Chapter 161: Another Five Years
At the top of Tiger Mountain, Wu Qing sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and felt the tranquil breath of nature. After a moment, he opened his eyes, and saw that his eyes were deep, like the abyss, these were the eyes of a wise man, and then he looked into the distance. Endless maple leaves stretch down from the top of the mountain, and the Qingxin Academy is in the shelter of the maple forest.
In the past five years, the theory of science has been laid, and what is lacking is only the accumulation and perfection of time. He Zhizhang, Zhang Ruoxu and other 16 people have graduated, He Zhizhang and Zhang Ruoxu and other 8 people, plus the next 10 students, at the beginning of the year to pass the Jinshi, is the first batch of "Eighteen Jinshi" of Qingxin Academy. The world was eyed by this, and the literati came to study at the Qingxin Academy, which was once expanded with the permission of Emperor Li Zhi. In terms of scale, it has become the first academy in the world.
Of course, before this, there were several more famous academies, such as Yingzhou Academy in Lantian County, Li Gong Academy in Linqu, Songzhou Academy in Longxi, etc., all of which were self-funded by the talented Confucians of the Tang Dynasty, taught disciples, and recruited poor children. Of course, the family learning of the children of the major families is actually in the form of a academy, and the children with foreign surnames are accepted to study.
But in any case, since the Qingxin Academy came out of the eighteen jinshi, the emperor and the queen of heaven are happy, over the years natural disasters and wars, the treasury is a little empty, and the funds for education are very small, so in addition to the official schools in the capital and the eastern capital, the official schools in various states and counties are somewhat slack. The Emperor and Queen of Heaven saw that the academy could have such an effect, and couldn't help but reward the Qingxin Academy, and also promoted Wuqing's Ru Linlang to Xuanyi Lang, a full six levels. Although the construction of academies was not encouraged, academies have sprung up all over the world.
Lu Zhaolin resigned two years ago and lived in seclusion at Qingxin Academy, becoming the third pioneer of science, after more than two years of research and inspiration. He had fallen deeply in love with this new doctrine.
Wang Bo is also married, and under the mediation of Wu Qing, he took Lu Zhaolin's daughter as his wife, assisted Wu Qing with peace of mind, and completed the theoretical system of science.
Datang has also undergone some changes.
First of all, the two prime ministers, Zhang Wenqian and Dai Zhide, died one after another. The death of these two is the loss of Datang, the two have worked hard for the country all their lives, are loyal, and are rare loyal and hard-working.
Tubo attacked Longyou, and soon Zhongshu caused Li Jingxuan to be defeated. Lou Shide then served as the Sima of the Heyuan Army. Zhiying Tianshi. Heizhi Changzhi was the deputy envoy of the Heyuan Army, and later became the ambassador of the Heyuan Army. Outside of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo Zampu died, and the new Zampu was only eight years old, and there was a split within Tubo. Immediately, Pei Xingjian plotted to subdue the Western Turks. The Western Regions returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the four towns of Anxi were set up again.
The first year of the dew. The crown prince Li Xian killed the Taoist priest Ming Chongyan. Betrayed by his male favorite Zhao Daosheng, he dug up hundreds of armor in the stable, and Emperor Li Zhi was furious, deposed as a concubine, and later moved to Bazhou. and appointed Ying Wang Zhe as the crown prince.
It was also in this year that the Eastern Turks rebelled against the two ministries of Ashd Wen Fu and Fengzhi. Pei Xingjian led an army of 300,000 troops to defeat the general commander of the Dingxiangdao marching army, defeated two in the following year, and then placed Liuhu Prefecture.
In the second year of the dew, Tubo captured Yangtong, Dangxiang, Zhuqiang and other places. Morale is like a rainbow, and there is no difference for a while.
In the second year of Yonglong, Tubo sent an envoy to marry the princess of Taiping to make peace, and in a hurry, the Empress Wu hurriedly built the Taiping Temple, so that Taiping became a Taoist monk, and he couldn't do it.
At the same time, Wu Qing received a holy decree and promoted Wu Qing to the head of the Qingxin Pavilion and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and returned to Beijing on the same day to meet him.
Wu Qing looked at the water of the Yangtze River, on the surface of the river flowing eastward, at this time, hundreds of boats were competing for the stream, and it was prosperous.
In the past five years, Jiangnan Shipping Company has gradually separated the Yangtze River freight and sea transportation, and the sea has been shipped east to Japan, earning excess profits for Wuqing, and shipping back nearly 10 million taels of silver and nearly 100,000 taels of gold. Under the spread of Takeshin, the name of Takeshi spread all over Japan, and science also spread to Japan with Takeshin, but at this time it was Emperor Tenmu who ruled Japan, and he was the elder brother of Takeshin, who liked Confucianism very much in order to strengthen the centralization of power, so the development of science in Japan was not good. But no matter what, when he went to Japan for sea trade, Wuqing earned it.
Of course, with the strengthening of maritime trade and the progress of navigation technology, trade with Byzantium, namely the Great Qin State, the Great Food State, Tianzhu and other countries, enabled Wuqing to earn nearly 50 million taels of silver and a huge amount of treasures and other goods. With such a huge trade, Wuqing naturally will not put it in his own name, but by various means, in the name of a false person, in this way, the income of Jiangnan Shipping Company is very mediocre, not to mention that Datang does not charge taxes on maritime trade.
The income of Jiangbei Salt Bank is average, and according to the share, Wuqing's profit in five years is only more than one million, which makes Wuqing can't help but be disappointed. The scale of the three major workshops has been expanding, earning one million guan for Wuqing, and less than 300,000 guan for other miscellaneous items.
In view of this, Wuqing is ready to continue to develop maritime trade, and Yuwen and his son are even more worthy, not only becoming one of the stewards of Jiangnan Shipping Company, but also one of the teachers of Qingxin Academy, and their father and son are really at ease to do research, with an annual income of nearly 10,000 yuan. Of course, according to the value of Yuwen's father and son, there is more than that, but who makes their identities unsightly?
In the Qingxin Academy, there are mathematicians from Tianzhu, mathematicians from Byzantium and Arabia, astronomers and alchemists, etc., a total of eighteen scholars. After learning the Datang language for a year, these eighteen people were able to communicate in an all-round way. In the fourth year of the opening of Qingxin Academy, Wu Qing and these eighteen scholars, combined with the achievements of mathematics and astronomy since the Tang Dynasty, as well as the mathematical achievements of their respective countries, preliminarily compiled basic mathematics, geometric principles, basic physics, basic chemistry, basic astronomy and other disciplines. This was also the beginning of Qingxin Academy's path to science.
The science of science has been slowly spread, and the great Confucians of the scriptures have criticized it, but because the speed of transmission is not very fast, it is only symbolically slandered.
Wu Qing sat still like a stone carving, his thoughts were surging, now he was eighteen years old, he had devoted himself to the study of science for several years, he had never touched a woman, even if there was Qiu Ju waiting every day, he still restrained and endured.
Now, to leave this place, Wu Qing is really a little reluctant, but he understands that this holy decree to recruit himself into Beijing, I am afraid that it is the idea of the queen of heaven Wu Meiniang, in the past few years, Wu Meiniang has become more powerful, and there are few rebels in the court. If he doesn't return to Beijing now, I'm afraid that Gaozong will be suspicious, but if he goes back, he has lived here for the past few years, and he likes it a little.
"Chang'an is a pit!" Wu Qing let out a long sigh.
"Senior brother, what is the pit?"
Wu Qing turned around, only to see a graceful and beautiful woman looking at him with a smile, her eyes were full of affection, as if they were dyed with a wisp of smoke and water.
"Senior sister!"
Wu Qing shouted, and then stepped forward, but he didn't dare to go any further, and said, "Senior sister, you haven't been here for months. I waited here every day, and the moles I saw were the endless red leaves, the surging water of the Yangtze River, but I didn't see the figure of my senior sister. ”
Yuwen Su'e reached out and stroked a strand of hair in front of her forehead and said, "Senior brother, you have grown up." ”
Wu Qing was stunned, what does this sentence mean? Is it his height? Or is it his body, or something else? Wu Qing didn't know, looking at Yuwen Su'e, he felt that Yuwen Su'e was beautiful everywhere, but for several years, Yuwen Su'e was always like leaving, so that today he had a feeling of being caught off guard in the face of Yuwen Su'e, and he was even afraid that a word would make her angry and run away.
"Senior sister, I'm going back to Chang'an." Wu Qing said, his words full of endless sadness.
Yuwen Su'e smiled: "So, I'm here." ”
"Senior sister?"
Yuwen Su'e said: "Your heart, my heart, heart to heart. You know my heart, I know your heart, and this heart will never change. ”
Wu Qing was stunned for a moment, a touch of emotion flashed in his deep eyes, he rushed forward and hugged Yuwen Su'e tightly. Yuwen Su'e also responded warmly, and in a moment, the two kissed together.
The setting sun left a trail of afterglow on the two of them. Wu Qing sat on the top of the mountain, Yuwen Su'e lay in Wu Qing's arms, and the two sat and watched the sunset and the tired birds return to their nests. Wu Qing's heart felt unprecedented peace. (To be continued......)