After solving the problem of Houdefang, Xie Hong and Tang Bohu immediately put their energy into the Ivy Academy. The various operations of Houdefang are already very mature, but there are only a few small defects, which are relatively easy to solve and produce results quickly.

However, the Ivy side is much more troublesome, because it is just in its infancy, and it is the time when everything is wasted, and there is no shortage of money and students.

At first, Xie Hong's idea was relatively simple, to set up a primary school to let the teenagers and craftsmen of the Guards become literate, and then let those with special skills go to the junior college for further study, so as to solve the two problems of maintaining the loyalty of the Guards and improving the active research and development ability of the craftsmen. After that, the research institute was used by him to recruit talents.

It's no surprise that because the idea was not sufficient, it is not surprising that problems followed.

The biggest trouble comes from elementary school, Xie Hong underestimated the people's yearning for reading in this era.

In fact, Confucianism is also full of talents, at least in its own construction, there are many far-sighted measures, such as the imperial examination system is one of the typical ones.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, the concept of having its own golden house in the book has been popular all over the world; In the middle and late Song Dynasty, everything was inferior, only reading was high, and it was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the people believed that reading was the best way to change their fate.

The layer-by-layer selection system of the imperial examination also ensured that Confucianism could always maintain the input of fresh blood and not let outstanding talents drain, thus maintaining its own overwhelming surname advantage over other industry schools.

However, this excellence is relative, due to the various constraints brought about by the special surname of the times, reading is a rather luxurious thing, even if the people are willing to sacrifice a labor force, let their children go to study, but the school is originally small, and it is not free, just this one, has turned a considerable number of people away.

Even if it is the kind of child who is talented and intelligent, so that the teacher likes it at first sight, and intends to pass on the mantle to the teacher, so that the tuition fee is exempted, the family will inevitably give gifts to the teacher during the New Year's holidays, otherwise I am afraid that he will be accused of disrespecting the teacher.

What's more, there are very few such children, and the talent and intelligence of this era are generally followed by an evaluation, that is, they will never forget, be diligent in learning, and not just be a little smart.

In Xie Hong's own case, although he can be called full of opportunities, if he uses this standard, he is not talented, and he also belongs to the group that needs to pay tuition fees for school.

Therefore, Xie Hong's free primary school has attracted a lot of people at once, and most of the people around Gyeonggi are still passable, and it is still possible to save a labor force, not to mention Xie Hong's related propaganda and hype, they really can't be moved.

In this way, the problem is in front of Xie Hong.

The venue is easy to say, the left and right primary schools are not the core institutions of Xie Hong's team, and there is no need to put any effort into security and confidentiality, as long as there is money, finding vacant land to build a school building is a trivial matter.

The two most important problems are the shortage of teachers and the teaching materials.

It is certain that there is a shortage of teachers, and no matter how low the requirements are, the teacher must have studied for at least a few years, right? And what Xie Hong's team lacks the most is a reader.

In addition, the issue of teaching materials may seem inconspicuous, but in fact it is much more intractable. There are a lot of enlightenment books in this era, but in addition to the surnames of hundreds of families, various enlightenment textbooks, even the three-character classic and the thousand-character text, are more or less soaked in some Confucian thoughts.

Xie Hong didn't have any prejudice against Confucianism, but now he was fighting a war with the scholars, not a game of playing at home, and the consequences of defeat were unbearable for both sides.

The main contradictions between the two sides before were concentrated on the economic and political levels, and the scene was very grand, and Xie Hong also had the upper hand temporarily, but he knew very well in his heart that this advantage was only superficial, and it did not hurt the other party's muscles and bones at all.

And the school he suddenly set up was really stabbed by the other party, and he really saw blood. Although this wound is not big, and the school is only in the bud now, Xie Hong knows that when this ivy really grows, it will be the time to fundamentally overthrow the monopoly of Confucianism.

Ideological warfare often seems prosaic on the surface, but in fact it is the most intense, and there is no room for omission, even if it is such a small thing as an enlightenment textbook.

Xie Hong was originally a lazy person who was also thick-skinned, and he didn't care about others saying that he used Confucian textbooks to pick up other people's leaks. But he really didn't dare to use this textbook, if he was abducted from the roots, then what is the difference between his new-style school and an ordinary Confucian school?

There was no ready-made, so I had to do it myself, but as soon as I actually did it, Xie Hong's head began to hurt again, he was just a craftsman, and the matter of compiling teaching materials really deviated too much from his profession, and he didn't know the essentials at all.

Teaching materials should be gradual, from shallow to deep, which is easy to teach and more understandable to students, but this principle is simple to say, but it is troublesome to actually do.

After working for a while, let alone a liberal arts textbook, even if it was Xie Hong's best science textbook, he just made a rough outline, and in fact, how to fill in the content, he really didn't know the essentials.

In desperation, Xie Hong had no choice but to pick and choose from the existing textbooks, and choose those textbooks that contain the least Confucianism, such as the Three Character Classic, and then consider it in the long run.

This is also something that can't be helped, who made him start from scratch, and then spread out too big and too fast? Zeng Jian was willing to help, and he also had that ability, but the old man was similar in age to the Hanlin bachelor who had just hung up, how could Xie Hong dare to let him be too tired?

Not to mention the emotional factor, before Tang Bohu, Zeng Jian was the only Dinghai Shenshen needle in Xie Hong's team.

Because of this, the appearance of Tang Bohu is just as timely as a long drought and nectar for Xie Hong, and he happily started to be the shopkeeper again, only need to come up with the theme and outline, and leave the rest to the professionals to complete.

These things were difficult problems for Xie Hong, but they were a piece of cake for Tang Dacai, and under his brilliant writing, the Ivy-specific liberal arts textbooks were soon released.

The theme of the new enlightenment textbook is still loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, but the meaning is different from the traditional concept, which strengthens the concept of nationality, emphasizing that the people of the Ming Dynasty are the orthodox descendants of Yan and Huang, the descendants of China, and the so-called orthodoxy of the original Confucianism is very different.

In addition, on the issue of imperial power, the textbook does not continue to confuse the imperial power and the imperial court, but divides the two, and puts forward the following concept: the imperial power is the representative and spiritual symbol of the country, and the imperial court is a political institution serving the imperial power, and it is the emperor who is loyal to the monarch rather than the imperial court, and it is the nation that loves the country rather than the scholars or the so-called former sages and sages!

The specific content is to imitate the current commentary, with interesting stories, one by one to comment on historical figures and events, among them, the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty occupy a considerable space, especially Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di praised.

The Ivy Academy was originally known as the Royal Academy, because it was a college that was developed by Hou Defang, and the people knew it without special explanation.

And in such a academy, of course, it is beyond reproach to talk about loyalty and patriotism, and it is reasonable to sing praises to the two founding ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the nominal principal here is Emperor Zhengde, who can find fault with his praise of his ancestors?

But after finding out the content of the new textbook, the courtiers had mixed feelings.

First of all, it affirmed Emperor Taizu's merits in driving out the Tartars and restoring the Chinese clothes, which was decent, and most scholars and doctors did not have a good impression of the Tartars.

But the next taste is not right.

The textbook highly praised Emperor Taizu's anti-corruption and clean government, expressed considerable affirmation of the torture of peeling skin and filling grass, and closely combined the two, and even put forward the slogan: In troubled times, use heavy codes, suppress corruption and torture, rather kill a thousand by mistake than miss one!

It's no wonder that such a slogan and such propaganda would be liked by scholars.

Zhu Yuanzhang's skin is all from the scholars, and the four simple words contain how much bitterness and tears of the scholars! Isn't it just that when you were an official, you were a little richer in your own family, why was it so brutally suppressed? Officials can't be corrupt, this reason doesn't make sense at all!

In the history of Confucianism, that dark history has always been avoided. If it weren't for the fact that the dynasty has not been changed now, a black-hearted emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be pointed out by thousands of people, and we would not be allowed to be corrupt officials? If you don't scold to death, you're not done.

But Ivy's new textbook uncovered this scar nakedly, and further put forward the slogan that completely violated Confucian morality, isn't this a slap in the face?

It's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to miss one! It's not you who kills feelings, so you say it so lightly, you know, the sage said: You can't be courteous, and you can't punish the doctor!

This is not the end, the new textbook immediately began to detail the historical background and necessary surnames of the establishment of the factory guard, especially spoke highly of Chengzu Zhu Di's move to rebuild Jinyiwei, and put forward the concept that power needs to be checked and balanced, and criminal investigation work needs to be improved.

If the scholars voted for the most hated organization, the factory guard must be listed at the top of the list in no particular order, what does the factory guard do? Their duty is to supervise hundreds of officials, and unlike the impeachment of the imperial history, they directly obey the emperor's orders, and they can arrest people without evidence!

Of course, the impeachment of the imperial history does not necessarily need evidence, but after all, the imperial history is also a cultural person, after all, it is necessary to talk about a procedure, but the factory guard is under the leadership of eunuchs and martial arts, how can these rough billets know what procedures, that is called a barbarism!

What's more, the scholars and doctors in the court are all reading the books of sages and sages, and most of them are humble gentlemen, so can they be supervised by others? Everyone is self-introspective, how can such a thing as morality be maintained by external forces? Only from the heart is true morality! This is also what the sage said.

In the new textbooks of the Ivy, a few of the remarks and opinions that made the scholars depressed would pop up from time to time, making them choke and uncomfortable.

If you want to refute it, the Ivy League College doesn't care about the outside world at all.

Most of the students who attended the lectures were also children of ordinary families. These children have not been influenced by Confucian orthodoxy in the first place, and they are all excited to be able to read, and they are even more attracted by those interesting stories. Study hard, and it is serious to serve the emperor in the future.

If you want to exert pressure, you can't get past the level of Zhengde; Some people also made advice to Zhengde, so Zhengde spread his hands very innocently: "Don't all Aiqing always talk about the ancestral system?" This is also to learn from the excellent deeds of my ancestors, is there still a difference between the ancestral system, and we need to distinguish it? In that case, tell me what criteria you should use to distinguish them? ”

The ministers were also speechless, and the criteria were very simple: what is good for everyone, and what is not good for the emperor is a good ancestral system, which is worth using, and it is better to let it drift away with the wind.

However, this thing is also an unspoken rule, and it can't be said on the surface, especially not in front of the emperor. As a result, the courtiers had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit it, and then ordered officials everywhere to strengthen the moral education of Confucian disciples, and they must not go astray.

(To be continued)