Chapter 38: The Academy and the Guozijian
There is always a group of young and arrogant guys in this world, although they are in the middle of things, they always like to make a look of jumping out of the world, and then talk about things as if there is nothing difficult in the world.
Most of the scholars trained by Guozijian are such guys.
Xu Yang once said, 'The ignorant are fearless'. When answering Li Er's question, Li Gang also repeated this sentence.
China's thousand-year-old imperial examination culture, evolved to later generations, has become more and more perfect, primary school, junior high school, high school, and university, cultivating free people with their own independent opinions, and in ancient times, Guozijian only cultivated a great truth that can memorize the four books and five classics, which makes Xu Yang can see very thoroughly how backward the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was.
The students who were taught by Guozi did not have a good character, and they all learned from the ancient sages, and they attached great importance to their personal moral cultivation. After several years of studying in the country, they will eventually go to work, mostly as officials from the county government, and some of them may go on to work in higher state work organs.
However, the things they have learned in the past few years are all the works of the sages, and they have nothing to do with the positions they work for, so often these people will judge the decisions of the imperial court in the academy, but once they become officials, they will make a mess of the management under their rule, and in the end they can only go with the flow.
If there are thieves under their rule, they do not call the people to flee for their lives, but wear official uniforms and wait for the thieves to come in the county mansion. That's their outlook on life. It cannot be said that they are wrong. But Datang spent so much effort to cultivate a scholar. Falling under the enemy's butcher's knife so lightly is often too chilling.
If there is a flood or drought under their rule, they do not know how to organize the people to remedy it in time, but keep writing to the central government and applying for various tax reduction and exemption policies. This cannot be said that they are wrong, but if they do not follow the good path, they will go in the opposite direction, and the government agencies will be bogged down in all kinds of excess.
They can't lift it in their hands. He often compares himself to a plum blossom in the lonely cold, criticizes the policies of the DPRK and China, and thinks how to do it, these are the real feelings of Xu Yang who stayed in Guozijian for a few days.
The talents cultivated here are deformed, the good operation of an empire needs more high-end intellectuals, although the scholars cultivated by Guozijian are enough to use in the era of the Tang Dynasty, but for the ideals in Xu Yang's heart. He would rather not use people than use these scholars.
What is the most expensive in the twenty-first century. Talent. This joke is well-known and familiar to later generations. In contrast, Xu Yang, who had been to Guozijian, was even more determined to establish an institution that could truly cultivate talents, rather than cultivating ignorant people who only read the Four Books and the Five Classics.
Therefore, Xu Yang founded Nanshan Academy.
At the beginning of the establishment of Nanshan Academy, it invited Li Gang, Yan Zhitui, Lu Deming and other great Confucians, and for a time attracted many scholars near Chang'an to sign up.
Time flies, and now Nanshan Academy has more than 800 students, as many as 16 subjects, and the number of primary schools has also exceeded 100.
The early summer season is beautiful, there is nothing to do today, and the folds have been approved, so Li Er only went to the two major educational institutions in Datang on a whim today.
Traveling in casual clothes, this is Li Er's favorite outfit for recent travel, with a thumb-thick jade pendant tied around his waist, dressed in plain clothes, according to what Xu Yang's kid said, it is low-key luxury and connotation, Li Er has often worn such a dress during private visits recently.
Sure enough, the students of Guozijian and the students of the academy have very different appearances, Li Er didn't know that in just two years, the academy could actually shape people into this way.
Li Er's identity this time for himself is a businessman who travels from south to north, he likes this kind of life experience very much, on the one hand, it is interesting, on the other hand, he can also get rid of the emperor's perspective, and look at the empire he governs with the eyes of an ordinary person, since he followed Xu Yang's private interview, he has fallen in love with this alternative experience.
The students of the Guozijian still had great discrimination against the merchants, and it was evident from their attitude towards their own neglect that they were as hostile to the new class of merchants as the traditional nobles.
Merchants have no status in Guozijian, scholars and nobles have a united front, Li Er touched the dust of his nose in Guozijian, but he was not surprised at all, businessmen should be treated like this.
And when he arrived at Nanshan Academy, Li Er stood under the sun, looking at the young people competing on the football field, there was a youthful atmosphere everywhere, which made people feel refreshed, Li Er couldn't help but sigh a little, this place is different from the gentle Guozijian, there is a new idea of breaking and standing up everywhere.
stepped forward to talk to those students, and heard that Li Er was a businessman, and the students of the academy didn't seem to be aware of anything, and they were curious to ask Li Er what kind of business he was engaged in, whether the business was good or not, and so on.
After experiencing the two highest educational institutions in Datang, Li Er's heart was full of emotion, and then he went to Li Gang's vice president's office to talk to him about what he had seen today......
"Husband, do we really want to give up those shares of the cement factory and glass factory this time? The concubine is still a little reluctant. At dinner, Liu Mengli was a little speechless and stopped, and finally mustered up the courage to say this.
Jin Shengman also raised her head and stared at Xu Yang, obviously she didn't want to sell the shares of these factories either. They didn't know that Li Er had sent someone to investigate these factories.
Xu Yang, who was holding rice in his mouth, listened, and the whole person paused, and then waved his hand to the people standing next to the curtain, signaling them to push down, until there was no one else in the room, Xu Yang said slowly: "Now our family makes too much money, and some of them are eye-catching, and the husband divided all the shares of those factories this time one is to avoid suspicion, and it is also to unite the businessmen in Chang'an, they need an organization now." ”
Nodding half-incomprehensibly, although Liu Mengli didn't understand what Xu Yangzai said, believing in her husband had become a belief in her bones.
"Husband, the concubine has been hearing for a while that Goryeo is going to attack Silla again, what's going on?" Jin Shengman suddenly asked worriedly as if he remembered something.
Xu Yang was choked for a while, and he told his subordinates not to tell Jin Shengman about this, she is now more than eight months pregnant, and she can be said to be the most expensive one in the village, how can she still let her hear the news from all the precautions.
"How could it be, you forgot that your husband led the army to defeat that Goryeo? Now that I have the support of Datang, how can Goryeo dare to make small moves against Silla. Xu Yang explained with a smile on his face.
"Hmm." Jin Shengman also breathed a sigh of relief, also known as the scene when Xu Yang wore a military uniform and helped Silla recapture the city, his eyes became a little hot, and he would soon give birth to an heir for Silla's benefactor, which made her excited when she thought about it.
"Husband, since our family is going to sell all the shares of those factories now, will we continue to issue the monthly sponsorship of Nanshan Academy?" Liu Mengli seems to have begun to think about how to spend the days when Zhuangshang's income is decreasing.
"Fa, of course you have to continue to fa, Qinglongfang is now all newly built villas, your husband and I are the largest real estate businessman in Datang this time, when the time comes, you will know how happy it is to marry a real estate businessman." The corners of Xu Yang's mouth showed a smile of excitement, after being cheated by evil real estate developers for so many years, it was finally his turn to sell the house...... (To be continued......)