Chapter 186: Yenching Academy
With the expansion of Yanjing, the establishment of a school is also urgent. The soon-to-be-built university will be named after the city and officially named Yenching Academy.
Before the completion of the new school site, all teachers and students temporarily taught and studied in the original Jijun Taishou Mansion in Yanjing. After the completion of the Yenching Academy, all teachers and students are moving into the new location. At that time, Yenching University will be the largest institution of higher learning in the country with the most comprehensive teaching materials.
After a preliminary division, the Yenching Academy was temporarily divided into eight special subjects, namely Confucianism, Medicine, Craftsmanship, Commerce, Military Science, Agriculture, Jurisprudence and Miscellaneous Studies. Among them, Cai Yong took the position of dean and concurrently served as a lecturer of Confucianism. However, after the deliberations of Cai Yong and Ao Lie, the Confucianism taught in the Yenching Academy will no longer serve the ruling class, but will shift its focus to the aspect of learning, guiding students to think about life through Confucianism and establish a correct outlook on life, which is somewhat similar to the philosophy of later generations.
Several other courses, Ao Lie has also been carefully arranged. Hua Tuo naturally served as the chief lecturer in medicine; Wang Hun served as the chief lecturer of craftsmanship; The lecturer of business is temporarily concurrently served by Mr. Ao; Xu Rong, who was relegated to the second line due to disability, served as the chief lecturer of the military department; Because there is no suitable candidate for the time being, Liu Yu took the initiative to serve as the chief lecturer, and has served as a state pastor in Youzhou for many years. Jurisprudence is temporarily served by Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu, and will be supplemented after finding a suitable replacement; The last miscellaneous course, Ao Lie himself served as the chief lecturer, because Ao Lie had all kinds of knowledge from later generations, and it was effortless to explain miscellaneous science.
In addition to the above chief lecturers, Ao Lie also spent a lot of money to hire Youhe Erzhou. Prestigious people serve as lecturers for various courses, and according to the expertise of these celebrities, they are arranged in appropriate positions, and they truly specialize in the arts.
With the official opening of the Yenching Academy, a large number of scholars from humble families flocked to gather under the lecturers, hoping to further strengthen their abilities. For these poor scholars, they are very grateful to be able to receive the guidance of the world's famous people without paying tuition. Therefore, I studied very hard. In addition, there are a large number of ordinary people who send their children to study in the college, and the college provides room and board, which can reduce the burden on the family; Second, I also hope that my children can learn a skill and have a way out in the future.
In just half a month, nearly 1,000 students came to Yenching University to sign up for study. Of course, these people who come to sign up will have to go through assessment and review. in order to officially enter the academy to study. Ao Lie did this in order to prevent some people who did not learn and did not know how to come to the academy to eat and drink in the name of learning; And at the same time as much as possible. Eliminate the spies mixed in with the applicants, and eliminate the possibility of infiltration from the inside by the enemy. After the finale, after layers of assessment and review, the list of the first batch of formal trainees was determined. There were seven hundred and eighty-three people in total.
In addition to the students, there are also some well-known people who have submitted applications to Cai Yong. Request to be admitted to the college as a lecturer. What attracted these celebrities was naturally the collection of books in the East View. The arrival of three of them greatly surprised Ao Lie, making Ao Lie realize that he still underestimated the allure of the Dongguan book collection.
The first is one of Zhuge Liang's teachers, Mr. Shuijing, Sima Hui. For the arrival of Sima Hui, Ao Lie greeted him backwards and respected him like a guest. Through conversation, Ao Lie learned that there were two main reasons why Sima Hui came, the first was naturally the copy of the Dongguan collection, and the other reason was that Sima Hui was not at ease with Zhuge Liang, afraid that Zhuge Liang would leave Lumen Mountain Academy halfway and waste his own homework.
The second is Chen Qun and Chen Changwen, who established the Jiupin Zhongzheng system in history. The purpose of his visit was naturally for the temporary copy of the Dongguan collection. For Chen Qun, Ao Lie's specifications for receiving him were no less than Sima Hui. Ao Lie knew that Chen Qun was one of the great talents who was ignored in the history books. In history, historians only understated Chen Qun by mentioning the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, but Ao Lie knew that Chen Qun's talent was by no means limited to this, and the person who could single-handedly help Cao Pi establish the Wei State would be such a simple role?
As for the third place, it is simply a treasure for Ao Lie. He is Ma Jun. The purpose of Ma Jun's coming is very simple, he has long heard that Wang Hun is skilled, and has created such a hard and extremely tough metal as muddy iron, and he has admired Wang Hun for a long time in his heart. Ao Lie's attention to Ma Jun is justified. In history, Ma Jun is a well-known skilled craftsman, has developed a variety of cross-era inventions such as water wheels and looms, and also transformed Zhuge Liang's first Zhuge crossbow, if it weren't for the Cao Wei regime at that time did not pay enough attention to Ma Jun, maybe Ma Jun could still create something surprising.
With the arrival of Sima Hui and the others, the reputation of Yenching University has been virtually improved, and the problem of insufficient allocation of chief lecturers has also been solved. After Sima Hui arrived, he and Liu Yu jointly served as the chief lecturer of agricultural science, which greatly relieved Liu Yu's pressure; At the same time, Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu were also liberated, and Chen Qun served as the chief lecturer of jurisprudence, so that Chen Qun, who could create the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, explained the jurisprudence, and Ao Lie was also very relieved; Ma Jun was arranged to be under Wang Hun's disciple, and while following Wang Hun to learn skills, he served as a lecturer and taught the students some knowledge of equipment.
When everything in the Yanjing Academy was on the right track, Gu Yong handed a budget list to Ao Lie with a sad face. As the patriarch of Youzhou, Gu Yong is responsible for all the financial expenses in Youzhou, the expansion of armaments and the recruitment of new soldiers have already made Gu Yong worried, and now with the use of nearly 1,000 teachers and students in Yanjing Academy, Gu Yong has directly collapsed, where can he find so much money? In desperation, Gu Yong had no choice but to complain about the current financial predicament in front of Ao Lie.
"My lord, there is already a fiscal deficit in Youzhou, and if it continues like this, I am afraid it will not even be able to support it for three months." Gu Yong said bitterly.
Ao Lie also scratched his head in distress, and said helplessly: "Yuan sighs." If it really doesn't work, you can discuss it with Cui Jiqi and see if you can transfer a batch of money, food and materials from Bingzhou first, and get through the current difficulties first. "According to Ao Lie's assumption, with Cui Yan's ability, after taking office in Bingzhou, he will definitely manage Bingzhou in an orderly manner, and it should not be too difficult to transfer money and grain from Bingzhou.
Gu Yong frowned and said, "My lord, transfer money and grain from Bingzhou. It's not a long-term solution. At present, our army is only the expansion of the army and the two expenses of the Yanjing Academy, which is already stretched, and after Lu Zijing starts to expand Yanjing, the amount required is even more astronomical, at that time, where to find so much money? ”
Listening to Gu Yong's worried words, Ao Lie really realized that it was not easy to be a big boss. Every aspect needs to be covered. Fortunately, thanks to the dedicated assistance of the competent officials under his command, this can make Ao Lie's Youhe Group as stable as Mount Tai and retain the last bit of fire for the Han River.
"That's according to Yuan's opinion. What should I do? Ao Lie turned his head and asked Gu Yong.
Gu Yong pondered for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "My lord, in the territory of Youji, there is currently only one large commercial house in the Wantong Chamber of Commerce. Although under the management of Ao Laozhang, a large amount of wealth has been gathered for our army, it is far from enough to support all the expenses of our army alone. In my opinion. The lord should guide other chambers of commerce to enter the annex in the blank areas that the Wantong Chamber of Commerce has not been involved in, so as to make up for the shortcomings left out by the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, which can not only further promote the economic development of the annexation, but also bring more wealth to our army. ”
Ao Lie looked at Gu Yong in surprise, and the four big words of investment promotion rose in his heart. Gu Yong's remarks were understood as vernacular in later generations, that is, to use the unique local resources and products to introduce the input of foreign capital, so as to promote local economic development. Isn't this just a way to attract investment? It is no wonder that in history, Gu Yong was able to sit in the position of prime minister of Wu and was in charge of Wu for 19 years, and his vision and insights are really unique. is not worthy of the evaluation of his secret talent by later generations.
After being shocked, Ao Lie looked at Gu Yong with hope and said, "Yuan sighs for great talent, which is rare in the world. Go on and say all the things that are in your mind. ”
For the current financial shortage, Gu Yong has been worried for a long time, and has repeatedly thought about the countermeasures to deal with this situation, since Ao Lie asked today, Gu Yong simply vomited: "Lord, at present, the only large chamber of commerce that has the strength and ability to bring wealth to our army and is closest to Youhe is the Zhen family in Yecheng, Jizhou." Zhen Yi, the contemporary head of the family, has a free and easy temperament, and does not have the smell of copper as a secular businessman, and is the object that the lord should try his best to strive for. The Zhen family is mainly engaged in the salt industry, and other industries such as tea, silk, and Yinzhuang are involved, and there is no direct conflict of interest with Ao Laozhang's Wantong Chamber of Commerce. ”
Glancing up at Ao Lie, and seeing that Ao Lie was listening carefully to his opinion, Gu Yong continued: "Now that Yuan Shao is entangled in the ambush of the lord by other princes, his reputation has fallen to the lowest point, and Jizhou has not completely fallen into Yuan Shao's hands now, the Zhen family must be undecided at the moment, I don't know if the treasure should be pressed on Yuan Shao's body, this leaves time for the lord, the lord should contact the Zhen family as soon as possible, let the Zhen family move to Yanjing, and let them see the potential huge business opportunities in Yanjing, After that, the lord gave the Zhen family a certain welfare policy and reduced some taxes, and I believe that with Zhen Yi's shrewdness, eighty percent of them will agree to the lord's invitation and join the lord's command. ”
During the battle against Dong, Yuan Shao secretly sent Yan Liangwen and Chou two generals, and took advantage of the gap between Jizhou Mu and Han Fu leaving Jizhou to attack most of Jizhou. Originally, after the end of the battle against Dong, it was natural for Yuan Shao to take the entire territory of Jizhou in one fell swoop, but because of the ambush of Ao Lie in Shaxian County, Yuan Shao was criticized by many knowledgeable literati, and his reputation fell to the freezing point, resulting in different voices among the people in Jizhou, and they no longer spared no effort to support Yuan Shao as before. This directly led to Yuan Shao's current predicament, on the one hand, he was eager to expand outward, enhance his strength, and use his strength to overwhelm those who were flooding with criticism; But on the other hand, he has not been able to fully control the entire Jizhou, which has delayed his pace of outward expansion.
It is precisely because Yuan Shao has contradictory external and internal troubles that Yuan Shao must not have the time and energy to win over the Zhen family. In the final analysis, the Zhen family is just a family of merchants, in the Han Dynasty, the status of businessmen was extremely low, compared to the Zhen family, Yuan Shao might as well win over those famous families who can influence the overall situation of Jizhou. Yuan Shao is from a big family of the fourth and third princes, he will not be as short of money as Ao Lie, no matter how rich the Zhen family is, it is not the first target that Yuan Shao needs to woo. (To be continued......)
PS:PS:Originally, I was going to explode today.,It turned out that there was a problem with the computer.,First two chapters.,Later Da Kun tried his best to do more.。