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Liu Wei looked at Cai Yong, who was kneeling below, with interest.

Different from the appearance of a thin scholar he imagined, Cai Yong's body is slightly obese, and his round face has a faint double chin. The thick eyebrows of the inverted eight characters, the eyes are bright, and they are full of wisdom. The cheekbones are prominent, the nose is wide and the mouth is wide, and a wisp of gray beard floats on the chest, giving people an elegant and comfortable temperament.

Although Cai Yong was close to the age of destiny at this time, he was still energetic and did not show any old age.

Like other historical figures, Liu Wei's impression of Cai Yong is still stuck in the historical materials he saw in his previous life. Although he knew that Cai Yong had a history of folding with Dong Zhuo, Cai Yong's knowledge and ability still greatly impressed Liu Wei. Moreover, Cai Yong was still willing to cry for Dong Zhuo after his death, and because of this, Wang Yun's dissatisfaction led to the murder, which fully shows that he still has the moral character that a scholar should have in this era.

At this time, the two brothers Dong Zhuo and Dong Min have been imprisoned in Dilongju by Liu Bianquan, and they wash their faces with tears every day, and Cai Yong's original historical fate has been changed. Therefore, Liu Wei did not have any mustard in his heart about the use of Cai Yong, but was ready to hand over the most important position in his heart to Cai Yong.

However, before the appointment, Liu Wei still smiled and pulled a family routine with Cai Yong to promote the relationship, and thanked Cai Yong for defending the rumors for himself back then.

"I think when I was the first prince, I was seriously injured by rumors, which made the first emperor suspicious. At that time, none of the courtiers spoke for me, only Mr. Bo Ji spoke up for me in front of the emperor, so I had to be innocent. It's a pity that Mr. Bo Jiao also offended the eunuch because of this, lost his official duties, and was demoted to his hometown. At that time, I was still young and weak, and not only was I powerless to protect my husband, but I didn't even have time to say thank you. Now that I see him, I should thank him for his kindness that day. ”

Saying that, Liu Wei stood up and bowed to Cai Yong. Cai Yong didn't dare to accept Liu Wei's gift, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty is the true son of heaven, blessed by heaven and earth, and what the minister did back then was just to comply with the mandate of heaven." ”

Regarding the argument for Liu Debate in front of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty back then, Cai Yong meant more to bring down the Ten Standing Servants, and to defend Liu Argue was just piggybacking. Now that he is sincerely grateful to Liu Wei, Cai Yong can't help but feel flushed.

However, he also knew that it was impossible to tell Liu Wei what he thought at that time now, wouldn't this make everyone unable to get off the stage? So I had to follow Liu Wei's words to praise him for a while.

It's just that Cai Yong didn't know what he was saying now, and the next day he appeared in the new issue of "Luoyang Times", the content of which was that Liu Wei, the son of heaven, had a cordial meeting with Cai Yong, a university scholar. During this period, Cai Yong was impressed by Liu Wei's personal charm, and said that His Majesty was the true son of heaven, and everyone expected it.

As soon as the news in the newspaper came out, Cai Yong was immediately tied to Liu Wei's political carriage.

Liu Wei was very satisfied with Cai Yong's deference at this time. For a standard scholar like Cai Yong, the legitimacy of the central imperial power is far better than anything else, so Liu Wei is not worried about Cai Yong's loyalty.

Liu Wei told him about the position that was about to be appointed to Cai Yong, and Cai Yong couldn't help but be slightly stunned after hearing it.

"I want Mr. Bo Jiao to preside over the Tai Academy."

The name of Taixue began in the Zhou Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty began to be established in Jingshi. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the great Confucian Dong Zhongshu went to the Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty and suggested that Taixue be opened in Chang'an, and famous teachers should be invited to teach and cultivate useful talents for the country.

Taixue was established from the period of Emperor Wu, and after the development and improvement of several generations of emperors, it has now become the highest institution of learning in the national nature of the Han Empire. With the politics of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Tai students also gradually participated in national politics, and in the early years of Emperor Ling, there was a political movement dominated by Tai students and opposition to the eunuch dictatorship.

Dr. Taixue is equivalent to the president of a national public university, although he was also a national cadre in the Han Dynasty, but after all, his position was low and he had no real power. This made Cai Yong, who wanted to grasp the secrets of the imperial court and show his strength, a little disappointed.

However, as a courtier, it is impossible to pick and choose the emperor's gifts, although Cai Yong was disappointed, he still stood up and bowed to promise.

The fleeting expression of disappointment on Cai Yong's face did not escape Liu Wei's eyes, and he knew in his heart that Cai Yong must have misunderstood the difference between Taixue and Taixue, so he patiently explained to him.

Taixue and Taixue are different. The former was a higher education institution in the Han Empire, and the latter was the national education department that Liu Wei had been planning to set up since he ascended the throne. It is used to manage and integrate educational institutions such as Taixue, Ethnology, and Jingshe in the empire, and develop the education of the empire. The rank of Dr. Taixue is only 600 stones, and the rank of the dean of Taixue Academy is 2,000 stones, which is equivalent to Jiuqing, an important minister of the state.

As a modern person, Liu Wei certainly understands that if he wants the country to be rich and the people strong, and to realize his political dream of building an eternal empire, he must open up the wisdom of the people. Therefore, running schools will be a key focus of Liu Bian's future administration.

At this time, although the Han Empire had government-run schools like Taixue, scholars like Yingchuan Academy, or private houses opened by famous scholars such as Sima Hui and Pang Degong, the vast majority of the Chinese people were still illiterate and semi-literate, and cultural knowledge was still only spread among a small number of people.

Liu's plan was to carry out compulsory education extensively in the Sili and surrounding counties under the control of the imperial court. There are three types of public schools for different school ages: Mongolian school, middle school and university. Students from young children to adults are free of charge.

In order to attract children from poor families to school and reduce their burden of supporting their children to go to school, Liu Wei not only issued an edict stipulating that students should be subsidized to eat two meals a day, but also set up a scholarship system and gave material rewards to those students with excellent grades. In this way, a student in the family goes to school, which not only reduces the need for one person to eat, but also makes money if he studies well, which naturally dispels the concerns of some parents who are afraid of too heavy educational burden.

At the same time, the imperial court also encouraged private schools like Yingchuan College, but the content of the teaching must be a unified national textbook.

At this time, all the teaching institutions in the Han Empire were mainly based on classics, and their content mainly included seven officially prescribed Confucian classics, namely "Poems", "Books", "Rites", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn", "Classic of Filial Piety", and "Analects", and the teacher's task was to explain the meaning to the students. There were many masters in the Han Dynasty who were famous for their interpretation of scriptures, such as Ma Rong and his disciples Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan.

It is impossible for Liu Wei to continue the study of scriptures as the focus of education in the empire, but now it is impossible for him to immediately introduce modern ideas into this Han Dynasty society, after all, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has existed for nearly three hundred years, and Confucianism has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, Liu Wei had no choice but to adopt a step-by-step approach, first restoring the six arts of Confucius, namely etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and arithmetic.

Etiquette refers to etiquette, that is, the so-called moral education. The same Confucian classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics are taught, after all, Confucianism is still the mainstream of this society. It was only in the later period that Liu Wei gradually opened up other ideas such as law and ink, and finally in the later period of the Guangxi era, he formed the cultural event of the great explosion of ideas in the Warring States period.

Music is the teaching of music. At first, he studied classical music and musical instruments from the pre-Qin period, and later introduced modern musical elements into it. It is worth mentioning that the setting of other subjects such as music classes has greatly enriched the knowledge of students in this era, and at the same time opened up their careers, changing the educational disadvantages of intellectuals who only focus on studying books and scriptures since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. There are many students who are good at musicology during the Mongolian school period and apply for art colleges like Hongdumen School, giving themselves a different choice in life.

Archery and royal is to teach archery and horseback riding to strengthen the students' physique. With the vigorous development of schools in the Han Empire in the future, many colleges and universities, including art universities such as Hongdumenxue, have their own archery teams and equestrian teams, and there are often competitions between schools, which attract many people to watch. As a result, many trading companies followed suit and set up their own private horse teams and archery teams, which competed with each other on a regular basis, not only to make their own commercial port famous, but also to gamble in the competitions and make a lot of money. These regular competitions gradually formed the rudiments of the early sports leagues of the empire.

Books refer to calligraphy and painting, which are used to cultivate students' sentiments; Arithmetic is to teach arithmetic and mathematics, and mathematics in the Han Dynasty has been very developed, and mathematical monographs such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" have appeared, so Liu Wei is not worried about the lack of textbooks to teach. In it, Liu Wei added some simple mathematical knowledge from his previous life, such as the Pythagorean theorem and pi.

Liu Wei had always felt that Confucianism was a shackle that constrained the progress of the nation, and his impression of Confucianism was to stay in the empty talk of Confucianism in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the annihilation of humanity in the Southern Song Dynasty and the eight strands of the Ming and Qing dynasties. After a deep understanding of Confucianism, Liu Biao found that Confucius's Confucianism did not require people to study to the dead and read to death, on the contrary, the Confucian norms such as the Six Arts required students to develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and laboriously in an all-round way. It's just that later generations only cared about chewing on the words in Confucius's articles, distorting Confucius's original thoughts.

At this time, Liu Wei replaced the current Ming Jing with the retro Confucius Six Arts in the name of Zun Confucius, although it had a great impact on those contemporary scholars who took the Ming Jing as their knowledge, but it did not attract too much backlash from them. After all, Liu Bian's actions did not deviate from Confucianism, after all, the theory of the Six Arts was put forward by Confucius, and there were not many literati in this era who could stand up against Confucius's doctrine.

Later, when people gradually accepted the lessons of the Six Arts, Liu Wei opened two courses in the school, which combined the "History" of "Spring and Autumn", "Historical Records", and "Hanshu", and the "Science" of teaching some modern physical and chemical knowledge.

Although Cai Yong was amazed at Liu Bian's grand plan, he still showed little interest in taking on the position of Tai Academy, and bowed his head and was silent after Liu Wei finished speaking.

Liu Wei had no choice but to come up with his best trick - painting a big cake. He asked Cai Yong with a smile: "Does Mr. Bo know what Confucius is in his life?" ”

Cai Yong was stunned for a moment, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Liu Wei's gourd, but he still replied honestly: "The master's ambition is naturally to hope that benevolence and virtue will be broadcast, and the people will know etiquette." ”

Liu Wei nodded in his heart and said secretly: "I really deserve to be a great Confucian, and I pointed out the core benevolence and courtesy of Confucius's Confucianism in one sentence." ”

Liu Wei looked directly into Cai Yong's eyes and asked, "Mr. Bo Ji thinks that the master's ambition has been achieved now?" ”

Cai Yong shook his head honestly and said, "It hasn't been reached yet." ”

Liu Wei stood up suddenly, walked to Cai Yong's side, put his hands on his shoulders, and said excitedly: "If Mr. Bo Jiao can take charge of the Tai Academy, complete the master's will, educate the people, and spread benevolence, he will definitely be on the same level as Yasheng after a thousand years!" ”

Cai Yong suddenly woke up like an initiation after hearing this, and couldn't help but be excited. is as famous as Mencius, this is something that scholars of his time dare not think of.

It is good to be in charge of the center of the imperial court and realize political ideals, but it is really a small thing compared to this famous meritorious service. Although Cai Yong did not dare to compare with Mencius in his heart, as long as he could reach the historical height of Dong Zhongshu, he already felt that he had no regrets in this life.

Thinking of this, Cai Yong couldn't help but take a few steps back, knelt on the ground, and said in a soothing tone: "The minister is willing to educate all the people for His Majesty and complete the master's will." ”

Looking at Cai Yong's moved appearance, Liu Wei nodded with satisfaction, it seems that Cai Yong still can't help but bite into the flatbread he made.

In fact, Liu Wei was not fooling Cai Yong, it was precisely because of Cai Yong's achievements in educational reform in the future that he was called the father of education in the empire in later generations, and was also known as the five masters of Confucianism together with Mencius, Xunzi, Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming. (As for Confucius and Dong Zhongshu, there will be other arrangements later.) ）

After realizing the merits of education, Cai Yong immediately took office, regardless of his body, which was almost the year of the mandate of heaven, and carried out the education cause of the empire in a bold way according to Liu Wei's intentions.

At the same time as Cai Yong's education was launched, another ** scholar in the history of the Han Empire, Ying Shao, also came to Luoyang, but to Liu Wei's surprise and trouble, the jurist fell ill on the first day he came to Luoyang.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)