Jiajing's strong interest in the book "The Principle of Knowing Things" couldn't help but make Yan Song on the side vigilant, it seems that this Yang Cong has not been trampled to death!

If Yang Cong compiled this book, Jiajing would definitely be impressed by it, and when Yang Cong would be active again, it was very likely that he would rise up again.

What to do?

Yan Song pretended to be unconsciously looked at Yang Cong, who was calm and relaxed, and then secretly glanced at Xia Yan, who was in a hurry, and began to think in his heart again.

At this time, it is definitely unrealistic to stop Yang Cong from compiling a book, no matter how Jiajing will not agree, and he can't find a reason to stop it.

So, what should Yang Cong do after compiling the book?

Perhaps, it's not very appropriate to clean up Xia Yan now, is it okay to let this fool stay and continue to fight with Yang Cong, and trample Yang Cong to death first?

When he was thinking about it, Yang Cong suddenly said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to ask for, I don't know if to say it." ”

Sure enough, this guy wants to take advantage of the trend again!

When Yan Song heard this, his heart twitched for no reason.

Yang Cong is really terrible, if it weren't for the confusion of people themselves, who embezzled the dirty silver of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials in Guangxi to encourage the cultivation of wasteland, he may not have been able to stop this guy's upward momentum.

This time, it seems that he is going to use the book to win Jiajing's favor again, so as to rejoin the battle of officialdom.

What a good thing that is!

Yan Song couldn't help but sneak a glance at Jiajing, he really hoped that Jiajing, a fool, could remember the "big mistake" that Yang Cong had made at the beginning and refuse his request to re-enter the officialdom and take power.

Jiajing is in a good mood at this time, a set of huge works is about to be born under his hands, and he will also be famous through the ages, this great thing is just around the corner, where does he remember what mistakes Yang Cong made.

He didn't think about it, so he said without hesitation: "What's the matter, let's hear it." ”

Yang Cong said with a beaming voice: "Zhu Zi has clouds, the so-called knowledge is in the object, the word wants to know me, and the thing is exhausted." The soul that covers people's hearts is not unknowable, and the things in the world are unreasonable. However, there is no end to reason, so there is no end to it. It is the beginning of teaching with the "University", so that the scholars, that is, all the things in the world, will benefit the poor because of their known principles, so as to seek it to the extreme. Wechen thinks it is very reasonable, and Gewu should be exhausted, so Wechen wants to open a college to teach the children of craftsmen, military households, and farmers, so that they can be proficient in Gewu and exhaust their reasoning, so as to form a new wind of Gewu Zhizhi, so that the book "Gewu Zhizhizhi" has a more far-reaching impact. ”

That's a good thing!

Of course, Jiajing hopes that "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi" can be spread among the students of Guangzhou, so that his fame will become more widely praised by future generations with the spread of the book "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi".

He couldn't help but nod and said, "Well, very good, where are you going to build the academy, and how many capital laborers do you need to recruit?" ”

Regarding the question of money, he didn't bother to ask, Yang Cong has money, just building a college, people definitely don't care about this money.

Yang Cong still said solemnly: "Weichen thinks that the scenery of Yuyuantan in the west of the capital is beautiful, and it is a good place to build an academy, I don't know if the emperor can allocate the mountains near Yuyuantan to Weichen." As for labor, Weichen can figure out his own way, and he won't bother Shuntianfu. ”

Yuyuantan is indeed a good place with beautiful scenery, the Jinliao period was once the royal garden, but during the Song Dynasty, the capital was not in Shuntian, there began to be abandoned, and after the Ming Yongle moved the capital to Shuntian, the royal garden was located in Nanhaizi in the south of the capital, so it has been deserted and has not been used by the royal family.

It's just a wasteland, what's the matter, besides, these years are encouraging the establishment of schools and colleges, and many courtiers will take out their life savings to establish colleges in the future, and many people have been praised by future generations.

This kind of good thing naturally has to be fully supported, Jiajing nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, I will assign you the Yuyuan Pond within an extremely radius of one mile to build the academy, by the way, what is the name of this academy?" ”

Yang Cong pretended to think about it: "Since it is to promote the principle of learning from things, it is better to call it the School of Physics, does the emperor think it is okay?" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but groan: "School of Physics, well, this name is quite chic, let's call it the School of Physics." ”

Yang Cong took the opportunity to pat again: "When the college is completed, Weichen still wants to ask the emperor to inscribe it in person to show the emperor's support for teaching and educating people, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

Jiajing nodded without thinking about it: "Okay, I'll give you a name when the time comes." ”

He didn't want to think about what his words looked like, Yang Cong practiced Tang Bohu's font, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false when he wrote it, and Jiajing's stinky character couldn't be compared at all.

Of course, the symbolism of the emperor's personal inscription is naturally greater than that of him, and if you talk about the qualifications of the title, no one in this world can compare with Jiajing.

In short, one of these two people is a shameless sycophant, and the other is faceless and skinless.

Yan Song on the side was dumbfounded, he really didn't expect that Yang Cong would make such a request.

Building a college?

Teaching?

Are you kidding?

Of course he knows where Yuyuantan is, that place is not in the city, and it is still more than ten miles away from the capital.

What does Yang Cong mean by this, he went to Yuyuantan to run an academy, is he really indifferent to fame and fortune and doesn't want to participate in the struggle for power in the court?

At this time, he couldn't help but aim at Xia Yan.

If Yang Cong really went to run a school outside the capital, then there would be no threat, at least for a few years, because it would take at least a few years to build an academy and recruit students and prepare to teach.

So, in the past few years, did you take the opportunity to turn Xia Yan over?

Xia Yan didn't know that Yan Song had already opened his mouth and was about to bite it, and he was also shocked by Yang Cong's thoughts.

This guy, what's wrong with it, don't put a good future, run to run a school!

Running a school is indeed a good thing, but it is for people who are already old, or who have quit the officialdom for various reasons, and are so idle that they can really mix in the officialdom, who will run to run a school without a ball, isn't that not a good job?

This guy doesn't really want to quit officialdom and retire to the mountains and forests, right?

Will Yang Cong really lose his job and concentrate on running a school?

Of course not, the reason why he went outside the capital to establish the School of Physics was mainly to "create opportunities" for Yan Song, so that Yan Song could avoid worries and concentrate on dealing with Xia Yan!

He found that Yan Song was too cautious, and it seemed that if he didn't completely decay to death, Yan Song wouldn't fight with Xia Yan.

Therefore, he simply went to Yuyuantan to run a school to imply that he would completely withdraw from the competition for officialdom.

Of course, he didn't run the school purely to "create opportunities" for Yan Song, he wanted to promote the principle of learning from things, that was true, he wanted to recruit a group of students, that was also true.

Anyway, at this time, the compilation of "The Principle of Knowing from Things" has not been completely completed, and it is impossible for him to leave behind this book that has been compiled for most of the time, and suddenly run into the officialdom to fight Yan Song and Xia Yan to the death, so it may be the best choice to pretend to quit.