After the completion of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy, students and talented people from all over the country rushed to the capital under the call of the Holy Decree.

Song Zhenzong took all the ministers to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy, and for the first time, such a unique architectural design was simple, and everyone was very excited. With the leadership of Zhao Yingying, watch the settings of each discipline in turn, and the new teaching props are even more fascinating. But after they had toured all the facilities, it was a different feeling.

Song Zhenzong is old, of course he has special care as the emperor, but he can suffer other ministers, and he has to climb mountains and wade through rivers when he is old, which will cost him his life.

It took the ministers half a day to climb to the top of the mountain, and after enjoying simple food in the canteen at the top of the mountain, they were relieved.

After Song Zhenzong finished eating, he summoned all the ministers to officially start the groundbreaking ceremony, but looking at the state of the ministers, he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

So Song Zhenzong said to Zhao Yingying: "The overall design of the royal academy is built on the mountain, scattered, with novel architectural style, including comprehensive disciplines, which really reflects the uniqueness of Xinxue. But I don't understand why the emperor didn't choose flat land? I see that all the ministers are tired. ”

"Father, the emperor, the son thinks so. First, this pattern gives people a sense of grandeur when viewed from a distance. Second, the setting of each class is to stimulate the students to climb upward, so as to support their motivation to achieve themselves. Third, for exercise. Nowadays, I am a scholar in the Song Dynasty, focusing on reading all day long but ignoring my body. The body is our foundation, and only with a good body can we spend more energy on our careers. With this arrangement, students will inevitably climb and descend the hill in their daily life, and they will integrate exercise into their daily life, and they can also hone their will. ”

Song Zhenzong deeply agreed with this explanation, and the ministers were still calming down their tired bodies, and they were not in the mood to contradict.

After some incense burning, Song Zhenzong announced in a high-profile manner that the Great Song Dynasty Royal Academy was officially completed. Suddenly, firecrackers rang out, gongs and drums were noisy, that scene, that formation, everyone was stunned.

After the hustle and bustle, Song Zhenzong stood on the stage of the auditorium, his eyes swept to the ministers. After everyone was quiet, he said loudly: "Today, my Great Song Royal Academy was officially established, and I hope to cultivate more useful talents for my Great Song Dynasty in the future." Here, I have decided to take the position of dean in person, and I hope that all of you Aiqing will help you and set an example for the world's scholars. ”

Song Zhenzong waved his hand, and his personal eunuch Wu Cheng came to the stage with the holy decree, and after asking Song Zhenzong, he began to read the holy decree: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said." Although His Royal Highness King Wei is young, he cares about the country. Create an enlightenment school to educate the young. Change the atmosphere of Gyeonggi and bless the people of the world. Build a royal academy and pass on thaumaturgy. He has made great contributions to the community, and is calm and capable. Today, he is the crown prince and appointed as a judge of the Royal Academy, presiding over daily affairs. Chin this! ”

In the autumn of 1018 AD, Song Zhenzong finally decided to promote Zhao to the crown prince after careful consideration, and the ministers had no other candidates, and they all remained silent.

Zhao, who had just been promoted, was highly motivated, and everything seemed to be in his plan. In order to consolidate his achievements, he was nervously devoted to the career of the college. After all, this is not the time to relax, and there is no guarantee that those die-hard conservatives will not do anything.

In order to ease the conflict with the conservatives a little, Zhao sent letters of invitation to cabinet ministers, including Wang Qinruo, inviting them to work part-time as political teachers at the college. As expected, they all gladly accepted it, and no one would give up this opportunity to make a name for themselves.

On this day, the autumn was crisp and the weather was sunny, and Zhao Yingying began to apply for a teacher.

Outside the Royal Academy, a team of officials maintained order, and the palace guards controlled the gates of the Academy. Talents from all walks of life who came from afar drank tea and waited for the notice under the arrangement of the officials. The named people were led by the palace guards to enter the academy to apply. Zhao Yingying took the "Thirteen Taibao" to score the candidates and select the best.

The Royal Academy opened for the first time, due to the influence of time and other factors, the scope of influence is not large, not many people come to apply, and more people are still waiting, after all, not everyone dares to be the first to eat crabs.

Looking at the people dressed as Confucians at the door, they looked depressed and left with a disgraced face, and the rest of the people were also uneasy. A man dressed in simple clothes with a black and yellow face walked into the academy nervously and stood stiffly in front of Zhao Yingying.

Zhao Ying looked at this person, saw his embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, this prince will not eat people." Let's talk about it, what is it called, where does it live, and what are your specialties. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, Huo Qisheng, a person from Kaifeng Mansion. When he was young, he studied and studied, but he did not achieve fame, and then he was forced by life to engage in agriculture. When the grass people were slack, they visited the agricultural experts everywhere, summarized the types of crops suitable for my Great Song Dynasty, their planting methods and planting areas, and also collected the processing methods of various crops. The grass people compiled them into "Miscellaneous Talks on Agricultural Affairs", and asked His Highness to take a look at them. This man trembled and introduced himself and handed in his own works.

This person's actions surprised Zhao Yingying, you must know that people in this era are very conservative, and it is difficult to share their skills with others. Looking at the appearance of this "Miscellaneous Talks on Agricultural Affairs", Zhao Yingyi was deeply shocked. Although the content recorded in this book is very ordinary in Zhao Yingying's opinion, it is nothing more than the types of crops in various places, planting methods, agricultural product processing methods, precautions, etc. You must know that this is not the era of the future generations of Du Niang, you can imagine how huge the project is to collect so much information.

"Huo Qisheng, your book is well written, and it is very helpful to my Great Song Dynasty agriculture. In order to reward you for your contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, this prince specially rewarded you with a thousand taels of silver, and hired you as a professor of the Faculty of Agriculture of my Royal Academy, hoping to make persistent efforts in the future to make greater contributions to my Great Song Dynasty. Zhao ordered someone to bring silver and a letter of appointment and hand it to Hodgsheng.

Huo Qisheng was moved to tears by Zhao's gift, a person at the bottom of the society never thought that he would have the opportunity to obtain such an honor, and he came here today to guarantee the attitude of giving it a try.

It took a day, and Zhao Yingfu and the "Thirteen Taibao" finally finished interviewing all the people.

At a meeting in the evening, Zhao Yingfu asked, "You all have something to gain today, let's hear about it." ”

"Your Highness, the situation is not very optimistic today!" Yang Jinhua said preemptively: "I came here today with a bunch of nerds, who can read, and I can't do anything else, so I was driven away." After speaking, he took a sip of the teapot.

"Jinhua, you are a big girl now, you must pay attention to your image, who will dare to marry you in the future!" Zhao Yingfu looked at Yang Jinhua's bold style, with black lines on her forehead, and she didn't get rid of her problem after so many years of education.

"I don't want to get married! I want to protect His Highness and help His Highness do great things. It's a little woman's business, so I don't do it. Yang Jinhua retorted nonchalantly.

Zhao Fuyi was speechless when he said this, and turned his head and asked, "How many of you?" ”

Zhang Qirui, who was more stable, said: "Your Highness, take a look, this is the result of this search for people according to our statistics." There are about twenty of them, mainly in agriculture and artisans. ”

Zhang Qirui pointed to the name on it and explained to Zhao Yingying: "This one is named Li Tiezhu, his ancestors were all ironworkers, and he is very famous in Tokyo. This one's name is Zhang Shuisheng, his family lives by the sea, their village fishes for a living, is familiar with the fishery, and knows how to build ships. According to him, his ancestors became the imperial court to build warships, and he returned to his hometown after the world was peaceful all these years. There is another one named Chen Lin, who is a carpenter, and he has seen his works as a child, and his craftsmanship is really good, and according to his own words, he has a deep study of the way of organs. When he was at home, he opened a carpentry shop, and he liked to specialize in institutions since he was a child, and he was scolded by his parents for not doing his job. ”

"From His Highness's teachings to us over the years, I feel that His Highness cares a lot about these seemingly useless miscellaneous studies. I thought they were special, so I paid special attention to them. Zhang Qirui specially explained to Zhao Yingying.

"Well, you have been steady since you were a child, and Your Highness is very relieved to do things." Zhao Ying patted him on the shoulder, and then said to everyone: "Everyone has done a good job recently, and they have worked hard, and His Royal Highness will treat you later." Although the results this time are not ideal, they are all expected by His Highness, and I believe that the next recruitment will definitely be hot. plus the people recruited by His Royal Highness, there are also about thirty of them, plus you and other friends should be about the same. Alright, that's it for today, let's go! A group of people surrounded Zhao Yingying, found a big restaurant, and began to eat and drink.

The wine and meat are in full swing, and everyone is full of interest. "Come on, let's have a toast together." Zhao Fuying raised his glass and took a drink. "Let's eat and drink well today, and tomorrow we will give Prince Ben a hard job in the academy, and you will take the teachers recruited today to do it together." Remember to take care of the children of those poor families, use snacks, and bring a few more proud disciples to Prince Ben. ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, the little ones will do a good job for Your Highness!" Everyone said that they were very righteous, and there was no problem with sticking a knife in the ribs for His Highness.

"You all have to work hard, learn all the books that the prince gave you, and if you don't understand, come and ask, in the future, the prince wants you to be of great use, do you know?" Zhao Yingfu pointed at a circle of people. "By the way, Jinhua, do you have a younger brother named Yang Wenguang?"

"Ah, how do you know, Your Highness?" Yang Jinhua, a guy with big nerves, was also shocked, "Think about it, I haven't seen him for a long time!" It's about six years old! ”

"Is there anything that this prince doesn't know? Take your brother with you and teach him more! Prince Ben is very optimistic about him. Zhao Yingying thought that this historical celebrity was about the same age, and it was time to pull it out and tie it to himself.