Chapter 105: The College is founded
"What treasure did you find?"
The reason why Zhao Weiji was suddenly so excited and said that he had found a treasure was because Fujiwara Kako, who was now lying at home, might be the author of a legendary book.
If the pinnacle of ancient Chinese literary works is "Dream of the Red Chamber", there should not be too many people dissenting. And Toei has a book called Toei's "Dream of Red Mansions", and the name of this book is "The Tale of Genji".
And the author of "The Tale of Genji", Murasaki Shikibu, is said to have been originally called Fujiwara Kako or Fuji Shoko. At this time, Zhao Weiji guessed that this Fujiwara Kako who is now in the house may be the legendary Purple Shikibu.
First of all, according to Kako's own description, she was born in a branch of the Fujiwara family, and she is proficient in Chinese poetry and Central Plains culture, plus she sang a poem by Bai Juyi at the venue today. These are the same as the legendary Murasaki Shikibu.
Zhao Weiji had checked this "The Tale of Genji" before, and the entry on "The Tale of Genji" in the online encyclopedia once described the author like this:
The author of The Tale of Genji is Murasaki Shikibu (973-1015), a famous female writer from the Heian period (794-1192 AD) in Japan. According to the practice of women in ancient Japan not having a name, some people believe that her real name was Fujiwara Kako or Fuji Renko, and Murasaki Shikibu was just the name added to the title of the work written by later generations. Because his eldest brother was appointed as the Shikibu Ministry, and the female officials in the palace at that time were often named after the official titles of their fathers and brothers to show their identity, they were called Fujishibu; Later, because the heroine of "The Tale of Genji" she wrote, Purple Hime, was recited by the world, so it was renamed Murasaki Shikibu. The date of the author's birth and death is unknown, but it is generally believed that he was born in 978 and died in 1015. Born into a middle-class aristocratic family full of books, Murasaki Shikibu was a very talented woman, her grandfather and elder brother were all famous singers of the time, and her father was a scholar of Chinese poetry and songs, and studied Chinese classical literature. As a result, the author was able to study Chinese poetry with her father from an early age and familiarize herself with ancient Chinese classics, and she not only had a deep knowledge of Bai Juyi's poems, but also knew Buddhist scriptures and music very well. ”
According to the records in the entry and the current situation of Fujiwara Kako, it will be found that they are all from noble backgrounds, and they are all proficient in Chinese poetry and Central Plains culture. Although Fujiwara Kako did not say that she likes Bai Juyi's poems, judging from the poems she preferred Bai Juyi's poems in recitation, it is estimated that she herself should have good attainments in Bai Juyi's poems.
The most crucial point is that the age legend says that Murasaki Shikibu was born in 978 AD, and if this is the case, it is now 996 AD, and Murasaki Shikibu's current age should be 18 years old. And now Fujiwara Kako in the house looks like she is about twenty-eight years old, which seems to be about the same.
From the above information, Zhao Weiji guessed that this Fujiwara Kako might be the legendary Purple Shikibu.
"What treasure did you find? Who the hell is that Fujiwara Kako? Just when Zhao Weiji was still thinking nonsense, Chai Yu's words sounded in his ears again.
"This ......." Zhao Weiji naturally couldn't tell Chai Yu anything about the Purple Shibu and the Tale of Genji, so he had to be perfunctory when asked at this time: "This girl is not simple, you believe my judgment, her attainments in Central Plains culture may not be as shallow as she said." ”
knew that her husband might be really perfunctory, but Chai Yu had no choice, because Zhao Weiji sometimes saw that people could really reach the level of prophecy.
He once said that Kou Zhun was the prime minister, but it turned out that Kou Zhun is really the prime minister now. He also said that Li Jilong will become a generation of famous generals, but Li Jilong now really has a tendency to become a generation of famous generals.
Now that Zhao Weiji said that he had found a treasure, then this Fujiwara Kako may really be a treasure.
"That's it, wife. In the past few days, let her live in our house first, and when this blind date is all done, we will take her to meet the gentlemen of the academy, and we can take this opportunity to set up the women's academy together. ”
"I have no objection to you keeping her to live, after all, she didn't come to marry, and it may be a little inconvenient to be with other girls, but do we have a place for others to live in?"
"Our room is not too small, why is there no place to live?"
"There are a lot of rooms, the question is**Is it enough?"
This question immediately stopped Zhao Weiji, ** is really not enough, because the family has not arrived before, Zhao Weiji has been living a bachelor's life in Xinhua City.
This palace has actually been built for a while, but Zhao Weiji has not added too much furniture, and he doesn't even have a servant.
Now the furniture in the palace is also Zhao Weiji thought that his family was coming, and then added according to the number of people, and there was no superfluity at all.
When Chai Yu arrived in Xinhua City, he also complained to Zhao Weiji, but Zhao Weiji didn't care too much, after all, in this Xinhua City, basically people who have a relationship with Zhao Weiji also have a home, and generally no one will stay at his house.
But I didn't expect that someone would have to stay at their house so soon, which made Zhao Weiji difficult.
"Uh, that's ......."
"What is this? You don't have to worry about the furniture, Xiao Nian and I have already found a carpenter to make a new one on the street today, but it will take time. During this period, let Miss Xiangzi go to Who's Xiao Nian's room, Xiao Nian and I sleep, you go to sleep in the study. ”
"No, wife, don't do that."
"You shall not live. So it was decided. After speaking, Chai Yu took the dirty bowl in Zhao Weiji's hand, and then turned around and went into the kitchen.
Because it takes time to build furniture, and the blind date activity has continued, Zhao Weiji held back in the study for ten days, and the first blind date activity finally ended after ten days, and the new furniture also arrived.
However, Zhao Weiji didn't have time to congratulate himself on getting out of the bitter sea of sleeping in the study, because after the blind date was over, other things came one after another.
First of all, what should I do with the girls who were picked after the first blind date?
The bigwigs in the city hall discussed and discussed the past, and in the end they could only come to one conclusion, that is, since they can't get married, then let's be a maid first.
Anyway, these Dongying girls' family skills are completely qualified, so these bigwigs picked a few and took them home.
For this kind of treatment, the families of these bigwigs are quite satisfied, after all, after coming to this place, there is no one of the servants, and they have to do everything by themselves, and they are a little uncomfortable for a while in the Central Plains.
After the matter here is dealt with, Zhao Weiji will start to prepare for the plan for the establishment of the academy.
Originally, in Zhao Weiji's plan, the academy would be divided into three parts, one part was a comprehensive institution similar to Tsinghua Academy, and because Xinhua City was not under the supervision of the Central Plains, the education of orthodox academics could also be established together, which is why Zhao Weiji must invite many Confucian students when he returned to the Central Plains this time.
The second part is the Tongmeng Academy like Yuying Academy, after all, education has always been maintained by Zhao Weiji from the baby, and with the arrival of more immigrants, children have begun to increase in this city, so the establishment of such a Tongmeng Academy is also necessary.
The third part is the so-called universal compulsory education to eliminate illiteracy adult academy, the reason why we want to establish such a academy is because many immigrants actually have a low literacy rate, and when the city hall issues any decree, it has to send someone to stand guard to explain, which is very troublesome.
Moreover, according to Zhao Weiji's plan, more and more skilled workers will be in demand, and the establishment of this adult academy can also lay the foundation for the training of skilled workers in the future.
However, now the plan has changed slightly, due to the arrival of Fujiwara Kako, Zhao Weiji has the idea of establishing a women's academy, this women's academy is not just to be able to make women literate, Zhao Weiji also hopes that women can also receive a higher education. After all, there are some areas where women are more talented than men.
However, when Zhao Weiji proposed his idea to these gentlemen, the others were approved, but this women's college was opposed by all the gentlemen, especially Mr. Li Zhicai.
The reason for their opposition was that women were bound to be inferior to men in their studies, and it was a waste to establish a girls' college. Although there are talented women like Shangguan Wan'er in history, they are a minority after all, and Shangguan Wan'er's family history can only be seen as a special case.
Mr. Li Zhicai is the top figure among the scholars invited by Zhao Weiji in the Central Plains this time, and the famous Confucian Shao Yong in history is his student.
Therefore, Zhao Weiji has a lot of respect for this person, and now he actually takes the lead in opposing it, which makes Zhao Weiji a little difficult.
However, Zhao Weiji did not discourage the idea of founding a women's college because of this, because Zhao Weiji still had a trump card in his hand, and he knew that once this trump card was played, he would definitely be able to conquer these old stubborns.
And his trump card is Fujiwara Kako, who may be Murasaki Shikibu, Zhao Weiji believes that Fujiwara Kako's cultural attainments will definitely be able to change the prejudice of these old diehards against women's education.
So Zhao Weiji really brought Fujiwara Kako to this group of old gentlemen, and asked them to discuss it to see if there would be any changes.
As Zhao Weiji expected, although these gentlemen still had a great prejudice against Fujiwara Kako at the beginning, because she was not only a woman, but also a Fuso person.
However, soon, these gentlemen were impressed by Fujiwara Kako's extensive cultural knowledge and strong poetic cultivation, especially Fujiwara Kako's mastery of Bai Juyi's poetry and his appetite for Mr. Li Zhicai.
Because gentlemen are very fond of Xiangzi, Zhao Weiji threw out a theory at this time, that is, even if a woman can be taught well, she will definitely be able to make a difference. After all, even Xiangzi, who grew up under the Fuso culture, can have such achievements for the Central Plains culture, and other Central Plains women who grew up under the Central Plains culture should also be able to achieve the same achievements
With a jewel like Fujiwara Kako in front of them, the gentlemen would not be able to refute Zhao Weiji's theory, so they would have no reason to oppose the establishment of the women's college.
As a result, a large-scale comprehensive academy integrating four major parts was born in Xinhua City, and this academy was also named after the city, called Xinhua Academy.