When Bao Kai returned home from Guozijian, an invitation card issued by Yang Lin, the emperor's grandson, to invite Guozi's assistant teacher and Mr. Meizhuang Bao Dajia to come to the mansion for a banquet was shelved on the table like a brilliant and shining jewel. On the same day, Dr. Guozi Lanling Xiao also received an invitation to attend the banquet.

Bao Kai and Xiao Gai are both great Confucians in the Guozijian, and they are very famous among Confucianism, and Wang Tong of Hedong, Liu Zhuo, Liu Xuan of Hebei, Yuan Shan, He Tuo, Xin Yanzhi, etc., are the most famous Confucians. Among them, such as Yuanshan He Tuo and so on are valued by the emperor and live above the court, but there are also some great Confucians who have been hidden in the world or concentrate on learning, and Wang Tong of Hebei's Erliu Hedong has no intention of pursuing a career and is bent on preaching and teaching, while Bao Kai and Xiao Gai are only dedicated to lecturing although they serve in Guozi Linzhong.

Hebei Erliu and Hedong Wang Tong three, Liu Xuan, Liu Zhuo two were extremely famous masters of scripture at that time, although Wang Tong was a young generation, but in Hedong's lectures, but recruited and taught a large group of famous disciples in the early Tang Dynasty. The three of them were in Hebei, Wang Tong was in Hedong, and Bao Kai and Xiao Gai were lecturing in Guanzhong Jingshi.

Yi Feng admires and admires these contemporary Confucians, and at the same time, he also wants to recruit them. Yi Feng didn't want to be a celebrity, he showed favor to these great Confucians, and the most important thing was to be optimistic about the calling position of these great Confucians among the Confucian scholars, it can be said that these people belong to the generation of authority of the founding sect, especially since they have been lecturing for many years, and each of them has countless disciples. The Confucians of this era are not only equivalent to university teachers or professors in later generations, but the status of these great Confucians is quite lofty. There were not many people who read in this era, and they were even mainly concentrated among those scholars who had been passed down from generation to generation. And although the Sui Dynasty has already begun the imperial examination system. But in fact, it is just the beginning, and the imperial examinations of the generation after year cannot produce a few talents and Ming Jing. For officialdom at this time, there is no influence at all. In the officialdom, the main thing is to enter the official and the recommendation system, and in addition to the second generation of officials, the recommendation system and the imperial examination system are just the way for the children of a small number of scholars to enter the office. It is precisely because of this special situation that scholars are officials, and scholars are mostly monopolized by scholars, which leads to the fact that even if these Confucians are not officials, they still have enough influence on Shilin and officialdom.

At this time, there were too few scholars, and the scriptures were basically in the hands of those scholars. Even the Wuchuan group, which started with military exploits, was not allowed to merge with the Han people group in Guanzhong in the end to form the Guanlong group. Although the Guanlong group finally unified the world, in terms of scripture and culture, it was inferior to the more ancient Kwantung Shi clan gate lords. But even so, these scholars in the eastern part of the country still relied on their monopoly on scripture and occupied a large part of the power in this unified Sui Dynasty.

Now that the forces of the DPRK and China are rising together, each competing for power, the strongest reliance of the prince's party is the Guanlong aristocratic group as the core. And Yang Guang's Jin Wang Party. According to Yi Feng's observation, it is the alliance of the emerging nobles in the Guanlong group and the two major forces of the Chinese in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time, these two forces are both co-opting the old scholar clan Gaomen in the Kanto region. However, in general, the contradictions between the Kanto clan and the Guanlong group are very deep, and the gap between them is very large. Although there were also many scholars who were recruited to join the Sui Dynasty, there were still many scholars who were outside the imperial court.

Yi Feng is now the emperor's grandson. became the general manager of Youzhou, and initially had the soil foundation to build his own power. Naturally, he is not willing to be only a nominal second prince. What's more, people who have no foresight must have near-term worries, and now that the prince and the Jin Wang are tearing up and killing fiercely, they can't take care of him for the time being, but once the two sides decide the winner, who may really tolerate him being an emperor of the northern territory at that time. There is not much time left for him, now is an extremely rare opportunity for development, Huaihuang already has a good business foundation, and also has a good military foundation, but to really have a not weak force, these are far from enough. At the very least, he had to take down the entire Youzhou Prefecture and control it, and then he had a real capital. But to achieve this step, it is far from enough to have this little business and soldiers and horses in Huaihuang now, he needs more.

It is extremely important that he needs the support of the Hebei scholars and the people. As for the people, he already has a preliminary plan, that is, Juntian immigration, Tongguò Juntian, and the establishment of industry and commerce to reward land reclamation immigrants to improve the lives of the people. And for these Hebei scholars, it is not so easy to win them over. Since the establishment of Chang'an, the capital of the Western Wei Dynasty, the political center of the world has been transferred from east to west to Guanzhong, and the Guanzhong standard has been formed again as in the Han Dynasty, which is extremely difficult to accept for the scholars and people in the Guandong. If Yi Feng can give these Kanto people to support him and make them believe in himself, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to his plan. But it's not so easy to get them to support him. Even if he is the grandson of the emperor, this matter is by no means easy. Yi Feng thought about it, and finally decided to do it in many ways, and the first step was to recruit those great Confucians, use the network of protégés of these great Confucians all over the Kanto, and use their teacher status to influence their children from the Kwantung clan, and then pass through these younger generation of Kwantung Shi children to further influence the Kwantung clans. Of course, he also has many followers, such as cooperating with the nobles and local tyrants in Hebei and other places, running banks together, operating mines and other industries and businesses to make money. In short, it is necessary to find a way to tie them to their own warship.

The scholars of the Kanto region were very dissatisfied with the Guanzhong standard, and they were even more dissatisfied with the Guanlong nobles who pressed on their heads, which was also the reason why Yang Guang ascended the throne later in history, and Yang Liang set up a counter-flag in Bingzhou, and immediately the Kanto region was almost completely reversed overnight. Earlier, Yang Jian was the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his intention to usurp the throne was clearly revealed, and Wei Chi Yu joined forces in Hebei, and the whole Hebei rebelled, and immediately pulled up a 100,000 crusading army. Later, Yang Guangdong conquered Goryeo, Yang Suzi Yang Xuangan rebelled in Liyang, and the soldiers and civilians of Hebei also rose up in groups at that time, and then in the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the rebels in Kwantung were also the most important one. This rebellion has been echoed one after another, all of which show that although the Guanlong group finally won the world. But in fact, the Kanto people have always been unwilling, as long as there is a little spark. They can burn the prairie and start a fire.

Bao Kai has been worshiped by the emperor to wash the horse for the grandson, but Bao Kai has not accepted it so far. Bao Kai's official position in the Guozijian is not high. It's just a Guozi assistant teacher, a seven-rank official, after the implementation of the new dispersal official system, there is a position before there is a rank, and Bao Kai's prose official is a corporal from the seventh grade. In terms of official position, Bao Kai is far worse than Xiao Cailai, Xiao Gai is also an official of Guozijian, but he is a doctor of Guozi, and he is a five-grade person. The loose rank is not a sixth- or seventh-grade taxi, but a fourth- or fifth-grade doctor, and a five-grade Fengzheng doctor. At the same time, Xiao Gai is still the grandson of Xiao Hui, the king of Panyang in Southern Liang, whose ancestral home is Lanling, and his identity is noble.

Yi Feng was bent on winning over these Confucians, and the emperor asked Bao Kai and Wang Tong to be Yi Feng's grandsons to wash the horses, but Yi Feng was not satisfied, and he also wanted to invite the great Confucian He Tuo, Xiao Gai, Liu Zhuo, Liu Xuan and others to enter the Taisun Mansion together. Use their fame to win over more Kanto scholars for themselves.

Bao Kai was devoted to the study of scriptures, and was unwilling to get too involved in those mundane things, even if it was the appointment of the emperor. Taisun's invitation, he didn't want to pay much attention to it.

However, today, Bao Kai's most proud disciple came to the door in person, and Dai Taisun sincerely invited him to the banquet. The imperial grandson is about to leave Beijing tomorrow. Today, I want to hold a banquet in Beijing, and I am not inviting any dignitaries, nobles, relatives and relatives. As the disciple Li Mi said, the people invited this time were actually some great Confucians and masters of the literary world. They are all literati and Confucians, such as Xue Daoheng, Li Gang, and Bao Kai, Xiao Gai, as well as Li Baiyao, Yu Shinan, Kong Yingda, Sanwen Sanyan, etc., all of them are young and old, but they are all excellent Beijing Chinese names. This turned out to be a literary event, which made it a little difficult for Bao Kai to refuse.

Regarding the special nature of this banquet, in fact, there have been various rumors in the Jingshi market in the past two days, one of which is the name of this banquet. Many people call this banquet a bachelor's banquet, since the implementation of the new official rank, although the scholar as a sixth-seven-grade civil official loose rank, so it does not seem high, but the bachelor is the highest in this rank of the six-rank loose official, at the same time, whether it is the doctor of the various departments of the Guozijian, or the bachelor in the prince's mansion and the prince's mansion, they are not low grade official positions, and at the same time, these official positions are also extremely noble titles, can hang a bachelor's title, whether it is a loose rank or a real position, it is a very proud thing among these literati. And now, the banquet that Taisun is going to hold is called a bachelor's banquet, you can know the specifications of this banquet, even if you have an official position and a title, but if you are not those extremely talented bachelors, you can't participate at all. It is said that many people are willing to bid a hundred times for this red invitation issued by Taisun Mansion, hoping to get an invitation, and they can participate in such a literary event, but they can't get it at all.

"How can this invitation be worth a hundred? It's been almost a year since I made a fortune. Bao Kai looked at the invitation on the case and said with a chuckle. He is a six-grade Beijing official, the Sui Dynasty system, foreign officials and the imperial court do not give Lu, their own place is responsible for themselves, the court only issues the Yulu of officials in Beijing, and gives Lu rice as the main. A six-grade Beijing official, a year's Lu rice is more than 800 stones, which is converted into money, which is about 100 yuan, plus a small amount of money, and some various allowances, I have to say that the salary of a six-grade Beijing official is really not high. Raising a family, reluctantly. But now an invitation card sent to him by Taisun can be worth a hundred, which really makes people feel complicated.

Li Mi smiled slightly: "Teacher, I'm afraid I don't know yet, the most active and powerful businessman in the Great Sui today is Huaishang, Huaihuang businessmen. Do you know what those merchants call the emperor's grandson? He shook his head and said, "Huaishang all call Taisun the God of Wealth." ”

"Huaihuang merchants, Huai merchants." Bao Kai muttered, "In the early years, when I was on a study tour, I also went to Huaihuang, the six northern towns of the Great Wall of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the once prosperous Huaihuang Town, which had already become a ruin, full of barren grass and horse thieves. But I didn't expect that now I often hear about Huaihuang, as well as Huaihuang businessmen, and the imperial grandson who came from Huaihuang, in fact, sometimes I often think that this imperial grandson who once lived in the barren grass and rivers and lakes really has too much magic on his body. Not to mention how he went from a horse thief in the green forest to the current imperial grandson. Just thinking about the ruins I once saw have now become the most prosperous and lively commercial market in the world, I am full of interest in this imperial grandson. The Huaihuang liquor you sent last time was very good, it is said that now the Huaihuang liquor is in short supply, many merchants have paid the deposit early and can only get an order form, but the delivery date is scheduled to be a year or two later, so many merchants who are waiting to buy wine have even begun to speculate on the order list, and the order list itself with an early delivery date has been speculated at a sky-high price. If not to hear it with your own ears. It's really hard to believe such a thing. ”

"Sir, although the imperial grandson is young. But he is indeed a person full of magic. His Royal Highness has great respect for the teacher, and he once listened to Wen Zhongzi's lectures in Hedong. He is also a disciple of Confucianism. Li Mi acted as a lobbyist for Yi Feng, "The imperial grandson told me a few days ago that he had raised a million yuan and was ready to start implementing education immediately after returning to Huaihuang. He plans to set up a state school in each of the eleven prefectures in Youzhou Prefecture, and a county school in each county under the prefecture, and also allocate funds to support the establishment of township schools and village schools in various townships and towns, so that more children can receive education. In addition to allocating funds to support schools around the country. He also planned to establish a northern university in Youzhou to accommodate 5,000 students, and even set up a Chinese school in 21 prefectures north of Yanshan to promote the Chinese language to the Tibetan people. Taisun hopes that a great Confucian like the teacher can join his plan and work together for education, so that more people can be educated."

Bao Kai was slightly moved, this is a huge plan, but he immediately frowned, even if Taisun is really willing to spend a million yuan to engage in this education, but to do it on such a large scale. This money is certainly not enough. The most important thing is not money, but people. Money can build schools, but money can't make teachers.

"Taisun means that while schools are being established in various states and counties, the teachers' college of Northern University should be built first."

"Teachers' College?"

"It is to train teachers in fourth-level schools in prefectures, counties and villages. Recruit some young and promising scholars, and then after a systematic short-term professional training, let them become qualified teachers. Li Mi is actually very supportive of Yi Feng's bold plan. He was still young, and he didn't think of any difficulties. Instead, there is a feeling of enthusiasm for doing big things and doing special things, which is a major event that can go down in history. If it is really done, there will definitely be a name for him in future history.

"Taisun hopes to invite famous Confucians from all over the world, such as teachers and Mr. Xiao, as well as Wen Zhongzi from Hedong, Erliu from Hebei and other great Confucians, please brainstorm and first compile a set of teaching materials for training teachers in normal colleges, and personally train these teachers, and then compile teaching materials for schools at all levels in prefectures, counties and villages, and then wait for the teachers of these normal schools to return to the following schools to teach students after they have completed their studies." Speaking of excitement, Li Mi even said some of Yi Feng's future plans inadvertently revealed, "His Royal Highness Taisun also said that the people in all parts of the world are not as smart as the people in the world, but because the process of receiving education is different." In the future, when there are more people who receive education, and more people can read and write, the imperial grandson also plans to build a plan to the emperor to expand the scale of the imperial examination, and then all scholars from all over the world will be able to participate in the imperial examination, and all will carry out the system of fame and name, and only take the rank based on their grades, and at least 1,000 scholars will be selected for one subject, and at least more than half of all the officials of the imperial court will come from the imperial examination in the future."

When Bao Kai heard this, his mouth opened wide, and the scroll of Analects in his hand fell directly onto the table.

He couldn't believe that the imperial grandson actually had such lofty ideals, and he actually wanted to completely reform the system of selecting officials, and he actually wanted to completely replace the existing system of selecting officials by the imperial examination, which was simply incomparable. But in my heart, there was a fire rising with a bang! For Confucianism, for literati, this idea is simply too attractive.

Isn't it the tireless pursuit of Confucianism to take the imperial examination, and the scholars will be in charge of the imperial court in the future?

Confucianism pursues three immortals, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the uncle of the Lu State Doctor Sun Bao called the meritorious service of virtue and the words of the three immortals, the virtue is to establish noble morality, the meritorious service is to establish meritorious achievements for the people, and the words of the words that put forward the insightful speech and writing, although the three have not been abandoned for a long time, they have been passed down for centuries.

Every Confucian disciple does not pursue these three immortals in his heart?

But throughout the ages, even in later generations, it is generally believed that there are only two and a half people who can achieve the true three immortals in Chinese history, Dacheng Most Holy Master Confucius, Wang Wencheng Gong Wang Shouren, and half of Zeng Wenzheng Gong Zeng Guofan.

But although there are very few people who truly achieve the three immortals, there are never fewer people who can pursue them. The more accomplished Confucians are, the more they pursue this. Many great Confucians gave up their careers, but they started sects, gathered disciples to give lectures, and wrote books and lectures. Such as Bao Kai, this is the case. Confucianism always has a sense of mission, the king is the king, the people are peaceful, and Confucianism has a special desire for imperial transformation, and always wants to transform the emperor according to the pursuit of Confucianism. If you can't meet a Ming Jun, then write a book and teach your disciples to teach the classics.

And some of the goals of the imperial grandson revealed by Li Mi have touched the most itching place in the hearts of Confucian scholars like Bao Kai.

Promoting education and then expanding the imperial examinations, and finally selecting scholars for the imperial examinations, and the scholars as officials, and governing the world, this is simply the ultimate goal of Confucianism. In an instant, Bao Kai made up his mind that he must go out of the mountain, he must participate in this bachelor's banquet, and he must fully support this imperial grandson, only for the wonderful prospect depicted by this imperial grandson! (To be continued......)