Chapter 198: Textbook
Two days later, the temporary consultation point set up outside the Gewu Yuan was full of people, including the envoys of Fanbang who came to consult, and the people of Chang'an who came to see the excitement.
The first batch of enrollment places in the Wanguo Academy is only ten, not that Wang Xiang doesn't want to charge a few more tuition, but he knows that scarcity is expensive, if there are more places, those Fanbang envoys will not feel how precious the admission quota of the Wanguo Academy is, maybe they will feel that the annual tuition fee of 10,000 yuan is too high.
But now, what they care about is not the tuition fee of 10,000 yuan, but whether they can get one of the places.
After the news of the School of All Nations spread, there was an uproar in the surrounding small countries of Fanbang, who doesn't want their country to become as prosperous and powerful as the Tang Dynasty, so these envoys came to participate in the court meeting this time with a mission, and after completing the mission, they will naturally have a lot of rewards after going back, if they don't complete it, then they know best what kind of punishment they will face after going back.
There are often conflicts and frictions between small countries, and once the other party learns the advanced culture of the Tang Dynasty and becomes stronger, and they fail to get such an opportunity, then the next time there is conflict and friction, the result is self-evident.
There are dozens of small countries around the Tang Dynasty and some distant countries, and they are all determined to get these ten admission places, especially the more powerful countries such as Dashi, Tubo, and Persia, they are not attached to the Tang Dynasty, and they all have great ambitions.
Sending envoys to participate in the court meeting was to show goodwill to the powerful Tang Kingdom. The second is to explore the details of Datang. After all, even the unruly Turks obediently sent envoys to participate in the pilgrimage this time. There is no room for them to be careless.
There is also one of the most important reasons, there are rumors that the Tang Dynasty wants to set up a school of all nations to teach the way of the power of the countries, and now they can't sit still, and they have prepared rich gifts to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty......
This year's grand court meeting can be said to be the grandest, in addition to the small countries attached to the Tang Dynasty, there are also many envoys from large countries, no wonder Li Chengqian was shocked.
The consultation point is very simple, in fact, a few tables are placed outside the Gewu Academy, and then a few students who can speak well are specially selected by Li Chunfeng to answer the questions of those Fanbang envoys.
Inside the Gewu Temple. In the outer courtyard near the courtyard wall there is a high platform, on which there is a small hut, which is usually used for the changing of the guard of the sergeant to rest, at this time there is a delicate low table in the room, next to the stove, and the floor is covered with thick and warm animal skins.
Wang Xiang, Li Chengqian, and Li Chunfeng sat on the ground, with a pot of wine and a few dishes on the low table, and the small hot pot in the middle was bubbling and steaming.
Sitting here, you can clearly see the hot scene of the consultation point outside. Wang Xiang looked at the crowd outside with great interest while sipping on the hot pot, in his eyes, these envoys of Fanbang were piles of gold and silver.
Li Chengqian shook his head incomprehensibly and asked, "Are Fanbangdu so enthusiastic about Buddhism?" ”
Li Chunfeng said with a smile: "They are passionate about Buddhism. They are enthusiastic about our Datang's way of strengthening the country. ”
"Does Buddhism have anything to do with the way to a strong country?"
"This is for the Marquis of Jiayuan."
Hearing Li Chunfeng mention himself, Wang Xiang retracted his fiery gaze, threw a piece of mutton into his mouth and said, "It's okay." ”
"Doesn't matter? Then they ......"
Wang Xiang spread his hands: "Maybe they are stupid and have a lot of money." ”
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Of course, Li Chengqian would not believe what Wang Xiang said, and he could probably guess that those envoys of Fanbang were fooled by Wang Xiang.
Just when everyone was around the consultation point to ask questions, someone suddenly pushed wooden carts and squeezed in, shouting: "Let one go, let one go!" ”
Everyone was concerned about the affairs of the School of All Nations, and suddenly someone pushed a wooden cart on a rampage, which naturally caused many people to be dissatisfied, and they frowned and complained.
Li Chengqian also saw the wooden carts covered with linen, and asked curiously, "What is that?" His perception told him that these things were also arranged by Wang Xiang.
Wang Xiang smiled and said, "It's a textbook I prepared for those studious Fanbang envoys. ”
"Textbooks?"
It was the first time Li Chengqian had heard this word, and he didn't understand what a textbook was.
Wang Xiang explained: "Learning naturally has books, textbooks are the books they use for learning, although the International Academy only has ten enrollment places this time, but other people can also buy textbooks, our Datang is very generous and tolerant, allowing them to bring these textbooks back to their own countries to spread and study." ”
Looking at Wang Xiang's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Li Chengqian always felt very weird, and he still felt that Wang Zixin, who often showed a bad smile inadvertently, looked more normal......
"Everyone, don't be impatient, these are the textbooks of the Academy of All Nations, that is, the books used to enter the Academy of All Nations." The person in charge of the consultation work raised his hand to appease the surrounding Fanbang envoys.
"Books from the School of All Nations?"
After receiving the signal, the people who came over the cart lifted the sackcloth covering the wooden cart at the same time, and the carload of exquisite Buddhist scriptures was suddenly displayed in front of everyone, which was very shocking.
These Buddhist scriptures are countless times more exquisite than the books they usually see, the cover is specially designed by Wang Xiang, it looks luxurious and solemn, and the paper is different from the rice paper that is as thin as the wings of a cicada, it is a new paper that is thick, smooth and white like snow, and it feels full of texture, and the handwriting printed on the paper is neat and clear without the slightest blur.
When the first hardcover version of the Buddhist scriptures was printed, even Xinyi was incredulous, she never imagined that Linglong Bookstore could print such perfect books, and the books printed in the past really looked like they were shoddy compared to these hardcover Buddhist scriptures.
Linglong Bookstore is the largest bookstore in Chang'an City, Xinyi is the shopkeeper of Linglong Bookstore, even she can't put down these Buddhist scriptures, you can imagine how shocked these Fanbang envoys will feel when they see such a luxurious and exquisite Buddhist scriptures, not to mention that these Buddhist scriptures are also named as textbooks of the School of Nations.
"This ...... Are these the books used by the School of All Nations? ”
The counselor said with a faint smile on his face: "Yes, these are the textbooks used by the Academy of Nations. ”
An envoy cautiously asked, "We can pay for these...... Textbooks? In his opinion, such a perfect book could no longer be measured by money.
Even if you can't get a place in the Academy of All Nations, it will be a great achievement to be able to bring back these immaculate textbooks, which is what many people think at this time.
The consultant smiled slightly: "Of course." ”
Isn't this the purpose of Master Hou...... (To be continued.) )