Chapter 12: The School of Athens is Completed!
Establishing an academy is something Alan has wanted to do for a long time, and in the months since he came to this world, Alan has not succumbed to money (financial crisis), nor to power (Andrew's threat), and the most troublesome thing for Alan is that these sub-natives can't even write well. Especially after the defeat of Tulga, which was already a chaotic population, after losing the management of the supreme leader, all kinds of messy materials came one after another. Accompanied by a variety of languages, mixed with dialects and colloquialisms, Allen was miserable every time he reviewed the documents, and in the end he had to hand over to Sebastian as a hands-off shopkeeper.
Therefore, it is necessary to popularize education, unify the spoken and written language, and eradicate illiteracy as the first thing Allen has to do.
Before, it was difficult to find a qualified educator, after all, even if this group of barbarians around me rarely found a literate person who could speak, they were little people who couldn't get on the scene.
Now Zeno's arrival is like a sleepy pillow, so Alan immediately began to plan the establishment of the academy.
After Zeno discussed it, Zeno agreed to Allen's request. And he is willing to be the first vice-rector himself, as for the headmaster, it can only be our great lord, the master of the Duchy of Essis, the beacon of the human world (self-proclaimed), Lord Allen Ouranos has assumed. Thinking that the students who graduated from the academy in the future would have to respectfully call the principal when they met, Alan was excited. Well, when is it going to get a committee out? Alan has already begun to dream of being the chairman.
When it comes to building colleges, it's not that easy either. Nowadays there are almost no well-known academies on the continent, and the only way for the nobles to break away from the barbarians and evolve to literate barbarians is through the church. The Holy Light Sect is similar to the Cross Sect in the previous life, basically monopolizing the educational power of the entire continent. The aristocracy either hired a private tutor or had to attend a church school.
In fact, it is not impossible to establish an academy, but the biggest problem is that today's intellectuals are insulated from the aristocracy. Nowadays, there are also well-known scholars in the mainland, and it is not a problem to say that it is not a problem to get an academy. But those barbarian aristocrats are full of muscles, and they can't hold the slightest bit of knowledge. In addition, the intellectuals of this era were very arrogant, and pursued the concept of not leaving people here, which led to the relationship between the aristocracy and the intellectuals getting worse and worse, so not many nobles were willing to go to that effort to get an academy.
And now almost small wars between countries are fought every day, big wars are fought every year, and the finances of various countries are in short supply, and this college has not been able to produce results in three or five years, so everyone is not interested.
Today, the last academy on the continent, Aubona Academy, is located in the Danone Kingdom in the east, and the Danone Kingdom has been able to survive for decades without war because of the continuous sending of money to the surrounding forces, and the Aubona Academy has been preserved.
Alan had planned to leave the academy affairs to Zeno and leave it alone, but he jumped to his feet after seeing the budget report handed by Zeno.
Zeno didn't care what Alan thought, and opened his mouth to be 10,000 gold coins. The design of the college had to be in the Old Ionian style, with large stone blocks and columns. The ancient Ionian style pays attention to the symmetry and grandeur of the building, which means that the building of this style is large! Big! Big!
You said you didn't just do a school and make such a big deal, and that the stones had to be driven from the Arras Mountains, and it would cost money to transport them, as for that?
However, Zeno did not budge at all, saying that this is the first new academy since the mainland entered the dark period, representing a little light in the darkness, a spark, and will definitely lead the mainland revolution in the future and reshape the glory of mankind. And Allen, the dean of the academy, can also leave a name in history with this, which will not be extinguished through the ages. In the end, Alan was praised and couldn't help it, so he still approved the budget painfully.
However, Alan also won one thing from Zeno, that is, he must mobilize Zeno's friends, apprentices and other relationships, and invite heroes from all over the world to come to Essis. Zeno naturally has no opinion on this, in fact, there is no need for Allen to say it, he will do it himself.
In the end, after Alan emptied the last 10,000 gold coins in the treasury, the academy was finally built, although the most promising didn't seem to be satisfied, and wanted to get some antiques, decorations or something, but Alan didn't give money. In the end, Zeno's idea of fighting a protracted war was temporarily suspended.
In the spring of 189 of the Holy Light Calendar, when the spring was shining and the grass was growing and the warbler was flying, one-fifth of the college was successfully completed.
Alan is an unscrupulous pragmatist, and if he is asked to wait a year or two before starting school, Allen feels that this academy is going to be spoiled. Now that one-fifth of it has been built, let's use it while it's fresh and hot.
Thus the university, which Allen named the Academy of Athens, officially began to operate.
Allen is still very satisfied with this university, not to mention that the investment of 10,000 gold coins has made the college very grandiose, and those teachers who are placed on the mainland are already considered to have won half of the continent's talents.
The first is the rector, Duke Allen of Essis, and the second is the vice-chancellor of the university, Zeno. There are also the main lecturers who have been deceived by Zeno:
1. The founder of the school of Miletus, a famous mathematician of the continent, an evil anti-religionist, - Sir Thales
2. He worked as a court teacher in Parmalat, led the reform of Parmalat, and was expelled by Parmalat after the failure of the reform, a famous politician and reformer in the mainland - Sir Chilon
3. Former regional bishop of the Holy Light, who was wanted by the Holy Light Sect for violating the teachings of the Holy Light, and is proficient in many Chinese languages and customs, a linguist and folklorist - Priest Bios
4. He once served as the prime minister of the Danone Kingdom, and was later wanted by the Danone Kingdom because of an affair with the queen.
5. He was once the president of the large Chamber of Commerce, the Dominee Chamber of Commerce, and was later wanted for funding the rebellion of the Kingdom of Lorraine, a well-known big businessman - Mr. Periande
6. Mr. Klein, a well-known educator in mainland China and a reactionary who advocates equality between men and women
Wait a minute.
Alan looked at the talented team of teachers under him, and couldn't help but start thinking about whether he should change the name of the academy to the Valley of the Wicked or the Happy Forest or something.
In short, the first academy of Essis, and the second on the mainland, the Academy of Athens, has finally opened. At present, there are about a dozen lecturers of various sizes, and the college recruits about 50 students. A large part of them were forced by Allen to go to school in the Duke's Palace, and some of them were the younger sons of some nobles who could not inherit the title, illegitimate children or something.
Anyway, the whole college is a thriving picture.
Seeing that children from childhood to six or seven years old, and uncles in their twenties who had entered middle age in advance and were respectfully calling the principal to him, Allen still felt a little comforted in his heart, at least the 10,000 gold coins were exchanged for a few principals.
So in addition to going to the barracks to exercise and drinking afternoon tea in the ducal manor every day, Alan also had another activity to lecture at the Athens Academy. It fully enriches the extracurricular activities, and also alleviates the panic of the maids in Allen's manor. According to a maid who did not want to be named, the Duke worked the front line every day, and finally did not have to worry about the Duke's excess energy to harass and tease their maid.
However, it didn't take long for such a meaningful day to be delivered to Allen with a letter from the Sealer's Golden Iris.
The golden iris is the royal family crest of the Kingdom of Ambush.
Alan opened the letter, and the content on it was simple and clear,
Royal Conscription Order: Urgently summon Duke Essis, his vassal, to lead his army to the city of Ammusi in a month's time.
Alan sighed in his heart, is he going to leave this interesting and fulfilling day behind to participate in that barbarian's brawl? Oh, I wonder if those bunnies in the academy will miss me?
The lecturers of the Academy of Athens finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news, and the troublemaker was finally leaving. Otherwise, keep it all day and preach some messy things in the academy, today I will say that the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and tomorrow I will say that I will not be punished by the sergeant. Just said that money is not everything, and the latter sentence is that money can make ghosts grind.
For those students who were just beginning to ******** molding, they almost didn't want to faint, and even a few lecturers were affected and began to babble. Now that they are leaving, everyone has decided to wait for Allen to leave, and immediately set up a rule: only lecturers are allowed to give lectures, and honorary principals like Allen do not have the right to lecture!