After nearly a month of renovation, Laizhong Building finally hung up the name of "Buqi Academy". The inscription on the plaque was written by Dong Qichang himself, and the name, Yang Fan, was taken from Confucius's famous sentence, "A gentleman is not a weapon".

A few old men from afar looked up at the gilded plaque, and muttered to themselves: "A gentleman is not a gentleman." I'm going to go in and see how informal, and how informal, this is not sticking to dogma. ”

The building is divided into three floors, and Yang Fan has placed all the books on the first and second floors on the top floor. Originally, the top floor was only open to one window, but now it is opened by Yang Fan on all sides, and the glass with high light transmittance is installed, and the lighting is excellent.

Of course, lightning rods and renovations on the roof are also indispensable. In ancient times, there were many study buildings, all of which were destroyed by thunder or open fire. Therefore, on the third floor, Yang Fan stipulated that no lights were allowed.

The tables, chairs and benches on the first and second floors are all built in the form of modern desks. In the past, when the ancients went to private schools, they all came to the school with tables, chairs and benches on their backs.

The elders came over early this time, and they didn't tell Xing San Idiot, lest he report to Yang Fan.

The academy is still being renovated, so the doors are open. Due to Dong Qichang's relationship, the approval of the academy was approved just a few days after it was submitted, and the academy was allowed to be established in Laizhong Building. Now the hardware facilities are preliminarily perfected, and the sand table and the martial arts hall used in the military theory course are all placed on the small hill behind. These are not things that ordinary people can learn.

The noble son of the poor family, this statement is true at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, let Yang Fan cultivate a scholar with no background and a dull brain, there is really no spare time. If you are a talent, you will be with those people in Jingshi all the way, and you will play tricks if you have no practical ability.

Sun Chengzong said that it is easy to come out of the general, and it is rare to be handsome. This is true, but it's a pity. After Sun Yi went to Laopu Street for one night, he was locked in his house by his father, and he was not allowed to go anywhere, even if Yang Fan went out of the city. He didn't even come to see him off.

However, although Yang Fan is not in the Beijing Division, his every move makes those people in the Beijing Division fearful, and they don't know what kind of fame this maverick fallen lord wants to make.

The news that he set up a academy in Jinling spread to the entire Jingshi. Surprisingly, someone mentioned this matter in the court that day, but Zhu Youzhen didn't react, just said, teaching and educating people is better than Hu Lai. This caused some far-sighted bureaucrats to rush to Jinling overnight with their concubines and illegitimate children who were still in government schools or private schools.

Most of these people are not Donglin Party members. The Donglin Party has their pride. If they really want to send them to study, they have to send them to Donglin Academy, and they won't find Yang Fan to teach their own son. Do you want to teach them how to go against their own Lao Tzu?

As soon as the three old Confucian scholars reached the door, they were attracted by the couplet on the door. Readers may be particularly sensitive to poetic couplets.

"The ram passed on the scriptures, Sima Jishi

The White Tiger on Virtue, the Carving Dragon Wenxin"

Several people glanced at each other, and they all saw surprise in their eyes.

"It's so linked!"

The horse-faced old man nodded and said, "Sixteen words, four sentences." Four books, four studies, four animals, concise and to the point. The work is stable and appropriate, and it cannot be done without a large amount of money. He nodded, for this couplet, it was already a very high evaluation. "The Legend of the Ram" is one of the three biographies that explain "Spring and Autumn". "Sima Ji Shi" refers to the "Historical Records" compiled by Sima Qian. "The White Tiger Tongde Treatise" was compiled by Ban Gu, and the book of similarities and differences in the Five Classics was examined. "Carving the Dragon Wenxin" refers to Liu Xian's literary criticism monograph "Wenxin Carving the Dragon".

Of course, this couplet is not Yang Fan's own level, it seems to be a couplet from a school in the Qing Dynasty. Yang Fan appropriated it. Originally, I wanted to use "the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, and the sound of reading." Family affairs, national affairs, and everything in the world cares about everything", and later thought that it was a couplet from Donglin Academy, and then appropriated it by himself, and he was a little self-deprecating, so he racked his brains and remembered this good pair.

This can be regarded as giving these three Confucian scholars a dismount.

As soon as the third elder entered the door, he saw a stone statue that had just been built.

Is it a statue of Confucius?

Some of the larger academies have a statue of Confucius in front of the main hall, and if it is a poor private school, hang a statue of Confucius in front of the main hall. The first thing I do before entering a private school every day is to worship Confucius and then my teacher.

But no matter how you look at this stone statue, it doesn't look like a Confucian saint.

Confucius usually rides in a car, but this scholar-like person rides a horse. He holds a sword in his right hand, but a scroll in his left. He was wearing armor, and he did wear a square scarf on his head. One foot is wearing military boots, and the other foot is wearing cloth shoes.

A stonemason, sitting in the final grinding and polishing work.

An old man couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, so he asked, "This craftsman, did you chisel this stone statue?" ”

Stonemasonry is a manual job, and it is generally young and strong to be able to do it. The shirtless, swarthy man wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "Yes." ”

"Who is this?"

"Who knows. The proprietor let the chisel. If you look at this east and west, you really can't tell who it is. If my master knew that I made this thing, he would have to smash my skull with a hammer. Look at it, this face is not allowed to chisel facial features, it's ridiculous. ”

"It's ridiculous. This scholar holds a sword and can ride a horse on the battlefield, I guess this stone statue must be Mr. Jiaxuan. "An old man thinks about it, and he only has Xin Qiji, the right number.

"Well, it's possible. But this academy, what is the use of erecting a nondescript Jiaxuan stone statue? It's hard to guess. ”

"This Yang Fan, it's really going to give us a problem, we haven't met yet, so let's wait for a headache. Looks like an interesting geek. ”

"If it's not weird, can you fill in those two Qinyuan springs?" The horse-faced old man smiled.

At this time, Yang Fan came out of the back mountain, and saw three old men discussing around the stone statue, so he hurriedly rushed over from a distance, and said with a smile: "Three Mr. Zhang, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome." Yang Fan, who was born late, has seen several gentlemen. "I told him a long time ago, about the three gentlemen. Although he is not very famous, he is talented, full of poetry and books, if he wants to gain fame, not to mention even the three yuan, he will be able to do it with a jinshi.

"You are Yang Fan?"

"It's down there. A few of you, please. ”

The horse-faced old man stopped: "I'll talk about it later, but the old man wants to ask, if there is no statue of Confucius at the entrance of this academy, what is the use of erecting a statue of Confucius?" (To be continued.) )