of things, and slowly, what should be the content of the principle of knowledge of things, they also have a certain context.

Yang Cong even set a bibliography and thought about the direction for a lot of content, but he didn't have time to write it for the time being.

For example, "The Principle of Knowing Things. Astronomy", he is going to systematically talk about the laws of the rotation and revolution of the sun, the moon, the earth and several major planets, he has already understood, these are not at all ahead of the people of this era, especially Wang Xuan's research is easy to reason, and even some outlines have been derived, but there is no specific direction.

For example, "The Principle of Knowing Things. Geography", he is going to describe in detail the recent situation of countries in the world, so that the readers of the Ming Dynasty can be sober and sober, and stop being arrogant.

Another example is "The Principle of Knowing from Things. Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning", he plans to introduce common knowledge such as climate change and seasonal changes, so that people can really study the causes of weather changes.

These are not the main points, he intends to focus on the "Principles of Knowledge. The Five Elements and The Principle of Knowledge. Equipment", these two articles are the key to the development of Daming.

For example, he plans to introduce the concept of ferroalloy, that is, steel, according to the existing principles of copper alloys in the "Metal Volume" of the "Five Elements Chapter", and roughly describe the steelmaking technology he knows, so that the craftsmen who have read the book can find ways to smelt all kinds of steel.

For example, he plans to introduce the firing method of glass and cement in the "Earth and Stone Scroll" of the Five Elements Chapter, based on the firing techniques of bricks and ceramics, so that the craftsmen who have read the book can find a way to fire the two most commonly used materials, glass and cement.

For another example, he is preparing to write in "The Principle of Knowing Things. According to the existing equipment such as waterwheels and water mills, the concept of steam power is introduced, and students are taught to try to develop steam looms, steam machine tools, steam ships, and even steam-powered trains, and at the same time develop more advanced muskets and artillery on this basis.

In short, he wanted to compile the "Principle of Knowledge of Things" into an encyclopedia that led the development of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time helped those talented craftsmen and military households to enter the official career through the imperial examination, and then led them to develop a variety of advanced equipment and weapons, so that the Ming Dynasty developed into the most advanced country in the world today.

Of course, it takes a lot of time for these things, and at this time he is facing the test of the township examination and the meeting examination, and he has no time to write these things, so he can only study the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" with Wang Xuan and Yu Dayou first, and wait for the township examination, the meeting examination and the palace examination.